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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1871-02-23

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29
How They Do II.

The Austin (TeXas) Statesman, pub.
lished by namesakes of ours of whom
we never heard before we saw their
paper, thus tell how Radical Congress.
men get rich ! The Statesman SAYS =
Some unsophisticated chap up North,
doubtless living in one of the rural dis
trlcts, says it is very remarkable fact
that speaker BLAME, who ten years
ago was a member of the Maine Legis-
lature, on salary of $50 per annum,
and whose salary as speaker is only
SoOOO Is now millionaire.
Why, there's nothing remarkable
ABOUT 1t at all; its the simplest thing in
lhe world. If the poor, benighted in
dtVldual who made the remark referred
10, VIII only come to Texas, visit Aus.
I'm and consult with the Governor, the
Attorney General, the Adjutant Gener-
al and the Secretary of State, the whole
mystery will be explained quicker than
mule can kick. The mystery consists
simply in the scientific application of a
beautiful and newly discovered princi.
pie Of government, namely, to tax and
steal, and then to tax and steal again,
and then to tax and steal again, and SC
on to the end of the chapter-and then
to tax and steal the whole thing all
over again, because il was not wei
done at firsti
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29
Organize! Organize!

We appeal to Democrats in every dis
trict to organize in some form, so as to
bc sure 10 get out every vote. We firm.
ly believe that if the full Democratic
vote can be polled we will carry the
State--that all depends on this single
point. Let the Democrats of Columbia
county do their whole duty, then what
ever may result, no blame will attach
to them. A good plan of organization
is to hold meeting (even if only half
q dozen) and appoint committees to see
each voter and get his promise to at
tend the election-rain or no rain. If
every vote is not in by the middle of
the afternoon send for every one whose
attendance is at all doubtful. Such ac-
tion will command victory. Columbia
county is good for 1000 majority if a
turn out can be effected. 1T Is hoped
every Democrat will make it his busi-
ness to see that every one Of his party
will be at the election.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29
To the Front f!

The line of battle is marked out.
The ranks of the Democracy are in
motion.
Every man is expected TO do his duty
and contribute his mite to insure II
grand and overwhelming victory at the
polls in October.
Let Il spirit of emulation and gener,
Gus rivalry be encouraged between the
various voting divisions, and let each
strive to outdo the other in increasing
the number of Democratic votes.
We have cunning and a desperate
| foe to deal with, one who will scruplc
at no means to accomplish desired re-
suits.
Trickery aud bribery,
Corruption in all its forms,
Money, promises, and in fact all the
enginery 50 successfully practiscl in
the past, is 10 be used now, in the pres
ent campaign, by the Radical leaders
to get hold of the public treasury, and
plunder the people.
Forewarned let the Democracy be
forearmed.
See to it that every man is ut his post
and understands his duty.
There is not Il single name on the
State or County ticket but an honest
man should feel proud to vote for.
Then, let no one suffer to the extent
of single vote, and shun rs you would
poison, the man who asks you to deface
your ballot by scratching name there.
from.
Let every Democrat make the tr.
umphant success of the whole ticket Il
personal matter.
Hunt up the young men and get
them enlisted in the fight.
Counsel with the Old men, and let
union, harmony and Democratic ma
Joritios be Synonymous terms in every
township of the county.
Upon the result in this and few
other counties susceptible of proper
tlonate Increase in their majOritles, the
redemption of the Commonwealth from
Radical taxation and oppression-irom
the shoal of corrupt politicians and
hangers on, it has fed out of the public
} crib, depends,
United, determined, Individual effort
Will accomplish this and reward those
who have battled for it, with such Q
victory on the 10th Of October, rs will
forever wipe out the substance and
shadow of Radicalisn in the County
and State.
This is no time for laggards.
, To the trout, then, every Democrat
and let the result not only be an
Overwhelming Democratic victory
but total and complete rout Of Radi
callsm, ,-Lyo0miag STANDARD.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29
The Evans Eillainy {!

Under the pressure of public demand,
warrant for the arrest of the swindler
EVANS was issued, and n Harrisburg
policeman was sent to New York with
a requisition to arrest him, but after Il
day or two spent in that city the police
man returned with the Information that
the fugitive could not be found TWAS
a little curious that no effort was after.
wards made to capture EVANS, and it
was quite curious that no reward was
offered for his capture.
1t turns out aow that EVANS has
made no effort at concealment but is
daily walking the streets Of Now York
If the policeman sent after him did not
see him it was because he did not wan
tol 1t Is asserted publicly that EVANS
boasts that his party does not dare tC
arrest him because too many of its oiii
GERS and prominent men were concerned
In his fraudulent transactions!
1t is plain that If DIR. STANTON i
elected Auditor General no further ef
fort to ferret out this villainy or to re
cover tho stolen money will be made
The only hope that justice may be don
in this regard is in the election Of Gen
McCANDLEs-in that is the only hop
that other monster frauds will be ex
posed or prevented-in it the only hop
that the State Treasury will be protect
ed from future illegal and corrupt dc
pletion The Radicals having all tn
rest of the State officers, should ther
not be ono Democrat TO watch them9
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29
Beware OF Trickery!

Beware of false tickets on the day Of
election! Arrangements will be made
to print tickets in imitation of the Dem
ocratic ticket, with tho name of one or
more Republicans or their volunteers
on them. Keep close watch for these
Attempts will be made to buy up
Democrats at certain polls to hand out
bogus tickets as the genuine Democratic
ticket! Keep a close lookout for these
All kinds of false reports will be cir
culated on the eve Of the election, and
on that day. Keep sharp eye on
these, and believe nothing that has
not been publicly stated in time to
be discussed. False and lying hand
bills, extras, papers, &c. may be issued.
Depend upon it that all such things
coming on the eve Of the election are
intended to deceive and are issued at
that late period so that there will be no
time or opportunity to expose their
falsehood!
In short, be prepared for every species
of trickery and falsehood! Every hon
est thing that can be said about the
election will be before the public In
ample time for examination and dis
cussion, and nothing else should be
needed!
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29

U. S. SENATOR WILSON, of Mas5a.
chusetts, has been at Washington beg
ging the Administration to compel
some of its office holders in that State
to cease their support of BUTLER for
Governor! SUMNER, WILSON and the
parlor politicians generally, as well as
the snob aristocrats, are against the
great spooney, yet they are all filled
with fear and trembling at the prospect
OF his success Sincerely hoping for
the disgrace of Massachusetts,, that the
harlot may become an eyesore to all
men, and that her insolent and meddle.
some managing sons may be thoroughly
politically cursed, we hope for BEN's
success! To be crushed by IA filthy
monster she had nursed would be a just
fate for Massachusetts,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29

The Radical Syndicate. Official Corruption.
In enumerating millions upon millions
of Radical defalcations, frauds and cor
ruptions, last week, we by no means in
cluded the whole of them. Only enough
were given to show that the grossest OF
robberies are being daily committed by
the Radical officials, and that there is
no possible hope Of reform except in
CHANGE of government officials
Among tho important items we omit
ted was the celebrated ClIoRPENING
FRAUD, engineered through Congress
by JOHN CESSNA, shining light OF
Radicalism, by which the government
would have been defrauded of FOUR
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOU
SAND DOLLARS, except for acci-
dental discovery and the expose made
by the newspapers The Postmaster
General was implicated in this attempt
ed robbery, yet GRANT keeps him in
office! Is it any wonder that the p. NJ.
General, in turn, keeps thieves in
| Office?
Gen. WHITAKER, Postmaster at
Hartford, Connecticut, embezzled in
the neighborhood of ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS. lie is still
continued as Postmaster by President
GRANT, and Postmaster General
CREsswELL. All over the country the
Radical poslmastcr5 are proving de-
faulters, yet they are retained in posi-
ton and tho facts are not exposed lest
injury be done TO tho Radical party!
While here and there IN occasional
Democratic Collector of revenue who
has proven q dcfaulter is prosecuted, we
have yet to hear Of single one of the
great number Of Radical defautor5 in
the same service being proceeded
against!
OF course all these robberies have to
be made up by taxes upon the people.
Will not the people put stop to them
and save themselves from taxation p?
The only way to do it IS to DEFEAT
TIE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
AT THE ELECTION. Do that and
an amount of swindling not yet dream
cd of will be exposed and stopped!
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29

The Philadelphia Press Is drivelling
away with its Kuklux stories W ith as
much earnestness as though somebody
believed them. Every number of the
paper is full of them and almost every
paragraph has reference to them, yet
the people where the foundation of its
romances are laid know nothing about
them. 1t must be refreshing to neigh
borhood to be informed by the Press
that a terrible kuklux operation was
performed in their midst by persons
they never heard of and upon victims
| who never had an existence, and they
all the time pursuing their respective
avocations without observing the least
commotion! Kuklux fabrications have
u parallel in our Fishing Creek REBEL
ion. When an army was sent to subdue
it, its commanders discovered they had
been sent to cannonade myth and that
there was nothing to fight but sold
wives tales" But the Press froths Oyel
its Philadelphia manufactured kulklux
horrors with ludicrous effort to make
itself appear sincere that is grave rs
Munchansen' oath to the truth of his
impossible narratives, and with about
the same chance of being believed. &c
it Press-Go 1t Kuklux-a Guilty sark Is
after you
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29

THE Democratic convention of Dau-
phin county passed excellent resolu.
tions. Among them we find the three
following:
Resolred, That the republican party
ever since they have been in power
have violated the great republican prin'
ciple of THE EQUALITY OF INDI
VIDUALS UNDER TIE CONSTI.
TUITION AND THE LAWS, by Great
ing numberless monopolies and, grant
ing special privileges which have CLOSED
the avenues of individual enterprise
placed tie ldJOriAg classes under the irOr
rule of heartless taskmasters and roJhot
laJor ofds legitimate share IN tie profits o
| production.
ResOlyed, That the resumption of spe
Gle payments by every bank in tht
country, can alone restore to the peOpl,
a constitutional and safe currency, cal
culated to check the 9igantic Specutotio,
and OpprGSSive aSuiy which now imped,
the channels of legitimate trade, para
lyse the efforts of individual enterprise
and cast blight over the general pros
perity Of the country.
AeSOtred, That the scandalous dona
tions by congress of millions upon mil
ions of acres of the public lands TO man
moth railroad corporations is Dol,
robbery of the peoples inheritance, an,
the very opposite of the policy of tn
democratic party whilst in power, tina
reserved the public domain 10 prOcm
cheap hOnesteads and f,rmS for Me hard
sons Of toll and the real producing nationc
, UediM.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29
Woman Suffrage.

1t has been contcndcd by many that
a strict construction of the nth and 10Th
amendments to the constitution of the
United States actually conferred the
right ofsuffrage upon women. If so, of
course no law of the Legislature or Con-
gress can take away the right, if the
validity of the amendments be admit
ted. We see it stated that the question
is to be tested in Philadelphia at this
election, some women having applied
for registration and who will Offer to
vote. In this connection we also see it
stated that Judge UNDERWOOD, United
States district judge for Virginia, has
written letter in which he Us he
feels very confident that the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments of the United
States Constitution, together with the
enforcement act of May 81, 1871, have
secured the right to vote to female citi.
zens as fully as it is now exercised and
enjoyed by male citizens. Ahem
won't there be some extra love making
when women become voters!
This IS beautiful exhibition of the
recklessness of Radical legislation II
would not be surprising If it were soon
decided that nobody but negroes had 6
right to vote in this country!
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29

Our reason for insisting that the Re.
guJlicaR shall name the accused party
when IL makes q charge of iraud OF
other wrongful official action, Is, tllat
the innocent shall not be Improperly
suspected, that the accused may ii'ahc
defence, and that the guilty (it any
may be punished. We assert that IL Is
n gross abuse of the privileges OF the
press and an outrage upon proprlcty 10
make injurious charges against ON
ccrs.n "ccrtain personages," &C., which
no man can assume to himself ana
which may mean anybody and raises
suspicions against several or many.
But we will not read the editor a nom
ily on editorial proprioties. we say
plainly, if you know Of any thlng
wrong on tho part of the Columpia
county officials name the specific act or
acts that YOU think wrong, and name
the officer who is responsible If you
have fraud to charge. In tho case OF
officials and their action in Office an
editor can not be convicted for libel ii
he can prove his charge, and there is no
justification in pcrpetrating ISLANDERS in
such terms as may injuro several but
cannot be held to mean any particular
one.
Araiu we assert the perfect official
integrity of every man now in oiiice in
Columbia county vino has been placed
in il by the Democratic party, and we
DEFY any political or personal enemy
to bring truthful charge Of improper
official action against any one of them
1t will bc observed that rs soon as We
take the RepuJiicap up on one false
statement it Immediately drops it ant
makes another. 1t is an old trick o
liars whenever caught in one falsehoot
to tell another, and thus constantly at
tract attention to new points and stoi
investigation. Is this the theory upol
which the RepuJIicon proceeds and re
lies? It's last issue looks very mucl
as though that was its plan of action.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29

TIE RepuJlicm complains that we
did not do justice to the military record
of Mr.. JAMES BOYD Robson, but does
little if any better itself. Certainly we
had no design TO depreciate his military
glory and hopor-we only spoke of our
own ignorance of any extraordinary
military exploits of his-we said he
may have killed more rebels than all
the rest of the army and we now say he
may be entitled to more glory than
GRANT himself-only we are ignorant
and BATES history does not cnlighten
us! A man may be properly censurcd
for culpable ignorance but when history
fails to inform him is il fair to condemn
him for his want of knowledge? Yet,
with all is pretentious fuss, we suspect
we know as much about the matter in
question rs the Republican. At any
rate Mr.. Robson is not going to the
Legislature this fall.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29

THE attempt Of certain Republicans
at their recent convention in this coun.
ty to crowd out the office-holders'
" ring" and prevent it from handling
and pockcting the electioneering fund
furnished by government stealings,was
funny but highly successful ! ABBOTT
triumphed over the "ring" and sue.
ceeded in getting a committee that has
elected Mr.. JOSEPH SuARpLEss chair.
man. But the "ring" will triumph in
the end-thcy have the inside track
they will get the money-and preciou;
careful will they be that Mr.. SHARP
LESS does not get the handling of it
They have so finely feathered theil
nests heretofore that they wont readily
yield now. Look out for them, Mr.
Chairman!
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29

The Republican says that the Demo-
Gratis it personally villifies "hate" its
editor. We do not suppose that any of
them think enough about him TO give
their opinions definite shape, but some
people say that extreme meanncss is the
most fruitful cause of hate. 1t is not al
together Il phantom that haunts the ed
itor's brain--it is Il compunctious little
attendant that ever accompanies guilt
which holds up opprubriOuS terms and
fears before the eyes OF misbehaving
people and whose prouptinss suggest
unpleasant epithet5 ana thoughts OF
contempt to his perturDed Imagination.
Quit slandering, Mr.. Editor, and you
will feel better, and then hallucinations
will cease to bother you. Although
not more than ordinarily fastidious we
| would not stay in community where
we thought as meanly of the Republic
cans, or any body else, especially if they
were sustained by the public, rs you
charge upon Democrats and the officers
of the county, though if you do not
learn to behave better it will be neces.
sary to cut your acquaintance. To con-
stantly bedaub honest men with vile
epithets is not the business Of respect
able newspaper, or way of keeping
good company, but we beg to be eX'
cused from constantly tut oring you, hav
ing but slight hope of the results. AT
ter all, Democrats are neither afraid o
malicious abuse or false accusations and
would rather tolerate them from that
source than praise or commendation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29
TIE Rendition boasts that "h

THE Republican boasts that :" there Is
aothiag more satisfactory han the complete
harmony Md, crisis IN tie Republican rdakS
IN Mis county," The boast we believe to
be well founded. But when the Demo.
Gratis see their political enemy united as
one man, will they not unite too? We
know there is but little division now in
our ranks, but do not the few who are
still disposed TO support volunteers sec
the necessity Of uniting and presenting
a SOLID FRONT! Can it be that Dem
ocrats who hear the boasts of tho Re
publican leaders that they are tho
roughly united and therefore hope tt
gain, will not throw away personal feel
ing and unite too? What would any
body think of an army that would per
sist in division when in the face of ;
united enemy? In politics and at elec
tions union is just as important and
thoroughly united party rarely sustain'
loss and defeat.
The boast of the RepuJIicMn is Il bolC
one and shows its confidence in a gaif
to its party because of its tn orougi
union. Let Democrats profit by the les
son
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29

GEN. CAMERON has the thanks of the
editor of the COLUMBIAN for the first
official document he has received from
Congressman in some years. Wheth'
er Radical Congressman deemed the ed
itor sufficiently enlightened without
documents, or whether they had no spe-
cial friendship for him, or knew that he
would manage to fill his paper with in
teresting reading at any rate, or wheth-
or they thought he already knew too
much about Radical proceedings, we
are not informed-at any rate they sent
him no official documents, to which we
believe Democrats are as well entitled
as Radicals. The document now re-
ceived is report on Agriculture.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-29

PLUCKY.-The Democrats of Lancas.
ter county have determined to nomi.
nate full county ticket. We regard
this course as wise one. Wherever Il
party for temporary success or for the
sake of demoralizing its opponent,
resorts to the support of boilers, it is
sure to lose in the end. 1t will inevi-
tably dcmoraizo itself more than its
opponent. We congratulate our friends
in Lancaster on this exhibition of
stamina. The Democrats Of Eric have
done likewise and eqVa'U deSerCe
honor