OHEAT] FALSIFES HIS RECORD ON MACHINE BAL OF 1905 SESSION He Voted for the Susquehanna Canal Bill Notwithstanding His Denial of the Fact. A Bad Record Made Worse by Add. ing Falsehood to Recreancy.— Democratic Campaign in Full Sway and Lively Times Expected in the Near Future. (Special Correspondence.) Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 18. Some days ago the Philadelphia Record copied from a leaflet issued by the Democratic State Committee a paragraph in reference to the bills introduced into the l.egislature of the State ‘creating new water companies with vast powers and in- creasing the already dangerous pow- ers of some of the old companies.” The statement added that Mr. Sheatz, the machine Republican candidate for State Treasurer, had supported these bills and that ‘the most atro- clous of all these iniquities was known as the Kingston bill. It was among those which were stricken from the calendar of the Senate on the last day of the session for the n that Pennypacker, weak as e wus, threatened to veto them {if The Philadelphia Record of Tues. @ay, October Sth, contains this com- munication or denial: Under ordinary circumstan- ces | would not reply to cam- paign literature, as the general public, from long experience, has little time for, and much less in- clination to believe the extrava- gant writings, and in many cases absolutely false statements, of men employed for their ability in that line; but as you lay such stress on the so-called Water Snake bills, I feel that I must make reply to you, although knowing that the people have not forgotten. You say in your news col- umns and editorially that I vot- el for the infamous Sus- quehanna Canal bill. will you please look In “The Record” or any of the Phila- delphia npewspapers published under date of March 18, 1903, and note the vote—170 to 1— the “no” coming from Repre- sentative Sheatz, of West Phila- delphia. At that time all the leading newspapers throughout Pennsyl- vania commented most favor- ably on my stand. I not only voted against, but worked a- gawnst the bills. There is a proverb that a “guilty conscience needs no accuser’ and it is completely exemplified in Mr. Bheatz’s action. He had not been accused of voting for the Susque- hanna Canal bill but specifically de- clares that he didn’t. The denial! of his vote for the Kingston bill is only inferential. That is, he says that he “not only voted against, but worked against the bills,”"—note the plural. As a matter of fact he voted for both the Kingston water snake and the Susquehanna canal bill. The Canal Bill wasn't classed among the “water snakes at any time. It was simply a repeal of the charter of the Susquehanna Canal, which had been abandoned years ago, and of that class of legislation which the late Mr. Josephs used to characterize as “a little thing for Poor Ped.’ There wasn't even the suspicion of bribery in connection with its con- sideration, though a bitter opposi- tion to the measure was developed in some way and for some purpose. The Record Contradicts Sheatz- Mr. Sheatz having magnified a ‘mole hill into a mountain, however, his denial becomes important and the funny Incidents relating to it interesting. For example the atro- cious North American butted into the affairs the day after the publi- cation of Sheatz's denial with this absurd editorial: It should be stated further that Mr. Sheatz took special pains to vote right on the Sus- quehanna “snake.” While in Philadelphia the day before the bill came up he inquired of The North American when it was to be called. Upon learning that the vote would be taken the fol- lowing day, he canceled an im- portant business engagement, and went to Harrisburg specially to do his duty and vote against the measure. Now for the facts. The measure, House bill No. 279, was reported from the Committee on Municipal Corporations by Mr. Call of Phila- delphia, March 4.—Legislative Rec- ord, 1903, page 1232. It passed first reading on March 5.—Legisla- tive Record, 1903, page 1304. It was read the second time ‘and agreed to,” on March 10.—Legislative Ree- ord, 1803, page 1370. It was taken up in its order for third reading on March 11 and defeated for final passage on the same day.—Legisla- tive Record, 1903, page 1520, the nayes being 79 and the ayes 40. Mr. Sheatz voted against the bill but not alone, as he states. There were 39 others on that occasion. On March 17th Mr. Shern of Philadelphia moved to “reconsider the vote by which House bill No. 279, file folio 939, was defeated on final passage.” The motion was seconded by Mr. Samuel Ripp of Philadelphia and prevalled.—Legtls- fative Record, 1903, page 1680. Ob- viously the machine needed that bill for every available vote had been ! summoned and it passed finally, the | Sheatz's Weak Plea, From the Pittsburg Post. vote being aye 170 and nay 1. Mr. Sheatz was not the solitary im- dividual who cast the negative vote. That distinction belongs to Mr. John | Francies of the Second district, Alle- | eny county. On the contrary Mr. eatz voted aye.—Legislative Rec- | ord, 190, page 1691, or Journal of the House of Representatives, 1903, page 1081. He may have intended to vote no when he left the pre- posterous editor of the North Am- erican who thinks he owns Sheatz and aspires to the control of the Republican machine. But when he reached Harrisburg and came under the hypnotic power of Iz, he yield- ed promptly and surrendered un- conditionally. His denial, therefore, marks him as a falsifier as well as a recreant. \ The Kingston Iniquity. In view of these facts it is a mat- ter of little consequence how Mr. Sheatz voted on any question or how be says he voted. The Legislative Record is badly Indexed, probably, no doubt, and it is difficult to follow the work of a Representative for the purpose of review. The truth is however, that Sheatz voted for the vicious Kingston water snake. It was the worst of the lot and the measure upon which the gangsters depended. In protesting against jt Mr. Creasy declared that it would give a corporation authority to “carry the whole body of a river around a city to change its course.” But protests were unavailing. The machine wanted the authority to put the people under tribute and the bill passed finally, ayes 105, nays 64.— Legislative Record, 1903, page 2435. On what it known as the Filtra- tion bill Mr. Sheatz voted no the second time it was considered on final passage. the bills upon which machine man- agers depended. It came up on final passage for the first time om March 11 when Mr. Sheatz dodged.— Legislative Record, 1903, page 1524, On March 12 the vote was recon- sidered, on motion of Mr. Plummer of Blair county, on March 17 it was again ‘“‘called up" for final passage by Mr. Colville of Philadelphia, and agreed to, Mr. Sheatz voting in the negative. On all the other water bills he either dodged the vote or | voted in the affirmative. lis state- ment that he not only voted against but worked against the water bills is, therefore, a falsification of the facta. The Grafters Have No Fear of Conviction. “A wink is as good as a nod to f blind mule,” and it requires little perspicacity to see that the lawyers of the capitol grafters are not in the least worried about the promised criminal proceedings. If each of the accused was convicted on each of the counts upon which he is in- dicted, they would all go to the pen- ftentiary for life. That being the case it is not likely that the cele- brated criminal lawyers who repre- sent them would have voluntarily relinquished any advantages of de- lay or other technicalities unless they guarantees that their clients are in no danger of conviction. The other day they were arraign- ed in court by proxy and all entered bail for appearance for trial on the 27th of January. The Attorney General wanted a speedy trial, the newspapers assure us, and the de- | fendants tried for delay. They ask- ed that February 2 be filed as the ! day for the opening of proceedings. | Finally the 27th of January was agreed upon and the prosecuting lawyers imagined that they had ach- feved a great victory. The defend- ants might have demanded prelim- inary hearings which would have involved delay and they might have done this or that to postpone the evil day, those hopefuls said. But they simply didn't do a thing but yield. Four or five days will not likely make much difference. If there is to be no actual trial or in the event that the trial is to be made a farce like the trial of Salter who surrendered in much the same manner, it doesn't matter much whether it comes early or late. At best it is a difficult matter to prove a conspiracy when most of the con- spirators are corporations as happens to be the case in the matter in point. But when the prosecution is more anxious to prove the accused innocent than guilty there is hardly a possibility of conviction. Every- body knows that from Governor Stuart down to the tipstaff of the court the authorities are anxious to vindicate the party rather than jus- tice in the graft prosecutions. The Campaign in Full Sway. The Democratic campaign is now well under way and during the next three weeks there will be lively times throughout the State. Mr. Harman has ceased to expect a fav- orable reply to his challenge to dis- cuss the issues of the campaign with Mr. Sheatz in joint meetings. The Republican managers don't want the issues of the campaign agitated much. There is danger in bringing the facts into view and a joint dis- cussion would have had that re- sult. But Mr. Harman and other Democratic speakers will address the people wherever it is possible to reach them and tell the facts as they exist. The trial of the capitol grafters before the election would have set- tled the question of the election, just as a thorough exposure of the crimes would have defeated the Re- publican party last fall. Then every Republican speaker denied that there had been any grafting and now the press and orators of that faith insist that Republican officials will punish the grafters. Then the false statements were believed but I don’t believe that the people .are so credulous now. They know now that Mr. Berry told the truth them and they understand that he is equally accurate now when he de- clares that the election of John G Harman Is essential to tha Noh tion of the reforms which he has begun. G. D H But | This was another of | had obtained some sort of In his speech to the Grangers at | Williams’ Grove on Wednesday, John O. Sheatz, the Republican candidate for State treasurer, said much about | the achievements of patriotic Penn- sylvanians and of the high principles they had bequeathed to the present generation of citizens. His utter- | ances serve to recall very similar . ones frequently indulged in by one Samuel W. ker, who seem- ' ed to think that the good deeds per- formed by Revolutionary and other old-time patriots must suffice to pre- vent their descendants from being guilty of all- wrongdoing. Mr. Pennypacker five years ago was presented to the people of the State as a most estimable and patri- otic citizen, in whose keeping as governor the Interests of the State | would be entirely safe. He was the candidate of the same machine that has placed Mr. Sheatz in nomina- tion for State treasurer, and every surviving member of the machine as it was constituted in 1902 is work- ing hard for him and declaring that the interests of the people of the State will be safe if he is given the custody of their funds. Mr. Sheatz is no more respectable or honest or patriotic or independ- ent than Mr. Pennypacker was repre- sented to be five years ago. And yet as governor the latter permit- ted the State to be robbed of millions | of dollars by the capitol grafters. | Every one of the latter is now sup- | porting Mr. Sheatz and hoping for | his election. Mr. Sheatz protested that the Re- publican party ought not to be held ! responsible for the capitol steal. The men who perpetrated that steal. ble, however, owed their opportunity to do evil to the machine which has for years dominated the affairs of | the Republican party. That party is responsible for keeping that machine | in power, and it therefore must bear ! the blame for the misdeeds of the | creatures of the machine. Mr. Sheatz himself was selected as a candidate by that machine. His suc- | cess will be the success of the ma- ! chine and of its creatures, the capi- tol grafters. | What the People Would do To Grafters. From the Eastern Argus. or connived at and made it pogsi- | If the people of the state had a | voice in the matter the court trials would be attached before the date | of the fall election. This is the contingency the Republican machine of the state is fighting hard to pre- vent. Its reasons in reality ought to react as an incentive to the offi- cers in whose hands the matter rests to speed the action in order | that the voters of the state may be made acquainted with all the feat- ures of the capitol steal that they might apply the information when they go to the polis in November to make their selection of a state treas- urer to succeed W. H. Berry — the man who started the ball rolling. Sheatz a Gang Man. From the Johnstown Democrat. Sheatz, for "state treasurer, is a Gang man. If he were not he would not be the Gang nominee. Sheatz's record clearly shows that he will ' for the equipment of the new gymna- | the Mitchells were burned to death. A WoEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Wednesday, October 9. Two men were drowned by the sink. ing of a coal barge at Fall River, Mass. The Association of Spanish War Nurses held their annual session at Old Point Comfort, Va. The annual convention of the United Brethren churches and Sunday schools of Pennsylvania was held in Johns- town. Miss Julia Elizabeth Swindei, the daughter of the late George Swindell, of Baltimore, Md., was married in London. Springfield, Mass., boarding house mistresses have formed a boarding house union and raised the price of board from $5 to $6 a week. Thursday, October 10. Millersburg Female College, at Mil- lersburg, Ky. was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $25,000. J. E. Riddick, associate justice of the Arkansas supreme court, died at Little Rock, of typhoid fever. The Atchison, Topeka& Santa Fe Railroad company has contracted for $1,500,000 worth of Ohio wood rail- road ties, to be deliered from Hawaii during the next five years. The Pennsylvania board of grounds and buildings awarded a contract to the York Bridge company, for the construction of a bridge across the Susquehanna river at Jersey Shore. Friday, October 11. Mrs. James Burns and Miss Stella Ryan, wealthy and prominent resi- dents of Redwood, N. Y., were drown- ed in Butterfield lake while fishing. Three men were killed and two fa- tally injured by the falling of a der rick where a new bridge is being erected over the Cuyahoga river at Cleveland, O. The home of Harry Mitchell, near New Holland, O., was destroyed by fire, and the aged mother of Mrs. Mitchell and three young children of Mrs. Mary C. Breckinridge, widow of General John C. Breckinridge, vice president of the United States under President Buchanan, and Confederate secretary of war, died at her home in New York. Saturday, October 12. Omaha, Neb, was chosen as the next meeting place of the National Association of Rural Free Delivery Carriers. The plant of the International Har- vester company at Minneapolis, Minn., was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $100,000, Charles Bleeger, an artist, died in New York of wounds he sustained when he was attacked by thugs and beaten with a blackjack. | The Farmers’ Union of Georgia, with a membership of 80,000, has gone on record in opposition to the attempts to flood the south with foreign immi. | grants. Monday, October 14. Miss Helen Gould has given $25,000 i | sium of the new $225,000 Naval Y. M. | the Republican candidate ' go right | ‘along with the Machine. During the | | legislative season of 1903 as the Dem | ocratic leaders point out, Represen- ' | tative Sheatz “went along” with the | | Organization for what it wanted at notable offense in that session was kis vote for the Pennypacker-Salus- Grady ‘Press Muzzler,” + Gang men voted for that bastard. The Voters Know Now. From the Reading Telegram. It is manly in McNichol to put 'up the Penrose flag early in the game, so that voters may know what is coming. omre of Penrose now knows he must vote for Sheatz. Not Asking Too Much. From the Norristown Register. Surely the five hundred thousand Democrats in Pennsylvania are really not asking for very much when they seek to have only one representative in the state's government at Harris- burg. Give Harman a lift. The Democratic State Committee is doing splendid work at the head- quarters in Philadelphia and Demo- crats throughout the State ought to show their appreciation by giving It moral and material support. A mite from every voter who can afford to give it would create a pot- ent agency for good and the improve- ment in the administration of the State government would be a gener- ous recompense for the might. The false impression is being wide- ly diffused that John O Sheatz voted for William H. Berry for State Tre:s urer two years ago. As a matter of fact he did nothing of the kind. He voted and worked for Plummer at that election as he voted and work- ed with Plummer on nearly every machine measure considered during the legislative session of 19065. There will be no prosecution of the capitol looters until after the election and if Sheatz is elected the trials will be postponed antil the end of time. The Republican mach- ine can't stand the exposure which will follow a court trial Vote for John G. Harman for State Treasurer in the interest ad- ministrative honesty. It is not a po- litical office and the election of either candidate will be without poll. tical significance. Harrisburg. Probably Sheatz's most | Every citizen who wants ' None but | C. A. building at Norfolk, Va. Mrs. Bertha Mund, who strangled | her three children at Buffalo, N. Y., three weeks ago, has been committed to the Buffalo State Hospital for the, | Insane. In a wreck on the Northern Central railway at Troy, Pa. Engineer Wil liam Mackey was covered in wreckage and 15 cars were destroyed, as the air brakes gave out. Charged with implication in the forgery of notes aggregating $3250, a young man, who claims to be First Lieutenant Alban Lefort, U. 8. A, is under arrest in New York. Tuesday, October 15. Frank A. Leach has assumed his du- | ties as superintendent of mints. | Arthur A. Murmod, son of a million- | aire, committed suicide in a hotel at St. Louis. While picking chestnuts on a tree near Philadelphia, George Jones, aged 16 years, fell from the top and broke both his legs. Patrick M. Duns, judge of the or-| phans’ court of Schuylkill county, Pa., | died suddenly at his home in Miners- | ville, of acute indigestion. | While gunning near Millerstown, Pa., Earl Patterson, 12 years old, acci- dentally shot and killed Edgar Wy- land, his young companion. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Latest Closing Prices im the Principal Markets. PHILADELPHIA — FLous quiet; ter extras, ev. win (Rg dy van 1 ’ » hi = je.0e $106 Shed fh " Bentay vans. vans, rod d 41.07% steady; No. 2 yellow, Bl wen ro Se or jargs barrel, ual ES fa a Fonts old roosters, Sige; iB 0s. ; me re 22c. POTATO Bi higher; $06 2 t, $1.12; steamer 2 Ph 0 HE $1. 05H GL08%. * OATS firmer White, "No. 5, No. 3, Jo gic Li Silke No.4 XY gai ext! 30 wiles pri prints, 31 ar ER Miia Jue Vials, Bone Live Stock Markets. PITTSHURG (Union Stock Yards CATTLE Sindy choice $5.80 16 10. SHER pluie. iil WIL T8, Lg culls ay, CO ION, $a 25; veal HEE hy H slow and iw 'm. meine heavies, loge 7.20; me- ‘@ ' »vy Yorkers. 3 to uen os, V13E he i 29, aa The New Season Came in nicely. The late styles are on exhibition and all are invited to look We offer the best in styles and makes and always save yon money. them over. Yeager & Davis BELLEFONTE, PA. LYON & CO. We are showing new Fall Goods all over the store, every department is bright with new goods. Everything that is new and stylish in Dress Goods. A full line of Plaids from 10c. up to the all Wool and Silk mixed at $1.00 per yard. All Wool novelties in the new checks and stripes all new colors from soc. to $1.50. The largest line of Black Dress Stuffs and best assortment of Black Dress Goods in the town. Everything new. Broadcloths, fancy weaves, stripes and figured effects from goc. to $1.75. Special line of Grays in voils, The Wool Batist and novelty checks. Lvon & Co. LADIES’ WINTER COATS. A large assortment of Ladies’ Coats in black and all the new colors in she new loose and half fissiog models and fall lengths, lined and ualined, from $7 to $25.00. MISSES COATS. Misses Coats, everything in the new plain cloths and plaids, all the pew colors and models from $3.90 to $18.00. CHILDREN'S COATS. Children’s Coats, new styles, and all the latest oolor” ings. Also white, all colors, in Bear Skins and Asira- kao and lowest prices. Caps to matoh. NOTIONS. Everythiog new in Trimmings, Notions, Laces and Embroideries, Hosiery, Gloves and Corsets. CLOTHING. We have just received a new line of Men's, Boy's and Children’s Clothing. Men’s Saits from $5 00 to $20.00. Roy's Suits trom $3.50 to $10.00. Children’s Suite from $1.50 to $5.00. Men’s Overcoats from $3 50 to $25.00. Boy's Overcoats from $2.50 to $7.50. Children’s Overcoats from $1.00 to $5.00. SHOES. A fall line of Men's Working Shoes. A fall line of Men's Dress Shoes. A tall line of Boy's Working Shoes. A full line of Boy's Dress Shoes. A fall live of Ladies’ and Children’s Shoes. UNDERWEAR. A complete line of Men’s, Women’s and Children's Fall and Winter weights in Wool and Cotton Underwear. Come in and see all our new goods before you buy and you will save money. Lyon & Co. Allegheny 85., Bellefonte, Pa.
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