The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-09-18


amazement the silly words of ELUSIVE
commendation with which they are set
forth by the editor of Pennsylvania
Politics" the volume in hand, Samuel
w. Pennypacker whose eulogistic in
PRODUCTION is dated April 26, 1901.
Hard Shedding to Make History.
The annals of American history may
be searched in vain for sucn a travesty
upon stssi esmanship and literature
The book covers 200 pages; nearly two
thirds of it being white paper, the
publisher bitterly complaining to lnis
day that he was made the helpless vic
tim of vain-glorious attempt at pad
dine" The printers revele4. in the
"fattcst' take of the year. There are
twen W-three lines of plea type to a
page and nearly one-third of the pages
are blank. Leaving out the senseless
repetitions. apologies for persistent at
tacks of ''indisposltion,'' the references
to a mythical medical adviser, supposed
TO be the wet goods" commissary of
the caravan; the continuous ladling out
OF soft soap" for the benefit of local
communities, and this great book of a
great mans greatest efforts could read
ily be placed within the covers of an or
dinary political pamphlet. An up-to-
date newspaper condenser would put
the whole of It, worth even temporary
preservation. within a half dozen col
umns, and yet this. barring the poly
ElOl ldIln SDtttH vi 1890, tOnlTlDulPu
by. generous friends, In quantities to
suit, Is to be the sole contribution of
"Pennsylvania's most distinguished
statesman" to American history! May
the fates preserve us from another
like ~ Let us tage brief look at
| some OF the contents OF this wonderful
Joint production of NJ. S. Quay and
S. w Pennypacker. the latter having
read the final proofs and given the pic
turesQue editorial finishing touches.
Editor. Pennypacker's FuIsome Praise.
In his introduction over his own sig
nature Editor Pennypacker, referring
to notable men of the past. Penn, Dick
inson, RiLLenhouse, Binney, West,
Meade and Stevens, in a preliminary
burst of admiration, says:
The capacity shown by Mr.. Quay
for the organization and direction of
men in masses in the important field
of statecraft, with view to the ac-
complishment of those ends for which
human society is instituted, has rarely,
If ever, been eQualled in American poll
tics, and approaches genius. The cavil
which has followed him, the tempor-
airy effusion of unhappy inelIiciency, is,
in its final analysis, but further evil
dence of his reol greatness"
In this finely wrought sneer the
| critics OF Quayism, who certainly re-
present an Overwhelming majority of
the people of Pennsylvania, will clearly
! DtIttlNt tllS contempt WllH WHICH lney
are regarded by Judge Pennypacker,
who is completely lost in alteration of
the genius of one who is past
master in the black art of political
degradation. Further, we read:
Mankind Is always benefited by the
opportunity to closely inspect the
work of its masters in thought in every
line of human effort. The speeches of
Mr.. Quay in that campaign were so re-
markable, for their breadth of view,
for their freedom from asperity, for the
evidence they gave of literary research
and skill, that 1t has been thought
wise, for the credit of the state of
which he is the foremost representa-
tive, and for the instruction of citizens
of other states, who may be misin-
formed as to his personality and ac-
complishments, to preserve them perm
anently."
Now we will pick some choice mug
gets from this flashing intellectual
mine, the possessor of which is so
highly praised as a master in
thought"
Masterpieces of Falsehood.
Mr.. Quay made his debut as a po-
litical orator at West Chester where,
with sober face, he told an incredu-
lous audience that he was not a candi-
date for the senatorship; that the Re-
publican State Convention insisted
upon the presentation of my candi-
dacy to the people and | submitted with
some reluctance to their judgment. To
me that high office is no longer attrac-
tive" After the tremendous fight Mr..
Quay had made Ior reelection and vim
dication and was then making such q
statement was monumental in it's au-
dacity But Mr.. Pennypacker pretends
to accept it as the solemn truth. There
in he shows at the first step his loyalty
to Quayism.
In this speech Mr., Quay referring to
ballot reform, made his famous propo-
sition that the friends of an honest
ballot might frame amy fair statute
which is manifest Improvement over
the present one, and the Republican or
ganization will aid in its passage, and
this action WILL | have no doubt, be ap
proved by the executive, who sits be-
side me-" The manner in which this
promise was dealt with is part of re-
cent history. No honest attempt was
made to keep it; and elsewhere, at AL
toona, Mr. Quay frankly acknowledged
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 altarS 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
from asperity."
At Huntingdon, Mr.. Quay made this
gentle and refined allusion to the COM
bination of honest men against his cor
rupt machine, You have 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, lin 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 Splf-lOVp and vanity IN DrD-