Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-04-23
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1t wns a political necessity TO turn
Mr. Shugart out OF his scat IN the SEN
ate. With him, tho Democrats had
II, and TO these are sure to be added
the Senators TO be elected in the Lu-
zcrnc and Adams districts Two Sem
ators arc TO be elected in Philadelphia,
and the Radicals fear the coming
wrath Of the people there. lfbut one
of them were gained, the Democrats
would have the Senate, and the profits
OF the ring, the power Of the majority
and the patronage of the Senate would
have passed from their hands. Hence
Shugart must be sacrificed. 1t has
been done. Wanton violation of their
oaths, utter pcrversion of the testimo-
ny, and obedience to the behests OF
the party have signalzod the action
of tho Radicals on that committee
To the betrayal of their trust they
now add the stale cry of fraud. To
cover up their own wrong thoy delib-
crately charge the Democracy with
frauds which are proven upon them-
selves. Their oion report admits that
6S fraudulent voteS were polled for
Robinson in the District, and they
charge that but 23 were polled foI
Shugart. In this they show tioice as
much fraud as they charge upon us
They admit that one Of their own dis
tricts was illegally counted. They
re-vamp Know Nothingism and at
tack the vote at Philipsburg, because
of alleged fraudulent naturalization
papers. Their newspapers teem with
falsehoods in reference to the vote
polled there, and they deliberately lie
in their comments upon the testimo-
ny. They charge that eighty fraud
ulent votes were polled. The peti-
ton OF Robinson shows that but forty.
tDo were claimed, and the positive
proof was that but fifteen Of the rail
road hands voted at the two polls
Nine Of these were accounted for as
naturalized citizens, and the remain
ing sir it is fair to suppose were voted
by O'Meara, for the Radicals, for il
was proven that he ioas employed and
paid for that purpose bythem. This il
truly "much cry and little WOOL
Their newspapers assert that the
Democratic State Committee was con.
nccted with this alleged fraud. This
is another base falsehood for party
purposes. If this were true, why il
the report of the majority silent upon
the subject The testimony utterly
disproved this unfounded assertion OF
their partizan press. No man-not
even O'Meara-proved anything that
implicated that committee in the
slightest degree, and Mr.. Tracy dis
tinctly swore that Mr. Wallace refus.
ed to give any money or have any,
thing to do with giving money to buy
0'Meara's absence. twas not neoes
sary TO do so, for he was Of bad char.
acter and was successfully impeached.
This whole cry of fraud at Philips
burg, and fraudulent naturalization
papers, is the fimsey pretext 10 cover
up the gross wrong they commit in
ousting Shugart. 1t is a deliberate
porversion OF the truth, in order "a
attack foreign born citizens. 1t is
another out-cropping Of the old vice
of Know Nothingism. The men who
concocted it are fit agents in such o
work. Swoope, the counsel in the
case, was "Head Centre" of the Know
Nothings in '55. Fisher, one of the
Committee, but last week denounced
"the Democratic party as composed o.
bog-trotting Irishmeu and siodg-bellied
lager beer Dutchmen," and Landon,
another of the same Committee, on the
Same day, asserted "thdt a negro pdS
more entitled to the electiue franchise
than an HiShmdn." Is 1T strange that
such men should concoct this story Of
fraudsH They hope to aid their par
ty, whilst they glut their prejudices
The calm and clear report of the mi.
nority Of the Committee effectually
disposes Of this infamous cry offraud.
The Radicals throw out the whoIc
UOte Of Rush township because Of these
alleged frauds. The Judge of that
election swears that but SIR Hishmen
voted at that poll on that day. Shu-
CARTS majority there was 81. By this
gross outrage the whole of the people
there arc disfranchised. They throw
out 33 in Philipsburg, whilst the proof
was clear that but tDelUc of the Irish.
men voted there on that day. They
refused to reject the vote of Taylor
township, Blair county, although the
officers 0ere not sioorn yet they rejec.
ted the whole vote OF Carbon town
ship, Huntingdon county, because
there was a drunken man in the room
during the day. That district gave
Shugart So majority, whilst Taylor
township gave Robinson S5 majority.
In five other districts in Huntingdon
county greater irregularities were
shown than in Carbon district, yot
they are counted as 867 majority for
Robinson, whilst Carbon is thrown
out.
An infamous wrong has been per.
petrated in this matter for purely par
tisan purposes. A Senator elected by
the people has bcen elected from his
seat and his constituents outraged by
imposing upon them a Senator whom
they had deservedly repudiated. lie
will reflect no honor on their cause.
Their cry of fraud will recoil upon
themselves. The people of the district
lxnoNy tho faotu ond tko., ,,.;li -. a