Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-03-23


hnccn years. FOR which You received
$4,000 profit This shows, in round
figures. that you have received from
the National, State, aud Dncphin
county treasures, In ten years, the
sum of s3O0, s00.
Nor Is this all. You have had n
profit on all the coal furnished to the
State Of Pennsylvania, for use in the
Capitol, during the same ten ycars. -
You undoubtedly made money In fur.
nishing the Legislature with postage
stamps (ofwhich shall speak in dctnil)
while you were Postmaslcr-so that,
aggrcgating all the profits, you have
rcaped from all the public treasures
into which you could nlango your
arm, it Is safe to pm. down your total
Of clear gains, independent Of your
Legislative jobs, in ten years, at
$4,000 And you arc not done or
satisfied even now, because you still
have monopoly Of tho patronage of
the clerks of both branches Of the
Legislature, and all the departments
of tho State Government, are Post
master, and do all tho advertising at
Harrisburg for tho United States
Government, so that you today, indie.
pendent of your publicly plundercd
fortunes, enjoy an income of clear
profit from official patronage alone of
not less than $4,000 annually You
allow no other Republican TO claim
any share in n Republican victory.
Not satisfied with your gains as have
given them, you actually started n
kind Of book, bank, and shaving shop,
to carry on the business of which du-
ring last year--the first of its exis-
tence-State Treasurer Macxcy al
lowed you to use, and you are still
using, $4,000 of tho peoples money,
which you loan them (thcir own
money! at usurious interest.
What can tho masses of the Repub.
lican party think Of the picture? !
gain my knowledge of the amounts OF
money you drew from the State from
the reports of the Auditor General
On one occasion, after you had been
paid an account TO which you had
sworn, it was discovered You had
fIaudulently drawn more than you
were entitled to, and were compelled
to return TO the State the sum of
which you sought TO cheat it, and it
was no easy job to compel You TO
disgorge. My information as 10 your
other receipts of public money, i
believe, is correct and reliable. You
may have been in secret schemes of
plunder outside of your law selling,
with which / am not acquainted. You
certainly arc engaged MS constant
borer in the lobbies of the Legislature,
where you pass your time during the
session Of that body, instead Of re.
in the Harrisburg Postofiiee
attending to duties which you thus
neglect, and for which you receive an
annual salary of several thousand dol
lars, The Postmaster General ought
to know that the Postofllce
nj harrisburg rs, TO oil lntcnts and
purposes, conducted without the pres.
cnco Of its legally appointed Post
one whom ninc.tcnths of the
decent and respectable Republicans of
this city rcpldiate, and who, il they
had the power, would hurl you from
a position you disgrace. In conclu.
sion, Deacon Bergncr, let me whisper
in your ear, and suggest that before
you go hence, you sell your ill.gotten
lands and newly constructed blocks,
and have the proceeds ready TO dc.
post in the ample pockets Of your
and in strong IRON safe in
your grave, wherewith TO tempt ST.
Peter, as you have often tempted
members of the Legislature, and be
TO cheat the Devil, as this is
manifestly tho best use you arc likely
ever TO make of it.
As | intend TO bc as radical on
thieves in peace as | was on rebels in
war, shall continue this subject.
l am, Deacon, as ever, faithfully
yours, MoRRow b. Lowry.