New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-08
THE ALLEGED FRAUDS IN TIE ELECTION
OF MIR. SCRANTON.
Correspondence of The N. Y Tribune.

LUzERsE Co., Penu., June f. 1860.
The people of this section have read with unfeigned
surprise the proceedings of Congress the LIST inst
The application of Mr.. Winsow for subpenas to
parties here and elsewhere to testify in relation to
alleged corruption in tue election Of our Congress- 1na
Representative, came us lie clap Of thunder from
cloudless sky. Gov. Winslpw has been sadly misled
Some bitter foe Of Col Scranton has made the accom-
plisbed member from North Carolina the vehicle Of
personal grudge or partisan animOsity. Neither Col
Scranton hIs trieads will shrink from tho fullest
investigation and closest scrutiny On tue contrary
they court it, satisfied as they are that this malignant
effort TO make personal or party capital against him will
only rebound to bis credit.
Ii may be inexplicabe to outsiders that COL Scran.
ton should have been elected by upward Of 1000 ma.
iority in district overwhelmingly Democratic az
this but the causes Of il are well understood here
Prominent among them the tariff issue. This dis
trict comprises an immense iron and coal interest It's
prosperity depends ON the demand for these great
staples. Tie crash Of 1857 DESTROYED the market for
both 1t was known that manufacturing interests
were Frustrated ty tho excessive imporatons of for
egn fabrics while the country was drained of s re-
sources TO pay for them Our miners, our puddlers,
and our workers. rs well as our farmers understood
full well hat this prosraon Of home manufacturing
interests destroyed the demand for their products.
They knew too that the pledges of Democratic lea lera
were unreliable. They were deceived in 1914 by the
false cry Of "Polk, Dallas and the Tariff OF 1872"
and they have since the Democratic party of the
Ntaie us lily 10 protective UrucipcT,
while outside of tie State it secuted ~ them; and
hundreds Of them determined TO teach the party a
lesson-and they did ii.
But there was smother striking cause. Mr.. NJ
Reynolds, the Colonies opponent one of the most
unpopular men that could have been put up. He was
veteran uocal hack, who has been repeatedly repu-
dated by lis equity. His political career has been
signalized by broken promises and nQ!lited pledges,
aud those be had bera we'd took occasion to reGem5er
the Injustice, while scores Of thinking Democrats de-
bounced the selection OF 30 incompetent candidate.
His own County Of Columbia, when is ordinarily good
for 200 or Loo Democratic majority, gave 46j
against him.
Bu' not the least cause of this extraordinary rsyolu
ton in public sentiment the we-kuown character
of tie Colonel himself His career awakened the pop
uar enthusiasm. Twenty years ago. he came into
Lackawanna Valley, then a sparsely-setled region,
with not more than 5000 inhabants whose habits
were simple and resources bat slender In a compara
tive wilderness, cut oil from a market, and with
facilities for getting to il, he started furnace, in
necon with one or two others. The beginning was
SMALL twas coldly looked upoD The daring project
which he had conceived Of planting busy, thriving
town in this secluded valley was often threatened with
destruction; hut il prosecuted with vig1r ana
enterprise chat knew 10 such word rs fan Foreign
assistance was invoked and secured, under ciTcum.
stances that would have dsheaGtened less determined
spirits. rolioe mill started; an outlet was at
bet obtained by a railroad connection with the Ers a.
Great Bend coal mines were started beau.ii u.ly-
planned town laid out bearing bis name, which, with
rccIe Of hotels, It's dozen churches, aud upward OF
200 inhalitauts is noble testimonial 10 tle euter
mi g ard taste Of tie men who gave II birth; and
finally that grand achievement Of modern engineering
was built--the Southern division Of the Dea@are,
Laclawauna and Western Railroad, which climbs Tue
summit Of tie lofty Pocono, winds IN among mountain
1asfnefsoe before inaccessible and bea down % the
seaboard upward of 100000 tuns Of coal "a month,
while more than 90 coo inhabitants ply their varied IN
dulry in Ills busy valley Ii isnO eXaggerdtion TO say
that upward OF Sf0000OO0 of capital have been intro
duced into tits district largely through the instrument
fafv Of that little furnace started twenty years ago in
Slocum Holow, while the taxable valuation has IN
creased tenfold. Throughout this entire period Col.
Scranton Jas maintaiucd an unspoited name. No man
obarces him with uukop faith 0r violated honor. Ills
feloW- it,zens are proud Of bis career. They knew
tat he was 10 be- relied Tor the jealous defense OF
their Interests, beeaus spr giug ro the ranks Of he
olorfr Ineclf s prosperity as coal and iron worker
wa identified with teirs. His name Wa mentioned
bu, short while before the nomination. Inc sugy,s-
ton t,o ike wildre. IL was heartily ndorsad ineyrry
county in the district. iiseecton was the work oil ne
DoDf not the politicians. His own town gave INN 50
ont Of gS7 votes 4 number Of prominent Democrats
were amoug is most active and jealous supporters.
liz election was not claimed then or since 10 parry
triumph On tie contrary, few weeks AFTER hs
election lis friends assembled IN Scranton, Wlnlnl
distiaction Of Dorfy IN one OF the largest gatherings
ever held in North Pennsylvania 20 eXchfngr eoDe'a-