The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-09-07
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which, In violation of law, of the Constitution
and of official Oaths, have been wrested from
their legitimate purpose and otherwise disposed
of.
strate the light Onsideraton that q Republican
official places on his oath of Office. If to these
the General Government in lsiG, which should
have gone to payment of the State debt for
giycj and 100000 for the one per cent. 6f inter
est they added upon the $23.OOOOOO of six per
fTe eat @ 5 and & ah be 6s of
placing the same, we find that the State debt
should have been reduced by at least three and
a half millions more than it is if the plain poll
cy of the amendment of 1851 had been carried
out.
set out to prove violation of official oaths
aid misapplication of trust assets, and these
Upon the men who now run the financial and
executive branches of the State government we
charge either wanton neglect of their official
duties, or corrupt cOnniNance in embeZzlement
of the public moneys II either proposition be
just. they are unfit to fiji the places they hold
and they and those they seek to place IN power
should be repudated by an outraged public
THEN 1890, COO
The Evans job is too recent and too plain in
its glaring depravity to need detailed eXplana-
ton. That S29I 600 of the peoples money is now
and has been for months past in the bands of
in the hands of those officials themselves, is a
tbey rafse 10 nccount Tor OR nav If over is
equally clear. That no legal right or claim or
shadow of claim exists for this is generally ad-
Ini,ted. That until within two months neither
the State Treasurer, the Auditor General nor
the Governor attempted to secure the money
to the treasury, is undenlablc, and Is not de
MED.
lutte silence of the Auditor General and State
Treasurer, for four years in regard to the do
ings of this man Evans, whom they and their
political associates entrust with power over
millions of the money of the people7 Why was
he not cited to settle his accounts long since in
the Office OF the Auditor General? Why has
the State Treasurer been so Ienient with this
large public debtor7 Are they in the Job, or
how iFNfa faft tfaT1f
Why is it that ciUiI process is issued, with tardy
and leisurc-lke alacrity, and the debtor warned
SlJch process taken at all? Is it that the State
may compel him to take the insolyent laws and
she pay the costs? Is it that, in the tedious
windings of 1.-The laws delays" public opinion
may be bunted and dulled by lapse of time and
Is it that the short, sharp and decisive" rene
dy of Il warrant and indictment for the palpa-
the names and places of those who have shared
the plumber and who planned the robbery 2
wrong done them removed from the place that
earns livelihood for himself and family? IF
his statements be false. confront him with the
criminal and prove him what your cowardlS
attack upon him asserts him to be. The truth
is patent; the sob complete; the ring has
robbed the treasury. and four years silence and
tardy and inefficient action when pressed to the
the State are either deep IN the plot, neglecttuI
of their plain duties or inc9mpetent r4r TN Ineip III
either horn Of the dilemma.
Are these the men possessed OF stern integrity,
watcnful
obedient to law, TO whom we have entrusted
the finances of the State? Can it be that the
people design to place in the department that
passes and finally adjudcates their own fnan-
eial transactions, the pet protege ana nominee
of these men? Who does not know, who so
blind as not to see, the gross outra9es upoH the
people that such a combination can, and, 1udg-
ing by the past, will, perpetrate. Stanton Is
the nominee of the ring that runs the treasu-
ry, of the men who niisapply the assets OF the
State, who aid and ebet embezzlement and
wrongs upon the people
Elect him and you initiate g carnival OF fraud,
an era of corruption, such this Common
wealth has never seen. The control OF vast
financial resources, without direct accountable
ity, places your seats of honor and OF trust
within the grasp of the very men who have al
nations OF Governors and Senators, and, with
the money of the people, controlled electloHs
debauching and manipulating election officers
and by the foulest means maintaining and per-
petuating their own power.
WHAT DO WE GAIN?
In the SUCCESS of the Democracy we find the
solution of two questions of grave importance
the repeal of that prectical denial OF the ca
pacity of the people of Philadelphia lor seit- s
gov ernment. embodied in the registry law for
that city, and the settlement of Congresslon-
al apportiofiment just to both parties ana equi-
! table in all its details. Besides these we WIN
the vantage ground for the great battle OF
1872, in which we choose a Governor and q PreS-
| ident. Victorious now, are inspired with
! courage and with hope and the battle viii be
| easily won agaihst.a respondent and demoral-
/ iZed foe; defeated now, we face an uphill con-
! test with the prestige of success against u.s.. /
/ speak plainly, for all thinking men recognize
the truth of these practical propositions, ana ~
| determined work to win THIS fight.
! CAN WE GOVERN OURSELVES ?-TiIE DENIAL OF
THE AMERICAN PRINCIPLE-THE INFAMOUS
REGISTRY LAW.
The registry law under which you vote COM
Hllts no wrong upon your people; 1t leaves 70
the manner that ancient usage and familiar
statutes point out. The peop.e with the ballot
select their judges and inspectors of elections
IS