RY (LS ERE MOEN REPUBLICANS Criticises Action of a Few Who Have Declared for Sheatz on Insufficient Grounds. Shows That the Machine Republican Candidate Was Always Servile and Obedient.—He Was Against Roose velt at a Crucial Time and Against Good Government Legislation All the Time. (Special Correspondence.) Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 30. There is an element among the independent Republicans of Penod- sylvania which is already *‘weary of well doing.” This was to be expect- ed. In the history of time there has never been a movement involving a considerable number of men which did not develope some recreants. Even the church is frequently em- barrassed in its work by the bad be- haviour of some professors of Christ- fanity. Such incidents do not per- manently retard the work of the Church, however. The delinquents are set aside and the civilizing and Christianizing processes go on. Recently there has been no more promising movement in the interest of civic improvement than that which organized under the title of the Liuo- coln Party in this State. It was com- posed, in the main, of strong and earnest men influenced essentially hy the spirit of progress and directed by conscience and patriotism, Such a force could not fail to command popular respect and draw public fav- or. That was probably its greatest danger. It attracted the support of a lot of self-seeking politicians who hoped to ride into office on the crest of its wave of popularity. There are men of respectable ante- cedents and considerable means wno would crack a safe if they imagined there was a commission for some public office inside which they could seize. They have an inordinate and insatiable thirst for office. Some of that sort got into the Lincoln party and because their expectation of office was not realized, they are now hurrying back to the machine. A few of them recently held a meeting in Philadelphia and decided that they would support Sheatz. They fmagiue that such action will please Roosevelt and get them something. False Promises and Wrong Con- clusions. These fellows, or part of them have issued a letter addressed to the frdependent Republicans in which they say that the nomication of Sheatz was ‘a concession to decent Republicanism;" that ‘“‘the good of the State will be best promoted’ by his election; that such a result of the vote ‘will promote the overthrow of Penrose” and that it will be an “endorsement of the Roosevelt poli- cies.” It would be difficult to imag- ine anything more absurd. The el- ection of Sheatz is absolutely essen- tial to the success of Penrose's plans for next year. How could it be otherwise? Sheatz was nominated by a convention ab- solutely controlled by Penrose. The fact that it was presided over by Harry F. Walton of Philadelphia is ample proof of that fact. But it doesn’t depend or that evidence alone. The important thing to Pen- rose was control of the organization. Appreciation of this fact was shown last year in the demand for the re- tirement from the Chairmanship of the State Committee of Mr. Pen- rose’'s Private Secretary. The con- vention which nominated Sheatz an- animously re-elected Wesley R. An- drews. The action of these so-called In- dependent Republicans is recreancy of the worst type. But it wasn’t the greatest blunder they made. The sending of a copy of their absurd letter to Hon. William T. Creasy en- joys that distinction. It gave Creasy an opportunity to expose their stu- pidity and hypocrisy. They have be- trayed their associates in the move- ment of the last two years, they have misrepresented facts with re- spect to the movement and in rela- tion to Sheatz and they have written themselves down as political mercen- aries and adventurers. Mr. Creasy's Proper Reply. Here is Mr. Creasy’s reply to the | FDU WO letter signed by Mahlon N. Kline, Chairman, and Cyrus D. Foss, Jr. Secretary: Catawissa, Pa., Oct. 3. Mr. Mahlon N. Kline, Chairman, Phila. deiphia, Pa. the Dea i— acknow! re- r Sir:—l jag 10 She 18. ceipt of your let of October taining a why cause of good government would be conserved ol. the election of John O. Sheatz to the office late Treasurer, against John G. Harman, No doubt you have uested me to join you in an appeal to | t Repub- deans in furtherance of pro tion, use | was one of your cand State office last jout and for the reason of my identity in the past, in and out of the Legislature, with movements in the inter- est of those reforms which you profess to advocate, You say that at the last two general slections tho of Republicans op- posed the candidates of their part bee cause it was controlled by a grou cor- rupt politicians for their own selfish ends; that the result led to the election of Mr. Berry, the nomination ef Stuart, inspl the capital investigation, the arrest an indictment of the conspirators and final- , the nomination of John O. Sheatz for Te Treasury. | have not quoted liter. ally. Mr. Berry Alone Achieved Results, You will pardon me if 1 am unable to jftee either with your premises or cone clusions, The elec n of Mr. Berry alone brought Lido. the special session, un- he nad not been retarded by an unfriend- ly administration, the grafters would have been prosecuted long The nomina- tion of Mr. Stuart was certainly no re- form movement, for it was notoriousl dictated by Senator Penrose; while his election has resulted in the retention in omtice of all the gangsters of the old Quay regime. kven Stott, who as Secretary of e Board of Public Grounds and Bulld- covered up the grafting operations, is still a clerk in the office of the Auditor General, and in the enjoyment of the con- fidence of the machine leaders. Is it not a fact that the same corrupt politicians are still in control of tag partys and us- ing it as before, for th own selfish ends? You add that “the policies of President Roosevelt's administration have the ene thusiastic support of all independent Re- e to him ‘for the ublicans,” and plede utlure, as in the past, our pe port.” You will probably recall the fact t in 195 when President Roosevelt's most cherished policy was in its crucial stage, a resolution pledging him the moral support of Pennsylvania was introdu lutu the Legislature, and Mr. Sheatz vo against it. Only a few days ago he de- ciared In a speech at Pittsburg that he is in cordial sympathy with the movement to nominate Senator Knox for President, who not only doesn't reflect the Roose- velt policy but was conspicuous amo those in the Senate who were denoun by President Roosevelt as railroad law- yers. Mr. Harman, who was a member of the House at the time, voted for the resolution.—(See Legisiative Record, ses- Sion OF aN, page aM.) The System Rather Than Men, You say: “We regard Boise Penrose as the centre and mainspring of the group of corrupting, contracting and corporate influences which have so long dominated the politics of the State.” In my opinion Peuruse 18 not mgre the centre of this system than was ay those who preceded nim. The evil is not 80 much men as the system. The citadel of the power of the system is the State Treasury. We have been striving for yess to destroy the system and by the election of mr. Berry two years ago eim- porarily achieved that result. Your prop- osition to elect Mr. Sheatz will restore the system and eatrench it, because he ization than Quay ever was. Quay pever went up against a condition as difficult as the capitol scandals pre- sented to Penrose this year. Last year he had a rough road to travel and won with Stuart. If he sue- ceeds this year in rescuing the party from the peril in which it is involv- ed and restoring it to complete con- trol of the government of the State, he will be invincible, for the credit will go to him rather than to the independents, whatever part they take in the battle. G. D. H. Let Us Hope They Will. From the Reading Telegram. Maybe if these prosecutors don’t look out, Sanderson, et al.,, will .p and tell who really got it. According to the statement of Mahlon N. Kline, Lewis Emery, Jr., is of the opinion that the best inter- ests of the State were conserved by the election of Edwin 8S. Stuart to the office of Governor last year. Mr. Stuart has done all that was possible to retain Penrose's friends in the public service and to foster the in- terests of the “criminal conspiracy masquerading as the Republican party.” He has inaugurated no re- form and delayed the prosecution of | the capitol grafters as long as possi. ' ble, probably with the purpose of letting them escape by way of the statute of limitations, Quay’'s favor- ite method. Still Lewis Emery, Jr., was the candidate against him and ! the possibilities for harm In this country are vast. Taking one con- | sideration with another, therefore, | we will not undertake to dispute his | point with Mr. Emery, Representative Creasy has made | an interesting, though unattractive | spectacle of Mr. Mahlon N. Kline, of | Philadelphia, and those associatea | with him in an effort to delude in- | dependent Republicans into the sup- port of Penrose’s candidate for State i : that in a selfish desire to participate or ' in the primaries next Spring Mr. | Kline and his associates have at- | tempted to deceive the public oy | misrepresenting the facts. So long | as Wesley R. Andrews, one of the | bank wreckers of the Quay regimo Treasurer. Mr. Creasy shows not only that Mr. Sheatz has always been a2 servile tool of the machine, but owes his nomination to the machine and | remains at the head of the Republi-' must depend upon it for his election. On the other hand the election of Mr. Hare man will continue the licies of Mr, Derry and make perpetual the triumph of civic righteousness which cured. You say that the nomination of John O. Sheatz by the Republican State conven Lion was a concession torced by decent Republicanism, unavoidably and bitterly | distasteiul 10 the munagement tnat sought to retain power. Senator Penrose controlled the conven- fun which nominated Mr, Sheatz as abso- & caucus, niicance, he held the organization in hia own hands by the re-election of his pri- vate secretary to the office of Chairman of tae State Committee, of us as if we had given the votes that nominated him, It is a welisknown fact that My. Sheats is playing both sides. The Penrose people declare conndently that Mr. Sneatz is with them You say he is against them. But why is he silent? A man's position can best be defined by himself. Let Mr. Sheatz take the public into his confidence and frankly announce whether he is for or ugainst Penrose for Senator. Your letter, in short, conveys the idea that your main concern is to re-enter the machine organization. Recent experience has perfectly proved that minority re resentation in the State administration of the highest value. Plain business prin- ciples require checks of this sort, and the election of John G. Harman will accom. lish that result. It will destroy the sys em absolutely and save the people of the State millions of dollars. Sheantz's Record Revealed. You say that in 185, prior to the reform movement of that year, Sheatz stood alone in the State Legislature In urging the passage of ballot reform and perso registration acts. The only ballot reform bill introduced during the session of 1905 was “read in place” by Representative Flynn, and it was supported by all the Democrats and by a few Republicans. Bheatz introduced a personal registration a With the apologetic ‘by request’ at- tached, 1 have served in the Legislature during all the time of Mr. Sheatz's Inembeishly of the House and am familiar with h record. He voted for a few meritorious measures and against vicious legislation occasionally. But he was not a militant reformer by a long way. On the con- tra voted with the machine so usuaily that the exceptions only proved Sheatz voted against the Philadelphia “ripper,” but served the machine by vot- ing against an amendment which would have estroyes orion that the oncu 0 ine State will be subserved b he election of Mr. Sheatz, or that su a result of the election will promote the overthrow of Pen contrary, rose. y it will entrench Mr. Penrose Ah Sar, his tion as boss. will guarantee the results which you pre- tend to aim for Very truly yours, W. T. Creasy. Independents Resent Recreancy. Mr. Creasy's letter has stirred the real independent Republicans of the State to the highest measure of en- thusiasm in the support of Mr. Har- man. The authors of the letter ‘o which it was a reply, have deliber- ately falsified the record in order to deceive the voters, Their purposs was, of course, to qualify themselves to participate in the Republican primary elections next Spring. Pen- rose, and as Mr. Creasy alleges, Sheatz are opposed to Roosevelt's candidate and these mercenaries hope that through the popularity of Roosevelt they will get back into the organization and control it. But they are pursuing a very stupid course. If Sheatz is elected Penrose will be more firmly estab- lished in control of the party organ- i | can organization nobody but a knave | would say that it has reformed and his election se- | only fools would believe the false- | hood. Chairman Andrews admits that! rvility to the machine. | One of the most significant feat ures of the State campaign was the | meeting of veterans of the Civil war lutely as any party boss ever controiled He dictated the patform, se- lected the presiding officer, censored the ! speeches and what is of the greatest sig- | and the sons of veterans held at Shamokin, a few days ago. The veterans were deeply earnest Iu | their denunciation of the trick by ' . which they were deprived of the pit- You say that Mr. Sheatz is as truly one tance contemplated in the Cochran | bill and in view of the fact that | there is likely to be three times us much surplus money in the treasury | as the law would have required at the time the payments would have . been made they are justly indignant, They feel that Pennsylvania owes | something to the heroes of that great war and that there is little | chance of getting it while the gang | wants money for speculative pur poses, | Burd Cassell who was at the time | robbing the State of $1,500,000, gave ' Senator Penrose a campaign contri- bution of $15,000, but protests | there was nothing wrong in the | transaction. Maybe that is true, ac- | | cording to Chairman Andrews’ no-! | tions of political morals. But any- | body who 4s not a political degen- ' erate would probably take another | view of the subject. |. Governor Stuart is for Penrose | for Senator and Mr. Sheatz is for | Penrose. The election of Sheats, therefore, will give Penrose com- plete control of the administration of the State government for the reason that the Governor and the State Treasurer constitute a majority of all the important Boards and Commissions which administer the government. The voters of Philadelphia ought to understand by this time, that the reforma promises of machine politi- cians are not to be depended upon. While a candidate, Mayor Reyburn promised anything that the people could possibly want but since his el- ection he has ears only for the gang- sters, John O. Sheatz claimed that he voted against the Susquehanna canal bill while the records show that he voted for it. This discrepancy be- tween his statement and the re- cords marks him as a common falsi- fier and reformers are not moulded from that sort of metal. A man who has been proved a lar has a hard cheek to continue the pretense of integrity. Honest men don’t lie and heroes of political battles never try to deceive the peo- ple by misrepresenting their actions in public affairs, — mo | the Penn Memorial monument was | viewed and the exercises were trans- | of the first landing of William Penn at ' Charles R. Miller, of Wilmington, pres- PENN'S LANDING CELEBBRATED Rain Interfered With Exercises at Chester and New Castle. Chester, Pa., Oct. 29.—The landing of William Penn on the site of what fs now this city, 225 years ago, was celebrated here, The exercises were Lo have included a spectacular reproduc- tion of the landing of the great Qua. ker, but a heavy rain marred the cere- ponies, and, after escorting Governor Stuari. and others officials and guests to the exact spot where Penn landed, ferred to the Larkin public scheol, where Governor Stuart addressed the children. New Castle Unveils Tablet. Wilmington, Del, Oct. 29.—Though rain marred the celebration, a tablet commemorating the 225th anniversary that place, was unveiled at New Cas- tle. The tablet, which is of marble, is set in the east wall of the old court houes, a part of which was standing when Penn arrived. The exercises were conducted by tho Delaware So- ciety of the Coloniai Dames of Amer- ica. The tablet was vaveiled by Mrs. ident of the Delaware Society of Colo- nial Dames, and the principal address was made by President Joseph Swayne, of Swarthmore College. RAILROAD TIED UP Trainmen on the Huntingdon & Broad Top on Strike. Huntingdon, Pa., Oct. 28.—The trainmen on the Huntingdon & Broad Top railroad went on a strike, and practically tied up the entire road from Huntingdon to Mount Dallas and Broad Top. Only two engineers and one fireman out of a total of 150 train. men have not gone out. Superintend- ent Greenleaf managed to get out one passenger train by drawing on his of fice force, and it is expected that there will be a complete tie up when the men on the coal crews join the other strikers. The men are demanding more money and expect the support of the Pennsylvania railroad trainmen, who can aid them by refusing to handle shipments from the road. The strik ing men want wages equaling those paid to the men on the Pennsylvania railroad, with which they come in con- tact. The strike, it is said, was has tened by the action of Vice President Gage. who failed to meet the striking trainmen after promising to do so. WANT TO GIVE BABY AWAY Parents Don't Care to Bother With Their First Born. Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 29.—Judge Stubbs and the officers of theJuvenile court are wrestling with an unusual | problem in the case of a father and mother who want to give their baby | away because they don’t care to both er with {t any more. The father, an intelligent workingman, applied to the judge to take the child. “I have to work at night,” the father said, “and I can't sleep in the daytime when | | the baby cries. A public home can do more for it than we can.” A woman | officer of the court was sent to inves. | tigate. She found the husband and wife comfortably fixed. “Yes, we want | to dispose of the child,” the mother | said. “I have the neuralgia and can't care for it day and night, too.” The | baby is their first born. A BOLD ROBBERY Two Men Hold Up Bank Runner In! Philadelphia Sub-Treasury. Philadelphia, Oct. 26.—Two men | made a bold attempt to rob Patrick Coonan, a runner for the Franklin | National bank, of nearly $5000 in the lobby of the United States sub-treas- ury In the custom house on Chestnut street. One of the men was captured imme- diately and the other caught after he had been chased a hundred yards up Chestnut street. ‘The money was re- covered after it had been thrown into the street. : The men gave their names as C. D. Bates, of New York city, and Charles Watkins, also of New York. Both were given a hearing and committed Lynched Negro and Burned Body. Macon, Ga., Oct. 28.—John Wilkes, a negro, was lynched at Byron, Ga. The negro robbed two small boys of 76 cents. When Marshal Thomas Johnson made an effort to arrest him the negro attempted to shoot the offi- cer. Quick work prevented this, how- ever, and a general mix-up followed, with the result that the negro was ar rested and locked up. Unknown per sons forced an entrance, dragged the negro from his cell and after carrying him a short distance the body was riddled with bullets. It was then burn- ed upon a log fire prepared for the occcasion. Christmas Boxes For Soldiers. Washington, Oct. 29.—Following a custom inaugurated by the late Bec retary Alger, the war department will again this year transport free Christ mas boxes for officers and soldiers on the foreign stations. Boxes for the troops in the Philippines may be con- signed to the superintendent of the army transport service in San Fran- cisco, and those for Cuba may be sent to the depot quartermaster at New- port News, Va. Climbs on Morgue Slab and Dies. Vincennes, Ind, Oct. 26.—After swallowing carbolic acid, Ruth Ander- son, 15 years old, walked to the morgue, climbed up on a slab, and died 10 minutes later while the morgue at- tendant was in search of a doctor. The girl had been disappeinted in love. en - A ae PY PD OU OW SW WW UW a a PT TY TTT Te eee Dress Shoes ~—— FOR — Winter. We have just received a large shipment of the famous John H. Cross SHOES FOR LADIES, and they are perfect models of Fine Footwear. 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