The sun., 1901-11-15

| body believes" is an enormous lie. Never
was any highly intelligent, very wise,
honest and honorable authority ever so
mistaken as our contemporary. This
astounding assertion of our contempor-
AIRY, in which it assumes to know what
all the good people of the great State of
| Pennsylvania, and the great city of
Philadelphia, believe about the politics
Of their own State and city, was made
in an editorial reference to the recent
election in that State. or the result Of
that election it says;
No man who values good government
and who strives to have strong men in
office, considers for an instant that Gov
! ernof Stone is true representative of
the great party of moral ideas and pro-
gress. No man who is fair and honest
imagines for an instant that the election
Of Judge Potter to succeed himself will
| strengthen the courts of the State. No
/ body who has kept pace with events in
i Philadelphia believes that the Ashbridge-
/ English combination there has given the
taxpayers an honest administration.
The election returns of the State Of
Pennsylvania, and of the city OF Phila-
delphia, showing majority approximat-
ing hundred thousand for the Republi-
can ticket, the ticket for which Governor
Stone voted. and the election of which
he advocated during the campaign. the
peared as that of candidate, the ticket
voted for and advocated by Mayor ASH
bridge, disprovcs what our contemporary
says, with proof that, notwithstandingits
exceedingly good reputation for wisdom,
Intelligence and honesty, would convict
it Of lying. i'll any court where human
evidence is made the basis Of Judgment.
The voting population Of PENNSYLVANIA
is about 100000. representing about
6,oO0.000 people; State that has been
distinctly an American State; n people
that have always been distinguished for
public spirit and patriotism; state and
people that are distinguished for their
devotion to education, where schools and
colleges flourish, where art and literature
|
md aSylums abound, whore churches
lbound and all the elements Of high
tandard Of mental and moral worth ara
maintained. where the domestic virtues Of
he American people have always been
"ycmrlitied and cultivated, in this State
after Il campaign in which the Rrpuhli.
can Administration Of both the State
and the city We're charged with I'LL man.
Inr or corruption i'll civic matters, and
when the discussion WAS carried all over
He State. this people voted to sustain
he Republican administration and elect
The Republican ticket; not only that
hrt gave an overwhelming majority for
.hat party and that ticket.
Does onr contemporary mean to make
he absurd statement that all this peo
Ole. among whom there must have been
large proportion Of intelligent honest
nd patriotic people, voted against their
faith and conscience. That is the alb
>nrd statement that it makes, whether
i means it or not. The ahstirlity Of
uch statement is amazing. The pre-
{ umption Of such Il statement il fright
MI a presumption that sits in judgment
'pon one set of people, and prcslmes
| lrnn the ignorance of another, an in
!ividual who sits down to write for the
nformatian, instruction and perhaps the
amusement Of intelligent readers, as
lImes to have entered into the thought
md life Of 100000 men, 70 having cor.
ectly analyized each ones motive, Il
| having measured each onn'S conscience
nl found that they were either ignorant
. 4 corrupt, and thar they voted contrary
beliefs and conscience But 10 % fur
| htr iii this analysis; imagine IN in
iEidnal having no citizenship right d
interest in tho result nf ttlat elprtun
10 cannot he personally injured l5y il,
rsRlt, deliberately chail,ngirg the itdg
g"ft. The personal honesty ma patriot
SIN Of 100000 men whose citizenship VA!
! EVOLVED, and who wcra personally 10
penSiblc for their choice OF i hallot, ant
/ or the votes which they alone could cast
/ That is what the AIornn. News does il
He editorial from which We have clippe,
! he above quotation. The falsity Of ii
) tatement il apparent. II could no
i knew what il declares 10 be true an,
! Which i stupidly declares 70 he true d.
i pitr the evidence that gives ovcrwhelm
/ ~ proof that the opposite IL its dc
i laration is true. But what af its pre-
4 lfnpt!on upon thc ignorance II lis read
! rs: II must he, if they arc Intelligent
4 .houghtfnl peoplr, that its readers, som
i III them 1t least, know hctter
i That is not all. The Morning New
!. assumes 70 he IN authority on local pol
j. tics. in view Of the above example or ii
i Processes far arriving at conclusions. d
tlr errors Of It's conclusions and til
stupidity Of IFS declarations, Whut are ii
: opinions Us Il btsis of political action
worth!
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+ All Alike.
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