The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-07-12
"AI the News That's Fit to Print, "
Herald
MONDAY, JULY l9, 1897.
A Diving Gasn.

lean i'm an effort to bolster up the .
waning political power of the papers
putative owner They are the dying
gasps of a discredited politician. 1t
would appear to be waste of time
and energy. and an uncalled for i'm
position upon our readers, to refer to
the man whose term as Senator from
this district practically expired with
the close of the Legislature, We're it
not for the fact that he has, with un-
paralleled audacity, again appeared
before the voters of this district in
his well known character an Office
seeker.
Having occupied political position
almost continuously since his advent
into the Republican party, he still
bankers after the 'loaves and fishes
All must admire his nerve. And this
nerve is Of the triple expansion,
copper-lined order, as must needs be
i'm one who has betrayed every trust
of the Republicans of the Thirtieth
district John j Coye-a as it is now
written, and will continue to be
written in the annals of Republican
politics has made most unenviable
record for himself and the day of
reckoning is near at hand. He sees
the handwriting on the wall and he
is resorting to every means known to
the pot-house politician, attacking
those who do not agree with him. to
stem the tide of political oblivion
that is surely setting in in his direc-
ton
1t is we'll known fact that he
has on various occasions, to
crafty his personal spleen, not only
worked against but used his money
to defeat the regular nominees of the
Republican party. And this is the
man who has the effrontery to again
seek the suffrage of the voters of
this district. We make this state
ment advisedly, and challenge con
tradiction We have the proof
When Coyle was elected to repre-
sent this district, he boldly asserted
that he did not owe his election to
the Republicans, and was therefore
under no obligations to them; never
theless, he is now on his knees i'm
ploring them to save him from humil-
iation. Whether or not he owed the
iSselalIlESs.sc--.ans lalIlEs.c-.ans anything, it is certain
they received very little at his hands.
For some reason or other, best
known to himself, his favorite ap-
pointees are Democrats of them
named at the last session of the Legis-
lature. One of them, it is asserted,
drew the regular pay but in return
did not give one days labor to the
state This same thing happened
when Coyle was member of the
lower House Another appointee
came from Luzerne county, to satisfy
his man Friday" O'Donnell.
Then, again, his organ, the Daily
American, openly opposed the cleo
tion of the regular Republican nomi-
nee for Poor Director, and John J.
Coyle personally appealed to a mem
ber of the Executive Committee to
induce the latter ''tO do something"
for the Democratic candidate. This is
the man who asks the Republicans to
send him to the state convention, and
10 thus afford him another oppor-
tunity to betray them.
To come down to more recent his
tory, John j. Coyle not only opposed
Joseph Wyatt for the Republican
Legislative nomination, which he
had perfect right to do, but he was
largely instrumental in defeating
Wyatt at the election and sending a
Democrat from this district to the
Legislature. Wyatt was the only
Republican who suffered defeat in
this county at that election. Our
authority forthis statement is Joseph
Wyatt himself, who accused COyle
during the campaign of being a
traitor to the Republican nominee.
We dor think Mr.. Wyatt, whose
reputation for veracity has never
been questioned, will deny the allega-
tions herein contained. If this is not
sufficient we can produce aflidayits of
scores Of prominent Republicans who
win corroborate what we have estated.
The HERALD never makes an asser-
tion that it cannot prove
We might go on in this strain in
definitely, and add thereto his un-
savory record in the Legislature, on
certain measures, but compassion for
one who is on the downward road
and whose political career is drawing
near, compels us to draw the curtain
and shield our friend Coyle from the
public eye, so far as his other political
sins are concerned On August nth
next, the date for selecting delegates
to the Republican state convention,
the people viii take "A hand and
quietly but emphatically relegate
him to his proper sphere, just as
surely as the sun will rise in the East
tomorrow morning.
Realizing all this, Coyle is making
a strong effort TO stem the tide that
has set in against him. He finds that
his $40, 900 raid on the state treasury
for a paper hospital is in serious