Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-04
FREELAND, Pa, AUGUST 4, 1902.
PUBLIC OPINION
Opinions From Various Sources On Po-
Iitical Questions of the Day.

Opinions From Various Sources On Po-
Iitical Questions of the Day.
Previous to last November there
weren't dozen people in the state west
of Lancaster county who had ever
heard of Pennypacker Then he wrote
ridiculously fulsome eulogy of Quay.
That absurdity attracted attention to
him as any abnormal characteristic
will attract attention to any one. But
it probably wouldn't have made him
the candidate for governor If the quar-
rel with Stone hadn't turned Quay
against Elln. That gave the "old
man" chance to reward his friend
and punish his enemy at once and he
forced Pennypacker on his wing of the
machine - Harrisburg Star-Indepen-
dent.
The nomination of Ex-Governor Pat
tison for a third term has been in
dorsed with great enthusiasm by nearly
all the Democratic newspapers Of the
state. This was to have been expected
Among the Democrats of the interior
there has been no falling off in his pop
ularity. They will turn out in November
and vote for him, and many of their
neighbors who are Republicans will go
along. The Independent Republican
press of the state, while conceding the
tempting character of the Cousin
Pennypacker bait landed under their
noses by Senator Quay, bear strong tes-
timony to the character and fitness of
both Pattison and Guthrie.-Pittsburg
Post.
If the people of the Quaker State
were not irretrievably welded to the
rule of bosses the nomination of Rob-
ert e. Pattison for governor by the
Democrats would present an opportun-
ity for repudiating and rebuking Quay
ism which they would be quick to take
advantage of.
Ex-Governor Pattison, who enjoys
the distinction of having overturned
the heaviest Republican majority that
is recorded in any state in the union in
two gubernatorial elections, is the fore
most Democrat in Pennsylvania, and by
many regarded as presidential posi-
bility. If by any chance he should be
elected governor this fall he would go
into the national Democratic conven-
tion with a very large and enthusiastic
following.
With an official record and private
career that are above reproach and
reputation for a well-poised judicial
way of handling executive business ex-
Governor Pattison is certain to com
mand a very large Republican vote in
what is popularity known as an off
year" election. Thousands of Republi-
cans will vote for him not only from
personal choice but hoping thereby to
record their protest against the ma
chine politics with which Quay has
burdened the state for years.-Times-
Herald Chicago Rep.).
Judge Potter telephoned Governor
Stone that he had hi of time to
get a favorable decision from his fell
lows of the Supreme Court on the rip
per bills. No doubt the members of
the court after seeing the humiliating
light in which they have been placed
by Alexander Simpson, Jr., of the
Philadelphia bar, will wish that they
had allowed Potter to have his hi Of
q time with the governor rather than
with the court Any one who can read
the English language can readily I'M
derstand on reading Mr.. Simpsons ad-
dress before the Pennsylvania Bar AS
sociation why he received the hearty
applause of the members who listened
attentively to every word of the able
address. A political court we'll de-
serves the contempt which 1t is certain
to receive sooner or later.
The seething criticism of the su.
preme court by Alexander Simpson, Jr..
of the Philadelphia bar, at the recent
meeting of the Pennsylvania Bar Asso-
citation ought to cause the people to
stop long enough to ask whether n
machine made court is the proper
thing in Pennsylvania or any other
state. Mr.. Simpson is very able law
yer and a Republican, but he is not
so much of a partisan that he cannot
recognize fragrant violation of law
even when perpetrated to assist In the
partisan schemes of his own party:
and he is not SO much of a coward that
he is afraid to condemn 1t. What an
nOys the Republican bosses is the fact
that the large number of lawyers pres
ent seemed to thoroughly endorse Mr..
Simpsons position, and the news
papers that were too partisan to praise
were lost for words to condemn.