Republican News Item. CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor. THURSDAY OCT. 20, 189*. "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. I At the County Beat of Sullivan County. LAPOBTE, PA. Kntered at the Post Oilice at Laporte, as ! second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION —$1.25 per annum. If ! paid in advance SI.OO- Sample copies i Iree. All communications should be ad- j dressed to REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM, Laporte Pa., REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS FOR 1898. St inc. Uovernor—WlLLlAM \. S'l'nN K. of Allegheny. Lieutenant tiovernor I.JI'. S. li'ißlN, ■ ■i' Lebanon. Secretary of Internal Affairs —.IAMES W. L \TTA,of Philadelphia. .1 ndges ol' the Supreme < 'oiiri—W M . W. PORTKH. of Philadelphia: WILLIAM I). PORTER, of Alleghany. Congressmen-at Large— '! ALCSII A A. tlliOW. OF Susi|iiehann.'l: SAMCKL A. DAVENPT >RT. of Kric. Congrcssiouu'. Congressman. 17th District WM. 11. WOODIN. of Berwick. State Senate. Nil t'l'LYKl!. of Lycoming. County. Representative—Dß..l.L.CU RISTI AN • •i' Lopez. I'rothonotanr—WlLLlAM .1. LAW RENCE, of Laporte. Sheriff—ll. W. tiSLKR. of I.incolFalls. ; Coroner—Dß. C. !■'. WACKENTIUTH. j of Laporte. President McKinley has been making - some magnificen in the \Vesl. lie is a. patriot, of patriots. Jle fought for the Union during the dark days of the Rebellion. Knowing what war it. lie did his; Lest to bring Spain to terms with out a resort to arms, but when Spain chose warfare he sent the; army and navy against her and i won a stupendous victory. (Jlory to the American soldier 1 and sailor ! What we have won we must keep! J Wherever the American Mag has been planted it must remain. That is the sentiment of the Republican party of Pennsylvania, the senti ment of the Republican party of the Union. And yet in this magnificent State of ours, the great keystone of the arch, there are men who call them selves Republicans who, because of their hatred of a single man. are willing to hand the State over to the foes of McKinley and thus nul lify all t hat has been accomplished. We call Pennsylvania Republi cans to stand by their President. The war may or may not be over, but if it is over, vast problems still remain to be worked out. Govern ments are to be established in the captured islands of the seas. Com merce is to be extended. Merchant vessels are to lie constructed. Trade is to be enlarged. Can these great questions be treated intelli gently unless President McKinley has the full backing of Pennsylva nia and the other great Republican States? The leader of the Demo cratic party in Congress, Mr.Bailey would hand every island back to Spain. Elect him speaker of the House, elect a Democrat to the United States Senate from Penn sylvania and turn the now evenly balanced Senate over to the oppo sition, and down would come the American flag and back would go the islands! All these great questions are ahead of us. "They will not be solved in a day,"says President McKinley. "Patients will be re quired: patients combined with sincerity of purpose and unshaken resolution to do right, seeking only the highest good of the Nation and recognizing no other obligation, pursuing no other path but that of duty." How is that path to be pursued— how are we to maintain our rights —lf we give a hostile Congress to McKiidey, if Pennsylvania and New York go Democratic? AVe quote from President McKinley", speech the following paragraphs weighted down with significance : WHO WILL DARKEN THE COUNSELS OF THE REPUBLIC IN THIS HOUR REQUIRING THE UNITED WISDOM OF ALL? Who will darken the counsels ? Mr. Jenks will. Elect him as Governor, elect Democratic Con gressmen, elect a Democratic IT.l T . S. Senator, and you join with Jenks, the foe of Republicanism, in dark ening the counsels of the Republic. Ex DEPEW'S TIMELY WORDS OFWARNING "Our Chauncey" Speaks to Repub licans of Pennsylvania. STAND BY THE PRESIDENT. The Dlstlugulslicd Orator aud Typical Amorlcau Poluts Out the VHul Im portance or Republicans Supporting Tlielr Party Xomlnees For the £>OK lslaturo to Insure the Klectlon of 11 Volted States Senator Who Will Co operate with the President. Chauncey M. Depew gave some sound advice to Pennsylvania Ilepublicana in a talk upon the importance of their standing by their party in the pres ent campaign, says a special dispatch from a New York correspondent. This distinguished orator of the Empire state, whose latest effort was the plac ing in nomination in the Republican state convention of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for governor, struck the keynote of.the canvass for every elec tion involving the naming of a legis lature which will fill a vacancy in the United States senate, and in every congressional district, when he de clared that national issues and national issues alone should influence the vote of every Republican this fail. "Pennsylvania," he said, "has many interests in common with her sister state. New York, and I have a feeling of admiration for the sturdy loyalty of the great majority of her citizens to the principles of the Republican party. President McKiiiley looks to every patriotic citizen, and especially to the members of his own party, to statu! by him in the present crisis. He must have a congress which in both its branches will give him encouragement and support in meeting the issues that are so vital to the country's immediate welfare and future prosperity. "We arc engaged in a campaign of unusual importance to the American people. The issues of sound money, CUAIINCKT M. DEPEW. the currency and protection are as im portant now as they were in the presi dential canvass, and new and startling ones are upon us. We must have in question as the result of the coming election that the country is not thor oughly in sympathy with this Republi can administration. In states like New York and Pennsylvania, and the others which have United States senators to elect, Republicans should not permit petty disappointments of individuals or false cries of state or local issues to swerve them from the candidates of the Republican party for the legisla ture. They should remember that it has been only by side issues of this character that Democrats have gotten into the I'nited States senate from ordinarily safe Republican states. M'KINLiEY MUST NOT STAND ALONE. "Is William McKinley to stand alone at one end of the avenue with a hos tile house and hostile senate at the other, or are we to stay up the arms of that brave, gallant, wise, patriotic president, and give him at the other end of the avenue not only a house of representatives, but a senate that will help to solve these problems? Clinging as hopefully as ever to the fallacies they advocated in the last presidential campaign, but remembering how they were repudiated and realizing the fal lacy of sailing under their real colors, the Democrats hope to secure a ma jority in congress by making it appear that only state issues are considera tions in this campaign. One might infer from their beating of the torn toms on this point that no congressmen are to be elected in this campaign and that the legislature to be elected will elect no United States senators. FOR THTC HONOII OF THK COUN TRY. "In every state whey they are nursing any aspiration to win anything this fall," continued the distinguished speaker, "they are making the same hypocritical appeal to voters to consider that only state issues are involved. Local, factional, personal, any issues hut national ones, they want the voters to think about, and in every state where they are making a fight they are seeking to hide behind this mask their national issues and the candidates through whose election they seek to promote them. They ipight as well throw off the cloak of hyprocrlsy and face the music. I can give no stronger injunction to the Republicans of Penn sylvania than to urge them for the sake-of their Republican president and for the honor of their country to stand by their party nominees." TWO IMPORTANT CONTESTS. Political IMMJIOS Alike in the Empire and Keystone Stntos. The same Issues are involve! in the great political contests in Pennsylvania and New York, where the important matter at. stake in each case is the election of a United States senator. The fact is that the combined anti-Republi can and anti-McKinley forces are making desperate efforts to get con trol of the United States senate. The free sliver Democrats are particularly active In this direction. TCverv effort is beinir made to break down Republicanism in the interests i of the opposition to the Rreat policies of ih-' rsi-pulilican administration Her iu I*> nnsylvaniii Democrats, Pro hlliltlon «.rutin's anil men once Re i publicans have unileil iu u campaiKti j | of vituperation, scandal and prepos terous exaggeration. Tin v have eliar*?- ei? against tite Iteimliliciin party ai- j most every crime In the category, and | from every stump tliey are continually bearing: false witness. All the foes of Republicanism are uniting in fusion movements to send Guffey, the Demo ; cratic leader, or some other foe of Re- I publicanism to the ITnlted States sen ate, thus destroying ltepublican con trol of that lioily. They are trying to , defeat Stone for the governorship and j to cut Pennsylvania loose from its sup port of McKinley. In the face of the great issues that j confront us it is farcical to declare that j j this campaign is not of rational im- | portance and that the conduct of a ] dead and burled legislature or some 1o ; cal issue of the past must alone be de- , bated. The Republican party has plac ed honorable, honest and manly candi dates in the field. These men have not been attacked, and no one dares at tack them. Then why, merely to please a Jenks, or a Swallow, or a league en gaged in venting its personal spite, should the ltepublican voters lie turned away from their ticket'.' No Republican should allow himself to be induced to give a complimentary vote to any candidate for the legisla ture. The Republican candidates should | be loyally supported. THE uiiirii JUT STAKE. j Pennsylvania Editors in the United States Senatorial Campaign. I THEY ARE FIGHTING FUSION i ltepiibllcans I'l-ujod to Stand by lte«ii- | j lor Candidates For the l.cglslaturo and For Congress, and Are Told Why They Should I)<> so. "A patriotic president at Washington is battling for Increased prosperity for the country, and he calls upon Penn sylvania and New York and the other states to support him," says the editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer. "Shall he | not have this support from Pennsylva | nia? He cannot have it if we are to j i turn the state over to his foes or to men who are willing to risk the glory and honor of the country to gratify their own personal spite. "We have arrived at a most import - j ant point in the history of this coun ■ try. We are lace to face with the I greatest problems tile nation has had I to deal with for move than a quarter j to( a century. Cuba and Porto Rico an! 1 the Philippines must occupy our atten ; tlon. Wise leadership is absolutely es- I ! sential. for the affairs of these islands \ ; must be settled, and there loom up j ! ahead new markets for our manufac- | tured goods and the building of ships of commerce which will carry immense cargoes under the Hag of the Union all over the world. Can these questions be settled with a Democratic party nagging and tr--ing to nullify the good work of the president'.' "No. Pennsylvania will stand by Mc- Kinley and will elect a Republican leg islature whicli will send a Republican to the United States senate, and she will elect almost a solid Republican delegation to the lower house of con gress." FIVE MORE FUSION FIGHTERS. "Patriotic reasons demand," adds the Lancaster Examiner, "that the results of the coming state and congressional elections should be in the nature of a full and heaAy indorsement of the president, perfectly free from any thing that could be construed as op position or dissatisfaction with his war policy and the subsequent peace nego tiations TiwL-i . ;s,s <=— "All the foes of Republicanism," re mains the Chambersburg Repository, "are uniting in fusion movements to Fend Guffey, the Democratic leader, or some other foe of Republicanism to the United States senate, thus destroying Republican control in that body. They are trying to defeat Stone for the gov ernorship and to cut Pennsylvania loose from its support of McKinley. In the face of the great issues that con front us it is farcial to declare that this campaign '.s not of national im portance." "Apathy or indifference should not bo allowed to interfere with getting out the full party vote in order to strength en the hands of the national adminis tration and insure that the fruits of the late war shall be gathered," writes the editor of the Norristown Herald. "A Democratic majority in the new con gress would be regarded, at home and abroad, as a vote of censure on Presi dent McKinley, to whose wise and prompt action was due largely the speedy settlement of the quarrel with Spain." "The Republicans of Pennsylvania know that this Is a Republican year," declares the Allentown Chronicle, "and they are going to hold up the hands of the president by electing the Repub lican candidates for congress. It would be a great note if the next congress should contain a majority of men op posed to the president's wise and pa triotic policy. And that is just what will happen if the Republicans do no! get a majority." "The election of a Democratic leg islature this fall means the election of a Democrat to the United State senate In January," says the Tltusville Her ald. "It makes no difference how ex cellent a Democrat may be, his voice will be raised and his influence and vote will be cast in favor of free silver. ' free trade and the rejection of the great fruits of the war with Spain. The vote in the senate is very close, and th<- loss of a senator from Pennsylvania mlgnt very seriously embarrass the ad ministration in the execution of th«- wise, sound policies which It has in view." And these are the opinions of but a few of the leading editors of Penn sylvania who are battling bravely against the Democratic scheme of fu sion on the legislative nominations. Political Card. I hereby announce myself as an inde pendent candidate t'nr representative tor Siillivtin county. Pa., to make my botany (•ill. my jury ielorm l>ill and my free; n peecl i bill iau> for the welfare of the peo pie of the State. Fellow citizens, write inv name on your tickets in the right column or place iitul you will thereby, elect me when you vote. I solicit your \ votes anil ask for your sutlragcs. I>it ,'loiix <'ottn, Iferhnlist. iHlshore, Pa'., July 18. IS'.IS. Tlio State Normal School <4 Kast ! Strom lslmr}>', l'a., furnishes its stu dents' rooms complete. The only school to carpet its students' rooms with tine lirussels carpet. The tlrst and only school to introduce plain I and fancy sewing, without additional | cost to pupils. See advertisement in' another colume. •I. \V Unck has a nice line ot horse lilankct.-. To f'tirt* torrver, T il.e C.'Hi'iiretN {'unity i'litliartic. 11l- or 'Sto. If « i<\ fall in fore. liruyjjiMs ri'fiintl nionev- ! I'or wall paper, window shades and j ctrpit pa|H*r. »o to John W. Buck's. tiiin't 'ttiluii-rti !»|iit nit. l 5i11. ,1.1' V»n,r I iIV tnny. 'l'u iiuit t iiii.'l'll . ly :■ ti.l forever, lie inair ; in lir. lulli.l ill.-, n.-rve :iihl \i-.or, l»U« Nii To- Hue, in. w.irutei' w.n i.t r, lii;u iiinut's weal; men strons. Ait ilriiutfisiH, .".iiir or ft. Cure guaran-; teed. l'tooUlet ami Biitn)>lo free. Address j Slerlinj* liemeity Co.. or New York. Ritni'ilte Your Itoiveln '.Villi Curteni'fltb* Candy i .ill.ann'. i-.ini- cidhi Ipiuion forever. ' 10c, Joe. It C. C. C. tuit, druggists refund money. , nvcritwiily Says ,o. Casearets tan iv ('utlmri ic. the most won {let-fill ini'iiU:ul irii» now on sale and for the | next 60 Days there will positively be j | No War Tax put upon my prices. E. L. PLACE'S NEW GROCERY. FALL and Winter Kvery corner of the store is l>right. with the newest things j for Women's wear and Men's wear ami Children's wear. ! We are glad to have yon come in and sec the new life of the old store and look at its excellent line of goods. 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. Vernon Hull, HilI strove. 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 —liberal supply, bet ter qualities, less in price than found elsewhere. Ladies' Dress Wares. They aie the kind women want, and our prices will cause lively selling. 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. I here is to be found a general line of seasonable goods constantly on hand. Remember the Place. JENNINGS BROS. c# We keep in stock at our mills a complete line of dressed lumber in hemlock and hardwood. MANUFACTURERS OF Gang Sawed and Trimmed Lumber. LOPHZ. 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 $-8 ceiling. CORRESPONDENCY SOLICITEI). |Buy Good Goods! And you will be surprised | how cheap they are in the end. j We have just unpacked such a stock ol coats ami capes to which we are pleased j to call vonr special attention. We do not pretend to handle the cheapest coats in the market, but we do say we have the BEST and neatest fitting garments made. Our coats and capes are made to order, and in the latest I *(vles with prices to suit evcrybodv. IN DRESS GOODS WE WERE NEVER BETTER PREPARED TO PLEASE YOU THAN AT THE PRESENT, AS WE HAVE THE LARGEST AS SORTMENT IN THAT LTNE EVER DISPLAY ED IN THE COUNTY. ' Ladies and Misses, Hoys and Men, you need not go halt frozen this winter for we have plenty of underwear for you all, both in cotton or wool, red or pray and ! the prces are very low, so low that when you see the goods you will ha anion i ; shed that we are able to give you such bargains. One word in regard to foot wear: Our shoe department was never more complete and if you will flavor lis with i vour attention for a few minutes when in town we will convince you tliat we have the most carefully selected line of tine and heavy boots and shoes rver j brought before the public. On crockery we have, just received some very 1 pretty designs in l>ecorated Dinner Sets to which we invite your attention. The buying of country produce has always been a special feature of on Business, and we still continue in paying the highest each prices for Butter Hgg° and Wool. E. G. Sylvara dushore,ipa. Wright & Haight, SUCCESSORS TO M. R. BLACK, Forksville, Pa. furniture Lf „ dertafei „ a . MANUFACTUBEHB OF Doors, Sash, Moulding, Flooring, Ceiling etc. DRESSED LUMBER Full and complete seasoned 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.