Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-22
THE BLACKJACK PARTY
Graphic Account of the Mobblng of
Union Men In Philadelphia-An
Object Lesson of Quayism.

ODleCt Lesson OF QuaylSm.
The Quay machine literary bureau
is trying to create false impression
in the public mind concerning the re-
cent outrageous attack on the Union
party convention in Philadelphia. For
chile expression of what he thinks of
the raid of the Quay mob is given by
Harry s. Paul, chairman of the Allie
gheny organization, and head of the
Western Pennsylvania delegations, in
letter received by State Chairman
Thomas l.. Hicks. He vividly de-
scribes incidents of the affair which
came to his notice.
Mr.. Paul Is a prominent business
man of Pittsburg. He declares that
the riotous attack was one of the
greatest criminal outrages in the his
tory of Pennsylvania politics, and will
cost the Republican machine ticket
many thousand votes. His letter in
part follows:
AS looked upon the Union party as
semblage, just before the rioters broke
in, | saw an unusually fine body of re-
spectacle, law-abiding Republican bus
mess men, gathered from all parts of
the commonwealth, at least five-sixths
of whom had never before sat in po-
litical state convention, and who were
earnestly desirous of discharging the
duty committed to them by their fel-
low citizens and constituents.
AS If Jail Doors Had Opened.
After the mob appeared all was
changed. Then in the portions of the
hall occupied by it's members could be
seen only brutal, criminal faces, bear
ing the marks of vice all over them,
and the thought occurred that Moya-
mensing and the Eastern Penitentiary
had opened their doors and given a
days holiday to several hundred of
their inmates for the sole purpose of
advancing the interests of Quayism,
Penroseism and Pennypackerism in
this commonwealth.
The impression was deepened by the
sight of reyolvers bulging from the hip
| pockets of some of the mob, and of
billies and knives in the possession of
others, some of the latter having been
used in the attack upon the hall.
The sight of Quayism, Penroseism
and Pennypackerism thus markedly un-
| masked was worth a thousand cam
paign speeches and 10000 newspaper
| articles, and its effect upon the de-
| cent citizens who beheld it and who
would not have believed that such
| things were posslDle otherwise was in
| calculable.
The result, as personally know, was
| the instant conversion of twenty dele
| gates holding legal certificates, who in
| tended to oppose Pattison'S nominal
| ton, and some of whom proposed to
vote for Pennypacker to the support
| of PattiSon and this number fell short
| OF all so converted.
| Siqned Statement BY Clearfied Dele.
gates.
Believing it their duty to enlighten
as many voters as possible as to the
attack of 200 armed Quay thugs on the
| recent Union party convention in Phil
adelphia, Clearfield county's five dele
gates have united in a signed state
ment setting forth the facts.
| These delegates are Frank w. Bar
ratt, real estate agent and lumber
dealer; Jacob Burge, lumberman; Cas-
ner ]. Stull, policeman; p. L. Showers,
dentist, and John e. Harder, merchant,
all reputable men. When they went
to the convention they were not for
| Pattison, but their experience in the
riot quickly converted them.
After describing in detail how the
mob led by Sheehan broke up the con-
vention, they go on to say:
| We want to say that we have always
been Republicans, but of late years.
since the Quay machine has become
| public stencil to the nostrils of the peo-
pie of Pennsylvania, we have been In
| dependent Republicans. We believe in
the doctrines of Roosevelt and the Re-
publican party.
We cannot vote for or support Judge
| Pennypacker, because he is being held
up as a shield in front of the dirty ma
chine, which has no more principle or
any better standing in the great COM
monwealth than those criminals which
were hired by the machine to break
into the Union party convention on the
Sd day of September, 1902.
! We had heard of the disgraceful and