Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-15
OlD.TIME POLITICS
They Were Far More Venomous and
Bitter Than Those Of the Present.
Governor Porter's Campaign.
He Was Most Vigorously
Assailed
BY GEORGE NDX MCCAIN
WILLIAM II. KETLER, librarian

I
of my recent statement about the lack Ut a
complete and adequate history of Pennsyl-
vania, has called my attention to the work
by the late Governor Pcnnypacker;
1t is entitled .'Pcnnsy lvania. the Key
stone. A Short History, by Samuel Whit
taker Pennypacker."
What Mr.. Keller tells me only emphasizes
the lack Of full comprehensive history
of the Commonwealth: the story. of its be.
ghlnniings gin i and progress down to the close OF
The mass Of material upon which to draw
Is almost incalculablc.
There are manuscripts. official documents,
newspapers, pamphlets and speeches. biog-
raphes and autobiographies, critical works,
diaries and a miscellaneous array of other
works that seem ineXhaustible.
nR. HENRY II. MUELLER, professor
- Of history. Of Muhlenberg College, is
the latest contributor to this array of SUBJ
Iects in his work, 1.-The Whig Party in
Pennsylvania
It embraces the period between the con-
gressional election of 1884 and the presi-
dental election of 1856.
It Is Of peculiar interest TO Philadelphia
because among other things It deals with the
the Bank Of the United States in Phila-
delphia.
.Jacksons determination to ruin that in
stitution inaugurated a factionalism that
''SS.eu ivhe peIlou ol Htals. -.
DR.. Mucllcr's sketch is by the way very
substantial volume, paper bound, OF 20
hases: l II Is one Of the volumes included included in
II is intcrcsting 70 note that factionalism.
bittcrnesa hotroS ond noIiiicaI chir. .nerv
ran AS Nigh seventy or eighty years ago
in tho noiitics ~ pe1n svlvnn}a ne tbev hnyn
done at any period since.
portic,,joriy wos M. Tho c,ao IN tho con
tests bctwoan tbs Wb,g. democrats and
anti. Masonic narties
Tur rou+ rid,ou,o,,s o,5 ou+ro,oou,
chorees 'S wors rs"'r%aS mn%a ,sainst "n Govsruor
forter IN his campaign for Governor
it was Mt time when the wings and
anu anu Mas9ns were in state or constant
EuN IN the matter of temporary coalitions
for temporary, advantage.
Wheh Hoyernor Porter was up Tor rc elec,
an article asserting that the Wings had en-
at ,heir poLtical meetings. ,..,
NJ Gettvsh"ra bodd a" ,anans nnietimss
no "Jiish prsost Io ,,o aorn
mony sn f'e''' ''u Tue outrageous cefe'
After tho elect,on stovons suod tbo od,tor.
Gov i,ha, tue i eiectioh stesehs suea .ne eo'tors
Wien Tho caso as ""nr,' M .rnI rin nT thn ,.or,or
for tha dofendonts aSrorod u a 'n hou ~ ~
nrn,ooJ,nma mu,e,"anos @ omr,tu as 9"r 10 tne
23 1SII nv H.. Eorarnnr 'Sm.L pardor;na Tmuts ths
dafenIonts fron, ,ho oharna 81 I;hi''ns I;hoi 'ne
'"V ,n' e' - ''o'''
~ox,r,p<oD p.y-In ,opr,,,
~ in.>oN bA' ~ H. rohl EN-
~ judging by the documentary evidence
presented by Dr. Mueller was more violently
assaied than any other gubernatorial candi-
DATE bofore or since.
'nargcs OF maladmlnistration, before his
reelection. were made:
1t was claimed that there had been an
unwarranted Increase In the amount of the
state debt, ana that the pubic works were
being mismanaged.
bribery and peculation in the passage of
the sank act OF lS4O were alleged.
The sum of S,9,O0O was mentioned as
having been used by the Bank of the United
states IN ihiladeiphia tor some unholy
binc ,Io s}so nGG hod haon lieu, tnat Ina;
properly.
Notwithstanding this, Porter won by
large ma aiortty,
-
T1VERY State or national camnoion ia
r. nc ,r,o doe,oro.o, k ,,,o -,,
IN. " ''''' " 'o'''' peculiar
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tJTilu,me, .Tns,,ne,. , naTBSMunnp, huI MooseI,
nonIants1 b,,o han, ,o,,I, anu ih"e
Wr ail odI. ,bn nddoS, L''n n"n,, .. -
,ba !.r n,ofnoo, ); ,'itnI "ns WIS w ~ 'hut vi
tios n ,hn oomno,,np ~ 1e ~ ~ on' u ''e paf'
;rharo ~, wnrn ,ar;a,at,no ~ t,,.,.,,
,rvostis,tinr cor5mittaas ;,n'.hSsa,tons -, th hnu
,;r,nS 81 ti',ra nnn ,.,' ~ ,hHse inr- r-u"!!
.tii'es ~ r nS '.oit "re no" una nave peeh IN
ny ~, wos a,'or ohouro, .,,,. A..
hoI h"cm hr;hnd 'r'rsru 10 t"u, onat inc GOVERNOR
ar,o mau 1o' XII "'' [" secure inc passage OF
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