Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-03-01
Clippings From the Press.

The organs of the Quay machine nave
evidently received orders TO denounce
the ballot-box frauds in Philadelphia
and they are giving it to the convicted .
criminals red hot But they have Eot ,
one word of denunciation for the greater
scouudrels who planned the crimes that
have landed their wretched tools IN the
penitentiarv. The machine organs dare
not go that far, yet they well know that
the three men who were sent to the
penitentiary a few days ago were the
hirelings of the machine bosses. But
then the machine organs are also hire
lings. -Wilkesbarre Record
The men who should be wearing the
stripes in the penitentary today for
crime against our ballot laws are those
unclean creatures who manipulate the
machine politics in Philadelphia; who
bask in the sunshine of their masters
favor and whose names are listed IN the
official directory of the city and State
governments
The political death of Quay and his
machine would cleanse the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania of the rotten
ness and corruption that is fast destroy
| ing the fair fame of our State ana
wrecking the structure of honest and
pure government erected by those
patriots and statesmen whose public SER
vice was only for public interest, whose
only ambition was to promote the wei
| fare of the people and make Pennsyl-
vania great and powerful in the sister
hood of States.-Belle Fonte Republican
| While Mr. Quays henchmen IN some
of the interior counties-with recent
demonstration of It in Chester county
are making a tremendous lot OF noise
about sticking to the ticket, Mr.. Quay
benchmen in Philadelphia have been
cutting some of the Republican candl-
dates to give their votes to Democrats
reeularlv nominated on the Democratic
ticket. The only ticket Quay hench-
men ever stick to anywhere is the Quay
ticket Philadelphia Press
The opinion prevails at Washington
that the case of NJ. S. Quay is being de
layed from time to time by the senators
with the hope that Governor Stone VIII
relieve them of the unpleasant duty OF
rejecting Quay by convening the leg's-
lafure in extra session TO elect senator,
as the costitution of Pennsylvania de-
mands. OF course the governor will
continue to be governed by Mr.. Quay 5
wishes. If Quay should give the word
the legislature would be convened at
once. Some people in Washington ap-
near not to know that NJ. S. Quays will
is the only constitution and the only
law Governor Stone recognizes
Wilkesbarre Record.
On the night before election thou
sands of machine voters in the city re-
ceived poll-tax receipts through the
mails from an unknown source, and "a
very large proportion of these receipts
were forged That is the sort of politics
- | that we get ITOUl NIL quay -
in this Philadelphia Press.
The United States senate has not yet
made up its mind that Governor stone
has authority to issue complimentary
tickets for admission to their perform
apces.-Blairsvil Daily Courier.
State Treasurer Beacon, sitting OF
his full money chest at Harrisburg
makes faces at Controller Walton oi
Philadelphia, and twits him of misstate
ment with reference to the financial re
lations Of the city and state. None thf
less it is true that the state hangs on l(
feVrrse for defay rs no forger avaffTrfe
The same policy dictates the attempt t.
delay decision of the supreme cour
i upon the governors arbitrary cutting
D down of the school appropriation 70,
the coming school year. Philadelphi;
| Record
b Suppose Mr. Quay got out Of the way
and the Governor obeyed his Constitu
tional obligation and called an extra
session Of the Legislature, and some onC
i like ex-Judge Sterrett, or Judge JOhI
| Stewart. or John DalZell, or Judge Rice
or Judge Orlady, or Judge John Dean
t or any one of great number Of Repnb
: licans of force and character who coulf
be named, were elected United States
Senator who is there who could say il
would not be more honorable ant
serviceable to the Republican party ani
to the State Of Pennsylvania than tht
. present condition Exchange.
The rottenness being unearthed in
Philadelphia in connection with the
Quay machine is causing honest men
all oyer the state TO wonder where it
shall end The fight waged by the
champions of reform in that city i:
throwing the search light of public
/ scrutiny on many ways that are dark
and tricks that are vain, yet which are
in perfect harmony with the well known
I methods Of Quay. -Latrobe Clipper
= THE CALIFORNIA AND PENNSYLVANIA
CASES.
When the California Legislature ad-
e iourned last year without having elect
ed United States Senator, the chance
that the same body would ever be able
70 agree on Il candidate was as small rs
I'm the case Of Pennsylvania. There was
no constitutional requirement in Cali
z f0rnia, as there is in Pennsylvania, de
manding the convocation Of the Legis-
lature in extra session within sixty
days, in case of failure to elect at the
regular session; but California's Gov
ernor evidently thinking the time pro
Z pitious for the election of Dan Burns.
the California Quay, called an extra
session last month, with the re-
suit that Bur..s was defeated and
an anti-machiue Republican, Bard.
elected 1t is the fear Of a similar re
suit in Pennsylvania that hinders Gov
ernor Stone from obeyng the Constitu-
ton AMI calling an extra session.
Quayism respects no requirements, con
stitutional or other, the observance Of
which would destroy It's grip on Penn
sylvania affairs st. Paul Press, (Rep.D