The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-05-24
Especial Correspondence.)

lature. They go so far as to threaten 10
appeal to the courts to compel him to
obey their behests. The newspapers
carrying the Wanamaker advertisement
in Philadelphia and where political
policy is controlled by this immense
business patronage, have started in to
malign the governor and to endeavor
to create sentiment against him for
his courageous action in using his veto
power to bring the expenditures OF the
state down to within the revenues ana
to protect the credit of the common
wealth by advocating a reduction OF
the bonded debt of the state, and, II
possible to wipe ii out entirely before
the end Of his term. These are the
same parers that supported Swallowin
opposi % the nominee on the Re-
publi:ca ticket last fall, that made
the CT r%jgn against the election of
the T. @hiican caucus nominee for
United ,2tes senator, and that failed
in evey c'ove made to disctedit and
humili9'r Colonel Quay, not only dur
ing hi '~~vass for senator, but in has
great lie AGAINST the conspirators
who hoTol to eliminate him from poll
tics thr:teh the courts of Philadelphia,
SYNDICATE NEWS ATTACKS.
These newspaper organs, with the
syndicat attacks on Governor Stone,
will fai' rs signally to accomplish
their 7 ruse as they did in their pre-
vious e-orts. The people are wide
awake &c the influences back of these
papers sid they also know how un-
called fov and unfair are the criti-
cisms rf the governor. They know
that Governor Stone time and again
appealed 20 the insurgents in the leg
islature 70 drop factional politics and
consider the interests of the people
without partisan bias. He made q
number OF recommendations pointing
out the needs of the state, the abso-
lutte necessity for raising revenue to
meet the deficit in the state treasury,
and to the fact that unless they did
so there would have to be a general
cutting down of all the appropriations.
No attention was paid to these warn-
ings from the governor. The insur-
gents by combinations with the Demo-
Gratis defeated all the revenue bills
WHICH lllt bONtl anu
then helped to pass immense appro-
priations when they knew there would
not be funds to meet them should the
governor sign the bills.
Governor Stone. confronted as he was
by condition for which he was not
responsible, bravely faced the issue
and cut down appropriations right and
left. He was obliged to strike out the
$500000 item which was put in the
school appropriation bill for the an
nual purchase of text books. This ac-
ton seems to have stirred up the book
trust agents all over the state and
they have Joined with the insurgents
in denouncing the governor.
CANNOT INTlMIDATE STONE.
But there will be no extra session.
Governor Stone was too brave a SOL
dier in the civil war to be intimidated
now by band of political guerrillas.
He does not propose that the state
shall be put to the expense of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars through
the reconvening of the legislature. He
knows that he is right and believes the
people also appreciate the fact. Some
of the members of the legislature who
are clamoring for an extra session
may not be actuated by a desire to
get hold of the $500 which each mem
ber would get in additional salary. if
an extra session were called, but they
would get it all The same The peo-
pie, who would have to foot the bills
with the extra expense of clerk hire
printing and the wages of an army
of minor employees of the house. are
not at all anxious for the reconvening
Of the legislature. They have had a
sad experience in that direction.
The people remember the scandals
that followed the calling of the extra
session of the legislature by Pattison
and they do not want a repetition of
this unsavory record.
The reduction in the school appro-
priation which these men take as a
pretext for demanding the reconvening
OF the legislature to raise additional
revenue, is but a temporary cut. 1t
is behaved the books on hand will
be amrle in many cases to last until
the next session of the legislature,
when more money can be had for that
purpOre. The fact that a round mill
lion dollars has been spent for school
books Curing the last two years. in the
opinion of well-informed men. should
make It unnecessary to purchase many
books at this time
EDITOR FOCHT'S COMMENT.
Ex-Representative Benjamin X.
Focht, Of Union county, who is famil-
lar with the methods of the book trust
in oTiisting the services of agents and
foist.Dr their books upon the state re-
garG Q of the needs of the pupils,
thow some light upon the present agi-
tati0n for an extra session of the legis-
latp9r
"it took a courageous man to meet
the issue, and the governor did it,"
said Mr. Focht, in commenting upon
the action of the executive. "He well
krc' the weapons the Democrats and
Insurgents would make of his act, and
to have dared to do what he thought
right at this time is proof of his cour-
aSe and entities HIM to the confidence
'nd support Of all unprejudiced citi-
zens. / would have rather have seen
the appropriation increased instead of
decreased, but no fault can be found
a. the veto will save the states credit
gGd lie reduction will amount to but
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