The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-10-19
IN THE SADDLE
The Chicago Platform Has Not Been Endorsed by Demo-
cratic Convention in This County Since 1897,
Because the Men Now Seeking Office
Were in Control of the Party
Machinery.

the battle Of the next yeai must be fought on
the same lines as that of the last Presi-
dental fight, the men who drove their
knives into the vitals Of the party in
1896 have been influential enough in the or.
ganization to prevent an expression of genuine
Democratic sentiment by the county conven-
tion either last year or this year. and to Sc
cure some of the best places on the ticket at
each convention. Those who labored most
1ealOusly to crush out the spirit OF true De-
mOcracy have been rewarded with nomina-
tions and elections last year; and among all
those who deserted in 1896 there was none
more offensive than Mr. Wadlinger, the
present candidate for Judge.
Mr.. Wadlinger not only secured the nomi-
nation this year, but with Charley Kings
followers, offered deliberate insult to every
supporter of Bryan and Democratic prin-
ciples in schuylkill county. In effect, they
said to the Is, 900 men who voted for Bryan
in 1885, that Democratic principles did not
go, and they would have none of them The
party, therefore, not only has Wadlinger as
its candidate for Judge, but it has him on a
platform that repudiates Democratic prin-
ciples and in effect serves notice on the party
that if elected this year he will be in next
years battle where he was in that of 1895.
/ Can any Democrat who honestly and sin.
cerely believes in the principles of Democ-
racy rs expressed in the Chicago platform
support Mr.. Wadlinger for Judge, knowing
how he scOrnfully spit upon that platform in
1896 and designated Mr.. Bryan an Anarchist
when he was at Pottsville year ago? Can
any Democrat who hopes to see Col. Bryan
nominated and elected next year and Demo-
cratic principles made triumphant, vote this
! year to place Mr. Wadlinger in a position
where he will be able to give the enemy
greater aid than he could give in 1882
( These are the questions which every Dem
ocratic workingman should ask himself at
this time, and his action in the premises
should be whatever he believes to be best
J calculated to promote the welfare of the
party and its principles. Will it help the
cause of Democracy to elect Mr. Wadlinger
Judge? Ask Wadlinger or refer to the con-
vention which nominated him and which
responded to the touch Of his Marx Hanna
Charley King as he sat in Wadlinger's
office on the day of the convention. Mr..
Wadlinger's contempt for real Democratic
principles is exceeded only by the hatred of
Mr.. King for both The latter gentleman
was resident of this town for many years
and is pretty we'll known north of the Broad
mountain. If the voters of the county
should by any mistake OF misunderstanding
make the awful blunder to elect Mr.. wad-
linger they will wake up early next year to
the discovery that Mr.. King is the power be-
hind the throne.
There are other candidates on the ticket to
whom, with your permission. shall pay my
respects as the campaign progresses. The
fact that the columns of the Democratic
papers have been closed to Democratic truths
will not prove sufficient to keep the Demo
cratic voters of the county in ignorance Of
the attitude and character of the men they
are asked to support.
BLACKBURN.
! MahanOy City, Pa, Oct IS, 1899.