Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-09-29

courage is in kseping with the spirit OF
Mr.. WanamaHtr and his friend during
the dark days of the rebellion. The
story was told by Mr.. Wanamakef
himself in a speech made in BRADFORD
county when he stated that his patri-
otic impulses We're aroused when In
the prime of young and vigorous man
hood he stood at the corner OF sixth
and Market streets in 1861 and watched
the soldier boys in blue as they
marched by to the beat of the drum
and the shrill note of the fife. on their
way to the front in defense OF their
country. He assured his hearers that
his heart was touched with sympathy
as he saw the brave boys march by. In
this connection permit me to recall
that in the early months of the present
year | read almost daily about the
regiment Colonel WanamRker was
going to equip and rush 70 the service
of his country. 1t seemed 10 me. from
the patriotic zeal manifested in the
newspapers that he would be in Cuba
before the secretary of war had time to
recall him. Since then ] have looked
in vain through the records of the war
of the rebellion and the published re-
ports of every battle of the Spanish
war, but have failed to locate the gal
liant colonel. The story of Santiago.
Eel Caney, Porto Rico and Manila, and
the splendid courage of the Rough
Riders and volunteer army of America
has been beautifully and graphically
told in song and story, but as yet 1
have failed to get even glimpse of any
account of the chivaric colonel. II in
justice has been done his military
record I trust in the interest of history
and truth it may yet be told. The world
loves a good fighter and delights to
honor brave soldier.
g. Mr.. Wanamaker complains that the
state chairman has attempted to read
him out of the party In this he is
equally mistaken, as he is in the other
charges he so recklessly makes The
state chairman has earnestly tried to
keep within the party lines every per-
son In Pennsylvania who believes in
Republican principles | personally
waited on Mr. Wanamaker and ex-
tended to him as well as to others an
invitation to join in the campaign this
fall. He read himself out OF the Re-
publican party by his speech at the
bourse meeting when he openly pro-
claimed ii to be his intention to take
up the fight against the party in this
state.
TO- The unreliabilty of the state
nentS made by Mr.. Wanamaker is
shown in the charge made against my
self that the farmers of the state are
not willing to follow my administra-
tion of the regular organization of the
party because l was in favor of legal
iZing the sale of oleomargarne to the
damage of the pure butter interests in
the state. This is a wlful and deliber-
ate Misrepresentation of the facts. The
truth is that while l represented In
diana county in the legislature in 1885.
at the request of the farmers of my
county, l prepared and introduced a
bill prohibiting the manufacture and
sale of oleomargarine in Pennsylvania.
The bill was pushed through the legis-
lature through the efforts Of few of
us who represented agricultural dis
tricts. The bill became a law and has
remained on the statute books ever
since. II Mr.. Wanamaker will take the
time to turn to the Legislative record of
1885 he will discover what l had to say
in the contest between pure butter and
oleomargarine. That record win show
that he does not know what he is talk
ing about or is willfully misrepresent-
ing the facts.
REPRESENTATIONS AN
SWERED.
II. His attempt to misrepreSent the
facts connected with the indemnity
bond is proof conclusive that he does
not desire to be fair or even truthful
in such matters. There wa no attempt
to take money improperly out of the
,l..,. %
rloyes had been agreed upon by the
governor. state treasurer, auditor gem
cral and the members acting on the
slate committees of the house and
senate. These extra employees were do
ing their work at Harrisburg and were
entitled to receive their compensa-
ton from time to time just as
members of the Legislature and
their employees We're. Inasmuch as
there was bad feeling in the legisla-
ture growing out of the contest for
United States senator, the state treas
urer did not feel willing to take the re-
sponsibility upon himself of paying the
salaries of these extra employees. Most
of the employees were poor men and had
families to support at home. They
needed advances on their salaries in
of their families. An agreement in the
nature of an indemnity was prepared
and signed by number of persons
whereby it was stipulated that the
state treasurer should pay these men
their salaries as they earned them
In the event of the treasurer suffering
any loss the signers would be responsi.
BILE for the same. 1t Will be noticed
that it was not an attempt to take
money improperly from the state, but
was a security to the state. No one
connected with it had any interest in
the matter except to serve a number OF
poor men whose families needed the
wages of their labor.
II. 1t has also been charged that the
state chairman contributed to the sup
port of candidates for the legislature
AS stated. it is intended to be mis-
leading. In the campaign of 1896 there
were many close contests in the con.
gressional. senatorial and legislative
districts of the state. The organization
extended aid for legitimate and proper