Republican News Item. Published Every Thursday. Volume 3. Business Cards. JONESTOWN FLAGGING Chas. P. Billamboz, AfrentS. D. H. Lorah, n o l '" w SONBSTOWN I>A First national bank OF DUSIIORF.. I'KNNA. PAPITIL - " $50,000. ttusri'Uß - - «io.ooo. Ooea ft General Banking Business. E.W.JENNINGS, M. 1). SWAIiTS. President. Cashier. | LAPORTE HOTEL j and RESTAUR AN 1, j LAVORTE, PA. F. W. GALLAGHER. Prop. Warm meals and lunches at all hours. Oysters and game in season. Bar lupplleil with choicest liquors, wine ami cigars! Good stable room provided. LAPORTE LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLES.: Coiiuected with the Commercial Hotel. First-class Horses and j Carriages. Rates reasonable. T.E.KENNEDY Prop. HOTEL MAINE THOS. W. BEAHEN, Prop. LAPORTE, PA. Thin new hotel has been recently op<-m , 'l, lieu ly | furnished throughout and will be '"' l.i . ' siiecial accomixlation of the tra\elniK pul lu. j The best stocked bar in the county. Kates are low. j COMMERCIAL HOUSE. TIIOS. E. KEDI NEUV, Prop LAI'OUTK I'A. I his hirx • mill we'l »|.|«.iiii. d W«ii«c » I 11.0 must pt>! U!:»r hnxlctiy iti t.'iis frtion HOTEL PORTER. Canton Street. SHUNK. PA. AV. E. Pout nit, l'rop'r. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEFJiJ. Proprietor. UUSIIOKK, I'A. One of the latgest and best ei|ui|>peil hotels in this section of tile st »*.«*. TaMu ol the best. lUtes I .Oil dollar pur .lay. Large «t: Ides. Professional Cards. "|\ J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTOHNKYS-AT-LAW, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining counties LAPORTE, l>A ; [T J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTE, PA. Office over T. J. Keeler's store. J H. CRONIN, ATTORNKY* AT -LAW, NOTAItY PUBLIC. orriCK OH MAIM STnIKT. DUSHORE, '' A P. SHOEMAKER, Attorney-at Law. Office in County Building. LAPORTE, PA. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement of estates and other legal business will receive prompt attention. I J. BRADLEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LA W, OFFICE lit COUNTY BUILDING NEAR COURT BOUSK. LAPOKTE, I'A Ellery P. Ingham. Harvey K. Wcwitt. (NGHAM& NEWITT, ATTORN KTS-AT-L 4 W, OFFICES 714-17 FRANKLIN BI'ILDI NG. 133 So. 12th Street Philadelphia, Having retired from the oftice of United Slates Attorney and Assistant Vnited states Attorney, will continue the geueral practice of law in the States courts, and all the courts of the city and county of Philadelphia, HENRY T. DOWNS, ATTOBNKTsAT^LAW: OPPICK IN COURT HOUHK LAPORTE, PA BLACKSMITH AND WAGON SHOP Just opened at the Laporte Tannery. Custom work solicited. All work guaranteed. O. W. BENNETT, Prop. To t'uro C'on*tl|»ttllon l «irevej. Take Ciisca rets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c If C. C. C. fail to cure, UriiKKiKis refund money Educate Your Howflli With Cuicareta, Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. lOe, 26c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. jWe have been v 1 (gleaning House c — - LO» S For some time, but we are through at last. We V P are all fixed up in apple pie order for the / ? Spring ILrabc £ J— 1 C j V with thejargest and best stock of goods we ? Somethingfor Everybody, I^'' IV< V We think we can please (lio most critical buyer in Sullivan V lies|iecll'itlly Your*. y tfKTTKN'BURY. ) r DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER, s Coles.., * L GEN E R A L PAINTS, OILS, VARr- SHES and GLASS. SPECIAL inducements given on QTOVES and RAiNGES and all kinds of HEATING STOVES ; for Wood or Coal. suitable for parlors, halls, churches, school houses, camps, clc. Attention to a Mm; of Cheap air-tight wood heaters from : S.'S.OO to SIO.OO. Also a line of coal boaters from $'2.50 up to S3").00. My Special Bargain Sale is open on a line of heaters slightly j damaged by water. Good as new, but they must be sold CHEAP If in need of a cheap heater, call early. My "Dockash" Ranges are without a question the finest in the market, made it|t of the best material and designed to lie a handsome iiange. Furnaces always the best 011 the market. In fact we are ; ready to beat the universe either in hot water, steam or air. Try us, | we guarantee satisfaction. I STOY KEPA 1 US A N I) REPA I RING. PLI'MIM XG, STEAM FITTING ANI) SUPPLIES. | MILL SUPPLIES. liurdware, DUSHORE, PA. Wall Papering and CARPETING NOW IS IN KEEPING and no where will you be better served. ' Over 5000 Rolls in Stock I to select from, 25 patters of CARPET to.select from 1000 Window Shades, 1000 yards of Oil Cloth. Barbed Wire, Wire Nails here by the Cnr Load. Landeth's Garden Seeds are the most Reliable. Eariicsl sr>ocJ felaloss, Jeremiah Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY.' LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, SIARCH 23, 1899. MARTIN'S CAREER AS BOSS ENDED. The Arch Caucus Bolter Reaches the End of His Rope. ASHBRIDGE TURNS HIM DOWN Quay's Friends Will Control the Phll adelphla Organization, and Penrose I* Recognized by President Mo- Klnley. (Special Correspondence.) Philadelphia, March 21. —A new po litical power has risen in this city. The reign of David Martin as the undis puted boss will end with the exit from office of Mayor Warwick on the first Monday of next month. Martin's re markable course at Harrisburg in bolting the Republican senatorial caucus has ha<! as much as anything else to do with bis downfall. He is to be relegated to his old position of a ward leader, and if he doe» not have a care he may even be supplanted in his own particular bali wick. That Samuel H. Ashbridge proposes to be mayor of Philadelphia in fact as well as in name has dawned upon the poli ticians who have been in practically un disputed control of the official patronage, and have been otherwise specially fa vored by the Warwick administration. There will be a novelty about this con dition of affairs that must be delightfully rcfreshing and satisfactory to the men who make up the rank and iile of the Republican organization—the men who recognized the popular sentiment that called for the nomination and election of Ashbridge to the mayoralty, and who promptly and heartily acquiesced in this demund and gave their time and ener gies to see that the result was accom plished without interference or friction from those who were secretly planning for a continuance of the present regime. David Martin has made several calls upon the mayor-elect, but he gets little consolation. That this conspicuous party caucus bolter would like to name both of the directors may be taken for grant ed. That he will not have the privilege of doing so may also be accepted as a fact. Things have not been going Martin's way since he burned hi? paity'- Liidgrs behind him and joined the insurgents' ranks. In all his trouble and tribulation it is his wont to seek the counsel and advice of William J. Latta, who holds the of fice of general agent for the Pennsyl vania railroad. Possibly it has been his close relations, business and otherwise, with Latta, who is a Democrat, that have wrought this change over Martin, made him indiffer ent to the time honored principles of the Republican party that the majority shall rule, and led him to bolt the Republican senatorial caucus and take up with the Flinn rule or ruin combine of party wreckers. When Martin was first her alded as the coming man to supplant James McManes, the veteran leader, al ways true to his friends, in control of the Republican organization, there was much talk about "a new coon in town." Now there is another "new coon," and before long Martin will realize that his name is "Ashbridge." The anti-combine element in the Re publican party, of which Israel W. Dur ham is the acknowledged leader, will be well taken care of by the new mayor. Durham and Lane will be the most po tential men in the Republican organi zation. They will control nearly all the delegates to the Republican state con vention, and will stand by Colonel Quay to the end. PENROSE'S NEW POWER. An understanding regarding the dis position of federal postofficc patronage in Pennsylvania has just been reached which is of vital importance to Republi cans residing in Democratic congression al districts. The last congress, it will be recalled, contained only three Democrats from the Keystone state, and one of these, Mr. McAleer, represented in part the city of Philadelphia, and consequent ly had no postofflces in his district. The other two democrats, Ermentrout, of the Ninth, and Benner, of the Nine teenth, represented together but five counties, Berks and Lehigh, and Adams, Cumberland and York. According to cus tom, President McKinley permitted Sen ators Quay nnd Penrose to select the postmasters to be appointed in these five counties. The most recent instance of this rule established by the president was the appointment of A. M. High, the veteran Quay leader of Berks county, to be postmaster at Reading. With the advent of a new postmaster general, who has never been in political sympathy with either of the Pennsyl vania senators, and more latterly with Quay's re-election to the senate hung up by a deadlock in the legislature, thus making Penrose the only senator, it was feared by the Republican organization managers in the state that the adminis tration might depart from the usual rule in selecting postmasters. A conference has been held at the White House between President Mc- Kinley, Postmaster General Smith and Senator Penrose, when the subject was fully discussed. It was finally agreed that in the event of Senator Quay's failure to be re-eleated, Senator Penrose would be permitted to name all the post masters In the districts represented in the Fifty-sixth congress by Democrats. An exception was made of the Twenty sixth, or the Brie-Crawford district, in which Congreßsman-at-large Davenport lives. Through the courtesy of Senator Penrose, Mr. Davenport was given con trol oI th* offices there. It wa*. of actus*. understood that should (Senator Quay be re-elected, he and Senutor Penrose would have air equal say in filling these offices. In short, the result of the conference fully upheld the right of Republican sen ators to appoint postmasters in Demo cratic congressional districts, and em phasized the fact that the administration would not depart from that custom. The importance of this understanding cau better be appreciated when the state's standing in the lower branch of the Fifty-sixth congress is taken into consideration. Without counting Con gressman McAleer there were nine Dem - ucratlc representatives elected, and as the Fifty-fifth congress expired on March 4 Inst, Senator Penrose is now the sole dis penser of postoffice patronage in eight of these districts. These embrace 24 of the 67 counties, or more tlum one-third, and contain ne fewer than 1.578 poslottlces. It will thus be seen that the Wunaiuaker ites and disaffected Republicans who were largely responsible for the election of so many Democratic congressmen in Pennsylvania have really added to the power and patronage of Senator Pen tose and incidentally helped Senator Quay and the regular organization which they so vindictively opposed. REPUBUCANSTLECT QUAY DELEGATES. Sweeping Victories in Many Ooun- j ties at the Primaries. Following: Triumphs tu Indiana nud Union, tlio Beaver Htatesmou Whin In Blair, Warren and Delaware Counties. j (Special Correspondence.* llarrisburg, March 21.—Stalwart Re publicans of Pennsylvania have taken the case of the senatorial caucus bolt ers in hand and wherever an opportunity presents itself to publicly rebuke their actions it is done in a most approved and emphatic fashion. Legislators who returned here yesterday l'rom their home districts are unanimous iu testifying to the intense feeling of hostility that ex ists among Republicans to the handful of bolters who have thus far prevented the election of the Republican caucus nominee for United States senator. Wherever primary elections are held this feeling is clearly evinced in the vote for delegates to the Republi.sn state con vention. First came Indiana county, where the anti-Quayites were beaten by about 1.2(H) majority on a popular vote. Then L'nion county, where the Martin- Flinn-Wanamaker combine spent a big wad of money, and hernlded in advance that Quay's ftiends would be beaten two to one. Here, too, the supporters of Col onel Quay won out handsomely, their candidate for delegate to the state con vention, Captain Rothermel, an old soldier, sweeping everything before him. The anti-Quay candidate did not carry a single election precinct in the county. Next came Warren county, where ex- Congressman C. W. Stone resides, and where the anti-Quay men declared that the Beaver statesman's friends might as well make no effort to win as they had not the ghost of a chance any how. Here, again, the two delegates elected to the state convention, Messrs. W. S. Pierce and W. R. Rice, are publicly committed in favor of Colonel Quay. The most com plete knockout given the combiners was in Blair county. Through peculiar ma nipulations of the combiue agents and the expenditure of large sums of money, the delegates trom the county have for the last four times been opposed to the regu lar Republican organisation in the state. A great effort was made this time by the same influences to keep the county in the combine column. Flinn, as he did in Union county, went to Altoona himself to direct the fight. He was accompanied by Koontz, of Somerset; Henry, one of David Martin's men, from Philadelphia; Weller, of Bedford, nnd other bolters of the Republican caucus. They made n number of speeches attacking Colonel Quay. The primaries came off last Satur day. The result was a sweeping victory for Colonel Quay's friends, two of the three delegates elected to the state con vention being publicly pledged to the Quay organization aud the other, al though not actually committed to either nide, can be counted upon togo along with the organization. The victory was more than State Qhairmaii Elkin and the other organization leaders counted upon. They practically left the direction of the fight to their friends in the county and did not give them any outside as sistance. The anti-Quay men are inn very bad way over this licking. They say they were beaten through over confi dence. On the heels of these crushtug de feats of the Martin-Minn band of party wreckers comes the news from Delaware county, where the anti-Quay men have thrown np the sponge and withdrawn all opposition to the four stalwart caudi dates for delegates to the state conven tion. The primaries take place next Sat urday. They were picked out by leader Mathews, who Is a supporter of Senator S Quay and who is the recognised head of I the Republican organization in Delaware county. In view of these developments it is not surprising that the insurgents are iu A rattled condition. The fifty-fourth ballot on the United States senatorship taken today shows that the same conditions, as far as the vote is concerned, exist us they did last week. The friends of Senator Quay among the ; members of the legislature had a big ! rally in the supreme court room at their usual weekly meeting. Republican State Chairman Elkin presided, and t>efore the meeting closed Mr. Elkin announced that he had talked to Senator Quay, who wan in Florida nvar the wire and that 1.25 Per. Year. limber 45. be had said Be will be here next week and help carry the banner of stalwart Republicanism to the finish. Naval Of ficer Holland, of Montgomery county, who stopped off here on his way home from u trip in the west, said he had everywhere heard expressions of confi dence in Senator Quay from Republi cans, aud that they were anxious t« bear of his re-election. The principal speech was made by e t-Representative is. K. Focht. of Union, who told the htory of.the attempt to defeat Captain Rothermel, the stalwart Republican can didate for stute delegate in that county. Among other thing* Mr. Fucht said: "If anythiug 1 may say shall encourage you to remaiu firm in the resolution to hurl back the party wreckers and de tainer*, I will fell well repaid for my coining here, und that 1 had done a ser vice to my party aud my state. Up the winding Susquehauua, and I believe over the whole state, there is the hopt and belief, born of desire, that the grear Republican party be not broken and torn by its malicious assailants, that you will succeed, and that speedily. As the guar dians and custodians uf the party's honor and integrity, something better is expected of you than that you shall ever strike the party's colors to a minority, that is held in the insurgent lines by de ceit and hypocrisy, masquerading as re form as exemplified b.v John Wan*- maker, whose brutai hand would st ruagif to political death the Itut one of them if necessary to accomplish bis ends of hate end revenge. "Backed by Wuuauaker, who pulls the chestnuts und furnishes the news paper bureau, some of the bosses of Philadelphia und Pittsburg have under taken the job ol' purifying the politics of rural counties and townships. Senator Flinn, it seems, ivuiilu to become state chairman and boss of the so-culled ma chine. But he will not become boss of the state, nor will he be allowed to in troduce any tricks of city politics lnt« the country. "While Reformer Fliun's new aiuoition must everywhere cause a sense of humor, yet there is danger to the party aud to home rule unless the people are alive un.; come to understand more fully what » tumble Pennsylvania journalism hat taken since these full page advertising contracts have been made by .lohn Wan ■maker. These city bosses, grown rich through party prestige and power in their respective municipalities, now CM say to conquer an empire iu the control of Republican politics in the state. Bm their party wrecking tendencies will be their ruin. When they invade the rural districts they will find all over Ibe com monwealth a sturdy, honest people sometimes deceived, but always uprigbi and fair, who will rebuke theru at every turn. They will learn that they are tri fling with u dangerous explosive whets they attempt to enlist the yeomanry into their insurgent army. "You have beard the answer the peo ple of Union county gave Boss Fliuu. und as lhe situation more clearly on the masses of the rural districts, there will come from north aud south, the east and west, a protest against the bri gandage of caucus bolters and the paper--" carrying the big advertisements, before which regularity must be restored, cau cus decisions obeyed and Senator Quay re-elected. "Senator Quay won the majority of members last fall in the face of W ana - maker's treachery and fusion with Deni ocrats; he won the caucus nomination here at Harrisburg; he long ago won the hearts of the people and still retains their affection; he is the most persecuted and best loved man in Pennsylvania, and I hope that every one of you geutlenien will honor yourselves and do your party the justice of remaining fixed in your purpose of uot only re-electing and vin dicuting him, but <>f defending thai honor and integrity of your party and in aiding to perpetuate its glory." The remarks of Mr. Focht and of the other speakers were received with ap plause, and Chairman Elkin's announce ment about Colonel Quay's coming wa*. greeted with great cheering. Colonel Quay's forces had never » more compact or enthusiastic organiza tion. All await the return of the Beaver statesmau from Florida with confidence in their ability to ultimately rout th • band of insurgents aud party wrecker.-* who have thus far prevented the elec tion of the Republican caucus nominee r<< the United States senate. That so oiany stalwarts should have ben able to stand steadfastly by their party's candidate for so many weekn without a serious break in their lines or n rupture of any kind araoug their lead ers is marvelous. Considering the char acter of the fight made against him. th • virulent aud incessant attacks and uu scrupulous misrepresentations of a news paper combine, such us have never be fore existed in the history of American politics, with the immense power of nearly nil the official patronage of Phili. | delphia and Pittsburg, with lavish dietri butions from the wealth of individual*, who have amassed immense fortune* through political connections in these two great' municipalities, and with the in sidious employment of the influence of position with great corporations to ctttak an individual in order to advance the po litical fortunes und to satisfy there | venge of bis enemies, the triumph of Colonel Quay, notwithstanding Unit as saults. is t!< wonder of the peMtieut world. The recent tactics of the tantfWta have all met with complete faIMR. Sfce promised investigation committee mm sation has fallen flat. Th* developments of last week's meeting were not calcu lated to giv»- encouragement to the pro moters of this scheme, which is regarded by many as one of the boldest and most desperate move-* made in a political figh. of this character. It is certain that eoaii of those who at first thought political capital might l>e made out of this inves tigation against Colonel Quay's friend-- now real in -l>»t the move has been * tKMimeranc
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