The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-10-18
FUSION HOPES
OF DEMOCRACY
Governor Stones StaIwart Dec.
laratiOns on This Issue.
THE SENATORSHIP INVOLVED.

What II VIII Mean for Republicans
to Vote Against Their Party Nomi-
nees For the state Legislature.
Governor Stone IL stalwart among
stalwarts. and In speech at Couders-
port, Potter county, few nights ago,
He paid his respects to the men who
are engineering the movement to de-
feat Republican candidates through
fusion with the Democrats.
81 believe" said Governor Stone,
that the things to talk about in a
political campaign are the things the
people are thinking about, and in this
county and in some other counties
of the state there Is talk and thought
over fusion. | am not here to criti-
'clze or question the motives of any
Republican who, failing to secure a
nomination by his own party, accepts
a nomination by the Democratic party
and tries to defeat his successful op-
ponent. am here, however, to speak
Of the effect of such action.
whenever the fusion candidate Is a
Democrat he will necessarily get all
the Democratic votes and some Repub-
lican votes. The Republican votes are
so much gain to the Democratic party.
When he is a Republican, should he be
elected, it is necessarily a Democratic
victory, because n member OF the leg
islature. running against the regular
nominee OF his party, loses necessarily
all connection with his party in caucus
and committee.
while fusion Is possible in some
counties at the election, 1t is utterly
impossible in the legislature. II 1t were
possible to have majority Of Demo-
Gratis and insurgents in the senate and
the house II would be impossible to
fuse upon speaker OF the house and
presid,n mt Of the senate and the forma-
ton OF the committees without an
,agl cement on the part of the insur-
gents 90 vote finally for Democrat
for United States senator.
"Tho Democratic leaders are not In
this fusion movement to reform the
Republican party and they have not
gone into II except upon assurances
that there will be no coming together
OF the regular Republicans and insur-
gents. They have no desire to see them
come together They believe that a
house divided against itself cannot
stand, and they do not want the Re-
publican party to stand, and they nat
iurally will do all they cun to keep the
Republican party divided against It.
self.
They are in this movement to secure
tho election OF a Democrat to the Uni
ted States senate. and II they can Sc
cure a majority OF Democrats and in
surgent Republicans who will not abide
by caucus action they may succeed.
ANY REPUBLICAN WHO CON-
TEMPLATES VOTING FOR FUSION
LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES MIGHT
AZ WELL UNDERSTAND}THAT HE
IS VOTING AGAINST THE REPUB-
LICAN PARTY AND For \ DEMO
CRATIC UNITED STATES SENA-
TOR
What kind of RepuhliCanism is 1t
to vote for Mckinley ant then vote for
n candidate for tn legislature who
will vote for Democrat for United
States senator? without a Republi-
can senate McFinlev'5 hands are tied.
II the Democrats wore sincere In this
Inatter.they could lave ended the dead
dock In the last legislature at any time
by voting for Nrpublican for United
States senator But they are not sin
cere, and they S.ll deadlock the legis-
lature again lutll such time as the
tnsurrents vii cooperate with them
4or the elecIOn Of 3 Democrat. think
the puopb have had quite enough of
dead rniS
- Tho Nls'onlsts succeed there will
sEoly hn another o' long duration, for
adjD"r"r ut break q deadlock
IN 4 legislature. The senate OF
tAy luited 90 Dlyiug refused to
seat = .a3 VI the governor, It
will b. -8 alty to convene the lcgisla-
ture H. extra session Ii they adjourn
without an election. You cannot blame
the N.p4aIican majority for adhering
~ their caucus nominee and the delay
aris'rG over q prolonged deadlock must
10 upon tho Insurgents aud those Re
Vuh'cans who vote fer them In No
vwubcr.
"Tho leg'alaturo VIII he largely Re-
,PUblioan, and a Republican senator
should bc elected. but If the majority
cannot uaino tho candidate in caucus
now can it be brought about? 1t
can best he done by -ho Republicans
yotir" "a November for their own reg
ular candidates and turning their backs
upon fusion"