Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-07-12
MIR. IVES BACKED OFF!
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| The State Central Committee of the Buch-
aniers has compelled Timothy Ives, the nomi-
nee for Surveyor General to decline, and a
/ Convention is called at Chambersburg on the
| 9th of August to nominate another candidate
There are no reasons publicly assigned for this
strange procedure, but it leaked out some
time since that some of Mr.. Ives dealings in
his official capacity as Superintendent of the
Portage road, were not exactly of character
to recommend him to public favor, and that
measures were on foot by the State Central
Committee to procure from him declination
The key to the mystery is contained in the
following extract from the Westmoreland Ar
gus, democratic paper
"I 1t will be seen that we have removed the
name of Timothy Ives from our columns as a
candidate for Surveyor General. In justifica-
tion Of this course, we will, at this time SIM
ply remark, that charges of very grave ma
ture have been made against Mr. Ives, in his
official capacity as Superintendent of motive
power on the State works. 1t appears that
recently, Mr.. Banks Auditor General discov-
cred that about tive thousand dollars had been
drawn from the treasury, some two years since
by Mr.. Ives, on false or forged estimates
On discovering the fraud, Mr.. Ives was sent
for, and frankly admitted that the voucher in
question: was fraudulent but denied all know
ledge of the base character of the paper and
| alleged that it was done by his clerk, Thomas
McGuire. McGuire was examined, and adj
mittcd the spurious character of the paper
and in explanation, said that the paper had
been drawn up as a form or copy, to follow in
making out proper estimates, and that it had
been sent to the Auditor Generals by mistake !!
in place of the genuine paper, and thus the
two thousand dollars was wrongfully drawn
from the treasury. Mr. Ives offered to with
draw the paper, and refund the money, but Mr.
Banks refused to let the paper out of his Office
Mr.. Ives received the money and asseverates
his entire innocence in the matter He may
be-we trust he is The explanation of Mr.
Mcclure may be true, but candor compels us
to say, that if we have been correctly inform
ed as to the facts, no explanation can remove
the brand, either of imbecility, culpable negli-
geuce, or rank dishonesty We understand
that the State Committee have had several
meetings to investigate the charge"
We take it, what our readers will consider
is the strangest part of the whole transaction
is that the Committee with JOHN W FoRNEY
at its head, should all at once have such
tender regard for the reputation of its candi-
dates. Mr. IVES is no worse to day than when
he was nominated. He is one of the class of
political adventurers who consider the demo-
cratic organization as subseryient to their per
monwealth, a fair object of peculation. Had
Mr.. BUCHANAN not been candidate, we ven
ture to say that the State Central Committee,
and the Buchanier press generally, would have
pronounced the statement we have quoted
above, vile fabrication. But Mr. Buchsn-
ans elevation demands the sacrifice, and Mr..
Ives becomes political Jonah.