The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-19
Governor StOne the Brawng Friend of the "Lle Red School
House. Before Election, Their Enemy After Election.

Wnat some prominent RepuDllcan VIII
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 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 certain nebulous military
halo from the Philippines, which 1t Is
political record as an extreme faction
list 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
cial qualities, and there was no reason
xrY6N hn ch hn I4l
to give place to Mr. Adams "-Phila.
Press, Rep.
SHARP COMMENT ON CANDIDATES.
DATES.
ut 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 a can
| vass which appeals to the good sense
,, of the community. That Is to say, he
recognizes that as 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
1t 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 Republican or a
| Democrat-that the holder of this state
Office has no influence whatever in de-
termining 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. Ht
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 FarmeI
Greasy on his own ground-that HI
must go before the people and asl
election to the state treasurership, no
as soldier nor as a believer in protec
tion and the gold standard but as
man the equal in honesty and trust
worthiness of Farmer Greasy. II h.
shall fail TO do that and rely on tn
magic of his uniform and the pres
tige of the Republican national admin
J istration to pull him through, he will
be wanting In candor and in percep