Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-11-01
DEMOGOGUE UNMASkED.
SCATHING CHARGES MADE AGAINST
CONGRESSMAN HINES.

Not a Word of Denial Came from the
Lips of the Man who Stands Accused
of Perfdy and Treachery-Proven to
BE Il Tool of Corporations.
In the Hazleton Sentinel of last Friday
evening appeared communication,
signed by Matthew Long, of that city,
in which Congressman Hines, the al
legged champion of labor, is accused of
betraying the interests of the people in
everything he has ever done, either as
an assemblyman, senator or congress-
man. Mr.. Long calls attention to the
dockage bill, company store bill, two
weeks pay bill, employees liability bill,
powder bill, ETC., all of which Hines
claims credit for, and states that while
these measures were introduced osten-
sibly in the interest of the miners, it is
evident, from their uselessness, that
Hines was then in the employ of the
very corporations whom he is continually
denouncing.
Mr.. Long had the letter published on
! Friday evening so that the congressman
could have an opportunity to contradict
any of its charges if he would. The fol-
lowing extract from the communication
should interest the men Hines has been
duping for the past fifteen years:
While the new county bill was before
the senate, committee consisting, as
near as l can remember, of Alvin Mar
kle, e. w. Kline, Geo Maue, Capt.
Giles, Charles Mans, j f. Barber, Will
liam Lauderbacb, John G. Seager, Peter
Breihof, Hon. P. f. Boyle and myself
went to the capital in its interest. After
adjournment of the evening session of
the senate we were in the Grand hotel
in company with Senator Bates, Hon
James Collins, our assembyman at that
time, and Hon. John Donahuc. a Demo-
cratic member-of the house from Phila-
delphla. We were engaged criticising
the hostility of Senator Hines To the bill, +,
when Mr.. Donahue remarked, at serves
you people right" Some one in the
party asked why.
Mr.. Donahue replied: "During my ex-
perience, and l have been coming here
for years, no section of the state makes
so much noise about labor legislation as
your section. Yet to my knowledge
there has never has been in the Penn
sylvania legislature a traitor to the in
terests of labor to equal your man
Hines" Several of us at once asked
what reason he had for making such a
sweeping assertion.
why" said he, 81 was a member of
the house when Hines was He intro
duced number of labor bills. | shall
never forget or forgive the infamy OF the
man upon the occasion which am about
to mention. He arose in his place one
day in support of his company store bill,
or dockage bill, | am not sure which
now, and depicted how the miners in
Luzerne were abused and robbed in a
speech that would take tears from a
stone.
"But 10 and behold He had barely
finished his speech and resumed his
seat when he asked me and other Phila-
delphia members to vote against his
bill. He had no doubt been seen by the
corporations, and as his speech would
appear in the Legislature Record next day,
he would send that to his laboring con-
sntuents and they would be satisfied
that he was working in their interest,"
The contemplate insoence of the
man who would be guilty of the above
and then ask for workingmen's votes
cannot 60 unpunished. 1t would be an
everlasting disgrace to the miners of
Luzerne county to again elect this two
faced fraud to any office of trust.
,, Continuing, Mr.. Long says:
During his last session as state senator
you Will remember that we had up the
new county bill. Well Hines stood and
looked on until he succeeded in soaring
: the Wilkes Barre politicians that the
, Dill was going to pass unless money was
raised to defeat it. Well, they raised
l,2OO and Hines stuck it down in his
sock and then had the bill indefinitely
, postponed. If any person doubts this
? let them ask John Lenahan. He con
: tributed 500. Let them ask Tom Eng
llsh. He contributed $50 Ask Johr
Smoulter, John McGroarty, John Gar
man and host of others. They are al
manly enough to acknowledge the truth
But Hines, who did nothing until he 90
his stake, now comes to the people O
, lower Luzerne and tells them that ht
had to oppose their interests because tn,
upper end was against it,
Hines, at the time the communication
was published, was in the city, and
: few hours later addressed a Democrats
, meeting held there. His speech wa
/, very tame, containing nothing but hi
, stereotyped appeal to give him anothe
chance, to not elect John Leisenrlng t'
congress and to not believe all the state
ments circulated about Billy Hines
Not word was said to refute any of th
charges which were made by Mr.. Long
. and by his silence upon the subject he lef
. the impression in Hazleton that ever.
. statement made in the Sentinel was tru
and undeniable.
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