The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-10-31
GUFFEY PLAYS
HIS LAST CARD.
Starts a Ridiculous Story That
Democrats Do Not Expect
the Senatorship.
A TRICK TO FOOL REPUBLICANS.
Has Spent Too Much Money TO BE
Satisfied with IA Few Minor Clerk
ships ut Harrisburg.
Special CorrespondenceN

Philadelphia, Oct. 29.-Guffey's DEM
oCratic lioutenants throughout Penn
sylvania are now engaged in playing
what they regard as a trump card in
the game to elect Guffey to the Uni
ted States senate.
Having gotten as many fusion legis-
lative tickets in the field as possible,
the Democrats are now at work to get
Republicans to vote for their fusion
candidates for the state senate and the
house.
All these candidates are in the Dem
ocratic column on the official ballot,
and of course, all Democrats voting
for Bryan by putting a cross mark in
the circle over the names of the Bryan
electors will vote the full Democatic
ticket, including the fusion candidates
for the legislature.
It will thus be seen that Guffey is
assured of the Democratic vote.
He now wants TO win over the Re-
publicans, and to that end he is di-
recting his entire attention.
METHOD IN THIS WORK.
Through various agencies there have
few days that a secret agreement has
been reached between the leaders of
the Martin-Flinn insurgents and the
Democrats by which the Democrats
elected to the legislature are to vote
for an Independent Republican for
United States senator.
A detailed statement is given in each
case showing how the Democrats have
agreed to be satisfied with participant
ing in an allotment of the clerkships
and minor Offices Of the legislature, in
the event Of the insurgents and the
Democrats being able to organize the
legislature and elect the United States
senator.
Both Democratic workers and the
gruntled politicians back in the
Martin-Flinn movement are circulating
| these stories. The Martin-Finn con-
! tingent have met with so many re-
| verses recently that they are prepared
! to resort TO any measures in their last
desperate effort to ensnare Republi-
cans into voting for their fusion can
dldates. They have come to the con-
! clusion that Republicans do not pro-
! pose to risk losing a United States
senatorship simply 70 get satisfaction
! for some real or fancied grievance or
TO enter a protest against the leader
ship of some local Republican with
whom they may have had some differ
| ences
The danger of Guffey getting away
with the trick IN the senatorial con-
test IS now dawning upon many Re-
| publiCans who were at first disposed to
help along the fusion movement. There
are evidences that they will not take
the chance Of allowing Guffey 10 go TO
the United States senate by voting for
fusion candidates for the legislature.
REPUBLICANS ASK QUESTIONS.
While the Democrats and insur-
gents are telling the people that the
Democrats have no thought OF electing
one of their number TO the United
States senate from this state ReDubli-
cans are inquiring why it is that Guf-
fey is willing to spend so much money
in this fusion campaign simply to get
a few places for Democrats under the
next legislature.
Guffey has already spent many times
more than would pay the wages Of all
the Democrats he could possibly have
appointed under a legislature which