The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16

and Is used solely to gull a confding
public. The above letter, from one Of
their own number, acquainted with all OF
their proceedings. must be convincing
evidence to everybody of the character
of this league banded together for gen.
eral purposes of public plunder.
STILL ANOTHER DISCRETION.
Two days after the resignation Of
Magistrate Scott County Commissioner
Wildemore sent in his resignation as a
member Of the league. He also de-
clares that the sentiment in his ward
was Overwhelmingly opposed to Mr.
hewitt and in favor of William j.
Roney. During the present week sew
eral other designations are expected,
and 1t is figured out that before the
first of the year mere handful OF
contractors. officials and lobbyists will
be left in The organization. 1t Is esti-
mated that when the convention is
held Secretary Martin and the regular
organization will have a vote that will
be over To of the Leaders league.
Until this contest is settled 1t is not
likely that any steps will be taken
among the anti-Quay leaders looking
towards the nomination of a governor
for the coming year. There is re-
newal of the talk that the minor party
followingS in the state, among which
are to be classed the Prohibitionists,
the Thompson independents. the free
silveritcs and the Socialists, will join
forces and put an independent candi-
date in the field. Hon. Wayne Mac
Ncagh is talked of as the candidate.
But this is likely to come to naught be-
cause the Prohibitionists want to hog"
the whole thing and boss the job from
start to finish. The Prohibitionists are
afflicted with n case of swelled head.
The trouble with them is that they
fail to discern between their own actual
strength and the vote of the independ-
ent Republicans Of the state who re-
fused to go for Beacon and voted for
DR.. Swallow simply as a protest.
A CASE OF SWELLHEAD.
1t is this swellheadedness that
will lead to their downfall. Indeed,
revolution has broken out already. for
Banker Thompson has declared that he
will have nothing to do with such a
combination If the Prohibitionists pro-
pose to run 1t and take all the credit
to themselves. The result of this will
be that the Prohibition vote will drop
back to its original small figures, while
DR.. Swallow and his fellow politicians
will lose whatever credit they have
gained in the last campaign.
1t can be definitely asserted now that
the anti-Quay leaders will put in the
field for governor n man around whom
all haters of boss dctation can con-
sistently rally. He will be a man who
TEEN of the people.
He will not be the type of man
whom Mr.. Quay would name II left to
the exercise of his own free will. But
Senator Quay will be compelled to ac-
cept the inevitable. Congressman
Stones boom Is a hopeless failure al
ready. for the reason that II was built
and is being steered by that pure pa
trot and able statesman" Hon. "Bilr'
Andrews, late of Crawford county, but
now of Pittsburg. Andrews was the
godfather of the Delamater campaign.
and everybody knows how 1t turned
out. Colonel Stone is too good a man
to be slaughtered in this way, but in
asmuch as he has Senator Quay's word
that he (Senator Quay will be for him
when the time comes, and Senator An
drews having been appointed to coddls
his boom, there will be nothing left for
Colonel Stones ambition but to go the
way of all flesh. And it is headed in
that direction now.