Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-20

SENATOR woLCoTT.
Republicans carrying the state, and 1t
10 realty against my best judgment that
have bsen convinced that We do
stand a very good show. Ny friends
told me when l came here that there
had been a change in public sentiment.
but really did not believe 1t was 80
extensive until commenced to meet
the people OF course a great deal de-
pends upon what the Republican op-
nosition will Be composed of. II there
10 real solid fusion between all the
elements opposing the Republican
party it will mako the result more
doubtful, bat we are hoping that the
fusiss wlteh the Democrats. Populists
ard Silver Republicans are trying to
briag about will be imperfect. or
course, NJ principal efforts ut this time
are devoted to preventing such fusien
II 1t 10 possible to do so.
REPUBLICANS STEADILY GAIN
ING.
The Republican party has bssa
steadily sainlnx n tAs last few siss-
but IA psr cent Of the vote. In 1898
We had about - per ssnt and IN 1888
40 per eont The fight amsn0 the Dom
ccrats far the senatorshiD kaS diSv1pt-
Cd their party, n great nAay Of the
Silver Rspubifesns are coming bask
u their original allegiance, and some
of the PopHlists are dissatisfied with
the course taken BY their national
leaders. We will carry this state IN
iess the fusion Of the opposition is
complete. In a three -oorneSsd fight
the Republicans are largely In the ma
jority II 10 interesting 10 note that
possibly ons-half OF the candidates on
the Republican ticket this year will be
mea who voted for Bryan in 1895. In
that campaign tho Silver Republicans
OF Colorado contributed 9133. 900 to the
national Democratic party. This year
the committee n disbanded ana the
Silver Republicans will not contribute
18S cents to tho Democratic treasury
PENNSYLVANIA WILL BENEFIT.
Pennsylvanians are naturally inter
ested In the statement from Washing
ton that the exports Of the year 1900
are likely to reach SO ,ooo, 900 in value.
against $40. .ooe. .oeo in 1895, and ee,oo0,-
600 In 1seo. Tho figures OF the treas
ury bureau Of sta&istics show that the
exports Of eoal from the United States
during the seven months ending with
July. 1909, are 80 per cent II excess
of those during the corresponding
months Of last year, and Double those
of the corresponding months OF 1898.
In the seven months ending with
July, 1898, the exports Of soal from the
Unitsd States were 2,s75, ,<b1 tons; in
the same months of 1889 they wsss g.
COZ, ,es2 tons, and in the corresponding g
months of 1900 they were 1901, ,75s
tons. During the period from 1880 to
1890 the expectation Of coal from che
United States has quadruplsd, but the
principal growth has been in the years
1898, 1899 and 1900.
While this growth 10 observable in
the exports to ali parts Of the world,
it is especially marked with reference
to our exports to the American ooun-
tries. To British North America the
exports In the seven months Of 1898
were l 1,78s, ,3s8 tons and in the seven
months of 1900 3.s53 sea tons. To Mex
leo the exports In the seven months
Of 1888 were ~. .9ss tons. ana in the
cerrespsa ding months Of 1000. 415.ss4
tons To Cuba the experts have more
than doubled, being in the seven
months Of 1898 ia, ,st6 tons. and In the
seven months Of 1900 241.712 tons;
while to Porto Rico the exports in
creased from 3,e21 tons In the seven
months of 1888 - 1888 tons In seven
months Of 1900. To the Hawaiian Isl
ands the experts Of the seven months
Of .1ssS were 10,331 tons, and In the
| corresponding months Of 1900 a ,001
tons, thus more than doubling In q
single year 70 the Philippine 1slaAda
the exports in the seven monthhs ei
| 1898 were $50 tons, and IN the seven
months of 1900 4i.06s tons, or eight
4 times a. much In 1900 a. In 1898.
The experiments with American Goa
which the Buropeans have made withir
the last two or three years seem tc
have proved successful as the exports
| to Europe, which in the seven months
of 1888 amounted to only %,507 tons
were in the corresponding months O.
1900 81, 81 tons. OF this 1877 toni
went to the Omitted Kingdom, 4,0zs
tons to GspmaAy, ~. .4o7 tons to Frame.
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