Published Every Thursday. Volume 1 Business Cards. SONESTOWN FLAGGING •^.Company, Chan. P. Billamboz, AgrpntS D. H.Lornh. n b CIUS, SONESTOWN • f'A FIR9T NATIONAL BANK OF DUSHORE, PENS A. CAPITAL - - $50,000. SURPLUS - - SIO,OOO. Does a General Banking Business. B.W.JENNINGS. M. D.SWAKTS. President. Cashier. GALLAGHER'S HOTEL AND RESTAURANT. IjAPORTE, PA. F. W. GALLAGHER. Prop. Warm meals and lunches at all hours. Oysters and game in season. Itar supplied with choicest liquors, wine and clgai?. Good stable room provided. LAPORTE LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLES. Connected with the Commercial Hotel. First-class Horses and Carriages. Rates reasonable. CHAS. COLEMAN. Prop. HOTEL MAINE THOS. W. BEAIIEN, Prop. LAPORTE, PA. This new hotel has been recently opened. newly furnished throughout and will be run lor the special accomodation of the traveling puniu'. The beet stocked bar in the county. Kates are low. COMMERCIAL HOUSE. THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop LAPORTE PA. This larga and >»eil appointed house the tn<»ft popular hostelry in this Miction HOTEL PORTER. Canton Street, SHUNK. PA. \V. E. PORTER, Prop'r. CARROLL HOUSE. D. KEEFE, Proprietor. DUSHORE, PA. One of the largest ind be-t quipped hotels in thi? section olthe Table ol the be*t. Rj.tes 1.00 dollar per day. Large st Me?. Professional Cards. TLI NGHAM, ATTORSBT3-AT-I.AW Legal liusiness attended tu in this and adjoining counties I. A PORTE. PA ; £ J. MULLEN, Attomey-at-Law. LAPORTE, PA. Otliee iu Cou--t House Building. I H. CRONIN, J. ATTOBNF.Y-AT -LAW. NOTAKY PUBLIC. OFMCB OH MAIM STBHKT. DUSHORE, l ' A P P SHOEMAKER, Attorney-atLaw. Office in County Building. LAPORTE, PA. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement of j estates and other legal business will receive ] prompt attention. 4 J. BRADLEY, ATTORNEY AT-LAW, orrios IM COUNTY BUH.DIMO NEAH COURT lIOITSE. LAPORTE, l'A Monday ol each week at Korksville. Bllery P. Ingham. Harvoy K. Newitt. (NGHAM & NEWITT, ATTORN TTJ.AT'L AW, OFFICES 711-17 FRANKLIN BfILDINIi IS3 So. 12th Street Philadelphia. Having retired from the office of United State? ; Attorney and Assistant United States Attorney, will continue the general practice of law in the lulled States court*. anil all the courts of the! i ity and County of Philadelphia, HENRY T. DOWNS, ATTORKET-AT-LAW: orriCK IM PUBLIC nuii.nmo COURT HOUSE SQCARK. LAPORTE, PA j BLACKSMITH AND WAGON SHOP Just opened at Ihe Laport" Tannery. Custom work solicited. All work | guaranteed. O. W. BENNETT, Prop. To Citre t*or*>v«*r» Take Ciu»cn vets Cundy ratli:mie. i«v. rrt:.Vs ' 1? C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists rcfutid educate Your Rowel® Wit h Cuncnrets. j Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever. 10c,25c. ]f CJ. C. C, fall, druggists refund money, j Republican News Item. jWe have been 1 gleaning House c s. For some time, but we are through at last. We v j J are all fixed up in apple pie order for the / forafce j ======£==««•«. c. J with the largest and best stock of goods we r < have ever had. X r Somethingfor Everybody, before purchasing. 112 Wc think we ean please the most eritienl buyer in Sullivan 1 county. J l{espectfull\ Yours. ? HETTENBDRY, <> <* DUSHORE, PA TIIKJEWKLKU. DHARDWA RE PAINTS, OILS, VARN'SHES and GLASS. SPECIAL inducements given on CTOVES and RANGES and ail kinds of HEATING STOVES for Wood or Coal, suitable for parlors, balls, churches, school houses, J camps, etc. Attention to a line of Cheap air-tight wood heaters from *3.00 to SIO.OO. Also a line of coal heateis from S'J.riO up to 835.00. My Special Bargain Sale i- open on a line ..f heaters slightly damaged by water. Good as new. but they must be sold CHEAP i If in need of a cheap heater, call early. My "Dockasll" Railges are without a question the tin est in the market, made up of the best material and designed to be a handsome Range. Furnaces always the best 011 the market. In fact we are ready to heat the universe either in hot water, steam or air. Try us, we guarantee satisfaction. STOV REPAIRS AND REPAIRING. PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING AND St'PPLIES. MILL SUPPLIES. stoics Hardware. DUSHORE, PA. n. A. Rogers &SOIL, RKSVILLE, PA. Generously Reduced We grant you it is rather early in the season to talk of reductions, but there is to be a great showing of Holiday goods here—a showing that will surpass any previous season. When this store advertises it endeavors to recite the actual facts. When it's a strong story there's strong reason for it. We've got ne line of Dress Goods No use of going into detail about them—could only be done indifferently to the neglect of many features, but we want you to understand that we are offering a large variety of GENERAL MERCHANDISE j at remarkably low prices contrasted with goods of such sound, solid value. . J All Kinds of Fine Flannels A stock of such extent and variety that you are sure to tind just the desired kind at a price to your advantage. Highest Price Paid for Butter and Eggs. "INTERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY.' LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8,1898. Republicans to Stand by Their Party in Organizing the Legislature. MAGEE FOR REPUBLICANISM. Democrats nave Three Leading Can didates For Speaker, and Declare That If Wanamaker Wants Fusion He Must Turn His Votes to One of Them. (Special Correspondence.) Harrisburg, Dee. 6.—The canvass for the speakership of the house of repre sentatives, which organizes here on the first Monday of next month, continues to absorb politiical interest. The Re publicans having 127 votes to 74 Demo crats and 3 independents In the next house, they will naturally control the organization of that body. The field of Republican candidates for speaker in cludes Charles E. Voorhees of Phila delphia, Ward R. Bliss of Delaware, Frank B. McClain of Lancaster. John R. Farr of Lackawanna and W. T. Marshall and George M. Hosack of Al legheny. They are in a free for all race. No one Is yet In a position to pick the winner. The contest will in all probability be an open one until the Issue Is settled in caucus. In the hope of creating animosities toward the se nior senator, the Wanamaker political bureau is sending out stories one day naming one of the candidates and the next day picking out another as having been slated for speaker. The fact Is that neither Senator Quay nor Gover nor-elect Stone proposes to interfere in behalf of any aspirant for the speaker shlj>. Any of those named will be friendly to Senator Quay and absolute ly In accord with the Stone administra tion. In line with the campaign they waged against the election of Colonel William A. Stone to the governorship, with their leaders like Merrick, of Tioga, and Thompson, of Allegheny, coming out for his Democratic opponent, Jenks, just before election day, the Wanama- ker coterie of party wreckers are pursu ing like tactics in an effort to ■ break up the time honored Republican ; caucus, which is always called for an agreement among the Republicans for ! speaker and upon Republicans from I different sections of the state for tha 1 various offices, chief clerk, resident clerk, reading clerk and the many minor positions. This patronage Is al ways filled by Republicans when they elect a majority of the members of the house. Now, in order to get control of these offices to be used for their sel fish purposes the Wanamakerites have been going over the state making deals with Democrats and offering personal Inducements for Republicans to keep out of the caucus. They are ready to enter into any bargain. Experiences In the Penrose fight will give the people some Idea of the character of iduce ments that might be offered. They have met with disappointments and rebuffs at every hand. Republi cans who have respect for themselves, who hold loyalty to party above per sonal aggrandizement, find who expect to maintain their standing with their party organization, indignantly resent the mere suggestion that they refuse to participate In a caucus of the Re publican party. They recognize that to do so. to Join hands with the Democrats and be a party to a deal to advance the interests of the Democracy and hand over to the minority important posi tions which the people, by their votes, decided should be filled by Republi cans. would mean that they would be ostracized by their Republican col leagues. Practical politicians look upon a bolt from a Republican caucus in such an important matter as the or ganization of a legislature as the most certain road to political suicde. es pecially In Republican Pennsylvania. MAGEE SPEAKS OUT. Senator C. L. Magce, of Allegheny, while he has said he Is opposed to the re-election of Senator Quay, and that he will vote against him In caucus, if any other stalwart candidate shall be named for the United States senate, has expressed supreme contempt for the tactics of the Wanamaker combine in working up their fusion scheme. The Wanamaker men had predicted that both Magee, of Pittsburg, and Martin, in Philadelphia, would keep their fol lowers out of the Republican caucus These stories, however, are simply on a par with the other campaign lies which they have been spreading over the state to advance Wanamaker's political am- ; bitions. even though the Republican , party must be disrupted to attain that end. "The citizens of Pennsylvania," said Senator Magee, In an authorized inter view, "have just elected a Republican executive and a legislature which is Republican in both its branches. The people expect the Republican party to administer the affairs of the state and make its laws, and the Republican par ty will receive credit from them for that which is good and condemnation for that which is bad. The party must meet its responsibilities, and it will do HO. No Republican who respects him self and has any feeling of loyalty to his party in his heart can give any valid excuse for refusing to participate in the caucus of the Republican mem bers of the legislature. JLet the fusion scheme succeed and no man can tell what legislation will pass and what ob noxious and dangerous measures shall be saddled upon the Republican party." This declaration from Magee. of rourse, means that every one of his fol fowers in Allegheny will take part in the caucus. Like Martin, In Philadel phia. Magee is greatly interested in a 1 mayoralty election in Kebruary. and ! neither of these party leaders would al low any of his associates In the legisla ! hire to do anything calculated to arouse a feeling- of disregard or disrespect for party organization or party discipline. None of the Philadelphia members of the legislature, with possibly one ex ception. the single Wanamaker mem ber of the house, it is declared, would for an instant think of keeping out of the Republican caucus. The scheme of the Wanamaker pollti- j i cal bureau is to get the Democratic members to support Koontz, of Somer set, a Wanamaker Republican, for speaker, with the understanding that ! the Democrats are to get a liberal share of the patronage of the house and the control of important committees. The Wanamakerites will make no specific agreement on the United States sena torshlp. They want to elect Wanamaker if they can: next tliey are for Gordon, who is Wanamaker's Philadelphia De mocratic ally ami adviser, and If they can not get him they will turn in for any Democrat. With them it is anybody to | defeat Quay, whom Wanamaker, Gor don and District Attorney Graham, of Philadelphia, are determined to "wipe out" at all hazards. DEMCRATS FOR THEIR PARTY. But the Democratic leaders have not taken kindly to the Wanamaker idea of doing business. They see that Wana maker is working his own political game, and that although they would represent the big end of any successful | fusion deal that might be made, they - are only allowed to play second flddl-f [ according to the Wanamaker program Influential Democrats maintain that as | the Democrats have 74 straight votes, | and only 29 Republican votes are neces ! sary to make up the 103 required to elect a speaker, a Democrat should be j supported fur the speakership. There j are already three strong men in the De j mocracy of Pennsylvania engaged in a canvass for the Democratic caucus nom ination for the speakership. They are Robert McCny Poster of Centre, Chas. B. Spatz of Berks and Captnin George W. Skinner of Fulton. They are all former members and well equipped for the position. Mr. Foster is a graduate of the State college and Is recognized as a leading and influential Democrat of Centre. He has had a valuable experience in mer cantile life, and is methodical and exact in his habits. He would make a good speaker, as he always commands the attention and respect of his colleagues. His votes in the last session of the legislature should comn.entL him to the Independent Republicans, who claim that their only desire is th,at the speak er's chair shall be filled by some one In sympathy with reform. Berks coun ty's Democratic candidate for the speakership, Mr. Spatz, is a native of Philadelphia. He was born in Novem ber, 1865, just five years after Mr. Fos ter first saw the light of day. The Spatz household was transferred to Boyertown in 1572. where the subject of this passing comment attended the common schools, and he afterward at tended the Kallynoan academy and Mt. Pleasant seminary, of Boyertown. In 1881, a* the death of his father, he be- came editor and pub'isher of the Boy ertown Demo-rat and Der Boyertown Bauer, two of Berk's county's leading papers, which h has successfully eon ducted up to tlit present time, lie has always been an active end 1 ::s:.*tent Democrat and s;. uv:i in hi . party. The thii and »:•> ;ir«mir.f nt candi date. Captain Si'i: .-. of the best known Deitiocruts In th • K> ysti.ne statf. ll,' v.-.-is i iirn in Franklin coun ty in January. 1 :=; was .-ducuted at Washington and JeCereon eoUege, en listed as a 1 'iiva ,» in the Seventy-sev enth I'enn • v.uiia volunteers u.t the age of 10, and iwe i > the rank of cap tain. serving ovt-r thr.c .wars in the army. Ho was electt-d to the legisla ture from Franklin county in 1569 and 1870 and from Pulton county in ISBS, 1890 and 1892. lie was journal clerk of the house in 1575 and 1871!, Democratic caucus nominee for speaker In IS9I. ) He was pension agent for the western district of Pennsylvania under Cleve land's last administration. Captain Skinner is a lawyer, editor of the Ful ton Democrat and is engaged in the tanning and mercantile business. Philadelphia Leads Off iu Wiping ! Out All Eepublican Fac tional Lines. MARTIN AS A STALWART. | 110 Declines to Join the Wunainutsvr- ; Uoi'don-Gmlmm C'olll blue and Stands | by His I'nrty— Mod tire Seoreh Judge j Gordon—The Quay t'nsc. Philadelphia. Dec. r>.—The Quaker I City is experiencing a remarkable 1 change in political conditions in the contest for the Republican nomination for mayor, which is now under way. Though the convention will not be held until the 28th ins'.., the result is al ready foreshadowed in the combination of forces back of the candidacy of Samuel 11. Ashbridgc. who at last month's election was c hosen to suc ceed himself as coroner. Ashbrldge is popular with the rank and ille of the Republican party, and, with a positive ! strength of his own, and with friendly | relations with alt the leaders, he was | the logical candidate for them to unite j upon. This was done after an agree- 1 ment among themselves chat factional | hostilities must cease. After several j years of the most bitter and expensive • contests over waged within any po- ; llttcal organization it is a source of • satisfaction to all that combiners and : anti-combiners, leaders' leagues and other factionists shall cease to exist as such, and that all elements cir sup port an acceptable candidate •*" -» 1.25 er - Year Number 31. MARTIN A STALWAKT. These harmonious relation* are not : merely confined to local politics, but : they cover state politics as we]'. Sen ator Martin save liin word to stand by j Colonel Stone, and despite the en | treaties of the Wanamalr .-r-Gordon • Graham combine to turn in for Janks | he loyally supported the whole Kepub ! lican ticket, and the 85,000 plurality for ■ Colonel Stone was the result. The same inlluenees are now working to get Seri ator Martin to join in the fusion move | ment to keep Republican members of ■ the legislature out 01 the Republican caucus for speaker of the house, but he replies, like Senator Magee, of Aile j gheny, that he is "a Republican." it | is Martin's proud boar; that In- never cut a candidate oil .in: - Republican ticket. He has tim>■ <1 ;ime again emphasized his stalwart It -pub:i anlsn:, and every one of his followers In t: legislature will be found in the re publican caucus and stan.lin. ' . :h.. choice of the majority for s;» akc: and United States senator. Interest naturally centers in the trial of Senator Quay, which comes up I" court on the 12th Inst. Not v who are pushing this pros -, mien 1:..-.ve any Idea that there will be :L conviction of any of the defendant: Yh • i .lltica! conspirators back of this m" de: perate and contemptible cap.'. >, ver, vainly hop«* that the. r.ay i.I some manner injure Senator Quay s » p.a to affect him in his canvs p r re-- '.?<■ tlon to the United States senat • ' combined energies and rcsou .•«•» <>f Wanamaker, Gordon and i thrown Into this case h. . • :„i d . naily to prejudice the < ■ mii-i against Senator Quay, it everywhotc regarded as the most Infnrvioit c,v. . political persecution ever attetvn-.-.l in this county, it is pot gen ral y knot n. but it is a fact, tieve thelci •-. that < v< n with the Quay inten ::. h:.vit • ,i - portunity to be rem. , . I bv coun sel before the grand ju:;. •! •>»! • >.-= are never heard there, the grand jury came within one v< ' of ,-.ii the indictments in the case. And this happened, too. after George P. Grail m, with all the power i.i th. ■ i. , i. i torney's office at 1 •i. i. . ;-a 1s; • u for more than two hour> pre -»nting the case with all tii» coloring ■ hieh • master in this lino c i''d pi'ni again.- 1 the defendants. The vet w.-.s 9to 1 in favor of letting the «-av v > tot Under the law Graham .1 m h tv.» 12 votes or his c . • r. Yi\ then and there. T. • -c ;• ■>.; ■ sine* have hern in lin.• • bat usually happens under Fi'.ii'.i- As was expected. Jitd.ce whose son is employ-. 1 ean : ssistant to District Attorney Graham. •. nd -ho took part in the arrtiin> dismissed the demurrers of Senator Quay's coun sel, and the case goe* tu th • jury. With anything H'te an impartial trial acquittal of the accuse i is bound to follow. Many leading cit'rons have publicly expressed tli r.i ;t in de claring that neither Sena -or Quay nor Ills son Richard, it: their tranractions with the People's hank, did anything more than business men do every day In borrowing money