Republican News Item. THURSDAY, «>CT. 189S. JOHN WANAMAKER'S RECORD Political Career of the Philadelphia Mil lionaire Told in Five Paragraphs. 1887—Failed to receive the Republican nomination for mayor of Philadel phia given unanimously to Hon. Edwin H. Fitter. Wanamaker entered into negotiations with I William F. Harrity and others for j Democratic support for an inde- | pendent candidacy, but gave up the job when it became apparent that Fitler could not be beaten. 1889—Successfully backed by Senator M. S. Quay, who was then chair man of the Republican national committee, for the postmaster generalship under President Har rison. 1897—Rejected by the Republican cau cus which named Hon. Uoies Pen rose for United States senator, af ter he had expended thousands of dollars. 189S—After a fair contest. In which he made more heavy expenditures, defeated for the Republican nom ination for governor, which was bestowed upon Colonel William A. Stone. 1898—Takes the stump, denouncing the Republican party and its leaders; advocates deals with Democrats and Prohibitionists to defeat reg- i ularly nominated Republican can- I didates for'the legislature, there by imperiling the election of a lie publican to the TTnlted States sen ate and inspiring the free trade and free silver Democracy with hopes of carrying Pennsylvania ! against the party of President j McKinley with a war with Spain still undecided. And he is still spending money. County Seat Indices. AND GLANCES AT THE TIMES. 11 will soon lie aver. -Country before party. ('undulates arc hnsy; very much so. —The weather clerk must have lost the cork. —County Chairman Vincent was in town on Monday. -John I'. Kennedy has opened a harhei' shop at the Commercial. —The outlook for a hi}* crop of votes this fall seems promising. The toothsome buckwheat cakes now add joy to the morning feast. John Green left for Washington , I). ('., Tuesday where he will spend the winter. t'lysses Hirdof Kstella, transact ed business in town one day last week. -Mrs. (Jeo. Nortz of Hell'erd, N. V., is visiting her brothers Win.and Thus. Kennedy this week. —Judge Dunham, \V. C. Mason and ('has. Lauer journeyed to Phila delphia Tuesday to take in the peace jubilee. —For an honest si.(in the Xi:\Vs Item remains true to Republican traditions and principles. Subscribe now. Hon. Tlios. .1. Ingham and wife left for Philadelphia on Friday of last week where they visited friends; and will remain to sec the peace jubilee. Dr. .1. L. Christian, in his cus tomary good humor, dropped into town Monday morning, shook hands with a few friends, and left later in the day to other points of his can vass. —Among the many bargains rea lised at the Spencer estate sale on Saturday, was a valuable horse which went for $16.50. Kvidently no one wanted a horse :is badly as Richard 111. —D. D. . <>. I". last Monday evening as follows: X. every member of the family, and invite your neighbors to call and see him. For the moderate sum of a postage stamp each week lie will visit your home regularly. Subscribe. (>ur many thank are due fo .1 .<'. Deininger, Assistant Chief Clerk at llarrisburg, for his deeply appre ciated kindness in favoring tis with a copy ofthe ballot several days in advance of the olllcial production which was delayed by a court de cision. It has enabled us to present our readers with an exact production oftheofticial this week, which wi'l 1 not reach our county officials until today. Hillngrove. Mathias Vogel fell from an apple tree Friday and was carried home unconscious. Seth firillin of Canton, purchased fifteen hea'd of hoises and mules from the Tannery Co. last week. ll(Miry Shaffer of I'roctorvillc has moved into the cottage on Chestnut Height's. It's all right for a girl to flirt, but I'lirty objects to them flirting aloud. Miss Cora Folk rial of Loyal Sock, is visiting friends in town. Washington Woodly of this place was a business visitor at 1 Itighesville I hist week. Miss Cora Fields of l'roctorville, is visiting friends in town. Daniel < iradius is on the sick list. Iteniember that all are cordially! invited to the supper given by the I*. <>. S. of A. at the home of W. A. I (• miihie Saturday evening. A good time is assured. Programme. i Vhi\ fin loii <>f Snlliv mi county W. i T. F. lo he held :il F-lf Il:i . Ph.. Wednesday. November li. 180s. Devotional exercise* at lo a. la. Ap pointinem ol committees, enrollment oil delegates, rending of miiuites ol executive ! committee, report of officers, reports of; .Supt'sof departments of work. i|iiestion tio\. adjournmeni lor basket Itnieli at ! noon hour. I:.'! 0 p. in.— liihle reading hv Mrs. T.A. i Hoyle. address liv Kx Pres. Mrs. W. H. I T Mrs. Ahhie I'ojrers. j ipiestion hox. 7p. in. — I >evotional exercises conducted by Mrs. Mosier. music hv Kstella choir, j recitation hv .Mabel Movie. ipiarlet, a ten minute address hy lie v. S. F. Frazier, a tcn-iniiiule address hy llev. Locke, solo hv Mrs. Mosier, a ten-minute address hy Kev Ward Mosier. nuwic hy choir, collection. : Ann a F. X vi:. Sec'v. Incorporation Notice. Notice is hereby gixen that an application for j the iucorjomtion of the Borough of Katies Mere ! was presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions, in i and for the county of Sullivan, on the 20 of Sep- i tember ! s'.iS, and an order then made hy the Court . that the same be filed with the clerk, and notice i thereof given inonenewspa|»erof the said county j for a period of not less than thirty days iinmcu- | lately before the next regular terin of the court 1 following the presentation of sgeh application and the tiling thereof: and that a hearing will be 1 given to said application at the next regular term , of said court. WM. J. I.AWUKM I! ( lerk. Is..ii A.MS Attorneys, oc.». _»o, IX9*. Administratrix Notice, Kstate of Walter S|»encer, hit c <»i La junto Boro. j Sullivan county, deceased. Letters of adndnistration u|N»n theaUtvc named estate having been granted t«» the undersigned, - all i>crsons having claims against the -amc will I present them for payment, duly authenticated: 1 and those indebted thereto, will please make immediate pavmcnl to KM MA SI'KNcKR, Admix. A. J.Rit.uu iv. Ally. La|mrre,l*u. Sheriffs Sale. Hy virtue of a writ of Alias Fieri Facias issued ! out of the court of Common Pleas of Sullivan Co.. 1 and to me directed and delivered there w ill be ex insert to public saleat the Court Moii-citi La|>ortc Pa. on SATCRDA Y, NoVEMUKR IJ. IK9S. at 1 o'clock p.in. the follow ing described propertx viz: A piece or parcel of land lying and being in the towushinof Intvidson. county of Sullivan and state of Pennsylvania, being parts of two tracts of land in the warrantee names of Paul Kvans. and Job Kvans, described JIS follow-: Beginning at a corner on the line of Lycoming county. thence northerly on common' line of I'aul Kvans and (.Jeorgc Kvans to coinuion corner ; of said tracts with Ann and Kli/abeth .lames j tracts, thence easterly along lines of Kli/abeth j and Del»orah James. Grace James and Job Kvans i tracts, thence southerly along common lines of Job Kvans and Joel Kvans to the county line, thence westerly along the county line to the place of Itcginiiiiig. containing together lour hundred and lifty acres more or less from which is reserved one-half of all coal oil and minerals, on which it a large <|uautity of valuable timlicr conveniens to market. al»oiit 20 acres improved. Seized taken into execution and to be sold as, the proj»crty of . ' Sheriff's otlice, La|*ortc l'a., Oct, 17, Executor's Notice. Kslatcol Frederick lleinze, late of Klkland township, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letter- Tcstameu tary U|"on the estate of said decedent have Ih'CU 1 granted to the undersigned. All per-ons in debt ! ed to said estate are requested to make |my incut, and those having claims or demands against the ; -ame will make them known without delav to CHRISTIAN K. IIKIN/.K. Kxecutor. Lake Run l'a.. Oct, 11 ls«»s. Boarders. .1 olin. V. Finkle has opened his large and comfortable house lor the ncconioda lion ol'conrt hoaiders. and also lor regu lar hoarders hv the day or week, at rea- j sonahle rates. I Corner ol Maple and Muncv Sts.,Laporte. I Iffll WILL NOT IWK MM IMOffiffi Republicans Not Willing to Stul tify Themselves and Their Party. TO MEET EVERY ISSUE. The Legislative Records Calmly Reviewed and Facts Presented Showing That the Republican Voters Hsve Risen to the Occasion. "Now that the campaign orators have pretty well covered all the important ; Issues of the present canvass in this state, I am convinced that Republicans generally are going to stand by their party nominees," remarked General Henry H. Bingham to a Philadelphia ; interviewer a couple of days ago. "They have very properly come to the conclusion that It is useless to look to the Democratic party for reforms. Pennsylvania is a Republican state anil it would be an insult to the honesty and intelligence of Republicans to say lhat in Pennsylvania, with her great Republican majorities, reforms can only coine through Democratic chan nels." HE SPEAKS BY THE CARD. In this connection, and while the topic of reform was under discussion, reference was made to the comment of Frank Willing Leach on the record of the last legislature, he having had su pervision of the work of supplying a number of newspapers with informa tion exhibiting the short comings of the members of that body. "It cannot be denied." said Mr. Leach, 1 "that the performances of the last leg islature were not acceptable to the peo ple of the state. Rut I speak advisedly when 1 say that It was not one whit worse than any one of the dozen legls ! latures which have convened since the ' new constitution went into effect. There was this difference—the doings of the ! legislators last year were, as never be fore, made known to the people. While, however, the last legislature was no worse than its predecessors, it was bad enough. Rut it Is a mistake to .assume that all the legislators were corrupt, or that the wrongdoing was confined to the Republican party or to a faction thereof. There were many conspicuous members of the two branches who val iantly battled for the people, but it is ' historically incorrect to assume that all i of them were from the socalled '7C who supported Mr. Watinmaker for the i United States senate. Not a few of the much lauded '7fi' proved derelict be fore the sesion closed. Of course, many ol' the '7ti' did heroic work for i 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 sena torship. In other words, both the i wrongdoing and the rightdoing, so to speak, were non-factional, and it is a perversion of history to claim the re verse. "Nor was the wrongdoing partisan. Those now engaged in a crusade against the Republican organization are forming alliances in many of the j counties with a view to the election of Democrats to the legislature. While in the last legislature some of the Demo cratic senators and a number of the Democratic members of the lower house, led by the incorruptible Creasy, ' of Columbia county, were always found upon the side of the people, others, und 1 generally the majority, gave their sup | port to the various vicious bills which It was sought to enact, and which the ■ recent Democratic state convention so vigorously assailed. "In a word. It Is strikingly unjust to . charge all that was vicious In the last I legislature to either party, or to either faction of the dominant party. It was simply a case of some corrupt men get ting into the legislature—and they have | gotten into every legislature since a , Republican form of government was ; devised—who sought to further their ! own interests at the expense of the j people's." PROFESS' >R HAMILTON'S REVIEW. On this point. Professor John Hamil ton, .it' the state department of agri culture, and a director of the Farmer's Institute, of Pennsylvania, talked inter j estingly the other day. He has made a careTul study of the work of the last legislature. "Bad deeds are indefensible," suid Professor Hamilton, "whether com mitted by an individual, a legislative body or a political party, and 1 have no desire to defend a single bad action, but my investigations disclose the fact that the objectionable votes were cast ( by Republicans and Democrats alike iof all factions. We hear a good deal :"f talk now about 'fusion.' Would not It have been a fitting time to 'fuse' in the lust legislature? Why did not the '76' anil '.lie Democrats 'fuse' then, when they had an opportunity of doing valuable service to the people of the state. Instead of leaving it until now? The facts show that neither Mr. Quay nor Mr. Wanamaker nor Mr. anybody else controlled the last legislature. It ivas a law unto itself. One or two peo ple attempted early in the session to tell members what they ought to do ;ind how they ought to vote, and the reception these gentlemen received pre : vented forever after the repetition of a similar attemot. The record shows that no party or faction of a party possessed all of the virtues, and It also ' Kltows that neither were wholly desti tute. but that they were all alike in iHis respect, sometimes doing well and (oinetlmes doing ill. Much oftener. however, we can truthfully say. well ilian ill, as you will be convinced if : you go over their entire work. The rec urds show that the charges that Re i publicans alone were In guilt in the ; passage of objectionable bills is un | true, for tlio vote shows that the Dem ocrats were equal participants in what ever harm the passage or the bills In volved. RESULTS SPEAK fOI{ THEM SELVES. "The record of that period shows that whatever mistakes or crimes that leK islative body hail attempted were either corrected by themselves or by the governor of the state, and never became laws. Five hundred and thirty two bills were read in place in the sen ate that session, and 1.021 were offered in the house, making 1,553 In all. Of these only 4!tli ever passed both bodies, and of this number St> were either wholly or partially vetoed by the gov ernor, leaving 40S» as the accomplished and completed work of that legislative term. Sixty-eight per cent of the bills presented the legislature killed itself, and when the governor had completed his revision, 76 per cent had fallen by the way. and only 24 per cent came into force as law. Does this look like cor ruption unrestrained? "Whoever will carefully go over the laws of 1807. as published in the statute books f the 6!l others, 39 of these voted for Wana maker for senator, and only 2X for Penrose,and two voted for other candi dates. It will thus be seen that the Re publican party has sized up the occas ion. as it always has and always will and the people of Pennsylvania will show their confidence in t bat part y when they goto the polls at the coming election and stand by its candidates. They have had too many experiments at trying to bring about reform through the Democracy. That proposition has proven a failure every time it has been tried. The Democracy of Penn sylvania now is in the control of men who have no standing in the commun ity because of their close affiliation with the Bryanite national organiza tion. If they by any chance could get control of either branch of the Penn sylvania legislature, or have the bal ance of power between Republican fac tions, their influence for harm would be terrible. BUT ml ONCP, Few Dissenters Are Making a Racket, But Regulars Are Saying Little. WAIT FOR THE RETURNS, The Grand Army of Patriotic Stalwart Re publicans Will March to the Polls and Support All the Regularly Nominated Candidates. As the state political campaign is drawing to a close it is becoming more anil more apparent that the percentage of Republicans who are not going to support their full party ticket is quite small, considering the uproar that has been made by the disgruntled element. In this connection the remarks of David 11. Lane, a well known Repub lican leader of the Quaker City, quoted by a special correspondent from Phila delphia, are timely and interesting "What do you think of the political outlook?" Mr. Lane was asked. REPUBLICANS ARE ALL RIGHT. "Why, I think the prospects of Re publican success in Pennsylvania art; all right." was his prompt reply. "But how about this racket being made by the Swallow and the Wann maker orators?" "1 do not think that anybody who knows anything believes that Swallow will be higher than third in the race." "But his supporters are making great claims," remarked the interviewer. "Of course that is only natural." re plied Mr. Lane. "A kicker is always Very loud and very frequent. Wherever he goes he proclaims his opposition to his former party, and people who hear from him are inclined to believe that every time he speaks he is another per son. and that instead of being one man he Is a dozen. The regular does not go round talking about his belief, or If he did, no attention would be paid to him, but the moment he quits his party and begins to abuse McKlnley or Bryan then he makes a sensation and sols ptople to talking. When we come to vote, however, our blatant talk count,« for nothing but the one vote we cast Individually. COLLAPSE OF THE STEWART BOOM. "Here in Philadelphia in ISS2 there was a tre'mendous amount of talk about the Independent Republican can didate for governor, John Stewart. It Was even more general than was the Swallow agitation in this city a few weeks ago, before the Republican tide set In so strongly. When the election returns were read it was found that there were but 7.9U2 votes cast for Stewart In the entire city of Philadel phia, while General Beaver pulled 70,- 575 votes and Pattlson 67,401. It has ever sine** been a matter of wonder to the people how they could have got ten the Idea thai Stewart was foinj to carry the city. It is tin- same with Ihe Swallow boom. After election there will in- a great many Prohibitionists figuring mu when* the votes went to that they wi*ie expecting and did not get. Tiie kicker talks much, but votes unly onci\ I lind the Republicans in my locality saying very little, while a feu agitators are engaged in flood ing th" district with literature, but when I asked some of them how they ar* l going the other day they became indignant at my questioning their loyalty to the Republican party at such a critical period in the history of our country. 1 have concluded not to bother about the frantic efforts of a few dis gruntled voters to cause dissension in our ranks. They have the noise now. Our Republican candidate will get the votes mi election day.and our ma jorities will be larger than ever." issriiitn The Distinguished Leader Has No Concern About the Penn sylvania Election. H£ BELIEVES IN OUR PATRIOTISM. He Tells of the Democracy's Hopes, With Their Cries of Local Issues, in Several Important Contests, But Has Ab solute Faith in Keystone State Republicanism. Thomas 1.1. Reed, of Maine, represents the type of statesman that has al ways been popular with Pennsylvania Republicans—bold, stalwart and stanch in his adherence to the principles of the party and aggressive always in his de fense ol' those principles. In a re cent letter from the speaker to a well known Republican of this state the distinguished representative from the state ill' Maine took occasion tn express his appreciation of the many flattering invitations lie has receiveif to address meetings in Pennsylvania during the present canvass. "Vnu can lie assured." said Speaker Reed in this correspondence, "lhat I must have a keen sense of leelitig for the many kindly and urgent requests i have had togo to your state. Were it not for the fact that I honestly believ 1 my services are more needed in what we ordinarly designate as doubtful ter ritory I would certainly give myself the pleasure to be with you. "Pennsylvania a doubtful state on either her governorship, her congres sional delegation, or. most important THOMAS B. liEKD. of all. her selection of a Republican for United States senator, seems to me a preposterous proposition. This citadel of Republicanism in question, with the grave issues involved in the present campaign appears almost ridiculous. The success of the Republican party at next month's election is as of great importance to the nation as it was that the party which saved the I'nlon In the days of the civil war should have charge of the administration of the af fairs of the government upon the close of that war. "Republicans cannot afford to allow personal prejudice to Influence ihem as against their party nominees this fall. The whole civilized world is watching America and speculating as to the ability of our government to meet the serious problems that confront us. A large Republican vote at the coming election will be accepted by the Eu ropean nations as evidence of the fact that the people of America are in ac cord with the administration of Presi dent McKlnley. while Republican de feat would be taken as indicating that our people were opposed to the war and were not sustaining our govern ment. THE LOCAL ISSUE TRICK. "Let no Republican lie misled. If there are matters In the affairs of your state that need correcting the Repub lican party, that has had ill infidence of the people for so many years, can safely lie trusted to meet any demand for reforms. We hear the cry of local issues and stat" it-sues in New York. New Jersey, lowa and elsewhere, as well as in Pennsylvania. It is a catch ing phrase, which the Democracy arc not slow to take advantage of. but what would be the result U' enough Republicans could be caught in each of these states by ibis device of our opponents lo swing those states from their Republican moorings? In each of these commonwealths a I'nited States senator is at stake, as well as the congressional delegation and the governorship. What a calamity to our country if a Hryanite legislature should be chosen In any one of these stales to send a Hryanite I'nitcil States senator to Washington. What a terrible thing to contemplate for Ibis to happen ill Pennsylvania. But I have already written more than I had intended to. out you can say to my friends in your itate that I have so much confidence in the intelligence and loyalty and pa triotism of Pennsylvania Republicans that I am giving myself no concern about the result of the election there." j WAR PROBLEMS NOT SETTLED ' Over a Hundred Thousand of the Enemy's Troops Still in Cuba, and the Crafty Spaniards in the Paris Confer ence Show No Signs of Yielding. The presence of President McKinley | within the borders of the Keystone : State in attendance at the peace jubi lee celebration in Philadelphia, cannot iiut be an inspiration to every Repub lican in Pennsylvania. The magnificent speeches of the president on his tour to tin* Omaha exposition teemed with patriotic sentiments ami aroused feel ings of admiration and pride in the In-east of every Republican and sound money democrat who in any way aided in his election and the Ovei - throw of Hryanism in 189(1. While in no instance did the president make any direct allusion to politics, while on Ills travels west, in his private talks with friends whom he met in the se\ - era I states it was made quite appar ent that lie is exceedingly anxious that there shall lie nothing in the returns ol next month's election which will in any way indicate lack of interest on the part of i lie people, and particularly among- his fellow Republicans, in the grave situation which now confronts his. administration. The president has received assurances from the Republi can leaders ill all the doubtful states that his rlecent public utterances have had a wonderful effect upon the voters in reminding them that an opportunity will lie k presented in a few days for them togo to the polls and give by their ballots, in the most direct way possible, a vote of confidence and ap proval of the national administration. The lining up of the Republicans in such states us lowa. New York. New Jersey. Massachusetts and the others in which there are debatable congres sional districts, within the last tveek iias IIPHII the subject of general com ment. THE WAR NOT OVER. No one knows better than the presi dent the serious nature of the problems yet to be solved in connection with the Spanish war. Great peace jubilees, in the minds of many, while calculated to keep alive the spirit of patriotism, are in faet. misnomers. The war is not over by any means. A special dis patch from Washington to the New- York Tribune on this subject is inter esting. It directs attention to the !'a< t that there are still 120, the Republicans, it is a campaign of cowardice and vilification. What a spectacle for thoughtful people t" con template.—Unlontown News. It is a campaign which continually violates the commandment ' Thou shall not bear false witness." Relying upon the violation of this commandment for success, the anti-Republican campaign seeks to defeat Stone for governor, cap ture the legislature and turn the United States senate over to the foes of Presi dent McKinley. Are the Republican voters of Pennsylvania going to per mit such a campaign to succeed.'— Bryn Mawr News.