Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
Snyder, Of Chester, and Marshall,
Of Allegheny, Will Preside
Over Senate and House
Respectively.
INSURGENTS GIVE UP THE FIGHT.
Work of the Philadelphia
strOy the Republican Organization
of Pennsylvania For the Selfish
Purposes of Ambitious hut Repudi-
ated Politicians.
Especial Correspondence

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Especial Correspondence
Philadelphia, Dec. 11.-All doubts
about the ability of the stalwart Re
publicans to organize both branches of
the legislature have been removed,
since more than a majority of the
members in each chamber have gone
on record over their own signatures
for the candidates Of the stalwarts for
presiding officers of those bodies.
The insurgents have practically given
up the fight against Senator w. P.
Snyder, of Chester county, for presi-
dent pro tenn. Of the state senate. 1t
Is intimated that in order to cover his
retreat Senator William Finn, the
leader of the insurgents, will make the
motion for the election of DR.. Snyder
to succeed himself as presiding officer
of the senate in the absence Of the
lieutenant governor. Finn, at the close
Of the last session of the senate, when
it became necessary to elect presiding
officer who would officiate' during the
recess, placed DR.. Snyder in nomina-
ton in the Republican caucus, and he
received every vote, including those of
the insurgents.
Now, since the three members of the
state senate whom the insurgents put
in the doubtful list-Senator Sproul Of
Delaware, Vaughan Of Lackawanna and
Muehlbronner of Allegheny-have all
publicly declared in favor Of DR.. Sny-
der Finn, recognizing the handwrit-
ing on the wall, is about to get in line
for Snyder and announce that the in
surgents have nothing against him,
and would like to see him elected.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.
The facts are that the insurgents
found that some of their number who
aspire to reelection did not propose
to follow Films original plan and
vote for ]. Henry Cochran, Democrat,
for president pro tenn. of the senate.
They are all human, and they all ap-
preciate the fact that II they would
sell out the Republican candidate for
president of the senate In favor of
Democrat they could never hope for
reelection in their respective districts.
This would be the biggest card that
their political opponents could play
against them.
The settlement of the contest in the
state senate came along about the
same time that the insurgents and the
Democrats in the house discovered that
1t would be impossible for them to
unite upon any candidate for speaker.
Neither Guffey nor any one else could
get all the Democratic members to
agree upon an insurgent Republican for
speaker, and neither Martin, Finn nor
Wanamaker could get all the so-called
insurgents to vote for a Democrat for
speaker against the stalwart Republi-
can candidate. Several of the most
prominent insurgents in the last legis-
lature have come out openly In favor of
the election of Representative w. T.
Marshall, Of Allegheny, for speaker
of the house. Some of them are still
opposed to the election of Col. Quay,
but 1t is believed that they will not
continue to oppose him when the time
comes to ballot on the United States
senatOrship
They do not propose to get left in
the matter of the distribution of the
patronage of the house of representa-
tives, which will be allotted by the
leaders Of the Republican organization,
nor do they wish to figure in unimpor-
tant places on the committee lists.
They all feel that their futures depend
upon their being in position of in
f1uence and Importance, and that they
must not allow their personal animosi-
ties or the revengeful spirits of few
disgruntled leaders to take them out
side Of the Republican lines.
BLISS WITH THE REGULARS.
Representative Ward r. Bliss, OF
Delaware county. who was conspic-
uous figure In the deadlock on the
United States senatorship two years
ago, has come to the front as one of
the leaders in the cause of the regulars,
and he Is very active in the canvass In
favor of the election Of Representative
Marshall for the speakership. He was
regarded as the most alert and the
brainiest OF the insurgents in the last
session. He acted as presiding officer
Of their meetings In the house and
fought as well as he knew how against
the reelection of Col Quay. He went
home, sounded the sentiments of the
Republicans of the district and corr
cluded that they now favor the election
of Col. Quay. He was renominated
without opposition from the regulars,
and he Is now on the firing line of the
stalwarts, and will be with them when
they win their victory at Harrisburg
next month.
The insurgents are still bluffing in
their newspaper war on COL Quay.
They are making all sorts of false
charges about the use of money by the
regulars, yet they do not seem to think
Of the fact that the people know that
were It not for the little coterie of
monied men who are keeping the in
surgent machine we'll CREASED with fat
contributions there would be no or
ganixations Of Insurgents. Money has
been the principal stock in trade Of the
insurgents since they started out, and
they have spent hundreds of thousands
Of dollars In desperate but fruitless
campaign against the Beaver stateman.
Their newspaper bureau Is perhaps one
OF their strongest assets.
INSURGENT NTNEWSPAPER COMBINE
Some of the antics Of the insurgent
newspapers would be very amusing to
reader conversant with the true sit
uation II their hypocrisy was not so
transparent and contemplate. As only
one instance. mark the publication of
an alleged list of Quay. anti-Quay and
doubtful members OF both senate and