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FREELAND, PA., JUNE 18, 1902.
Bribery Will Not Down.
From the Pittsburg Post.
Dr. Swallow, the Prohibition candidate
for governor, raises the question wheth
er Judge Pennypacker, as an honest
man, can accept tho Harrlsburg nomin
ation at the hands of delegates who sold
themselves for so much gold. "If he
does," says the Prohibition candidate,
"what must wo conclude as to his own
personal character?" Tho turning
down of Elkin in the peculiar way It was
accomplished, Dr. Swallow says, ought
to be worth several hundred thousand
votes against Quay's candidate.
This question of the triumph of bri
bery and corruption in tho Republican
state convention is one that will not
down. It is evident that Mr. Elkin does
not Intend to keep quiet. The office
was put on the auction block as
street railway franchises and offices
were disposed of by Stone last spring.
It went to tho highest bidder, and Quay
made the best offer. He was handling
tho Pennypacker end.
In his spoech to his neighbors at
Indiana on Thursday evening Mr. Elkin
made statements as to how forty-one
pledged or instructed delegates wore got
away from him that leavo no doubt of
the use of money in systematic bribery.
"YVhon I went to Harrisburg last Mon
day," said Elkin, "I had 193 delegates
instructed and pledged for mo. I fully
expected victory, lieforo last Wednes
day afternoon forty-one of these men
desertod me " Who induced them to
repudiate their pledges and instructions?
It Is not only the admitted fact, but the
boast that Quay did the business. Elkin
has been close to Quay for years, and no
one knows his methods so well.
"This has boen Quay's most costly
campaign," says Elkin, and ho has post
ed Quay's books in the past. The fact
has loaked out that one Allegheny
county delegate got 85,000 for his vote
for Pennypacker. One, two, three and
four thousand dollars, are the figures
set down for other delegates. Offices
were used to corrupt delegates or In
fluential leaders when cash dealings
were incovenient and dangerous.
We quite agree agree with Dr. Swal
low, the Prohibition candidate, that
Judge Pennypacker must speak out,
either in dofenso or condemnation of tho
way tho nomination was handed over to
him. We don't suppose there is a well
informed or candid politician in the Re
publican party of the state who does not
have personal knowledge or tho strong
belief that Judge Ponnypacker's nomin
ation was tho most audacious deal in
corrupt politics ever known iu Pennsyl
vania.
The Prohibition candidate, Itov. Dr.
Swallow, declares that it was. Attor
ney (ieneral Elkin, who in reality had a
majority of tho convention until it was
bought away from him, says tho same.
The Quaylties virtually admit it—they
ovon boast of it as one of "the Old Man's
smartest tricks."
What has Judge Pennypacker to say?
Does he believe the receiver as bad as
the thief? He has probably expounded
this bit of tho law from tho bench.
What does ho say when it enters direct
ly into his relations with tho pooplo of
Pennsylvania?
The Massachusetts legislature has re
cognized labor s rights by adopting a bill
to compel the manufacturing compan- j
los iu the state to pay their employes In I
cash instead of by checks.
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.
GREAT BRITAIN'S EXPERIMENTS IN
MUNICIPAL SOCIALISM.
Pnblle I'tilitleM Owned and Operated
by the CltleH—lmprovements Made
In CondltloiiM of Labor and Home
Life of Workern.
The following account of public own
ership in Great Britain is taken from
tho report of James Boyle, United
States consul at Liverpool, under date
of April 25, 1002:
For some years pnst there has been
a quiet but graduully increasing de
velopment of u certain phase of social
ism in Great Britain. Itcforence is
made to what is generally known as
"municipal trading" and sometimes
and more correctly as "municipal so
cialism." The tirst appellation is rath
er a misnomer at the existing stage of
the movement. Municipal socialism
docs not mean a division of private
wealth or property "share and share
alike," hut the ownership and operation
of certain undertakings and enterprises
(in America generally described as
"public utilities") by the municipality
for tho public good, as claimed. As
generally explained, the enterprises
within the proper sphere of municipal
socialism are "public necessities." But
hero arises the question. Where is tho
lino to he drawn? This line is by the
great majority of advocates of the sys
tem drawn at those enterprises and un
dertakings which by their very nature
are essentially public or semipublic In
their functions and which arc of neces
sity more or less monopolies, as, for
Instance, street railways, waterworks,
gas lighting, electric lighting and elec
tric power. Incidentally, it may he
mentioned that the domain of "national
socialism" Ims been entered into by tliu
British government by Its ownership of
the telegraph system und by its pro
posed gradual absorption of the tele
phone system, und a movement has
sprung up for the nationalization of
tho railroads and even of the coal sup
ply as well as of storage of wheat for
use in case of war.
In 1875 the capital invested In mu
nicipal undertakings in Great Britain
was $405,000,000, while In 1000 there
was $1,500,000,000 invested.
There are now In Great Britain 031
municipalities owning waterworks, 09
owning the street railroads (or "trum
wuys," as they are called here), 240
owning the gas works and 181 supply
ing electricity. Most of these ure iu
England. Municipalities were not al
lowed to work the tramways until
1800. It is estimated that half of the
gns users in England use municipal
gas. In a Dumber of places, Liverpool
among them, the municipalities supply
electricity for lighting and power,
while the gas supply is still in the
hands of private corporations. In the
case of Liverpool tlie gns company is
quite willing to sell to the municipali
ty, hut the latter will not buy, Brst, he
cause under the charter of the gas
company the municipality would he
compelled to pay a perpetual dividend
of 10 per cent to the stockholders, and,
second, because it is believed that in
the near future electricity will practi
cally supersede gas as an llluminuut.
The municipalities of Leamington
and Harrogate own Turkish baths, two
of the best at present existing lu Great
Britain, und Harrogate also gives lire
works displays at municipal cost. Glas
gow, like Liverpool, owns its water
works and trams and provides munici
pal lectures. Glasgow lias quite re
cently reduced the fares on the tram
cars, so that there ure now not only
halfpenny (1 cent) fares, but a distance
of two und one-half miles can he trav
eled for 2 cents. Universal penny (2
cent) fares will probably shortly he in
troduced in Liverpool. The "transfer"
system, as prevailing iu America, is
not nsed in Liverpool or in uny other
British municipality, so far as I know.
Glasgow was the first city to establish
a '.'municipal palace." Manchester
owns shares iu its slilp canal. Out of
its municipal tramway profits Shef
field has appropriated $75,000 for the
erection of shops and business prem
ises, which it will rent.
Liverpool Is one of the foremost cities
in municipal socialism. It owns the
waterworks (one of the best systems in
the world); it operates the street cars;
it supplies the electric light and power;
it lias one of the largest and best pub
lic bath systems anywhere and pro
poses to erect the finest Turkish bath
in Europe; it provides public laundries
for the poor districts; it furnishes flow
ers and plants for the windows in the
slums; it sells sterilized humanized
milk for the children of the poor at
cost price; it has a salaried organist to
play its famous municipal organ; it
gives municipal lectures, and all these
in addition to the usual undertakings
of municipalities, such as parks with
concerts, technical schools, etc. But
the greatest socialistic undertaking by
the Liverpool municipality Is that of
providing dwellings for the very poor,
the dispossessed tenants of demolished
Insanitary dwellings of the slums.
There arc two principal slum areas
in Liverpool—one in the north end of
about 383 acres and another at the
Bouth end of the city of about 100
acres. Most of the houses in these two
districts are structurally insanitary.
There are rows of them built 'Kpick to
back." There are other districts where
houses have been made insanitary by
overcrowding and the habits of the
people. The original number of struc
turally insanitary houses when the cor
poration commenced operations is esti
mated to have been about 22,000. Of
this number the corporation has demol
ished about 8,000, and private owners
and builders have demolished about
4,000 more. (
The Liverpool municipal dwellings
are mostly in the form of blocks of ten
ement houses or flats, three or four
stories high. The local government
board (a bureau directly under the con
trol of parliament) Insists upon certain
provisions to meet the necessity of dis
possessed tenants before sanctioning
demolition operations. Until 180 D there
had been a conspicuous failure to meet
this obligation, but since then the wants
of dispossessed persons have been
carefully foreseen and met. The pres
cnt policy is to have blocks of dwell
ings ready within convenient distance
into which dispossessed tenants cnn go
Immediately they remove from the con
demned property. Most of these ten
ants are dock laborers or a like class.
It is claimed that Liverpool alone
among the municipalities of England
and Scotland has been successful In
supplying a type of building within
the financial means of the poorest of
the poor. A single room can be had
for as low as 45 cents a week. The
rent of two rooms ranges from GO to
80 cents; that of three rooms from $1
to sl.lO, that of four rooms (the largest
suits provided) from $1.25 to $1.50.
The fixtures are simple, but superior
to those supplied In like dwellings by
private landlords. In n few dwellings
hot water is supplied. Others have
gas, paid for on the "slot" principle.
Two cents' worth Is sufficient for four
or five hours' consumption by one
burner. Since Liverpool went into this
enterprise it has paid $1,025,000 for
demolished property, and in addition
several pieces of land have been pur
chased, costing $335,825, for the erec
tion of municipal dwellings. The cost
up to date for construction alone has
been $732,875. The total burden on the
local taxation as the result of these
combined operations amounts to 1%
pence in the pound sterling, or 3%
cents oil every S4.BU. The rents paid
are Insufficient by about 2 per cent to
meet the cost of the dwellings, without
counting anything for a sinking fund,
depreciation, etc. The present effort
of Liverpool Is to provide housing for
the dispossessed tenants of condemned
slums. It will probably tuke twelve
years to complete this task. Then the
question of providing better accommo
dations for artisans and mechanics
will possibly be faced. Liverpool, it is
said, owns more revenue producing
real estate than any other municipality
In the world, its income from this
source being about half a million dol
lars a year.
Liverpool boasts of having one of the
best street railroad systems not only
in Great Britain, but In Europe. The
corporation got control of the system
in September, ISO", and has substitut
ed electric for horse cars. At the date
named there were sixty-eight miles of
tracks within the city and about seven
miles in the surrounding district con
necting therewith. There were then
287 cars, 150 omnibuses and 1i,02.'!
horses. The municipality paid $2,830,-
875, the purchase price covering tram
cars, omnibuses, good will, vested
rights, etc. in November, 1808, an ex
perimental electrical line live miles in
length was opened. The work of recon
structing the new line commenced ill
January, 1800, and by the end of 1000
100 miles of lines were completed, in
cluding extensions. The overhead trol
ley system is used.
Most of the cars in use and all those
now being made are of what is known
as the standard Preston type. This
car Is shorter than most American cars
and has a "reverse" staircase for top
outside seats. Each car accommodates
twenty-two inside and thirty-four out
side. In fine weather the outside of
cars aud omnibuses Is preferred in
England to the Inside. Experience has
shown that the style of car used in
Liverpool gives the most satisfaction
to the British public. There are no
"summer" cars of the American type
here; the weather is too variable. The
fares charged are by distance. Two
cents is the lowest fare for which three
miles can be traveled. Five miles and
308 yards can be traveled for 4 cents,
7 miles and 287 yards for 0 cents and
8 miles and 4!)5 yards for 8 cents. The
total traffic receipts during lilOl were
$2,3-11.915. The percentage of working
expenditure to gross receipts is 03.7.
Parliamentary powers are being ob
tained to devote not exceeding one
third of the net profits to the relief of
the rates. The balance of net profit
goes to a renewal or reserve fund. The
total number of employees is 2,293, of
whom 040 are drivers, 5115 conductors,
117 inspectors, etc. Drivers and con
ductors work ten hours per day. Un
der the old system, before the munici
pality took charge of the tramways,
the average working day of conductors
and drivers was fourteen and one-half
hours. They are now paid 12 cents per
hour. After twelve months' service
with merit 24 cents per week extra is
paid for each period of ten years of ap
proved service. Under the old regime
drivers received SO.BO per week, rising
in eighteen months to $8.51 per week,
and conductors received $5.95 per week,
rising in three years to SO.BO per week.
The rate of pay under the old regime
was for seven days a week. The sys
tem already extends outside the city
boundary, and it is proposed to connect
it with ■ lines of a new enterprise in
which American capitalists are inter
ested, known as the South Lancashire
Tramways company, and which form
a network of street car lines between
Liverpool and important towns in
Eouth Lancashire.
For Working Girls.
Miss Fnirlleld of New York city, who
Is prominently connected with the
west side settlement of the Young Wo
men's Christian association in that city,
has purchased of Town Clerk Jason C.
Fenn of Terryville, Conn., the Fenn
homestead, located on a summit be
tween Plymouth and Terryville, 900
feet above the sea.
She proposes to make the old land
mark a fresh air home for the poor
children of the west side, New York.
The house Is 118 years old. It Is In a
fine state of preservation and com
mands u beautiful view of the moun
tains on all sides. •> .
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LEHIUiI VALLEY RAILKOAL.
May 18 1902.
AKKANQKMLNT OF PASSBNOEH TIIAINH.
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Allentowu, Bethlehem, Huston, Phila
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7 29 u in for Sandy Hun, White Haven,
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Philadelphia, New York, Delano and
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and 8 11a ni, 3 44 p rn, Sunday.
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