The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-21
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candidate for what there is in 1t he finds
all the wheels and trac'-s Of the down.
hill road properly CREASED for his descent.
All he has to do is to grab the seat and
slide to the bottom. and they usually do
II. There is something in modern Re-
publican politics which naturally inclines
and leads to the thriving metropolis OF
Boodledom, and the politician who starts
out with the determination to succeed will
either land in Office or at the bottom of
the gulf Of disreputable politics-and
sometimes he makes both landings at
once.
We very distinctly remember some of
the good things which were said about
Judge Pennypacker, when he was nomi-
mated for Governor of Pennsylvania. The
better. class of Republicans lauded him
to the skies for his honesty and high
character. and the Democrats themselves
generally spoke of him as man. of clean
personal and public character. AS judge
he had made a good record. and on all
sides he was looked on as a very great
improvement on the average machine Re-
publican politician of that State.
It was well known that Quay dominated
the Republican politics and politicians of
Pennsylvania, and it was equally, we'll
known that no more disreputable political
conditions existed anywhere in the Union.
Zen Judge Pennypacker was named as
prise was expressed throughout the coun-
try. 1t was asserted that the selection
could only mean one of two things
either Quay had let his foot slip or he
had become convinced that the forbcar-
ance of the people had been strained to
the breaking point. and so he put up the
Judge as a concession, unwillingly per-
haps, but as concession to decency. In
short, it was argued that Quay realized
that he had allowed Republican politics
to fall as low as he dared, and that he
put up a clean man in order to show his
power and renew his grip on the machine.
But there was mistake somewhere.
Either Quay knew his man better than
the rest of the country did or the Judge
didn't know himself. At any rate, he
soon became just such a POLITICIAN as
Quay has use for. He declares on the
stump that there has been nothing CEN
surable or disreputable in the msthods
pursued by the Quay machine In Penn
sylvania, and especially in Philadelphia.
It is a matter of public record, known
throughout the country that bribery and
corruption unequalled in American his
tory have for several years resigned in
that State. 1t Is not only that voters
have been imported by thousands; that
poll-lists have been padded almost to the
bursting point, and that buying and SELL
ing votes has been a regular branch of
business-all in the interest of the Quay
machine, for that is not ALL or the worst.
The legislative branch of the government
has become as openly and brazenly cor
rupt as the elective. Franchises worth
millions Of dollars have been carried by
palpable bribery. Legislators have been
SO openly bought and sold that hardly any
attempt was made to hide or defend it.
Senators and Representatives fixed their
price. received 1t and boosted of it. In
short, the electorate and the legislature
of Pennsylvania have for years been a
stencil in the nostrils of all honest men.
All this was public, notorious and unim-
peached, and Judge Pennypacker knew it,
yet we find him on the stump unequivo-
cally defending the whole business. de-
claring that there has been nothing CEN
surable or wrong in the conduct of public
affairs in his State. By his own words
he gives the lie to the records, and virtu-
ally or actually takes on himself the de-
fence of all the rascality that has con-
trolled Pennsylvania's public affairs for
years. 1t is pitiful exhibition of a man
with good reputation selling it for Of
flee and power. Pennypacker knows that
great power and almost unlimited posi-
bilities lie in the Governors office and
we have no doubt that he has been
promised the Quay succession to the
United States Senate. There ought to be
honest men enough in Pennsylvania to
elect Pattison and thus bury the entire
Quay outfit.