Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-18
Roosevelt Republicans Are Tar.
gets In His Gubernat0riaI
Campaign.
HOW DEMOCRATS
ARE pR0FlTING
They Hope 10 Fulfill Pledge to
Nebraska Leader to Gain Con.
ggessmen In Pennsylvania.

When William ]. Bryan landed in
Nov YORK hn was given q great recep-
11.i pennsylvania Democrats Were
presented on the occasion by the
Try same Democratic leaders who had
st made Lewis Emery their nominee
for governor These hackers and sup
HcrtenS Of Emery presented Mr., Bryan
"ith solid silver Shield, upon which
we're inscribed the resolutions of the
Democratic Emery convention.
We congratulate the country upon
the fact" so the resolutions inscribed
on silver read, that the only promi-
nence which the present Republican
national administration has attained
has been achieved by feeble and pre-
tended application of principles enun-
clated by the Hon William Jennings
i.ryan, the Great Democratic Common
en- WHO is now regarded as the certain
successor Of Theodore Roosevelt to the
Presidency"
john M. Garman, former chairman
OF the Democratic state committee. had
prepared careful speech of presenta-
ton. Pennsylvania Democrats have.
Joined in an unsolfish patriotic fusion
With Independent Republicans" thu
speech ran. And he added:
We are not unmndful of the i'm
r0rta1re OF the election of Democrats
to congress and there is every reason
to ho ieye that we shall gain from six
to eight representatives in the lover
house who will cooperate with the.l
fello" Democrats of other states to ad-
minister the policies which you have
80 consistently and ably championed
Emery Helping eryanites.
That was no idle boast that Garman
made. There are several districts 50
close that, With even q partial fusion
between the Democrats and the social
ed lincolnites (an organization owned
bodily by Emery) eight or ten Demo
cratic representatives may easily b2i
sent to Washington to support tho
principles of Bryan and Hearst and on
pose the policies of President Roose-
Welt.
Mr.. Emery is doing his level best to
elect those Bryan-H Hearst Democrats
to congress.
We present a few facts:
In his speech at PunXsutawney on
the night of September %, he said: "I
ould sooner have a decent Democrat
down there than sinking, rotten Re-
publican who is against the president |
Of the United States"
He went on to declare that but for
the aid Of the Democrats the railroad
rate bill would never have been passed. |
Eat 1t so happens that with the sin
sle exception Of Mr.. Sibley, who is not
q candidate for reelection. there wa,
not one Republican vote in the Penn.
sylVania delegation against the presi-
dent--not one. And yet Mr.. Emery is
engaged in a conspiracy with his Der,-
Ccratic friends to try to defeat several
OF these supporters of Roosevelt and
send Bryanites and Hearstites in their
places.
A Glance Over the District.
In the district composed of Erie and
Crawford counties there is no open
fusion between the Democrats and Lin.
colnites, but the Democrats have nomi-
mated A. j. Palm for congress against
Arthur L. Bates, Republican and pres
ent member. Palm was one of the
principal speakers with Emery when
the latter opened his campaign at Eric
en- the night of Monday. September 10.
] he Emery men there make no secret
ot their intention to support the Bry-
antics.
IN the district comprising Washing