Republican News Item CHAS.ILOREN WING, Editor. THURSDAY. MAY 17, 11)00. "FIRST OF_ALL —THE NEWS." The News Item Fights Fair. IT IS AIPATRIOTIC HOME NEWSPAPER Published Every Friday.Morning. By The Sullivan Publishing Co. At the County Seat of Sullivan County. LAPOBTE. PA. SUBSCRIPTION —$1.25 per annum. Jf paid in advance SI.OO. Sample copies tree. All communications should be ad» dressed to REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM, Laporte Pa., (Special Oorrespondsnce.) Philadelphia, May 15. —Gen. Frank Reeder, chairman of the Republican state committee, was in thia city yes terday supervising the improvements being put upon the new headquarters of the state committee, 1417 Locust street. The headquarters aro now practically finished, the different offices have been assigned to General Reeder's staff of assistants and the task of get ting the party organization in shape l'or the approaching campaign is al ready under way. While aside from this preliminary work little can be done until after the Republican na- Uonal convention next month. General Reeder has the plan of campaign care fully mapped out, and he proposes that the policy of the party; organization shall be aggressive from the very out set of the canvass. He is going to be in touch with the Republican national i ommittee and the Republican congres sional committee, and the county com mitteemen through the stato will be constantly advised as to tha policy that is to be pursued in meeting every move that may be made by the Bryan itcs and their Populistic allies. The news from the west indicates that the Bryan men and the leadars of the most influential wing of the Populistic or ganization have a perfect understand ing as to the coming cajnpaign and that i hey intend to make a determined and desperate effort to capture the presi dency by fair means or foul. They are anxious to secure any advantage that might come through labor troubles in different sections of the country, and there is reason to believe that the Dem ocratic and Populistic managers are not neglecting any opportunity to en courage a feeling of unrest among ivorkingmen and prontjit them to make demands for increases; in wages. There has been little heard of reductions in wages since McKinley*s election. The movement has been upward. Many have had large increases in their wages and others have had their hours of labor shortened. There is work for all who seek it, aiul the condition of general prosperity in which the coun try liuds itself can fairly be attributed to the present Rerfublican national ad ministration. REEDER LOOKS FOR GAINS. General Reeder was not inclined to go into details as to his plans for the coming campaign, but he made no se cret. of his belief that Pennsylvania will show even an increase over her nnprecedenledly large majority of the last presidential campaign. In I lie general Republican sweep he looks for success for Republican county tickets generally and for Republican gains in the legislature. He is firmly impressed with the idea iliat the scheme of the Democrats for fusion deals with disgruntled Republicans will lie a failure. There were a num ber of Republican candidates for the legislature defeated by such methods last time. This will not happen in a presidential year, and with the people thoroughly advised as to the aims of the Democratic leaders wftio are car rying out the orders of Millionaire (inffey to elect him to the United States senate through a division of the Re publican legislators. GAME OF THE DEMOCRATS. The stalwart Republicans of the state are not being fooled by the insur gents. They are fully aware of the fact that there is a secret organization of men identified with the Flinn-Mar tin leadership who are quietly at work in many counties opening negotiations with the Democratic managers. The Democrats know that if left to them selves they could accomplish nothing in the coming campaign, so that they gladly welcome the overtures from the insurgents. Following Guffey's direc tions they are planning to defeat He publican candidates with the aid of the insurgent cash and intrigues. A con spicuous instance of this is found in this city, where Colonel Guffey lias been dealing with the Donnelly-Ryan Democratic organization. GufTey has gotten them to come out with public declarations in favor of fusion on the legislature and to pledge themselves to support insurgent nominees wher ever fusion tickets run be nominated with any hope of success. Donnelly makes no bones about his purpose to form a coalition with the Martin Re publicans on the legislative tickets, in the hope of dividing the Republican or ganization of this city, so as to make the election of Democrats to city offices possible. It has been a long time since the Democrats have elected a county officer in Philadelphia other than the minority commissionersliip to which they are entitled tinder the law. Don nelly says that the greater the dissen sions among Republicans the easier it will be for the Democrats to secure patronage, and that as a stalwart Dem ocrat he proposes to sow all the seeds of discord he possibly can in the ranks of the Republican voters. This is, of course, natural talk from a Democrat, !»'it it must not be pleasing to the Re publican voters of the commonwealth who believe in recognizing the will of the majorityas a fundamental doctrine ofMheir party. The Democrats have alPto.gain*and tiothing to loaa in this game of practical politics. The Repub lican voters of Pennsylvania are begin ning to appreciate this fact, and they will not be gotten to give encourage ment and assistance to the political en emy merely to satisfy the ambition of a few disgruntled members of their party who are following a selfish and personal Insurgent leadership. MUST WIN CONGRESSMEN. SVord has been received from the chairman of the Republican congres sional campaign committee that there must be Republican gains from Penn sylvania at cext November's election of members of congress. The Demo crats are talking quite boastfully at .Washington about their chances of carrying the next house of representa tives and securing the power and pa tronage that goes with the organiza tion of that body. Experience has taught that congressional elections are frequently involved in much uncertain ty, even when there is no doubt of how the country is going to vote on the presidency. The national Republican leaders propose to bend every energy toward winning every doubtful con gressional district, and they look for not lesa than four gains from Pennsyl vania. There, were ten Democratic candidates for congress elected in this state to the present bouse. Since the election*-Representative Joseph C. Sib ley has repudiated the Democracy, and he was recently nominated for congress by the Republicans of his district. The others who were elected as Democrats to the present house from this state were Representatives McAleer, Barber, Green, Polk, Davenport, Ryan. Ziegler. Gaston and Hall. The Republicans of the Third district of this city declare that McAleer is not to have another term, and that he will be succeeded by a Republican. Select Councilman Hen ry Clay is the only Republican so far mentioned for this nomination, and should he be nominated a determined effort will be made to elect him. The districts now represented by Congresimen Barber, Polk, Davenport. Ryan and Gaston it is thought will surely be carried by the Republicans this fall. The congressional campaign in Pennsylvania will be one of the features of the coming canvass, and it will be given close attention by the chairman of the Republican state com mittee. PEISYSIATN THE CONVENTION. Many Prominent Men Among the National Delegates From This State. mi ENincmiY [on MKINLEY lliiiiy ThoinßHinln from tbe Interior ( onntie* Will lit* Present na ftpeo* tutors anil a Large Xuvnlierof Clubs Will Take Part In the III* Parade. (Special Correspondence.) Harrlsburg. May 35.— Pennsylvania will be well represented at the coming Republican national convention. She will have next to the largest delegation on the. floor of the convention, and al though there is not apt to be any con test In which her 04 votes will figure as an important factor, the character and influence of the men in the delegations will be felt In the committee rooms and in the discusisons of party policies at the hotels and in the private confer ences of the party leaders. There will be found among the delegates from the Keystone state men of affairs in their respective districts and men who have gained prominence iii the professions and in the commercial world and oth ers who are identified with the im mense manufacturing Interests of the commonwealth. Colonel M. S. Quay, who is one of the delegates-at-large, will head the delegation, and he will be re-elected to represent Pennsylvania in the Republican national committea. He is at present a member of the ex ecutive committee of that body. In a number of cases the political leaders of districts have stepped aside this year in order to allow business men, manufacturers andotheradmlrers of President McKlnley who do not or dinarily figure In politics togo to the national convention. It is a true blue McKinley delegation, and there is no need of Instructions from the state or district conventions to bind the mem bers of the delegations to McKinley. Several districts have yet to elect their representatives. In the Cumber land-Adams-York district there is a rontest over the national delegates. A dispute arose as to the representation to which York county was entitled in the conference. Both sides named Charles H. Mullin, of Cumberland, as one of the national delegates. For the other place Dr. Charles A. Dale, of York, is contesting the claim of John 1... Hill, Jr.. of Adams. I'nited States Senator Boies Penrose, Secretary of the Commonwealth tJriest, Congress man Bingham, former Congressman Williams. Israel W. Durhaft) and David 11. Lane, the Philadelphia leaders, are among the district delegates. Governor Stone and Attorney General Elkin, who were proposed for delegates-at-large. declined to allow the use of their names, as they wished the honors to goto others. In commenting upon the struggles of tho insurgents .and their plans to de feat the Stalwart Republicans of Penn syvania in the contest over the United States senatorship. former Congress man Brumm. of Schuylkill, said as to that county, that the regular Republi cans will gain six »ind probably seven votes. He concedes the election of one Democratic assemblvman I AM AGENT FOR THE Celebrated Pitkin Paint THIS PAINT IS FULLY GUARANTEED. CALL AND SEE COLOR CARD. James McFarlane. fym Cleaning If you are short of anything when you rearrange your house this spring send to Holcomb & Lauer's store; and get it, they keep everything in the house furnishing! line that you can think of. If you have not been in their store to inspect their immense stock, do so at once, and be convinced that you do not have'to go out of the j County to get what you want. , Telephone call, Hotel Obert. HOLCOMBE & LAUER, Undertaking," ©USbOVC, fm. Williamsport & North Branch Railroad TABLE. In effect Monday Doc. 11, lSll'.t. Kcail dovt u Corrected to IVbruary aa HKKI Head up A. M. A. il. IV M. I'. M. A. M. A M. STATIONS. A. M. A. M. I". M. P. M. a. 111. ft or, HI J."I ia v, i i;, ft a.". iialb 7 •'« »45 ia oo 4on ft. U» flu HO 11*1 14 18 fft SO I'tMlllKlalc f7 4.'. full II ;V. f:t 55 hJO 10 40 l lo 427 .40 llughesvillc 7 u :ia ll l"> :> l . i; m; 10 4ft 455 ~ 548 I'irtureßock* >i 25 ll H7 :i :u 550 flO 51 il UU 5 i Lyon* Mill iy 22 f:i :;i flO 51 (4 41 £" Chamouni >i iK) f:s :;i 11 ftl 448 Sfc~ tilen Mawr . 58 mi 11 25 5 11 11 Oi Houcstown. » 5-.' ;; no ;l 00 5 art 11 25 Nonluiont 8 "7 a :» fft 4:1 1145 Xlokoma 8 ai a 15 5 45 11 .">0 La|*.rte Tannery. 8 IV a 11 ffi oa la 15 Riligilale fll U5 1 4li ffi 11 ia So Bemfeeßoad *7 58 1 35 rt 15 ia 85 Satterlleld 7 55 1:10 A.M. I'. M.R. M. R. M. A. M. P. M p.m. Connection with Fbils.ft Readingtat Hall» For Philadelphia,JNew York and inter mediate stations—LeaveWilliamsport 7:42 a.m., 10:00 a. m.,"Arrive Halls 7:59 a.m. 10:1W a. in. For'Shftinokin and interine.l iate'stations—leases Williamsport 4:".0 |>. m.:;arrive llalls 4.51 )>. m. From Phila., New York and intermed iatejstations —leave l'hila. 10.21 n. in.and 11.36 p.in; leave New York.>ia Pliila.7 .it) a.m. 9.00 p.m.; leave New York via Ta ma. Buckwheat Flour 25 pound sackJ4sc. Buckwheat Flour 100 pounds, SI.BO. Yellow Corn per 100 pounds 90c. Corn Meal or Cracked Corn 90c. Corn, Oats and Barley Chop 90c. Wheat Bran 200 pounds $1.50. Flour middlings, 140 pound sack $1.40. Fine middlings 200 pound* $1,60. Flour per sack SI.OO. Winter Roller per sack SI.OO. Good Flour 90c. Rye Flour 25 pounds, 50c. Graham Flour 121 pounds 30c. Common Fine Salt per barrel $1.20. JP TO EVERY READER who mentions this Ad. and sends us an order, we will make a 16x20 Cry on Portrait in 51 inch Oak and (lilt frame, and give AWAY ABSOLUT LY FREE, the latest Oil Portrait, of Admiral Geo. Dewey, all complete for s2..">n. All work hand-tinislied and guaranteed to deliver. We will give during 1900 SPECIAL induce ments to agents. Write to-day. Address all orders to THE HOME ARTIST, HILLSUROVE, PA. To Cut* CoMilptllon fonfur. Take CMcartM Caud* Cathartic. 10c or 35c. It C. C. C. tall to our*, druggists refund moat v. lions —leave i owaiuia I>4.j a.m. ami 10..0 a.m.; arrive Sat'field, 7.52 a. HI. 1.04 p. m. STACK LINKS Stage leaves lltighesvill iiost office for Lairdtville, Mengwe and l'hilipsdaledaily Wilson, Heaver I.ake and j Priblev on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 11.30 Stage ieaves Glen Mawr tor Hillsgrove and Forksville at 11 02 a. ID. Sta-re leaves Muncv Valley for IJnitv vilie. North Mountain ami Lungerville daihi at II 19 a. in. Passengers taking trains at tlag stations can secure train excursion tickets from the conductors. Philadelphia iV Heading, Lehigh Valley and New York Central mileage will be accepted only lor through passengers trav eling from llalls to Sutterlield or Salter lield to llalls. The general otllces of the company are located at lluglieeville, Pa. It. IIAKVEV WELCH. President. liughtville, I'a. H I). TOWNSEN'D, (Jen. Mgr., llugliesviile.Pa. "?? ? ? .All answered at VERNON HULL'S STORE, MILLS6ROVE. '< New Stock of DRY Goods. Vernon Hull, Hillsgrove, Pa. I G. A. Rogers FORKSVILLE, PA. Watches, Jewelery, Silverware, Etc. Limn boots and lumbermans flan nel at J. W. Bucks. DBniraw gubwrtpttoai to Tlm PaUot Record lI.W par aaaum. Rroken HQHp HP? MAJOR'S WKHELMRP ..L- LII UHEIT CEMENT, Kdurate Your Bowelt With Cuscai-etfc. Canity Cathartic, cure constipation forever, .'.lu.afte. If C. C. C. fail, UrutfststsrcfuuU mouey. ■ Irniily Is Ifluuil l)i'i-|i. Clean blood means a clean skin. No Ix auty without it. Oiscareis, Candy Cathur tit; clean your blood and keep il clean, by stirring tip tlic lazy liver and driving all im purities from the body. Ilegin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, unci that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascurets, —beauty for ten cents. All ili ug- Bu ■■ c:\tisfairtion gum. lteed, ltle, 25c, 50c. JENNINGS BROS. |L '' / 1 unexpected company—unless she Si.' ' ' s wo " supplied with canned and foWii bottled groceries. *lf her pantry 'li : 1 shelves are nicely lined with our pi.) lamous brands of pickles, soups, J W I J y vegtables, canned meats and fish and - . crackers'she is completely ready Air any emergency. What s all we send you to-day? ON DRY GOODS WE ARE IN THE LEAD WHY ? Because wo "carry the Largest uul Best line in the county • Because we have only new an J attractive patterns to show Because you will fincl no oldgcods on our shelves, We have justJopened a new line of Ginghams Shirtings, muslins etc.. or .the spring trade, which we would be pleased to have you inspect. a stock of women's shoes that is nr.- equaled hereabouts. The shapes arc dainty, the leather fine, the workman— perfect. Cash Paid for Countryj Produce. E G. Sylvara DUSHORE, A M Star $W Store NENS BOYS and YOUTHS SPECIAL BARGAINS Men's tan and black fines shoes 5A to It), si.2") to I.on. Boys' tan and black fine shoes 2i to s}, SI.OO to 2.00. Youths' tine tan or black shoes 12 to 2, 90c to 1.25. Little gents (an and black 00c to 1.25, s.l to 11 also oto 8, 7.1 cto 90c. LADIES' MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S SPECIAL BARGAINS Ladies' fine lace shoes #I.OO to 3.50. Ladies' fine button shoes Ssc to .1.00. tan and black 50c to 2.00. Child soft soles 13c to 50c Child shoes 3to 8, 35c to 73c. Childs tan and black 8.1 to 11, 75c to 1.15. Mi.sses tan and black 12 to 2, 85c to 1.50. If you are in want of good foot wear, cheap, goo J. S. HARRINGTON. OPERA HOUSE BLOCK, DUSHORE, PA. Made to Fit And Fit to Wear THIS IS THE BEST FIT TING SHOE ON THE MARKET (iiia-ranted in Every Respect. £ SOLD ONLY BY ; T. J. KEELER, LAPORTE PA.