Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-05-14

tho committee. Ihe{t tdeducted Mir
ty.three from the number OF votes poll
cd for me in the borough of Philips
burg, Centre county, throw out The
entire poll of Rusl township, in The
same county, and aso throw out tb,
entire poll Of Carbon township, Hun
tingdon county. Upon what pretext
was this donel ( 3lb 2
In the LIST, 2dand I'd specifications o.
the contestants petition it is charged
in substance, that a large number oi
unnaturalized foreigners, working up
on the Tyrone & Cbarfeld railroad
in Clearfield county, were sent into
Rush township and Philipsburg bor-
ough, and there voted upon forged
naturalization papers casting their
votes for me, that they were sent
there with the avowedpurpose of con-
trolling the election, and left as soon
as they had voted The names OF
forty-two persons so alleged to have
illegally voted for me an given in
these specifications. instead of at
tempting to prove one ty one that
these forty two persons mined voted
in either of the districts mentioned,
that they had no right tovote, either
because they were unnahralized for
eigners, or BY reason of tieir non.res-
idence, and that they cast sheir bal
lots for me, contestants counsel Mt
tempted by the testimony of one Nj
chael OMcara, who swre mostly 70
hearsay declarations of hird parties.
to prove the charge as awhole. Yet
under all Of the evidence offered and
received, for the double purpose Of
influencing this case ana creating a
prejudice against the Democratic mar.
ty, which might be usedbv our enc.
mics in future campaigns, DOSE. yapue
and indefinite as the eyidsnce was Il
is not proven that even one ~ The
forty.two persons named wted ;llegaI.
Iy or voted for ma on the o,6er
hand. the poll lists of tb,se two d;s.
tricts show that only fiftmn NJ those
forty.two persons named yoted M ali
three in Rash township md twolvc In
the borough of Philipsburo Oftbese
fifteen il was clearly proy,n that two
were regular citizens Of Pbilinshurc
and legal voters, and that seven otb'
ers of the fifteen were rog,larlv nat.
uralized in the eourts az ScbnvlkiIl
and Luzernc Counties Asto The 10.
naming six no direct evidenca conld
be had identifying them bm n was
proven by the officers of the election
that some of the naturalization naners
voted upon bv these men that dav
were issued by eourts In the state of
New York and in the counties Of Cam.
bria and Elk in this state nono of
which papers were even alleged 10 he
forged or fraudulent.
Michael O'Meara was shown 90
be entirely unworthy of oredence by
every kind of TESTIMONY by which a
man could be discredied' lie was
positively contradicted in almost ey.
cry important statement hc made, by
witnesses whose truth and yeracity
were above suspicion. He was prov.
en- by q largo number Of respectable
persons TO have borne abad character
for truth and yeracity in every place
he ever lived in America. and was
not to be believed on oath In add.
ton to this. it was proven and not at
to be denied, that he tamper-
ed with witnesses subpennd by us.
that he made thom drunk in order 10
prevent their testifyinp and then at
tempted 10 bribe them to leave Har-
All this was in evidence be-
fore the committee, and vet not one
syllable of it is mentioned in the re.
port of the majority. Ny counsel of.
iered to provo to the committee that
O'Meara had stated that he was TO re.
,eive TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS II he
succeeded in swearing Robson into
ais scat, and at other times had boas.
ed that no had voted the Irishmen
It Philipsburg for the rcpublicans
This offer was rejected by the com.
nittce as was also the offer TO proye
hat III. b. Swoope of Clear6eld had
stated that he was sure of bavinc the
arrost lcpublican vote in Pbilinsbnrg
,yer polled. as ho had an Irish boss
'all right" even after Il was in eyi.
lenco that days before anv railroad
,ands were sent upon the end of the
.oad in Centre county bo was nero.
iatine with O'Meara ooncerning The
,otcs Of the men, and that O'Meara
vas afterwards maid by the Republi-
ans eiqAtv-fue dollars in pursuance of
hat negotiation. The only evidence
n addition TO OMoara's offered bv the
contestant of anv imnortance 20 the