Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-04-05
ANDREWS IS DEFEATED.

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In Allegheny county, where the Re-
publicans held primaries also last Sat-
urday. the returns show that there is
no change in the relative strength of
the two elements. In this county, the
home of Magee and Finn, the organi-
zation has for years been in the hands
of the followers of Magee and Finn.
The immense official patronage of the
city of Pittsburg has been a power
which the opponents of Magee and
Finn could never overcome.
The stalwarts, however, retain con-
troll of the two assembly districts which
they had in the last legislature, the
First and Second, and the Magee-Flinn
faction have the balance. One of the
districts, however, Is Democratic. In
the First district the local leaders Of
the stalwart element made a deter
mined stand against the aspirations of
former State Chairman Andrews, who
desired to go to the legislature.
They made their fight against him on
the score that he, having but recently
removed into the district from Craw-
ford county, should wait his turn be-
fore aspiring to honors from the local
organization. Andrews had as his run
ming mate Representative Simons, who
sought denomination. Against them
were pitted Richard NJ. Kopp and C.
w. Neeb. The last named won, Sc
curing % delegates out of 40. An at
tempt has been made to have 1t appear
that the defeat of the Andrews ticket
is a setback for the friends of Colonel
Quay. A public statement signed by
Director of Public Works Robert Nc
Afee, Director of Public Safety John
r. Murphy and Delinquent Tax Col
lector Samuel c. Grier, who led the
fight against Andrews, shows that
the contest was simply one within reg
ular organization and that the insur-
gent issue did not enter into the fight
This is their statement:
THE contest in the First legislative
district was not Quay or anti-Quay,
but for home rule. Kopp and Neeb are
Republicans, and will adhere to the
rules of the Republican party Signed,
Robert McAfee, John r. Murphy, Sam
uel c. Grier."
The candidates nominated in the
other Allegheny districts for assembly
are: Second district, w. r. Marshall
and John H. Henderson, both of whom
voted for Colonel Quay; Third, G.. P.
McCandless, John M. Tighe; Fourth.
j. J. Sweeney; Fifth, George M. Ho-
sack, Henry Hall, w. w. Nesbit, G. F.
Hesselbarth; Sixth, Robert McWhin-
ney. John p. Moore; Seventh, W. b.
Kirk, Thomas J. Ford; Eighth, John p.
Hunter. Senators c. L. Magee and
John w. Crawford were both renomi-
mated.
ACHESON IS ATTACKED.
The situation in Washington county
is attracting considerable attention
over the efforts of the Acheson faction
to retain control of the Republican or
ganization. There has been a decided
change of sentiment in this county as
affecting the Acheson regime, and
strong popular movement has been
started with a view to a change of
leadership. 1t is claimed that there
has been too much one man power in
the direction of the affairs of the Re-
publican organization in this county,
to the great disadvantage of the Re-
publican party. Acheson has been
cooperating with the insurgent Repub-
licans throughout the state, and the
Republicans of his district who be-
lieve in regularity and majority rule
demand that Washington county shall
take her natural place with the stall
wart Republican counties of the stall
wart old Keystone State. Acheson is
held responsible for the fact that his
friends in the last legislature from
Washington bolted the Republican cau-
Gus and worked with the Democrats to
prevent an election of a Republican
United States senator. The idea of
making the Republican organization of
Washington county an annex to the
Finn machine of Allegheny, with the
disreputable tactics which it represents
in politics, is vigorously resented by
the straightout, true blue Republicans
of Washington.
Acheson is charged with following
n rule or ruin policy, and numerous
instances are cited where his forces
have been turned against regular Re-
publican nominees in the county who
were not in touch with his personal po-
litical machine. It is argued that Ache
son has been we'll cared for in the rev.
enue that has come to him from his
years of Office holding at the national
capital and his control of the county
printing. 1t ia declared that he has
gotten over $4,000 in salary and
through the printing contracts by rea-
son of his dictatorship of the organiza-
tion of his county. The opponents of
Acheson are quite confident that stall
wart candidates for the Legislature will
be elected in that county