Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
Bent on Party Wrecking.
Philadelphia Inquire

Philadelphia Inquirer
The Inquirer has taken occasion
to repeat several times that no
matter what the Republican State
Convention Of next summer may
do in the making of a State ticket
its candidates will be opposed by
the Fusionists drawn from the
Democratic party and from the
ranks of Wanamakerism.
Now comes one of the organs Of
Fnsion in Philadelphia acknow-
ledging the truth of this declara-
tion. 1t says:
This is the magnanimous purpose that in
spred the Democratic and Republican fusion in
bchalfof Yerks and Coray; and nothing is likely
to arise to divertthis purpose. The issue will be
with the Machine, no matter whom il may set
up for its fgurehead in the election for Cover
nor.
OF course it is impossible for the
organs of the party wrecking move
ment to refer to Republican con-
vention in any other way than as
"The Machine" just as if dele
gates are not elected in every
county of Pennsylvania by the peo-
pie and just as if no other party in
the State is possessed OF an organ
iZation. The Democratic party has
been split because two machines
QuaIreled and because there were
too many would-be leaders. The
Union party is nothing but a
machine Of the most pronounced
type, and in the recent campaign
in Philadelphia it was controlled
by some of the most obnoxious
politicians ever produced
The very plain announcement on
the part of our morning contem-
porary makes it perfectly evident
that the fusion movement is in
tended solely to place a combina-
tion OF Democrats and boiling Re
publicans in power, both in State
and Congressional affairs, and that
no attention whatever will be paid
to the work Of the Republican CON
vention. The combination pro-
poses to fight, not candidates as
such, but because they represent
the Republican party.
In other words it is to be an at
tempt, just as has been made be-
fore, to smash Republicanism.
Well, go it! And we will tell
you exactly what will happen.
The Republican State Conven-
ton will nominate a ticket without
the slightest regard for the organs
of Wanamakerism. They are of no
influence. They have proved their
utter worthlessness. There is not
single one of them who has not
fought and scratched and maligned
and black guarded until the people
are heartily sick of them all and
know in just what measure of con-
tempt to hold them.
No attention will be paid to them
as matter of course, and the con-
vention very naturally will do it's
work without their advice and will
appeal to the people. That appeal
will be listened to, and the Repub-
lican ticket will be elected.
There is not the slightest danger
that the Republican State of Penn
sylvania will be frightened by few
barking orators of boss-ridden
Democracy and machine-controlled
Wanamakerism, and the combina-
ton can put up Gordon-who is
apparently laying his plans to cap
ture the nomination-or Yerks or
Guffey or anybody else, it matters
not, for no Democrat or follower
of Wanamakerism can be elected
to any Office by the votes OF the
people.
The fusion schemers might as
we'll save their time and their
money, and especially their money,
for they cannot even buy Penn
sylvania. This State is not for
sale, and it is far too prosperous to
harken to the noisy harangues of
prosperity wreckers and self-seek-