k § 4 i] 4 2 § tert 3 $1 wr fh smntty 2 of fpr v Ty Cig Be? vim yeas oohielved 5 ceri v. and thin ifs raa 1 ir is was that of exphpilig suanenis 1 a in legini 3 and Sniatr dena suanix of elnal gover ait. hut that of s rid and sells i or factions] interests The unaxplaioed and Incomprehensilily prolonged delay of the senate to act upon the request of that peculiarly representa tive body of public spirited men, the Citi zens Municipal sasociation, that a com- ‘ snittee should be created to investigate the operations of the government of Philadel phia, aud subsequently the similarly unexplained and incomprehensibly sud den adoption of the resolution by the sen- ate and the failure following it of the logisiature to make an appropriation to pay the expenses of the committee, natu- “rally caused the scheme to be regarded as a mere political or factional tricz and t Quay for hls instructions he went ‘dering along bothering bi mealf about cam | | palgn pledges after the clection was over | portionment when that issue had served device, a threat and a menace of one polit- * jeal faction to another, waich it was never intended should be executed. This nat- “ural and reasonable suspicion of insincer- ity of parpos: was strengthened when it “was perciived that, without a single ox- ception, the committee was composed of radical partisans of a single faction. In- ‘stead of discharging the important duty fmposed upon its members, they have ‘been, andl, common report says, they still . are constantly and energetically employed as partisan agents upon one side of the factional contest which is now being waged throughout the state. From first to last, from the day the Manicipal association made its request for an investigation to this day, there has been nothing to indicate, there is now nothing to indicate that, so far asthe - genate nnd the committee were concerned, there was any real intention that the ad- ministration of public affairs in Philadel phia should or would be investigated. From the beginning of the scheme it has borne the appearance of deceit, and is still appaars to be an indefensible one of fraudulent intent. —Philadelphia Led ger. CAMERON BACK OF IT. Quay Soceess Means the Return of Don Cameron to the United States Senate. The primary elections in Mon ! county to elect two doleg to attang ‘county convention at Norristown, 1ues- if alter eiectio legislature looking to Senats } i 4 at instead ol yi Wed and needlessly committing him wif to ap- {ta purpose and the legislature had been made up. He seemed to consider himseif under obligations to the psopie who elscted | him rather'than to Senator Quay. This was the final stroke of perfidy agninst the senato?, and there was nothing for him to do but to show that he was boss by an- nouncing that he would Limsell take the chairicanship of the party organization. Such is the history of the faction war, and | it shows how fhe war was foroed on the senator. — Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. The Committee That Never Meets, That Philadelphia Lexow Commitee Is like the policemen in the ‘Pirates of Pen- zance."’ “We go, we go,” and then Major General Stanley remarks “Yes, but you don’t go.’ It is really sério-comic the way announce. | ments for the committes meeting are pre- | dicted and as quickly denied. As Senator | MoCarrell says, the only time. that two of | the committee have been together since the legislature adjourned was when the Dauphin senator met Senator Kennedy of Allegheny, in the surf at Atlantic Cit; and, to aay the least, that was inforual inne. ~Columbia Spy. A Pertinent Question. Quay papers make mu Quay electing Harrison pres Well. when he found he could i the elect, he did so Harrison's admis tion what he is now trying to do to Ha Of BI C8 % ings’ adminjstration—kill it. 2 some of Mr. Quay ’s frisnds? he did toward the election of H in 182. That would make mighty esting reading — Mi ! ton Milt A Struggle for Fair Play Governor Hastings calls hiss present battle a “struggle lor fu Pennsylvania politics,” and tia be just what it is. --> ranton Tri In a burst ¢f bravery they sing | * 2 4 4 5 a i s 1 iia a 1 it i 0 % has sel 2c: called investigation ori Jexow' couunilies, in thd disguise of pablic service to nse as the canvenient instrument of private revenge and per sonal adrantage And fifth, Low, while thus publicly | mnake secret treaties and alliances with | the very men whom he and his followers are openly depouncing as villainous and corrupt. 2 tL Amazing as it musi-seem to Repubil | CARs who bad ne pre ious knowledge of | the facts, the only single ehargs in this | terrible arfalgnment which Senator Juuy oven attempted to deny was the las! onw The others he could not deny fort! rested on the proof of aslcud of witns ‘Bat he began by feeling ti a danial of the last deadly charge. w= on Friday last took mors definife in the Philadelphia Evening 1.0 | one of the eldest : , t worthy Republican nows, | United States The elegraph distin at this interview a Wav tows i sought and ad ow fase Lo Aan ul $ # kd - fra iF 1x2 - a at) ans ad i123, ¥ Cogpoliman Jato if 2 . ou To . has deserted the edarifiis man.'’ This they wish it zuder stood. is a valuable and importuat con version to the trua faith Perhaps when the exact roason of Pat ton’s action is known people wil: reali that the Quayites have . hoast 6f in this accession Patton was one of the n tile appraisers wliose operamons iver telosed at the time oc the wid waging ‘wai; he has privitely sought to | : Bardsley investiga . iy a Q ¥ we eonncils has heen and patiic Cisapur 11" TT - at ai Pa t at} ayy 1 a + del X b at Fa tra # as. and has swung in for the | i { i i 3
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