The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-20
M'CLURES WAR WH00PS
Out With Harity's Braves he Cuts
High 0apers
Republicans, Amused at the Demo.
cratic Shouters, See Through
Their Game as They View
the Important Issues
of the Campaign.

That the noise and cl amor Of Demo
cratic campaign managers over the
Bardsley business have ceased to have
the desired effect upon the thinking
voter is daily becoming more apparent.
Republicans properly resent the i'm
put9tion that their party is made up of
thieves and marauders. The fall of
Dill, the Democratic banker, of Clear
field, was but another illustration of the
fact that crime is non-partisan, and that
no political party can be fairly held re-
sponsible for the wrong doing of any in-
dividual, any more than can a church or
religious denomination be placed in bad
repute because of the chance downfall
of one of its members.
"The melodramatic overture is about
over, and the dust is passing away"
truly says John Russell Young, in
commenting on this settling down to
sober thought in the canvass in Penn
sylvania. "Buffalo Bill Mcclure, at the
head of a conglomerate troops of saints,
Hessians, Democrats, ward heelers and
aspirants for the presidency started out
on a wild hullaballoo of a stampeding
raid All who go to the shows will un-
derstand it. Buffalo Bill gets on a
black horse, waggles his hair over his
shoulders and hOwls The Indians, in
spare garment, some of them, we are
afraid, only circus riders in Indian ap-
parel, also howl. There is a grand rush
and charge, and it seems as if the roof
would come down. Bill and his con-
tingent ride back aud the bowling be-
gins anew, and continues until Bill
thinks people have had their moneys
worth, and retires.
Buffalo Bill Mcclure began the cam
paign by declaring that all 'Republi-
cans were thieves We all heard the
howls, 1t was only Buffalo Bill Nc
/ Clure and his band. If the Republicans
had stampeded by this time the party
would be down in the Atlantic City
marshes There was no tremor. The
/ Republicans simply said: This is Buf-
/ falo Bills way. The howls, the shouts,
( the careering, the din and rowdy-dow.
/ 1t is only business.
"lhe Buffalo Bill business over, and
the canvass under serious consideration,
what do we see ? The Republicans were
never more united. They see the larger
issues OF the campaign, what is behind
the menaces and aggravations of the
enemy. They see the party of Tweed
making ready, as in 1870 to take pos
session Of the country. They see New
| York in the hands of Tammany Hall.
! They see that Tammany Hall is domi-
mated by the worst elements of society.
| They see the gambler, the grog shop
| keeper, the boodler returned from Can
ada, the pardoned criminal in control of
the organization. They see the splendid
| administration Of Harrison and Blaine
| threatened with a withdrawal of the
confidence it has earned. They see
| crude notions as to money, finance and
! taxation; political schemes in vogue no.
where in this state outside of DR.. Kirk
brides hospital accepted as national is
sues. They see the executive admins
! tration of the state mere bureau in the
Democratic national canvass for the
presidency. They see this-and more
than all realize the responsibility in
volved in the political axiom that Penn
| sylvania is the Keystone state, and as
! goes Pennsylvania so will go the Union.
"This is the canvass as il drifts. We
are out of the circus riding stage. We
are now for serious politics. Republi-
cans mean to save this state for Harri-
son and Blaine. They mean that Penn
| sylvania shall remain the banner state
and Philadelphia the banner city of the
Republican column. And to that end
| they mean to make an earnest, aggres-
sive, educational campaign, without
reservation, equivocatiOn or apology
from now until the close of the polls"