12 AN ELASTICCONSCIENCE Remarkable Case of Gortvy, Demo cratic Nominee for Treasurer. TWELVE YEARS WORKING OUT After Enjoying the Benefits of State Money, Fund* Are Returned to the State Treasury When He Became An Acplrant for Higher Public Office (Special Correspondence.) Harrisburg, Oct. 29.—Conscience Is ii mighty power. It has caused the return of thou sands of dollars Into the public funds of every nation of the globe—lt has sent men to Jail on their own con fession for crimes which they had committed, and its terrors have been pictured In the reality and on the stag? as long as man has had a con science. But in all the cases of embezzle ment and murder, and the return of stolen funds, this article, Conscience, appears to have had a time limit. Its workings have not always been instantaneous, but have been reasona bly prompt. A year or two or three, or even five years has generally sufficed to bring the guilty man to the appreciation of the heniousness of his crime. When a Conscience skimbers beyond that period, it is liable to become indu rated, hardened, so to speak, and to lose that fine sensibility which ap peals to the ordinary mind. But there is a case now confronting the people of Pennsylvania which breaks the record—a case in which Conscience has slept for 12 years, and has finally awakened at an opportune time (WHEN ITS POSSESSOR IS SEEKING A PUBLIC OFFICE) and has become quite a lively factor. This is the case of Hon. E. A. Coray. NOT A POPULAR CANDIDATE. Mr. Coray has been an Insurgent- Wanamaker Republican for some years. He is now running for state treasurer on the Union party ticket and on the Democratic ticket, al though thousands of Democrats have announced their intention not to vote for him. CORAY AND STATE FUNDS. In the year 1889, Mr. E. A. Coray was a member of the house of repre sentatives of Pennsylvania. As such, he received AND RE CEIPTED FOR TO THE COMMON WEALTH, the sum of $260.35, as ex penses while he was upon the com mittee on appropriations, in visiting and examining the schools, reforma tories and prisons of the common wealth. This charge against Mr. Coray appears upon page 232 of the auditor general's report for 1889, In 1891, Mr. Coray was a member of the appropriation committee of the house of representatives, and as such received the sum of $291, according to the official statement which appears on page 291 of the auditor general's report of 1893. It was popularly supposed at the time that these committees of which Mr. Cpr&y was a member made their investigations, that the members ob tained free transportation from the different railroad companies, and that the sergeant-at-arms paid the actual living expenses during the various trips made by the committees. This idea may have been a mistaken one, but nevertheless it was and is firmly ingrafted upon the public mind. Mr. Coray has had a change of heart. In 12 years from the time he re ceived the first payment, and in ten years from the time he received the last payment his Conscience has awakened. The result of It is found on page 2-12 of the auditor general's report of the year 1900, by which it appears that he has refunded cash paid him for the expenses aforesaid, amounting to $551.35. The case is cited as one in which Conscience does not appear to have traveled by the limited express trains. It probably got switched off onto some side line during the 90's, and was awakened only when Its possessor made up his mind to seek a public office in 1901. It doeß not appear to have been a complete awakening, because the use of over Five Hundred Dollars of the state funds for about ten years cer tainly entitles the commonwealth to some Interest DID NOT RETURN INTEREST. A fully awakened and thoroughly aroused Conscience would have re membered this fact, and have also re turned an adequate sum for interest. It is a fair and natural assumption that any person who would be guilty of retiftning state funds which did not belong to him for over ten years, would have very little scruples in speculating with the money. Possibly Mr. Coray may not have indulged iri the purchase and sale of stocks or grain, or other speculative commodities, but en the other hand, armed with a margin of Five Hundred Dollars, wLo shall say what opportuni ties might not have opened during that length of time to a bold investor. How is it possible to draw the line upon the guilty Conscience, or to say what its possessor shall do with money which he holds? If there were any accruing products from such sources, Mr. Coray has for gotten to turn them over to the state. From a physcliological point of view those who Ir.ive studied the case are entiiely at a loss to account for the delay in the awakening of this par ticular Conscience. Why it slumbered for ten years, through all the vicissitudes of politioa •and dai!y life.and what particular sput instigated It to arouse at a particular moment, are mysteries which tho> probably never will solve. The case must be added to those upon, record as the most extraordinary one of the kind and the owner may prop erly be designated us having not only an elastic, but A TEN OR TWELVE YEARS' CONSCIENCE. I j! SEND TO THE WORLD a message that | PENNSYLVANIA STANDS J BY THE PARTY OF | McKINLEY and ROOSEVELT | and repudiates anarchy. | Vote the full Republican ticket on j Tuesday next, November 5. I I I J WORKMEN AROUSED; A Formidable Movement Against 1 Judge Yerkes. LABOR WILL ACT TOGETHER A Vigorous Canvass to Cut the Nomi nee of the Democratic and Union Parties on Account of Hit Attitude Toward Their Interests. (Special Correspondence.) Philadelphia, Oct. 29. —The action of the labor unions of Philadelphia, Pittsburg and elsewhere throughout Pennsylvania in urging all working men to vote against Judge Harman I Yerkes, nominee of the Democratic j and Union parties for justice of the j supreme court of Pennsylvania, has given the politicians of those parties j no little concern. It is now known that thousands of voters are now working to bring about the defeat j of Judge Yerkes, and that a sentiment against his candidacy has been mani- j tested which will result in many thou- j sands of Democrats voting the full j Republican ticket. The Inst time the Democratic lead- j ers made the mistake of putting up a ! candidate objectionable to the labor i element, when William M. Singerly fan for governor, they received a crushing rebuke in the defeat of their ticket by an unprecedented majority. | The candidacy of Judge Yerkes has | resulted in a similar condition of af- I fairs in the present political cam paign. The organized workingmen through out Pennsylvania are arrayed solidly against him. The street railway men, the mine workers, the cigar makers, the building trades unions and the hundred and more other labor inter ests have united to administer a de served rebuke to the Democratic and Union party leadership that put Judge Yerkes in nomination. A LABOR ORGAN S PROTEST. As an evidence of the feeling on this subject, the following editorial from the official organ of the workingmen of Philadelphia. The New Era, speaks for itself: A groat outcry is being made by the fusionists about preserving the integrity of the supreme court, and it. is possible that this hue and cry, raised by the agents of corporations and the interests op posed to labor organizations, may deceive workingmen and entice them to vote for a judge whose ut terances and record establish the fact that he is an implacable en emy of trade unions. The important thing for voters who sell their labor for wages to consid: r is, what is the attitude ot Harman Yerkes to the working class? If they find he has persist ently followed the idea prevalent In the dark ages tha' (hose who gain a livelihood by toil have no rights that an employer is bound to respect, no issues manufact ured by skilled political mahipula tors should cloud the peril wage earners would he in if Harman Yerkes should be elected to the supreme court. One of the greatest dangera that menaces workingmen Is the subserviency of our courts to the dictation of the trusts and cor porations. Judges are now pro hibiting workingmen from per suading their fellows to join a union, and punishing the refusal to obey this judge-made law by confiscating the property bought with money saved from their hard earned wages. The trusts and the corporations find it cheaper to own a judge than to pay the campaign ex penses of legislative candidates, and their tools on the bench are not subject to the same free criti cism as our law makers. Corporation judges have it In their power to nullify any law affecting the interests of their masters, and the judicial ermine protects t!;?m from the wrath of the people they defraud. The records of Bucks county show that Judge Harman Yerkes was generously lenient to the cor porations while he was heartless- ! ly severe to the unfortunate, and erring poor. His friends may say that this is due to his judicial j rnind, but workingmen have grounds to believe that i'. was something worse than a judicial mind ttiat impelled him to l e len ient <o the rich and severe 10 the j poor. The honest and industrious poor man knows how hard is the utr.!-' for existence, and bo is painfully aware of the fact that a week or two of idleness may force him to leave home to look for work. If an idle workingmau looking for work asks for food in Buoka county he will be arrested as a tramp, and if he has a trade union card oti him . Judge Yerkes will send him to jail as a vagrant. No Judge in the days of Edward 111 of England took greater delight in sentencing the unfortunate, Idle wofkingmeu to Jaii thiui Judge Barman Yerkes. The workingmen of Transylva nia cannot afford to wto for a man so much out of sympathy with the spirit of the times as Judge Har man Yerkes. The experience wcrkingmen of Philadelphia had with Judge Harman Yerkes convinced them that he was a judicial tyrant who embraced every opportunity to ■how his enmity to labor unions. His actions showed that his sym pathies are with the interests that are opposed to recognition of the rights of labor. The records of the men resp</n --eible for Harman Yerkes being on the tickets of the fusion par ties have convinced union men that he has not changed his con victions and is now more disposed to treat cases in which organised wage earners are concerned with fairness, than he was when he tried the street cat men. No workingman who has the in terest of his class at heart should vote for Harman Yerkes. A judge who makes a convict out of an unemployed man commits a crime against the unfortunate. A judge who favors corporations Is a foe to workingmen. A man who took advantage of his judicial position to stigmatize trade unions as the breeders of riot, and to brand their leaders as ruffians and desperadoes should not receive the vote of a single labor man. The interests which forced the nomination of Harman Yerkes are opposed to labor organiza tions. It is the duty of every working man who wishes to protect the in terests of his class to vote against Harman Yerkes. Remember that the assassina tion of President McKinley en- j couraged the insurgents in the | Philippines with the hope that | the American government might j | fall. Thov at once renewed at- | tacks upon our brave boys of j the Ninth Regiment, killing j many of them in ambush. j j Republican defeat will ! | further incite these insur- j | gents to increased activity. | I I j Every Pennsylvanian should j vote the full Republican ticket j j and help score a great victory j I for the party of Roosevelt at | | the election on Tuesday next, | I (November 5. I. i PAID. Never in History of the State Were Payments Made so Promptly. A MOST MAGNIFICENT SHOWING Republican Leaders Point With Pride to the Early Settlements In the Various School Districts and the Record of State Treasurer Barnett. The remarkable condition of the ■tate treasury and the promptness with which the school funds are being paid under the administration of the pres ent Republican state treasurer, has hampered the Union party managers and the Democracy in their political campaigning. They have been unable to attack the conduct of the present state treasurer, Colonel James E. Barnett, and an In vestigation into the management of his office has shown that he is entitled to praise of the highest character. He has given close attention to every de tail of his administration and has ex tended a general invitation to all citi zens who wish to learn about the con dition of the state finances to visit his office and he will submit for inspection all or any of the books or papers that may be In his possession. CONDITION OF THE TREASURY. United States Senator Penrose, in commenting upon the matter of state finances last week said: week I had occasion to refer in a speech in Philadelphia to the re markable exhibit made by the state treasury of Pennsylvania. I showed that the state of Pennsylvania had never lost a dollar by reason of mal feasance or mismanagement in the whole history of the state; that the state was practically out of debt, owing the inconsiderable sum of ',50,000; that the state of Pennsylvania made a more generous provision for public education by far than any of the states, appro priating over 04 per cent, of all the revenues for educational purposes; and that the payments had been made to the school districts up to the present time more promptly and rapidly than ever before in the history of the state. "I desire again to call attention to this remarkable showing of the school appropriation, because in past years the state treasurer has been bitterly assailed by reason of del'iys sometimes occurring iti tha payment of the school appropriations to the various districts. "These delays have usually occurred by reason of a deilfiency in the state receipts, over which the state treasurer had no control and for wfcich he was I THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1901. aot responsible, but the fact remain* ! that the administration of the present j state treasurer has been so business- ' like and vigorous that he can proclaim to the people of Pennsylvania that out j of 2,500 common school districts in the ■ ptate but 52 are not paid in full. Of these 52 districts which have not been j paid in full five have received nothing as yet. Seven have been paid in part, and 40 are held because certain re ports and affidavits required by law liave not been filed. SCHOOL ACCOUNTS SETTLED. "At this time it will be observed there are but 12 in shape to receive payment in full. Doubtless since my ; last information from Harrisburg the state treasurer has settled with all the | school districts that are ready with their accounts, except two —Pittsburg and Philadelphia—which have been j paid in part. The whole school ac j count will this year be settled with the school districts more promptly and I at an earlier date than ever before in 1 the history of the state. '\vhile in past years the state treas ! urer has had frequent calls from school j j boards claiming that their collector was ; slow about collecting taxes and re- ; I questing an advance on their appro j priation, this year the state treasurer's ! | payments have been so prompt that I | he has been obliged to turn the tables '! ' completely and ask the school districts ; j to file their reports in order that a I | warrant may be issued for the amount j 1 due them. "The cashier of the state treasury \ has actually been obliged to send no ; tiees to various school districts which i have failed to file the necessary affi ; davit and certificate before a warrant | can be issued asking that the law be ' complied with, as he is anxious tc , 1 complete the payment of the appro * priation to the common schools of the commonwealth without delay. "The state treasury of Pennsylvania ' | under a Republican administration is; | certainly entitled to a full recognition ion the part of the public #>f thin | ! tplendid exhibit of payment of the school appropriation." ! j 11 It is the duty of EVERY REPUBLICAN togo to the polls and vote the | j full Republican ticket next ; ! Tuesday, November 5. i J J AN OLD GAME REVIVED Democratic Denunciation of Re publicans Renewed. THEY ARE AFTER THE SPOILS The Party of Prosperity Cannot Be Side-Tracked By the Work of Aspiring Politicians With Personal Interests to Serve. "An effort is being made by the yel low journals and the Democratic press, to belittle the work of the Republican administration in this state through j denunciation," said Secretary of Agri ! culture John Hamilton. "They hope, J by the use of noise and vituperation to j convince the people that the party is ; corrupt. The complete and irrefutable : answer to all of their malicious decla j rations is the fact that when the Re publicans are in power the state is j prosperous, and when they are dis i placed, even for but a year or two. I the injurious effect is at once felt by ; | every trade and occupation. I "Their party, whether national or state, and its allies, cannot point to a ' single progressive act which it has ad j vocated for the past 40 years. Its only ! work in all of these years has been ■' j to oppose. j ! "If it had had its way this nation j 1 would now be a disjointed collection ; | of states, the curse of slavery would j still exist, and be a competitor of paid | labor. The currency would be debased. ! | Exports of American manufacturers 1 would have ceased long ago. Labor | | would be unemployed. Industrial ex- I [ pansion would never have been pos sible. HONORABLE REPUBLICAN NAMES. "Lincoln, Grant, Garfield, Arthur, i j Harrison and McKinley would never i have been Presidents of the United States, and every Republican senator and member of congress would have been thrown out of office. "No Republican judge, whether local, district, superior or supreme could i j have held office. "No legislator, who was a Repub- 1 lican or governor, or other officer, who j held to Republican principles could ! have been elected. They have opposed ] j every one of these men in the last I 40 years, precisely as they now oppose Judge Potter and Mr. Harrib. • "They have predicted every calamity that can come to a people, as the re sult of the election of their opponents, and in every instance they have been shown to have been mistaken. They have called all of them, from Lincoln to McKinley. every vile name that could be invented, and now simply continue to use, in regard to the pres ent candidates, the same old methods of vilification. They never learn. "Even experience, which is generally a successful teacher to the dullest, has failed to instruct them. They have gone on the assumption that the people are, if not fools, at least easily fooled, and that assertion, vituperation and noise, persisted in, will take the place. 1 and do the work of arguments ana facts. New Departure- — -AT JASPER HARRIS' Popular Clothing House, EMPORIUM, PA. 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