Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02

Mr.. Quay's sincerity will probably be
shown in a manner which will put to
shame those who have so indecently
impugned It. Should the authorities OF
his party, its state committee and its
candidates for the legislature pledge
themselves, as he and other responsible
leaders have already done. there will
be no question left. The regular Re
publican party has the power to pro-
duce the reform for which Mr.. Wana-
maker and Mr.. Quay stand and. mas
much as the 100000 Democrats in the
state are deeply interested In 1t, l see
no reason why we should not make 1t
unanimous, and have at once this fair,
non.partisan constitutional convention
which all sensible people agree Is the
only way out"
At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Democratic Society OF
Pennsylvania, held at Harrisburg last
week, resolutions were unanimously
adopted indorsing the proposition for
the holding Of non-partison conven-
tion.
DEATH BLOW TO FUSION.
The Democratic advocates of fusion
on legislative tickets in Pennsylvania
were evidently greatly disappointed
at the action of the sound money
Democrats at their national conference
held at Indianapolis last week. These
representative men of the Democratic
party resent Bryan's domination OF
their party organization. They are,
of course, unalterably opposed to the
18 to l declaration on the silver issue
and are determined to stamp out the
radical element in the national Democ-
racy at the coming election. They
wisely concluded not to fritter away
their strength on a third ticket, but
resolved to make no nominations for
president and vice president. This
leaves every sound money Democrat
free to support the whole Republican
ticket, as most of them will do. There
is to be no half way measures re-
sorted to this time. Every man must
take one position or the other. He
must be either for Bryan and Steven
son and free silver at 16 to ! or for
Mckinley and Roosevelt and sound
money.
Thousands of Democrats in the Key
stone state have determined that the
only way to wipe out Bryanism from
their party is to vote the entire Re-
publican ticket this fall. They will
not be content to vote simply for the
Republican presidential electors. They
know that the Democratic machine of
Pennsylvania is under the absolute
control OF James M. Guffey, who Is
Bryan's personal representative in this
state. To vote simply for the Repub-
ktol oIa ond
the balance of the Democratic ticket,
the gold Democrats say, would be
simply playing into the hand of the
Bryan Democracy. They know that
Mckinley will carry Pennsylvania and
that Guffey is merely seeking to elect
free silver candidates for congress and
members of the legislature who will
help him in his aspirations to go to
the United States senate through
fusion with the insurgent Republicans.
Guffey's deal, they assert, Is that the
insurgents will elect him to the United
States senate on condition that he will
aid the insurgent Republicans In their
efforts to disrupt the present Repub-
lican organization and help them name
a millionaire Philadelphian as sue
cessor to Boies Penrose In the Uni
ted States senate. They declare that
the insurgents know they will not
have enough strength in the coming
ber to succeed Col. Quay.
The insurgents must therefore unite
with the Democrats to defeat the NOM
inee OF the Republican caucus on the
United States senatorship next jan
uary.
The decision of sound money Demo-
Gratis in Pennsylvania to vote the full
Republican ticket practically ends the
fusion movement on the United States
senAtorship.
THE GOVERNORS COMPLIMENT.
This is Governor Stones public tri-
butte to Farmer Cope: e
1.-THE showing made by Dairy and
Food Commissioner Cope since he
took his Office is the best evidence
in the world that the illegal sale
of oleomargarine is to be stopped.
The cooperation of the district
attorneys Office in Philadelphia,
which Commissioner Cope tells me
he has secured, will enable the
dairy and food departments agents
in that city to begin work with
degree of certainty as to speedy
trials Of the cases they bring that
certainly ought to spur them on,
and look for the crusade there to
have the effect Of driving all Of the
bogus butter men out of the busi-
ness. The crusade in other parts
of the state Is to be conducted on
the same vigorous lines by the
state dairy and food commissioner
as In Philadelphia, and If the IL
legal dealers in oleomargarine fail
to profit by the events OF the past
four or FIVE weeks and quit before
the law reaches them it will be
their own fault. And the law will
reach them speedily, too. Bogus
butter has no place as an article
of food in Pennsylvania, and the
bogus butter men are being made,
and will continue to be rapidly
made to realize It,"
Now, as to what Farmer Cope has
done, according to the records of the
dockets OF the committing magistrates
before whom the men arrested for al
legged violations of the laws have been
brought by Farmer Cope and his