The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-10-10
FUSION HOPES
OF DEMOCRACY
Governor Stones Stalwart Dec.
IaratiOnS on This Issue.
THE SENATORSHIP INVOLVED.
What u VIII Mean for Republicans
to Vote Against Their Party Nomi-
nccs For the state Legislature.

] "uNt u VIM "S"h ior hVpuhiiV""S
to Vote Against Their Party Nomi-
nccs For the state Legislature.
Governor Stone is a stalwart among
stalwarts, and in speech at Couders-
port, Potter county, few nights ago,
he paid his respects to the men who
are engineering the movement to de-
feat Republican candidates through
fusion with the Democrats.
Il believe" said Governor Stone,
that the things to talk about in a
political campaign are the things the
people are thinking about, and in this
county and in some other counties
of the state there is talk and thought
over fusion. | am not here to criti-
cize or question the motives of any
Republican who, failing to secure a
nomination by his own party, accepts
a nomination by the Democratic party
and tries to defeat his successful op-
ponent. | 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 a Republican, should he be
elected, II is necessarily a Democratic
victory, because a 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 it would be impossible to
fuse upon speaker of the house and
president of the senate and the forma-
tion 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 q
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 a 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-
LlCAN PARTY AND FOR 4 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 4 Democrat for United
States senator? Without a Republi-
can senate McKinleys 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 a Republican for United
States senator. But they are not sin
cere, and they will deadlock the legis-
laturo again until such time as the
insurgents will cooperate with them
for the election of a Democrat. think
the people have had quite enough of
deadlocks.
IF the fusionists succeed there will
likely be another Of long duration. for
adjournment viii not brcak deadlock
in the reyt legislature. The senate of
the United States having refused to
seat the arpaintee Of the governor. 1t
Will he his duty to convene the legisla-
ture in extra session if they adjourn
without on election. You cannot blame
the Republican ciority for adherlng
to their caucus nominee and the delay
arising over prolonged deadlock must
be upon the insurgents and those Re-
pubicans who vote for them in No
vember.
THE legislature will be largely Re-
publican, and a Republican senator
should be elected but il 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 candid les and turning their backs
upon fusion"