Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-10-14


papers, Previously Strongly In OPP
position, which Indicate That the
Time and Manner of Beginning the
Suits Casts Discredit Upon the Mo-
tives of Hts Accusers, which IL VIM
Require Clear and Strong Evidence
TO Overcome.
special Correspondence.)
Philadelphia, Oct 4.-The effect of
the sensational suits entered against
Senator Quay. his son, ex-State Treas
urer Haywood and Charles H. Mckee.
one of the most distinguished attorneys
of the state. has been to nobody more
amazing than to the unknown and
nameess promoters of 1t. The infor-
nation SO far is as fatherless as an
anonymous letter dropped In a letter
box by a common scandal monger.
Every party and factional organization
which has been asked has denied con-
nection with It. Every respectable per-
son questioned has denied completely
In II. Even DR.. Swallow ventures only
to say in his usual vague way that he
had reason to believe certain gentle-
men" contemplated something of the
sort This, and the time selected, the
eve of an election, after all the evil
dence there is, If there is any, had been
in the hands of the assistant district
attorney for many months; the manner
of doing II, with every attempt at hu-
miliaton, passing by the ordinary Of
hoers and putting warrants in the
hands of the obnoxious Pinkerton's,
when any one Of the accused would
have responded to the simplest tele-
phone message, and In fact did respond
the minute they saw the announce
ment of 1t in the public prints; the
theatrical proclamation of It In ad-
vance, through the columns of the
newspapers which have been most Bit
terly assaillng the Republican ticket
these peculiar features combine to
make 1t seem a case of private ven
geance rather than of public justlce-a
persecution, not a prosecution.
The case seems more remarkable
when II Is remembered that it is not
charged that either the state OF any
stockholder, depositor or creditor Of
the bank was defrauded of dollar,
and that the ex-president of the de-
funct bank, the venerable James Nc
Names, declares that the dealings Of
lIt utltDudHlb Win ltlt BdHkt 50 ldT dS
they had any, were purely commercial,
conducted in accordance with the GUS
tomary methods of banking business.
Whatever the case may hereafter de-
velop, the time and manner of its be-
ginning has cast discredit upon it, and
created contempt for its promoters and
sympathy for those whom 1t assails.
Most people desire to see justice i'm
partially enforced, but they also love
fair play, and IL the present suits are
founded upon substantial evidence, and
inspired by honest motives, they have
been extremely unfortunate In the time
and manner of their institution.
Their final political effect is still to be
determined. The Morey letter made
Garfields election sure.
The immediate influence of this
method of attack is powerfully shown
In the following editorial, from the pen
of Hon. Thomas V. Cooper in the
Delaware County American" Cooper
has been leading the boiling fight of
Jack" Robinson for congress In that
district, and strongly assailing the leg
islative candidates who are declared
friends OF Senator Quay In the current
issue of his paper, under the heading
political Arrests" he says
"Times like these require cool heads
and warm hearts. Pennsylvania never
saw sharper factional strife and the
party in the state has never before had
to face such a revolution Immediately
following phenomenal majoritias. In
another editorial in this issue we dis
cuss at some length this phase of cur
rent excitement and discomfort. Both
were rising to unprecedented heights
from well known causes which we de-
plore and would correct, If we could.
In that article, headed IF We Were
Stone" written before the recent SEN
sational arrests, we point what we
think the way for the Republican party.
We think, since the arrest of Senator
Quay. some sensible admonition is
needed for the other side.
I'VE beg all men to believe that It Is
easy to drag a great name down, so
very easy compared with the difficulty
OF building 1t up. We beg just men to
look around them and see how many
try to drag down rather than build.
Faction points its finger, and all within
the faction are supposed to hiss. Rev
olutions come, and come through a
cause. Fools throw the cause away,
and nine times out OF ten Il Is thrown
I
tion. Read of Robespierre, Danton
Marat, and the scenes which lifted
them to power. They won their brief
sway by their glib ability in making
suggestions more radical than any
that had gone before. They formed the
fitting climax 10 unreasonable times
the reaction came and the guillotine
which they had constructed reveled
hest in their OVn blood
'The American people have far
greater self possession, and Pennsyl-
vanians have a reputation for jumping
at conclusions very slowly. These are
virtues which even the impetuous can
not deny. They are gems of virtue now
"A case in point long passed may H.
| lustrate the near future. The writer
was a member of the house at Harris
burg in 1872. when the state had ifs
scandal known as the Evans steal
| Evans having appropriated $3.50 900 OF
state funds as a commission for the
collection of the war debts due by the
! general government Such a commits
zion had been authorized only by Law
which had been "clerked" through botf
houses, an abuse since unknown. Gen
eral Hartranft was the auditor gen
sral who reviewed previous payments
and. though he had borrowed $1,000
/ from Evans IN a business way. sthl had
the courage to imprison the criminal
He was then a candidate for the guber-
material nomination, and easily as
sailed. Evans and his securities in this
conspiracy then offered the writer this
chairmanship Of the Independent Re.