McKean County Miner from Smethport, Pennsylvania • Page 2

WHO WUL BULf People of Pennfylvania Soon To Give Answer At Polls PENROSE MACHINE DOOMED Ab.ndon**d right For Tan and Known WIN to HlmHlf. Waihlagtop, Taft If DO longer aa Issue IB the State ot renniylvanla. of that stile know that Taft hi being used th. merely a blind, and that flght la dlitlnctly oparate tram any to secure delegate who will support Taft la the national It no secret that Penrose haa abandoned Taft, except lo purpote of carrying him ove CM coming primartea. Only question la to be settled Pennijlviula prlmarlei maitti of people to ru or th.y submit again to vicious reign Senator Penrou's political ma Within last few It has beeg very clear to the voters of Pennsylvania that Penrose Is not sincerely working In tbe of President Taft Political have known real conditions for some time, but re ant events have demonstrated beyon( BOOM- all question that Penrose secreift standpat leaders IE Sifter states The purpose of these secret nego tlatlons Is to make it impossible foi Taft to be renomlnated, and to swlns all the coralled at the prim arles In a movement to stampede the national convention for somo other candidate.

In common with all other aitute politicians, recognizes the fact that Taft cannot be elected President aaaln. Tor that reason the michlne teaders do not intend to Tan an real when they get to the Chicago Convention. The one Idea now entertained b) reactionary leaders Including Pen ton. Crane, Smoot, Barnes, Guggen and others, Is to gather as many as possible under the pre Uase of suppoitlng Taft. and hold them In readiness for a sudden clement In behalf of a now unknown can of their own choosing There exists no doubt in Washing ten or New York, that Barnes, Jr, Republican In New York itate and Senator Penrose, who oc a slml'ar position In Pennsyl Vanla, are the leaders In tbe move aunt to cut loose from Taft.

Both men closely exam- ilod th. sentiment of their own Mates, Md they hate satisfied themselves that nothing but an overwhelming Democratic victor) will be the result Taft's nomination In June In both contest Is now jatl Hoosevelt rather than pro-Tad. Botn gno: Pcwrono th. greatest personal as well as po 1 hatred for Colonel Xfih recognizes fact Jhat Roose success means utter annlhUIa tlon for hla own political power, and -the) are determined to go to anj extreme to make it impossible for the Colonel to secure the nomination at Chicago. Roosevelt's nomination means a irrest for the Republican pirt tn November But the tactics ot and Barnes prove that prefer a Democratic with anv Presidential candidate rather than a Republican victor under the 'eader- of (olonel Roosevelt In order to save their own power and poltlcal prestige Penrose and Barnes will go to any lengths, even by so doing" the practica'ly guan antee Democratic success in Novem Nobody understands better than how completelv the Roose- Telt sentiment has swept the.

state ot Pennsylvania He Is thoroughly informed as to the will of the great ma jorlty the voters. But Penrose is determined that the shall not rale as long as a trace of bis power hi left If any of the Penrose candidates for national delegate are elected they will te voted In the convention according to the will of Penrose -Penrose will favor the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt, aotwlth standing the fact that the people aro overwhelmlnglj In favor of his progressive policies and masterful lead ershlp, Having made up his mind to abandon Taft, 1'enroee will use his power and Influence In behalf of any other candidate save Roosevelt vi vtn. a return to "muar. 'for whlck a. worked ao hard during hla IncumtMuy it Washington For maay year, Stall haa been at frequent Intervals, and has alwaa, or nwrly alwayi bMn answered by political Senator FM- with a thuod.rou* "Not" edict of a vlclouily.pow*rful political machine hat backed kr Iko moat and iofamoua dnlaned to ke.p people from retaining control of their own acenctoa No nwthod lai been too vile or deaplcable for ho Penrose machlo.

lieutenant, to uae when confronted with a popular revolt. Election, hire, been stolen from h. people at the polls, and time people seemed within reaching of coveted goal, foul play the nachln. robbed them of victory. Repeated outrage, of thla character hav.

driven the people tot point where they low cremarW ttbt U. hut dltck acaliit tki tyranny aid e.presiWi of dictatorship. Throughout the slate Roow.it lentlmeot I. raltylit th. voter, behind the progressive oy eoupti tH4 you moan by HT Plain Answers to Questions as to His JUST WHERE HE STANDS arlnlcplac, and a complete overthrew of the unjust and PoBroie oligarchy I.

InmlBent Afalmt the popular uprising the Penrose machlae Is fighting tooth aad nail In what hai the appearance of a hopelera effort to again thwart the popular will. Penroae himself haa grown desperate over the In an tdltwlal In MM March 10 Outlook. v.lt Forth "A (tort In Form of QuMtl.n. tut A good friend of mine wbo hu been aakod many about political pkllotopky which I to Interpret and formulate In my Colum- kM apMch baa pat question, la fora of a ikort aad IB aaiwertng then I endeavored to Bklloeophr. What I.

aim for which Mrlvlnf? promotion of genuine popular America, the tt htnan and estibHihaeat Dbrtiw "Tho right of coruin judicial which nullify l.w. In tbo of Polio, o- general wtlfart powor OB frousd that unconstH tutloBaL" would amount to a or tbo judicial UtorprataMon of tho wherever inch In- doarlj adTano to human I I haM Ml ortr ln thM htfhoM court of a dlffcn from the of that itato on tho question of th. con.tllutlonallty of cunimuuonamy or a law vitally affecting the-condltlooi of aad indurtrlal irory IB th. community may toward, securing for aver- man and average woman a higher and labor among sbonld right to IB election whether constitution whlck they frame. by thra to permit inch a law.

m.tbo4 eaaaot apply to quMtloni is to federal constitution; this distinction IB my Colombns JnrUdlctlon of United State. So- tTKLSfSF 5 5 xaaH rvBdaBMBta 'W. b.ife.« thM PrwldeBt Tlft by ImT" hl1 eonwrrwlv. administration la la JJ.iotnln.tlcS by To brlnji theM fact. or and to of nwMm Tan a -unpaid) -iMM your support contribute to cartrlBg OB work.

--V HUM ictlng treaiurer, Redmond A Co Pin. At th. of letter "it of In th. form of seeking to rait, the spon-' for Taft It torn, of the men down In the Wall eon- H. MOUTOW --TM i wwuiMii nifQtjr and and fuller life In things body no lets than thoie of the you that th.

pursuit of naa grown desperate over the graft situation that confronts him and his 1 lm "quire, th. adoption of n.w po'ltLal dynasty. Ostene'bly he is In Sattllng for th. renomlnatlon of Taft, bell.v* It requires a new an but this Is merel) a dark cloak under i radical application of the old prlnc which the real purpose of Penroae aad of Juftlce and common honesty his asso-lates li concealed for the which are eternal as life Itsel time being and new machlnerv ar SS.Jiffl4SS.WS President Taft himself undentands that our jus he nature of the flght is be generous and human, i making In a's well as D0 menl does Penrose or anyone else The yeu In a ihort ballotf President Is not deceived, because he I do I consider It one of the rapst knows that as soon as the primaries lportint to be adopted By are over a new conspiracy looking the "short ballot" mean the prln toward his complete elimination from clple of electing tow men to Important the coitest will be entered into offlcea and making more admlnlstra Penrose asd other al'egcd Taft sup- tlv. offlces appointive ThlTM I.

the I)ortcrs method It Is generally agreed among the pre.jnt chiefs of the Taft forces that the President cannot be elected over 1,7. from giving any pub- a Democrat In November Rather 7 tT Ion they n- than assist In the nomination and i own )ower to hold him ac- election of Theodore Roosevelt, how connt l)1 to them Ton will get best ever, Penrose, Crane, Smoot. and i r7li: wh.re you elect only a few other Taft managers, who are serving ra cn of whom has his definite the special Interests In congress, duties and responsibilities and Is would gladly assist In the defeat of obliged to work In the open so that the Republican the people know who he Is and what The popu'ar determination to have he doe. JiSSH.TM prem. court concerning constitution must reaaln th.

whole constfto. of th. separate itatee ire in dally-procei, of miking by and he Is waging- a cam of deceit, decoj and delay to prevent a real choice of presidential candidates by the themselves on next Saturdav But the people, apparently, have made up their mlndi that nothing shall stop them this time The. are on tho lookout for trick with preventing fraud) that will en- sble each Individual voter to act directly on the nomination of elective officers, In th. nation presidential primaries should be so framed that the, voters may chose their delegate, to the national conventions and at the lame time express their p-eference for me.

are on tno lookout for trick- time expresi their p-eference for (her naro taScn nominees for the presidency At the 80 I re Dt "achlne, vj imryta of statei. ind I would vest In people of each state final authority as to what their state constitution ihould be I would not pake the people the final Judge In legal questfons between Individual's, hut I would make the people the flnkl umpire In such a conflict as that above outlined between the legislature and the Judiciary In any given state The personal differences between some of mv opponent and myself are only Incidents of a fundamental dlf ference of view opponents believe many of the founder! of our government believed that the people as a whole have neither the capacity nor tha training to decide questions of broad governmental policy Mirny of our fathers thought that the people, could not be trusted to elect presidents or senators and therefore devised the Electoral College, which we have abandoned and tbe legislative method of electing senators which we are abandoning My opponents think hat a special class, the legal class is he proper one finally to determine uestlons of basic political believe that the ultimate authority eits In the people and must be exer- Ised by the people Thli of course oei not mean that the people should ot employ experts to do their work pr tSem For Instance having se 'cted the president the voters should rive him full executive power, but If he voters decide that, they want a arcelj post, they should expect him make with loyalty to their decision h. best parcels post that can be ade; and they will not expect him decide for them as to whether they re to have a parcels post or not. la having framed tbe constltu(lon GQm try who do Botblnr all day lonf bn attend meetlnn of board, of director, pocket fold cola, for dolu Amo. PtBchot, wbo la a good with at 10 Broadway iUt! eri )1 1 vlo.

to ola awBey ky lrf tol th that th. of th. letter Plainly tinm KIM noneyed mm lato contributing by Httlnf up the 1 0 "TM" trylnt to United Supreme JnVwd'the'lJ deci.ioii. break down constltu- tlon of Vnlted States and to de- the government As Col Roosevelt's treatment of-the recall question as the are concerned has been confined distinctly to state eourti and then only to. certain well defined cases, Mr Pin- coot beReves this makes the letter a direct violation of tie New York pern! code as expressed In Section 1290, covering tbe offense of money by false pretenses However as It Is likely that the recipients of the letter were perfectly willing to he scared about Co! Roosenelt.

It I. not probable that any of them will Ke to prosecute the members of the money raising committee Committee "A Peach As far tbit committee Is concerned It Is a peach There are 19 members, as stated on the letter, held, and these 19 men represent among a multitude of other thing, the following all notorious as constituent- pirn of the fnoney trust sz 7- BSV ferts? iTM MU.U.I FREDEHICK w. BACKW. 4TTORNH-4I-LAW. oet Court llotuo iote Mf -PBT81CIAX AMD McCoy, Johrt Clurk.

o. fc t- m. 1 10 i. MYMC1AN SUROWK J.J or BOBISIiT HAJUlTOflJf. C.M Office bonrt-1 m.

ui V. A the polls Shal 1 the people rule'" is the question that ring In their ears when toei go to the polls and cast their ballots for progress and perltj in which all maj share alike have heard It manv times and thei have tried In dead earnest to at ford the proper answer, but tt has al wave been their 111 fortune to suffer a vTcloils and a blow from the Penrose machine when on tbe very threshhold of success In this campaign, however, the people are we'l fortified and armed i principles and vital issues that afford tbe gangsters no loophole of from fair and open combat. The. Roosevelt sentiment Is a bulwark of strength to those who are against the Penrose machine, and i the Roosevelt leadership there Is but little doubt that the coming test before the ballot box will In augurate a new era In Pennslvanla po'ltlcs TBe peopfe of Pennsylvania have finally made up their decision that they propose to rute themselves, and the once all pow erful political machine that has continuous!) usurped the functions of democratic government Is doomed to quick and certain destruction. Joseph Cleaver, a Roosevelt enthusiast, who lives on a farm near Berwick, Pa, has shipped a box of 100 four leaf clovers to Colonel Roosevelt at Bay This message accompanied the box I send vou these for the luck that they will impart In Republicans of national piomlnence our campaign and election" I now at the capiial size up the battle' vvou'd have sent vou more but I am In is i ronllict between rither busv now looting for a wife 4 I am policies' the people oft one side, ind Sunto Penrose 'at the htid of the state wa chine, on the other The ptop are openly and for Theodore Rooseve.lt; Penrose and his associates are for whatever the people oppose.

The supporters through out the state report that the people are In dead earnest this time, and that the question Shall the people rule'" will receive the proper answer at the polls on next Siturday. While the Pen-ose forces of special priUl, Be and olltlcal graft are It Is believed that enough voters have ra lied behind the Roosevelt standard to assure a gratifying victory which wl'l forever put the Penrose political michlne and "steam roller OM of Tho Bum nq question In Pennsyl vanla as throughout the country, whirn must be answered at the po'Js by the people themselves on' nest Saturd.i} Is Shall the people I rale'" a i firm believer In a'l Presidential primaries, to Instruci delegates to the national convention be held on April 3ft Massachusetts voters lhe state legislature enacted tho law in response to a demand by Roosevelt Republicans. tbe first Presidential primary neU this year, held in the Fifth Jlis- Eonri district. Roosevelt recehed votes, Taft, 390, LaFollette 55- Cummins, The Taft faction threat' ens to "bolt" Cordiality. "Those two women always meat each other with the most effu.lv, cor- -Earl'M reP ed Ca '10.

tarn takes prlda In showing- 0 ho she can con Do you believe In (he of I United States senator, by the' people? I do I think the people are just as competent to elect United States senator. directly as they are to elect gov ernors or representative. In congress ftr state legislatures Do you bellovi In the Initiative referendum? Yes under certain definite Ilmlta tlons Action by thelnltlative or erendum ought not to be the norms of legislation; I think the lature should be given an entirely fTM bind. But I the people shouk. have the power to reverse or supplement tho work of the when iver It becomes necessary Do you believe In the recall? I believe the people should be provided with the means of recalling 01 un-electlng Important elective admin Istratlve officers, to be used only when there Is a widespread and genuine public feeling for such a recall among a majority of the voters I believe that there Is scant necessity for using It In connection with short term elective of ficerp Do you believe In th.

recall of judges? I believe that the evils which havo to the very widespread proposal to apply the recall to judges are very real I see no reason why the people If they competent to elect JudgM, are not also competent to un-elect them I think the Judiciary should be made clearly to understand that they represent justice for the whole people Personally, and having view- the success of the Massachusetts system. I am at present Inclmed to believe that Judges should be appointive Then we can apply the principle of the re, call to the appointive power In addition, I would have tho appointive Judges removable; and in feeling our way to the proper solution, I would try having this done by a majority of the two houses of the legislature, as may now be done under the. Massachusetts law, whenever people through their representatives that the needs of the peopl. require such removal But this Is merely- my preference; and, moreover, my prime concern Is with the end, not the means I wlih to tee good, judges put on tbe bench and bad ones taken off It. Any system which In Its actual workings accompl'sheo these two ends Is a good systerr nrt wish to use the recall If It Is i 0 0 so.

but I rifier hive ro COUTM and flw statutes, they should choose the judge.that they can to carry out the provisions of the constitution and tho statutes; but If the: decide that they want a workmen's cotnpeMa tlon act. they ought to expect the Judge to administer such an act and not to determine whether a workmen's compensation act Is good for or not It Is none of the jfldge's busl nesi to say whether the people ought to wish and to have such in act; Is the people's business and only their. If the people decide (as the Canadians have decided) that It Is a true function of government to formulate and regulate tbe relations of organized capital and organized labor. Including wages, hours and conditions of work they will not expect the Judges--and the judges must not expect--to decide tbit this Is not a true function of.gov eminent; and If the judges endeavor to assert their view as opposed to the people view, people ought In legal fashion to tell them they ire mistaken, and, If the Judges persist, remove them and get Judges who will administer the law based upon the theory of government which the people the exercise of their sober and deliberate judgment have decided to be good kltta. i Co Ce It Is too.

bad that no manual In the library of congress gives the caultal of all of these trust companies and their allied concerns The total would certainly be thin ill the money In the world But by the Kd of such minuils to b. found here a gltnco at tte wnccnw. reprejffltcd by about half of the committee of will go some toward establishing- that Big Business Is for Taft and no other need apply As a spectacle of bullions begging the letter speaks for Itself Following It what Is learned ibout Mew of these 19 mil Rootevelt alarmuu OTTO T. BAXN HP --Pros. Now Yorfc Trn.t Co, director Maboalttc A LI Fellows' Building SHETHPORT, PA BOIBLH.

BRIGHT JOBSE, Main Street, Smethport, Pa. DODGE SHERBl'BNB, Prop and Its bar well stocked. M. DEPEW-- Offlecr or Dlrtttnr IB aity- corporMIOM of talUntloH rmmgimg from to S2Q 000 p. or life Co Director Mutual Life IMM.

Co. la tneitT- of oaDl- rmfflag from Two Billion Dollar Committee Asks for Subscription. SECRET CTfccULAR FOUND sglng Letter from Sponsors of the Financial End of the Taft Campaign--Who the Antl Roosevelt Alirmliti Are, the Concerns They Represent, and Their Combined Wealth. Mr or Director corpomtlena of tallzntlo.1 raMjrlac IIM.OOO.OOO to S3.000.000 J1TLIEX T. DAVIE5-- tor Box Mortnce Director Llfe'Va'i.

Director Till. Goaroalco A Tnut Total WILLIAM rorporxlom from HOI Dlroctor Srrmewte Tnnt Co. lit Director 'xiit. Baiik. R.

ROSS 141k Street Ba.k. Xow York Dlroctor ladnatrial SIT- Loan Director Xetrovolltaa Safe Drpoalt Co New York fnft Co. Director Verr JemeT TrunrCo. JOHN IIF.MI. imntOVD--.

Director Faalera Steel Co. Director St.md.ird Roller Bearlni; Co. 104M.O** KA.VI'CENTRAL HOTEL, JAMES McOUIRE, PHOP'B Mair Street, HT i This hai -ecently been reoovita and rofurnished. table auj ly supplied with the best tb. ni pOMMERCIAL HOUSED T.

H. PURTLE, Prop 12S tlalo 8'reet, Smethport, Pa. J. Vaalblaa Borstshoer. We are pleasantly located on our new building on Water SL where we are prepared to do, all kinds of HORSESHOEINCT and BLACKSMITHING in satisfactory manner.

Life, Fire Accident Uj BY F. SPECHT, Sraclhport, Pa. Washington. April Tho financial end of the Taft campaign was revealed somewhat tho other day by the cap tare In New York by Amoi Pinchot of a copy of a nifty llttlo circular letter which being seat around to rat In Big Biislnesi In a very confidential way. The cipture of tho letter was made win 0 difficulty hut It was made Tl Ictfr retd like this "Col li endeavoring to se- i a nomination for a third term psfibtlshed prec "3 'ho re- this 000 000 GRAND TOTAL 9Z.9S3Jt4S.OM Full List of "19." The fall list of the 19 reads a B.ooe.ooo tn sellable Nrolif RtstwiBL P.

WUllaa. Herri, Andrew B. Horcn. M. Mark.

i kaaacor Georn R. Bkeldon, Enr J. Hantoa, Headrlck I. i i vSufVlXlg Is supposed that the necessity for the letter lies In the change trom good I times there were no corrupt -jctlces ac'j and no law. lorr.pplllng rablldty of campaign 'on- Mntons It persona! checks the "U5t have now, no matter where money really from.

Hew York Counts, Clams, Cigars THOMAS YOUNG, PBOPB. Fine Cigars "Wholesale una hitTM, r.pj.ip».