Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-10-07
SJJNBJJRY AMERICAN AND SHAMOKIN JOUNRAT.
MIR. BRreHr,s VOTES & THE MrLroNrAN.

MIR. BRIGHT,s VOTES THE MILTONIAN.
II is hard to believe that any other than an
apostate could be guilty of the perversion Of
facts which we find in the Mil.onian upon
the public acts of Mr.. Bright. Presuming
upon the ignorance Of the people of this coun-
ty, the assistant editor of The Miltonian, who,
by the way is patent democrat, has endea-
vored, in several Of the last numbers Of that
paper, to misrepresent our candidate for Sem
ator upon questions which came up before the
Legislature whilst he was representative. |
We had not intended troubling our readers |
with a reference TO the journal Of the House
10 disprove the charges fthe Milo ,ial but, 8
they are persisted in, we will ''show, from the
journals" the wiful attempt 10 falsify Mr..
Brght's position.
The first charge is that Mr.. Bright voted
against tariff resolution, offered on the 9th
of February, 1s4e, by Mr. Burrell, a demo-
cratic member of the House of Representa-
tive. The editor fails TO give his readers the
facts in the case, which are necessary to a
proper understanding of this vote. We shall
do so for him, and substantiate our assertion
that he has published garbled extracts from the
journal On the 9th of February, 1916, the
House resolved itself into committee of the
whole, OH resolution from the Senate ''rela-
tive to the tariff" The resolution, as repor-
ted from the Senate, approved of the princi-
pies of the tariff act of 1912. Mr.. Burrell, not
looking upon that act with much favor, offer
ed an amendment 10 the original resolution,
which MIR Bright very wisely opposed, 10
have an opportunity 10 cast his vote for that
which more correctly reflected the sentiments
of his constituents. The amendment was lost,
after which the vote was taken upon the ori-
ginal resolution, and it was carried by vote
of 79 to l3, with Mr.. Bright's name recor-
ded in the affirmative. (See vol. 1, House
Journal, p. 1897 No comments are necessa-
nv on the above facts, showing the dishonesty
of the charge accusing Mr.. Bright with hostil-
ity to measure which he has ever faithfully
stood by, and of which fact nine-tenths of
the voters of this county are well aware.
The second charge is that che voted a.
gainst nstructing our Senators and members
of Congress 10 vote against United States
Bank and the distribution Of the proceeds of
the sales of the public lands" After the
vote had been taken on the tariff resolution
above alluded 10, and Immediately before il
was prepared for the third reading, Mr.. Pio-
lett made motion 'that the resolution be
committed 10 committee of the whole House,
for the purpose of amending the same" by in
sering the instructions which are made the
basis OF this charge. Against this motion MIR
Bright voted, but, the question being decided
in the affirmative, and the committee repor.
ting in favor of the amendment, he voted Oh
the final passage of the resolution in it's favor
(See vol. 1, House Journal p. 1876 Here
again is exhibited the editors propensity fol
torturing facts which are now recorded as a
matter of history.
The third charge we shall notice, is tha
he voted to advertise for sale the public work:
of the stale, Fin direct opposition 10 the view!
i -vur,vt . i"o"i'y Oaius, uIl,
perverting truth will again be seen BY refer
j.
this charge The section referred TO doe.
not auihorise the sale of the public works, Of
require them TO be advertised for SALE as j.
falsely stated by the Mitonian, but refer.
merely to receiving proposals through the
Canal Commissioners, which proposals. and
other information, were TO be submitted to the
next Legislature for their future action when
1t was for them to say whether, or not, they
should be sold. The evident intention of the
editor was to deceive his readers, by making
them believe MIR. Bright voted for the sale OF
the public works instead of voting for a sec.
ton which was intended TO ascertain their
value, &c. Mr. Bright has always been op.
posed to their sale, while Mr.. Frick, on the
other hand, favored such measure
In regard to his vote on the Oregon ques-
ton, MIR. Bright voted to substitute the peo-
pie of the U. States. instead of the President
alone, who is included and no democrat will
find fault with that vote. See page Sc.
We deem ii unnecessary to offer any fur
ther remarks upon the subjec No voter
in the district, Democrat or Wing, can jusl-
fy man in such wilful and palpable at
lempts at Misrepresentation. Let every in
dependent voter then, show his adherence
OF this base attempt at deception, by casting
his suffrage against the candidate who makes
use OF 1t to promote his own selfish ends, at
the expense of justice as well as moral hon.
esty,
WHICH Is THE G nIRI I,Is