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


time. but ! trust that what has already
been stated will be considered sufficient
to convince any one that Senator Quay
and Colonel Stone did not defeat the re-
nomination of Congressman Stahl. For
further information concerning this
political deal, 1 refer Mr. Wanamaker
to the Carlisle Weekly Herald of Sep
tember 8, 1888.
ELKIN DREW THE INTEREST
BILL.
4. 1t is further charged that the Re-
publican organization has robbed the
state for years of interest on state de-
deposits for the benefit of the bosses
and at the taxpayers loss. This charge
evidences a lack of knowledge on the
part Of those who make 1t, OF the law,
that cannot be overlooked III persons
who hold themselves before the people
as professional reformers. They speak
of robbing the people OF interest on
state deposits when they must or
should have known that prior to 1897
there was no law under which interest
on state deposits could be collected. 1t
requires a peculiar quality of reasoning
faculty to justify the recklessness of
an assertion that charges somebody or
SOnleInlnS WltI IOppiiiS tiit PtoP'N "a
that which it must be admitted they
never had, and which under the law
they were not entitled to receive. 1
am at a loss to understand how any
person. outside of a professional re-
former or a disappointed oflice-seeker-
and the ordinary rules of logic do not
apply to such individuals-can bring
himself to believe that someone has
1f Af n ine ia
owned or had in his possession. and
which, under the provisions of the law,
he could not possibly own or have in
his possession. Since the passage of
the act of 1897 interest is charged on
all state deposits and daily balances
and the receipts of the treasury are cor
respondingly increased. 1t is also as
serted that the present law was the
work of what they are pleased to callthe
80" If this is true, then the speaker
must be q member of that much ad-
vertised group, for / have a distinct
recollection of drawing the bill and
aiding in its passage. This is not a
fancy of the imagination but real
fact which will not be gainsaid by any
one who values his reputation for
truth.
u. IT Is also tildiStu ilit'' 'ii' ~ fN''''
can organization has secured federal
appointments for confessed p!underers.
The Republican organization does not
make federal appointments. rms Is
the prerogative of the president and
his cabinet advisers, and it comes With
bad grace from those who pretend to be
Republicans to cast such reflection
upon their party. Do they seriously
4 l.,t III ant If.-
Kinley would appoint. or that the
United States senate would confirm
person for public office who was "A
criminal or a plunderer? They show
meagre appreciation of the foremost
president of this generation when they
suggest such a thing. The Mckinley
administration has been peculiarly for.
tunate in the selection of persons &c
fill federal places. and these charges
shoot beyond the mark
THE SCHOOL FUND ISSUE.
6. 1t is also charged that school funds
are withheld from the counties. com
pelling the latter to pay interest on
money borrowed to pay their teachers
This statement, like all the others is
made without any knowledge of the
facts in reference to the distribution of
the school appropriation. OF the thou
sands upon thousands of school dis
tricts in Pennsylvania, ] venture to
affirm that a dozen cannot be named
and it is in my opinion that they cannot
suggest half that number, that ever
maid interest on money borrowed to
pay their teachers. On the other hand,
I know of several districts that have
money either deposited on time certiii-
Gates or loaned to individuals both
drawing interest in favor of the school
districts 1t was not the intention of
the legislature that the annual appo-
priation to the common schools should
nav all the expense connected there
with. 1t was the expectation of the
members of the legislature that the
local school boards should provide by
taxation at least half the amount neces-
sary to support the schools.
In MANY districts however. the state
appropriation pays all or nearly all OF
the entire expense. In district which
relies almost entirely on the state ap-
propriation. there may be some occa-
sion now and then to borrow money to
meet current expenses. 1t may not be
generally known, but it is a fact never
theless that the school appropriations
are paid at the end of the school year.
The appropriation is never made until
the president of the school board for
each district makes his annual report.
which sets out, among other things,
the number of children in attendance,
the number of months during which
the schools were open, and many other
important matters required by | W.
These reports cannot be made until the
school year closes. and hence the neces-
sity of Withholding the appropriation
until the end. instead of paying 1t at
the beginning of the school year.
I. A friend of Mr.. Wanamaker's
through the public prints few days
ago. commanded me to stop appealing
to the past glorious history of the Re-
rublican party" When one starts in to
disrupt the great political organization
whose history is continuous record OF
noble deeds and splendid achievements,
and whose efforts have accomplished so
much to advance the cause of humanity
and civilization, ! have no doubt it is
embarrassing to have these things re-
called to memory. 1t may not be