& Quay’s orders Re Quay In various counties Elkin "Watres have met and fought it out, THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BEL LERONLY, PA SEPTEMBER 25, 1902. 3 HOW PENNYPACKER WAS NOMINATED A Boss-Selected Candidate With. out Popular Support, BACKED BY THE MACHINE Elkin Thrown Aside and Forty-one Delegates Taken From Him by Orders of Quay. OPEN CHARGES OF BRIBERY The Story of a Political Told by Quay's Disgusted Friends. Crime as Own REPUBLICANS UNDER THE LASH | | 18 trying to create a false impression The odious and disgraceful records of political bossism and corruption in Pennsylvania may be searched in vain the nomination of Samuel W packer as the so-called candidate for governor. history will not soon Penny Republican This recent be was not mentioned until a short time before the Harrisburg convention. At Durham deserted his friend, Attorney General Elkin, who was making a most successful canvass for the nomination, and turned in over eighty delegates from Philadelphia for Pennypacker. At the same time Elkin was ordered out of the fight, He publicly ref and challenged Pennypacker to a con- test in the to heard from. In a number of places the lines were thus and in in stance, despite all the res Quay machine, the hard federal office-holders and use of money, his choice Apparently, the Republican rs taking part in the primaries were overwhelmingly for Elkin. When the convention met Quay bulldozed everything and everybody, taking forty-one pledged delegates from El kin, and thus forced the unpopular nomination of the candi of his own Herein is given daily extracts from the editorial columns of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the stalwart machine and Quay paper the during the days immediate ly preceding the convention counties yet be drawn every mrces of of work the was corrupt beaten volts late choice most in state, Republicans Under the Lash, “The Republicans of Penns are today under the lash of and and in every instance Elkin has won by a direct vote of the people was going thly, when sudden Senator Quay broke away and plun his party into confusion. It was outrageous thing to do Pennsy publicans are today under the | The sentiment of the people throttled. The Quay orders to line up for the Quay candidate is not what the people want, but what Quay wants, and d he is going to Harris burg himself to lay violent hands upon the convention SINOO are Quay's Method of Making Candidates. | “Elkin has been making his canvass | before the people. Is Quay appealing to the people? By no means It is easy enough to give orders. but some- times the people decline to take them, nd we shall see whether the people or orders of Senator Quay are going prevail in the convention. The quirer has great faith In the people; apparently Senator Quay has lost faith ifn them tunity for the people to selves heard and to win the fair play.” The People and the Governorship. “The one question before the ablican party of Pennsylvania to-day A whether the people themselves shall name a candidate for governor, or whether a single individual shall tate one majority rule one dictation—that is the question the Republican voters of Pennsylvania today." Quay's Political Crime, “I refuse to be ordered out, bartered out or forced out,” sald Elkin. He not withdraw. He has been gaining in strength since Quay committed his po- Htical crime. It does not seem to be Mr. Quay’s way to appeal to the peo- ple this year Give the People Their Way. “Some years ago the popular choice of the Republicans of Pennsylvania for vernor was General Hastings. Sena- or Quay insisted upon taking the con- vention by the throat and nominating Delamater. The result is history. The a ple conld not be controlled. They e up their minds there had not on fair play, and Pattison was elected rid History repeats itself some- make them fight for or "trying to Bribe Delegates. “The Inquirer Is in possession of evidence In several cases, showing at- tempts 0 bribe Elkin delegates. The ming convention must be conducted n all fairness, or the result may be disastrous.” Elkin's Appeal For Fair Play. “Elkin Is aking a grand fight for fair play against the power of federal o-holders and ring rule. Here is what he says: ‘Under the clircum- stances, | would be lacking in a proper fation of the duties of citizenship falled In standing for a principle is dear to every Pennsylvania ; that Is to say, that each man 11 [have a f a fair chince in an open le on every ques. in which A public has an in- Desperate Work of Boodlers. ost is a and boodle ki We R. Mga 3 he Dotiar Mark of infamy. Re oar el bs. | gheny | Western Pennsylvania delegations, forgotten. | a M » ‘4 { ©" The name of the machine candidat | Tomas 1. used to be thrown aside | yivania | Senator | and Penn | masked ws ». Everything | oo | thin | a8 many In. | n | gates have | ment setting forth the There is a splendid oppor- | | ratt Re- | | to dic | man | before | riot quic kly conv will | | sin ports of debauchery is bein ng jittetnpted. One Schuylkill county delegate has been offered $10,000 and a good positio thrown in. A commonwealth strangle or bought would invite destruction.’ The Crime Consummated. On the morning of the convention the Inquirer's Harrisburg special tele gram said: “The straits to which Quay was driven was shown by the direct steal of four delegates by the state com- mittee, acting under his orders, Two Schuylkill men were offered $8.000 each, and refused to take it, so they were thrown out, It was brutall done; but, as Senator Penrose sal the votes wore needed and they had to be taken.” Forty-one Delegates Taken. The day following the convention the Inquirer's Harrisburg correspond ent reported Elkin as openly declaring to his friends that “41 delegates, pledged and elected,” had been taken from him, THE BLACK- JACK PARTY Graphic Account of the Mobbing of Union Men In Philladelphia—An Object Lesson of Quayism, The Quay machine literary bureau in the public mind concerning the re cent outrageous attack on the Union | party convention in Philadelphia. For- for a parallel to the shameful story of | ible expression of what he © { * SOF 13 8 | . P ; | the raid of the Quay mob Is given by thinks of Harry 8. Paul, chairman of the Alle organization, and head of the in by State Chairman Hicks. He vividly de scribes Incidents of the affair which came to his notice. Mr. Paul is a prominent business man of Pittsburg. He declares that the riotous attack was one of the greatest criminal outrages in the his tory of Pennsylvania politics, and will cost the Republican machine ticket many thousand votes. His letter In part follows As 1 looked upon the Union party as- semblage, just before the rioters broke in, 1 saw an unusually fine body of re- spectable, law-abiding Rs ican bus- iness men, m all parts of the commonwealtn, at least five-sixths of whom had neve or before sat in a po- te convention, and who were gates ly discharging the duty comm fitted to them by their fel- av citizens and constituents As If Jail Doors Had Opened. After the mob appeared all was changed Then in the portions of the hall occupied by its members could be seen only brutal, eriminal faces, bear- ing the marks of vice all over them, and the thought occurred that Moya- mensing and the Eastern Penitentiary had opened their doors and given a day's holiday to several hundred of their inmates for the sole purpose of advancing the interests of Quayism, Penroseism and Pennypackerism in this commonwealth The im Was deepe ned by the sight of revolvers bulging the hip- pockets of some of the mob, and of billies and knives in the sion of f the Iatter having been attack upon the hall of Quayism, Penroselsm ackerism thus nakedly un- worth a th d cam- paign speeches and 10,000 newspaper articles, and its effect upon the de- citizens whe wheld it and who ild not have believed that such £8 were pos otherwise was In- calculable The result. as a personally know, was the instant conve gates holding legal tended tion, and vote for Pennypacker of Pattison and this n of all so conv Signed Statement By Clearfield Dele gates. ing it their voters as possible a letter received desirous of pression irom > MARNE others used in the The sight some « nmsan won dele- who in- nomina- some thom proposed to uppart short ates to opt the umber fell erted Believ duty to enlighten as to the attack of 200 armed Quay thugs on the recent Union party convention in Phil Adelphia, Clearfield county's five united in a signed state facts These delegates are Frank W. Bar real agent and lumber dealer; Jacob Burge, lumberman; Cas ner J. Stull, policeman; P. L.. Showers dentist, and John E. Harder, all reputable men. When t the convention they Pattison, but experience dele ostate merchant went not for in the hey were their erted them After detail describing in how the { mob led by Sheehan broke up the con vention, they go on to say We want to say that we have always been Republicans, but of late years, e the Quay machine has become a public stench to the nostrils of the peo- syle of Pennsylvania, we have been In- dependent Republicans. We believe In the doctrines of Roosevelt and the Re- publican party We cannot vote for or support Judge Pennypacker, because he Is being held up as a shield In frout of the dirty ma- Rite. which has no more principle or any better standing in the great com- monwealth than those criminals which were hired by the machine to break into the Union party convention on the 3d day of September, 1802, We had heard of the disgraceful and shameless methods employed by the machine at their conventions, in the late legislature, and at meny of the election districts in Philadelphia and Pittsburg, but we had never seen one in full Bicom until we witnessed the disgraceul riot In Musical Fund Hall, o were not committed to any canal date when we left Clearfield for the convention, We uad not been Instruct. od, neither had we signed any agree. ment to support any particular candi date, but our minds were soon made up when we saw a machine mob In con- trol of a convention, and saw the char: acter of the criminals employed by the machine to carry out its designs, even he cost of murder, if necessary, are our observations, and we bafigve eo It A our duty as business ig in grea te of fennayivania. to and work to the best : or the fSisetion of Jon, A a, ot our ablilit bert pr Tem omprey. OND tears over the exposure of Pennypacker as an abject tool of the boss, They believe In open, manly fighting, and have no use for sneaks and pharasees, Thousands of them will be missing on election day, TROOPS ORDERED OT Thirteenth Regiment For Duty in Strike Region. STRIKERS MOB NON-UNION MEN Numerous Reports of Violence Caused Lackawanna Sheriff to Call On Gov- ernor Stone For Immediate Assist ance—Excitement at Shenandoah. Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 23.—Governor Btone issued an order early this morn- ing directing the Thirteenth Regiment to report to General Gobin for duty in the strike region. The Thirteenth's headquarters are at Scranton, and the regiment will be quartered In its ar mory at that city temporarily. Colonel louls A. Watres, of Scranton, the commander of the regiment, is in New York, and ib his absence Lieutenant Colonel Stillwell will be in command. If there should be another outbreak, the Ninth Regiment, with headquar- ters at Wilkesbarre, will probably be ordered out. Sept. 23. — Bherift county, last Scranton, Pa, Schadt, of Lackawanna night telegraphed Governor Stone to send to his assistance. The sheriff has just given to the newspa pers a proclamation announcing that he would call troops if the lawlessness did not when he received a garies of telephone calls to quell dis turbances up the He found on investigation that uation was that he could not cope with it and sent a call for troops Adjutant General Stewart called the sheriff by ‘phone at 9 and had a long conference with The adjutant suggested that a posse of the Citizen's Alliance be for assistance, While reparing to act reg of ved troops Cense, valley the sit such o'clock aim Rent ral members of called upon sheriff was | on he up and down another urger ling for Im- suggestion of vie and gran mediate 3 ience at once sent t tele to the governor ca stance The worst of last night's outbreaks red at Archbald. A crowd of 200 LeTS reigners, ransacked ed by the 4 nd washery of ass] occur stiri} the mostly | quarters occupl men employed at the Raymo the Ontario Western OC while the men were at work, and their with the n and mpany meeting they returning refuge of the returned to the out the and g en as em back The mob proper were irove th to the washery then coll drove ery engineers, firemen, pumpmen uards The plant Light Company I with from had to and gion nd was lef in darkness and took possession of the breaker of the Crescent Electric plied which is sup breaker, the whole re In the att | } preaser tw men stean the shut down ker and the other ames or condition were , one a stl flea McAn at b were bl Two were Forge last night ‘illlam A. colliery ied by deputy sheriffs from a « to lynch them Miles McAndre who was at was threatening ww, of As A rintendent and Western Chief Warden we county jail acting and District of the Ont were Sup Borkel Company ’ Ror ario 1 by ar Price the armed burg fire the attacks while throught returned mot iast and body driving evening. They a Hungarian shot through PROPOSITION FROM MINERS Will Return to Work If Assured Mr, Baer Will Adjust Differences. Pa, 23.-~A delega- Workers, headed by Pe {iliams, of Mahanoy City, called at the offices of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company last night and submitted a proposition to return to work If they could have as surances that President Baer will ad- just all local differences at the collier jes. They want the restoration of the price of 50 cents per prop for setting timber, extra pay for erecting sheet fron chutes and repairing toppings and headings after the fall of coal. The delegation had a conference with General Manager R. C. Luther and General Mining Superintendent John Veith, of the Reading Company, this morning Pottsville tion of Mine ter W Sept Must Help to Pay For Boer War, London, Sept ~The Dally Mail this morning says 8 government has decided that the new South Afriean colonies are to be required to pay £500,000,000 towards the cost of the South African war. The colonies are, however, to be allowed ample time In which to make this payment; It will not be collected until the extension of trade and expansion of revenue per mit. Consequently the loan will not be floated for two or three years, Min- ing profits will probably be taxed 10 per cent. more than they were before the war, and money also will be ob tained by granting afl kinds of con. cossions and mineral rights Editor Shot In Mis Office. REUNION OF ARMY OF POTOMAC Unveiled Monument to General Slo- cum at Gettysburg. Gettysburg, Bept, 20,—The reunion of the soclety of the Army of the Potomac and the dedication of the monument erected In honor of General Henry W, Slocum here yesterday brought an un- usual attendance of officers and men, The meeting was held on the battle- fleld wi aa the Army of the Potomac achieveu .ts greatest victory, General Horatio C. King, secretary of the asso- clation called the menting to order and General H Tremain presided. Gen eral Brooks, late of the United States army was chosen president and Gen- eral King was re-elected secretary General D. E. Bickles was the leading speaker and addresses were also made by a number of prominent members The parade yesterday afternoon un- der the command of General Lewis R Stegman moved out Baltimore street to the Slocum statue, In the parade were three governors, Odell, of New York; Stone, of Pennsylvania, and Murphy of NA&v Jersey with their staffs. At the head of the procession WAS a strong turnout of Post 9, OG. A. R., of this place under command of Lieutenant I. 8. Stoneseifer. at the monument on near Cemetery Hill a vast of people assembled, cises were opened with Seventh Regiment band followed by prayer by ‘Rev. W. T. Pray, of New York, and an General D. 8 Sickles as chalrn of the Ncw Board of Gettysburg Monument After 18 the Be States Cavalry Governor of New Y unvells which the U. 8S concourse were The exer- music address by an Com niss fon nits Ode Ly band during battery major were de and addresses James C ibald G Murphy Rogers tor (yON Stone we 1 Introd brief res; YORK COUNTY ROBBED Treasurer Thompson, $73.5 Charged With Embezziement 76 Missing. who charg rmbezziement keeping false a nts SOLDIER KILLED IN A ROW of Beer. Salem. N. J. Sept. 22 he Coast nm a irday night many of Saturday He fell In and John Ma i iden street Sat ¢ to soldiers Salem, as go on a good time Ryan ont to am Lacey at a saioon, and they started gether with some Ix the way they got into a fight beer. Whitall was a giant wi In shoes other men are In the fig of the sold antagonists knife a flerce lunge blade Whitall In th p gash fled In got the tties of On over thie standir over six f« his and the smail jer's and ater EAve utting a dee inches long Whitall minutes after he wound Ryan and Lacey rested. Whitall comes from Faubush Ky hrenst kr fe Ar ten wore Four Killed In Mine Explosion. Fairmount, W. Va, Sept. 23.--By an explosion of gas In the Stafford mines of the New Central Coal Company near here yesterday, four men were killed six badly wounded and several others were hurt. The explosion is sald u have been caused by the firing of a charge of dynamite. At the time of the accident there were only 25 men at work and all have been accounted for Superintendant Stewart was at the mine when the explosion occurred and took charge of the rescued miners The most serious cases were sent to the hospital. All the bodies were re- covered Peanut Roaster Blows Up. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 20.—-By an ex- plosion of a gasoline peanut roaster, which was In operation on the Atlantle street side of Charlies H. Digg's confec- tionary store, Miss Bessie MoGrath, of Pooebus, Va, was Instantly killed yes terday afternoon, while Mrs. Mary A. Palmer, of Lawrenceville, Va, was In- jured so badly that no hope of her re- covery Is entertained. The wife of C. Behnecken, who operated the peanut stand, was cut about the head, and Mr, Lavinia Raby, wife of a machinist, was injured but not seriously. i McGovern-Corbett Fight Of, Frankfort, Ky. Sept. 20.-The junction granted Thursday by Judge Emmett Field, of the Jefferson cirenit court, restraining the Southern Ath fetie Club and others from holding the MeGovernOorbett Arriving | Steven's Knoll | by the | Catarrh Cannot be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease, Catarrh Is a blood or eonstitutionsl disease, and in order Lo cure it must take Internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces, Hall's Catarrh Cureis not 8 quack medicine, It wis prescribed by one of the best physicians in this Souptr} for years, and is a regular pre. scription 8 composad of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces snch wonderful results in eur ing Catarrh. Bend for testimonials, free F.J.CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O, Bold by Druggists, 75¢. Hall's Family Pills are the best, R.B. MONTGOMERY. We Don't Promise More Than We Give You, But-- We Give You All we Promise IN THE LINE OF me Wall Paper, House Painting, Paper Hanging, York | ond ¢- 1 the statue | fired a | Bax- | and | uced and made | { | ] | | RRCRIVE DEPOSITS ; Stabbed After a Quarrel! Over a Bottle | Graining, Etc, R. B. MONTGOMERY, K. W. Corner Public Square BELLEFCNXTE,........PENN’A, E.K. RHOADS At his yard o pposite the P BRB. RB. Pats nger station, COALS. Also all kinds of Wood, Grain, Hay, Straw and Sand Superior screenings for lime burning. Builder's and Plasterers’ me snd, | TELEPHON (ECA C ‘ALLS: {Central . “- . No. 1321 | Commercial .ie . No. 682 Centre County To Co. Corner High and Spring Streets Discount NoTes JM. SHUGGERT.Cashiie | embracing McCalmont’s New Store. In Bush Arcade is attracting more attention every day. Three large rooms on first basements are filled with a variety of goods. floor and the extensive Enlarged Stock. To-day this firm is carrying a larger and more varied stock than formerly. additions Among the you wi in find Hardware a fine selection of the best Carpenter Tools, Blacksmith Tools, Stonemason Tools, Bricklayer's Tools Etec. Remember we have tinware graniteware, woodware, buggies, ‘ ou: lof farn sells only the best qualitiee | | ANTHRACITE the t BITUMINOUS | harness, Every kind Best Carriages, i § Ol and heavy kinds. implements brushes all of the make. At thi 3 8 time of the year you may ng of an Ice Cream Freez- er, Lawn Mower, we have them. We are anxious to have you drop in and see this modern store, when in town. Location is next door to Post Off n on McCalmont & Co. BEEZER'S MEAT MARKET ALLEGHENY ST. RELLEFONTE, PA We keep none but the best quality of | BEEF, PORK, MUTTON, SLICED HAM All kinds of Smoked Meat, Pork Sausage If you want a nice Juley Steak go to PHILIP BEEZER. ele You want to see the ) BARGAINS NNN NIN NINN NT NING NIN NINN NINN. NN NN we have in Mens Work Shoes for il ve : Davis The Shoe Money Savers,
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