Republican News Item
CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor. .
THURSDAY. JUNE V. 19QQ.
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(Special Correspondence.)
Harrisburg, .Tune 5.— A decision by
the supreme court which will oblige
the secretary of the commonwealth to
advertise the proposed amendments to
tho constitution is regarded as a great
victory for the contractors who are
seeking to introduce the voting ma
chines into Pennsylvania.
Governor Stone vetoed the action of
the last legislature in this matter upon
the ground of public economy and that
there was no popular demand for the
proposed innovation of voting ma
chines in this state. The matter was
taken to tho supreme court at tho in
stance of the promoters of tho voting
machines, and several members of re
form associations joined in this issue,
and as well as that of the proposed
amendment to the constitution which
would abolish the provision requiring
uniform legislation upon tho ballot
issue throughout tho state. Under
cover of the agitation over the elec
tion frauds in Philadelphia and Alle
gheny, the lawyers for the voting ma
chine interests pushed their cases, and
have at last succeeded in getting a de
cision which nullifies the action of
Governor Stone, who sought to block
the voting machine game with his veto.
LEAVE IT TO THE PEOPLE.
The leaders of tho Republican organ
ization of the state have not taken any
positive stand upon this issue of hav
ing the proposed amendments goto a
vote of the people. Before the suggest
ed amendments can come up to be
voted upon at the general election they
must bo again voted upon by the state
legislature. Meanwhile the secretary
of the commonwealth must advertise
tho proposed amendments in every
county of the state at a cost of proba
bly SIO,OOO. The nominees of the Re
publican party for the legislature will
use their own judgment as to what at
titude to assume on the issue of the
voting machines and the matter of
wiping out the constitutional provi
sion requiring uniformity of legislation
affecting tho method of voting. They
must learn tho sentiment of their con
stituents. In this latter contention an
effort Is being made to require personal
registration of voters in certain sec
tions of the commonwealth. The great
issue, however, will bo upon the pro
posed introduction of the voting ma
chines. Samples of these machines
were shown here during the last ses
sion of tho legislature, when the pro
moters of the scheme had a strong lob
by on"the Hill," working in their in
terest among the members of both
houses. It was then estimated that
the cost of each machine would be
about 5235, and that as there are about
7.0C0 voting precincts in Pennsylvania
the total co: t for the mere introduc
tion of the machines would be over a
million and a half dollars. This would
not be counting the cost of repairs and
maintenance and storage between elec
tions. The machines are very intri
ciitr pieces of mechanism and would
req.iire first class machinists to keep
them in order. Should one of them
get out of order on election day the
whe.lc scheme of election in that pre
cinct would fail.
NO M ACHINE HONESTY.
Another argument against the use of
voting machines is that it is conceded
that 110 machine can make men honest
v.ho are otherwise disposed. The ar
rangement of the machine for which
this fight is being made requires the
voter to touch buttons which record
the names of the candidates for whom
the citizen desires to vote. It is point
ed out that there would he nothing to
prevent dishonest men to permit im
personation of voters in this "push the
button" scheme any more than there is
to allow men to impersonate others in
the casting of the ballots under the
present system. It Is quite probable
that the people will carefully weigh
the arguments pro and con on this
matter of the introduction of the ma
chines before they ultimately decide to
advocate the expenditure of a million
and a half dollars upon an oxpeiri
mental proposition. Should these pro
posed amendments be approved by the
next legislature they would then be
submitted to a popular vote at the
election to 1 r held in November, 3901.
ST .\:.V.*ARTS NOMINATED.
Tho •: nation of Senator Jacob C. j
Stineman to succeed himself wus con- |
summated last week when the ad her- 112
ents of his district met at the Ameri- j
can House, Hollidaysburg, and unan- j
imously placed him in the Held as the i
Republican nominee. Ther& were three
eonforrees from each county in the dis- j
triet, George T. Swank and Harry W. j
Slick, of Johnstown, and S~ W. Davis,
of Ebensburg, representing Cambria
county, and J. H. Craig, of Altoona,
and .l. L, Hartman and J. Leo Plum
ber, of Ilollidaysburg, were the Blair
county conferrees. Resolutions were
adopted cordially commending Senator
Stineman to the people for pe-electlon.
He is a stalwart Republican, whose re
nomination was demanded bs a poular
vote, to the great discomfiture of the
insurgents. Senator Stineman went I
into the Republican eaucua oa tho Uni
ted States senatorship at the last ses
sion of tho legislature and consistently |
voted for Colonel Quay for United
States senator until the end of the ses
sion. This action was made an Issue
before the Republicans of his district
and he won by an overwhelming vote.
CHESTER COUNTY SOLID.
Another county went on record last
Saturday on this same issue. The en
tire delegation from Chester county to
tho next legislature came up before the
Republicans of that county at the pri
mary election on that day. At the
head of tho ticket was State Senator
W. P. Snyder, who Is president pro
tem. of the state senate, and who act
ed and voted with the stalwart Repub
licans on the United States senatorship
throughout the entire session of the
legislature. Senator Snyder had been
threatened with opposition for renom
ination unless he deserted the caucus
nominee for United States senator last
winter, but when the time came to
spring this opposition the insurgents
weakened. They found that the senti
ment of the Republicans of Chester
county was against them and in favor
of majority rule. No effort was made
to oppose Dr. Snyder's renomination
when the time for registration of
candidates came around, and he had a
walkover at the primary election. His
election by a largo majority Is assured.
The candidates nominated for the as
sembly are all stalwart Republicans.
They are: Northern district, W. P.
Coryell, North Coventry; Eastern dis
trict, Thomas Lack, West Chester;
Southern district, Fred H. Cope, Lin
coln, and Western district, James G.
Fox, Cain. They are all popular In the
respective districts, and there can be
no doubt about the election of the en
tire ticket. This will mean a gain of
four votes for the regular state Repub
lican organization from this county
alono, as the county was represented
in tho last house by two Democrats and
two insurgents, who co-operated with
the Democrats during the entire ses
sion, under the leadership of Flinn, of
Allegheny, and Martin, of Philadelphia.
(Special Correspondence.)
Philadelphia, June C. —While every
day shows an increasing interest
among Pennsylvanians in the arrange
ments for the Republican national con
vention to be held here 011 the 19th
Inst., the prospects of getting tickets
of admission to the hall are not a bit
brighter today than they were three
weeks ago. when tho original plan for
the distribution of these coveted cards
was announced. It begins to look as
though there will be but a small con
tingent of the Republicans of the Key
stone state who come here during con
vention week get into the auditorium
during the sessions of the convention.
Colonel Quay, member of the national
committee from Pennsylvania, and
General Reeder, chairman of the Re
publican state committee, were both
here within the last few days upon a
still hunt for convention tickets in or
der to comply with at least a few re
quests that have come to them from
Republicans from every county of the
state. Men who ordinarily take very
little interest in matters political are
cropping up in every quarter of the
commonwealth with anxious eyes upon
the seats in national convention hall.
They want to see President McKinley
renominated and listen to the speeches
from the representative party men who
will be assembled here from every
state in the Union. They have read of
the splendid hall in which the conven
tion is to be held and of the many
features of convention week which
promise to be so attractive to the vis
itors.
QUAY AND REEDER ACTIVE.
It was to satisfy at least a small
proportion of these anxious Republi
cans that Colonel Quay and General
Reeder came here to confer with Col
onel Wiswell, the sergeant-at-arms of
the national convention, and Mayor
Ashbrldge, who is the chairman of the
citizens' committee of arrangements
for the convention. They soon learned
that the demand for tickets is quite
universal and that every member of
the national committee and every
member of the local committee lias on
file a big list of applicants for tickets.
Ceneral Reeder made a special plea
to Mayor Aslibridge, but he was in
formed that the four thousand tickets
which will goto the citizens' commit
tee of this city are to be distributed
among the subscribers to the national
convention SIOO,OOO fund, and that as
there are about 1,500 subscribers to this
fund there will be but a small allot
ment togo to each subscriber. Colonel
Quay remarked before he left town
that he had not found much encourage
ment and that the applicants for tick
ets had better see the national dele
gates from their respective congres
sional districts at once before they
shall have promised their extra tick
ets. Each member of the national
committee is to receive 25 tickets, each
delegate to the convention will get,
besides the ticket which will admit
him to the delegates' section, two tick
ets of general admission to the hall.
WILL SHARE TICKETS.
These tickets will be in coupon form,
so that if there shall be throe sessions
a day each ticket can be employed to
give three different persons admission
to the hall for one session each. It is
possible, although not probable, that
the convention will last three days.
There is not much doubt about ther®
being but one session on tho opening
day, Tuesday, the 19th inst. The del
egates will as a rule arrange among
their constituents to make the best
possible use of their small allotment of
tickets. Each alternate will receive
but one ticket, which will admit him
to his own : cat.
While this question of tickets of ad
mission to the hall will be a source of
embarrassment to me leaders of the
Republican organization in this state,
on ac.ount of so many desiring to wit
ness the proceedings of a national con
vention. there will be other attractions
In this city which will be found quite
eujoyr.'ble by many of the visitors from
tho interior of the state. Arrange
ments have been made to have cards
issued to visitors entitling them to
visit the various public institutions,
the Oirard college and other places of
Interest, through the allied Republican
clubs of this clt.v.
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820 US... 1 .. 11 : n-j: 7 Ml?
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iii ft i!r. straw'i. ri.ir • >: • 1 Hardwood Flooring both Beech, Birch or Maple,
,} 49 sus iluney Vallej 'w 17::::::: ! The same woods in 2-8 ceiling.
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leave Wilkesbarre 3.05 p.m.; arrive at cling from Halls to Satterlicld or Salter- 0 have just, opened ; a new lineof Shirtings, muslins etc.,
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Buckwheat Flour 25 pound sack r 4sc. HIT T C/7DAUn '" J • / ▼ ▼
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