The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-02


-----------
Some were hired at the beginning of
the sessions others two or three
months later, but they all got the same
pay Perhaps. he said, they were car
rying out the lesson of the Scripture
where the laborcr that went to work
at the eleventh hour was paid even
penny as were those who had toiled
all day in the hot SUM-
CHARGE AGAINST STEWART.
He charged Adiutant General Stew
art with proftng by $4,000 To- which
he was not entitled which was ac-
complshed by having his salary raised
from s., 500 to $4,000 a year, making the
sum Of $4,000 for his term. The con-
stituticn EXPIRE ssly provides that the
salary of an officer snail not be in
creased or diminished during his in
Cumbency.
Mr. Reedor, of Easton, was dismiss
sed from the scCretaryship of the COM
munwcalth not as ostensibly given out
because he committed the error Of be-
coming surety on the indcmnifying
bond Of State Treasurer Haywood, but
because he was caught seven or eight
times with his arms to his elbows in
the treasury. He robbed the state, ac-
curding to Dr. swallow, of $4,000 in
one year.
The sum of $4,000 was charged for
fitting uU Grace church. The amount
was expended in four days and four
nights Dr Swallow charged that at
least 100000 of that went into the
pockets of somebody else. Tho state
has, lost over 80, 900, ono in fifteen years
he said from loss of interest on state
funds. The men who took this money
must not only not steal any more but
also they must repay what they have
stolen
If poor man steals a loaf of bread or
4 pair Of shoes. even though il be for
his starving and suffering family, he
is branded as thief. But society
ana the stat" is in far moro danger
from the law breakers among the law
makers than the Nihilists of Russia
or the Communists of France.
AWFUL DESPOTISM.
The awful despotism of one man
power was eXcmpliticd in this case
Men with whom he had the most pleas
ant social and professional relations
We're afraid to speak to him or to have
anything to do with him for fear of the
! power of the boss. The power of the
! boss was typified in the nomination Of
| Colonel stone. Three months in ad-
| vance of the Republican convention
| Senator Quay and a coterie of friends
met in session at Atlantic City and
! selected Colonel stone. The delegates
! simply came together to ratify that
! choice and not to express any viii Of
| their own
one of Colonel Stones arguments
| has been that the citizens should vote
! for the party that pays high wages.
! The only two things that that party
/ has kept up magnificently in this state
| is the system of political fees and per-
! quistes and the taxes to pay them
| The doctor repeated his allegation that
there is collusion between the Garman-
| Guffey machine and the Quay-Elkins
| combination.
While he was at Plymouth yester-
day he was approached by young
man named Thomas Heffron, whc
stated that he was reporter of {
! Wilkes-Rarrc paper and interviewed
Charles f. Eeck as to the conversa-
! tion said to have been carried on be-
1 tween heCk ana Il COlnnlefCldl lidNel'
er named Williams.
Keck stated to Heffron that if he
said any such thing to Williams he
was only jollying him. The doctor al
leGes that convincing evidence has
been secured to corroboratc the pro-
Quay leaning of the GUffeYites. He
read a letter from Hon. Clinton r.
| Woodruff, of the Fifteenth district of
Philadelphia, showing that Mr.. Cuff
fey and brother were constantly at
Harrisburg last session aiding in the
work OF those interested in the pdssa ge
of what was known as the "Pittsburg
Ripper Bill" which was drafted by
Licutenant- Governor Lyon who was
very close politically to Senator Quay
In conclusion DR.. Swallow stated his
position on the Prohibition question in
this campaign to be as it was with the
man who found a drunken man asleeT
in his front yard and a burglar in his
kitchen. TIL" doctor avoided altogeth-
er any reference generally or specific
ally tc local candidates.
NolnCy l.. Cushing closed the meet,
ing with Il speech irterspersed witt
stories. He said that Store has the
QUAY machine and jerks the Guffey
machine behind him. We don't wan
to exchange the one for the Other MOI
substitute one boss for another. DR.
Swallow has no machine. Mr.. Cush
ing told of the number of straw vote!
taken which prefiCure a SWallowcratiC
victory.
He rldiculed the idea that the Span
ish war was an issue in this campaign
at any time. If it ever was, it Il
over. That was only an attempt L
bamboOzlo the people The only ISSUE
is the establishment of an honest gov
ernment, Dr. Swallow is just a
patriotic as QUAY or Stone.
We don't need To Remember tn,
Maine" so much i'm Pennsylvania "a
we do the Haywood letter in whicl
we We're told how the funds were pu
into pawn at tn" Peoples bank il
Philadelphia as political security for
loan of Sl00, 900 to the son of the po
ltcal master Of Pennsylvania, Will
the school appropriations We're in ar
rears.
DIR. Swallow will address the en-
| ploYes of the Dickson works at IL
today and will leave on the 2.lS after
noon train over the Delaware an
Hudson road for Wilkes Barre.
l Uealy