The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-01-31
A BYRANITE BOOM
FOR INSURGENTS
Followers Of Finn and Martin
Disheartened by the Work
OF Democratic Allies.
PENR0SE SCORES A TRIUMPH
The brilliant yoHnE senator Scored
n Great vicfory in Securing the
Appropriation For the Immense
stone Dock For League Island.
fspecial Correspondence. }

Appropriation For the Immense
Stone Dock For League Island.
Especial Correspondence
Philadelphia, Jan. S0.-The action Of
the Democratic state committee OF
| Thursday last in adopting a resolution
declaring William Jennings Bryan to
be the choice of the Democracy oi
Pennsylvania for president was receiv-
ed like a bomb in the camp Of the Re
publican insurgents of this state.
This element in the Republican party
that follow the leadership of David
Martin in this city and William Finn
in the western counties in opposition 70
the leaders of the regular Republican
organization have been hopeful of eoIi-
tinuiIg their alliance with tte Guffey
Democrats in the canvass -. mem
bers of the legislature this year. Be-
fore Guffey went to Harrisburg the in
surgents warned him against allowing
the Democratic state committee taking
up the Bryan movement. They de-
clared that If il became known that
Guffey's friends were committed to
Bryan a large element of the Demo-
cratic party would refuse TO support
his candidates for the legislature. This
would defeat their schemes for fusion.
While the Insurgents could control q
certain number of Republicans. this
number would be small as compared
with the Democratic vote in any local
ity where the full Democratic vote
must be Dolled in order to defeat the
regular Republican nominees.
II Is known that Guffey fully appre-
eiated the force of this argument from
the Martin-Flinn combine. but be also
realized that his personal following
among the Democrats is composed
largely of the radical free silverites.
who fairly worship Bryan. When he
landed in the state capital he soon dis
covered that the boys were determined
to declare for Bryan for president re-
gardless of the wishes of their Republic
can allies, and the Bryan resolution
was presented at the state committee
meeting. and IL was adopted without
a dissenting voice
UNDER BRYAN'S STANDARD.
The Bryan standard has thus been
raised over the Democratic camp. and
n Finn and Martin pr pose to continue
to array themselves against the Repub-
lican party and its regularly nominated
candidates they must fight with Cuff
fey under the flag of Bryan. stand ac-
cused of supporting the Chicago plat
form and everything else that Bryan
ism implies. Many of the former fol-
lowers of Martin and Finn will not
so with them into the Bryan camp,
and Guffey cannot under any circum-
stances get the support of the sound
money Democrats. May or them.
rather than accept the Bryan platform
of the Guffey contingent. will vote the
regular Republican ticket. as most Of
them did in the Mckinley campaign
four years ego.
II the gold Democratic leaders of
Harrisburg had been allowed to tell
Bryan their private opinion of the sit
uaticn IL would doubtless have been
that the committee was simply taking
ono more step to reduce the already
sadly diminished strength of the DEM
ocratic party in Pennsylvania. and
that there is not the slightest likeli-
hood that he will be able to carry a
dozen out of the counties OF the state.
A CONDITION, NOT A THEORY.
During his stay in Harrisburg Mr..
Bryan delivered himself of the usual
speech about the Chicago platform, re-
iterating his intention to stick to Il AMI
declaring that unqualified devotion TO
it was the true and only test of Demo-
cratic faith. At no time did he hold
forth theslightest encouragement to the
tens of thousands of Democrats who
have no sympathy with the Chicago
platform to return to the party: he
harped again on the silver question
with his customary emphasis, and gave
his followers distinctly to understand
that the battle of 1900 was 10 be waged
along the same lines as that OF 1896.
with the exception of his new depart
ure on the issue of anti-imperialism.
Put IL was a somewhat unpleasant
circumstance that in the midst of Mr..
BTyan's appeal to the Democrats OF
Pennsylvania for renewed fidelity TO
the silver issue an announcement was
made at Harrisburg on behalf of the
great Pennsylvania steel works in
Steelton that on the first of March
there would be an advance Of wages of
about 10 per cent, and that more than
5000 men would obtain the benefits OF
the increase.
PENROSE'S GREAT VICTORY.
Senator Penrose finds that the labors
and trials of two United States senator
ships which have been upon his shoul-
ders since the expiration of Senator
Quay's term are wearing heavily. He
has scarcely had an opportunity to
visit his home in this city since Christ
mas. He is kept at work night and
day at Washington attending to the
many official responsibilities which
come to him from his constituents in
every county in the state. He has sys-
tematizcd his correspondence. and he
always carries an immense batch of
papers on his daily rounds of the de-
Dartments. He made determined fight
to ha;c League Island equipped with
a stone dock such as would place it
upon a plane with the great navy
yards of the world. There were many
objections from members of congress
from states FAR from the seaboard, who
NJ first failed to appreciate the i'm
portancc OF this proposed improve
ment He f".liy succeeded in remov- |
ing all oppos.'ICn with the aid of sew
eral members Of the PENNSYLVANIA del |
oeaNAcA III NAt AOuSts last week
Senator Penrose had the satisfaction of |
seeing President Mckinley attach his |
signature to the bill making the appro-
priation for the work. This stone |
dock viii mean much TO the industries |
OF Pennsylvania. especially the iron /
interests. 1t will mean that supplies
Tor the building and the repairing of
great vessels will come from the iron
and steel mills of the Keystone state,
hat the lumber interests of the COM
nonwealth will be drawn upon heavily
and that every manufacturing inter-
sst that furnishes supplies for vessels
will find an outlet for its products in
he rapid development OF League Island
Us a shipbuilding and repair station of
he United States navy. Senator PEN
'ose had all these things in mind when
ne began his fight, and he never lost
rack OF the main issue throughout the
ong drawn out contest which has re-
'ulted SO successfully.
Tried Five Doctors
Mrs. Frances L. Sales. of Missouri Val
av. Ia. writes she had severe kidney