The Iluntin.gdon. Journal.
.1. R. DURBORROW,
HUNTINGDON, PENN'A.
Wednesday Morning, Oct. 2, 1872 ,
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET
FOR PRESIDENT,
General ULYSSES S. GRANT,
OF ILLINOIS.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
Honorable HENRY WILSON,
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ELECTORS.
SENATORIAL.
Adolph E. Boris, Phila. I J. M. Thompson, Railer.
W. D. Porten, Philadelphia.
:NTATIVE.
14. John Passmore.
15. W. J. Colegrove.
16. Jesse Merrill.
17. Henry Orlady.
18. Robert Bell.
19. J. M, Thompson.
20. Isaac Frazier.
21. Geo. W. Andrews.
22. Henry Lloyd.
23. John J. Gillepsie.
24. Jones Patterson.
25. John W. Wallace.
26. Charles C. Boyle.
1. Joseph A. Bonham.
2. Marcus A. Davis.
3. G. Morrison Coates.
4. Renryßumm.
5. Theo: M. Wilson.
6. John M. Bromall.
7. Francis Shroeder.
8, Mark H. Richards.
8. Edward H. Green.
13. D. R. Shoemaker.
11. Daniel R. Miller.
12. Leander M. Milton,
13. Theodore Strong.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Cen. JOHN F. HARTRANFT,
OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
FOR SUPREME JUDGE,
Judge ULYSSES MERCUR,
OF BRADFORD COUNTY,
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
General HARRISON ALLEN,
OF WARREN COUNTY.
FOR CONGRESSMEN AT LARGE,
Gen. LEMUEL TODD, of Cumberland,
Hon. GLENNI W. SCOFIELD, Warren .
Gen CHARLES ALBRIGHT, Carbon.
ltbr Delegates at Large to the Constitutional Convention
Wm. M. Meredith, Philadelphia; J. Gillingham Fell,
Philadelphia; Harry White, Indiana; William Lilly,
Carbon; Linn Bartholomew, Schuylkill ; 11. N. MAllia
ter, Centre; William H. Armstrong, Lycoming ; William
Davie, Lucerne; Jesse L Reynolds, Lancaster; Samuel
B. Dimmick, Wayne; George V. Lawrence, Washington;
David N. White, Allegheny; W. H. Arney, Lehigh; John
H. Walker, Erie.
REPUBLICAN DISTRICT TICKET.
For Congress
Hon. A. A. Barker, of Cambria county.
For Delegates to Constitutional Convention :
Dr. John Wallach, of Huntingdon,
Dr. J. P. Sterrett, of Juniata.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
For Assembly
Franklin H. Lane, of Shirleysburg.
For Prothonotary :
Thomas W. Myton, of Huntingdon.
For Register and Recorder:
William Lightner, of West township.
For District Attorney :
H. C. Madden, of Huntingdon.
For .County Commissioner
David Hare, of Porter township.
For Director of the Poor :
Michael H• Hyper, of Shirley township.
For Auditor ;
Barton Green, of Borne township.
WANTED—A couple of loads of good
kindling wood, at this office.
Um. "Gen. Grant never has been de
fated, and he never will be."—HORACE
GILEELZT.
OW "I know General Hartranft well,
both as a public officer and a man. As
Auditor-General he showed himself a most
faithful, upright, efficient and accommoda
ting officer.—CHARLES R. BucKeLzw.
VOTE the WHOLE ticket!
Tickets ! Tickets ! !
The Chairman of the County Commit
tee is prepared to furnish the fall Repub
lican tickets. Call opposite the JOURNAL
office. Call and get a supply.
Vote for Lane and Secure a Re-
publican U. S. Senator.
Gen. Lane is in favor of a Repub
lican United State's Senator and a fair
Congressional Apportionment. His oppo
nent is pledged to work in the interests of
the Democrats.
Raul or shine, go to the polls !
No Trading ! No Trading !
Republicans, do not allow any trading.
The Democrats will trade the whole ticket
—Governor, Auditor General, District.
Delegates, and the Independent County
tioket—for Speer. Don't permit them to
do it Vote for Barker and the whole
ticket and all will be well !
NO DUTY ON COAL
This is what Speer's Vote for Gen
Morgan Meant.
Speer voted for Gen. Morgan for Speak
er of the House, and Gen. Morgan voted
for Free Coal. Coal Operators; can you
vote for Speer ? Vote for Barker !
Sours, vote as you shot !
Barker . the Great Friend of the
Laboring Man ,
There has never been a day, since
Mr. Barker located in Cambria county,
that he has not devoted all his energies to
wards building up and developing that re
gion. Thousands have enjoyed the fruits
of his labors ! Vote for Barker !
McNeil a Red-Hot Democrat.
Mr. McNeil is very anxious now to
secure Republican votes, but last fall at
the election, no one was more active than
he to keep Republicans from voting and
endeavoring to change their tickets. Re
publicans, Mr. McNeil is a red-hot Demo
crat and as such you have nothing to do
with him. Vote for Myton.
Appoint Challengers.
Republicans, appoint challengers to
stand at the windows to see that no fraud
ulent votes are polled. Let every ticket
be examined before it is voted lest it be
bogus ! Bogus tickets will be as plenty
as musketoes these warm nights. Exam
ine every ticket and see whether it has
Barker on it.
DON'T fail to go to the election
Ali Eninatiour that Check,
Mr. Speer Pirchases a Delegate to the
Republican County Convention to
Defeat. Mr. Blair.
HOW THE OLD THING . WORKED,!
There is a rumor on the streetto the
effect that the Democratic papers, of this
place, are to publish a letter this week,
from Jackson Enyeart, of nopawell town
ship, denying that Mr. Speer purchased
his votes to defeat Mr. Blair in this coun
ty. This being the case wo desire to place
upon record the evidence upon which we
have based the charges that have appeared
from time to time in the JOURNAL.
Jackson Enyeart was elected a delegate
from Hopewell township and presented
himself in Huntingdon on Monday, the
12th day of August. In a conversation
that day, he told us of his election as a
delegate, but added that his seat would be
contested, and his participation in the Con
vention would depend upon who would
control the organization. We did not see
Mr. Enyeart again until wesaw him in the
Convention. About 10 o'clock, A. M., of
the 13th—the day of the Convention—
Maj. H. S. Wharton stated to us that Mr.
Enyeart had been to see him that morning,
and that he had stated that P5O had been
offered him to vote for Prof. Gass. Who
offered him the money we do not pretend
to know, unless the sequel will show. Maj.
Wharton assured Mr. Enyeart that if he
came for the purpose of being purchased
he had mistaken his man. Enyeart assured
him that he had no such purpose, and that
he would not take $5OO and vote against
him (Wharton.) But he declared that be
had been offered that amount of money,
and wanted Maj. Wharton to tell him
"what to do about• it !" Maj. Wharton
advised him to take the money, and go
into the Convention and expose the parties
who had attempted to bribe him.
Just before the assembling of the Con
vention Mr. Enyeart met Mr. John T.
Shirley, of Cove Station, Bedford minty,
and consulted him in regard to the matter.
Mr. Shirley advised him not to take any
money for his vote, stating that it would
be a reflection upon him for all time to
come. To this Enyeart replied that it was
"too late," and at once pulled out a check
on the Union Bank of Huntingdon, drawn
in his favor, by R. MILTON SPEER, for
$l5O, dated the day after the Conven
tion, which he said was given him by
Mr. SPEER for the purpose of secu
ring his vote for Prof. Guss that he
might thereby defeat Hon. S. S. Blair.
We stated above that we did not see
Mr. Enyeart on Tuesday until the assem
bling of the Convention. Here we first
recognized him when a vote was being ta
ken on a proposition to allow the tempora
ry Chairman to appoint a Committee on
Credentials. He voted against the propo
sition. A few minutes later a recess was
taken, and being in Mr. Enyeart's neigh
borhood, w e stepped up to him and asked
him how he came to vote against the pro
position which was intended for his bene
fit, as we supposed his seat was, of course,
to be contested. He informed us that the
matter had all been "FIXED" and that
he was about to vote the two votes of his
township. We noticed subsequently that
he voted in opposition to the Blair men.
Here we might stop this narrative, and the
evidence would be fully competent to con
vict Mr. Speer, we think. But there is
more of it.
Mr. Enyeart held the check, in ques
tion, until the 26th of August, when he
presented it to Mr. Speer, and that gen
tleman paid him $25 thereon, making this
entry upon the face of it: "TWENTY
" FIVE DOLLARS PAID ON THIS
"CHECK, 26 AUG, '72, SPEER." A
few days later Mr. Enyeart presented the
check to Capt. Eichelberger, at Saxton,
and he cashed the remainder of it and for
warded it, with other deposits, to the First
National Bank, where it was recognized as
the check which was shown to • John T.
Shirley, Esq., on the day of the Conven
tion. Here, then, is a straightforward '
narrative, without a broken link. How
can it be answered ? No evasive letters
will do. But, for several days -after the li
Convention, Mr. Enyeart made no attempt
to conceal the matter, and told the fact to
all who desired to know, but at last Mr.
Speer find that it is working great injury
to him and Mr. Enyeart must be brought out
in an evasive denial. Persons who have seen
the letter tell us that Mr. Enyeart denies
that he received any money. Well, the'
check, it is true, was no money, but it re
presented $l5O, and he got it ! If he had
admitted in his letter that he had received
a check from Mr. Speer in satisfaction of
a claim, giving some plausible statement,
but this he has failed to do. What was
the check given for if not for the purpose
above stated ? We leave the voters to
answer.
We make no reflection upon Mr. En
yeart. We do not know that he betrayed
any trust, and if Mr. Speer could throw
away money in this manner no doubt he
thought he would be doing right to
take it.
Begging for Speer!
The last Globe gets down on its marrow
bones and begs like a very craven for Mr.
Speer. Out upon such cowardice ! Out
upon such cringing ! Be a man or mouse!
Mr. Speer has set himself up as a dictator
to both parties, and when the outraged
Republicans and Democrats undertake to
punish him for his over-reaching insolence
we we have the most contempible exhibi
tion of cringing. "Oh, shame, where is
thy blush !"
The Republican candidate for Reg
ister and Recorder is one of the most pro
mising young mcn in the county. He is
ably qualified for the position. Vote for
Lightner !
.Republicans, David Hare is honest,
capable, and deserving. The right man
to take care of the county finances. Vote
for Hare 1
rm. The worst abused man in the state
is our soldier candidate for Governor.
But the man who stormed Fort Steadman
can stand it. Vote for Flartranft !
WORK for the WHOLE ticket !
To the Polls ! To the Polls!!
Republicans, Once More to the Rescue !
Republicans of Huntingdon county, with
this issue of the JOURNAL we greet you
for the last time before the final contest
on next Tuesday. We have endeavored to
pursue that course in the canvass which
we believed best calculated to redound to
the success of the entire Republican tick
et, and now we hand the matter over to
you, with the full assurance that you will
finish the work by rolling up one of the
largest majorities ever given in Hunting
don county for the entire Republican
ticket!
Republicans, upon the election of Gen.
John F. Hartranft and Gen. Harrison Al
len, Judge Mercur and the Congressmen
at-Large, hinges the election of General
Grant in November. Pennsylvania, it is
conceded on all hands, is the battle ground,
and as goes •'Pennsylvania so goes the
Union." This being the case, you will
comprehend, in a moment, the responsibil
ity which rests upon you. Are you pre
pared for it ? If not, do not hesitate a
moment ! Gird on your armor and enter
the fight with vigor ! See that every vo
ter in your immediate neighborhood is seen
and supplied with the whole ticket ! Let
every man be got out to the election ! Let
arrangements be made to take put every
dilatory, lame and feeble voter. This can
be done by selecting a particular person
to look after each particular case. A little
attention to this matter will make several
hundred votes in the county. Let chal
lengers be appointed to watch every vote
presented, and see that no fraudulent Ages
are polled. And especially see that no
bogus tickets are voted. Counterfeit tick
ets will be at every poll; see that the tick
ets doted are the same as the ticket at the
head of this paper.
And, now, a few words more : There
is an Independent• Democratic ticket in the
field This ticket will be urged upon you
because several of its members have here
tofore been Republicans ! WE CHARGE
YOU TO HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH IT. And SPOT THE REPUB—
LICAN WHO HAS! The Republican
who votes this ticket now can ask nothing
further at the hands of the Republican
party, and must be considered as an ene
my of the Republican cause. ALL GOOD
REPUBLICANS WILL VOTE FOR
THE WHOLE
,TICKET FROM TOP
TO BOTTOM. To the polls ! to the
polls ! !
Does Mr. Speer Support the La-
bo; Reformers ?
Mr. Speer, in his labored defence, in the
Monitor, of week before last, alledges that we
are"servilo" because we have "made a base
effort to prejudice the minds of those who
are known as the Labor Reform party."--
Ah, indeed ! Is Mr. Speer in sympathy
with the W. B. A. ? Is he in favor of the
Columbus Platform ? Is he favorable to
the election of Wm. P. Schell for Gover
nor 7 Is he in favor of the Labor Reform
County Ticket? Is it "servility" to say
that he is not? Will the publishing of
the like inevitably redound to the lasting
discredit and infamy of its author ? "Come,
Mr. Speer, "hould up yer purty face and
answer mo that !"
The Globe's Opinion of Speer
During the War.
"Politics make strange bedfellows." In
view of this fact it would be very inter
esting, if decency did not forbid it, to pub
lish the Globe's opinion of Mr. Speer du
ring the campaign of 1862. In the edi
tor's opinion his character was not as pure
and spotless then as he would have his
readers believe it now is.
Mr. Speer Can't Secure any Tariff
Legislation.
What can Mr. Speer de in Con
cress, for the tariff, in opposition to his
party ? Send Mr. Barker there, and he
will be in harmony with the majority, and
if anything can be done he will do it.
General Lane Saves the County
Thousands of Dollars.
Farmers, Mechanics, and Business
Men, vote for Gen. F. H. Lane, who has
saved you thousands of dollars by the ju
dicious legislation that he inaugurated last
winter. Vote for Lane!
How the People Regard It !
Hartranft inaugurated a reduction of
the State debt that has enabled a redac
tion of the State taxes. Buckalew, look
ing to office for a livelihood, has drawn
his living from the State for years, and
seconded those acts whose consequences
show in every tax-bill to-day.
What Has Cameron Done to
the Globe ?
The Globe is very bitter against Camer
on. Grave Senator, what hast thou done
to this man that he should bemaul thee
thus ? Hast thou refused to hearken unto
his appeal for charities ?
What Schuylkill will Do !
It is now expected that Schuylkill coun
ty, which is usually Democratic by about
1,500, will this year give Hartranft a clear
majority on Tuesday next.
Is. M'Neil has evinced a wonderful
zeal in the collection of his own fees but
has neglected the interest of suitors in the
collection or costs, amounting, in at least
one case, to twenty dollars.
ger There is no position in the county
that requires a better man than that of the
office of Director of the Poor. Michael
R. Byper is the right man for the place.
Vote for Ilyper !
Ds_ Our candidate for Register and
Recorder is a gaaduate of one of the best
Commercial Colleges in the country. Vote
for Lightner
XS.. Mechanics, David Hare is the right
man for the Commissioners' Office. He will
see that the taxes are properly applied !
Vote for Hare I
a Everybody will vote for Henry C.
Madden for District Attorney ! He is
worthy of the compliment !
GET out every vote !
A Poulicturo of a HRoostor.'r
A. K. McClure the Political Mountebank
In our allusion to A. K. McClure, last
Saturday, we endeavored to speak truly
and firmly of the politician and the man,
which expression an anonymous commu
nication on our table terms "harsh, and in
a spirit with which no ether decent Ike•
publican journal in the State would treat
Col. A. K. McClure." Now, we had
scarcely read this declaration, when, open
ing the Mauch Chunk coal Gazette, we
read the following article in its editorial
columns :
A POLITICAL ROGUE.
We are informed that Aleck M'Clure will speak
in Mauch Chunk during this canvass. M'Clure is
the most rascally scoundrel in Pennsylvania poli
tics. While a member of the Legislature some
years ago, he led the army of lobbyists, at Harris
burg, in all their fights with honest members.—
There was no trick too audacious, no steal too
large, no jobbery too open for this man. He had
a hand in everything. Last year he ran for Sena
tor in the Fourth district. He got his seat through
a Democratic committee headed by Charles R.
Buckalew. M'Clure promised the Republicans re
peatedly that if they would vote for him, he would
not oppose General Grant's re-election. His sub
sequent action has proved what his word was
worth. It other wards it has proved him a liar.
He lied for votes and got his seat in the Senate.—
M'Clure is a leading Buckalew man as he is a lead
ing Greeley man, and he is a leading scoundrel.
gambler and public disgrace. He will not tell the
truth if the opposite will do as well, We warn the
people of Mauch Chunk to beware of this political
impostor. Only last week in Philadelphia, the
oily-tongued villain spoke of the workingmen of
Schuylkill county as "ineendiariee" and "danger
ous demagogues." He alluded to the uniting of
the Republicans and Labor Reformers in that
county. As else same thing has been done in this
county, we suppose he will have something to say
of our workingmen. We give M'Clure notice that
he had better run his tongue into a hornet's nest
than come to Mouth Chunk and call the honest
workingmen of this county "incendiaries." That
he, Buckalew and Gowen are opposed to labor,
their actions loudly confess, and that the working
men aro opposed to them, the October vote will
tell.
What will our correspondent have to say
in reply to the above ? Is it too severe or
truthful ? In our judgment it is a graphic
picture, a pen and ink sketch true to the
life, and which ought to be circulated in
all parts of the State. We repeat our
declaration in a former article, "It is time
the Republican press of the State unite to
denounce this most stupendous of all the
personal frauds from which we have suf
fered as a party and a people.—State Jour
nal.
This bushwhacker, guerrilla and "roos
ter" will harrangue the people of this place
next week, and we reprint the above truth
ful picture that they may know what man
ner of man he is.
Gov. Noyes, of Ohio, and General
King, of Maryland, in Hun
tingdon.
On last Thursday night a large and res
pectable meeting was held in the Court
House. T. H. Cremer, Esq., was made
Chairman, and Thomas Fisher, Sr., and
Gen. S. Miles Green Vice Presidents.
The speech of Gov. Noyes was obe of
the best of the campaign. It was an able
vindication of the policy of the 'Republi
can party and an effectual answer to all
the libelous and slanderous charges brought
against the President and his friends.
Gen. King's speech was a terrible ar
raignment of Buckalew and his short
comings during the war. Both speeches
were listened to with marked attention,
and interrupted frequently with outbursts
of genuine enthusiasm.
At the close of Gen. King's speech Mr.
Scott was called nut, at.d in a few words
told the meeting of the bright prospects
throughout the State. At a late hour the
meeting adjourned with the wildest enthu-
slum
A FORGERY,
Mr. Speer trying to get Mr. Mor-
rell into the Canvass
Mr. Speer is circulating a letter, we are
told, purporting to be from Hon. Daniel
J. Morrell in which the latter is represent
ed as saying that he is perfectly satisfied
with the nomination of alt. Speer and will
act neutral as bezween him and Mr. Barker.
We believe this to be a forgery. Mr. Ilibr
rd is not willing, we are confident, to take
the responsibility for the defeat of _Mr.
Barker.
Speer Votes for a Free Trade
Speeker.
The Speaker of the House of Re-
presentatives shapes all the Committees.—
Mr. Speer voted for a Free Trade Speaker
of the last House, who, if he had been
elected, would have appointed a Free Trade
Committee of Ways and Means, that would
have shaped all the tariff legislation. Con
sistency, thou art a jewel !
The Patriot and the Traitor !
Hartranft was holding the bridge over
Antietam creek while Charles R. Bucks
lew was condemning the action of the
government for its efforts to suppress the
rebellion. Which man should be the
Governor of a loyal State like Pennsylva
nia ?
Buckalew, Yellow Fever and Small
Pox.
Hartranft met the rebel challenge with
equal and better arms, and fought to the
hour of victory. Buckalew conferied with
the rebel yellow fever, small pox agents in
Canada.
pm, Michael H. Hyperlives convenient
to the Poor House and can superintend it
with very little extra cost. Vote for him!
la„ Democrats, vote for William •E.
Lightner for Register and Recorded. He
is deserving.
The people—the Republican voters
of this Congressional district—under
stand Mr. Speer, and will vote for a man
entertaining the same Republican princi
ples with themselves, one who.is honest,
capable and worthy, and who will maintain
and defend their rights and best interests
in the Congress of the United States, and
who is the warm and,decided friend of the
President and of the measures of the Ad
ministration of the general government,
and that. Man is Hon. A. A. BARKER,
of Cambria county, the Republican candi
date for Congress. Republicans of Hun
tingdon county, vote for him, and thereby
carry out and maintain your own cherished
principles of protection to domestic indus
try and the rights and liberties of the
whole people.
No "complimentary votes" I EXAMINE your tickets!
tier Speer gives his check to Rebubli
can Delegates, and Barker gives a different
kind to Speer. Vote for Barker !
re.. The State tax has been removed
from real estate at the suggestion of John
F. Hartranft. Vote for him !
/ler Barton Green, a good accountant
is our candidate for Auditor. He has no
opposition ! Everybody will vote for bin) I
Aar An empty sleeve commands respect .
He that gives an arm for his country,
deserves well at her hands. Vote for
Myton !
l ea„ Farmers, see that David Hare get all
the votes in your respective neighborhoods I
He is the farmers' candidate I Vote for him I
Zoolonior oil Spoor AEIII.
The Purity and Prosperity of the De
mocratic. Party the Subject Mat
ter in Dispute.
Will the Democrats Sanction a Course
which will Eventually Absolve
them from Participating in the
Selee ion of Candidates ?
"There wa3 too Much Monitor" in the
Resolutions Read Before the Coun
ty Committee,
The Monitor's Success is the Success
of the Democratic Party.
Stand br the Right though the Heay.
ens Should Fall.
HUNTINGDON, Sept. 26, 1872.
MR. EDITOR :—As this is the only way
I can communicate with the public, I ask
further indulgence. Some of Mr. Speer's
friends, who acknowledge his wrong, have
asked me to abandon my opposition to his
election. Much as I would like to see this
district represented by a Democrat—much
as I regret this unpleasantness—l would
say if this were only a personal matter, as
many represent, I might do so. But those
who make such representations are pervert
ing the truth when they say it is entirely
personal. Mr. Speer, his friends, and oth
ers know, or ought to know, that my op
position to him grew out of a public matter
—they know, or should know, that the
interest of the voters of this county and
the purity and prosperity of the party i,
the subject matter of dispute. They know,
or ought to know, it was other Democrats,
in connection with myself, in our defense
of the interest of the Democracy, which
created the difference between Mr. Speer
and those who were his friends, including
myself. With us the question to be deci
ded is not so much whether Mr. Speer is
to be elected or defeated as it is whether
or not the voters of this county and dis
trict will lend themselves willing instru
ments in affixing their seal of sanction to
a course which, if continued, must even
tually absolve them from participating in
the selection of candidates. There are
hundreds of Democrats of this county who
know that they have seen at every conven
tion, for some years, a few men who as
sume to exercise the prerogative of speak
ing for the whole party. These Democrats
know it is the language of their hearts to
have this matter stopped, so that there may
be a fair expression of the voters of the
party to designate their candidates.
It was to effect this reform that we in
terposed between Mr. Speer and one or
two of his parasites in behalf of the inter
ests of the Democracy of this county. It
is because we did this, honestly believing
we were right, that I was met with his
public defiance and charged with opposing
his election. True, as some say, it will
cost us a Congressman. That may be, but
it will cost us more, some day if these
things are suffered to go on unrebuked.—
But if it is true, as Mr. Speer represents,
that he is so desirous of building up the
Democratic party in this county and dis
trict, why did he say "THERE WAS
TOO MUCH sMONITOR' " in the reso
lutions referred to in my first letter? Was
ho afraid its Editor might receive some
encouragement ? Why has he represented
that the editor of the Monitor was fighting
him Why did he represent that the
Monitor was in the hands of his enemies?
Did he desire to prejudice the Democracy
against it ? Or does his fertile mind ena
ble him to picture in the dim future a
third party in this county, with another
paper as its organ and its editor the fu
gleman of lion. (?) R. Milton Speer?—
These are things for the Democrats of this
county to ponder over before they vote. I
don't wish to' do the gentleman injustice,
but.you know "straws show," &c.
Democrats, and even Republicans, may
ask why am I so solicitous about the Mon
itor when it appeared by the last issue of
said paper that the Editor said "that no
man is or ever has been authorized by us
to defend this paper," &c. This, so far as
I am aware, is true, but Democrats and
others know that the Monitor is the organ
of the Democratic party; that its success
is our success. And, if they will examine
the files of the Monitor, during the war,
they will see that when many of them
were at home I had the interest of the
Monitor in view when, without solicitation,
ever the signature of "Friend of the Mon
itor," I wrote its Editor an occasional
friendly note from the "tented field" with
a knapsack for my desk, for which some
times I received the very mild epithet of
a rebel to my country. I didn't believe
it, nor did my friends. Now, because I
have the interest of the people and the
Democratic party in view, and in their de
fence am driven to hit R. Milton Speer, I
am called by some of his favorites a rebel
to my party and principles. I don't be
lieve it, neither do my friends, or even my
political enemies. When in the army,
clad in the armor of a "Boy in Blue," I
gave an occasional "shut" to the rear at
those who would unjustly assail. Now I
am clad in the full armor of a Democrat,
battling for right and the success of the
Democratic ticket, with these occasional
"shots" at the Hon. (?) R. Milton Speer,
who may be left in the rear for his unjust
assaults. "Stand by the right though the
heavens Should fall."
Respectfully, •
MILES ZENTMYER.
Vote for Honest Barker !
Polo ll'Clllro's Mali Corti].
The New York Tribune, of the 24th ult.,
says : "Governor Curtin is not of the ma
terial which can be wheedled or cajoled or
corrupted." Indeed! We happen to
know this wonderful man ! We remember
very distinctly when this prodigy thought
that Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania was
projected solely for the purpose of captu
ring the "Great War Governor," and his
setting at Bedford Springs one night. with
a boy operator, crying like a baby, not
knowing what to do or whither to fly, un
til Col. Thomas A. Scott came and carried
him off. He never moved the sixteenth
part of an inch without the direction of
Col. Scott or Col. M'Clure, or of both. He
is as weak and unstable as water, and as
completely in the power of M'Clure as
that great Reformer (?) could wish. Don't
tell us, Mr. Tribune; that Andy Curtin
can't be "wheedled or cajoled"; we know
better than that ! He has not moved a
peg, for years, without the consent of M'-
Clure, and hardly ever will. M'Clure has
him in his pocket and will keep him there!
McNeil Didn't Volunteer During
the War !
Mr. McNeil is a volunteer candi
date for re-election to the office of Prothon
otary, and is __proclaiming his own good
quallifications and claims for the same. He
may bo seen almost every day beseeching
every voter he chances to meet on the
streets and highways, and is particularly
kind and bland to gentlemen from the
country, importuning one and all of them
to vote for him at the ensuing election,
doubtless to the neglect of his official du
ties. The spoils of office and his eager de
sire Qf gain have induced him to make ex
traordinary exertions to retain his lucrative
situation. He is, however, apparently sick
with the prospect staring him directly in
the face, that he will be badly defeated by
the gallant, one-armed soldier, Thomas IV.
Myton. His fears will be fully realized
on the second Tuesday of October, as the
verdict of the people, on that day, will be
for the man with one arm. The very air
proclaims it unmistakably.
The Independent Ticket is a De
mocratic Dodge !
It turns out, as we predicted, that
the Independent ticket is a square bargain
and sale with the Democrats. Every man
on it is pledged to vote himself, and to se
cure the votes of his friends for Mr. Speer.
Republicans, will you lend yourselves to
this kind of guerrillaism ? Have you not
had enough of this kind of thing ? Do
you want to keep up an eternal strife in
the Republican party? De two wrongs
make a right? Act the part of men and
Republicans ! Stand by the ticket, and
when your time comes the party will stand
by you! Show the people of Pennsylva
nia that Huntingdon county discards gu
errillaism.
Mr. Speer a Free Trader.
The Hollidaysburg Register says :
"If R. M. Speer be elected, and the Democrats
place in nomination a Free Trade candidate for
Speaker andother officers, judging from his vote
two years ago, he will vote to place the organiza
tion of the House in the hands of Free Traders.—
He must do it or be placed outside of the party.
Then the committees, particularly that of Ways
and Means, which has charge of the tariff, would
be made up in the interests of the Free Traders,
Red what good would be the vote of Mr. Speer in
favor of the tariff? After doing all he could in
favor of British Free Trade by voting for a Free
Trade organization of the House, and in effect
killing protection, he might v-tefor a Tariff, when
his vote would be of no avail ! No. Let us elect
Mr. Barker, who will vote for a Tariff organiza
tion of the House, and for protection in every
shape and all the time. He is active, intelligent,
competent, and will make a good member. Every
friend of Grant, every friend of Hartranft, every
friend of the Republican party, every friend of
the Union, every friend of the soldiers, every sol
dier, and every man who was in favor of crushing
the rebellion, will vote for Mr. Barker."
Speer for a Tariff to Get Votes.
We occasionally hear some Free Trade
Democrat urge that Mr. Speer is as
good a Tariff man as Barker. Fudge!—
Mr. Speer would have voted and supported
all the Free Trade measures of the last
Congress if be bad not represented an anti-
Free Trade constituency. 11 wasn't safe
for him to do so ! If he did he was sure
he would never be returned ! This was
conceded by his colleagues! Ho, however,
voted for a Free Trade Speaker !
Vote for Myton !
We would have Republicans of Hun
tingdon county, remember that Thomas
W. Myton, our candidate for Prothonota
ry, was a gallant soldier and left one arm
on tile battle-field, while his opponent, M.
M. McNeil, was engaged, with the North
ern wing of.the rebel army, in giving "aid
and comfort" to the enemy ! Make a note
of this before casting "complimentary
votes."
Ten Millions of State Debt Paid
Remember that General John F.
Hartranft has been the Auditing Officer
of the State for the last six years, and
that during that period he has paid over
TEN MILLIONS of the State debt. He
will make a good Governor. He is an
honest man and a brave soldier. He
sprung from the people, aud, therefore,
understands th3ir wants. Vote for Gen.
Hartranft I
An Unmitigated Lie !
Certain persons, in the interest of Mr.
Speer, in the lower end of the county, are
circulating a report to the effect that Mr.
Barker paid each of the Mifflin county
Conferees ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
to secure his nomination ! This is an in
famous slander, coined by some designing
scoundrel ! It is an unmitigated lie ! Be
ware of roor-backs !
Farmers, Go for "tare and Kyper !
Tax -payers, vote for David Hare
and Michael H. Kyper, who are immediate
representatives of the farmers, (who pay
the great bulk of the taxes,) and your in
terests will be strictly guarded ! Vote for
Hare and Kyper !
Look after the best interests of the
indigent, aged and infirm by putting a
good.man in the office of Poor Director.
Vote for Kyper !
McCulloch and Sterrett our candi
dates for Delegates to the Constitutional
Convention. Vote for them !
Go to the polls early !
Lotto from lifi Mika.
The Globe's " Outrageous Lis !"
HUNTINGDON, September 24.
EDITOR Vose—The following letter
was sent to the editor of the Huntingdon
Globe for publication, bet he alleges that
it came to hand too late fjr this week's
issue, and will have to remain over until
next week, when, it will appeir in the
Globe. As your paper is a Daily, and the
only one in the District, will you please
publish the same in the Voice :
Enexsnuno, September 28, 1872.
To Editor of the Huntingdon Globe :
Dear find in the Huntingdon Globe, of
the 17th inst., an editorial under the caption
"Are honest voters of tho district to be voted
down by negroes from Maryland," in which you
affirm that "negroes from Maryland and Virginia,
are being brought into this district to carry the
election," and that A. A. Barker, the nominee for
Congress, has a hand in the disgraceful business."
You further state that, "on Tuesday morning last,
(the 12th inst.,) a squad of some fifteen negroes
from Maryland, arrived in the early morning
train at Altoona, where they were met by Mr.
BARKER, and that he shipped them to the new
railroad being made in the upper end of Blair
county." Yon also state "that Mr. Barker was
their employer."
The entire article referred to, is of the character
indicated by the above extracts. In answer to
every statement in it, attributing to me either
acting indirectly or in concert with others, a de
sign to bring fraudulent vote, into this district, I
pronounce it false in every particular, and without
any foundation whatever. But the extravagance
and absurdity of the charge preferred in the article
is so flagrant that it cannot be entertained as
truth, by any man of intelligence.
In reply, to the entire article, I need only call
attention to the fact, known to every voter in the
district, that no citizen of another State can vote
in Pennsylvania until after a residence of one year
therein.
Under this provision of our election laws, bow
absurd it is, and how insulting to the intelligence
of the community to aver for truth, that a design
is even entertained to import men from another
State into this, and vote them after a few days'
residence. To do so successfully would require
that the election boards become parties to the fraud,
in which case these °Meers would be liable to pros
ecution and punishment, by fine and imprisonment.
Ido not think, Mr. Editor, you or even my
most vindictive personal or political enemy can
entertain for a moment, the idea that I could be
come a party to so absurd an attempt at fraud, as
that imputed in your article. To do so woulu
necessitate a forgetfulness of my obligations as a
good citizen, and would make me chargeable with
a want of common sense.
But, Mr. Editor, as to the specific charge pre
ferred against me personally, I need only answer
you and your readers, that I was not in Altoona,
on Thursday, the 12th day of September, 1872.
If I thought any honest voter could believe me
guilty, I could easily prove an alibi.
Thus establishing my innocence, I have, how
ever, said enough in reply to your article. I ask
that you give this hastily written communication
a place in your paper.
Rospectfupy,,
A.A. BARKER.
EDITOR VOICE.-I have only to say.
that the editorial referred to in the Hunt
ingdon Globe, is as ODTRAGEOUS LIE ;
manufactured without any founeation
whatever and done, in my opinion for the
purpose of defeating my chances for an
election to Congress in this district.
Curtin at Home.
Nat His TOM ER 811 Y.
"Our Great War Governor Has Sold
Himself to the Enemy."
His. Influence In Centre County Sim
ply Nothing.
A Republican Mass Meeting was held in
Centre county, on Tuesday evening, Sep
tember 24. Four hundred wide awakes
paraded the streets. Gens. C. E. Carr
and Lemuel Todd were the speakers. The
news of Curtin's acceptance of the Liberal
nomination and his declaration for Bucks
lew was received as General Todd was
closing his address. When the speaker
concluded, Colonel W. W. Brown, editor
of the Bellefonte Republican, a promiment
politician and popular stump orator, war
loudly called for. Being importuned to
refer to Cretin's course, he said:
am proud to see so many of
Centre county's voters here to-day ;
here, where we twice met to ratify
the nomination of our own fellow
towsnman for Governor of this great
Commonwealth. Here we met and
planned and worked for his success.
Here we celebrated the victory ofour
party in his election, the party that
always stood by him and made him
what he is, the party that gave him
wealth and position. But lam here
to say to-day that Andrew Gregg
Curtin, our Andy, our boyhood's
friend, our townsman, our great
war Governor, has sold himself to
the enemy, has nullified the princi
ples he was once so proud to declare,
has sundered the ties of a life-long
friendship, and has gone begging to
the mongrel party for office. Alex
ander McClure carries him in his
breeches pocket. And I say here,
but I say it reluctantly and with
tears in my eyes, that in this act
Andrew G. Curtin has damned, yes
doubly damned, the honorable record
which the Republican party gave
him ! [Applause.] Let the memory
of him who has thus betrayed and
basely insulted the party that gave
him place and power be hereafter
and forever damned, damned, DAMN-
ED I" [lmmense and prolonged ap
plause] Col. Brown seemed to ex
press the sentiments of every Re
publican in the audience. Curtin's
relatives are indignant, and not one
ofthe name will vote with him. His
influence in this county is simply
nothing.
sm. We are directed by Harris Rich
ardson, Esq., to say that the report in cir
culation to the effect that he was intro
ducing and recommending one of the can
didates on the Independent ticket is with
out foundation. On the train, on his way
to Broad Top, to transact business for
the county, he accidently met one of the
Independent candidates in question and
being acquainted with him he accompanied
him a portion of the way, but he did not
reccommend him to voters nor introduce
him only as a courtesy. He authorizes us
to say that he is for the regular republican
ticket from top to bottom.
. Cam' Hon. James Thompson decided,
in the celebrated Kerr case, from Mill
Creek, in this county, that a railroad
was only liable fur the building which it
actually set on fire and not fur any other
buildings to which the fire might commu
nicate. Chief Justice Lawrence, of Illin
ois, pronounces this doctrine simply
monstrous. Vote for Mercur!
zos_ While Gen. Allen was helping to
fight the battles of his country, Hartley
was discouraging Union men and denounc
ing the administration. Vote for Allen !
DON'T scratch a name
The Copporhaf Calomios.
Statement of C. T. Yerkes.
Gen. HARTRANFT VINDICATED
FORGED AFITDAVIT,S FALSEHOOD_
MRS AND GENERAL RASCALITY.
The following statement was made voluntarily,
yesterday, by Chas. T. Yerkes immediately upon
his release from prison.
This statement was prepared and written by Mr.
Yerkes himself, last night. It is purely and solely
his own work. No one bat he knew what the don
umcnt would contain.
MR. YERKES' STATEMENT,
In coming before the people with this explana
tion, which relates to the charges against Gen. J.
F. Hartranft, late Audit.,General, and now a
candidate for Governor of this State, and It. W.
Mackey, State Treasurer, of having used through
me the money of the Commonwealth in stock spec
lations, and fur their private ow - As and benefit, it
is my desire to make come plain statements which
the public demand, and which I believe it not only
their right to have, but my duty to them and my
self to give.
I wish to say here, lest some wrong eonstruction
be placed upon my motives for so doing, that this
action on my part is without consultation with or
promise from any one; without any inducement*
held out to me, and without fear or favor. It
is free from all malice or feelings of resentment. I
leave those who have wronged me to their own re
flections. It is simply for the reasons set forth
above, and to do justice to those who have been
unrighteously ',Stifled. Ido not intend to enter
into any personalities at the present time, other
than what will be necessary for a clear understand
inn of the matter.
While a victim has been male of me, dupes hare
been made of others by a few designing men, who
used everything and everybody within their reach
for the purpose of circulating and publishing
assertions and statements which were false in the
extreme, with the object of breaking down the
character of General Ilartranft, in the hopes of
thereby preventing his election, which they felt
assured would insure silence in regard to, and a
settlement of their nefarious transactions. This was
to be brought about principally by
DR. PAINE,
who, as my financial affairs were under the control
of Mr. Joseph Mason, Register in Ilankruptcy, ob
tained from that gentleman an order to examine
my books and papers, representing himself to he
counsel for Mr. 2d. W. Taggart, of Lancaster twen
ty. It was under this disguise that he visited my
office and surreptitiously obtained letters and mem ;
orandums of accounts—from which the various
misrepresentations were manufactured—with the
views of compelling General Rartrantt and Mr.
Mackey to settle the Evans claims, in which he
(Paine) is so deeply interested.
In the following statement I shall not only rive
my own testimony of the facts in the ease, but that
of others, which shall be undeniable
_ _
The public have for a long time demanded to
know the truth as to the authenticity of a certain
Affidavit alluding to General Hartranft's alledged
malfeasance in office, and which bears what pur
ports to be my signature: copies of which, bath
photograph and lithog raph , have been widely
emulated for political purposes. In regard to
this I state that THE SIGNATURE AFFIXED
THERETO IS NOT MINE; that I never made
any such affidavit; and, if sworn to at all (which
fact I have no good reason to doubt, as it asserted
it was sworn to in my name), it was not sworn by,
me
In confirmation of this I subjoin the following
3ertifieates of officers of banks, where my signature,
s lodged, and other persons who are well acquaint
ad with it:
We, the undersigned, familliar for a number oE
rears with the signature of Charles T. Yerke,
nave duly examined the photographic copy of an
tffidavit purporting to be made by him before
Alderman Dougherty, under date of December 23,.
1871, with reference to use of State funds by Gen
eral Hartranft fur speculative purpose:, and have
ao hesitation in saying, front ourknowledge of Mr,
Verkes's signature, and on comparing it with those
In our possession, that said signature to the affida
vit is not his, and was never written by him.
A. A. B.
SAMUEL W. BELL,
Of the Farmers, and Mechanics' National Bank_
WILLIAM J. Downs,
Of the First National Bank.
(=nonce C. TEIGICAS,
Of Jay Cooke & Co., 114 S. Third street.
ALE, ERMIN,
President of the Seventh National Bank.
I am well acquainted with the signature o f
Charles T. Terkel, Jr., having bad charge of the
exchange department in the banking-house of C.
T. Terkel, Ir. & Co. for several years.
I have seen a lithograph copy of an affidavit
casting a stignsaon General Hartranft, the same
that is being circulatel for political purposes, and
have not the least hesitation in saying that it is
not the signature of Char. T. Yerkes, Jr.
Joan S. Rrenvos,
°Ulm. S. Rushton ic Co., Bankers .t Brokers,
No. SO South Third streets.
The accusations that General Hartranft or Mr..
Mackey speculated with State funds, or that the
accounts of money of the Commonwealth received
from the State Treasurer were kept in any eabalis-
Ae, or any other than a proper manner, I pronounce-
utterly untrue, and a pure fabrication. General'
Hartranfie account with we was of a perfectly pri
vate character and had no connection with or rela-
tion to the account of the Commonwealth whatever,.
sny more than though the State account had not
seen kept with me. Mr. Mackey never gave me
in order to buy any stock for his or any other ac
count. As my books are in the bands of my as
signees, and have been sines a short time after
my failure, I annex the following correspondence,
which speaks for itself :
"ife. John Sparhawk, assignee, ifT.—DEArt Silo
As there arc so many reports regarding the man
ner in which the State Treasurer's acoount of mo
sey belonging ID the Commonwealth, also that of
Gen. J. F. Ilartranft, was kept at my office, and
olso the uses made of the money deposited by the
Rate Treasurer, I have deemed it proper, as you
have my books in your possession, to ask you a few
questions relating thereto ; not that I have any
loubt of the facts of the case, but merely I wish to
•et from you, who area perfectly disinterested par
ty, a corroboration of what I have already said
while conversing on the subject.
First—Under what title was the account kept
which contained money received from the State
Treasurer, and ohs; has been the custom for
.3 cars ? . .
Seeond—War it ever kept in any mysterious or
cabalistic manner during Mrr Mackey's term of of
ice or that of any of his predecessors ?
Third—Please examine the journal and say
how all receipts of money from this source were
credited, and how all drafts drawn against it were
charged.
_ . .
Fo r 'erth—Under what title was Generalllartranft's
account kept?
Fifth—Was it, or do you Bud any account kept
under title of J. F. 11. ?
Sizth—ls there any evidence of any mystery or
anything hidden in this account, and is it, or is it
not kept in the same manner as the rest of my ao-
counts in my books ?
Sesenth—Was there any connection between this
account and the account of the Commonwealth, or
anything showing that it was in any way benefited
ay the State deposits ?
Eighth—lf there any evidence to show that the
money deposited by the Commonwealth was used
for the benefit of either the State Treasurer or the
Auditor-General, or any one other than myself, in
the rgular course of my business ?
I considerit necessary to have undoubted testi -
money, in addition to my own, with whieh to eon
tradict the assertions when made, to the effectthat
have speculated with the funds of the Common
wealth for the benefit of its officers.
Yours, truly,
Cues. T. Tatum Je.
.In reply to this I received the following :
dlr. Charles T. Yerker, Jr.—Ditr.a Ste : I have
been very sick since last Sunday, and scarcely able
to go through with days business without the pen
alty of a restless night fallowing. Mr. Hopkins
has answered all questions.
Yours, respectfully,
Jons SPARRAWK, Assignee.
Alto, this, from Mr. Hopkins, book-keeper for
the Assignees :
PHILADELPIIIA, Sept. 19, 1872.—Charles T. re,
Ace, Jr., Erg : DEAR SIR : The Assignees say
that the inquiry in yours of the 18th inst., as com
ing from you for your own satisfaction is entirely
proper, so far as the books will furnish answers to
the questions, and I am directed to answer them in
detail.
In answer to the first, the title, as the book will
show, is, “It. W. Mackey, State Treasurer," and
in the case of former State Treasurers it has been
as follows, viz : "W. W. Irvin, State Treasurer,"
and "W.ll.Kemble, State Treasurer."
Second—lt has not been kept in any mysterious
manner, but under a clear ledger beading of par
ties, names as State Treasurer.
Third—Tho journal entrios will be found as fol
lows, when cash has been received, thee : Cash,
Dr. to R. W. Mackey, State Treasurer, for this
amount, received to credit of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania ; and thus R. W. Mackey,
State Treasurer, Dr. to cash for amount of draft
drawn.
--- F'il'th—There is not now nor never has been any
such account as J. F. 11. in your books.
Sixth—There is no evidence of any mystery or
anything hidden. The account of J. F. Ilartranft
has always been kept the same as other customer's
account.
Seventh—There is no connection between the J.
F. Ilartranft account and the account of the State
Treasurer, nor is there anything in his (J. F. Bart
ranft) account showing that he was ever benefited
by State Treasurer's deposits.
Eighth—There is no entry showing that either
the State Treasurer or Auditor General ever derived
any benefit from State deposits, or any entry to
show that the State deposits were used by any but
yourself, and in the regular course aye. basi
n.r.
Your!, truly, Jona S. Ifortzim.
It will be seen from the foregoing that a great
fraud has been rttempted, but I am happy to be in
measure the humble means of frustrating ft. Of
the originators of them bold plot I say nothing
more ; but leave then with the feeling that in their
contemplation of the failure of their iniquitous
schemes they have their just reward. Roping I
may not be again called before public notice, I
am, Lc.,
WORK for the ticket
Cis. T. TIBIES, JR.