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SONESTOWN PA
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF DUSHORE, I'ENNA.
CAPITAL - " $50,000.
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Does a General Banking Business.
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LAPORTE HOTEL
AND RESTAURANT, !
IiAPORTE, PA.
F. W. GALLAGHER, Prop.
Warm meals and lunches at all liours.
Oysters and game in season.
Bar supplied with choicest liquors, wiue and
cigars. Uood stable room provided.
LAPORTE LIVERY AND
BOARDING STABLES, j
Connected with the Commercial
Hotel. First-class Horses and
Carriages.
Rates reasonable.
T.E.KENNEDY Prop.
HOTEL MAINE
THOS W.BEAHEN, Prop.
LAPORTE, PA.
Thin new hotel has been recently opened, newl>
furnished throughout and will be run for 1 in.
• pedal accomodation of the traveling public.
The best stocked bar in the county. Hates are low.
COMMERCIAL HOUSE.
THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop.
LAPORTE PA.
This large and well appointed house is ! 1
the most popular hostelry in this section j
HOTEL PORTER.
Canton" Street,
"*SHUNK, PA. ,
W. E. PORTER, Prop'r.
CARROLL HOUSE,
D. KEEFE, Proprietor.
DUSHORE, PA
One of the largeit and best equipped
hotels in this section of the state.
Table of the best. Rates 1.00 dollar per ,lay.
Large itnhlef.
Professional Cards.
T J. & F. H. INGHAM,
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ATTORKBYS-AT-LAW,
Legal business attended to
in this and adjoining counties
LAPORTE, PA
£ J. MULLEN,
Attomoy-at-Law.
LAPORTE, PA.
Office over T. J. Keeler's store.
H. CRONIN,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
orrica ON MAIN STREET.
DUSHORE, ,>A
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P. SHOEMAKER,
i Attorney-at-Law.
' Office in County Building.
LAPORTE, L'A.
Collections, conveyancing; the settlement of j
estates und other legal business will receive
prompt attention. s j
H J. BRADLEY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
OF PICE 111 CODHTY BUILDING
NEAR COURT HOUBK.
LAPORTE, PA
Ellery P. Ingham. Harvey K. Newitt.
|NGHAM& NEWITT,
ATTORN BYB*AT*L AW,
OFFICES 714-17 FRANKLIN BUILDING.
133 So. 12th Street Philadelphia,
Having retired from the oilice of United States
Attorney and Assistant United States Attorney,
will continue the general practice of law in UN
united States courts, and all the courts of the
City and County of Philadelphia,
HENRY T. DOWNS,
ATTORIF KY*AT*L AW:
OYFICK IN COURT BOUSK
LAPORTE, PA. j
BLACKSMITH
AND WAGON SHOP
JijHt opened at the Laport*;
Tannery.
Custom work solicited. All work
guaranteed.
o. W. BENNETT, Prop.
To Cnrfl Coiistiputlon Forever.
Take Cuscurets Candy Cathartic. lOcorSSc
If O. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money
K(I ucate Your Bowels With Caacareta.
Candy Cathartic, eure constipation forever. '
Wo, Me. It C. C. C. fall, druggists refund money.
Republican News Item.
|
jWe have been J
1 Qeamng House
C For some time, but we are through at last. Wev
V are all fixed up in apple pie order for the /
Spring ZLra&e $
with the largest and best stock of goods
112 have ever had.
> Somethingfor Everybody,
\\V think \M' can please the most critical buyer in Sullivan
* county. J
X Respectfully Yours, £
> RETT EN BU RY, P
r DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. /
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R3rdwarc Li " ;F;,NERAL
" W HARDWARE
PAINTS, OILS, VARN SHES and GLASS.
SPECIAL inducements given on
QTOVES and RANGES
and all kinds of HEATING STOVES
for Wood or Coal, suitable for parlors, halls, churches, school houses,
camps, etc. Attention to a line of Cheap air-tight wood heaters from
53.00 to J 10.00. Also a line of coal heaters from £2.50 up to $35.00.
My Special Bargain Sale is open on a line of heaters slightly
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 linest in the
market, made up of the best material and designed to be a handsome
Range. Furnaces always the best on 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 ANI) REPAIRING.
PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING AND SUPPLIES.
MILL SUPPLIES.
<Soles Hardware,
DUSHORE, PA.
Wall Papering
and CARPETING
NOW IS IN KEEPING and
no where will you be better
served.
Over 5000 Rolls in Stock
to select from, patters of CARPET to select from
1000 Window Shades, 1000 yards of Oil Cloth.
Barbed Wire, Wire Nails here by the Car Load.
Landeth's Garden Seeds are the most
Reliable.
Earliest Seed Potatoes^
9
Jeremiah Kelly,
HUGHESVILLE.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY."
LAPORTE, PENNA, THURSDAY, MARCH 31), 1899.
BOLTERS STILL
BLOCK AN ELECTION
Republicans of Pennsylvania May
Be Deprived of a United
States Senator.
MANY FALSE RUMORS AFLOAT.
Flluu and Mni lln lluve n Newspaper
liureuu Tln-ouifli Which Tln-y :4;>r< Hi!
Heports to lnlluenco Public Senti
ment A urn I list the ItcKiilnr Repub
licans.
(Special Correspondence.)
Ilarrisburg. March -X.—Today's joint
bnllot on the United States senntorshlp
will he the tiOth taken since this mcinor
nhle contest begun. If the rule requiring
but one ballot a day is adhered to until
the close of the legislature, which tixeil
for the 120 th prox.. ninl there is no elec
tion meanwhile, the last ballot will bo
the 80t?i. Present indications <lo not point
to a breaking of the deadlock unless the
Republican bolters bow to popular senti
ment and turn in for the Republican
nominee.
I'urt of the plan of campaign of the
Flinn-Martin bolters from the Rcpubli
can caucus for the closing days of the
contest is to circulate stories that Col
onel Quay is to withdraw in favor of a
compromise candidate. They name Gov
ernor Stone and other friends of the
Heaver statesman as likely to be agreed
upon in bis stead by the regular Re
publicans. These stories are put out by
the lTinii-Mnitiii literary bureau with
the hope of making a break in the lines
of the stalwarts or to at least discour
age them. There is absolutely no founda
tion for these reports. The returns from
the counties that have been holding R>»-
publicun primary elections indicate the
sentiment of the masses of Ihe party as
strongly opposed to the action of the
caucus bolters. They all tend to strength
en the regulars in their stand by the
caucus nominee. The Wanainaker news
paper organs announce that Senator C.
1.. Ma gee ami his followers arc to break
away from Colonel Quay and join the
insurgents.
IT.INN'S LATEST MOVE.
Great pressure is being used on Ma-
by his business associate, l'linn. to
join Ihe bolters. Sincere friends of the
Allegheny .senator cannot believe that he
has any idea of joining the insurgents,
in view of his action in the Republican
caucus in moving to make unanimous
the selection of Colonel Quay as the cau
cus nominee for I'nited States Senator
and his stalwart political record. They
argue that Mr. Mugec is too shrewd a
leader to allow himself to be used by the
party wreckers who have been resorting
to such desperate tactics to accomplish
the downfall of Colonel Quay. The de
sertion of the Allegheny contingent that
lsas been voting for Colonel Quay to any
independent candidate, even though they
would be followed by a few others,
could not break the deadlock. Those who
know Senator Magee best insist that lie
will remain steadfast by the caucus
choice until the end. There are 110 regu
lar Republicans voting for Colonel Quay,
with bolters scattering their strength
among independent candidates and the
ST Democrats voting as a unit for
(ieorge A. .Tenks. The bolters talk of
uniting upon Dalzell this week, and then
taking up other independent candidates
ill turn, giving them each the solid ."i
votes. Possibly they <llll do this. Some
of the bolters appreciate the mistake
they have made and wish they were
back in the ranks of their party organi
sation. They have heard from their con
stituents and know what they may ex
pect unless thc.v return to the party
fold when again thc.v aspire to honors at
the hands of the Republican organiza
tion. Admitting there are no desertions
from the ranks of Ihe bolters, and con
ceding thai a dozen or even a score of
members should break away from the
regulars and join the insurgents, the
deadlock would continue, with the bal
ance of the regular Republicans, who
would still have a plurality, standing
loyally by Colonel Quay.
Even though they may r uze this con
dition of affairs, the bolters will this
week resume their assaults upon the
party organization. The most frantic eT
lorts of the newspaper bureau may be
looked for during the closing days of the
struggle.
STORY ABOUT MAOKE.
One of the latest and most ridiculous
stories sent out from this source is to
the effect that l'linn. the Pittsburg bolt
er. is to be called off as a candidate for
chairman of ihe Republican state com
mittee by Magee. that opposition is to be
withdrawn to the control of the Re
publican state convention by the friends
of Colonel Quay, and that the latter are
also to name the delegates to the na
tional convention, and in consideration
of this magnanimous action Colonel
Quay is to withdraw from the senatorial
light in favor of 1,. Magee. As the
Reaver statesman's supporters, with the
others identified with the regular Re
publican organization, will undoubtedly
control the next state convention, and as
Flinn has not Iht ghost of a show to be
elected chairman of the state committee,
end as the friends of Quay and Penrose
will unquestionably he in a position
turn in a practically solid delegation iu
favor of the renotnination of President
McKinley, it is didicult to imagine what
Colonel Quay or his friends would b
getting out of the above proposition.
The story of Quay retiring in favor of
Stone or any one else is quite preposter
ous. Governor stone left here Saturday
in rouD.iv with Senator Merrick, of
'l'ioga, for Philadelphia. Tin' governor
vlicii asked if lit' liu.l anything to say re
git riling the reports from Pittsburg that
he expected to HUCOWII (Colonel Quay as
the senatorial choice >if the stalwarts,
replied:
N "I still stand where I Imve stood all
fhe time, in favor of Senator Quay's re
election. I believe he should aud will be
re-elected. All reports to the •••>;ttrary ar«
unauthorized and tint rue."
IT MUST BE QUAY.
Senator James E. .Mitchell, of Jeffer
son, commenting upon the lal.'st rumors
of the Flinn-Martin hurenu, said:
"There will In- no United States sena
tor elected at this session unless the bolt
ers or the Democrats turn In aud vote
for the regular nominee of the caucus.
All this talk about Senator Ouav with
drawing in lavor or soinenoriy eise is
nonsense. IJe is the party nominee, made
so by two-thirds uf the Republican mem
bers of th« legislature, and he has no
business to withdraw uuless requested to
do so by the gentlemen who nominated
him. That they will never do, because
they are holding out upon a principle
that should be sacred to every American
citizen, thut of majority rule. If we are
to let the minority govern us, what will
come of it? No, sir, the majority must
govern. That is the foundation stone of
our republican institutions. Let me bring
the cuse home to the bolters. For in
stance, the legislature will adjourn 011
the UOth of April, as it agreed to. Gov
ernor Stone will not call an extra ses
sion. and the senatorial question, if Col
onel Quay is riot elected, will lie left to
the people to settle at the next election
lor assemblymen. Now, say that two
thirds of the members elect should be
opposed to Senator Quay, and should
meet in caucus and nominate the man
upon whom they could agree, what
would you think of the other one-third,
who favored Quay, if they would refuse
to vote for the nominee, and thus defeat
the expressed will of the Republicans of
the state? That is what the pious bolters
are doing now in the name of reform.
That sort of thing would lead to chaos
and the destruction of our institutions.
If, at tile next election, the opponents of
Senator Quay have a majority of one
vote in tin- caucus you will find that,
every one of the Republicans who favor
Quay will be for the nominee. The mem
bers and senators who are now. and have
been, voting for the nominee of the cau
cus, will continue to, do so to the end. be
cause they feel that to do otherwise they
would lie surrendering a sacred principle,
the only safeguard of the people, the
right of the majority to govern."
GREAT VICTORIES
FOR SENATOR QUAY
Kepublicans by Popular Vote at
Primary Elections Stand
By Him.
J.miciiMter Curried by Over Five Thou
sand Majority, Hud llutler and Mon
tour Also Follow In Line Wltli Indi
ana, I'nlon, Itlnlr, Warren and the
Other COllll ties Previously on I'coord
(Special Correspondence.)
Philadelphia, March -S. -Popular sen
timent as expressed by a direct vote at
the Philadelphia primaries held through
out Pennsylvania during the last few
days, in favor of the re-election of Col
onel Matthew Stanley Quay to the
United Stutes senate, must be demoraliz
ing to the handful of bolters from the
Republican caucus who have thus far. by
alliance with the Democrats, succeeded
in preventing the election of a Republi
can to the United States senate. Fol
lowing the lead of Indiana. Union, War
rcn. P.lair and the other counties which
went on record the week before as
against these party wreckers. Lancaster
county, with its immense Republican
vote, has been carried by the friends of
Senator Quay in one of the greatest po
litical victories in the history of the
county, and Butler and Montour have
each elected solid delegations to the Re
publican state in favor of the
regular Republican stat< organization.
Delaware county, which holds its pri
maries tomorrow, has already practically
lined up with the stalwarts, as the in
surgents have given up the tight and the
four delegates to the Republican state
convention agreed upon by Lender
Mutinies and ,W* friends will have a
walkover. The insurgents, under the lend
of William Flinu. the Pittsburg street
contractor, who aspires to lie chairman
of the Republican state committee, have
not elected a single delegate in the state
up to date. The people evidently are not
111 sympathy with the caucus bolters on
the United States senatorship.
GREAT VICTORY IN LANCASTER.
The contest in Lancaster county, which
was decided at the polls on Saturday
and which has since been emphasized by
the action of the district conventions,
was made upon the one issue- Quay or
anti-Quay, or rather, the regulars
against the bolters. The victory for the
friends of Senator Quay was even great
er than they hail anticipated. It shows
how the jH'ople feel. Every one of the
•iglit delegates to the Republican state
convention putin the field by the regu
lars. as well us every candidate for a
county office supported by tlieni. was
elected by a triumphant majority. The
majorities In the county for the friends
of Senator Quay run from ">,OOO to
7,000 on the popular vote. The regular
Republicans, under the leadership of
Secretary of the Commonwealth W. W.
Oriest, carried everything lie fore them,
the rout or the supporters or tne in
surgents in the United Slates senatorial
contest was signal and complete,
1.25 P er - Year.
Namber 46.
Stalwart ..In i.aiicastcr administered a
crushing rebuke to tin- Honorable "Bill"
Flinn, of Pittsburg, and the Honorable
"Dave" Mnrtin, of Philadelphia, in re
pudiating their despicable city political
method* an>l caucus bolting tactics ami
fell in line wiiii tin* Republican organiza
tions of tlio other interior counties that
bad previously gone on record in con
demnation of lln • disgraceful exhibition
of party treachery that lias been given
by (lie followers of Flint! and Martin in
the legislature at Harrisburg.
Senator lOby. of the lower Lancaster
district. who had said that if the popular
vote went agaiust Quay lie would
change his ballot in the senatorial con
test, has found that the Republican
people of his distriet, by an overwhelm
ing majority, desire hiin to continue
voting for the Republican caucus nomi
nee for I'liited States senator. Ex-Sena
tor Kauffniaii, who led the light against
Senator Quay MI tin- county, and who
traveled over the state making specche"
with .John Wanamaker in the Inst sf.ut<
campaign, and who recently imported
Flinn. of Allegheny; Koontz, of Somer
set. and Martin's man llenry. of Phila
delphia. three caucus bolters, to make
speeches against Senator Quay's friend;
in Lancaster, was beaten in bis home
the borough of Columbia, by over 1 i
majority. As he had previously carried
this district by !SUti majority, the chanj; '
of nearly I.IHKI votes against him tna;
fairly be attributed to resentment at ill t
nction of the bolters. In every place that
the bolters made speeches, the vote was
heaviest against them.
BUTLER I'OR QUAY.
At the Uepublican primary electiou
held in Butler on Saturday the friends
of the faction supporting the insurgents
in the United Slates senatorial contest
were afraid to put up a ticket, and two
stalwart Republicans. Hon. A. <}. Will
iams and Joseph Craham, were elected
to the Republican state convention with
out opposition. Their sympathies arc en
tirely with the Republican state organ;
station, and they will vigorously oppose
the domination of the state convention
by the Flinii Martin combine, lndignn
tion is strong among Republicans at the
course of Representatives .lames N.
Moore and .lobn Dinginger in refusing to
be bound by the Republican senatorial
caucus. This county voted upon the sena
torship a year ago. Senator Quay receiv
ing 1i.500 votes to a few scattering votes
for other names. There was really no de
tided opposition to him in the county lit
the time, and the members from this
county were expected to support him.
While some would have been willing to
excuse them had they been content to
go into the caucus and vote for another
-candidate, the people are indignant thai
fhey should remain out of the Republi
cau caucus, and thus prevent the dec
tiou of the Republican nominee.
MONTOUR TAKES ACTION'.
Montour county Republicans went on
record on Saturday in condemning the
action of the members of the legislature
who have bolted the Republican sena
torial caucus, and took special action in
reference to the member of the house of
representatives from the county. James
Foster, who has been co-operating with
the insurgents. At a meeting of the Re
publican county committee of Montour
county James Scarlet. Esq.. was elected -
delegate to tin" next Republican state
convention and Thomas .1. Price alter
nate. and the following resolutions were
passed unanimously:
'•Whereas. Certain malcontents in our
own party arc disregarding the usages o?
the party and are endeavoriug to defeat
the regular caucus nominee for l'nited
States senator on the ground that the
rank and tile of 1 lie party arc opposed to
the re-election of Hon. M. S. Quay to
the position which he has titled with
eminent ability and credit, and
"Whereas. We are acquainted with the
wishes of the Republicans of Montout
county on this subject and are satisfied
that the continuance of the supremacy of
the Republican party in Pennsylvania d"
ponds upon an adherence to the system
of organization which has given us so
many splendid victories in the past, be it
"Resolved. That notice is hereby given
to our brcthern throughout the common
wealth that the Republicans of Montoii
county arc not in sympathy with tin
methods of the bolters who have refused
to abide by the overwhelming majority
in the legislative Republican caucus, and
be it
"Resolved. That we request our Repre
sentative, James Foster, to give loyal
support to Hon. Matthew S. Quay as the
regular caucus nVuince of the Republi
can party for l'nited States senator, as
suring him that in this way he will be
best representing the wishes of his Re
publican constituents of the county of
Montour."
The adoption of the resolution was the
occasion of a display of great enthn
si.ism.
DELAWARE STALWART.
There will be no fight on Quay ami
anti-Quay lines at the Delaware county
Republican primaries, which will be held
on Wednesday next. The county conven
tion fakes place on the following day.
The opponents of Senator Quay here ap
pear to be afraid to put tin l claim that
the enmity is against Quay to a test at
the polls, and all four delegates to the
state convention chosen, headed by
Mathues ant! his associates, will Is
elected without opposit'.in. It is a solid
delegation from the regular Republican
organization. The new county commit
teemen and tin- delegates to the county
convention wi'l be elected in the differ
ent prei'inets because they are straight
for stalwart Republicanism.
Some of the opponents of Quay would
have liked !<• have seen opposition, both
against tin l suite delegates and the
county ticket, but they have looked fo.'
it in vain fro, i , ither Senator Spronl or
Representative Bliss, who are acting
with the bolters at Harrisburg. The can
didatcs for tin' county ticket selected b;.
Mathues are nil having clear sailing am!
will have ;> v. ilkover for the offices fo
which the\ -lated.