the People. J. Lee Plmmmer's rapid progress in to the affections of the Republican machine managers was in reward of his servility. His first in the legislature was in the session of 1903, in which he was chairman of the house committee on The sinister service required of him in that capa- service elections. city was the unseating of two Demo cratic representatives who were hon- estly elected and giving their places to Republicans, prevent the passage of ballot reform and personal registra. tion legislation and promote the ini- quitous measures of the machine. The members were unseated the day be! fore the close of the session, in order | that the claimants might get the sal ary of $1500 each and the perquisites | of the office. Base Use of Political Power. Political iniquity A was never in voked for a baser purpose. The testi mony was overwhelmingly in favor of the sitting members, and during they inquiry offers were made to abandon | the contest In consideration of sup- | port of certain legislation by the gen- | tlemen concerned. Even the most dar | ing of the machine leaders hesitated about perpetrating so palpable an out rage. But when the offers of compro- | mise were indignantly refused, Chair man Plummer commanded the admira- | tion of the banditti by boldly declaring | in favor of the contestants and award: | ing the seat of Francis X. Blumle, of | Cameron county, to H. H. Mullin. and | that to which Bernard J. Ferry, of the | Fourth district of Luzerne county, was | fairly elec ted, to James G. Harvey Plummer, who prepared the reports | perversion of man who though it by the quity great emphasis and hemitice by both publicans on the Clain, of Lancaster, Reg such a betrayal of honor “If I felt that the (Mr entitled “1 would vote But after ligent inquiry and examination dence submitted, I can find for thus dealing with him YN. Cooper, the and el representative of Delaware house of representatives, earnestly zgainst the adoption of the report, saying that he would cheer fully vote for it if any member of the elections committee who had signed it would give even a shadowy reason for it or produce a scintilla avi dence that Mr. Blumle was not entitled to his seat. Neither the report nor the speech of the chairman of com- mittee does this, he continued. Plum mer’'s record on this crowning outrage may be found on pages 3729 to 3740 of the Legislative Record the evidence, def was Was | ini with the led considerable ended assal only ve Democrats and Re Frank B. M floor leader of the justly indignant at and honesty sitting member from hon- Mr m floor wblicans, was Cameron Blumle) to was not estls McC his seat.” said lain, to unseat hi di and unprejudiced | of the ev no re veteran juent county in also spoke of the Further Proof of Turpitude. Though Mr. Plummer cases would have entitled him to the everlasting gratitude of the machine pirates they are not the sum and sub stance of his infamous achievements. He was In full accord with all the machine legislation and voted for the Susquehanna river grab, which involv. ed the repeal! of the canal company's charter. He supported the notorious Kingston Dam bill which was intended to bestow on machine favorites authority to seize the canal as well as all rivers and streams of the commonwealth. The iniquitous filtration bill, which was designed to enrich certain favor- ites of the state machine and would have put the people of all parts of the state under the mercy of the “gang.” received his active and earnest sup- port Those billa were subsequently strick- en from the calendar of the senate for the reason that Governor Pennypacker served notice on those concerned that he would positively veto every one of them. Even to oblige Quay and serve the conspirators who had gone to dan- gerous lengths to help him to the gub- ernatorial nomination the servile Pen- nypacker would not approve such mon- strous measures. But Plummer had no analms of conscience. He was cordially for them and his record to that effect will be found on pages 1520 and 1521, 1680, 2431 to 2435 of the Legislative Record, Plummer's record on other machine legislation during the session of 1903 was equally maladorous, moreover. He voted for and made a speech In sup- port of the Moore's judges’ salary bill, which incressed the salaries of all the judges in the state In violation of the constitution—Legisiative Record, page 897. . He voted for the bill authorizing the city commissioners instead of (he courts of Philadelphia to appoint eles. tion officers in that city Legislative Record, page 909, The purpose of that bill was to give the Penrose-Durham- McNichol! machine greater freedom and 8 efforts Inthose | manipulating election returns. He voted for the bill department of labor.— Legislative Rec- ord, pages 1894-1700, This bill was op- posed by the United Mine Workers for the reason that leaders in that organ!- lot of useless offices, As a matter of fact that was the exact purpose of the measure, A place was needed for Cap- | tain James M. chine boss in Lawrence county, partment, while the various other sine- in politics, Hostility to Honest Elections Revealed He voted for the bill appropriating to J. H. Shaw, one of the Philadelphia | councilmen who voted for the gas lease ride the mayor's veto, $1071 for badges junket to Philadelphia to attend the dedication of the Washington monnu- ment-—Legislative Record, page 2685 He also voted for the bill abolishing the circle on the official ballot-—Legis- | lative Record, pages 3, 437-38. was so manifestly dishonest that the late Malcolm LIL. McConnell, chairman of the House Republican steering com- mittee, voted against {it As a “dodger” Mr. Plummer proved himself quite artful, moreover, during | That is he “"dodg- several important measures | upon which public interest had center- ed. For example he is recorded as "ab- sent and not voting” on the pro- viding that election officers residents of stric within which Legislative Record, pages The was notoriously designed to protect election | Its effect would have been to legalize the phantom election offic of which so much is now heard in nection with the padded reg He also * the vote on the bill providing that where a certificate of nomination {is not sustained the | courts the petitioner shall to pay the costs page 2, 2028. The intent that bill was to prevent attacks on ma chine made tickets, With such a law in force nominations by certificate hazardous and might be very very bill must divisions be | the dis ts or they act 1029-30 bill ers Oon- |! gistry lists, | dodged” by Record, | of Legislative obvious would be expensive Plummer As An Artful Dodger. Mr. Plu vote on Mohr mach Berks county, to re for a public mmer likewis iodged the Frank W Republican of fer to the Hh 16 resol af anti- ne Omit ene hearing the atrocious h the “gang’ sentiment to aban for its passage had hiis bil was clandestine. | ly introduced into the house and was intended to give the Penrose-Durham McNichol machine pawer to dispose of the Philadelphia water works in the | same manner that gteal the gas works since. Plummer's rece ord on the resolution will be found in| the Lagislative Record, page 2359 The “culminating atrocity” of Mr Plummer's record during the session of 1902 was his vote for the Infamous but useless “Press Muzzier.” the Salus- Grady libel law. He had been admon- ished against the outrage of the con- stitution and attempt to stifle civil and religious liberty. But Quay was smart- | ing under the shame of his then recent trial for misusing the funds of the state and his associate gangsters prob. ably felt that the storm which has | since broken over them was then im- pending and hoped to avert it by muz- | zling the press. The expectation was | disappointment, however, and the per- fidious legislator rather than his in- | tended victims is suffering the consge- | quence of his folly. any der water works bill, whi was forced by pt orders been issued. T 3 don after they tried to Plummer’'s Crowning Outrage. It was during the session of 1903, moreover, that Plummer made clear his servility to the machine and treach- ery to the people by openly opposing personal registration. Mr. Ikeler, of Columbia county, had introduced a resolution to discharge from the com- mittee on elections, of which Plummer was chairman, the ballot bill prepared by the Democratic state committee and which Quay had promised to support. It provided for personal registration In the cities and in opposing the resolu- tion to discharge the committee and place It on the calendar Mr. Plummer sald: “1 does not seem to me to be right or just because there is a cry of fraud in Philadelphia that every city in the state should be put to the inconveni- ence and expense of a personal regis. tration law to enable a few reformers to experiment with the cure of fraud in that city.” Legislative Record, pages 192-22, As the claim of patriotism is “the last refuge of a scoundrel so the buga- boo of the cost is the first and last resort of a corruptionist who sees ra- form approaching.” Naturally Mr. Plummer iavoked this expedient to de. lay personal registration, but the fail | ure of it then has cost the people ten fold more In graft since than personal registration would have come to in 8 generatiop The Session of 1905. J. Les Plummer's abject subserviency to the machine in the contested tion cases disposed of during the sess sion of 1903 made him a prime favor. {te at the beginning of thas session of 1905. During the two previous sessions, Ward B. Bliss, of Delaware county, been chairman of the committe on appropriations, admittedly the most important position in the Legislature rom a machine standpoint, with the Ciel According to precedent, Mr, ing been re-elected, stood Mr. McClain, Bliss, hav- 10 succeed of Lancas- meas- ured by experience and ability for the first in the line of succession, Shortly before the session opened, how- ever, Mr, Bliss died, and Plummer was Jumped over McClain's head into coveted position, Few outside of those intimately as- sociated with legislation understand the vast power for good or evil vest- ed In the chairmanship of the house committee on appropriations, He is in fact in control of the purse-strings nf the Commonwealth, and supported ty a well-disciplined machine can dispose of the revenues of the State almost at his pleasure For years it has been one of the principal sources of revenue the to charitable and educa- tional institutions amounting to a vast sum each session. But to make this it Is necessary to have obedient and entirely the head of the contested election showed that an absolutely conscienceless man at In the Mr. McClain CRBS, he he could Plummer was taken. State Charities Perverted. record of the appropr of the last 80 notorious and rotten worth while to cite it gers of every charity in know their tions were ignored, remember and the general understand that than the the Therefore The committee lation that it's hard in detail. The the State how recommenda they we public politica ommittee how slighted, come to pediency rather merits of in- or necessities of ommonweaith ensing the « of But} &r coun n and member of WAR o0On harities. Ren. avs, public openly ied He ny iifelong Re the charged Chairman Plummer with usurping authority and public int shaping appropriations to serve the machine ratuer than the people Plummer under the sation proved betraving erests by the nalitd i cal the interests was silent accy because he knew His relationship to other vicious ation of the : examined by is] be session of 1905 mas the voters him with a « ination with the It treasures be sald with hat persona us can he sup: measure during the session. and that f vote for a winneln RiNEe Measure of the people unless trifle th which the mact As a sort of to the For example He ve structing request #OD ied against a resolute Penney ing our Representati vote the leg by President Roosevelt discrimination charges and the payment rebates Legislative Record, pages 200.204 Against Personal Registration. ivania Senators. and ves in Con- gress to for ad pro fro igh t slation vocated ting in in of ed by Mr. Sheatz, of Philadelphia, the elections commit from the further consideration personal registration bill for cities of the State. Legislative pages 877-78. The measure had been held in {on of Record, smother it stood revealed ject of the motion was the calendar in order have a chance of passing mer and most of the Reputl and the ob to put it on that it might Mr. Plum- ilicans un- voted against the motion and defeated it. He dodged the vote on the tion offered by Mr. Creasy to bill allowing trolley railrads to carry freight on the calendar Legislative Record, pages 2219.22 was also being stifled In committee by machine orders roan. put ed by Mr. Scofield, Republican, of Clearfield, to take the employers’ lia- bility out of the committee on judiciary general and place it on the calendar. Legislative Record, pages 2224-27. This bill was advocated by the United Mine Workers and other labor organizations, and Is already In successful and satis. factory operation In a number of Btates. The Infamous Vice Bills. « He voted for the atrocious Puhl bill Legislative Record, pages 1039-40, This measure was designed to de- stroy the Philadeiphia Law and Order Soclety. When the partnership be. tween the police department and the purveyors of vice became so notorious that the public conscience revolted, the Law and Order Boclety was or- ganized as a defensive expedient by well-meaning people. For several years it had been the only agency to repress vice, and its activities were in some measure menacing the prosperity of the odious partnership. The society operated through deputy constables ap- pointed by friendly Magistrates, The constables operated under the direction of agents of the soclety, and without consultation with the police. The Puhl bill required all such organizations to make public all its movements, includ- ing Its sources of revenue, the obvious purpose being to enable the police de- partment to “tip off” the criminals all contemplated raids, and punish those who contributed the funds of the society as unfriendly and venal police authorities ean, He voted for two of the infamous Ehrhardt bills, and dodged the vote on the other, Legislative Record, page: 1080-81; 1414-15, These monstrous measures were in- tended to protect the “white slave” dealers in Philadelphia. A number of miscreants had formed a syndicate to recruit for the brothels of that city and New York. Their method was to send agents into the country towns and to the ports of entry where, under promise of lucrative employment, they would induce attractive country girls and likely immigrant girls to accom- pany them to the dens of vice and erime., Once there, there was no cape, and they were starved or coerced into lives of shame The law and Order Society having obtained infor. mation of this most awful iniquity, set about to break it up. The deputy were invoked and several The Ehrhardt bills pro- constables from they were to of constables arrests made hibited deputy ing warrants tersigned by the of the “w» rants were (gsued against they could Plummer was REeTY~ unless coun- the Superintendent of Po being to any dealers when lice purpose notify hite slave” WAr- them #0 tha escape arrest fully Informed of the those he as the object of them, but ed them nevertheless Support He voted for capital park page 2202 He dodged the vote on th 11 abol- ishing fees for District Attorneys and Legislia- the Quay Legislative monument in Record, e bi dtated page 2324 for ali the i legislative salaries, ard, He voted Trinne ] ripper Philadelphia Hed ord, pages He vote +» freak libel bill of Mr legislative 7-68 in- instance Oller of Pitts ¥ weeps 14 pages Fie * YOie on the bil i giving trust in Penn- DAper not enjoved by other ations, lLegisiative Rec- ord He pages spoke voled against the general apg Mr. Creasy, In- appropraition for is from $104 can Fi 0O0T sropria- town- anager M rted (he meas defeat Ht SUPPO the day after its chine bosses omtelled P mpelled | reconsideration of the vote imself by an Even Du stand for tify b his blunder rham and Pen- ose wouldn't There t vears to 90 chine voted for he Judges sa! meas Ary tk it may with machine was adopted was calendars at vied sumeaq I Dreys ths the servile tool the amendn over sequent ¥ and th iniquitous bi off the DR. WESTON IS FOR BERRY The Venerable Theologian Congratu- lates Candidate On His Speeches. The religic repre sented in Pennsy! the pendis than jal us world, as it is Yania, is con ng political 1 That ia, those ¢ of the moral in- ordial in e Democratic rer servation the State are support of th nominees for Treasu when the Ww Democratic For example comments on Mr newspaper reached Hen G. Weston, ier Theological Semi. venerable and not only with with rer nf Rev. Dr president of Croz that educator of the nomination. but the fo! to Mr lowing Berry In proof of this fact from Dr. Weston Crozier Theological Seminary Chester, Pa., Sept. 3, 19065 My Dear Mr. Berry: Allow me to say that 1 have been exceedingly pleased your campaign speeches They are not but most poli throughout the State Attacks on the personal characler of an opponent invariably crouse sym- pathy for the man abused, and awaken or increase a personal dislike for the speaker, Where it is possible, a manly tribute like that you paid to the late Mayor here intensifies the impresssion that you are honestly striving for a principle and not for personal advance ment or personal revenge. You cane not do better for yourself or your cause than to rigidly adhere to the course you have thus far pursued. For your success you have my best wishes and my words always when they will do you any ood. 1 am ve truly yours, HENRY G. WESTON. Dr. Weston is widely known through- out this country and Europe as a theo- logian and scholar. His tribute to the personal fitness and character of Mr. Berry will have a profound influence on the public mind of the country. Plants That Mimic Stones. In South Africa a plant of the genus Mesembryanthemum, growing on stony ground, so closely resembles a pebble that it has been picked up in mistake for a stone. Another species of the same plant growing on the hils around the Karru produces two leaves about as large as ducks’ eggs, having a surface resembling weath ered stone of a brownish gray color, tinged with green. These plants look like stones, but for a short time they put forth bright yellow flowers. Still another species of the same plant re. sembles the quartz pebbles among which it grows. WILLIAM H. BERRY | Brief Sketch of the Life and | Achievements of the People's Candidate For State Treasurer. The biography of William H. Berry, Democratic nominee for state treas- urer can be briefly written His life He has been a worker from earliest manhood and whatever of suc- cess he has attained has been the fruit of his own effort Mr. Berry was bors in Edwardsville, Illinois, September 9, 1852, and was educated in the public schools of that village. He served an apprentice. ship as a machinist in Buffalo, New York, where he acquired a technical education in the night schools giving his evenings to study after his days of labor. Upon the completion of his apprenticeship he seven years | a8 a journeyman machinist at the bench. In 1874 Mr. Berry ter, where he had ment as a machinist. Subsequently he worked there as journeyman, assist ant foreman and foreman for 17 vears, during which time he invented several | labor-saving devices, some of which | have proved profitable as well as perved located in Ches. obtained employ- In 1902 Mr. Berry established a plant of his own in Chester for the manufacture of steam specialties, un. der the title of the Berry Engineering company He became president and general manager of that company, and | incidentally, as its title invited, be- | came consulting engineer of several large manufacturing plants in Chester and adjacent cities and towns Mr. Berry is essentially a self-made man. From the proceeds of his labor | ts of his inventive achieve. enjoyed during recent income to properly ed his ch and for his | family a comfortable home. One of his | has ed in the iently to his pla serving ho + Marine ments he has ucate iidren create sciences ¢ in the fac- norably Corps of been school take and another is ory as a lleuten the v nited ant in States Berry joine he Methodist i was made a local He hed ac | ” : x 3 - ' and vith a the has prea vantage to the churches in the vicin of his home. He lectures urct Bi hin frequently | entific economic subjects | all the move » lives In politics Mi } v is a disciple Thomas and though ad- boldir has always been bligations and active He has served in , hoo! Board of his nd is actively identified with charitable ments in the city Jefferson, 1g office great satisfaction er held by is now i Chester had the limit years, Hterally however he ity of beyond for many were Last spring pie determined to make one Demo- Mayor OLD oor and Berry for at res Mr 1, nominated ie was notified been bestowed upon Ni sly, t had total and Necessary vember ¢ nearly 6000 majority of a than | in order to win. therefore that he should get | every Prohibition- | and nearly half the Re- Most men would have been at such a condition. but it | didn’t frighten him. He accepted the | nomination, and promptly set about to! gocure the After the most | history of the | in a substantial | lection prevoiu out vole little more 10.000 was the Democrats publicans election in the ity, the vote resul majority for Mr. Berry And he has “made good campaign Mr. Berry dec contest ted " During the | iared that in Just as he asserts now, that it | he is elected State Treasurer the graft the finances of the state will be stopped, so he said then that if elected Mayor the gambling dens, speak-sasios and vice resortz should be eliminated from the life of the city. That pledge has been fulfilled, moreover. The mo- ment he entered upon the duties of the | office he set himself to the task of ful- filling his promise and found ft ex- ceedingly easy of achievement. Probably no man in Pennsylvania had less thought of the Democratic nomination for State Treasurer on ths day of the Democratic State Conven- tion met than Mr. Berry. But the revolt against civic uprighteousness had just begun in Philadelphia, and all minds were turning toward reform and re- formers, fan this state of public opinion the narne of William H. Berre the reform- er who “does things.” was mentioned, rad it ran through the body tke “fire in an August clearing.” and he was unanimously nominated. As he de clared in his speech of acceptance, Le had nothing to do with the matter up to that time, but he has taken a hand gince, and is now leading a triumphant army to certain victory, Mr. Berry has always been pecu Harly fortunate in his relations with workingmen and organized labor. In deed, he freely ascribes his success in the mavoralty campaign to the cordial and earnest support of the artisans In the community. He has been an em ployer of labor for many years, and during recent years extensively so, Tut he has never had a labor strike or serious difficulty with his employes on account of wages or differences of any kind n— DEMOCRATIC CO. 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