STATE ISSUES
SQUARELY MET
Pennsylvania Republicans Open
Their Campaign Upon the
Aggressive.
Party I Prrpiirvil to Meet Ktfry
Cont ltiu'ti In the State r Nu
Maanl Caaai-aas aad la runfldrnt of
1 r- t i r 5 .
W't?i ttie njir-nlng of the rnmpalCT In
erVa-nsy tvanta Republicans arp proud
f tlie fact that they can meet their
atanorrntlr. opponents squarely upon
far? Issue, state and national, and
hy hare nothing tn be ashuamed of,
to Ignore or explain.
With the nomination of such ex
eln ir eundldates on the state ticket
a B. It. Hardenbergb for auditor nen
eni: and Qalusha A. Grow and Robert
H Poerderer for congressmen-at-largs
shu; will march to victory confident
lha-. the. men will uphold the party
standard tn the satisfaction of the
Tot- is of ti.i Btatc and to their personal
Cferltt nrd honor.
The campaign In Pennsylvania will
I made upon state a well as national
tames, nud that the voters may thor
oughly appreciate the attitude of the
Republican party, herewith Is given
the platform adopted at the Republican
slate convention which was held at
Harrlsburg and which placed the above
ticket in the Meld.
STATE ISSUES FAIRLY MET.
This Is the platform adopted by the
Republican slate convention held at
Harrlsburg April 25, 1!"U0:
The Republicans of Pennsylvania, by
rheir representatives in convention as
sembled, extend congratulations to
their fellow Republicans throughout
th' nation on account of the prosperous
mvtlttons everywhere existing and :lic
emtentment and happiness enjoyed by
hi American people under the ndmin
aatratlon of President McKlnley. All
rtie conditions have resulted from
!)( years of Republican rule in our
national affairs. We therefor, reaf
Brnj the doctrines enunciated In the
last Republican national platform and
afrain congratulate the people upon the
faithful fulfillment of all the pledges
then In contained.
j he business, economic and social
conditions prevailing in the country
at lb" (lose of the Cleveland adminis
tration were deplorable. Industry was
paralyzed; trade and commerce lan
gulshed; business was unsettled; mon
etary values were uncertain and the
yjatbllc treasury was depleted, All
th; - ii ditiona are now changed, All
oniu b i of industry are now active
and leas than one per cent of our popu
lation Is unemployed. Our export trade
is larger than ever known In our his
tory, business is active and remunerative-
t- values are permanently
jstct. , rind In the public treasury
lam;- surpluB replaces the deficit of the
last administration. These splendid
conditions are largely due to the wise
arid patriotic administration of the
president. We firmly support and fully
Indorse his administration, and again
record the wish of the Republicans of
Pennsylvania that he he renominated
no lead our hosts to victory at the No
vember election, and to this end we in
struct fbe delegates this day elected to
favor his candidacy In the national con
vention, For 'he national di fense, for the re
snaforrement of the nnvy, for the en
largement of our foreign markets, for
trie employment of American workmen
tn the mines, forests, farms, mills, fac
tories and shipyard-: we demand the
Immediate enactment of legislation
aJmilar t that favorably ri ported to
ee. b branch of congress, so that Amer
ican htrfft, American owned and Amer
icas manned ships may regain the car
rying nf our foreign commerce,
JVc congratulate the whole country
open Die fact that thi money question
no longer disturbs our business condi
tions On account of the wise policy
adopted by a n publican president and
a Ri publican congn ss the gold stand
ard Is now accepted as the monetary
mi1 nf value. This places our husi
atess transactions on a stable basis and
fci'i encourage capital to seek Invest-
hhnr to find employment.
SENATORS BY POPULAR VOTE.
The election of the United States
Ben a tors by the legislatures by the
different states, as provided in the
federal constitution, has been at
tended, of late years, with so many
'''urges of corruption, delays, dead
les and failures to elect that the
Beau b bas lost, In many Instances,
tl - 'a. nfldence of the people, and
- , icntly a state falls ot repre-
1 itlon therein, contrary to the
Ini t of th framers of the con
Ion and the will of the people,
dare, therefore, that tho
tl US con,e to change the svs
,.ich has not met the expec
i;Uiv;. of Its founders, and which Is
not f.ivorcfl by the great masses of
people. We declare In favor of
an amendment to the federal con
Btitutlon which shall provide for
the I lecttOll of United States sopa
tors by the people In the same
manner as other state officials are
, elected, and we hereby instruct
ini delegates-at-large to the He
puhllcaa national convention from
aosylvanla to offer and support
ibis resolution in the convention
vf 1900,
. GOVERNOR STONE INDORSED.
NVe fleartlly Indorse the wise, con
servative, businesslike and clean ad
ministration of Governor William a
sttime He has met the fullest expec
tations of the Republicans of the state
lev the administration of the high omce
r, . -which he has been elected. When
tum -tt-nn Inaugurated there existed an
actual deficit la the state treastiry of
eeore than three and one-half million
at dollars. In his Inaugural address
ha called the attention of the legisla
te, the condition of the treasury
niedned himself to a policy that
emuld pay off the Indebtedness and
thus rstore the credit of the common
wealth. His steadfast adherence to his avow
ed purpose has resulted in wiping out
the deficit und the accumulation of a
surplus of almost four million dollars
with which to pay the school appropri
ation, which can be liquidated In full
at maturity for the first time In sev
eral years. The state is now upon a
sound financial basis, for all of which
we cordially commend our chief ex
ecutive and the accounting officers of
the commonwealth. We also commend
the governor for his vigorous and im
partial enforcement of the pure food
laws. In requiring the prosecution of
all known offenders without regard to
persons, position or party.
FOR Ql'AY TO THE END.
We again record our firm convic
tion that the appointment of the
Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay as a
member of the United States senate
from Pennsylvania Governor Stone
was acting within his constitution
al authority, and the thanks of the
Republicans of Pennsylvania are
due to Hon. .John P. Elkln, attor
ney general, for his masterly and
logical argument before the com
mittee on privileges and elections
of the United States senate, clearly
demonstrating the existence of this
power in the chief executive of the
stste. We deplore the action of
the United States senate in denying;
us the right of full representation
to which we are entitled under the
federal constitution, We still con
tend that the governor had consti
tutional authority to make the ap
pointment, and In selecting the
Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay he was
acting In accordance wiih the clear
ly expressed will of a large major
ity of the Republicans of the state.
We express our confidence in Sen
ator Quay's leadership and we be
lieve in his political and personal
Integrity. A great wrong has been
done him, which the people will
right at the proper time, and there
fore we urge and insist that tho
Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay shall
be a candidate for re-election t the
United Stales senate, in which be
has so long Berved the people with
such distinguished ability and fidel
ity, and to 'his end we pledge him
our hearty and cordial support.
SENATOR PENR08E COMMENCED
We commend the Hon. Boles Pen
rose for his earnest insistence upon the
right of Pennsylvania to have full
representation In the United states
enate. We still adhere to the doctrine
that ' BCb I Itate is entitled to two repre
sentatives in the upper branc h of our
national congress, either by election
or appointment, and we therefore com
mend the efforts of Senator Penrose In
Insisting upon the senate sealing the
Hon. M. S. Quay on his credentials of
appointment received from the gov
ernor We also commend the senator
for the tireless diligence and ability
With which he looks after the many
and varied Interests of his constitu
ents, FOR BALLOT REFORM.
The Republican party of Pennsylva
nia has always stood for an honest bal
lot and a fair count. In the further
ance f this bia, an act was passod.i
Imi, as the Haker ballot law,
for the purpose of protecting the citi
zen in the exercise of the elective
franchise.
This act was passed by a Republi
can legislature at the Instance of the
Ballot Reform association and was In
tended to secure a secret and honest
ballot. Further safeguards were
thrown around the ballot law by the
supplemental act of 1S93. In addition,
however, to these laws we favor such
legislation as will enable the courts
to open the ballot boxes Upon the pe
tition of citizens, duly presented, in all
cases where complaint Is properly
made, alleging fraud in the holding of
an election or the counting of the vote
cast so that if fraudulent ballots are
placed In tho boxes or a false count
has been made it can be exposed by
the courts with expediton and all of
fenders against the purity of the bal
lot detected and brought to speedy Jus
tice. MAJORITY SHALL RULE.
We believe1 in the fundamental
principle of government that the
will of i lie majority, properly as
certained, shall always prevail,
We declare that this principle ap
lies as well to political panics as
to other governmental affairs. The
will of the majority must always
be ascertained under the rules,
customs and usages of a party or
ganisation. Therefore) the pri
mary elections, the county and
state conventions, the senatorial
und congressional conferences ana1 t
the party caucus have come to he (
an Integral part of the machinery
of party organization for the pur
pose of ascertaining the will of
the majority of those who have a
right to participate therein We
declare It to be the test of party
fealty to observe th )8S rules and
customs In ascertaining the will ctt
the majority by attending the
nartv convention, conference or
caucus, and when the will of the
majority has been so ascertained
It is the duty of every person who
claims to he a Republican to abide
by that decision.
PROMPT COLLECTION OF TAXES
We commend the businesslike ad
ministration of the accounting of
ficers of the commonwealth. Auditor
General Levi G. McCauley und State
Treasurer James S. Beacom have been
Vigorous In the performance of all
their public duties, especially in the
matter of the collection of delinquent
taxes against corporations and others.
We demand that this policy be con
tinued until all taxes are promptly
paid and all delinquents shall have
paid their arrearages In full The re
tiring state treasurer, Hon. James S.
Beacom, came Into office at a time
when the state treasury was depleted,
but has so managed the fiscal affairs
of the commonwealth as to have gen
erally merited and received the com
mendation of all fair minded people.
Warrants have been promptly paid
when presented and there is at present
no outstanding floating debt, and the
credit of the commonwealth is a mat
ter for public congratulation and pride.
This very creditable record Is the best
testimonial of the efficiency of the re
tiring state treasurrY, and meets with
the approval of the people who elect
ed hi so to office.
We declare against all unlawful and
Illegal combinations of capital to the
detriment of business and trade and
against the best Interests of the labor
ing people. We also favor the enact
ment of such Immigration laws as will
protect the American laborer from the
unfair competition of the cheap and
pauper labor of Europe.
GAGE POINTS
OUTDANGER
Secretary of the Treasury Tells
What Bryan's Election
Would Mean.
A WARNING TO BUSINESS MEN.
Ilani r Woald heritably Follow
latrodaettoa nf Brraatta Meth
ods in thp Plaaaelal Haaaceaseat,
One of the most effective documents
that could be used in the Republican
national canvass., says a special dis
patch from Washington. Is an inter
view with the secretary of the treasury,
who pointed out how Bryan, if he
should be elected president and should
adhere to the position he took in 1896,
could drive the government to a silver
basis, upset the public credit, destroy
public confidence, paralyze Industry
and plunge the country into financial
ruin. In answer to the question. "In
case of the election of Mr. Bryan, could
he order his secretary of the treasury
to pay Interest on coin bonds and tho
matured bonds themselves in "silver'.'"
Secretary Cage said:
"There Is no doubt Mr. Bryan could
onler his secretary of the treasury to
make payment In silver of all of the
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SECRETARY GAGE,
public debt payable In coin, and for
all current disbursements of the gov
ernment as well, which amount to
from $1,500,000 to $1,700,000 a day.
That he would give such an order, too,
Is certain. If he is In the same mind
that he was In lSSfi, for he was then
quoted as saying: 'If there is any one
who believes that the gold standard is
n good thing, or that It must be main
tained, 1 want him not to cast his vote
for
me. because I promise him it will
not be maintained In th" country long r
than I am able to get rid of It."
"Do you think il would be practica
ble to control a sufficient volume of sil
ver to make the payments you refer
to?"
"He would have great difficulty In
doing that at once. The treasury of the
government at the present time Is very
firmly established upon a gold stand
ard. Including the reserve of $150,
000,000 held against the legal tender
notes, the government owns and con
trols over $220,000,000 in gold coin and
bullion, while It owns and controls
only about .ono In silver, the
rest of the silver being out in circula
tion among the people, either In the
form of silver certificates or silver coin.
CHECK INFLOW OF GOLD.
"The announcement by the treasury
department of its purpose to pay silver
In settlement of all interest on the
public debt not specially payable In
gold, and to make Its daily disburse
ments to its creditors In silver, would
stop the Inflow of gold, or at least very
largely diminish payments in gold, and
correspondingly increase payments
into the treasury of silver and silver
certificates. It, therefore, might he an
ticipated that with a good deal of per
verse ingenuity, the time would come
at no distant day when all the revenues
of the government would be paid to It
In sliver dollars or silver certificates,
and all disbursements made by it would
be made in silver dollars or silver cer
tificates. There would thus he estab
lished a circuit of silver out of the
treasury Into the hands of the people,
from the people Into the banks, from
the hanks into the custom house and
Into the hands of the collectors of In
ternal revenue.
"The government, then, would be
practically on a silver busls, would it
not?"
"That would, no doubt, he accom
plished, and the government, properly
speaking, would he on a silver basis."
"How would this affect the credit of
the government?"
"Most disastrously. I have no doubt.
The movement inaugurated as pro
posed would give a sense of Insecurity,
the outstanding grenbacks that are by
the law redeemable In gold would be
presented at the treasury for redemp
tion, and the treasury notes of 1890
likewise. Of these two there are $4$0,
000,000 outstanding. Against these the
government holds, under the law,
$150,000,000 In gold. It does not re
quire much sagacity to see that If the
gold reserve were not entirely exhaust
ed It would be soon reduced below the
$100,000,000 mark, which the law has
established as a minimum, it being the
duty of the secretary of the treasury
when that point is reached to restore
the reserve to $150,000,000. Under the
adverse influence upon general busi
ness affairs business would soon be de
pressed, industry checked, and the
government's revenues would be very
much diminished. Instead of a sur
plus, we would rrobably witness a de-
ficieiry. in restoring the gold reserve,
to which 1 have just referred, the law
directs the secretary of the treasury, If
necessary, to sell bunds, payable In
gold, redeemable in one year, payable
In 20 years, at a rate of interest not to
exceed 3 per cent a year. With the
Impairment to the public credit and
with the loss of revenues, as Just Indi
cated, It Is very doubtful whether
bonds within the limitation of Interest
permitted In the law could be sold. If
they could not, the power to redeem
the demand obligations of the govern
ment either in gold or silver would
fall."
"How would this state of things in
the government finances affect general
business conditions throughout the
country?"
"The effect would be deplorable. No- ,
body would be able to measure accu
rately the Influence upon his own af
fairs of such government action. Every
One would be in a state of fear; and
When people are afraid they will, as
tome one has said, either run or hide.
Commercial dullness would succeed the
present commercial activity, and we
would again witness tiiat industrial
paralysis which characterized the years
1893 and 1896, when the question of I
what was to be the standard agitated
the o"W talnd."
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. :
Wedaeadayi u. -tb
The census of Boston is 560,892, :
against 41S.477 In lsjo.
An anarchist was arrested at Car- j
rara, Italy, charged with conspiring to
kill Victor Emanuel in.
The business portion of Uartwright,
Wis., a town of 2,ooo Inhabitants, was
entirely destroyed by tire yesterday.
The autumn maneuvers of the Ger
man army will be attended this year
for the first time by a representative
of the French army.
William .1. Bryan will stump Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, I
Minnesota, New York. New Jersey, i
Maryland and West Virginia.
The United States army transport
Lawton arrived at Seattle. Wash . from !
Nome with Tlv passengers, two-thirds
of whom are destitute miners return-
ed al the expense of the government.
Thursday, A.m. so.
The population of Wilmington, Del.,
is Td.r.os.
The population of Peterson, N. J.,
IS 10.-.. 171.
Brescl, the slayer of King Humbert, j
of Italy, was b( titi need to solitary Int- j
prisonmenl for life.
The American rod and n:.il mills at
Anderson, lnd., shut down yesterday,
throwing 9So men out of employment.
In the Corbett-McCoy !1 ;ht at New
York tonight McCoy was knocked nut
in the sixth round. Corbett gel.; '
000 and McCoy $10,000.
Russian authorities at Vladlvostock I
have' interdicted the sale of canned
toods lu that city, excepting those re
quired for military use.
Luther Thompson, a negro charged
with horse stealing and attempted
criminal assault, i. threatened with
lynching at Cedar Grove, Ala.
Pf!dai , Auk, til.
The 0, A. K. convention at Chicago
elected Major RflaSlfltir. of St. Louis,
commander-in-chiei by at-i'umatton.
England's high court of justice en
joins picketing during strikes to in
duce non-unionists to refrain from
working.
In a letter to Senator Sewell, of New
Jersey, Adjt. Qen. Corbln defends the
army canteen as conducive to morality
and temperance.
Complete returns of the prl::es won
by Germans at the Paris exposition
how 261 grands prix, f.ta gold medals
and 608 silver medals.
Andrew Coger, who on Monday night
shot and killed Horton Bryant, Jani
tor of an Amsterdam avenue, New
York, apartment house, was arrested
yesterday lu Jersey City.
A cyclone that visited Mafeklng on
Wednesday night did more damagi
than the seven months' bombardon nt.
One person was killed and two were
injured, and these were many narrow
escapes.
Saturday, Sept. 1,
The Nicaragua!) congress yesterday
approved the commercial reciprocity
treaty between Niiaragua and the
United States.
Panic In a street car at Akron. O..
caused by a burning fuse resulted in
the dentil of F. Bargetz, kill, d by
Jumping from the car.
Jesse W. Weik, ex-inspector of post
offices, is under arrest at Greencaatle,
lnd., for continuing to use his in
spector's railroad pass.
A Pensacola, Fla.. coal company
closed a contract yesterday for 100,000
tons of coal to be shipped through that
port to Flume, Austria.
Louis Goodman, a Russian pail:
peddler, died at his home in Pittsburg
yesterday from the effects of a cold,
aged 106 years, lie worked steadily
until he was 104.
Monday. !. :t-
The electric tramway system of San
tiago, Chile, was formally Inaugurated
yesterday.
An effort is being made to have the
headquarters of the Brotherhood of
the Locomotive Firemen removed from
Illinois to Rochester, N. Y.
In Chicago yesterday three deaths
and one prostration occurred as a re
sult of the heat. The deail are Michael
Keefe, John Feely and John Walsh.
Another death, supposed to be due
to the bubonic plague, occurred In
Glasgow yesterday. There are 93 cases
of the disease now under observation.
Robert A. Morris, of Ellicott City,
Md., bit into a peach in which a bee was
concealed. The bee stung him In the
throat, swelling ensued aud he choked
to death.
Tularin)'. Arpt. 4.
A case of the bubonic plague has
been officially reported at Buenos
Ayres, Argentine Republic.
Ex-Governor L. D. Lewelling, of
Kansas, died very suddenly and unex
pectedly of heart failure at Arkansas
City, Kan., last night
A London dispatch says that Mrs.
Maybrlck, sentenced to life imprison
ment for poisoning her husband, will
be released in two years.
Mrs. Mollenhauer, daughter-in-law
of the millionaire sugar refiner of New
York, was waylaid by thugs and rob
bed of $75 In cash and $1,800 worth of
dJjjLmonds.
Indlapvnaable.
Friend You haven't much use for
imagination in your profesaion, hare
you?
Doctor Haven't we? We would
rtarve to death if it were not for the
, .eoyle who imagine they are aiclu
N". Y. Journal.
w Way.
Caaual Customer Whree Blowbyf
Clerk Gone; spontaneous combus
tion! C. C. Spontaneous combustion?
Clerk Yea. lie got to gassing too
much and the boaa fired him. Syracase
Herald.
That Settled Mlaa niark.
Tees I hear Iva Black is not going
to marry Mr. Hart after all.
Jese No, it has Just occurred to her
how awful it would le for her to sign
herself "Iva Black Hart." Philadel
phia Tress.
stationary Youth.
Uleh Father -My daughter Is too
young to g-et married. She is only 18.
Impecunious Lovtr 1 know, sir; but
I have widted patiently for years, and
she doesn't ae-cui to pet any older,
Judge.
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