Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-10-28
THD FORMER =.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
DECLARES HIMSELF
Hon. Henry W. Palmer Exposes
=. the Weakness Of the Wan
amaker Plea.
SPEAKS HIGHLY OF STONE,
Good Reasons Why the Republican csndi-
date Should Be Elsctsd and His
Opponents Defeated.

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 In
the habit of selecting her governors
from her ablest and most conservative
citizens. In my recollection the place
has been filled 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 qualiflca-
tions and claims of the candidate OF
the Democratic party-the Hon. George
A. jerks, OF Jefferson. 1 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 he
is the candidate of a party that advo-
Gates principles and policies hostile to
the best interests of the people.
am not sure that II the state were
a. \
ocratic party, as now managed and
controlled, that any improvement
would be made in the management Of
the state offices, IL anything is wrong.
The capacity OF our friends, the enc
my, to help themselves whenever they
have an opportunity. has been demon
Btrated very often. 1 am not sure that
II all he says of Quay and Quayism
were true that a transfer of power TO
Guffey ard 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 signifi-
canoe, inasmuch as 1t would give the
friends of free silver such encourage
ment to renew their warfare on sound
money and protection to American in
dustry, that 1t surely would be necces-
sary to fight the battle again in the
next presidential election. The san
| 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.
The conclusion as to him must be
that while he fills the bill in respect
to character and ability that should be
expected In a governor of great state.
that his election would cost a 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 Wanamaller. 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
Bade in the interest of purity and re-
form. He is pretending to ask Repub-
licans 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 it has not appeared in
his public speeches.
He was candidate before the con-
vention for the Office Of governor. Wher
he failed to be nominated by every rule
of honorable politics he was bound tc
support the nominee Of the convention
Instead OF doing so he iswaging a guer.
I'll
and explosive bullets Intended to de.
stroy the Republican party and give this
great Republican stronghold into thu
possession OF the enemy.
The burden Of his complaint is that
Benator Quay controls the organization
and that the last legislature was cor.
rupt, and that some Of the state officeri
were rascals.
Mr. Wanamaker and those who acted
with him are credited with having
spent $4,000 to secure the election O.
members favorable to his election to tn,
office of United States senator. In tn,
machine methods which he denouncel
he proved himself past master. II HI
had been successful do you think tha
his virtuous indignation would havl
prompted him to take the stump in thi
campaign to condemn the means b!
which he achieved success? II he Gomez
your way ask him If he sent his agent
into Wilkesbarre to assist the people o
Luzerne to select their senators AM
representatives. Ask him how mucl
money his agents spent to secure tn
nomination and election OF men favor
able to his interests. Ask him II he at
tempted to bribe the member-elect from
Northampton county and gave a MAJ
: named Tillare $500 for that purpose. AS
him to show up his check book an
bank account and tell how much tina
excursion into politics cost him. As
him how much of the $4,000 that wa
, paid the district attorney OF Schuylki
county TO settle the Van Valkenber
case and pay the cost incurred for law
yers and delegates came out Of hi
pocket. II he can clear up these matter
90 your satisfaction then listen TO hi
talks about a corrupt legislature.
( abhor and condemn the corrupt US
u money In politics. II will, II not stop
nd wreck The Eapublie. ] also abhoF u