Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-31


for the office would not startle
the sleepy Republicans of the
upper end so much if they only !
knew him, because it is char
acteristic of the man in all his
undertakings, whether they
are for business or pleasure.
They cannot, it seems, com
prehend the fact that in this
age it is the hustling man who
"gets there" Because Mr..
Leisenring has been making
friends right and left the past
month in his opponents S strong
hold, the "Record," rubs its
eyes in astonishment and
ascribes to money the progress
which his frank, manly cam
paign has done. Such logic is to
be expected from the fogies who |
are content to live upon past
history and snarl at the ener-
getic and pushing young men
who come out openly and fight
for an Office when they want
it, The Republicans of Lu-
zerne have been so long under
the thumbs of a few Wilkes
Barre people, and so used to
having the ticket cut and dried
for them before convention
day, that the party organ con-
siders it a sacrilege for any one
not chosen by it to seek an
office.
The opposition to Mr.. Leisen-
rings candidacy by a few die
tators at the county seat would
be overlooked by the voters of
the party in this end if done
fairly, but it was mean ad-
vantage they took, and when
it is done maliciously, as they
say, to defame his character,
then they claim the right to
protest emphatically against
such a charge, and from what
| have learned, if the accusa-
ton was a little more specific,
the writer of that article would
probably be given an oppor-
tunity to prove his assertion
before some legal tribunal.
But he throws out insinuations
only, and when the same are
not accompanied by substan-
tial evidence they usually re-
turn like boomerangs upon the
heads of those they were intend
ed to benefit. That such will
be the case of the "Record' s"
veiled slurs is very certain,
and the opening up of this
question will do the lower end
candidate no harm.
1t was a foolish idea which
prompted the friends of Morgan
B. Williams to assail Mr.. Leis-
enring in a laundering style
through the press, because he
is such a popular man in this
region that even Democrats
have to admit that the attacks
We're shameful and undeserved,
and anything that may be said
or done against him will not
lessen him in the estimation of
the public. The Republicans
in this end of the county claim
he has spOtless record, and
they can well defy the friends
of his opponent to dispute
that claim. Since boyhood he
has lived in lower Luzerne,
and almost everybody who has
resided any length of time in
this region knows him to be a
plain, ordinary man who is
above the Vaccinations at
! tributed to him, and | am not
surprised that the Republicans
hereabouts are indignant at
the unjust treatment given him
| by the "Record," which must
be blinded by its own conceit
and pomposity.
That ungratefulnesss or ig-
nOrance was at the bottom of
the attack is shown in the SEN
tence which reads as follows:
CHOW he has the sublime as
surance to ask for an office
which he has done nothing to
deserve, and insults the man
hood of the party by shaking
his money bags in their faces"
Is it possible that the Record"
is not trusted by the Republi-
can leaders with the names of
the staunchest friends of the
party in the state, or does its
editors imagine that an asser-
ton like that would pass un
challenged? Mr.. Williams
friends cannot be excused for
their ignorance if they do not