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Show PATTISON IS MAD. The Democratic Candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania on the War Path. Philadelphia, Oct. 27. Robert Pat-tison, Pat-tison, democratic candidate for governor gover-nor of Pennsylvania, swore out warrants war-rants of arrest this morning in the proceedings pro-ceedings for criminal libel against the publisher and editor of the Inquirer, the proprietor of the North American and the publisher and editor ed-itor of the Harrisburg Call. A hearing will be given this afternoon. The three papers mentioned published pub-lished on Saturday morning charges that Pattison had been bribed by the Vanderbilts to sign what were known as the south Pennsylvania bills of 1883, and that the ex-governor sought out and retained ex-Judge Jeremiah S. Black to write the veto message, and having received re-ceived it with the understanding that it was to be sent to the legislature, he changed his mind by the next morning and without notice to Judge Black, approved ap-proved the bills, and that is why Judge Black denounced Governor Pattison for this alleged deception. The article also oharged that $30,000 in stock had been paid Governor Pattison Patti-son and Attorney Generals Lewis and Cassidy for the signing of the bills chartering char-tering the Pittsburg Natural Gas corporation. |