Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-16

Republican machine, VIII not even
take the trouble to cast his vote for
the ticket that he has made. When
the November election comes he will
be idling in his bungalow on the In
dian river, Florida. Colonel Quay has
arranged pair with a well known
Democratic newspaper man of Phila-
delphia. This Indifference of the boss
will not be permitted to pass without
notice, and thousands of disgusted Re-
rublicans will follow his distinguished
example, only they will not put them
selves to the trouble of hunting up
Democrats to pair with them.
THE PROHIBITIONISTS KICK.
The People, of Milton, the state or
gan of the Prohibitionists, has a true
conception of the appalling frauds at
the elections that are committed by
the Quay machine in Philadelphia. 1t
grumbles: "Philaoelphia's farcical
registration goes on piling up the
names of voters. The whole proceed
ing is utterly ridiculous The returns"
of the assessors show that there are
31S, ,151 voters in the city, an increase
of LOB over the return in May. State
Chairman Jones, of the Prohibition
larty, proved that dead men, unknown
men, unnaturalized persons and end
less classes of individuals were put
down simply that their names might be
voted on by repeaters. Yet the as
SCISSORS, who are the products of the
rotten system, go on finding houses
full of voters that have no existence
The frauds perpetrated in Philadelphia
as a result of padded and wrongly
made up assessors lists are greater
than any city in the Union ever dream
ed of. Yet when an amendment to
the constitution was proposed in order
to give an honest registration law
Governor Stone vetoed it"
WHY DIDN'T THEY GO?
Nearly 200 men of the Tenth regi-
ment declined the invitation of the
Republican state committee extended
through Colonel Barnett to visit New
York at its expense and incidentally
act as a political "ad." for Colonel
Barnett. There must be some en-
balmed beef at the bottom of the bari
when so big percentage of a regi-
ments membership thus snubs its
commander.
IN THE CONTEMPLATING BUSI-
NESS.
The Republican city committee of
Philadelphia some years ago had a
counterfeit photographic plate made
from which to print bogus poll tax
receipts. These receipts, which are
sold by the city for SO cents each, con-
stituted an onerous burden on the Re-
publican campaign fund, so the coun-
terfeiter's art was resorted to- Thou
sands of these spurious receipts are
printed in each campaign, and the city
cheated out of thousands of dollars.
This is a pretty business for the party
of God and morality to be engaged in
-counterfeiting.
Insurgent Leader Martins dash Of
chilled water on the Quay machines
prospects raised the goose flesh on the
epidermis of the Quayites, and they
became panic stricken and threaten
cd with heart failure and collapse,
when Director Brown, of Pittsburg,
one of the machines big wigs, supple
mented with this bulls eye shot:
"This hippodroming of the state with
military parties in a political cam
paign is all nonsense. 1t is worse, for
it. will lose votes. Instead of sending
out two bands of soldiers to make
spectacular display and appeal to the
war feeling or hero-worship of the
masses, the campaign should be made
on principle and the pending public
issues be discussed in an intelligent
and dignifed manner"