Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-08-15
NO ONE IS FOOLED
Political Situation in the Quaker
City is Misrepresented.
NEWSPAPER YARNS

,INSURGENT NEWSPAPER YARNS
Regular Republicans Are Confident of
Electinq Their Entire Local Ticket,
and Are Preparing For An Aggres-
sive Campaign.
Especial Correspondence
Philadelphia, Aug. 13.-Political de-
velopments during the last week have
accentuated the general impression
that the whole body and substance of
the so-called reform campaign is Wan
amakerism and a desire to overthrow
the present Republican organization.
WanamakeriSm means more than
the defeat of regularly nominated can
didates for state and local offices. 1t
means the advancement of the political
interests of an ambitious citizen, who
prefers to take his chances for politi-
cal preferment with the enemies of
the Republican party rather than
through the organization which rep
resents Republican policies and Re-
publican principles in this city and
state.
WANAMAKER POLITICS.
Wanamaker has been for several
years seeking to annex the Democratic
organization to his own personal ag-
gregation, and he has in some in
stances been successful in winning
over men who have some influence
in their respective localities.
He has a Democratic as well as an
insurgent Republican contingent to
boom his several games in the whirl
of politics. Up to date none of them
has been of much service to him, al
though the matter of expense has been
something enormous.
Philadelphia, through the Wanamak-
erized newspapers, is treating the rest
of the country to spectacle in prac-
tical politics which is unique and
startling in its effrontery.
To advance the interests of the Wan
amaker coterie, these newspapers are
attacking Republicans and Democrats
alike.
They abuse the Republicans who
persist in remaining with their party
organization and in supporting the
regularly nominated candidates of that
party.
They denounce every Democrat of
prominence who will not bow the
knee and humbly take orders from
the Wanamaker lieutenants regarding
the policy they are to pursue in their
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they are to take on questions affect
ing the advancement of the Wana-
maker candidates.
NEWSPAPERS ARE MISLEADING
The Republicans and Democrats of
the state are being misinformed every
day regarding the sentiment of the
voters of this city by the newspapers
carrying the Wanamaker advertise
ments. These papers will continue to
do so as long as they shall be con
trolled by the business Offices rather
than the editorial departments of the
newspapers
The situation from stalwart Re-
publican standpoint is not very alarm
ing quiet canvass is being made
which discloses that deep down in their
hearts, the voters of this city recognize
the influences back of the alleged re-
form campaigns, and they are going to
vote accordingly.
1t is not likely that there will be
much doing on the surface among the
regular Republicans in the local fight
before September /, but then the
regulars propose to put up one of the
most spirited contests ever waged in
behalf of any set of candidates before
the voters of this city
The so called reformers include
among their members the usual num-
ber Of hypocrites, and the aim of the
stalwarts will be to disclose to the pub
lie the true characters of these men
who assume to put themselves above
their fellows, and who claim to repre-
sent all the virtue and the purity in the
community.
DEATH OF SENATOR VAUGHAN.
Local Republicans received with feel
ings of great regret the announcement
of the death of State Senator Vaughan,
one of the most conservative and most
respected members of the legislature.
and was also one of the staunchest of
Republican leaders. Throughout the
great battle for the United States sena-
torial contest, which resulted in a
glorious victory for Colonel M. S. Quay,
Senator Vaughan was one of his most
constant and loyal supporters.
On every ballot throughout the fam
GUS deadlock he cast his vote for Col.
Quay and when victory finally crowned
the efforts of the regulars he was in the
van with the winners He died with
the respect of both his political friends
and his opponents, for he was never
guilty of an unmanly act in his whole
political career
Senator Vaughan would have been
renominated and reelected, without
doubt had he lived