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gressive.
BUT FOR CASH
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A word about our Spot Cash Policy. It's self evident that buyiug and selling for Cash avoids some
very considerable expense items, such as losses through bad accounts, expenses of bookkeeping, collecting
aud" the cairying of many accounts on the books for many months at a loss of iuterest. Yon d not sup
pose for a moment that the store keeper can afford to do all these thii gs unless be provides for it and bis
only way of providing is tacking a big price on to his merchandise. Ko you bee all this you are paying
for wheu you buy oo credit. Who else is to pay for it? Why should you pay lor what you do not get?
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STALWAKl'S
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Snyd
er, of Chester, and Marshall,
of Allegheny, Will Preside
Over Senate and House
Respectively!
tUSUEGINTS GIVE UP THE FIGHT.
Hnllcloui Work of the Philadelphia
NeTTunnper Combine Cannot De
Ktror the Rrpnlillean Organisation
of 1'ennM lvnnla For the Selflh
Pnrpoaeii of Ambitions hot Repudi
ated 1'nlitlelnn.
(Special Correspondence.)
Philadelphia.
Dec. 11. All doubts
about tha ability cf the stalwart Re
publicans to organize both branches of
tha leetslrture have been removed,
since more than a majority of the
members in each chamber have gone
on record over their own signatures
for the candidates of the stalwarts for
presiding officers of those bodies.
The InsnrKeuts have practically given
up the fisl.t against Senutor W. P.
Snyder, of Chester county, for presi
dent pro tern, of the state senate. It
Is Intimated that In order to cover his
retreat Senator William Flinn, the
leader of the Insurgents, will make the
motion for the election of Dr. Snyder
to succeed himself as presiding officer
of the senate In the absence of the
lieutenant governor. Flinn, at the close
of the last session of the senate, when
it became necessary to elect a presiding
officer who would officiate during the
recess, placed Dr. Snyder In nomina
tion In the Republican caucus, and he
received every vote, Including those of
the insurgents.
Now, since the three members of the
state senate whom the Insurgents put
in the doubtful list Senator Sproul of
Delaware, Vaughnn of Lackawanna and
Slueh'.brmir.pr cf Allegheny have all
publicly declined in favor of Dr. Sny
der, Flinn, reeopniKlng the handwrit
ing on the wall, is about to get In line
for Snyder and p.nnnunre that tho in
surants br.ve nothing against him,
and would like to sea hlra elected.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.
The facts are that the Insurgents
found that some cf their number who
nspiie to re-vlertlon did not propose
to follow Flinn's original plan and
vote for J. Henry Cochran, a Democrat,
for president pro tern, of the senate.
They are all human, and they all ap
preciate the fact that If they would
sell out the Republican candidate for
president of the senate In favor of a
Democrat they could never hope for
re-election in their respective districts.
Thts would be the biggest card that
their political opponents could play
against hem.
The setUement of the contest In the
state senat came along about the
same time that the Insurgents and the
Democrats in the houop discovered that
It would be Impossible for them to
unite upon any candidate for speaker.
Neither Guffey nor any one else could
get all the Democratic members to
agree upon an Insurgent Republican for
speaker, and neither Martin, Flinn nor
Wanamaker could get all the so-called
Insurgents to vote for a Democrat for
speaker against the stalwart Republi
can candidate. Several of the most
prominent insurgents in the last legis
lature have come out openly in favor of
the election of Representative W. T.
Marshall, of Allegheny, for speaker
of the house. Some of them are still
opposed to the election of Col. Quay,
but It Is believed that they will not
continue to oppose him when the time
comen to ballot on the United States
enatorshlp.
They do not propose to get left In
the matter of the distribution of the
patronage of the house of representa
tives, which will hn allotted by the
leaders of the Republican organization,
nor do they wish to figure In unimpor
tant places on the committee lists.
TV.py all feel that their futures depend
upon their being in a position cf In
fluence auj importance, and that they
must not allow their eronal animosi
ties or the revengeful pptrlta of a few
dlsBTW.tle.l leaders to take them out
side of the Republican lines.
BLISS WITH THE REGULARS.
Representative Ward R. Bliss, of
Delaware county, who was a eonsnle-
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uous ngv.ro in tne ueadiock on tr.e
United States senatorship two years
ago, has come to tho front as one of
the leaders In tho cause of the regulars,
and he Is very active in the canvass in
fnvor of the election of Representative
Marshall for the speakership. He was
regarded as the most alert and the
brainiest of the insurgents in the last
session. He acted is presiding officer
of their meetings in the house and
fought as well as he knerv how against
the re-election of Col. Quay. He went
home sounded the sentiments of the
Republicans of the district and con
cluded that they now favor the election
of Col. Quay. He was renominated
without opposition from the regulars,
and he is now on the firing lino of the
stalwarts, and will be wtth them when
they win their victory at Harrlsburg
next month.
The Insurgents are still bluffing In
their newspaper war on Col. Quay.
They nre making all sorts of false
charges about the use of money by the
regulars, yet they do not seem to think
of the fact that tho people know that
were It not for the little coterie of
monied men who are keeping the in
surgent midline well greased with fat
contributions there would be no or
ganizations of Insurgents. Money has
been the principal stock in trade cf tho
insurgents since they started out, and
they have spent hundreds of thousands
cf dollars In a desperate but fruitless
campaign against the Beaver stateman.
Their newspaper bureau Is perhaps one
of their strongest assets.
INSURG ENT N EWSPAPER COMBINE
Some of the antics of the insurgent
newspapers would be very amusing to
a render conversant with the true sit
uation if their hypocrisy was not so
transparent and contemptible. As only
one instance, mark the publication of
an aliened list of Quay, anti-Quay and
doubtful members of both senate and
bmin tfct appeared in a Philndelohia
evening paper unfriendly to Senator
Quay one day last week.
It this alleged list, after grotesquely
arranging Quay members In the antl
Quay list and vice versa, and classing
In the doubtful list men who have
never wavered In their allegiance to
Senator Quay, and who have repeatedly
showed their loyalty to him in the
most trying times, they finally recapit
ulated them so as to give the senator
22 votes In the house, making a total
of 118 votes, or nine short of the requi
site number for election.
It is noticeable that the particular
anti-Quay paper did not have the or
frontery to claim that this was an est!
mate furnished by the friends of the
distinguished senator.
The list Is adrotly drawn with two
or three well known anti-Quay men
In the Quay column, and with thh n i
cleus the insurgents afterward tear it
in shreds. In other words, they use
this particular paper to set up a ridic
ulous ' straw man." no doubt manu
factured to order by the political liars
of their own original insurgent news
bureau.
Having themselves brought forth
this prodigy, watch how the bold and
valiant papers carrying that "wonder
fully production" full page "ad." swoop
down on their own creation like an
eagle on Its prey.
FIGHTING A STRAW MAN.
They have charged these wludmill
of the Quixotic fancy so often and so
disastrously in soiid squadron that this
time they change their tactics and give
the place of honor (?) to the morning
organ that for many years has been
willing to publish anything, however
false or untrue, that Its hatred conceiv
ed would injure the one man in Penn
sylvania it has hoped to."-crush and
ruin. So it, on the following day, takes
a "grand fall" out of the "straw man."
and when it victoriously leaves the
field it would seem that it was so
thoroughly battered that it could not
stand another shock from Its own pa
rents, especially.
But after they have all gone up
against it, the "yellowest of the yel
low" waits for a day, and then, "ye
gods," how it does batter the wreck
that Is left of the child of its bosom.
"Infanticide Is defined by law to be
the murder of a newly born child."
and if tho Insurgent press of this city
are not guilty then such a crime was
never committed not only guilty in
the general sense, but guilty of bring
ing it into the world with the express,
premeditated and willful purpose of
slaying it in cold blood. It, of course,
deliberately lies when it ssys that the
llHt published was Col. Quay's list.
They know and every one knows that
neither the wimtor nor any of his
friends has evr published any list.
They knew it was their vry own.
They also summarize or recapitulate
their own falsehoods In this wv;
Mi
yuay 8 victory Dtazoned in his or
gans the morning after election, Nov.
the 150, or 22 more than a majority;
Pec. 6, 113. or 15 less than a majority.
Decrease of Quay vote in one month,
by Quay's own showing. 37."
And this is a specimen of the lying
mendacity of organs subsidized by one
advertisement. It Is pitifully cheap
lying, because when analysed It U so
ransparent. Its hypocrisy. Its cant,
its building of an argument on pre
mises wholly and willfully false, only
leads their conclusion back into the
same mire and filth of the rankest un
truthfulness from which they derived
their false premfre-
TOOMBS AND STEPHENS,
A Frlendnhlp Thnt Wn of Great Cse
to the Former.
Dr. F. IT. Orcne told nie several good
stories about our old time statesmen.
Among other anecdotes and incidents the
doctor gave me some plqunnt reminis
cences of Toombs and Stephens.
Toombs always tried to impress peop'.a
with the belief thnt his genius made him
equal to any emergency- Even when
he studied hard or availed himself of the
labor of others he encouraged the idea
that his most splendid efforts were the
result of the inspiration of the moment,
entirely offhand, without nny special prep
aration for the occasion.
Once, when a very important debate
was going on in the federal congress,
Toombs made a magnificent speech which
attracted everybody's attention.
It was not only an eloquent speech, but
it was remarkable for its masterly array
of facts aud figures and its convincing ar
guments. "l'ou must have devoted considerable
time to its preparation," said one of the
statesmen's admirers.
"Well, I gave about two hours to it,"
Toombs replied, with a careless, Indiffer
ent air.
Somebody repeated this to Stephens in
the presence of several congressmen.
"Two hours!" he exclaimed, somewhat
irritably. "Prepared that speech in two
hours, did he? I spent two weeks on it.
That's all I care to say."
Stephens had patiently and laboriously
collected the statistics, and Toombs had
merely added the flourishes.
The two great Georgians attended a na
tional Democratic convention shortly be
fore the war, and Stephens was confined
to his bed just when he could least afford
to be laid up.
After an important caucus Toombs vis
ited his friend and sat down by his bed
side. "Aleck," lie said, "it was proposed to
nominate you for vice president, but I
told them that you did not want the office
and would decline the nomination, so
they took the other man."
"Toombs." replied the invalid, "when
you told thein that you know yon were
lying!" Atlanta Constitution.
TWO WAITERS.
Difference Between 5eKro Server
In Northern nnd Sonthern HoteU.
If you have traveled, you must certain
ly have noticed the wide difference be
tween negro waiters of southern nnd
northern hotels.
In the north the waiter Is stiff, rigid
and supercilious. He takes your order
condescendingly nnd briskly betakes him
self to the cnlinnry regions with the
same. He stands with folded arms and
scornful expression at some little dis
tance, watching, however, for an oppor
tunity to leap forward nnd pretend to an
ticipate your wants.
And when he brings your change you
are certain to note that it is laid upon a
plate nnd that one particular quarter h
noticeably detached from Its fellows.
In the south the waiter shuHles back to
the kitchen and returns with your meal,
to which he has added some little deli
cney of his own choosing. He glides
alxmt you, leans tenderly over you, hii
black face filled with anxiety for fear
some error of omission or commission
may occur.
He bancs about you with fatherly in
terest. He places the dishes before you
with almost a caressing touch, and when
you are ready to depart he tremblingly.
hopefully, liugeringly hands you your hat
In the white brown depths of his eyes
there '.s cute appeal, not unmixed with
txpi -edition.
Who but a case hardened drummer or
the tiiiv.-liiig representative of a frater
nal organization could resist that appeal?
loll need not fciir to give him n quar
terjoy senium mils outright hut you
can be sure thnt u dime will produce a
wide grm and an cxnt'irc-i-uted lxiw.
But most people coiisiih-r it worth
quarter to see that mouth wiueu into
nnile which sets its owner's ears l,n
an inch and causes his eyes to project
like those of a crawling crab. St. Louis
Star.
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A CHALLENGE
TO INSURGENTS.
Stalwarts Call Upon Them to Name
a Favorite For United
States Senator,
PLEDGE3 TO QUAY IN WRITING.
The Denver Stutemmin lion Vow I,et
ter From More Threii Kno'inh Mem
ber of the I.eKlMljitnrc to limure
Ilia ne-rleetlon oa the first Dallot.
(Special Correspondence.)
Harrlsburg, Dee. 11. Supporters of
Col. M. S. Quay have during the last
week challenged the so-called insur
gents to put a candidate against him
for the United States senatorship. They
have called upon tho small minority
among the Republican members of the
legislature to come out into the open,
agree upon a Republican, for Uuited
States sonator and let his qualifications
and claims for the honor bo submitted
to the people, that they may pr.rs Judg
ment upon them. Col. Quay's admirers
say the Ueavcr statesman wculd pre
fer to have an open and avowed oppo
nent, that their r-rsprntive merits
might be discussed by all Republicans,
who could then make known their
preferences to their representatives in
the legislature.
During the last few daya Col. Quay
has met a large number of active Re
publicans In Washington and In Phila
delphia, and all the reports ho has re
ceived have been of the moBt satisfac
tory character. The colonel has re
ceived enough replies to his letter to
members of the legislature to insure
his re-electlcn. Over their own sis-
natures more than 128 members of the
legislature, the number necessary to
elect with a full membership, have
written to Col. Qtny Ftatin th-?!r pur
pose to go into the Republican caucus
and vote for him for United States sen
ator. The feeling of confidence mani
fested by the stalwart Republicans who
have met Col. Quay recently Is thus
explained.
INStTiGENT DISSENSIONS.
The Martin-Flinn romuino lenders
are having troubles of their own. There
is a big row ou between the admirers
of Wi'Umer ,T:d Mans on one hand
and the followers of V.Vn imnker on the
other. It is chimed that Widener,
while r-r-tii Cc-'l tl'.-it. Quay is going to
be plected, is anxious to he id off Wan-
tmckcr for the fu' ura. lie ha-i h .pes of
succeeding rtr.r-.sc l-i the United
States senale on a com! Inatiou which
would mean the ncrnii.'tion of Pen
rose for rnnyor cf Pht!:.de Ipliia, which
In the matter of loci-J p.-wa nnd Influ
ence Is far creator tV! i th it of a Uni
ted States ficnntorsli'i;. M-re. has
reason to be opposed to Wanu maker,
as It is charged that the Wanamaker
influences have always been, r.ecretly
opposed to making Magee in any way
nroru nent In connection witn tne
naming of probable candidates for the
senatorship.
Meanwhile the regular Republicans
are united and aggressive. They are
persistent in calling upon the insur
gents to name a candidate for United
States senator. John T. Harrison, of
the Twenty-second district of Phila
delphia, a well known manufactuer
and a stalwart Republican, defeated
John F. Keator, an Insurgent, for re-
nomination and re-election to the
house of representatives. Mr. Harrison
has been one of the most active of the
regulars In demanding that the Insur
gents speak out.
A STALWART CHALLENGE.
"Let the so-called Republicans wo
are acting the part of Insurgents in
Pennsylvania name a candidate for
United States senator against Col
Quay, and let tho citizens of this com
monwealth have an opportunity to look
unon him and pass upon his quallhta
tions for litis office," was the dofbint
declaration which came from Repre-seatatlve-elcct
John T. Harrison, la
commenting upon the guerrilla cam
paign that tho Martin-Flinn combine
leaders are waging against Col. M. S.
Quay. "The American people like fair
play," continued Mr. Harrison, earn
ostly, "and they admire Tiianlir.esa nnd
courage in a political leader or a can
didate. They have no sympathy with
bushwhacking methods, nor do they
like to see men betray their party or
combine with the enemies of their
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paity for purely selttsn reasons, or ror
the purpose of satisfying their desire
for revenge upon a political leader or
other public man.
"The Insurgents and their newspaper
allies are telling us day after day that
they have Col. Quny defeated for re
election. They do this despito the fact
that after a thorough canvass at tho
Republican primaries, and after nearly
two years' campaigning before tho peo
ple. Col. Quay's friend3 have elected a
large majority of the Republican mem
bers of the state sennte and h"U8e of
representatives.
"Yes. they are employing columns
and columns of space in certain news
papers to these insurgent predictions
and declarations. When I was a can
didate for the Republican nomination
for representative I was bitterly op
posed by tho insurgents. They pitted
Representative John F. Keator against
me. He had been in tho la-rlslnture,
and although an estimable gentleman
personally, his record as a Republican
did not nppenl to the Republican voters
of this district. Mr. Keitnr. nishwth
elected as a Republican, bolted the Ite
publlcnn caucus and acted with the
Democrats throughout tho las se-snion
of the legislature. When ho ramo up
for renominntion tho Republicans of
the district naturally said they wanted
a Republican In the ler.is'Pture, and ho
was overwhelming defeated at the pri
maries. It was a clean cut fir:, t. I
was known to favor the rr;-o'.ertl:n of
Col. Ouav. and he was known as a rep
resentative who, when the r.iajoritv of
the Republican representatives not
agree with him, w-ild bolt his party
and co-operato with the Democracy.
THE PEOPLE VOTED.
"Now. under these clrciirastinei, I
believe that I know the sentiments of
the Republicans of the district in
which I live. In this district reside
some of the most bitter opponents cf
Col. Quay. Senator J. Dnyard Henry,
who has stumped many counties against
Col. C?tay, nnd who has voted with tne
Insurgents from the outset. Is also a
resident of this representative district.
In view of the election returns, he can
not claim that he is voicing the sen
timents of the Republicans of his Im
mediate neighborhood In opposing Col
Quay'3 re-election. Others quite as
prominent in the Insurgent movement
live in this district, but they were
turned down by the Rr.i'.jbllcan voters
with the issue presented in a clean cut
and positive manner.
"If these so-called insurgents want
ever to be classed as Republicans let
them pick out a candidate far United
States senator in cpporiflon to Col.
Quay. Let him ha a good Republican
and submit both names to the Republi
cans elected to the le-'.ture. Let
these senators and rpnre'T.'nflves then
go home to their const;t'!P":U nnd In
quire as to the wlshe rf the voters of
their respective districts nnd return to
Harrlsburg prepared to mn!:e a choire
between the candidates placed In nom
inntlon.
"If we ore to have a Re'tbli-an party
In Pennsylvania It should he ruled by
Republicans. It should not hnve to go
to the Democracy to help n. rne Its rep
resentatives in the United States sen
ate, with our vast manufacturing, com
mercial and Industrial Interests de
pending upon legislation at the na
tlonal capital. I am a manufacturer,
and I know what the Republican party
has done for the Industry r.ith which
I am identified. We cannot expert the
Democracy to further any scheme or
to advance the Interests of any candl
date that will strengthen the Republi
can party.
. FIGHT IN THE OPEN. .
"Republicans are not asleep. They
read these stories in the Insurgent nnd
Democratic and assistant Democratic
newspapers, and they can see that
without the Democratic vote nt Har
rlsburg the opposition to Col. Quay
means but a small element In the mem
bership In the legislature.
"I have absolute confidence In the
re-election of Col. Quay, but I shi! hall
with delight an announrc-rnent of the
selection of any Republican for United
States senator who will have the run
port of the Fo-calicd lnsST?st members
of the legislature.
"Let lliem come out Int-i the open
and let there be a free and fair dis
cussion of the relative irerlts of tho
Republicans proposed for th? K-.ator-ship,
and let the Republican pa-ty not
be placed in a p.- sltiou hi stjlsrrt Re
publican Pennsylvania of hav! :g the
Democracy Interfere with the prj'tec
tion of our industries cr. l tusir.ex.i In
terests through iiuy rTI.tcioj vith dis
appointed, disgruntled or ambitious
Republicans. '
"Let the so-called insurgents speak
out."
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