Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
EMERY ACCEPTS,
RAPS OPPONENTS
Speech BY Fusion Candidate For Gov
ernor Of Pennsylvania
PATRIOTISM NOT PARTIsANIsM


nomination II 3 large meeting in the
Nixan theatre
Chairman Harry Paul and Mayer
George W Guthrie welcomed thc dele.
gates and the Mobilization addresses
were made BY Judge James Gay Cor.
don for the Democrats. and vivian =.
Cable. Tor the Lincoln party
IN accepting the nomination FOR
governor Mr. Emery said in part:
= speak TODAY not a. a Republican.
nor ~ n Democrat. but a. one citizen
speaks o. others who have Joined With
him IN behalf ~ cause that a. far
above pariisanship Our cause has
nothing 10 ID with federal policies.
Right Is IN arms AGAINST wrong. The
fundamental principles of morality are
~ stake The people hav garrison against
the combined forces uf political cor.
ruptinn and lawlcss power He who
hesltates In such crisis Is less than =
man and more than partisan. he IL
either moral coward or Zoe 10 good
government
when a system of political misrule.
continued for half q century debauches
an entire state rohs and Expresses the
public. wrecks banks and drives bank
ers To suicide. and causes public off,
cials 10 seek In self-inflicted death re-
lief from the pangs OF remorse conse.
quent upon having yielded 10 Gana
persuasion. the honest citizen body Is
confronted by duty which Il cannot
shirk without being guilty Of compile.
ity in the crime.
This Is not a time for partisanism,
but for patriotism. The state machine
has for ~ years made your nomina.
tions. controlled your affairs. usurped
your rights. inflicted injuries upon you.
abused your confidence. robbed the peo.
pie. snecred at their protests and DELHI.
erately conspired against public wei.
fare"
Mr. Emery then reviewed the politi.
cal history OF Pennsylvania. and said
for 80 years II was a record of infamy
He said Simon Cameron founded the
state machine and made the state q
field of organized corruption and vi.
cious legislation. He then said:
"Quay's advent upon the scene
marked the introduction of satanic
cunning into machine methods and the
elaboration of system Of political de-
bauchery without parallel in history.
The history of the past 40 years In
Pennsylvania politics down to the pres
ent day Is as black as the pit OF hell
and as foul as the Internal sink OF cor
ruptiOn II has been an unbroken So
ries of graft. bribery and corruption.
pandering to vice. alliances with crime,
sales Of special privileges. trafiicking in
public utilities and public offices. cor.
rupt misuse OF public funds and pollut-
ing the ballot Legislation has been
for sale to the highest bidder. and
legislators. judges and governors have
been the scrvile creatures of the gang
You remember the Quay specula-
ton in treasury funds, which sent
old Square Timber" Noyes to an un-
timely grave broken hearted man,
caused Cashier Blake Walters to com
nit suicide and brought Quay to the
verge of lf-destruction You recall
the manipulation of the funds of the
Peoples Bank by Quay and Cashier
Hopkins. how the latter committed
suicide. how President James Nc
Names paid 100000 out of his own
pocket 10 keep OFF n scandal, and how
Quay escaped prison stripes by plead.
Ing the statute of limitations.
II need not multiply instances OF
peculatiOn, graft and juggling with
state funds and banks. nor refer you to
ripper bills. contract manipulations and
covenants with vice: nor Gaed | refer
you to the packing OF juries with Grim
inals in order 10 save gang followers
from the penitentiary. The great crimes
against the state lie along broader
lines.
But when political corruptionists
join hands with greedy corporations il
is for the purpose of preying upon the
public Since the beginning of boss
rule in this state the state machine
and the Pennsylvania railroad have
been accomplices. and when the stand
ard Oil company forced its way into
the conspiracy. the triumvirate was
complete by collision of the state
machine. the railroad ceased to be a
common carrier and became car
rier for special class. Under agree
ment with the Standard Oil company.
the Pennsylvania railroad introduced
a system OF rebate and discrimination
which crushed competition. ruined in
dependent coal. iron and oil operators
and others and laid the foundation for
the first the biggest and most rapac-
ious of American trusts
Recent revelations show conditions
in the Pennsylvania railroad calculated
10 open the eyes Of the blind The
Pennsylvania official who failed TO get
his share Of the bride money or stock
distributed by coal companies for spe-
cial favOrs. appears 10 have been an
exception.
mo fair-minded man has objection
To wealth honestly acquired and legiti-
mately used. Big corporations are nee
essary and even inevitable, In this age /.
but the corporation In politics must
GO The corporation must be brought
under the law, and this can BE- done
only through an administration and n
legislature not In partnership with the
offenders
Reform should be entrusted to the
true friends OF reform Following the
example of our revolutionary fathers.
the people of the state of Pennsylvania
are in revolt against tyranny and
wrong. and they have made their de-
claration OF independence
when In the course OF political events
II becomes necessary for a people TO
sever the bonds which have united
therl to tyrannical oigarchy. and de-
clare themselves free and independent.
II Is fitting that they set forth the rea-
son for their action We. therefore the
people of Pennsylvania. declare our
selves free Of allegiance To the gang
organization for the following rea-
sons
They have denied us government
the powers OF which have been derived
from the consent of the people. and
they have ruled in defiance OF Just pop
ular sentiment.
They have refused To pass laws for
the accommodation of the people un-
loss the DpOplg would rplinuufqh Soma