Middletown transcript., 1910-06-25
M1DDLErOwE, DEL, JUNE 25. 10
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out to the RepuOllcau Dosses'
and its stalking horse candidate
for Governor, G. L. Munson, ,hay-
ing accomplished his disbonor-
able purpose of furthering the
Boss schemes, takes himself on
the ticket. These shameful He's
sian bargainings have kept that
wretched commonwealth a prey
for endless despoiling to as cor
rupt gang of political thieves
as ever cursed a State-Quay
Penrose ct al.
Even the stalwart Record cries
shame, and defies Munson to an.
swer its riddling dissection OF
his quibbling reasons for his
withdrawal. Again, Fred 9.
Kirkendall, editor of another
leading Democratic journal, the
Times. Leader of Wilkes Barre, in
its issue of June 21st, speaks edi.
torially in this pungent fashion
about this disgraceful, but quite
Characteristic, episode:
"The Times Leader will not go along
for State ticket labeled Democratic but
named by the rotten Republican gang
and the whisky interests. ANY news
paper in the State of Pennsylvania or the
nation at large, let its politics be what 1t
may, that would stomach such treschery
and crooked dealings and hold its nose
while it swallowed the dirty mess that
was concocted by the traitors at Allen
town, aud then for sparty's sake yell 1t.
self hoarse and shout the splendid ticket,
and knowingly deceive its readers, is not
fit in these enlightened days to belong to
che newspaper family.
''The time has passed for the Times,
Lecder ct least to countenance such
SreacheFy, It is to be regretted that the
State convention did not make nomins.
tions that would have helped the Demo
cratic candidates in Luzerne to over.
shroW the Republican gang in this county,
buH when the leaders of Democracy in the
State sell themselves, body and soul, to
the same gang, the blame for the injuries
belongs to the disreputsble traders and
not the fearless newspaper whose duty il
is TO tell the truth"
The same Infamous tactics were
employed in the Illinois Legisla'
ture wherein Representative
Browne, the Democratic leader
in that State, playing the low
role Of pimp.master for the Re.
publican boOdler Lorimer, bribed
his own Democratic associates
White and cthers-all of whom
have since confessed-to desert
their own candidate for United
States Senator, and elect this
fat.jowled, fatter- -pursed million
aire politician emulous of fellow
ship in the Senate with the hon
orable Guggenheim, Stephenson
Oliver and the other rich own
ers of purchased togas.
Again, in the framing of the
present tariff, Bailey, McEnery
and other Democratic leaders il
both Senate and House, openly
traficked and traded with Aldricf
and Cannon for "protection'
plums, ,forsaking without a blush
party principles for which they
had vociferously contended for
half century!
But unlike those candid anC
honorable Democratic paper:
above quoted, that thick and thir
champion of Democracy-of th'
real old Bourbon brand that nevel
forgets, never learns-the EUerj
EUening sees nothing amiss in i
all! The Lorimer bribery tale
with all their "confrmation
strong as proofs of holy writ,
were nothing but "weak inven
tions of the enemy" The Penn
sylvania "deal," is regular anC
proper-no grounds whatever TO
criticism there. It's editor ha
no queachy stomach; these tri
fling eccentricities Of its part,
leaders in Congress and out tina
ever squint boulevard, shoulC
be promptly covered over will
eulogistic whitewash; and so il
Munson's behalf it lays it OF
"thick and slab" In its issue o
June 2Oth, the EUeT'y EUenipg de
claring "there was no deal
says:
'Those who have personal knowledR
of Homo. LaRue MuBeon otWilllamspor
whose sudden determination not TO b
Q candidate for the Democratic nomina
sion for governor of Pennsylvania cause
some excitement at the recent Demo
cratic State Convention, TepudIate wit
indignation ell intimatiOns that Mr.. Nut
son was acGuated by unworthy or imprope
motives. Especially do they scout th
imputation that his course was the resu
Of q bargain with Senator Penrose an
shat its consideration was the promise {
Federal judgeship at the hands OF Pres
dent Taft.
"Mr. Munson is ons OF the sblest Law
yers In Pennsylvania and q man OF hig
personal character. Politically he is
Democrat of the Cleveland type. In
public statement he says that busine'
reasons and the condition of his healt
90 revealed to him by physician onl
few hours before the assembling OF tf
convention incited him to hurried actio
by the immediate production and 10
WaFdinR OF the letter OF withdrawal whic
created such commotiOn in the CONVEX
tion."
'The condition of Mr.. Munson
health as revealed to him by
physician a few hours before th
convention" etc!
That's fine duff pudding to fee
the mariners with to be sure!
Viewing its nerve herein, it
ANAL wonder the EOery EUepia
has the audacity to deny the ir
Vulnerable and almost unbe
lievable rascalities of the olde
days in Delaware when its part
rule made the exercise Of Q RI
publican freeman's franchis
about as rare and as difficult q
in Russia.
But then we must be charltabl
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