Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-28
POLITICAL NOTES.

POLITICAL NOTES.
The old gag of citing certain de-
| linquent corporations into the Dauphin
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 gen.
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-
ton affords lawyer pets of the ma
chine a 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
nieut VI dtttCue5 ueNOteu lO lUelT III
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
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
it,fr t1,o4 h. to- A.
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 right to speak of servants
who occupy public stations.
The editor of the Philadelphia Sum-
day World who is a 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 a 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 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
fteDuDllCdn duluOTlty duHllIS, Une 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
;,,,Y tAt tha fAu arI ,,ft boil n~k
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
the state of New York, and which Gov
ernor Stone ruthlessly killed. Why is
the Quay outfit afraid of honest cleo
tions and why has 1t obstinately re-
fused to mend the rotten Baker ballot
law? The reason is obvious and may
be read by blind man. Without the
loopholes in this law the cities could
not manufacture their bogus majorities
to overcome the honest vote of the
country. The elections in Philadel-
phia, Pittsburg and Lancaster have be-
record the will of the people.
State Chairman Reeder has assessed
all the employees of the state govern
ment 3 per cent of their salaries and
directed them to hand over to their
respective chiefs. No guilty man will
escape the frying pan. 1t will be either
pay or get out. This is the same Reeder
who, while fattening on an income of
$4,000 per year from salary and fees
as secretary of the commonwealth, re-
fused to put up a dollar when asked
to chip into the Republican fund. But
Reeder was not then lingering the
campaign Doodle. AS Mayor Warwick
would remark. Things are different
now"
Now, if Mark Hanna only had an
| election system akin to the Baker bal
lot law there would be no need to send
Teddy Roosevelt. Postmaster General
Smith and host of Republican stump
screamers into Ohio to save Mckinley.