Republican News Item. Published Every Thursday. Volume 3. Business Cards. , JONESTOWN FLAGGING j Company, . J Cha*. P. Blllamboa. n. H. I.orah, , . j SON E STOW X PA FIRST NATIOVAL HANK OF r»TJ3HORK, I'ESNA. CAPITAI. - - tm'nnn SURPLUS - - *io.ono Docs a General Banking Business. B.VV. JENNINGS. M. I' SWABTS. President. Cashier. LAPORTE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT, | LAPORTE, PA. F. W. GALLAGHER, Prop. Warm meals and lunches at all hours, Oysters and game in season. Bar supplied with choicest liauors. wine and cigare Good stable room pmvided. LAPORTE LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLES, j Connected with tlu- 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 for llii special accomodation of the traveling publit. 'Ae bwt stocked bar In the county. Hates are low. COMMERCIAL HOUSE. THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop. LAPORTE PA. This larg- and we I boure 5 ti em at po> u'nr hosiery in t'"is pretioti HOTELTPORTER. Canton Stroet, SHUNK, PA. W, E, POUTER, Prop'r. CARROLL HOUSE, X>. KEEi'E, Proprietor. DUSIIORE, l'A. One of the largest und best equipped hotel - in thU ae.tion of th. stite. ] utile 01 t»o bust. K.,te» 1.0» dollar p.r day. Litrge 8t Ides. ___ Professional Cards. J. & F. H. INGHAM^ ATTORNKYS-AT-LAW. Legal business attended to in tiiie and adjoining eottntie* LAPORTE. " A £ J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTE. PA. Office over T. J. Kceler'a store. J H. CRONIN, ATTOKNF.T-AT -LAW, SOTAKT rcßLic. oKfir* os *int »Tr.ahT. I>U SHORE, 1A YY M P SHOEMAK ER, Attorney at Law. Office in Countv Building. LA PORT Ji, i'A. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement of estates and other legal business will rtct..\«. prompt attention. __ A J. BRADLEY, ATTORNBT AT-LAW, OFFICE IS COUNTY BUtLniNe SEARI'OtTRT HOUSE. LAPORTE, 1A Monday ol each week at Forksville. Ellery P. Ingham. Harvoy K. Newitt. |NGHAM& NEWITT, ATTO RS BTS- AT-L A W, OFFICES 7X4-17 FRANKLIN BUILDING. 133 So. 12th Street Philadelphia. Having retired from the office of United States Attorney and Assistant United States Attorney, will oontinue the general practice of law in the United States courts, and all the court* of the City and County of Philadelphia. HENRY T. DOWNS, ATTORN F.Y«AT-I, AW: OFFICK IN PUBLIC BUILDING COURT HOUSE SQt'Alt*. LAPORTE, PA BLACKSMITH AND WAGON SHOP Just opened at the Laport" Tannery. Custom work solicited. All work guaranteed. O. W. BENNETT, Prop. T<» Cliro CuiHliputton I-orever. Tnl;e C'.isroiets Cswuv Cathartic. l .i.:- or Sc. If C. C. C. fail to cure. drilKKi'-i'-s ret.md rnoiiev Kiluritte Yniir llmreU With Cn»enr*u. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation fore\er. 10c.26c. If C C. C foil, druggists refund money. i (gleaning House \ For some time, but. we are through at. last. We P Ll ce nil fixed up in apple pie order for the . / SnXHtnter ftrabe \ j — ; — •"'.. ■«"»** C with the largest and best stock ot good:* wtV < have ever had. } r Somethingfor Everybody, _ KSre JlittS./ pWe think enu please 11»«- most critical buyer In Sullivan i county. J C Itespoctfully Yours. C S RETT EMBURY, n the market. In fact we are ready to heat the universe either in hot water, steam or air. Try us. we guarantee satisfaction. iSTOV REPAIRS AND REPAIRING. PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING AND SUPPLIES. MILL SUPPLIES. Hardware, DUSHORE, PA. n.A.Rogers&Soii., I <>RKSV ILLE, PA. A New Page Turnied for '99. On it we shall strive to write to story of increased success—new attainments in gathering and distributing right sorts of merchandise, new for facilitating business with our patrons, < Kir business for 99 will sweep, like the rush of a mighty tide, far beyond the best reached of previous years, and prove that our efforts to make the old establised store deserve success ari-uor»Elect Is Confident ol Colonel Quay's He-election, and War Voterau«"anrt Business Men Adopt Resolution* ID Favor of the Senior Senator, (Special Correspondence ) Philadelphia. Jan. S.—After several years of the most bitter factional con tentions the Republican party of the Quaker City has Just had a demonstra tion of harmony which must he grati fying to every loyal Republican In the commonwealth. In the nomination of Samuel H Ashbridge for mayor th* Republican party presents a solid front to the opposition, and his election by 11 great majority is assured. All factions followed In line with the personal friends of Mr. Ashbridge. who Inaugu rated a remarkable campaign In lils Interest. One after one the various ward organizations declared for his nomination without any one of th° recognized city leaders coming out pul ■ llcly in his behalf. There was not a vote cast against him In the mayoralty convention, comprising one delegate from each of the 996 election precincts In this city. Mr. Ashbridge Is an hon est man with an ambition to serve the whole people to the best of his ability He knows the city and its varying in terests. is tactful and is well supplied with a stock of common sense, lie has the disposition and the qualities for freeing the city from the drawbacks of petty and foolish factionalism, and he will have 'he most considerate Judg ment of his fellow citizens In every policy whli . he may contemplate for getting Philadelphia out of the mire and ruts of faction. He has a grea' opportunity before him to serve the whole city in the next four years, and there la much reason to believe that he not only perceives It, hut that he will he equal to the occasion. That the healirg of the party dif ferences In this city Is calculated to bring abot* harmony in the state is generally believed. Governor-elect Stone has been here In consultation with the party leaders from different parts of the state. He is eager that there shall be peace In the Republican party. He ts manifesting a keen In terest In the contest over the United States senatorshlp. As he was board ing a train for Washington he chatted with a reporter who asked him for his views on the political situation In the state. Said he:"The unanimous nomi nation oi Mr. Ashbridge tor mayor of Philadelphia, the great Republican stronghold of the state, clearly Indi cates that the Republican party Is re united and that Republicans will cease fighting each other. It will be my pur pose to do what T can to promote har • niony In our party. To do this con cessions must be mode by all for tli« general good. I am gratified to see Republican senijfnent settling strongly ! for Senator Quay's re-election There i Is no longei any doubt about his noml | nation and election He deserves It. ! for he has represented the party and the people of our state ably, honestly and faithfully." The governor-elect's estimate of Sen ator Quay see ns to lu- shared by many other old soldier* |n Pennsylvania. Following the action or representative organizations «112 old soldiers of Pitts burg, Harrlsburg and other lai«e cities of the state, the War Veterans' League of Philadelphia met 11 few nights ago In the Betz building and unanimously endorsed Colonel Quay for re-election to the United States senate. This league Is composed of veterans of the civil war and their eons, and Is re garded as one of the moat influential . organizations of the kind in the state. : There has been a lively Interest mani fested by the old soldiers throughout j the commonwealth in the canvass In | behalf of Colonel Quay, who has a j splendid war record and who has always i been regarded as one of the staunchest friends In public life of the old soldiers. Colonel Quay, who was awarded a j medal of honor for conspicuously meri ; torious service on the field of battle, j has many admirers In the ranks of the I veterans. His comrades have not for j gotten his service to the country, and | now that a malignant campaign Is be i Ing waged against him they are rally | Ing to his support In every county In : the commonwealth. QUAY COMMENDED At their meeting the members of the I War Veterans' League adopted resolu ! Hons In which they declare: "We are on the eve of an election for j a United States senator to succeed the senior senator from Pennsylvania. We, I members of the War Veterans' League. take this method of expressing our admiration for and faith in the Hon. M. S. Quay Mis record 'T* a soldier Is such as to entitle him to the earnest and loyal support of every man who bote arms in defense ot his country* For more than a quarter of u century ; he has marshaled the Republican forces j In this stronghold of Republicanism, j and during: all that time the Republl • can majorities have steadily Increased entil at the present lime Pennsylvania stands at the head of the column of Republican slates As our representa tive in the United States seriate he ha* »en faithful and loyal to every inter ♦it ff our state ills influence is felt rot • nly in his own stat» but through put the ration. HI" earnest advocacy of an industrial policy such as would ! protect the manufacturing and other j Interests of our state, as well as the ! Interests of the laboring man. entitles j him lo the support of every Pennsylva nian who belio\os in rewarding ineri- I toriou* ;ind honorable .<•• rvi. ■ "We take this opportunity of placing the seal ol' our disapproval on the unfair and malicious attacks which have been made on hi in by designing and selfish persons who seek to destroy his useful ness in public life. We believe that a poulical conspiracy -xists to prejudice him in the eyes ol the people of the : state and of the nation. Such methods are not in keeping with the spirit and g.nius ol cur American institutions, j and should receive ihe condemnation j of every right thinking person; there- 1 foi e, b • ii Ri.solve.i. 'J'l.ai the members of this j association condemn the methods bcint; »mployed against t : ?r,aicr M. S. Quay, and ihat we hereby pledge liim our loyal and patriotic support in his con test for re-election We believe in fair play in politics as well as in business, and cheerfully array ourselves on the side of an old comrade who stood by his ilau in the hour of the country's peril, and who has lionorc-d every trust with which he has been connected, and we appeal to the people of Pennsylva nia to rally to his support at this time." The secretary was instructed to for ward copies of the resolutions to the members of th' 1 legislature. The business men of this city are out spoken for the re-election of the senior senator, judging from the action of the Mercantile Tax Reform association of this city, which has a membership of more than 10,000 retail and single line merchants This association is making an earnest ■ ffort to secure a more equitable system of mercantile taxation The single line traders claim that the burrlet thr■:-e taxes rests too h«avilv unon «mill deale.s. and the large ilealei are not bearing their proportionate si ire of taxation. The association took an active part In the late gubernatorial campaign and strongly supported the candidacy of Colonel William A Stone It look, also an active part In Ihe election of mem bers of the legislature throughout the state mid will press for lemedlal legis lation along these lines at the coming session of Ihe legislature They held a meeting at ilieir Ik adquarters thu week and adopted n solutions which set forth: "The Mercantile Tiv Reform asso ciation of Philadeiphi.i. the representa tive of the most < , on«eivative ■ lus« of taxpayers in the st.iie, believe? In re warding faithful ji iblic servants ac cording to their lust deserts. and there fore. cordially endorses th Hon M H. Quay In his contest for re-elertion to the United States sr-nalf Our senior senator has stood like a stone wall cf (S *;nse in hehalf of the manufacturing aj business interests of the slate ■4' ■ inst the attacks of the thevuellcnl : impracticable cheap men* • ml 112 » trade advocates thereby Ir> ving his Joyalty antl dev. ti r> to the ma terial interests of his stale "Rv his efforts, assorljted with other representatives frem our citv and slate, an appropriation of #C.",0.00(l lias been secured from the nition.il government for the purpose of advancing the woik of the Commercial Museum, located In ! this city, which wil! be or untold value ■to Ihe business In-, rests ot this stale and helpful to the liaU-ni a- we;:, there fore, be ir "Resolved. That Hi' .1. ■- of 1 b Mercantile Tax Reiojio ntinr, ir respective of previous i>' Senator's lie-election. (Special Correspondence 1 llarrisburg." Jan 3 Naturally the United States senatorial contest, which with the organization of th" legisla lure has brought thousands to this city. Is the uppermost topic of popular inter est. All the hotels are crowded, and many visitors have had to seek quar lers in private residences The princi pal headquarters are all beautifully decorated, and there are lively scenes on the leading thoroughfares In the evenings. There are hadg»s galore, and 1.25 P er - Year. Number 34 portraits of candidate? «r» seen ob every hand The front of th«- l.ochlel hotel if ablaze at right wlih incandes cent lights which iliuminui • a large portrait of Senator Quav and trace tn vnri-colored letters these words: PENNSYLVANIA'S FAVORITE FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR. MATTHEW STANLEY QUAY. These words extend along Uie entire front of the hotel, in three parallel lines It is conceded to bp one of the m(is luautlful and artistic piece of decora live work witnessed in this city There 112» no doubt that ihe sentiment of nine tenths of the visitors is with Quay. They have followed his leadership 1n both *.he state and the nation to suc t'ess for the Republican party and they bave no sympathy with ihe coterie of disappointed ofllr-• s • •»l:.-r-' lik* John Watiamaker and other* who are mak ing this attack upon him. Republican State Chairman John 1* Klkln is here, ird he Has no doui' l of 'he -e-e-lectioo . l" tt»'iator Quny. is ;» i dele- ' r-tinn of cM many «t Wham served in Colonel Quays own regiment, who are lure in their veteran*' uni form of blue and Hi' lr breasts deco rated with medals They have a braes band, and there is no niis'aking their enthusiasm and loyalty to their com rade Colonel Quay The so-called Business Men's League of Philadelphia which is composed principally of men who sell goods to J< hn War.amaker, or who are otherwise •i- ;>tuner. * upon him financially. ha» headqu.irters here, the flght against Senator Quay. They are the samr- men who opposed Boles Penrose f' r United States senator, who opposed Colonel Stone for the nomination for governor and then, in order to defeat him, helped Jenks. where they had the courage, and the more timid backed Swallow. They are not cutting much of a figure In this great throng of stal wart Republicans THAT WANAMAKEU "ADV." The members of the legislature from the rural counties have been deluged with certain newspapers from Phila delphia containing adverse criticism* on the candidacy of Senator Quay. The following letter, received by Republi cans in charge of Senator Quay's head quarters from Representative Leard. of Indiana county, explains itself: "Gentlemen: I have been gettlnfc copies of Philadelphia daily papers sent to me containing marked articles against Quay. Stone. Elkin and others, with pages 13 to lfi torn off I suppose these pages contain Wanamaker adver tisements, and cannot fall to note that these same paper* diJ their utmost to defeat Colonel Stone before he was nominated, then Joined with our Demo cratic friends in attempting to defeat him at the November election. 1 am not the kind of Republican that sym pathize* with abuse made by the ene mies of the Republican party "Your? truly. (Signed) "M K LEARD" Major Isaac ft. Brown, who Is one ot the ardent Quay supporters among the soldiers here, paid "When the Republican state ticket and a large majority of the members of Hie seriate and house were elected In November, the election of Quay to suc ceed himself as United States senator was assured The opponents of Senator Quay dur ! Int: ihe campaign declared that the Suc re -> of Colonel Stone and the Republt : ran ticket meant the re-election of Sec a'cr Quay This was the issue made by the enemy and accepted by the ft lends of the senator The victory was so decisive that th- rsnk* oC the oppo si tic. ii have row reformed their lines. 1 litre are rnly fragments left of the | oppofftic.ii mid th \ ran't p;sfib'y rally their men or concert rati* them on ,my candidate. Senatci Qu;,v will surfcly t,.» re.ele* led Tl.> l-<,ii' ts of the Re publican rarn are in harmony and will ',\ -vlt tr r die advancement of the party and r. :,hr- it conseive the interests of i>„ -.for,ic of Pennsylvania. There Is n" room for the malcontents and cer ia't,iv th'-se wh" wont into the camp of the »nemy will not now be allowed »<> »av who th» n»xt Republican sen ator will be Quay's election Is a cer tainty " General James \V. Latta. another dis- I tirjtulshert war veteran, said "The best estimation of worth is to be foun4 nmonc those who are u man's every day associates If he has been a close Ftudent. a good soldier or a great states man his companion* at school, his comrades in arms and his colleagues - |r» the senate are the best to bear testl v Such proofs are abundant that Matthew Stanley Quay was a scholar i In youth and Is a riper one In manhood, u soldier of exceptional merit and * statesman of unusual strength. If the legislature seeks to reward faithful and intelligent public services, desires to recognize the masterful hand that has more than once In critical times maiu tained the supremacy of Republican or ganization. and prefers to be repreeent. Ed by a man skllirul. scholarly and strong with his fellows, they will re turn Colonel Quay to the United State# senate as his own successor." Senator Mitchell, of Jefferson county, i who has a splendid war record. Is one | of Senator Quay's active supporter*. He is here In charge of headquarters.