Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-18
POLITICAL NOTES.


nursed the job for eight years and in
that time collected $4,000, out of
which he has paid in fees and expenses
$4,000 to himself and colleagues. Is
this the stripe of man the people of
Pennsylvania want to elevate to the
second highest court of the state?
Since the notorious Peoples bank, of
Philadelphia, which was founded by
Bill Kemble, of addition, division and
silence" fame, and who was convicted
of bribing Harrisburg statesmen to
vote for the Pittsburg riot bill. was
wrecked by its cashier, who blew out
his brains, and which dragged down
into the vortex with it the Guaran-
tee Trust, another rotten financial and
political concern that was managed by
the Quay gang. the Quaker City bank,
of the state metropolis, has become
Quay's pet bank. It is kept stuffed
with state treasury money, while the
school authorities In the various coun-
ties are clamoring for the funds due
poor teachers. Whenever Quay honors
Philadelphia with a visit he hastens
to the Quaker City bank as straight as
fairs with its president, who made a
fortune out of politics before he be-
came banker. Quay and his lieuten-
ants and prentice boys are loaded
down with the stock of the National
Electric company, which was organ
lied to blaokmail the Electric Trust of
Philadelphia, and which scheme is
great public scandal. OF course the
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carry this stock, individual notes be-
ing given, as was proven in the Quay
trial The state treasury being with
out money the poor school teacher
must wait for his meager salary.
II Farmer" Greasy Is elected state
treasurer this gambling with the states
money and this gorging of favorite
banks with state deposits will cease.
Every school teacher in the state who
has a vote should cast that vote for
Farmer" Greasy, since he would be
casting it for the protection of his own
pocket.
Governor Stone. who Is a man Of all
work for Boss Quay stands as break
water between the people who demand
but are denied honest elections and
the thugs, repeaters, ballot box stuff
ers, padders of the voting lists, pro-
fessional vouchers Of bogie voters, the
midnight alterer of election returns,
the plug ugly, the pimp. the colonial
tion dive keeper. the policy and gam
bling shark who thrive through police
protection in return for his crooked
work at the polls, the unnaturaliZed
scamp who has the freedom of the
franchise, the speak easy proprietor
who exchanges his vote for his immu-
nifty, and the grand chorus of unhung
and unjailed rascals that debauch the
ballot and make voting a farce in
Philadelphia, Pittsburg and the other
big cities of the state. Is It any won-
der that Governor Stone said to him
self, ITO hell with the constitution. s"
and then vetoed the legislative resolu-
tions favoring the personal registra-
tion Of voters in cities and the intro
duction of voting machines? Stone
knows we'll what valuable and indis-
pensible ally the repeater, the false
counter and the ballot thief generally
is to the Republican party, as he him
self received not less than 10000 fraud
ulent and Illegal votes for governor.
Neither he nor the Quay gang want
any honest elections in theirs.
II am prepared to meet every issue
my friend Greasy raised here yester-
day by facts and figures" shouted the
triple expansion Office grabber, Gen
eral Goblin, to the farmers at William 8
Grove, and then he discovered that he
was not really prepared, since he
sheered off from Creasy's facts and fig
ures and began to shoot holes In the
insurgents. Quay, Elkin, Reeder, Goblin,
Barnett and in fact Quay's entire stock
company are afraid of Creasy's facts
and figures. They ran away from
them at Quay's state convention faster
than the Spanish from the Rough
Riders at Ell Caney, and they will run
away from them on the stump and in
their machine press during the cam
paign. But yelling for Mckinley,
shootin' niggers In the Philippines
and calling 1t expansion and cracking
the thorax over the flag won't save
their hide and tallow this load of
poles" -,... 4... ~.
Colonel Barnett returned home with
| his soul on fire to mount the hustings
and set the state aflame with his elo-
| quence as to national issues. He want
| ed to Immediately open a lurid cam
paign, the American flag for ganfa-
lon, and to lead a regiment of orators
in a charge against the Democrats
and insurgents. But Colonel Barnet,
was quickly called down by the boss
who probably sent him a message
similar to the one he transmitted to
distinguished but voluble candidate
few years ago, and which read: Dear
Beaver. Don't talk" Colonel Bar.
nett has suddenly discovered that his
liver is disordered, that he is filled
with malaria germs, and that he re.
qulres a course of treatment at a san.
itarium. The opening of the lurid
campaign has been indefinitely post.
poned. Colonel Barnett will not &C.
cept Farmer" Creasys challenge tc
Jointly debate state issues. The army
of spellbinders who were to arouse and
to enthuse the state have been direct.