Republican News Item
CHAS.ILOREN WING, Editor. { .
THURSDAY, OCT. 11, 190$.
"FIRST OF ALL—THE NEWS."
The News Item Fights Fair
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By The Sullivan Publishing Co.
At the County Seat of Bullivan County.
LAFOBTE, PA.
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Since the beginning of their cam
paign in Pennsylvania the men at the
head of the so-called insurgent reform
movement, have not had administered
to them such a scathing and timely
arraignment as was given in a speech
by Lincoln L. Eyre at West Chester
last week. Mr. Eyre's address was one
of the most striking and forcible made
in the present canvass lor the Repub
lican ticket and was especially signifi
cant on account of Mr. Eyre's reputa
tion and standing among the true and
sincere reformers, who, while Repub
cans in national politics, advocate non
partisan government in municipalities.
Mr. Eyre rigidly adheres to this idea,
but he is disgusted with the methods
and the actions of certain men in
Philadelphia and elsewhere, who are
using their positions in reform organi
zations to further the personal schemes
and ambitions and to advance the
Wanamaker-Martin, Flinn-Guffey po
litical interests.
"I warmly welcome the opportunity
afforded me to say a few words," said
Mr. Eyre in his West Chester ad
dress, "on the important issues that
confront the American people at this
critical moment of their history. I
also welcome the chance to say what
I believe ought to be said plainly and
fearlessly upon the equally important
issues that have arisen within the
state. These issues have been forced,
especially of late, upon the mind and
conscience of every Pennsylvania Re
publican. They threaten the very life
of the party in the state itself, and they
serve as a standing menace to the
maintenance of Republican policy
throughout the Union. I am proud to
be enlisted in the Republican army. I
am proud to stand up with my Re
publican comrades at* the roll call of
the Pennsylvania lagions.
BORROWED GARMENTS OF RE
FORM.
"Now that the thundering tread of
the advancing hosts is heard from
county to county throughout our
grand old commonwealth, Philadelphia
regiments will find me marching with
them ready to assist in crushing not
only the enemy that advances toward
us in the open field from Kansas City,
but the still more dangerous foe that
started out from Philadelphia, falsely
masquerading in the borrowed gar
ments of reform, lurking behind every
tree and seeking, in the name of re
form, to shoot down Republican men
and Republican principles.
"Coming to you from Philadelphia,
which is today in certain quarters the
hotbed of party treachery, I know
something of the conditions that pre
vail there, and I know that true re
formers and true reform principles
have been taken into camp by a band
of political self-seekers, who are will
ing even to imperil the safety of the
Republican party at large, in order to
accomplish their purpose of obtaining
control of the executive and legisla
tive functions of the state.
THE PEOPLE OF PHILADEL
PHIA HAVE RECENTLY SHOWN,
IN NO UNCERTAIN WAY, THAT
THEY WILL ACCEPT NEITHER
HYPOCRITICAL PRETENSE NOR
THE METHODS OF THE lIAR
GAIN COUNTER.
"They have found out first how re
spectable are those who call them
selves 'eminently respectable.' Never
in the history of Pennsylvania poli
tics has there been inaugurated—
starting from Philadelphia and spread
ing into certain other portions of the
state—such a wholesale movement for
the purchase of votes with cash, such
hideous political debauchery, as has
been witnessed during the last few
years. And aft of it—God save the
mark—done by the hired agents of the
'eminently respectable business men'of
Philadelphia In the name of reform,
in the name of purity and saintliness,
in the sweet odor of sanctity, In the
name of patriotism!
REFORM SLAIN IN HER TEMPLE.
"As a Republican I am here to add
my protest against this outrage. As
a reformer, believing In the necessity
for the separation of our large cities
from national or state politics, in or
der that municipal government may be
honestly and efficiently carried on, I
denounce the band of unscrupulous
schemers who have slain the sacred
cause of municipal reform in her own
temple.
"The Issues that today confront this,
the greatest government reared by
man. are pregnant with supreme im
portance ll,< y Involve the contin
uance uf commercial prosperity, the
development uf constitutional liberty
within our own borders and the free
gift of American civilization to other
races of the world.
"The right of the Republican party
to a continuance In power has beeu
proved by 'the arduous greatness of
things done.' "
IV lull II mil Mrai! lor UcpulillraH
In lull- .Ihmluil Ttii'lr I'urly Soiul
um For Ibr Nlulr l.i-nUlwturr.
Governor Stone is a stalwart among
stalwarts, and In a speech at Couders
port, l'otter county, a few nights ago,
In* paid his respects to the meu who
an* engineering the movement to de
feat Republican candidates through
tuxloti with "i' DtHMftU
"I believe," said Governor Stone,
"that the thlugs to talk about lu a
political campaign are the things the
people are thinking about, ami in this
tuuutv and lu sotue other comities
or the state there is talk and thought
over fusion. I am not here to criti
cize or question the motives of any
who, failing to secure a
nomination by his own party, accepts
a nomination by the Democratic party
unfl tries to defeat his successful op
ponent. lam here, however, to speak
of the effect of such action.
"Whenever the fusion candidate is a
Democrat he will necessarily get all
the Democratic votes and some Repub
lican votes. The Republican votes are
so much gain to the Democratic party.
When he is a Republican, should he be
elected, it is necessarily a Democratic
victory, because a member of the leg
islature, running againßt the regular
nominee of his party, loses necessarily
all connection with his party in caucus
and committee.
"While fusion is possible in some
counties at the election, it is utterly
impossible in the legislature. If it were
possible to have a majority of Demo
crats and insurgents in the senate and
the house it would be impossible to
fuse upon speaker of the house and
president of the senate and the forma
tion of the committees without an
agreement on the part of the insur
gents to vote finally for a Democrat
for United States senator.
"The Democratic leaders are not in
this fusion movement to reform the
Republican party, and they have not
gone into it except upon assurances
that there will be no coming together
of the regular Republicans and insur
gents. They have no desire to see them
come together. They believe that a
house divided against itself cannot
Btand, and they do not want the Re
publican party to stand, and they nat
urally will do all they can to keep the
Republican party divided against it
self.
DEMOCRATS FOR A DEMOCRAT.
They are in this movement to secure
the election of a Democrat to the Uni
ted States senate, and if they can se
cure a majority of Democrats and in
surgent Republicans who will not abide
by caucus action they may succeed.
ANY REPUBLICAN WHO CON
TEMPLATES VOTING FOR FUSION
LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES MIGHT
AS WELL UNDERSTAND THAT HE
IS VOTING AGAINST THE REPUB
LICAN PARTY AND FOR A DEMO
CRATIC UNITED STATES SENA
TOR.
What kind of Republicanism is it
to vote for McKlnley and then vote for
a candidate for the legislature who
will vote for a Democrat for United
States senator? Without a Republi
can senate McKinley's hands are tied.
If the Democrats were sincere in this
matter they could have ended the dead
lock in the last legislature at any time
by voting for a Republican for United
States senator. But they are not sin
cere, and they will deadlock the legis
lature again until such time as the
insurgents will co-operate with them
for the election of a Democrat. I think
the people have had quite enough of
deadlocks.
"If the-fuslonlsts succeed there will
likely be another of long duration, for
adjournment will not break a deadlock
In the next legislature. The senate of
the United States having refused to
seat the appointee of the governor, it
will be his duty to convene the legisla
ture in extra session if they adjourn
without an election. You cannot blame
the Republican majority for adhering
to their caucus nominee and the delay
arising over a prolonged deadlock must
be upon the insurgents and those Re
publicans who vote for them in No
vember.
"The legislature will be largely Re
publican, and a Republican senator
should be elected, but if the majority
cannot name the candidate in caucus
how can it be brought about? It
can best be done by the Republicans
voting in November for their own reg
ular candidates and turning their backs
upon fusion."
Governor Stone did not mince
words in a speech made at West
Chester, in which he scored the
subsidized newspapers of Philadel
phia and defied them. In this
speech the governor, among other
things, said:
"The Republican senators and
members who will not support
their caucus nominee can never
vote for a Democrat for United
States senator under any circum
stances. The most rabid insurgent
county in the state will not stand
that, unless It is a mere bouquet
thrown when they know there will
be no election. The Democratic
leaders cannot afford to vote for a
Republican for United States sena
tor. They will be advised to do so
on the grounds of public policy by
so-called leading Republican news
papers in cities of the first class,
but DON'T THEY KNOW THAT
THE SO-CALLED LEADING RE
PUBLICAN NEWSPAPERS IN
CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS
HAVE LOST THEIR INFLUENCE
AND THAT IT IS SURE DEFEAT
FOR ANY CANDIDATE WHOM
THEY SUPPRORT?
"DON'T THEY KNOW THAT
THESE PAPERS WEAR EACH
DAY THE 1.1 VERY OF THEIR
MASTER; THAT THE PEOPLE
HAVE DISCOVERED THAT SIX
OF THEM SPEAK ALIKE AS
ONE VOICE UPON ALL POLITI
CAL QUESTIONS AND CANDI
DATES?
"DON'T EVERYBODY KNOW
THAT THEY ARE SUBSIDIZED
AND COWED THROUGH FEAR
OF LOSING THEIR FULL PAGE
ADVERTISEMENT AND THAT
THEY HAVE NO COURAGE
LEFT EXCEPT TO ARI SE. VILI
FY AND SLANDER THE POLIT
ICAL OPPONENTS OF THEIR
MASTER?
"The people arc growing inde
pendent and fearless of these
papers, and don't care what they
suy. So far aa I am concerned,
having lived under their abuse so
long without any Just cause, I am
curious to see what they will say
when they have a grievance, and I
Invite comment upon thla part of
iny speech."
QUAY ON IMPERIALISM
"It la not likely that any serloua
peril threaten* from aiiU-tmpertallam
or anti-expansion, nor that the Demo
cratic party intenda any drastic mea
sure* lu either direction In the event of
ita success No matter who la elected
president thla country will hold hard
to Its uttu and will siivuort the chief
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ishings at prices that are right.
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2>USbOVe, f>B.
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Williamsport &. North Branch Railroad
TIIVEIE TABLE.
In effect Monday Sept. 17, 15)00.
Read down Read up
p. m.;am p. mJpm pm pm| a. m. am| stations, am ama.m. pm pm pm am p m
fsßojf42S 112 1023 f751 1 Pennsdale ... f735 940 11 54 357 f4 41
540 432 10 31 800 . HURhesville... 725 931 11 40 348 432
548 440 : 10 37 806 Picture Rocks 923 11 32 424
J4 44 I 809 ...Lyons Mills... f9 20 fll 27 420
446 ' 1042 H1! 'lianiouni ... 018 fll 22 417
4 5:1 I 10 47 816 ...Glen Mawr... 912 11 07 ,4 11
f5 01 112 10 53 822 ..Strawbridge.... f9 OS fll 0M 4 02
f 1057 L.BeechGlen f859 fll 05 358
510 I 1100 8 30;..MuncyValley. 856 11 00 355
516 11 07 835 ... Souestown ... 850 10 52 349
531 1112 1 Nordiuont... 10 34 332
2 £ 5 50 11 39 LaiwrU' 10IM 3 09 t:
= = f(io7 fll 53 Rillgdalu 945 254 £ j £
,? f616 112 12 00 ..Beruiceßoad.. fg2s 2 45 tco x
P. M. PM P.M. A.M. I'M
Connection with Fhila.& Readingfat Halls
For Philadelphia, New York and inter
mediate ntations—Leave Williamsport 7:30
a.m., 10:00 a. 111., Arrive Halls 7:48 a.m.
10:19 a. m. For Shamokin and intermed
iate etations—leaves Williamsport 4:00 p.
in.; arrive Halls 4.1i0 p. in.
From Pliila., New York and intermed
iate stations—leave Phila. 10.21 a. in.and
11.36 p.m; leave New York,via Pliila.7 30
a.m. 9.00 p.m.; leave New York via Ta
maqua, 910 a.m. Arrive Halls, 6.34 a.m.
and 5.-1 p. m.
From Shamokin and intermediate sta
tions—leaves Shamokin 810 a. in. Ar
rive Halls 9 49 a.m.
Connecting with L. V. R R. at Satterfleld.
For Towanda and intermediate stations,
leave Wilkesbarre 3.05 p. m.; arrive at
Satterfleld 6.25 p. in.
For Towanda and intermediate stations,
leave Bernice 6.40 a.m.; arrive Satterfleld
7:04 a. in.
For Wilkesbarre and intermediate sta-
executive In hlB effort to retain it. No
American citizen will be willing to
admit that the United States have been
whipped by a few thousand half sav
age Malays nor to yield to them prop
erty for which we paid twenty millions
of dollars, and which has been water
ed by the blood of our brave soldiers,
unless it Is to the manifest interests
of all concerned that we should do so.
"Ours Is a warlike nation sprung
from the loins of a warlike ancestry.
The hustings may resound with angry
clamor of discussion leading to or away
from war, but when at last the bale
fires are kindled and the battle ban
ners wave and the war drum beats, the
old Viking blood bounds again, and
men of all our political parties and of
all shades of belief take arms to fol
low th» military party or policy or
leader.
"A war party has never been defeat
ed in this country, and no successful
party dare be a peace party after its
success at the polls. The colonial war,
the revolution, the war of 1812 and the
American war were merely the bloody
baptisms of an Infant nation. The
civil war was the trial of its strength
and manhood, but when occasion ar
rived for the difficulty with Spain God
elected this country to enter the parlia
ment of nations to participate in Its
armed debates.
"It is not necessary to recapitulate
occurrences so recent that they passed
under the scrutiny of our very young
children, whereby we became the bal
ance of power in the measurement of
the strength of the world. The treas
ure and tears and blood of the last
two or three years have been precious
seed, and the next generation will look
far and wide over the world and be
hold Its rich and ripening fruit.
"I was not in favor of the acquisi
tion of the Philippines. To me the
game did not seem worth the powder.
A coaling station, a shipyard, a few
mlleß of territory easily fortified
around a good harbor seemed to meet
our requirements. As a member of the
peace commission 1 would have voted
against the purchase, but when the
treaty was presented for ratification
and there remained but to sustain (he
commission or return to war and chaos,
as a senator of the United states I
gave it my support.
"Then Agulnaldo thrust his war
upon us, and now there can be no h:tlt
until the last armed enemy Is sub
dued I say (here is no dauger from
the Democratic theories upon expan
sion or Imperialism They declare this
a paramount Issue, but their declara
tion does not create a situation They
could have declared the price of cab*
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•MsMtMleu la TM fMMt MM *I4 WSFIWWEW
tions—leave Towanda 810 a.m. and 225
a.m.; arrive Sat'field, 9.02 a. 111. 2.25 p. m.
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Stage leaves Ilughesvill nost oftice for
Lairdsville, Mengwe and Philipsdaledaily
Wilson, Heaver Lake and ;Fribley on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 11.30
Stage leaves Glen Mawr tor Hillsgrove
and Forksville at 11 02 a. m.
Stage leaves Muncy Valley for Unity
ville, North Mountain ami Lungerville
daild at 11 19 a. in.
Passengers taking trains at tlag stations
can secure train excursion tickets from
the conductors.
Philadelphia it Reading, Lehigh Valley
and New York Central mileage will he
accepted only tor through passengers trav
eling from Halls to SatterlicM <<r Satter
fleld to Halls.
The general otHces of the cuinpaii} are
located at Ilugheeville, I'll.
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