The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09
How to Make Copperheads.

or Juniata, and is entitled to two Senators
al An electiontwas held in this district Of
: the second Tuesday of October, 1867
and Chas. j. L. McIntre, Democrat, wa
returned as elected by 233 majority, anc
e Samuel j. Shugart by % majority, Johr
: *. Robinson contested the election o.
Shugart.
The Senate, after full Investigation
by Select Committee and the examina
e tion of large number of witnesses, de.
S ciared Robinson duly elected, and admit
ted him to the seat occupied by Shugart
The whole testimony in the case is pub.
lished in the Legislative Record for the
session of 1868, from page 1897 to 1,44O
inclusive.
1t is proven conclusively that the lead
ers OF the Democratic party not only plan
ned and perpetrated a deliberate fraud
upon the BALLOT box in this district, but
they pre-arran ged system OF fraudulent
naturalization papers, extending through
other counties of the State,
y railroad sixteen miles long was be-
ing built, during the Summer and Fall
of 1867, in Clearfedl and Centre coun.
ties. From 40 to 60 rods only of the road
was In Centre county. About 400 Irish
men were employed on the road, and
boarded in shanties along the line, except
during the time they were taken into
Centre county in order to carry the eec-
tion in that District. Senators were to
/ be elected in the Centre District, but not
in the Clearfeld The following testi-
mony, copied from the official records of
the Legislature, shows how the fraud was
! perpetrated, and who did it:
! III. o O'-HcdrG, sworn-I was working
for Mr.. Collins, railroad contractor, on
the railroad L was pit boss had from
IO TO ~ men under NE at times Patrick
Gorman was working boss was work
ing four miles from Clearfeld, east, twelve
miles from the liuc, when James Collins
and Patrick German came to me and said
they wanted to go to Center county for
ten days, saying their object was to carry
the election they said it was a Republi- |
can hole, and they intended running in
enough votes to carry it; took the meu
to Center county; Col. Skelly's gang also
went; the men east of me went in and
around Phillipsburg there were about 100
men the day of election they were quar-
tered at Mr.. keplars, Mr.. Gray's, Mr..
Harrls's, and Mr.. Donehue's l was in
Phillipsburg all day, most of the time at
the polls the polls are in the same build
ing L gave two men tickets; Sheriff
Perks and Mr.. Lede distributed tickets
Lede was walking boss on the road :; /
saw them giving the men the tickets
Sheriff Perks borrowed sheet of tickets
from me to have others printed the tick
cts were all Democratic about all that /
were on the ground voted /; all had natur-
allzation papers ; obtained them, as was
said, IN Luzernc county, this one on the
table is similar to those used they were
colercd the men said they obtained or
arranged for the papers two miles out of
Clearheld, on Saturday evening before
election, in shanty kept by Mrs. Lynch;
they said two lawyers came from Philadel-
phia, and after they were sworn Lede
took possession of the papers, aud that he
colored them with coffee the day of the ;
election the men were handed the papers;
Mr.. Lede at the same time furnished the ,
tax receipt "a receipt shown witness, and
identified as similar to those used I | did {
nothing while in Phillipsburg; [ did not
vote | saw all vote that [ named had
no Republican tickets.
Cross -eran,med-I never agreed to
vote my men on the Republican side
never said for 500 l would do so, re
ccived money the day before and day af- .
ter of Mr.. Crisman S25, of Mr.. John {
son, day after $50, of Sheriff Parks SI2
L received of Rey. Father tracy $500 {
The $500 was given me two weeks ago {
last Tuesday to prevent my being a wit
ness. = :: x The priest came and told me
that my evidence would be hard against {
the Democratic party, and that he had
$500 he would give me if L would leave. 4;
. = told the priest that would take ;
my family and go for $1,000; Father /;
Tracy told me he would let me known in
a few days, and when we next met the
priest told me that he had written for ad-
vice, and that Wallace thought that 800
per month was enough | supposed it was
Wallace, the Clearield county lawyer /
told the priest | would take $500. = r
The men voted in borough and township;
Michael Fallon and one other were in the
country but short time the men told
me that Lcde took the lawyers to Tyrone;
the men went back to Clearfeld county,
after the election, where they lived in
shanties ; but fifty or sixty rods of the
road is in Center county all the voters
were challenged at the polls.
John Casey, sworm-I was working on
the railroad for Mr.. Collins at the Octo-
Der (Is67) elect o J, was boarding in Phil
lipsburg, where | voted with the other
men Mr Ledc took me up to vote and
gave me the naturalization paper, and
put it in cannot read am as ignorant as
a bastc !; | put the paper in my pocket
cannot tell what became of it; | was ne
yer naturlized never was in a court be.
fore this Ledc told me to vote was
working near Mr.. Collins store came
tho d,v ,l,ot N, Mooro did tn DhillinshurU.