Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-19
THOSE ..PICTERS."
The Counsy Flooded with ran,ph,c,


As ono Of the incidents Of the local cam
paisn now ranging among the Rcpubli-
cans Of this county, the Neic Era people
have prepared and arc circulating 70, 600
pamphlets in behalf OF their ticket. A
score or more OF men will scour the county
and put these documents into every
workshop, store. tavern and farm
house and into the hands OF every voter
that can be reached, to which task these
canvasscrs will apply themselves for the
balance If the week. This proceeding
is expected to arouse public interest aud
bring out q full vote for the Ntw Err
ticket, and from the other side some
counter demonstration may bs loOkcd for.
The pamphlet which the Nsc Era-Sen-
scniS party has prepared is book of six
teen m,scs, adorned with portraits Of
their candidates. With considerable
foresight they had put tho pic
ture Of Judge Livingston. who has nU
opposition, ON tho outside, and aP-
prOpriated his popularity rs boost for
what they call the Sc Peoples reform
ticket 1t is ssid he "kicked" against
this use Of his ,ood-lOokins face, alsi the
managers withdrew his picture from
nearly all the documents in circulation lest
such appropriation OF him without his
consent, ii rcpudiatcd, might react in
favor -: the other side. Enough copies Of
the original, however, IRE cxtant for them
to get into general circulation, and ono
famous Bull Ring politician to day showed
us five cupics Of the edition with Living
ston's picture ON the outside which ho
had captured
As it is Il f;.voritc trick hero by Il c:rdi-
dates enemies to report him withdrawn
ON the eve Of tho primary, eyory page Of
this pamphlet bears tho legend - No can
di,latc on this ticket will bo withdrawn"
ard in order to mako capital against Boss
McMcllen, leader Of tho Examiner party,
now protlionotary and accused by the Era
Of takin. Illegal fees, the following
headline runs across the top of
every page 3: Every candidate on
this (the citizcns') ticket pledges him
self to abstain from takin. and allowing
his su bordinates to take illegal fees. "
The document "Opens with the following
choice dedication of it's Dhil;,nthcopic pllr-
poses to the cause of tho people. involving
tho recollection Of IN historical fact, for
which the Era people depend OH ex-Dis-
trict Attorney Eshleman for proof. Eshle-
man, it will be remembered. was lately u
partner Of Quay, Hicstantl, Brown Il Co.,
but now inc trains with the New Era party
whose editorial columns no longer ring
with dcn,lnciatiols of him, while hc
"givcs away" the little games of his l,tc
associates. Tho peoples reform" appeal
opens thus
Zone year agOa great political crime was
committed in Lancaster county. 1t was
done to elect y gambler tO the responsible
position oi public prosecutor and to make
the people pay Il gamblers debts. To ac-
cOmplish this, every rcso,lrcc Of fraud and
corruption was exhausted. The path by
which McMcllcn, BIentzer, Hicstand and
Hay Brown secured tho nomination of
Tom Davis, in defiance Of all honor and
common dcccncy, was strewn with broken
pledges and dishOnOreC obligations. Hay
Brown travelled through the southern dis
tricts of the county distributing Quay's
thousand dollars as shamclessly and
scribcd by Kin. Solomon sllurc,l and
,lcba,,cl,cd her victims. while passing alOn.
6 in the twilight. in the evening, in tho
black and dark night, lying in wait ut
every corner, saying 4 have peace offerings
with me-a bag Of money, which
the good man has brought at The
day appointed , therefore, came l forth to
meet thee and have found thee , and then,
| with his much f;tir Speech, he caused
those Of easy virtue to yield, cOrruptin.
the cOrrup.iblc and purc!,asin. the ptir
clissble, until the public was startled and
honest men looked Oh in amazemcnt and
| sadness to see y great and noble county,
the first in agricultural wealth and indus
trial resources of all tho counties i'm the
| Union prOstitutcd by the b:.Sest Of pOlti-
| harlOtry to pay gamblers debts ~
1t claims that the single way to reform
and avcnye ill this is by ticket Of irro-
prOacl,ablc men, pledged to legal fees only
| and t. honorable methods Of nomination,
and by the complete organization Of g the
people,
Then follow the wOOd-cut half p..o
portraits of the candidates and cOnpli-
mentary biographical sketches. In its no
tice Of the prison management this Gocu-
mcnt presents this picture of the local AL
ministration Of public affairs
"Thc Lancaster county prison has been
| q stencil in the nOstrils Of the public for :.
quarter Of i century. Within its wallis
have been cODcucted some Of tbs most dan
.erous political intriyucs which have ever
dissraccd u county. Its executive officers;
have been chosen because Of their capacity
rs political tricksters rather than for any
other qualifications. Tho machine has
been ran by one faction or another mainly
to perpetuate tho most cxtrav1c,ant and
wastciul system of Pluntlcrin. the public.
It's accounts are even to-day ;ln inexplica-
bic jumb!e of figures which 10 accountant
can unravcl. How many thousands have
been stolen there nD man can tell. The
present keeper has made it Il sort Of free
lunch hotel for his political friends from
all over the county, and his son i,,-law,
AL Smith, is tho man he wants ut the
luncl, counter for three years more"
In another place the ch,rgs is male
| Tie debt of Lancaster county, in
round numbers, is about $500, 900 and
every year the county is cheated out Of, Or
has stolen from it by or through the coll
nivance Of corrupt public officials, ut
least One-tcnth Of this amount, or $50, ,OOO -
The Eraminer already retOrts that the
Nco EntScnsenig party trie,i their best to
get Al. Smii h into their combination and
promised to furnish the money and immu-
| nifty from newspaper attack for his cam
pai.n. There is some truth in all this
Jack Wcise and Fred Smith refused the
| OvertuTcs
| What n Said AbDut 1t.
The distribution Of the pamphlet above
referred to has created i good deal Of cx-
citement among tho contestants, and
various opinions are expressed about its
conception and circulation.
From among these "taken on the fly"
by our reporters we present the following
expressed by representatives of all shades
of political opinions:
'.Thc pictures are old Police GaseMe
cuts. ."-H Shubert, "left' candidate for