The Irish standard., 1905-10-28

IN providing i means to destroy
e Quay has been succeeded by group
: men rs Inscriptions as he, but nor
4 OF whom possesses one-quarter of h
e political acumen and ability. The re
z suit is that the old machine seems no
about lettering to its destruction, Ser
ator Penrose. Who attempted to tax
Quay's place, has none of the latter
great ability. Several months ago n
allowed his henchmen in the CITY {
Philadelphia to taunt the preser
Mayor Weaver into open rebel!io
: against the city machine Weaver wa
) not elected as reformer nor is h
naturally strong man. He served fo
more than a year as the plant tool G
: the ring. The ring leaders treated hir
as their political slave. They playe
the game so hard that Weaver brok
over the traces, summoned the peopl
to his assistance, dismissed the repre-
sentatives of the ring who were hold
ing office and defiantly announced tina
from that time on he would fight tn
machine. The result in Philadelphi;
did not necessarily mean the destruc
ton of the Pennsylvania machine
There were still enough machine vote
throughout the state to elect the stat,
ticket and to continue the state ma
chine in power. The recent failure
however, of the Enterprise Nationa
Bank of Allegheny and the suicide O
its cashier has brought out the fac
that deposit of state funds was Sc.
cured by that bank as return fol
heavy loans it made to the Republican
bosses on their private notes. The dis.
closure at this time promises to defeat
the Republican nominee for state
I treasurer, who is an unquestioned
| member of the gang which brought
about the failure of the Allegheny
bank. The Democrat candidate for
state treasurer has been endorsed by
the Prohibitionists and the Lincoln or
Independent Republicans. Powerful
Republicans of the state, such as for
mer Postmaster General Smith, are
carrying on strong campaign in OPP
position to the Republican nominee,
When Quay was valive and in control
of the machine a little incident such
as the failure of a bank through en-
bezzlement by state officers would have
little to do with deciding a political
campaign. Quay himself was indicted
by grand jury for looting the treas
ury OF the state and yet at the very
time when he was under Indictment
he carried elections. Things are some
what different now. The gang has lost
control of the political machinery in
Philadelphia. They will no longer be
able to register dead men and vote
them on election day. If the supremacy
Of the gang was threatened in the ola
days all they had to do was to send
word to Philadelphia that they needed
ten Or twenty or thirty thousand more
majority and the election officers would
do the rest. Weaver is now in control
of the police of Philadelphia and he
promises that there shall be an honest
election and it is because Of this fact
that there is hope for honest men in
Pennsylvania.
In Maryland the issue this year is
the old time race question. Senator
German, who is in control of the Dem
ocratic machine secured the passage of
bill providing an amendment to the
constitution of the state which is de-
signed solely to disfranchise negroes
This amendment is now before the peo-
pie of the state to approve or disap-
prove. 1t provides that no one shall be
permitted to vote at any state election
who cannot read and understand any
particular section of the Constitution
of the United States. 1t contains a
clause, however, which permits litter
ate people to vote, provided their an
cestors used the right of suffrage prior
to specified date. 1t is probable that
If this Amendment were left to a vote
of the white people of the state large
majority of them would vote in favor
of DISTINGUISHING the negro. Democrats
would favor such an amendment be-
cause the negroes are all Republicans
and the rank and file Of the Republic
cans themselves would vote for the
amendment because they prefer white
rule even If it is Democratic to Re-
publican success with the assistance
of a negro vote. Senator German, how
ever, is meeting great opposition with
in his own party. The city of Balti-
more constitutes about one-half of the
entire vote of the state and the city Of
Baltimore is no longer a place in which
the native born element is in complete
control. Germans. Italians and Jews
are strong. They recognize that while
this proposed amendment is directed
against the negroes it might easily be
turned against illiterate members of
their own races, or even against the
educated members who are unable to
read and write the English language.
Senator Raynor, Germans colleague in
the United States Senate. himself a
Hebrew. is in open revolt against the
Democratic machine and on his side
are many other influential Democratic