The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27
The Ingrate's Futile BIuster.

The lngrate's Futile bluster.
The effrontery Of Congressman
Scranton in posing before the people
Of this city as a white winged evangel
of purity in politics has not been lost
upon the public mind. The shameless
audacity of his false cry against boss
domination and ring rule" when of all
the bosses that evertried to boss the free
men Of Pennsylvania, he, in his day,
was the most arrogant. the most tyran-
meal, the most ~overbearing, has duly
impressed the voters of Scranton, and
many who might on other issue have
been won over to the candidacy of
Captain Moir have thereby been kept
away In sheer disgust.
No one knows better than does the
congressman from this district that
the Republican party in this commun-
ity turned to Mr.. Connell and to Colonel
Ripple for leadership because it had
grown unspeakably tired Of the long
usurped sovereignty of j. A. Scranton.
The latter's unjust. unmanly and
grossly offensive methods had imbued
the rank and file Of the party, it's
unselfsh and self-respecting element.
with a profound ~repugnance for his
sway. and it needed only the appear
ance of a leader whom the people could
trust to cause a breaking Of the letters
and a restoration of reputable methods
and standards in the party councils.
To say that the public, which has only
just achieved its Acknowledgement from
the servile slavery in which Scranton
tried for years to hold 1t, is nov dis
posed to smite the chief agents Of its
liberation and to rush back in glad
ness to the former yoke is to offer a
deliberate insult to its intelligence, as
well as to speak an obvious untruth.
It Is not our wish to utter in this
campaign anything which can be con-
strued as a reflection upon the oppo-
sition candidate for mayor, Captain
NOR. Personally he is an excellent
gentleman and politically his record
has, in the main, been without serious
ground for criticism. We gladly rec
ognize his right to aspire to any Of
flee and shall have no Ill win for him
IL he gets it. Nevertheless 1t is desir-
able that his candidacy should be con-
Quoted frankly and fairly, with, its
purposes clearly understood. 1t is de-
sirable to know If he willingly occupies
the position of a decoy for ]. A. Scran-
ton; II he is in sympathy with the
Wlliflcation, the nastiness and the
brazen hypocrisy Of the discarded boss
who has sprung to the front as his
special champion; and If he desires to
merge his respectable identity in the
repulsive personality of the migrate at
present foremost in his campaign. That
he now stands in such a relationship Is
lndisputable, all the worse for him;
should he prolong the evil companion
ship. 1t will be fair to assume that he
has foreseen the consequences and Is
prepared to accept them.
For, without Boosting, we can assure
the directing mind in this so-called I'm
dependent" campaign that its end will
not be attained. The people of Scran-
ton have had experience both with Col
onel Ripple and with Representative
Scranton. They are prepared to draw
comparisons between the two men and
to make an intelligent choice. The res
dents of this city know what 1t would
mean to them to have the city govern
ment turned over as q personal possess
sion Of the editor Of the Republican, to
be used by him for the upbuilding Of a
new dynasty like that which obtained
In Scranton a decade or more ago.
They placed their trust in Mayor
Ripple in 1886. and they found him
worthy Of it. They will not be de-
ceived in the present instance, by the
transparent vaporings of the envious
sx-boss who seeks by q notorious falls
Ifcation Of issues to find an opportun-
lty to slip back into political power.
Probably next fall. when, he wants to
be reelected to congress, the migrate
will sing n now tuna about aCocnor