The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-31
John Wanamaker.

Until the moment that Hon. John
Wanamaker was defeated two years
ago in his candidacy for United States
senator his attitude toward Senator
Qusy was one of at least nominal
/ frlendiness and he had no words for
/ the Republican organization in Penn
Sylvania but words of praise. Men
| whom he is now denouncing as Grim
lnals prior t. that time were welcomed
/ by him as companions: their alleged
/ vlllHiny took form i'm his imagination
! only after they failed to contribute To
his own Advancement.
/ The senatorial struggle that result
ed in the election of Penros" over
WauamakeI disclosed some details in
. the methods of tn, supporters Of the
. latter which undoubtedly cut deeply
into their desire for revenge. With
unlimited capital. ? ready-madc organ
+ iZdtiun and the help of every Rcpubli-
can i'm Pennsylvania who blames upon
! Senator Quay his own political disap-
! pontments. Mr.. Wanamdker began a
/ campaign Quay'y political eXtermin-
! WAS the manufacture Of public dis
| content with the dominant party lead
! ership, and this was taken by the cs-
tablishment at Harrisburg of a we'll
equipped literary bureau to magnify
legislative errors and emphasize the
| virtues of the anti-Quay ''reformers.'
| Whether the men who had offered
.i ! IN
! Wanamaker's interest prior to the SEN
atorial caucus also used money after
ward to create mischief in the legisla-
ture is not stated; but their active
presence in and about the state Capi-
tai during the preliminary stage of
the present open war for Republican
party disintegratior is a fact OF mo-
toriety. Voters can draw their own
| conclusions.
The calling Of Mr. Wanamaker into
the field as a gubarnatorial candidate
by conference of his colleagues in
the antigua war. his acceptance and
defeat followed in quick Succession.
The attempt Of Mr.. Wanamaker and
his machine To capture the Democrat
ic state convention and nominate
Judge Gordon for governor on deal
involving the open trading of Wana-
maker support to Gordon in exchange
for Democratic legislative support for
Wanamaker in second senatorial
candidacy was the next move i'm the
sequence of Mr. Wanamaker's fight;
and when it failed through the nomi-
! nation of jerks the Philadelphia mer-
chant had nothing left to do hut to
make fusion legislative arrangements
with Democrats and Prohibitionists
directly wherever possible, and to con-
tribute ammunition to every group Of
citizens ready TO join in an attack upon
Republican supremacy. In pursuance
OF this plan Mr. Wanamaker will to-
day visit Scranton and vicinity and
recite the budgets Of arrlignment
which his sllaried suhOrdinates daily
prepare for his u.s.. Unless he varies
his usual programme he will afford no
clue as to whom he supports for gov
ernor nor mention the name Of the
man he has in view as a candidate for
senator against Mr.. Quay: he will
simply tell of the awful badness which
he has discovered in the Quay ma
chine since it blocked his pathway to
political preferment, and ask the Re.
publican voters of jIaclawanna county
to help him to revenge.
Mr.. Wanamakcr is man of energy,
shrewdncss and remarkable executive
ability. Whatever may be thought Of
his principles he does not lack brains.
lie has conducted notable retalia
tory campaign and discovered to the
public latent resource in ready
speaking not before suspected, Those
who hear him will lie entertained. But
when all that he can say shall have
been said, there will remain no con-
, vincing reason why one mans griev-
ances SHOULD outweigh the duty of
. voting to sustain Republican suprem-
, acy and to defeat the efforts of the
incompetent Democracy to get back
: into power,