Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-06
Snyder Is AssaiIed
as POnzi of PennQ.

| Continued frcm raEe One
cock Alley. in the Bellevue -Stratford
in the pink of pcrfection-the glass OF
fashion and the mold Of form and all
that
Philadelphia knows Mr.. Snyder with
his rakishly tilted hat. his suede spats.
his cane. his carnation and his ovcrcoat
thrown jauntily over his arms. But
these Pottsville speakers painted other
glowing colOrs into the picture. They
told of S12j.O0O mansion In which
Mr.. Snyder lives. This mansion. they
said, has as its piece dc resistance. n
gold room which cost about $4,000.
and which is n worthy setting for gold
piano.
Further. they said. Mr.. Snyder boasts
of the seven bathrooms with which the
POttsville palace Is equipped. They pic
tured a Fifth avenue Palace set down
among the simple homes Of the coal
miners.
AS the story of the Snyder mcnage
was unfolded the audience rocked with
laughter. 1t was thrown into transports
of delight when Foley, referring to
Snydcr's free-and-ensy payment of
fees. bonuses. extra clerk hire and thp
x.
the State Treasurer. as the "Ponzi of
PENNSYLVANIA. Ponzi will be rcmcm-
bcrcd MS the Boston financial "wlzard''
who rakcd IN millions. promising myth
ical returns, and who later went TO
Jail.
Snyder has his Sl25. 900 mansion"
said Foley, land it is on Liver street.
Rather an incOngruous setting, think,
for such palatial mansion. Perhaus
High Liver would be better. Then he
has a German police dog which cast
$1,000 and on which he carries $1,000 life
insurance. This pet is kept in New
York kennel. We had picture of this
dog on our posters advertising this meet.
ing. but some friends of his tore off the
picture of the dog; they left the picture
of the cane and carnation. But the dog
was too much for them.
''Snydcr gets a salary OF SIC, 900 as
State Treasurer. but that Is not enough
TO keep him and his dog. so he hangs on
To his job MS County Solicitor for
Schuylkill, for which he gets $500 a
year and some one else does the work.
Has 63 Friends ON States Payroll
"Oh. he looks after himself and his
friends all right. Paul Houck's SON
flouck is connected with the Workmrn's
Board---was appointed in
spector of elections. but he only showed
up payday and the taxpayers had to buy
him file for his papers. He never
opened the file even to breathe into II
Then Snyder has about sixty -tbrco of
his friends in this county on the State
payroll. 'S'
That's what you men are up against
and what you have to root OUT Uc
also appoints Democrats, and Tins
makes the Democratic Party in this
county a mere adjunct to the RepubIi-
can machine. In the last local elcr-
ton Snyders friends grabbed the Dem
ocratic nominations AS the result of n
bi partisan deal. All this in prcpara :,
lion for lis campaign for Governor. So |
you can Gee what might be expected I'm |
other parts of the State under n SNYDER
regime" And Snyder says IL he can't
20 the nomination, he wants Licuten-
ant Governor Beidcman, who got his |
$4,000 cheek, to win il.
When he concluded his speech Foley !
,alled for contributions to carry on the
local campaign against the Snyder
leadership. This call was generously
49, ~
"we'll 20 through the crowd said
Foley, Just like Snyder does every
Under ths ssds,shlp. o. Foley and
"a B. 4; ~ i3issss;