The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-02
THE FORNER
ATTORNEY GENERAL
DECLARES HIMSELF
Hon. Henry W. Palmer Exposes
the Weakness of the Wan
amaker Plea.
SPEAKS HIGHLY OF STONE.
5OOd Reasons Why the Republican candi-
date Should Be Elected and His
Opponents Defeated.
SPEAKS HIGHLY OF STONE

Philadelphia. Oct. 21-Before an au-
dience which crowded the Academy OF
Music this evening former Attorney
General Palmer said:
The governor of a great state like
Pennsylvania ought to be a capable,
truthful and honest man.
In the past Pennsylvania has been I'm
the habit OF selecting her governors
from her ablest and most conservative
citizens. IN my recollection the place
has been filed by many such: johnson.
Bigler. Pollock. Packer. Curtin, Geary.
Hartranft. HOyt, Pattison, Beaver and
Hastings.
They were all honorable men; some
of them able lawyers. some brave SOL
diers: all Of them high minded. capable
and honest. The custom of putting
such men in the governors chair ought
not TO be abandoned
THE CANDIDATES.
Let us see how the men who now ask
the people for their suffrage compare
with those who have gone before.
First-Let US consider the qualifica-
tons and claims of the candidate OF
the Democratic party-the Hon. George
a. jerks. Of Jefferson. / have known
him long, and believe him to be both
capable and honest. He is an able law
yer. a man Of wide experience. and. left
to his own devices. would give the
state a good administration. The OBJ
lection to him lies in the fact that ne
is the candidate of a party that advo-
Gates principles and policies h1stile to
the best interests Of the people
I am not sure that II the state were
turned over to Mr. jerks and the Dem
Ocratic party as now managed and
controlled, that any Improvement
would be made in the management of
the state offices. II anything is wrong.
The capacity OF our friends. the enc
my, to help themselves whenever they
have an opportunity, has been demon
strated very often. I am not sure that
/ if all he says of Quay and ouayisln
were true that a transfer of power 10
| Guffey and Company would be an i'm
provement. The Altoona convention,
at which he was nominated, was the
most thoroughly bossed convention that
ever assembled
The election OF Mr.. jerks would, in
the estimation Of very conservative
| people, be a calamity Of national signih-
canoe. inasmuch as il would give the
/ friends Of free silver such encourage
ment to renew their warfare on sound
money and protection TO American in
/ dustry that it surely would be necces-
| sary TO fight the battle again in the
next presidential election. The saE-
! guine believe that they could be whip
ped again. but all agree that the cost
of the fight in disturbed business rela-
tions and paralyzed industry would be
| enormous
Il -.-frs ~ Fcf
/ that while he fills the bill in respect
TO character and ability that should be
expected in a governor Of a great state.
that his election would cost price
that the people could not afford to pay.
one OF the reinforcements that the
Griffin combine has been able TO secure
is the Hon. John Wanamaker. Having
been in the past affiliated with the Re-
| publican party. and having enjoyed its
| highest honors. is now employed in
| furnishing Chinese stink pots for the
| Democracy for use on the Republican
hosts. He pretends to be waging a cru
sade In the interest OF purity and re-
| form. He Is pretending to ask Repub-
iicans TO purge the legislature for the
purpose Of defeating Senator Quay and
electing John Wanamaker, but II he
is advocating the election OF any Re
| publican congressman or any Republi-
can state officer IL has not appeared in
his public speeches.
He was a candidate before the con-
vention for the Office Of governor. When
he failed to be nominated. by every rule
| OF honorable politics he was bound to
/ support the nominee OF the convention.
Instead os doing so he iswaging a guer-
| rilla warfare. using poisoned arrows
and explosive bullets intended to de-
, stroy- the Republican partyan give this
/ great Republican stronghold into the
possession OF the enemy
The burden Of his complaint is that
Senator Quay controls the organization
and that the last legislature was cor
| rupt, and that some Of the state officers
were rascals-
/ Mr. wanamaker and those who acted
! with him are credited with having
spent $500. 900 10 secure the election OF
| members favorable to his election 70 the
Office Of United States senator. In the
machine methods which ne denounees
he proved himself past master. II h
had been successful do you think that
his viftuOus Indignation would have
prompted him to take the stump in this
campaign TO condemn the means by
which he achieved success? If he comes
your way ask him II he sent his agents
Into wilkesbarre TO assist the people Of
Luzerne TO select their senators ana
representatives. Ask him how much
money his agents spent 10 secure the
nomination and election Of men favor
able 10 his interests Ask him II he at
tempted 20 bribe the member-elect from
Northampton county and gave a man
I 80 kufr
hisn TO show up his check book and
bank account and tell how much that
excursion into politics cost him ASK
him how much Of the $4,000 that was
paid the district attorney OF Schuylkil
county to settle the Van vaikenbere
sase and pay the cost incurred for law
vers and delegates came out Of his
rocket. II he t.an clear up these matters
TO your satisfaction then listen 10 his
talks about corrupt legislature.
abhor and condemn the corrupt use
of money in politics. II vii. II not stop
ped. wreck the republic also abhor the
hypocrisy that uses the rascais' tools
and then condemns the crime. He ia
entitled to as much respect as burglar
would be who. failing to jimmy open a
bank. should preach crusade against
burglars.
But / suspect some OF you are saying
II these charges made by Mr. Wana-
maker are true. whether the infOrmer Is
a saint or a sinner makes no difference
They should be remedied. grant 1t. but
the remedy lies not IN the direction OF
imposing the calamity OF Democratic
administration on the state, which he
desires and Is seeking 10 accomplish
The small Democratic contingent In the
last legislature could always be relied
upon TO act under the leadership 0f ths
state chairmsnfor 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 viii at
tend 10 that In due time without the aid
Of DIR. Swallow or the Democrats
! am aware that in his Philadelphia
speech he made the following declara-
ton: As l shall stand before ths
l x..1.-~.,e.t .aaf "a au<xrer for All things