The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-09-04
sHIRAS VS.. PENNYPAOKER.
One Sees Evils Where the other Sees Only
GooG-How Political Parties Treat Their
Bad Men.

When judges differ how shall we
decide? Judge Pennypacker, look
ing at the subject through eyes
fixed on the gubernatorial chair,
declares that Pennsylvania is free
from evils that need correction,
while Judge Shiras of the United
States Supreme court, looking at
the matter from the standpoint Of
a sensible man ready to retire from
political life says that Pennsylvania
is sadly in need of reformation.
Which gentleman's statement ap-
peals to every intelligent mans
Judgment as the correct one2 One
is made by man evidently willing
to stultiiy himself by trying to
make the people of the state be-
lieve to be truth what they we'll
know is falsehood in order to Sc
cure the favor of the Boss who has
promised to make him Governor
the other comes from a man who is
free to declare what every intelli-
gent man in the state recognizes as
the truth. One is respected tor
having the courage to tell the truth,
the other is despised for his sycoph-
ancy i'll trucking to the wishes OF
the worst political jobber that this
country has ever produced.
Unless decency in politics is a
thing of the past; unless the voters
of the Keystone state are dead tC
all sense of political honesty and
fairness, Pennypacker will be snow
ed under so deep that by the time
he crawls out from under the avail.
anche of votes he will realize the
fact that Pennsylvania has at leas
escaped one great i'll; and that the
man who is willing to wear the
livery OF heaven i'll the hope o
more faithfully serving the devil i:
not the man Pennsylvania wants
for Governor.
HOW cORRUpTIONISTS ARE TREATEI
That there were bad men by tn,
dozen in the last Legislature is toe
we'll recognized and too general,
admitted to need argument.
How have the respective partie
dealt with these men? After all th'
notorious corruption of the last ses
sion, the Republican bosses nigh
have been expected to make al
effort to hide their own rascalty b.
pretending to turn their backs OF
the men who acted as their tools i
carrying out their infamous pro
gram. Quay and Penrose hav
tried hard to saddle all the odiur
on Stone and Elkin, and under tn
impression perhaps that they hav
succeeded in making scape goats {
these two, they stand up boldly fo
their worst partners in iniquity
LOOK at the record of the parties i
dealing with the men who mao
themselves stencil in the nostri
OF all decent people.
Higgins, the alleged Democrat
senator from Schuylkill, urged c
by Republican ringsters, had Il
gall to ask for renominatio
When the votes were counted
found that fewer than 800 vote
out of 5000 have any use for sue
men as he. No doubt every one
the 800 was either Quay Republ
can or Quay Democrat.
Calvin, the unspeakable wret'
of the House from the same coun
wanted another chance to stand f
Quay, but he was given to unde
stand that he would better keep t
price Of his infamy than TO spend
in the vain hope of getting the su
port of decent men.
Garvin, the Adams county traitC
was anxious that the state shou
again have the benefit of his 81
vices, but couldn't find man wi