The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-02
DIR. SWALLOW.


1 DIR. SWALLOW.
] The next candidate is the Rev. DR..
/ Swallow. He is said to have com
menced life as a preacher. but in this
high and holy calling he did not con-
tinue. His present occupation is keep
ing book and stationery store and
publishing a small paper in Harrisburg.
He made application for appointment
as chaplain of the senate. but being
] refused began a series OF publications
I charging upon the governor and other
high officers OF the state serious wrong
/ doing.
These charges involved criminal acts
and if true were sufficient to send the
whole board to prison. Being made by
one who had been a minister and who,
therefore. would be accredited with
disposition to speak truthfuliy and not
slander a neighbor they excited wide
/ interest. and the trial was eagerly
watched. DIR. Swallow was zealOusly
defended by able counsel and was given
every opportunity to give the grounds
OF his accusation and what induced
| him to make it.
Upon this subject the judge says in
I his opinion refusing a rule for new
trial: ITO establish the defense that
! the publication had not been malicious
I ~ or Indignantly made. defendant (Dr.
Swallow testified at length. giving a
/ detail OF all the facts claimed to be
within his own knowledge. and all the
information that he had received
/ which led him TO make the publication
and nothing of the kind. however. re-
mote. was excluded"
DR.. Swallow was convicted and SEN
/ fenced to pay a fine of $500 and the
4 costs of prosecution. A new trial was
| refused on the ground. as stated by the
/ judge, that there was abundant evil
| dence in the case 10 warrant a verdict"
His charge respecting the burning OF
the capitol, the building Of the rose
house. the lumber used In Grace church
are as malicious and vicious as that on
which he was convicted. We conclude
most reluctantly that the Rev. DIR.
| Swallow is an untruthful man, and that
/ the form and pertinacity Of his un-
( truthfulness proves him a had. disho1-
est and dangerous man.
Suppose this man were made gov
ernor Of the state. He would be the
chief executive. the officer charged
with the execution of the law and the
/ preservation OF the peace-the com
mander Of the militia.
Would he turn. out to be an Altgeld
! or Pennoyer or a bloody brides Walter
4 Waite cost the state OF Colorado mill
ions with his foolish talk. Altgeld
strewed the streets Of Chicago with
the embers OF burning property and
the bodies Of dead rioters.
As a Prohibitionist Dr. Swallow
stood for something that some people
believe In; as a crazy quilt candidate.
having but the single idea Of building
himself up on the wreck Of other mems
regulations. he stands for nothing. H
is turning his back on all the precepts
of his holy calling. He would seem TO
be very unsafe. incompetent and unfit
person to entrust with the office Of
chief executive Of a great state.
COLONEL W. A. STONE.
The other candidate. received a major
| Ity Of votes in the Republican eonven-
| ton. was duly nominated. and unless
he Is unfit for the office by reason Of
! want of capacity or want of honesty. is
entitled to the vote of every Republican.
| His record is an open book. II may be
read and known of all men. He was the
1
Ia the One Hundred and Eighty
PENNSYLVANIA volunteers. mustered out
as second Lieutenant. commissioned as
sistant and adjutsnt general with rank
Of lieutenant colonel by Governor Har-
tranft. He climbed up the ladder that
has served many man. He was
school teacher. studied law between
times. fighting poverty and gaining a
profession. Moved To Pittsburg. was ap-
rointed district attorney of the United
States. was removed by Cleveland for
~pernicious activity" in politics. which
consisted in making some speeches for
General Beaver in the gubernatorial
campaign. Was sent to congress from
his district in 1880. He has made a good
record and a diligent and faithful con-
gresham
His capacity to I'LL the Office with cred
Il to himself and the state no one
doubts. His honesty has not been ques-
toned by any person The sole COM
plant against him is that his nomina-
tion was favored by Senator Quay.
l hold no brief for any man or set Of
men, I believe in honest government
and pure politics. ! am here because 1
believe the welfare Of this state and
country is bound up in the success OF
the Republican party. 1t stands for
honest money and for protection TO
American industry. II is the party %
lrogress and liberty.
For thirty-elght years the country
has been under Republican rule. A COM
psrison between now and then may not
be uninteresting.
In 1851. when the Republican party
came into power. we had 10000 miles
Of railroads; now 100000 miles Thir-
ty-one millions of people; now 1000. 600.
Sixteen billions of wealth: now IS bill
lions Per capita in 1861. S51f; in 1890,
81 .0s6 State debt in 1860, $40. 900 900:
now 81. .250000. In 1850. a bankrupt gov
ernment that could not borrow money
at 10 per cent in any market Of the
world; now the government borrows
500. .0O0. coo OF the people in the face OF
a foreign war at 3 per cent. The loan
was subscribed seven times over and
commands per cent premium. Evi-
IDENTIFY the country can stand great
Zeal OF this kind Of ruin.
CONFIDENCE.
Confidence is essential TO success in
business or war. The Wilson tariff bill
was the elimination of a free trade
ptEQn ny (tcfGAaHN
in 1884. Its failure to provide revenus
to support the government. the borrow
: ing Of enormous sums OF money TO meet
the ordinary expenses. destroyed the
confidence Of the nation The paniS
which paralyzed industry and sent p
O00. 900 men into idleness and their Fam
HES TO face starvation was the logical
result. Increased distress. low prices
for farm products. an ever diminish
! ing stock OF gold in the treasury. gave
I the advocates of free coinage an op-
, portunIty they never enjoyed before
and never will again The election oi
Mckinley may be regarded as little
short of providenfiai
/ The Dingley bin was speedily passed
. the treasury of the nation Segan to NJ
up: the wheels OF industry began - re-
Z voive: the smoke Of countless chimneys
OF manufacturing plants curled 10 the
sky; gold began 10 flow into the coup-
try, and the price Of wheat and OF al
farm products advanced Somehow the
| Republican triumph restored confidenc'
to the American people. and hand II
hand with confidence came prosperity
This year has opened a new page II