Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-24

Hottest Contest Experienced In the
state for Many Years.
For the FIRST time IN many years Penn
sylvania has campaign for state ofhces
that Is the real thing II is up 20 the
New York standard IN personalities. but
/ exceeds the Empire state I'm personal bit
terness political vituperation and charges
Of wholesale graft. In former campaigns
under the regime Of Matthew Stanley
Quay an Overwhelming republican major
lily under the guidance Of a master poll
tlcians met the onsets OF the opposition
without batting an eye and Invariably
routed the enemy. But the man who
Shook the plum tree" is no more aud
the state machine has no expert at the
lever. Besides that the machine Is so
ourdened with public loot that II cannot
hide the goods several vital cogs have
been Knocked on and 20 all appearances
is destined fer the junk pile
The regular republican candidate for
governor is Edwin s. Stuart Of Phila-
delphia. Pitted against him Is Louis Emery.
Jr., so-called Lincoln republican brought
TO the front by the reformers OF Phila-
delphia and endorsed by the democratic
state convention. Both the regular and
the fusion parties are pressing the contest
with great vigor But the regular re-
/ publican organization Is seriously handi-
capped by the disclosures OF extravagance
and graft IN the construction OF the state
capitol. in which 100000 was expended
for trimmings in excess Of a specific an
! propriatitn OF AOOO.O0O. The only defense
offered Is Governor Pennypacker's declara-
ton that Pennsylvania Is a rich state
and the best is none too good for Il. The
explanation does not still criticism and
| condemnation. which has forced Mr.. stuart
TO take notice In a recent speech he
said: ut has been said the money for fur
nishing the new capitol has been spent
without a specific appropriation for that
purpose While It perhaps may have been
done under the law. such policy Is wrong
Nobody composed Of three. four or 1--WE
men, | don't care how honest they are
or how high their integrity may be, should
be permitted to spend S9000.0OO unless they
first have a specific, itemized approprla-
ton from the legislature II elected gov
ernor propose to recommend TO the next
legislature that such large sums OF money
can be spent only after an itemized APP
preparation has been made. stating clearly
what 1t is to be spent for and how much
is to be spent for each and every item.
Such a policy. to my mind, is in accord
with good business principles, which is
the way the business OF the state should
be conducted"
Fusion candidate Emery is slashing meme
bers Of the machine right and left. In one
of HIS speeches he asserted that state SEN
ator James p. McNichol. a member OF the
Philadelphia combine. bought for $4,000
each two democratic members OF the leg
d tel.
elect Senator Quay in 1901 Senator Nc
Nichol retauated by starting civil and
criminal suits against Emery, claiming
f25eOOo damages
DR.. silas c, Swallow. prohibition esndi-
date for president in 1904 is prancing
around in the campaign as usual. this time
talking loudly FOR the machine. last
Thursday Charles Emory Smith, editor of
the Philadelphia Press took the preacher
politician in hand and roasted him to a
finish in a column editorial. The occasion
for the roast wes the publication in the
Press OF an abstract Of a speech delivered
by Jeremiah s. Black, candidate for lieu
tenant governor on the Lincoln party
/ ticket, in which Black declared that SwaI-
low had been found guilty OF lying and
had been defrocked by his church In a
letter TO the Press Or. swallow declared
the statement a falsehood and asked for
correction. 1T happened" says the
Press. that DR.. Swallows letter fell into
the hands OF those who did not know the
facts, and, accepting DR.. Swallows denial
as Trustworthy the correction was made
as requested. BY this deception the Press
was placed in false position. and we now
proceed to place this lying hypocrite in his
true position His denial was a conscious
misrepresentation, based on the catch that
the verdict Of guilty of lying and the SEN
tence Of ''defrocking were pronounced,
not by the conference, but by a committee
with judicial powers acting on behalf of
the conference. In essence and substance
the statement of Mr. Black was true. Dr.
Swallow was convicted OF lying; he was
'defrocked'; he was held by the church au
thorities to the reprobatlon Of the church.
and he now aggravates his original wrong
OF lying by the superadded offense OF willful
deception. Dr. Swallow has DELHI
eratey tried to deceive and mislead the
Press. and that game, he will find, cannot
be tried with impunity He has under
taken. for reasons which can well be un-
derstood, to villify and traduce public men
the latchet Of whose shoes he IL unworthy
10 unloose. and his base conduct not
merely iustihes, but in the public interest
demands that he shall be stripped OF the
cloak of decency and sanctity under which
he masquerades. He has not only been
pronounced guilty Of being liar and IL
heller, but he is an impious and blasphe-
nous hypocrte. and in the interest Of the
church and state alike he should he laid
bare as the hidsous and loathsome thing
he Is so that men will avoid him as they
would avoid a leper"
Dr. Swallow thinks this is more than
man can bear patiently and wants large
bunch OF Smiths money to soothe his
woundr