The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-11-03

much space 10 Mr.. WadlinRer to the neglect
Of his colleagues on the ticket. There are
two others. at least, Of the number who de.
serve attention. Mr. Depew, Of Delano, can
didate for County Treasurer. aud NJ A.
Carey Of Butler are Democrats somewhat
after Mr.. WadlinRer's own heart. This re-
minds that some well-meaning friend vol
unteered TO assist in this work last week and
charged Mr.. Carey with voting against the
ticket in 1895. Nothing could be farther
from the truth. Mr.. Carey never votes
against the Democratic ticket. He boasts of
regularity and points to the election returns
Of his district as proof Of his loyalty 10 the
party. Careys ofIenses are Of an entirely
I different character. Like Wadlinger he is a
| protege of ex-senator King and takes de
| light in dancing to any tune that King may
fiddle He votes the ticket, but when il
comes to bulldoziug committee meeting or
smothering Democratic principles in con-
yentiOn, he has always been found useful
tool for Mr. King, when they saw tit to
shirk Democratic principles and adopt
resolutions that were an insult to intelligent
Democrats.
| 1t is in emergencies Of this kind that Mr.
Carey and his Butler township colleagues
have always won their fame. Their perform
ances in the county conventions of the past
twelve or fifteen years are known to Demo-
Gratis generally and need not be reviewed at
any length here. Ii is upon Mr. Carey and
his friends that the traitorous leaders Of for
mer days have to depend when they want to
offer insult to the members Of the party who
are actuated by principle. It would, though,
be unjust to say Of Mr. Carey that he is op-
posed to the principles Of his party, but polit-
ical principle Mr.. Carey regards as something
entirely foreign to the scheme Of politics.
which he understands merely as a science of
getting office, and he will endorse or repudi-
{ ate the Chicago Platform as Senator King de
sires and as King has always been in favor
, of its reputation, Carey can be relied upon
to help, even if force must be resorted to for
the purpose.
Therefore. while Carey is entitled to credit
/ for supporting the ticket in 1896, he uudoubt.
r edly belongs in the same class with King and
J Wadlinger from whom he draws his inspia-
) ton 1t is through his instrumentaity aud
others of his kind, that King and Wadlinger
and tho others who knitted the ticket in 1896
t secured control of the late county convention.
5 aud it is by the aid of Carey and Wadlinger
that they expect to control the party in the
= future.
e do not deem it necessary to discuss Mr.
a Depew in very lengthy way. He is good
r fellow in all that the term implies, and ap
/ pears to be possessed of that which is S,
f essential to being good fellow in the senst
o in which that term is generally understood
c Mr. Depew was not known to politics unit
a last Spring when he conceived the notion I,
, become a candidate for Treasurer. He ha
lived at DelauO for many years, where b
keeps general store. He has made none,
= and is spending it freely in the campaign
II His immediate friends claim that he ha
J. always been Democrat though they do no
care to discuss his attitude in 1896, when tn
It corporations liDed up against the Democracy
n Mr.. Depew was then, as he is now, allie,
with the Lehigh Valley Company whicl
!. permits him to have a monopoly of the stor
u business in Delano.
Il The question for Democrats to ask them
10 selves now is, how the interests Of the part
" are going to be subseryed by the election O
IS such men as Wadlnger, Depew and Carey
D. Their election would mean surrender O
n The organization by the 10, 600 Democrats VIII
- voted for Bryan in 1896 to traitors, VIII
knitted the ticket in that contest. 1t wou
. mean the turning over of the control of tn
7. party to ex-senator King, who has neye
't been known to miss an opportunity to snee
O. at the men who voted for Bryan in 1896 an
10 hope to do so again in 1900
Of With all these facts before them, l humbl
Is ask the real Democrats of Schuylkill count
"a whether they really intend to stulify then
selves by voting for candidates Of this kind
!. and submit that if they do they deserve tn
'c contempt in which King and his associate
hold them. BLAcKBuRy
so Mahanoy City, Oct. 81, 1899.