The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-11-23

Mushroom Parties Have Come ano
Gone With Great Regularity to Sat
isfy Personal Greed and Grievances
Senator oliver Announces For Re
election.
John X. Tener was elected Governor
of Pennsylvania by plurality of SS,
asa votes. John NJ. Reynolds, the Re
publican lieutenant governor-elect, had
a plurality of 122,O1S, and Henry
Houck was reelected secretary OF in
ternal affairs by a plurality of 175,'
S92 votes. The mendacious raid made
upon Mr.. Tener at the wind-up of the
contest reduced his plurality consider,
ably, but the votes given to the othel
candidates on the Republican State
ticket established beyond question that
the fight was personal and in no sense
political. The principles and policies
of the regular Republican organization
in Pennsylvania was approved in a
substantial way. The leadership OF
the Republican party in the State was
given clear bill of health and in the
reduced plurality given to Mr.. Tener
the voters were given an exhibition
of what threatens when the self-seek'
ers unlimber their mud batteries to
clear the way for their own advance
ment. In the entire State the Of
fetal figures show that Mr.. Tener re
ceived 415,611 votes. Edwin S. Stu
art, four years ago received 5O6,4lS
votes, or 90,S07 votes more than were
cast for Mr.. Tener. Four years age
Lewis Emery, Jr., a frantic reformeI
and the accepted leader of the politi.
cal discontents of the State, polled
45S,O54 votes, or 1927 more votes
than were polled for w. H. Berry at
the recent State contest. John NJ
Reynolds, the lieutenant governor
elect, received total of 429,S74 votes,
while D. Clarence Gibbony, the per
petual place-hunter who has been
whipped for every place from ward
constable to the Office to which he last
aspired, received 3O7,S56 votes, or a
difference of 122,01S in favor of Mr.
Reynolds. Hardly sufficient margin OF
Justification for the wrecking of the
Democracy of the State
There are indications, however, that
the Democracy will refuse to stay
wrecked. That ancient organization
really fattens on defeat and political
parties have come and gone with great
regularity ever since the voters of the
State refused to send John Wana
maker to the United States Senate
With Mr.. Wanamaker in the United
States Senate the now dscontents
would have been the regular organiza
tion and until that wonderful feat is
in some way accomplished politica
parties must be expected to come and
go just so long as the voters are will
ing to be fooled and tricked into fol
lowing the false pretenders. The
floating of new political parties IL
Pennsylvania became a fine art ava!
back in 1898. Before that time there
had been the Greenback party, thu
Prohibition party and the Republican
and Democratic parties. The Green
hackers retired that year and in thei
stead came the Peoples party, the Lib
erty party, the Honest Government
party and the Socialist.Labor party
The several new parties died durin
the next four years and in their stea
came the Anti-Machine party, the Cit
zens party, the Ballot Reform part
and the Socialists party without tn
Labor contingent. During the mex
four years majority of these musl
room parties gave up the ghost an
were followed by the Commonwealth
party, the Lincoln party, the Referel
dunn party and the Union Labor part!
And now, at the present moment, c
at least at the recent State contes
we find that several of the politics
isms have passed to eternal rest an
in their stead we have the Keyston
party, the lndustrialists party and tn
Workingmen's League party with tn
Republican party the Democrat
party, the Prohibition party and tn
Socialists still alive and kicking an
likely to be in that position after tn
organized discontents have shifte
about for some name which may al
! peal with more force to the Voter