Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-18

i Ton beaver anu Lawrence CounJ1es I'll,
Emery Lincolnites end the Democrat!
have fused and no' linated Robert X
Aiken. lawyer q New Castle, Law.
renee county agair Earnest F. Ache.
son, Republican ard present member
ana a man of ind endent action al.
w3ys. Aiken accon panied Emery or
his tour of the district and spoke from
the same platform with him at Beaver
Falls on September II. and at Wash
inston, Pa, on September Is.
In the Montgomery Bucks district
Walter F. Leedom, of Bristol has. been
selected as the candidate of the Emery
Lincolpitss and Emery Democrats
against lf5i3g p. Wanger. Republican
and present member. and will speak
with Emery from the same platform
| when the candidate for governor of
! ihe BIyanitc party gets into that To-
| cality.
In the district composed of Cumber-
/ land. Dauphir and Lebanon counties
the Emery Linconites have indorsed
John Lindner, of Carlisle, the Demo.
| cratic candidate against Marlin F.
Olmstead. Republican and present
member, bu. to the credit of the Cum
berland county Lincoln conferees the
! latter have refrscd to enter into the
| deal. Cumberland county presents one
bright spot at least.
| Linccirites as Assistant Democrats.
In the Lycoming- Potter Clinton dis
ttict the Lincolnites have nominated
n strait ht-out candidate against Elias
Deemery Republican and present men,
ber. In this district the Lincolnites.
it is -ecn, are not willing to go the
full length Of opposing a Republican
who has served long and we'll, but are
occ apyinG the position of Assistant
De..ocrats
S"?crsct Fayotte and Green coun-
ties compose a congressional district
of which Allen F Cooper is the Repub-
lican representative, The Lncolntes
have united with the Democrats in
presenting e O Kooser, Byanite On
the night of September 2S Kooser and
Emery spoke to the same audience,
ind Kooser arraigned the Republican
the party of President Roosevelt
Emery is committed to Kooser's can
didacy
In all Of these districts where pres
ent members are being opposed by
Linconite or fusion candidates the
members so opposed have been staunch
supporters OF Roosevelt and his poll
nil 81 60
bill. Bates is secretary of the Penn
sylvania Republican delegation in Con-
gress Olmstead is one of Speaker
CanncI's riaht-hand men, and fire.
quently presides over the house when
in committee of the whole. Acheson
is one of the strongest men in the del
eG1Jion. Nanger is able and faithful
in the Performance Il his duties.
Size show in String" District
A vigorous attempt was made by the
Emeryites and Democrats to knock out
Representative Butler in the Chester
Delaware district, and the most an
noying. contemplate and underhand
methods We're employed in the effort
TO produce such result but it failed
In the 'shoe-string" district, made |
uD Of Franklin. Fulton, Huntingdon,
Juniata. Mifilin, Perry, Snyder and
Union counties. Benjamin F. Focht has |
been nominated by the Republicans |
The LincOlnites have not dared to in. |
dorse the Democratic candidate, Viii |
liam Alexander. out right, but have
put up a side-show candidate in the
pcrscn Of Edward Hummel. There is
not the slightest show for the election
If iIumnel, but so long as the Emery
people can aid the Bryan candidate
they are content.
In fuzeIne county the Lincolntes
have put up CoraN,in the hope of
smashing the Republican lines and
sanding Democrat to Congress.
The 9th district comprises Arm.
stTcng Clarion. Indiana and Jefferson
counties and W. 0. Smith has repre-
sented it, He is not the candidate
this tine ana in his place is Major
Joseph G. Bealc a veteran of the civil
war. Emery is committed to the Dem.
ocratic candidate Indeed, it was in
"
Pt:HtSit2Wney Cn the night of Sep
tember %, already referred to, made
his declaration that he would Sooner
have decent Democrat down there
tWashington) than sinking, rotten
Republican"
A-d this in a district where a vet
eran whose name and character
carry weight throughout all of tn,
composing it. Major Beale, is
the Republican candidate!
F.ese are facts that no one can
get away from They show conc'u
5lY2ly thct when the Pennsylvania
Democrats promised Bryan to send
SIX or eight extra Democrats to Con.
sr2s9 they were not talking vainly
II ey had had their underetapdio