Evening journal., 1898-10-18


chat the people OF Pennsylvania were
Ieither a party 20 a machine rule en-
bracing Every Known form or corrup-
tion or else th'At they. the electors. were
nltogeSher Indifferent as 10 whepner or
not they are robbed and plunderea by
those whom they returned to place and
power. We repeat that that would be
the only sar-e, logicai conclusion at
which the lenst iuteliigent of men could
arrive. We refuse. however. 70 believe
that we she II be forced to arrive at so
ealamitous conclusion; for II the en-
thusiasm evInced at the recent Wanna
maker meeting at Philadelphia. at
which me citing that gentleman was the
premier speaker, IS an earnest or har-
blnger OF public opinion, then a great
success is in the near future.
The charge recently and verbally
made by United States Senator Boies
Penrose against Mr.. Wanamaker.
namely. that he, Mr.. Wanamaker, Offer
ed, through an agent. a quarter OF a
million OF dollars for a United States
senatorshlp from Pennsylvania, is al
together too absurdly preposterous FOR
any serious consideration. II comes
not within, the scope and measure OF
she imagination to believe that MIR.
Wanamak lr, who has repeatedly ayi
publicly stated that he does not wish
20 be Governor OF Pennsylvania. is 50
crazy for office that he would be pre-
pared TO purchase a United States Sem
atorship. Our mental stomach Is pre-
pared to receive copious and finely or
namented yarns" but it is not pre-
pared for the reception Of eacn ana
every Penrosian concoctlon. The charge
IN question. as made by the man PEN
rose, is simply nothing more nor less
than the offshoot of a temporarily .ber-
rated intellect. sometimes known by
the generic 'swelled-headism, {"
Il will be noted that the man Penrose
does not charge Mr.. Wanamaker with
figuring personally in this hyp-theticai
transaction. Certainly not. He, PEN
rose. is the possessor CT too much low
cunning to make any such charge as
,hat. Now. II would be a compare
lively easy task for the political enc
mics Of Mr. Wanamaker to procure a
man-purporting to be Mr.. Wanna
makers agent--to make the ridiculous
offer IN question. Mr. Wanamaker
when referring to the charge mace by
Penrose. said: GAS shall stand before
he Judgment seat 10 answer for all
things. ] declare before you all that /
never did deed, nor do have knowl-
edge Of a dollar spent wrongfully by
me or by my direction in that contest, T"
.he senatorship OF 1896. Now we pre-
Ter, st is immaterial to us what others
may prefer. to accept Mr.. Wanamaker's
solemn and public nial, as just
quoted rather than give the least ere
denee 10 the irresponsible, ridiculous
aad fairy-like allegations OF the man
lP nrose-P -Penrose the professional poll
tlcian. protege. echo, and lickspittle
henchman OF the now-under-bail Quay.
Grounds more relative than thosa ad-
yanced by Penrose must be broken,
else his charge against the Hon. John
Wanamaker. a man Of established
reputation will become as baseless as
is the fabric OF a vision" Penrose, in
his recent rambling speech at Reading
also said; Il charge Mr.. Wanamaker
with the knowledge OF the over-issue Of
stock OF the Keystone Bank, and with
knowledge Of demands made on City
treasurer John Bardsiey FOR deposit OF
CITY funds in the Bank to meet his,
Wanamaker's obligations" Now
charges Of this character, unsusceptibl
u proof az they long ago proved to be,
are merely so many bald statements. as
old as the hills. What proof have we,
outside OF Penross's verbal and unsup-
ported testimony, that Mr.. Wanna
makers finances were 50 crippled that
he was obliged to call upon Bardeley
TO deposit in the keystone Bank euf-
hcicnt OF the City's funds TO enable
him. Mr. Wanamaker, to meet his obli-
cations? The ex-convict Bardsiey
never testified to that effect, nor have
We the least recollection that anyonA
Else, barring the man Penrose, ever
did
An assertion IS one thing-proof is
another.
ERNEST IsITT