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MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY, PA., Fill DAY, OCTOHEU 28, 1898.
NO. 52.
Pike
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BRIEF MENTION'.
Joseph D. Brooks is a deserving
yonng mnn, nnd if elected Sheriff,
as he should lie, will make a en refill,
painstaking oflloinl.
A Christian Endeavor Convention
will be held nt the Delaware Water
Gap next. wwk.
The re-organized Ladies' Aid of
the Presbyterian Church met this
week at tlie home of Mm. Helen C.
Holler.
The Pence Jubilee which occurred
in Philadelphia this week wns
largely attended and wns a fine dis
play of navnl and military foi-ces.
The public schools will ha closed
next week while the Institute is in
session. The pupils no doubt need
rest, hut n iirt of the vacation of
the older ones conld be very profit
ably employed attending the meet
ings in the Court House. This
might bo some what of an innovation
but no doubt their presence would
bo an attractive novelty.
If your watch needs any repairs
po to Rudolph, the jeweler, Milford,
Pa. tf
Hon. W. S. Kirlrvitrick, by his
term of service in C mures, ha be
come famili'ir with the routine
work, and in id.) himself a recog
nized figure on the floor of the
House. His speech on the Hawaiian
question, notably, ranked him us
one of the foremost orators in that
body. If a representative is chosen
for expe.ience, fitness, and capacity
to serve his constituents, dixit he
not embody all the requisites to a
far greater degree than either of his
opKVients? Then, why not support
him?
Rntnn, the bicycle repairer, will
close his shop in Milford, Pa , Nov.
15th. If you want a good bicycle
cheap, or any bievolo sundries or
tires, call and see him, as he does
not want to "arry tli.nn over. Now
is the tm.e to bay cheap.
Elmer N. Bonsley, a son of Com
missioner J, M. Brnsley, of Egypt
Mills, and Miss Cora M. Arnst, a
daughter of 8. J. and Hannah Arnst
of the same place were married at
the Presbyterian parsonage in Port
Jervis Sunday, Oot. 23' by Rev. G.
W. Oillepsie.
A. H. Down, of TaftoD, who with
his wife has been visiting friends at
Johnsons, N. Y., and other places
were nt Milford Tuesday and called
on Mrs. J. C. Chamberlain to whom
he is rein ted. They made the journey
very oomfortably bohind a splen
did pnir of iron gray horses which
it would be bind to match in thio
section.
Arthur B. McCarty exhibited a
stem of rod mspberries green in his
garden on Seventh Street ou which
were a nutnbar of large green
berries.
Miss Schanno,' when walking to
- Milford Monday, found a bunch of
ripe wild strawberries.
Probably the Dispatch will now
correct its statement made in last
weeks issue that Stauffer had not
resigned as Prohibition candidate
for Congress It was alone in the
assertion and the inform ition gi ven
by the Pk&hs that he hid was right
as the ofliciul ballot shows.
Webb Goblo, while sawing a piece
of wood in the Erie car shops at
Port Jorvis Inst week, was hit on
the hip by a piece of the wood and
considerably injured.
Margaret Jnne, a daughter of the
late Martin W. and Belinda H.
Dingman, died nt her home in Ding-
mans Ferry, Wedueaday morning
She is survived by two sisters, Mrs
G. W. G.irretson and Miss F. C,
Dingman.
Col. Roosevelt, Chnnnoy M. De.
pew and others were accorded i
yery enthusiastic reception at Port
Jervis M mdny. A large crowd
gi'eetdl their arrival and listened
attentively to the excellent apeeou
es.
A friend, a lite long Democrat,
who has read with cars both the
Pkkss exposure of Kessler's legisla
tive career, and Sickles farrago of
nonsonse in his behalf suggests Mat
7 6 as appropriate for our future
course, so far as I. S. is concerned
aud we believe our friend is about
right.
Warren Edtabrook, of Susque.
hnnna, died at his home Monday
evening of heart disease. His wife,
who was Eleauor, a daughter of the
late A brum B. and S trail Decker, of
Djlawura Twp., this county, aud
two Children, George and Lena sur
Tive blia.
PERSONAL
Col. A. E. tmwis left Monday for
fl visit at Philadelphia, and other
points.
Miss Corinne Reed has gone to
Brooklyn for n two weeks' visit.
Mrs. Chns. Da Kny Towr.send,
laughter Letitln, and son Duke
Harsell arrived home last Saturday
from a tour in Europe.
Chns. Lnttimore left Monday
morning to attend the great Peace
Jubilee which occurred In Philadel
phia this week.
Miss Liln Van Etten, at present
teaching at Denton, N. Y., visited
her home in Milford over nst Sun
day. Dr. Otto von der Heyda left for
Philadelphia this week, and before
returning to Milford will exemplify
the doctrine that it is not good for
man to be alone. He expects to
marry a Philadelphia lndy Nov. 3d.
Mrs. John D. Biddis and daugh
ters, Helen and Patty, who have
spent the Summer in Milford, re
turned to their Washington home
this week. The town seems much
smaller si ice thoir departure.
Miss Bettio Cornelius has been
viewing the sights in Philadelphia
this week.
Geo. E. H irton is making a neat
addition to his home on Harford St.
enlarging the porch.
Deputy Sheriff, Git Gregory,
with his family has gone to visit, nn
aged uncle. Jacob Weaver, nt Oak
Ridge, N. J. The old gentlemen is
hale and hearty at 93 voars. '
Louis Buehannn, wife nnd daugh
ter, of Nantucket, Mass., visited
relatives in Milford this week.
Joseph E. Nyce' assistant ticket
agent at the Lihigh Valley station
at Easton, is sjnudiag a week at
Bnshkill with his pirents, M. C.
Nyco nnd wife.
W. A. Kanoino, of Washington,
is visiting his mother, Mrs. A. M.
Kanonse, who has recently arrived
from North Carolina at her daugh
ters, Mrs. Aaron Daan, at Railway,
N. J., Mrs. J. K. Jones, formerly
Kanonse, of Hillsboro, N, C, is also
visiting at that place.
Jacob Fcomraa, of N. Y., who
spent the summer at Hotel Fanchere
mido a tew days' visit here last
week.
Miss Mary M lins.of Thiels, N.Y.,
where she holds a position as station
agmtand telegrapher, returned ti
that place Thursday, after a week's
visit at her horn J on lowar C ifcha-r-ine
St.
Walter Angle, who was em
ployed as clerk in the drug store of
C. O. Armstrong for the past four
years, has secured a position in a
drug store at Montclair, N. J
and left for thnt place a few days
since
Commodore Rodgers' wife and
daughter have been passing a few
days in Milford.
OnmesR. Bull and wife, of N. Y.,
spent several days recently visiting
friends in Milford.
Miss Maync, a daughter of Chas.
Mayno, is ill with appendicitis. An
operation was considered necessary,
which, would be performed when
the patient was iu a favorablo con
dition.
OBITUARY.
Warren Kim bis.
This well-known citizen of Pike
died at his home in Matamoras,
Monday, Oot 24, aged over 85 years.
Ha was born at Kimble's Station, in
Lackawaxen, and w is a son of Wil
liam and Irene Kimble. He resided
in that township until 1877, when.
his wife having died the previous
year, he removed to Matamoras,
where be has since lived. Four
children, Amanda and William, of
Matamoras, John, of Cnmden, N.J.,
and Webb W., of Rosebud, Pa., sur
vive him. The funeral was held
Wednesday, with i-terment in the
cemetery nt Kiinbles.
AOARDOF THANES.
The family of the late' Garret B.
Broadhead desires to express in this
manner their sincere thanks to the
many friends and neighbors who
rendered valuable, timely and ap
preciated assistance to them during
their recent deep affliction and sore
bereavement.
Jacob Orbens horse, hitched to a
buckboard wagon, iu which wero
h imself siid Chnrles Stichler, ran
away Monday, when coming down
the turnpike hill near town. Mr.
Orben was somewhat injured.
Edward Stichler, of N. Y., a
brother of Charles, of Dingman
p'ji., died ftt hit home Monday,
ANNUAL COUNTT INSTITUTE.
The Annnnl County Teachers' In
stitute, which will be held in the
Court House next week, Oct. 31
Nov. 4, promises to be an unusually
Interostin . convention. The actual
work of the Institute will b-igln nt
2 P. M. Monday. In addition to the
regular day instruction, arrange
ments have been made for four
evening lectures On Monday even
ing Prof. E. L. Kemp, Vice Prlnci-
pal of East Stroudsburg Normal,
lectures on "The Chivalry of the
Twentieth Century," or, "Who are
the Big Bugs?" The evening ses
sion will open with singing by the
pnpils of the Milford High School,
nnd, jierhnps, with selections by the
Chornl Union.
Tuesday evening Prof. Jno. C.
Willis, of Bowling Green, Ky., will
talk on "Character iu History."
On Wednesday evening, Deputy
Supt. of Publio Instruction, Hon.
Uenry Houck, will lecture on "Old
Land Marks."
Thursday evening the subject
will be "Elements of Success," the
lecturer being Prof. Geo. P. Bible,
Principal of East Stroudsburg Nor
mnl. Part of (he programme for
that evening will consist of readings.
recitations, etc., by Prof. Bible, and
of singing by Mrs. Bible nnd Miss
Mary Bradley, Musical Director of
tin. E. Stroudsburg Normal. It is
expected that the Choral Union of
Milford will assist iu the musical
part of the programme for the
evening sessions. Other musical
arrangements have been made and
will be announced in Institute.
The evening sessions ot the In
stitute will be especially interesting
to the public, and since benefits are
to be derived in many ways by
these sessions, the publio will be
asked to contribute a shnre of the
expense.
FARMER3' INSTITUTES.
As previoisly announced, the
Farmers Institutes will be held at
Dingmans Nov. 29 and at Milford
Nov. 30. Hon. Alva Agae, o Ches
hire, O lio, and Prof. Gjo. C. B U,
of the Ssate C illeire, will attend
those mjetings and probably H
Hayward as additional lecturer.
Tlie topics on which they will speak
will b3 announced later. Lit every
farmer arrange to be present this
year. 'These lecturers are paid by
the State, and it costs as much for
them to talk to 20 psople as it does
to 500. The object is to disseminata
valuable information, to bring to
your knowledge the results of costly
and long continued experiments,
which you cannot make, to enlight
en you with, tto expjrienie of
men who have tried the methods
they advocate, and to warn you
against the many pitfalls and delu
sions and wasteful methods in vogue
Every farmer who values his time,
who wishes to save his money, be
progressive and make fa rmng pro
fitable, should not neglect any oppor
tunity to learn all be oan about his
business. These Institutes are val
uable helps and will be more so if
you show a desire to learn and evi
dence by your presence on interest
i;i what very nearly concerns your
welfare. Com J out and aid in mak
ing these meetings what they should
be a large and anxions gathering
of farmers.
ATTEND INSTITUTE.
The list of instructors for the
Teachers Institute next week con
tains the names of well known and
very popular talkers Dept. Supt
Houck and Prof Bible. Their ect
urea are interposed with bits of
humor which relieve the more sober
presentations of hard facts. Both
are very entertaining talkers and
the opportunity is afforded to bear
them next week.
We have no doubt the people of
Milford will show by their atten
dance bow fully they appreciate the
good things of the Institute. The
inusio, too, promise? to be an es
pocially attractive feature. The
Milford Choral Union will take
part, nnd the highly cultivated
voices of Miss Bradley snd Mrs
Bible will also he heard. Seldom
do our people have such oppor.
tu ni ties and it naturally follows
that they will embrace the occasion
to be both entertained and instruct
ed.
SEAL ESTATE TBAVBfXBS
Commissioners of Pike to Fran
M. White, dated Sept. 26, Palmyra,
no. &2. tc. btewart, 33 acres; con
3
Commissioners to (J. O. Wester
gard, dated Sept. 28, 218 acres, Pt
Jag. Mdwe, Delaware,
THE STATE LAND?.
Editor Prrss :
Yonr issues of the last several
w.ieks have called publio attention,
and I think not vainly to tha fact
mt the State of Pennsylvania is
aqfaln through its agents impairing
the amount of taxable property in
Pike Co. by purchasing section' of
wlldlands offered at Cvn-nisil'Viors'
de, and by the Treasurer for non-
lyment of taxis, aud exempting
the same from nil county and local
taxes nnd assessment. This, as you
have very Justly remarked, and
dearly shown, adds to the burden
of the lochl taxpayer, just so tnimh
as has been or may in ftitu'-e be ex
empted. But does it not add an In
definite amount more? The tres-
isters will be arrnigned in our
courts, and, if convicted, will havo
to be maintained by local taxes ;
urors must be paid, nnd tha whole
exense of the machinery of justioa
will fall on the County. Roads nnd
bridges willhavo to be built nn 1
maintained for the State's nccoin
modition, nnd the children, if any,
of the keepers of those reservations
will share the loosd privileges of ed.
neat ion. All these expanses mast
be added to the amount which the
Commonwealth abstracts from our
County without compensation.
Should it not be enough for the
State to absorb tha $ 10,000 an
nually paid by the Erie R. R. cor
poration for running through Pike
County, nnd exempting its prop
erty from local taxation, while all
burdens nnd expensos of the suits
which arise from it are paid by U3?
That company hns also been releas
ed from its obligation to build nnd
mnintaiu n bridge across the river
at Matamoras, and heavy tolls nra
exacted from us by reason of that
fact.
The D-ilaware and Hudson Canal
Co. is practically free from taxation,
in short the State enjoys nil the
benefits of the taxes paid by these
corporations and the county suffers
all the exjiense and inconvenience
This should be ample for the State
without further curtailing the tax
able property of this already impov.
erished county for her benefit and
without any compensation what-
jver. We hops and trust the voters
this year will awaken to their duty
to themselves and their children
and elect such representatives, re
gardless of political prejudices, as
will at least, make nn effort to pro.
tect their interests. Pike County
has been systematically wronged
for years by the State through her
Democratic representatives and no
wonder she is poor nnd becoming
populous every year, notwithstand
ing her healthfnlne8s, nearness to
the ooalflelds and superb water pow
ers, and nviinly because hir taxes
are yearly made more burdens:) me.
Let us hope for better results from
the inoming legislature, nnd that a
man may bo elocted who will make
a heroic effort to right some of our
ninny wrongs. The state should
pay taxes on its lands like any
other property owner. Taxpayeu
NEW CHAIRS.
The Presbyterinn Sunday School
is arranging to furnish the lower
room of the church , with chairs
This will be a great improvement
over the. present pews, in the wny
of convenience in arranging classes,
The old pews have been a familiar
land mark and were the furniture
of the old church which was erected
in 1828. Generations now passed
away have sat in them while listen
ing to the words of instruction which
fell from lips long ago sealed in
death, and many old nnd revered
associations attach to them in the
minds ot thoje who with their
parents, now gone occupied them in
childhoods sunny days. It is an
inexorable lw however that the old
surroundings must give wny to the
advanced idea, ami soon those
who held iu veneration the old pewi
because of former associations, will
bn ve themselves passed a wuy nnd lik
the pews be forgotten except as a
fading tradition.
KNOWS HIS 7BIENDS.
Even the skunks in Pike county
are said to be Democratic. W
were aware that the rattlesnakes
copperheads, wildcats, coons aud
other game in thnt county were
Deuiocratio, but we had snpiMtsed
tue r nigra nt sKunka to be mere
Mugwumps But ex-Congressman
Hart claims them as Democrats I So
mote it be 1 Mauch Chunk Guzette
If your watch needs a main sprin
Rudolph, the jeweler at Milford will
put one in, tf.
W. K. ST ROIL
R. STROH, of Carbon, Repub-
lcjin candidate tor rtciintor trom
this District, is a man of business
nergy nnd capacity. If elected he
will give that same careful atten
tion to Legislative matters which
ms distinguished nnd made h im
uccessfnl in private nlTairs. (live
lim vonr influence nnd vote.
KESSLER'S ABSENTEEISM.
On the final passage of the fallow
ing important bills Mr. Kensler is
recorded as ubsont or not voting :
To establish a separate Orphans'
Court.
Law protecting timber lands.
Making Constables of townships
ex-oflicio fire wardens.
Building aud Loan Association
Act.
Act specifying additional secur-
ities.
Act relating to mortgages.
Competency nf wife to testify
against husband.
In regard to violations of Bor
ough ordinances.
Right to bolong to L-bor Organi
zations.
Compensations of female tenchors
Making minimum school . term
sevon months.
To protect the American flag
from insult.
Conicnsntion for Constables.
Suitablo places for holding elec
Hons.
Abolition of Independent School
Districts
There are many others ; in fact,
his absences are "too numerous to
meuuon, and, when present, ns
we have shown, his votes were
ngainst the interests of his constit
nents. "Freddie, you're a dandy !
Kessler forever 1"
KES3LEKISM.
Can nny Democrat, beyond the
fact that Kessler Calls himself one,
give n single renson why he should
bn re-elected? Ho has showu him
self Innoiiiiietent. neglectful, nnd
positive detriment to the interests
of his people. Not one net or Vote
l,o ,to,l tr. na t,ui,l,,,.a ,f l.ia
1 .... ,'
unless to represent Litis county in
the Legislature.
Will the people ho
so blind, nnd utterly regardless of
what most coiisorns them ns to com
mend such culpable inefficiency?
If what the Pkkss says is not true
in every particular, why is it not
disputed? Ample opportunity has
been afforded ; the charges were not.
made on the eve of election, but
time has elapsed for his vindication.
It hns not boon even attempted, nnd
not one wotd has been said in ex
planation or extenuation of his
course. lie therefore stands con
victed. Will the jieople be so ob
livious us to follow a blind lend nnd
vote an empty name? We do not
believe ft.
LATTER FOR CONGRESS
Notwithstanding the ruling of the
Dauphin oounty court
declaring
Ltt r ti
. H. B arber the nominee of the
Democratic party for Congress in
the 8th district, Mr. Lauor.who was
' .
twice robbod of it by Mutchlor 8
political prostitutes' in Carbon
county, will make a fight for the of
fice, believing that tt ere are enough
Democratic voters iu the district
who will repudiate Boss Mutchlur,
The methods employed by L. II.
Barber's managers in Carbon oounty
were the methods of theboodler and
political thief and certainly put
the Barber men within the shndow
of the penitentiary, where they may
yet got. We have every reason to
believe that Barber was aware of
the tactics of bis managers, and is
therefore no better than the kidnap
pers bwk of him.
Mr. Lauer owes it to the Demo
cracy of the district to mane this
fiht in order to rid the party of
Mutchleribui, Lttnriford Record.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
1ISEL1
Hon. Henry W. Palmer Ezposei
the Weakness of the Wan
amaker Flea.
SPEAKS HIGHLY OF STONE.
Good Reton Why the Republican Candi
dal. Should B Elnct.4 nd His
Opponents Defeated.
Phlladelphla, Oct. II. Before an ail
dlenca which crowded the Academy ot
Music this evening former Attorney
General Palmer said:
The governor of a great state Ilka
Pennaylvania ought to be a capable,
truthful and honest man.
In the past Pennsylvania has been In
the habit of selecting her governors
from her ablest and most conservative
cltlsena. In my recollection the place
has been filled by many such: Johnson,
Illgler, Pollock, Packer, Curtln, Geary,
Hartranft, Hoyt, Pattlson, Beaver and
Hastings.
They were all honorable men: some
of them able lawyers, some brave sol
diers; all of them high minded, capable
and honest. The custom of putting
such men In the governor's chair ought
not to be abandoned.
THE CANDIDATES.
Let us see how the men who now ask
the people for their suffrage compare
with thOBS who have gone before.
First Let us consider the qualifica
tions and claims of the candidate !
the Democratic party the Hon. George
A. Jenks, of Jefferson. I have known
him long, and believe him to be both
capable and honest. He Is an able law
yer, a man of wide experience, and, left
to his own devices, would give the
state a good administration. The ob
jection to him lies In the fact that hi
Is the candidate of a party that advo
cates principles and policies hostile to
the best Interests of the people.
I am not sure that If the state were
turned over to Mr. Jenks and the Dem
ocratic party, as now managed and
controlled, that any Improvement
would be made In the management of
the state offices, tf anything Is wrong.
The capacity of our friends, the ene
my, to help themselves whenever they
have an opportunity, has been demon
strated very often. I am not sure that
If all he says of Qnay and Quaylsm
were true that a transfer of Dower to
Guffey and Company would be an Im
provement. The Altonna convention,
at which he was nominated, was the
most thoroughly bossed convention that
aver assembled.
The election of Mr. Jenks would. In
the estimation of very conservative
people, be a calamity of national signifi
cance, Inasmuch as It would gtve the
friends of free sliver such encourage
ment to renew their warfare on sound
money and protection to American in
dustry, that it surely would be necces
sary to fight the battle again In the
next presidential election. The san
guine believe that they could be whip
ped again, but all agree that the cost
of the fight In disturbed business rela
tions and paralysed Industry would be
tnnrmous.
The conclusion as to Mm must b
that while he flllls the bill In respect
to character and ability that should be
expected In a governor of a great state,
that hla election would cost a price
that the people could not afford to pay.
! arlffln comblne haB been able to gecur.
I la the Hon. John Wanamafcer. Having
"een in lte past affiliated with the Re-
puhllran party, and having enjoyed Its
hlgheat honora. la now employed In
; furnishing Chinese atlnk pota for tha
j-reuiuui iti-y iur ue on me nepuDiican
boats. He pretends to be waging a cru-
sade In the Interest of purity and re
form. He Is pretending to ask Repub
licans to purge the legislature for the
purpose of defeating Senator Quay and
electing John Wanamaker, but if he
ts advocating the election of any Re
publican congressman or any Republl
can state officer It has not appeared In
nis public speeches.
He was a candidate before the con
vention for the office of governor. When
, he failed to be nominated, by every rule
of honorable politics he was bound to
support the nominee of the convention.
Instead of doing so he Iswaglng a guer
rilla warrare, using poisoned arrows
and explosive bullets Intended to de
stroy the Republican partyand give this
great Republican stronghold Into th
possession of the enemy.
The burden of his complaint is that
Senator Quay controls the organization,
and that the last legislature was cor
rupt, and that some of the state officers
were rascals.
Mr. Wanamaker and those who acted
' w,tn him are credited with having
1 e-w,vvv iu levure ine election 01
',,,. ,vnPh, , hl.,.,,, , ,h.
j office of United States senator. In ths
machine method, which he denounce.
hs proved himself a past master. If he
! had been successful do you think that
ihl" virtuous Indignation would have
prompted mm to lane me stump in mis
campaign to condemn the means by
which he achieved success? If h. come.
your way ask him If he sent his agents
Into Wllkesbarre to assist the people of
Luzerne to select their senators and
representatives. Ask him how much
money his agents spent to secure the
nomination and election of men favor
able to his Interests. Ask him If he at
tempted to bribe the member-elect from
Northampton county and gave a man
named Ttllare $5u0 for that purpose. Ask
him to show up his check book and
bank account and tell how much that
excursion Into politics cost him. Ask
htm how much of the 1 10. 000 that was
paid the district attorney of Schuylkill
county to settle the Van Valkenberg
case and pay the cost Incurred for law
yers and delegate, came out of hi.
pocket. If he can clear up theae matter,
to your satisfaction then listen to hla
talks about a corrupt legislature.
I abhor and condemn the corrupt use
f money In politics. It will. It not stop
fti, wreck; tat republic I alio abber thf
ftypocrlsy that ses ttie rascals toots
and then condemns the crime. He la
entitled to as much respect a. a burglar
would be who, falling to jimmy open a
bank, should preach a crusade against
burglars.
But I suspect some of you are saying.
If these charge, made by Mr. Wana
maker are true, whether the Informer I.
a saint or a sinner makes no difference.
They should be remedied, I grant It, but
the remedy lies not in the direction of,
Imposing the calamity of a Democra
administration on the state, whirl)
desires and Is seeking to Rt"lmifh.
The small Democratic conM' tit In the
last legislature could alwSre be relied
upon to act under the leadership of the
state chalrmanfor any especially vicious
legislation. What would they do If they
controlled the general assembly? .
If had men have crept Into office la
the Republican party let them be re
tired. The Republican party will at
tend to that In due time without the aid
of Dr. Swallow or the Democrats.
I am aware that in his Philadelphia
speech he made the following declara
tion: "As I shall stand before the
Judgment seat to answer for all things,
I declare before you all that I never
did a deed, nor do I have knowledge
of a dollar wrongfully spent by me or
by my direction In that contest."
If Mr. Wanamaker will add to this
statement one showing the amount of
money that he actualy paid In his con
test for United States senator and give
the names of the agents who disbursed
It, the public will be able to judge
whether he ought at least to have
known that money was Improperly
used and that his agents were guilty
of bribery of the most flagrant kind.
'Qui faclt per allum faclt per e," I.
an honored maxim of the what one
does by another he does nlmself.
An honest canvass for United State.
senator ought not to have cost $100.
If Mr. Wanamaker and his friends
spent, as It Is generally believed, more
than 1200.000, It Is Idle and childish for
him to shield himself under a declara
tion that the rascally business was
actually transacted, not by his own
hand, but by the hand of another. Let
him show up his check book.
DR. SWALLOW.
The nest candidate Is the Rev. Dr.
Swallow. He Is said to have com
menced life as a preacher, but In this
high and holy calling he did not con
tinue. His present occupation la keep
ing a book and stationery store and
publishing a small paper In Harrlsburg.
He made application for appointment
as chaplain of the senate, but being
refused began a series of publications
charging upon the governor and other
high officers of the state serious wrong
doing. These charges Involved criminal act.,
and If true were sufficient to send the
whole board to prison. Being made by
one who had been a minister and who,
therefore, would be accredited with a
disposition to speak truthfully and not
lander a neighbor, thvy excited wide
Interest, and the trial was eagerly
watched. Dr. Swallow wa. sealously
defended by able counsel and was given
every opportunity to give the ground,
of his accusation and what Induced
him to make It. ,
Upon this subject the judge say. In
his opinion refusing a rule for a new
trial: "To establish the defense that
the publication had not been malicious
ly or malignantly made, defendant (Dr.
Swallow) testified at length, giving a
detail of all the fact, claimed to be
within his own knowledge, and all the
Information that he had received
which led him to make the publication
and nothing of the kind, however, re
mote, was excluded."
Dr. Swallow was convicted and sen
tenced to pay a fine of $500 and the
costs of prosecution. A new trial wa
refused on the ground, as stated by the
judge, "that there was abundant evi
dence In the case to warrant a verdict."
His charge respecting the burning of
the capltol, the building of the rose
house, the lumber used in Grace church
are as malicious and vicious as that on
which he was convicted. We concludo
most reluctantly that the Rev. Dr.
Swallow la an untruthful man, and that
the form and pertinacity of his un
truthfulness proves him a bad, dishon
est and dangerous man.
Suppose this man were made gov
ernor of the state. He would be the
chief executive, the officer charged
with the execution of the law and the
preservation of the peace the com
mander of the militia.
Would he turn out to be an Altgeld
or Pennoyer or a bloody bridle. Walter
Watte cost the state of Colorado mill
ions with his foolish talk. Altgeld
strewed the street, of Chicago with
the embers of burning property and
the bodies of dead rioters.
As a Prohibitionist Dr. Swallow
stood for something that some people
believe In; as a crazy quilt candidate,
having but the single Idea of building
himslf up on the wreck of other men',
reputations, he stands for nothing. He
Is turning his back on all the precept
of his holy calling. He would seem to
be a very unsafe, incompetent and unfit
person to entrust with the office of
chief executive of a great state.
COLONEL W. A. STONE. '
The other candidate, received a major
Ity of votes in the Republican conven
tion, was duly nominated, and unles.
he i. unfit for the office by reason of
want of capacity or want of honesty, la
entitled to the vote of every Republican.
His record Is an open book. It may be
read and known of all men. He wa. the
on of a Tioga county farmer, a private
In the One Hundred and Elghty-aeventh
Pennsylvania volunteers, mustered tmt
as second lieutenant, commissioned as
sistant and adjutant general with rank
of lieutenant colonel by Governor Har
tranft. He climbed up the ladder that
has served many a man. He wa. a
school teacher, studied law between
times, fighting poverty and gaining a
profession. Idt-ved to Pittsburg, was ap
pointed district attorney of the United
States, wa. removed by Cleveland fot
"pernicious activity" In politics, which
consisted la making some speeches for
General Beaver in the gubernatorial
campaign. Wa. cent to congress from
bis district In He ba. made a good
record and a diligent and faithful con
gressman. His capacity to fill the office with cred
it to himself and the state uo one
loubts. His honesty has not been ques
tioned by any person. The sole oom
olalnt against him is that his nomlna
.ltn was favored by Senator Quay.
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