The sun., 1873-08-23
The Living kcmbie,

The rocucs OF the PENNSYLVANIA Ring.
living and dead, are and were of very
varied temper Yet the different metals
like the brizen compound of antiquity. are
easily melted or welded into one. out Of
which is made the yoke that eraspN the
neck of a great community. OF IA" ruihnn
rogue. the audacious, reckless rogue, who
pockets huge official cmolumcnts with
laugh, and prostitutes high functions un-
bushiuFlN, We spoke very freely the other
day But there are others OF different
mould; ard to two, oNo Iis'''.'- '''-A' 0rr
a--sssvcl uttcutiou-thc one "A dead Gov
ernur the other a living prosperous
banktr--IoHN ". GEARY and WiLLiAN II.
KEMuLE Of the former we shall >poak
with charity, and in SO far rs he differs
from KEunLE, with praise. lie at least
had scusIMlity.
Everybody seems to coucodc now that
GOV. GEARY sudden and almost mysteri-
ous death WIS the effect Of mental disturb
auco. lie was in the prime Of hfr, and of
an apparently sound physical olgunilu-
ton; but he was OF an anxious, nervous
temperament; and that prominent trait
which in prosperity and when all was
vanity. iu advcrsity and when the cloud,
were gathering became morbid, death
working element tn" EvANs scandal
nnd the consciousness Of his own comp,ipi-
ty in il were too much for him, aud he
bowed his head and died.
This very scnsIbility was virtue. He
WA spared the mortih,ation which the re-
cent decision of the supreme Court would
have inticted-especmilY that part OF IL
which said that the Executive permission
10 EVANS 10 keep his plumber was uf no
avail, for the simple reason that the Ex-
ecutiyc had no right To give it. Stiil, as We
have said, the Governor had sensibility
enough 10 hc ashamed.
Not so the living kEMnLE His check
knows no blush. He was the EvANs pa
tron. with HIM the fraud began, and the
letter which he wrote 10 CoFFEy i, without
any exception the most cOusuumate piece
of cffroutcry that even Pennsylvania poll
ties have ever exhibited. Thirty years ago
n leading Wing politician Of that state sent
one hundred dollars for election expenses
to a rural county with an injunction that
"Lehigh must do better" His letter wa
intercepted and printed, and the whole
community was excited hy this mild cx-
perlmcntal iuiquity. Pennsylvania ha,
gotten hravcly over her scu,itivcncss
KEMHLE's letter of March %, 1sG7. every.
bOdy-fOr everybody reads The SuN-rc
members, and yet the real significance is
scarcely measured.
This disroputablc fellow, EVANS, wa,
despatched to Washington to lobby
through the departments qucstionubl,
clam Ills credentials arc-what ? W,
undertake 10 say his predecessor, Mr.. Nc
MICuAEr, would have scoTncd 10 curN
such iuiroductions ~ EvANs was only 10,
glad to have. KEMHLE, then state Trcu
surer reasoning logically enough from h
own experience as to how spurious claim
on his treasury AT Harris burg were cngi
nCorcd, accredited EVANs 10 his "DcaI
TITIAN,' IA departmental lobbyist too
And IN what terms? lie does not doscrib,
EVANS Us respectable, trustworthy pub
lie agent, ntIusted with the conduct Of al
honest, ncritorious claim; but he make
technical signals To- his Washington con
iedeIht"' lie tips him the wink. He talk
slang to hlS pal, 1t is the ARrFUI. DoDGEI
talking To Tony CKACKIT. He ha
"lhim Of some magnitude mot
"oru hh""t merit that he wishes YOU I,
help nm IN. Fut hm through as non lrD,ll,
me- ana then we have the mystic words
lie understands addition, division. an,
silence And the claim was nut through
The vicaIious EVANS secured his plundo
just as KEMBI.E would have done had n
gone in person 10 TITAN; and the resul