The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-08-15

"roU ARE CHARGED WITH SERIOUS
CRIMES.
A singing letter has been sent
TO Senator Delsmster by Rudolph
Blankenburg, of Philadelphia in which
he carefully reviews the record of the
Republican candidate for Governor.
The writer SAYS be cannot support Mr..
Delsmster in this campaign. Mr..
Blsnkenburg has also sent q caustic
communication to Senator Quay. The
letter to the Republican boss is IS fol-
lows:
Philadelphis, Pa, August 5.-Hou.
Mathew 5. Quay-Desr Sir; The
charges Of embeEZlement while State
Treasurer of Pennsylvania, brought
against you by the New York World,
Ecenin1 Post, Nation, Puck and
other papers of responsibility, have so
far met neither reply nor denial at
your hands.
1t is and has been very irritating to
many earnest Republicans to have You
ignore these grave accusations, made
most pointed and emphatic in the last
weeks Puck, which undoubtedly you
have seen. You sre there depicted
in 8 felon's garb, plainly called a
felon, holding the whip and COMPEL
ing the respectable leaders of the
.aGrsnd Old Party 10 march at the
command of the felou oyerseer.
As you perhaps shun sun for libel
against sny or all of your aecusers on
account of the great expense therein
involved. it has been suggested by
some of those Republicans Who are iu-
directly smarting under these accuse
tons 10 raise fund of sufficient amount
to institute and push suits for civil
and criminal libel against your open.
accusers.
Please let me know If this plan Of
indicating your honor as Chairman
of the Republican National Committee
and United States Senator meets with
your approval, snd oblige yours, res
pectfully, RUDoLPH BLASKKSBURG.
A BOMB FOB DELAAArER
The letter to Senator Delsmster is
also a singing rebuke to the candidate
snd reads IS follows;
Philadelphis, Aug. 5 ls90.-Hon.
George W. Delsmater-Desr Sir: Ab-
sence from my office when you called
last week prevented my giving you
personally the reasons wLy / cannot
support and vote for you for Governor
of Pennsylvania, and now do SO in
writing.
You were openly and directly charg-
ed IN April last by ex Senator Emery,
a reputsble and responsible citizen,
With one of the grsvest crimes against
our free institn tions s-"purchssin g
your election and bribing citizens to
vote for YOU" etc--snd you we're chsl-
lenged by Mr.. Emery to bring sn &C
tion at law against him so he could set
his proof before the people oath-bound.
/ Had you been charged with embez-
Eling money, robbing a widow or orpt
an. you would as sn innocent man not
have allowed one day to pass before
bringing suit for civil and criminal
libel against your socuser; yet here.
charged with crime much more seri-
uos and r-resching in its conse9uen-
ces, YOU have rested silent for mouths,
whether because you have no defense,
or do not consider the charge of "brib-
ing voters and purchasing your elect
ion q serious one, know d OF.
Crimes against individuals, such rs
larceny, embezzlment, forgery, are
insignificant compared with crimes
against the sacred rights of citizenship
and the elective franchise, which is the
bulwark sndjfoundaiion ofour liberties
Let every thoughtful man. partisan
though be may be, pause. reflect and
take to heart the earnest call made up
on you in April last by one Of the lead
ing Republican papers of this country,
the Phils ielphis Press, to meet toe
charges sgsinst you fully and com
pleiely.
| Had you the right appreciation Of
the gravity Of the accusation against
you you would not have let -four
months elspse without even SIS much
As murmur, and were you g. this late
day to bring an sction against your
sccuser 1t woald lack force and weight
as the laws delay could easily be in,
yoked by your counsel to defer trial
until after election, and then, IS il
generally done in such cases, have the
suit withdrawn
The nomination of Ex-Governor
Robert Z. Pattison fortunately makes
it easy for Republicans who own them.
selves to exercise their better Judgment
by casting their ballots for him His
personal character is without blemish:
his record whenever the rights Of the
people were ieoprdiIed by arrogant
and powerful corporations Is envisble;
his political career has won the simirs.
ion Of even his political opponents, s.
expressed in the editorisi remarks OF
the most partisan Republican papers
when he Ielinquished the Gubernstor.
isl Office four years sgo-
| / regret that | cannot support the
nomination of the Republican Conyen
tion st Harrisburg. for reasons above
stated, aside from the important one
that the will and the choice of the yasi
majority Of the Republican party, who
desired the nomination of the gallant
soldier. General Hastings, were stideC
through the one-msn power and politi
csl Vaccinations Of Senator Msthsw
5. Qusy. Yours respectfully,
RUDoLPH BLAsKESBURG.
TIE judicial Coates. Faded.