Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-10-05
MUTcHLER'S CANDIDACY.

Under the above caption the Sun
day Call Of Easton, leading news
paper of Northampton county, has
this to say, oditorially, Of the Demo-
cratic candidate for congress in this
district, and as Democratic testimony
we commend it to voters in Pike.
The Call will do all il can to defeat
the aspirations Of Howard Mutchler
for Congress, not, however, from any
personal motives or opposition. Be
tween this day and the day of cleo
tion welshall leave no fair means un-
used to convince our readers, espec-
tally those who shall vote for Bryan
for president, that they are in no way
obligated to vote for Mutchler 70.
Congressman. We expect that Mr.
Mutchler will be referred to personal
ly by some of his opponents. The
Cali will do nothing Of the kind, and
would be pleased TO see if the fight
were conducted purely on political
lines. So far as mud-sllnging is in
dulged in we propose to take no palt
in it.
In the first place Mr.. Mutchler is
not a Bryan man, he is not in accord
with Mr.. Bryan's political opinions
and theories. If he weiea Bryan man
he would have advocated Bryan's
doctrines in advance of Mr.. Bryan's
nomination i'm 1896. Mutchler was a
delegate to the AllentOwn convention
in 1896 and he approved Of the reso-
lutions adopted in that convention
declaring most emphaGcally for
single gold standard. From the day
of the Allentown convention up 60
the hour of Bryan's nomination at
Chicago Mutchlers newspaper was
filled with articles and speeches in
ridicule of the principles for which
Bryan fought the memorable cam
paign of 1896. 1t was only after Mr..
Bryan's nomination that Howard
Mutchler became an apparent con-
vert to Bryan's doctrines. 1t was
policy and not principle that inhuenc-
ed him. No one who is a BRYAN
man from principle can vote for
Howard Mutchler.
But say his advocates: ''We must
elect a Congress in accord with Bry-
an, and Mutchler will stand up for
Bryan now" If Mr.. Mutchler is a
Bryan man in what way has he ever
shown it? Did he ever say one word
in any public way in favor of Mr..
Bryan? If he did will some one be
kind enough to give us date and
place, that we may correct any mis-
statement that we may have made?
Howard Mutchler is for Bryan now
because if Bryan is elected it will af-
ford him the chance to distribute the
patronage of the national administra-
tion i'm this district. How Mutchler
would deal out the Offices needs no
explanation.
No Democlat who is opposed to
Boss rate should vote for Howard
Mutchler. The Democrats have been
talking for years against the iniquity
of the Quay machine. In what way
does the Quay Republican machine
in Pennsylvania differ from the Nut
chler Democratic machine in North
hampton county? Who will tell US
the difference?
The claim of regularity for Mutch-
ler's nomination is ridiculous. Who
selected the conferrees that represented
northampton county in the late con-
ference? Certainly not the Demo-
Gratis of the county. They had no
voice whatever in the matter. How
ard Mutchler alone named them, and
without so much as taking the Dem
oclats of the county in his confidence
by telling them that he wanted the
nomination. No Democrat had a
voice in the selection of the confer
rees and no Democrat is bound to
abide by the decision Of the conference.
The younger Democrats of the
county viii unite, if they are true to
themselves, to rid their parry Of a
boss rule that must be odious to ev-
cry honorable party man. To-day
Howard Mutchler is more absolute
master of the Democratic machine in
northampton county than Quay is of
the Republican machine in the State.
No Democrat in Northampton county
can be a candidate for az office ofhon-
or or profit nth any hope Of securing
IL lcith0W HOcdTd Nitchley's endorse
Rlent or GpproUdi. We should think
this unquestioned fact alone would
induce honest Democrats to unite to
dethrOne a tyannical boss.
The prospect is that Mutchler will
be defeated. There are scores Ofable
and honest Democrats who never be-
fore cut a ticket who will not vote
Howard Mutehler. We believe that
in some districts in this county fifty
per cent of the Democratic vote will
be against him. In one block in
EastOn that has been canvassed tel
Ollt Of fifteen Democrats will vote
against him.
Mutchler ought to be defeated. H'
will be defeated. In his defeat the