The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-09
TIE BOSSES FRANTIC.

I'LL DUNOlO IllANllU.
Turning Down Their Wretched
Henohmen All Over the State.
AFRAID OF NEXT YEARS FIGHT.
The business Mons League Attacks
tho Com bination OF CorruptIonists
In Phiiadc phla-A scathing ArraIgn.
ment OF the Leaders, Lengue-It Is
One of Quay's schemes to Keep Ia
Power.
From Our Own Correspondent)
Harrisburg. Dec. 7.-There is no
longer any concealment OF the fact that
CONSERVATION reigns among the ma
chine politicians of the state. The an
nounCement that at a recent meeting
in Philadelphia, attended by DIR. Swal-
low, Banker Thompson and other rep
resentatives of the great independent
vote. 1t had been determined to bring
out Hon. Wayne MacVeagh or some
other equally prominent man as an in
dependent candidate for governor has
rocked the old machine from center to
circumference.
The best evidence of this Is the order
that Is being given by the bosses to
turn down" some Of the most faith
full servitors of Senator Quay In the
late legislature. The rank record that
some of these men made Is to be turned
against them by the very machine in
whose interest that record was made.
1t is the attempt OF the machine tn
purify Itself by sacrificing its friends.
TURNED DOWN BY BOSSES.
Nothing better illustrates the abso-
lutte lack of conscience or gratitude OF
the machine in Republican politics to-
day. During the last notorious legis-
lature II drove men under whip and
spur to vote and act in its behalf. there
by sacrificing themselves on the altar
of fealty to the bosses. In obedience to
their command some men ruined them
selves politically through their record
In the Legislature. And now today the
machine turns them down with
cold blooded disregard that is enough
to make ones marrow cold. a few
samples OF the insratitude of the ma
chine are given below.
Out in Mercer county Representatives
Bell and Emery, both OF whom voted
for Senator Penrose. are to be turned
down by the machine. And yet they
were consistent followers OF the bosses
during the legislature. DR.. Martin. who
voted for Mr.. Wanamakcr. has a strong
following. and ne cannot. therefore, be
turned down.
In Lancaster every one OF the old
members from the country. followers OF
the bosses, who voted for Penrose are
to be thrown out like lemon that
has been squeezed. and Is, therefore,
useless. Only one OF the old members.
Frank McClain. who comes from the
city Of Lancaster. will be permitted to
go bank. Representative Seyfert was
shrewd enough to know that his unsa-
worry record would never take him back
to the Legislature. and so he applied for
a 81, 500 consulship to Canada and got
II.
SOME OTHER MISFITS.
The Montgomery county outfit. head
ed by Senator Saylor. will be turned
down. II was a most unsavory combi-
nation. Representative Kratz will be
the anti-Quay nominee for senator II
Mileage Bill Saylor Is a candidate. Rep
resentative Teas, Of the unsavory and
rank oleomargarine investigating COM
mittee. will never see Harrisburg again
as a representative from Montgomery.
Representatives Fry and French will
be left off the ticket In Washington.
French was chairman Of tho elections
committee. and got into the political
fire over the expense accounts OF the
Saunders Roberts contest. He was an
other OF the Legislative combination
that was dragged through the mud OF
exorbitant expense bills.
Among the other men whose records
will prevent their return Is Senator
John J. Coyle, OF Schuylkill. He tried
for a South American consulship, but
was turned down by the president, and
there is also Il teeting belief that II
was with the advice and consent OF
Senator Quay that the president did so.
Senator Mileisen. Of Cumberland,
sees the handwriting on the wall. and
will not be candidate for reelection.
He cannot even carry his own ward.
The Quay machine has served notice
on him that 1t cannot help him. and
so he is out OF the race.
Instances such as the above might be
enumerated from one end OF the state
to the other as showing how absolutely
conscienCeless the machine Is. In Phil
adelphia alone four-titths OF all the ma
chine men will be turned down. Not
because the machine cannot trust them.
but because 1t recognizes that the use
fulness of these individuals Is past.
and that 1t must take men without any
record in lieu of those who have ruined
themselves on behalf OF the bosses.
THE PHILADELPHIA FIGHT.
The fight in Philadelphia has now
been reduced to a point where it can
be declared without any doubt what
ever that the combination OF contrac-
tors, ofiiceholders and lobbyists who