The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-09-07

defeated BY the party IN their aspirar
lions for once. II is more like de-
mand from Spain that Dewey ana
schiey shall be not promoted, but
dismissed from their commands.
Mr.. Wanamaker's speech at his lit
tie gathering. as a matter OF fact, was
disappointing. although It was much
admired by the city papers. which get
from four to six columns OF good ad-
vertIsing from him every day. 1t was
brilliant and vigorous. but it was the
brilliancy OF the wfIi-o-the-wisr, and
the Improbable vigor of a kicking
mule. 1t was full of vituDerative
abuse of Republican administration OF
state Affairs, but alleged nothing spe-
cific, and only repeated In general ana
more picturesque terms the old and
discredited charges for which Dr-
Swallow, when ne put them in definite
form. was criminally convicted in the
Dauphin county court. II set up ghost
OF dishonesty in state affairs. and then
scared at il. although not one dollar
has been lost or stolen from the state
treasury by mismanagement or dis
honesty in all the years OF Republican
administration and il cried out against
alleged extravaganza and oppressive
taxation under which the people are
groaning. although not man In all the
state Of Pennsylvania. except he has
money at interest. pays special IL
cense for conducting a particular bus
mess. or Is a stockholder in bank. a
railroad company, or some like corpor-
alton. pays one cent of tax toward the
support Of the state government, d.
rectiy OF Indirectly. II anyone viii
take the trouble TO look at the official
records he will see that there Is only
one county in the state, that OF Phiia-
delphia, which does not get directly
back from the state in appropriations
for local purposes. and which go to
tighten the burden of local taxation,
thousands OF dollars more than IL
pays in. running In some of the poorer
counties as high as eight times as
much. There are only two counties,
Philadelphia and Allegheny. which do
not get back more money for common
school purposes alone than all that
their citizens pay in. The individual
citizen in Pennsylvania, under the leg
lslation which the Republican party
has made. pays nothing as an individ-
"el toward the support OF the state
AnC COA HCA atAoA taAIo aAa
the special taxes and the license fees
upon particular classes of business foot
the entire bill. and amount to over
s.. .0O0. 600 besides, which is divided
among the counties to tighten the bur-
dens OF local taxation.
This is the sort OF a Republican rec
ord which anybody has TO go up against
who undertakes TO make anti-Republi-
can tight on state issues. The truth is
that the state of Pennsylvania Is not
the oppressor of its citizens. but their
benefactOr. and nobody is ''groaning"
under anything worse than an unsat-
isfied ambition to hold office. or some
thing he has eaten that doesn't agree
with him There are a good many peo-
pie. you know. who mistake their in
active liver for an active conscience.
Mr.. Wanamaker's speech was bril-
liantly composed. however. and as a
piece OF vituperative English reflects
credit on the man who wrote H. But
that" as Mr.. Kipling would say. ''is
another story"
GEORGE H. wELsHoNs.