Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-09-09
ON BOTH SIDES
OF THE BUZZ SAW,
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10 investigate they would learn that
the capitol building burned down con-
tanned no records of value. The rec
ords of the auditor generals and the
state treasuref's departments were kept
In separate building, having another
building between II and the building
where these records are kept. There
was not single record Of the treasury
or auditor generals department in the
building burned down. This senseless
fabrication reminds me of the interest
ing story told by Charles Lamb of the
Chinaman who discovered roast pig:
The hut Of a Chinaman having burned
down, and some young pigs that were
there among its tenants having been
roasted, the Chinaman proceeded to
devour them with intense satisfaction.
He was so well pleased with the viands
that he turned incendiary and burned
down several establishments belonging
TO his neighbors, in order to roast the
pigs therein confined. He continued
his hazardous course until II got
through his Mongollan head one day
that the pigs might be roasted without
the burning of the dwellings, 1t Will
occur to any one who reflects a moment
that If there were any papers in Har-
rishurg for which destruction was nee
essary for any purpose, it is not likely
that they would be carefully preserved
and filed away in the public buildings,
and II they had been so preserved and
filed 1t would not be necessary to burn
the building in order to burn the
papers. The pigs could be roasted
and the papers could be destroyed
without llR ~ icIr Nd ho f,f httrr
ing down valuable buildings.
ABOUT BROKEN BANKS.
1.-THE attempt of Mr.. wanamaker to
connect the Republican party with the
failure of the Peoples bank the Guar
antors' and the State Insurance COM
pany is, to say tine least, far fetched.
The Republican party is no more re-
sponsible for the failure of these insti-
tutions than 1t was for the failure of
the Keystone bank, of unsavory MEM
ory, and 1 presume Mr.. Wanamaker
will not undertake to say that the Re-
publican party wrecked that bank.
The fact is that the state has not lost
a single penny by reason of the fail
ure of any of these institutions.
"Mr. Wanamaker also attacks the re-
cent Republican state convention. With
the facts attending that convention the
Republican party is already familiar,
In many counties the candidates for
gubernatorial honors submitted their
candidacy to a vote of the people. The
delegates were elected under party
rules. At the convention AGr. Wana-
maker, finding that he did not have
sufficient number of delegates to NOM
mate himself, withdrew from the con-
taut nd fY.a, aufa hso dR1anofac :, n
body to another candidate, who num-
bered among his delegates many of the
most prominent organization men in
the state. The union of these forces
was not successful, and the convention
nominated another candidate. All the
contests brought before that conven-
ton were decided in favor of Mr.. Wan
amaker and those with whom he COM
bined his forces. In not a single in
stance was a decision made in favor
of the prevailing candidate. On the
floor of the convention the fullest lat
itude was given to Mr.. Wanamaker
and his friends, and no decision was
made against their interests. The con-
vention was conducted in a spirit of
generous fairness. and no reasonable
person can find fault with anything
that was done in its proceedings.
THAT CHESTER COUNTY TALE.
while it is not within the purview
Of this interview to discuss the charges
made by Mr.. Wanamaker in reference
to the deposit of state funds with the
Chester County Guarantee Trust and
Safe Deposit company, yet 1 feel that
1t is proper for me to recall the facts
in reference to the legislation upon the
subject Prior to 1897 the state treas
urer under the law, was personally re-
sponsible for all state moneys which
came into his hands. He was required
to give a bond for the safe keeping of
tie Sc funds. Under this system the
treasurer and his bondsmen, being re-
| sponsible for all state moneys, claimed
and exercised the right to select the de-
positories in which state funds were
located. Mr.. Darlington, as 1t appear
ed from his testimony, was a bondsman
of the state treasurer and had a de-
posit in his institution. Being thus ia
vored, he seems to have felt himself
called upon to make contributions in
support of the party that extended
these favors. There are necessary ex-
penses to be borne, and it is only fair
| that those who are favored by the
| party should help bear its burdens,
and 1t would seem from his testimony
that Mr.. Darlington thought II was
proper that he should contribute, and
that he should have in return therefor
a continuance of his deposit Whatever
may be thought of the transaction ii
was certainly not one of which Mr.
| Wanamaker can complain: for It re-
sembles closely his action in the cam
paign of 'SS, when, 1t being understood
| that, having collected, or being about
| to collect. some four or five thousand
dollars from manufacturers and others
participating in the benefits of tariff
legislation, he exacted a promise from
the national committee that he should
be appointed postmaster general.
Whatever may be thought, however
about the political morality of Mr.. OAR
lington and Mr.. Wanamaker in the
transactions above mentioned II is a
thing Of the past so far as the treas
ury is concerned. The Legislature of 1891
passed a law which provides for in
terest on deposits of state moneys in
banking institutions of the state. The
law imposes upon the state treasurer
and the members of the revenue COM
mission the duty of selecting the bank
ing institutions of the state In which
the moneys shall be deposited, and pro-