Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-10-14

Oe TOO often referred to and studied, par
ticularly by the young men of the nation.
for it is full treasury of political wis
dom. In the preamble to the constitu-
ton the people declared that they Or
dained form Of government to the pro-
motion Of the general welfare. There
is the object and end of our political sys.
TEN. When. instead of this; however,
those entrusted with authority exercise
their power to promote personal, factiOnal
or party ends they violate the spirit and
purpose of their trust and abuse the con-
fidence Of the people. To promote the
general veal should be the golden rule of
all public officials. A great cause of the
abuses in official life that have spread over
the country is the levying of financial as
sessments upon those holding public posi-
tions. In answer to letter upon this
Mayor StOkley in the municipal election
of 1881, said that believed the matter
of assessments to be one of the greatest
curses of the political system now in nvogue
in this country. That was my opinion
then and it is still more strongly my
opinion now. Much of tho dishonesty
and corruption in public life is due to this
cause. II an official is compelled to pay a
considerable sum of money out of small
salary to keep the bosses in power he is
not unlikely to pay himself back out of
tho public treasury if he gets an opportu-
nifty.
Robb,Dg tho People.
Political assessment from Office holders
means the forcible taking of tribute from
party. It is subsidy levied from the
earnings OF the many for the advantage of
the few. A political assessment is . direct
menace by which the money of the people
is snatched to defeat and suppress their
will at the polls. / would not and will not
permit any officer Or body of mon or COM
mittee to levy an assessment in the depart.
ment over which preside. They would
not attempt to do so and no clerk in my
Office would dare to pay it If they did.
To-day wc storm the heights of bossism
column by column with the Independents
for the overthrow of a combination of men
who have been felt not only in Pennsylva-
mia but throughout the country to the de-
struction of every Independent sentiment
that should characterize . free people.
This government of the people must not
be changed for q government of pol
iticians, by politicians and for politicians.
There is also this thought about boss gov.
ernmcnt, and that is the demoralizing and
degrading effect it las upon the young men
of the country. All along the political
highway may be found tombstone after
tombstone, marking tho political graves of
bright young men, on whose tablets is the
inscription: "Destroyed by the Bosses"
These young men entered public life with
noble aims and happy ambitions, but they
have been smitten by the blight of the
boss and have been politically murdered
and morally lost. Pure impulses have no
homo and cannot exist in tho system of
government fostered by tho arrogant and
confederate plundererr of the people. uow
much longer shall this system continue?
You owe it to your posterity to extirpate
this evil from your government. Now is
the time for the peoples deliverance. The
sacred vessels of the state have been pol
luted with unholy wine in the mad revel
of the bosses, but already the finger is
visible that will write upon the wall,
Thou hast been weighed in the balance
and found wanting"
Senator James Gay Gordon was intro
duced and delivered 4 fOrcible and eloquent
speech. General w. w. II. Davis follow
ed in an analysis of the political contest,
and he in turn was succeeded on the plat.
form by William II. Sowden, of Lehigh
county, who, with characteristic eloquence
and ability, entertained tho audience to
the end.
The Evening Meeting.
Tho night meeting was a grand ovation
for even the overflow gathering which
organized in tho court house was large
enough to have been creditable of itself.
Pattison spoke at both meetings, and
though brief in both his speeches, his abil-
ty as a stump campaigner was admirably
displayed and generally admired. In the
main meeting, in Mercur hall, Colonel John
F. Means presided, and the hall was
crowded to an uncomfortable degree. On
tho platform there were a large number
of leading citizens and in the audience
there were number of Republicans and
Independents who came to verify the ia.
vorable reports that had been spread of
Pattison' s afternoon speech. Pattison was
the FIRST speaker and he had not progress
cd far before it was evident he had enlisted
the friendly sympathy of his intelligent
audience. John II. Read was next intro
duced and addressed himself to a discus
sion of the achievements of the Democrat
ic candidate IN Philadelphia. William
Mutchler followed in an argumentative
presentation Of tho issues Of the canvass.
After the court house meeting General
Snowdcn made the initial address, and
contrasted tho public political influence of
Pennsylvania with the importance of tho
commonwealth in tho mineral resources
and commercial standing. He likened the
government of state to . partnership,
in the management of which all were
alike interested, and urged the people to
assert thir claims to q share i'm tho M mage
ment. Mr.. Pattison, having been relieved
from the other meeting, was next intro
duced and spoke for few minutes. Will
liam H. Sowder followed and spoke until
the close of the meeting.
1t was red-letter day to the Democrats
of Bradford county. Citizens paraded the
streets with bands of music and flaming
torches, serenading prominent citizens and
calling for impromptu speeches. In re-
sponse to such 4 call, II. A. Packer took
occasion to deny a statement that he in
tended to vote for Senator Davies. He
said he would vote tho Democratic ticket
from governor down to coroner, and
would take especial pleasure in voting for
Chauncey F. Black, whom he knew to be
worthy.
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