The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-15
STATE POLITICS.

t,hnadelphla. Dec. 6.--The local poiit-
al situation in Philadelphia Is CROWNS
n intensity and interest The hsHt .
nonntpaIiy upon the question ot wh"
,hsu he the next receiver Of taxes. bue
,sc result viii mean more than this.
s...,,,e.. A. vrtl Determine which element
- ~. Marty - To name the next mayor
- fhe ,nt,uicipanty. and The terinina-
80, ~ the contest viii also make Il
- ysho 0,ln control the philadelphia
..i--.-,,e.. 70 The next gubernaiorial con
,.ntion and also the members Of tne
! eisisture from the Quaker Oi'y. me
, ght Is a battle against the power OF
f.avid Martin in city politics and those
lsho are in It propose 10 continue .hei1
efforts until they have succeece1 IN
everthroNing the odious machine thAt
Martin has commanded FOR the i-st
eight years The particular OBJECT AZ
TIE present time is TO defeat WiLiani ,.
Roney Tor the denomination tor re-
esiver OF taxes. but the contest has IN
II nothing personal against Ut. 10
.ev. who unfortunately happens 10 Os
a brotAer-in-iaw Of 1Ir. Martin. and
%-he Is reearded in q special manner as
heinz the personal choice OF the COM
line boss. The fight is against MAJ
iinisru In all It's phases. and Mr. Iioney
4 a mere incident in the contest
Thcsa who IMAGINED thar the meet
ing batween Senator Quay and NJ
Martin would deter Quay's former
frienss from conductins the hsht
rzalnst Martin now find that they were
ttdl,- mistaken. The antl-comblne eie-
iaent fa Philadelphia believe IN Quay,
tonslder KIM saeacious national lead
er and consider that he f<as made a
valuable United States senator. but
taey do not regard his judgment as IN
.iii5le when ne condescenus TO dip into
Iivision. ward and city politics Hence
they propose 70 20 Saead on their own
lines without consulting any person
or persons oufside Of the city limits
United states Senator Boies Penrose
Who has wen all of his political iaureis
" reasen OF the fact that he has kept
IN touch with the plain people. has not
lelied his record in this Instance As
soon as il became known that there
was to be a serious fght between the
Martin and anti-Martin elements in
Philadelphia ,e promptly and courage
ousiy and IN the most public manner
allied himself with the anti-Martin
forces. lie has indorsei the candidacy
G. Harvey X hewitt. the anu-ALartin
candidate for receiver OF taxes. and
has sienifed his willingness 20 take
The stump in NIr. NeWitt's behalf
The people Cf Philadelphia are thor
cughly zroused upon this issue. and II
tRe s.Ooe municipal employees. including
me police and fremen. are compe,ssd
81 N.a.
a shadow Of a doubt concerning the
result Mr. Martin viii simply be swept
out OF political existence. He obtained
lis hold in local affairs through the as
Eistance Of the oficeholders. and he has
continued his grip upon the party ma
chine solely because OF the immense
patronage that has been placed az his
disposal by a subservient mayor and by
weak and vacillatlng heads Of city de-
partments. Penrose. who always has
been strong in the city Of his birth. has
strengthened himself immeasurably By
his decisive stand in tbs controversy.
The mugwump clement and the con-
stitutional kickers in the Republican
party seem to be all AT sea concerning
their Intentions In the coming guDerna-
torial contest. There has been much
backing and filing during the last three
or four weeks. and no one can tell just
what they propose 10 do in the mat
ter. The friends Of DR.. Swallow are
anxious TO have him nominated as the
candidate for governor. but the most
sanguine Of them admit that as a pure
Is Prohibition candidate he could not
hope 10 poll more than half the num-
Der Of votes next year FOR governor that
he polled this year as candidate for
state treasurer. State Chairman Car
man. Of the Democratic state commit
tee. who was expected TO give comfort
10 en- independent movement. has come
ont in q public Interview in which he
dashss the hopes q the Dlugwumps to
the ground. Ee says that he Is against
coalition in any shape OF form. and that
10 one but a straight simon pure DEM
ocratlc candidate can expect the sup
port Of his organization next year.
In addition 10 this there IS a division
Ia the Democratic party. That portion
represented by 1Er. Garman and his
Tree silver friends are In favor Of the
nomination cf some candidate Ike ex-
Ccnafessnan Joe S.bIy or James NJ
operator on the other hand. he gold
Democrats. like ex-National Chairman
Harrity and ex-State Chairman Wright.
favor the selection Of some man IN the
lass of Robert +. Pattison OF ex-44t-
torney General William U. Heusei The
only persons who are with Swallow on
the coalition idea are Wharton Barker
and Wayne NacNeaEh. the one a free
silver man ard the other an avowed
free trader. Here we have confusion
worse confused
The distinctly anti-ouay Republicans
have been making a frantic and un-
successful endeavor 20 rally around At
torney General McCOrmick. Mccormick
wants to run. but be has not the cour-
age 70 come nJt and boldly decla ara
himself a candidate. He is living IN
tie vain hope taat some deal may be
made by which he can obtain the sup
port - Senator Quay. without that
his case seems hopeless. He is not per-
sonalIy popular in the state. and out
side Of his own county and In a few
antl-tsuay spots in the state he has 70
boIucol strength worth Jaiking about
EIorcovcr. it Is cut cf the question tor
hiin To so into the field as q reform can
Gidate. because he is mainly held Ie-
isponzi5.e for the Hast.nEs regime.
rs hich has been anything but reform
administration. and which has in ad-
oition 10 answer for the political sin %
appointing David Martin as secretary
OF the commonwealth.