The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-17
GOVERNOR HASTINGS
ANSWERS SWALLOW
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the attorney general to institute pro-
ceedines of this character
do not know who his attorney is or
where he gets his advice. The attor-
ney general has. however, addressed to
me communication on the subject.
which l will now read to you. 1t is as
follows:
office of the Attorney General.
Harrisburg, Oct TO- 1898
Daniel II. Hastings, governor:
Sir: 1t has been charged by one of
the candidates for governor of this
commonwealth that sundry public Of
ticials have been guilty of wrongdoing,
and that under the law the attorney
general only is clothed with the duty
and the power to prosecute. In answer
to your inquiry as to whether such is
or is not the case. l respectfully sub
NIT that there is not only no such duty
imposed upon the attorney general in
his official capacity. but that it is the
right of any citizen. having knowledge
Of the facts. to make information be-
fore any alderman or justice of the
peace in the commonwealth. cause a
warrant to be issued, and the person
charged with the offense duly tried.
whether he be a public official or pri-
vate individual.
on repeated occasions stated to his
audiences that he has called upon the
attorney general to institute proceed
ingS of this character. i believe it to
he due to you and to the public. as well
as to myself. to say that the candidate
referred to has never, directly or in
directly, mentioned the subject to me,
and. of course, has furnished not
syllable of evidence to sustain any
charge that he has made: nor has he.
in any of his public utterances, shown
that he possessed any evidence that
would be admissible in any court in
, any civilized country in the world.
Very respectfully,
Henry C. Mccormick.
Attorney General"
AS Abraham Lincoln, in speaking of
a candidate, once said: IF the people
like this kind of a man. this is a very
good man for the people to like" If
the people of the state want this kind
of man for governor to enforce the
laws, to do justice to all and wrong to
none, to safeguard their lives, their
property and their character, II they
want such a man. this is a very good
man for them to vote for.
CONCERNING JENKS.
The plan of campaign under the
leadership of Mr.. jerks, the distn-
guished candidate of the Democratic
party, is both ingenious and deusive.
Its daily cry is that there is nothing
but state Issues" involved. There is
a daily presentation of large array OF
figures to show that under Republican
administration the cost of government
has been ruinously and outrageously in
creased; that there is a vicious and
reckless extravaganza which nothing
viii halt excepting the success of the
Democratic party at the polls.
This hostility of the distinguished
Democratic candidate to the Republi-
can party is not new. 1t did not begin
with his nomination for governor He
has not been in sympathy with the Re-
publican party for many years; not, I
believe, since he became a voter. He
was surely not in sympathy with the
Republican party during the War of
the Rebellion. 1t is a pleasure to listen
now to his eloquent eulogies of Abra-
ham Lincoln and other founders of the
Republican party, and this pleasure is
only marred by the recollection of the
fact that from 81 to '65, when Lincoln
needed sympathy and support in the
great struggle to keep one flag above
a united country, he did not have that
effervescing sympathy from the Demo-
cratic candidate which his memory is
having today
Mr.. jerks is now so busy pointing
out the necessity for reform in Penn
sylvania, so much occupied i'm telling
what ought to be done and what he
surely will do when he comes into the
gubernatorial office: what will be done
for the amelioration and relief of all
classes and particularly the labOring
people. that he has not yet found time
to use his excellent dictiOn and as
semble his powerful arguments to eX-
press his adherence of the position
taken by the Republican party on the
financial questions Of the day. When
| one reads his slowing tributes to the
doctrine of free silver, his terrific
| TRADES against the Republican party
| for its championship of the gold stand
ard; and his phillppics against the
members of his own party who separ-
ated themselves from him and his free
| silver faction and aided in the election
| of President Mckinley; when we read,
now, in cold type, his fervd denuncia-
| tons, philosophic deductions and inn
| paSsioned appeals to the voters OF the
state Of Indiana two years ago for the
| free silver candidate for governor, we
| are tempted to wonder why he doesn't
| bring to hear his admitted abilities
| both as a lawyer and orator to defeat
| the Republican candidates for congress
| in this state. every one of whom stands
| for American protection and favors the
| gold standard and opposes the free sill
YER heresy and will vote that way when
| they get back to congress.
ASHAMED OF HIS OPINIONS.
/ submit it to the candid Judgment
| of the people of this state if the Demo-
| cratic candidate for governor does not
| occupy the position of man who ap-
pears to be ashamed of his opinions on
| national questions and tries to conceal
| them and seeks to divert attention from
| them by appealing to those prejudices
| which now exist against certain indl-
| Vidual members Of the Republican
| party, The Republican majority and
| the Republican candidates are in his
way. He must get them out of his way
| To accomplish his ambition and the
| people of the state must determine for
| themselves whether there is sufficient
cause in the present conditions to war
rant thm i'm turning the state over TO
| the free silver. free trade party, whose
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