Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-09-04
THE DEMOCRATS own IT
The Union Party Now Owned and
Operated by Democrats.
WANT TO CAPTURE LEGISLATURE
Then They Would Proceed to Elect a
Democratic Senator-Plans All Laid
Fakes Exposed.


Philadelphia Sept What every
body has been expecting has at last
come to pass. The Democracy has
gobbled the so-called Union party at
one gulp On Saturday last the Demo-
cratic state leader, Colonel James NJ.
Guffey, held a conference in this city
with Frank NJ. Ritter, state chairman
of the Union party. and completed the
details.
1t is a notorious fact that Democrats
have been after Union party delegates
right and left for weeks. The result
of this is that the Democratic owners
of the Union party have demanded an
endorsement of Pattison and Guthrie
or else they will rough" the conven-
ton and make scene.
The people in charge of the Republi-
can state headquarters have kept
themselves fully informed of the move
ments of the Democrats in their work
of capturing the independent remnant
in this city and state. An agent of
the party went into Washington coun-
ty and offered the delegates of the
Union party there free transportation
and all expenses to Philadelphia if
they would vote to endorse PattisOn.
In this city the most unusual proceed
ings have been resorted to to capture
delegates in the interest of the Demo
cratic party
A DEMOCRAT FOR SENATOR.
1t is now understood that the deal
between the Union party promoters
and the Democratic managers includes
not only the Endorsement of the Demo
cratic state ticket, but an arrangement
for the selection of candidates for the
legislature who will be pledged to vote
for Democrat for United States sena-
tor and the support of Democrats and
Unionists of a fusion candidate for
mayor of Philadelphia next spring
In the promotion of the mayoralty
scheme it is understood the so-called
Union party state convention will un-
dertake to authorize a reconstruction
of the Philadelphia Union ward and
city committees along the lines calcu-
lated to promote the deal already en-
tered into. This means that an effort
will be made to depose men in Phila-
delphia who favor Judge Pennypacker
and substitute Democrats or those who
are in harmony with the Democratic
scheme.
A sample of the work they have been
carrying on was furnished the other
night in this city. Members of the
Union partu npp,unittao of ba Tbir-
teenth ward met at Eighth street and
FairmOunt avenue and elected Louis
Meunch and William MCGOWAN as dele
gates to the state convention, instruct
ing them to support ex-Judge Penny
packer for governor The meeting,
which was presided over by Joseph
Weinrich, was invaded by members of
the Democratic Ward Executive Com
mittee, who wished to throw the sup
port of the convention to Robert e.
Pattison.
Failing in their efforts to stampede
the convention the Democrats bolted,
and held a second convention at 521
North Seventh street, where they elect
ed representatives for Pattison.
A PACKED CONVENTION.
The Union party has held no pri-
maries. A few men have gathered here
and there and they have chosen their
delegates In some cases there has been
snap Judgment and in other cases two
sets of delegates have been elected
from the same districts. But the Pat
tison delegates will be admitted to the
convention.
OF course there will be some Penny
packer men in the convention, but the
Pattison men control the machinery of
the party by purchase and they will see
to it that Pattison has majority in
the convention. 1t will be a packed
gathering and the Pennypacker dele
gates will not stand chance of being
treated fairly.
SOME DEMOCRATIC FAKES.
Sensational fakes are playing