The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-02-28

| allegiance. The issue was fought out
along these lines. The result is vim
dication of the regular Republicans.
II ought to be an inspiration to Re-
publicans who are fighting the same
kind of battles in other counties. The
people believe in majority rule. They
believe in party organization, and will
not support the men who are endeavor-
ing to break down the party that has
done so much for the development Of
this country Mr.. Fisher is to be con-
graduated on the splendid vindication
he received from the Republicans OF
Jefferson county. Indiana county will
do better"
Indiana county will vote upon the
state senatorship at the coming pri-
maries, and, as in jefferson, the rules
] call for popular vote. There will be
| no reason to charge the so-called ma
| chine with the victory which Is assured
Mr.. Fisher, as the people will ballot
with the issue squarely defined. Mr..
Fisher will probably carry Indiana
county by at least $500 majority, and
| ii is possible, since the outcome of the
Jefferson county fight, that the Finn
men will conclude to save money and
not make q fight. Their campaign in
Jefferson was very expensive prop
osition.
MILLIONAIRE COMBINE BEATEN.
"As between Quay and any repre-
sentative of the Flinn-Martin boilers
The Inquirer has always contended
that the people would prefer Quay"
said the editor of the Philadelphia In
quirer in commenting upon the Jeffer-
son county primaries. They have no
use for any pretender of the hypocrit-
ical insurgent millionaire machine.
This millionaire machine talks loudly
about reform but it's reform consists
in buying votes, and in making its way
through intrigue, corruption and po-
ltical infamy. DR.. Morrow, as the
representative Of such an infamous
machine, has been defeated, and we
think that that machine will find the
people arrayed against it wherever it
undertakes to control. That machine
is dead in Philadelphia; it is dead in
Delaware county, and it is practically
dead in Chester county. AS matter
OF fact the insurgents who bolted the
Republican caucus at Harrisburg are
everywhere looked upon with disfavor.
The one thing left for the insurgents
to do is to join the Democrats in
fusion tickets. They have been beaten
outright in Jefferson county, and now
it is only in harmony with their past
actions to support the Democratic can
didate. AS a matter of fact, this Is
exactly what the insurgents intend to
do everywhere. They will contest the
primaries in the different counties.
When they are beaten out and out, as
they will be, they will join the Demo-
Gratis. In other words, if they cannot
rule they will attempt to ruin, and the
candidate of the boilers of the Finn
Martin stripe is the candidate of the
Democrats, and that man is the free
silver Democratic leader of Pennsylva-
mia, James M. Guffey."
CHESTER AND SNYDER.
That Chester county is still very
much in the stalwart column was
amply demonstrated at the meeting of
the Republican county convention last
week. There was not single dissent
ing voice to the resolutions offered en-
dorsing the policy of President McKin-
ley and Governor Stone making the
following declaration as to Colonel M.
S. Quay:
I'VE reaffirm our allegiance to the
matchless Republican leadership of
Hon. Matthey Stanley Quay and depre-
cate the fact that the United States
senate has not yet taken favorable ac-
ton on the certificate of Hon. Matthew
Stanley Quay. of Pennsylvania. and
given to him the seat and to the people
of Pennsylvania the representation to
which they are entitled and guaran-
teed in the senate of the United States
by the constitution"
This declaration from the Republi-
can convention of Chester county must
have been a hard blow to Finn and
his colleagues.
1t was notable feature of the Ches-
ter county convention that the former
boilers were absent In fact, they were
not represented from a single precinct
in the county.
The Republicans have announced
their choice for senator and members
of the legislature by publishing the list
far in advance of the primaries, which
will not be held until June.
At this time the Chester county
boilers from the party are doing moth
ing whatever. They say they are
awaiting developments and will get
into the fight after a time when they
get matters properly shaped. The
Democrats, however, seem to have got
ten enough of fusion at the last cleo
tion, and it seems almost impossible
for Chairman Cavanaugh to get them
into line for another such farce. With
out them the boilers will of course
have no show. The pledge which all
Republican candidates are now re-
quired to sign by the chairman of the
county committee will prevent any de-
feated candidate upon the regular
ticket, should he become disgruntled,
from forming an alliance with the bolt
ers in any movement they should
make.
Snyder county's Republican primar-
les were held last Saturday. They
passed off quietly The only contests
In the different districts were for the
local committeeman. The following
candidates were nominated without OPP
position: For congress, Thad NJ. Ma
hon; assembly, A. NJ Smith; senator,
b. X. Focht; prothonotary, G. M. Shin
del; register and recorder, ]. H. Will
Its DR.. p Herman defeated G. w.
Wagonseller for national delegate.
This action of the Snyder county
Republicans insures the nomination of
Benjamin X. Focht, editor of the Lew
lsburg Saturday News, a stalwart Re-