The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-09-27
COMPLETE ROUT
OF INSURGENTS
Result of Philadelphia Republi.
can Primaries Has Far
Reaching Effect.
eTALwARTs WON EVERYWHERE.
The Popular Vote in Many Cases Ex-
ceeded That Pollcd Mt u Guberna.
tOrial Election, So Great Was the
Interest, and the Regulars Had
Large MaJOrttles.
Especial Correspondence.)

party IN PennsylVanla. The more the
figures given in the official returns are
studied the greater will be the signifi-
canoe of the victory of the stalwarts.
1t was a clean cut fight between the
regulars and the insurgents. and the
Issue was squarely made upon the NOM
ination Of candidates for the legisla-
ture. The city fight was won by the
regulars without a contest, as the fol-
lowers of David Martin, before the
voting began, gave up their struggle to
have Martins friend, Horatio b. Hack
EFT. renominated for register of wills.
Had Martin kept Hackett in the fight
he would not have gotten more than
three out of the IL wards, and this
would have been most humiliating
spectacle for Martin, who under the
last city administration, had absolute
control Of the party organization.
J. Hampton Moore, president Of the
State League of Republican Clubs, was
nominated unanimously for city treas
urer, and Jacob Singer, an able young
attorney and a stalwart Republican,
was named for register of wills. They
are strong combination and will
make a winning canvass.
MARTINS DESPERATE FIGHT.
But the most interest was taken in
the contests for the nomination of can
didates for the general assembly. David
Martin, backed by the Wanamaker
newspaper support, and with the assist
ance of the employees of number Of
the city offices, in which when in power
he placed his friends, made a deter
mined struggle to hold his own in the
delegation to Harrisburg. Frequent
conferences were held during the can
vass with William Finn, of Pittsburg,
and other allies Of Martin in the insur-
gent movement in the state.
The followers of David Martin in
Philadelphia and of William Finn In
Allegheny comprised a large majority
OF the insurgents, who. by their alli-
ance with the Gufiey Democrats, made
a deadlock in the last session Of the
legislature, and prevented the election
Of the Republican caucus nominee for
United States senator. Finn, with the
aid I the - mense patronage and the
contractor 'anaged to holdhis own in
Pittsburg matter of the nomina.
tions for the legislature, and he, Of
course, wanted to see Martin do like
wise.
An immense campaign fund was
raised to back the insurgent candi-
dates for the assembly in his city.
Powerful corporation influences were
,urned against the candidates of the
stalwart element. The newspapers
carrying the Wanamaker advertising
patronage had their batteries turned
against the stalwart candidates. and
everything possible was done by them
to create the impression that the favor
ties of the insurgents were the men
who should be elected.
After the campaign had gotten we'll
under way it was found that there were
seven districts In which there were
contests. In the others the stalwarts
or the insurgents, as the case might
be. decided to make no opposition to
the candidates whose nominations were
assured.
The contested districts were the Fifth
senatorial and the Twentieth, Twenty
first, Twentyfourth Twenty-sixth,
Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth
representative districts.
A WANAMAKER WATERLOO.
The most notable contest was that
waged in the Fifth senatorial district,
where William II. Berkelbach, an ac-
tive young Republican. was the candi-
date of the stalwart element. and pitted
against him and backed by the Martin
Wanamakcr influence was former
Speaker Harry +. Walton. 1t was
bitter struggle. Each side formed a
perfect organization, and every pre-
cinct was canvassed thoroughly and
the voters kept posted with the liter
ature of both sides. The insurgent
newspapers kept up a hot fight for
Walton, but the people soon got to
suspect what inspired much Of the
newspaper syndicate matter and took
it for what it was worth.
In every one Of the contested dis
tricts the insurgents made their fight
against the election of Col. Quay to the
United States senate their trump card.
In each of these districts the regulars
made their fight upon stalwart Repub-
lican lines. They agreed to support
the successful candidates, no matter
which side won at the primaries.
Each one of the candidates Of the
regulars answered In the affirmative
the queries put to all the candidates
by the officers of the Republican city
committee, who were directed to inter-
rogate all aspirants for the legislature
and to inquire whether in the event Of
their election they would attend regu-
lar caucuses Of Republican members Of
the legislature and abide by the action
Of the majority.
None Of the insurgent candidates,
Walton included, answered these in
terrogatories from the Republican city
committee. The Republican voters
knew this and they acted accordingly.
Not single insurgent candidate in
any Of the districts in which there was
a contest was successful. They all
went down IN an overwhelming defeat
OF Martinism- -Wananakerism and in
surgentism Of every manner and kind
that would fuse with the Democrats to
defeat regular Republicans. -