Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-01-05
CLEARFIELD, Pa, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY s. 1870.

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undue initiation or contraction. Com
meree, the demands of trade, not Con-
gress, would regulate the currency
The effect would be to increase the
value Of greenbacks to That of gold.
bearing bonds, and this is the first
step in themarch towards resumption.
TAXATION.
The most honest tax, the easiest
paid and the last that ought TO be re-
pealed is the income tax. If the gov
ornment would call off its spies and in
formers from other branches Of the
revenue service, and put them to
watching those who evade payment
of the income tax, it would be much
better for the revenues. A system Of
espionage is now practiced in the coun-
try, so shameful and oppressive, that
it would provoke revolution ifattempt
ed under despotism. Not long ago
u poor German here in Erie sold two
glasses Of lager beer, out of a caslx
that was not siamped,to pair of gov
ernment detectives They pretended
to be lager beer venders in neighbor-
ing town, and on leaving the brewery
showed the boy ten cents, and at once
arrested the German. This is the
kind of men which is employed on this
service. They must serve an appren-
ticeship as sneak thieves before they
are qualified for the duty which hon
est men instinctively shrink from
The lager beer dealer compromised by
paying sT00 rather than TO 90 into
the United States Court here The
officers would have been complimcn-
ted for their vigilance and zeal in be-
halfof the government, and the ac-
cused would have been subjected to
the heaviest damages That court
should have written on its doors what
a poet foigned 10 be inscribed over
the portals Of hell "Lct bim who en-
ters here leave hope behind" Any
party that follows up this sort of busi.
nessmust goto the devil. Noparty can
afford to keep in its pay horde Of
spics and informers TO prey on the
people. The people will rebel against
It. They are rcbelling now.
THE NEXT GOVERNOR.
Reporter-Your enemies say you
would like to be the next Republican
candidate for governor.
Senator Lowry-Well, they might
get n much worse one The great
probabilities are that | will never be
u candidate for anything more If |
wanted tobe, there are weak .kneed Re-
publicans enough to defeat me. The
Democrats, of course, wouldn't have
nc There would be nobody but the
poor negroes, and | would rather have
their nomination than that of either Of
your parties. Mind my word for il
the negro will have the balance of
power at the next election. If he use
Y rv-UP,-ly-and well / will be glad Of
il, aud believe he will.
Rcporter--But yonr party are ap-
prchcnsive that many of the negroes
will vote with the Democrats.
Senator Lowry-They would all be
great fools If they did not vote with
the Democrats ii their own happiness
and the good Of the country were to
be promoted thereby. | have conf
dcncc in the negro TO believe that he
viii vote with that party of the future
which shall best deserve his vote; and
this conld noi always be said OF the
white people,
Reporter-Some Of the Republican
newspapers have stated that you have
left their party.
Senator Lowry--Yes, and Demo.
cratic papers have made that state
ment, too. prefer 20 fight the ring
inside Of tbs party II icn'' of outside
| want TO overthrow the corrupt men
who disgrace the party, and are lead.
ing it to destruction. If the ring is
not speedily broken down, the party
can't stand up. Besides, it is a poor
business to leave a party. A man is
hated by the party he leaves and sus-
pected by that which he joins | have
gone through hell barefoot by leaving
one party, and | do not propose to re
peat the experiment.
THE COUNTY or CHASE
Reporter--You will bring up your
new county projectnext wintcragain
Senator Iowry-.Ncs, and | think l
will pass il this time. Ncnango has
beaten me for years by taking money
out OF her county treasury to pay mem
bers for voting against my bill II /
SEQ any Of tle sctmps about Harris
burg again | will get up committee
and prove what ! have said. The
new county is to be composed of parts
of Crawford, Warren and Venango,
with the county seat at Titnseille. /
think | will call il Chase county. The
population increases so rapidly that II
is next to impossible TO estimate il ac-
ouratoly. The new county is required
by the political, commercial, social
and judicial wants Of its people, and
no member Of the legislature can look
a man from that region in the faG
and deny II.
THE SPEAKERS.
] guess shall vote for Stinson. ]
kept away from the caucus which nom.
mated him,yet / know nothing against
Stnson. only know that the ring
thought they could use him, else they
would not have taken him. They very
rarely mistake their man. Billingfclt
would make q good and honest Speak.
cr, and SO would Kerr. As for Strang
he has made some grave mistakes.
Tho ring are evidently getting scared
about Strang, and what fear is, they
will compromise on much worse man
CONTESTED sEArs IN Tur SENATE.
know nothing about the cases o.
Diamond and Findley exccnt ahat !
have seen in the newspapers The
mere fact ihatthe claimants are re
publicaus viii not help lhcm TO seat,
by my vote. These arc questions &c
be examined iudicially, and act on
them as an independent Senator, not
rs q partisan. No mere technically
shall be permitfcd 10 stihe the voice o