E. B. HAWLEY, Proprietor.
Pt AMA fgarilo.
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
IL A. AteCRACKEN, tetAtice to inform thepublte that
baring reuted the Exchttne Hotel to Mot:More. ho
to noir prepared, to accommodate tho tratellog publte
to Erst.elatte style
)(alarm. Aug. ItA,
starnAN & CASE.
Sadie, names, tod Trout rankers. Shop In C.Botrers'
More 6taldins. Brooklyn, Pa. Oak Unrocrsca, heavy
arid Bahr, mode to order.
Brooklyn, Aprll & 1tt73.-,MII
SNIIITIII
Having located at Stteguelnusna Depot, litanurnetnrer of
and dealer in light and heavy Itarn.les,Cal:are,Whins,
Saddlee,,,t c.,lntolog,ny etrict attention to net
melte and fair dealing, to have a liberal abaft of
patronage,
{arch 6, 1672.—n01n—m3.
BURNS & NICHOLS,
zosA...mts to Drags, Medicines, Chemicals, Dye
pal nt s, 011 s, Varnish, Liquors, Spices.Paney
,reties, Patent Medicines, Pert umersand ToiletAr•
tido, verPreserlptio. euertilly componndeaL—
Brick Block, Montrose, Va.
A. B. ntlttstF,
Pea, al. !Mt'
DR. D. A. LATEIROP.
AdTllllll ,l ers ELE, ran Tuengtn 6 trim at the Foot of
ehe.tnnt wen. Call and conaolt in all Chronic
lA/41SC,
SlontroFe, Jan. 17. '72. non—tf,
_
314'. SUOIEITAKER.
Attornela L. 31orrleoee.Pa. Waco port door below
the Taihell tloure, Public Averent.
idontrore, Jen. 17, 187 d. —riod—ly,
C. E. BALDWIN,
ATTOCtier and Geer:a - Lea AT LAW, Great Bead. Penn
eylvenia. to;
IL. L.
Arrarrirr ♦T 11.ese, Muatrose, Pa Mee slit Ziasee
E. Camels. Esq.
Masartme..tvgesa IML
LOOMIS & LLSK.
Sttereeys at 'law. (Mice !Co. 221.1..ncluovanna Avenue.
Scranton, Its. Practice the several Courts of Le
vet-no attol Sasquelianna Coant./06.
F. E. Looms. Wit. D. Uric.
Pct oon, Sept. fth, 1871.-41.
W. S. Ca OSMON.
Attorney el. 1.40 c, Office at the Court nous@ In the
Commisvianci. Office. W. A. Czto;anos.
Moritroso, Sept. eth. 13n.—tf.
McKENZIE, fe. CO.
eater• In Dry Goods, Clothing, Lft4fes and MOMS
ant !Shoes. Moo, agents for the great limerlenn
Tea and Coffee Company. [Montrose, Julyll, 'l3,]
DR. IV. IV. S'3IITII,
D coin. Raome nt his dwelling. next door east of the
Rept-intim', printing olUce. °Oleo hnurs from 9A. IL
10 4 P. U. Nommen, May 3, IM-11
rnE BARBER—Hu: list: Hal! .
Cbsrlry Morris is the barber. who can shave your Ince to
order; Cuts brown, bind; and grlazler hair, In his
elm. Jost up . There you will tud him, over
Gere'r Mon. below McKenr.les—jot one door.
Montrose, June 7.1371.—1 f C. mounts.
J, B. & L. 11, IIIeCOLLCS,
ATTOZSLTII AT LAW Office over the Dunk, Montrose
la Montrose, May Mt, In7l.
J. D. VAIL,
!I owarrratc Fsrmict •stn SIM(11:CIN, flap permanently
located himself In Montrose, Pa.. where he oil/ prompt.
It attend to all calls In his profemion with which kw may
be tavon-d. (.lice and residence west of the Court
lions*, nmr Fitch 4, Witt.oris
Mont rime: , February S. sa.
LAIN OFFICE.
FITCH & WATsON. Attorckeyo at Law, at the oLI cat*
of rientley ,t Fitch. Montnte. Pa.
L. P. MR. Pam
CHARLES N. STODDARD,
Dealer In Boot* and Shots, Hate and Cape. Leather end
Findings, Main Street. In door beion• Boyd's Store.
Work rondo to order. and repairing done neatly.
Noutroae. Jan. I, 1379.
LEWIS KNOLL,
SIIAVING AND NAJD. nnEssmo.
Skop to the new PostaiMee beildina, where he will
►e found ready to attend ail alto may want anythln:
fakir line. Montrose, Pa. Oct. 13, 1169.
DR. S. W. DAYTON,
PSYSIICTAN &, • StfIIGEON. tenders , his nervier, to
Ms citizens of Great Rend and oh lofty, Ofnce nt hip
notidence.opnonito Barnum [louse, (tt. Bond
Sept- I st,
• A. O. WAIR.I7.EN,
ATTORXEY Ats LAW. Bounty. Back Pay. PCI3OOII
Uld Bzetn •• on Claim. Ittendeli to. Ofnco fir
-.Dor bolow Boyd's Storc,' Montrove.Pa. jAn. I,'G9
Ni. C. SUTTON,
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent,
sal Ott Frlondsville,„ Pa.
C. S. GILBERT,
.ita.tacrtlciervocer.
Great: Deed, Pa
Q. m.
..0 Mt
A3ll ELI,
17. EL 49,:u.otAcsza.c.or.
A. 1, IM2I. • Mame, Brooklyn, Pa.
101 IN GROVES,
FASHIONAZIA TAILOR, Montrose, Pa. Rion over
Chandler's store. AP orders tilled to first-tau style.
Cutting done on short notice. and warranted to ISt.
W.. IV. SIIIITIII,
CAI3INICT AND MUIR MANINACTUBEIIB,—r.O I
of flain street, Blanuose, bag. 1. 166%.
ni LUNGS STIII;OUD.
PITIE AND LIFE raszaliNCE AGENT. AL:
business at - tended to prumpili. on fair terms. Mice
Ana dwar north of ` Aloutrose Ilotel," west ride <0
Public Avenue, .INntrose, Pa. [A oz. I.InT.
July 11. 153.1 ilitstaas ATIIMID,
ABEL TURILELL,
rIALMII In Drugs, Patent Medic:lnca CheIIMCIIII
Vexolabcr, Wia
Glees, GrOCGTied, Ghee Waco, Wall and Window Pa,
per, SW 0 C•11111te. Lampe, Mc:lmmo, Machinery one,
TrUslet, GanD, AMMILIitIOII, Helve!. npentaekn
larninice,Faacy Goods, Jewelry, Perin ..ry„
being tone arctic, most ninucroae, - exteneire, and
velaable ceilectione of Goode In fi as pciehann a Co.—
Establieticd In ISIB. [Montrore, Pa.
D. W. SEARLE,
PTOSNST AT LAW. °Mee over the Store of A.
Lathrop, In the Srlek Slock,Motitroac, Pa. InurB9
IDE. W. 1..'
viTsici‘x t, BURGEON, tradcrolha prorceelova
igrylees,to eltlx.ns of Montlotc and vicinity.—
Pau at Viaretlo.=. au URI earner east of Sayre 6
*OA Ita =47• {Aug. 1. la%
HILT JMOTILEUS,
SOILLITTON. P.ll.
wbounge a ze.4,ll.ooOrzsio
EIARDIVABE, 1110 N, STEEL, •
NAILS, SPIIiES, sriov.gr.s,
!MILDER'S HARDWAnE.
BINS BAIL pouNTP,BBCNSdT BAIL sinews
N.Azdeadn 4 Att,aimq surrues.
CARRIAGE' - SPRINGA, EN.ELTS Apo
BOXES, BOLTs..NTITs and 1145112Z8.-
. ,e44TED B ANDS. MALLEABLE
_PONS, MED:, 61-wEEs. -
PR.,DOES, SEAT SPINDLES. BOWS L ft. •
AXIMM 'VICES, STOCKS FILLS . DAVAIVB
HOMERS; SLEDGES, tx. te.
°maw)(lLL BAWS; BBLTI /I O. PACLINO
SA BLOCKS; PLASTER PARIS
C NT, ILAIR 6 GRINDSTONES.
ZUNCU VENDOW IGLASEI.LEATUZIEM PIENDIEIGE
FAIRDAN4'I4 SCA.TiES.
*tauten. Karehia.M 3 ... 11.
•
tram= muck zatoncrunsi .
• •
01211tir
41aq Dant. Olga Xatlonal Premiums, teld at.Zlans•
firoh irt
Prey 44d d tonitylsinl4 Slary land and Vlvt, ti La State
ams! -
e /b6 t rit Kne.eonlyact, tetnOved entirely - trout
the iflotalt,* a enclosed a matt ease, an tno
tlen. eleetnally *awning It Oom wit
data.
operation am be shamed Instantly from a lag%
elms co one • ttiltd atom, *HUM stop, UM Itealilt ,
Xtettlf to bad plass* and tuurtiour mea.
atone pertom brake' and oat
ltularcbm, It Is beyond doubt Ike atctnlZlng
spatlltaatn thalrocld, and you can depmd upon %way;
prfsatly tellable In aim partienlnt..l
xattuay.2days:ien.— BeirßE altos.
•
Speech of_ Col. McClure.
The following speech was delivered by
Col. A. K. McClure,. at a very large and
en th u siastie Meet ing't Philadelphia:
"I appear before you to-night to dis
cuss issues of the gravest moment to the
people of Philadelphia; and issues which
must arrest the attention and inspire the
efforts of every good citizen. These ques
tions are.notinseparably interwoven with
the success of any of the great-political
organizations 01, the country. If they
were it would be in vain to call attention
to, them now, fo national issues would
surbordinate alliconsidetatiotis of mere
local interest. Forth nate ly, however, par
ty lines are discarded in earnest efforts to
redeetu our. municipallity from misrule.
mid while the vote of the city may be de
cisively for one party or the other, on
those candidates who.present the test on
national issues, the people can guard the
purity of the ballot hos, and eleet hon
est mid capable men to such positions as
more 'inimediatelv affect local reform,
without any prijiidica whatever to any
national cause.
Anal' Nicaaut
• In this Senatorial district two parties
have presented Senator Dechert for eke
tion, and, both with Marked unaninimity.
After having been nominated by the Dem
ocrats, the Citizen's Reform Associotion.
composed largely of men differing with
him on national issues, formally named
hint as their candidate, and urge his elec
tion because he has given the most satis
factory evidence of his constant devotion
to reform in Philadelphia. Dt'sing two
sessions of service in the Senate, ho has
uniformly subordinated partizan inter
ests to the interests of our long-suffering
municipality. No job has stained his
hands. No power has been stolen from
the people to enrich combinations of bad
men by his vote. The blot of the lobyist
is not to be torpid on . his Senatorial gar
ments, and the appeal of honest citizens
of Philadelphia for protection against
bad laws, or relief from oppression, has
ever found him a faithful champion.a--
That he has accomplished but little in
guarding your people and your treasury
from the assaults of the compt is ex
plained by the supremacy of the corrnpt
or menial legislators in the delegations
representing our city. Time and again
the Senate passed various measnresof re
form, and as often they were,defeated • in
.the House in obedience to a partisan can
cusiontrolled by the members from Phil
adelphia. His record can be scrutinized
from the day he entered the Senate until
the close of his service, and no measure
of doubtful integrity ever received his
support. It was therefore but a just trib
ute to Senator Deelprt for the Citizens'
Reform Association to present him as
their candidate; and witli such a commen
dation to the better people of the district
from an organization that places reform
before party, and invites the cooper ation
of ever' good citizen without political
distinctum, I cannot doubt that he will
be successful by a large majority.--
[Cheers.]
Of his competitor I have iyithing un
kind or disrespectful to say per:um:illy.—
But there are questions of the gravest
moment to the people which he cannot
and will not answer. If he were to say
that be would demand honest creation
laws for Philadelphia, by which each par
ty would 'exercise equal restraints upon
the other, the men who nominated him
would not support him. If he were to
say publicly that he would support a bill
giving to the Republicans, Democrats, and
Reformers equal representation of their
.own seleetion, in the Boards of Canvas
sers and in die Election Boards, and giv
ing th&Conrts the right to revise the reg
istration and restrain palrabie fraud by
Return Judges, his partisans would curse
him as an eueniy,"and rejoice in his de
feat. If he were to declare thatlphe would
demand the abolition of all needless offi
ces, the surrender of irresponsible trusts
to property, scrutiny by the people, the
destruction of all illegal fees and the en
actment of just salaries for all city offi
cials, he would be denounced as an ene
my to the party, and aiming at the des
truction of its supremacy. For aught I
know be is a worthy and reputable cit izen,
lint, with the nomination, he has accept.
ed the hard condition that he shall" grind
in the prison-house" of the authors of
our degredation, and he will justly share
the condemnation their maladministra
tion has provoked. pie will be defeated
because every consideration of public or
der, of public credit,. and of public safe
ty in Philadelphia, imperatively demand
131=1=1
Citizens of Philadelphia: Let us dis
passionately glance at the great issue that
has been forced upon us in this election.
Surely our crushing and growing debt,
our unexampled tax-rate, the incalcula
ble extortions enforced by our officials,
and the gradual but now almost complete
transfer of all power over, our revenues
and departments, from,the tax-payers to
combinations, upon whom most arbitra
ry authority has been conferred, must
make our people consider the problem in
the spirit of truth and sobeiness.
It is idle, worse than idle, to urge that
at another time reform may be inaugu
rated. There.will be plenty to' plead for
a more convenient season in which to en
force the manifest will of the people. It
has been urged from year to year in the
past, and tax-payers have listened and
. postponed retribution. Reform has been
promised profusely in the very temple of
corruption, and there are those 'whose
faith was equal to the acceptance of the
pledge, One year . a Governor is to elect,
another year political power lilt° be con
trolled in the State by Legislative ap-
Lointments; another year a Senator is to
chosen; another presents a Presiden
tial contest, and the time never has come
- -.and never will come, whet it will be
eonvenientfor the partisans who are the
authors of our oppressions, to allow the,
people to-rule in Philadelphia.
eolc - at the anomalous political aspect
presented in aura): The entire Daily
press of Philtulefplua has, with one voice,
aemanded just what IMa advocatin, to
night The Press, Inquirer, Age, Z ed,-
er, Post, Mord, Nora American, Ger.
man Demokral, Evening Telegraph, Bulk.
lin, Dag, ifcrald, and Star r bare all pro
tested year after year, , against, the mon
strotutabusc of power and authority by
the organiiation of men that rules the
city.. They all protest against the disre
gard of the popular will, and the defiance
of all public interests in the political con
trol of Philadelphia. They have taught
the tax-payers that bad nominations and
the prostitution of official power are not
accidental nth exceptional, but that they
flow continuously from a fountain pollut
ed by deliberate, systematic and organized
wrong. With Manly independence, the
press of Philadelphia have braved the
temptations of power and advocated the
cause of the tax-payers. [Applause.]
Now andithen some have yielded to per
haps questionable Consistency in support
of the candidates of the corrupt system.
while denouein r the system itself. But
upon the whole a more faithful press than
that of Philadelphia cannot be found in
any city of the Union.. [Applaust.]-1-.
There is not one of our daily journals
that supports the entire Republican tick
et—not one. IWith two-thirds of the dai
ly newspapers:Republietin in politics, and
all the vast patronage of the offic e s and
departments in Repithlican hands, there
is not one so forgetful of its self-r' pect as
to snppol t all the nominations 01 the pan ,
ly. The censures me fur not sup
porting the National and State tiekets,
and it both; the Legislative ticket and the
appointments for Canvassers. The Pross
censures me for not supporting the Na
ti nial ticket, and it bolts the State ticket.
The Post iimMorts the city ticket and it
bolts the National ticket. The Tehyroph
accepts. the State ticket just as it would
accept the varjoloid in preference to small
pox-[daughter;] and bolts the Legislative
ticket; and to escape political bolting
without &icriticing respectability, the Nes
tor of the Republican press has individu
ally, bolted to Europe, and the next in
ripeness of political experience has bolted
to the golden slopes of the Pacific.—
[ fzughtei.]
The press of . Philadelphia has taught
our people how the powtr of the city is
abused, and how its revenues are squan
dered. Each' journal of any reputation
or character has performed some part of
this public daty. Not a single depart
ment of power, not a single trust has es
cape the severe criticism of our best
journals. 'They have' not been 'assailed
for incompetency, but for deliberate mis
management and fraud ; and the extor
tion of hundreds of thousands of dollars
annually from the people by their public
officers in the shape of illegal fees, has
met with the universal anti stern condem
nation of the press of the city.
But there is not a nm , now in office,
nor one who is a candidate on the Repub
lican ticket, who will not resist to the ut
most, hero and in Harrisburg, .any mea
sures designed to protect the public from
this shameless robbery. With every de
partment ot ; power practically taken from
the public by special legislation, and pe
culation and fraud charged at every door
of municipal authority by the Press of
Philadelphia, without distinction of par
ty, can citizens continue to be indifferent
in the straggle for reform ? Thousands
of our most intelligent and upright men
have given themselves up to this great
work. They are Republicans, Democnits
and Liberals, but they are tirst for reform,
and they have enlisted the efforts of more
than enough of our voting population to
control, overwhelmingly our loyal con
tests, if we could approximate an honest
election in our city.
* * * A long as the
people can rise up and as •t their majes
ty through the ballot-box, bad govern
ment is butt temporary evil, and the cor
rective power is sure to be exercised wise
ly and wrelL But the most appalling re
sult of this gradual concentration of pow
er in the hands of our-political officials is
the absolute denial to the people of the
right or power to chi uge their rulers. In
legislating to make peculation easy for
themselves, they bare guarded with moat
zealous cure,every areune of popular ap
proach to their statute-walled citadel of
power. While a patriotic people were ab
sorbed by the perils of the country in
war, thev closed their eyes to official
wrongs, but when the dangers of war
had passed away, and they began to scru
tinize local political affairs, the result was
Republican defeat in 1867 and 1868. I
doubt not that frauds Were perpetrated
by Democrats, but I can as little doubt
that, with increased facilities, the Repub
licans did their utmost to make the hon
ors easy. [Latighter.J Then came new
necessities. The political power of the
dominant party was senousiy threatened.
It haduitwo ways to regain its once
strong hold upon the citizens of Phil
adelphia, viz:
. First. The nomination'of honest and
capable candidates for office, and those
acceptable to an intelligent and patriotic
people, or,
Second, The enactment of such spe
cial laws as would give the. absolute con
trol of the ballot—box to the political
leaderskin - power, regardless of the roses
cast.
The choice was presented then to give
place to acceptable plublic servants, or to
practically disfranchise the people by cor
rupting the ballot. For reasons now ob
vious to every citizen, they- rejected the
I first proposition and resolved to accept
I the second, because it was the only . plan
that pronused them political safety in de
fiance of the community. The sequel is
seen in the fact—at first but suspicion,—
now wide-SPread conviction—that not
one-half the officials in office in Phila
delphia bale ever been elected by the pee
pleto the positions they hold; and some
of them filling most important public
trgsts, as is well known, were not only
honestly defeated, but they.conccived and
personally aided to execute the frauds by
which 014 were falsely returned as elect
ed. [Applause.] •
It was deliberately resolved by the
"Binge" of Philadelphia that a law must
be passed, vesting in them and their crea
tures absolute control of the whole elec
tion machinery of the - city, to enable
them to manufacture returns and declare
tbemselves elected, even though the peo
ple should vote against them by, thou
muds,
With each a' lasi, and such an execu
tion of it,:there can be nothing else' than
a fearful liaryestOf profligacy, corruption;
and shame. The measure of public wrong
this. Registry law, and The runner of :its
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1872.
execution, have interwoven with . the his
tory of Philadelphia, is almost Incalcula
We in either its extent or ita result.
It has given us a • thoroughly studied
and completely orgadized system of pub
lie,pri vote, and political crime,that threat
ens every form of individual or general
'safety. 'The political power of the muui
cipatifv is directed to but two great ends
—public plunder and protection to the
plunderers, and to these chief purposes
all the efforts. of legislation, Stato and
municipal, are directed by the chief polit
ical managers.
It has given tlB as a - ride, incompetent
and dishonest. officers—exccutive, minis
terial and represeutrtive. Before the Reg
istry law was enacted, political leaders
were compelled to nominate men in whom
the people had confidence. [Applause.]
On one or' two occasions public opinion
was outraged by party conventions, and
defeat followed, when acceptable men hail
large majorities. Gradually unscrupulous
leaders grasped for more and more power,
and Triad was employed to secure success.
but it concealed cis deformities f ore the
people. Then their leaders employed
the ballot-box &wirers, repeaters, etc., as
menials. They paid them and they were
done with them. But when the Registry
law was perfected to legalize fraud :18 a
science, the menials became clamorous to
be masters. Two years ago Bann demand
ed and received his reward. One year ago
Stokely forced his way into the executive
chair, dud this year his lieutenants, Mc-
Culloch, Titterinary and Ash, flun,g them
selves to the front fur the Legislature. If
they shall succeed, next year, with equal
confidence, Dan. Redding, 'rim. Reiley,
and Johnny Ward, can claim recognition
by political nominations. And when
tljey shall have succeeded, the " Educated
Rog," the " Flying Dutchman," " Stutter
ing Jimmy," and Gopher Bill" will de
mand and must receive like recognition:
[Laughter and applause] They have
been menials long enough, and they ask
that they shall share the honors they haie
been conferring year after year by their
frauds. And who could dispute their
claim ? Are they entitled to any less re
spect than the men. of more genteel pre
tentious who have employed them from
year to year to cheat them info office, and
are they any more criminal than tilt gen
tlemen of assumed respectability, who
knowingly contribute their money from
time to time to pay for perjury, ballot-box
stuffing, repeating and forgeries ?
Look again, and you see the very tem
ple of Justice polluted. The slimy hand
of corrupt political power has Compassed
the jury -box, and there' is no law to reach
those who offend in the interest of the
dominate rule. It is true, ns the Sheriff
explained, when a pal-able wrong hail
been committed against public justice,
that the jurors are drawn in accordance
with law, lint for several years the men
whose acts expose them to just punish
ment have selected the men who shall fill
our jury-box. They are rarely, if ever,
individually corrupted ; but they are CO
hedged about associations, or complicity
in peculation, that they must shield their
friends. Mr. Lea, the worihy chairman,
of the Citizens' Reform Committee, re
cently prosecuted an official who had de
bauched two elective officers. Ile did it
blVallSe he was directed by a committee
of most prudent and upright men, Sonic
of whom are Attorneys, and the Grand-
Jury not only ignoied the bill, but direc
ted that Mr. Lea should pay the cost. It'
you doubt that these men fear an honest
jury, look at the haste which they united
to defeat the bill I passed in the Senate
last winter, simply pro\ - ided that our jury
box 'should•be cmptcd, and that honest
men should be placedtherin.
Look again, and yon will find oar Be'
torn Judges followed with pistols to in
timidate them to do right, or money to
debauch them to commit wrong, and riot
and murder have resulted from the or
ganized %litany that regards election re
turns as mere articles of speculation or
part izati' ad van tage.
Look again, aim you find a police force.
past and present, under our degraded
political system, that is almost every
week arrainged for crime, and whose
mere misdemeanors or inattention to their
supposed duties are no longer sufficiently
novel to tittract attention. There are of
course honorable exceptions, but I simply
state what the experience and record of
our city prove from week to week.
Look again, and you. find almost every
city department either arrainged in court,
or its abuses clearly and unanswerably
exposed from day to day by the Commit
tee of the Reform Association, but punish
ment is impossible, and official exortion
mid oppression go on with impunity.
What think you, citizens of Philadel
phia, of the Registry law? What of its
execution? What of its fruits? Is the
picture overdrawn ? The evidenCe is plain
as noon day, and he who runs may read
the vindication of the truth of this pain
ful and humiliating representation:
What is the remedy?
1. The election of an upright and inde
pendent governor. It is vain to make
war against disreputable Legislators if an
Executive shall be chosen who dare not
approve reform measures without giving
mortal offense to the men who made biro
a candidate, and exhausted fraud to elect
him. I have no personal assaults to make
against General Hartmaft, but there are
grave qneitions of public moment Which
stare us in the face in Philadelphia, and
which our citizens must consider and an
swer. lie has recently visited different
Sections of the State and represented to
Isis friends that his election will be-secur
ed in the face of the rural disaffection, by
this city giving him from twelve to fifteen
'thousand majority; He *heves it, I
doubt not; but why does be believe it,
and why doeshe give such assurance ? He
knows that any such majority, or indeed
any majority, - or indeed any majority at
all, for him in this city must be WhOlty
fraudulent. Has be been advised of it
and assented toit? Have the studied and
elaborate plans of fraud been unfolded to
him; to enable him to go forth andinspire
his friends when revolt comes up from
ever yside ? -Arid has he gone armed with
the boast of the ballot box staffer and the I
take . canvass? And is be strengthened in
his hopes by, the now notorious fact that
the criminals of our city are threatened
by his friends with hopeless punism'ent if
he is defeated, and promised safety - if he is
elected ? I do not assume or believe thlit
ho is personally a party to, these appallino
political combinations,but it is impossible
that he is ignorant of the fact that public.
justice is prosituted in his name every day
in Philadelphia, by negotiating with pro
', fessional offenders- to aid his dlection ; and
knowing it as he dus, can he standblame
, less before thin oppressed, insulted and
aroused community, while he is silent
and hopes to reach the harvest of .fraud
and crime? With an Executive so com
plicated by wrong to achieve political suc
cess, there eau be no hope fur reform in
Philadelphia for three long years, unless
lie shall discard the power that gave him
victory. No one doubts that if Mr. Buck
alew is elected the barter in pardons will
end , that the measures of reform will he
promptly approved and faithfully enforc
ed, and that fraud or crime of any form
can plead no exemption frontjUst punish.
mint on political or pecuniary grounds.,
It is as much the fault of reputable cit.
zens as it, is the fault 01 our reckless and
dishonest political leaders, that the
"Rings" rule Philadelphia. While they
allc,w their names to cover resolutions en
dorsing fraudulent nominations and
fraudulent elections, and contribute
their means to committees organized
mainly
. or solely to achieve success by
fraud, who is most to blame, the criminal
or his respectable eider and abettor? Not
one of the men I have named from the
list of officers would so degrade himself
as to give an individual approval of the
whole State ticket, nor of one in fire' of
the Legislative ticket, yet all have unin
tentionally lent, their sanction tithe pros
tituted power and systematics frauds, which '
have made.our municipal government a
stain and reproach. It is thus the whole
power of the people has been stolen, ant.
that our revenues have been transferred
to speculators and dluuderers. But for
the reputable tails the "Rings" can attach
to their political kites, their iliegracefal
dominion would long since base been ov,l
erthrown." [-ipplause.l
Another Nut for nartrauft.
The act of ISII requires of the auditor
general, as follows—
"The auditor general shall annually re
port to the legislature a list of the ac
counts which remain unsettled, and the
reason therefor."—Act of March, 1811
salion 501 h.
In the Evans case itT have seen that
Haar-atilt openly disregarded this law by
concealing from the legislature for three
years the fact that 'Evans had collected
several thousand dollars belonging to the
state.
Butt more conspicnoni still is the fact
that for six years he has, allowed the cor
potations of this state.. to retain millions
of dollars belonging to the commonwealth
ih the shape of taxes and never has re
ported the facts to the legislature. A
committee at the last session of the legis
!atom, composed of three republicans and
two democrats, unanimously agreed upon
a report in which at was demonstrated
that the heaviest carrying companies ore
making no returns whatever of taxes due
the state, and that the auditor general's
office had no information as to the
amount duo.
In one instance the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western railroad owed the
state over $33,000 as a tax on a dividened
of :31,10q,000 in the Morris and Eseex
road, yet it was not known at the auditor
general's office that such tax was due, al
though the fact of the
. dividend having
been declared was published in the audi
tor general's report of the year before.
This amount Was promptly paid by the
001.v:illy. the day after the nammillno
called attention to the subject, 'with the
excuse that the blank form for furnishing
the report had not been supplied by the
auditor general, although it had been de
manded. The auditor of the company
testified that the amount stood to the
credit of the state treasury, and, was ready
to be paid at any time, and that ,the re
turn of the tax due had been regularly
made to the state treasury.
4. few facts will illustrate the immense
loss of revelitte to the state from. the tax
on.eorporations, since General Hartranft
took possessiou of the auditor general'i
office.
We tirtote from the•report of the snb.
committee of last winter, which examin
ed this subject, and that the I 1 L and
W. It. IL, as an example.
18130, Tax on capital stock
14571, Tax on capital stock
• Loss to the stato 144,270 01
1863, Tax on gross receipts 3;7 4 :".3 72
1671, Tax on gross receipts . 1,398 30
Loss to the state
phis loss, too, occurred iu the face of
the fact that in 1869: the reccpts of the
company were t , 8,252,414 75, whereas iu
1871 they were 011,707,146 97. In a
ward, the revenue of the company had
increased, three And a half millions of
dollars, and the-taxes of the' state were
inereased.More than one half. •
1867, (no repdit for 1866( Tonnagtt tax $8,177.00
len, Tonnage tax. 1,685.39.
tesa to the state • 6,4.W.011
The above facts illustrate why the ring
deSire the continuance of Hartrauft and
Aileu.in office, any way Cameron &
are endeavoring to prevent a full and fair
investigation. The people are being mer
cilessly robbed, and they now demand
honest officers and a full investigation of
the books at Harrisburg. .
New York settled its Tammany—it; is
tinie we commenced at once.
Honest men should have no doubt as
to ; which .way they should • decide.—
Bloomsburg Columbian,
•
'!--Tho most nctive Grant clubs of the
caMpaign• are the bludgeons with' which
the President's brother•in-law re&p,ends
to,adscrse criticisms - on_the .sulmunstra-
Gem.
L-2A. Quaker writing from Greensboro,
Ninth Carolina, to the New York Triune
says that a large proportion or the . ..more
influential and. Intelligent 'Frietula favor
gr. Grecley'a election. . ' • -
—Ont of the 7,000 Germans voters in
San Francisco, only eighteen would _sign
a call for a German Grant meetings
The StnpendoweArrandg.
Thelollmjng ccirrespcmclenca
itself: • ..„
PENNSYLVANIA LIBERAL REPVELI
CA N STATE CENTRAL Connirrr.r.„Pilit,a,
nk...Lrut.,t, September 4, 1.:372:—::Dr. W.
Paine.—Drmt Sur: Air,. Coopc,r,'. tatnai,
ber the legislature from Del&Ware,has
recently made 'aiinblic statement in. re
gard to tho.Errtalrattranft . fraud which.
differs from the statement you made in
our, recent COLlvgyiaiop ou the. Etitile
sobject.. , .
therefore stlggest nit. you reduced
the facts to writinglorPtiblicatiOn. '
:Yours truly.,
No. 223 Soy 771 N
—INTE STREET,.PIIII4
DELPIIIA. September . 5,. 1872.—E ..IL
Rauch Es4.-I)tAn. Sin:: In reply •to
your note I would state that on the 28th
of January,lB72, I went to -Harrisburg
with Messrs. J. Maher, E. Metzger, George
0.-Evans, and his attorney, Mr. Stmhau,
to secure the testimony of Mr. Evans,
before .the war Claim committee, so as to•
give to the publie trnOStafement of his
connection with the war claims and pub
lic funds generally. I met Mr. Grahatit,
the chairman of the coMmittee, and in
formed bun that Mr. Evans was there to
give Ins testimony in the case, to which
he replied that the committee • was • not
prepared to receive it,.bnt would, let me
know when ready. The nest day I again
called on hint ; he stated they were still
unprepared, that itwas not worth while
for •us to - wait, and thathe would inforrn. l
me in Philadelphia as soon as they were
ready. It was stilled that the committee
was not then organized. 41 then told Mr.
Evans and Mr, &mitts that we eOuld.not
aecomplish'the Object of our visit at 'that
time, and to prevent any further delay, I
:would bring the whole subject before the
legislature. Mr. Strains remarked that
the other parties connected with the war
claims and government funds should also
be investigatea, and subsequently a series
of resolutions to be introduced, as being
the most likely to bring out all the .facts
in the ease.
It was egged :that I should Meet a
proper person to introduce them and. se
cure an impartial invesbgiition, • where
upon I sent for Mi.. Cooper and informed
ham of my purposes. After reading the
resolutions be remarked that if hc.would
attempt such a thing every roan in the
house and the senate would be "doWn" on
him and besides it would'be of possi
blonse, as Hartranft and Mackey` would
not only kill him politically, but would
at once have it committee appointed to
exonerate themselves and disgrace any
man who attempted their exposure.
"Mr. Cooper," I stated. "von astonish
me.". I then informed Mr. - Cooper 'that
"I had in my possession letters and effi
gies its proving . these -charges to be true."
After he examined some of them he stat
ed that he had no doubt as to the truth
fulness of the charges, but that made it
all the' worse; that he understood the
whole thing; that once before charges
had been made, and they laud whitewash
ed it over and ruined the parties who had
attempted the investigation. I remonstra
ted, and attempted to persuade him that '
it was essential to have all the parties
connected with 'the Peansylvania frauds
investigated at the same time. .lle re
plied that he bad served on llartfanft's
staff; that he would not "go back" on
him, and requested me not to *WM in
the matter until he caw me again.
Nothing , was said in ray presence about
the NOV York Tribune, ..Forney's Press,
the Lancaster Ea:press, or any other paper
and I cannot but - think that Mr. Cooper
has associated this conversation he had
with me• with the converiation he had
with some others. Ile appeared very
lunch excited at the time, e...d after learn
mg his relations end ito - ciations," I' did
not wonder at it. Having a high petionel
regard for Mr. Cooper, I believe that his
recent representation of our interview
was a mistake of thohead, arising from a
defective memory, strong attachment to
his friends, and peculiar rtlatiin to the
parties concerned.
In relation to Ilartrauft and Mackey's.
connection earth the broker .Yerkes,
have not .only Mr. Hartritaft's original
letters in which he gave specific orders its
to the purchase and sale of stocks, but
that. I have Yerke's affidavits, both in re
lation to Ilartrauft and Mackey, as sworn
and sulbscribed to before Alderman Dough
erty—copies of which have appeared in
the Philadelphia Press, and other papers,
and all •of -vhigh were corroborated by
Hari= ft andllackey'e acknowledgments
to me. I would also 'state that I have
many other documents and letters that
are positive evidence in 'my' opinion, of
the complicity of these parties, not on
ly connected with the war claim frauds,
but with the Use of the public funds for
unlawful purposes. Soma 'of these let,
tees and documents haVe already' been.
made public.
I would state in .regard to these affida
vits, 'doeuthenti, ietters, etc., that they
avere obtained before Mr. Yerkei had re
-Coved the
. decision tale" court; and
without any view to their political bear
ing, my object being- simply to corrobo 7
rate Mr. Evans' statement as to time dis
position 'of the :$2,p0,000-commissious !
arising from the settlement ...of Alm
.War- .
claims.
8108,051 12
64,681 11
I am now preparing a detailed state
ment of the controversy between Evans,
llartranft, Yerkes -Mackey, and others,
for the purpose of throviing light upon
one of the most stupendous frauds ever
perpetrated.by State officials. The na
ture of our free institutions and the con.
stitution•ot the State, allow a largo liber
ty in the investigation' of pnblio affaira
and the official conduct of public officers.
I propose to use that liberty - without
ezoeeding. it, 'and after submitting,the
evidence to my fellow i citizens it will be
for them to determine whether it. shonld
not: have a persuasive influence upon the
manner in which they sho'uld vote in Oc-,
tabor next for candidates for high state
offices." PA/NE;
—General Albrigbt addressed _. p Grant,
meeting at Gcranton the other , night, but
be did not hare a u:o ., a to coy. about the
$5OO he receiled bounty lumping. .
..;--HONEITY: .
'VOLUME XXIX, NUMBER-31K
The Irett Tale ritplographs.
In the police headquarters of flew
York and other great cities photogrnphi
of notorious public offenders ridorn the
walls and greatly aid the aeteetives in
bringing culprits to jtistiec.' There arc
other photographs besides these portraits
that accomplish an. equally salotary par
pose in detecting and c.sposing yet other
public offenders. The focal/R(10ot John
Itartranfert letters aro now used to coti
viot Into of malfeasanee, - bribery and cor
rnption in office and QVgambling in the
public funds. ' Withont thejportraita cul
prits would often'suecessfully,deny . their
Identity and thus escape, ppblic Justice,
and without thesefirc similes the apolo
gists-of IlartraUft would insist that
. his
k,t ters - are .forgeries.
lint there is no . dispnting the genuine
ness of letters like the following; with the
tell Laic photographs cmffroriting the vo
ters of l'etinsylraula: - • -
E. 11. Icircir.
riu OIL CREEK LEITERS
ArDITOR GENritm.'s
urno, December 9, 1870.—Dear Verb :
dluy as soon as pOssiblei one hundred
shares Oil Creek. and Allegheny Valley
railroad. and then. hav'e my account, oT
rather an abstract made from my account,
so that I can see the exact loia I have stis-
Mined in Oil Creek. Let ineharnlhis as
soon. as you conviently can. Thi,ittor
new general has given a decision , against
our settlement on•Oil,Creek, witich takes
the starch' righ t out. I don't khOW what
to think about buying Oil Creek lIS 'a fu
ture investment: It you think-well:of it
you may think that the chances arelhat
it will girup; but as •everything;'el*r: is
droppinebut little can be expected-frets
Oil Creek. What do pill think:Of gold?
Yours, etc.,
• Joiue F.ILLr.TUAXPL
. TLIE CIALTIOCS LETTER. ,
Arum!: Cax.mti:s Mums
unto, Docember 21, 1871.—. Dear Yerkes:
Calhoun telegraphed to ine , to-day for
money, and I bad to give a - cheek for VI,-
110, which he will present; to you to-mor
row (22d.) I cannot avoid this. I met
Mackey here on Monday. He went - west
in the afternbon, and - will not' return un
til Monday. I did not like to ask
again, lint, I did not think Calhoun wOuld
want - any money so soon. I will see you
on Saturday; and whatever ypit want I
will do. I will meet Mackey here on
Monday, and whatever is necessary I will
ask him to do. J. I?:Ilea AAFr.;
P. S. lift Calhoun's check on Sat
urday, and givo you certifimto. of deposit
tu, that amount. - .T. P.ll.
Charles T. Yerkes, Jr, of the city' of
Philadelphia duly sworn according to
law, cloth depose and say, that for some
years past ho has been acquainted with
J. F. ifartranft, Auditor general . of the
State of Pen n srl ran ix
That he has atcarions:times purchased
and add stocks of different kinds - and
carried the same with money belonging to
the Commonwealth of l'ennsytrantn.
which the Eaid'J. P. 'Hart= ft has carried
to be deposited with tits deponent by the
State TreaSneer.
That this deponent did Pay to J.
Hartman, Auditor General, on the 10th
day of Decentber;lB - 71), the sum of twat!.
ty-seven hundred dollars, which sum was
derieed from profits an purchases of
Loans'of•the Commonwealth, and sales
of the same to the sinking fund, which
sale was • made on the 2Uth day of April,
I.B7o.That said depOuenthaS also 'paid
to said J. F. Ilartrauft,
.varions: atriodnts
'of, money for profits. arising from - stock
sPedilations, with money deposited with
this deponent/Ay the State' Treasfireiltt
the instance e l f ttie saitistß'llattranft.
' Sworn tend subscribed before :me this
LNVOI; ty.th ird day of December, A. D. Is7l.
0.. F. rEt..K4 Jrz.
W. W. DOIRIUT,P.TY Mclennan....
—L , Vort IfoxrsrLY..
—D o w"; WITH "Tnr. Rts I
There are 560 Greeley. republicanain
Auburn, Nov York, the home of,lifr..So
wanl.
—The printers of San Franciseo,-
have formed an association. to- further the
election of Mr. Greeley. . _ :
—All tho Members of the Grant , re
publican town corninittee of New Canaa,
Connect - lent, have declared for Greeley.
—lt is:a good thing. forifr.
that Chicago didn't burn during the' war.
Ile would have 'been resfolisible for it of
eau s
—Mr.' J. M. Usher n - prominent
temperance advocate of Boston, has writ
ten a letter to Senator Wilson,i,,taking,
him to ask for his letter to . Mr. Denison
on, Grant'stempemuco habits, and iniiin
taining that the senator, while attempt
ing to'shield Grant, has virtually admit
ted all that Mr. Denison charged.: •In
conclusion, Mr. Usher. says: - "1 harp it
on the best authority that •Williani, E.
Dodge, of New York, and
„president' of
the National temperance society.: *kited
the president with a view to pursuado
him to take the pledge, Why was this?'
Undoubtedly becauselt-was well known
that he used intoxicating liquors. That
in the future we may have in the.chair of
state none' but total -abstinence men' is
my desire, and I doubt not is the earnest
desire of the Americana people.. Then it
will not ho -charged that .the President
'drinks too much,'.' and if it- ia, hie
fenders will not feel 'regret that, ho :uses
it all," nor will it bo'necessary. for him to -
take the pledge had guarantee o? personal
sobriety. The thought that the Presi
dent of this great nation drinks-
eating liquors so as to excite, anxiety:,:on
gs
the part of his friends,brin Mortification
to ,the _heart. - of °Very - American citizen
who seeks the honor of Ilia country-:.
IJp
on this. subject thens should be:nci- occa
sion for regrets or special need of pledges.".
• —A Grant club at Athol, •Masa-.••
elmssetts; at olio • time numbered 100
members, but it beeamo "small by degrees.
and' beautiful - leas" until
„last Saturday
evening when . they voted. to disband.
The OrebleyMtitt. talk .of :buying' their
Truth ia•might,y anti um,: inecail."
AFFIDAVIT
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