The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-10-07
NUMBER 36.


the Great Pledge Breaier
lie belongs to the Ring, and readily I'D
proves all the infamous special legislation in
the interest of the cliques. He has recently
visited the oil regious. Did he satisfy his
constituents as to the fairness and honesty
OF the OIL pipe monopoly SWiiIdle2 Can he
explain the Philatle phia .'stock yard" hill
satisfactorily What defence can he make
of the Infamous attempt to abolish Judicial
District because the Judge was obnoxious
to millionaire residing il WIlliamspoTt4
"A bill which was rushed through W ith in
decent haste, :he Governor remaining in his
chamber late at night to sign it before its
denominations could be made known. and
which bill has since been declared uncousti-
tutional by the unanimous opinion Of the
Supreme Court.
HIS HYPOCRISY ON THE TEMPEEANCB CUES
TIoN
very properly prevents any person from
placing confidence in him. like thorough
demaGogue he drinks lager with the Germans
OF Erie, and then hurries east to become
Vice President of the National Temperance
| Society. and to declare that he never drank
| anything stronger than cider
| GEARY's INDIsCRIMINATE PARDoNING or
ROBBERS AND CUT-TERoATs
has excited the alarm of all who value tho
sSCuElty Ct property or the SaIGtY OF person.
Shortly after his Inauguration he published
a series of Rules to be observed in applica-
tion for pardons. But he has continuously.
persstently violated his own Rules in his
eager haste to turn his partiztE. convicts
| loose upon the community. In several
cases the public have scarcely heaved a
/ sigh of relief upon the incarceration of con-
dpmned rufians. before Gov. Geary has
! thrown open the prison doors, and let these
! desperadoes out to terrify, shoot and stab
/ again in a very few weeks. These pardons
have been granted upon the lowest prompt
| ings of petty politics. Geary's abuse of this
| power has been so glaring as TO cause an in
! diguant protest from the same leading or
gans of his own party.
I The Philadelphia Ecening Telegraph says:
| The present Governor of Pennsylvania
| has scarcely been behind the ''greatest Grim
/ inal of the age" in this respect he has used
! the pardoning power, not for the purpose of
rectifying mistakes made by the courts, not
/ for doing Justice when the law had been too
severe. but 10 make himself popular toih
class that makes 1t a business to prey upon
the community.
The Pittsburgh Commercial demands:
Will Governor Geary give the public Of
Allegheny county the reasons that induced
| him to grant recent pardon ?
Let us have the reasons whether they
| were humanitarian, POLITICAL, social, sym
! pathetic or otherwise.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch ironically an
! nounced:
He has pardoncd -- --, who a
! couple Of weeks since was sent 10 the Peni-
! tentiary because of little 'onpeasautness"
with -- and we suppose he
! nOnSi1ar- e
the undivided support" of Alleghany
! county in the coming State Convention for
| after such use and judicious exercise of
the pardoning power. who will pretend to
say that he is not "the right man in tho
! right place" Q We pitv the
party that must carry him in the coming
campaign.
No man will wonder at these open de-
nnnciations by Republican papers, afie. ex
amining list of the uardons granted by
! Governor Geary in single year. In 1868
he Pardoned thirty five who had been con-
victed of the various grades Of falonious as
Saults, manslaughter and murder in the
second degree, ard most of whose sentences
ranged from three to twelve years in tho
| Penltentiary.
| Of thieves, robbers and burglars ffy one
received the executive warrant to commit
| fresh depredations.
The complete list embraces all grades of
! crime. The reasons given by his Exccllency
for granting some Of these Pardons wond be
| amusing, if the subject was not so serious.
! OF one sentenced ttoeiUe years imprisonment.
! he says 1.-THE offences charged against him
were Of a t,iriaI character" another he says
| was. "a monOnlaHiac on lie subject Of horse
stealing" Another who received a three
year sentence, the Governor says, was guilty
J A,Nts rfgpr- ogsS
! The crime of another is pronounced "more
the result of error than criminality." Sew
! eral are declared to have been ''the dupes of
Others" several sincerely penitent;' and in
! quite number Of cases the Governor states
that the stupid courts and ignorant jurios
convicted the wrong man.
Surely knowledge of the man. and of
the manner in which he has administered
| the office, Is enough to condemn this candi-
date in the minds of all intelligent and pure
men! uis:opponent,
Hon. ASA PACKER,
Is gentleman of unblemished private life
and spotless public record man of keen
sagacity, of sound practical sense, of won
derful energy and decision Of character. of
uufinching integrity. and of humane. be-
nevoient, Christian disposition. He is a man
Of great wealth and great liberaiity, whose
fortune was gained in adding to the re-
| sources and prosperity of the State and
which is used to educate, elevate and make
happy those less fortunate. Never having
been associated with rings" or engaged in
speculation, he is the very man to clean out
the Augean stables at Harrisburg to check
corruption. stop special legislation. honestly
apply the revenues of the State to the liqui-
dation of its debt. enforce rigid economy.
and thus restore our goo old commonwealth
to her early days of purity end prosperity.
and so lessen the burdens of taxation which
oppress the poorer ca ses. for whom the
waImest sympathies of Judge Packer arc
/ always manifested.
Without making a single disparaging re-
mark about Judge Williams, whose integrity
and ability We Cheerful ~ co lcede. We con-