The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-08-01

is or aims to be, he is not faith break
er. He must intend only what he says
since he voluntarily ties himself down
to an exact and open scheme Tor an
honest 'non-partisan constitutional
convention for immediate ballot re-
FORM whereby he doubtless hopes his
party may be relieved from the shame
and scandal of the present situation.
Shall we doubt the sincerity OF great
and responsible leader of the domi-
nant party who has every personal and
party reason for effecting the reform at
the earliest possible moment and who
accepts and indorses the only possi-
BILE method Of effecting il as suggested
by his only formidable rival and join
ourselves in tender trust with petty
bosses OF city machines who have a
plain interest in defeating the reform
and who, to that end, talk about ac-
complishing it by acts of the legisla-
ture, or hy futile single amendments.
Mr.. Quay's sincerity will probably be
shown in a manner which will put to
shame those who have so indecently
impugned it, Should the authorities OF
his party. its state committee and Its
candidates for the legislature pledge
themselves, as he and other responsible
leaders have already done, there will
be no question left. The regular Re
publican party has tho powe; to pro-
duce the reform for which Mr.. Wana-
maker and Mr.. Quay stand and, inas-
much as the 450, 900 Democrats in the
state are deeply interested in It, | see
no reason why we should not make 1t
unanimous, and have at once this fair,
non-partisan constitutional convention
which all sensible people agree is the
only wuy out"
At q meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Democratic Society OF
Pennsylvania, held at Harrisburg last
week. resolutions were unanimously
adopted indorsing the proposition for
the holding of n non-partison conven-
tion.
DEATH BLOW TO FUSION.
The Democratic advocates of fusion
on legislative tickets in Pennsylvania
were evidently greatly disappointed
at the action of the sound money
Democrats at their national conference
held at Indianapolis last week. These
representative men Of the Democratic
party resent Bryan's domination Of
| their party organization. They are,
of course, unalterably opposed to the
16 to | declaration on the silver issue
and are determined to stamp out the
| radical element in the national Democ-
racy at the coming election. They
wisely concluded not to fritter away
their strength on third ticket, but
resolved to make no nominations for
president and vice president This
leaves every sound money Democrat
| free to support the whole Republican
| ticket. as most of them will do. There
| is to be no half way measures re-
sorted to this time. Every man must
take one position or the other He
must be either for Bryan and Steven
son and free silver at 16 to l or for
Mckinley and Roosevelt and sound
money,
Thousands of Democrats in the Key
stone state have determined that the
only way to wipe out Organism from
their party is to vote the entire Re-
publican ticket this fall They will
, not be content to vote simply for the
Republican presidential electors. They
know that the Democratic machine of
PENNSYLVANIA is under the absolute
control Of James M. Guffey. who is
Bryan's personal representative in this
state. To vote simply for the Repub-
lican presidential electors and support
the balance of the Democratic ticket,
the gold Democrats say, would be
simply playing into the hand of the
Bryan Democracy. They know that
Mckinley will carry Pennsylvania and
that Guffey is merely seeking to elect
free silver candidates for congress and
members of the legislature who will
help him in his aspirations to go to
the United States senate through
fusion with the insurgent Republicans.
Guffey's deal, they assert, is that the
insurgents will elect him to the United
States senate on condition that he will
aid the insurgent Republicans in their
efforts to disrupt the present Repub-
lican organization and help them name
millionaire Philadelphian as sue
cessor to Boies Penrose in the Uni
ted States senate They declare that
the insurgents know they will not
have enough strength in the coming
legislature to elect one of their num-
Der to succeed Col Quay.
The insurgents must therefore unite
with the Democrats to defeat the NOM
inee of the Republican caucus on the
United States senatorship next jan
uary.
The decision of sound money Demo-
Gratis in Pennsylvania to vote the full
Republican ticket practically ends the
fusion movement on the United States
senatorship.
Madam Girl