The Detroit times., 1910-08-15
For First Time in 20 Years Pennsyl.
vania Has Good Chance To Break
Shackles Of Political
Machine.
Third Party Looms Up To Fight for
Reform Principles and dominates
Candidates.
BY r. 2. WILSON.

triple alliance OF crime, graft and the
corporations, and restore 1t to the
people.
The new third party Git has been
named the Keystone party seems to
nave better than fighting chance to
win. The people Of the state are thor
oughly enraged at the shameful way
they were tricked In their Republican
and Democratic state conventions by
Republican Boss Boies Penrose, Uni
ted States senator, and by Democratic
Boss James M. Guffey. OF Pittsburg.
These two worthless. with an inso-
lent disregard Of public opinion that
would DO amazing elsewhere than In
pennsylvania, deliberately collaborated
to throw the election--to deliver the
state to the Republican machine, and
to all that is worst in the states so
ciety.
is Corporation Man.
Behind Penrose are the Pennsylva
MIA railroad and the other railroads in
the state, and the steel trust. Pen
rose represents these corporate
1 rights in the United States senate
He Is their man. Behind Guffey Is the
Y Standard OIL Co., and the steel trust.
A The two men get their power from
the local city bosses. Behind the 10
cal bosses are the dregs OF society
the protected while slavers, the pro-
q prietors OF protected speakeasies, the
q protected gamblers, the owners of
n protected dives, the thugs and strong
y arm men on the city police force
4 tire rfsmuuts from wtich f1oss- james
\ p. McNicholl of Philadelphia has
N biiflt his nolftiraI machipo
Secure in the support OF the big
\ corporations and the little thieves
Penrose and Guffey set about it de-
q liberately to throw the election the
& way they wanted II to go, regardless
"A of the public. There was a perfect
h understanding. Penrose had to pay
n "a political debt to the liquor inter
ests They had elected him senator
Guffey was willing to help pay 1t. It
x was all understood.
The two bosses planned program
n and followed 1t, as two wrestlers
4 might "fx' match. Pennsylvania is
Republican, therefore a Republican
desirable TO the liquor interests Pen
rase Is indebted to them, politically
must be elected. Again, therefore, the
Democrats must nominate a '''desira-
point of not being able to defeat at the
polls the desirable Republican NOM
inee.
Up to the very hour the Republican
convention convened there was no
avowed candidate for governor who
had the support OF Penrose.
4 Two Democrats, however, had made
|3strong ante-convention campaigns for
nomination. William II. Berry, OF
81 delaware county. the former state
Ntreasurer who exposed the great CAPT
I'll graft, was one. Cyrus Larue Mum
|son, a rich and ambitious lawyer OF
n Williamsport was the other. This
&shouting and hallabaloo was not ac-
9cording to the Penrosc-Guffey pro-
Hgram. Not 30 strong hand as Pen
|(rose's was that of Guffey on the Penn
Nsylvania Democratic party. However,
n In politics as in cat killing, there is
3more than one way of doing
n Both Berry and Munson were good
8men. strong candidates. Many OF the
|sdelegates came instructed for one or
1.-THE other. Munson seemed to have
1.-THE call. His followers were jubilant.
|iNobody heard any thing of Guffey.
Hand then
Delegates 6eWiloered.
A bolt from the bfue9 At II O'Clock
THAT night Munson, who appeared the
Ivictor, sent letter to his followers
ANNOUNCING his withdrawal from the
Trace.
The Mupson delegates were utterly
bewildered and drifted about rudder-
less. The Berry people rejoiced, until
one Webster Grimm, state senator
from Bucks county, an inoffenusive
Pennsylvania Dutchman, who had
been running pewee campaign on his
Dwn account, suddenly developed
amazing strength. II was announced
Grimm had the backing of Guffey.
The Munson votes stampeded to
Grim, and he was nominated. The
delegates went home In daze.
A week later the Republicans met,
were given their orders by Penrose.
and quietly nominated John X. Tener,
of Charleroi. ex-ball player, elected
to the present congress on a straight
liquor platform.
BY this time the dazed Democrats
had gathered their senses, and they
ragged.
"And to think that either Munson
or Berry could have beaten Tener."
they said
An attempt was made to reconvene
and nominate another man. But
Grimm firmly refused to step down.
Munson is very ambitious, and It was
limited that Penrose, the Republi-
can, had offered him, Democrat, a
federal judgship to get out of the
race. At any rate he left for Europe
ito avoid criticism. He's still there.
The rage against the Penrose- Cuff
ley methods spread into the Repub-
lican ranks, and the third party
movement almost automatically came
into being.
Develop Great Strength.
John o. Sheets, the Republican
|state treasurer, called the convention
of the Keystone party. Republicans,
democrats and labor party responded.
The majority was Republican. but the
Convention nominated for governor
Berry. the Democrat, who had been
defeated in the Guffey convention.
The choice for lieutenant-governor
vas ID. Clarence Gibboney, the fight
Ing foe OF graft In Philadelphia.
Both Berry and Gibboney have be-
run making speeches. They have de.
Teloped great strength. Already Pen.
rose has counted out Grimm, conced-
|ne tho fight this fall to be between
~ pocuhticau and Kevstone tickets