Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-21

the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton" and to consent to vote for Quay.
Uncle Bill Andrews being again in
the saddle, started up toward the head
waters for big game and got as far as
Washington county, but not being a
"keerful 1njun," he neglected to de-
stroy his trail. He Is reputed to have
made proposition" to an insurgent
member who was still strong in the
faith and who made report to the in
surgent chiefs. But at all events
Uncle Bill. whether he smelt "a plain
clothes man" or not, hastily chucked his
Bible and night shirt into a grip and
departed for the far away land of the
Montezumas, where he is the pro-
prietor of gold mine-the real thing
not the kind producing the gold bricks
of politics.
ANNOYED BY KILLINGS PERSIS-
TENCY.
But the troubles of the machine do
not end with this by a darned sight.
State Chairman Killing some time ago
sent challenge to General Reeder
proposing a joint debate between the
state candidates, but the communica-
| tion evidently found its way to the
| dead letter office. Chairman Killing
has hung on to General Reeder's ear,
however. like tick-seed to a coon's
shin, and has again proposed a series
OF joint debates on state issues. In the
last communication he says:
That all the matters at issue in
this campaign, the election of a state
treasurer, as well as judges of the su-
preme and superior courts, may be
properly discussed, we respectfully
suggest that we have throughout tie
state number of joint debates, the
details of the same to be mutually
agreed upon by us. Let the speakers
OF both sides address the same audi
ence from the same platform. Let
each side present its case to the voters
for their benefit. These matters ought
to and can be discussed in fair and
proper spirit. You will please let us
hear from you regarding this sub
ject at an early date"
This challenge has been in the pos
session of General Reeder for some
days, and he is treating it like the
man with an elephant on his hands"
That he will turn its picture to the
wall Is about as foregone a conclusion
as that the ascendency of the Repub-
lican party means higher taxes and
administration. He will fall back
on the defense that the Republican
platform advocates shootin' niggers in
the Philippines and that a Democrat
has no right to live; that 1t is silent
as to state issues. and that he has
therefore no authority to raise and
discuss issues that are not included
in that fearful and wonderful party"
deliverance.
His position reminds me of the Jer-
sey justice of the peace who remarked
to the young legal sprig who was
quoting him the supreme court in the
course of a case that "he wanted it
understood that this court don't pro-
pose to go outside of the state of New
Jersey for its law" Death and tax
alton are always with us, and so are
troubles with the Quay machine.
STONES FOOT IN 1T.
The latest vexation is due to the
stupidity of Governor Stone the First.
Certain long range politicians set a
trap for Stone. which he unconscious
ly walked into. He was an easy
mark. 1t was deemed desirable that
an expression on trusts should be OBJ
tained from some conspicuous mem
ber, some shining light" of the Quay
household, since the Quay platform is
as silent on the subject as "the tomb
Of the Capulets."
1t was believed that Quay himself
was too old and experienced fox to
even smell at the bait, so the trap was
set for Stone. The editor of the New
York World was induced to invite
Governor Stone to write that Demo-
| Nsa a Il.
Of trusts. which is now banking up
like storm cloud on the political
horizon. To the general surprise the
Keystone executive complied with
rough hewn defense of the trusts and
of the promoters of trusts. He gave
his ipse dixit that trusts, although
undisguised blessings to mankind, are
not a political issue, nor are they
likely to become such. No fee-gorged
attorney of John d. Rockefeller or
Phil. Armour could have defended or
| apologized with more zeal and bold
ness or less skill and ingenuity these
criminal aggregations of capital, that
are making the consumer squirm like
| skinned eels and are handing the ma
| tion over to a soulless money feudal
oligarchy.
PENRoSE AND ANDREWS TRAP
PED.
The trap was again baited and Sena-
| tor Penrose and Bill Andrews, the rec
| ognized lieutenants of the machine,
were interviewed by the Philadelphia
North American. and they practically
indorsed the trust position taken by
Governor Stone, and so by this round
about way the trust has been made
an issue in this falls campaign, and
| Is SO rated.
FUSION IN CHESTER.
The experiment of fusion on county
offices between the Democrats and the
good government and anti-machine
forces in Chester has attracted wide
attention. 1t is regarded by the ma
chine leaders much as the people of the
southern communities look upon an
outbreak of yellow fever or the au-
thorities of continental Europe the
bubonic plague 1t must be stamped
out and quarantined against, lest it
become epidemic.