OR. SAMUEL PERVERTS FACTS After Equivocal Delay He Gives Answer to Ques tions Which Did Not Answer. An ALsurb Pretense. With characteristic disregard of propriety Dr. Samuel has given to the newspapers which favor his elec tion what he alleges to be a corres pondence between himself and a coll ide of prominent citizens of this coun ty, Mr. J. S. Campbell and Mr. C. H. Dildine, ot Rohrsburg. If Dr. Samuel had given the entire correspondence there might have been some excuse for making pub lie a personal letter without the con sent of the writers But he withheld not only one of his own letters to the gentlemen who, as citizens of the Sixteenth Congressional District and constituents of his own, had asl other than the express companiesj which have been charging extortion ate rates for carrying parcels. Why did you speak and vote against the interests of the people and for the benefit of the express companies in that way? The laborers in the Panama canal /.one work under the most adverse conditions. The contractors require them to work long hours in an un healthy atmosphere. The eight hour law was enacted as a measure of relief for them and In the expec tation of it's extension to the States. Why did you vote for its repeal? Yon say you are for the President but the records show that you were against him when the exigencies of the machine required you to be so. Assuming, however, that you are cor-, rectly representing your sentiments, do you think your duties are to the President or to the people whom you represent in Congress? (Signed) J. S. CAMPBELL, Master. C. H. DILDINE, Executive Co. Pa. State Grange. To this letter Dr. Samuel replied as follows: Mt. Carmel, October 14, 1906. Mr. J. S. Campbell, Master, Mr. C. H. Dildine. Executive Commit tee Penna. State Grange, Rohrsburg, Pa. Gentlemen: Your letter of the 6th propounding certain questions and making false | charges and insinuations, received up on my return home today. I note you affix'your official titles i as officers of the Grange, and, assume i \ ou are acting in your official capaci ty. Therefore, I have forwarded a (copy of your letteV to Mr. W. F. Hill Master of the Grange of the State of Pennsylvania, requesting him to ad vise me whether it is in accord witlj the princ pies of that noble inatitu tion for the oflicers of the same to addres such a letter, and upon the re ceipt of his reply I will answer your let ter. Yours truly, E. W. SAMUEL, M. C. Pursuant to this petulent and some what puerile statement Dr. Samuel sent a copy of the letter of Mr. Camp be.ll and Mr. Dildine to Mr. Hill, Mas ter of the State Grange ostensibly for the purpose of getting Mr. Hill's ad vice with respect to his obligation to answer, but really hoping for a re buke of the gentlemen. To this let ter Mr. Hill replied that the gentle mi 11 were acting in the capacity of citizens. 011 October 20th, four days after the date oi Mr. Hill's Utter and af ter ample time had elapsed between the receipt of . the original letter to mnd tli. bosses, Dr. Samuel made ii following reply: Mt. Cariml, Pa., October 22, 1906. Mr. .1. S Campbell, Mr. C. H. Dildine, urg, Pennsylvania. . tr Sirs: Although your letter of October 6 s no evidence that it came to an /direction of any Grange, or, 1 you were authorized in your offi cial capacity, to address the interro itions to me. I recognize the right of any constituent of mine to write upon any questions of interest, eith er to him or the community at large; this consideration has prompted me to answer your questions at length: 1. During my course in Congress, I have acted on all legislation, as In my judgment, seemed for the best in terests of my constituents and the country, and without being subser vient to any man; this course I shall continue. 2. I did not refuse to sign a call for a caucus to consider the rate-bill but on the contrary I was always in favor of and voted for the rate bill. My votes in favor of the pure food law and the meat inspection bill .-■how my position on those questions. 112. My duties as a Congressman re cti! vd my attendance at Washington, 'I not deem it right or proper • » neglect them in order to be in 1-i.shurg to lobby either for or •nst the pasage of any resolutions the legislature. I did not vote or speak against is post; the only reference in s; ch to parcels post was the irt of the Postmaster General's re port, commending the merging of third i fourth class mail matter, you are • spectfullv referred to that part of Ihe report »>f the Postmaster General. ('». I did not vote for the repeal of the eight hour lav/ in the Panama nal. 7. In all my official acts, I have faithfully represented my constitu ents, and in so doing, have supported) the policies of President Roosevelt, believing his policies to be for the best interests of my constituents*, as well as the country at large. My votes and action on all legisla tion are contained in the Congression al Record, which is the official report of all legislation in Congress, ta which you are respectfully referred. Yours truly, E. W. SAMUEL. If the answers had answered and Dr. Samuel had conveyed his answer to the gentlemen to whom It was ad dressed, the incident would have been closed. But the Doctor stupidly sent a part of the correspondence to an equally stupid newspaper which false ly declared that it purported to come by direction and authority of the Grange. As a matter of fact it did n't purport to come from the Grange but as Master Hill of the State Grange promptly pointed out. the writer were acting as "citizens inter osted in the legislation of Congress." But the answers don't answer. Tk« first question is. will you continue al legience to the machine and the an swer is that he is subservient to nc , -nan. Possibly Penrose does write himself plural an 1 the machine mn\ >e called a collective noun, but th« record is that Dr. Samuel was sub servient to the machine always. The second question is why the Doctor refused to sign the call for a ; caucus to expedite the completion oi the rate bill and the answer that he didn't refuse to sign. N6vertheles« | the call was out several days search inu for signatures and Dr. Samuel I never got his name on at all. The third question is, substantially j why have you as a Representative it Congress failed to insist on the prose-j cution of the Standard Oil trust and ( the Beef trust for adulterating tfielr products and the answer is that he voted for the pure food law. That vouldn't be.an aq,s.wer if it were true nd as a matter of fact there was noi •ecord vote dn tlie pure food law and nobody, not even the Doctor himself, i \nowH how he voted on that measure. | The fourth question is why didn't e remontrated against the votes of Northumberland county Representa ives in the Legislature in opposition '0 the resolution endorsing Roosc- 1 velfs attitude otf the rate bill and. lie answer is that his duties held him! ii Washington. But the mails ami elegraph and telephone lines were! iccessible and he mi.uht have used • !iem and probably would if he had >een :i friend of t.he President. The next question is why did you peak jmd vote against the parrels post, and the answer that he didn't. Nevertheless a speech published in at' <»aßt some of the Republican papers o i this district purporting to be his speech was against j the parcels post.. The next question is, why did you' vote for the repeal of the eight hour. law on the Isthmus of Panama and ■•lie answer is that he did not vote, ■>r the repeal. Mr. Samuel Gompers iys Pr. Samuel dodged the vote vhich is equivalent to a vote withl lie majority. But the test vote on hat measure was that on the resolu ! •ion to consider and on that he voted | affirmatively. Taking the questions and answers nd the circumstances attending the correspondence together it is not ea ,■ to see what there is for Dr. Sam-, ipl or his friends to crow over. SAMUEL AS_P. 0. BROKER. Not Much of a Figure in Washington but a Crack er Jack in Post Office Traffic. A Juggling Operation in Jamison City that Caused Commotion Dr. Samuel didn't cut much of a Ag ue in the public life of Washington luring his first session in Congress but as a Postoffice broker he held nigh rank. Speaking of his Congres sional servipe one of his associates in the floor writes: "Mr. Samuel's •ecord thus far in Congress has been entirely uneventful, as he not only! iccomplishe» little or nothing in the nterest of his constituents, beyond j be formal introduction of a, few min ir bills and a lilte (lumber of peti-' ions, but hp' took no part in Nation- 1 >1 affairs, having tfiade Ho speeches; mtside of a" few Basiial remarks onj ■ue occasion, excepting which iig was heajrd from him during that le-sion of important measures and oluminous dispussion. "As a politician he is held in very mbt esteem by his contemporaries n the House," continues the col eague In question, "and one of very m dlocre ability. He seems to have ollowed blindly the lead of his party naehine in his voting, advocating ev-! 'i-ything that favored the trusts, and; ipposing everything that advanced j he cause of labor, thus indicating his | tpproval of such a course." But as a Postoffice broker Dr. Sam tel shines. Senator Penrose is the lispenser of Postoffices in Pennsylva lia and any who is ser ile to Penroso can pledge postofflces n his district to the limit. The lim t is one postoffice to a town, and on y the experts can exceed that num-j >er. Of course there is only one lostoffice in a town and the ordin-j iry Congressman wouldn't be able to; iromlse more than one in a town. Jut Dr. Samuel isn't an ordinary Con-i pressman. As his associate on thej loor has indicated, he doesn't cut I nueh of a figure in the debates or In j lie political affairs of Congress, but] n the distribution of Postofflces he s great in promises. For example the Postoffice In Jam son City, Columbia county, may be *ited. That office has always been i fixture in a certain store. For various reasons, inadequacy of capi til and ilf health among them, the jresoti? wanted to dispose if the but was a trifle more than .vliling to* retain the Postniastership. He suggested to Dr. Samuel as local representative of the Postoffice De inrtment that he would like to re lieve tire postoffice because he had a -hance to sell the store. The doctor nstantly protested that the Postoffice lelonged to the building rather than 0 the Postmaster, and couldn't be t moved. Consequently the Post master sold the store and the post office. When the people of Jamison City famed that the Postmaster had sold lis Store they began looking out for 1 new Postmaster. The purchaser if the store pretended to be a Demo crat though he had not been in the lablt of voting, so the people thought t would be an easy thing to get a . ] new Postmaster. Later they discov -11 «red their mistake. . I While laboring under the delusion . ihat the public had the right to select I.he Postmaster for a town, the people i of Jamison City induced Mr. Harry 11 Miller to enter the Held as a candi date. In obedience to their request , | lie got out a petition which was sign .J ud by three-fourths of the patrons of ■! I.he olllce. It looked like an easy r|thing. Air. Miller's friends began to -; congratulate him on his victory. He i tad lived In tile town longer than ' iiybody else, they reasoned, and was h only Republican aspirant. It is i! i cinch they said. But they counted ; vithout their host. : ! The purchaser of the store hadn't ■ ecu a Republican or an active man [ n politics but he had bought some thing and the Postoiiict was among lie chatties. He didn't take the : rouble to ask for signers to a peti tion, because he was a friend of the (■'public::]n boss and (hat was enough. Meantime Mr. Miller forwarded bis : ! application and petition to the Post itHce Department and advised Con n- -man Samuel of the fact. In th« i iitnte mail Mr. Morgan Gavltt, a Re publican and prominent citizen of the town dispatched a letter to the Con ressman in the interest of Mr. Mar- j >j tin. To both of these letters here- ■ j ulied on the same day, apparently j about the same time, for they arrived ; ! tithe same mail, but they were of! 11 liametrically opposite import. That: is to say the letter to Mr. Miller as-1 i tired him I hut "when the matter is 'S-eferred to me (the Congressman) | by the Postoflice Department for rec-j i ■mmendation 011 the matter, your ap : illcatinn will receive careful consid-I •ration." That to Mr. Gavltt was j tiore fandid. "I have already for-1 ; varded to the Postmaster General," | !he writes, "my recommendation for j | the appointment of Mr. M. H. Smith ! j gall. Didn't know that there was 'any Other candidate for th» appoint ! inent." Both letters were dated S"p | I tember 20th. I)r. Smithgall was the purchaser of | the store and Incidentally owner o'« the Postoflice, but the people were | not satisfied. Up in that mountain region men are of a sturdy type who cherish their rights and insist on ex ercising them. They began to , kick," figuratively speaking, and the I echo of their discontent went down through the serpentine Fishing Creek | Valley to Bloomsburg where it dis turbed the serenity of the bosses locat ed there. Mr. Martin was sent for and implored to be kept still. He was not inclined to yield at first ami) | the Importunities grew warmer un j til finally he was offered $25 in cash, | the money to be paid in hand or through the medium of the local ; boss at Central if he would keep i quiet. | A few days ago Mr. Miller wrote to the "main guy," at Bloomsburg, de l-lining his munificent offer. STUART AGAINST MINERS. lie Tells Republican* of Lackawanna Co. To Trade Him Off in Order to Defeat Tom Nichols, the Miner. ! The antipathy against workingmen J which permeates the Republican ma chine was revealed In a speech deliv ered by Ex-Mayor Stuart, Republican candidate for Governor, at Scranton, lon Saturday evening, last. ' The Democratic candidate for Con gress in the Lackawanna county dis trict is District President Thomas D. j Nichols of the United Mine Workers of America. His Republican antag onist is Thomas H. Dale, a machine ' emissary and corporation servitor, i Tile fusion sentiment is very strong ' in the district and the indications are itliat Emery will not only have an im ' Intense majority, but that the entire ! Democratic county ticket will be ov erwhelmingly elected. Mainly for ' the reason that Mr. Nichols is a work ' iiigman, the machine has determined to defeat him at any cost and Mr! | Stuart has most earnestly fallen into the scheme. . In fact in his speech on Saturday ' evening, he urged the Republicans of r j Lackawanna county to sacrifice him I self in the interest of Dale. In other J words, he told the voters to trade him I off for votes for Dale. lie realizes, ' no doubt, that his defeat is a fore ' [ gone conclusion and that something 1 may lie saved out of the wreck by ! ' : k'featlng the coal miner candidate , for Congress. I Nichols proclaims himself to be r j vhat lie terms a Roosevelt Democrat 5 ; and his stand has enlisted to his aid. I I :i large following of Lincoln Repub licans Nichols has also back of him ja large following of mine workers. v \ Emery Will Pay the Freight. 1 In his speech at Wilkes-Barre the r other evening Lewis Emery, Jr., de r dared that after his election the De , partments will be invtestlgated wheth- B er the Legislature appropriates ex t pense funds or not. In other words, 1 "be will pay the freight." Dr. Samuel Convicted Of Fraud. Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor I \poses His 112 aSse Pretense. , j At the outset of the present campaign Dr. Samuel set up the claiM that his candidacy was endorsed by Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor. Mr. Gompers is really the Legislative Committee of 1 organi/od Labor in Washington His offlco is at the National capitol aatf part ol his business to keep a record of thevotes and actions of Senators and Representatives in Congress on labor legislation. Hit' endorsement of Mr. Gompers is a strong card In industrial •estres. Every Labor organization accepts it as a guide in political action. If Mr. lumpers were less vigilant his name would be used freely by enemies ef la bor who covet ihe support of working-men at the polls and stab th( m in the back in Congress. Occasionally a man is found with sufficient temerity or enough stupidity to take chances of not being found out. Dr. Sanuel air pears to bo in this class and he boldly claimed that Mr. Gompers has ea . dorsed him for re-election. Like liis Lincoln party nomination, however, the claim was spurious. Mr. Gompers has promptly repudiated it and unsolicited, but obviously as a 1 token of appreciation of John G. McHeury's faithful friendship to the cause !of labor, notified him by letter which follows. It ought to be read by every workingman in the Sixteenth Congressional District. It brands Dr. Samuel as a falsifier and inferentially as a forger for the Issue of a false claim is mor ally a forgery. Does any citizen of this district want to be represented In Congress by such a man? We think not. The Letter: MER,CAN f tDERATJON 0F Labor X-'X..,- iiVgS ' • -;aaa.'.N;.:.sa*. uaiiomm.va.- 0::. 5,1306. I,T ' >' ' ! Mr. John 0. MoHenry, . •• Denton, Ponnnyivania. Dear Sir: I an in receipt of a nernpaper dipping, bcir.g aft editorial I from tho Daily News of Shamokin, Pa., under data of September 6th, in j which it is stated that I had given an endorsement the oandidaoy | of Congressman E. W. Samuel for re-election. Let r.e sajr that I 'I have given no-each endorsement, cr endorsement of any kind to Congressman Samuel. Borne tine ago, a document known as Labor'a Bill of Qrievanoes was submitted to tlfe Members of Congress, with a request for a reply from them, and among those who replied was Mr. Samuel. His reply was published in the AMERICAN FEDSRATIOHIST, and I am sending you under separate cover, oopy of same, whioh appears on page 683 of the document. Where the editorial above referred to goes onto say— "that Mr. Samuel voted in favor of continuing the eight-hour law In j! the construction of the Panama Canal, ■ it is an error. As a matter of faot, Mr. Samuel Is on record as not voting on this proposition, thereby dodging the issue. The dipping referred to above was forwarded here'a *few days ago and come of our friends suggested that I ought to write you. the facts in the case. Very truly yours, President American Federation of Labor. Mil WORKER SlIM « OIK Secretary-1 reasurer of the Great Labor Organization Ap peals to the Voters in Behalf of a Worthy Man. W. B. Wilson is the International Secretary-Treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America. I» all the great struggles for the rights and interests of labor in the Anthracite Coal region he has been President John Mitchell's "right hand," so to speak. His life, his energy, his splendid ability have been devoted to the cause of labor. He is essentially the faithful, efficient and conscientious champion of Labor in Pennsylvania. Appreciating the importance of having the faithful friends of lahor In the next Congress, Secretary-Treasurer Wilson is taking an Interest la the Congressional contest In this, the Sixteenth district, of this State. H« un derstands and appreciates John G. McHenry and with characteristic candor appeals to the voters in his behalf. The following is his address to"the Miner, Farmers and other citizens of the Sixteenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania: Blossburg, PB. Oct. 2nd.-aaoe. *9o—* To the Miners. Farmers and other Citizens of the Sixteenth Congressional Diotriot of Pennsylvania. Gentlemen: The Hon. John o. MoHenry, of Benton, Penna., has been nominated for Congress in tho•Sixteenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania. S Mr. MoHenry* 8 past record and his effective work in tho interests of the Farmers and wage workers of our country should oonciend him to the favorable consideration of every voter in your distriot irrespective of former poiitioal affiliations. I trust that the Miners, Farmers, Business Men and other Citizens of the Sixteenth Distriot win give him their earnest support at the polls. Respectfully yours, International Secretary-Treasurer of ths United Mine Workers of Aaerloa., . £