The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-13

| ment was less than couple OF mllllOns
though the aggregates amounted to
hundreds of millions of dollars.
In the only public service he has
ever performed, therefore, Mr., Sheat2
was weighed in the balance and found
wanting" Under such circumstances
why should the people entrust him
with the management of the fiscal af-
fairs of the State? The decent reputa-
ton he established rs "A Representative
i'm the Legislature before he "made
terms" with the machine may entitle
him to popular respect. But nobody
would think of making man Presi-
dent of n vast railroad system because
he had made fairly good record on a
single trip as n brakeman. 1t would
be especially unwise in the event that
he had subsequently failed to make
good as ticket agent ut one of the inn
| portant stations.
| MOST SIGNIFICANT FEATURE.
The significant thing, however, is
] that the nomination of Mr.. SheatZ
was false pretense. In other words
it was pretended that Senator Penrose
was for Captain Cummins and against
Sheatz. AS a matter of fact Captain
| Cummins las never been candidate
When it was discovered that Mr..
| Sheatz's incompetency as chairman of
the House committee on appropriations
| would compel the veto of the Soldiers
Pension Pill, it was suggested to Pen
| rose that the nomination of Cummins
who is II veteran and Grand Army
man might placate the soldiers who
will be disappointed in their eXpecta-
ton of a pension. The matter was
brought to the attention of Cummins
and he promptly declined to be the
stalking horse.
Under the circumstance Penrose de-
termined to nominate Sheath but un-
der conditions which would make it
appear that it was in response to the
demand of the country delegates. Sem
ator Finn, of Pittsburg, who opposes
Penrose without knowing why was
sent for and tlattered beyond measure
because there seemed to be Difference
to his opinion The machine delegates
for this county who would set fire to
the capitol building if Penrose asked
them to became enthusiastic for Sheath
and still Perrose's friends were "inti-
mating that he was for Cummins for
the effect. This farce was kept up un-
til Cummins arrived in the city when
he put a stop to it promptly. Then
Penrose, pretending he was forced, ac-
cepted Sheath.
This false pretense may or may not
be good politics. 1t is certain that
no Republican can be elected State
Treasurer this year unless the public
believes him to be in sympathy with
policies of Mr.. Berry. 1t is equally
certain that Penrose doesn't want that
sort of Il man in office. The treasury
for Penrose during the campaign of
1908 and Republican of the Berry
type would not permit that 1t may
be assumed, therefore, that Sheath and
Penrose have come to an agreement
for the future rs they were in agree
ment during the session of the Legis-
| In N In of In IN, oil
the Office for the benefit of the machine
if he gets it.
NOBODY BELIEVES IN THE ELECTION
OF SHEATZ,
Few. if anv, of the delegates who at
tended the convention or those who
were ''merely lockers on" believe that
Sheath will be elected. AS Mr.. Berry
expressed it few days ago, the people
want man in that office who will not
be beguiled by the "suave gentlemen in
the other departments" Pennypacker
came to this town with reputation
for probity which would have been a
splendid heritage for his children.
Hampton L. Carson came to the office
of Attorney General with an enviable
reputation for integrity and profession
al ability and honor. But both OF
them yielded to the allurements which
the machine managers have in abun-
dance and are held now in absolute
contempt by everybody.
The temper of the convention prov
ed that it was without hope. People
stood about the hotels for hours before
the meeting offering stage tickets, box
seats and chrome of Knox to anybody
who would attend the convention.
Yet there were less than hundred
people in the gallery, capable of seating
a thousand, and there were dozens OF
vacant seats on the stage. Then the
proceedings were essentially of the ma.
chine order. Speaker Walton's ap,