The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-09-28
POLITICAL NOTES.

court and threatening them with heavy
penalties for failure to report to the
proper department of the state gov
ernment is again being worked by the
attorney general and the auditor gem
eral. 1t is not on record that any Of
Tending corporation was ever made to
disgorge on this account A contribu-
tion to the Republican state commit
tee often times induces a state official
to wink the other eye and forget that
he ever had a memory. But this cita-
tion affords lawyer pets of the ma
chine chance to pocket fees at the
expense of the state.
The rutabaga at the head Of the ag-
ricultural is just now working over
time in attempting to prove that the
| Quay machine and the Stone admin
istration loves the man with the hoe.
| The tremendous inroads that Farmer
Greasy is making on the farmer vote
has thoroughly alarmed the machine,
which has been ignoring farmers for
state candidates for years and which
has denuded the agricultural depart
ment of attaches devoted to their in
terests and filled their places with
town henchmen who know far more
about stuffing ballot boxes and rough
ing primaries than they do Of sub-soil
I ploughing or the rotation of crops.
Governor Stone has his ear to the
ground He has heard the rumbling
of the storm of the peoples wrath.
That is clear. He is quoted as say
ing that he will concur in the will OF
the people in the selection of judges
and that he will under no circum-
stances attempt to force an approval
of his selections by making premature
selections before the people have had
an opportunity to declare their choice.
Such a change of attitude is an indi-
cation that the voice of the people has
at last been heard and the machine
leaders are beginning to understand
that they cannot always do as they
please. Since the Inauguration of the
present governor he has shown utter
contempt for the desires of the people.
who were buncoed by his stump asser-
tions that he was no mans man, and
that he would execute the laws fear
lessly and impartially. A change has
been brought about by the indignant
protests of many county Republican
conventions and the criticisms of those
who have a right to speak of servants
who occupy public stations
The editor of the Philadelphia Sun
day World, who Is political mouth
piece of Dave Martin. and who Is
recognized as a political authority,
says: Despite all statements to the
contrary, the signs all point to an
extra session of the general assembly,
provided Matthew Stanley Quay's
ticket is put through by handsome
majority, and towards which all ends
are being shaped. AS elections are
now conducted under the Baker ballot
law, only the necessity needs to be
named to be complied with. 'Tis true
that with the machinery in the hands
of the so-called insurgents in the
county of Allegheny trouble may be
caused and the Brown-Adams-B Barnett
ticket cut many thousand votes. 1t
must be borne in mind, however, that
there is to be no factional feud in
Philadelphia, and therefore the ma
chinery here can be relied upon not
only to make up any deficit so caused,
but also to swell the figures to any
amount required" Thus, as this good
Republican authority admits, the re-
,, peaters and ballot thieves in Philadel-
phia are to be used again by the Quay
, gang to roll up the regulation noun
,, tain of fraud. and that is the reason
why all bills for the protection Of the
, ballot were strangled in the last legis-
lature.
There were no fewer than 20 bills
, introduced in the last legislature look
ing to the safeguard of the ballot. All
were put to sleep save two constitu-
, tional amendment resolutions - one
, providing for personal registration OF
, voters in the cities and the other pro-
viding for the introduction of the vot-
: ing machines which are in successful
operation in some Of the big towns IN
q the state of New York, and which Gov.
. ernor Stone ruthlessly killed. Why Is
a the Quay outfit afraid of honest elec-
tions and why has it obstinately re-
, fused to mend the rotten Baker ballot
a law? The reason is obvious and may
o be read by a blind man. Without the
4 loopholes in this law the cities could
: not manufacture their bogus majorities
g to overcome the honest vote of the
a country. The elections in Philadel
phia, Pittsburg and Lancaster have be
q come shameful farces, and no Longer
k record the will of the people.
n State Chairman Reeder has assessed
; all the employees of the state govern
4 ment per cent of their salaries ant
n directed them to hand over to theil
e respective chiefs. No guilty man will
: escape the frying pan. 1t will be eithel
It pay or get out. This is the same Reedel
|, who, while fattening on an income o
d $40 900 per year from salary and fee
Ie as secretary of the commonwealth, re
= fused to put up dollar when asked
to chip into the Republican fund. Blu
Reeder was not then lingering tn
G campaign Doodle. AS Mayor Warwicl
ar would remark. Things are differen
"a now"
ls Now, If Mark Hanna only had al
70 election system akin to the Baker bal
70 lot law there would be no need to SEN
,e Teddy Roosevelt. Postmaster Genera
!" Smith and host of Republican STUN
ID screamers into Ohio to save Mckinley
T. The ballot thieves and the corporation
r. bosses who assist" their slaves t
Of mark their ballots could do the saw
Id ing.
Mt Senator Penrose says a deal has bee
We made with the Republican state chair
of man of Ohio by which Pennsylvani
20 Oh, nIya