Smyrna times., 1898-08-24

| POLITICs in Pennsylvania next to |
Maryland, is always a matter of inter
est to Delawareans. This is especially |
so this year because in the one they
are trying to put down the Bossism of
QUAY, and in the other, keep down
that of German. All remember the
determined effort of John Wanamaker
to beat the Quay candidate for Cover
nor of that commonwealth and relieve
the State and party of the charge of
corruption, but Stone got the nomina-
ton. Personally there is no charge
against him, but he stands as the cand-
date of Quay, and that with thousands
will condemn him.
Mr.. jerks in due time was chosen as
the standard bearer of the Democratic
party. Thus the lines of the political
conflict in Pennsylvania is shaped. As
with Mr.. Stone, personally he is above
reproach and very capable. OF Mr..
jerks acceptance it is said that as ''an
/ essay it would rank with the classics,
and the Philadelphia Times has this
criticism:
There is not an arraignment of Re-
q publican abuse of power made by Mr..
jerks that is not simply a polished
echo of the more rugged, and, there
Q fore, more impressive arrangement
I made by Mr.. Wanamaker in his recent
o campaign as a candidate for Cover
nor: and Mr.. jerks was compelled to
o be silent on another point that must
e vitality impair his attitude as the rep
r resentative of the Pennsylvania Dem
. ocracy in the State battle. That he is
y. better than the record made by his
u party in the last Legislature will not
II be doubted, but his triumph would be
= the triumph of the same leadership
=. that was summoned to Harrisburg dur
. ing the last Legislature to line up
Democratic representatives in support
of the most reckless and infamous OF
! the legislation that is so ably and justly
- denounced by Mr.. jerks. His party
l. is to-day under the same leadership
< that shamed honest Democracy as the
In willing servant of the most debaucheC
. Republicanism in the Legislation tina
% is a stencil in the nostrils of the people
{, But stranger still is the following
el from the Times, which expresses tn
er highest idea of the independent voter
It is these facts which are pro
to foundly considered and well under
tn stood by the intelligent voters of tn
ee State, and they see in this confusion
= of mingled Republican and Democrat
~ debauchery the one way in which t
he emphasize their demand for homes
st State reform. They see in DIR. Swa
in low the one candidate who has no rec
"a ord to conceal; who has no conviction
iaV to suppress, and who is resolutely an
sct aggressively against every form OF pre-
Is figacy and corruption in politics
or power. He is able, fearless and tir'
less, and he will command many score
III of thousands of votes of intelligent an
he honest citizens solely because the
ter have absolute faith in his fidelity
,uI his cause. Could jerks start in th
race with his political garments III
smirched by the records of his party
DIR. Swallow does, he would be hop
,r,, full candidate for Governor; but wit
- iarring Democratic leadership and
'cA vindictive prescription of Democrat
} of faith, and with a Legislative recol
ere that makes Republican misrule cor
y,,- paratively respectable, it is not surpri
ing that the mass of our people, who
lao lieve that the time has come for aggre
Ous sive action in favor of reform, a
ven ready to cast their votes for DIR. Swf
an low.