The Huntingdon Journal
J. A. NASH,
HUNTINGDON, PENN'A
NOVEMBER 1, 1878
FRIDAY, -
Circulation LARGER than any other
Paper in the Juniata Valley.
Republican State Ticket.
GOVERNOR:
Gen, HENRY M. HOYT,
OF LUZERNE.
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT :
Hon, JAMES P. STERRETT,
OF ALLEG lIEN Y.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR :
Hon. CHARLES W. STONE,
OF VENANGO
SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS:
Capt. AARON K. DUNKEL7
OF PHILADELPHIA
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
CONGRESS:
HORATIO G. FISHER, of Huntingdon
ASSEMBLY :
SAMUEL M'VITTY, of Clay,
WM. S. SMITH, of Jackson.
PROTHONOTARY:
W. WILLIAMSON, of Huntingdon
REGISTER AND RECORDER
I. D. KUNTZLEMAN, of Huntingdon
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
GEORGE B. ORLADY, of Huntingdon
TREASURER
S. H. ISENBERG, of Penn
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
W. H. BENSON, of Tod,
S. P. SMITH, of Union.
DIRECTOR OF THE POOR
A. B. MILLER, of Porter.
AUDITORS :
J. IL DAVIS, of Morris,
A. W. BROWN, of Cassville
TO THOSE CONCERNED.
All persons knowing themselves indebted to
this office for subscription, advertising or job
work, for over one year's standing, are ex
pected to call and pay up at once. These ac
counts NUST be settled without further delay.—
We have shown great leniency to those owing
us, but our business interests now require us
to demand payment, and if this request is not
complied with we will be compelled to add
costs, something which we are averse to doing
if it can be avoided.
We have bills against several townships and
boroughs, for advertising their school and
supervisors' accounts, which should have
been paid long ago, and which must now be
paid.
All accounts remaining unpaid after the
eDming Court will be placed in the hands of
an officer for collection. tf.
To ithe ißepubticans of Huntingdon
County.
A political campaign of unprecedented activity
in our Sta.e and county is about to close.
The Democratic party, under the leadership of
R. Milton Speer, has been making gigantic efforts
to disrupt our party, by causing dissensions in
our ranks through the organization of the Green
back party in our county, uniting it to the Demo
cratic party, and allying to them all who can be
influenced by oorrupt means. Through his or
gans he has falsely and maliciously libeled our
standard bearers, and during the last week of
the canvass, by his hired emissaries is resorting
to means equaled only by the frauds of Louisiana,
Florida,South Carolina and Oregon.
As th Chairman of your County Committee, I
would be derelict of my duty if I did not inform
yon of this, warning you against these dangers,
and earnestly urging upon every Republican ac
tive, earnest and zealous support of our whole
ticket. . _ .
Ocr nominating convention August 6th, last,
honestly endeavoring to do their whole duty to
the districts they represented and the county at
large, placed in nomination a full ticket, com
posed of men of high personal character, unques
tioned integrity, eminently fit for their respective
offices, and deserving the suffrages of honest free
men, irrespective of political associations.
The charges of the Monitor and the Nationalist
are simply the arguments of an enemy, and
should be so considered. They are the reiterated
and often published twaddle of the same corrupt
management, and are so utterly groundless as to
not deserve passing notice.
The convention having been composed of up
right men, honest Republicans and christian gen
tlemen, these charges are alike insults to them
and humanity.
Your duty now is to carry forward the cause,
by having every Republican vote of your district
polled for the full ticket, and thus discharge your
whole duty. Support every candidate alike as
they are all alike deserving of your support.
Secret circulars and anonymous letters are now
being freely distributed by the Democrats, by men
who are ashamed of their production, and by this
cowardly scheme attempt to influence you to
withdraw your allegiance from the party of your
choice. Treat all such as contemptible forgeries,
and give all engaged in this nefarious warfare,
the ignominy they deserve. By being faithful in
this our hour of trial, the result is certain to be
the election of our candidates by old time majori
ties. Do all that can honestly and honorably be
done in this contest, and our labors will be re
warded with a consciousness of having discharged
our duty as good citizens.
J. G. ISENBERG,
Chairman County Committee.
TO THE REPUBLICANS
OF
HUNTINGDON COUNTY
Enemies of mine are busy now circulating re
ports that are intended to injure my cause and
reset by causing dissensions in the party, one of
which is that W. H. Woods, esq., is trading me
off far Williamson. The above is absolutely false,
and I hope po friend of mine will give it counten
ance. Treat all eleventh-hour rumors as lies, and
do not allow my enemies to influence you.
On no consideration cut any man for me. A
corruption fund is being used in this county, fur
nished by Mr. Stenger, to defeat me. Any Repub
lican who is working against me merits strong
suspicions of being a party to the fraud.
HORATIO G. FISHER.
I desire it to be positively understood by all
parties that I am for the whole ticket and will
not permit any trading or cutting for any special
candidates, if in my power to prevent it. Any
one circulating stories of my being false to any
candidate is stating what is a base, malicious lie,
doing me a great wrong, which should be righted
at once. The story is gotten up and circulated by
my most malignant enemies for the purpose of
injuring the Republican ticket. I hereby call on
all my friends to stand by the whole Republican
ticket, and no friend of mine will do anything
else. And to meet the vile slander that has been
gotten up by the leaders of the Democratic party
and their truculent tools, I hereby pledge my
sacred honor that I am heart and soul for the
whole Republican ticket, will give it my support
and do my utmost for its triumphant election, and
I hereby warn all my friends to pay no heed to
any eleventh-hour circulars gotten up against any
part of the ticket, but to support the whole ticket
from top to bottom without cutting any candidate.
W. H. WOODS.
FELLOW REPUBLICANS :—The Democrats have
just been discovered in circulating that certain
Republicans are engaged in trading off part of
our ticket. The above.statements of 11. G. Fisher
and W. H. Woods, eeq., show that the whole thing
is the fabrication of, and emanates from our polit
ical opponents. I have in my possession the
written pledges of a great majority of the promi
nent Republicans of the county assuring me of
the undivided support of all classes of our party
for the whole ticket, from Governor down to Aud
itor.
Stand firm, fellow-Republicans. Don't allow
anything whatever to influence you to strike a
single candidate on our ticket.
Le assured that any Republican who suddenly
changes his position, is influenced by personal
malice or is purchased for a price. The Chairman
of the Greenback County Committee is now trav
eling in the interest of the Democratic candidate
for Governor, and for their candidate for Con
gress. Any Republican who asks you to support
the Democratic or Greenback candidates, you may
set down as having been corrupted by Democratic
money. Look upon all such with suspicion and
work the harder for the whole ticket. We must
overcome these frauds by honest adherence to our
ticket.
J. G. ISENBERG,
Chairman Republican County Committee.
ORGAN No. 1 imagines that it sees
"moccasin tracks" in the lower end of the
.county, and it lets go one of its heavy dis.
4:bai ge 3 at W. C. Caldwell, esq,
SOME PLAIN TALK.
Before we will again have reached our
readers the battle will have been fought
which will determine the future of this
State, and of the whole country. We wish
to have a plain talk with the Republicans
who read this paper. Whose fault is it
that the Senate and House at. Washington
is in the hands of the Democratic party ?
It is yours. Have your leaders swerved
from the direct line of policy laid down for
the government of the party ? Have they
not stood upon the walls and sounded the
trumpet of warning continually? It has
been the people who closed their ears and
followed strange gods, and to • them only
attaches the disgrace of the Legislative
branch of this great republic being firmly
in the blood stained grasp of traitors !
Now, things are in a bad way, but it is
not yet too late to take the backward step,
but not a moment must be lost, nor an
inch more of ground given to the enemy.
We must elect our Governor, we must elect
our Senator. If we lose these, what is
now disaster will be irretrievable defeat.
Are you ready to sec the Government of
the United States completely in the hands
of' the men who have ladened you down
with debt, peopled your churchyards, and
shot down a dear one from every house
hold in the nation ? Are you willing to
be ruled by the men who made historic the
infamy of Andersonville and Libby Prison ?
Go to the National Cemeteries, these cities
of the heroic dead, tear down the flag that
floats tenderly over the graves of our fallen
soldiers, and pull up the traitors' emblem
—does this strike you with indignation ?
It is what you have almost done. To this
damnable consummation you have long
been contributing. For months past you
have been saying our dead have died in
vain. Could the grave give up these dead,
could a long roll be sounded that would
reach the ears of these dishonored patriots,
there would spring upon you an army that
would overwhelm you with their curses and
drive back the rebel hordes you have, by
your supineness, lifted into power. What
has been the policy that bas deluded you ?
The policy of conciliation ! How has it
worked? Think you the Southern people
can change their ways of' thinking in a
year or in ten years, or that they want to
change ? The following paragraph, which
we copy from the New York Tiibune, is
a complete reply :
Editor,
"The man who is not an ex-Confederate
stands a poor chance for political honors in
the South to-day. yearly all the candidates
for office are ex-Generals, or ex-Colonels, or
ex something else, and the preference for this
class is carried even into the campaign speak
ing. An orator was speaking in a Southern
town recently and was giving a sketch of the
irresistible march of the Democratic party.
To attempt to check it, he said, was like the
Indian trying to stop a locomotive by throw
ing a lasso over its smoke-stack—admirable
pluck, but bad judgment. A voice in the
crowd said : "Where were you during the
war?" "At home raisingcorn for the soldiers,"
was the answer. Quick came the retort : "We
admire your judgment, but d—n your pluck !"
They are to day what they were from
the moment they found there were no
halters made in the rope-walks of the North
to fit a vanquished rebel's neck ! They are
to day what they were when we freely for
gave them, they hate us because we could
forgive them and have been educating
their children to despise the Yankee and
never give up the lost cause. Say you
this is foolish talk ? Show us the district
in the South that has a kind word fur the
Southern citizen who stood by the union
—(we might, however, omit that illustra
tion, for to have been a gallant confederate
general seems to be a better passport to
favor at Washington, than to have been a
persecuted and impoverished patriot for
the union's sake)—There does not in the
world exist a people who are more thor
oughly banded together to carry out their
plans than the Southern people. They
will accept all the favors you shower upon
them, but like the Basque province of
Spain they will adhere to their own faith,
and the moment the time comes will forget
all promises, forswear all pledges, and at
any cost seize the reins of power. And
they are well up the mountain. They
have almost reached the top, and the elec•
tion next week will determine whether we
can hold them where they are, until the
reaction in public sentiment drives them
to the bottom again, or, whether they will
seize the fortress. Yes, fellow Republicans,
the defeat of Hoyt and the defeat of Cam
eron means a Democratic President, which
is only another word for a Southern ruler.
This would mean a complete control of the
Government, the paying of millions of dol
lars of Southern claims, and the inevitable
ultimate result would be a rebellion before
which the Southern rebellion would shrink
into insignificance.
All other questions involved in this
election become small then, when compared
with this. It is the great question. Shall
the North again bow the neck to the com•
mand of the South, and wear the livery of
submission to her commands. You may
call the argument waving the bloody shirt,
but if the Republicans of the State do not
come up to the polls to a man, and do their
duty, our prophesy will be a terrible reality,
and those who have proved recreant will
be execrated in the dark days that will
come.
They Still Fight the Penitentiary.
The leaders of the Greenback and Dem
ocratic parties are still engaged in fighting
the penitentiary, although it has been
officially announced that it is to be located
at Huntingdon. They tell their ignorant
followers that it is announced to be built
here for political purposes, and that after
the election some other place will be se
lected. Of course the leaders know better,
but by pursuing this course they expect
to keep some of their partisans from voting
for Mr. Fisher, and in order to accomplish
this end they are willing to be classed
amongst the lunatics and traitors to the
best interest of our town and county.
They are welcome to all the capital they
can manufacture against our ticket by
these silly assertions. The penitentiary
will be built at Ifuntingdon, and for the
part Mr. Fisher has taken in securing this
bonanza for us, entitles him to the support
of every voter in the county. And just
here let us say that Foust and Doyle are
both opposed to the new penitentiary
scheme, and if elected will vote against
the appropriation of funds for its erection.
Every man who is in favor of building the
penitentiary at Huntingdon should not
hesitate to vote for Messrs. McVitty and
Smith. They are in favor of it, and will
attend to getting the necessary appropria
tions for its completion. Vote the whole
Republican ticket, as every candidate
composing it is in favor of the new peni
tentiary project.
"TnE Black•eye Buck smith" is what
the Mud-Slinger calls J. W. Baer, esq.
He not only gave "Father" Doyle a "black
eye" in that discussion at Mooresville,
last week, but knocked him clear out of
time with his sledge-hammer argument in
favor of honest money.
DON'T let a false sympathy lead you
into the error of supporting M'Elwain for
Treasurer. His neighbors, those who
know him best, say that he is unfit for the
position, and if elected cannot discharge
the duties of the office. Vote for honest
Sol. Isenberg.
"I HAVE TRIED to do my duty" is what
Mr. Jackson says at the close of every case
he tries. We want a man who will do his
duty, and we have such a man in George
B. Orlady. Vote for Orlacly.
IMPORTANT TO LABORING MEN.
Shall tha Canal ba - Abandonal ?
At a time like the present, when every
department of industry is paralyzed, when
thousands are ;peeking employment, and
when want and starvation arc staring us
in the face on every hand, the abo ,
of the questions which force theaiselves
upon the consideration of the farmer, the
mechanic and the laborer, and one to which
we invite their earnest consideration, in
view of the importance, not only of foster
ing every means of labor for the unem
ployed, but of guarding with jealous care
every avenue of cheap transportation for
the necessities and comforts of life. Few
perhaps have taken into consideration the
immense importance of the Pennsylvania
Canal to the business interests of this town
and county, or of the inevitable results of
its abandonment. Leok at the immense
number of boatmen and others who now
find in it the means of supporting them
selvesand families who would by this means
tie thrown entirely out of employment, and
not only so but utterly ruined, their entire
means being invested in the carrying trade.
But again, let this, the only means of cheap
transportation of tLe produce of the coun
try to and from the seaboard be abandoned,
and the Pennsylvania railroad having no
competition in the carrying trade would be
able to fix its own rates of carriage. Freight
would go up with a bound, and in conse
quence, the price of every article of con
sumption would be correspondingly ad
vanced. Coal would cost at least a dollar
a ton more than it does at present, and as
there is no discrimination in regard to the
quality, the farmers along the line of the
canal who buy large quantities of an in •
ferior article, for the purpose of lime burn
ing, would be correspondingly taxed, till
the freightage would soon amount to more
than the coal costs at present. This is
only one amongst thousands of other ar
ticles of daily consumption, the prices of
which would be increased in a correspond
ing proportion. .
I.Now, it is a well known fact that an at
tempt was made during the last session of
the Legislature, in the interestof the Penn
sylvania Railroad to have the entire line
of Canal below Huntingdon abandoned as
it now is above, and that it was not suc
cessful was due largely to the untiring et=
forts of the Legislators from this county,
Messrs. Fisher, Port and Dewees. It is
equally certain that another attempt in the
saws direction Swill be made during the
coming session, and in view of this fact the
importance of electing men to the Legisla
ture who will be true to the interests of the
people is not to be over-estimated, and it
should be the duty of every voter to -'spot"
any man who is even remotely suspected
of any collusion with the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company for the accomplishment
of this purpose. L'it it then be remembered
by farmers, laborers, lumbermen, boatmen,
and all others when they come to deposit
their votes, that Benjamin R. Foust, the
Democratic Greenback candidate for As
sembly, IS OPENLY AND AVOWEDLY IN
FAVOR OF THE ABANDONMENT OF THE
CANAL; that be has so EXPRESSED HIM
SELF, and DARE NOT DENY IT ; that his
friends, even for political purposes, dare
not deny it, well knowing that the evidence
is at hand to prove the truthfulness of
what we now assert, and yet this smooth
tongued hypocritical shylock, who has
grown rich off the labor of poor men, has
the brazen impudence to solicit your sup
port on the ground that he is the friend of
the laboring man. Such friendship and
such protection as this is similar to that
which vultures show to lambs! Such of
frontery is unparalleled ! Whilst profess
ing to be the friend of the poor man, he
would to-day vote the bread out of the
poor man's mouth. his neighbors, who
know him best, will tell you how much re
liance is to be placed in his promises, and
how far his character fur honesty and
truthfulness is beyond suspicion. The
farmers of the Big Valley will tell you how
much reliance they have in his integrity
as a man of business, by the simple fact
that they prefer dealing elsewhere, than at
his store, even when compelled to haul
their produce a much greater distance, and
go much further for their supplies of mer•
ebandise. Those who do not know him
are likely to be deceived by his profuse
promises and fair speeches, and by the
labored efforts of a hireling press to bolster
up his rotten character, and we therefore
feel it our duty to lay these facts before
the people so that they may vote intelli
gently, and stand afar off from all such
political lepers, who come to them in
sheep's clothing, but who inwardly are
ravening wolves. We cannot believe that
the intelligent farmers and laboring men
of the county would be so blinded to their
own interests as to vote the bread out of
their own mouths, and the employment
out of their own hands, but think that
they will consult their interests by leaving
Ben. Foust remain at home.
That "Sharp Stick."
lion. W. S. Stenger is after Cameron's man
Fisher with a sharp stick. As Fisher is not
one of "them literary fellers" he can't defend
himself but must perforce grin and bear it.—
Hollidaysburg Standard.
"He can't defend himself," can't he ?
Mr. Fisher is the peer of Mr. Stenger.in
everything except demagogism. His
speeches are able and honest, and are de
livered in such a pleasant and entertaining
manner that they never fail to command
the closest attention from the large audi
ences that have greeted him at every point
where he has spoken. He is able to 'hoe
his own row" with the great "Persuader"
or any other man in the district who may
be pitted against him, as was fully proven
by the flaying he gave Stenger in his
speech, in this place, on Thursday of last
week.
THE Mad-Slinger asserts that Mr.
Kuntzelman, our nominee for Register and
Recorder, is reporting that Mr. Boring the
Greenback candidate for the same office,
was discharged from the position of Super
visor of this Division of the Pennsylvania
canal for dishonesty. We don't know
whether Mr. Kuntzelman is asserting this
or not, but we do know that there were
some ugly stories afloat at the time Mr.
Boring ceased to act in that capacity.
We had not intended saying anything
about this old story, but as Organ No. 2
charges our candidate with retailing slan
ders we are forced to say what we have in
his defence.
The North American gets it all into
this space : "Tile cry of the new party is
for 'the Treasury note issued by the Gov
ernment and based upon the entire wealth
of the nation.' It does no good to say
that such a currency has always depreciated
in the hands of its holders, and finally be
come so valueless that it has gone out of
use entirely. This is the history of all
currency based on the wealth of the whole
country, without specific provision for re
demption, ever since currency was issued.
The United States had such a currency in
the Revolution, the first French Republic
had such a currency, and the Confederate
States of America fought the war with
just such money."
SENATOR FISHER is making things hot
for Congressmen Stenger in the XVIII
district. Stenger bought his nomination
and threatened Judge Bucher into acqui
escing. These facts are before the people,
and Stenger must satisfactorily explain
them, or he will be left in a minority of a
thousand or two —Harrisburg Telegraph.
THE 11110011 PENITENTIARY.
MTN. GDON SELECTED AS THE SITE.
THE GROBD SELL RED & EVERYTIIING IS LOVELY.
The Penitentiary Commissioners
visited this place, on Tuesday last,
and closed the bargain for the pur
chase of the land ou which to erect the
building. The deeds for the prop
erty have all been made out and de
livered, and as soon as possible work
will be commenced. Engineers have
already surveyed a route for a rail
road from the Broad Top railroad
to the Penitentiary site, over which
the materials used in the erection of
the building will be transported.
This announcement should have
the effect of silencing those persons
who have been endeavoring to man
ufacture capital against Mr. Fisher
on account of the delay in selecting
a site. Too much credit cannot be
given Mr. Fisher for the part he has
taken to secure this building at this
point, and the peoplc, of this town
and county, irrespective of party,
should signify their appreciation of
his efforts in this direction, by giv
ing him a unanimous vote for Con
gress. Tie is deserving of this from
the hands of this people, and we be
lieve he will receive it. Vote for
Fisher.
Nobody Hurt, Mr. "Spirit."
AFTER Stenger made a speech in Hunting
don last week and took the hide off Fisher's
senatorial record, the JOURNAL set up such a
howl that the farmers all over the county
turned out with loaded rifles and shot-guns.
They thought a thousand wolves were coming.
—Valleq
"The farmers all over the county" read
what the JOURNAL said about the Third
Term Candidate, and they also read what
the Perry county Democrat said about the
debauching of poor old Mr. Swineford,
the different amounts offered for the neces
sary vote, etc , etc.. and are ready to "turn
out," not with "rifles and shot guns," but
with the freeman's billot, which they will
deposit so thick and fast that this "wolf in
sheep's clothing" will be consigned to a
political grave su deep that the resurrec:
tion trump will never reach him. You
can't pull any wool over the eyes of the
Huntingdon county farmers. They know
Fisher and are entirely satisfied with his
"Senatorial record," Mr. Stenger's lies
notwithstanding.
He Cleaned Him Out.
The "Buckeye Blacksmith" and Rev.
Doyle hada joint discussion atplooresville,
on Friday night last, and we are informed
by one who was present, that the Reverend
came out second best, us we knew he
would do if he ever got his courage
screwed up sufficiently to attempt to meet
us on the stump. The large audience
went away satisfied that the Greenback
theory is a cheat and a sham, and the
large Republican vote that will be cast in
that section on Tuesday next will show
conclusively that the people are not ready
to forsake the party that "carries the flag
and keeps step to the music of the Union"
for one that is made up of sore-heads and
dissappointed office•seekers, and whose
principles, if carried out, would ruin the
business of the country for years to come.
Vote the whole ticket.
The Argument of a Fool
A prominent leader in the Greenback
party is using the silly argument that the
location of the penitentiary in Hunting
don will entail thousands of dollars on the
county in the shape of taxes. This argu
meat will do in a region where people are
too ignorant to understand the laws. The
penitentiary is a public builiing, erected
and kept in operation by State appropria
tion, and instead of being an additional
cost in the shape of taxes, will be a source
of great benefit to all classes of the
community. It will require nearly a
million of dollars to complete the build
ings and surroundings, and after this large
sums of money will be annually expended
for the maintenance of the institution.
This is the argument of a demagogue, and
will have no weight with intelligent men.
W. M'K. Williamson
During the whole campaign this gentle
man has been the target at which Speer's
organs have belched forth their slanders
and their filth, but his triumphant election
on Tuesday next will teach these hired
scribblers that the people do not endorse
the vile traducing of an honest man and a
good citizen. The Prothonotary's office
has never been conducted better than
since Mr. Williamson has taken charge of
it, and the people of this county have
made up their minds to continue him in
the place he so ably and acceptably fills
for the ensuing three years. Vote for
"No Appropriation" Say They.
Auditor General Schell remarked the
other day, that "be'd be d—d if the Dem•
ocrats would vote fiar the appropriation of
money to build the Penitentiary at Hun
tingdon." Mr. Schell is in favor of the
election of Foust and Doyle, and the friends
of the Penitentiary can draw their own
conclusions why he is fur them. But we
will tell you why, because they are pledged
to vote against all appropriations for this
purpose. McVitty and Smith are in favor
of the measure, and will assist in getting
the $BOO,OOO or $900,000 necessary to
complete this building. Workingmen,
vote for your own interest.
One More Rally for the Right,
Republicans, go to the polls early on
Tuesday morning and devote the whole
day to the interest of your party. See
every voter, of whatever political faith,
and try and persuade him to cast his ballot
for the Republican nominees. They are
all good men and are entitled to this effort
in their behalf at your hands. One more
rally for the right and the victory will be
ours. Vote the whole ticket.
\VFIEN treason reared her horrid front,
Hoyt, of Wyoming birth, left a young
fauiily to confront dangers and to subdue
a most uncalled-fur and wicked Rebellion.
At the same time, Dill, of Baltimore birth,
with no family, declared that, "as a Demo•
crat," he would not aid the Government
in defending its own life." Grant that
both were honest, which showed the best
judgment? Which was the Patriot?
Which deserves the highest honor in the
grateful people of the old Keystone ? Vote
for Iloyt.
SOLD SOLD SOLD
Mama & DotiElbuty to ho Siallghtt9rod!
Chairman ECK PlAlliaz Docratio Tickets!
BASE BETRAYAL OF HIS PARTY!
In every issue of the JOURNAL since
the nomination of the so called Greenback
ticket we have contended that the Green
back organization was being run in the
interest of the Democratic party. Mr.
North, the brother-in law of Mr. Speer,
who has been the head and front of the
party, joined it for the sole purpose of
banding it over, body and breeches, to the
Democracy. The Legislative candidates,
Foust and Doyle, were named by Speer,
and forced on the Convention by .Mr. North.
They are the mere tools of' that -designing
demagogue, and if' elected will dance to
his piping. The selection of the chairman
of their county committee was made with
a view to using hitn when the proper time
arrived, and in substantiation of this asser
tion we have only to say that at this time
he is traveling the county distributing Dill
and Stenger tickets and palters to every
Greenbacker who is base enough to receive
them from a man guilty of' betraying his
trust and selling out his party. The special
mission of this man is to "set up" the
Greenback Clubs for Dill and Stenger, but
we have reason to believe that he will fail
in consummating the bargain and sale, and
that he will be kicked, as he deserves to
be, from every club room in the county.
In conversation with a gentleman in this
place, on Friday last, he said that "the
Greenback party might go to the devil,"
and by his action, in trying to sell it to
the Democracy, he is doing what he can
to send it to "that other place."
Honest Greenbackers, will you permit
yourselves to be sold, like sheep in the
shambles, by a man who has basely betrayed
the trust you imposed upon him ? We
believe you will not.
Republican Greenbackers, do you see
what use these tricksters and trying to
make of you ? Cut loose from the rotten
concern, come back to the Republican fold,
and vote the ticket from top to bottom.—
It is your only safety.
Another Daniel Come to Judgment.
The ghost of Cameron has at last made
ils appearance to Mr. Lindsay, of the Local
Yews, and has so frightened that gentle
man that in the issue of that paper of the
21th nit., he draws his stereotyped fire
from the election proclamation and joins
"my organs" in their attacks upon Simon
Cameron. Of course he does not come out
squarely aryl espouse the cause of those
who are making the fight against Cameron,
but in his usual way of trying to appear
on all sides of every question, gives place
to the following uncalled for slap at Gen.
Cameron and Republicans generally :
"Simon Cameron is too sharp a politician
to publicly announce tis plans and purposes,
and the rank and file of the party are thus
kept in blissful ignorance until the election is
over, and only his tried and personal friends
are let into the secret of how the members of
the legislature will be manipulated by his
master hand."
In his zeal to further the success of the
Greenback party—whose candidate for
Congress he was willing to be—Mr.
Lindsay should not forget that the "rank
and file" of the Republican party have
intelligence enough to select men to repre
sent them at Harrisburg who cannot be
"manipulated." If the gentleman will
attend to the "rank and file"—and the
leaders, too—of his own party, he will find
that he has quite as much on hand as ho
can successfully manage. Will we class
the News as organ No. 3 ?
George B. Orlady.
We take a just pride in recommending
Mr. Orlady to the Republicans of this
county for the office of District Attorney.
lie is a your) , man of rare ability, well
versed in the law, and possesses every
requirement to make a good officer. Mr.
Jackson, his competitor for the same office,
is a clever, sociable gentleman, but that
he is unfitted fur the position to which be
aspires is known to all persons who have
ever heard him conducting a case before
the court. To use his own stereotyped
expression, he "tries to do his duty," and
we believe does do it so far as he knows
how; but we want a man in that office
who understands the law thoroughly, and
who will be able to cope with the able
counsel usually retained to defended the
violators of the law. Nearly every Com
monwealth case tried in our Courts since
Mr. Jackson has been District Attorney
has been conducted by assistant counsel,
and the people being aware of the inability
of the State's officer to discharge his duty,
are loath to bring an action against
offenders, knowing that they will be under
the necessity of employing counsel to
conduct their case, or rather the case of
the people, which is th 3 duty of the
District Attorney, and for which the
Commonwealth pays him. Vote for Orla
dy.
Is He a Knave or a Fool ?
The balderdash of "Rectus," a corres
pondent in last week's Nationalist, is the
production of a man who does not know
what he is writing about, or of a knave,
who utters these falsehoods for the pur
pose of deception. His assertion that a
borrower of money would have to pay a
premium of 50 per cent. on gold, while it
Can be had to-day for loss than one quarter
of a cent, is the silliest kind of a story,
concocted for the purpose of frightening
those who may have occasion to borrow
money. The people of this county are too
intelligent to be influenced by any such
assertions. They can read for themselves,
and they know that for months past the
premium on gold has been less than one
per cent. We will agree with "Rectus,"
that if the wild financial theory of the
Greenback party was carried out you would
have to pay two or three hundred per cent.
for gold. James, you should not try to
mislead the people in that way.
Workingmen, Spot Him
We are credibly informed that J. Chal
mers Jackson, the present incompetent Dis
trict Attorney, and the Kangaroo candi
date for re-election, has been throwing cold
water on the Penitentiary project in his
travels throughout the county, and making
a special fight against Mr. Fisher. We
hope the friends of Mr. Fisher will re
member this when they come to deposit
their votes on Tuesday next. While Jack
son has been fighting the location of the
Penitentiary at Huntingdon, his competi
tor, Maj. Geo. B. Orlady, has been doing
all in his power to assist in securing the
location of this rich bonanza for the work
ing classes in our midst. Workingmen,
remember your friends, and cast your votes
for Fisher and Orlady and the whole Re
publican ticket.
SINCE Mr. Williamson Las published
to the world that the firm of Woods &
Williamson has been dissolved since the
day he wa3 appointed Prothonotary, will
"my organs" have the manliness to do
justice to a worthy man by saying so ?
BOGUS TICKETS.
Look Out for their Scoundrelism.
The Democrats, being well convinced
that their Third Term candidate for Con
gress stands no chance of election, have
resorted to the distribution of bogus or
mixed tickets, thinking thereby to deceive
enough Republican voters into supporting
him to secure his election. We have been
shown a Republican ticket, thousands of'
which hive been distr,buted ever the
county, containing the mum) of William
S. Stenger instead of Horatio G. Fisher.
This is a dirty dodge, and one that their
candidate would willingly assent to, for a
man who will give his countenance and
approval to the debauching of a man who
has reached the allotted three score years
and ten, that he may the easier purchase
him to betray his instructions, will stop at
no act, however low or dishonest, to secure
his coveted prize of' a seat in Congress.
Republicans, this is the plan adopted by
this demagogue to deceive you. Will you
let him succeed? We du hope that no
Republican will deposit his ticket before
he compares it with the one to be found
at the head of this paper. bat a man be
stationed at every election poll in the
county, whose duty it shall be to inform
Republican voters of this contemplated
fraud and deception. Guard the windows
and examine every ticket that is voted.
Keep It Before the People.
From this time to the day of election
every Republican should consider himself
a worker and exert himself to the best of
his ability. Only a few can shine on the
stump, but all can have some influence in
his social circle. If there is a doubting
neighbor go to him and incline him to
support the right, place the true issue
before him, show him that it is not a ques
tion of currency or tariff, or mere control
of offices, but one of vital importance—
the future safety of the Government itself.
Keep this before the people and keep up
the quiet work that is all essental to suc
cess. See every voter in your district,
and urge Republicans to vote the ticket
without scratching a name. This is their
duty, and every one of them should dis
charge that duty.
A Crime Against Humanity.
The Republican party has a magnificent
record. Its wisdom, loyalty, courage,
fidelity to public trusts, and noble devotion
to the rights of man challenge the world's
admiration. The Democratic party has
a record over which every American citi
zen should blush. Its treachery, dishones
ty, disloyalty ; its base use of power; its
devotion to slavery when that institution
controlled the nation, and its slavish sub
mission to those leaders who have outlived
the wrong they could not save, stamp it as
a party unworthy of confidence, entitled
only to infamy and scorn.
To exchange the party of freedom for
this sin begotten shadow of slavery would
be a crime against humanity and a dis
grace to civilization. Vote the ticket
solid.
Smith and Benson
Samuel P. Smith and Wm. 11. Benson,
two hard fisted sons of toil, are the Repub
lican candidates for County Commissioner.
This is one of the most important offices
to be filled this fall, and it is to the interest
of every tax-payer in the county that they
vote for men who will not needlessly
squander the people's money. Such men
they have in Messrs. Smith and Benson.
They are sharp, shrewd business men,
and if elected will guard the public busi
ness with as mach care as they do their
own private affairs. en the score of
economy it is the duty of every tax payer
to vote for them. In the administration
of the affairs of that office they will save
thousands of dollars to the tax-payers of
the county. Vote for Smith and Benson.
A Gross Misstatement Corrected,
Sheriff S. 11. Irvin and Frank Stewart, the
latter an enterpr f ising hardware merchant of
Huntingdon, arrived in the city yesterday, as
witnesses before the United States District
Court. Mr. Stewart is something of a politi
cian, too, and says that Huntingdon county
will roll up a majority for the fusion National
and Democratic legislative ticket. He also
thinks that Congressman Stenger's re-election
over Senator Fisher is reasonably certain.—
Post.
We are authorized to say, on the
authority of Messrs. Irvin and Stewart,
that the very reverse of the above is true,
and that they made no such statement to
the Post. Their judgment is that the
whole Republican ticket will h 3 elected in
that county. There is no doubt of Mr.
Fisher's election to Congress,over Stenger,
Democrat.—Commercial Gazette.
Pause and Reflect.
Befure a vote is cast for the Democratic
ticket we hops the citizen will sati,fy
him
self that such a vote will be for the interest
of the country. In our opinion it will not
be. A vote for Democracy will be a vote
for the introduction of disturbing elements
into the body politic. It will be a vote
in favor of reversing the verdict of the
war, a vote in favor of throwing aside the
fruits of a costly and bloody struggle. The
ascendency of Republicanism means the
continuance of peace, and to maintain this
sscendency is the duty of all who love their
country. Vote the ticket from Governor
to Auditor.
Never Believe a Liar.
The Fulton Democrat, says that the
Nationalist, published at this place, boldly
charged that H. G. Fisher had bought his
nomination, and that the charge has never
been contradicted. Nobody in this
county, who knows the man who is running
that paper for Mr. Speer thinks worth
while to contradict anything he says.--
There is not a man in the county, not even
this hired scribbler himself, who believes
that Senator Fisher spent one penny to
secure his nomination. If Magee's paper
tells the truth, and it is Democratic author
ity, the sana3 thing cannot be said of
Stenger.
Doyle's Flapdoodle
"Father" Doyle is still retailing his
glaring falsehood about the accumulation
of interest. That open letter of "Hon
esty's," published iu last week's JOURNAL,
knocked the bottom out of that lie so com
pletely that we were inclined to think that
the Reverend would desist in exposing his
ignorance by uttering that which every
school boy knows to be untrue. Bat Rev.
Doyle has so far conducted this campaign
on the principle that "a lie well stuck to
is as good as the truth," and we suppose
he will continue to do so until its close.—
But it won't win.
"A RETURN to specie payments at the
earliest period compatible with due regard
to all interests concerned, should ever be
kept in view. Fluctuations in the value
of currency are always injurious, and to
reduce these fluctuations to the lowest
possible point will always be a leading
purpose in wise legislation. Convertibly,
prompt and certain convertibility into coin
is acknowledged to be the best and surest
safeguard against them."—Abraham Lin
coln. To carry out this doctrine vote the
Republican ticket.
Mr. NORTH spoke his piece to a slim
audience in the Court House on Saturday
night.
`REMEMBER MY BROTHER' AGAIN.
In our issue of the 18th ult., we pub•
lished a little squib referring to the fact
that Rev. W. 11. Dill bad eske 1 a gentle.
man of this town, whom be met on a rail
road train to "remember his brother,"
and we contended that in doing he
desired the gentleman is question to vote
fur his brother. We thought that is what
he meant, and sinc3 we h ive read his
letter, published in "any organs" last week,
we are better satisfied than ever that he
solicited the vote of the gentleman for his
brother, for in that letter he makes use of
this language: "If you vote for Mr. Africa
you might as well vote for my brother."
Reader, if you were to meet the brother of
a prominent candidate, and he were to ask
you to "remember his brother kindly,"
would you not infer that he desired you to
vote for that brother? Most certainly you
would, for there could be no other con
struction put upon the language, and this
is exactly what Rev. W. H. Dill did mean,
his denial to the contrary nevertheless.
In trying to "ewrect the statement" he
makes the case stronger against himself.
In a iostscript to his letter of denial he
says that he "offered through a friend an
explanation to the editor of the JOURNAL,
and he declined to publish anything about
it." Mr. Dill may have asked a friend to
call on us with an explanation, but that he
did so we most emphatically deny. An
esteemed friend of ours, and a friend of
Mr. Dill's also, dropped in to see us a few
days after the publication of the squib,
and told us that Mr. Dill was coming to
see us concerning it. We remarked that
Mr. Dill was engaged in traveling in the
interest of his brother, but that if he call
ed to see us and satisfied us that we had
done him injustice, we were willing to
make the antende honorable Mr. D.,
we understand, was in Huntingdon on
that day, but he failed to give us a call.
We do not desire to do injustice to any
man, and in this case we construed Mr.
Dill's language to mean what ninety-nine
men out of a hundred would do, namely,
that he wanted the gentleman to vote for
his brother, and that is what he mean't
when ho asked him to "remember him
kindly."
William S. Smith.
This gentleman is one of the candidates
on the Legislative ticket, and he should
receive, as we believe he will, the united
support of the party. Mr. Smith is a
gentleman of fine education, a good busi
ness man, and as all his interests are in
common with our people, he is the very
man to select to represent our county at
Harrisburg. He is no adventurer, here
to-day and there to morrow, hut a native
to the manor born, and in him the best
interests of Huntingdon county, and her
people, will always find as and willing
champion. What has been said of Mr.
Smith can also be said of Mr. M'Vitty.
They are in favor of the New Penitentiary,
the building of which will cause the ex
penditure of about $1,000,000 in this
county, while their opponents, on the
Democratic ticket, are opposed to the
measure, and if elected will vote against
the appropriation of this money. This
being the case, the duty of every man who
has the prosperity of the county at heart
is very plain. There is not a laboring
man in the county, we care not what his
political predilections may be, who should
vote for these men ; every one of them
should look to their own interests and
vote for Smith and M'Vitty.
Davis and Brown.
The office of Auditor, though looked
upon by many voters as of no account, is
really one of the most important in the
county. The Auditors have to examine
and pass upon all bills contracted by the
Commissioners, Directors of the Poor, and
all other matters relating to the financial
conduct of the county, and if suitable men
are not chosen to represent us on the
board unjust claims may be "sneked"
through and a depleted treasury is the
result. In J. H. Davis and A. W. Brown
we have gentlemen well-fitted to fill this
responsible position. They are live busi
ness men, good accountants, and if elected
will see that no illegitimate bills are
carried through. Vote for Davis and
Brown.
Irvin D. Kuntzelman.
Mr. Kuntzelman, our candidate for
Register and Recorder, is the crippled son
of a gallant soldier, who yielded up his
life in defence of his country, and is the
main support of a widowed mother. This
of itself is a sufficient reason for us to ask
his unanimous support at the hands of the
Republicans of this county, but besides
this he has proven himself every way
competent for the proper discharge of the
duties of the position, having been a clerk
in the office during dr. Lightner's occu
pancy of it. He is a worthy young man,
and we ask our friends that they give him
a hearty and united support. Vote for
Kentzelman.
"My Organ" Squeaks Again.
"My organ" No. 1 in speaking of Foust
and Doyle, says that •they publicly pro.
claim their opposition to the Cameron ring
rule, and its corrupting influences." Of
course they do, but they fail to "proclaim"
that they are Speer's candidates and are
pledged to support that gentleman for the
office of United States Senator is case of
their electiun. They don't "proclaim"
this, but the people know that it is true,
and knowing it they are determined to
give these tools of Speer a sound drubbing
at the polls. Huntingdon county Repub
licans don't take any Salary Grabbers in
their)].
They Display their Ignorance.
The Third Term candidate for Congress
and "my organs" are exposing their igno
rance by asserting that in case H. G.
Fisher is elected to Congress—which he
will be as sure as the sun will rise on next
Tuesday—the District will be at the ex
pense of holding a special election. Mr.
Fisher's term does not expire fur another
year, and as there will be no session of
the Legislature during the winter of 1880,
there will be no occasion to elect his suc
cessor by special election. This is the
merest twaddle, and the argument of dem
gogues.
What a Silly Falsehood.
Mr. Doyle is telling the people that in
all parts of the world the greenback dollar
passes as readily as the gold dollar. He
knows, or should know, that this assertion
is not tru . Outside of our own country a
greenback dollar is not worth a farthing,
and a traveler in foreign countries, if he
has no other kind of money than the
greenback, would starve to death. This
is more flapdoodle on the part of Reverend
Doyle, and the man who will tell such
silly falsehoods is unfit to represent Hun
tingdon county in the Legislature. Vote
for M'Vitty and Smith.
For Sale, Cheap.
We have an account of $2 00 against
the Greenback party for publishing a call
for a meeting of their County Committee,
which we are anxious to dispose of.
Nobody seems willing to pay it, and as
that party is about to disband and go into
bankruptcy, we thus publicly offer it for
sale to the highest and best bidder. How
much is bid?
Solomon 11. Isenberg.
This gentleman is the Republican can
didate fur County Treasurer, and a better
man for the po=ition cannot be found in
the county. lie is honest and capable,
and is worthy the support of every Repub
lican in the c.minty. We do hope that no
voter in the party will scratch the name
of Mr. Isenberg from his ticket. He is a
hard working fanner, a first class business
man, and will discharge the duties of the
office for which he has been named with
honor to hits e f and to the satisfaction or
the people. Vote fur honest Sol. Isenberg.
No Salary Grabber in Their'n.
Every vote cast for Foust and Doyle is a
vote in favor of R. Milton Speer for United
States Senator. Republicans, remember
this when you are asked to support these
men. They will tell you that sueh is not
the case, but it is nevertheless true. Ho
dictated their nomination, and they are
pledged to support him in case of their
election. If you are opposed to Speer
representing this State in the United
States Senate, vote for M'Vitty and Smith.
They don't take any Salary Grabbers in
their'n. Vote the ticket solid .
Abraham B. Miller.
The people of this county will take
pleasure in electing this gentleman to a
place on the Board of Directors of the
Poor. Mr. Miller has followed agricul-
tural pursuits during his whole life, is
sharp and shrewd in business, and is just
the kind of a man to carefully guard the
intcreets of the taxpayers in any position
that he may be called upon to fill. If you
desire the affairs of the Alma House
economically conducted, vote for Miller.
Whoop 'er Up, Boys !
The election of our entire ticket is a
foregone conclusion, and a conceded fact
by our opponents. It is now only a ques
tion of how much majority we will give
the ticket. Let us put the figures at one
thousand, and work hard to bring it up to
that figure for every man on our ticket.—
It can be done if every man will work for
that end until the polls close on Tuesday
evening. Come, boys, let's whoop 'er up
to one thousand majority.
Get Out the Vote.
Arrangements should be made at every
poll in the county to get out every Repub
lican voter. Have teams ready to bring
in the sick, lame and aged. Don't leave
anything undone towards this end, and
before a ticket is deposited see that it is
right.
Examine Your Tickets.
Republicans, examine every ticket, and
see that it is like the one to be found at
the head of this paper. Don't fail to do
this in every case.
Don't Scratch a Name.
Every candidate on the ticket is worthy
your supprt. They are all good men and
true, and the ticket should go through
without a scratch. Vote it solid from
Governor to Auditor.
Don't Trade.
Don't trade a single man on our ticket.
If asked to do so just say that you are not
doing that kind of' a business. Vote the
whole ticket.
WE have a suggestion fur the advooates
of "fiat" money. In order to secure the
desired amount of such money, and save
the time and expense of printing it, let
Congress, at its next session, cleclare Con
federate scrip absolute money, and legal
tender for all debts, public and private,
including duties on imports and the pay
ment of bonds. This would give them all
the money they could ask for ; and it
would have another effect—it would unite
the Greenback and Democratic parties
lovingly on one platform. and make them
a single party.
A MAN was around, the other day,
proposing to teach the art of detecting
counterfeit greenbacks. Some of the boys
seriously thought of mobbing him for a
public enemy. They say that when the
' fiat" fellows get their money along by
the wheelbarrow load, they will have
enough to do to look out for the genuine,
without bothering about the counterfeit.
In fact, they think the counterfeit will be
worth fully as much as the genuine.
One of "my organs" thought that the
money expended in equipping the Fisher
Club had better been given to the poor.
A friend at our elbow suggests that the
money to be expended in furnishing music
for the Democratic meeting to be held
this week, had better be appropriated to
paying the Huntingdon Silver Coronet
Band the $l3O that party owes it since the
fall of 1876. And so we all think.
The Richest Joke of the Campaign
Any man who gets a eopy of the Mud-
Slinger of this week, and after reading the
"address" of its hired scribbler, does not
laugh until his sides are sore cannot ap
preciate a good thing. The idea of such
a venal creature talking to Republicans of
their duty is enough to cause a smile to
ripple over the countenance of a dead
mule.
THE Monitor thinks that because Mr.
M'Elwain "splintered a two-inch joist with
his heels" he should be elected County
Treasurer. What an argument ! His
cheek is harder than his heels when he
asks Republicans to elect him to a position
which he is unqualified to fill. Vote for
Solomon H. Isenberg, the farmer candi
date.
Two of Speer's itinerant stumpors,
Messrs. Monagan and James; attempted
to entertain about a one-third audience in
the Court House on Friday night last,
but their speeches were very flat, and the
gathering was more suggestive of a funeral
than of a political meeting.
Steoger is makiog Fisher's fur fly.—Valley
Spirit.
On Tuesday next Fisher will not only
make Stenger's "fur fly," but he will take
the hide off the great "Persuader." Vote
for Fisher.
"MY ORGANS" desire Messrs. MeVitty
and Smith to define their position on the
United States Senator question. It is
none of their business, and they display a
superabundance of "cheek" by meddling
with matters which do not concern them.
THE exhibition of Maj. Orlady's photo
graph in the public p!aces throughout this
town has the same effect on the editor or
the Monitor that a red rag has on a Spanish
bull. He paws and snorts terribly every
time he sees one of them.
WE BELIEVE that if every one would
use Hop Bitters freely, there would be much
less sickness and misery in the world ; and
people are fast finding this out, whole families
keeping well at a trifling cost by its use. We
advise all to try it.— U. 4. A., Rochester, N. Y.
n0v.1.21.
Tn Mud-Slinger's fight against the
Penitentiary didn't amount to shooks.
Fisher held the winning cards, and be
"skunked" the s'unks. Vote for Fisher.