THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA OCTOBER 2, 1902, 3 ATE TS DOWN PENNYPACKER The Quay Candidate's Pittsburg Speech Reviewed, FACTS ABOUT THE “RIPPER” Reform Measure the Honest Scuttied and People Betrayed. How an Was NOW RESTORED RING RULE Judge Pennypacker's muddled ref- erence to the Pittsburg charter legis lation of 1901, in his recent speech in that city, has been the subject of much criticism. The Quay candidate for governor was speaking under the auspices of the old ring and tried to make capital for himself by express ing sympathy with them in the war made upon them. At the same time he condemned the efforts at reform legislation which were the inspiration of the original movement for city charter. A systematic plan has been pursued to mislead the people Of the state with regard to this matter, In his at Connellsville Hon. George W. Guthrie, Democratic candi date for lieutenant governor, turned fon the light as follows: At the last session of the legislature there was a bill passed which has be- come known throughout the whole na- tion as the Ripper bill. I want to tell You about that bill and what has been done under it. The first suggestion of any such bill came from Harrisburg in 1867. It was dangled before the pPeo- le of Pittsburg as a bait and a prom- se of relief from one of the most cor- rupt, arbitrary and brutal rings that & municipality ever suffered from In 1901 it was made the condition of the passage of a law for the proper gov- ernment of the city of Pittsburg. F 1888, when the people of been made ready, by promises machine, to believe would be passed for been in session after sess pliant at the feet of this bos ri that were necessary for tne governi of their city, and they were sent back disappoin in 1901 they were informe could have a law which them a charter satisfactory but the sole « dition upon was to be passed was that it shou accompanied with a ripper. The citizens of Pittsburg had been fering under the rule of this ring knew there was no help they could get a charter for the Many of ther itted to the and a bill w ip for the govern- ment of the rhich was promised to them literaly as it was drafted All the Good Cut Out. When that bill the men in control of the state chine in one night struck out of it every provision intended for good gov- ernment, which they had intelligence enough to recognize. In that emascu- speech of that good them, they session after terms, went to lated form the bill was passed with the | b ripper attached to it, and the of Pittsburg, who had subm threat of this ripper as the price must be paid for good Were given the ripper, good features in that people itted to th ROY ar aw if ernment 1 the only visions which the slligence hine » City ) the law } governor put a man there as recorder of t the first step which he mad the citizens of Pittsburg good, honest overnment was answered | n or- rh from Harrisburg remov The ring was, by the order « ernor, reinstated in the city rg with greater power thar id under the law which the struggled against long th was so bitte them: and ad of getting a good eas enough to was to control and gov- recognize i city, and tO Rive people 18] r to promised, and an honest administra- tion, they had the ring put back again fn control with than ever held Governor Stone's Postscript, The governor, when he did sued a proclamation ti plain his act, and he script in which he aid bribed to do this!’ Think of it! governor of this commonwealth w obliged by the very act which he was doing and the circumstances which sur- rounded it to proclaim to the people that he was not a felon, and he is known today in the city of Pittsburg a8 the "P, 8. Governor.” In the whole political history of this country 1 do not belleve such another ignominious act has ever been perpetrated Now the distinguished jurist to whom [| referred says that the re- suit of the ripper bill was unfortunate, that such a Ri should never have been sed. In the latter part of his re marks | heartily agree with him, but [% go further. 1 do not say that it was unfortunate; I say that it was criminal to selze the liberties of the people an Jade them off, whether for money or political support, was treason inst the institutions of our coun- ry. | am glad to say that this crime roused the hearts of the people of ttsburg as nothing else ever has. The rayal of their rights, the fallure to redeem the promises made to them as A consideration of their submision to ripper, tha corrupt bargain made which their liberties were traded , Aroused them to bitter indignation and a determination to visit punish- ment upon all concerned In it Pennypacker’'s Dangerous Doctrine, The Philadelphia Record thus edhe torially refers to this matter “From this speech in half-condemna- tion of the “ripper” and in whole con- demnation of the constitutional provi sion in restraint of special legislation a8 8a “monarchical device” the In Pennsylvania are justified in making inference that the candidate of the thine If elected fovsrnor would not fir greater power that, riere with the legislative wisdom. his is a dangerous doctrine to pro- Rul In S060 5 108, much an i t . nted to flatter the popular mind. In ition of the fact Phat the major. of one day may become a minority the next under a government like , the eo have constitu. : nts upon the exercise of r own will. have thus jpcted themselves, thelr munic hts and their inst! biries in the etry ohicn] davicos Fah [] a new | rom | Pittsburg had | | and insinuations put forth Harrisburg | a | which | ft after | they got through with it were the pro- | tlators did not | until the first election day | | ence | company to law, equity and common sense, when asserted by officials who menace the very existence of republican governs ment by refusing to obey the plainest and most imperative of constitutional commands and give to the people their most sacred and valuable political rights, So far as I am able 1 shall thwart the wrong by my disapproval.” Against Every Kind of Robbery. With regard to special bills also, as observed, Governor Pattison set his face firmly against all manner of unjust grants of the public money, private pensions, contested election cases, fraudulent claims, reckless committee extravagance, public printing waste- fulness, ete, At the session of 1893 he broke up a petty scheme of public plun- der, a proposition to place a useless copy of an expensive legislative hand- book in all the public schools of the commonwealth. He halted the notor- fous bird book extravagance likewise. Many appropriations to public institu- tions, made without sufficient warrant of law, necessity or usefulness, were promptly turned down at every session, Worthy charities, having legitimate claim upon the bounty of the common- wealth, were not made to suffer, but judicious watchfulness was exercised over the .ustribution of the public funds In every direction. This care extended to ordinary departmental ex- penditures, and everyone concerned came to understand that public treas- ury guardianship was a sacred trust, No one ever thought of Intimating any- thing to the contrary. Pennypacker a Self-Condemned Critic. This has been reserved alone for the present alleged Republican candidate for governor, who, in his speech at Erie, by indirection and implication, tried to create the impression that Gov- ernor Pattison had been remiss with regard to this important matter. This suggestion, on the part of Judge Penny- packer, Is all the more unjustifiable from the fact that during Governor Pattison's first term Lis present would- be critic largely engaged, as a member of the bar, in a line of legal re- porting and which it absolutely ne fully informed done by the | was made to keep being the book making essary for him as to what making body branch of He knew he ord at Erie WAR and govern- was be- aw the executive state well lying the re justly seeking to un and f without any for the injure for h whatever make foun- statements opponent capital dation HINs Governor Pattison earned the relentless hostil- ity of a class of men graced for a generation will who have dis- the legislature at every session past, unite in applauding but it everyone of whom Judes Pennypacker's course must be unqualifiediy condemned by every fair minded ana honest in Pennsyl- Vania man Quay’s Candidate and His Company. It is significant of is expected of him that his candidacy for the ex- office is the work of the and ele. what ecutive sole its all that machine and len country, the ments in political are united in his support associations for many with the and confidants of Senator Quay has enjoyed their company their sue in town and the vYory worst life of the state His political years have been personal followers, adherents He rejoiced in thelr athized with their efforts and conses, endorsed meth ods, symp given the weight of his personal influ while holding an honored place upon the bench, in their behalf At banquet in Phila- deiphia where six hundred of his rolst friend el roses election, Judes near the head of favored ring the notorious ering ebrated Senator Pen- Pennypacker saat table, beside a tor was at that time one of the financial backers of the machine. He was in congenial He had no word of condem h had taken time of the the on fra who scenes whi At the nation for the place at Harrisburg senatorial election, or for those which were passing under his sadly and impressively {llustrating the demoralizing Influences of degraded politics in Pennsylvania, and to which a host of once promising and ambi tious young men have been indebted for their irretrievable downfall. Even at Erie, when the chief speaker before An association of young men, Judge Pennypacker had no wora of disap- proval for the evils of our political system, no word of denunciation for the manifold sins of omission and com- mission of the machite; no word of in- spiration for the friends of clean poll- ties and good government; no word of encouragement for those who are self- sacrificingly striving to rescue the com- monweaith from the polluted hands of its worst enemies. then eye, 80 Every movement of the Quay party Is erooked. Even the big ball rolling project Is a scheme to use Roosevelt's face as a mask for the baffled Pennsyl- vania boss. But Intelligent voters see through it all Workingmen everywhere are real- izing that their best weapon with which to maintain all thelr rights is an bhnest ballot. They are arraying themselves against the political crooks this year as never before. The rails roaders’ endorsement of Pattison is a sign of the times that means great things for the cause of clean politics and good government. Honest Republicans are beginning to #8 clearly that they cannot endorse Pennypackerism without continuing Quaylsm in power. The machine can- didate has shown himself to be a weak. ling from whom nothing good way be mpocted. commonwealth may well consider the danger of putting into the office of gov- ernor a candidate who entortaing so little respect for the provisioas of thelr constitution In restraint of gpe- cinl legislation as to put it as an "ill- conceived effort” on the same low level with the “ripper” of the machine and {ts adherents In the last general as- sembly.” Better Stick to His Apple Butter. The Pittsburg Post shows the ab surdity of Judge Pennypacker's posi tion, as follows: “Judge Pennypacker is far from clear or candid, or even honest, in discuss- Ing municipal questions as embodied in the ripper bill, and especially their further application by the state ad- ministrataon in upsetting the good re- sults expected and promised by the ripperiaw by restoring the Filinn-Brown maching to power. The Republican candidate criticises the original ripper as objectionable, but is silent about the knavieh methods of Stone and the gang in perverting it to the most Infamous Jobbery in politics and legislation the city of Pittsburg has ever seen, It was this daring usurpation of power that made the word ripper detestable, Against it Judge Pennypacker has not a word to say. He levels his feeble yrotests agginst what was good, or at feast excusable, In the ripper, and re- formed abuses and wrongs that were otherwise not curative “The judge is finding the inconven- lence of standing up for two radically inconsistent and opposing lines of mu- nicipal government His acceptance of the Citizens nomination, though of a velled character, seemed to have put him in line with Republican reformers and opponents of the machine gang But on Friday night he recanted, and, as the machine organs claim, put him- self in full sympathy with thelr side by denouncing the original ripper and Keeping quiet on the abuses and wrongs that Stone, Flinn and Brown have piled on it. “Under Quay’s orders as governor he will do precisely as Stone did. It will therefore evident to the voters of Pennsylvania that he is not the man to be entrusted with the responsibility of governing this great state. In one breath he declares "Pennsylvania has no political ills worth mentioning.” In another breath he tears to atoms in the Interest of the gang the most im- portant legislation of the last session the Pittsburg ripper law. Through it he is steadfast in the belief that FIs & greater man Webster Alas for Pennypacker! he had best return and history tO geography § . or the butter crop In Montgomery county.” be than A SHOT AT THE RING A Clear-Headed Business Man's View of the Situation. Phi sIphia Way is ir ny’ i nat Two the ing together, an sation drifted to the politi The first man, an and somewhat tive RI rmer, ox pressed fre I-Pennypacker views and Pattison own affairs thinking, and fore the pu in our press Hitleal life Record. are “1 have clear to go ments” not a RIWAYS t hoses they are name to ) Ans the party I have pun Front Htics } BOI arrived al as well I believe put into office again we AGVYWAY. a a de unwary qd teelf "e on namely clean government THE CITADEL OF RING POWER. ™ Quay candidate for governor has } n trying Wo to mislead the public mind with regard to the management of the the of itieal creator, who has held the state finances under direction his po key of the public chest ever since he took control the machine The which denied, the proof of which can never be blotted out, Is not defalcation and robbery, but of charge, cannot be the mikuse of the public monies while in the keeping of this organization, for its own selfish and base purposes. The disingenuous statement that the state treasury holds $12,000,000, carries with it, though unintentionally, the severest self-condemnation. It is the constant habit of the ring to husband the state's resources for their own purposes, often holding back payments when they hould be made The state tressury, for more than thirty years, has been the citadel of machine power, and every other year it renews its iron grip, no matter what other Interests may suffer. Mr. Quay would rather lose any other office than this. He is today exacting tribute from his fiscal agents and in Indirect ways, also, securing financial nels to maintain the power he has so shame fully abused. But the hand-writing is on the wall. The people are aroused, and they mean to finally break the hod of Quayism upon the government of this great state. Let every patriot help on the good work, We are assured of a reasonably hon. est vote In Philadelphia this time, and that means half the battle. With the rural vote out in force a great victory may be won, '‘WDGE PENNYPACKER'S FATAL FOLLY. Many times within recent years the political machine w» for Pennsylvania has confessed indict- ment against it and promised reforma- tion. To this its pledges have been systematically violated, and the anization, a little while ich is responsible misgovernment in the truth of the hour head of this or; ago, publicly stated that If it did not keep faith with the people In connec- tion with ballot reform, it would sink into merited infamy, It been re- served for tae present candidate of this organization for the highest office in the gift of the people, to openly and falsely characterize a temperate state- has ment of plain facts concerning misgov- and self-confessed these things being known ernment poktical degradation of all men and deeply deplored by all Indefensible of AINAzing good citizens an “wall, as denunciation the This weaknes In diatribe, state and its people” confession of answering Governor Pattison's gpeech of aces pt- fatal to Judge Pen- ance should prove nypacker's misplaced ambition Has it come to this, is a the longer That That publi that free speech crime? hat truth must no be public protest a? doing pass tice? That faitoie must be stif must be leaders mus corrupt polit al ¥ be criticised h less chastized ur weapon, honest bal- Erie vention, » ICH 18 truthiul sux the freeman's an ieclarntion of the con up, in Pennsyivania, is fil to and glaring evils of the tin ppantly | ANTHRACITE we * {Central . . f Commercial - . . . for the he unwise mic cry of party regular of w } to cove lot out prevent any ire ALY Aassurancs Pennypacker ng i om and ANEWOrs fe ideas, a flood tide of his apologetic iniquit oa ete ( ne and emphasizing demnatory by again anew the self-con siatement that there no evils to be corrected: that he soos no sins of omission nor commission having words of praise and ill-founded and unjustifiable charity for evildoers and bitterminded criticism of who denounce public evils and de mand correction. He bas no sympathy with those who are striving for better things. He servilely imi tates his leader In seeking to divert public attention from the misdoinags of the most odious legislature in Penn. sylvania's history He even goes further, and plays vpon the chords of public Ignorance prejudice and passion. He gives grave offense to every instinct of patriotism, to every sense of justice, by comparing men who represent and who oour ageously avow and stand for the best impulses, the best thought and the best purposes of a virtuous and pa triotic people, to the misguided and desperate enemies of government and the public peace. This is a blunder of partisan real that is worse than a do liberate crime. In his blind devotion to those whom he seeks to serve, this misguided apologetic defender of Quaylem does not see that the worst anarchists this country has produced; the most dangerous enemies of the state and of society, are the men who have so deeply corrupted the political arena, #0 terribly polluted the very sources of government. 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