The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-25
The Candidates for Soldiers and Work.
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The soldiers and the workingmen OF
Pennsylvania cannot fail to make a
distinction between the candidates of
the two political parties at tho coming
State election in Pennsylvania.
The Republican candidate for Audi.
tor General Is man who never had
any connection with or sympathy for
the toiling masses. Going into the
army as country doctor he was soon
elevated to the lucrative position of
| Medical Director, not on account of any
superior fitness, but because he happen.
ed to be relative of the Secretary of
War, Il. NJ. Stanton. He had an easy
time serving his country, got big pay,
but never smelt powder or received a
wound. lie was nominated simply be-
cause the corrupt Treasury Ring want
ed n willing tool in the Audtor-Gener-
ais Office. Quay looked over tho list
of Simon Cameron's satellites and pick
ed upon DR.. Stanton. The order was
issued to those who set up delegates in
the different counties, and the nOminat-
ing of the creature of tho Ring was set
tied in advance of the meeting of the
| Conventions.
The Democratic candidate for Audit
or General Is one of the most skillful
mechanics in the State. When he
worked rs machiniSt he acknowledge
ed no superior in his business. When
he studied law he displayed the same
energy which distinguished him when
he welded the hammer. When the
war came, he entered the army not to
seek for an easy berth, but to fight with
all his might rs he had labored at tho
bench and the forge. In all the glor-
ious roll of the gallant Pennsylvania
| Reserve Corps, there Is no name which
shines brighter than that of General
| William McCandless.
The soldiers and the workingmcn of
| Pennsylvania must be alike attached
| by the antecedents OF the Democratic
candidate for Auditor General. They
cannot conscientiously vote for the crCa-
ture of the corrupt Treasury Ring.
The Radical candidate for Surveyor
General saw some service in the army
rs commander of negro troops. but we
have looked in vain through Bates
| History and the files of Republican
newspapers for any record which can
commend him to the white soldiers OF
Pennsylvania. When he returned from
the army he Mt once entered political
life as a recognized tool of Simon Cam.
eron. After being defeated as a candi-
date for the Common Council of Phila.
| uelplllu HIS uOlllCil IhdSlcr ldi MIN
made postmaster. Leaving that
position he next appears in the capacity
of book keeper to Schuylkill coal com.
pany, and as Secretary Of tie Coal Opou'
tors Ring, rhjch ,rdS orgdni:cd for Hc pur.
pose Of cr,,shiag dorn tie ,corkiagnn ana
compelling then, to WcH 10 tie dcma,tdS ofo
set Of gyccly nonopoItSis Jy starciag Mn
and hoH J;,miiicS.
There is not a surviving soldier Of tho
Pennsylvania Reserves to whom Capt
Cooper, the Democratic candidate loi
Surveyor General, is not well and fi
vorably known, either in person or by
reputation. When he left the army he
went to work on his own saw-mill, and
identified himself with the industrial
classes of the Commonwealth.
When the soldiers and the working
men of Pennsylvania cast ballot fol
Surveyor General next October, they
will see to it that the name Of Captain
James III. Cooper is on their ticket.
The candidates for the soldiers ant
workingmen are McCandlesS and Coop
er.-Ld0caSter Lateliigencer.