Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-04-07
/. FAKE INVESTIGATION.


chine.
a FAKE INVESTIGATION.
At the last session OF the legislature
to prevent an honest investigation Of
the management of the state treasury
a Quay committee was appointed to
make a fake investigation. which it
did, and reported the management for
the past 20 years faultess, and especial
ly complimented the present official,
and reported every dollar properly ac-
counted for, yet few weeks later the
notorious indemnity bond" expose dis
closed the fact that the state treasurer
had unlawfully paid the money on the
s25, 900 padded payroll, and on the last
night Of the session the state treasurer
and his friends were on the floor of the
house appealing to members to pass
an appropriation bill for $4,000 to re-
imburse the treasurer for money I'M
lawfully advanced, months before the
appointment of the investigating COM
mittee, to Ser%eant-at-Arms Harrah,
Quay's confidential friend.
Were l the state treasurer, with one
uncertain prop between me and loss
from a national bank, known for a
year and more to be in the quicksands,
and with one noble hearted but i'll and
aged man standing pathetically in the
breach of the other trusted institution.
/ would be in haste to look after all
the other moneys on deposit belonging
to the state l have by me no list of
the places or amounts, or of the men
responsible for their management, or
to whom they have loaned the money,
but I would surely and without delay
at lease satisfy myself that / could get
1t when wanted: but the fact is 1
would not lose an hour in scattering ii
over the state to perform the mission
for which it was collected. Pennsylva-
mia does not so much want interest on
state deposits as she wants safety and
straightforward dealing with all pub
lie moneys.
POLITICS AND BANKING.
What a month Philadelphia has
passed through-with its councilmanic
clouds and broken banks.
Unless the political machine and
combination which makes these things
possible can be smashed they will go
on indefinitely. debauching the COM
munity and injuring honest trade by
the shock to public confidence.
Very pertinenty the outside world is
looking on and asking what Pennsyl-
vania is going TO do about it.
Listen to this brief word of the lead
ing Republican paper of the United
States, the New York Tribune:
Some Philadelphia people think that
there is a chance to break down the
vicious system under which the city
has suffered for many years, and urge
that this chance should be utilized to
the utmost by following up the princi-
pals who furnish the bribe money and
the political leaders in and out of office
who act as their agents, anu by their
control of conventions prepare the way
for corrupt rule. They are undoubted-
ly right in their understanding of the
methods of corrupt procedure, but they
will have a long struggle before they
can break down the vicious system, un-
less the voters are much more thought
full and independent than those of New
York If they can bring these voters
actually to refuse support to the lead
ers who they know maintain the
vicious system, and continue to refuse
that support. they will have done more
than the reformers in any other Amer
lean city have been able to accom-
plish They should not be too sanguine
however, that public show of indigna-
ton at an exposure of raScality means
any great increase in public virtue. II
Is the voter who makes the bribe takel
and the bribe giver. and conviction that
his creatures have disgraced him does
not insure him against a liking fol
Hher creatures Of the same kind"
APPEALS TO THE PEOPLE.
The people need only to rouse them
selves to shake off the letters forged by
time and merciless, self serving ring
We are approaching a gubernatorial
and legislative election, and whether
we have a Cuban war or not on the
high seas Conshohocken and Montgom-
cry counties will be here TO pay taxes
and be governed. No free government
can exist without elections. The kind
of government we have depends on our
intelligence and the interest we take IN
selecting those who levy and spend the
taxes. If we are coerced in voting by
corporations or tempted to sell votes as
they did in Lancaster county two weeks
ago for a bottle Of whisky or suit OF
clothes, we are only bringing ruin upon
ourselves and our country We curse
the country with a cancer that will eat
you tonight a recital of the wrongs un-
dertaken by the last legislature-de-
feated in part by the valiant seventy
six" and the faithfulness of the COVER
nor in applying the veto power. Let the
slated candidates of the ring come into
power at the next election and you shall
have the bosses owning the governor S
mansion and the new capitol. Contrac-
taTfn oh lnt M
but a large lot of money for political
purposes.
The city hall at Philadelphia and It's
contracts and costs is an object lesson
for you.
The padded pay rolls. the taxation
proposed, the reimbursement of the
Lexow and mileage committees that
were headed off last year. will call next
time upon you, and you will have no
remedy.
THE PROSPECT PORTRAYED.
Do you like the prospect? Are you
pleased to be led about in the Andrews
Quay chain gang, on the promise OF a
place or a free pass on the railroad? II
you are not getting anything out OF
your servitude you are not as smart as
the others who do. and they laugh at
you Wnlle tney tnJpy lneI
Bushels OF railroad passes are con-
stantly being distributed by the steam
railroads. by the hands Of the politi-
clans. to their friends who vote the
way the railroads want them to vote.
And this going on in open day, and
known to thousands, and the interstate
commerce Law Notwithstanding. Let me
conclude with a word or two personal
to myself.
Very reluctantly accepted the call OF
the Bourse conference to become can
didate of the Republican party for gov
ernor. ! have no wish To be governor.
1 am simply offering myself for your
use, TO break the slate of the bosses
and to get man for governor accept
able to the people who want To throw
off the yoke OF the machine. | want to
see the state start anew out OF the
wilderness into land Of hope and
prosperity. You can c.cct your own
governor and you can elect your own
legislature. Snd be your own masters
~ you Will
II ROYAL makes the food pure,