The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-31
PATTIS0N AND HIS
CAMPAIGN PARTY

The last legislature, Mr.. Pattison
declared, has been universally conceded
to have been the most debauched and
degraded in the history Of the state
Mr.. Pattison ridiculed Judge Penny
packers assertion that he had never
heard of the public sale of public
franchise and he referred to several
instances in which such sales have
been effected. He took up at length
Governor Stones veto of a part of the
public school appropriation and said
that the Republican party has no right
to boast of what 1t has done for the
schools of the state. He pointed out
that the equalization of state taxes
for which the Republicans claim the
glory was accomplished while he was
serving as governor,
He declared that 1t was "ex-members
of the penitentiary' hired by the state
machine who deliberately disrupted the
recent convention of the Union party
in the city of Philadelphia and assert
ed it as his belief that this alleged
outrage, committed within the shadow
of Independence hall, was one Of the
most damnable things ever perpetuated
in this country.
He read from speeches made by Con-
gresham John DalZell and Former
Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith condemning Senator Quay and
the Republican party in this state and
declared that these utterances con-
trasted in a most remarkable way with
the campaign speeches now being made
by these same gentlemen.
The only reasonable explanation OF
the fop-over of these gentlemen, it APP
pears TO me-" said he. lis that the SEN
ior United States senator from this
state is fashioning couple Of very
handsome gold bricks which he's PLAN
ming to deliver after the campaign"
Strewn with wrecks.
The whole state, he declared, is
strcwn with the wrecks of men who
have given their character and reputa-
ton to the machine ana who have re-
ceired naught in return. 1t is for the
voters of this state to say whether they
desire to be the abject slaves Of the
machine, he said, or to throw off the
bonds and become again free to eNer-
else and enjoy the rights guaranteed
them by the constitution.
Former Deputy Attorney General j.
A. Stranahan followed Mr.. Pattison
and made one OF the best speeches of
the night. lie is a plain, matter-of-
fact speaker making no attempt at
rhetorical ornamentation. He declared
that the Republicans in seeking TO di |
rect the attention of the voters of the |
state to national issues are seeking to |
divert them from a consideration OF |
the evils of the state government. Ma |
I nNc n al ill n
at this time, he said. and |
state matters are of every consequence. !
He discussed ut length some of the |
things accomplished by Mr.. Pattson
during his two terms as governor.
During these eight years. he said, a
pure atmosphere existed at Harrisburg
and everything done was free from
the taint of the lobby and free from
and bribery
He asserted that Mr.. Pattison should
be recognized as the young mans cam
iidate because the state machine has
no use for young men except as "cring-
ing sycophants." AS alleged proof of
this he referred to the defeat of John
p. Elllin for the nomination for gov
.rno". Elltin, he said, made "a manly,
earnest fight and should have made the
ton. but he failed"
Candidate Howell.
George Howell, the Anti-Machine
candidate for congress, was the last
speaker. He declared it TO be his duty
rs citizen to arise and assist in the
light for honest government and purer
politics in this state. Local issues
should not be ignored. he said, in favor
IF the Philippines question or some
,ther remote question of purely ma
ional Importance.
He then gave his idea OF what true
imercansm stands foi-"for men who
Will be as honest in public as in pri-
'ate life; for men who will deal hon.
'sty in politics as in business: for
nen whom the lust of Office does not
Kill: in short, for men slln-crowned
lbove the fog, whose lives are devoted
o public duty
Mr. Howell said that it was improp-
Il for the Republicans to claim the
redit for the settlement of the coal
trike. Neither Democrats or Repub-
leans could reasonably claim this
redit. 1t belonged to the miners them
elves and to John Mitchell he said.
Mr.. Pattison and his party spent the
light at the Jermyn and will leave
his morning for Philadelphia. Satur-
lay night they will he in Wilkes-B Barre.