Montour American

REFORMERS REFUSE
TO SUPPORT BERRY
Leading Men in William Penn Party
For Republican State Ticket.
[Special Correspondence.]
Philadelphia, Aug. 30.
The most significant and important
development of the state campaign
thus far is found in the refusal of
prominent and potential men in the
William Penn Party in this city to
support the Berry-Casey Democratic
combination on the Keystone Party
ticket.
The fact that thousands of voters
who have been allied with reform
movements intend to support the full
Republican state ticket, including the
nominees for congress, has necessitated
the withdrawal of the William Penn
Party from the field, and the men who
are behind the Berry candidacy are
now seeking to marshal their Falstaffian
outfit under the banner of the
hybrid Keystone Party.
At a meeting of the city committee
of the William Penn Party a few
nights ago, when that organization
went out of business for this campaign, members of the committee very
frankly admitted that a large percentage
of the citizens who have been voting
the Penn ticket are Republicans
in national and state affairs, while
voting independently in municipal contests. It was acknowledged that they
intend to support John K. Tener and
all of his colleagues on the Republican
state ticket, and leading reformers
of the type of Theodore Justice
John C. Winston and others who have
been among the heaviest contributors
to local independent movements are
out in public declarations of their purpose to stand by the Republican state
nominees
Cannot Stand a Bryanite.
Not only will Mr. Tener and his associates receive the support of this
element, but they will also have the
votes of thousands of Philadelphia independents who might under certain
conditions back an independent
Republican for governor, but who under no circumstances would support a
radical Bryanite Democrat like Berry.
The loss of these two elements of
the reform forces has completely demoralized the soldiers of fortune who
are behind the Berry movement, following the attacks of Democratic national
politicians upon whom they confidently
counted to stand by Berry.
The aggressive campaign waged for
Senator Grim, the Democratic nominee for governor, has resulted in lining up of the Democratic workers
in the regular Democratic organization.
Democratic leaders who were
expected to be for Berry have come
out for Grim, in order to retain the
standing with the Democracy. Where
they have failed to do so they have
been asked to resign or been expelled
from Democratic committees.
Eugene C. Bonniwell, Berry's campaign manager, threatened with expulsion, has resigned from the chairmanship of the Delaware county Democratic committee.
While the Berry Democrats and the
Grim Democrats are fighting among
themselves reports from all over the
state indicate harmony among the Republicans. Chairman Henry F. Walter
and Secretary W. Harry Baker, of the
Republican state committee, have their
preliminary work up to date and have
their plans matured for an aggressive
campaign.
Gubernatorial Candidate Tener and
his colleagues, Messrs. Reynolds,
Wright and Houck, will address a
meeting at Charleroi on Saturday
Sept. 3, when Mr. Tener's neighbors
propose to make a great demonstration in his honor
They will be in Pittsburg on Labor
Day, Sept. 5; in Philadelphia, Sept. 11
at the State League of Republican
clubs, Pottsville, Sept. 15, and in Lehigh county on Sept. 17