The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-03-07
The Democratic welsbsls.


The Welshers Of the olden time
were a class Of sports who invited
the custody Of wagers and decamp
ed with the swag They have their
counterpart III a number Of so.called
Democratic Senators and a larger
number Of Democratic Represen-
tatives at Harrisburg. who have in
yited the confidence Of the Demo
cratic people and have fed to the
camp Of the enemy for reasons which
could not be accepted as solely
question Of promoting their health.
The people Of Pennsylvania elect
ed majority Of Senator'S and a
majority Of Representatives against
the despotic political machine power
Of the State, and it required only
fidelity and common honesty on the
part Of the Democrats and Independ-
ent Republicans chosen on the dis
tinct platform OF opposition to the
machine. TO have defeated the re-
election of Quay, to have assured
the passage of fair appointments
and to have secured an entirely
honest election law. II was in the
power Of the Democrats, aided by
the Independent Republicans who
were more than willing TO be their
allies, 10 have made a record of the
present Legislature for economy and
integrity and general fairness of
legislation and TO have assured 10
the Democrats the justice in appor-
tionments and an election law,
which have so long been denied the !
Democrats Of Pennsylvania.
The Democrats have been kicked |
and cuffed by the same machine to |
which they have given renewed |
power, and they have been denied |
honest representation and honest
elections. The people chose the
present Legislature to correct these
wrongs and but for the perfGy ofl
The Democratic welshers in Senate
and House, there would have been
not only an honest and respected
Democratic organization in Pennsyl-
vania, but there would have been
honest legislation throughout to
command the approval and respect
OF the people Of both parties.
These Democratic welshers not
only by direct votes given the des.
potic machine of the State, sacrifc-
ed the control of the House and
Senate, but they have passed a Con-
gressional apportionment bill in the
Senate that gives the half-million
Democrats Of Pennsylvania only
three Congressional districts, and in
the House the same Democratic
welshers have passed a bill in obedi-
ence to the commands of the desper-
ate political machine driven to re-
yolutionary madness, dislranchising
the people Of the second class cities
in the State, and given them despotic
individual and factional rule to sup
plant the municipal officers chosen
by the people. 1t is a scheme of
malignant revenge, of Revolutionary
removal OF lawful officials, of un-
constitutional disfranchisement of
the sovereign power of the people
and of deliberately planned plumber.
Only welsher Democrat could
vote for such measures, and honest
Democratic constituencies must
spurn such Democratic perfidy and
place the stamp of eternal infamy
upon the guilty traitors.
1t is by these Democratic welsh
ers that the Democrats have lost all
they fought forin the last compaign.
They battled for an honest ballot
and that will be denied them by
Democratic welshers; they balloted
for an honest apportionment that
would give them fair representation.
and that has been denied them by
the direct votes of the Democratic
welshers in the Senate.
There IS not a scheme Of prohig-
acy or plunder proposed by the reck-
less and arbitrary dominant machine
that cannot now command the Demo
cratic welshers Of both Senate and
House to assure its passage. 1t is
thus that the Democrats of Pennsyl-
vania have been destroyed, and the