St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-23
CAN THIS BE TRIrEa

the Harrisburg Patriot the other dow oo1,oa
Setion stoe.41; 70 what 1t rightly designated as
So1g Staroling tnlng in connection with that an
to the VEIL so degrading to Pennsylvania and
~ ~ tne % whole country, in fact, and so nauseous
10 an deceney, which is going insolentIv nn
anu down the land, Of Quay's candidacv
sSSttny' Statesy TS Ior the presidency of the United
:! 1aloI says, THAT not a single daily newsnaner
III IN Fn!aoelphia-Democratic independent or
ha epuDncan-Wlli now or hereafter, should he
TI I noLllhaIed, stand out in opposition to him
me Two daily morning papers there oftnI,
called democratic, are as firmly pledged to his
Sappo support as the most hide-bound of the news
may saw u in MS own party and whatever they
iectatloh without spark of earnestness.
/, any why is this so? We would like n ouos
ion bo Z Tue truth OF the statement, for it would
pe satisfaction to blunt, even a very iittJa
lhe point OF 1t; but we are assured that II 90 >
H9t De done. Now, does any one in PbiIodai
Pi@ is9 IeaHze 1airly how startling thing this
"a Noulu sucn an assertion be made in n
IKE case, of any other efty in the netion - 20 a
OF pennsylvania? What does it mean W.,
d s means b ms really that Philadelphia as represent
ed Dy It's great daily newspapers is sold I,ttar
ly to bossism in it's very worst nossibia 49,
city and State (Philadelphia). -0i iii
If the statement is true that tho
leading Democratic papers of Philadel-
phla are so closely associated with
Quay that they dare not or will NOT on
pose him, it enables people at this dis
tance to understand what has baan
heretofore inexplicable, the steady adj
heslon OF a large majority Of the vot-
ers OF that city to RepubIicanism
Where the leading papers are those in
fected, 1T is a safe conclusion that no
set OF officials of their party could he
nominated who would not be, if elected
merely other tools of the same boss
mere implements of the same ring
Why, in the face of the appalling ox-
posures Of rottenness in the admins
tration or the affairs of that city
by Republicans, the Beardsley defalca.
tions, the increase of debt and ex-
penses, the tax warrant scandals and
other instances Of which these are hu+
samples, the people Of tnat city have
steadily reelected the same kind Of
men to Office becomes plain. if what
is said is true. Knowing that thew
would be robbed anyway. whichever
gang controlled, they may well have
concluded that they would be robbed
less by the gang that had it's appetite
partly sated.
Possibly the Patriot is jaundiced We
dislike to believe that either Col Sing
erly or Col. Mcclure is hand in glove
with Quay and his PHILADELPHIA hencb-
men. They did espousr ouay's side
of the fight with Hastings and Magae
last year. but, while disappearing of
such tactics, we took il that they were
merely trying to aid in the disruption
of the opposition. If it should be the
case that the Patriot was not tal,an
into the love feast at the state convan-
tion when Hastings capitulated to
Quay, and if it is still maintaining its
war on the triumphant boss, then it's
motive discounts it's very serious charge
against the Times and Record. IF
this is not the case, if what it charges
is true Indictment, 1nen these papers
should take off the insignia of Democ-
racy and put the collar of servitude
about their necks. They should cease
to bring discredit on party they serve
so badly, cease posing as it's mouth
pieces and making it share their odium.
and give decent Democracy a chance
for its life in the city whence brotheriy
love. departed long ago.
1t is fact, one that lends some SUD-
port to the accusation, that neither of
these alleged Democratic papers ever
Joined the other Democratic and the
self-respecting Republican papers of
the country in exposing Quay's rela-