The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-10-24
PENR0SE AGGRESSIVE
The Junior Senator Defends Phila'
delphia From Partisan Attacks.
S A UNION PARTY SCHEME

Seek to Discredit Republieanlsm
Throughout the State BY AssalIlns
Republican Administration Of AZ.
fairs In the Quaker City.
In their efforts to discredit the Re-
publican organization in Philadelphia
and thereby weaken the party through
out the state, the politicians and the
newspapers allied in the cause Of the
Union party have been most persistent
in maligning and traducing the mu-
nicipal government Of the Quaker City.
Senator Boies Penrose made an able
and brilliant defense Of Philadelphia
and challenged her critics to prove
their assertions in a speech before an
immense audience a few nights ago in
the southern section of that city.
PENROSE SPEAKS FOR HIS CITY.
Among other things, Senator Pen
rose said:
The present campaign has been char
acterized by so much misrepresenta-
tion and vituperation that the voters
Of this county owe it to themselves
and to the honor of the great city to
which they belong to repudiate the reck-
less, INSCRIPTIONS and baseless abuse
which has been heaped upon the fair
name of the city by political malcon-
tents. In this great Republican city
the present county ticket should be
sustained by substantial Republican
majority as rebuke to methods most
unwarranted and injurious.
The Offices to be filled are county
Offices. The people of Pennsylvania
have always believed in a non-partisan
judiciary. Judges Martin and Ralston,
serving at the present time by appoint
ment Of the governor in court Of COM
mon pleas No. 5, are admittedly quail
fed in every way for>the judicial posi-
tion. and, having already made a COM
mendable and acceptable record in the
discharge Of their duties, would ordi-
narily be elected without opposition.
The candidate for district attorney,
Mr.. Weaver, having been unanimously
nominated by a convention in which
his opponent, Mr.. Rothermel, was not
even named, although directly invited
TO become a candidate by committee
of lawyers, might be expected to re-
ceive the support of his party at the
polls.
The whole county ticket is composed
of good men, against whose record and
qualifications not a word can be said,
but for purely factional reasons. the
nature of which is becoming we'll un-
derstood, and which l will not more
than refer to now. Outside issues have
been brought into the campaign in Or
der to becoud the real issues, deceive
the people and injure the Republican
party. The good name OF the city OF
Philadelphia has been assailsd, and
our city has been hSld up. not only
to the voters Of this community, but
through the efforts of an industrious
literary bureau, to the peoDls Of the
whole United States, as a sing OF po-
litical iniQuity ana eorrsSt.on. It is
difficult to imagine that motives Of
hatred or revenge will impel any one
to perpetuate such gross and Infamous
ISLANDERS and Misrepresentation upon
their own city.
no IeE6ITLNATE ISSUE
Legitimate criticism of public affairs
is not for one moment to be condemned
or curtailed. There are SivSys suffl-
cient number Of abuses in any con-
siderable community to invite and to
justify exposure and correction, but
the legitimate objects of fair criticism
completely fail when charges against
public officials and methods are filled
with such bitter partisanship. vituper-
alton and Misrepresentation thas they
are resented by the community for
their excess; and whatever element of
truth may exist is lost amid the clouds
of falsehood. Thus by the very excess
of abuse the cause Of good government
Is frequently imperiled and even for
the time ts.sg, lost. vsEturs the as
sertion, without fear OF contradiction,
that almost every one Of the eitarges
o.. which eys broadly and daily made
against the general character Of the
government of the city of Philadelphia
are absolutely false and are recklessly
made with the knowledge that they
are false.
1t is remarkable fact that amidst
the many charges involving misappro.
priation and malfeasance concerning
the city disbursements the Republican
candidate for the Office Of GV e0ntroll-
er has received the Endorsement OF
those who are chiefly instrumental -
disseminating these charges. ne Aas
served two terms in the important
office Of controller, having besa nomi-
mated and elected By ths naUs11oAA
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