Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-02

came out for Grant. Gen. James 4. Beaver
also was elected delegate and instructed
to support Blaine. In Mr.. Wolfe's own
Office Beaver admitted that he kner ma
.iority Of his constituents were for Blaine,
and yet he betrayed the trust thcy had re-
posed in him.
There was much bitterness and iissen
sion in the party caused by the arbitrary
and dishonest means taken By the bosses
to perpetuate their power; but after the
severe contest in the Legislature, which
resulted in the election of Mr.. Mitchell! rs
United States senator, it was agreed that
bygOnes should be bygoIes, and that the
party should be united. Then it was that
Davies, Mapes, Lawrence and Stewart
were respectively named for the Office Of
state treasurer. Taey were all stricken
down by Quay and the bosses, whose
motto was, mo quarter to boitels.
Mr.. Wolfe described the management OF
the state convention. aud showed how
completely it was III the hands Of the
bosses. with Quay as chairman and how
it completed its work by making Baiiy
candidate for treasurer and Tom Cooper
chairman of the state committee. Baily'S
majority in that convention was secured
by fraud and treachcry. Mr.. Davies HIM
self had denounced the bosses who
controlled the convention and openly
charged that they had bought off his dele
gates.
Mr. Wolfe said that last fall Ec was
asked to address the people of the state to
| cEIeavor to quiet them regarding just
complaints that had been made against
their leaders. lie did So, reminding them
that it was 4 Republican House that in
! vstiGated the riot bill bribery; Repub-
iican court that had tried and sentenced
| the legislative thieves. Yes. but what fol-
iawcd' lie has now to say that it was 4
Republican governor and 4 Republican
board ofpardons that had prevented their
punishment, and closed the pcnitcntiary
doors against their entrance, and permitted
them to go a. largo unwhipped of justice.
Mr.. Wolfe declared it was not the Repub-
lican party that was responsible for this
great wrong it is Governor IIoyt, Matt.
Quay and the board of pardons. The Re-
publican party must be held guiltless until
10y its action it endorses their crime. The
late Republican state convention did cn-
dorsc Governor IIoyt and his administra-
ton. ~ do not KNOW said Mr.. Wolfe,
s. whether Or not you people will endorse
this action, but as long as | live | will
never do it. "
Mr.. Wolfe next paid his respects to At
tOrncy General Palmer, who was lately in
terviewcd by reporter Of the Press.
Among other things reported ip that in
terv!ew, Mr.. Palmer is represented rs say
ing: 81 think the partition between
| Wolfe's memory and imagination is en-
tirc!y broken down. Most Of his yarns
can only be Justly claracteriZct! by Il strong
! x, ,r-l l,o
but may be easily unrerstOOd, and regret
'wi!ful in some instances. lie photo
grapIlcd himself last winter when the
great value OF ;s fixed salary for members
of the legislature as a reform measure
was urged upon him. lie said I am in
favor Of all reforms except those which
take money cut Of my pocket" In reply
10 this Wolfe said II am a great hand at
meeting charges. The strong Saxon word
he refers to is Truth.
In the same interview Attorney Gen
eral Palmer is represented in saying that
the decision of the pardon board in the
cases Of kemblc Ct al, the riot bill
bribcrs, was based Oh the legal ground
that the sentence was unlawful, in that ii
imposed imprisonment in the penitentiary
ut labor instead Of in the county prison
without labor. Mr. Wolfe said this was
untrue. The sentence was in accordance
with the law every good lawyer says SO
Jnd &C Pearson says SO. Tho trouble was
not that the sentence was unlawful. Had
| it been 50 the court was still in seS-
SIGN and could have corrected it, or it
could have been corrected in tho supreme
court on q special allOcatur. kemblc was
not willing to nave his pride wounded by
spending ono hour behind the prison bars,
and he had threatened, if things came to
that pass, to pull down the screen behind
which his guilty confedcratcs and accom-
pliccs in crime were hiding and expose
them to the world. This was why the
pardon board was convened and their par.
dons granted without authority in law.
This was why every rule Of the board OF
pardons was broken and this outrageous
proceeding had. No public notice of the
application for pardon, no notice from the
board to the prosecutor, no hearing, 10
testimony, no recommendation from the
court or prosecuting attOrncy-withOut
anything required by the pardon boards S
own rules and the laws of the state, but
driven by their own guilty conscicnces,
these men met andpardOned the men whose
willing tools they were. The question of
whether the sentence was unlawful or un-
just was not taken into consideration.
There arc to-day behind the bars of the
penitentiary dozens and dozens of men
who have been unj Justly sentenced if Kem-
bic and his gang were unjuStly sentenced.
As to the charges made by Attorney
General Palmer, that Mr.. Wolfe had said
he was in favor Of all reforms except
those which take money cut of my pOck-
ct.' and that he had been against Grow
for United States senator. Mr.. Wolfe pro-
nounced them bold falsehoOds. As to the
latter charge he appealed to Representa-
tative john II. Lands whether he had not
always and earnestly supported Grow.
Mr.. Landis said lie had. Mr.. Wolfe added
that he had cordially supported Grow !;
had no thought of being candidate him
self, and had appealed to Mr.. Woodruff
not to vote for him after that gentleman
persisted in doing SO. He dcnicd most
cmphaticalIy that he had ever bargained
for Democratic votes and he offered S., 900
if Palmer would prove it. lie had been
offered the solid Democratic vote if lie
would assist in organizing the Senate for
the Democrats. but had refused to do So
Judge Black visited Harrisburg last
winter during the session of the Legisla
| turc, and Mr.. Wolfe met him at the tea
| table. He subsequently met him at At
torncy General P::Imer's room, aud in the
course of conversation Palmer said to
Judge Black, elf this man (Wolfe) would
support me. ! would be elected United
States senator tomorrow. lie knew
wouldn't support him. lie then went on
fO i1ctify hi- lion in bo IL boo rd :.