The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-19
A JEFFERS0NIAN DAY.
THE STATE CONVENTION OF
DEMOCRATIC CLUBS IN
.PENNSYLVlA.

.PENNSYLVlA.
The Brilliant Formal Opening OF the
Pennsylvania Campaign by Demo.
cratic Candidates.
READING, Pa, Sept. 17.-The Sage Of
York, ex-Lieut Gov. Chauncey f. Black,
beheld with triumph the success Of his
Jeffersonian revival to-day. The idea
of Democratic societies, originally dis
cussed with ardor by the second Presi-
dent and reviewed with no less enthusi
asm by the son of jeremiah Black, is "a
bowling success" Certainly the fact
that 1876 clubs, which are scattered over
the length and breadth of Pennsylvania,
were represented here to-day by ,432
delegates, speaks volumes for the i'm
portance of the Jeffersonian revival.
''For the purposes of preserving, de-
Tending and advancing the essential
principles of the government as formu
lated by Thomas Jefferson and illustrta-
ted by the history Of the Democratic
party
This is the creed, the sheet anchor of
the great organization which assembled
by representation to-day. The evant was
otherwise important, for it was the for
NAL opening of the gubernational cam
paign in the Keystone State. Robert
E. Pattison against George Wallace Del
amater; political purity versus bribery,
false swearing and slavish subserviency
to bloated corporations; honesty against
Quayism-and here you have it all.
An enthusiastic opening speech was
made by President BLACK, and great en-
thusiasm prevailed. He said
A Plea for Ballot Reform.
"The greatest reform needed in Penn
sylvania is ballot REFORM" he said: 1T
comprehends all other reforms Without
! pure and free vote neither the State
nor any right or interests Of it's people
can ever be entirely safe from the as
saults of power and corruption Even
now the only hope of the mouo poly
party in the approaching election, scarce
| ly denied and almost universally under
stood, is in the purchase of the venal and
the intimida tion of the dependent. We
| have it upon the highest official author
ity of organized labor that multitudes of
intelligent and conscientious citizens are
annually forced to vote for the bosses
and the rings instead Of for themselves
and their families: under penalties which
few working men are able to face without
dismay, including, as they do, loss of
work aud bread, eviction and even exile
| from the home Of their choice.
AS to the heinOus inrOads of cor1up-
tion upon the integrity Of elections-the
voluntary prostitution Of the suffrage
for pay, the enormous corruption funds
of the monopoly party, levied upon the
excessive profits of the benefciaries OF
its policy, are sufficient evidence. Can
the Democratic societies propose to them
selves nobler object than the complete
enfranchsement of all the local voters
of the Commonwealth?
Republican Bosses Not Retormers.
| Speaking of the Reform pretensions Of
Republican bosses, be said:
But those who own and manage tht
party in power for their own pleasure
add profit do not want a secret vote.
would be extraordinary, indeed, if they
should actually desire to correct ths
abuses for which they are principally re
sponsible, and by which their odious rul,
is maintained. To a people special,
aroused by the exceptional electora
crimes Of the last few years, and inten
upon the restoration of pure suffrage
and thereby Of honest government t.
the mighty host Of workmen in Pennsyl
vania, reclaiming their lost heritage
they propose compromise.
Hon. Robert E. Pattison, the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, made
strong speech upon State issues. Speak
ing Of the vice of bossism be said:
The Vice of Bossism.
The vice of bossism lies at its root
and exists irrespective of personal char
acter Bossism locks for its strength nc
in widely diffused and popular support
but through agencies of concentrate
and, therefore, easily controlled power
Hence it panders to the rich and pow
; erful few rather than devotes itself t
: the toiling and dependent many; to th
0 syndicate and trust rather than to th
d consumer; to the corporate monopol
rather than to the individual; to tt
large employer rather than to the labo
= er; to the special interest rather than
. general good This is the univers
= character Of despotism, whether it wea
s crown or dupes multitude; wheth'
- in the Roman or the American Senat
! The history of our own State, howeve
- presents illustrations of this truth mo
y eloquent because more recent and Of II
= mediate application.
: During the twenty years precedi1
- 1888 the special interests favored by tt
a bosses thrived and expanded beyond Il
= most lavish expectations. Monopolies
all kinds feasted and fattened at the pu
lie expense, and the fair fame of o
State was sullied in the eyes Of the q
ton.
r. No difficulty was met with, howevt
e. when the creatures and dependents
boss power sought legislative favor. I
facility with which measure could th
be drafted over night, rushed throu
: both Houses undeDated and without
IL and received Executive approval with
r. few hours, astonished the uninitiat
e. farmer, the municipal reformer,
n bankrupted oil producer and the frie
= of electoral reform
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