The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-08-02
CUFFEY IS TAKEN
TO BRYANS BREAST
Pennsylvania's Leader to Help Run
the National Campaign.
FOR FUSION AT HOME
But He VIII Find That Sound Money
Democrats Of Pennsylvania Are
Going to Vote the Whole Republi-
can Ticket This Fail.
Especial Correspondence.)

Especial Correspondence
Harrisburg, July 24.-The announce
ment came few days ago that Col.
William Jennings Bryan had insisted
upon the appointment OF Col. James
NJ. Guffey, of Pennsylvania, as men,
ber of the executive committee Of the
Democratic national committee. While
this intelligence to the outside world
would not be calculated to cause more
than passing comment to Pennsylva
MIA Democrats, and Republicans as
we'll, this selection is particularly sig
nifcant Col. Guffey, as one OF the
chief advisers and manipulators in the
Democratic national campaign, will be
looked upon with interest and curiosity
as the prime mover In Pennsylvania in
the great fusion movement for the cap
ture OF the legislature Of the Keystone
state from the Republican organization
and the possible election OF Col. Guffey
himself as fusion candidate for Uni
ted States senator.
While Col. Guffey, as member Of
Bryan's Democratic national commit
| tees executive committee, will be ap-
pealing throughout the national cam
paign to Democrats to stand by the
Bryan ticket, in the hope Of capturing
| the presidency, he will in Pennsylva-
mia be the leading figure among those
Democrats and fnsurgcnt politicians
~ ,pHar tho Ui,icn nj rafnrm
| seek to lead Republicans from their
] party organization to help elect fu-
| sion members of the legislature. The
| insurgents under the lead of Martin, Of
| Philadelphia, and Finn. of Pittsburg,
| will work hand in hand with Guffey In
| the legislative fight. Guffey will wisely
| take advantage Of the opportunity to
| elect Democrats, where. with the Re-
| publican party united, there would not
be any chance for Democrat to go to
Harrisburg. Besides aiding in making
strife in the Republican party, Guffey
| sees a chance to elect Democrats to
congress. where otherwise there would
| be not the slightest show for the defeat
Of the regular Republican nominees.
| While Col. Guffey will be entreating
| Republicans in Pennsylvania to desert
their party candidates and support the
| fusion tickets for the legislature, he
will find that he will be without the
votes OF the sound money Democrats,
who are openly declaring their pur-
pose to vote for President Mckinley
and the whole Republican ticket this
fall. Pennsylvania is furnishing her
full share o. this former Democratic
vote which will continue to be cast
with the Republican party as long as
the Democracy stands for the 16 to !
idea on the financial ISSUE
AGAINST 16 TO I.
Every county in the Keystone state
has its due proportion Of former Dem
ocrats who will not vote the Bryan
ticket this year and who will not be led
by Guffey or anybody else in touch
with the Bryan campaign into voting
the fusion tickets for the legislature.
They are for straightout Republicanism
and all that implies, and they will be
among the most ardent opponents Of
fusion. They want to see full dele
cation sent to congress to thwart the
Democratic plans on the silver issue,
and they know that the only way to &C.