Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-27
POLITICAL POINTERS.

made a brilliant record for himself by
his consistent and influential opposition
to machine politics and corruption in
his own party, is now the laughing stock
of the state. Somebody hung up the
judgeship bait before him as u TEN pta-
tion to remain loyal to Quay and Stone,
and, in spite of his grand record as a
reformer and as one of the Quay's stead
fast enemies, he nibbled and fell an easy
victim to ambition. First, is an un-
delivered speech at Philadelphia on the
18th inst, which by mistake was printed
next day, he said some things regarding
legislative abuses which grated harShly
upon the nerves of Quayites. For this he
was promptly checked, and to redeem
himself in the eyes of his new bedfellows
he delivered another speech in the same
city Friday evening and in it roudly
berated the Palmer of old, lauded Quay
and Stone and all the isms they stand
for. He outdid Senator Penrose, who
spoke the same night in his love for the
Boss, and them waited for his reward
And Hank" got it-where all traitors
to principle get it. On Tuesday Halsey
was made judge.
Tho Philadelphia Press says that "a
conservative estimate of Montgomery
county shows that jerks will carry it
by at least 1000 majority and that
every Quay candidate for tho legisa-
ture will be defeated" Mckinley car
red Montgomery by 1914. The same
paper says the indications in Chester
county are that all of Quay's legislative
candidates will lose, that jerks vote
will be larger than Stones and that
Swallows majority will be about 2,sO0.
The county gave Mckinley majority
of STA. These sample estimates from
the foremost Republican newspaper in
Pennsylvania tell their own story.
The official ballot will contain nine
columns, the Republican, Democratic,
Prohibition, Peoples, Liberty, Honest
Government, Socialist Labor, Citizens
and a blank. Rev. Swallows name
heads the Prohibtonist, Peoples,
Liberty and Honest Government tickets
for governor. Judge Trckett is on the
Democratic, Prohibition, Peoples and
Liberty tickets for superior court Judge.
JerryoN. Weller is on the Democratic
and Peoples tickets for congressman at
large. Justus Watkins is on the
Peoples aud Liberty tickets for leuten-
ant governor.
Ii little more ginger is injected in the
legislative contest Sheridan will win
Evans, the Honest Government candi-
date, is going to poll large vote in the
South Side districts of Halle township,
and fair vote in Hazeton and Freeland
and is not without friends in Foster
As nine-tenths of his vote will come
from Republicans who want Quayism
overthrown, the Democratic vote is
large enough to elect Shiridan, If his
friends go to the polls.
McGinty, being the strongest candi-
date on the Democratic county ticket,
has been selected as the target for all
the yenomous shafts of the Republican
press. The days are gone by, however,
when scurrilous vaporings from organs
which can swallow Quay are given con-
sideration by honest people. Not
word dare be said against Joe McGinty's
private or public record, and the froth-
ings of the scribblers will not cost him a
vote.
Bernard Ferry, of Butte, brother of
School Director James b. Ferry, is
candidate for the Montana legislature
on the Fusion ticket in Silver Bow
county. Barney is a young man who
has taken good care of himself since
going West, and his Frccland friends
hope to hear of his success in the politi-
cal arena.
Charles j. Boyle, of Plymouth, who
made many friends last summer during
his canvass for the Democratic nomina-
tion OF recorder, died at his home on
Monday from typhoid fever, aged 3s
years. He was u prominent business
man and politician of Plymouth, and
had many friends throughout the
county.
Independent Republicans in town
conservatively estimate that Swallow
will poll 200 votes in the borough. They
claim that his vote will largely exceed
Stones In the Fourth ward and prob
ably in the First, and expect to give
him a close chase in the Second and
Third wards and Second district of the
South ward.
In a lengthy editorial yesterday the
Philadelphia Times, Swallows leading
supporter, comedies that jerks election
is not only possible but very probable.
The Times prldes itself on its long list
of accurate ante-election predictions.
E. r. Enbody has withdrawn his
name as an Independent Democratic
candidate for associate judge in Carbon
county.
Bets Of 500 that Williams will be de-
feated for congress by davenport go un-
covered in HaZleton.