Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-11-23

bids Eair to Repeat Ia stHtc at
large the Victory Already Won Ia
PhiiadeiDfain - Mayor Berry Ne-
marlSnble Mnn-Grand Opportunity
For Temperance 5Ieu of All Inrties
to Cnitc-Thc State Aroused.
lpress Corrcspondencel
Philadelphia. oct l1.-Twicc within
a decade the people OF tiiis state have
turned to a l'rohNitionist to deliver
them from the dcSpo,sm of state
political machine which has lisgraced
the commonwealth ior nearly Il quar-.
ter of Il century The first appeal was
in 1897 and iS9S. when Siias c. Swal-
low, the fighting parson," as he was
afIccticnately termed. shook the foun-
dations of Quay graft ana exposed the
rottenness of his regime as fcw have
done before OF since Ii opened the
eyes of the people both to the corrup-
tion existing and the almost omnipo-
tent power of the famous boss. but the
boss stll lived, and Or. Swallow could
only serve the purpose of II political
John the Baptist
The New Revolt.
This year the people of the whole
state have been stirred to tremendous
enthusiasm by the complete overturn
of the old gang which has absolutely
controlled the government of ;his city
for nearly Il generation Quay is dead.
ana Quayism seems totlerils TO it's
Waterloo. The grafters who succeed
ed the keystone Napoleon have all his
appetite for spols, but none of his
maSterful clevcrness The magic by
which millions of dollars of public mon
ey have been regularly distributed
among the gang" while the voters
were hypnotized into re-electing the
same gang" year after year, no longer
works, and the people from one end of
the state to the other are crying out
tion Of the machine
To Recnpturc the State Treasury.
In this extremity they have again
turned to a Prohibitionist to lead them
to victory. William III. Berry of Ches-
ter is the man who has taken the field
didate for state treasurer. The i'm
mediate Issue Of the campaign Is the
recapture by the people Of the state
strong box. 1t has been at the mercy
of the gang so long that few know
the exact condition of its assets and
liabilities at the present time. 1t has
been the gangs" life preserver.
Deprived of the state treasury con-
troll the old machine would crumble to
pieces In fortnight. Therefore that
is the strategic point Of attack. But
Candidate Berry, while firing his broad
! sides In this direction, knows that be-
hind all this graft, behind state treas
ury in the hands of political highway
men, stands far more dangerous
factor in the system of the gang"
| With spoils to distribute and stolen
public wealth to bribe their way to
power, the gang" must find the people
who will sell their votes, their brains
and their honor. Fifteen thousand sa-
looms. with their minimum average of
dozen sots. criminals and parasites,
afford always, ready at hand, the pha-
ianx, 10000 strong, that keeps the
gang in power. So Candidate Berry
hits the liquor traffic, and hits it hard
wherever he goes
The Triple Nomination.
He IS preaching a political revolu-
tion, backed by The best elements of
all parties OF the state Decent Re
! n 4,
ticket and under the banner Of ''the
Lincoln party" have put Prohibitionist
Berry ut the head of their column.
The Democratic party leaders,, watch
ing the political horizon, saw Joe Folk
N Missouri save that state for his par
ty despite Il Roosevelt landslide by the
magic of an antigraft platforin and
1new their only chance in this state
was TO follow suit The most availa
BILE man was Berry, and 50 they put
him at the. head Of their ticket And
the prohibtioniSts knew providen
tial moment had arrived, and so Mayor
Berry Of Chester has become the hope
I Of Pennsylvania patriots
What Bcrry's Election Will Mean.
IT IS the grandest opportunity the
temperance people Of this state have
aver bad Bcrry's election will sound
CRAFTS doom in keystonedoin and al
the same time elect the Prohibition
Question as the next issue in state poll
tics It will be n terrific rebukc to the
liquor politicians who scorn the churcl
and laugh at It's declarations II will
prove that Sunday school politics.
must be reckoneG with in future II
will serve notice on the liquor traffic
Of The commonwealth that the Prohib
ton amendment OF 1850 was Bunker
Hill and not whisky York town anf
that the reg; battle is vet to be fought
And It vii! fash TO al the world thu
news that .llc people have grapplct
with The liquor monster and will ye
drive II from america.
Liquor Men Ghnsh Their Teeff.
That the liquor men are excited ther,
ran be no doubt The following re
markable interview with John 1. Shaw
q leading gang Republicans politician
proves it. Mr.. Shaw says
If Mayor ". 4. Berry is really s.eekin,
defeat he has chosen the best aids to Sc
cure II whom he could possibly select.