(tl)c 3cffcrsonian. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1871. KEI'UBLICIN STATE TICKET. ron auditor general: Col. DAVID STANTON, of Ueaver FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL : Col. IIOli'T B.BEATII,of Schuylkill STATE SENATOR. CIIAS. PARRISH, of Wilkes-Barre. REPRESENTATIVE. DANIEL KALRFUS, of Carbon. LUTHERAN CHURCH. Liturgical Services next Sunday. Morning, 10, ... Evening, 7 G. W. MARRIOTT, D. D., Taster. fAtf" oteks if you wish to elect to the State Senate, a true and tried man, an excel lent business man ; one who has the respect and confidence of all who know him, vote for Charles Parrish. On the other hand, if you vUh to elect a noted demagogue-one who has nothing to recommend him but his subserviency to party one whose only claim before the Convention which nominated him was that he could, because of his religious affinity, com in and the young Irish Latholic vote, you must vote for Frank Collins. We do not believe in condemning a man because of his religious faith. That faith is partly the result of education and partly of conviction. Itisapaitof the na ture uf man, and hence his own in right, nd .should be free from all outside cavil. Rut we d condemn a man, who, possessing a faith, for the sake of political advance ment denies that faith before the people, Frank Collins, the Democratic candidate for Senator, is a Catholic, and yet, through his friends, in this portion of the district, he de nies the fact. Voters, the man who will, though the denial of his faith, betray his iO'l for political advancement, will not fail to betray 3-ou if his personal interests can be advanced thereby. Remember this when you go to the polls on Tuesday, and "spot" to dangerous a character. Z-'TT" Voters of Monroe countj-, remeui your duty on Tuesday next Don't fail to jtcrforui it fully and fairhfully. Think well over what is required of you. Consider all the interests that are at stake your own private interests as well as the interests of a'.l the people of our Doble old Common wealth. Dear in mind that if you would have public affairs managed well, you must place managers at the helm who have proved themselves good managers at home men who have acted fairly towards their fellows, u- well as towards themselves, Charles 1'arrUh, one of the candidates for Senator is j-.ist such a man. Everybody says so. The hard working miners and laboring men who have leen in his employ all say so. The general public of Luzerne, and throughout the whole coal region, Democrats, Republican-1, and men of all nationalities, creeds and clors unite in liearing testimony to Charles l'arri-h's business capacity, his' perfect in tegrity, and his peculiar fitness for the posi tion -f Senator. His election, which we be lieve cannot fail to be morally certain, will re- tWxt honor upon the district, and result in Po for the people, and prosperity to the Commonwealth. l'K AMv D.COLLIXS STAND UP! Voters of Monroe, you have heard no man speak ill of Charles Parrish. Every- lody sjteaks well of him. Frank D. Collins. his opponent has had position, and yet had no merit before the Convention which nom inated him save his popularity, on religious L-roun l--, with the "young Irish Catholics." For two years Frank held the position of District Attorney for the city of Scranton. How he performed the duties of that office is a matter of more than ordinary interest just now. Read the article in another eol vujii headed "Frank D. Collins Stand Up!" The article is copied from the Scranton lle ulluin, the leading daily paper published in the city where Frank resides, and gives a faithful and most graphic account of his Stewardship. Do you feel like elevating a man like that to the Senate. Voters, in your voting on Tuesday, don't forget the State Ticket David Stanton, for Auditor General, and Robert B. Death, for Surveyor General, are gentlemen every way worthy of your support They are honest and capable, and will make faithful watch men in the positions for which they have been nominated. Remember the- doings of the Tamany Democracy of New York, where millions have been squandered in pay ing bills which a few hundred thousands, honestly applied, would have cancelled. Rear in mind, too, that the Pennsylvania Democracy has been for j'ears, and is now, run as a mere branch of the New York Tamany Ring ; that it is pledged to all its. machinations, and that if you would save Pennsylvania from its upas-like influence you must vote against its candidates. McCandles and Cooper may be, and doubt less are honest men so far as personal hon esty goes, but they can. not be themselves in the office for which they are running. In the hands of the Tamany manipulators, they would prove to be mere bhuttle-cocks flying between the battledoors knocked hither and yon, until every particle of honesty was pounded out of them; jou don't want such men to guard your treasury vaults and your land titles. Vote against them then like true men. Vote for Stanton and Beath, who are known to have no clique or specu lating ring to force them into betraying the reat and growing interests of the State. i SENATORIAL. The Democracy of this Senatorial District, composed of Luzerne, Pike and Monroe counties, have put in nominatian for State Senator, Frank D. Collius, an Irish Roman ist of the strictest sect Very well, the Democracy have a right to select their own leaders ; and how handy it will be for them to confess their manifold sins to one of their own household, and have them all forgiven before the public can call them to an account Moreover, Collins is said to be a very small fry politiean, and goes and comes just as money may bid so much are these things believed in Luzerne, that hosts of his fellow Democrats are deserting his cause, and advo cating openly the election of the Republican nominee, Charles Parrish, who is looked upon by Democrats as well as Republicans as being a gentleman in the best sense of the word, and every way qualified to make such a senator as the whole district would hav reason to be proud of. Democrats, had you not better sink the partizan for this time and support the right man regardless of his poli tics? Think of this earnestly and act according to your better judgment on next Tuesday. GE.V. McCAXDLESS' SPEECH IN THE COURT HOUSE. On last Thursday evening, Gen. MeCan less, the Democratic candidate for Auditor General, delivered an address in the Court House on the duty of the Democracy and all others, to give him their support at the coming election. We, like many others, were there to hear and see. Gen. Burnett intro duced the speaker in an exceedingly lauda tory speech, which prepared the audience for something in the shape of oratory, logic, and wisdom far above an'thing we are in the habit of having served up to us here But the speaker had not gone far before it could eaisly be seen that Gen. Burnett had sounded his gong entirely too loud, consider ing the feast it was inviting us to. Gen. McCandless has a good voice and is a pleasing speaker, but his speech was one of the most rambling and desultory haraugues, and tinctured with the smallest amount of logic, that it has been our lot to listen to in a long while. We gathered up a few speci men bricks for the use of our readers which are herewith presented. He made a splen did record for the Democracy by adverting alone to its good deeds, and closing his eyes in particular to its record for the last 11 years. Uut any one can see that the great est scoundrel could be made an honest man by adopting the same course of reasoning. The Auditor General was a sort of watch dog whose duty it was to hang about the State Treasury and keep all things right in that quarter. He had no doubt considering public sentiment and his general good luck, that he would be called upon at the next election to fill the Auditor General's office. But a great many of his audience had very grave doubts respecting that matter. He declared that McClellan was the greatest General of modern times, which made about a half-dozen pairs of boots rattle, while the balance wouldn't wag an approving re- sponse. I he liepublicans had forgiven General Longstreet his rebellion against the Union, and had appointed him to a lucra tive office. He thought that in order to be consistent they ought now to at least elect Gen. Cooper Surveyor General, and hinted that he did not want himself forgotten, in his attempt to get into the Auditor General's office. We did not know that they were such rebels as General Longstreet, but the speaker's logic points that way. The Carpet Baggers were ruining the South by getting the ignorant negro Legis latures to pass railroad bills, and to make appropriations for the same, but not a cent of which money went into the railroads. Florida had thus been ruined. But the speaker did not state that southern Demo crats were engaged in this scoundrelism. Under Democratic rule we had 300,000,- 000 acres of public lands, but now we had but 100,000,000 left The balance had been given to corporations, and what could be bought for 1.25 per acre under Demo cratic rule, would now cost from $4 to $7, The gentlemen did not state that under Democratic rule we had no railroad reach ing from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean Nor did ho say that in consequence of this wonderful enterpise, the public lands had been enhanced in value ten-fold. That lands which, before the road was constructed, were not worth a cent per acre, are now bringing dollars. The speaker tried to make fun of General Grant, by pronouncing him the gifted Presi dent ; but he found that his stupid audience, as he evidently considered it would'nt see the joke, and he called their attention to the fact that he emphasised gifted, but even then they refused to see it as the speaker tried to make them. They hannened to know the President a little better than they did Gen. McCandless : and being mostly farmers, they judged the President by his fruits, as they do their farms. They knew that he had subdued the Rebellion in war, and that in peace he had lessened our taxes over 100,000,000 and had paid over $250, 000,000 of our war debt The speaker said "both sides will lie a little," and the public must therefore read and think and understand the facts for them selves. Now that is all true and good. But what does the speaker do next? He stated that our public debt was three thou sand million of dollars, while every one who knows the facts respecting this matter, is aware that our debt is but twenty-two hun dred and fifty millions; over $250,000,000 having beea paid by the present administra tion. We think the speaker overdid his share of lying in this case, for he certaiuly did more than a little. The soldiers of the War with Mexico were treated better by a. Democratic administra tion than the soldiersof the rebellion were. The Democracy gave the soldiers of that war 160 acres of the publio domain or land, but the Republican party did not do that Hei did not state that those land warrants were- worth only about $100. Nor did he state that the soldiers of the rebellion got one third more monthly pay, and a bounty amounting to more than three times the value of the land warranU, which were nearly all bought up by speculators, and did the sol diers but little good. Of course he didn't, for that would have spoilt his little lying. He wanted his Republican friends to think, for when he could get a Republican to thinking he was sure to change his pnnci pies, if he were an honest man. This is equal to charging the Republican party with being made up of ignoramuses and scoun drels ; but we trust that the speaker did not intend to make so gross and silly a charge but this can be taken as a specimen of his logic. But ho did not stop to tell his audi ence that in the districts in New York City, in Philadelphia, in Baltimore, and in all the large cities in fact, made up, mainly of the most ignorant and ill-favored of the human family, who are utterly unable to discrimin ate between the merits of the contesting political parties that in these same districts the Democratic party gets its heaviest ma jorities. All persons acquainted witn tnis matter, know it to be a notorious fact ; and it is big enough to tell its own story. Gen. Burnett in his introductory speed stated that a few years ago Gen. McCandless was nominated for state senator in a district in Philadelphia, which usually gave 1,600 majority for the Republican ticket, and that he was elected in said district by 1,700 major ity. Id his speech Gen. McCandless inci dentally alluded to this fact with no littl pride. But he failed entirely to explain that this occurred in the good old Democratic days of "repeating" and coffee-pot naturali zation paper forgeries, where twenty repea ters and a few foreigners just landed, were more than enough for 500 honest voters, But since then, to stop this hellish practice the Registry Law has been passed, which a! lows every man entitled to vote to cast jus one ballot ; and the repeaters and forgers fin it exceeding dangerous to try to get in more than one vote each. We were therefore not surprised to hear this Democratic candidate for Auditor General, when alluding to this law for the prevention of fraudulent voting. to hear him denounce it as "the infamous Registry Law, which the Republicans ha fastened on the people must be blotted from our statute book." "The Evans steal," and the dismissal 0 the Deputy Attorney General, "who un earthed the fraud," was another source 0: trouble to the speaker. We have previous ly explained these matters, but we wi glance at them again. Evans as State Agent collected for this State $2,910,409.11 of the United States for equipping troops furnished by Pennsylvania in the late Rebel icn. This State owed the' United State $600,000 for taxes. This sum was paid by Evans, and all the balance was paid over to the State Treasurer, except $291,046.91 This amount being 10 per cent of the en tire sum collected, and which the law al owed Evans to retain for his services. This sum Evans did not pay into the State Treasury, and afterwards draw it out, as the State Treasurer thought he ought Hence the dispute between him and said Agent. Therefore there is no "steal" in this matter at all. It is only a technical dispute. The Deputy Attorney General when he first dis covered that Evans had not settled his ac count in a formal manner, did not under stand the nature of the apparent discrepancy between Evans' and the State Treasurer's ac count and wildly came to the unjust conclu sion, that the Governor was linked with Evan3 to defraud the State Treasury, and so publicly stated. There being not a shadow of justification for this grossly insult ing charge, the said Deputy was dismissed of course. "The Evans steal," which was no steal was a large thing in the speakers sight, but the Democratic steal in New York City, which runs into millions of dollars seemed to be a small thing in the speaker's estimation, notwithstanding it is a "steal" as is a steal Nor did the gigantic "stealings" under the last Democratic administration, which near ly swamped the national finances, visibly disturb the speaker. The speaker, however, succeeded remark ably well in treating the national finance question, which he said was more talked of and less understood than any other question connected with our poli tics. He did not believe his audience understood the question, nor did he himself pretend to, nor did one in ten thousand ful ly understand it The wise, safe, and suc cessful policy of General Grant's adminis tration in paying off our national debt at the rate of one hundred million of dollars a year, and cutting down our taxes over $100,000, 000 at the same time, and reducing the an nual governmental expenses to about $95, 000,000, and at the same time being able to pay our 6 per cent bonds with 5 per cent bonds, this wise and successful policy is so overwhelming to carpers and faultfinders, that it has struck a good many Democrats as dumb as was General McCandles in the Co-art House last Thursday evening. But this stunning effect on the General is probably not very remarkable, for President Grant's financial policy is so grounded in prudence that it naturally commends itself to. the common sense of all observers. We have been induced to follow the speaker this far, in order to lay lieforc our readers the questions and issues as presented by the champion of Democracy in this State. Fellow voters, next Tuesday, you will be called upon to again approve the Republi can principles and policj', which have worked so well in war and in peace for the ast 10 years. The country was never in a more prosperous and hopeful condition. We trust that you will exercise the privi lege of freemen intelligently and wisely. Let no blind prejudice control your action. Let an approving conscience bo. your only im pelling power. There are now in hospital at Lowell, Massachusetts, seventy five, cases of small-pox. BOROUGH AND COUNTY. Cool weather is again on hand. Quinces are selling at $5 per bushel on our streets. Go to Fried's and see his immense stock of goods just received. Tlic remainder of the tomato crop has been destroyed by the frost ' r. The rabbit season opened on Monday last The "cotton-tails" must take it now. Tlic 12th annual exhibition of the Mon roe County Agricultural Society proved a fail ure I Go to Fried's if you wish to purchase a new suit of clothes of the latest styles, and low prices. Wild pigeons have put in an appear ance, and quite a number have been killed by our sportsmen. P 11 adjourned Court will be held, at the Court House in this borough, on Friday October 12th. We had the pleasure of taking our old friend, Samuel Melick, by the hand. Sam, never looked better than he doea now, and it did us good to shake his bones. A series of meetings, to continue throughout the week, are being held in the Methodist Church, in this borough. Services are held both afternoon and evening. If you are in want of a handsome trunk, valise, fancy robe, or, in fact, anything usu ally kept in a first-class store, go to Simon Fried's, opposite The Jeffersonian office. A. steer was slaughtered in Lancaster county, a few days since, and having been opened, the iron prong ot a fork, ten inches in length, was found imbedded in the liver and kidney of the animal. At this time our farmers are very busily engaged in seeding their wheat and rye. Although for the past six weeks the ground has been very dry, the farmers are still push ing along their work. A large amount of land will be put in Winter grain the present season. Narrow Escape. On Thursday last, at the Fairground, a little girl named Emma Hammond, while riding in the flying coach with a "drunken" man, was thrown out and received a severe, but not dangerous gash upon the head. Parents should be careful with whom they trust their children. Simon Fried has just arrived from the city with a fresh supply of goods of the latest styles. Tlic Scrantonians, if we may be permited tojudge by the remarks contained in the Morn ing Republican of Monday last, do not hold Mile. Nilsson, as a "eingist," in very high re pute. That paper, after heading its remarks as "The Three Thousand Dollars Sell," de votes over two columns in criticising her sing ing, and handles her personal character with cut gloves. More 111 valves. AVe understand that Mr. John Forker, alias "Stickem,' proposes opening an Oyster stand in the building next below the Washington Hote on .Mam street. totickem knows how things should be done, and will do it up right in this case, without a donbt. He opens to-morrow (Friday) evening. Look out for extra good "bivalves." .c Merited Distinction. The well known Groton Junction, on the great thorough fare of the Northern Lines to Boston, has ceased to be. With a large and increasing population, proud as well as prosperous, its citizens, in mass meeting assembled, have voted to change the name of their town to "Ayer" after one of the best known men in America, Dr. J. C. Ayer. of Lowell and the legislature of Massachusettss has enacted that decision into law. We commend their choice, for not only is the name short and distinctive, bat Dr. Ayer's medicines have made it gratefully known to the ends of the earth. Probably no living man has carried relief to such co.intlera multt tudes of the sick as he, and this high honor, from his neighbors, tells the estimation in which he is held by those who know him. Bristol Times. Fried has just opened over 50 case o boots and shoes. The Fair. The Twelfth Annual Fair of the Monroe County Agricultural Society, held on their grounds on the 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th days of Sept. proximo, passed off as announced, although it was not in every par ticular, a decided success. The opening day, Tuesday, proved very unfavorable, the air be ing filled with black clouds, and the rain, for a time, coming down in torrents, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightening, and heavy peals of thunder. The reason why our Fairs should not excel in every department, cannot be con ceived by any one, for, as we havejbefore stated, there is in our midst, talented artists in every department of mechanical, agricultural and household skill, and again we assert that no reason can be assigned for this apparent "fall ing off' each year, except it be the very inefll cient management of the concern. By refer ring to our exchange list, we find that the Pairs in all other portions of the country, con tinue, each year, to grow more and more in popular favor, and, from the fact that our Fair grows "smaller and beautifully less" each year, we infer that there must be a "screw loose" somewhere, which should be sought out and remedied at once. The display in the main building was comparatively good, and, in some departments, even excelled that of previous years. It would be impossible for us to enu merate each article separately, and, while the display generally was very good so far as it went, still, there were a few deserving of special mention. N. Kuster.our entemrisins'clothipr a ' - - O 1 made a very handsome display, while our Cabinet makers, to their credit he it said, real- "outdone" themselves. The home-made chairs and bedroom suit, exhibited by S. 8. Lee, were really splendid, and the display made by Lee & Co,, and M. Smiley respectively, was excellent Considerable dissatisfaction was manifested over the result of the "big" trot, which came oil on Friday. In fact, the contest for a time waxed warm, and fearful results were anticipated. And while we do not en courage horse racing in any manner or form at county Fairs we most emphatically fail to see the object of selecting a man from New Jersey or any adjoining State, to serve as jadge of a race on a Pennsylvania course, which, it appears, is invariably the case at our Fair, and a general dissatisfaction ensue?, let him be ever so impartial in his decisions. Let os hope that by the advent of another year these defects may be effectually remedied, as it is a decided fact that then, and not until then, will our Fairs prove a success. The base ball match which took place on Thursday afternoon, on the grounds of the society, between the White Caps of Stroudsburg and the Red Jacket club of Oakland, proved, ns will be seen by the score below, a rather one-sided affair. The Red Jackets are a rising club, however,aud, as this was only the first of a series of cames to be played between these two club.', the cham nionship is far from being decided. Owing to the lateness of the hour, the rain in the mean time sadly impeding the progress of the game, but five innings were plavcd. The following is the score : innings 12 3 4 5 Red Jacket 0 0 2 0 35 White Cans 22 5 5 7 645 Much merriment was created on Friday afternoon, over a running race between two horses, owned by parties in SmithGeld. Mosier entered a handsome bay, and Evan 11 arm an enierea a beast whether mnle or horse it would a very difficult matter for us to decide at all events, it was the worst speci men of a horse we ever saw. The Mosier horse distanced his antagonist from the Mart, and won the race easily. The other beast, when nearing the judges' stand, evidently mticl chagrined at his defeat, suddenly bethought himself to leave the grounds in disgust, and, suiting action to this train of thought, made a plunge through the crowd, and ran off the bridge which stands near the track, pitching the driver headlong into the water. In the excitement of th moment a little girl also fell from the bridge into the water. We are hap py to state, however, that a complete ducking and a big scare, were the extent of their inju ries. It seems almost a miracle, owing to I he large number of people upon the course at the time, that at least some limbs were not broken Upon occasions of this kind, all classes of peo ple are drawn together in one common body There is one class who go there for the purpose of seeing the sights, and enjoying themselves as best as they can. There is anothor class who, it appears, go there for the express puriose of determining Just how much benzine they can navigate under, and, after getting their skins thoroughly soaked, to make themselves utterly obnoxious in the sight of all well-thinking peo ple. Of the latter class there were large num bers present, both on Thnrsday and Friday, the two Lost days of the rair, and the special police, appointed for the occasion, were kept very busy, quelling riots, etc- etc. And thus commenced and ended, the Twelfth Annual Fair. Court Proceedings. The case on trial when we went to press last week, was Com. vs. Joseph L. Snyder, indic ted for Kane. After hearing the evidence in the case, the jury rendered a verdict of guilty of Assault and Uattery with the intent to commit rape. Subsequently, on motion of Defendants Counsel, a rule was granted, returnable to next term of tourt, to show cause why a new trial should not be granted. Ezra Merwine vs. Charles Henry Thomas Mcllhaney and Robert Huston. Summons in trespass, to recover the value of a Yoke of Oxen, belonging to plaintiff, sold by Sherifl Henry, as the property of Nathan Ivnox on Judgement held against him by Mcllhaney & Huston. Verdict for PlaintiU)" with damages against Henry & Huston, amounting to $ and costs of suit. Borough of Stroudsburg vs. S. S. Deeher and Thoniaa M. Mcllhaney. Sderi facias sur. Mechanics Lean. This was an action brought by the borough to recover for pavement laid in front of property of defendants, in Stroudsburg, under ordinance directing said paving to be done. Verdict for Plaintiff for $91.16. Sheriff Merwine, in open Court ackn woleuVrd deeds in open Court for property sold, as fol lows. To Theodore Bush, for Twentv Acres of land situate in Smithfield townshiD. "Consideration $225. To John Slutter, for tract of land in Hamil ton township. Consideration $150. lo Stephen Kistler, for tract of land in Tunkhannock township. Consideration $5o0. 10 rump Miller, for two lots of land in the borough of Stroudsburg. Consideration $900. J nomas 31. 3Icllhanev. was nnnointed minr- dian of minor children ofWm. Kinker. The hule granted at a late term of Court, in case of Garret Kamsey and Joel Williams vs. iuauiua craraer. on a motion for a new trial reluscd. The School Directors of East Stroudsbnr were authorized to borrow $2,500 tobennnliod to the building of a School House. Mathias bhaler. cmardian of the Estate of f.mma truster, Isaac T. Shuster and Susanna Shuster, was ordered to nav over to Jacob M Shuster money in his hands. J n the matter of the Estate of fim. G. Shafor deceased, petition was read and decroe snl nf said real estate granted. Jbliza 15. Dowlintr vs. Ilenrv O. Dowlinff Application for Divorce decree of T)!rrirfp granted Petition of Barnett Vliet to innnirp wltW oamuei tester is a lunatic, read, whereupon the Court directs an inmirat lw imnonnoiui O . J from the Jury in attendance at the Court fo tw fteld Lec. 4th next, at 2 oclnck n m r. iarue was appointed guardian of Mary A. Lurue. a minor. t xt t ' . 7 : lhe petition of John Merwine, setting forth that Peter Gilbert. Assignee of Daniol Keroh. ner, and wife for the benefit of creditors was read, and citation awarded ajrainst Raid nasi. gnee, to file Jiis account according to th nmw. er of the petitioner. James II. alton.' waa annointed Auditor tn mane distribution of the fund in th hnn,U re onas. Li. hrantz, Assignee of Samuel Ilartsell. . I ne iollowin? persons wero nntnrai;?.l Martin Scranlan, Henry Lanpford, Jolin Ualtz, Patrick Laughlin and Michael Ilanev ADJOURKED COURT. On Monday Oct. 2nd. an Ad; was held, when the Argument list was taken up, and the following matters disposed of. In the matter of the rul mmn tv. n.,i Commissioners to nav cert an fnv ti. School District of Barrett township. Joseph Strunk vs. Christopher Marsh eject ment. , Rule to show MIHn whir ct Bhall not be dissolved. Estrenement dissolved. Edward and Ralnh . MoaJ.. rv JaCOb Li. WVckofT. Rlll tn clxtw PniKr vuh judgment shall not be vacated and set aside. Argued. Jesse R. Smith fit. al. v. A. T!..T.,.l, - v UV 1 1 . ltule to sjiow cause whv the cases shall nnt l.a certified under the Act of Assembly of wApril OBl. 1QTO 4 1 J The Petition of C. D. RroilhM.l or . b, .Major, a minor, was read, and guar dian authorized to pay Jsaac DeLong $43 for support of said minor for past year. Adjourned. FRAXK D. COLXIXS, STAXD Up j You are the Democratic candidate for State Senator, and as such the people want to know, and have a right to know just what kind of a man you are, so that they may be able to judge whether jou will be likely to honor or to disgrace the honorable position which you ask at their hands. Mr. Collins, we are going to charge upon you grave and serious mis demeanors, and we do this not because of any ill feeling toward you, but as a duty' we owe to the public. You have placed yourself in a position which makes it im peratively necessary that you be exposed so that you may not have an opportunity to betray still greater trnats than you have done in the past. Frank D. Collins ! For about two years you have occupied the position of District Attorney of the Mayor's Court of the city of Scranton, and during that time you have used that office, not for the purpose for which the office was created, but yow have used it for the purpose of making money for yourself. We charge it upon you, in the name of the outraged people,, (and especially the tax-payers) ot the' city and district, that you have prostituted the office of District Attorney totbevileBt corruption and venality, for your own pro fit and aggrandizement. You and your time-serving friends may say to vs prove it. This we propose to do as follows : The other day, when Judge Wardf while the Mayor's Court was in session, took up the criminal docket, what did he discover? He found that in Jinn, dreds of cases, icltQrtin partiei hate leeit indicted for offtiixe against the law, the guilty have Hrvtr been brought before the Court fur trial. Judge Ward found, far ther that in scores of cases, where prosecu tors were returned by the grand jury to pay the costs in bills reported ignoramus, such prosecutors have never been brought into court to be sentenced. We do not wonder that Judge Ward, and the people who understood the nature of the circum stances, were staggered when they found! how things had been going on, but even mare astounding revelations have beei made since. When it was discovered how Frauk Collins, the late District At torney, had been doing the work, the court issued the following order : "Now, Sept. 18, 1871, Court order aod direct the Clerk of the Court, to issue bench warrants for all persons on whom costs were imposed by the Grand and Traverse Jurors at any preceeding Term of this Court, who have not been sen tenced by the court or have not paid such costs, and iu which no rule is pending." The Clerk of the Court, in compliance with the above order, has already issued about three hundred capiases in the or der. The execution by the Marshal of these warrants is revealing the fact that Frank D. Collins has not only trifled with the duties of the office to which the peo ple elected him, but that he has also ap propriated to his own use money which belonged tothe city, and which an honest official would have paid into the city treas ury. Every person upon whom the Mar shal has served a warrant in the above cases, has refused to come into court, and all alike assert that they paid the costs in their cases to frank D. Collins, the District Attorney ! Some of these par ties say they paid Collins 820, others as high as S50. JVot a cent of this monry has found, its icay into the treasury ! hrank D. Collins, stand up! What have you doue with this, the people's money ? Here are over three huudred cases of persons indicted of crime. Did you as- same to yourself the functions of Court and jury, and dispose of these cases ? There are, as we are informed, several hundred cases in which the Grand Jury directed prosecutors to pay costs, aggre gating thousands of dollars. These per sons claim that they paid tho costs iuto your hands, yet the Court has no rocord ot it, and the Treasurer of the city has no accouut 01 having received such monies from vou. This monev belonged to the people. We might refer in detail to not less than twenty of the cases above re ferred to. Your conduct, ns city attor ney, needs an explanation, Mr. Collins- before the people will feel disposed to ad vance you to a position in which the op-. portunities for general stealing are on a more magnificent scale than in the Dis trict Attorney's office of this city. Frank Collins has boasted that he made $5,000 a year out of the District Attor ney's office. When we take the above facts into consideration, we do not doubt it,but the higgest portion of tho money belonged into the city treasury instead of Frank Collins' pocket. And uow this brazen faced young District 'Attorney, who not only outraged the people of this city by settliug with indicted criminals, instead of bringing them before the court for trial, and of pocketing thousands of dollars which belonged to the city, asks the people to elect him to the State Sen ate I Frank Collins, you have had a trial in public office, and you have proved yourself not only unfaithful in the dis charge of the duties of the office, but you have shown that you are void of those high principles of honesty and integrity which the people have a right to deuiauJ of those who seek positions of honor and distinction. Deny the charges which we here make, against you, if you can, but if you do we will furnish the proof necessary not only to establish your guilt but also to show that we are ouly actuated, in niakiog this, exposure, by a patriotic duty in endeavor ing to save the district from the everlast ing disgrace and reproach of being rc-. presented in the State Senate, by oue who cannot hold up his head among, honest aod honorable meu and' show . clean record. We make these charges, believing them , to bo true, and now n nlr nv fair- minded Democrat or llenublican to no to. the Court Records, or the Droner officers Of the COUrt. and aatile themselves. whether or not we are right. Frank Collins, stand up, and let the-- peoplc see who and what you are, before you ask them to vote for you. Srjnto.i Jiejubitcan,
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