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WELLS STEPS
DOWN AND OUT
How Machine Politics Has Helped
to Ruin the Dairy Interest
in the State.
FARMERS OFAN HEALION'S HERD
The Philadelphia Machine Torn to
Pieces by the English Affiair—Great
Mass Meeting to be Held to Oppose
Oflicinl Blackmail—How the “Pall”
of Two Machine Leaders Kept an
Unworthy Officinl in the Dairy and
Food Department.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
Harrisburg,May 22.—The exposures in
connecticn with the oleomargarine
fraud continue to attract the greatest
attention among farmers and business
men. The past week witnessed the
stepping down of Levi Wells, the dairy
and food commisioner, whose resigna-
tion was forced by the exposures at
Philadelphia and elsewhere. After he
had left the office on the following day
Wells issued a statement declaring that
he had conducted the office in a first
class manner, and there was nothing
in his record that he was ashamed of.
A few days before this Wells dis-
missed Robert Simmers, one of the
inspectors of his department, who was
charged by Wells with incompetency
and failure to report violations of the
law. This action was the last expiring
gasp of a discredited official, for it was
Simmers who on several occasions de-
clared that he had evidence in his pos-
session showing that Wells was fully
cognizant of the fact that protection
was being extended to dealers in oleo-
margarine. Simmers had threatened
Wells months before, and it was natu-
ral that Wells should hate Simmers
and endeavor to get rid of him before
he, Wells, went out of office.
That Simmers has not been removed
before is due to two reasons. One is
that he knows a great deal more about
the rottenness in the pure food and
dairy department than he has revealed,
and the other is that he is held in place
by the mysterious power of two Ches-
ter county officials, Senator Snyder,
president pro tem. of the senate, and T.
Larry Eyre, superintendent of public
buildings and grounds.
Months aro it is alleged that Sim-
mers was recommended to Governor
Stone for dismissal on the ground that
he was aware that th: law was being
violated and that oleomargarine was
being sold in vast quantities over the
state. Senator Snyder, who comes
from one of the largest dairy counties
of the state, stepped in and pleaded
successfully in behalf of Simmers, and
secured his retention in office. Con-
cerning this whole disreputable trans-
action the Philadelphia Press of Wed-
nesday last says:
A SHAMEFUL AFFAIR.
“Robert M. Simmers, a special agent
of the dairy and food division of the
state agricultural department, has been
removed from office by Commissioner
Levi Wells, who goes out of office him-
self today under what is pretty well
known to be a compulsory resignation.
Accent Simmers has given Commissioner
er Wells a good deal of trouble, and as
the commisioner now appears to think
he has nothing move to fear he gets
even by throwing the agent out.
“In taking this step Commissioner
Wells gives the public a prepared state-
ment in which he justifies the charge
that the department has been under
outside political influence and could
not therefore be expected to have any
efliciency. According to this scanda-
lous confession Mr. Wells offered the
governor, soon after his inauguration,
reasons why Mr. Simmers should be
removed, but that he was not removed
because Senator Snyder, of Chester
county, and Superintendent Eyre, the
machine boss of the county, requested
that he be retained. This 1s a very re-
markable assertion. It seriously re-
flects upon both Senator Snyder and
Mr. Eyre, but still more upon Commis-
sicner Wells and the state administra-
tion if there were reasons why the
agent shouid be removed. It is re-
peated that a few months later the
agent’s misdoings were such that his
removal was again thought desirable,
but that Senator Snyder again saved
him.
“Charges cf a grave character are
made against the deposed agent by the
deposed commissioner, and equally
grave cha s made by the agent are
hanging over the commissioner. It is
time now to have all the facts. If the
charges ali¢ged by these officials are
true, mere dismissal from office is net
enough in either case. The rottenness
of the department is pretty thoroughly
shown up by the statement of Commis-
sioner Wells that neither he nor the
governor could dismiss an agent he
thought unfit to Le in the service be-
cause Senator Snyder had a pull strong
enough to prevent it. We do not know
that the deposed agent is the bad man
the commissioner alleges him to be,
but there can be no need of further
evidence to show the total unfitness of
Commiscioner Wells than his own
statement. It could not be expected
he could accomplish anything with
subordinates kept in place by a power
stronger than any either he or the gov-
erncr felt competent to exercise.”
Secretary of Agriculture John Ham-
ilton was appointed by Governor Stone
to perform the duties of dairy and food
commissioner after Wells’ dismissal.
It has been weeks since the exposures
by the Philadelphia Norta American
were made and yet nothing has been
done of any consequence to limit the
sale of bogus butter or bring the guilty
parties to justice. There has been a
great deal of talk, but matters appear
to be running in pretty much the same
groove so far as prosecutions are con-
cerned. Last week Secretary Hamil-
ton called a meeting of all his agents
and inspectors in secret session here
in Harrisburg and gave them instrue.
tions, cr alleged instructions, about
prosecuting their work. It remains to
Je seen what will be done, but there
8 a popular impression that the de-
partment of agriculture and the dairy
and food commission has been so be-
smirched by the corruption of its of-
ficials that nothing can be done until
the entire department has been clean-
ed out. There is a general demand
among the farmers of the state that
John Hamilton, secretary of agricul-
ture, step down and out for the good
of the department. It was incom-
petency in the department, if not
worse, that permitted such a condition
as the sale of protection to oleomar-
garine dealers and the ruin of the pure
butter interest to exist.
ANOTHER CASE IN POINT.
That Governor Stone has zo appar-
ently higher ambition in his® political
life than to reward the members of
the machine is shown in his reap-
pointment last week as Insurance com-
missioner Israel W. Durham, of Phila-
delphia. The people of the state read
with surprise and indignation the un-
disputed declaration in the Philadel-
phia North American some weeks ago
that Mr. Durham had spent only four
days in his office at Harrisburg in
nearly a year. That he did not know
the clerks in his department. And yet
Governor Stone, who beseeched the
people, when he was a candidate, to
vote for him because he would be “a
good governor,” and a ‘governor of
the people,” thus rewards the con-
fidence that was placed in him. With
this new evidence of Governor Stone's
subserviency to the machine of which
Mr. Durham is one of the shining
lights the North American of last
Monday says:
“Governor Stone has reappointed
Israel W. Durham insurance commis-
sioner. It is an eminently characteris-
tic selection, revealing anew the char-
acter of Governor Stone and exhibit-
ing once more the nature of the ser-
vices which are sure to receive reward
at his hands. A place under this up-
right and self respecting state admin-
istration should be found for the Hon.
Samuel Salter, in the fond hope of
winning him back from exile. Gov-
ernor Stone and Commissioner Dur-
ham had no more industrious and
faithful follower.”
THE ENGLISH EPISODE.
The whole staté was shocked by the
publication of the story of Director of
Public Safety English’s attempt to in-
timidate ex-Postmaster General John
‘Wanamaker. The story has been com-
mented on from San Francisco to Bos-
ton. It was the most shameful at-
tempt at what the Philadelphia Press
called “official blackmail” that was
ever made. Men who are enemies of
John Wanamaker wrote and thanked
him for his nerve and fearlessness in
publicly proclaiming the shame and
disgrace of the Ashbridge-English out-
rage. Of course nobody believes that
English of his own motion went to
Wanamaker and threatened to expose
affidavits affecting his moral character
uniess Wanamaker compelled the
North American to cease its attacks on
the Ashbridge administration. En-
glish was simply a tool. No man
with honor would have descended to
such a thing, but intimidation, black-
mail and corruption are weapons used
by the machine.
The Ashbridge administration which
has besmirched itself is part and par-
cel of the Quay machine. It sought
to grip and own Philadelphia in the in-
terests of ex-Senator Quay and his
friends. But this is all past. Some
idea of the intense indignation that
is felt over this attempt to throttle free
speech and a free press and hold men
in terror by threats against them, is
shown in the call for a gigantic mass
meeting in Philadelphia on Friday
night next to demand the dismissal of
English. The leading ministers, judges,
business and professional men of Phil-
adeiphia have signed the call.
But it is not likely that Ashbridge or
English will heed the volume of de-
nunciation and indignation that is
hurled against them. They are cal-
loused, and like the rest of the ma-
chine, both in city and state, they care
little for public opinion so long as they
can continue to rule. In the mean-
time the war against the machine is
going on apace in state, city and vil-
lage. Quay is no longer a factor and
the fight in the machine now is, who
shall rule?
Small Loss.
The Philadelphia Times of yesterday
gave prominence to the following item:
Since Col. M. 8. Quay was denied a
seat in the United States Senate it has
Eeen a matter of speculation whether
his friends will manifest their feeling
toward Senator Hanna who paired his
vote against the former senator and
was in a measure held responsible for
his defeat, in the National convention
which meets here in June. The ma-
chine leaders for a time made no effort
to conceal their bitterness toward Han-
na, but subsequently it was announced
that “Pennsylvania is for McKinley”
and the Republican State convention
indorsed him.
Notwithstanding the apparent [riend-
liness between the machine leaders and
the administration, it was rumored that
their delegates in the convention would
stand against President McKinley in
favor of Gov. Roosevelt, of New York.
The truth of this story is denied, but it
is now said that the friends of Col.
Quay propose to take no hand in the
convention, and it is known that some
of the leaders will go out of the city
during convention week. It is believ-
ed that the seats of a part of the State
delegation and its alternates will be
vacant.
It is not likely that this is all true,
and if it is it is not likely that Presi-
dent McKinley, Senator Hanna or the
great mass of Republicans of Pennsyl-
vania will lose any sleep over it: The
“friends of Col. Quay” were very much
against Mr. McKinley and Mr. Hanna
four years ago at St. Louis, but McKin-
ley was triumphantly nominated and
later triumphantly elected. Then, as
now, it was small loss what the “friends
of Col. Quay” did. There are other
Republicans.— Pittsburg Times.
Red-Headed Roarer’s Return.
It is announced that the former Con-
gressman James Belford, of Colorado,
who was at one time known as “The
Red-Headed Roarer of the Rockies,”
has, after several years of wandering
in the outer Darkness of Populistie
Democracy, concluded to return to the
Republican party. It is said that he is
once more ‘clothed, and in his right
mind,” and has shed all of his silver
heresies and wild and woolly notions of
finance. In explaining his return, he
says he is convinced that the silver is-
sue is a corpse, and that the Demo-
cratic party at best is not to be trust-
ed. He is of opinion also that the ma-
jority of the Republicans of Colorado,
who left the party when he did, and
for similar reasons, have reached the
same conclusion as himself and are
coming back to their old allegiance this
year.
This is good news, of course, but one
wonders why it was that, with so little
persuasion, and upon such flimsy pre-
texts, these men left the party at all.
There appears to have been some sort
of a malefic influence in the air at the
time Belford went out to which Dem-
ocrats and some western Republicans
were peculiarly liable. They wonder
now what was the matter with them
and how it was possible that they then
sw things which they are now con-
vinced never existed. It is compzra-
tively easy for men like Belford to re-
turn to their old party, but those who
are most to be pitied are the Demo-
crats, who, having recovered from their
hallucinations, have no place to go.and
are doing their best, therefore, to bluff
themselves into the beilef that they
still believe,—Pitisburg Times,
HOW CENSUS SUPERVISOR SCULL DECEIVED AP-
PLIGANTS FOR GENSUS POSITIONS.
Lying for Political Effect Thoroughly Ex-
posed by Congressman Thropp.
GEORGE R. SCULL SHOWN UP IN HIS
TRUE LIGHT.
Evidence That Cannot Be Disproven.
Under date of April 5th, 1900, Tue
Star announced that almost a com-
plete list of Census Enumerators had
been appointed for Somerset county
by Census Supervisor George R. Scull,
of Somerset. Tue Srar stated in its
issue of that date that the appointments
were made prior that date and so
they were, for we had indisputable
documentary evidence direct from
Washington to prove the assertion.
Other papers in this census district
published the same information, from
the same source, at about the same
time. But what was Mr. Scull doing at
that time and for several weeks after-
ward? We will tell you.
Mr. George R. Scull, who is editor of
the Somerset Herald as well as Census
Supervisor for this district, was busily
engaged in politics, and in order to get
as many poll workers as possible for
the Scull ring candidates at the Re-
publican primary election of April 21st,
it was necessary for him to deceive as
many people as he possibly could. He
accordingly kept himself very busy in
promising census appointments to all
who applied, and these promises, mind
you, were made to probably hundreds
of applicants after Mr. Scull had al-
ready made nearly all his appointments.
What a villain a man must be to thus
knowingly and wilfully deceive confid-
ing men for political effect!
After the list of appointments had
been obtained from Washington and
published by some of the newspapers,
some of the people Mr. Scull had de-
ceived began to take him to task about
it. But Timmie, with his usual brazen-
faced deception assured them that
there were no appointments yet made,
doubtless thinking that a lie well stuck
to is as good as the truth. But the
pressure became so great that Mr.
Scull was at last forced to public as
well as private deception, and in the
Herald of April 18th he announced un-
der glaring headlines that he had not
yet appointed a single enumerator. In
his denial in the Herald of April 18th,
he among other things published the
following:
“In the Saturday issue of the Johns-
town Democrat, under the caption, ‘Of-
ficial List of Somerset’s Census Enum-
erators,” appears whai purpots to be
an official list of Census Enumeraters
for Somerset county. When it is known
that the appointments of Enumerators
are made solely by the Supervisor of
Census, who in this district is George
R. Scull, Esq., one wonders that the
editor of the Democrat would give cir-
culation to so stupid a lie. Not a single
appointment of Census Enumerators has
yet been made in the 13th Penin’a District,
nor will any be made for a week or
more to come. We repeat, no appoint-
ments of Census Inwmerators have been
made for any county in this census dis-
t.ict, and when they are made they will
be made by the supervisor solely on
the merits of the applicants.”
Now, it appears that somebody was
lying, but who was it? After reading
the following evidence, we think our
readers will agree that Mr. Scull did
the lying. The first witness is Con-
gressman Thropp.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON.
May 21st, 1900.
Mg. P. L. LiveExcoon, :
Editor Somerset County Star,
Dear Sir: —In sending you the ac-
companying list of Census Enumera-
tors, and knowing that your paper
never wishes to deceive the people, but
desires to publish the truth, I write to
confirm the information given you be-
fore the primaries in Somerset county,
that the people may know the facts,
namely: That the Enumerators for
the county had been then appointed.
Before the primaries, April 2lst, it
was stated in several newspapers that
the list of Enumerators had been made
out and that the Rules of the Census
Bureau required them to be in Wash-
ing from the 26th to the 28th of March.
The correctness of this statement was
stoutly denied by some persons, among
whom are said to be included those
who had the making of the selections,
and who certainly knew that the lists
had long before been sent to Washing-
ton.
In some single enumerating districts
in Somerset county many persons were
promised the same position, and the
total number of those thus misled in
the county, is said tc have reached in-
to the hundreds.
1 do not believe in deceiving people,
and to show that the statements made
by me and my friends were correct, 1
now give a copy of the letter sent me
by the Hon. W. R. Merriam, Director
of the United States Census, under
date of April 4th, in which you will
note that he writes me to call at his of-
fice to see the lists; and in addition to
this letter I give you the names and
dates of appointments of all the Enum-
erators for the Thirteenth Census Dis-
trict. The dates given were when the
Enumerators’ appointments. were re-
ceived here in Washington. In several
places in Somerset county you will no-
tice that substitutions were made.
Now, it will be understood that the
appointments had to be made befcre-
hand and reported to the Supervisor
who was in Somerset, and then re-
mailed from Somerset here, so you can
see how far back beyond April 2nd,
when most of them were received here,
the appointments must have been
made. The lists for the four counties
are in my possession, #nd with but few
exceptions all the names were made
and in Washington here, as stated, the
last of March.
It is unfortunate and humiliating
that in order to accomplish their pur-
poses certain parties make it a rule to
deceive the people. Lincoln truthfully
said: “You can fool all of the people
sometimes, but you cannot fool all of
the people all the time.” It is to be
hoped that the time for fooling the peo-
ple is nearly at an end,
Very truly yours,
JoserH E. THrovPe,
The next witness is none other than
Hon. W. R. Merriam, Director General
of the Census. Read his letter to Mr.
Thropp, then read the list of Census
BURY, ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA.,, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1900.
Enumerators for Somerset county,
which follows, and be sure to observe
the dates in Mr. Merriam’s letter and
the dates in the list of appointments.
The numbers preceding the names of
the Enumerators are the numbers of
the severrl enumerating districts of
Somerset county.
Twelfth Census of the United States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
SUS OFFICE,
Wasmixarox, D. C., April 4, 1900.
~My Dear Sir:—I have the honor to
inform you that the list of enumera-
tors submitted by the Supervisor of
Census for the Thirteenth District of
Pennsylvania, has been received, and 1
shouid be pleased toshow you the same
if you will call at the office. I am,
Very respectfully,
(Signed) W. R. MERRIAM,
Director.
Hox. J. E. Tarore,
Iouse of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.
SOMERSET COUNTY CENSUS ENUMERATORS,
162. Geo. I. Stark, Addison, April 2.
William J. Palmer, Listonburg, substi-
tuted, May 1.
163. Wm. F. Caton, Dividing Ridge,
April 2,
164. Alfred E. Cassler, Holsopple,
April2. Wm. H. Gramling, Windber,
substituted, May 9.
165. S. D. Yoder, Holsopple, May 10.
166. D. G. Manges, Ashtola, April 2.
167. Robt. 8. Meyers, Berlin, April 2.
168. T.G. Rayman, Brotherton, Apr. 2.
169. Geo. Fogle, Berlin, April 2.
170. G. M. Miller, Rockwood, April 2.
171. J. 8. Brougher, Kingwood, Apr. 2.
172. John N. Kaufman, Davidsville,
April 2.
173. G. D. Gross, Davidsville, April 2.
174. J. Tannehill, Draketo xn, April 2.
175. I. S.Gerhard, Draketown, April 2.
176. 8. R. McKinley, Elk Lick, April 2.
177. Irwin J. Engle, Elk Lick, April 2
178. James H. Suder, Glen Savage,
April 2,
179. Edwin K. Hochstetler, Pocahon-
tas, April 2.
180. G. S. Lohr, Stoyestown, April 2.
181. M. L. 8. Wilt, Coleman, April 2.
George Kimmel, Stoyestown, substitu-
ted, May 1.
182. C. E. Gardner, Bakersville, Apr. 2.
183. R. F. Hammer, Glessner, May 10.
184. C. I. Shaffer, Jenners, April 2.
185. Gideon H. Bauman, Sand Pateh,
April 2.
186. Henry H. Hay, Edie, April 2.
187. G. D. Lichty, Meyersdale April 2.
188. Lyman N. Pile, Barronvale, April
2. Cyrus C. Barclay, Trent, substitu-
ted, May 1.
189. D. 8. Boucher, Glade, April 2.
190. J. D. Snyder, Rockwood, April 2.
191. W. H. Crosby, Glencoe, April 2.
192. W. L. Powell, Forward, April 2.
193. W. P. Hurst, Somerset, April 2.
194. Aaron I. Heiple, Bills, April 2.
195. Wm. A. Saylor, Lull, April 2.
196. Wm. Long, Wellersburg, April 2.
197. Albert Lambert, Lambertsville,
April
198
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98. Chas. W. Knepper, Brotherton,
April 2.
199. 8. C. Witt, Summit Mills, April 2.
200. J. W. Peck, Meyersdale, April 2.
Now then, fellow citizens, do you see
how beautifully we have caught “Tim-
mie” in his games of deception? Have
we not proven by indisputable evidence
that we spoke the truth in our issue of
April 5th when we told the public that
the Census Enumerators for this coun-
ty had nearly all been appointed prior
to that date? Have we not clearly
proven fo you that George R. Scull is a
political charlatan and deceiver of the
first water? Do you think such a man
is a fit person to pose as a leader in
Somerset county politics? Can you
not see that he has been weighed in
the balance and found wanting in man-
ly principle and political honor? Peo-
ple who are blind to these facts after
such proof as the foregoing has been
laid before them, are blind from a mat-
ter of choice, deaf because they wilful-
ly refuse to hear.
——————,
Prohibition County Convention.
The Prohibitionists of Somerset coun-
ty, who recently assembled in conven-
tion at Somerset, adopted the follow-
ing resolutions and platform:
We, the Prohibitionists of Somerset
county in convention assembled, ac-
knowledge Almighty God as our ruler
and the source of all wisdom, and His
law as our law. We believe the liquor
traffic to be morally wrong, and its in-
fluence corrupting, degrading and de-
moralizing everywhere. That it cor-
rupts the ballot box by making pur-
chaseable the voter, who ought to be
a high-minded and independent sover-
eign, we need but cite all honest and
fair-minded citizens to the scenes wit-
nessed all over our county at the recent
Republican primary election. Such
acts of debauchery and corruption of
the ballot box could never take place
under a prohibitory law such as the
Prohibition party seeks to enact. There-
fore, resolved,
First. We hold ourselves in unre-
lenting hostility to the legalized or un-
legalized saloon, believing it is the
greatest curse in our land to-day, and
that it is an evil which cannot be
licensed or countenanced without sin.
We demand the complete prohibition
of the manufacture, sale and transpor-
tation of alcoholic liquors for beverage
purposes, whether in state, territory or
island possessions.
Second. We call upon all loyal citi-
zens to resent at the ballot box the no-
torious and infamous Griggs decision,
by means of which the present admin-
istration insults every lover of law and
morality, God and liberty, and home
and humanity by continuing, contrary
to existing law, the army canteen, thus
demoralizing our young soldiers, de-
stroying the efiicacy of our army, and
giving just cause for the impression
among the natives of foreign lands that
we “are a nation of drunkards.” We
call upon all who would gladly welcome
the annihilation of the canteen saloon
to vote for our candidates, who are
pledged to the overthrow of this ac-
cursed business.
Third. We favor the tax-suppression
of the trust as the surest method of
stopping its exploitage of the people
and of taking it out of polities with its
election machinery, legislative lobby-
ism, bribery of public officials and cor-
ruption of the ballot box.
Fourth. As a guard against the be-
trayal of their constituents by faithless
legislators, we declare in favor of the
NO. #8.
| tion, regardless of sex.
Sixth. We favor municipal and gov-
ernmental ownership and control of all
| publie utilities, including railroads,tel-
| graph, telephone, electric ‘roads and
| water works.
| Seventh. We declare in favor of an
amendment to the Federal constitution
| which shall provide for the election of
President, Vice President and United
| States Senators by popular vote.
Eighth. Tt is with great pleasure we
note the rising enthusiasm and de-
mands for the hero of Pennsylvania,
Dr. Silas C. Swallow, to become the na-
tional didate for president, the
standard bearer of truth and honor,and
we earnestly hope his nomination and
election may be made sure.
Ninth. We feel that the people of
this state owe a debt of gratitude to
our State Chairman, Charles R. Jones,
for his untiring zeal in unearthing bal-
lot box frauds in Philadelphia, and to
the fact that as a result of his efforts
several ballot box stuffers are now
serving out the extreme penalty of the
law behind prison bars.
TIIE COUNTY TICKET.
® The
made:
following nominations were
Assembly,
Prof. J. C. Speicher, Meyersdale.
8. P. Brubaker, Berlin.
Jury Commissioner,
Chas. F. Zimmerman, Stoyestown.
Poor Director,
C. Wesley Landis, Brothersvalley.
Harry K. Stoner, of Berlin, was se-
lected as the delegate to attend the
National Prohibition Convention in
Chicago,on June 27.
Levi Lichliter, of Elk Lick, and Dr.
L. B. Miller, of Lavansville, were elec-
ted as members to the State central
committee.
The delegates to the State conven-
tion, which meets at Pittsburg, August
8th, next, are Rev. M. L. Young, of
Meyersdale, and John O. Stoner and
Fred Groff, of Berlin. Their alternates
are C. I. Zimmerman, Stoyestown,Rev.
B. B. Collins, Meyersdale, and Isaac G.
Jones, Somerset. Fred Groff, of Ber-
lin, was reelected County Chairman,
and RR. P. Collins, of Berlin, Secretary.
- —~——
Are Quay’s Erstwhile Friends Try-
ing to Put Him Out?
Are the erstwhile friends of Ex-Sen-
ator Matthew Stanley Quay trying to
get him out of the way? Two stories
to that effect came to light on Wed-
nesday from widely-different sources—
one from the Philadelphia Press, a
rabid anti-Quay journal, the other as a
Pittsburg dispatch in the Inquirer, Mr.
Quay’s own personal organ through
thick and thin.
The Press says it has lit upon an ab-
solute confirmation of the statement
made by Ex-Senator Andrews a few
days ago, that Quay “is no longer the
controlling spirit in the machine that
dominates the politics of Pennsylvania.”
It is stated, furthermore, that a Sena-
tor who voted for Quay at the last ses-
sion of the State Legislature was ap-
proached and asked if he would sup-
port Governor Stone for the United
States Senate in case of a special ses-
sion of the Legislature. The Senator
was given to understand that some of
Mr. Quay’s friends, who believe he can-
net be re-elected, e rard it as dangerous
to defer action for fear the next Legis-
lature maybe in tle h .nds of the Antis,
or at least of them and the Democrats.
The man who made the overtures has
not been revealed, but it is said he is a
friend of Attorney-General Elkin and
Senator Penrose, leaving the impress-
ion that they are in the plan.
The Press thinks the scheme is not a
wise one if the object is to dispose of
Mr. Quay and insure a Republican Sen-
ator. Tt says the Insurgents who re-
fused to vote for Quay a year ago would
refuse to vote for Stone if summoned
in special session now. *
The Pittsburg story is that several
prominent Pennsylvanians‘ who were
deeply interested in the defeat 0. Col-
onel Quay made a pilgrimage to Was
ington in January last and spent most
of a day in conference with persons
prominent in the management of the
Republican National Committee. Brief-
ly put, it is said that before they left
an intimation was conveyed to the pow-
ers controlling the National Commit-
tee that in the event of the refusal of
the Senate to seat Quay a very fat con-
tribution to the campaign fund of the
National Committe would be forthcom-
ing.
The sum of money promised for the
campaign fand in case of Quay's defeat
is said to have been $250,000. Nothing
is said in this story about Mr. Quay’s
turn-down in the Senate being follow-
ed by a crusade against him by his
former Pennsylvania friends, but that
would not be at all unlikely, and would
be only human nature. If the politi-
cians who have been training with Mr.
Quay once get it into their heads that
his power is waning and that he is sure
to go down, they will scramble to save
their own bacon, and let him go to the
bow-wows. At least they will be dif-
ferent from any other politicians that
ever lived if they do not. So itis that
there may be a close connection be-
tween the story of the Philadelphia
Press and that in the Philadelphia In-
quirer.—Johnstown Tribune.
Tne Republican party has always
been the party of liberty. Emancipa-
tion was'its first great work, the pres-
ervation of the Union, that the whole
nation might be free, was its next task.
The emancipation of American labor
from tramp lodging houses, soup kitch-
ens and idleness was the beéneficient
task of the same party under the
matchless leadership of William Me-
Kinley. The freedom of Tuba and
Porto Rico from the most accursed
government that ever blasted a fair
land was its next great task, and the
moulding of the civic life of these long-
oppressed people to harmonize with
the best traditions of Anglo-Saxon lib-
initiative and referendum and the im-
perative mandate.
Fifth. The right of suffrage should
be based upon an educational qualifica-
| erty is
the great party’s next task,
| which it assumes as a solemn duty that
can not with honor be evaded, neglect-
| ed orshifted.