The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-09-10

trary list OF names prepared for a par
pose. A 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, rhey were told that there
were no tickets for them; that Lancas-
ter county tickets had already been
4 given out TO another Lancaster delega-
tion.
When Mr.. Knight endcavored
to protest against the call of this
/ 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-
tion, be elected temporary chairman. II
was carried Overwhelmingly and Mr..
knight started to ascend the stage. As
he reached the table of the chairman
| there was an outbreak of hostilitieS.
State Chairman Ritter caught Knight
by the throat and threw him on the
| platform The next instant, backed by
twenty muscular Pennypacker dele
gates the Philadelphian was carried on
the stage and placed in charge of the
convention.
TRIED TO BREAK IT 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
ct was nominated and platform
adopted. The convention then ad.
/ iourned.
Disappointed and disgruntled 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 3
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 a 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 were political tyros.
They knew it was 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 men.
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
81 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 and
have never found a blemish upon his
political or private record He was not
a 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
tate and city reform, but there is no
80, 1oa1rvebf m afthar cfh In m
present struggle to give such assur-
anCe Character and qualifications Of
individual candidates thus become vital
and 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:
81 am informed by the very best au-
, thority and upon the most convincing
. | evidence that certain persons connected
! with the Union Party State Committee,
, who are also the paid servants of the
; Democratic Machine, or its bosses, are
, attempting to control the roll of the
, convention and the convention itself in
the interest of their masters, the DEM
: ocratic Machine. | am quite sure that
you will not lend your official position
to any such dishonest and unlawful
conspiracy.
you will remember. Mr.. Chairman,
that this is the same Democratic ma
|; chine in Philadelphia which left moth
, ing undone to defeat our candidates a
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