Republican News Item CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor. THURSDAY, MAI!. P.>oo. "FIRST OF ALL—THE NEWS." The News Item Fights Fair. irTs A;PATRIOTIC HOME "NEWSPAPER. Published Evory Friday Morning. By The Sullivan Publishing Co. At the County Seat of Sullivan County. LAPORTE, PA. SUBSCRIPTION' —$1.25 per annum. If paid in advance SI.OO. Sample copies lree. All communications should be ad dressed to REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM, Laporte Pa., Entered at the Tost Office at Laporte, as second-class mail matter. Harrisburg, March C. —United States Senator Boies Penrose is making a na tional reputation as an aggressive, tactful and adroit parliamentarian through his management of the case of Colonel M. S. Quay before the United States senate. Though confronted by a combination of disgruntled Republi cans and a large majority of the Dem ocrats under the leadership of the chairman of the Democratic national committee, Senator Jones, of Arkansas, the brilliant young Pennsylvanian has not been defeated in any of his efforts to bring this case to a speedy conclu sion. He has maintained from the outset that the question of the admis sion of Colonel Quay upon the certifi cate of appointment from Governor Stone was not one of politics, but that it was based upon broad constitutional grounds and the manifest intention of the framers of the constitution that every state In the Union should be fully represented in the United States senate. An insidious attempt was made by some of the factional oppo nents of Colonel Quay to have tlio Quay case up before the Republican senatorial caucus. The purpose of this was to make it a political issue, which would result in a drawing of partisan lines In the senate, which was exactly what the friends of Colonel Quay did not want. Senator Penrose succeeded in blocking this little game, and the matter never came before the Republi can caucus of the senate. The case has since been argued entirely upon the Issue of the proper construction of the constitution. The speeches of Senatorial Daniel, of Virginia, of the venerable and distinguished Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, and by others all made it quite clear that there war? but one thing for the senate to do, and that was to seat Colonel Quay. The arguments on the other side have not made an impression. In most eases it was manifest that politics and not an unprejudiced study of the ques tion were back of the opposition to Colonel Quay. When this case shall have been dis posed of and Colonel Quay shall again occupy his seat in the senate Boies Penrose will justly be entitled to com mendation for the masterly manner in which he has directed the fight. A SILLY INSURGENT STORY. In their efforts to disrupt the Repub lican organization the Flinn-Martin in surgents have sent through the stato by their press bureau a story to the i effect that Senator Penrose violated the action of the Republican caucus of the United States senate in calling tin ihe Quay case when he did. The Penn sylvania guerrillas thereby sought m justify the action of the caucus bolter:! at Harrisburg on the United States s n atorsliip. If Penrose could afford t<> bolt the Republican caucus at Wash ington, they argued in this newspaper story, he certainly could not criticizo others who did not respect and abide by the action of the Republican cauri: at Harrisburg on the United States : < n atorship in the Quay case. The facta are, as above stated, the Quay case ■ . as never the subject of caucus action at Washington. Had it been Pentose could never have gotten the case be fore the senate as he did. It should bo apparent that the stalwart Republicans who voted to open the discussion o£ the Quay case would never have done so if the party's caucus had decided upon another program. This insur gent story is but on a par with others that are circulated weekly in the des perate campaign to break through the lines of the Republican organisation. The popular contempt of the caucus bolter among Republicans has now been quite forcibly impressed upon the insurgents, but they have made a very silly attempt to make Senator Penrose out a caucus bolter. Senator Penrose is rapidly forging to the front in national affairs. H lias had to decline many invitation to speak at banquets and other functions in different parts of the country. PENROSE HONORS HAWKINS. The Quay case has by no mean - oc cupied all of Senator Penrose's time. He is busy every day looking after the interests of h'<* constituents, who, dur ing the senatorial vacancy, include the entire population of the Keys' oir> state. One of ihe latest successful ef forts on his part is told in a special dispatch from Washington, which reads: "The war department has decided to pay an unusual honor to the rnem-.ivy . of the late Colonel Alexander 1.. Hawkins, who commanded the Pennsylvania regiment in the Philip pine campaign and who died on the transport Senator while en route with his regiment. "Recently Senator Penrose wrote, the secretary of war a letter suggesting that the name of Corregidor Island, in Manila bay, be changed to Hawkins Island. Mr. Penrose referred to Oolo nel Hawkins' bravery and his rplei did services for his country In the Philip pines, and also to the fact to tt he was taken ill on Corregidor Island and was In a hospital there prevloi;;'. to tnli:ng a transport for this country. The sug gestion was favorably received by Sec retary Root "Today Adjutant General Corbin no tified Mr. Penrose that It had been adopted and that the Island would soon be formally named Hawkins Island." PENNSYLVANIA IS PROSPEROUS. Colonel Thomas Powers, state bank ing commissioner, has submitted to Governor Stone a report of his depart ment for the last fiscal year, which contains some astounding prosperity figures. There has been an increase under every head, except that of cap ital stock. There are now in Penn sylvania 202 institutions under the supervision of the banking department, being 91 banks, 95 trust companies and 16 savings institutions, an increase of five since the last annual report. Colonel Powers calls attention to the remarkable prosperity of the financial institutions for the year just ended. "While nil show the effect of the times," he says."it. is particularly gratifying to note the increase of de positors and deposits in the savings institutions, whicn attest the fact that the wage earners are sharing in the general prosperity. The report shows that the average of deposits to each depositor in the banks was $412.25; in savings institu tions, $258.42; in trust companies, 1940.95; average deposits to each de positor in all institutions, $480.98. The total capital of the three classes of in stitutions —banks, savings institutions and trust companies—was $45,116,- 617.50, a decrease of $573,767.50, as compared with the year previous. It is in the item of deposits, however, that the report makes its most remarl - able showing. The total of deposits for the year is $324,880,705.84, an in crease of $59,310,488.90. The amount of loans is shown to have been $158,272 - 572.62, an increase of $35,095,628.47. The investment securities reached the magnificent total of $191,265,479.03, an increase of $22,740,879.99. The Republican primaries in Law rence on last Saturday were the most bitterly contested in the history of the county. The Quay and anti-Quav lines were sharply drawn, especially in the legislature fight. The result was the nomination of Malcolm McConncll and J. L. McAnlis, the Quay candidate:? t >r the legislature, over J. \V. Stringmayer and Samuel White, the avowed anti- Quay candidates by over 250 majority. James H. Brown for sheriff and Clias. E. Mehard for district attorney won. These were also recognized a the Quay candidates. Brown, the succe ful candidate, has been the chief of the New Castle fire department for year:-, and is a brother of Postmaster John li. Brown. Representative McAnlis, who is re nominated, voted for Colonel Quay in the last session of the legislature, and his victory is a great vindication. ;i! r the bitter attacks made upon him. MERCER REPUDIATES BOLTER;- . The result of the Republican prima ries in Mercer county last Saturday was a decided victory for the friends of Colonel Quay. They carried the county by over 1,500 majority in ;.'>nie cases. J. D. Emery, Quayite, received the county indorsement for state senate over William Kile, anti-Quayite, by SOtl majority. Emery was a member of the legislature of 1897, and voted for Senator Penrose. The contest for Iho legislative candidates was made on strictly Quay and anti-Quay lines, and the Quay candidate will have fii -a 1,200 to 1.500 majority. Dr. .1. M..M r tin, of Grove City, and George It. Cald well, of Deer Creek, were members of the last legislature and refused to ■ i ter the Republican caucus and voVd against Quay on each ballot. They sustained an overwhelming defenl for re-election. Levi Morrison, of Green ville, who voted for Quay for senator, was nominated by a large majority. The successful candidates for the legislature are: Levi Morrison, Gre ville; H. K. Dougherty. Grove City, and Joseph C. Gibson, Hickory. Henry Robinson received the county's en dorsement for congress by a large ma jority over William A. McCormick. There was no contest for state dele gates, and the delegation composed of A. H. McElrath, of Mercer; Harry For lier, of Sharon; Silas Hunter, of Salem, and J. E. Giebner, of Sandy Lake, are friends of Colonel Quay. QUAY MAN WINS. In Armstrong county the followers of Flinn made a determined fight. Rep resentative George McNees was, how ever, nominated for state senator. He is a Quay man, having voted for Quay last winter in the house. One, and probably the two, members of the house will be stalwarts. The regu lars had six candidates in the field and thus divided their strength. The in surgents combined on one candidate and thus had an advantage by trading with friends of regular candidates. The vote on the state senatorship, however, clearly indicated the senti ment of the voters. BRADFORD IS STALWART. Republican primaries were held in Bradford county last Saturday to elect delegates to the county convention on Thursday next. The stalwarts had an easy victory over the insurgent ele ment of the party. The convention will elect five delegates to the state convention. Congressman Wright will be renominated without opposition and Hon. E. 1!. Hardenbergh will be in dorsed for auditor general. A sharp contest for county delegate from Milan, the home of Representa tive Edmiston, the bolter candidate for state senator, was made, the result being a crushing defeat for Edmiston':: man. SIBLEY'S GENEROSITY. Congressman Joseph C. Sibley, who has renounced the Democracy and be come a full fledged Republican, few months after his election to congress from the Warren-Venango district, an nounced that he would divide his con gressional salary for the full term among the five hospitals of the district. In accordance with his promise the officials of the projected Franklin hos pital have just received his check for SI,OOO, and the hospitals r.t Kane, Bradford, Warren and Oil City have each received a check for a like amount. Each hospital will have received $2,000 at thn end of Mr. Sibley's term. Congressman Sibley took similar ac tion with his salary while he repre sented the Twenty-sixth district, divid ing it among the labor organizations of Erie and Crawford couuties. Our Large TO THE CARROLL BLOCK, Next Door to J. W, Carroll's jClothing Store. ..... Telephone cm 11. Ho-l.nl O'ocrt. | HOLCOMBE & LAUEfc | Furniture and -v - C? |ya« !it eii\ •••. M.l! lay I>i 1!, l.t . i .low i) ('i.vr- 'I -:«■■■! I. : . 'I I IV. 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