The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-09-08

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the. cap(ed buiAing bufnsd down CO.
ords Of the auditor generals and Tie
state tseasurers departments were kept
In . separate building. having another
building between Il and the building
where these records are kept There
was not q single record Of the treasury
or auditor generals department In the
building burned down. This senseless
fabrication reminds me Of the interest,"
Ing story told by Chabes Lamb Of the
Chinaman who discovered roast pig:
The hut Of Chinaman having burned
down. and some young pigs that were
there among Its tenants having been
roasted. the Chinaman proceeded to
devour them with intense satisfaction.
He was so well pleased with the viands
that he turned incendiary and burned
down several establishments belonging
to his neighbors. in order to roast the
pigs therein confined. He continued
his hazardous course until II got
through his Mongolian head one day
that the pigs might be roasted without
the burning Of the dwellings, It will
occur to any one who reflects a moment
that II there were any papers In Har-
rishurg for which destruction was nee
essary for any purpose. II Is not likely
that they would be carefully preserved
and filed away in the public buildings.
and X they had been SO preserved and
filed 1t would not be necessary to burn
the building in order to burn the
papers. The pigs could be roasted
and the papers could be destroyed
without the risk and hazard Of burn
ing down valuable buildings.
ABOUT BROKEN BANKS.
THE attempt OF Mr.. Wanamaker to
connect the Republican party with the
failure Of the Peoples bank, the Guar
antors' and the State Insurance COM
pany II. to say the least, far fetched.
The Republican party is no more re-
sponsible for the failure Of these insti-
tutions than 1t was for the failure Of
the Keystone bank, Of unsavory men,
ory. and I presume Mr.. Wanamaker
will not undertake to say that the Re-
The fact Is that the state has not lost
single penny by reason Of the fall
ure Of any Of these institutions.
Mr.. Wanamaker also attacks the re-
cent Republican state convention. With
the facts attending that convention the
Republican party Is already familiar.
In many counties the candidates for
glbernatorial honors submitted their
| candidacy to a vote Of the people. The
delegates were elected under party
rules. At the convention hfr. Wana-
maker, finding that he did not have a
sufficient number of delegates to NOM
mate himself, withdrew from the con-
test and transferred his delegates in a
body to another candidate, who num-
bered among his delegates many Of the
most prominent organization men In
the state. The union of these forces
was not successful. and the convention
nominated another candidate. All the
contests brought before that conven-
tion were decided IN favor Of Mr.. Wan
| amaker and those with whom he COM
| bined his forces. In not a single in
| stance was a decision made In favor
| Of the prevailing candidate. On the
| floor of the convention the fullest lat
itude was given to Mr.. Wanamaker
and his friends, and no decision was
made against their interests. The con-
vention was conducted in a spirit OF
generous fairness, and no reasonable
person can find fault with anything
that was done In It's proceedings.
THAT CHESTER COUNTY TALE.
while il Is not within the purview
| OF this interview to discuss the charges
made by Mr.. Wanamaker in reference
to the deposit of state funds with the
| Chester County Guarantee Trust and
Safe Deposit company, yet l feel that
| 1t is proper for me to yecall the facts
In reference TO the legislation upon the
subject Prior to 1897 the state treas
urer, under the law, was personally re-
| sponsible for all state moneys which
| came into his hands. He was required
| to give "A bond for the safe keeping Of
these funds. Under this system the
| treasurer and his bondsmen, being re-
| sponsible for all state moneys, claimed
| and exercised the right to select the de-
| positories in which state funds were
| located. Mr. Darlington, as It appear
| ed from his testimony, was a bondsman
| Of the state treasurer and had de-
| posit in his institution. Being thus IA
vored, he seems to have felt himself
| called upon 10 make contributions in
support Of the party that extended
these favors. There are necessary ex-
| penses to be borne, and 1t Is only fair
| that those who are favored by the
party should help bear its burdens,
| and 1t would seem from his testimony
that Mr.. Darlington thought 1t was
proper that he should contribute, and
that he should have In return therefor
a continuance of his deposit. Whatever
may be thought Of the transaction 1t
was certainly not one of which Mr..
Wanamaker can complain, for II re-
! sembles closely his action in the cam
paign Of 'SS, when. II being understood
that, having collected, or being about
to collect, some four or five thousand
dollars from manufacturers and others
participating in the benefits OF tariff
legislation, he exacted promise from
the national committee that he should
be appointed postmaster general.
Whatever may be thought, however,
about the political morality Of Mr.. Dar-
lington and Mr.. Wanamaker in the