Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-23
Governor Stone the Bawlng Friend of the Little Red School
House" Before Election Their Enemy After Election.

what some prominent Republican wit
nesses have to say of the Quay ticket
and the manner in which 1t was Sc
lected.
If any Democrats outside of Phila-
delphia are apprehensive that the me-
tropolis may give a Republican plural
ity to overcome the sweep of the rest
of the state by Farmer Greasy and his
colleagues on the Democratic ticket,
let them take courage from the most
extraordinary revolt ever witnessed in
the Philadelphia newspapers against
machine misrule. While the Demo-
cratic newspapers are doing splendid
service for the ticket, the following re-
markably severe comments upon the
work of Quay's convention are extract
ed from editorials in Republican and
Independent Republican newspapers of
the great city:
ONLY ONE SATISFACTORY NAME.
I'VE regret that the work of strength
ening the, ticket by nominating men
who would poll the the full party vote
should have stopped with the nomina-
tion of Mr.. Brown. Mr.. Barnett brings
with him a certain nebulous military
halo from the Philippines, which it is
political record as an extreme faction
ist and chronic opponent of regular
Republican nominations. Precedent
and propriety alike dictate that Mr..
Dinner Beeber, now serving accepta-
bly, on the superior bench by appoint
ment, should be nominated as his own
successor He is a man of rare judi
oial qualities, and there was no reason
why he should be superseded, except
to give place TO Mr.. Adams. ."-Phila.
Press, Rep.
SHARP COMMENT ON CANDIDATES.
DATES.
"lt is not as a candidate for mill
tary commission that Colonel Barnett
is now before the people. 1t is to be
regretted that the orators who placed
his name before the Harrisburg con-
vention did not keep that fact in mind,
In their speeches they made much of
his soldierly achievements, which was
right, but they abstained altogether
from touching upon his qualifications
for the office of state treasurer which
was an equally strange and unfortu-
nate oversight. And the platform on
which he stands is likewise without a
word of apology for the laches and
crimes of past treasurers, or promise
of more faithful performance of duty
in the future. The platform pledges
Colonel Barnett TO nothing, if elected.
Eminent soldiers have often been
failures in office. The qualities need
ed to win distinction in war are not
identical with those required of the
civil servant.
Colonel Barnett must hasten to re-
pair the omissions of the platform and
of his speechmaking sponsors at the
convention. His Democratic opponent
William T. Greasy, is making can
vass which appeals to the good sense
of the community. That is to say, he
recognizes that as a candidate for state
treasurer he should devote himself to
convincing the public that he is famil-
lar with the functions of the office
and that he is fitted in capacity and
character to discharge them He takes
it for granted that the people of Penn
sylvania are intelligent enough to un-
derstand that it is of more importance
to them that their treasurer should be
capable and upright than that he
should be either a Republican or a
Democrat-that the holder of this state
office has no influence whatever in de-
termlnlng the nations policy as to the
tariff, the basis of the currency, or eX-
pansion of the republics boundaries
He assumes that the question of the
treasurer's personal honesty is of i'm
measurably greater practical moment
than his ability to deliver a glowing
harangue in favor of honest money.
Farmer Greasy is plain man with
an unusual gift for plain speech. He
knows all about the history of the
state treasury. He is citizen of estab-
lished reputation, about whose integ-
rity and courage to do what is right no.
body has any doubt.
Colonel Barnett, If he is wise, will
realize that he must meet Farmer
Greasy on his own ground-that he
must go before the people and ask
election to the state treasurership, not
as a soldier nor as a believer in protec-
tion and the gold standard, but as a
man the equal in honesty and trust
worthiness of Farmer Greasy If he
| shall fail to do that and rely on the
magic of his uniform and the pres
tige of the Republican national admin
istration to pull him through, he will
be wanting in candor and in percep-