Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-14

The following letters have been for
warded to Delsmater and Quay by
Rudolph Blankenburg, one of the princi-
pal business men of Philadelphia and a
lifelong Republican, in which he care
fully reviews the record of the Republi-
can candidate for Governor. The letter
to the Republican boss is as follows:
HON. MATTHEW S. QUAY The charges of
embezzlement, while State Treasurer OF Penn
sylvana, brought against you by the New ork
World, Euenin0 Post, Nation, Puck and other
papers of responsibility, have so far met neither
! reply nor denial at your hands.
| II is and has been very irritating to many
earnest Republicans to have you ignore these
grave accusations, made de, most pointed P6e,a and
| ly you have seen. You are there depicted in
felons garb plainly called felon, holding the
whip and compelling the respectable Leaders OF
| the "Grand Old Party to march at the COM
mand of the felon overseer.
| As you perhaps shun suit for libel against any
or all of your accusers on account of the great
expense therein involved, it has been suggested
by some of those Republicans who are Indirect
ly smarting under these accusations 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 yindicat-
Ing your honor as Chairman of the Republican
National Committee and United States Senator
meets yith your ana S9ge y1Grs
The letter to Delamater is also a sting
IIB lCbuhC W viz '"hhitotSj eshN iSt''o
as follows:
from my office when you called last week pre-
vented my giving you personally the reasons
why cannot support and vote for you for
Governor of Pennsylvania, and now do so in
writing.
You were openly and directly charged in
April last by ex-senator Emery, reputable
and responsible citizen, with one of the gravest
crimes against our free institutons-"pur-
chasing your election and bribing citizens to
gta hall rad
by Mr.. Emery to bring an action at law against
him SO he could set his proof before the people
oath-bound.
Had you been charged with embezzling
money, robbing widow or orphan, you would
us an innocent man not have allowed one day
to pass before bringing suit for civil or crimi-
nal libel against your accuser; yet here, charg-
ed with n crime much more serious and far
reaching in its consequences, you have rested
no defense, or do not consider the charge OF
"bribing voter and purchasing your election"
a serious one, know not
Crimes against individuals, such as larceny,
embezzlement, forgery, are insignificant COM
pared with crimes against the sacred rights
of citizenship and the elective and franchise,
| which is the bulwark and foundation of our
| liberties. Let every thoughtful man, partisan
| though he may be, pause, reflect and take to
| heart the earnest call made upon you in April
last by one of the leading Republican papers
of the country, the Philadelphia Press, to meet
the charges against you fully and completely.
Had you the right appreciation of the gravity
|
have left four months elapse without even as
much as murmer, and were you at this late day
to bring an action against your accuser II
would lack force and weight, as the laws de
lay could easily be invoked by your counsel tC
defer trial until after election, and then, as il
generally done in such cases, have the suit
| withdrawn.
The nomination of Ex-Governor Robert L
Pattison fortunately makes it easy for Repub
licans who own themselves to exercise theil
better Judgment by casting their ballots fo
him. His personal character is without blem
ish; his record whenever the rights of the peo
pie were jeoparpized by arrogant and powerful
corporations is enviable; his political caree
has won the admiration of even his politica
opponents, as expressed in the editorial re
marks of the most partisan Republican paper
when he relinquished the Gubernatorial offc,
four years ago.
] regret that cannot support the nomination
of the Republican Convention at Harrisburg
for reasons above stated, aside from the i'm
portant one that the will and the choice of tn,
vast majority of the Republican party, VIII,
desired the nomination of the gallant soldier
General Hastings, were stihed through th'
one-man power and political Vaccinations o
Senator Matthew s. Quay. Yours, respect
fully, RUDOLPH BLAKENBURG.