Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-02-06
AGAINST A NEW COUNTY.
ANY SCHEME TO DIVIDE LUZERNE
SHOULD BE RESISTED.

The White Haven journal" and Shick-
shinny "Democrat" Speak Out Against
the Plans of Hazleton Office Seekers.
Politicians and Land Spectators.
The "Hazle county" boomers have
commenced firing off their guns for the
movement to divide old Luzerne, and
are. already preparing to lombard the
legislature when the bill for that scheme
comes up for discussion. The little
coterie of political dead heads who are
engineering the plot expect to reap great
benefit if their work is successful
Offices are to be parcelled out nicely
among the little gang-some of whom
who would not receive scarcely a dozen
votes in a Luzerne convention, and
everybody whom they imagine is opposed
to the new county is to be fixed with the
promise of fat berth when 1--WE get our
courthouse"
These dear little schemers, who have
always refused to see or listen to any,
thing outside the limits of their city, are
liable to bump against protest before
long. There are a number of people in
the territory that is to be included in
'Hazle county" who do not live in Haz-
Teton and they intend to have their say
in the matter. There are many who do
not want office, neither have they land
around Iazeton to sell, and they are
not going to assist anyone to saddle a
high tax rate and large debt upon the
townships and boroughs of the region in
order thai so-called "city" may be
| doomed.
| One of the Hazleton newspapers, in
an article lon this subject on Saturday,
said their CONVICTIONS are backed by the
hopes of nine-tenths of the people of the
territory that will come in under the
name of Halle county. That is like a
Hazletonianl every time. They pull a
string and expect nine-tenths of the
people to dance. While waiting for
them to dance just ponder over this
from the White Haven Journal,
The new county scheme has been re-
vived by the introduction of bills in the
senate and in the house having for their
purpose the creation of the new county
of Halle out df portions of Schuylkil
and Luzerne. Though the people of
this vicinity wdre assured that Kine's
candidacy was NIT in the interest of the
new county, yet it now appears that
they were deceived, for our senator's
chief purpose appears to be the division
of our county, and the forcing of White
Haven, Denisop and Foster into the new
county, where they do not want to go.
If the new county had been a pronounc-
ed issue at the last election, Kline would
not have received vote in the districts
named, and it behooves his friends to
redeem the pledges they made to the
people at that time.
The Journal has frequently stated that
after diigent inquiry it has failed to find
single individual in the borough of
White Haven, the township of Denison,
and the East district of Foster township,
who favors the project of the Hazleton
land schmers and office seekers, and
that the people within these districts
are unanimously opposed to the new
county.
They desire to- remain in old Luzerne
with its low taxes and good government,
and decidedly object to being forced in
to the proposed Halle county, with its
exhorbitant taxes and insecure govern
ment incident to the creation of a new
county. We are opposed to paying tri-
butte to Hazleton's boomers, with whom
we have neither sympathy, nor business
relations, nor even the least friendly
ties to bind us to them, nor will we
knowingly aid them when to do so will
result to our great disadvantage.
Our representative in the lower house,
T. M. Moyles, should see to it that the
new county bill does not pass, or that
White Haven borough, Denison, Wright
and Fairview townships be eliminated
from the bill, as they are all within his
district Foster township is also oppos-
ed to the measure, but is not included
in his legislative district. And his eff
forts in behalf of his Constituents should
be earnestly supported by the represen-
tatives of the first, second, third and
| fifth districts of the county.
That this end of the county is not
alone i'll its opposition to the Hazleton
schemers is evident from the feeling in
the western townships, near the Susoue-
hanna, and is well Expressed by the
Shickshinny Democrat as follows:
The Wilkes Barre Record has come
out flat-footed in favor Of the new county
and the arguments it Presents in favor
OF the same are unworthy the utterance
of school boy. If The Record wants to
know how the new county scheme
strikes the majority Iof the taxpayers
and those directly interested let its edi-
tor take a trip through Dorance. Slocum.
Conyngham, Hollenbacs and Nescopeck,
and if the property owners in the farm.
ing districts don't cause him to chance
his tune you may rest assured the editor
of the Record is playing into tho hands
of the would-be get-richuuick ventnrers
No sir, the people don't want the county
divided