Milford chronicle., 1906-08-31
EMERY ACCEPTS,
RAPS OPPONENTS
Speech by Fusion Candidate For Gov
ernOr Of Pennsylvania
PATRIOTISM NOT PARTIsANIsM

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Nixon theatre.
Chairman Harry S. Paul and Mayor
George w. Guthrie welcomed the dele
gates, and the notification addresses
were made by Judge James Gay Cor
don, for the Democrats and Vivian F.
Gable, for the Lincoln party.
In accepting the nomination for
governor. Mr. Emery said in part:
Il speak today not as a Republican
nor as a Democrat. but as one citizen
speaks to others who have Joined with
him in behalf of a cause that Is far
above partisanship. 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 cor
ruptiOE and lawless power He who
hesitates in such crisis is less than a
man and more than a PARTISAN he is
either a moral coward or a foe to good
government
when a system Of political misrule,
continued for half a century, debauches
an entire state, rObs and ODpresses the
public, wrecks banks and drives bank
ers to suicide, and causes public Off
Cials to seek in self-inhicted death re-
lief from the pangs of remOrse cOnse-
quent upon having yielded to Gang
persuasion. the honest citizen body is
confronted by a duty which it cannot
shirk without being guilty of compile
ity in the crime
"rhis is not a time for partisanism
but for patriotism. The state machine
has for 40 years made your nOmina
tiOns controlled your affairs, Hsurped
your rights inflicted injuries upon you
abused VOmF pOu fidanca rnhhnd fhp Uno-
pie, sneered at their protests and delib-
erately conspired against public vel
fare"
Mr. Emery then reviewed the politi-
cal history of Pennsylvania, and said
for so years it was a record of infamy
state machine and made the state a
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 Sc
ries of graft, bribery and corruption
pandering to vice, alliances with crime
sales Of special privileges, trafficking ir |
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 servile creatures of the gang
you remember the Quay specula. |
tiOn in treasury funds which sent
"Old Square Timber" Noyes to an un-
timely grave a brOken-hearted man
Do1hfaw n1alra tn
NIT suicide and brought Quay to the
verge of self-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 OWL
pocket to keep off a scandal, and how
Quay escaped prison stripes by plead.
ing the statute of limitations.
Il need not multiply instances OF
peculation, graft and juggling with
state funds and banks, nor refer you tc
ripper bills contract manipulations and
covenants with vice; nor need l refer
you to the packing of juries with Grim.
fnals in order to 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 haYe
been accomplices, and when the Stand
ard Oil company forced its way into
the conspiracy, the triumvirate was
complete. By collusion of the state
machine the railroad ceased to be g '
common carrier and became a car
rier for a special class. Under agree.
ment with the Standard Oil company
The Pennsylvania railroad introduced !
1 system of rebate and discrimination Z
which crushed competition, ruined in
dependent coal, iron and oil operators
md others and laid the foundation fol
he first, the biggest and most rapac- /
Gus of American trusts.
Recent revelations show conditions
n the Pennsylvania railroad calculated I
o open the eyes of the blind. The I
official who failed to get b
Ms share of the bribe money or stock "
distributed by coal companies for spe $
ial favors appears to have been an a
RECEPTION. U
"No fair-minded man has objection
D wealth honestly acquired and legiti-
lately used. Big corporations are nee il
ssary and even inevitable in this age:
ut the corporation in politics must
o. The corporation must be brought
nder the law, and this can be done
My through an administration and a
,gislature not in partnership with the
TENDERS.
Reform should be entrusted to the "
.ue friends OF reform. Following the n
xample of our revolutionary fathers, n,
le people of the state of Pennsylvania -
re in revolt against tyranny and OF
rong, and they have made their de- fl
aration of independence. to
when in the course Of political events 8.
becomes necessary for a people to -
.ver the bonds which have united N
lem to a tyrannical oligarchy and de- Ii
are themselves free and independent h,
is fitting that they set forth the rea-
n for their action. We, therefore, the al
sople of Pennsylvania declare our W
Ives free of allegiance to the gang W
ganizatiOn for the following rea- ~
ms: ~
"They have denied us government
e powers Of which have been derived
om the consent of the people, and n,
ey have ruled in defiance of jNst pop -
ar sentiment. Sc
"They have refused to pass laws for of
e accommodation of the people un- tb
IS the people would relinquish some 'lt
int to representation, as was shown ma