The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-03
Republican Misgovernment In Penn
sylvania.

Probably the most corrupt politics" on
the face of the earth is to be found in
those great republican strongholds-th
state of Pennsylvania and its great me-
tropolis, the city OF Philadelphia. For the
past quarter of a century-indeed, ever
since the republican party became domi-
nant in the keystone state-Harrisburg
has been veritable cesspool of political
rottenness, while the city government of
Philadelphia has been a marvel OF in
efficiency and corruption. The most
shameless rings of public plunderers ever
organized in this country have rioted in
profligacy, and the peoples money has
been squandered with arecklessness never
equaled in this country, save, perhaps, in
the South during the republican carpet
bag regime. The CAMERoNs, and QUAY.
and KEMBLE, and "LEEDs" whom Presi-
dent HARRISON recently appointed U. S.
marshsI, and DELAMATER, and lot of
other conscienceless politicians, have ma
nipulated the state finances in the inter
est of all sorts of disreputable schemes;
have piled up millions of the state money
in banks owned or controlled by
them or by their friends, and put
the interest in their pockets;
have taken vast sums out OF the state
treasury and employed it in speculations
in Wall-st. and on the Chicago board of
trade; have put numberless jobs through
the legislature at Harrisburg. which have
cost the people of Pennsylvania millions
of money, and, in a word, have played fast
and loose with the public fundsinamanner
which no other civilized commonwealth
on the globe would have tolerated. Be-
sides these stealings and frauds there
have teen outright thefts of great sums
from time to time, and large amounts of
public money have been repeatedly lost
by the failure of the rotten banks in
which they were deposited.
Philadelphia has been, in the meantime,
the worst governed city in the country.
New York and Chicago, Cincinnati and
New Orleans, have been mis0overned and
plundered most grievously, but the
management Of their municipal affairs has
been purity itself as compared with that
of the municipal affairs of Philadelphia.
The Philadelphians have been robbed
outrageously by the republican bosses
year after year. The municipal reve-
nues, swelled by exorbitant taxation, have
been squandered in projects of jobbery.
Many of the city's fiduciary officers have
turned out embezzlers and defaulters
Fraud has held high carnival in every
branch of the municipal government.
At the recent state election in Pennsyl-
vania the republican candidate for gov
ernor was one DELAMATER, whose bank at
Meadville had for years been the deposit
tory Of a large share OF the states funds
DELAMATER had served several terms in
the state senate, and in that body had
championed every rotten job that was
proposed Conclusive evidence of his
corruption was laid before the people Of
the state, but the Quay ring forced his
nomination for governor and made des-
perate effort to elect him. In fact, the
preparations were made to count him in
in Philadelphia, but the majority against
him was too large to be overcome in this
Way. Inc plOb 10 Stull Tic UdliOb-DOAbo Whb
discovered before election day, Though
not in time to prevent it from being partly
carried out. But the public verdict was
too emphatic to be overset by such meas
ures. PATrIsoN was elected governor, and
within few days DELAMATER's bank at
Meadville closed its doors. A large
amount of state money was swallowed up
in the wreck, and many Individuals were
ruined by the failure. II transpired that
the bank had been managed in utter de-
fiance, not only of sound principles Of
banking but in violation both of the
laws OF honor and the criminal statutes
of the state. DELAMATER is now under
indictment for felony. There is
no reason to doubt that QUAY
and the other members of the
Harrisburg ring knew the condition of the
bank and the state of DELAMATER's
personal finances when they forced his
nomination for governor. and that they