Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-11
KNIVES OUT FOR BOSSES
Honest Voters Seek Overthrow of the
Machine.
LUM LEADERS ARE ALARMED
conscientious Democrats Want ALI
ance With Anti Gang Republicans
Looks Bad for Boies.

on the issue of the fight being waged
against him, bis machine and his methods
and habits by the reform element of the
republican party and the independent
voters In Pennsylvania Prediction may
not be convincing. but the weight of intel
iigent opinion Is that there are a few more
jolts due bosses who maintain themselves
in high official station by sly and cunning
manipulation OF depraved electors.
Efforts are being made by citizens who
hold honest government above partisan I'D
vantage to effect fusion between the DEM
ocratic and the Lincoln parties. Fusion is
the engaging question In democratic circles,
The contest In the democratic party for
a straightout nomination for governor, or
fusion with the Lincoln party and the
placing OF Lewis Emery. jr., at the head
of the democratic ticket, is being waged
with vigor. Col. Guffey, the leader OF the
democrats, is for straightout nomination
James Kerr. ex-Judge Gordon, ex-Repre-
sentative Mutchler and the influences that
these men represent over the state are aid
ing the fusion movement.
It Ii contended that the Kerr-Gordon-
Mutchler combine Is aimed not only at the
overthrow of Penrose but also at Guffey,
the democratic boss. and the report Is In cir
cuIation that II the state convention fails TO
effect q fusion with the Ancolnites there
will be split In the party.
Inc democratic state convention will con-
vene at Harrisburg, June q. The reputable
democrats believe in fusion with the Lin
coaniteS and are striving to direct the con-
vention that way. The Quay-Penrose demo-
Gratis oppose fusion naturally. being allies
Of the Penrose machine The PhiIadelphia
Ledger says today:
There are two kinds Of democrats in
the state. democrats and Quay democrats
The real democrats are the honest men
Who have long been Disguised with the
Quay and Penrose regime. With a good
candidate under peculiarly favorable con-
ditions. as in the two Pattison campaigns,
gantzation learned a simple method Of dis
courasing the democrats--it stole enough
votes in Phiiadelphia and in Allegheny
keep the election always safe. A good
many democrats became utterly hopeless
under the practice. and a relatively small
a bargain with Quay and became Quay
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In treachery and per-
fdy.
Gratis survive, some OF them holding Offices
and places. They and their kind win un-
doubtediy strive to prevent fusion and the
overthrow Of the Penrose organization
Other democrats, perfectly honest, think,
no doubt that the democratic party may
have an opportunity to win alone this year;
but all wise and honest democrats should
strive to the utmost to send delegation
Of absolutely free and untrammeied men
arrayed against the machine may have the
opportunity to strike the most effective
blow SSe ~
Politicians who read the returns from
last Saturday believe that Guffey and his
crowd win not be in control of the state
convention, and that fusion viii win, At
the Lehigh county meeting a resolution
was presented that the democratic state
convention should name only democrat
and not fuse with the Independents and
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rose organization. Ex-Judge Harvey the
presiding officer OF the meeting. took the
noor and declared that it was the sense of
the democrats that they be not bossed "in
the same manner that Penrose bossed the
republican state convention" He added:
ST know that hundreds of the brainiest
delegates to the democratic state conven-
When the resolution was put to vote
tremendous roar for Embossed delegates and
a free convention rent the welkin.
The Philadelphia Ledger, commenting on
this. says: This Is g. bad year to talk
bossism to any real party in Pennsylva-
MA
A dispatch from Allentown says that five,
OF the nine delegates from Lehigh to the
democratic state convention have express
ed themselves as favorable to fusion with
the Lincolnites on the governorship. This
is qualified by the hope that Representa-
tive Kline or David Watson may be named
as governor. None of the nine Is utterly
opposed to fusion, while all are opposed to
being told by Col. Gufey that they dare
vote for none but a democrat, since the
county meeting yesterday refused to adopt
a resolution binding the delegates to obey
Guffey.s orders. The delegates feel rather
independent,
News from Berks. Cambria, franklin
westmoreland and Cumberland counties in
dictate that Guffey Is still in control there,
but the democrats of Bucks. York, Lycom-
ing Bedford and Lancaster are In revolt
against Guffey and for fusion. From Shen-
arfdpah comes the news that the leading
democrats of that section favor fusion with
the Lncolnites and will not follow Guffey.