Political Corruption in Philadelphia
By Editor
One of the most “Christian” cities of the world is the “City of Brotherly Love;” but this is what the Hon. John Wanamaker says, in the New York World concerning it: “In Philadelphia we have no honest election for many years, and the debasement of the ballot has acquired the system and precision of a science. . . . This has not been the growth of a day or a year, but has been perfected by steady, systematic development of the most minute details of original ingenuity. The machine has educated its followers in election crime, rewarded them according to their perfection in fraudulent arts, and extolled and honored the leadership which has known how to devise and avail itself of corrupt practices and protect and promote its debased principles.” Is Philadelphia alone in this p-