= ORD GA ANT INDEPENDENT Criticises Action of a Few Who Have Declared for Sheatz on Insufficient Grounds. Shows That the Machine Republican Candidate Was Always Servile and Obedient,~—Heo Was Against Boose velt at a Crucial Time and Against Good Government Legislation All BT i gg fetter signed by Mahlon N. Kline, Becretary: Catawissa, Pa., Oct. 88. Mr. Mahlon N. Kline, Chairman, delphia, Pa Dear 8ir:—L beg to aeicnowleage the re- | ceipt of your letter of October ISth, con. | taining reasons why the cause of good | goverument would be conserved oT th election of John QO, Bheats to the office © Blute Treasurer, against John G. Harman, ant » doubt you have pasted me to Join u in an mp to independent Repub- ng in £ of that proposition, se 1 was one of your candidates for office last Leos and for the reason of 2 wg past, In and out of the gislature, with movements in the inter- of those reforms which you profess to advocate, You say that at the last two general elections thousands of publicans op- posed the candidates of thelr party be- it was controlled hy a grou oor- politicians for their own selfish ends; | t the result led to the election of Mr. | /, the nomination of Btuart, inspired | pital investigation, the arpest and | wnt of the copspimmtors and final- | , the nomination of Jalm 0. Bheats for Treazury. 1 have pot quoted liter | Myr. Derry Alone Achieved Results. the Time. (Special Correspondence.) Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. is an element among independent Republicans of Penn- | well doing.” This was to be expeot- | ed. In the history of time there has | never been a movement involving 2 considerable number of men did not develope some Even the church frequently recreants, | is em- | Such incidents do not per- of fanity. manently Church, $y x | the work The retard however. Christiapizing processes go on. Recently there has been promising movement in th of civic improvement than that which coln Party in this State. It was com- | posed, the main, of strong and &y dd the spirit by a fore of progress and directed conscience and atriotism,. Such sé could not fall to command | popular respect and draw public fav or. That was probably its greatest | It attracted the support of | & lot of seif-seeking politicians who | canger. to ride wave of cedents and considerable means who | ®ould crack a sate it they imagined | there public was a commission for They insatiable thirst for office. Some of that and ot into the lincoln party | their expectation Oflice was hurrying few in decided they Sheats. imagine that such action will please and not realized, back to the mach of them repently held a Philadelphia would support and Roosevelt get them something. False Promises and Wrong clusions. These bave issued a fellows, or letter add independent Republicans in nomination Bheatz concession to decent Rep “the the State will be best promoted” by his of the vote “will promote the overthrow of that it wil be “endorsement of the Roosevelt poli- cles.” It would be dpm stilt ine anything more absurd ection tial to the success of that the ‘ was ‘a they say ublicanism;” that good of 1 { » +1 1 election; result that such a Penrose” and to imag- The el! of Sheatz is absolutely egsen- Penrose's plans for next year. How could it be otherwise? Sheats ab- The was nominated by a convention solutely controlled by Penrose fact that it was Harry ¥. Walton of Philadelphia is ample proof of that fact. But It doesn't depend on that evidence alone. ‘The Bmportant 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 Chalrmanship of the State Committee of Mr. Pen- rose’s Private Secretary. The con- vention which nominated Sheatz un- animously reelected Wesley R. An- drows. The action of these dependent Republicans of the worst type. Pat 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 thelr 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. Oreasy's Proper Reply. Here is Mr, Creasy's reply to the presided over so-called In’ is recreancy will pardon me if I am unable te » either with your premises or con- i. The election of Mr, Berry alone | t* about the special session, un- | «1 the gigantic capital frauds and Md sd not bean retarded by an unfriend- | stration, the grafters would have ecuted long ago. The pomina- Stuart was certainly no re- emant, for it was notoriously i Senator Penrose; while his sotion has resulted in the retention in | q¢ of all the gangsters of the old Quay ime, Even Blott, who as Beoretary of Board of Public Grounds and Balld- , covered up the grafting operations, “il a clerk in the ofilce of the Auditor I, and in the enjoyment of the oon- { the machine leaders. Is it not the same corrupt politicians wntirol of the party, and us- | for thelr own selfish wat fore, “the policies of Fresident ix stration have the en- u wt of all lndependent Re- and pledge to him ‘for the ! Our heariy sup- probably recall the fact en President Hooseveil's was in its crucial 1 pledging bim the moral Jivania was Introduced ire, and Mr, Bheatzs voted 5 a few days ago he de- + speech atl Pittsburg that he ia Oo ul sympathy with the movement | minate Senator Knox for President, | ot cnly doesn’t reflect the Roose- | yb Wad consplonous among | he Benate who were denounc ident Roveevell as raliroad law- an, who was a member of ths time voted for the (Hee Legisiallve Record, ses- | page 34.) | & Dast i PRSEL, PON ICY Fhe System Rather Than Men. Hoise Penrose | 3 nd mainspring of the group | of oo ting, contracting and corporate | ne bave so long dominated | ws State.” In my opinion | not more the | contre of tl rate than was HAY or | t Y sin. The evil is not | The citadel uf the system is the Blale | ¥ ¢ have been asiriving for years to destroy ® systemu and by the | €le n of Mr, Derry two years ago tem- | $ Your prop- o t “We regard thal result, Mr, Sheats will restore | patrench il, because be | the pachdne aod | t for his lection. On 10 election of Mr. Har | nue the policies of Mr. y perpetual the trimmph of | Lh his election se. | ow bd BOD On 10 ired ¥ that the noqnination of John QO. | i Hepublionn Stale conven. | noession forced Ly decent | unavoidably and bitterly | the management that sought | Vv Wer : prose conirolied the conven- | sinated Mr. Sheats as abso party boss ever controlied J dictated the platform, se- presiging officer, censosed the and what is of the greatest aig- , he held the organization In his the of his pri- to the office of Chairman mm ttes, at Mr. Bheatls is as truly one | f we had given the votes that pa han AL iu & Ca re-election 6 own fact that Mr. Bheals ng both sides coulidentily 3 is Fm You say he Is against them is be silent? A man's sition defined by himself, Let Mr. ne public into bis confidetics announce whether he is for me for Benator ter, in short, conveys the idea Kiy si Pens wain concern la to re-enter the rganization. Hecent SEPErInGe 25% ed that minority rep Siatls administration gs. Plain business prin- woks of this sort, and the GG. Harman will acoom~ : it will destroy the sys- y and save the people of the Ff A State m is of dollars Sheats’'sa Hecord Revealed. gay that in IK, prior to the reform ment of that pear, Sheatz stood the State legislature in urgin sgn of ballot reform and persona res ration acts. The only Naor : 's cod] during the season of 1 place by Representative t was supported by all the and by a few Republicans. 8 introduced a personal registration fi with ye apologetic "by req tT at. i in the Legisiature during ne of Mr. Sheatd's membership ¢ and am familiar with his voted for a few meritorious nd against viclous legislation But he was not a tant a long way. On con~ sted with the mg