Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-08-16

OF business life. Men may ASSUME
characters they do not possess aud d.
1t SO gracefully that tho casual OBJ
scrveris deceived thereby, but thos'
who have daily Intercourse with sucl
speedily discover that their acts de-
not vindicate their professions.
Believing tho laboring peopIo o.
our State had tired Of professional
politicians and desired an opportunity
10 place the business of tho Common
wealth in the hands of laboring mon
the Democracy selected two gentlemor
whom they believe will come up fully
TO tho requirements Of tho people,
They are both active, energetic labor.
ers, whose acts prove them possessed
of characters which cannot be success
fully impeGched. s,eAiIo
Gen. VIM. McCandless, the Demo.
cratic candidate for Auditor General,
was born Pennsylyanian, brought
up. mechanic, and in his early
manhood acknowledged no superior
in bis trade. lie was reputed for his
skill, energy and isaustry, and posses
sed the confidence of his employees
to an unlimited degree. Health fail.
ing, he applied himselfto the law, and
in a short time became rs skillful at
the bar as ho was in the shop-the
samc emery and industry that won
reputation for tho machinist charac.
tcrized the lawyer. When the war
came he entered the army, moi for the
purpose of securing an easy birth and
big pay, but to fight with the same
energy and determination as he had
labored in the shop and forge; and in
all the glorious roll of tho Pennsylva-
MIA Reserve Corps there is no name
that shines brighter than that Of Gen.
VIM. McCandless. f8
Now lot US compare the character
Of Gen. McCandless with the man our
Republican friends present for the
same Office DIR, David Stanton's early
manhood is wrapped in mystery -
Some years ago he arrived in Penn
sylyania from Ohio and menccd
the practice of medicine in Beaver
county. At the breaking out of the
war he entered tho service us sur
geon and in very brief period was
promoted by his uncle, e. NJ. Stanton,
then Secretary of War, to Medical
Dictatorship, with the rank of Col.
onel. In this position. be remained
until the close Of the war, when he
again returned to private life, without
having participated in single battle,
and also without improving his stand
ing in tho medical profession. Like
large majority of Republican politi-
clans, DIR. Stanton thereafter devoted
much time to party affairs and finally
was admitted to the Cameron ring of
manipulators and by that faction nom.
mated for the Office of Auditor Gen.
eral. Comment is unnecessary Ia
boring business men can draw their
own conclusions.
In Captain Cooper, their candidate
for Surveyor General, the Democracy
believe they have a man of the people
IA citizen who has proven himself Of
sterling worth an industrious, honest
laborcr in one of Pennsylvania g great
est productive industries. His early
life is marked with all those commend.
able traits of character which are in
seperable from poor boys struggle
upward into business. The breaking
out of the war found him engaged in
lucrative business, which he chcerfully
abandoned to participate in the strug.
gle, for the restoration of the Union.
His military record is too well known
to require repetition here. His deeds
of valor as commander of "Cooper's
Battery" form brilliant part Of the
history Of Pennsylvania's citizen-sol.
diery during that terrible struggle
Leaving tae army he found himsi!!s. g
poor man, dependent upon his daily
labor, and at once entered the ranks
of the laboring men by manual labor
in saw mill. In this business he has
continued ever since and doubtless
will continue until called upon TO as
sumo tho responsibilities of the Office
for which he is q candidate.
Capt. Cooper's opponent for the
Surveyor Generalship, Col. Robt. b.
Beath, we know nothing Of previous
to the rebellion, in which be served as
an officer of "a regiment of negro troops;
but the history of Pennsylvania's part
in the war gives us no information Of
his career as a soldier. When he re-
turned from the army he at once en-
tered political life as recognized tool
of Simon Cameron. After being de.
feated as candidate for the Common
Council of Philadclphia his political
master had him made sui. .postmas-
tor. Leaving that position he next
appears in the capacity OF bookkccper
TO a Schuylkil company, and as Sec
retdry of the Coal Operators Ring,
phich wds organized for the purpose Of
crushing do,cn the ,oorkingnlen and
compelling them to yield to the demands
of a SO Of greedy monopolists BY stdrD-
ing thew and their families.
AT this particular time, having full
knowledge ofthe characters ofat least
two of the candidates for State offices,
surely no citizen having the good of
the State at heart can hesitate as to
his duty, nor can he afford to remain
neutral or Indifferent as to the result
of the contest. Such was the feeling
which prompted the nomination of
those most excellent and thoroughly
tried men, McCandless and Cooper,
and we believe the people will show
their appreciation Of them by clecting
them TO the responsible Offices for
which they are candidates. Hunting
don Monitor.
A BUSINESS WIFE.-A western lady