The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-11-02
A TRUMPET BLAST.
HuYTs ARRAIoMMrNr or BossIsM
REPUBLICAN, METHODS ONE YEAR AGO
TUE MACHINE DENOUNCED.

The following extracts from Cover
nor Hoyt's letter of November 3, last
year, will be read with interest in view
OF the fact that the same condition of
affairs in the Republican party, which
the governor so bitterly assailed, pre-
walls at the present time. 1t is man
ly and indignant protest against the
methods of aparty which required from
its followers the most abiect servihty
to few constituted, uncrupulous
bosses, and the governor in his letter
clearly proves that no citizen, if inde-
pendent, could long remain in their
company, without absolute forfeiture
of his title as a selfrespecting man.
The withering indictment of Hoyt is
equally applicable at the present time
when corrupt treasury ring is strug-
Cling for supremacy in the State to the
detriment of the taxpayers. Hear what
the governor had to say one year ago
in reference to the independent move
ment
"When standing room is no longer al
lowed to the member of political party
with margin for self. respect when its
lines become simply coterminous with the
limits of some usurping dynasty when in
all the space between abject submission
and rebellion no place is given for appeal,
argument, or protest, revolution is an ap-
propriate remedy. All proud and generous
minds will resist the imposition of scrfdom
and will leave to villains and retainers
their badge of servitude to the intruding
feudal system. Any Characterization of
those engaged in this movement which
fiippantly classes them as "sore-heads and
kickers" mistakes the voting power of
Pennsylvania manhood. There is an un-
deniable justification for your uprising.
Its grounds are open and plain to the peo-
pie, whether accepted or not The tens
of thousands of the best instructed most
conscientious and spirited citizens who
have joined in this method of uprooting
palpable public wrongs attest. Other tens
of thousands of such citizens sympathize
with you, and only doubt whether your
heroic surgery is the best treatment.
81 am fully advised of the methods of
vengeance being contrived for those now
considered in revolt. Some of these rebels,
nay most Of them, are among the most
courageous spirits in the state. They know
the humiliation it costs proud men to have
masters, their moral power crushed out in
repeated call to surrender to the gross de-
mands of those who only see in party sue
cess the means of patronage distribution N
and that made in the interest of personal
power.
"When reflect upon the humiliation
put upon myself as chief magistrate for re-
gistering some of the purposes of the ma
chine which puts politics above admins
trative propriety, and when I reflect upon
the force of the insulting methods applied
to myself by means of threats, intrigue and
bad faith, realize some of Cardinal
Wolsey's regrets that he chad only serv-
ed his God with half the zeal he had his
king
SIN the name of decency and in behalf
of my successor l wish to emphasize the
cause of the whole business and sound
note of warning to the whole people. Self
respect compels me to this avowal. Nor
will peace ever come until the moral forces
in politics which you have organized
prevail. If your courage be added to this
conviction the masses of voters would
promptly rally to your standard and aid
you to an overflowing success. And such
is the duty of the voters of Pennsylva-
MIA.
'In the future the halls of the Lochiel
house at Harrisburg will no longer resound
with the tread of claquers hastily sent to
summon self-respecting and honorable
delegates of the people to a base submis-
sion to slated tickets and prearranged
programmes threatened with ostracism in
case of noncompliance, or sent home dis
honored to face the angry constituents
whom they have betrayed. And thus will
be developed the power before which have
been compelled to bow all who have sought
honors or promotions at the hands of Re-
publican constituencies.
"Wlth your ultimate success will ave
been made an exhibition or moral courage
in our state and the reaping of beneficial
results from peaceful methods which shall
more grandly than ever demonstrate the
capacity of the people for self-govern-
ment.
SIN making this declaration l have no
disposition to disavow any share / individ-
ually may have had in the partisan meth
DDS against which the Independent move
ment is not only revolt but revolution.
/ am simply conscious that utter thoughts
and feelings which stir to their depths the
minds and hearts of thousands in this
great commonwealth.
[Signed.] 'HENRY NJ HoYT."
Commissioner of Pensions Dudley