Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-10-28

DuIBlNTH.
But suspect some of you are saying,
II these charges made by Mr. Wanna
maker are true, whether the informer IL
saint or a sinner makes no difference.
They should be remedied, grant It, but
the remedy lies not in the direction Of
imposing the calamity OF a Democra
administration on the state, which
desires and is seeking to go. .ltfsh.
The small Democratic cont ht in the
last legislature could alw be relied
upon to act under the leadership OF the
state chairman for any especially vicious
legislation. What would they do II they
controlled the general assembly,
II bad men have crept into office IN
the Republican party let them be re-
tired. The Republican party will at
tend to that in due time without the aid
Of DR.. Swallow or the Democrats.
/ am aware that in his Philadelphia
speech he made the following declara-
tlon: LAS 1 shall stand before the
Judgment seat to answer for all things,
declare before you all that 1 never
did a deed, nor do have knowledge
OF dollar wrongfully spent by me or
by my direction in that contest"
II Mr.. Wanamaker will add to this
statement one showing the amount of
test for United States senator and give
the names of the agents who disbursed
Il, the public will be able to Judge
whether he ought at least to have
known that money was improperly
used and that his agents were guilty
OF bribery of the most fragrant kind.
"Qui facit per alum facit per Sc" is
an honored maxim of the-what one
does by another he does himself.
An honest canvass for United States
senator ought not to have cost 500.
II Mr.. Wanamaker and his friends
spent, as It is generally believed more
than 5000, 900. 1t is idle and childish for
him to shield himself under a declara-
tion that the rascally business was
actually transacted, not by his own
hand, but by the hand OF another. Let
him show up his check book.
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 a 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
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 a
disposition to speak truthfully and not
slander a nelghbor. they excited wide
interest, and the trial was eagerly
watched. DR.. 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
his opinion refusing a rule for a new
trial ITO establish the defense that
the publication had not been malicious
ly 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 sem
fenced to pay a fine of $500 and the
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 to 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. DR..
| =, f,,I Lak
the form and pertinacity Of his un-
truthfulness proves him bad, dishon-
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
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 crazy quilt candidate,
having but the single idea Of building
himself up on the wreck OF other mems
regulations he stands for nothing. He
is turning his back on all the precepta
Of his holy calling. He would seem 70
be a very unsafe, incompetent and unft
person to entrust with the office OF
chief executive of a great state.
COLONEL W. A. STONE.
The other candidate, received a major
fly Of votes in the Republican conven-
tion, 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. 1t may be
read and known of all men. He was the
son OF a Tioga county farmer, private
in the One Hundred and Eighty-seventf
, Pennsylvania volunteers, mustered oui
as second lieutenant, commissioned as
sistant and adjutant general with ranl
, OF lieutenant colonel by Governor Har-
tranft. He climbed up the ladder thai
has served many a man. He was q
school teacher, studied law between
times, fighting poverty and gaining q
profession. Moved to Pittsburg. was ap'
pointed district attorney OF the United
States, was removed by Cleveland 10
"pernicious activity" in politics. whicl
, consisted in making some speeches fo
, General Beaver in the gubernatOria
campaign. Was sent to congress from
! his district in 1890. He has made a goo'
! record and a diligent and faithful con
gresham.
His capacity to fill the ONCE with cred
! II TO himself and the state no on
Ioubts His honesty has not been CUES