The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-06
PH!LADELPHIA'S TRIUMPH.
An open Letter I, the Patriotic CITIZENS
OF the kcYatone MetrOpOlie.

| W VIC GotEsOWc Wv -S->-
or the Keystone Metropolis. T.
no THE CITIZENS or PHILADELPHIA: o
valiant philadelphiansl over what are you
exultins? over flock Of sheep In wolves
clothing!
behoid the piratcal crew by whom you
nave been Inundated and plundered. before
whom you have trembled
| Two weeks ago they were dancing az
tendance upon their peerless leader. Dur
man, doing his bidding. licking his boots.
swearing eternal fidelity to him. and brazenly
usnlhs' what are you going to do about IVY
one week ago. still not quite sure In whose
hands the loaves and fishes were to remain.
| ,hey were perchng upon the fence. ptiaDle
In their ludicrous incecision.
Today their fierce threats OF impeach-
meht OF Injunction, OF overriding vetoes.
oI rejection OF appointments have all. one
| ny one. vanished into thin air. Every whelp
| OF them ID tumbllng over his brave fellows
IN the race to get into the Mayors fold: and
tnelr watchword Is. Home rule. elimination
o! durham. and support Of Mayor Weaver"
| heartily a. their leader must despse these
creatures OF his how much more heartily
must ne despise you. ye million and
quarter OF little faith. who allowed him to
| terrorize you by means Of such scarecrowsl
II these wretches had shown themselves
| men. and II you had had some hand In their
u'scohfture, you might have taken on airs
for the results accomplished.
Outraged public spirit, forsoothl
week ago the Mayor had struck his first
blow. and the gangs house OF cards was
| tottering. Then nearly one per cent. Of
| your voters found their ways to the Academy
OF Music and to Association Hall and there
they waved flags and resoluted, while the
gallery gods yelled, the band played and the
orators Grated.
And your youths with their crush hats.
and your maldens In their opera cloaks.
packed your theaters and chartered about
the horse show; and your alleged men sat
In Their Snug Philadelphia homes" and
slipped their cruel or nodded over the local
"reminiscences of dear old Penn" IN their
Erening BuHehns
II yon had been a live community. a tenth
part OF the provoeation would have emptied
your theaters and your homes, and would
have packed every available hall in your
Sly thy and Broad street from South street to
For years every decent newspaper in the
c ely, has been trying to hammer Il into you
| tnat you we're being robbed. not only Of your
precious liberties. but of your far more pre-
sF For years the bold Ashbridge. patron OF
deeper and deeper into your vitals and you
slumbered on.
For years public spirited men have strus-
refused them your aid. and you have fe-
saFF dt as cranks the few who helped them
| ~ OtIt NtIsu, 700 IHt SplT!t
and his means TO maintain Tor You a clean
and o fearless weekly papsI: M-rcllsssly he
national. which threatened your liberties
,and your nollarsl and what was his reward:
| Loss ana disappointment and the final stop
page OF his paper for want of en- Encouragement.
o would-be benefactors. be warned by his
late ana cast not your pearls before the un
| you!
But see! Two citizens come forward with
Quarter "a dollar from each man, woman
and child for the redemption of the city.
assy s,HpsS o their appeal by subscribing
Nav, If ever. the Phade lphia purse 's string.
In %sSat and sprss SHEETS 0 snd tSe
fhnay and de IF hs aons h ssd Main
form early and late. They create ali manner
,% 3Se ?, ne funds W are assured. On
road and manufacturing corporations. your
business firms, your financial institutions.
haze al been fn,enins upon an era Of 'un
Of his dlIe fioSk q sheep but now this terror
very Joy OF the novel sensation OF being
allowed to do as they please. surely all these
lea Se w wiz Tss snyp%era the from
as Sd m nH},, BE- =; ne, needed: Every man. woman
mttee's hands; Before the eve week is ' out 1.-THE the
committee vii have twice the sum asked,
Only million and quarter souls in the
city Only five or ten Thousand shouters
and flag wevers at the mass meetInss-yet
see the magnificent financial result,
Thanks TO the trumpet calls of the news
papers: within one short week no less than
G onn fysh s1 81 to s pee
out few pennies to help take advantage OF
this opportunity OF lifetime. and their con-
sum, OF almost t2,ooO in cash and pledges
combined enough to buy gown tor the
daughter OF one OF your respected towns-
uted as much as S. Adding the t two larger
itself the proud recipient of cas- j and pledges
amounting to nearly si70O0. almost the cost
% an automobile for one of your captains
. R bqokt Sea%tfpl T. Quaker thrift, The gang
needed TO follow them up and clean the city
and YOU say: oh, yes! Reform. by all
ays yo a G%s all that have
served to stand in your cola. dark and over
gold for others emolument your city debt
IMPRESSED mhIia and your assessments raised your
70 death apd the former leased. while the
later have been reserved IS the more tempt
pense TO be stolen later
Richly have YOU deserved your disfran-
chisement the pollution OF your courts
ne gang has let You off with tender mercy.
which YOU had already heaped upon yourselves.
you might still have shown your faces among
decent men; for then your oppressors were
supposed to be pack Of wolves, and you
were supposed to be men
Bnt now the sheep haye torn OF their wolvcs'
clothing. md you too have proclaimed your
selves TO tho world for what YOU really are
Gentlemen Of the late lamcnted Philadeiph In
gang fou grossly hatter this community
ana YOU disparage yourselves, when You
assert that You and your government were
Of me people by the people and for the people.
III you fail to wriggle yourselves back into
power over such victims, you will show your
selves. II possible, more contemplate than
even the victims themselves
A PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA, June 2
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