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EDITORIAL nENTION.
The twentieth century will now
proceed to take up the unfinished
business "112 the nineteenth.
Still, we wish that Mr. Alger had
been content to leave his vindica
tion to the verdict of posterity.
Since Grover did not vote for
He Kin ley, could he have voted for
Andrew Jackson, or for himself.
Curious isn't it that some pessim
ists should be getting blue over the
prospect of the coming yellow peril.
The United States seems to have
been the paramount issue of the
nineteenth century, and it may be
even paramouuter in the twentieth.
A number of West Pointers have
Leaped into undeserved fame of late,
either from hazing or from being
hazed.
flie Empress Dowager is not a
coon, of course, but she decided to
come down all the same when the
allies drew their ultimatum on her.
Lentz and Pettigrew are both
determined to make themselves as
obnoxious as possible to the very
last. Fortunately it cannot be for
very long now.
Some one, no doubt a subsidized
agent of a tobacco company, has
announced that smoking will cure
hiccoughs. May his days be long
in the land.
The report that Pat Crowe had
been captured has proved to be a
a mistake. They should have
sprinkled him with salt, as other
birds are supposed to be captured.
Emperor William, Editor Kohl
saat, and the Pope are now engaged
in welcoming the rest of the world
into the new century where they
have been awaiting it for a year.
London is always bragging about
the stability of her financial insti
tution: a:ul comparing them with
American houses to the disadvan
tage of the latter. But the recent
crash over there will probably
cause them to keep quiet for a
time.
The' Boers are still capturing
British convoys and guards almost
at will, it appears. Meanwhile,
Lord Kitehiner is apparently un
able to do anything except "sur
round them and render their cap
ture inevitable for a day or two,
when the wily Boers slip through
the net and capture a few more
British. Fighting Boers seems to
be different from shooting down
naked savages.
The verdict of the country on
Mr. Alfred Harmswortli'stwentieth
century journalism is that it may
do for London, where the papers
are built on eighteenth century
models, but that it will not go in
the United States. No unpreju
diced observer will refuse to con
cede that the Harmsworth issue of
the New York World fell far be
hind the other papers of the same
date.
Bribers, Bolters and Anarchists.
|Philadelphia Inquirer.)
One Pingree, Governor of Michigan,
iu a most remarkable farewell message
to the Legislature of his State, tells us
of a revolution that is coming. Not
long ago we had a man in Colorado
named Waite—Governor of the State.
He too, was in for revolution. If he
didn't get free silver he was going to
swim his horse up to the bridle through
gore, and he was promptly nicknamed
"Bloody Bridles Waite" and was hoot
ed at
Now, we have gat an Insurgent organ
right here in Philadelphia that is yell
ing for murder. Just because a half
dozen Democratic members of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, having no
Democratic candidate of their own for
Speaker, refused to be led around by
the nose by a lot of Insurgents and pre
ferred to pick a Republican of their
own choice for Speaker, we are told
that hanging matches might be a good
thing in Harrisburg and that French
revolutions and all kinds of anarchistic
entertainments are duo at no distant
day.
Now as a matter of fact the great vic
tory that Senator Quay has won over
the most stupenduous display of cor
ruption that this State has ever seen—
or any other State for thas matter—is
very generally received by the people
with satisfaction and gratification.
For five years Pennsylvania politi
cally has been in a turmoil. Martin, a
man who has thrived on politics, began
his career of treachery and treason in
1895. Since then he has been repudi
ated aud thrashed and driven into his
own little Senatorial district.
But he has fought on with the aid of
Flinn, of Pittsburg, a contractor who
has made 'his money from the public.
These men, setting themselves up as
leaders, have done their utmost to dis
rupt the Republican party. They have
formed a machine of the most obnox
ious character, and agents of this ma
chine have undertaken to debauch the
State.
In the Penrose fight of four years
ago, in the Quay fight of two years ago,
hundreds of thousands of dollars were
spent and attempts at bribery were
very common things. In the present
contest, now about over, it has been
corruption alone that the stalwart Re
publicans have been forced to meet.
And yet because the fearful corrup
tion and the tens of thousands of dol
lars that Insurgent agents have been
offering in bribe money have been suc
cessfully vanquished, we are told by
the sordid chief organ of the boodlers
that revolution is in the air and that a
few hanging matches might be a good
thing.
Bribers, bolters and anarchists nat
urally go together. The Insurgent
movement in this State has been found
ed on falsehood, vituperation, personal
spite, villification, libel and—Boodle.
And now that hypocracy, the theft of
pledged members and bribery have
been met and overcome, we are to be
treated to anarchy.
Well, why not? The Insurgents be
lieve in the rule of the minority, and
that is practically anarchy. What they
cannot buy they propose to get by vio
lence. That is in the direct line of the
logic of their argument. What you
cannot secure by bribery, secure it by
theft, plunder, the overthrow of the
majority.
And so we are to have hanging bees
and the torch. That is the doctrine
now preached. And for what? Be
cause the Insurgents have been whipped
and Matthew Stanley Quay, who won
the election before the people in No
vember, has triumphed, because the
principle of majority rule has tri
umphed.
Our Insurgent friends who control
newspaper organs are printing what
they call a roll of dishonor. They in
clude in that roll the several Democrats
who refused to bow down before the
Insurgent leaders. So far as these
Democrats are concerned, they simply
made a choice between two Republican
candidates for Speaker, and they had a
perfect right to do so. But those who
voted for Koontz are hailed as patriots
and those who believed that their dis
tricts would be better ofi under stal
wart Republican rule than under the
sway of such political highwaymen as
Flinn and Martin are termed traitors.
But while these men were dishonored
the Republicans who were pledged be
fore the people at the late election to
support Quay and who have broken
their pledges are placed on a roll of
honor. It is out of the question to ac
count for some of these desertions ex
cept upon the ground of bribery—brib
ery at the hands' of Insurgent agents.
And yet these bribed persons are hon
ored! And because the bribery could
be carried no further, because it is now
impossible to beat Quay we are threat
ened with anarchy.
There will be a revolution, but not of
the kind that our anarchistic Insurgent
organ evidently desires. That revolu
tion will be a very peaceful one, and it
will be waged at the polls. The doc
trine of minority rule, the theory of the
domination of a great State by a baud
of political thugs of the Flinn-Martin
stamp will be settled in a way wholly
unsatisfactory to the thugs.
Senator Quay will be elected by Re
publican votes, and there will be exact
ly one ballot. Not a single Democrat
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY xo, 1901.
will aid in his election. He has, since
the caucus, pledged to his support a
clear majority of the legislature, a ma
jority composed entirelyof Republicans.
His one great mistake in the past has
been his inclination to put faith in lying
tongues. After this there should be no
more compromises. Let men who have
been traitors to the Republican party,
who have gone before the people as
stalwart Republican candidates for the
Legislature and have broken their sol
emn pledges to the people, be treated
for what they are—enemies of the par
ty. Let them be ignored and repudi
ated.
Let this be done, and the people at
the polls two years hence, when we are
called upon to elect another United
States Senator and another Governor,
will rally around regular Republicanism
and will stamp out the boodlers, the
bribe-takers, the political highwaymen
of Philadelphia and Pittsburg and all
will be well again.
The State has been held up to public
scorn by the slanders of the few. Penn
sylvania has been lied about and is be
ing lied about today. Let us put an
end to it. Let us eliminate for all time
the foes of this great State. Let decent
men organize to protect themselves and
their commonwealth.
Ouay's Great Victory.
THE STATE SAVED FROM DISGRACE.
Had the Democracy and the insurg
ents been successful it would have been
a disgrace to a State that two months
ago gave a Republican majority of al
most 300,000. —Franklin Repository.
IT IS DIFFERENT NOW.
Perhaps the insurgent journals will
not be so quick to announce the defeat
of Quay as they were before the elec
tion last November. They had him
beaten to a standstill, in their minds.—
Harrisburg Telegraph.
BOODLE CANNOT BEAT QUAY.
The fight has been a long one and the
amount of money the insurgents have
expended is enormous and they are
still willing to pay unlimited sums for
votes, but the great Pennsylvanian
cannot be defeated in that way.—Erie
Daily Times.
INSURGENT INCONSISTENCY.
The position of the insurgents is one
of hopeless inconsistency. While they
themselves are disavowing caucus ob
ligation, they insist upon strict adher
ence to caucus obligation by Democrats
Their example contradicts their argu
ments in a way which demonstrates the
false position in which they have placed
themselves. —Huntingdon Globe.
FAREWELL TO THE INSURGENTS.
The insurgent forces at Harrisburg
have practically given up the battle.
They will keep up a show of organiza
tion until Quay's election on the 16th,
but the leaders admit they are discour
aged and that continuance of the strug
gle will be futile. And it is probable
that this means not only the end of the
Senatorial fight, but as well of the in
surgent movement in the State alto
gether.—Johnstown Tribune.
MARTIN-FLINN JIO IS UP.
One of the most satisfactory results
of this fight is the utter collapse cf fu
sion and the defeat of the most desper
ate and unscrupulous gang of political
highwaymen that has ever disgraced
American politics. The Martin-Flinu
jig is up. True Republicans will get in
line and with united ranks stand firm
for Republican principles and party
regularity.—Towanda Reporter-Jour
nal.
BEATEN AND HUMILIATED.
TheFlinns and the Martins who have
been fomenting party strife for so long
a time have been rebuked and repudi
ated by the people at the polls, and now
the representatives of the people have
given them their final quietus. They
are at the end of their tether, beaten
and humiliated. The stalwart Repub
licans of Pennsylvania rejoice in the
triumph of Senator Quay, who has been
unjustly deprived of his seat for two
years. And during that time Penn
sylvania has lacked a voice and vote in
the national councils to which she is
entitled, all to gratify the selfish mo
tives of a few bogus reformers and party
wreckers. Of Mr. Quay's election there
is no doubt, for minority rule will not
govern this time.—Williamsport Ga
zette and Bulletin.
A BITTER FIGHT ON REPUBLICANISM.
The fight on Senator Quay lias been
one of the most bitter ever waged in
the Commonwealth It has continued
sleeplessly and was carried to an ex
treme. Beginning as a personal attack
within party lines, it later took on the
form of an attack on the Republican
organization itself, and continued in
that form during the last session of the
Legislature and ever since. It has
been met and repelled and Senator
Quay and the Republican party are to
be heartily congratulated on the out
come. The defeat of the insurgent
movement was a vital necessity to the
Republican party. It was a question,
not of rival factions, but of principle.
It was faction against principle, and it
was necessary to the perpetuation of
Republican principles that the faction
ists be fought to a finish and overcome.
Many who have been misled by insur
gent arguments and misrepresentations
will be better able from amid the ruin
of insurgent hopes to see the situation
as it really is and be led by their clear
er vision to return to the Republican
fold. The party will be the better for
the storm, having weathered it, but
such Btorms are dangerous things
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
END OF A PRECIOUS PAIR.
One of the first and most pleasing re
sults of Quay's victory will be the polit
ical extinction of the two municipal
ringsters who have been leading the
insurgent forces, William Flinn, of
Pittsburg, and Dave Martin, of Phila
delphia. Had the insurgent cause tri
umphed, the sequel wouid have been
woful to contemplate, for, bo the sins of
Quay machine be what they may, they
must sink into insignificence compared
with what might be expected of a ma
chine managed by men whoso lives
have been spent in the practice of mu
niciple ring politics. Martin's power
in Philadelphia is already a thing of
the past. Plinn's start on the down
grade is now beginning and, having
once begun under such circumstances,
it is certain to be rapid. Even his own
familiars, seeing that he is powerless
to carry out his vaunted plansand that
he will hereafter be a cipher in State
politics, will desert him as rats desert
a sinking ship. The final decision of
the Senatorial contest will be made two
weeks hence. Of the shape which it
will take there cannot now be the
slightest doubt. Mr. Quay has every
thing in his hands.—Pittsburg Leader.
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The only place in the county to buy
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Hep KnonViler of Chinese.
A young woman at a watering place
one summer made a reputation as a
profound linguist In a rather odd man
ner. She called one day at a Chinese
laundry where she had left a shirt
waist, but it could not be found, as
there was no entry in the book of hiero
glyphs corresponding to her pink slip.
After a half hour's search the China
man found the entry. A mistake had
been made, so the entry was crossed
out and a new set of hieroglyphs in
tiny characters placed below. She was
told that the waist would be laundered
immediately, and she could get it the
next day.
The next day the young woman call
ed for it, accompanied by three other
young women. At the seashore the ex
citement of a visit to the Chinese laun
dry is not to be despised. The China
man to whom the pink slip was pre
sented was not the laundryman of the
day berore, and he experienced the
same difficulty in finding the identify
ing character, finally saying, "Not in
book."
The girl answered calmly, "I can find
it,"and the Chinaman allowed her to
take the book. Turning the leaves un
til she came to one that had an entry
crossed out with another in tiny char
acters under it, she handed it to the
Chinaman. "There it is," and, to his
surprise, he found it.
"You only lady I know spik Chi
nese," he said. And the other girls
looked upon her with admiration.—
Kansas City World.
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(Continued from first Page.)
Mr. Schweikart, that the following
resolution be adopted:
"Be it resolved by the Corporate au
thorities of the Borough of Emporium,
and it is hereby resolved by the au
thority of the same that; That it is
the desire of the Borough of Empori
um to increase the indebtedness of the
said Borough in sum of $7,000, for pur
pose of purchasing necessary ground,
erecting an electric light plant with
the necessary appurtenances thereto,
for the purpose of lighting the streets
and public buildings of Emporium and
supplying electric light to private con
sumers, and that it is the purpose to
increase the bonded debt of the Bor
ough of Emporium in the said sum of
$7,000.00 for said purposes; and for the
purpose of increasing said debt, same
to be submitted to the vote of qualified
electors of the said borough of Empo
rium at the general borough election,
to be held on the third Tuesday of
February, 1901, as required by law,
for which purpose said election notices
shall be given as required by Act of
Assembly in such cases made and pro
vided, that for said purpose the follow
ing statement is hereby made:
Last assessed valuation $258,259.00
Amount of existing debt, (net) 2,609.50
Amount of per cent, of proposed
increase, 2.7
And the purpose for which said in
debtedness is to be increased is to pur
chase necessary grounds, erecting an
electric light plant with the necessary
appurtenances thereto, for the purpose
of lighting the streets and public build
ings of Emporium and supplying elec
tric lights to private consumers.
Moved by Mr. Shafer, seconded by
Mr. Murphy, that the foregoing mo
tion be laid on the table. The ayes
and nays were called and the follow
ing vote taken: Ayes—Messrs. How
ard, Shafer, Murphy.—3. Nay—
Messrs. Catlin, Schweikart, Murry,
Strayer.—l. Not voting—Mr. Lloyd.
The motion was declared lost.
The original motion was debated,
the ayes and nays called and following
vote taken: Aye—Messrs. Catlin,
Schweikart, Murry, Strayer.—4. Nay
—Messrs. Howard, Shafer, Murphy.—3.
Not voting—Mr. Lloyd. The motion
was declared carried.
Moved by Mr. Strayer, seconded by
Mr. Shafer,that we buy 35 street lamps,
etc., from Best Street Light Co , like
one now in use. Ayes and nays called
and following vote taken: Aye—
Messrs. Howard, Shafer, Murphy,
Strayer.—4. Nay Messrs. Catlin,
Schweikart, Murry,Lloyd.—4. Motion
declared lost.
Moved by Mr. Lloyd, seconded by
Mr. Murry, that the Secretary be au
thorized to advertise an election on
the question of increasing borough
debt in accordance with resolution as
required by law. Carried.
Moved by Mr. Shafer, seconded by
Mr. Murphy, that we adjourn. Motion
declared carried.
C. JAY GOODNOUGH, Secy.
BIG HEARTED SENATOR HASON.
He Was Counsel for a Han Who Got
$2,000 Damages for Being a
Cripple.
Captain James McGrath, who is
connected with the Chicago post
office, fell from a street car in
Washington, D. C., some years ago
and was severely injured. He was
confined to his bed for a long time
and came out a cripple. lie sued
the street car company for $25,000
and got a verdict for $5,000, Sen
ator Mason was his attorney.
The mat ter was settled recently
by the payment of 82,000 to Cap
tain McGrath. He took his check
and went to the Capitol, found
Mason and said: "Billy, here's
what I got for that accident. I
have endorsed the check over to
you. Take out your fee and hand
me the balance.''
Senator Mason looked at Mc-
Grath and said: "That leg of
yours will never get straight, will
it. Captain?"
"No," replied McGrath, "I am
a cripple for good, I guess."
"And $2,000 is a measly little
bit of money for such a thing,"
mused the Senator. Then he look
ed up suddenly and asked: "Got
a cigar?"
McGrath had one. The Senator
lighted it, and then began to talk
about Illinois affairs. "But, Sen
ator," interrupted McGrath, what's
your fee for all the work you have
done?''
"My fee?'' asked Mason. "Why
this cigar's my fee. Go along
home with your two thousand."
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