Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-10-09
Scouten has been very unfortunate

ticket this fall. tlrSC ne pltcHeu
into the Union Tanning Co. and said
they would do all sorts of bad things
if Biggar and Hoffman were elected,
because Mr.. Biggar had blacksmith
shop at Muncy Valley and Mr.. Hoff-
man store at Hillsgrove. The I'm
ion Tanning Co. were such bad, bold
men that Republican candidate
could not live in the neighborhood
of IL tannery without being the crca-
ture of the corporation. Souten
sung that song in his loudeSt brays
and the Gazette chimed in ''me
to-
Well it appears now that the dem
ocratic candidate for member, when
in the legislature last session, voted
directly in the Union Tanning Co.'S
interest on the bill for polluting the
streams with filth. If that bill had
passed the Union Tanning Co. cou ld
not let their Sewerage of decompos-
ed flesh etc. flow directly into the
streams. TO prevent this nasty
stuff mingling with the waters would
be a good thing for the health of our
people and they wish such Il law
passed. But Rogers voted against
it. He does not live near II t;nnery
but the lining Tanning Co. evident
ly knew where to find him. We
have no fault tofind with the Tan
ming Co.. 1t is their business to get
all they can. What we do find fault
with is that Rogers let himself be
controlled by the desires of the Tan
ming Co. and not by the desires of
the people of Sullivan county.
Again it appears that none of the
present Board of Commissioners live
near tannery, yet when the assess
Ors valued timber lands at $50 per
acre and that amount was agreed up
on by the commissioners, the Union
Tanning Co. found out a way to get
the valuation reduced to $l2 per
acre. So Scouten's attacks on the
Tanning Co. all come home to him
and his candidates.
Next he yelled "Quayism" "boss-
ism," "bribery," "boodle" in gen
eral way as if there were no honest
Republicans. He had good deal to
say about the bill for rapid transit
in Philadelphia. 1t was "the most
villianous legislation ever passed in
this country" 1t was Mat Quay's
bill, Doodle bill and all that.
However that may be it is found
that while Rogers was originally OPP
posed to the bill and voted along
with Greasy, Dixon and other DEM
ocrats in favor of killing the bill by
amendments, he suddenly changed
his mind and voted against all the
other amendments and in favor of
passing that bill as well as the COM
panion bill. Now this sudden
change took place after the second
and before the fourth amendment
had been voted on. Rogers was out
of the House when the third amen
ment was voted on. He must have
seen some one. He comes back and
is thereafter found voting for the
bill. Now it is publicly charged that
money was used to pass this bill.
1t certainly is up to Rogers or Scout
en- to explain this vote and tell us
who was seen and what was done.
Scouten's only excuse so far is that
if Rogers did take orders from "old
Mat Quay" to vote for bad legisla-
tion the Republicans ought to be
glad and vote for Rogers. But Scout.
en- is mistaken if he thinks Republi.
cans (or any honest Democrat or Pro.
hibitionest either) wants to send a
man to Harrisburg who will take or.
ders or cash to vote for bad legisla-
ton. Albert Dyer will not. You
will not find him changing his mind
on Doodle bill and voting along
with the boodlers. We might ex.
tend this article but enough has
been written to open the eyes of ev'
cry voter who really wants goOd
true men in Office and to show that
Scouten's roosters have come home
to roost.