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FREELAND, SEPTEMBER 8, 1902. THE COMMANDING ISS'JE. Pennsylvania is about to enter upon a contest tor political independence and regeneration that will be memor able in the annals of the times. The currents ot public feeling to be noted in all parts of the state are deep and strong. It was thorough knowledge and appreciation of this fact which in spired the action of the controlling forces in the recent Republican con vention. It was openly and signifi cantly declared that no risks must bo taken. Nevertheless, the situation al ready shows that even the best laid plans of the shrewdest political man agers may go amiss, despite every ef fort to persuade the people that all is well. There is a rising tide of public suspicion that a confidence game is contemplated and an increasing pur pose is manifest to know the truth and to act with vigorous indepen dence and effect. There is to be a determined grappling once more with the forbidding forces in American pol itics which have so long made the commonwealth of Pennsylvania a re proach throughout the nation. It is clear knowledge of this fact which has caused many citizens of the highest standing and influence, and in rull sympathy with the Repub lican party on national issues, to open ly declare their purpose to again sus tain the cause of reform, as represent ed by the Democratic standard bear ers in this state. Men like Henry C. Lea. the veteran reformer, and ex- Postmaster Hicks, of Philadelphia, have vigorously arraigned the Quay machine and repudiated the attempt to deceive the people through the nomi nation of a candidate for governor who seeks to cover with the cloak of personal respectability the multiplied sins of the most odious political com bination the country has ever known. The bajtle Is against the same bosses and their ready tools that have so deeply wronged and disgraced the state. The lines are clearly drawn and the friends of honest politics and good government are everywhere rally ing earnestly for a great victory at the polls in November next. Railway employes of Pennsylvania stanil in the front rank of workers In intelligence and patriotic regard for the public welfare. They know how all classes of the people suffer under misrule. They understand the wicked ways of the political highwayman. They know how worthless are the promises of men without conscience or principle. Therefore they see clearly and speak ou,t boldly in the present contest. The action of representative railroad workers, speaking for an or ganization numbering scores of thou sands of honest and courageous public servants, as they really are, is signifi cant of the state of public feeling in Pennsylvania at this time. It shows how deep and widespread is the dis gust of the people and the determina tion to turn the rascals out and re store honest government. The short and sure road to this end is tiie elec tion of an executive and associates and a legislature worthy of public trust. Penrose will have a harder fight to secure reelection than Quay. An earnest contest in every fairly divided legislative district will result in a largely increased anti-machino repre sentation in both house and senate. Keep this important matter before the voters. Pennsylvania should have at least one honest and capable member of the national senate. Penrose lias been a misfit and discredit to his own party. QUAY BLACKJACK PARTY Independent Citizens Assailed By Rioters, TOUGHS FOR PENNYPACKER Disgraceful Scenes in a Bogus Con vention Honest Men a Unit For Pattison and Guthrie. The Philadelphia Ledger gives this impartial account of the assault on the Union Party state convention in that city last week: More than 200 men, some of them armed with revolvers, knives and blackjacks, claiming to be regularly elected delegates from different parts of the captured the Union party state convsfcion by forcing the doors of Musical Fund Hall yesterday, and, amidst tiie utmost disorder, went through the form of nominating Sam uel W. Pennypacker for governor, Wil liam M. llrown for lieutenant governor and Isaac li. Brown for secretary of internal affairs. During the interval that elapsed be tween the forcing of the front door of the hall and the breaking down of the barriers that were raised to prevent entrance to the convention room, on the second floor, three men are known to have been injured—Andrew MacAl lister, who was struck a blow on the head with a blackjack; Louis J. Mln niek, who was stabbed in the leg with a dirk knife, and an unknown man, who had a knife thrust through his wrist. As soon as the attacking parly had entered the convention hall they took possession of the front seats. State Chairman Riter ordered those not dele fates to retire to the rear of the room, ut his words were greeted with jeers. He finally had the call for the conven tion read, and as Secretary Mapes was about to read off the temporary roll a motion was made that William R. Knight be made temporary chairman, and he was lifted bodily by his friends, between two policemen, on to the plat form, and the control of the conven tion then passed into the hands of Pennypacker's supporters. Knight and State Chairman Riter held their places and attempted to ad dress their respective follower* When one would open his mouth the other side would Jeer. But Knight's voice was stronger, and he did not heed the interruptions. He followed the sched ule he had prepared for himself, de spite the interruptions, and announced the nomination of the three Republi can candidates for state offices, regard less of the turmoil. When his side was through with its work he sat down, with the determination of forcing the other side to leave the hall without having taken action. Finally State Chairman Riter was compelled to adjourn the convention to Parlor C, Continental Hotel, where Robert E. Pattison was nominated for governor, George W. Guthrie for lieu tenant governor and Lewis W. Emery, an independent Republican, for secre tary of internal affairs, and a platform was adopted. An Object Lesson of Machine Methods Editorially the Ledger says: "The violent and shameful methods adopted by the followers of Durham and Ashbridge to break up the state convention of the Union Party are a characteristic exhibition of machine brutality and lawlessness. The actual delegates were no match, in physical force, for the organized hand of thugs that took possession of the hall, and they prudently withdrew and held the convention in another place. "Freedom of political action, the se curity of citizenship, must summon all true men to their defense, irrespective of party name. The organization that seeks to maintain Itself by crime and violenee is condemned in the sight of all honest people, and its candidates must suffer condemnation with it. The gang that drove the Union convention from Musical Fund Hall was organized by placemen and minions of the Quay- Ashbrldge machine, and carried out its plot with the connivance of the police. "That such infamous means should he resorted to is evidenee of the dread which this movement has inspired in the Quay camp. Tills lawless nomina tion of the Quay eandidates by a crimi nal mob emphasizes their identifleation with the powers of evil that set law and decency at defiance, make elec tions a mockery, and wantonly insult the decency of the state and the city. It is a fresh notice to the people of Pennsylvania of the criminal power from whieh they are called upon to emancipate themselves, not in the name of any party or faction, but in the name of the commonwealth of law and liberty." A Disgrace to the City. Tho Press, a Pennypacker support er, Is Impelled to make this comment: "The scene at Musical Fund Hall yes terday was a disgrace to the city. It is always easy to pack a convention of a party so loose and unorganized as the Union Party, and do it with some color of right. But no one can fairly doubt that of the opposing factions yesterday the one represented by Chairman Ititer is the legitimate heir of the Union Party of a year ago. "The Knight convention showed its unorganized, unintelligent character by nominating the entire Republican tick et on the Union Party platform of last year. Nothing could he more incongru ous, inconsistent and incompatible. It is absolutely ridiculous and is explain able only on the theory that no one in the convention remembered what the Union platform was when they unani mously adopted it. One of Its planks favors fusion with the Democrats, so we have the spectacle of Judge Penny packer and William M. and Isaac B. Brown running on a platform which favors fusion with the Democratic state organization." Desperation of the Bosses. The Record editorially says: "The proceedings of the Union state convention in this city yesterday bear their own comment. The hall in which the delegates were to assemble was stormed by a crowd of city roughs, who made all regular procedure impossible. They thrust aside the duly constituted offcials of the state organization and defiantly indorsed Pennypacker and the two Browns. The regular delegates were driven to an adjourned session in other quarters. This brute force meth od of making nominations in Philadel phia gave the Union delegates in at tendance from other parts of the state a practical illustration of the way elec tions are carried in this city and of the sort of men and methods employed for the purpose. According to careful estimates of the actual desire of the delegates entitled to seals in me Union convention those favoring the indorsement of Pattison outnumbered the rest about three to one. The brutal and partially success ful attempt to defeat the object for which the convention was assembled will react against the desperate leader ship thai inspired it. Of course, th< moii that broke into Musical Fund Hah and went through the motions of or- f^gCASTORIA - r- f For Infants and Children. f* ASTO Hi AI The Kind You Have ■BlgccMl] Always Bought Avcgctable PreparationforAs- ft # similatinglheFoodandßegula- i # lingtheStoinachs*andßowelsof i IjGcirS tllG a 1 " ' " I Signature x /5u PromotesDigcalion.ChecrFul- || M -I lf ness and Rest.Contains neither n r Mi ? I Opium, Morphine nor Mineral, i (JI /j\ '\ if NOINARCOTIC. I fiWtr /tot}* of Old Dr&mjEL PITCHER | |\^\^ [\mtpkui SeuL" JIS ■ V % Jlx.Sentui * 1 lill M J% m tforfalle SalU— I i>4 JU _ | M Jtnise . W * 1 ft A 1\ % 1(1 . ) 1 11 4 ft 1 * A CarbcnttirSuta * A S 4 ft 1 ■ f E ■■■ IHnttSeed - I rf lE 1 =*=_' l/jl' || cp Apetfect Remedy for Conslipa- I ( U fV WU Ron, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea "I I I|T Worms .Convulsions .Feverish- I I If P A „ ness and Loss of Sleep. I \j* Q | UVu!T Facsimile Signature of FL 1 Thirty Years KoxSiOISiS3H I pßiia'Agi PflOTflPlfl I EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER, ft WLLLFL aanized proceeding will have no stand ing in court." "A Wretched Piece of Bulldozing." This is the heading of the Evening Bulletin, an earnest supporter of Pennypacker, which indignantly says: "The violent proceedings in Musical Fund Hall for the capture of the Union party convention were a disgrace to all who were concerned in them, either as instigators or participants. The nomi nation which was given to Judge Pen nypacker by the mob of bulldozers was a mere travesty of convention forms. Indeed, the whole movement was such a mockery of decency and fair play that it can be regarded by the public only with contempt and disgust. Such a nomination can bring neither strength nor credit to Judge Penny packer, and when tendered to him he ought to repudiate it as the product of a lawless piece of chicanery and row dyism. It is not clear that there was much political horse sense or erumption behind this raid on the remains of the Union party, for its chief effect will now be to give the Democratic Union ists more of a standing in public sen timent than they possibly could have had if they had been left quietly alone." Even the Bosses Ashamed of It. The North American editorially ob serves: "The desperate folly of the machine culminated in the riot of thieves and thugs in the Union party's convention hall and forced the convention to en dorse the Democratic ticket. No otner result was possible. Many important delegations entered the convention to oppose any nominations, but after the riotous invasion by Quay's gang the vote to nominate the Democratic can didates was unanimous. The effect of the outrage committed bv the Quayites will be disastrous to the machine ticket. It is doubtful if anything which has been done or may be done or said dur ing the campaign will drive so many votes away from the machine. The as sault upon the convention was so bru tally idiotic that even the machine or gans cannot find excuses for it, and Quay and Penrose, who inspired it, now denounce and repudiate it. They see that the consequences do not depend entirely upon the action of the Union party, but will he felt in the revulsion of voters from the machine regardless of the status of the Union ticket." THE CROWNING CRIME Gov. Pattison's Scathing Denunciation of Quay Heelers in Philadelphia. At the close of his speech at Read ing Gov. Pattison thus referred to the riotous assault on tho Union Party convention: The right of free assemblage and free speech and unfettered action in connection with public affairs is a fun damental American principle. It was for this that the founders of the Re public fought from Lexington to York town. It was to maintain this right that a half million lives were sacrificed in the struggle to save the Union. To seek to abridge or destroy this high privilege is to aim a deadly blow at self-government. But to the corrupt and tyrannical political autocrat of our time and his base hirelings nothing is sacred. Nothing is safe from their combined hostility. In order to carry out their own purposes they trample upon the laws, brutally override peace ful citizens and even murderously as sail those who courageously declare their loyalty to law and order and man fully defend the rights guaranteed to every one by the constitution. They make elections a mockery, party con ventions the perilous scene of disorder and riot, and then have the supreme audacity to demand that the courts shall sustain them in their infamous work. They substitute the bludgeon for the ballot, the blackjack for hon est. credentials. They scoff at decency and scorn righteous public criticism. They compel the independent citizen, who determines to act according to ine dictates of his own conscience, to take his life in his hands when he goes to the convention hall or to the polls. All this occurred in the eity of Phila delphia yesterday, when law-abiding citizens from all parts of the state met in convention and sought rightfully to express the will of the people whom they represented. We believe the time has come when the freemen of this great common wealth will no longer submit to this degradation, to this consuming curse upon their state; when they will unite with heroic courage and invincible strength to strike down and crush for ever the powers of darkness that have so long and so deeply disgraced Penn sylvania. Old newspapers for sale. ; RAILROADERS' INDORSEMENT Chairman Austin Tells Why They Are For Pattison—An Earnest Response. After Chairman Wright hud con cluded his speech of notification at Reading Charles B. G. Austin, chair man of a committee of the State | Board of Railway Employes which endorsed Mr. Pattison's candidacy for governor at Its convention at Harris j burg, was introduced. * He said: As chairman of a committee appoint ed by a convention of the State Board of Railroad Employes cf Pennsylvania, held at Harrishurg < >ll September 1, representing 342 divisions and lodges of organized labor in the state of Penn sylvania, composed of 128,000 voting members, all of this commonwealth, I desire to say that they, being conver | sant with your previous record, made during two administrations as gover nor, and believing if again elected that you will give to organized labor the consideration to which we feel they are justly entitled, they unanimously endorsed your nomination for gover nor and they will use all honorable means to secure your election. The Governor's Reply. In concluding, Mr. Pattison address ed himself to Chairman Austin and the committee of the State Board of Railroad Employes, who were pres ent. He said: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: To the citizen enlisted in the cause of good government, sympathy and support from every source is always most wel come. There are times when such as surance is of double value, and there are certain elements, the co-operation of which is absolutely necessary to suc cess. Nothing could give me greater satisfaction and encouragement than the message you so kindly bring, telling of the patriotic action on behalf of an organization of faithful workers for whom I have always had the very highest regard. The men who run the railways of America maintain a stand ard of fidelity and efficiency that re flects credit upon themselves and the whole body of daily workers. They understand the duties of good citizen shin, and their loyalty to the state, to society and to their homes inspires them to take active and intelligent part in public affairs. They well know that the workingman, like the merchant, the banker and the farmer, has no worse enemy than the faithless public servant and the political boss. It is also his lot to hear a share of the cost of bad government, yet he has the strength to render effective service to the people. I trust you may be sup ported in the stand you have taken by your fellow workers in every field of industrial activity. The strong hand of labor may now and at all times pro tect Itself and promote its own welfare by the proper use of an honest ballot. I thank you very much for your greet ing upon this occasion. There was no scene of enthusiasm at Reading more remarkable and sug gestive than when Gov. 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