Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-06
Communicated
WE HAVE THE BEST.
A RECORD WITHOUT A PARALLEL.
Pittsburg's Municipal Government the Best
In the COuntry-NOt Dive or
Gambling House Within

Gambling House Within
Its Limits.
The following well-known prominent
business men of the city of Pittsburg have
publicly Endorsed Henry l. Gourley, Re-
publican candidate for Mayor of the city
for the following reasons. He is an honest,
straightforward, intelligent business man
himself, thoroughly acquainted and con-
versant with the governmental affairs Of
Pittsburg and in sympathy with all meas
ures projected for its municipal progress
and prosperity. These Endorsements are
not the ebullient encomiums of friend
ship, but come from large class OF business
men in Endorsement of one Of their fellows,
and the Endorsement is not sentimental, but
of a business character.
Their highest Endorsement, however,
comes from their knowledge of the fact that
Mr.. Gourley stands as the representative of
that element of the citizenship of Pittsburg,
whose highest ideal is the giving to this mu-
nicipality momentum commensurate with
its business Importance and standing. This
element has given TO Pittsburg q govern
ment that challenges the admiration of mod
ern municipal lawmakers and is regarded as
the perfection of reform in. municipal
measures. .-s .'.'.
Under the active, rigorous warfare that
the head OF the Department of Public Safety
has made on the dives, the dens, the gam
bling hells, the policy shops, that were cor
rupting the young and old of both sexes, all
of them have been driven from Pittsburg,
and to-day there is not single one Of them
within the cognizance of the municipal su-
thorities. The Judges of the Courts of
Quarter Sessions of ALLEGHENY county have
repeatedly from the bench complimented the
Department of Public Safety on this &C.
count.
Blackmailing Aldermen and venal, vicious
and corrupt judicial officials have been
hunted down and sent for long terms to the
penitentiary and workhouse, and aiders and
abettors OF the criminal classes have found
Pittsburg too warm as place of residence.
Not another city in the country can
parallel this record, and no other city in
the country can approach Pittsburg in the
matter Of intelligent, economical admins
tratiou of all of its various departments.
Fathers and mothers having sons liable to
temptation know these facts bv heart and
feel no fear when their children are out of
sight. This is the most satisfactory COM
mentary on the excellence Of the city morals,
and it all results from the constant super
vision that the Department of Public
Safety has upon the affairs within its
charge. .--.--
In view of these facts it is not astonishing
that the following well-known business men
add their tribute of praise to Mr.. Gourley
and indorse his candidacy:
Joshua Rhodes, iron manufacturer; Jacob
Painter and A. E. W. Painter, of j. Painter
& Sons; ]. d. Scully and Chas. E.
Speer, of the First National Bank; VIM.
Holmes, of A. Garrison & Co.; E. C.
Schmertz, Halpin, Kennedy & Co.; J. B. D.
Al Ill c. ITT
r. Thompson, banker; Squire Ammon,
Chas. c. Scaife, Wilson McCandless, Allie
gheny National Bank; Captain Lytle, S. S.
Marvin, Geo. Fleming, druggist; James
Bovard, OF Bovard, Rose & Co.; Chas. Don
nell, Allegheny Insurance Company; Geo.
B. Hill & Co., S. Hamilton, Jos.
Eichbaum & Co., Jas. Woodwell, VIM.
Nelson, Finley Torreuce, of Denny estate;
Schuetz, Reuziehausen & Co., Wilson, Sny-
der & Co., George Wamhoff, Thomas Ritter,
of Ritter & Conley; J. B. Kaercher, Bickel
& Brennan, architects; Mcknight & Vic
tory, W. II. Brown, William Mensinger,
b. j. Heinz, Paulson Bros, J. G. Bennett
& Co., W. S. Brown, Charles ]. Humbert,
Jos. Horne, Jr., james Irwin & Co., John
Wilson & Son, j. c. Michel & Son,
Eisner & Phillips, Bindley Hardware
Company. Dilworth Brothers, 7. c. Jen-
c. W. r. Holmes, banker; John Dimling,
Wharton Mcknight, foundry; b. j. Nc
Crscken, james Lappan, boiler manufact-
urer; h. P. Mccullough, j. H. Skelton, W.
H. Holmes, Edwin Bindley, banker, j. V.
Patton, Johnsons, Eagye & Earl, Wolf
Lane & Co., Samuel Severance, George
Lang, Pennsylvania Manufacturing and
Supply Company; h. r. Brown, j.
H. Smiley, j. S. A. Atterbury,
Edward House, banker; Murphy &
Hamilton, h. C. Mcknight, Thomp-
son & Co., A. G. Roenigk, David
Robinson, banker; w. J. Friday, P. Duff
& Son, James Rees. T. S. McKaliip & Co.,
E. Lindsay Grier, George W. Biggs, S. w.
Black, Joseph Walton & Co., W. j Caskey,
Thomas D. Keller, German American In
surance Company; A. c. McCaIIam, H. Lee
Mason, II. Watts & Co., James B. Haines
& Co., Haworth & Dewhurst, James Kerr,
Jr., Hon. Thomas Mellon, A. W. Mellon,
John NJ. Irwin & Co., James B. Youngson,
German Insurance Company; Grace, Lam
ker & Co., Henry A. Weaver, Mr.. Gard
ner, Peoples Insurance Company, w.
A. Heron and Henry M. Long,
Demmler Bros, c. II. Dietrich, John !
Kaiser, Barney Betz, Henry Fleckner,
James Morgan, John Richardson, Miles
Humphries, Geo. Goettman, Theodore |
Havecotte, Peter SOfell, Henry Meyer,
Germania Insurance Company; VIM.
Steinmeyer, Third National Bank; Herman
Straub, Samuel Wainwright, Fred Geist,
Thomas Armstrong, Jno. Daub, A. Cannon,
7. H. Given, cashier of Farmers Deposit |
National Bank; Messrs Skully and Craw-
ford, OF the Diamond National Bank; Biber |
& Easton, merchants; Mr.. Smith, of Nc |
Ginness, Smith & Co.; George A. Kelly; Nc |
Gully & Co., glass manufacturers; Mr.. |
Bickel, of the Commercial National Bank. !