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TT W. SMITH,
ATTORNKY-AT
tl:H l lnrtleltl, Pe.
LAW,
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LINGLK,
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A T T O R N E Y - A T - LAW,
1:11 PhlllpburR, Centre Co.. Po. jiyi
TJOLAXDD.SWOOPE,
' ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Curwcniville, ClenrBeld county, Pe.
net. f , 'T-tf.
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SCAR MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
JTV-Oact in tb Oper IL.um. ocl9, '7.tf
Gn. ft W. UAHKETT,
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Attornbth and Counbklorh AT JjAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Jnnunry JO, l7i.
TSItAKL TEST,
ATTOBSEV AT LAW
' C lurUclil, P.
T-Offlo In the Court Boom.
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Tii. M. McCULLOUOn,
I
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
O m in HtMotiie building, Second Mrcct, op
p.uito tb Court Home. J.Jn.'78-tf.
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C. ARNOLD,
LAW COLLECTION OKHUlii,
Cl'RWENPVILLE,
2il l lemOeld Counlr, Pcnn'n. 75y
g T. I'.ROCKBANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office In Open, Houtc. ip JS,'T7-ly
gMlTH V. WILSON',
fflornr y-at'lMW,
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CLEARFIELD. PKXN'A.
5W0(Tic In tbe Mnmnlo Bulldinj. orer the
Coonty Nitlonnl llenk. mirM-80. ;
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TILLIAM A. llAlrEHTV,
f TTon.rr.v-i t- m ',
CLEARFIELD, PE.VN'A
TffiH Rttfrl-I to I
)rointnei od fidnlltj.
WILLIAM A. WALLACE.
MARar r. wallacr.
etn huilnc wltb
fcbll.'iO.tf.
DATIP L. IRIM.
JOHN W. WII.UT.
rAMiACK &
KKKBS,
(Hmofiiftn to WaIIm A FlaldlOK,)
A T T O R N E Y S - A T - L A W ,
inl'77 tleartifld, Pa.
J.
K. SXYDKR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offce In Pie' Opera IIou..
, June III, '78tf.
g J.MoGEK,
.ittorjtei'-jT'Ljh;
DuBoi8, Clearfield County, Penn'a.
ew-Will attend prwtnplly to all legal buifneu
entrntted to bw care. 4Jan2l, ,
crati aomnoa.
M
URRAY & CORDON,
ATTORNKYS AT LAW,
. CLEARFIELD, PA. ' -ay-offlce
In Pie'i Opera l!oue, eecotid floor.
lonara a. a'aALLT.
1f cENALLY ft
santat, w. a cuaoy.
McCURDY
1T1
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
Clearllcld, Pa.
rer" Legal baeiaeli attended U promptly wltbj
idelity. Offioe oa tteeend itreet, above Ibe Pint
National Bank. Jan:li70
A O. OAMER,
ATTORNEY-A T-LAW, i
Real letalo aad Collection Agent, j
CI.EARI'IKl.n, PA.,
Will promptly attend ta all legal builaeae en
trmted to bil oare.
Hr-OKoi la Pie'i Opera Uoara. Janl'Ill.
J F. McKENRICR,
DISTRICT ATT'BHNEY,
- CLEARFIELD, PA.
All legivl builnei rnlrasted to bU eare will r.
celre prompt bttentlon,
jy0Rtce to the Court llouee.
ugU,ls71Jy.
JOHN L. CUTTLE, '
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
tnd Heal Eatata Aa;ent, Clearfield, Pa.
(Iff-e oa Tblrd itreet, bet. Cherry A Walnut.
ar-Reipeelfully offere bil lerrlee! la eelllna
and buying laada la Clearfield and adjoining
eonntleai and who an atponeaeeet oeariweniv
yari ae a inrvcyor, flatten blmielf that he eaa
render lattifaetioa. Feb. 2R:a3:tf,
irituskinns' Cards.
D
R E. M. SCIIECRER,
H0UCSOPATBI0 niYHIClAN,
' Office la mldcace on Pint it.
April id, 1171. r Cliarteld. Pa.
TYL W;A
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;trr.t vu
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I'HYSICIAN ft SURGEON,
. i DUBOIS CITY, PA.
Will attend profoaitonal call! promptly. aagl070
jy.. T..j.fnoYEi;, , , , t
f UYMCi AN "AND SrjRQKDS,
OKca oa Market Street, Cleerleld. Pa.
jar-OBc! houti i I to II a- , aad 1 to 0 p. m.
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R. J. KAY WRIOLKY,
, ISnMiEPATHIC physician,
plrt)t,.-i alj,inlo tbe reiidince ef Jaaee
Wrigley, Li, on Second St. Clearneld, Pn.
Jnly3l,'7 it. .
Jlt. H. B. TAX VALZAll,'
CLEARPIELIt, PENN'A. ,
OFFICE IN KKSIDKttt'E, CORNER Of FIRST
AND PIKE 8THBKTS,
er- OSfce koan tnm 11 be t P. M.
" " May It, istt.
ri j. pJnuRCariKi,!), i '
Uu Aargtoa of Ut 8 St ftf ,(, PvauylnnU
Vln.. aYtrtif riMrat4 trim ta Amy,
flort hit Tt)fMiBft, MTVllMM lktltlMM
r e u oa.?.
PnfaMt Mil prompt! r 4 fro.
OB PRIsmilU or IVE1T DIHCRIP
Itea aaaUy aitratod at tbli oatao.
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VOL 51-WII0LE NO.
Carfl.
TltPTICES' COSKTAm.EH' KEE
We hv prlnud Urge nQuber of tbe new
FEE BILL, end will on t receipt of twenty.
Ore eente. null n eopytn nny tddreee. wrl
WILLIAM M. UENltY, Juhtioi
nrtnn PnAcn o Hcil, MIMIlER
CITY. Colleotloni mede end money promptly
p. Id or. Artiuleeof n.(reement eo.l deed, of
ooneeyonoe nontly eieowted and wnrmnted oor.
rect or no chert. 1)j'7 '
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juitleo of tbe I'enee end Sorirener,
Corenevllle, Pa.
a.Collecttone tnido end noner promptly
peldTrer. L
nESRY liRETIl,
(oernnn r. o.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
ron Bibb Toweimr.
Mey , 1B7I-Iy
JAMES MITCHELL,
DB11.R in
Square Timber & Timber LuikIh,
j.UT!l CLEARFIELD, PA.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Cictrlleld, Peua'a.
kcWill eiecnt Job! In bil line promptly and
In e worimnnline meuner. err,7
JOHN A. STAPLER,
BAKER, Meiiet 8t.. Clenrdrld, P.
Fra.b Bread, Bulk, Roll!, Plel end Cke
on bnnd or mnde to order. A generel Mfenmenl
or Conlectloneriee, FrnlH ud Nut! in rtook.
(oe Creem tnd Oritere In eeneon. fieloen nrerly
oi.poilte the Pi.li.oe. Pricei modcrote.
M.rcl, li)-'7
WEAVER 4. BETTS,
nnALnne in
Real Esta'.e, Square Timber, Saw Logs,
AND LI MBER OF ALL KINDS.
WOfllce on Kceond itreel, in renr of etore
room of (leorje Wenrer A Co. I Jen". '7 tf-
RICHARD HUGHES,
JTHWCE OF THE PEACE
ron
Itteaiur Tou-nhip,
OeceoU Mill! P. O.
All unlclel bu.ln!! eulruited to him will be
promptly attended to. moh!, ".
I
AURY SNTDER,
BARBER AND HAlRI)llKr.R-
Shop on Market St.. oppoilte Court Hnme.
A clean towel for erery cu.temer.
Alao dealer in
Hot llrand! or Tobarfo and Clgara.
r ....M P. "ae 10. '
JAMES H.TURNER,
JI STICE OF THE PEACE.
IVallareton. Pa.
Mle ha. prepared blmielf with all the
neoee.ery blank term! unuer toe reuiua hu
bounty lawa, al well ae blank Deedi, ete. All
legal matter! entrance to hi! care will receire
prompt attention. . , y ln"'1"
A
MiKEW HARWICK,
Market Ntreet, ClearffleM, fa.,
NAHrrACTDBIB AXB nBALBB IB
Harness, Bridlei, SaJdlet, CoVmi, ami
11 one-burnishing Uoodt.
Mr-All kindl of repairing promptly attended
to. tiaddlen' Hardware, Hone Bruehn, Curry
Cotubi, Ac, alwaya on band and for rale at tbe
lowcrt caeb price. (MllTtl IV, lI.
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL TUMP MAKER,
NEAK CLEARFIELD, PRHTA. "
AfrPumpa alwayi on band aad made to order
en ibort notice. Pipe, bored on reaaonahle terma.
All work warranted to render latlifaetlon, and
dellrired If deiired. myllilypd
Iilvcry Stable.
rpilR undcrelgned beg! leave to Intorm tliepub.
X He that be li Bow fully prparto accommo.
date all in tbe way offorniiblng rl-.eei, Raggiea,
daddlea and Harnen, on tbe iborteit notice and
en reaaonable terma. Refldence oa Locnit Itnat,
between Tbird and Fourth.
OEO. W. OKARHART
llearteld. Feb. 4, 174.
WASHINGTON HOUSE,
OLEN HOPE, PENN'A.
TUB wndeealgned, knving leaead thll eom.
modiona ll.,tel, la the villtige of Olen Hope,
le now prrpnred to acoomnodat all who may
call. My table and bar ehall ho anpplied with
tbe belt the market alfnrdi.
HKOROB W. DOTTH. Jr.'
nl.n Rope, Pa., March t(, l70-tf.
THOMAS H. FORCEE.
niALaa ta
UKNRRAL MEKCH ANIIIHK, 1
fIR AHAWTOM. pfc
Alio, eiteniive manofaetnrer and dealer la Sifnare
Aimoer aao aawea iidmnerol all klnda.
-Order! lollelted aad all bill! oromatly
aiiea. l"jyl07a
E. A. BIGLER A. CO., '
SQUARE TIMBER,
eod maflufaeturori of
ALL MNIM t)F StWKIl I I'MRKR,
t -111 CLEARFIELD. PENN A.
S. I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATC1IMAEKR
ABB PBALBB IB
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry,
Oraawoi't Rtnt Mnrht' .ttnef, "
, CLEARFIELD, PA.
All kindl of repairing In my line promptly Bl
ended to. April 23, l74,
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
Till an for! ( 4, fcT.j fltthMaktil Kar-
f.tvritri4 4nt VainaHl, ta arMrl to for-
aUi. all tat tuy of FR.H' TRKKi, (luadartl and
u nm patiM vitM. iN,ftMfMVribTrwil
Wwdm, sua Mrij Mrtai Kkaatrt,, Oe Ordart
f rvaipU attaadad to. . Ad irw,
J. D. WRIflHT,
aaa3 M- OaTWaaarUta, Ha.
MEAT MARKET.
. F. M. CAfiDOH & BRO.,
Oa Market 0t, eaa Joorweot of Mao.loa Bonaa,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Oax arraagomeaU are rt the ateit eempbate
character ear faraiebltia; taa pahne with Preok
Moala of aU klad, aad of the very ban Reality.
M a alee deal ia all kiade of Agrteullaral liaple
meata, wbiali we keep oa oa ktbitMa for tbo wea.
ae aablla
aU arwawd wbea la 4
age. or aaklroei ai
ad taao a ioolt at taiagi. or amwroee ai
V. at. 4JAH1M
Cloarflala, Pa., Jaly 14, isia-tf.
I. M. CAHIMIN A BRO.
(fe-nrOVIat ftajmroeacf 4ftncy.
OABawkb 1,. staoLa.
KF.nit H HIMfLE, jlgtnU,- '
Repioeealtao f6Mow1n aad other flnt olkM Co'i
Compaoiea. AneU.
Liverpool London A 8lob C. E. ttr..l.MI.sa
Lyoomtag oa matailAeaeli plaaaM. I.OeO.OQtl
1'hteili, of Hartford, Cone..... .M I.014.0U
iBaiiraBoeCo.ofptorlb America 0,431,074
North Plrrtlih t Mercantile 11.8. Br. 1,7M,603
Hoottl.h Coaamenlal D.tt. Oranoh... 07P,l4t
Watovwjwa . Tilt .lit
Traralare (Lire A Ave Ideal) d,il.4il
Office oa Mulct bl., epp. Coort Hoaaa, Claar
ald, Pa. June I, "79 -If.
& Proprietor
, , , PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. , ,,. ,
2,670.
CIVILIZED BULLDOZING
IX MASSACHUSETTS AXl) BUODS JSIAHU
--itLCVoivr v-
OK PENNSYLVANIA,
From the Seleot Committoe to Inquire
Into Frauds in the fieoent .
Electious.
IN U'NATK I klTEI) STATKHpAPUlL, lHfiiO.
our Ht'ltTt Committco to inquire
into allt'tretl Iruoda in the recent alee,
tions wtut directed by the authority
given it "lo inquire whether any citi
Ken oi'oy Stale has beun dismiaaed or
threatened with dismiwsal from em
ployment or deprivation of any right
or privilego by reanon of hit vote or
intention to voto at thq rccont elec
tions, or ha been otherwifio iiitort'erud
with, and whvtlicr eitiicenn of the Uni
ted Slulcs were prevented from oxer
cikinK the elective lranchiao, or forced
to tmo it against their wiphe, by
any nnluwlul iih iidm or pructirea." ' .
The atleiiliiin ol the Cxmmilteowaa
directed, by a number of nllldiivitu
upon this subject, to tho Statu of Mas
HacliuaettH, and the inquiry wan proae
culed thcre-aud in the Stale of Rhode
Llaiid, wherii your Committee wan
alno purHUing another brunch of the
duty aaaigned to it by the Senate. The
apecilio allegniion vras mudo that cm
ploycraot labor inthoNe Statea coerced
their omployna to vole as tho em
ployers winded, and that deprivation
of employment was the penalty lor re
fuMtl to do to. Among the data nib
mitted to your Commit tee in proof of
this allegation wan a circular, which
wait in tbeiic woidtt:
lBin Binr Yunr co-opcratlon with the Mai
achutatta Hcpnhlican tttate t'enlral Committee
ii Bret eerneilly requctcd. It I in your power,
by the eulbofily you cn eaeroiieovcr tho e em
piocd by yf,M, ta maintain the bonr.r of Mane
obn.clti, and kt-rp It out of the hand! of iixiilcrR
aad political hnavea who hove .elected tirneral
llutler ai their oandiHate, Ilia tlection would
diigrace our Htete, anL ruin our atamliog at
hooiu and abroad. A thorough eanvaai of tnoie
you employ, and .a early riin a the 8eorot,ry
of tbe llepublioan eUti Central Committee, will !
be lltauklully rvoeircd.
That thin wu inritietl in tho canvas,
ol lbTH, by aulhuiily of the Republi
can organiKaliun, was shown lo be un
true. Ita origin could not bo traced.
llccmcd to your Committee lo bo a
trick ot partisan politics onginating
with aome irreaponaibio person und
productive of no evil reaulta to any
workman.
A meeting of some twenty leading
niunufitc tillers and cnijiloyuiM ol labor;
was held at tho Parker Hoimo, in Hos
ton,'jIuring the cativans of It!
ptirjiose, as Blated by tho Chairman of
the Republican Stale Committee, was
not to raise money, but to arouse the
interest of those in the meeting to tho
importance of tho issues of tho can
vass; but thero was no proof that any
arraugumvtu was there made to eoeroe-'
employes or exurciso any iifluenee
upon them. Indeed, it was expressly
denied by tho testimony.
Another meeting of manufacturers
was shown to have been held at Wor
cester, Mass., in tho oflice of Mr. Wash
burne, who was Chairman ot tho lio.
publican City Committee 'J'iio pur
pose ot this meeting was to urge the
employer of labor thoro present to
exercise their influonco. It was to
arouse mom to action. They wire
asked to call their employes together
anu auuress mem on too issues. Tins
was done in at least one casc.i Tho
action tuken at this meeting was spo-
kch oi uy me employes ancclcd as be
ing prejudicial to their Ireedom of ac
tion. Fear of loss of work 41 thoy vo
ted or acted ngainsl thoir employers'
wisnes was frequently expressed.-The
result ol the meeting, and its action.
was a degree ot intimidation to tho
employe. Ono witness described its
efloct upon the operatives thus: It
caused. them to be no longer active, to
grow cold; it dampened their ardor
ana cbsngeu tboir conduct. Another
witness said the DiouIiiil' was held lor
tho purposo of "forcinir their beln.
through dread of lion-employment to
voto contrary to their wishes and ac
cording to tho wishes of their employ
ers." And still another, who waa in
charge ol tho Democratic bcadquar
ters, urscnucu it tnus : . .
"A. Tho effect ot tho uieelinir, as it
waa detailed to mo ot course I do not
know that it is accurate, but it came
lo me from quite a number of sources
was this, that thero had been a meet
ing of manulacturera called; that the
policy as laid down at that meeting be-
some of tho speakers, and by one
speaker particularly, was to this effect:
"We must keep insido tho law; wo
must not say that nnr men will be dis
charged, nor anything of that kind,
but wo must, bold tip before lliem that,
it llutler is elected or the policy he ad
vocates prevails, it will bo nccesniry
to tloso our workshops, and blop our
ljusinesn. - I ' ' 1
Men come ttf' mo and said that that
was the drift of it, und asked me if 1
thought it was probable that they
would loso their work.
Q. Kmplnyos canto to you and ask
ed you that? A. Yes, sir; that was tho
current understanding there, and what
l nave stated was the tenor ol the
meoting,
Q. What was tbo effect, as you gatk
cred it front the employes themselves
upon their mindst A. Its effect was
this: that while up to that date the
operatives and employes, as a general
rule in Worceslor county, bad boon en-
thusiaBtio, and thronged our roomsday
and evening almost, a great many of
tnem men came ana expressed flotihts
as to whether they would bo ablo to
voto or act openly lor tho reason that
they understood that this meeting had
been hcld.tind thnt that was tho poli
cy that would be adopted. . In conso
quer.co oi that, there was a denidod
coolness at that time on the part of
mis ciasa oi men.- i dc not know that
thero wag any direct act ot Intlmiiltt
tion upon them further than that the
report of tbia meeting had that efTeot
hprm them, but I do know that a great
many upon whom we bad counted
with absolute certainty opto that time
were miesinp;, or els voted against ns.
0. What was tho number, if von
can give it, of employes In thfi city of
Worcester who Wore Tlnmocralio in I
their proclivities? 'A. The toborinoH
population is almost wholly Demo
craticthat if, the Democratic vote in
tho city is almost wholly composed ot
laboring men. Rut a small proportion
of those whom wo rank as the property
holders tfjura are comprised in nnr par
ty, I should say that out vote thorp,
in tbe Tilden election, was lorly-two
hundred and aoruetbing, and 1 should
say that easily 3,000 and something of
Uieae men went mon who worked by
the day for their livelihood." ., ,
The purpose here expressed of keep
ing "mudo the raw," was fully carried
out, for tbtro waa no cau brought to
CLEARFIELD,
tho notice of yourCouimitteo, In which
a conapirocy or unlawful combination
to coerce voters wti discltwed. We
aro of tho opinion, nowovor, that tho
purnoao intended wna. as fully accom
plisliod in if unlawful meani bnd been
ned. ' , '
Your committee aro of opinion that
in vory many instances during that
oleclion tho ballot wa cast by opera
lives against their own deliberate con
victions, and In favorof the candidates
ot their employers, at.d that this was
the result of a tear of loss of work at
the beginning of Winter.
This policy of keeping "insido the
law" was publicly proclaimed in the
lli'Xiild, 8 leading and influential nows
pnper in RoBton, which earnestly and
effectively aided tho cnuso of those
who called and held thoso meetings ol
employers, in these words :
"There will probably bo a good deal
of 'bulldozing' done in Massachusetts
this year of a civilized typo. Tbola
borers employed ty General Bullor in
his various enterprises mills, quar
ries, &c will be expected to vole lor
him or give up their situations. The
same rulo will hold good on tho other
side. There will bo no shot guus or
threats. Everything will bo managed
with decorum, adorned by noble senti
ments. Hut the men who oppose Rut- j
ler employ throe-touring, if not seven
eighths, of tho labor of the Stale.
They honestly believe that Ruller's
election would injure their property.
They know that idle bunds are wait
ing to do meir work. It is not to be
oxpected that thoy will look on indif
lerently and sco their employes vote
fur a deslructivo man liko Rullur. Hu
man nature is much tho same in Mas
sachusetts and Mississippi. Only meth
ods are different, llrains, capital, and
enterprise will tell in any community.
It is very improper, of courso, to in.
timiduto voters, but thero is a way of
giving advice that is quite convincing."
This action was described belore
your Committco as 'civilixod bulldoz
ing," and its occurrence was said to be
much more Ircquent and ellective in
the manufacturing villugca than in the
cities;
"It is impossible that there should
be so much in tho cities as in towns.
It is easier to bring lo light tho wrong
doings ot an employer there ; it is
harder to cover them up, because of
the public press and becauso of tho
number of tho peoplo who would bo
como cognizant of them. In a iactory
town it is different. Thero is no dowb-
naoer thero : tho ouoralivo lives in a j
tenement beloniiinir to tbo manufac-
Hirer; his wages aro small; his wife
probably works in tho mill ; hi chil
dren probably work in the mill ; and,
if he is in any way fractious, or op.
putud to voting in u way that these
people dictuto, his wife, children, and
himself ure turned out of tho mill, out
of tho tenement, and out of tho means
ot earning a livelihood."
The caso ol the Manchaug Manufac
turing Corporation, in tho County of
Worcester, was cited as ono ol those
in which this policy of "civilized bull
dozing" was pursued. The testimony
disclosed the following facts : Man
chaug is a manufacturing villago,
wherein the real estate, mills, houses,
churches, balls and public buildings
woro owned by the slock company
w tilth there manufactured musiiu lub-
rics. , Thoy employed a largo number
of persons as workmen, many of whom
were irencu Canadians, iho num
ber of voters at tho mills were up
wards ol 100 in 18TS, ot whom throo
fourths wero Democrats. All of tho
managing force, superintendents and
book keepers wero Republicans. Many
young people of both sexes wero em
ployed at tho mills, and their homes
wuro with their parents in the tene
ment houses of tho corporation. One
caso was shown in which a man who
bad served during tho war occupied
ono or tho company a- bouses, whilst
his son and three nieces worked in the
factory, and lived with hint. Ho was
quite active as a canvasser on the Dem
ocratic side in 18i 8. Ho describes
whnl occurred as follows:
"I was not working for tho comma
tion, but 1 was active in llio campaign.
1 uistnbuled tbo campaign documents
to ovcrybotty. i was one ot tbo sieii
era of the llutler call and one ot tho
Vlco Presidents ol tho Butler club.
I
contributed two or three dollars to tho
lluiler flag raising, when wo were go
ing to havo a good lime. Mr. Waters,
who had asked for tho ball, came to
my bouse, when 1 was not at home;
my wile told me ol his buinir there.
Immediately alter this, a notice came
Iroin tho mill thut I must vaento my
tenement within two weeks. It waa
signed by Robert McArthur and by
tUarles A jlTiaso, clerk, ror two or
three days nothing was said, and they
Rent for mo to come to the shop.
"Mr. Chaso was in gcneralchargo of
an tno tenements and machines and o
on. I went to him ; found him at his
bonne, when ho wanted to k
whether I was going out of the tene
ment. - It was then about tho lllth of
October. I said 1 would like to stop
until altor town meeting; that 1 had
taken an active part and would liko to
voto for General llutler. Ho said,
'Yon cannot' I replied, 'I think I
can.'. Ho said, 'I will have yon out in
utjout a ween. I asked htm, 'iiave 1
no rights ?' IIo answered, 'Not a God
damned right.'. 1 told him, 'Thero ia
no , light I bnvo got.' -lie askod,
''What is that?' I said, '1 have got
possession, and I shall bold it until al
ter the town meeting, if I can.' Fi
nally, 1 bad three notices and three
writs to go to Worcester, but went
and Toted alter all
"Ifl had been turned out 1 could
not have got any place in town, and I
could not have gono back to the tone
moot. Not only that, but tho fact
was that previous to trotting my notice
I had tho viliago in a blazo; nine
tenths wore Democratic, or for llutler,
but after thoy gavo mo the notice no
man would say 'llutler' in tho village."
! Tho son was notified' to milt work,
and did quit. Tbo effect of this notice
to leavo, upon mon who bad families
dependent upon them, was to take
away their treedom ol action, and they
Wore obliged to vote a their employ,
ers required, for thoy bad no place to
go with their families. , ,
Its effect appears to have been de
cided npon the voters. Their timidity
was tloseribed as lollowa: , ,
"Thoy spoke to me about making
arrangements 'ationt raising a flag. as
I, did not work for tbo company and
cared nothing for tho company. -They
were' afraid to take an active part in
It, but agreed to contribute toward de
fraying tho expense. I had a list of
soaae twenty-lour name of those who
contributed emne dollar and Aome
two dollars toward hiring tbe band
and paying the expense of a French
speaker. After Mr. Watersramo with
a nolire of Mr. Thayer's and Mr. Mel
ten's mooting, this notice which lol
lowed, from -Mr.' McArthnr to my
lather, made' a change. Those men
did not aeem to dare to speak to me
PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1880
on tho front slrcdt thero; they would
come around alter dark and cull tuu
out to epcuk to f'0 ; they would pass
mo on the ntreflt wilkcut speaking;
and they told mo, two or three differ
ent ones, that it was coming near Win
tor, and they did not wish to lose their
jobs i still they( wished to, voto for
llutler.", n. , ,
The corporation owned the only bull
in town in which public nieeliuga were
heltl. It was Held lor minstrel shows
and dances frcqueutly. .Mr. Thayer,
lue Jjuiuocruiic cauuiuaiu tor tuogi uen,
and Mr. Mellon, desired to speak in it,
but its use was refused by Mr. lie Ar
thur, the agent. The witness describes
tho refusul thus: '
"I then went to Mr. McArthur and
applied tor the ball, and told Mr. Mc
Arthur that as Mr. Rice, tho Rcpuli
can candidate, had complimuitted our
town by making nWopoiitng speech rrt
tho canvass there, I thought it would
he a Tory good send olf and a compli
ment to tho placo if Mr. Thayer would
mako the second speech of his canvass
in our town, and that all parties would
then have an opportunity to hoar their
candidates in the opening of the can
vass. Mr. McArthur replied that ho
could not let the ball, and remarked to
mo, 'You know how our people are.'
I supposed that by 'our people' lie
meant the owners. Ho went on to
say, 'You know how our people are,
and they aro not of that way of politi
cal thought, and do not belong to that
political patty; it you owned a hall,
yon would not lot in tho opposition to
speak, either.' I replied, 'Mr. McAr
thur, on tbe contrurr, I should cer
tainly do that very thing; and if you
people are intending to suppress fieo
dom ot discussion ol political questions,
our community want to know it.' Ho
said, 'Well, 1 think I cannot let you
have the hall.'"
That democratic meeting was held
in a barn.
The selectmen of tho town hnvo
charge ot tho ballot box on election
day. McArthur, an cmployo of tho
company, was in chirgo as such in
1878. Chase and Knox, two other
employes of the company, were in at
tendance. Tho workmen were pro
vided with Republican tickets at tho
works hauled In wagons to tho poll
ing placo, and voted under tho direct
supervision of McArthur, Chaso and
Knox. A witness describes the pro
cess thus :
"My attention was called to tho pe
culiar way they had of managing tho
voters thero. I steniiod np to tho lit
tie railing that they had thero to go
around and up to tho polls, and I saw
two men stationed at tho entrance
whero tho voters went in. Ono was
Mr. Chaso, tho other was a Mr.
Knox. I saw that tbo help of tho vil
lago (1 was acquainted with a great
portion of them) camo along in a sort
of rotation. Mr. Chaso was on one
sido and this Mr, Knox waa on tho
othor, and as each man came up they
would take bold ol tho ticket tbut tbo
man had, and say, 'That is right, pass
on. Another-would come np, and
thoy would say. 'That is right, pass
on.' Another would come up, and
thoy would say, 'Hold on, that is not
the vole yon want to cast. 'Why, yes,
it is the vote 1 want to cast.' 'No, it
is not' 'Why, cortainly, that is my
vote. 'Oh, no; and he got it out ol
tho man s band, toro it up and threw
it on the floor, no said, 'You do not
want to voto such a damned vote as
that' He then handed the voter an
other one. Tho man thon remarkod,
I don't want to cast this vote.' The
reply was, 'Go right along; tbatis tho
vole you want' Tbo man went right
along and put it in tho box. ilr.
Hastings, tho constable, stood right on-
iKjsite, and 1 stcod, perhaps, lour feel
iroin tins air. Aiox.
Another instance is given thus
U. Who was it tho polls to receire
the employes in November last r A
Mr. Chose, .
Q. Is he connected with tho corpor
ation? ' A. Ho ia tbe book-keeper
thero.
Q. Who takes them from the mills
lo the polls? A. Tbo teams of tho
corporatioa take them. '
u. What have von seen in regard
to tickets vhen tbey have got to the
polls' A. I havo seen Mr. Cbaso
change their tickets. He generally
stands at ono side whero there is a
small place to go through, and, as they
come along, ha always has the ballots
thero, and 1 liavo seen him change
them, and have seen thorn got tickets
I mm In in and carry them in.
u. 1 do speciic tickets you speaK ol,
did thoy examine thoso ? A. 1 do not
know whether tbey could or not
Pretty nearly all ot thoso who work
thero are French, and 1 do not know
whether they could examine them.
Q Do you know whothor those
tickets wero in oivclopes or open 1 A.
I havo seen Mr. Chaso give to them
that wero open.
Q. Did you see this occur in No
vember, 1878? A Yes, sir.
(J. Specify an imlanco and describe
bow this occurred, il you can. A. As
they pass along hewits standing thoro
on this side, and - at thoy would come
up to the polls Its would stop them,
hsnd them one oflho tickets, and say,
'Here, carry it in. 'j They might have
had an envelopo or something ol that
kind. I have seen them have envel
opes. I havo Bccnlhat occur.
; Tho ballot boxe) wero open boxes
and those in chargi could see tho form
and nppcaranco of tbo ballot voted,
and they wero Cindy distinguishable
apart
Tho result cf tin closo supervision
of tho votes of tho operatives by their
emnlovera and tin fuars which pre
vailed among thorniest thoy should ho
discharged, vory naturally affected the
result In the nisttict in wntch they
voted, and cave U tho candidate la
voicd by the employer a largo number
ol votes they woun not have received
if perfect Ireedom of action had been
allowed to tbe wortmon.
i our Committeo examined a num
ber of witnesses in regard to tho mon
agcnieiit and manner id voting at Web
stor, in Worctutor county, by tho cm
ploycs of the Slater Manufacturing
Company, where several hundred men
are employed ; a majority of whom
wero Irishmen, and tho proof showed
about the same stale ol lucts as exist
ed in Mancbaug.
Tbe same was the case at the Doug
lass Ato Factory, whero the agents of
the Company stood at tho door ol tho
election-house, watched every ono of
the enplores woo came in, passed him
tho Republican ticket and told him it
would bo to nts interest to vole mat
ticket
. The ltoaUtn Klastio Fabric Contra
t,y employs a large number ol hands,
most of whom were Democrats, but
under the orders ol their employer,
Mr. llcllirney. The foreman of the
factory stood at the polio In Chelsea
all day on election day between tbe
door and the ballot-box, and required
tbe men employed undor bim to vote
tbo Rspublkn tioket. Another of the
employes was directed to tell tbera
that this was their employers' wish,
and they must govern themselves ac
cordingly. This was dono and the
men vory generally obeyed tbe orders
given. One testified that ho did not
and was soon driven out ot that em
ployment '
Several cases of individual interfer
ence by employers with tho freedom of
choice by their workmen came to tbe
notice of your Committee, none of
which were so flagrant in their details
as those already given ; but there was
onougli to show that the determina
tion existed to coerco choice by press
ing upon tbo necessities of workmen
and operatives.
Tho Slato of Massachusetts has a
stringent registry law lor the registra
tion ol voters. All naturalized citizons
must produce thoir certificates of nat
uralization belore the bound ol regis
tration, aud the name of tho citizen
can only go npon the list of voters af
ter careful Hcrutiny. The law is a
most wise and salutary one, but your
Committeo are compelled to report
that its provisions, in one case, wero
made the means of depriving several
citizens born within tho Stalo ot their
right lo voto. and ono of them actually
look out his naturalization papers.
This diflieulty occurred at Plymouth,
and is thus described by Dr. Hhum
way, a witness:
"In tho first placo, we bad a decision
from the board ol selectmen that those
persons who wero born of persons un
naturalized, could not be citizens of
tho United States, and thorefbre, could
not register as voters. This was mado
to operalo very injuriously, because
most of those who had como cf ago
were young men who wero 6'nK 10
vote lor General llutler. It so com
pletely demoralized, them that some of
them said thoy would not have any
thing more to do with it. I endeav
ored to persuade them to hold on. The
first intimation 1 had of it was this:
A young man camo to mo and asked
mc if 1 did not supposo that a man
horn within two rods of Plymouth
Hock was a citizen of tho I'nitcd
Slates. 1 said I bad no doubt of it.
He said they had refused to register
him, although bo w as born there, be
cause his father had not been natural
ized. 1 told him I supposed somebody
was playing a joke upon him, and he
replied that It was a serious matter.
1 wont before the board ot selectmen,
and found that they had mado that
decision. 1 endeavored to argue tho
caso with them, but they said tho de
cision wns final ; that no one who was
horn of unnaturalized citizens could
bo. a citizen unless himsoll naturali.ed,
and that they would not ullow any
such lo register. Somo of the men
who had been refused on this ground,
went once or twice to the town-house,
and then said they would give it up,
and wouldn't have any moro lo do
with it. Ono or two persisted in main,
mining what they supposed to be their
rights, and finally succeeded. 1 will
stale thut this decision was mado
about ton days before the election. I
think, (tho first knowledge I bad of it
at that time,) and that on tho uight
belore the election, (Monday evening,)
at ten o'clock, (the polls being opened
on Tuesday,) tho decision was re
versed,! understood. Tho polls opened
on Tuesday at a quarter of nine
o'clock, and tho law is, I think, that
after tho polls have opened, no man
shall be allowed to registor. As it
was my first experience in political al-
luirs. 1 failed to titko the names of
those persons. 1 know of only two
who wero registered, and do not know
of thoso who were not. I understood
that there wero some ten or dozon
who wero refused registration, but
that I do not know anything positively
about : that is merely heresny with
me. Another caso that I do know of,
was that of a man who, notwithstand
ing that he bad been born in the
neighboring town, went and got na
turalized, His name is Alexander
Morrison. I Producing tho nuluraliza
tion paper ot Morrison, which is ap
pended to this testimony. j J nis is ins
naturalization paper, lie was bom In
tbe neiebboring town of Sandwich
Ono of the mon was born within
two rods of Plymouth Rock.
"(J. Slato tho politics ot the select
men at Plymouth. A. Four ol them
wero Kcpublicuns ami one was a
Democrat that is an Abbott Demo-
rat Tho bourd was practically a
unit in Iho last campaign. Jt was
composed ot five members " ,
The young man, Morrison, who was
naturalized, whb called and testified in
suhstanco ad follows :
Question. Whero do you live?
Answer. At Plymouth.
(J. Whero wore you bora? A. Close
by Sandwich.
I. Aro riymoiiin anil r?antiwicn in
tho same county ? A. No, sir; Ply
mouth is in Plymouth county, and
Sandwich is in llurnstablo county.
Q Stato tho circumstances under
which you made application for regis
tration, why you got naturalized, and
whether that which is now shown yon
s your naturalization paper? A. 1
went to tho selectmen on the sumo
night that Mr. Carr went to them
flint was Saturday night, air. uraa-
tord, ono ot the selectmen, askod me
hy my namo was not on tno nsi,
and if 1 had paid my taxes. I told
bim thatl bnd paid thero.. Ho asked
mo it I was naturalized. 1 told bim 1
was not ; that I was born in th.s coun
try, tlo then nsned mo ii my luincr
wssnuturulizca, ami 1 ropiiou mat my
lather was not. He said bo didn't see
how 1 could vote, for tho reason that
mv father was not naturalized, but
that he would carry tho Tnaller bo-
fore tho selectmen al the meeting on
Saturday ol tho next week. I went
bore shortly afterwards, wnon ne ituo
mo that I should not voto because my
father was not naturalized. - I ' '
Q. Did you not gel naturalized sub
sequently t A. , Y es, sir. .
U. llow did unit , happen r i.
Shortly after thnt, Mr. Hedge, the
constable, came to me It was beforo
the eloclion, though I don't know bow
long beforo and told me 1 had bettor
go in that morning and get my natur
alization papers ; that it would proba
bly be my last chance ueiore itio elec
tion. 1 then wont in and got my pa
pers out. , .
. itciore wnom nta yon go; n.
Heluro Mr. Lord. ' .
(j. Was there a judge on the bench?
A. Thero wae a judge en the Dencu.
1 dont know who ha was. ,
P. Was it Mr. Lord who was clerk
nf the court? A. I don't know
O. Was it In Plymouth? A. It
was in Plymouth.
O. Did you have to produce wit
nesses thore? A. Yes, air; Mr. Hodge
and a young gentleman. -r
U. Ion wore sworn, were you? A
Ther were sworn that ; they had
known me ten years.
O. Did von take an oath that you
would hear true allegiance to tho
country? A, Yes, sir.
O. And that you had renounced
your allegiance to tbe (jueen ol Great
Britain? A. Yes, sir,
That wns regularly administered
to you boloro you got your paper. A,
Yes, sir.
i. Then tho clerk made 'out the
paper which is heresy A. Yes, sir. '-
tj. What did you tio afterwards
with the paper? , A. I took it borne.
J. Did you go afterwunla to the
registrars with it? A. I went with if
to the registrars on the next morning.
Mr. Hodge went with mo.
y. Mr. Hedge was the constable,
and went boloro tho registrars? A.
Yes, sir.
(J. What did thoy' do then? A.
Thoy put my namo on the registry.
q. Did Mr. Hedge tell thorn you
bad been naturalized? A. J believe
ho did.
l. Was that tbe reason you wont
back there that' morning to got upon
the list, alter having boon natural
ized ? A. Yes, sir. , .
The naturalization paper given to
this young man, born in the country,
was produced, and Is in thoso words :
' t-tTKO ITATBB OF AMEBIC!.
(Cat of Eagle.)
OoUNOBUBALTn Ol MABBAOIIOeBTTI,
''VMONIA County, ;
re mil jMope fe a-tcei riev trerel tkall coat!,
orc.Oap.' , .
Know ye that a ruperior court, begun and hol
doa at Plymootb, on tbe fearUl Monday of Octo
ber, lu the year of our Lord one thomand light
hundred and leventy-oigh', Alexander Morrieon,
el Plymouth, in the county ef Plymouth, nod
Htrtte of Maeaacbuletli, born in the town of
Sandwich, in the county of llaro.table, Maica
ebuietu, having produced tbe evldenoe, aad ta
ken and lulmcribeil tbe oath required by law, wai
admitted to become a citlieu ef the tailed
Stelee, acoordiug to the acta of Congreaa in lath
carca matte and provided.
in leitiHony wnircol l nave Hereunto in my
hind and affixed the leal of laid court at Ply
mootb, in laid onunty, the nr.t day of Novem
ber, in tbe year of our Lord eighteen hundred
and iwventy-eight.
aKAL or cot tiT.V
WM. II. WHITMAN, Or.
Your Committee think that this ac
tion of the Registry Board of Ply
mouth was either a gross outrage upon
the sons of foreigners, born within the
country, or (taking the moat charita
ble view of the case) tho Board showed
lamentable ignorance ol tho law, oi
common sense, and of their plain duty.
Tho campaign of lih, tn Jlassa
hnscttn, seems to havo been anomn-
Ions. For tho tlrst time, so far as
your committeo could learn, ministers
of tho Cbtistion religion wero openly
invited to aid in the campaign oy tur
nishinir tho names and nuttolHco ad
dress of their church members, to tho
ond thut documents containing the
docmus of a political parly might be
arnl tn ihftin tlimtlcfh tho mails. I
i circular in too loiiowiug tornt was
sent to every clergy man in the Ma e,
whoso name and address could be
too ud from the religious monthlies:
Rbim'BI.icab Etavb Cob. or Mimachi'ibtt.
H BAt'Mt' A BVBH!, .'I7S WaIIIIXOVOB HvaMT.
Boiros, titytertbtr IS, ls7S.
Aoix TnATBB, Cheirmea.
8 B. Stbbbink, Trcaaurcr.
Gbobob C. Crackbk, secretary. 1
Dbab Fib : ia order to enable oi ta diitribute
doeumeBti effectively, you will kindly furnl.h Ul
immediitely with a liat of tbe mala member! of
your cburcb aad pariib, and with lucb other
namai aa yna may deem expedient. By 10 do
ing, yoo will otd oa lo caving the honor of oar
CominoBwealth. With eateem, youn,
ADIN THAYER, CteVrevoa.
llaonua C. Cbockbk, feeMfery.
There was a largo number of re
sponses, and documents wero sont to
tho names and addrcssoa furnished.
Of tho charactor of tbo documents
sent to tho members of the churches,
your Committco did not learn, but it
is fair to suppose that, as tho following
circular seckd to arouse tbo alarm and
indignation ol ' Christian citizens," it
was forwarded to church members:
TtttrevitcA TtvK Cow. or MaiAoaraaTT, ' '
HlATHjeAnrane, S76 Wabbisotob SrsBRT, ''
" '- - Hnvrns, AVntcwcer 1?, IS7.4. -Attv
Tbatbu, Chairman.
H. B. PTBaanw, Treainrer. - , "
daoRoB 0. CnocaBB, Secretary. '
Pbab Sir i A dcipcrata attempt ta being made,
under the hypocritical pretence of State reform,
to deliver MaarachniHU to the Kcpodiationiali,
Oreenbacken and Oomtnnntati.
Tbii attempt abould oxclte the nlam and In
dignetioa of every Chrtotiaa cltlien, and call
forth tbo active, earneat and paniitent eppoiltion
of every Inver of tbe lair fame of Ma..i,obuaetta
. Tbe Stare ticket nominated by tho Republican
party itauda for puhlia and prirato bunt-ity aud
national good faith.
- We aarncctly tovoka year aetira old la Hear
ing ita election, and thu! caving tbe "Old Com
monwcaltb" from the control of onferapaloui
and eelf-reeking demegogaea.. ,
l er order of tbe Rrpublican Plate Committee.
ADIN THAYER. Caainaoa.
I tlBOBUi: C. CSOCBBB, ceratsry.
I ' Y'our Committeo deems this system
of electioneering dangerous and vi
cious, -calculated as well to bring the
Christine roligion into the miro of poli
tics as to arouse sectarian animosity
among tbo peoplo. r
In pursuing another duty enjoined
by tbo Scnato in Rhotlo Island, this
subject of controlling the votes of em
ployees by the employers, lhroi,gb
tear of loss of work, was incidentally
examined. , .
At Westerly, in the south-western
purt of tho Stale, there aro two cor
porations known as the Now England
tiranite Company, and the Smith
ranite Company. Iboy -employed
i 1876 about 160 menm gelling out
and preparing granite. Direct influ
ence was brought to hear upon these
employes about a week before the
residential eloclion oi ibio, oy tnese
corporations issuing a hand bill and
circulating it where the men worked,
iiuh atatw1 that thA al.una ol air.
Tildon would bo a great injury to
their business, and by tho concluding
paragraph, which declared they would
secure tn't'r own Interest by voting
utfainst -Mr. Tildon. Tbo circular was
thcuo words: v
' .' ro ALL VOTIBS j,.,., -,
. , . ..', ump)0Tej j,, the
. r. asAiotr wobki. and thb imith' obasiti; co.
Having become fully convinced that the flec
tion of Seionel J. Tiblen and a DetnoerAtie Con-
grcl., on lb! 7th of November, will do a gteat
mlurv to our burlncai, and will alae bah P-a-
nnnaT Calamity, we do molt laraeitly advice all
VOTERS IN OI K K II r LO i to vole the ftinub.
licea tleket, more Olracially for a Republican
Member of Cnngrcia, lou will, by In doing, ie-
.n.A.. Ini.ri.at our InlarA.I . r.A ih. In,
itereit or your ' unlry.
' 4- The f MITU GRANITE CO.
The plain Implication from the Ian.
gaaga here used is, that the injury to
ibe buainoas of tho corporation would
result in loss of employment to the
workmen, Bnd it undoubtedly had the
fleet to intimidoto voters.
' It was shown that at Hope Village.
In the Congressional election, the i
publicans used a colored : ballot ol a
very diitiuclly marked color, and that
tho Democratic ballot was plain white.
At that time, thero Was a number ul
Democrats employed in the works
who attended Democratic meeting,
and desired to vote that 'ticket, but
wbon thoso mon camo to voto oo elec
tion day, men in .the employ of the
Hope Miiniitaotnring Uompany stood
at the ballot-box and watched the bal
lots all day.' Somo of these Demo
crats went home without voting, and
others declared that they did not dare
to vote. ,
At Woonsockct, there aro seven or
eight large manufacturing establish,
meats usually operating as eorpora-
tiotts. They employ many work mon, a
majority of whom are of loieign birth,
and among the employes are many
whose polilioal opinions are Demo
cratic It was oaowe that at almost
TEBMS-S2 per annua la Advanoe.
NEW SERIES-V0L. 21, NO. 18
every election for: yours, these mua
voted undor the eyo ut their employ
era' agents who wero Republicans, and
in very inuuy cases, under circum
stances showing intimidation and bur
ol lists of work. ""' ' '
' "The raprasaiitAtivi of the manu
faoiurera uf ,i Wirimnocket ate schicfiy
Ri publican. The owners are not rrsi
dents of Woolisili'kel, 'but of l,.u
donee and' titlvr ' )n- s ; l.ttt" t !,'. it
agents in Wrtousoekel, us 'it general
thing, and with bill one- exception, are
Republicans. On the day ol uluution
tbey are very active, exceedingly act
ive, in gotting in the voters who w oik
at their establishments. They' arc
sometimes carried to tho polls in their
own private carriagos, and eomotimcsi
in carriages hired by tho party. They
aro usually met at the entrance to the
hall by men in tho employ of those1
corporations, who willprcsont thovo-1
tore, as thoy are marched in, with
ballots. Tbey are billowed, in many
cases, from tho entrance lo tho ball lo
tho ballot-box, and watched until the
ballot is seen to bo deposited in the
ballot-box, so that there may be no
opportunity for them to change their
ballots, and take others."
One witness described tbo acln which
ho thought amounted to intimidation,
in this language:
"On tho night beforo the last Con
gressional election, parties who we
know aro Democrats, came to me and
told me they were afraid to voto the
Democratic tioket openly, that they
wanted mo to get them somo bullous
so thoy could vole if tbey got down ,
that their overseers wore watching
lliem ; that the Republican candidate,
Mr. Ballou, was a heavy stockholder
in tho corporation ; and that they ex
ported to be bulldozed, aa they slated
it I bud letters Irom two parlies re
questing mo lo leave-tho ballots so
ihat they could distribute them among
the help tho next morning belore
seven o'clock. We thought it would
make a dillerenco to ns ef thirty or
forty votes if those men voted our
ticket 1 do not Hunk that tide in-,
timidution is carried on in all the mills
thero ; there issomcilifi'uicnee between
them in that respect; 1 thl.'k thai in
tho Social Company's mill, we get as
many Democratic as Republican voles.
Aa has beoti staled by others, there is
a man there named Sampson who
makes himself very officious on dec
lion day, who takes care of the voters
as they come up. From tho Woon-la
socket .Machine Company, ut tbo lust
Congressional election, they had their
overseer posieu uuoui two loot, iroin i
,l i.,i, u..w o,l h u-nl ltimr!
bft,loU w , 1. a9 lh(,y t.um0
j up to voto. His name is Charles A. I
Lbase, I rememoer now a parly wnoi
jdid work for tho Woonsocket Machine
Company, who told me, shortly ofter
tbo election, that be was going to lose
his position, und ho did loso it. About
a month alter that they discharged
him because bo would nol peddle Re
publican ballots in the shop."
; Another witness described it thus : :
'1 have known men employed, in
tho Woonsockct Machine Shop to
bo marchod up, in the hall, In squads
by a man named Chose, who bad some
position thoro 1 do not know whether
it was that of enginoer or what it
was and compelled to hold thoir
bands up with the ballots in thcru ia
this manner. Tho witness elevated
his right hand to a levol with his
head. They walked along, and, bo
went with them, watching them until,
as each man dropped tho ballot in, he
took his eye oil tbe mou. At the last
(InnirrensKinid election. 1 saw bim I
murch uplwosquads from lbs ma-1 ' 2d: If a ttachor gets sick, and a sub
chine shop. 1 know one man on'; stituto without a certificate has chargo
there who. al tho same election, in
formed mo that ho wanted to voto the
Democratic ticket, but was obliged to
vote tbo Republican ticket, becauso be
had been given to understand that il
would bo for his interest' tn do so. His
proporty was mortgaged, and a party
who ran on tho Republican ticket con
trolled, or-., his intimate, friend con
trolled, the mortgage at tho time, , Tbe
man was afraid to voto otherwise, he
informed mo.1 They have come to
mo, tor instance, ana 10 uiucr
Domocrats in my hearing and
sight, and said, "Wo want a ticket."
This was tbe evening beforo the oleo-
tion. And they gave us a ticket and
said that they had to corry it or they
would lose tbeir joo. Thero is a
strong feeling in their minds that il
they do nol voto tue ticket thai is
given to them by their employers,
thoy aro liablo to bo turned olf, that
they aro spotted, and, if anybody is
turned off, it will bo them. These
employed, who an) Democrats, who
have been furnished with tickets, or
who say, "We shall bo furnished with
a ticket by tbe boss or the manufactur
ing compuny s agents, come to our
headquarters and say, "Wo want a
ticket in our pockets that is of our
kind, so that we can -voto it if wo
liatiL'O it tor the other. it ell, iho
omployeis havo found that they wero
being cheated hy tho men, mat ine
men, in spito of their convincing ad-
vied, had got the tickets mat they
wanted to vote, and bad put them m.
That accounts for their oompcllinp 'he
men lo bold their bands up. Thry
give them their ticket wsht n they pel
ont of tho carriage, Rnn compel th''m
lo hold it up In. their .hands as lliCy
inarch along through tho crowd.''
It was shown that in the tenth ward
of i Providenoe, at the Presidential
election of 1876, the time keeper em
ployed by the Corliss Rngino Com
psny, was at the polls with his book,
and as every man working for his es
tablishment would cast bis ballot, he
would chock his namo, or writo ' his
namo down upon tbe book; ' He was
not Ibore as an olltcial ot the election.
ITo would watch to see which way a
man voted, and thon take memoranda
in his book. . Employee complained
of this, and said tbey were alraid to
voto. The want was largely Pemo
cralio, and this action produced dis
turbance on the part of eilizons, who
sought to havo the Uiuo koopor re
moved, becauso the employees of tho
Corliss Htesm 'Engine Company were
alraid it they voted their- principles
they would be discharged from the
Works, and he was finally removed
from the placo. ' The Company eta
ployed several hundred nu n at that
time.
Your Commute was tnatrrielcd "to
inquire and report whether il is wlluiu
the competency of Conurrss to nro-
vide by additional legislation for the
more perfect security of the right ot
suffrage lo eilizons of the United
states tn all the Stales of the Union.'
They have performed that duty, and
whilst they Itnd that improper prac
tices, as heroin neioro detailed, exist
in the States visited, and the freedom
of choice by rotors lu those rttatrs has
been interfered with, and persons
practically threatened with dismissal
from employment if tbey voted i op.
position to the wishes of their employ
ers ; yet they cannot find that It Is
within tbe onmpetenoy ol Coajreao to
corroot- tbj wtroiig, by additional, or
any legislation, but that, on the con
trary, tho rcuiody tburufor is to be
fouud with the law-making power of
the State in which tbe wrong i per
petrated. Wrongs upon tbo ballot, or
lutcri'erohoo with tbo right t,f suffrage,
or wltb tho modes of qualifications of
tbe votor, aro questions which are to
bo oorroeted and controlled by the
Slates, and not by tho Federal Gov
ernment' Suffrage is under the con
trol of the States, and not of the Fed
eral Government Tho latter baa no
voters of its own creation, It cannot
define who aro voters, It cannot quality
voters, nor can it protect voters Iroin
wrong by inflicting punishment upon
tboau who ujujpul lUutu to imatupaii:ly
exercise their right of sullraga... it
may punish for eriiuea eutuuiiiu d in
regard to tbe jsnsarr of voting, tint an
offence against tho right itself must be
punished under Statu law, and not by
Federal statute.
. Tbo "civilized bulldozing" which we
find to havo existed in tbo ancient at.d
hotiored Commonwealths ot Massa
chusetts and Rhodo Island, U an evil
whioh tbe people luoew Stale must
correct themaelvos. and your Commit-fee-
led. that in'. bringing tbe fuels, to
lb", puhjm , gaze., tliev will help to
'then n stitimrnt already in cx
i1cn"r'c, and ul 1 in crystallising it into
suck, statutory enacluionl of those
Siules us will correct tho evil or pun
isli Its repetition.
EDUCATIONAL. .
CQXTF.XT10S OP SCllOOXi Slr.
.. ;, I'E&WTEXVKA m-
Perhap tbe most earneat and en-
thuniustie meeting of school workers
that ever mot at the State Capital, was
the ( 'ottvention of County and City Su
perintendents, which convcucd in tbe
Senate Chamber, Uarrisburg, on Tues
day, April 2tlth, and continued until
tho morning of the 24tb. Ninety seven
-Superintendents were present, Red
ford, Adams, Forest and Somerset, bo
iug tbo only counties not represented.
Nearly all the Normal School Princi
pals were present, and a number ol
distinguished visitors from all parts of
the State. Governor Hoyt and Lien
tenant Governor Stono honored tho
Convention with their presonoe on
Wednesday afternoon, between the
hours of 2 and 4 o'clock, and made
very appropriate addresses before leav
ing. Col. Noyes, tho State Treasurer,
visited tho Convention fin Thursday
morning in answer to au invitation to
explain iho cause of the delay ol the
payment ut the appropriations to the
Common Schools.
Ho said the primary cause of the defi
ciency was the excess ol tho appropri
ations over the rcvenuca, but be confi
dently anticipated that one-half the
school appropriations lor tho year 1878
wotill bo paid beforo tho 1st of June
coining. After tho Stalo Treasurer re
tired, a very animated discussion took
place ns to the mannor of procedure to
relievo the distressed school districts,
which resulted in the appointment ot
a Committeo to urge upon tho next
Lcgialature to do something towards
removing existing delects, and each
: Coonty Superintendent was appointed
committee of ono to wait upon tho
I member or members from his county,
und urge the importanco of new legis-
latum on school questions.
ti... !.. . i.. r....t. . :t
of qlle(,tion. appertaining to some dis.
putcd points in school work in Clear-
held county-. Among others were tho
lollowing : .
1st Has a school district absolute
power to grade a school, using one
house in which to hold tbe school, and
having tivo months in tho Summer for
the primary pupils and five months in
the wintor lor tho advanced pupils, re
(using admittanco to tbo advanced pu
pils in the Summer and lo tbe primary
pupils in the Wintor, and secure ap
propriation for two schools ?
Tho Stalo Superintendent in answer
ing said thai, if tbo people unanimous
ly agreed to an arrangement ot this
kind, and voluntarily kept the advanc
ed pupils out of the; school during the
period lor tbe primary pupils, and vice
tcTjirf, It would bo legal; but, on the
other band, If tbey sent their pupils at
either session contrary to tbe arrange
ment, the Board had no legal authori
ty to expel,, as. jv, waajoJ violation, ol
school luw.
of tho school - tor one week or two
weeks, can the President of tbe Board
lawtnlly swear that the school was
kept open in accordance with mo law r
In answering this question, Jar.
Wickcrsham said that it was clearly
stated in tbe form ol oath that "no
person was employed or had charge nf
ii school who bad not a valid certificate
from tho County Superintendent," and
that tho words "had chargo of a school"
had been recently Inserted to keep
Hoards ol Directors lrom evading the
law by Mating that such su ball tuts
was not employed by the Board, but
by the teacher. This is a very im
portant decision, and Directors should
make a note ot il, becauso u is a rais-
lako that is so frequently made. "
Bd. Is it not the duty ol each rtcnool
Board to soo that all tbo branches re
quired bylaw aro taught In the schools
ol their district, or, bits the Superin
tendent the authority to enforce this
during the period of his visitations?
' iLviwr, It is tho bounden duty ol
the School Board to prescribe tbe
course of study, and it is also obliga
tory upon them lo soo that all the
common branches aro taught in overy
school. If the County Superintend
ent finds, In visiting the schools ol a
district, that all tho common branches
are not taught, tbo Heard should bo
notified at onoe of tbo violation of tbe
law, and if then it bo conlinaed, tbe
district, of course, would forfeit its
Claim to its State Appropriation. " '
, The abovo docistoos, we think, are
important to every School llirector
and teacher in tho county, henco we
liavo reproduced them. We have not
space to give in deutil the numerous
questions asked and answered at this
Convention. We mention tbe lollow
ing briefly, however, as legal decisions
on dispoted points:-
1st That a provisional teitincaie re
newed by a County Superintendent,
without an examination, is noi a ysira
2d. That a Superiutondont has no
right or authority to examine persona
holding TeaoBer e tttate usrunoates
Normal School Diplomas, ot Profes
sional Certificates, even if tbo request -be
matte by directors, an less the hold
ers of snob documents deaure to be ex
amined fur Provisional Certificates.
3d. That any school district known
to be without uniformity ol text
books, would loso thoir Slate Appro-,
priation. This moans that pne school
of a township has a series of books
entirely different" lrora'tfie "other
schools of thoaamownalii. f ,y -
4th. Jhat teachers oraora tor the
payment of tbeir salaries, draw interest
from tbe time they aro presented for
payment until they are paid, and that
no Treasurer csn legally discount
teachers' orders.'' ' ' - -
!,6th. Tbat oo County Superintend
ent in the Commonwealth can serve
as Principal, or have any pecuniary
interest in any local school during bis
term ol oflico, . -. . ;
6th. That no Professional Certifi
cate should be issued by a Boperin
tandont for a less period that lhre
years. , .
7tb. That rwperintendentt'sh'oold
hot issae Certificates to persorr aider
eighteen years of age. ,, ,
l "mala Superintendent Wicksrsbam
presided at all tie seeaione, aad e
presoed himself aa highly jrrauBod
with the targe altendaaoe and the suo
cess ol the meeting. " ' " "