Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-09-01
EMERY ACCEPTS,
RAPS OPPONENTS
Speech by Fusion Candidate For Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania
PATRIOTISM NOT PARTIsANIsM

1 ucket were OUciaiiy nOuned or their
Nomination at a large meeting in the
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 Democrat but as one citizen
speaks 10 others who have Joined with
him In behalf OF cause that Is far
/ above craftsmanship. Our cause has
| Right Is III arms against wrong The
/ fundamental principles OF morality are
at stake. The people have arisen against
the combined forces Of political cor
ruption and lawless power. He who
hesitates in such crisis - less than
man and more than a partisan. he is
either moral coward or a foe to good
government
when a system or political misrule.
K continued for half a century. debauches
an entire state. rohs and Expresses the
public, wrecks banks and drives bank
ers 20 suicide and causes public Off
cials 70 seek in self-infiicted death re-
lief from the pangs OF remOrse cOnse-
I
persuasion the honest citizen body Is
confronted by duty which II cannot
shirk without being guilty of compile
4 ity In the crime
This rs not time for partisanism,
but for patriotism. The state machine
has FOR 40 years made your nominal
| tOns. controlled your affairs. usurped
your rights. inflicted injuries uron you,
abused your confidence robbed the peo-
pie. sneered at their protests and DELHI
erately conspired against public well
fare"
Mr.. Emery then reviewed the politi-
cal history OF Pennsylvania. and said
for 80 years IL was a record OF infamy
He said Simon Cameron founded the
state machine and made the state a
field OF organized corruption and vi
cious legislation. lie then said:
"Quay's advent upon the scene
marked the introduction OF satanic
cunning into machine methods and the
elaboration OF a system OF political de-
hatchery without parallel in history.
The history OF the past 40 years in
Pennsylvania politics down 20 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 o. graft. bribery and corruption.
pandering 10 vice. alliances with crime.
sales OF special privileges traficking in
public utilities and public Offices. cor
rupt misuse OF public funds and pollut-
Ing the ballot Legislation has been
for sale 20 the highest bidder. and
legislators. judges and governors have
/ been the servile creatures Of the gang.
You remember the Quay specpla-
ton IN treasury funds. which sent
| "Old square Timber" Moves 70 an un-
timely grave a broken hearted man.
caused Cashier Blake Walters 70 com.
NIT suicide and brought Quay 10 the
verge OF self-destructicn. You recall
ne r mlaa9lnip,mnlnation OF the funds of the
rtotle rank pF quay and Cashier
II Z Ffr IL n NfErrr Nan d
suicide how President James Nc
Names paid 5000 600 out OF his own
pocket 20 keep on a scandal. and how
Quay escaped prison stripes by plead.
ing the statute OF limitations.
| y need not multiply instances Of
pecuiauon, graft and juggling with
state funds and banks, nor refer YOU 10
ripper bills contract manipulations and
covenants with vice; nor need I refer
| you 20 the packing OF iurtes with Grim.
inals 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 Tor the purpose OF preying upon the
public. Since the beginning OF boss
rule In this state TIE state machine
and the Pennsylvania railroad have
been accomplices, and when the Stand
ara OH company forced its way into
the conspiracy, the triumvirate was
complete. BY collision OF the state
machine, the railroad ceased 10 be a
common carrier and became a car
rier for special class Under agree
ment with tho Standard Oil company
the Pennsylvania railroad introduced
system or 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
70 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 TO have been an
exception.
mo fair-minded man has objection
20 wealth honestly acquired and legiu-
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 a
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-
1 clarallOn OF independence.
When In the course OF political events
| II becomes necessary for a peOple m
| sever the bonds which have United
J them 10 tyranIical oligarchy, and de-
| clare themselves free and independent
1t Is fitting that they set forth the rea-
son tor 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 ia defiance OF Just pop
, ular sentiment
They have refused TO pass laws for
the accommodation OF the people an
| less the people would relinquish some
| right TO representation, as was shown
when the iron, coal and oil producers
OF the state sought release from intol-
cradle conditions through the PASSAGE