The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-12-14
STATE
POLITICS.
An Evidence of the Panic Stricken State
Of David Martin.
Mr.. WANAMAKBR'S CANDIDACY
A Belief That He Is Anxious to Become
Either an Independent Candidate
For Governor, Mayor or United
States Senator.
Mr.. WANAMAKER'S CANDIDACY
Cspeelal correspondenee.l

Especial Correspondence.)
Philadelphia, Dec. 1s.-The fight for
receiver of taxes Of Philadelphia has
now assumed interest for the Republi-
cans Of the entire state by reason of
two facts. The first Is that the Martin
city committee has dictated that the
primaries for the election Of delegates
to the state convention shall be held
on Jan. Lat the same time that del
egates are to be elected to the munich
pal conventions. This is done with man
ifest desire to tangle up the issues and
to make IL possible for the combine
politicians to enter into all sorts Of
deals and dickers for the purpose of
saving their candidate for receiver of
taxes, who is, as already known, the
brother-in-law Of David Martin.
The second reason that makes the
contest of interest to the people of
Pennsylvania is the fact that it repre-
sents the death struggle of the odious
Philadelphia combine, an organization
that has more than once brought the
blush of shame to the cheek of the Re
publicans of Pennsylvania. If the self
respecting Republicans who are fight
ing Mr.. Martin within party lines sue
ceed in defeating that dictatorial boss It
will be the best thing that ever hap
pened to the Republican party. If on
the other hand Mr.. Martin succeeds
in thwarting the will of the people he
will be more strongly entrenohed in
power than ever before, and win con-
tinue to bring odium upon the party at
large.
1t begins to look as If the Hon. John
Wanamaker was flirting for the inde-
pendent nomination for governor next
year He is still in politics, and that in
itself means that he still has a desire
to crafty his personal ambitions. He
makes no concealment of the fact that
he is in sympathy with David Martin
and of the fact that he desires to see
Brother-in-la law Roney reelected to the
position of receiver of taxes. His ar
gument is that the success of Martin
at this time would mean the decline Of
Quay in the near future. The so-called
Business Mems association of this city,
which is purely fake organization,
run for the glorification and benefit of
a self seeking clique that have their
own interests and not those of the peo-
pie at heart, has issued proclamation
telling the people of Philadelphia what
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Martin should happen to be beaten in
the present struggle. Such a screed as
this is has simply disgraced the league
in the eyes of all right thinking peo-
pie. They now begin to see that pecu-
liar organization in its true charac-
ter. There are no doubt some sincere
men enrolled on it's books, but they are
simply being used by a coterie Of au-
dacious men who have their own pur-
poses to serve.
! The active men in this concern are
Rudolph Blankenburg, f. A. Van VAL
kenberg Thomas Dolan and Frank
| Willing Leach. Mr.. Leach, however,
works under cover, having rooms in the
Girard building, within a stones throw
of Mr.. Wanamaker's private office.
Their whole ambition is not to knock
out Quay alone, but to overthrow Quay
and then make Mr.. Wanamaker gov
ernor, or United States senator, or
mayor, or any old thing that will come
his way. 1t is evident that this will be
no easy task. The names of Mr.. Wan
amaker and Mr.. Dolan, his principal
baoker, are too closely identified with
the recent action by which Philadel-
phia's valuable gas works were delib-
erately turned over to a private cor
| poration of which Mr.. Dolan is presi-
dent and Mr.. Wanamaker is one of the
conspicuous stockholders. Mr.. Wan
amaker even went SO far as to appear
before the councils committee and ad-
vocate the lease of the works to this
| private corporation. On that occasion
he admitted that he was a stockholder
in the United Gas Improvement COM
pany
/ ruba y,sov1a ,ra t1,or.,,,r-t,f,r ,... =
over this outrageous rape Of their mu-
nicipal rights. A mass meeting was
held in the Academy of Music for the
purpose Of protesting against the grab
Wayne MacVeagh was the principal
speaker of the evening, and he excori-
ated all those who were in any way
connected with the proposition to take
the gas works away from the people
| without the consent Of the people. He
aroused the large audience to a tire.
mendous pitch of enthusiasm when he
declared in a voice of thunder and in q
manner that win never be forgotten
that the finger of scorn would be point.
ed at all those who were concerned IN
the outrageous steal. He added: EVERY
councilman who votes for this bill viii
have branded across his forehead II
indelible letters these words, Bribet
by the rich to sob the poor
No one can truthfully accuse either
Mr.. Wanamaker or Mr.. Dolan Of tn,
use of improper means to further thi
transfer of the gas works but the mer,
fact that one is an officer and the othe
a stockholder of the company whicl
is the beneficiary of the ordinance doe
not increase their popularity with tn
public. How any one Of them can sue
cessfully aspire to public office at tn
/ hands of the people is a problem diff
, hcult to understand.
Congressman William A. Stone iseve
alert not only in looking after the in
terests Of his constituents, but also 4
watching for the rights of the old sol
dier. A few days ago he came ou
ahead I'm a contest with the Washing
ton police In which the comfort OF a
I old soldier was at stake. A deorepi
= veteran from Pennsylvania hobbled o.
i crutohes through the Capitol on
sight seeing expedition, He beeam
tired. and. seeing a row OF six unoccu
b, pied benches in the rotunda, he mad
for them and sat down to rest. A pc
liceman instantly made for him. "Ge
r up from there" he commanded Don