The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-09-26
FUSION MIGHT
LOSE CONGRESS
Republican Club Men Hear Sound
Advice From Foraker and
Babcook.
WILL 60 TO WORK AT ONCE.

| Democratic Machine, Meet Finn and
Martin. Insurgents, but Republi-
cans Seem 70 he Aroused Against
This Combine.
Especial Correspondence)
Philadelphia. Sept 25.-0ne Of the
most important results Of the conven-
ton Of the State League Of Republican
| clubs, held here last week, was the
determination of many active young
Republicans. visitors from every coun-
| ty in the state, to return home and
work more zealously than ever for the
success of the whole Republican ticket.
They were inspired to do this by the
! eloquent and forcible arguments made
by Senator Foraker, of Ohio, Chairman
| Babcock. OF the Republican congress
sional committee, and other party lead
ers, who came to Pennsylvania to
urge the Importance of making Repub-
| lican gains in congress in order to save
the house to the Republican party for
| next year.
They pointed out the possible gains
| for the Democracy In many states, and
that there is a dangerous apathetic
feeling shown among Republicans, who
seem to be impressed with the idea
that President Mckinley is certain to
be reelected and that the Republicans
are sure to elect majority Of the
house.
The Republican club men had their
minds disabused of the notion that the
Republican party has practically a
walkover in the canvass for the house,
and they were impressed with the i'm
portance of making Republican con-
| gressional gains In states like Penn
sylvania Every now and then the
Democrats, through Republican dissen-
sions or Indifference, make heavy gains
In their representation in the house.
Stress was laid by several Of the
speakers upon the danger of losing Re-
publican congressman through the fu-
sion movements which have spread to
a number of counties of the state, by
the efforts of the so-called insurgents.
While primarily, In many cases, the
aim of the insurgents is to to defeat
Republican candidates for the state leg
islature, 1t was shown that in the past
Republican candidates for congress
have been defeated in just such move
ments. There are several congresslon-
al districts which, under ordinary cir
cumstances, are safely Republican, but
which are now made debateable, and
probably Democratic, through the leg
islative deals with the Democrats made
by the insurgents.
The several speakers who touched
upon this subject at the League con-
vention were emphatic in their state
ments that unless prompt action shall
be taken by the leaders of the party
organization and the State League to
thwart the plans of the fusionists there
will be serious losses in the congress
sional delegation.
There were reports, however, from
some of the club men which indicated
that the fusion movement is not going
to make the headway that was at first
feared.
Delegates from Chester, Montgom-
cry, Union, Snyder, Northumberland,
Montour, Blair, Franklin, Venango,
Warren and other counties, where the
Guffey Democrats and the Flinn-Mar-
tin insurgents are at work, stated that
there is a growing sentiment among
Republicans against the fusion
schemers. and that the prospects are
that in many districts the plans Of tho
insurgents and their Democratic allies
will meet defeat.
HURRIEDLYC CALLED CONFERENCE
That the managers of the fusion
movement are not quite at ease was
made manifest here last week when a
hurried conference was called which
brought William Finn and Co ~Ns
M Guffey, the Democratic
committeeman. from Allegheny :
David Martin and Chairman Killing Of
the Democratic state committee, to-
gether In this city This quartet are
supervising the arrangements for fu-
sion in the several counties of the state.
They were alarmed over several unex-
pected developments after the Demo-
cratic primaries in this city, where Cuff
fey had planned for fusion with the
Martin insurgents.
In the legislative districts where
John F. Keator and II. l.. r. Nyce, in
surgent members of the last legislature,
were defeated at the Republican prima-
ries, the Democrats refused to place
them upon the Democratic ticket, but
named straight Democrats in their
stead Guffey had insisted upon the
Democrats in the districts putting Kea-
tor and Nyce upon their ticket, but
the Democrats refused to take the
orders, and named men Of their own
party in each instance. The same
thing was done in several other dis
tricts in this city, where Guffey had
agreed to help Martin men to defeat
the regular Republican nominees for
the senate and the house by fusion
with the insurgents.
Senator Osbourn, who was renomi-
mated by the Republicans of his dis
trict, was to have been opposed by the
Martinites with the aid, of the Demo-
Gratis, but the Democrats named a man
of their own party and Guffey was In
a rage when he, met the Democratic
leaders who had thrown him down.
He summoned Chairman Donnelly, Of
the Democratic city committee, to the
Hotel Stratford, where Martin and
Finn and Killing were already assem-
bled. There Guffey told Mr. Donnelly
that he had been betrayed and that the
Democracy OF Philadelphia would be
read out of the organization If the par
ty leaders did not obey his commands
for fusion nominations. Donnelly pro-
tested that he could not prevent what
had haDDpnod as thp ward leaders had