Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, October 21, 1875, Image 2

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' . EDITORS%
E. O. GOODRICH. ,O. W. ALVORD.
Tosran4, Pa, Thursday, Oct. 21,1875.
BEFTIBIAMMI STATE TICKET•
FOE GOVEIVCOII
•
GEN. JOHN F. HARTRANFT,
OC Montgomery.
yOn STATE rUEASUIR
HENRY ,RAWLE.
Of - Eritileountr '
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
4,11. •usrir r.
:ANDREW J. LAYTON,
Litvhfield
I=
t "Alq. BENJAMIN M. PEUK
- or . lrantla Borough.
nt.Gis-rEtt AND urcortitt.)
cEPILkS E. ANDRp:..
Of Canton Borough.
. FOIL TREASURA.U,
.C. ROBINSON; 3
Of ifhlginify,
ttit O:I)IMIS,JONERS,
GEORGE W. KILMER
- • of Asylum.
.MORRIS J. COOLBAUOiI.
t *pox.
' ron ArDITORs,
I ' 1
OANVERSE BOURNE,
fit West Barrington.
.1. R. BRASTED,
1.• , Wens.
I=
O. B. WALKER.
); tlst.er.
Republican. Mass Meetings.
I:epublivan Meetings will be held at the
placti:s. on the (latch indicated.
Tiji , nleetings will be addressed.by able
.speaket•*, whose ttainez will be annonnoed
tiosters preioink, to the day of each
na eting : !
THURSDAY-EVy.NING,
qetrick. Ballyaoy School Ilcittqe. • .
arm Center.
I.'glDAy EVEN INt;.
Wiest Frain iii.•
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"tauding
Itillgbury twp.
;reen's Landing. Athens twp..
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°` Towner 1101.
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• IWIND.I V EVENING, Nov. is'.
;tail-lay. , ,
BE CAREFUL
T o ; ex:indite Your tickets- before de
sit in 2 -, them Ike ballot-box. .Ev
cityspecies ofpiekery will be resort
. 1 to by t lie.Deniocrats in order to se
...ln:, votes for .73Tonni'inutt Cur Intucit:
%7 17`: not an agreeable task for us to
the fiult> (bf others, as 'we
, ;(1 - 11s.eitnis of our own ilnperfee
lion:: anti realize as :: , keenly as any
tilult of the uiim, " To err is
!Inman:" but wheil men :LA for public
•,npi) , Qq;:and ha:4.146r claims - on ccr-
oy . virtues, it is only
justice to .thi. people , that they - should
hirormed wlietner. their claims are
t;'un in fact.
In Inds a re-eleetion to the odic:el:0 1 f
I;euister and Recorder beeatise.he
Itimest•mul fullie't•cd 3trictl3
in his charges. If his
- chdiu true, he has only done his
.ripy.---ow fact thatspine of his bred-.
ejessots had taken
.illegal fees did
justify him in following the et
chn;ve. and defy ..Ifr.
.('ii) Mil CR ht tiisprore Mt: eillegaGon,
b;;-lies during
11 1 . 11
. By his own admis44OuShe charges
*1.55 for appointment of guardian.
fi'!' bill all but (me thilar.
tii•yountiA, &e.. Mr. Cuun
ikwariaply charges $9.50. The.
!Jilt may albors hi m !f o r the,ser.
priff;'i-inedt•s7.so.' san evi
dence that Mr. enumucK has not
done this ignorantly, we are informed
that for thetirst day or. two he
charged_ but . $7.50, and that he //ow
I adheres to the fee bill again.
On deeds he has_eharged illegal
kes on two out of every three be has
t:•ver :recorded,
.
We do not - ask- readers to rely
upon our allegations in this matter,
loft ask them to examine. he records.
.-We : charge, furtherthore, that Mr.
vitunnuck . has'-been for years cogpi
iant of the fact. that illegal fees were
iiiken in the Register's Office, and
lt r iat he said to gentlemen in Orwell,
iirevions to' the 'Republican Conl:en
ir, that " the, party could not affOrd
to leave hini off the ticket, becausci
if they did be would divtilge matters
hi connection with that office, which
*wild be kept secret if he succeeded."
We make - these statements not
xvillingly, but out of honest, convic
tions of duty. As Mr. eitunnucK
ated in 'his letter recently published
in the R EPoRTER, " the issue has been
t;.!recd upon us," •and if Mr. C. finds'
ltis real character exposed to public
view.
_arid suffers . thereby, be — will
have no one to reproach but himself.
has deliberately diosen to place
hiniself. in opposition to the party
'which : has honored him with office
for nine years. and has maliciously
traduced his Qiiponent, - who is, in
point Of ability, moral, character and
real worth, the ecitial of Mr. CIRTB
BUCK ; and.if we in refuting his dis
honorable attacks upon a brave . sot
clicr .and the party have used plain
w'cirls; Nee , - apoloxv ta•00.7%
TUE MANN OPT.
• As we have several times intimated,
the Journal has all along displayed
decided beinoc . m tic tendencies. One
iln„Clication was an article just after
Ithe election last fall, -when the Re
, publican 'ticket was, defeated; this
Independent (?) journal said, "We
:told you so. 3 The Republican party
has been taught a lesson 'by this de
feat: it will know hereafter that hon. :
.est men must be noininated,"
language to this effect,. Such langentie
,•sounded a little : strange to those who
knew that both the senior and junior
of the Journal had fwVored the nonlin' a
tion and election of Han. B. LiPowrz.
But we were charitable enough to
think the article referred to the result
In - the country generally, and that
the Joriltai editor had paid more
attention to the diatribes of his Dem
ocratic exchanges than personal
knowledge.. On sundry occasions
since,
the columns of the Journal
lave quite clearly indicated that, the
early political . education and teach=
ings of the senior were not 'entirely
,Ignored, although they have for Years
been denied,. especially when 'that
gentleman has sought . political - ad
vancement from the Republican party.
And now the thin mask is thiown
aside. and the Journal of last Week
comes boldly to the defense of. the
Democratic
_ticket. It sees nothing
but calumny and detraction in the
opposition to Szoitus, but has not a
single word of rebuke or condemna
tion of - the black and calumnious
falsehoods Srouns and his friends
are retailing all over the county
against Mr LI-trrox,: or the base mis
.
representations of our brave soldier,
candidate . ov fir.
VIRIBBUCK: If the
.b.reritat were nonestly what it' pro..
fesses—independent and uttbinsedi;-
It wonld hardly advocate the - electiOn
of so bitter a partisan as Mr. STORRS.
'We believe the paper would halm
' had more real friends had it to:come•
out manfully and advocated the Dem
oeratic party and principles from the
• heginniug.. instead of spending its
energies in . the negative effort .of
breaking up the Republican party. •
•I DON'T, want I don't - want it c
but you may put it in my hotitl," is
an old Russian proverb, which eact 7 ,
ly ilinstrates the position of Sroans
before the Democratic ,ConvimMon.
He was 'continually asserting in pub
lic that he did riot watitthe,nomina
tion for Sheriff, but (secretly) was
intriguinglor it for months. 'Several
worthy gentlemen in the DemocratiO
party wOnld have been pleased t,45
receive the nomination, and Mr.
Svottas encouraged them by positive
assuratice that he was not an aspirant
but he expects W. H. Ht7s . sza l and
other men, whom he iso shamefully
deceived, to support him. - notwith
standing his oft-repeated declaration
that he had monerenough without.
Ma: CnunnucK's o pretensions to
honesty in the discharge of his. offt
i eial duty, reminds us very much of
i the old darkey who experienced re.
1 ligion and was very zealous in rec
ommending‘his colored fellow-eitizens
to follow hiSexample. " Kase," said
• the colored:Proselyte; " 'ligun is such
a great shield - against temptation: It
' saved - me todder night." " How 'so ? "
inquired the sable listener. "Well,
you see. I went into BROWN'S store
anti was tempted to take a pair of
nine4lollar boots. -but I jes' left 'em,
and only stole a pair of common two..
dollar shoes' -
SO Mr. ent - nnucK, while hee - has
not. large. fees as he charges
upon his predecessors,_ admits taking
the smaller amounts.
' WE - KNOW that many of the Repub.'
'lean suliseribers to the Jourital - will
feel aggrieved while perusing the pa•
per during the present campaign . ..lts
covert advocacy of the Demperatic
party, and open 'attacks upon promi
nentmembers of the: Republican or
gani4ation, are weekly becoming tpore
apparent. We have no disposition to
dictate or interfere with'-the conduct
of the paper, but in the name of hon
esty and fairidealing. we do protest
'against the ./mt;-)tirs sailing tinder
false colors—professing to bclikon,
partisan, and' at the same time ,
insid
iouslklaboring to create distrust and
disssensiou among :Republieans in
the prrtfeszfed interest of reforni,
IF MR. CHUBBI:cK intended to ac
ceptthe Prohibition nomination, why
did hp not .(like Mr. RockwELL) do
so at the time? Instead'of coming
out manfully he skulked, and left , the
matter of manipulating the cont.Mit
iee to his clerk. The ward in *filch
Mr. CRUBBUCK. lives was not repre
sented in the 'Temperance COnven
tion, and he lacked the courage to
either act or allow his clerk to do so
in that capacity. And yet he has
the. impudence to repokt that,, the
junior editor of the REPORTER is'not
a temperance man. .
.•
Mn.. TURNER, editor of the Johriud,
and OTIS J. cintnnucf: both partici•
pated in the Republican caucus in
the Third-Ward of this borough, and
both voted for the i.AAYTON dele'gates.
It may be the province of an.inde
poident, votefr to aid in the nomina
tion of a ticket and then vote against
it, but to Us such a proceeding ap
pears very unfair.
11 AVE tliebest of authority for
stating that a Republican of :Rome
township, who is electioneering .for
Mr. STORES, reports to his relatives
that he has beeu promised a Deputy
ship if the Democratic candidate is
elected. lie isn't the only man who
has been promised the same position
by Mr. STO+S. -
Div 3.1 a. Cuusucti accept the
Prohibition nomination prior - to his
pnaorsymtint 11 1r the Democrst,S?
011121PC* Walk
• noun's great hobby while ha
g the Polge is "mum tax
ation; and the great injustice done
the farming community in compelling
them to pay exhorbitant taxes. It
may be of interest to the people *ho
are not acquainted with the old dem
agogue to know something of his
circumstances, and how much of the
"great burthen" he bears. PIOLLET
and his brother are assessed With
1644, acres of land ; 1 brick store, 1
saw-mill, 36 cows, 15 horses and 6
oxen. The _land is , mostly under the
best state of cultivation ; -the store is
a large brick structure, and the cat
tle are the best breeds. Their whole
property is assessed at *24,000, upon
which they pay four mills, or ninety
six dollars, for county and State pur
poses. A quiv i ler of a million is a
low estimate of the real value of
their property, and yet Noun has
the effrontery to go about the coun
try complaining of the tax-riddei
farmers. During the war, when an
income tax was deemed necessary in
order to raise means to carry on the
war, and lighten the burthen of the
poor, the nourrs, with all their
property, paid fire dollars, and that
only occnrred by a little miscalcula
tion on the part of Pious; and a
thorough understanding of the law
by the officer, Deputy-Assessor FAR
au. The PIOLLETS had made their
figures in this wise : The receipts of
the farm exceeded the expenses just
one hundred dollars, while the debit
column of the store account showed
a balance of just the same amount.
(Singular . coincidence.) s But . the
faithful revenue Officer informed the
wily PIOLLET that his calculation was
not well made, and that the farm and
store were two distinct branches of
business, and each must stand by it
self,lso the firm were compelled to
contribute five dollars toward sup
porting the government in its hour
of trial. And now Comes the sequal.
While PIOLLET prOfessed to have no
income during the war, he managed
to save enough to purchase several
thousand dollars of railroad stock,
and put by enough - s ash
, to build a
forty thousand dollar mansion and
furnish it elaborately, from the wine
cellar to the garret. These are facts
which we presume the honest(?) old
granger forgets to mention, awhile
descanting on the rough fare and
plain apparel, of the toiling farmer.
Were one of the honest, hard-fisted
grangers who listen with so much in
terest to notaarr's honeyed words,
to visit him in the interim of a po
litical camptiign, instead of the work
ing farmer, he would find himself in
the presence of a moSt arrant auto-
crat, before 'whom the modest laborer
must bow as abjectly as a slave.
MANLY WORDS.
An acquaintance of President
WRITE of Cornell University, re
siding in this .place, wrote that gen
tleman inviting' him to be present at
the Republican mass meeting here
on Tuesday evening last. In declin
ing the invitation, on account of
pres Sing business engagements Ole
Professor took occasion to indite the
following manly and patriotic 'senti
meat : •
CORNELL UNIVERSITY,
PRESIDERT'H Room,
• Intaca, N. Y., Oct 15, 1875.
MY "DEAR Sin : Accept my thanks for
your kind invitation, and with my thanks
my regrets that it is utterly impossible
for me tb take part in any political cam
paign at present. Both my duties here
and the present state of my voice, oblige
me to decline all invitations to speak in
large halls, or in the open:air.
But I assure you -that.' am none the.
less doubly interested in your approaching
election. No political contests within my
memory seem to me more important than
the two elections this
_year in Ohio and
Pennsylvania. The choice seems fairly
and squarely put before us between the
same long course of financial folly that
has disgraced and crippled' several other
countries on the one hand, and; upright
dealing, leading through some exertion
and sacrifice to lasting prosperity and an
honoredpace among the great nations of
the world, on the other.
You are certainly fighting the battle of
right against wrong, and light against
darkness. With you are the vast majori
ty of the thoughtful men of this and
other countries : you are fighting the bat
tle not for capitalists alone, but still more
for the poor man against .financial trick
sters and speculators, the laborinf t iman
being ellen% the main sufferer f ur a
currency of I dotibtful Table. Although
I do not agree in most things with HORA- •
rio SEYMOUR. of this State,' I thir* he
showed himself a statesmen when he said:
"Of all the machinery for robbing the
laboring man, an in fl ated currency is the
worst.' : * * * Verttruly yours,
A. O. WRITE.
L. ELSBREE. Esq.,
"Is THE interest of labor," hypo
critically writes the editor of the
Journal as an apology for advocating
the election of STORRS, while profess
ing to be a Republican. Mr. STORRS
is a gentleman of large means, -rea
lized mostly from succesatul business
ventures, while his sippoileat is a
poor man, who has always toiled
with his hands, and who has been
more than generous to his neighbors
and friends. Mr. STORRS knows but
little of the hardships and privations
incideent to manual labors; it has
been his good fortune, rather, to reap
the profits of other men's toil. Mr.
LAYTON, 'with his own hands, has
felled the forests, tilled the land, and
garnered the crops. Which deserves
the most encouragement from the
laboring men ? We 'do . not depreciate
the worth of intellectual labor or
businers enterprise, but it is sheer
demagogism for the Journal editor
to pretend that his attempt to defeat
the Republican party is made "in
the interest of labor." The Journal
does not deny that Mr. LAYTON is a
worthy, intelligerit and capable gen
tleman, whose claim to the sympathy
and support of laboring men is
founded in genuine merit.
THE people of the county who have
been bored. by Mr. STORRS' oily
tongne, have made up their minds
that he is the chip Mu. Smusrapiaat
referred to when he spoke of them=
" who could say more in a minute
thus ho could stand to in sry."
1 -,
MIA, AIM 111E1 1111111111011
• "Old lama arird#4l," sax. the
Degiweratk and_ ibrti 'lit* endeavor
to put' the aninibliencipnrty on the
dellmalve, by ehafft corruption in
the National aid liltite Xidniinistra-
tione. This base — de4 - rieeds no i
denial before the in ' gent readers i
of this country. he "Republican 1
party has a record r honesty and
unswerving integrit which has .no ,
ii l ,
parallel in the annal of' any nation. I
Coining into !power t a time when I
through the mismana went and pro- 1
iligacy of the Demtic party Me !,
etrili
treasury was dept , the credit of !
the Nation destroyed, and the navy
scattered to the four Iwinds ; the De-
partments filled witdisloyal men,
;
and treason stalking broad all over
the land, culminating ih open rebel. '
lion on the part of the large , portion
of the Denioeratie pnrty l . Did evcr a
party come , into power under morel. )
unfavorable circumstances ? For four '
years the Southern Mates fought to i ,
overthrow the :, government, whiler;
their Northern allies of the Demo.l,
.cratic party afforded them aid mull,
comfort by throwing every embarrass:l.
meat in the way of a. successful prof
aecution of the war for the Union
and yet, under all these unfavorable!
circumstarices,.the rebellion was con -{ ;
quered, the credit ot i the government,!
sustained, and the Nation set 'forward:l
on a course of prosperity unequaled
in any epoch in our history. AIL' this,
has been accomplished under Repubi
Bean rule. That , dishonest men have;:
held positions, we do not deny ; btl
we assert,' fe ar of successful'
contradiction, that no party has - ,eveil t
been so faithful in punishing corrupt
officials of its poliTicsl Creed as the
Republic= party. It is 'a matter of 1
history that under l the old Demo- ;
cratic regime, corrupt officers were 1
the rule and not the exception. and I
who ever heard of it dishonest Demos
cratic official being brought to ins
tice by his own party?,
The Democratic
persistently charge
large defalcation in
ury, entirely ignor
tAeir Democratic Au
stated, vnder oath, t 1
the State Treaeure
But we did not in k
attention to these s
aginst our Republi
and orators
that there is at
our State Treask.
ng`the.fact lba?
rditur Gc;rieral har
fat the aemants,4•
tare all coreei4 r
end to pay any
Ilycharges made
rulers, because
we know that the
ty are intelligent,
falsity.
TIEPI AAI► jI(OW.
In the last Congress. while the
amended National Currency Bill
was under consideration in the House
of Representatives; the following
amendment was offered: F
"That - from and a ft er the 4th of Ju4r,
in the year 1876, nothing but gold and
silver coin of the United State shall be le
gal tendei for the payment of, any debts
thereafter contracted.'
Here—to quote i the language of
the Erie platform Twas a "further
contraction prorx)sed, with a vieW
to the forced resumption of specie_
payments." It will be interesting
to see how this proposition: was re
garded and what action 'was
, takn
°nit -by the Democratic, membeks
from PennsylVahia. Consulting the
Congressiona4tecolrd, we find that
not a single Democrat lifted up his
voice against ti4a3neasurc, and th:4t,
with the exception Of Mr. STORI,
who is recorded as not voting, the
Democratic delegati • n from Pennskl-
vhnia voted solidly •in f its favOr.
But the Republican House rejected
the amendment; thp only Republi,
can member from Pennsylvania who
voted forit being 11:!r. ScoFIELD.
Acid no* we have the diverting
R_IND 7 J\LL, CliY7
Perveratic Von
for the forego
ding the r cdn
comiAttining fof
.action proposed
I l arty,,with a view
.pticni of spetie
spectacle of Messrs
JUR, and SPEEI1 1 --
gressmen who vt?
ing amendment,L4
vention at Erie and
"the further cont
by the Republican •
to the forded resti
payments."
.___,___l.
TIME ;TO DEMOCR4.IiC INSTINcEII.
Why should there be a new isue
of greenbacks? Perhaps the trne
motive in the mind of such old-thee Democrats as ALLEi, WALLACE, r4a.
RHINO, VOORUES, PpLLET, PENDLE:
TON & Co., lies in 'the . fact that i it
would be a deliberate violation of the
pledge made in the Act of .Congress
of June '3.0, 1864, that ':the: total
amount of United States notes, (green
backs,) issued, or to be issued, sholdd
never exceed $400,000,11.00,.'
Ili the past, these men, and their
deluded followers, aVe sworn itthem
selves ready to viol to any pledges,
or principles, the application and
consummation of w rich would prove
disadvantageous to. their party and
They were the eage Irallickers, With
their pro-Southern ssociates, before
rebellion began, it the violation of
compromises; in the passage of it i tfa-
M ous laws to belit le the free senti
ments of the North; and 'in murder
ous efforts to force livery into Snd
over free territori s. They were,
when rebellion began, and red-hand
ed war progressed, the more or ess l
t j
oorageous allies o the rebel in aims.
Then, they opposed the issuance, of
greenbacks, as a wlr !measure, know
ing that to defeat he policy was to
cripple the army in the field. After
rebellioti was defea l ted, they impeded
maliciously, and of as bold and
brav,e statesmen, e Try step taken to
prevent, by the cr tion of reptfhli
can, institutions, t c posibility cl i f a
UM one ever (mitring. They are
true to their worst selves, when they
seek again to destroy our credit. ,
I;
TOTE I THE WIMPLE. TICXET I
~ .....
No coliscientions Republican itv l ill
scratch a single name an our ticket.
Our candidates ari all excellent Men,
worthy . the heart and and UMUIitaOUS
support of all Republicans. L 4 us
girt them an old-fashkuled modal, tY•
I
TIME ‘lllll.PrAri L*au*R W
o nuervideir optima A 111101111116 e..
Mr. STORAttia 1 31401 Y Pa.u44. 1 4*
:tit' in sindi stititi,ibit i be; ;leis put
timst4iry in n eee'y i uch .* 6 40, ed
into
Seen iiuwever that . the - statement
does.not in the;least affect Mr. LAY:'
.43N. It only purports tobe the, re
portUf several consultations betlreen
4 STOltaii and WILLIAM GaIFYIS, I and
ftif entirely true, in no manner iirikat
ever Bike% LAYTON, or any
other candidate on the Republican
tieket. But it strikes us that accor
ding tobis own version of the !mat
ter, &roans is as "deep in the 'mud
as'a awns is ill' the mire." Because
he eon fess‘li to having several con
versations with (lawns' . in regard
to "political alt its, " and putting the
most charitable construction J upon,
the mutter, when : it is taken into
account that STORIIS *'as hiinsUlf an
aspirant for the office; it' does not
place him in a very enviable position.
Mr. &roues,- however, is contra
dicted in every material point by
Mr. thorns, who is corroborated by
:low; F. SANDERBON. Which is to be
heiieved the public must judgeJ, The
1104. however, that gTORBS: actually
t ia ye . (1 alms money, as the latter
swears, for the purpose of Proeuring
hisintluence to defeat. the Republi
can party, seems undeniable.
rls says no note was demanded for
the $250 until after the Itepublican
Convention_ and
. noininatiOn
TON. addition to Mr. C.lftiFiets'
'affidavit, we will next 'We'ek pUblish
affidavits of Mr. SMITE' andMr i . LAY
TON, that, so far as they are concern
ed, therOs not an iota of truth in
STORtts' story (?). As to the credi
bility of_ STORRS and. Gairrnt, the
public mustjudge. From their affi
davits, it is evident one or the, other
has sworn falsely. There areindica
tions, which we shall more fbily
de
velop next week, Which gp far
to-
Ward corroborating Mr.i
But admitting, for argunient sake,
that Grarns really said all to ..TOR . RS
which the affidavit sets forth, no one
is weak enough to believe that he
had authority to speak for. the per
sons referred to. 01.- influence to con
trol the action - of the Rephhlicatt
i I
Convention. ! 1 •
.llr. L.t YIDS in his frank'and wan
ly letter published last week, solemn.
ly denies :di the charges made by
&roans, su far as they relate. to tom
self, and his reputation forltruth and
1
veracity has never been questioned
1
Taking any view we may, then, Mr.
1 -
STORK'state& convicted of tradueing
.the character of his opppnant in the
1
report. he has so industriously drew.
lated t trough the county, during the
,
past month, as he has eatirel:y failed
in his ai ffidarif to implicate Mr. LAY
. 1
TON.illitliC transaction he refers to:
Willlath Griffis came to my !tense Satuiday, .Apr.
3d, 1815, and remained adnight. In conversation
he spoke Fr - his financial condition ; did not know
what he was to do In the future to raise, money to
meet his obligations. I- asked him why he did not
come f.rivarti and take the second nomination for
sheriff and make money enough to pay his liabili
ties; I had held conversation with him previous to
this abotit his asking for the' nomination again.
lie replied to me that Monroe Smith tad been born:
hated and elected the second time against the will
of the people, and retaining Perry Vanneet as his
deputy, bad killed all his prospects for re-election.
We had Considerable couvaraation cm this subject.
Griffis mid that'Slonroe!! Smith and himself did
not expect any more office from the Republican
party; that smith himself expected to Make some
money out of the nominations next fall ;', that they
were going to control the nominations and make
some money; that no roan would be' nominated for
Sheriff unless he could make 111,000 out !et It. and
Monroe Smith wanted to make r 2,500; and If any
nominations were made unless through] them the
candidate would need their assistance! before he
was elected ; I asked whySixilth should get more
than !slur Griffis said he was "ratted" deeper; he
said the did not know who the man would be, but
when they found the monadic) would agree to pay
to them the above amount, and the matter was put
in sbape,l then they would go to work and secure
his nomination. . ,
On the l 30th of last April William(+HOß came to
my house and stayed all night again. During our
conversation at that time the subject of nominating
Sheriff sass brought up; he said they had agreed to
nominate A. J, Layton; I asked him whO.A. J. Lay.'
ton was, lend he said Ito lived in Litchfield; I asked
him if they had made the agreement as he had talk
ed to me, and he replied "that matter is all under
stood and, we intend to nominate nim.
On August Ist,,William Griffis, wife and daught
er came to my house and took dinner. At this time
Mr. Griffis told me that he felt very confident that
Layton Would be nominated. I told him I thought
Layton Irks the weakest man they could put in the
field. HO thought he could be nominate end elected;
On Monday. the aoth of August, I went to To
wanda; this was the day of the Temperance Con
vention,• ! that eveninratl I e'cloek, I leas at the
Melina douse ; John F: Sanderson , Esq., a son-la
law of William Grills, came to me and wished me
to go to his office, saying be hid important business
with me; I said it is impossible for me to go with
you, for I have a business matter to attend that win
take me about an hour; he said I have important
business I with you; I said Just step into this room,
pointing{ to a room adjoining the hall; be said it.
was important for me to go : to the office; I said,
John, I have got to go home to-night; It Is late and
I have n 9 time to go with ,you; but will Cali at your
office to-morrow morningt, h said that Will not an
swer; I Went upstairs with some gentlemen and was
there about in hour; when I came down, John F.
Sanderson was sitting in the office; he (came tones
and said' you must go to soy office on leoportrnt bu
siness. I went with him to his Office; he eald.ahea
we got to the office. I bare no business with you.
but sit down sad wait till I go to the Ward Rouse
and get ririlitank Griffis; he wants an inter/lea
with you. There was no light burning, but the
the light from the gas post on the opposite street
corner reflected upon the i windows and made light
enough so I could discern objects;'Mr, Sanderson
went out of the room 'for a few minutes and re
turned with Mr. title*: I said: WILD there ain't
much light here; he rill light enough for our bust
neon Mr. Griffis took'a chair and sat down by the
sidetof me, and said they had been very busy this
afternoon and evening, in shaping the nominations
to be made to-morrow.
ople of this cou
and know the
He said Monroe Smith weakened this afternoon but
I have stiffened him up, and the nomination will be
made tothorrow, and the nomination will be made to
morrow pt the turn of snap hand, and Andrew Layton
will be nominated, but I hate a question) to ask you:
Do you With or intend to coma into the field as a can
didate for sheriff? If you • do, I will not Make the
proposition; I said I do - not propose or, Wish to come
intothe field as a candidate; he then said if poe people
will leave the field open and mato, no nomination for
Slieriff. I *ill come in as an Independent candidate,
and I feel sure that siSlicient Republicand will vote for
me to elect me, providing ! you men will rote for me.
If you an d your party will do this I *lll bring fire
hundred Republicans to rots your State 'ticket, which
will make a thousand difference In the election; I said
I object to enter into any arrangement 'of that kind;
that I wauld do anything for yon as a friend, or mist
you pecuniarily, but our delegates will probably come
to our 'ovention uninstructed, and if We should at
tempty thing of that kind they w ill Say we hare a
a l f
new Rin started in Towanda. !fettled asked me to
go to Co . ?deans, Jos. PuWell, W. W.-Kinvibury, and
that clang of men and prepose to them What could be
added tol their Slate ticket. if they would leave the of
fice of Sheriff' open; I objected to do this; hut told hint
he could do so if ho wished. I asked, will you place
in nomination any man that may be named for Shotiff
to-mormw and then turn in to defeat him? He said I
will any; one that may tie named but one, and that is
Andrew Layton; I said in the event that Andrew Lay
ton shall bp nominated, wfiat will you del? Ho says I
tell you the nomination will be made to-morrowat the
turn of the hand, and we Will defeat Layton's nomina
tion; Own nominate the . weakest man 1 that may be
named flit Sheriff., and make erg electionnurr, he then
said if I go. in as an independent athdidate I shall
loose some by it; we are to have from 57,000 to 510,000,
in this county for this campaign, the ;strike in power
are to have this to distribute, and if I am air Indepene
dent'candidatSiono of that will come into my hands;
I said you bare made arrangements and agreed to
nominate Andrew J. Layton, and you had bitter go on
and carry out your digthement to nominate him; he
aid I, we NM unless jon leave the field opal] for me to
rot, foe Sheriff. 1
I wilt farther trate thtit a report hoe reached we
that Mr. William C. Gri d represents that some ar
rangement was entered into between binned! and me,
in relation to which be was to procure one or two cer
tain men to be nominated for Sheriff by the Republican
Convention, and that Mr:Prints claimed I gave -him
my check, dated 2nd August, len, 0111 the. National
Bank. Towanda, for 11250 as an insaalltnent on mach
arrangement, which I pronounce a pure fabrication,
and without any foundatipn in truth, except that )lr.
Griffis came to me and desired to borrow sonae money
of me to meet an urgent demand; I told Mr. Grime
I had not the money to s ere at that time, but at he
urged it I did draw my check for him at said Bank fur
1r.L50, simply to do blot a wor as a friend, for which I
took his Judgment note far that nir.ount on interest at
lix months. whicb note hold agolnA Mr. Grilbt,
'find hare the "IMO in my,pocket.
BRADFORD COUNT'S'. SS.
Persooallyappeamt before the Subserii/er, a
Justice !Atha ease at Towanda, Pa. , In and for
the mid County, William R. Storrs, who being dn•
1y sworn steaming to law, dtith Clomps!) and say the
foregoing Statement!' LS true and cortnetcas arra:.
red In . a eestrersation 'between me
,arkt William
G MAI as therein stated.; WS!. R. TOURS.
Swint and sobseriber4efore me this 19th day of
October, A. D. DM. W. J. YOUNG. J. Y.
MR. 0111018' LETTER.
Tow. o&, Pw. Oct, .`l(), 1875.
-
EDlTOR=main : Having noticed in
the Argus a letter purporting to-have
been written , by WM. R. Sioue, 1p
gard to certain alleged emtvommtlooe
Wes" lan land me, I dee d s b i ph*
togiyerif to ear that every &la
gidkol eadetied lo that Wire fel* ees:
op as ogeoplOgaw.- Tr* lt lfr / *Ned
/41M 1011 - 1 /9 113 14/ 0 i 1 0. 10 4 4411-110
apt lei 6347 , -st.
Mast Is almi *kaki =
hall. 4 'oolllreriation
with bias on Sw&ty, August' kW& H.,_ln
that conversation, be staked me Whe•cadd
not afford to pay me $2,000 if I could get
MOM= Siam to keep quiet this fall,
and keep quiet myself. I replied I was
not "rdtW" deep enoug ; that Burnt
was a strong Republican, and would be
for *Merin. *Ss nomina He said i. "I
can'get I.as. Truman to he pyou woric at
Marra." ' I told him I . did art believe he
could. Tine it is also that at the same
time, be asked me, "Can I not afford to
pay you WO, if you 'get one of two men
norreinatil ?"—neither
ther of whom was Mr.,
Larron. :I told i could not do it.
True it is also that he loaned me $2.10
before the nominations had been made.
but refused to take my note at that time.
After UM nominations be asked me for
the note, j and I gave it. When he gave
me the Money, I offered himia note.
Ident know *hat occu between
Saudersou and Storrs at the clans House.
The account which Storrs gives of the. con
versation at t3anderson's °M e e is in many
respects Untrue; in that he charges me
with making statements which he made
himself. 1 Following hie gift in that re
spect, be did most of the talking. I did
not say t could control the nominations to
be readelthe.next day. - The moat I gath
ered from the loose talk upon that occa
sion, wan, that while be was protesting
his intention not to be , a candidate, he
was dohig all his power to be the - Dem
ocratic Nominee for Sheriff. I may have
done some talking for the purpose of see
ing what Storrs was dnving at. I had
heard IM was talking all over that he
wouldn't be a candidate—couldn't afford
it—wouldn't have the office. In fact ;ho
said that night, " Bill you and I are get
ting old,l we should give our attention ; to
our families, it's the annoyance of the
thing I dread." I coalesed, but couldn't
see th e reason . I am sure Dili wont
awayth thinking I wanted to be a candidate.
And 1 ent away knowing' be 'would be
one.
W I LUAU. GRIP EIS
when
spoke of not being
) 7‘raft-
Tough. didn't, refer to the
Little York , and he 1-newi
P. .ti .
ed" dee
raft sol
didn't.
BRADFI
Perso l
a Justic e
county,
sworn, •
letter I,
to the a '
ocratic
correct.
RD COUNTY, S. S.
Ily came before the subscriber,
of the Peace in and for said
W. Gmwrts, who being duly
• vs that the facts set forth in his
RttAnrottm REPORTER, in answer
' davit of Wm. R. STORRS, Dem
ndidate for Sheriff; are true and
WII. GRIFFIS,
and subscribed before me this
of October, 1875.
w. J. YCI:N6I3, J. I'.
Stvor
20th da
maw
DANA SALLY IN TOWANDA.
THE 6
Republican rally in this! place
esday last, was 'a success in
every -espeet. The number, of people
in attendance was not.SO great as on
some former Occasions, but the Court
. .
H.ouseT l iwas densely paCked bOth af
ternoon and evening by an Intelli•
gent,appreciative audience, who lis•
tened to 'the able speakers l i with
almost breathless interest. Themeet
ing Was organized by the electiont of
Gen. Ir. J. _MAI:6J. as President.
The chutranoe. of I Gov.. lIARTRANFT
with deafening
met 'with deafening applause from
the assembled multitude, His Speech
was rceived in a manner which must
havea t 'tidied him that the peeple of
Bradford county were Prepared on
the 2nd Tuesday of November, to
again say to_ him, tWell done, good
and i f ithful servant." The GoVernor
was - ollowed by. Hon, G. A2Gnow,
who. spoke at considerable length
with his old-time eloquence and vigor.
-His e!fort was one of the ablest ever
listened to in this section, and' elicit
ed frequent and hearty rounds of ap
plause.!
1t
. :
In i the evening the Court House
was Sign crowded with 'ladies
,and
gentlemen. The • Governor made a
short address, and Win; followed 11
H. W. PALMER in a speech of great
powe * and eloquence. Mr. P. is one
of t e most effective speakers in the
country, and handles the political,
questions'of the day in a manner to
'carry: conviction to' unprejudiced
mind i s. Hon. W. W. KfaCIIU.II was
next introduced, and spoke for over
an hour. He contrasted the two
parties and candidates, showing con
clusively that the interests of the
country demand the continuation in
pow rof the Republican party. His
si _
) 4
h was attentively' listened to ,
and eartily applauded.
The Naiad Rand° furnished most
excellent music, and. serenaded the
Governor and Mr. GROW during the
after;noon at the Ward Honse..
The
on Ti
WE LEARN that the Prohibitionists'
have r nominated a very excellent
young man named
.LEAF {s for Sheriff.
We Can hardly believe, however, that
Mr. L. will accept the empty honor,
.
or rather dishonor, of aiding the rum
De m ocracy ; .for every. intelligent
toter is well aware that the only re
sult of the Prohibitory movement is
to give aid anTeomfort to. the party
admitted on all hands tb be deadly
host i le, to the tel cause,
which we know Mi. LEwis and a
large circle . ofrelatives 'Ave at heart.
TIE Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution does
not confer the right to vote upon wo
menl in the States. The case came
befOre the court on an appeal taken
in the case of VmOtni.o. L. MINOR
• I
and 'FRANCIS MINOR, her husband, vs.
RE sz IHAPPERSETT, from the decis
ion lof the Superior Court of the
State of Missouri in favor of thede-,
fen
(;
ant. The decision
.was read by,
Chi f Justice WAITE..
,1 ' .
t t e .J oKE.—The Democratic
_Com
mi are posting in the sontimm
part of the State largesbills contain
ing a representation of PJOLLET in
the act of holding a plow and driving
a pair of oxen. The qlonel's hand's
have not touched a plow in the past
rhir,ty years. To be sure, he some
tithes makes° "rail fence " when re
. •
turning to his home from town; but
otherwise, his farming' is done by
proiy.
EZ3WWITA2'
low-Republimum, that we have a
unscroupulous foe to contend
h. Let us therefore be on our
O rd, and see that no advantage is
en of us. Two or three active,
lligent men should remain at each
ng place in the county during
entire day of eleetioni and pre
t any trickery or fraud;
Id
Wit
EMI
int !
vot
the
: i,
•••••••••••• •
The article publiihed by us, a few
days since, detain* Ihs actual rela
tions of the Repnbjletm puty to the
Temperance question., hiui stirred `a
number of honest-minded temperaiiee
people to the (=TM consideration
of the subject. They see that it is
entirely possible te be right in prin
ciple, but to erroneously apply ;the
principle, because Of lack of full or
accurate inforrin ion, One such
i communicates to ti that he had pledg
ed
himself to , wor k for Brown,-;but
[ that he is "under conviction" find
wishes two queitions solved. - 1 1.
Should be not vote for the prqMeed.
teinperance ticket; 2. How, can Iwe
satisfactorily expinin Governor Irart
i ratift's course,
in signing the repeal
' of the Local Option law.—We ;will
try to explicitly answer these goes
: tions. • 1 '
I. - We think it wise to. work hnd
vote for temperance, in a way lilcely
to produce practical and. favorilble
results, rather than Merely follow the
leading of professed but. mistalcenl
temperance men. If - he true that 1
the RePablican party has given the 1
Commonwealth all the temperance.
legislation it has had, and that it has ;
been generally faithful to this Wee,
and it has been further true; that the
Democratic party has been hostile to.l
temperance; and if the effect of ivot- -
ing the Prohibition ticket i *rely
to help the Democratic and injure ;
the Republican party, Is not a 4ote*'l
for Mr. Browne.practically a vote for
Rum; and would not a Vote Pori the
Republican party be in the int4rest
of temperance? We can see , but4 one'!
answer to this, and that, a (vote' fort
Mr. Browne, while not so intended,'
will really go to the liquor; intdrest.
We subjoin the following extract
from -the New York Christe?fli
cute, the-official organ of the
Church in this country, :IS I.44ring
directly on this question:
CZEI
"Last of all, amoug,the political fact4.ffs
of the times, comes( the temperance ciues
tion. A portion of the very best of our
citizens have judged it expedient to 4nake
the prohibition of the liquor traffic! their
sole governing idea in disposieg ofl their
suffrages ; and as neither of the chicif par- I
ties come up to their standard,: they have I
drawn off from both, and set up for them
selves. Of course there is no rational
hope that they can succeed in electingd
their candidates ; and, therefore, the im
mediate result of their action is tol with
draw
froth the elec ion a
.part of thq best
moral political !elements of the; coin
munity.
"When a party recognizes the faCt that
it contains a considerable temPerange ele
ment, its platforni and its .nomhiatiOns
will be made with respect Lb that ehiment;
but if that is withdrawn and arrayed in op- I
position, then, 'singe that vote isr hopeless-
ly alienated, policy may incline, it to fa
vor the anti-temperance eleinent.; But
these good people seem to have made tip:,
their minds that no bread is betterlthat
half loaf, and sostliat available surriewhat
is to be sacrificed for an idea.' And here,
again, the Republican party seems! likely I
to be the loser, since nearly every iprohi
bitionists is drawnl out of that party, and.
of course, its aggregate vote is diminished
just to the extent; that; the third party I
shall swell its vote The Democratic par
ty has the confidence of the free liquor
men, and will receive their undivided vote,
and every temperancq vote is equal to
half a vote for the .same party; the Re-: I
publican party has not the favor of that
portion Of the temperance men, and will.'
not receive their sUpport."
2. .We hold that Governor Hart- i
•
ranft could do nothing eWe than sign
the bill repealing the Local Option
',kw.
_We preferred that Ihe l=hould
ndt do it, but Nye folly rec .i 'oguiie the
:compulsion thiitleaused him tl give
his signature. The Governor is mere
ly the• Executive ; cif the will of the
people; and the jwill of the pople in
this country,:islsiire to hecorne the
law of the land; 1 . For a' Governor to
set up . his will aollinst, a LegiOature
which clearly r4resenU the views . of
the people,. is to assume arbitrary
power, which would. not, j for 4a rao-
Went be submitted to. The iLower
House of last winter's ,egiOatura
was elected on tbe temperance; issue.
Some of the m.en elected iy 'the aid
of the temperanee people; andiwhose
names were on their tickets; voted
for the new law pn its filial plissage.
In twenty-tive of the fort-onq Local
Option counties, men. were elOted to
the % Legislatnie, in the interest of the
repeal of the Local Option !law.—
What then ? The popular briinch of
the Legislature]repealedf Logal Op
tion by a two-third vote, nd urgent
ly demanded its perfeetiou into
The Senate .modified the substitute
as far as possillle, and the bill thus
passed went to tie Goveipor, ias the
views of a LegWature.tlie br:lueli of
which hadfrom the ,people.
elected on this ' express Isstte:._ We
hold, as do all lawyers Persons
versed in the!reqUirementS of Clovern-
Ment, that under the chrn'4anceB,
the •Ilovernor h'ad no, option but to
sign the bill.
The only tinestion Tat 'can be
raised, as an otfSet to till is the fact
that he vetoed special ' kgifdation
This was done prier the_Oper4tion.of
the same rule. ones7ill, pretend
that any Legislature was everelected
to consumate special legislatipn. On
the contrary, popular sentiment was
strongly ligaint it ; and when Gov
ernor IfartranfT, entered upon the
Gubernatorial office, the People were
preparing for a t ostutional Vonyen.
tion, the chief object of sthich: was to
utterly - prohibit' speciall
The Governor, lin this respected the
will of the people, and at; one 0 vetoed
all objectionable special legislation,
'and cut down the evil tO•velly small
limits. This *as done; as will be
seen, under this. identiCal ride that
retinired him to sign the repeal of
Lineal Option. Our temperance peO
ple shoUld reme,nbet that their inter
ests are far more safe in the hands of
A party which has always respected
them, and of 4 Governor nto .re
spects the popular will, ithaq of any
person the Dettiocratic part3can put
forward.—Pitta mrg Gazette
T fi
-
:HE Republican meeting iheld at I
Smith AL -White' HalliCttiesday leve'g
was attended by a large and atten
tive audience. A. J. Conklin; was
called upon to preside. I The meet- j
ing being •formally otOnized (:apt.
13. M. Peck, todk the stand, and pro
eeeded in his happy ant( figorous
manner to'discuss the chrien:ey clues- I
tion as the important issue of the
day. His aiguments Were pointed 1
and vonvincing, containing weight
of truth that cOmmanded the serious
attention of all present, i lid was fol
lowed by Hou. Wm. T. Davies, in' a ,
speech of remarkable ability and
effect. He reviewed, seai;:chingly,`l
the character, 41taliticat;lons history
and claims of the several candidates
asking for the tiffrage.s!of die people..
He paid befitting regards to the- boy
ality, sacrileesland the - chains of the
nominees of the Republican party in
this county, and urged; with feeling,
thejustice Wall and the 44fate of
the' country to starlit soli( by the
party and men that 'earriedi our na
tion safely and victoriously thrOUgh
its troubles. He was liStened to with'
an earnestnessi that preyed ihe: e ff ect
made upon his heareo. We look
upon this meeting •as jproductive of
much good.—Oanton Semi el.
'. :smut TB= TBZ rimy.. . .
1 ..
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. .
:;`Entron Rkronten. ; The lirumesti and,
iltlek-taitiveness tanifested by the Third
=men of, this State in throwing away
lion votes On Browne, and the ap
linront satisfaction with which the Dem 6.
Vita look. upon - the movement, may be
strikingly illustrated by . the' -following
: : • , t,
OM • • .
, A Deniocratic. farmer thing in the•
Susquehanna Valley, below ; Towanda, -
Owned a little, scrawny, cantankerous,
cadaverous bull,•hat could not be kept
Inside of any lot ver fenced, in Pennsyl
vania. One day, just after: the railroad
El
was built t Mr, 11 broke out of his pas
turel
and ran fort the railroad. The old
Democrat saw the , tip'end of hiS tail dis
appear over the inee, and "put" for him
double-quick. .rust. as ho reached tim
railroad along came a train at full speed,
and - there - stood ;his bull on the - track,
with his head doWn and tail uli . ready for
a fight with the leeomotive. ihe farmer
• swung his hat-and shouted at the top or
his Ivoieo ; : "Go it, Bully.;
I admire your.
r_J
'pluck, but despise yonudgment." • .
The Democrats are pleased with this
Movement of tI4 Third party men,and
encourage them t i o stand thin and vo te for
While they admire their pluck
they despise their judgment,`as the farmer
did that of the bMvo bull. .. Their defeat
is , certain,and they will find themselves
after elect ion siti ated about like the bull
after the train li,d passes. ,
---- ~.4.10.4.
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V.
.
V. E. PIOLLE.t 7 - Esq.—Dear ~ ' ii : In
a recent issue of :he ItEPORTER - I observed
a communicatim - from Mrs. Mlt.t.i.:n sta
ting that you had properly adjusted her
claim against yi , ii. Thinking that mr
!haps this would a le an auspicious time to
heave my claim against you also adjusted,
I take this method of-Informing you that
whenever -you +all pay me the balance
you have owed me since 1m57,f0r etthi,r per
formed for you !in 'the Erwiforil Times
.'office,, I will receipt it as publicly as has,
31r5.111114.ER ; *MIA your. character for
honesty and intdgrity Will be considerably
higher in the: eiitimation of at least one
- voter. CuAnt.t:s. 11. .1 I,LEN.
TOt!;:11111:17 001 20, 1815..
Ell
ED. ItEeußVE6—Dcar 4 4. 1 P : In conver
sation with 0. 4.. Citunnutti. some two
weekn previousl fO, the Republican COW'
V6ltiOli, three years ago, .1 asked him
who he preferred for Sheriff. He replied
that, from the nattire of hiS situation, he
did not think inadvisable to express him
self upon that matter, but he said thatt-he
should oppose 21 1 1oXitoE SMITH to. the bit
ter end, even though he lost his own nom
ination and eleciion in consequence.
S. (i.. RocKwELI--
Orwell. Ocf.
EDITOR Rm. orrEtt: You know. 31y.
Editor, - that at. best dotibtful things are
mighty uricerta p i : and this was exempli
fied here last week, as it often is during a
political campaign. The very Rev. Hon.
George wa.S.bilfed ter this place last Wed
nesday eve., toenlighten the people as to
what they must , do to serve the country;
but When the time caine hp,failed to put
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in an appedran c. Perhaps . visions of the
time when he vas honored and respected
in our own litt e village, and could "sway
the listeningg tritiltitudeS, as breezes sway
the beds of osiers," - rose up in his mind,
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and like Bangs's. ghost, .-Alistarbed him
so much that 1 e dare not come ; but be
that as it mar,lhedid not come. But in
his place came two very disinterested men
in the. persols of 31r._ Chubbuek and
"Col," Storrs,. who had coine along as a
sort of chinking -; so as the great wind
instrument could not perform. the two
second fiddles ltad to do all the playing.
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Mr: Chubbu .1k led off bytelling us what;
an honest man he was : r ion much he was
to be commenc ell for simply doing: what
his sworn (Intl- .vvas .(and we had to take
his word for tltat) ;..and how everybody
else was tools Of sonic 'ring or other, and
were only waiting fora chance to rob and
spoil , defenseless women and' children,
and much more of the same. sort : but he
failed to explain liciw he come to be so
very exemplaq, when he went into-the
office three years ago lty. the help of this
same ring, or Why, knowing what a set of
vampires they were, he Was so anxious to
secure the noniinatiou at. their hands this
fall, and only !denounced them when he
found he could not succeed. No, sir, Mr.
Cbubbuck : yqur story is entirely too thin;
-for we can see through it, am! you. too,
If, you had denounced wrong and dishon;
esty in the past when first discovered, and
had not tried :io hard to continue in office
by their help, we:," should have stood by
you and votedlfor you, but now we can't
see it, . ,
H'ol. — Storrs.next turned up his inr
strument. Ili. did not come to make a
speech—in fadt, never made one in his
life ; but he jUst happened in the place;
and just happened into the meeting, Sc.
In fact, the whole perforthance was quite
a series of mi4haps all the way' through,
but at the earnestz„requestof the audience,.
&T.. &c., he tvnild sneak his piece for our
benefit. lie did not -believe in -talking
about his neitghbors, and. thought it a
highly reprehensible practice. but lie was
compelled, in self-defense, to do it.; and
then lie . Proce ded with the same tune he
has played so nmelf. and with which we
are already tot familiar.
The next day the "Col." spent in riding
around town, 1 interviewing voters, espe
cially Republicans, inducing them to vote
for him, but how he succeeded election
day will tell. I VERITA ,
Itorne,.Pa., pct. It+, 1t415
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THE ONLY THE FBEBS' IN THE COUNTY.'
A newspaper that boasts o f h av i n .,
shaken off 1111, 4 tramiwls of party, aml
claims tp havci attained a 'higher atmos
phere ot-tlionglit and vision. ought not to
call names so ustily ; and make spiteful
faces through the fence, at the unfortu
nate men updn whom devolves the re
sponsibility and direction of such , ,mun
dane and secular business, as goes to make
legislative and govenrmental affairs.
If by tested ability. and close applica
tion to matters of state; they come in time
to be looked to as leaders, it does not
strike us as particularly' becoming in the
conductors of a liberal press, and one as
suming so conscientious a regard for the
"feelings of neighbors and friends" .to
make a regular weekly onset at what they
style the " Ring;"! as if they Were a band
of unscrupulous conspirators:
' notice however that free thinkers
in polities, a rc‘ as unreliable as freet !tink
ers in religion- Their syStem is Usually
negative and ilisorg,anising, rather than
reformatory. Thus, the same political
writer that two or three weeks since. in.
the Towanda V . onrnal, warned" Bradford'
county voters Out of the arena of political
disetissiOn, and away from the assem
blages where men rally each other to
fuller resolve and larger.movement, on
those vital principles that underlie na
tional life, hastens . into the discussion
of public menf and public measures with a
tone of authority as provokingly amusing
as that which clings about the skirts of
the'Papat infallibility, whereby we infer
that this worthy sheet is' quite willing
to give shape and tone to the polities of
this righteous people.
In last weeks issue after hurrying down
the three ticketed column with qualified
praise of Ilartrinft - , and despite the 'wri
ters holy horror of "political hacks," he
mates into A spasm of-. admiration for
Storrs, that , i'ets the whole throng. of
`'smat t school teachers," and " beardless
lawyers" agape With wonder at a method
so marvellouSly suggeStive of a - triple
mouthed capacitylor "loaves and fishes.
The JouraM has.ceatainly imbibed the
Local dem'ocr'atic passion for rich men,
for a more uhscrupulous political hucks
ter than Wtni H. Stoers, never peddled
his marketable smiles through the constit
uency of . Bradford county. Ile is thrifty..
lie absorbs gain as a sponge does moist
ure., It maybe a little barron about him,
but he isn't . 4 - .)or like the opposing candi
date, and baying ithproved histen talents,
according tol the logic of , the BradfOrd
ryo, and the sympathetic he
ought to' have more. lie is handled sei
e n tticaily by the untrammeled" organ:.
Ile serves asiatine text for some private
views on labor, 'that would apply ti)
:sheritl' that has ever done service in the
Ile has.always -managed to get
'well paid fort his labor. -lie has a pecul
lam Way of going into speculation that
pay'S. Ile Will make the officeof sheriff
pay as it lnis never paid before. -And the
,Journat sayS " Amen !" It
_gives hint. a
proportion quite heroic. Emancipation
Lincoln was 'no circumstance to him!
Woolen socked Franklin was -shabby, in
comimrison; Even 'the "Editor of a
.newspaper" that isn't "partisan," is
small fry in his commercial presence,
while the • gentle Piollet, with all his
Christian graccsdwimtle into insignificance
at his approach.'-
The Journi4 looses itself in a transport
of admiratlon t •Sirtd' falls int& donor of
running the county. tie,ket Mead' of the
State. It has- a fatal [ability Rior going ,
astray generally, which is probably due'
to its reverenco for men, rather than the
principles men arc called to , represent.
All the aching bosoms and yearning bow..
ells tlmt fall off uligo , rged from the Republi
can body, come to it, claiming- sweet fel
lowship mot the'privilege of growling at
the " ing.' 1
It is dismal ith the bowl of ambition,
and glowny prophecy, and is gradually
identifying itself with every agency " that
has in view the severing of unity in Re
publimin action. Not a sorehead at the
heels of the Republican ranks, but takes
heart at the keenness with which it seeks
for flaws in the Imal and gevermental
fabric, afar not a sharp, visaged demoerat
but that rejoices ;at the .eagerness with
which, it sharpens its wedges and drives
them in at the Joints of the body politic.
From` such indications we .make bold to
infer that the I,ord has not laid the task
of political regeneration upon , 4 °. the Only
Free Press in the County- -
Towanda, Oct. 17th.
A WONLAN , 3 VIEWS OF THE POLITICAL
SITUATION.
Politic! that dia not Pay, aryl' politicians -that ar,
Pay—Different Linda of .Candidates—The De
• =crag' 'Arisen—Bag Honey Plenty—Why
Bill Storrs Must be Sheriff—He Will Saga 'the
Conutry—Noble Peddler and Brave Raftist,
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I never had any high_ idea of politics ftir
a steady diet, no more than I do of boiled
dinner three times a dayi but I have Wm,
converted this' fall. Mr. lizrkny'rEn,i.! if
you have halfas much Curiosity as mOtitt
men, you will like to know the Igtrticulaiit.
Firstly, let the inform yon that my hais
band; Thomas 'JeffersonjoneS;:and f*:
wife (Annlllaria.Jones),l live'•Oit a sulair
farin. several miles from any' milt-Oath jrt
town; Where, we Laic neVer, disturbedl" the 'busy huni, of mititrtudes yet t,
be. — as the poet says. (f comic we haVe
'visits, from agents for Sewing . machines.
patent stove handles, soft sOap, books. or-, ? '
:gans,! apple trees. nd the like. *When (he '
teave+ begin to fall and chestnuts to ripot,
thent.lt,e candidates for office Carrie swann
ing around us like tlet —army
.Just as sure as h 'get tnyisleeves rolled 'lip
dough Jrea t .
and my baud, in thet.
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or lin ste'uning over the but „studs. and
the potter !1.4 running ove r on. iity
blacked stOve, there comes a rapping
and a tapping at my dOor. HI look foh.
knot hole'jto crawl throogA but finally
smooth dovrn ni hair; shake the tiourioti'
my apron, anti open tlic door. Oh. h o w•
meak and inwicent they nmstly look.
Generally the tirSt remark tclIS the .tot}
" What :;'tire situation you have here:
and 'if any of the boys peak arounil
corner of the house, they observe: "What
sprightly children are these 7.
do they belong to you. me dear Madarne
I know. then, that it is all i tip with that
day's work; Thomas Jefferson hits sit
and whittlel mid talk. and talk anti whit:lle.
while I ~e t dinner ,for that candidate; '1;
:used to hate the sight of )(Ai ei a
t t
that:was witenl, was in the gall of bittet
ness and the hyeuls of igMtraul , e. Ntdv I '
dote on - eul. I ,will tell; you hoW I
r;ilut
to Change thy 'lnc; that v. tt
so seldom ft,. •
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our experience (loving itoliticaleampaii4nN
for sevetl Yeats. (Me of tme:
a 11 :n s llll l ll . wanted the oilice 'lo a d
Uommissioncr,. or path master. s4!ttite_
call it Well: he came tt) ThemaS Jetfet-.
son and asked for his support; saying•J:
would make it 01 right.' If I do say',
my, man .neVer' thtes anything by the
halves. so let left off Itisi fait plowing and
let the corn go duhusk-ed and the potatoes
undue. and pitched into the political taut,
vas,. with all his Might. Von betferbeliiive
that I had Inc hands fulk what with pvk
ing up apples,.hnsking pump.
kins i digging potatoes. fat tOt tug the htig-..
and my little Patrick I lenrY cutting teeth
(we think he will be 'President.
he is the ,eventli and the ;tiller
boys wanting blintz furlN'inldr, I k6.p:
g0..0 rouragv,.howevei., :6(1
==ilEZE==llllll
hlisful hope of that ••
whi:n we sbothiall et our 'ress%:lll for 9.tn
labprs : that I,i. after election:. .lOlics
spent about two toontle; -ielertioueernt:.!
Simpson, utul when he !:got cthe otlice
his; wife was so 'stuck 111). ilo: you -thli:
she waubl spe"ak . to me ! • 'Mul reminied
of his'promisps. Siml,s, ku sld'il [that wtioi
lie inttchered we mighi . hp ve tliel 1:4t.(7,-
inti.rif,rx t.ll Makp ,;oap—gveir , e Of. and be•,l
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call it square'. ' ; , I
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Now we see the dw
an i?i bettto. 41 t,i r .
Like Mieawber. we have waiteli for sol'pe.
thing to turn and sonletl‘in4: lia
turned. up at
. last. The Ilemlocr,wy
gone firth like se king
whioni . it may eat: up. anti . When it gets the
Republicans all devoured tben'we are to
have greenbacks as I)lm:ryas dirt—qt. , l.4.
i'etft , 4l,L. There is no hmulmg .tbout. poll
tb.s,this tuna... We an, save the
Uonntry and ourselve;; this fall. I will la
"Son* Mr. RErvin - rt% how we are'groing
do it, for I want you to turn Demvt . Jd
for don't pt. s'ee you , can make mOr,
ni - Oney that way than 1. sticking to pfin
eiples-.' Prineiplus don't go a great'-Wily,
in hutteling the bread fur a big family gri, , wing buys.: Well. Bill Storrs is a Ddni
oc.tat, and. we are bowel :to , - make 10111
Sheriff this fall. Ile does not want any
otlice- 7 :he feels real bad about., - itbut
Understand. that if he is elected twt si):111
save the country and W i ve. plenty t‘f
m Oney. Ile says vso. ,
and he ougho
know. Von
,hist ought io ht:ar b :
it is perfectly lovely—ht{ is LI. , kital but
fatherly and gushing-like. (far neig
say that we have got the mcanest.lll:.;',aai
est. ft:eels:lede:4 lot
young 'mist hat ever raised Cain gruetalh:
but Mr. Storrs gave ea 4 of them a resit•s
worth of
. gaini. and said it 'dill ben ;,all
what tine hu't's could 1)e : raison in the
rural districts: Ile thiiiks 'our Ali - lb,
hammed will i'ertainly be Governor sqiur
day, and that Napoleon - 111. (his haii
rather red) is cut butt eor a great lafro.
Mr. Storrs shook hands 'gith 'l5lO and fln
- seven boys when he came and witutiOlc-
IVent away. and I think he would halfgiven me n t•paroxystnal kiss - if .1,4 o•
hadn't kind o' bridled up and hsiked tierce
ac. It is such a comfort to knoW that
Fe shall get the rewardloti our patriotism
as soon as election is ovr., Jones is tf4 be
Deiiiity Sheriff. for Shirrs appear, t« be
dreadfully attached to him, :and says lie
wants him . to lean on in the himr, of trial
—that . when he is elected,. for . ; he
Lein, dreads Lei made a public spectacle Uf
-11(!,,is sv modeSt, you know. 1 can , tell you
one thing, and that is, von don't catch.'me
working orttAoOrs any more and going
Late-footed. rpl going to have a bOttle
of perfumery and bung my hair, and h'ave
new tircss with thrte tiouncet.
pinued-back overskirt„ lust like theta To
wanda big bugs- 7 -ibii begs. 'Jones
• . ein,—and a : set of dollar jewelry. lou
may think I'm getting extravagant, brit
just wait till we have a Detnocratic SliertV
Storrs is a noble_son of toil, a great and
'glorious sweater of the hiow (so lin\
Jo , t 7 says). and we *ant to make him
Sheriff because lie used to ehOp wood, and
chopping wood is hard Work. Besides: he
js a Democrat; and will make plenty ii
paper moneAtud that Will save the coun
try- somelnr . r. Th,r, he; has peddled, a!e1.„,,,
peddlin. , is a: great and lofty thing fjir .1
man to do who Wants to be sheriff 'and
save his country. He Used ;to work ilia:
limp handle, and that "is hew lie cain :),
be so powerfully - giftedjat shalting hands
He is liberal. and munit cent;'for lie 4lic
i
gave a ten-edit scrip tt. a Woman whose
husband was sick. 11 is is the poor nhUl's
friend anti we want to leleet iiiin Siiriti.-
.for somehow: though k can't rightly tell.
that wiit be good for tile pone man. .The
f,oftri)itl say_lic used ti) raft lumber and
Om it down the river. but Jones toldl Ty
the less I said about Stbri!);',rafts thepet
tiJr—they were too thiAl. !AilywaY , '`Uil . r"
ought to be elected Simriff, because be
Used to build rafts thatwere- 2 ,-no.. l'idnot
going to tell: Fll just dhow Jones tint
there's one woman canjiteep a; seerei. Ale
40 , 1)14.41),p lie used to Fiitlup night. and
se e the tikes burn the !dg beinlocks. - and
whether he Went-cooning :or mit. he ont:Il'
to lie made Sheriff in the interest or Libor
and liavt":) a- chance to save theconetrY•
We tin , not want Mr. it.ayton, becansii he
has neref- peddler] orrun with, a cirens i . or
Chopped: giant oaks Ghat from litdr
ac‘irils gi-ew. or built ,in rafts that l'ci<
+-no, I'll never tell.--liml he ism , : ,) ll e ))) -
oerat. and ' kill MA Itlalit,' rag ilio'10:! "'
Ow his country. ; Mr.. Layton dbl . : 0" 1
praise our boys. and he wouldn't ;.;'i‘i. )11 .
Thomas Jefferson the; price of a pal/ o f
iiants for his vote. Mr. Storrs st*s. ; ilea
lie.
.is a pusillanimous, ,fire4mting, ; 40 , 1 '
tongued, dangerous,lltePnblican - prilly . "
Pled, anti-ragbaby-curreneyist l One - thilig
I do know : he can Elbe bought or )1(1 :
and if he gets to, be Sheiritt , I shall ;lose
that new dress, Jones Will not be DefilitY•
id Bill Storrs will not' , have a good eirance
to save his country. 1 ,L
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