Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-29


any deal he may make with Finn.
Greasy Of Columbia, Palm of Craw-
ford and Burnett of Monroe are also
spoken Of for the Democratic nOmina-
tion for speaker, and they may get into
a snarl before the caucus shall be held.
WANTS DEMOCRATIC HARMONY.
A fight in the Democratic ranks will
not be pleasing to Finn, as he Is anx-
ious to have all the Democrats turn
in for Hall, of Pittsburg, one of his fol-
lowers. In the event of Halls election
to the speakership Finn would guaran-
tee that the Democrats will be well
cared for in the matter of committee
appointments and patronage.
Gen. Koontz, of Somerset. is another
insurgent mentioned for speaker. While
Finn and Martin can probably turn in
all of their followers to carry out any
deal Finn and Guffey may make 1t is
not at all probable that many of the
so-called insurgents in interior counties
will risk their political futures in a
combination with Guffey Democrats
against the regular Republican nomi-
nee.
Representative Marshall, of Alle-
ghey. was in this city last week and
met Representative Keyser, of this
city, and McClain, of Lancaster. stall
wart Republicans, both of whom were
announced as candidates for the speak
ership. They both assured Mr.. Mar
shall that they were in favor of his
election and that they had no dobht
about his winning the speakership.
Following the many county delega-
tions which had already declared in
his favor, Dauphin county last week
unanimously indorsed Mr.. Marshall for
speaker and pledged him it's four votes
in the house of representatives. These
representatives, with Senator-elect Fox
of Dauphin, also pledged themselves to
go into the Republican caucus on the
United States senatorship and vote for
Col. Quay for senator.
During the last week the insurgents
have been working a sort of film fam
game upon the Republicans of the state
They have been taking out and out in
surgents, men who voted against Col
Quay at the last legislature. and her.
aiding them as converts to the insur-
gent movement. They preface these
declarations with statements that these
men have been counted upon by friends
of the Beaver statesman to vote for
Quay and they then follow this up
with the announcements, with big dis
play articles in the insurgent news
papers, giving another Quay loss"
That they believe the people at large
do not follow up these matters closely
is quite apparent, for anyone familiar
with the facts can at once see that
these stories are fakes pure and simple,
and are intended to mislead the people
in the counties where attempts may be
made to bribe members of the legisla-
ture to join the insurgent cause.
In commenting upon the arguments
of the subsidized newspapers of this
city in urging Republicans to join with
the Democrats in the organization of
the Legislature. the Commercial Ga
zette, of Pittsburg, says:
That the item Of party regularity is
the most valuable of all assets, and
maintain its influence or even it's exist
ence, is a truth against which no
sophistry can prevail.
'Pitiable indeed, is the confession of
weakness made by The Phess when ii
seeks justification for boiling party
caucuses and primaries in the declara-
tion that others have done the same.
The Philadelphia insurgent organ
editorially advises its readers that
there is no party obligation that com
pels them to respect the decisions OF
the Republican primaries or the Re-
publican caucus. In the recent cam
paign it urged defeated insurgent can
iidates to join with Democrats in order
to defeat at the polls the stalwart Re-
publicans nominated at the Republican
primaries. Failing in this effort to Sc
cure majority legislative control The
Press now vehemently declares that
insurgent members must not take part
in the senatorial or organization eau
cuses, contending that the party rules
and usages do not impose such an OBJ
legation.
''The primary and the caucus are the
means through which the will of the
party is ascertained Once ascertained,
it should be binding on all members OF
the party. The party will is ascertain
ed for the purpose of being obeyed.
The policy Of The Press is to subvert
.he ascertained will of the party"