RepuDlican News Item. CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor. THURSDAY SKI'T. L'l>. IS1)8. "FIRST OF ALL—THE NEWS." The News Item Fights Fair. It IS A PATRIOTIC HOME NEWSPAPER. Published Every Friday Morning. By The Sullivan Publishing Co. At the County Seat of Sullivan County. LAPOHTE, PA. Entered jit the Post Ollice at Laporte, ns second-class mail mutter. SUBSCRIPTION —$1.25 |>er auniun. 1.1 paid in advance SI.OO. Sample copies tree. All communications should lie ad ilressed to UEPUJSLICAX NEWS ITEM, Laporte i'a., REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS FOR 1898. State. < iovernor— W ll. 1.1 AM A. S LYiN K. of Allegheny. I. ieutenant tiovernor .l. I'. S. •■ < >MI N. ill' Lebanon. Secretary istriet- -WM. 11. \\ i m i| >1 N. nf Uerwiek. Count y. lie present at ive I ML.I. 1.. < 'll KISTI A N !'•! Lopez. Prothoiiotary —Wl I.LI A M •!. LAW If KNt.'K, of Laporte. Slmritl —lf. VY. OSLEIL of LineolKails. ' 'oroner —Pl'. <'. K. VVAt'KENIIUTII. I of La]>orte. Philadelphia, Sept. 20.—A coniniunl ution addressed lo Hon. M. S. Quay by .Frank Willing Leach has just been .nil- public. It will be remembered .ii Mr. Leuch was formerly identified Senator Qua\ in polities, but for last two years has strongly opposed if :. lii IS'jt! he was prominently Iden tified with the movement in favor of ! 'ii. .John Wanamaker's election to the '" ML il States senate. Mr. Leach's let t-i'. which is now the chief topic of dls ■'.issyju among politicians and others In riiilaileiphia. is as follows: l'liiladelphia, Sept. 16, 1896. Hon. >!. s. «juay, Atlantic Cityy, N. J.: •My I >' .ii sir: lulß92.just afteryou had I', -II subjected to a series of personal i.Uai kr.. uo| aiaili-d in their maliclous -1.1-:-s. from certain Democratic news papers of New York, as a punishment for defeating All. Cleveland in 18S8, you were a candidate for re-election to the United States senate, and were almost unanimous).* leturned. The details of ] your campaign that year were under j my direction. Jn 1595, in your candi- i dacy for siati' chairman, you were j ayain subjected to an avalanche of j abuse and vituperation, in the endeavor , to eliminate you as a factor in Pennsyl- 1 vania politics. In that memorable bat ik' you were overwhelmingly success ful and your enemies were demoral- ; i/.fii and driven to the woods. It af forded ine no little pleasure in that year lo resign the office 1 then held and again assume charge of the work of organization in your behalf. Another battle is now i>n, your return to the senate being at stake, and again the weapons of offense seem to tie slander, j falsehood and vilification. If such is to be the nature of the warfare against you 1 cannot be found among your ' venom-girdled enemies, but among your friends, and it there is any proper I and legitimate service 1 can render you have but to command me. From April, I!>U6, to March, 189S, I vigorously opposed the domination of i those of your lieutenants whom you had unwisely permitted to direct the party organization in Pennsylvania. I fought as hard as I knew how. and have no apologies to offer. Hut two thing's should be noted. In the first place my work was entirely within j party lines. In the second place I par- | tlcipated In no personal assaults upon I you. Having been a part of the Quay organization for ten years, It would have been the personification of indeli- j caey, not to say folly, for me to have joined in a tirade against "Quayism," so-called. My reason for having you in 1K96 was cieurl.v understood at the t time. While the ordinary professional reformer assailed you for "bossing" too much I denounced you for "bossing" 100 little. For some time you had al lowed a certain more or less distin guished state senator —fortunately now more or less extinguished -to usurp the • functions ot' leadershio and assume control of the details ot organization in the state. This you had permitted, even though you were held responsible fur his many shortcomings, with result ant injury to your political fortune.-: and to the party organization. F de clined to follow any such vicious lead ership, and arraigned you for permit ting this man to attain such a com manding position in lie comiclis of ih.- party, to your own an.J the pnrty's hurt. Several ninmii'i a;.ro. villi ma ting! r somewhat upon ihe political pulse of tlie sialc. I dlscov -red thai this man's Iniluence was v.a.- 'ia. and this' eoiivti lion v. us i ntM ineo when he fail ed to appear ait', • 1:lm s ate eonven- i tlon. Suiisef|u.ii!. ly 1 learned that h had obtained control ot a gold mine in New Mexico, and that he had re moved the seat of his operations to that interesting territory, the climate uf which. 1 trust, he will find conducive lo good health. It is because of my firm conviction that you have reas siiined your full functions as the leader of the party in the state, in fact as well as in name, that I am willing to give my best energies in behalf of your re turn to the senate, with only one con ditio)) precedent—that you will do a good deal more "bossing" in the future than In the past, and not leave tho de tails of organization to inefficient, blundering, selfish lieutenants, pretend ing to be your devoted adherents, but with a devotion subordinated to their own personal schemes for public plun- | Her. Witn tms condition ot things at tained, your own position, politically, I will be unassailable, and the Republi can party will be united and harmo nious. Your action, or rather non-action, in permitting the reins of leadership to be usurped by irresponsible lieutenants, has subjected you to a torrent of abuse because of the doings and failures of the last legislature. As a matter of fact, you probably knew little of what that body was doing at the time. Your own duties, as a member of the fed- I eral legislature, prevented your close attention to the details of legislation as they developed at Ilarrisburg. Yet you are charged with all the short tomings of that historic body. I have no doubt you did not read, before In troduction, tin- titles of ten bills out of many thousands presented by members of the two houses, and doubtless you could not give the' titles of six of them now. During all the years 1 was asso ciated with you I never knew you to be Interested in a dozen bills before the legislature, you always evincing a disinclination to interpose in what, you ! claimed, did not concern you, except as a private citizen. I never failed to combat tills theory, maintaining that while the people might have no right to demand such service from you they would, however unjustly, hold you responsible for the misdoings and fail ures of those claiming to represent you. No matter how irksome the task, I trust you will give your personal scru tiny, so far as your duties as a United | States senator will permit, to the doings :f future legislatures, to the end that tlieir acts and non-acts may not be a 1 reproach to the Republican party an 1 to the commonwealth, it canot be denied that the perform j utiles of the last legislature were not acceptable to the people of the s'ate. ; Put I speak advisedly when I say that j il was not one whit worse than any one of the dozen legislatures which have convened since the new constitu i lion went into effect. There was this difference —the doings of the legislators ; last year were, as never before, made i known to the people. During the ses sion of '97 I had personal supervision | of the work of supplying weekly infor- j I illation to over one hundred state news i papers, exhibiting the shortcomings of I the members and giving wide publicity : to what they did and what they failed i to do. This had never previously been I done, except by the metropolitan jour- I nals, and, because of it, the people ! were Informed as they had never been | before regarding the movements of I their representatives at Ilarrisburg. I The latter were no worse than their predecessors for the last generation j had been, but the public knew more ; about them. This line of work should ' be kept up during the next legislature. | If it is. the Republican party and the ] taxpayers generally will be the gain ; ers. While, however, the last legislature was no worse than its predecessors, it was bad enough. But it Is a mistake to assume that all the legislators were corrupt, or that the wrongdoing was 1 confined to the Republican party or to a faction thereof. There were many conspicuous members in both branches i who valiantly battled for the people, - but it Is historically incorrect to assume ; that all of them were from the so j called "76," who supported Mr. Wana | maker for the United States senate, j The two leaders in the crusade for , clean legislation were Hon. Samuel ! Crothers, of Philadelphia, and Hon. E. A. Coray, of Luzerne, neither of whom i was a member of the "76," nor did either of them vote for Mr. Wana mdlcer for senator. On the other hand, i not a few of the much lauded "76" proved derelict before the session | closed. Of course, many of the "76" did heroic work for the people, which should never be forgotten: but so did other members of both houses, who had not been Mr. Wanamaker's supporters for the senatorship. In other words, i both the wrongdoing and the right dolng. so to speak, were non-factional, and it is a perversion of history to claim the reverse. -Voi- was the wrongdoing partisan. Those now engaged in a crusade against the Republican organization arc forming alliances in many of the counties with a view to the election of Democrats to the legislature. While in the last legislature some of the Dem ocratic senators, and a number of the Democratic members of the lower house, led by the incorruptible Creasy, of I'olumbia county, were always found upon the side of the people, others, and generally the majority, gave their sup port to the various vdeious bills which it wa- sought to enact, and which the re cent Democratic state convention so vigorously assailed. M In a word, it is strikingly unj; " to charge all that was vicious in th st legislature to either party, or to faction of the dominant party. It was simply a case of some corrupt men get ting into the legislature—as they have gotten into every legislature s.uce a Republican form of governmentwasde vlscd—who sought to further their own Interests at the expense of the people"*. lii w supremely idiotic, therefore, *o hold any one party, or any faction of a party, responsible for the perversity cf i> dividual human nature. How infin itely more idiotic and unjust to hold yen responsible for such condition, be yond the fact that you ought to have prevented, in my judgment, corrupt or seitish men from obtaining and ex ercising control of legislative proceed ings. even though you should have found it necessary to resort to a more vigorous exhibition of "bossism" than any your opponents have assailed. When the legislature of 1597 adjourn ed 1 immediately took steps with a view to aiding In the nomination, at the Re- j publican primaries, of fit representa- j tlve men as candidates for the legisla ture. For six or eight months I made every endeavor to cJouse those promi nent in what was known as the anti machine movement, to the end that a comprehensive, systematic, energetic organization might be effected, to carry out at the primaries the program I had in view. An eoctraoirdlnary amount of work was involved, as was also no small amount of money, for the legit imate expenses of education and organ ization. I kept up this endeavor for months, but received only meager en couragement; and filially, on the Ist of March last, discovering only a purpose togo outside of party lines, through the medium of Democratic alliance, I withdrew, -not being able conscientious ly to enter Into ajiy such program. That experiment was tried in 1882, when Pattlson was elected governor, together with a Democratic house. The "haracter of --reform - * wmcn emanated from that body was malodorous and malodious, and I then resolved that I would never aid such a move ment. Surely no legislative reform will come In Pennsylvania through Demo cratic channels. And that is the inher ent weakness of the present so-called "reform" movement for honest lega tors. For every independent Republi can who will be elected as the result of the movement six or eight Democrats will be chosen, and with a Democratic legislature the advocates of legislative reform had better take to the woods. Had a proper effort been made at the Republican primaries, as I had urged for months, it would have succeeded. The result in Bradford county demon strates that. There a thorough organ isation was effected, and two honest legislators were renominated, and the third member, who had mlsrepresente.-J his constituents, was very properly left at home. There is scarcely a county In the state where this could not have bten done, with the same expenditure of energy. Under the circumstances the piesent movement to elect a non-Re publican legislature is absolute;;.- unlus- Justlfled and without excuse. Jt should not be encouraged by any true Repu lican. In this connection let me say that I am satisfied, bv observation an.l in quiry, that this coalition with the De mocracy is. oil one side it least, tile result of a general, thoroughly organ ized movement throughout the country to turn both houses of congress over to Democratic control. Such a move ment has certainly been Inaugurated by the national leaders of the Democ racy, and, counting upon Republican dissensions in Pennsylvania, they hope to cain a senator from this state. Their candidate is Colonel J. M. Guf fey, the free silver member of the Dem ocratic national committee, and he is secretly at work, endeavoring to effect combinations in every county of the state, hoping to elect a Democratic legislature, basing his hopes upon the result in ISB2, *hen a Democratic house was chosen as the result of the /ndependent movement of that year. In view of the fact that in the present sen ate the Republicans lack three of a majority out of a membership of 90, I fail to see how any one claiming to be a Republican can identify himself with a movement, the only result of which, if in any degreee successful, would be the election of a free silver Democrat to the United States senate and the probability of turning that body over to the Democratic-Popullstlc combina tion. At this juncture, with such vast interests at stake, and such momen tous questions to be disposed of, it Is of the highest importance that in the Fifty-sixth congress President Mc- Kinley and his administration should be 'sustained by an emphatic Republi can majority in both senate and house. Before closing I want to utter a word of protest against the methods pursued by some of your friends in assailing the characters of those conspicuous in th opposition. 1 refer more especially to Secretary of the Commonwealth David Martin and ex-Postmaster General Wanamaker. Mr. Martin is one of Up most manly, straightforward men I have encountered in the realm of prac tical polities. Ordinary political criti cism he naturally expects, but personal vilification is not only unjust, but it Is bad politics, and cannot fail to react upon those resorting to it. So far as your influence extends i trust you will prevent a continuance of such guerilla warfare. Nor can anything be gained by per sonal attacks upon Mr. Wanamaker. All the miserable slanders affecting his personal character and business meth ods were exploited during his flrst sen atorial campaign in IS9G. and 1 know how absolutely devoid of truth they are. They should not be resorted to in this campaign. Naturally he cannot complain of attacks of a distinctive po litical character, for these are the or dinary Incidents of one's candidature for office. The primary and ultimate purpose of this movement for a "re form" legislature Is Mr. Wanamaker's election to the United States senate, through a combination of disaffected Republicans. Prohibitionists and Dem ocrats in the legislature. Of course this purpose is not set forth in very large type in the fusionisls organs, but is generally understood In all political cir cles. of whatever party or faction. Mr. Wanamaker would make a splendid senator. I thought so in 1896, and I gave my best energies toward securing his election. If, eight or ten months ago, before any primaries had been held, he had concluded to come out into the open as a Republican candi date against you for the United States senate. I should have supported him as vigorously as in 189G. But I could not follow him into a Democratic al liance: first, as a matter of conscience, having had a taste of that sort of thing in 1882. and, secondly, because I knew he never could win in such a contest, for his Democratic allies would surely cheat him In the end. and vote for a member of their own party. But if he feels differently he has a perfect right to make the kind of a tight which he Is now engaged In. While urging that your friends re frain from personal abuse, as a method of campaigning. 1 do not lose sight of the fact that the chief weapons of your own opponents are slander atjd vilifi cation of the most vicious kind. This cannot hurt you, but must react upon those engaged in this sort of warfare. Besides. 1 should think you would be used to It by this time. In 1885 you were denounced and maligned from the Dela ware river to the Ohio line, vet you were elected state treasurer, and subse quently United States senator. In 1592 the same methods, augmented a hun dred fold, were resorted to, yet you were almost unanimouly returned to the senate. In 1595 the vials of vituper ation were emptied upon you, yet you won your great fight for state chair man. The same old weapons are load ed again with the same old powder, whitened with age, and ground to dust. There can be only one outcome: his tory will repeat Itself; you will be re elected in January next. Only be your own "boss," and give your personal at tention to the details of party or ganization, Including the organization and conduct of the next legislature Do not be "bossed" by petty "bosses," who do not possess one-tenth of your sagacity and perspicacity—otherwise, horse sense. If you pursue this course you can count upon my support until the end of the chapter. Otherwise I will cut loose as abruptly as In 1896. Again assuring you of my personal in terest in your success, and reiterating my desire to help you If my services are needed. I am. sores. ; " Running sores appeared on my ! leg and spread over the entire lower portion of the limb. 1 got 1 no help from medicine till I tried yours. 1 was cured by one bottle of e dyer's oarsaparilia." ISAAC ACKEK, Cowans, Va. A Horrible Railroad Accident is :i daily chronicle in our papers: also ! the death of some dear friend, who had ! died with Consumption, whereas, if lie or | site had taken Otto's Cure for Throat and Lung diseases in time, life would have | been rendered happier and perhaps saved. | Heed the warning ! 11' you have a cough ior nnv atlection of the Throat and Lungs ! Call on T. .1. Keeler,Laporte; \V. L. j (Tollman, llillsgrove; 15. S I Forksville; C. I! Jennings, Agt. Estella: j.l no. W. Muck, Sonestown, and get a trial'package free. Large size f>oc and 2fic. G. A. Rogers FORKSVILLK. PA. (Suertvj-or to I».\V. Fnwoeti.) Watches, Jewelery, Silverware, Etc. Hi cycle repairing. Ilicycle sundries. Fishing tackle, at lowest possible Price. ! Ginghams, calicoes and dress goods, leash prices at .1. W. Knck Ko-To-lisic for !'i.'. y Cents. j Cu-arantccti toiisn . n liuMt cur*. inaUft* weak jncu st r.i'.nou pun . 50c. #l. All druggists. Kxecllcnt wheat lintir lYuin sM.in to Si.:?.-. tit A. T.. Aniir-toiig', Sones town, l'a. Fish and ham, prices right, at J. \V. Hack's, Sonestown. To ( un l lon l' or«*v«*r» i '['ulii 1 r.i.ii'iiit is (,'iiiuiv C'uihut'iic. loe or 250. i if l'. i:. fail tocui»\ lit Heists refund money I>o n«»t -;iy you cmii not aftoril to |>ut |up fruit lor winter use .1. W. Buck sells I jars, tumblers, jelly cups and tin | cans so cheap. PLACES New Grocery LAPORTE, PA. Our Friendly Latch String Always Hangs Out. Shoes an endless variety of grade foot-wear is now on sale and for the next 60 Days there will positively be No War Tax put upon my prices. E. L. PLACE'S NEW GROCERY. | - Spring and Summer Every corner of the store is bright, with the newest things for Women's wear and Men's wear aiul Children's wear. We are glad to have you come in and see the new life of the old store and look at its excellent line of goods. Spring Weight Underware for Men, Women and Children. In conjunction with the inviting varities, all prices will be found more than ordinarily small. Grocery Department A new and fresh sup ply of Groceries have have just arrived. j • Vernon Hull, Hillsgrove, Pa. W.L.Hoffman's ■«>•«"«> HILLSGROVE Three Big Stores-- MUNCY VALLEY, PROCTOR, PA. An Explosion of Values. PRICES BLOWN TO ATOMS. Two or three reasons for this—liberaf supply, bet ter qualities, less in price than found elsewhere. Ladies' Dress Wares. They are the kind women want, and our prices will cause lively sellii-. CORSETS Selling at Corset Prices. No other line in these stores has such decided growth as that of Corsets. Augmented sales each month demonstrates the superiority of brands. General Merchandise. There is to be found a general line of seasonable goods constantly on hand. Remember the Place. JENNINGS BROS. cSii We keep in stock at our mills a * complete line of dressed lumber MANUFACTURERS OF LN HEMLOCK and-hardwood. Gang Sawed and Trimmed Lumber. LOPEZ, PA~ SPECIALTIES Hemlock Novelty or German Siding, Hemlock Ceiling 7-8 or 3-8 stick, Hemlock Flooring any width desired. Hemlock Lath both 3 and 4 feet long, Hardwood Flooring both Beech, Birch or Maple, The same woods in 3-8 ceiling. CORRESPONDENCY SOLICITED. Buy Good Goods! And you will he surpris how cheap they are in the end. We have just unpacked such a stock of coats nnd capes to which we are pleased to cull vour Rpecial attention. We do not pretend to handle the cheapest coats in t!ie market, but we do say we have the BEST and neatest llttin" garments made. Our coats and capes are made to order, and in the latest styles with prices to suit every bodv. IN DRESS GOODS WE WERE NEVER BETTER PREPARED TO PLEASE YOU THAN AT THE PRESENT, AS WE HAVE THE LARGEST AS SORTMENT IN THAT LINE EVER DISPLAY ED IN THE COUNTY. Ladies and Misses, Boys and Men, you need not go hall frozen this winter for we have plenty of underwear lor you all, both in cotton or wool, red or gray ami the prces are very low, so low that when you see the goods you will ha astou •shed that we are able to give you such bargains. One word in regard to foot wear: Uur shoe department wits never more complete and if you will 'luvor im with your attention for a few minutes when in town we will convince yon that we have the most carefully selected line ol line and heavy boots and shoes ever brought before the public. On crockery we have just received some very pretty designs in Decorated Dinner Sets to which we invite your attention. The buying ol country produce has always been a special feature of on Business, and we still continue in paying the highest each pi ices lor Butter Egg® and Wool. E. G. Sylvara PUSHORE, \PA. Wright & Haight, SUCCESSORS TO M. R. BLACK, Forksville, Pa. Furniture 4 Ufitdertohiwtjt . MANUFACTURERS OP Doors, Sash, Moulding, Flooring, Ceiling etc. DRESSED LUMBER Full and complete season«l stock always on hand. A fine line of furniture etc. The most complete line of Coffins and Casket to select from in Sullivan County. The finest hearse in the county, with equipments to match. Embalming a specialty. Funerals directed with safety and dispatch. PRICES REASONABLE.