Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-20

sucn is or is not the case, respect
fully submit that there is not only no
such duty imposed upon the attorney
general in his official capacity but that
it Is the right of any citizen. having
knowledge of the facts, to make in
formation before any alderman or JUS
tce of the peace in the commonwealth
cause a warrant to be issued. and tho
person charged With the offense duly
tried. whether he be public official or
4 private individual
The same candidate for governor
has on repeated occasions stated to his
audiences that he has called upon the
attorney general to institute proceed
ingS of this character. ! believe 1t to
be due to you and to the public, as
well as to myself to say that the cam
didate referred to has never, directly or
Indirectly, mentioned the subject TO me,
and. of course, has furnished not IA
syllable of evidence to sustain any
charge that he has made; nor has ne.
in any of his public utterances, shown
that he possessed any evidence that
would be admissible in any court In
any civilized country in the world.
Every respectfully,
Henry c. Mccormick.
Attorney General
"As Abraham Lincoln, in speaking of
u candidate, once said, If the people
like this kind of a man, this is very
good man for the people to like If the
people of this state want this kind of
Il man for governor to enforce the laws,
to do justice to all and wrong to none,
I.,s y..r
and their character if they want such
Il man. this is a very good man for
them to vote for"
Governor Hastings also took DR.. Swal-
low to task for his charges that the
state had been paying exorbitant prices
for its supplies. On this point the gov
ernor said he instructed James Camp
bell, the factory inspector to send to
DR.. Swallows own bookstore in Har-
rsburg and purchase similar articles
to those used by the state. In every
case it was found that the prices
charged by DR.. Swallow and paid for
by the state were procured at prices
ranging from 10 per cent to $50 per cent
above the regular prices paid by the
commonwealth. He read number of
the figures showing the comparison of
prices; among them:
Swal-
State low
price. price.
One ream of Mt. Holly Crown
linen, 16 lbs. to ream. $2.32 $3.50
One box. of 100 sheets w. S.
& y. Canton paper, No. /.
Dlack S-3..................... 3.OS 4.OU
looo circulars. .................. II zoo
These We're but sample figures Of
long list which he exhibited.
The governor closed with a defense
of his administration from criticisms of
increased expenditures and a reference
to the Objectionable bills passed by the
last Legislature and which were vetoed
by him.
He said that he had no regrets for
those vetoes and that he would not ask
the people to return to the legislative
halls those who betrayed the trust re-
posed in them by their constituents who
honored them.
In conclusion he said
Prudent bankers do not go out of
business because they discover the
peculations of a dishonest teller.
The thrifty farmer who discovers his
barn infested with vermin will not burn
down the building filled with the
years crops only for the purpose of rid
ding himself of the pests.
Our victorious hosts at Santiago did
not thrown down their arms and sur
render to the enemy because some
quartermaster failed in his duty. or the
commissary neglected to bring forward
the rations or the hospitals We're remiss
in caring for sick and wounded. No
they scaled the heights of Ell Caney
and planted the flag on the summit
and looked after the maligner after the
battle was won.
Neither will the Republican party.
with all its glorious history and all its
achievements for humanity; with all its
victories in peace and in war: with all
its accomplishments for mankind and
for civilization and all its Frightening
prospects for the future. now standing
in the sunlight of it's noblest achieve
ments, break ranks and disintegrate
because of the wrongdoinG OF a few
men who wear it's uniform.