Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-20

, of the leaders OF the so-called Busi-
ness Mems League live in this dis
trict 1t was looked upon as a Wan
amaker stronghold. When the votes
were counted Harrison had 30 dele
gates and Keator but g. On the pop
ular vote Harrison had 5,16S votes and
Keator 3,273.
There was hot contest in the
Twenty-fourth legislative district.
where the Martinites tried to prevent
the denomination Of Representatives
Adams and Noblit, both of whom had
voted for Col. Quay for United States
senator. Postmaster Hicks lives In this
district. He has been disgruntled be-
cause in addition to getting a post
ofi1ce he was not permitted to boss the
politics of this district. So he joined
the Martinites. Messrs. Adams and
Noblit were both renominated by a
popular vote of 6.884 to 3,273 Tor the
candidates backed by the insurgent
combine. Another desperate battle was
fought in the Twenty-seventh legis-
lative district, which at the last ses-
sion was represented by two insurgents
who bolted the caucus. One of these
members has since fed from the city
with charges against him. The other,
Representative Laubach, who is an
employe in Wanamaker's establish
ment, sought denomination. He was
beaten to a standstill. The vote in
this district was over five to one in
favor of the successful stalwart can
didates, Messrs. Walter Willard and
John Hamilton.
In the Twenty-eighth district the
regulars had a very hard battle to
hold the district. The two members
of the legislature from this district at
the last session voted for Col. Quay,
but since that time the leader of the
district fell out with the stalwart lead
ers and Joined the Martinites. He had
all the party machinery Of the ward
at his back at the outset, and the reg
ulars had to form an entirely new or
ganization. They went to work with
the people at their backs and they won
q marvellous victory. Charles F. Kin
dred was the leader of this district. He
recently secured control Of the Phila-
delphia Times, and is at the head of
the corporation which now runs that
newspaper He used his newspaper
through the fight, and he had the sup
port of the other insurgent newspap-
ers. But when the votes were polled
at the primaries the candidates of the
regular Republicans carried almost
everything before them. Out of the
AZ election precincts Kindred carried
but ten. The popular vote was for the
regular Republican, 5,752, and for the
Kindred insurgents. 1886, a majority
of 2,786. The two candidates named
in this district, Messrs. Walter D.
Stone and Thomas F. Connell, will CO.
operate with the regulars at Harris
burg.
These figures are sufficient to show
the popular sentiment among the Re-
publicans of Philadelphia on this issue
between stalwartism and insurgentism.
The regulars nominated the entire
five candidates for the senate, and of
the 80 candidates for the house of
representatives the regulars nominated
SO. The insurgents have four and
there are three placed in the doubtful
list. The prospects are that these
three will vote with the regulars when
the time comes.
Without the three doubtful members
the regulars thus show gain of ten
votes in the house and one in the
senate, or eleven in all certain from
Philadelphia. with chance of hav-
ing fourteen.
The effect of this defeat Of the in
surgents will no doubt be felt all over
the state. 1t has given the regulars
encouragement to hope for a complete
victory at the organization of the leg
islature