Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-08-15
tSpecial Correspondence.)


state committee was here last week
completing arrangements for the Re
publican state convention. The Opera
House was engaged some weeks ago
and the friends of the candidates and
the leaders of the several county dele
cations are securing rooms in advance
in anticipation of one of the largest
convention crowds that has assembled
here for some years.
The stalwart Republicans through
out the state are naturally anxious to
get together to rejoice over the great
victory achieved at the recent session
of the legislature in the organization
of both branches of the general as
sembly and the election of Colonel NJ
S. Quay to the United States senate.
After the bitter struggle Of the last
two years over the United States sena-
torship and the glorious victory that
was the result the regular Republi.
cans will gather at the state capital
this month to felicitate with each 9th
er and to map out plans for future vic
tories for their party standard bearers
BIG POLITICS AHEAD.
A gubernatorial campaign will short
ly be inaugurated and the rank and
file of the party will be eager to line
up for the choice of the stalwart ele
ment and be prepared to meet every
move of the insurgent contingent and
their Democratic allies, to supplant
the regular Republicans in the control
OF the affairs of state.
The Republican leaders are quite
willing to rest their case upon the
record of the administration of Gov
ernor Stone, and they feel that they
have nothing to explain or excuse. nor
have they any reason to be concerned
about the outcome. The coming can
vass of the state they are willing,
shall be made exclusively upon state
Issues and they say they are eager to
meet the people and the tax payers,
especially, upon every question that
may be raised during the contest.
READY TO MEET FUSION.
Whether their shall be fusion or no
fusion, between the Democrats and the
insurgents in the state campaign. does
not in the least concern the regular
Republicans. In fact, they would pre-
fer that the so called fusion program
be carried out and that the voters of
the state shall be given an opportunity
at the earliest possible moment to de-
eide the issue as to whether the Re-
publican party or the Democratic
party, with its insurgent adjunct,
shall be held accountable for the ad
ministration of the affairs of the com
monwealth in the various departments
of the state government which will be
affected by the coming election.
Outside of the Wanamaker cam
paign in Philadelphia to elect Wana
makers counsel to the Office of dis
trict attorney where the insurgents
and some of the Democrats have got
ten together to further personal ends,
there is practically no movement look
ing to the amalgamation of the in
Gratis in the state.
Wanamakerism seems to be on the
wane among the voters of this COM
monwealth, especially in the country
districts, where the personal politics
of the ambitious millionaire of the
Quaker City are more closely scruti-
nized than they are in the busy NUM-
cipalities Of the state.
A BIG CROW EXPECTED.
Judging from the number of rooms
already engaged at the leading hotels
there is going to be a very large at
tendance at the Republican state con-
vention next week. The country lead
ers will all be on hand and many of
their most active lieutenants and their
supporters will also be here to partici-
pate in one OF the most interesting
gatherings of stalwart Republicans that
has been held in Pennsylvania for
long time.
There will be harmony in the pro-
ceedings Of the convention, for the
number of delegates who will not be in
entire sympathy with the leaders OF the
party in directing the affairs of the
convention will be infinitesimal
Philadelphia and Allegheny, which
for years were more or less antagonis-
tic in state politics, will be practical
ly unanimous in support of the pro-
gram that will be agreed upon by the
stalwart leaders.
HARMONY is ASSURED.
They will be in hearty accord with
the platform that will be prepared after
the leaders Of the various sections Of
the state get together, and the ticket
which will be nominated will be the
unanimous choice of the delegates from
aid the counties.
For state treasurer, only one name
has thus far been mentioned as likely
to be presented to the convention Rep
resentative Frank G. Harris, of Clear
field county who made splendid rec
ord at the last session of the legislature
and who was especially prominent as a
champion of the pure butter interest in
the passage Of the anti-oleomArsariRe