Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-19
NO MORE FUSION
Democrats and Republican Allies
Have Had Enough. w..
SENTIMENT SEEMS GENERAL

A Widespread Feeling In Favor Of
strengthening the Regular organi.
zation Of the Two Older Parties and
Let Insurgents Flock BY Themselves
Especial Correspondence.)
Philadelphia, Dec. 17.-That the reg
ular Democrats of the Quaker City
have scored triumph over the annex
Of the insurgent Republican outfit,
known as the Gordon Democracy,
would appear from statements made by
leading members of the executive COM
mittee Of the Democratic state commit
tee and members of the Hasson COM
mittee, which was appointed by the
last state convention to reorganize the
Democracy of Philadelphia.
Since the failure OF the campaign
to elect the Union party candidates,
-Yerkes and Coray, there has been a
growing sentiment among Democrats
throughout Pennsylvania to stand by
straight Democracy hereafter and to in
sist upon Independent Republicans
voting for Democrats when they seek
to defeat regular Republican candi-
dates.
There were several meetings of the
local Democrats within the last few
days. The regulars have revised their
rules so as to let the bars down for all
Democrats Of whatever faction to at
tend the primaries in January,and they
are ready to submit to the state lead
ers copies Of their new rules and agree
to any reasonable proposition to let the
boiling Democrats who went over to
the Union party back into the Demo-
cratic fold.
FUSION HAS BEEN A FAILURE.
The sentiment in every part of the
state among Democrats against having
anything to do with the Union party
Republican malcontents Is SO universal
that Guffey will have to cut loose from
the Union party politicians to retain
his leadership in the Democratic or
ganization.
In Chester county the straight Dem
ocrats served notice upon County
Chairman Cavanaugh that II he did
not declare in favor of a policy of
straight Democratic nominations and
in opposition to all fusion schemes, he
would be deposed from the chairman
ship of the county committee. Cava-
naugh was quick 10 recognize the feel
ing among the rank and file of his
party and promptly announced that
hereafter he will be against fusion
nominations of every kind.
In Democratic counties, particular
ly. the hostility to the Union party is
very pronounced. The trend of senti-
ment appears to be in favor of loya. .ty
to regular party nominees, both Re-
publican and Democratic.
The Democrats find that they have
gained nothing by afIiliating with the
Republican insurgents, and the Re-
publicans who took the advice of the
insurgent leaders and cut the Repub-
lican ticket have discovered that they
have lost standing among their Repub-
lican neighbors, and have gotten moth
ing for their disloyalty to their party
and their assistance given ambitious
men who have been working them for
their own selfish purposes.
FOOLISH CAMPAIGN TACTICS.
While the Union party leaders have
been steadily losing their following
in the several counties, they have not
given up their insurgent campaigning :
in the newspapers.
They have been aided by one or two
ambitious Republicans, who, while
claiming to be regulars, have been
sewing seeds of discord with a view
to weakening regular Republican lead
ers and favorites and make the road
to the attainment of their objects less
difficult. Candidates for honors from
the state convention to be held next
year have been sending to Republican
newspapers material which on the sur
face would appear to be in favor oi
Republican harmony and the advance
ment of the Republican or "a anization
but which in reality would tend toscrve
the cause of the insurgents by mis-
representing the work of the Republi
cans in the last legislature and max
ing IL appear that the present lead
ership of the Republican organization
has not acted wisely and with the bes
interests Of the party and the state al
heart.
Such methods must certainly react
upon those responsible for them, ant
| in the end the rank and file of the
| Republican organization will become
| acquainted with the facts and express.
| themselves accordingly at the primar!
| elections.
With the Democrats deserting the
Union party, and with the insurgen
organization rapidly breaking up, mer
who claim to be stalwart Republican!
and who secretly try to weaken tn.
present Republican organization, viii
not succeed in anything they under
| take.
The Republicans of Pennsylvania
are determined to keep their party IL
line with the national organization ant