Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-09-11

,esting delegations. 1t was an arbi-
srary list OF names prepared for pur-
pose. sample of this work was
shown when the Lancaster county reg
ular Union delegation headed by State
| Chairman Powder went to the Union
headquarters Wednesday morning to
secure their tickets for admission to
the hall. They were told that there
were no tickets for them; that Lancas-
ter county tickets had already been
given out to another Lancaster delega-
tion.
When Mr.. knight endeavored
roll Chairman Ritter ordered him to his
seat. Instantly it became apparent
that the Democratic crowd proposed to
| control the convention despite every
thing. A motion was made and car
ried like a whirlwind by the Penny
packer faction that VIM. r. knight,
the head of the Philadelphia delega-
ton, be elected temporary chairman. 1t
was carried overwhelmingly and Mr..
Knight started to ascend the stage. AS
he reached the table of the chairman
! there was an outbreak of hostiities.
State Chairman Ritter caught Knight
by the throat and threw him off the
platform. The next instant, backed by
| twenty muscular Pennypacker dele
gates the Philadelphia was carried on
the stage and placed in charge of the
convention.
TRIED TO BREAK 1T UP.
| Seeing that their plans for control
| by force and violation of parliamentary
usage were at an end the Democrats
endeavored to halt all proceedings by
bedlam of noise boots and cat calls
and pounding on benches and chairs
with canes and pieces of wood.
Undismayed, however. Chairman
Knight carried the work of the con-
vention successfully to a close At
times he could scarcely hear his own
voice for the din raised by the
| Democrats and their allies. Judge
Pennypacker and the Republican tick
adopted. The convention then ad.
| journed.
Disappointed and disgrunted at the
| failure of their attempt to control the
convention the minority with Chairman
Ritter and Secretary Mapes at its head,
held a rump convention in the Cont
| mental hotel Wednesday afternoon at
| O'Clock. Here they carried out their
original scheme of nominating Patti
son and Guthrie and nominated eX-
Senator Lewis Emery, Jr., of Venango,
for secretary of internal affairs. Emery
| begged to be left off the ticket, but the
reactionaries refused to listen to his
request and nominated him against his
| wishes.
The attempt of the Democrats to
capture the Union party was deliber-
ate and well thought out scheme. The
plan is credited to National Commit
teeman Col Jas. NJ. Guney. That it
failed was not due to any lack of funds,
but because the men engaged in carry
ing out the details We're political tyros.
They knew it was a dangerous game,
for the Philadelphia managers pack
ed the convention hall with their heel
ers the night before, and then not only
asked for police protection but desig-
mated the officers to command the m" n.
COL. MCCLURE DENOUNCES PARTY
The first bomb thrown into the camp
of the schemers was an open letter
from Col A. X. Mcclure. former edi-
tor of the Philadelphia Times in which
he resigned from the Union party state
committee, and denounced the scheme
of attempting to turn the Union party
over to the Democrats. Col Mcclure
said:
Il shall heartily support Judge
Pennypacker for governor. His politi.
cal environment is quite as healthy as
that of his competitors and his per-
sonal integrity and admitted ability
give the best assurance of honest state
administration. have known him per-
sonally and well for thirty years ana
have never found a blemish upon his
political or private record. He was not
party to his own nomination and he
Is free to accept the duties of the high
Office and perform them with eminent
benefits to the people of our great COM
monwealth. If only questions of state
policy were involved in the present
contest, as was the case last year, |
would most heartily support any state
ticket that gave reasonable promise of
state and city reform, but there is no
party leadership on either side in the
present struggle TO give such assur~
ance. Character and qualifications OF
individual candidates thus become vital
and l accept Judge Pennypacker as the
most worthy of the trust and support
of the people,"
CLEMENT SCORES THE SCHEME.
This was followed by an open letter
from the city chairman of the Union
party, s. NJ Clement Jr., who in an
other open letter attacking the schem.
ers said: