Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-30
! paign. In opening his remarks Mr.. Emery

IN opening HIS TStudI Ms G<iACiy
declared:
II speak not as a republican, nor as
democrat but as one citizen speaks to
others who have Joined with him In behalf
of q cause that is far above partisanism
Our cause has nothing to do with federal
policies. Right is in arms against wrong.
The fundamental principles OF morality
are at stake. The people have arisen
against the combined forces of political
corruption and lawless power. He who
hesitates in such crisis is less than
man and more than partisan; he is either
moral coward or a foe to good govern
ment.
when system Of political misrule.
continued for half century, debauches an
wrecks banks and drives bankers to sui
eide. and causes public officials to seek in
self-inffcted death relief from the pangs
Of remorse consequent upon having yielded
to gang persuasion, the honest citizen body
is confronted by a duty which 1t cannot
shirk without being morally guilty of COM
plieity In the crime.
This is not time for partisanism, but
for patriotism. The state machine has for
forty years made your nominations. con-
trolled your affairs. usurped your rights
confidence. robbed the people. sneered at
their protests and deliberately conspired
against public welfare.
1.-THE political history of Pennsylvania
has been for fifty years record of In
fanny, because 1t has been the history Of
crime.
"Quay's advent upon the scene marked
the Introduction Of satanic cunning Into
machine methods and the elaboration of
a system Of political debauchery without
parallel in history. The history of the
past forty years in Pennsylvania politics,
down to the present day. Is as black as
the pit Of hell and as foul as the Internal
sink of corruption. 1t has been an I'M
broken series of graft, bribery. and corrup-
crime. sales Of special privileges. traffiek-
ing In public utilities and public Offices,
corrupt misuse of public funds. and pollut-
Ing the ballot. Legislation has been for
judges and governors have been the servile
creatures of the gang.
You recall the manipulation of the
funds of the Peoples Bank by Quay and
Cashier Hopkins. how the latter Committed
suicide, how President James Mechanics
paid 100000 out of his own pocket to keep
off a scandal, and how Quay escaped prison
stripes by pleading the statute of limita-
lions.
Graft and Juggling. 8.
II need r.< multiply instances of pecula-
ton, graft and juggling with state funds
and banks. nor refer you to ripper bills.
contract manipulations and covenants with
vice; nor need refer you to the packing of
juries with criminals in order to save gang
followers from the penitentiary. The great
crimes against the state lie along broader
lines.
Cameron early allied himself with the
corrupt Philadelphia gas trust This gang.
like its successors, dictated local nominal
tons; it controlled every department of
the city government: 1t named the men,
bers of the legislature, and made CONNER
cial politics a regular business. Every
nominating convention was composed al
most exclusively of gas trust men, and
tickets thus named by the bosses became
the regular nominees of the party whom
every good party man was expected to-
support at the polls.
1.-THE successor of the gas trust was the
Quay-Martin gang, the Quay-Durham gang,
which under its successive leaders has pro-
ceeded from one stage of criminal audac-
ity to another, and in all stages has been
the mainstay of the state machine. But
under what guise or name soever it has
been known. its purpose has been graft,
and its methods criminal"
In talking over the situation after the
meeting today Mr.. Emery told me that
he was well satisfied with the manner in
which the people are receiving him over
the state. He believes that when election
day arrives there will be big surprise
in store for those who expect to see PEN
rose, with his administration backing, win
in this fight.
II have been received cordially every
where I have gone" he said "In fact, I
would not know there Is any opposition to
my candidacy were I to depend upon my
personal experiences among the people I
am entirely satisfied with the outlook and
situation in various parts of the state. and
by my own experience. that will be elect
ed governor by a large majority. II that
proves to be the case I will see that some
things in this state are conducted In a
very different manner from that which has
prevailed in the past"
Charles p. Donnelly of Philadelphia, state
chairman. Of the democratic party, gave
me similar assurances as to his view Of
the state. Mr.. Donnelly expressed the opin-
ion that Homer T. Castle, the prohibition
candidate for governor, will injure the Pen
rose ticket more than the fusion ticket.
Just the opposite result of Castles cam
paign and vote has been prophesied by
the Penrose people. Donneliy thinks that
Castle will get the larger part of his votes
from among the men who otherwise would
vote for the candidates of the regular re-
publican organization. He believes that
when the time to vote arrives Emery will
be satisfactory to the prohibitionists, be-
cause the issues in this campaign have no
bearing upon the prohibition question, and
he believes the people will take that view
of 1t when the time to vote arrives.
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