The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-10-05

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bought up by spectators, and did the sol
diers but little good. Of course he didn't,
for that would have spoilt his little lying.
He wanted his Republican friends to
think, for when he could get Republican
to thinking he was sure to change his princi-
pies, if he were an honest man. This is
equal to charging the Republican party with
being made up of ignoramuses and scoun-
drels; but we trust that the speaker did not
intend to make so gross and silly charge
but this can be taken as a specimen of his
logic. But he did not stop to tell his audi
ence that in the districts in New York City,
in Philadelphia, in Baltimore, and in all the
large cities in fact, made up, mainly of the
most ignorant and ill-favored of the human
family, who are utterly unable to discrimin-
ate between the merits of the contesting
political parties-that in these same districts
the Democratic party gets its heaviest ma
jorities. All persons acquainted with this
matter, know it to be a notorious fact; and
it is big enough to tell its own story.
Gen. Burnett in his Introductory speech
stated that few years ago Gen. McCandless
was nominated for state senator in a district
in Philadelphia, which usually gave 1000
majority for the Republican ticket, and that
he was elected in said district by / 100 major
ity. In his speech Gen. McCandless Incl
dentally alluded to this fact with no little
pride. But he failed entirely to explain that
this occurred in the good old Democratic
days of repeating" and coffee-pot naturali-
zation paper forgeries, where twenty repea-
ters and few foreigners just landed, were
more than enough for 500 honest voters.
But since then, to stop this hellish practice,
the Registry Law has been passed, which al
lows every man entitled to vote to cast just
one ballot; and the repeaters and forgers find
it exceeding dangerous to try to get in more
than one vote EACH We were therefore not
surprised to hear this Democratic candidate
for Auditor General, when alluding to this
law for the prevention of fraudulent voting,
to hear him denounce it as ''the infamous
Registry Law, which the Republicans had
fastened on the people must be blotted from
our statute book.
''The Evans steal," and the dismissal of
the Deputy Attorney General, 'who un-
earthed the fraud" was another source of
trouble to the speaker. We have previous
ly explained these matters, but we will
glance at them again. Evans as State
Agent collected for this State 50, 9l0, ,469.1l
of the United States for equipping troops
furnished by Pennsylvania in the late Rebel
lien. This State owed the United States
5000, 600 for taxes. This sum was paid by
Evans, and all the balance was paid over to
the State Treasurer, except 1921. .046 81.
This amount being 10 per cent. of the en-
tire sum collected, and which the law al
owed Evans to retain for his services. This |
sum Evans did not pay into the State
Treasury, and afterwards draw it out, as the |
State Treasurer thought he ought Hence
the dispute between him and said Agent. |
Therefore there is no steal in this matter
at ALL 1t is only technical dispute. The
Deputy Attorney General when he first dis
covered that Evans had not settled his ac-
count in formal manner, did not under
stand the nature of the apparent discrepancy
between Evans and the State Treasurer ac-
count, and wildly came to the unjust conclu-
sion, that the Governor was linked with
Evans to defraud the State Treasury, and
30 publicly stated There being not a
shadow of justification for this grossly insult |
ng charge, the said Deputy was dismissed
of course
'The Evans steal," which was no steal,
vas large thing in the speakers sight, but
he Democratic steal in New York City,
which runs into millions of dollars seemed to
oe small thing in the speakers estimation,
it is ''stear' as is steal
Nor did the gigantic 'stealings'' under the
asst Democratic administration, which near
y swamped the national finances, visibly
listurb the speaker.
The speaker however, succeeded remark
lbly well in treating the national finance
question, which he said was more talked of
nd less understood than any other
question connected with our poll
les. He did not believe his audience
understood the question, nor did he himself
Pretend to, nor did one in ten thousand full
y understand it. The wise, safe, and sue
eSsful policy of General Grants admins
ration In paying off our national debt at the
ate of one hundred million of dollars year,
nd cutting down our taxes over 500, ,OOO,-
90 at the same time, and reducing the an
ual governmental expenses to about $685.
10000, and at the same time being able to
ay our 6 per cent. bonds with per cent
onds, this wise and successful policy is so {
verwhelming to carpers and faultfnders,
hat it has struck good many Democrats {
S dumb as was General McCandes in the
'ourt House last Thursday evening. But