White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-10-15
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The truth of this saying is'being con-
tinually verified and what is said Of
murder will apply to rsseality generally.
An instance has rsceusIy come to light.
1t will be remembered that. during the
late exciting Presidential canvass, there
was large number Of Fillmore papers in
Pennsylvania but that suddenly. more
thar ) dozen Of them hauled down the
flag. and run Up that Of Fremont, under
this pretext and that one, and became
very severe upon those papers which would
not follow suit The organ at the Capital,
the Harrisburg Herald. ives one Of these.
The publisher was President Of the Amer
lean State Council, and he used all his
efforts to induce the Council to rePG-
diate Fillmore and indorse Fremont
These papers accused those that still kept
up the Fillmore flag. of having been
bought by the Democrats. About this
time, one Thomas HyFords of Ohio, was
stamping it through Pennsylvania; and
his appearance in town where Fillmore
paper was published, was frequently fol-
lowed by the hauling down Of the Amer
lean flag from the masthead Of the paper,
and glowing accounts in its columns, of
the powerful and convincing argument of
Captain Ford I Bat revelation has re-
Gently been made, which shows what the
convincing arguments really were.
Capt. Ford was Entrusted with monies
raised in Ohio, for certain electioneering
purposes in Pennsylvania. The New York
Herald, which was supporting Fremont
accused Ford of having misapplied the
funds, or appropriating them to his own
use. To clear himself of the charge,
Ford placed memorandum Of the monies
he had expended, in the hands of DR.. w.
w. Woodward. of Philadelphia, that
the DIR. might be prepared to refutap the
charge. By some means. Hon. 81. B.
Swope, Chairman Of the American State
Committee of Pennsylvania, recently got
hold of the memorandum, and procured
DR.. Woodward's affidavit as to its genu-
ineness, and the manner in which he be-
came possessed of it. In recent speech
in Philadelphia, Mr.. Swope made the
document public, much to the disgrace of
the journals that had so suddenly discov-
cred the error of their ways. Here is the
list: -.-.
John j. Carlisle, President of the
American State Council, and publisher of
the Harrisburg Herald, $1,000; Ship
pensburg News. $3.50 :. Carlisle Demo
GRAFT, $500; Gettysburg Sentinel, $500 /;
Bedford Inquirer and Chronicle. $500 !;
Mercersburg journal, $3.50 Lock Haven
American Waterman, 1925; Neon
nellsburg Republican, 1925; Altoona
Tribune, 1925 Milton Democrat, $3.50;
Muncy Luminary, $3.50; Miflinburg
Star, 1926 /; Perry Advocate, $3.50 Ly-
ken's Journal, $3.50 Lewiston Gazette,
s75; John j. Clyde. for travelling ex-
penses, s95. s..s
Here it is-6fteen newspapers, the
President of State Council, and one
mans travelling expenses, all for Sc, 400!
One paper for the immense sum of S75 !
Verify, principles are cheap in Pennsyl-
vania; and papers that could thus be
bought, were no loss nor gain to any par
ty. There are other papers besides tho
ones on the above list, which were also
bought out, whose names are shortly to
be given. Among them were distributed
$1,000. Also papers bought by other
agents than Gov. Ford. For some reason,
satisfactory to himself, Mr.. Swope with
holds their names for the present.
Now, for the other side. The PhiIa-
delphia News supported Fillmore from
first to last, and it was proclaimed by
the Fremont presses throughout the
North, that the News was in the pay of
the Democrats, to prevent the opposition
from uniting upon Fremont The Phila-
delphia Sun made the charge in more
direct manner than any other paper. The
publishers Of the News sued the publish
ers of the Sun for libel, The latter could
not substantiate the charges in the slight
est particular, and have been stuck"
for heavy damages.
Truly politics is a rascally trade-and
the campaign of 1856, for bribery and
corruption, surpassed all the former Pres
iiential campaigns combined
The ISDrANs.-We must not neglect
to say something about our duskv neigh