The Democratic Watchman',
BELLEFONTE, PA
FRIDAY MORNING, APIL 17, 1868.
Minority Report on the Robison-Shu
gert Contested Election Case.'
res report of Gf 50..-LL_4acksan and R.
Linderman. Me folio/11y of the Conn o r
lee, swore; to try -Ny -matter o/ the eon
tested eleNton in Nye 21st Sontortal iris
trim, belereen John K Robison, rootre
tans, and Samuel T. SAngert, sittnnt
number.
Respectfully showeth, that the elec
tion returns in said district. which 1 4
composed of the count it' of lanir. ('en
tre, Huntingdon, Nittfiltn; Juniata. and
Perrv,save Sum') T Stitieeri,l 1,1 21 rote•
and John K. Robison 11 102 cotes till!,
giving a majority of 22 once to Shtottel
T. Shurgert the Pitting member.
The committee were sworn nn the 9t It
day of Jenuary, 1868, —to try the matter
of the petition and to give trite
. itidguieto
thereon, according to the evidence " '
This to us seemed clearly to confine
the ocinmlttee within the charter eiez
ed in the petition. then presented to the
Sbnete. Several days after
sworn, a paper scent% to hove been left
with the clerk of the comtnitte", which
waa never presented to the committee.
or read, and which contained corny
chargea in addition to tho-e
the petition, which we were • worn to
try
The sitting member moved t
that paper, and strukt g l ut all of the
mai
ter cantnined in the feetimony under the
lame for the ((dinning .re.t.11,1
FIRST Be thr so rolled
e
ments" were no,; signed by the P
P.ll required by the tan.ole, 16 a l l
"By at least, twenty qualifi(d electors
or 'be district "
SIWOID 'Seemlier the nlirged • • "turn I
multi" arc not ace..mitnnied by nn UITI
gevil taken and pubseribed by nt Irn•I
five of the Petitioners. that She melt
herein awed are true to be,t of ink ir
knowledge end belief, as rcqu:r.d 1, )
the euatute•
Titian Because the alleged •• ‘ineni
mews" Ire not accompanied by a t • .. ,' i
cafe from the Treasurer, Piton!, ,;i iII
or Commissioners of the c mot) Eh. le
the Petitioner• reside, .ottinz f ,rah ii,ll
the e•iol Petitioners, al the lime ~f r 'O
- the saute, were qualified eleci,,re ..:
the dietrict,
.a 4 required by statute
FOURTH because the alleged • %-
amendments" to the petition were not
proven ed to the Senate within ten di's
after the organization of the Legt.latute
next succeeding the election. as required
d
by'ilme at atute. to give the Senate Juri a
diction i 1
he case: which statute pro
viden. and enjoins as follows : _'But no
petition complaining of an undue elle
Lion or fa se return of a person elected
Governor, t•lenator, or Member of the
House of Reprirdentatives, shall Le acted
union by the Legislature" unless- the
foregoing reeoisites Are complied with
Firrn Because this Committee has
no power, right or authority in law, nor
discretion in equity or otherwise, to
permit, allow or ...unaeut, that the °rip
nal petitotti presented to the Senate in
this case. shall, may or el n be =rneno , t d
lb the manner proposed in this CAPP, or
in any other manner whatsoever, as the
Committee have no jurisdiction or am
lrol over the question of •.Arnendinenta .
to the original petition.
Strait Because the issue in ails cage
between the Contestant and Respondent
Is founded by and upon the "petition.
and answer, which can neither be en
larged nor dimtuiihe•l by the Commit
lee
Sxviesrtt Because the Committee ire
solutoly bound, by the oaths they have
taken in ibis case, -•to try the matter of
the pennon, and to give a true judgment
thereon according to the evidence, uti
lises the Committee be dissolved."
.lituitrit Beams* the Committee are
not sworn to try or decide any o rects eel
out in the so-called ••Amendments to
the Petition "
NIPITII Itecinee even if the etatute
were not inventive in forbidd tog the
Committee to exercise jurisilicitco in al
lowing amendments to the petition, it
would be both inequitable and unjust to
allow or act upon the amendments in
this case, for the reason' that the Com
m•ttee have refused to allow emend
enente to Respondent's answer, or hear
evidence c? facts not set out in the alp
wer.
to aupport of these reasons, the stat•
ute in refe'rence to contested elections is
oited—ket of July 2, 1539, per. 129,
Pimph Ltws, .1,27 • Pur Dig p. otifi, pl
16/3;and pl 166-179
•
COCNTY, as
' Samuel T Shugert, being duly sworn,
deposeth and saith that the facto eet
forth in the foregoing "Reaoons," are
true to die beat of hie knowledge and
belief,
SAMUEL T. SHUGERT.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this
2.-lib March, 1868
• ()LIVER EDWARDS.
Mayor of the city of llarrii6urg, Pa
. We were off the opinion, and are now
of the opinion, that this motion should
have been allowed,.
The evidence given in support of tliiv
paper, failing with it, and neither being
any part of the case, and both being be
yond our jurisdiction, the case of the
contestant utterly failed, for under the
petition we were swore to try, the pre
ponderance of evidence was largely in
favor of the sitting member.
This result becomes to us apparent in
view as• well of our maim as of the
words of the statute, and the clear Poll
cy of the law in restraining charges . of
this character within (10) ten days of
the meeting of the Legislature.
Here, In our •iew, the cue should
have ended with a report in favor of the
sitting member.
The majority of the committee having,
decided otherwise, we proceed to detain
the evidence as it came before us. •
The whole committee agree in ignor
ing the question of the jogality of alleg
ed deserter votes, and ietc"fteving this
class of voters where the g I elec
tion returns have placed them.
The whole of the , committee units in
throwing out of the return the whole
vote of Taylor township, in the county
of Centre, for the reason that the elec
tion was not held at the place fixed by
or the gherirs proclamation ; the
majority in that to for Ills COll I the litor buitling, and contestants al
testant, was eighteen (14`, %rite.. which t + l I.crdlh-trfir.y Iwo persons whose namee
to h e deducted froth the whole 'mintier, 1I n , give. were unmaturalized for
of •oleii girth for Julio K Itohison, the et those pone. The
contestant.p u ll limitof built of these districts were
The x 'fling niendrer 'proved tilx l ys pi oilirt oil, rind e.lobliehed the feet that
richly 411011.1 votes cosi (or John K. but Nivea i.flltr persons named, voted
Itoblioin, the coniemitint. in &fief-situ lat tlio.t• pious, three, thereof,
,to wit:
ports lit the district, compruilng Michael NloDonough and
tinder nee, tint paying ttres, •uluqut in Rush township, and
'11.1.-te4tden's. t watre in the borough of
The contestant claimed io have pi oven if toil of these twelve. John
twenty three (211 . ) vote. of Oily eh iric , er oil Follow s Were proven
tit different parts of I ritnriim of Ittiti4psburg, and -did
( ihere were but ltsii (.1) VOlO4 .11,0 h wire i.iit the, railroad gang, , Certi.
I clearly pr;;vi n to - tore been and .Ir ion were produced
three inereol were not prow, it to 101.10 1 1110 seal of the proper officer
voted for Ilse muting member I 11011 sin of those voting in PhiJ-
Uoder branch el the cute, 11101, 11,011.1 y, 01'1 ollegell to be e ll eeteeelited,
ore ~111) three (63) %010.4 WlllOll %non' I 0,10 11.0111.11.7.4 6 . 117141 W Il wan pro
be deducted (ruin the return of K 1 veil Corrigan, who was al-
Robison leged ip he did vote and
Rte hod no reason for I , 'l s •' , l Itiirii l ilican ticket Of the re
the reque.l of the contridant to lhrda. I 111. 1 “ 1 ;')... `Oll wlio voted in these two dis
co( the vole of :lie [OWII.IIIIIOI - there 0110 110 proof 115;10 how they
in the county el Iluniing , lol viiirit wit 1. , r whom they voted, but the
het I hotel, the Itosh towniihip shown that
[doer tired by low': there wlsi net , livr 'l' Shugart had . pine votes l ess
ett:irgewir evidi•ore of 1,1 rrt il,it !hat; shss, no d had for Su
hero 111 folding the 11110111 meld...lodge and it was proven tha,s in
olliciinit hoe atoiOi,nwl thii l'hitipsfaig two men voted on na•tural
voter( and 0.1,1110 Ion" a j nin groyne,' in the Stele of
• r i ee , tally Inn e folio I a. New lof Is . , end several others on papers
curd rejoin ot C Elk'Counticti,—
wade froth 'nouart 1111.1 pr, diir,d I. Wan .0.0 14101W0 llntL one of these •o
-h• rote the cow,. lhi.g township •oted , on a paper,
Ti e A...oe•Soe of hut district w..c'dl''l'(el l 4hl.l 11 lhi Slole or New York.
and sivi'orti, sod lire if swiping lilec•ition of fraud
ly env 11. 1 .i.t oholge I in ri re, cure Iv. theme two
ear re ., l et il,o , en:l 0 1,' 1 .• 1 r', d n'. .ire not ruidaitiefl iv the
, 0 4 1 ,1 11, 0 , The , ; ii; tin the ease,
,deuce to tillect. Joe pint w,. #l,l .10 ~It. II .11..1 to 11.417 were but
,tonesWel, open du. u¢. Illt. •I.• 0 10 Ill.l'ho-e polled in ISIiG, wh i l e
wh,l.t toe v , ii . w , re t0...,g .110...1 'he t.llll . lellllllll.lti of It recenily
ihe i i
rvideise ~f I w'. C rill% .3, and tea growing and
front, n 1110 i I .I'll 111, I :II !lII' „ ring tut I g o !hey are 11'1.01 1111.111
WOO , OIII 0111 dlirtne the election 'I here 'ht. -111,10.111 it tole Nllellßel U \kora,
io i•ct•li Ili it \t IN 'I. Nil 111.^11 in c
e. ,„, i o iir II before the
nor er .V.ll v t.. 1 nn I syn.' , Lemon, to ref. Tenet. 10 11.10 vole o'-
00 evident...ll.a' sal hot pi, ; ,,,h; , upon Lhe r iilrond.
v o l e ,0.,1 i,eriv. I in the 01....ent a 4,1 11 e irg...l for 011 , e011.1110, On the
burl it otii•••.r. 11 , 1 et 2101 14 Srpiru,h, r liefore the election
Hence prod •coil t =hew tha , the 11.1 mg/ply
y,-.x
ten I - c, - 11 1 , 111 he .w. , re tlatit he al led 111
111 tole , forhi.ll,l by the clerk to the tirteeitoiz the poll-'t number of Irish
'County CM11,111.,..n.1n. 111 , 11 n, whit-e nituiev lie gli•e. true
There were fit , d by ptoof, that five of
t. 0./ i; I v •I I , i tiie •ill I bail vote lat
re.ii't of rr • : tzuri matter lota- vtiala.o.llWri , id punt,' e
Inn let Lie .l I wt t e 11.0 Ilium 11.. job al the
a a well to 'b a t a-n ihe e I. the I let •11, hot Irti been II to-
I t Iti r[ iio, ,it I, LI I we. k. before and were pot in
I I, h the at ell ; that Jamen
Cl•' n e t ai,;Tic, t'n it \lt U , 111 1 .1, %lin woo ..tle of them W/1.1,1
of atomt three hundred nod .Ixby Ziven I cilhot to the stand and Iwatifiel that he
vi ter , all t.t wbtel. under the tlo, iI -I hot toe in enure , or Rush
trine contended fir I t !be Cir •.ivroal k ip but that he did vn e to Brad
the r vre it LI c townitlitp Clearfield county, and
threw 7,10, awl we are cletrly vit , the Republican treket
likteed in !hie n01 , 1,{ by the decttitoti t.l. Wit ile•+ei wen, prwitice , l from every
the rontnwtle• - , the ul.lj , ,rity of which - •nlity m whlpti (I %Tenni Imidhe hitti
W.f. , ' to receive trnlunnnv to r•iiiipiri of InrJ, ilt of who'll tirietin iu number—
the allegatleina of ri-p,m:lvlo. pro, It.tti to 6• Ui had charadler
—that the tjection officera in Taylor or credit. It wad
B' Ccpiinly. weft , 41.0 promo, that lie, n Mettra. reCti•ed
a, required by law. • the proof of which moot, iti 1 tie-natio. of 11, arrangement.
we , eca.ll to tie previiiced but the ma in ofe before the election
prone 1.1 1...1 el.n If I ti,re rr,der. The ientiniiiii! 11119 man war ace
-0,71 nlr thez, pi II ti•re n•,l nuorn,' cepttfal y • mpeached, anti eboulti not be
such an r goive,:y rp- r fluor Mr I t ken itito consideration in determikang
the o tie W ishout it, there was no ev-
It rkat ly proven thrit in Porter iilettee of forged naturalisation papers or
townolip county; all of the any one coming to the district in refer
workmen t Ilsrree Forgessuil Ilaifi. d's euce to the Tote of the Irish railroad
iron Worlo4 voted without having first hands
patil n si Its or runny . ) , int, -- as required l
Ttiere wee ;roof showing that "up
by low, ix r, not op' wards of eighty" Irish I stlroad hands
pear ppo.i , e the name of a pongle •Olen were sent to Philipsburg and Rosh town
on the whole 1:10, llbleh conisins three ehtp for the purpose of •ottng The
hundred rod thirl) four (3311 names contestant's petitt.n charged but 42. and
itilbougli it wan nbown.ibat•ery runny of the proof austained but lb vote, to both
them voted on tax If WWI Riker clearly awl-tots It was distinctly proven lbw
proven Hint the ballot box of Lincoln they were taken there, to complete lbe
town+Rip} Huntingdon COUIIIY, wen not work at lbw. point; that the location
lett in the custody of a Justice of the and flatness or the ground prevented the
peace, &11 required by law, but dtas left work being do ne
, earlier, and that the
with a men mime I B . and that the right of way, •nd change of ilia bed of
election officers refused to gt we that boil tim creek were obstancles to earlier
to the justice of the peree when be called completion of the Work There was no
fur it proof that any of them were d be
1 1,
It was proven that at the election in fore they came into the distri t James
Union townbhip_, Huntingdon County, McDonald, • Republican, to ' ed that
the doors w.re open , and persons othee be was present when James Col ns and
than the officers were in the room 411 Gorman directed the men to g i s Ph+
day ; that the ballot boxes were exposed spstrurg, and be directly contra toted the
in such manner as to give ample oppor statement msde by 0 Mears that they
tunttr fir muffing the same, and it, was were sent there to vote the Democratic
proven by one witness that he went ticket There was evidence of small
twice to the window to vote, and found tickets hiving been voted, both by rail•
no officers in charge of the ballot boxes road hands and others, ■nd the proof
at either time. and when he did vote he was that the Republican ticket used that
was oblig-d .o call the officer! together day was similor in size and appearaoce
to receive it , that be went into the room, to the small Democratic ticket It liras
found a crowd of persons in there, but also proven that the said small tick-ts
did not recognize any of the officers of were generally circulated through both
the election among them d istriets,
It ice proven by one of the inspectors The judge of the election of Rush tosin
thit in Dublin township, Huntingdon ship swore that but six Irishmen voted
county, the election officers left the at that poll all day, and the poll list
house and closed the polls for nearly 110 shows that but three of those were of
i il,
hour, to violation ofJ aw ; that during of the number charged as fraudulen, by
the election the room a full of persons the contestant. This number, even if
having no authority here, and that fraudulent, which is not shown, is no
whilst the votes were being counted the small to cause the rejection of the entire
room wits crowded with those per.ions, poll
who surrounded the table and hindered The board of eleotion'of that district
the officer. thereof in the performance was legally constituted, the judge was
of altar dolma. elected by the people, sod the inepeolor
. . . .
It was proven that In Cass township, having the ntytt.to the higliest number
Ilmittogdon county, that one Clarkson I of •otes being strut, the person having
noted as clerk in the absence of the sworn the next lighest number of votes for
clerks , that he kept the tally hell while; judge, acted as tpspector under the law,
the ballots were being counted, acd that and the othet illspectar Was `appointed
he was not an officer of the else- by the judge according to law. We can
.
our sworn.; that acmes were added therefore See no reason for rejecting the
to the hilts of voters after the palls were entire poll on this ground In our opin
elottfd, and the votes counted; that two ion, there is no sufficient evidence either
of the officers were absent at times, and of the use of freudulibot naturalization
•otes were reeeived in their absence, papers; of illegal voting rat hole the
that the doors were open to all comers alleged fraudulent voters did vote, or
cod goers, and that crowds of Such per- of limb substantial rregularities in eon
sous surrounded the foible whilst votes ducting the elections in the districts of
were being received and cogated Philipsburg and Rush township, Centre
We cannot asaeot to the doctrine that county, as to ewes either the whole poll,
the legal •oter'i' to he disfranchised by or any pint of the individual votes, to
the act of the fraudulent voter; nor that be thrown out of the count
whole districts are to be throw out upon Upon a recapitulation of the facts as
trifling irregularities, on the part of we find them, we Sod the following to
erettion offieers, but if this doctrine be the result, to wit:
were sustaftied, we feel mewed, that ►n Himmel T. Shugart received as per
impartial investigation of all the feels omelet re t urn
sari ounding the condition, of thepoll in John K. Robison, as per °facial re
the several townships of Carhon,rorter, turn resolved 14,102
Lincoln, Cass. Union and DublinNin the Deduct Taylor township,_
county or Iluntingdon ; Taylor and °lntro " 18 votes:.
Rush, in the county of Centre, and Tay- Deduct difference
for in the county of Blair, will give to in 11 / 4 81 ‘ 1 " t368 63 "
the sitting member, Banel T. Shugart,
his seat by more than two,bundrad ma-
jority.
For these reasons we cannot agree to
reject the poll of the townships of Car
bon in the county of Huntingdon; and
Cur like reasons we cannot a silent to
throw out do whole pedal the township
of Rush in the *aunty of Centro.
The tows of Rush ►pd district of
Philipsburg; AR eonneoted nod vote in
Leaving • Wear Majority for Samna
T. Shugart - of 1111
vows ;
All of which is vespectfail submitted.
f °SOROS D JACKSON.
R. 8. LINDSSIIAN.
Ohio legalstare ham passed a
Er.str.p6than polio. bill.
Grant and the Jews
The °lsraelite," the Western organ of
the Jews, has dragged to the light; the
Welliremembered order of Gen. Grant in
felatiou to that class of people. It palls
upon the Jews throghout the nation to
condeion its author at the polp. We
apprehend, that there is not one of that
sect, who will give his support to a man
who could thus Wantonly Moult. and pro
scribe ••this people."
-4111ADQARTE119 13711 ARMY CORM
- - Door, -or. Tux Tx-IsI.:MN _
Oxrono, )lise., D e c. 17, 1862,
General Order No 11.
The Jews, as a chisel, violating ever,y
gelation of trade established by the
Treasoryl,Department, also department
orders, are hereby expelled from the de
partment within 24 holies from the re
ceipt of this order by poet command
ere,
They will ree that all thin clams• of
people are furnished with panties and
require] to leave; and any one return•
ing after ;melt nut ttirition will he tirres
led and held in confinement until an op
portunity oceur, or .4emling them out am
prisoners, unless furnished with permits
from these headquarters.
No passes will be giten this people (0
visit headquarters for the pnrposo of
making personal application for trade
pert:nits
Jons A. It MLINO,
AFriPtant Aiijutant
General Grant will disco er that these
men, whom he expelled from the Depart
ment of Tennessee within twenty-four
hours from the receipt of this order by
the post commanders. know how to re
sent such aII igrant outrace The Jews
are n power in this emniry. Many of
them posses , . immense wealth and exer
cise a large influence Their support as
a domination is not to be lightly est ima
te.i Immediately upon the 11AR - cation
of this order,Mr Pendleton, then simem
ber of Congress. introduced in the
Rouse of Representatives, a preamble
declaring the order Tyrannical, cruel
and illegal," closing atilt the renolut ion,
"mita( the said order deservepe the earnest
condemnation of ibis [louse and of the
PresiTent, ne Commander in chief"
sr ,+ tabled, by a cote of OH to 53, Mr
Colfax, the present Speaker, •oting in
favor of the and thns,express
ing 'hill censure of Grant's conduct
President Lincoln, when covinced that
Grant had really tsucl this orde , te
vokedit, and took occasion to enpress
his hearty indignation, at the outrage
The article in the Israelite closes an fish
• •-
lows .
••Vie hive to say this: AR a Jew, we
cannot and will not vote fora man who
has done na a morn phamele•s injustice
than any man in power, in this century.
has done in any civilized country
Therefore, we hops and tape& that the
entire Jewish presa will come out bold ly
end justly agairiaLthe movement Jo no
urinate General Grant qa President of'
the United Stites — Valli 'N'peril
.PAYRIOTIC - 6cprrenons like the fol
lowing, from the Wazzihacie Argue
would no doubt be regarded by many at
the North as eminently disloyal We
think, however, they, are patriotic as
well as just. and that the right sort of
men at the North will indorse them, and
consider them much more favorable to
the Union than the allience of any such
feeling or interest on the pat of the
South could be The editor is speaking
of radical policy :—Ez
But when we look at these thing* from
the stand point from which they are
viewed by foreign nations, we feel humi
ilaied, degarded, and ashamed, of our
American citizenship. for as American
citizens we are all viewed and al alike
held responsible by the world. To tor
op; nations, then, we stand in a post
iton to be viewed as a people continually
boasting—arrogantly boasting of , our
constitutional government, and the per
fect protection it gmes to life, liberty
and property, and yet, at the POLITIC time,
wilfully, deliberately and avowedly vin
listing that constitution , inflicting capi
tal punishment without legal trial, jut
prisoning without warrant and refusing
the write of habeas stirrp., and destroy
ing property by violence. fraud and con
fiscation And as if this were not
enough to disgust a christ tan world,and
complete the picture of shame and 414..
gradation, wedeliberately seek notoriety
in infamy.
Witsos Tette a Lie —Senator Hen
ry Wilson, of Massachusetts. has pub
lished a letter, in which he declare that
Urn Ursa is not the habitual drunk
ard he is represented to be. Indeed,
according to .Wilson, the great smoker
is an advocate of temperance' Verney
publishes, in his '•two papers, both'
daily," Wilson's letter, and' expresses
the hope that it ••will be read in every
temperance lodge in Pennsylvania and
the United States " sow, both Wilson
and Forney, 10 attempting-lo represent
Omnt as a temperance manAnow that
they lie• Wendell Phillipe, Rev Theo
dore Tilton and other Radicals. have
seen Chant drunk on the streets ()Wash
ington,iin Sundays as well as other day.
and Alm nave published what they Caw
with flieir- own eyes, and bar dared
contradiction. More than this, it is
notorionsithat Grant has been 1 hard
drinker for the last twenty-five years,
and had to reitign hie commission in the
army or. account, of his habits We
don't know' that Grant's weakness inthis
respect will injure him with the promi
nent MOO of his party, nearly all 'of
whom drank to excess, but yet they
should not atteopt to represent him as a
friend of the lei:utterance cause when
they know that he has been a sot for a
quarter of a century Such a palpable
lie will only be laughed at by those who
know Grant. He is a _drunkard, and
everybody about Washington knows this
Corliale Voluseiest
_ 14,124
—We have two horse riders as can
didates for the Presidency, Dan Rice
and Osumi! Grant,. We. propose, that
in order to a sorryt decision us to their
respective claims, there shall be an ex
hibition of their respective powers.—
Their respective friends can agree upon
the time, place, and conditions. We
cannot consent to act as owe of the
judges, as we have already expressed
our opinion very stronly la favor of
Dan. Bat impartial —jadges esa un
doubtedly be had. -1 Js.
Si
-14,031
Stanton on the Stand.---Possible Ex
am(hation, and the "Sticking" Wit
ness Struck,.
Mr. 'Stanton called on witness
. stadd:
Counsel for President—Are you &c
-rater, of War?
Sinaloa am.
C, for res.—lly what authority do
you hold your office?
B.—By appointment oirresident Lin
coln, confirmed by the Senate Jnnunry
13, 1862. I have a commission of that
ditto.
•
- -C.4Swr Prea_.-Adatit'rtiag_the consti
tutionality of the Tenure-of oliroe acW
witen, by the terms of thatvict, - did that
commission moire?
8 —The 4ttf of April, 1865. The act
provides that the Secretary of War(t°.
gether with the rent of the tlabinet) shall
hold his office during the term of the
President, by whom he was appointed;
and one month after
C.—for free —Have youleett appoin
ted by President Johnson and confirmed
by the fienal&eince that date
N•o
C —for Pres —Admitting that Presi
dent Johnson is only serving out Presi-
Lincoln's second term, were you appoin
led by President.Lincoin and confirmed
by the Senate between April 4. IPlib•
and April 14.. the day or Lincoln's
death
N o.
C. for Pres.—Can you show any war
rent or commission for holding the offleo
at the present lime
:I^—N o
for Tres —Does not the Tenure of
Office act expressly provide that nothing
in said Oct shall be construed so as to
prolong the term of office of any person
beyond the term for whiz!' he wee on
gutsily appointed and npnfirrned
S
C for Pres --You are, !herefore, no
eotilority for holding he office
S
C for Pres —Why do you preniat in
hplding on to it
'S.—llecaume I ant an obstinate mule,
and Sumner told me to stick, and (stuck
C for Pre+ —Him you no other war
rent for holding it.
S —ti-o
C._ for Prer--You may w it down
--Not;rithetanding the radical claim
That their party is mane up of the “pre
virtuous rind temPritie." of the country.
it would appe.ir from the following, th.it
they have trouble with one of their
lend
ntg Caitlin, II S Senator Richard Vet cc
Or Illinois, Richard has got to be a very
bad man—he will get drnnk very drunk'
RAO RS his party can't keep his drunk•
conc.'s any longer a secret, they go for
him rough, as the , following from the
Chicago /curried, a leading radical pa•
per would indicate :
"lie In Intoxicated nearly all the time,
day and night, anti unless he cliaoges
bin course ecion, or renigne, the Semite
sill expel him lie bee net been in his
seat once since the opening of the im
peachment trial, anti on Revere' OCCA
atone his vote would bare decided im
portant question; The statement of
these painful fame will sadden many of
the friends of the once beloved nod hon
est CI ..•ernor Yatee, who, it Is now evi
dent, has lost all self-respect, an well an
the respect which is due to his constitu
ents and to the body of which be in a
member If he will not resign, the
sooner he is expeldd Cie better. Mi
nute must he fully represented in the
Senate the final vote on the impeachment
trial is given The present is no time
to trifle with the patience of the Senate
end the people of Iliin•is are in no tem
per to-ji . stify encourage or tolerate the
I disgrace course of a drunkard in a
public office if trust and r..sponsibility '
Richard intimates that perhaps be
nrght reform if he did not have to ammo
elate with eucth *leading radicals as
Chandler, Spragusirltlye, Wade antl'ettlt;.
er Senators lie hints that such .1111140-
elation@ would corrupt the very btrst of
men, himself not excepted Richard
doubtless belime in the maxim that
•
evil association will lead to bad hab
Richard's nhilosoph in good
Tilt itICOIRTRATION LlW.—Tbe Radi
cal majority in our State Legislature
have forced th.ough a registration la•
modeled after the most improved Yankee
pattern Toe Harrisburg Patriot it
Union says:
"The mate feature of objection to the
bill, sit far as we tan arcerisin from a
casual inspection, is the obstacles whiab
iuterposes to the exercise of the right
of suffrage, and the loss of time which
it eutailv upon the working elites of peo
ple aud naturalized citizens The bill
- require, the easessor and board of elect
tkm to meet, too days before each gee
eral election, for the correction of the
registry lists, - betzeen the hours of 9 •
, and G p in Of tours.. wog kingmen
will have to lore • day's work to tend to
getting registertit At the final meeting
on the last Thursday proceeding the
election the hoard sit between the hours
of aud 10, a in and 6 p m , again re
quiring the loss of • day's work. In
addition to this, every applicant for reg
istration on that day must bring a friend,
a legal voler, , and both must sign stride
•tts setting forth his claim to vote Af
ter all this loss of time and trouble the
voter it still subject to challenge at the
polls, and there required to again sub
mit his proof of a right to vote.
Naturalized citizen, are required, upon
all occasions, to produce their papers,
and their certificate of !letup-all:mho is
to be produced at every poll, so that the
board may write ••vcted" upon it, with
the date. Then again, at every general
election the polls are to be opened be
tween- the hours of 6 sod 7 a. m. and
isloso at 6p. m --again requiring the loss
of time from the working man "
—Every now and then report' are
transmitted tb Washington of sitious
troubles in Tennessoe, accompanied with
an appeal to General Grant to order
General Thomas to interfere with the
troops under his command. As this
State was reconstructed (tweedy in art
oordanoe with the Radical theories, and
so effectually that at• its last g I
election the Radicals polled 74,484 votes
of a total vote of 97,082, W 6 beg to ask,
in the words of the late Artemtut Ward.
"Why ia_this thus 7" In the eyes of
the Radicals, Kentucky and Maryland
are rebel States, yet we -hear of
anj disturb in them so serious as
to require the interference of the milita
ry. Will the -7'ribens plow inlighteu
the men and brother* on this subject.—
Clarion, Denuolftqz.
Applying the Ong to Rob the Treasury
1 1 The Harrisbnrg `Latricd and Unton, in •
retiring-to the legislation wbitfh m
I tug inapted at Harrisburg, !tip the Ap.
propriation bill, which was on ilv fin a l
passage in the Ben•te. voted out of the
Treasury four in anions and n h al f ‘4
Intuney to all sorts of purposes. IVi.e n .
it (tame up on third reittiing in the Sen.
are, on Fridwy,Senator Wallace nnett,pt,
ed ko obtain the node to lito•e to go tote
committee of the whole for special
menl, and to reduce the size of the bill
Akho,tia4oo,ooo, as shown by hie prolo.
:ea ameodmenlP.f 'l'6e Wppen rt. tetti.ed
i - give him the floor, and yielded n to
Connell, Ertel, Iridgway and oaeri,
who called the previous quest ion 1.11 (he
bill, thus gagging the ntlempt in r dim e
the nemenee and unnecermery ani tr „ or.
aliens On motion In sustain the_ p r ,._
stout, question the Democf min void 'Ito"
and Meeerti 1111:'Ingtelt, of Laticc.ti,r,
and Brown of Mercer, voted with
but the call for the previ , tic ttue.tn n
was sustained, and the tutut,riry °tie
thereby gagged The motif que sr 1 , ,n
then came up--Shall Om hill 1,
and on that quesiion all tit- tstim.tHo,
sod :Messrs. Itidg way, Slunli lit r,
1111110, Hillingfelf, Cowles nod S , ll l / 1 4,1n
Rsidiods, voted “no," only the hill Irlt
by a role of yens 12 Dais 20.
Thee to the brel lime huts the prrvo ue
gnomon hoe been bll+lo.llii.l in the
oie upon the Approprmiimi 1,11, I ill
happily, iliegrocs thug Wit
Led ham met us deceived Into in de
feat of the bill usell 11 nto In 'mi,'
ohm those who voted ligni.".t Iho hail
will Ino“ lottii.k a ttvely Oki!
from it every iipproprinimn 1101 1, 0 „,„0
nrput vi.irraohd by the
or reqUireuirolm The ittirrovl ul i p
licit of the Radicals 1, lot!
through VVlllintil snowing St f ,ir d
mon 111 regaid to its plovt•)ot
WIII 11,11 Le/iv p 1.4
details Let a6e ;41uriul.1,)y
cativusned, I Lerelure,l{L,l it II 10 I,
bat nuy.Bl.tottor, or -nog ' of
MI rode irond 111 i.obn „,,
hid II rx.
petiPe of 11,t, I L .
beta up to pubic pcorti
GKAAT AC A CIII.IIICII GoLit
Itadical papers anomie,. Wlllll3 11 1, 11 - 1-h
of trumpts that Grant live I ikon a I. w
in Dr Sunderland's church I u s..
he has shown 1.11.1 citiplete tr. nip
to the party which promISPS 100 ,0 1111 We
him for the Preardency. 'Chia Dr
derlaud Ia the tame individual who,when
Chaplain of the Senate, was ret uki I by
by q Conservative Senator in Ilia f
frig resolution:
Resolved, That the Chaplain of the
senate be respectfully requested, litre
alter fo pray to Almighty God in bur
behalf, and not to lecture Dim, 10,4111
[lllll what to do, or slate to llim under
pretence of prayer, his, the said Chap
slain's opinion in reference to ll.s duty
as the Al:night, and that the said rhsp
lain be further ri quested aforesaid not
under the Jo rmof prayer to lectureilie
ate In reterence to questions b.-fore tl.at
body.
After endosing negro mufTrage and
eating-any amount of dirt to events the
radical nomination, Gen. Grant could
not more fitly finish up his record o
shameless subserviency than by making
a pretense of piety an joining Dr Sun
derland's church —Lan Intel
NIGIJIK ON Till BILAIN.—John dick
man, sumo time ago a member of Con:
!areas, now a member of the House of
itepreseamtires at Harrisburg, from
Chester county, recently used the fol-
Joiring language in his speech in favcß
of striking the word "white . ' from our
Stare Constitution:
••I may possibly see the day that I
may walk side by side with a c)lored
w . otnan I have seen • great many col
ored women that I would rather walk
with than a great many white men I
know s great many negroes who I think
are better entitled to vote this moment
than a great many -white men who do
vote, and who have long exercised the
franchise "
Mr Hickman Is unquestionably the
abet Radical member of the House
lie le regarded ea exrremely Radical now,
but in tie words just quoted, he has
simply uttered the key note of the Rad
ical party. Ere long, the leaders will
all openly take his position, and seek to
"educate" the m into the support
of the same doctrine. Let white men
open their eyes to the fact, that negro
euffrage and negro equality are lire is
sues in the great contest between the
two parties of the country Volley Sp. (I
A few day ago the Radical jour
nals announced with great glee that (boy
bed elected their candidate for Mayor
in Memphis, Ten . But'how 1 In
the first place over four thousand white
men were disfranebised by order of
Browlow and the Radical Legislature.
In the next, negroes were brought into
the gity from all parts of the Biala and
their votes county for the Radical .can
didate. A glance at the result will show
how the white and negro vote was dis
tributed. Wiokershim, the Radical
nominee,•reoeived 902 white and 4,213
negro votes Woodward, the Democrat
ic o•R4didete, was voted for by 2.430
whiteen, and 93 negroes. Thi■ con
fiiaLbetween the races, at all elections,
with the victory in favor of the
negroes, is thought by the Radipals as
excellent way to secure union and har
mony.—Age.
—The New York Comoier, on *hose
editor's' staff le Dr. Thomas Dunn Eng
lish, gets off the following good thing
•on the prospective candidate for the
Presidency :
"People curious ,In aneodotes will
pima to take notioe; that it wee (ten
Washingtcn, and not ben. Omit, who
caid in hill Yool—You kiwi I cannel
tell a lie, peps."'
—When - a dander is circulated about
a Demoorat, he is expected, if sufficient
ly important, to deny it over his signa
ture, but that is Sot eirpeeted it appears
of Oeneral Grant, the Republican poPer s
be nerlir been in. the hibit_,...ol
wasting hie powder in--that way • ill.
oomuilltee will-do the denying.—Port.
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