The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-04
REGULARS IN GOOD SPIRITS.
Acheson's Record as a BOlter Is At
tracing Attention 10 the Washing
ton County Fight.

ton County Fight.
Special Correspondence
Philadelphia. April 3.-After the out
come of the primaries OF last Saturday
the regular Republicans of Pennsylva-
MIA have every reason to be pleased
with the political situation. especially
as regards the next legislature. Should
Colonel Quay be candidate for the
senate before the next legislature there
is now ~ doubt about his getting a
large majority OF the Republican mem
bers of the legislature. After the sx-
pressions on that subject which have
come from the Republican voters Of
the state, it is scarcely possible for the
insurgents to make a successful bolt
against the action Of the Republican
caucus. The Republicans OF the state
have with emphatic force declared at
the primaries that they believe in ma
iority rule and that they do not pro-
pose TO permit a small minority TO die
tate the policy or nominate the candi-
dates of the Republican organization
of Pennsylvania.
FAYETTE SOLID AS A ROCK
The primary election held in Fay
ette county last Saturday resulted In
clean sweep for the friends of Colonel
QUAY. who nominated the three mem
bers of the legislature without the bolt
ers daring TO put up candidates against
them. The insurgents after consulta-
ton with the Flinn-Martin leadership
made a careful canvass of the county
to ascertain their chances of success
against the regular organization can
dates for the assembly. They soon
discovered that the Republicans OF
Fayette were in favor of majority rule
and would repudiate any candidates
set up as representatives of the insuT-
gent. caucus bolting element
The candidates nominated for the
assembly in Fayette are DR.. L. F.
Arensburg. Adley c. McCune and Rich
ard Davis. They are all pronounced
stalwarts, as are also the delegates
elected to the state convention and all
the men on the county ticket. This
county was carried last time by the
Democrats through fusion deal with
the insurgent Republicans. but it is
declared that at the coming election
he county will go Republican by not
less than 1000 majority for the lowest
man on the Republican ticket.
ANDREWS is DEFEATED.
in Allegheny county. where the Re-
pubiicans held primaries also last Sat
urday, the returns show that there is
no change in the relative strength OF
the two elements. In this county, the
home OF Magee and Finn, the organi-
zation has for years been in the hands
OF the followers Of Magee and Finn.
The immense official patronage OF the
city of Pittsbnrg has teen a power
which the opponents Of Magea and
Finn could never overcome.
The stalwarts, however. retain con-
troll of the two assembly districts which
they lad in the last legislature. the
First and Second. and the Magee-Flinn
faction have the balance. One of the
districts. however. IS Democratic In
the First district the local leaders Of
the stalwart element made defer-
mined stand aeainst the asriration7 q
former State Chairman Andrews. who
desired to go to the legislature.
They made their fcht against him on
the score that he. having hut recently
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ford county. should wait his turn be-
fore aspiring to honors from the local
organization. Andrews had as his run
ming mate Representative Simons. who
sought denomination. Against them
were pitted Richard NJ. Kopp and c.
w. Neeb. The last named won, Sc
curing 2S delegates out of 40 An at
tempt has been made 10 have It appear
that the defeat OF the Andrews ticket
is a setback for the friends of Colonel
Quay. A public statement signed by
Director of Public Works Robert Nc
Afee, Director of Public Safety John
R. Murphy and Delinquent Tax Col
lector Samuel c. Grier, who led the
fight against Andrews, shows that
the contest was simply one within reg
uiar organization and that the insur-
gent issue did not enter into the fight.
This is their statement:
'The contest in the First legislative
district was not QHay or anti-Quay,
but for home rule. Kopp and Neeb- are
Republicans. and will adhere TO the
rules OF the Republican party. Signed,
Robert MeAfee. John r. Murphy, Sam
uel c. Grier"
The candidates nominated in the
other Allegheny districts for assembly
are: Second district, w. T. Marshall
and John II. Henderson. both of whom
voted for Colonel Quay: Third. G. p.
McCandless, John NJ Tighe; Fourth,
J. ]. Sweeney; Fifth, George NJ. Ho-
sack, Henry Hall. W. w. Nesbit. C. F.
Besselbarth; Sixth, Robert McWhin-
ney. John P. Moore; Seventh, w. B.
Kirk. Thomas ]. Ford; Eighth. John p
Hunter. Senators C. L. Magee and
John w. Crawford were both renomi-
mated.