Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-08-15
"Thou Shalt Not Steal. "

held at Harrisburg July II, 1907:
cat the suggestion of w. S.
Bremen, Of Allaganey, the chair
man will fix a dav in August
when in every town tn the state II
meeting will be held at which there
will be addresses by speakers on the
text Thou shalt not steal with ref
erence to the new Capitol disclos-
ures."
This is new departure for the
modern saints of democracy. 1t
would indicate that they have just
become acquainted the Eighth Com
mandment. When the democrats
starts out as evangelists, to condemn
every one but themselves, and assert
their own purity and political self
righteousness, they should not for
get that other Commandments:
"Neither shalt thou bear false wit
against thy neighbor," and also that
thero is another biblical INDUCTION,
proclaimed by Him who spoke as
one having authority when on earth
which is, "Judge not that ye be not
judged.
Have our democratic friends, who
as party have not changed their
ways, forgotten when Howell Co BIB,
Set retary of the Treasury, and John
Buchanan Floyd, Secretary of War
under the administration of James
Buchanan, how they plotted treason
against the government and depict
ed the treasury of the United States
OF $3.50, 900, robbed the arsinals of
their arms aud amunitions of war,
shipped them into the South, and
scattered the army and what little
navy we had to the four corners of
the earth and then joined in open re-
bellion against the government and
tried to destroy it:
Have those mode rn saints forgot
ten the balmy days Of the Canal
in this State, when
everything was controlled by the
democratic party and the real estate
of the farmer and mechanic taxed
for state purposes, and the political
was rank with the al
legged graft in state administration
and that of the public works?
Have they forgotten the remark
able exposure of Tamany Hall, New
York, under the regime of Boss
Tweed, a democratic organization
that controlled the city and state,
and was also shown to be an organi-
zation that fattened and grew rich
upon graft, plunder and organized
theft?
Have our modern democratic
saints ever been known to shout in
the case of Cobb and Floyd, and that
of Tamany Hall, "Thou shalt not
steal?" Oh, no! We presume that
at that time they were ignorant of
the existence of the Eighth Com
On the contrary, they
have always justified and defended
the actions of Cobb and Floyd and
Tamany Hall, and have never apollo
gized for such notorious actions per-
petrated by democratic leaders and
democratic organizations.
Surely, when the democratic
evangelists lombard every town in
the state in the midst of dog days,
they should not overlook the latter
injunction, "Judge not, that ye may
not be judged" and the command.
ment, Bear not false witness against
thy neighbor."
The republican party and those i n
are neither defending nor
apologizing for the Huston and San
dersons, or any one else who appar-
entity c0nspired to defraud the state.
A Republican Legislature appointed
a commissioner to investigate the
frauds and make ample appropria-
tiOn to enable the committee to
ferret out the wrong and guilty
parties. A Republican Governor is
pledged to leave no guilty man es.
cape, and he keeps his pledges. NJ
prominent or influential republican
who is efficient and active in the
or who aids in shaping
its politics, has thus far been tainted
with graft. The Illusions and San
dersons We're not active republicans
but few years ago were proclaim
ing their self-political righteousness
and dOin q what thew could to aid