New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-17
ANOTHER cur or PENysYEvANI1 COFFEE.

double, triple, quadrupie, and qulntuple voting
in PENNSYLVANIA i'll 1867, we confess that we
did not for a moment dream that we had
lighted upon a placer, so to speak, OF such ex-
traordinary and romantic richness. AS the
documentary and other evidence accumulates
upon our hands, we begin to think that this IS
one of these public rascalities which are des-
tined to become historical. The XXlst Sena-
torial District of Pennsylvania will be famous
hereafter. The County of Luzerne has achieved
a perennial notOriety. Mr.. Shugarts majority
of twenty-five will make him more celebrated
man than if it had been twenty-five thousand !;
and far better would it have been for HIM, ana
for his party, if he had vacated his ill-gotteh
seat i'm the Senate upon demand instead OF
provoking n searching investigation which has
left him without shred to cover his moral
nakcdness If he had been a wise person, he
would rs soon have thought of sitting for any
other counties in the State as for Blair, Hun
tngton, Centre, Miilin,' Perry, and Juniata
Briefly promising that Shugart was returned as
elected by 1412i votes over Robson who had
ATOP, We proceed to notice some OF tho lovely
ways and delightful means by which Shugart
accumulated his pile and thimble-rigged his
way for time into the Senate.
I'm the statements which follow, we shall use
as orr authority the sworn testimony before
the Legislative Committee as printed In the
Daily Legislative Record. Centre County is
what. as the reader will please remember the
Democratic emissaries were pleased to charac-
terize as ga Republican hole" NJ. 0Meara
testifes Legislative Record p. ,406) that ne
Il I'LL oI no
for a railroad building in Clearield and Centre
Counties, and by one Patrick German, WHO
was walking boss" These worthless conided
to the witness their intention of running in
"votes enough to carry Centre County" In
pursuance of this scheme, as O'Meara swcars
about 100 men were marched to Pbilipsburg
provided with fraudulent naturalization papers
obtained i'm Luzen County. These papers, ~
ONIeara further testifcs, were cOored 20 give
them the appearance of age, by soaking them
in coffee, and there is evidence that Sheriff
Perks superintcnded the operation. This is
the O'Meara who, after the frauds were dis
covered, was paid $500, through a Catholic
priest, to prevent his becoming witness.
o.. II. 1.407) Lcde. the walking boss on the
railway, seems TO have been also boss of this
sharp operation, and it was at his request as
the assessor of Philipsburg borough testliies,
that forty-tWo names were placed on
the lists fourteen days before the cleo
ton When election day came, this
Lede. at Phlipsburg, brought up a
squad of twenty-five lrishmen to vote the
Democratic ticket, all from the Clearfcld Rail
road, and all cOl0nzcd at Gray's tavern. " A
"few days after" says the witness, the men
cleft the tavern and in a short time were back
ain Clearfeld County, ". testimony OF Frank
Fleming, L. r., p. 14O8.' The naturalization
papers upon which these men voted were ex-
amined by another witness who noticed that
"thcy were colored, but that they had on them
"revenue stamps which were not colOred, and
"they had no SEAL ". testimony of j. p.
Williams l.. r., p 1909 Another witness. G.
II. Zegler, was an inspector, lived in Philips
burg knew every body in Phlipsburg, and
swears distinctly that "a short time before
election about eighty-fye men were brought
into the borough they oil had naturalization
papers: these were of so suspicious a char
acter that witness objected to the holders
voting upon them, but was overruled by the
judges Mr.. Heigler continued TO object and to
challenge while this sham vote was pouring
in, until toward evening, when, finding his re-
mOnstrances Of no avail, he held lis peace.
How old are you ~ he asked of one
of these freshly imported citizens. 4 Nineteen,"
answered the patriotic but not Over-inteigent
youth. 81 handed him back, ~ says Mr.. Zegler,
"his paper and tax-rcceipt,l and he left" ".
test. of G. II. Zeigler,;L. r.. p. 1,4OS). Another
witness, who was clerk at the October election
of 1867, in Philipsburg, testiies that he kept a
list of the names of the voters upon these
colOred naturalization papers, but as he was
green enough to leave it or the table when he
went to. supper, of course it was taken care
of by the Democratic Judge during his alb
sence, and singularly enough it never turned
up again. Perhaps the Judge is sitting on it
to this day. In this official record we encOun-
ter again our old friend John Casey. He is
the man who, after giving his testimony o.. r.,
p. LAID, was waylaid and beaten with clubs
$50 that he died of his wounds" AS Johns
testimony is brief, comprehensive and charac-
teristic, we venture to give it in FULL
John Casey, sworn-I was working on the railroad for
Mr. Collins at the October qs67 election; was boarding
Lede took me up 10 vote gave me the NATURALIZATION
paper and put 1t in cannot read am as ignorant as
paste: put the paper In my pocket cannot tel what
became OF IT.; was never naturalized: never was in
Court before this Lede told me to vote voted Demo
cratic.
of course, he voted Democratic, poor, SIM
pie soul, and pretty hard it was for him to be
Knocked on the head SO soon after for doing
it, 10y his very tempters. Why did MT the Hon.
Mr. Shugart interpose to save the life OF this
twenty part of his dearly bought ma
jorityP Unfortunate John Casey!
Robert Lloyd the hOtel-keeper at Phlipsburg
no doubt made very good thing out of this
Democratic invasion, but he appears to have
testified with perfect cand0r, and the other