Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-08-18

Hrrsen EnfonfcfU.
rInless tho scnec Of the public has
grown dull to every extravaganza Of
craftsmanship, we think the people Of
Pennsylvania may be startled at The
efirontery with which Radlcalism now
subordinatcs every function OF govern.
mcnt TO lis interest. Hero Is the
latest, we may say the most unblush
Ing instance. Mr.. John Covode, Of
this State, is chosen chairman of the
committee that manages the Radical
campaign. He is, as everybody knows,
n low, gross, ignorant boor whose
vulgar knnvery hardly rises to "cun-
ning"-it Is too clumsy and brutal.
This man Covodo conceivcs that the
Office of Attorney General Of Pennsyl-
vania can be prostituted TO advance
somo roguery that he is plotting.
The office is held by amember Of his
own party, of high professional stand
ing, and amenable to the obligations
| IL imposes. Covode thinks II the
simplest thing in tho world TO turn
this gentleman out Of his office, and
he writes him an unceremonious letter
telling him to 60 out, IN the interests
of sour mutual friend" thereby mean
ing Geary. We have not heard the
response, but can divine the reply OF
man as conscious of his own dignity
as we think the Attorney-General is.
This maneuvre perpetrated in the
interests of Goary and Williams, re-
fleets light on a past transaction by
which they secured the title of Judge
TO Williams, in advance Of an election.
Last year, Radical Judge of the
Supreme Court, in lucid interval Of
judicial reason, revolted at the infa-
nous election law which an infamous
Legislature had inflicted on Phladel-
phia, in the interests OF the "Ring'
whose rule had been shaken by the
election of Fox and Sheppard. When
this special law came before the Su-
preme Court, with its fraudulent pur-
pose patent on the face Of it, Judges
Thompson, Strong and Sharswood
condemned il as a plain violation of
rights secured to every citizen by the
Constitution of our State As they
were the majority Of the Court, this
seemed TO settle the unconstitutional
law, and to blight the hopes Of the
"RingD depending upon it, But then
as now, they were ready to prostitute
the highest functions Of the law to
their purpose. Judge Strong was
Radical his term bad yet -four years
to run; be was in good health; not
very old; of no Judge 10 Pennsylvania
was it less likely that he would sud.
denly retire from the Bench. Through
some ''Covodism" his resignation was
obtained, and just exactly too late for
his place to be filled by the people at
the October election OF 1868. Conse-
quently, Geary could put in tool CT
his own TO fill the vacancy thus artif-
cially made, and his appointment
would last for whole year Geary
had his man ready in Henry W. viii
liams, OF Allegheny, whose character
and antecedcnts gave full assurance
of his future. He was in such hot
haste that, before be had shown his
face in the court, he played villain.
GUS part Ia the John NJ. Read election
fraud. lie was one Of the three judges
whose names appeared in letter writ
ten by Read for the Radical newspa-
pers, in which he pretended to recitc
Judgment of the majority Of the
Judges of the Scpremc Court. The
use made OF this is familiar TO all who
remember the facts Of our October
election, and recall the placards on
every wall, the announcement, day
after day, in every Radical paper
And yet, as everybody knows, there
was no such action of the Court. The
whole thing was n mere election fraud J
And now, one of the concoctors Of IL,
whom Geary made a Judge for this and
like purposes-this sane Henry W.
Williams of notorious and undeniable
infamy, has the supieme effrontery 10
ask the people of Pennsylvania TO give
him a new lease Of Office on the Bench
he has prostituted and dishonorcd
Well may Covode believe that to elect
Geary and Williams another great
wholesale fraud must be attempted,
and that creatures like Williams him
self must manipulate all the machinery
of Justice. Covode has in his eye
an Attorney-Genera apt at election
frauds, and he asks Mr.. Brewster TO
make room for him. We wait 10 sec
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