Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-01-23
Published Every Friday Morning.
By The Sullivan Publishing Co.
At the County Seat of Sullivan County.
LAPORTE, PA.
Entered at the Post Office at Laporte, as
second-c class mail matter.

Philadelphia. January 21.-The Union
party organization in the Quaker City
has ceased to be held in respect even
by its former most ardent champions.
It has been revealed. by its former
friends, In it's true light OF q comb1na-
lion of disgruntled and disappointed
and scheming politicians who have
nothing in common with the principles
and aims of sincere reformers, al
though their stock in trade In the re-
cent campaign were their professions
Of reform.
Thevery men and interests which put
up the money to run the recent Union
t1arty campaign in Philadelphia are
now the loudest in denunciation OF
the politicians whom they gathered
around them and engaged to make
their fight against the nominees OF the
Republican party. An organization
was formed in every ward in this city.
Headquarters were established and the
millionaires and others who were be-
hind the movement paid the rent Of
the rooms, furnished the cash to en-
ploy clerks and canvassers, and In
many cases gave the politicians hired
to take charge OF the organizations in
The several wards from 5000 to 1000
each for their personal services during
ne campaign.
FAKE REFORM.
This was, indeed a reform cam
, .fr;o lxy h,,c
tiples.
These hirelings Of the wealthy men,
with personal ambitions to advance,
pr private grievances to satisfy, went
ut their work to disrupt the Republican
harty in the hope that besides the
eady money OF which they were as
iured. there would be offices to be had
.fter the defeat of the Republican can
.lidates, and then Democrats and Union
I,arty men would be entrenched in the
I;ity offices.
Mass meetings were gotten UP and
streets parades were organized, with
many of the men In line paid from so
cents to one dollar a night to turn out
Under the Union party banners. The
tnsrrgent and Democratic newspapers
were daily filled with glowing reports
9f the proceedings in the Union party
campaign, and recounting, with graphic
descriptions and precise detail, the
grand work being done in the interest
of REFORM" but the voters soon be-
came acquainted with the tactics being
resorted to and realized that the whole
show was scheme gotten up to serve
the purposes of men who have been
repudiated by the Republican party.
These men believed that they had
but to defeat the nominees of the Re-
publican party to command considera-
tion from the leaders who had refused
to comply with their wishes.
When the politicians who had been
subsidized into joining the Union party
and who had gotten control of its ma
chinery saw chance last week to
possibly benefit themselves they
threw reform to the Winds and
started out in business on their own
account They held Union party
convention and nominated two of their
own number for magistrates in the
hope of electing them as the minority
members OF the board Of magistrates.
They believed that they could COM
mand more votes than the Democrats,
and would thus get representation as
the minority party. In order to
strengthen their position they placed on
their ticket for city solicitor the name
of the Republican nominee for that
office, John L. Kinsey. who has made
a most very creditable record in the
office.
MILLIONAIRES ARE INCENSED.
This action OF the active workers in
the Union party incensed the men who
had spent thousands and thousands of
dollars backing the Union party in its
unsuccessful campaign to defeat John
Weaver, the Republican candidate for
district attorney. They had hoped to
be able to keep up the fight to form an
alliance with the Democrats for a fu-
sion campaign, and to strengthen the
Union party and Democratic combina-
lion for the real contest for which all
the money was being spent, the cleo
tion Of members of the Legislature.
which is to take place next fall. These
members OF the legislature will vote
on the United States Senatorship, and
this is the grand prize for which the
Union party was organized.
The Union party, according to the
declaration of its state chairman at the
initial convention held in Philadelphia,
WAS formed primarily to figure in the
election of United States senator.
There are half dozen eminent gen.
,lemen who have either put up cash
10 keep the Union party going or have
given their influence in other direc-
tons to serve its purposes who are now
damning the men who have gotten
control Of its Philadelphia machinery
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