Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-15

made TO keep 1t; 5;7d elsewhere, at AL
that all the boasted reform measures
of previous sessions had been buried"
Just SO, and by orders Of the machine.
Pennypacker's Friends "knaves and
Fools"
At Harrisburg, Mr.. Quay, referring
to some prominent Republicans citi-
zens who have been misled into the
Pennypacker trap for political inno-
cents, said: "These are the men who
make reform impossible. When false
apostles of reform erect affairs where
knaves, ministers and fools kneel, as
in Pennsylvania at present progress
and reform are alike retarded" To
characterize some of his most effusive
friends as knaves and fools, evidently
impressed Judge Pennypacker as
breadth OF view as speech free
At Huntingdon, Mr.. Quay made this
gentle and refined allusion to the COM
bination of honest men against his cor
rupt machine, You have a mule ticket,
made up of one Republican and one
Democrat. The alliance seems Illicit
and unnatural" Further polite refer
ence was made to the gentlemen meet
ing weekly in Philadelphia, 'in illicit
intercourse with the Democratic par
ty."
Again at Altoona, Mr.. Quay thus paid
his respects to Mr.. Pennypacker and
his former associates in the Civil Ser
vice Reform Association, Reform is a
catching cry. 1t coZens alike babes,
sucklings and grown men. 1t is solac-
ing to self-love and vanity to pro-
claim the shortcomings OF the world,
for this is an assertion of our super
iority to common humanity and a pa
rade of our perfection" At Lebanon,
the supporters of the anti-machine
legislative ticket were fiercely denounc-
ed as political assassins," given to
'stabbing in the back"
Coarse Abuse of Honest Men.
At Phoenixville, Mr. Quay said that
the friends of good government have
raised large amount of money to ex-
pend in your county and other pivotal
points. They will bribe piously They
will bribe prayerfully. You can scarce
ly say them nay. Take their money;
lay it carefully out of reach till after
election" At other times and places
Mr.. Quay made allusion to the Inde-
pendent Republicans and honest voters
of Pennsylvania in this same offensive
spirit, for which his judicial admirer
and euolgist has such large-minded ad-
miration. In winding up his swing
around the circle, in Philadelphia, he
thus coarsely referred to the newspa-
pers and reformers generally; They
have no argument except personal de-
traction and Justification and wanton
dehlement of the fair name of our
state. They have in common only per
sonaI malice and certain political mis-
cries. They are helpless even with the
aid of the five subsidized newspapers
of Philadelphia. | have no desire to
flutter the cote of tn .se soiled doves of
Pennsylvania journalism. They wire
in and wire out at the heel of their
charmer, everywhere soldering venom
n c1n nf
intending TO convey the idea of abso-
lutte mendacity we say of a man: He
lies like the Philadelphia Press" No
doubt Judge Pennypacker is ready to
insist that this tempered allu-
sion to his journalistic friends must be
the circumstances; but there may be
difference of opinion upon that point.
For Christians and Workingmen.
In his speech in Philadelphia Penn
sylvania's. most distinguished states
man" essayed the part of a seer, and
rIade this extraordinary declaration,
which no doubt struck his judicial re-
wiser as wonderfully peaceful, some
thing that should bring to his support
the religious world in general;
christianity has failed in Asia in
peaceful missionary effort, and if the
cross is to prevail there it must be pre-
ceded or accompanied by the battlehag.
God, in his infinite wisdom, seems to
have ordained that the sword shall
open the bloody road for the coming
of the gospel Of peace and love. The
world cannot endure one-third Chris
tian and two-thirds heathen. One or
the other must perish" For the son of
a Presbyterian minister, this sounds
rather strenuous" But Mr.. Quay
squares the account by thus extending
the right hand of fellowship to his
Christianized All Sin. Standing on the
same platform, few months later, re-
ceiving the congratulations of his
friends upon having finally bought his
way through the Pennsylvania legisla-
ture. he said: I'VE should respect
China for what she has been and sym
pathize with her in her trials, and look
forward with hope to her future and
the fulfilment of her mission" Evil
IDENTIFY Judge Pennvpacker believes that
consistency is the refuge of weak
minds. He has unbounded admiration
for the politician who can skin the cat
with neatness and dispatch.