The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-19
Republican Plan Of Campaign.

sylvanla, 1t Is manifest that tne prln-
c'ples of "Qaayism" are strictly ad-
hered to. Instead of denying, or at
tempting to answer the charges made
against Delamater, the managers of
the party campaign have adopted a
plan of sowing broadcast throughout
the State, in series of documents OF
the most remarkable character, the NUT
Hated record of Governor PattisOn
while in office.
As has been said, those documents
are of the most remarkable character.
Nothing like them has been imposed
upon the Intelligence OF the people, OF
Pennsylvania; by the managers of
political party for many day. Where
they failed to insult the intelligence of
the people, it is simply because they
are too ridiculous to be seriously con-
sidered. They must disgust the old
veterans in their party and we can i'm
aglne the grimness of ex-chairman
Cooper's smile in his sleeve as he con-
templates their puerility.
The document upon which these
acute managers evidently pride them
selves most is the one 10 which they
attempt to set forth the alleged hostil-
ity OF Governor Pattison toward the
soldiers. Of course their chief ta-get
| ia his vote of the 'ssoldiers burial dill +,
aud the lesser ones the vote of num-
Der of personal pension bills. Of course
the same unfairness which prompted
such an attack has Withheld in each in
stance the good and sufficient, the
salutary reason why Governor Pattison
felt impelled to veto the measures.
These reasons are fully contained in
the measures and no reasonable man,
free of partisan prejudice, can read
them without admitting the torce OF
Governor Pattison's objecti ons. In
not a single one of these cases was the
objection which led to the veto direct
eo toward the purpose of the bill, but
toward the careless manner in which
it had been drawn; the utter absence
of the ordinary safeguards which we'll
digested legislation demands. ln the
case of the soldiers burial bill, itself,
even Col. Thomas j. Stewart, its great
chairman, has admitted that an urgent
necessity exists for Its am endment
| Just in the particulars objected to by
Governor Pattison, and it is the pur-
pose of Col. Stewart to have proposed
| Just such an amendment in the next
Legislature.
While engaged in this futile appeal
to the prejudices of the soldiers, the
republican managers suddenly recollec'
how their present standard bearers
Senator q. w. Delamater, on the oc.
casion of his return from the republi
can state convention in 1883, in the
midst of an enthusiastic speech at
Meadville, "put his foot into it, so Il
speak, by indicating very plainly thai
in his opinion sit was time for the "olC
soldier" to take back seat and Civ,
the young men a chance This in
temperate utterance must be gotten
| rid of in some way. The easiest wa,
seems to be to print Delamator's speecl
on that occasion and omit this damag
ing part of it, 30 to this end Who'll,
page of another of these remarkabl
documents, headed "Delamater endors
, ed" ia devoted to the defense of th
Meadville speech. But alas, thos
, who have undertaken to steer Dels
mailer out of deep water, in their effort
: to shun Charybdis have run into Scylls
Senator Delamater has been busy fo
, some time past in quietly telling th
{ independent Republicans whom he
a privately seeking out, that he is "nC
, for Quay" but will promise TO thro,
, Quay overheard when he is eleote'
In the Meadville speech above refere
, to, appear these words "who can 70
Q get what the wise and peerless Qua
the stalwart Cameron and the GallaI
a Beaver have contributed in buildin
a oar party policy. So, ''the wise al
: peerless Quay, one whom Delamat
r now talks of throwing overheard. w
: he do it7 Can he afford to do iti
n he does, Is he a worthy object TO trui
d What can be thought of the promis
a of man who will proclaim polite
n friend "wise and peerless when he
le seeking his aid for a Nomination al
le then secretly promise TO 60 back
Y. him afterward.
,e The only other one of the remar
able republican campaign documer
ly which is worthy of particular notice
n, the Biographical sketch of their can
e. date for Governor. 1t is supposed
III cover the whole ground. 1t goes il
m the ancestral history of Delamater.
Is shows that he is ofthe eighth 6 eneI
N. ton Of Delemaitre. That his paterI
b, ancestry is to be traced back for nj
xe generations. In fact, it conclusive
"a proves that his blood is of the blu
m of the blue; that he is "hornY hand
he son of toll" with a vengeance. A
other striking feature of this biograp
az is the naive description that is CIV
We of the little Delamater sitting at
az feet Of old John Brown OF Ossaw