Published Every Thursday. Volume 3. raws HUMS SOMA WARNING Members of the Union League Speak Forcibly to Pennsylvania Republicans. "THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE." A Significant and Timely Declaration From Men Who Take a Patriotic View of the Solemn Duty Which Every Voter Will Be Called Upon to Perform in a Few Days. Inspired by the patriotic scenes of jubilee week, no doubt, and realizing the fact that the Democratic leaders are making a still hunt campaign in the hope of catching Republicans nap ping in the present contest in Penn sylvania. a number of leading mem bers of the Union League, of Philadel phia, have united in a. warning address to Republicans of Pennsylvania. Presi dent McKinley was a guest of the Union League on his recent visit to the Quaker City and had a number of con lldential talks on the situation with influential gentlemen in that famous organization which since the days of the rebellion has been tlie home of patriotism and a bulwark of Republi canism. The members of no other club in the country did more toward the election of William McKinley to the presidency by their quiet and effective work with the business interests in the doubtful states, and they are to day alive to tlie alarming conditions that confront the McKinley adminis tration. Here is the timely, pointed and terse ! manner in which these gentlemen now address the voters of this state: Stop! Think! Then vote. Don't wait until after you have voted be fore you think. | Stand by McKinley ! Stand by the flag! No earnest Republican will, by liis vote, aid the Swallow-Wana inaker conspiracy to turn Pennsylvania over to the enemies of President Mc- Kinley and his splendid administra tion. The heroes of Manila and Santiago shot straight. Let Republicans in Pennsylvania VOTE STRAIGHT. Don't be a guerrilla! A vote against Colonel William A. Stone for governor is a vole to em oarrass the McKinley administration and in approval of the scheme con cocted in Washington by enemies of the Republican party to carry New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and lowa against the McKinley foreign policy, or to materially cut down the Republi can majority in those states. A vote against a Republican nominee for the legislature is a vote for free silver, anti-McKinley United States senator to he elected by the legislature in January next. Beware of the deceitful cry of"state issues" by the use of which the attempt is being made to turn Pennsylvania over to free silveritcs, Prohibition ex tremists and disgruntled Republicans. Let EVERY REPUBLICAN DO HIS DUTY, and by his vote repudiate the campaign of assassination which has been waged against Republican leaders and Republican candidates. Forever set the seal of disapproval upon Span . Ish methods of warfare as applied to Pennsylvania politics. Stand by McKinley! Stana by the flag ! While this is a plain, simple note ot admonition from members of an or ganization which, better than any other body in the state, represents the solid business interests of the common wealth, with its active and correspond ing memberships in every county, it is conceded by the political leaders to be the most concise and effective politi cal document that has lieen issued in the present canvass, it is regarded as •especially important and significant by reason of the fact that the mer who are responsible for it are numbered among the warmest personal friends and staunchest supporters of the presi dent. They, more than anyone else outside of his cabinet, are in a posi tion to know his keen interest in the eoming election and of tlw anxiety' he has for Republican success in e\rery contested district and stnte, that it shall go forth to the worlid with Em phasis that the American voters h ttve sustained him and c«in be relied upon to stand by his administration in any '■rieis. • The Stato Senators and the State* Representative who nro ejected next Tuesday, will. In January next, vote In the Leßislalttrn for a Un tted states senator. Starad by the 1\ epnblican nominees anil thus Insure tiie eendinsc of a Republican t o the TTnUted Htate» Senate. A vote I'or Swallow Is bair H voto for Jenks. Tote tbe straight Uepub- Hcan ttolnV a«t Tuesday. : i - r- Republican News Item. LOOKS TO PENNSYLVANIA. Penrose Confers With the President on the Political Situation. Exceedingly Anxious That the Vote for the Republican Party Shall Emphasize the Feeling of the American People Toward His Administration United States Senator Penrose had a talk with President McKinley during the latter's visit to Philadelphia on the occasion of the peace jubilee and found him greatly interested in the political situation. The president, while re fraining from making political speeches on his recent trip west, showed a nat ural furiosity in conferring with his friends regarding the coming elections. He is anxious that he shall have a Re publican congress at his back in the settlement of the many problems grow ing out of the war. and that the vote t>f the douDtful or debatable states next Tuesday shall indicate a popular sen timent in favor of his administration. CHAT WITH PENROSE. In commenting upon his talk with tlie president Senator Penrose said among other things: "I found him as serene and self com posed as though not the central figure in the nation. He seems to believe that it is impossible for u people so Intelligent as the American people to falter in devotion to the government sit a time like this. "We are on the verge of a crisis more important than any heretofore in out history, for, while in past times we have been absorbed in domestic af fairs. our country stands today on the verge of empire. Already the Repub lican party, in spite of a strong Demo cratic opposition in the senate, backed by a powerful lobby, lias achieved the annexation of Hawaii. Porto Rico has been added to our territory, with its 1,000,000 people. We shall have control of Cuba for the time and we shall re tain the Philippines, for, wherever the American Hag has been raised at the expense of American blood it shall not be lowered. "The Republican party is construc tive and it will not fail, but do you understand that at this trying time a change of 28 votes would change the complexion of the house of represent atives, inviting the disaster that would follow from a Democratic congress with a Republican president. For use In the contest of I'JOO the Democrats will make capital of what mistakes have been made, if any. "The nation looks to Pennsylvania to .sustain the president, and, speaking advisedly, I tell you that she will give William A. Stone more than 150,000 ma jority. What can be said to destroy confidence in Colonel Stone, a self made man, brought up on a farm, who as a boy shouldered his musket? "The Republican party has a record to be proud of, notwithstanding the malignity and spite of men who go throughout the state to deceive the people. But the common sense of the people will denounce their falsehoods. SWALLOW AND WANAMAKER "If ever a deliberate, disingenuous attempt to deceive the people was un- , dertaken it is to be found in the speech es of Swallow and Wanamaker. 1 would not be disposed to stand in the defense of guilty men, but they have deliberately distorted the facts with the purpose of deceiving the people. "Wanamaker charges that State j Chairman Elkin has said that the peo- ' pie pay the state no taxes, and attacks him for it. Mr. Elkin has never made any such statement. What he did say was that the railroads and corporations pay the state taxes, and that each county, with the exception of Philadel phia, receives again from the state more money than it pays into the state. But it is impossible to argue with a man like Wanamaker, because lie is a political charlatan and crank, more dangerous than Bloody Bridles Walte, ■or any other crank that a western state has ever brought into prominence. "You realize how this unwarranted local agitation, imperiling the safety of the legislature, may endanger the "United States senate. SWALLOW HAS NO SHOW. "The campaign is drawing to a close. The Swallow tide is at its ebb. A vote for Swallow is a vote for Jenks. The Democrats who are disposed toward Swallow are now returning to a united i'.ssault on Republicans, and I hope that the few Republican followers of Swallow will not throw away their votes upon him, but return to ihelr party. Apart from this, though, we do not want a hysterical, untruthful and absolutely unbalanced crank for gov ernor. [ take the ground that not in his past record or his present conduct do we find anything qualifying him for the governorship. The contemplation of Swallow as governor, under the clack shadow of Wanamaker, is too dreadful for sensible men to entertain. The Republican party is large enough for reform within its own lines. The president of the United States appeals to you to support and sustain him, and not allow the pettifogger, slanderer ajnd ollice seeker to imperil the great policies of state." ■stay-at-home Ucpubllcans arc as sistant Democrats. It" It takes a llt tl<> trouble to get to Hie polls, your vote is of that much more Import ance. It is of value to the Republi can party and to the nation. ISemem ber that Next Tuesday. November H. Js election duy. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE. PENNA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1898. mi PfIPI'YI'OCKISH. OUR PARTY CAN DO ITS OWN HOUSE CLEANING IF NEEDED. i-TSIOX POLITICS Democrats Applying New Taction Xto publican* Whoso Only Grievances Are That They Have lieon Kojectod for Nora inntion. Merrick One of Thorn. The fusionist in |»olitios i- tin bright {•'lint of burlesbue and comedy in a serious drama that otherwise would often grow dreary and tire some. Milt tin fusionist is never monotonous and never stale. lie is always breaking into the play in a. now role 011 the very eve of an elec tion, and, even though it is all trag ical enough the funny burlesque is to their audiences an unfailing source of amusement. Hut on the violent contrary with the fusionist who aro sure because the party will not bow unto them, they try to sink the ves sel with all on board, and they are a- sincere a- they are grotesque, which is what makes them humor-, oils. No intclliu'cut person can object to! a fair criticism of a candidate or of an administration nor a portrayal of tie virtues of one candidate over an-! nother, but the introduction of will ful misrepresentations, belittling in tied m*> and jingoism into a campaign i i- di generating and uncalled for and ! when Mr. Merrick on Monday night j in the courthouse stooped to mis representations and wantonly false a—ertions it- effort amounted to! nothing. As a lawyer Mr. Merrick , made an extravagant uproaralleging severe crime and quoting law and telling his handful of listener- that it wasa civic duty of his to do so inasmuch that newspapers were not' thoroughly informing the public of these aw fill crimes charged against i officeholders at llarrisburg. We have courts and juries in this country tii try issues of this character, and newspapers and fusion politicians who seek to air their charges for; political purpose- only are not a part: of our judicial system. If the evi dence he has is genuine and so strong i why don't he bring suit at once. KJsAI'I'oIXTMi OI'KICK SKK.KKI! Who is this tSeo. \V. Merrick of Tioga county, who is making a ser ies of speeches in this county in tliei interest of the Democratic candidates? : Why, when Merrick's |>olitical rec-1 ord i- understood his motives become i clear to everybody. In IMS 2 he was a candidate at the! Republican State Convention for Secretary of internal Affairs. lie j failed to get the nomination, how-: ever, and tilled with revenge joined in a movement to defeat the regular Republican nominee. An indepen- ■ dent ticket was put up and Merrick i was placed upon it as a candidate i for Secretary of Internal Affairs, j That ticket brought about the defeat of (.Jeneral Heaver for (Jovernor and | the whole Hepnblican State ticket. Every since that time Merrick, while calling himself a Republican has deen a trator to his party and is know 11 in his native county only as a political renegade w ho, disappoint ed as a office seeker, now vents his spleen by turning against his party. The records show that he got 2~ , votes in this county ill 1882. Can he i fool that many j»eople in 1898? CONSPIRACY AGAINST WOODIN. Private Secretary Said to Have Been j ilribed By Democratic Managers. Hlooinshurg, Oct. ;{O. —The mana-; ni l's of the campaign that is being ! waged against W. 11. Woodin,,are | growing desperate. for the past three weeks, it is said, secret negotia tions have been carried on between a prominent Democrat of Columbia county and the private secretary of Mr. Woodin for the purchase from the latter of Mr. Woodin's private correspondence in the hope that some tell-tale letter would be discovered. Mr. Woodin suspected his secretary and had him shadowed, «>ii Tuesday the plot was exposed I w hen the private secretary, about to leave Berwick, was confronted with the charge and compelled by a de tective to open his trunk and surren der a package of private letters that he had abstracted from the files of Woodin's office and was about to i carry away with him to deliver to the 'Democraticchairman. Although the writing lie had in his possession were intirely harmless and would not have in the least have compro mised Mr. Woodin before the public. This attempt to get possession of : them goes to show to what straits | Mr. Woodin's opponents in this dis i trict have l*ee» driven. JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE. What Shall the Harvest Be. The Verdict Rests With the People. It lias been a hot campaign. Not even in a Presidential year lias there been more excitement among the politicians."Hut the politicians are 1 1 only a small part of the voters, and ! the voters have been strangely apa thetic. The great majority of men who take no special interest in poli tics except to read the newspapers and cast their ballots on election day have not been aroused as they ordin arily are, yet these are the men to decide the fight. Democratic Ring isters of the old stripe have tried to | break through this indifference to j get the masses aroused, but with rather poor success considering the efforts they have made. If has been one of the surprises of the canvass this apparent indifference of the ! general public. Yet, the dullest mind cannot mis l i take the meaning of the vote. State issues are not enough to explain it. The attempt to rob Judge Dunham |of au honest election and throwing .! the county heavily in debt, is a pro . jduction from the hands of the "bet j ter government" howlers. The wrath of flod has already visited i : one of the perpetrators in this vile j j attempt to rob the people of their j i choice and suffer them with the ex-1 pense of so doing, and the end is j ■ not yet reached. These irrepressable how ler.- may ' stuff their own ears with the cotton j of such sophistic treachery until I they bulge, yet they cannot avoid; ' feeling the truth even as the festive Philistines on the temple roof felt (the thrill of Sampson's muscles' i when he put forth his hands upon the pillars to take vengence for his | blindness. The people have been I j 'wguiled more than once by these j 1 'unie croakers and let themselves j "lie bound, but their inCim i'.fe str; n' ■ gtli is in them still, and they give 1 notice to those who read the election i returns to stand from under or be- j ware of the smash on Tuesday next, j These votes are made up of the vet erans of the Jacksonian tpye, who stand by sound principles; who die, j but never surrender to the serpents, j What shall the answer to their , warning be? What will lie the j effect of this vote upon the prosperity (of the country? it will make the j result of the election bear fruit in furthering the reviving industry, ; returning prosperity and good times 1 again, and they have patriotism and ! : wisdom enough to do it. If they are unequal to this breadth iof patriotism and goon aiding their j leaders in their blind purpos to tear I down the great industrial structures ! merely because it was Republican j hands that built it up then they can ■ narrow the present fruits of Tues day's election, but the intelligent voter is too wise for that. We can- j not believe the voters will have the i impudence or the party blindness to do so, . We have been through a war and !we have won. The Congress to be , elected on Tuesday will deal with all the great questions growing out; •of it. There are governments to be ' J formed,ships to be built for the navy, I merchant vessels to be placed upon ! the seas. The extension of conimer- • jce and business in two oceans is a most important problem, and we 1 are face to face with it. The Repub lican party can be depended upon to satisfactorily settle these questions and the duty of the people of this | district is to send W. 11. Woodin to Congress. Our Candidate W H- Woodin W. 11. Woodin's home life at Her-1 wick is a good indication as to what kind of a man he would be if chosen to preside over, the interests of this J district at Wash ington. His neigh bors know him to be honest, active and charitable as well as very intelli gent. His family him a loving | christian husband and father. He has a very determined, broad-minded spirit absolutely necessary in the make up of a competent congress- ; ' man. Men of ideas must be sent to j Washington and our voters will do ; a wrong act if they do not recognize j the merits of the above named. i Marks That Will Tell a Great Story. The candidates who have made a ! mark in their canvass and who will ; receive a large majority of marks on | the ballots that will be cast on Tues day next are the big four -Woodin, Christian, Lawrence and Osier. (X) (X),(X) (X) H.W. Osier, the popular candidate for Sheriff is a young man of more than ordinary ability, and if elected lie will make a splendid county official. We believe it would be a step forward to elect him to the office of Sheriff of Sullivan county, for he is thoroughly qualified and fully deserving. (X) (X) (V) ( X) Wm. J. Law rence is recognized by , all as the next I'rothonotary. His friends are legion,and they will turn ! ouf en masse on election day and I elect him by a large majority. He' has performed the onerous dutie* of his office with marked distinction and ability. Join the procession and be on the winning side, and not only vote for Hill, but the entire ticket. (X) (X) (XI (X) 11. W. Osier is one of those steady going, careful business men that j make a success of everything they, I undertake. If he should be elected, j anil there i- every reason to believe! j he will be, the office will be in good ; I and capable hands. When Mr.Osler' I came out a- a candidate for Sheriff! j his availability wa- at once conceed-1 ' ed. In his preliminary canvass at i ! the convention lie carried every! hing j by storm, and lie ha- never relaxed I since his nomination. Hi- compet-j ency and fitness over his opponent i i cannot be questioned. In fact it; ; would be to the county's best inter- j | ests to elect him. (X ) (X) IXI with Cleveland's rule of ruin. + + t In the last two issues of the Gazette ! while Streby was verandaing j around the varasitv of truth evidently ! lost himself. One would have sup ! jMwed that the elevated position he is accredited with,by his oath before the contest court, would have exer cised an influence on his action polit ically as would have protected him from making such false statements. Folks are sure of his traits, but un | certain about his principle- He has inspired every feeling necessary to .-access in making the public lack confidence in him. It 1- a plant of j slow growth with our contemporary. Hew are o! his forthcoming issue and see that truth is given freedom. t I t At a .Mullen-Gallagher political meeting in Sonestown one night last week the exponent- of "good govern ment had an interesting drama of what might be call "primitive methods ot better government for Harrisburg." \ session of liquid refreshments followed the gale of eloquence that prevailed during Mullen's abusive session. The re sults of the combined inspiration terminated in a free for all fight, in which their ideas of "better govern ment were carried out to a letter. The respectable citizens of Sonestown certainly do not feel very highly flattered by having such campaign methods brought to their town t<*. edify intelligent people on the better government question. Better learn to govern themselves tirst. +t t t We would never have known what a poor, miserable downtrodden people we are if it wasn't tor Mer rick. tt + t The attempt to elect Mr. Meyer by a mud-slinging campaign of vile insinuations, misleading and false statements against Dr. Christian will do the former more harm than the latter. The decent and respectable people of Sullivan county will resent this method of carrying on a cam paign of assassination and falsehood, clothed in pretences of honest- govern ment. If the Gazette, masquerading under false colors of honvntj/, contain ed even a grain of that priceless commodity in its rag of rot, the fact has so far escaped the observation of decent peoole. Editor Streby, so far as the conducting of a fair, manly, open and dignified mode of warfare is concerned, is a fallen idol, and we are content to be classified among the number that'do protest against the use of the cowardly and prepon derous weapon—misrepresentation The motives underlying actions of this kind are unworthy of any fair minded man, much less one who poses before the people as an appli cant for public favor, and still less ol one who seeks a place in the hails of the legislature as is Mr. Meyers. If a warfare of this sort conijHirts itself with Mr. -Meyers's idea of rectitude and consciousness of "honest govern ment," we can only say that Mey ers's consciousness is in no immedi ate danger of disturbance by any of th«' ordinary lapses of legislative life. +t + t Fusion is t Merrick must have car ried the idea that he was to appear before a pack of jayhoots when ho came into Sullivan county, that never hear of anything outside of local matters. He stated to his aud ience Monday night that he was not a candidate for office nor never had been. If his mind can reach back as far a 18K2 he will sustain us in calling him an unmitigated liar, and he is one.