Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-11

OF the state there is talk and thought
over fusion. I am not here to criti-
cize or question the motives of any
Republican who, failing to secure a
nomination. by his own party, accepts
domination by the Democratic party
and tries to defeat his successful op-
ponent. l am here, however, to speak
of the effect of such action.
whenever the fusion candidate is a
Democrat he will necessarily get all
the Democratic votes and some Repub-
lican votes. The Republican votes are
SO much gain to the Democratic party.
When he is Republican, should he be
elected, 1t is necessarily a Democratic
victory, because member of the leg
islature, running against the regular
nominee Of his party, loses necessarily
all connection with his party in caucus
and committee.
while fusion is possible in some
counties at the election, it is utterly
impossible in the legislature. If it were
possible to have a majority of Demo-
Gratis and insurgents in the senate and
the house 1t would be impossible to
fuse upon speaker Of the house and
president of the senate and the forma-
ton of the committees without an
agreement on the part of the insur-
gents to vote finally for a Democrat
for United States senator.
"The Democratic leaders are not in
this fusion movement to reform the
Republican party, and they have not
gone into it except upon assurances
that there will be no coming together
of the regular Republicans and insur-
gents. They have no desire to see them
come together. They believe that a
house divided against itself cannot
stand, and they do not want the Re-
publican party to stand, and they nat
urally will do all they can to keep the
Republican party divided against it.
SELF
DEMOCRATS FOR A DEMOCRAT.
They are in this movement to secure
the election of Democrat to the Uni
ted States senate, and if they can Sc
cure a majority of Democrats and in
surgent Republicans who will not abide
by caucus action they may succeed.
ANY REPUBLICAN WHO CON-
TEMPLATES VOTING FOR FUSION
LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES MIGHT
AS WELL UNDERSTAND THAT HE
IS VOTING AGAINST THE REPUB-
LICAN PARTY AND FOR A DEMO-
CRATIC UNITED STATES SENA-
TOR.
What kind of Republicanism is it
to vote for Mckinley and then vote for
a candidate for the legislature who
will vote for a Democrat for United
States senator? Without Republi-
can senate McKinley's hands are tied.
If the Democrats were sincere in this
matter they could have ended the dead
lock in the last legislature at any time
by voting for Republican for United
States senator. But they are not sim
cere, and they will deadlock the legis-
lature again until such time as the
insurgents will cooperate with them
for the election of Democrat. think
the people have had quite enough of
deadlocks.
eff the, fusionists succeed there will
likely be another of long duration, for
adjournment will not break a deadlock
in the next legislature. The senate of
the United States having refused to
seat the appointee of the governor, it
will be his duty to convene the legisla-
ture in extra session If they adjourn
without an election. You cannot blame
the Republican majority for adhering
to their caucus nominee and the delay
arising over prolonged deadlock must
be upon the insurgents and those Re-
publicans who vote for them in No
vember.
1.-THE legislature will be largely Re-
publican, and Republican senator
should be elected, but if the majority
cannot name the candidate in caucus
how can it be brought about? 1t
can best be done by the Republicans
voting in November for their own reg
ular candidates and turning their backs
upon fusion"
Governor Stone did not mince
words in a speech made at West
Chester, in which he scored the
subsidized newspapers of Philadel-
phia and defied them In this
speech the governor, among other
things, said:
"The Republican senators and
members who will not support
their caucus nominee can never
vote for a Democrat for United
States senator under any circum-
stances. The most rabid insurgent
county In the state will not stand
that, unless it is mere bouquet
thrown when they know there will
be no election. The Democratic
leaders cannot afford to vote for a
Republican for United States sena-
tor They will be advised to do so
on the grounds of public policy by
so-called leading Republican news
papers in cities of the first class,
but DON'T THEY KNOW THAT
THE SO-CALLED LEADING RE-
PUBLICAN NEWSPAPERS IN
CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS
HAVE LOST THEIR INFLUENCE
AND THAT 1T is SURE DEFEAT
FOR ANY CANDIDATE WHOM
THEY SUPPRORT?
DON'T THEY KNOW THAT
THESE PAPERS WEAR EACH
DAY THE LIVERY OF THEIR
MASTER: THAT THE PEOPLE
HAVE DISCOVERED THAT SIX
OF THEM SPEAK ALIKE AS