Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-08-14
ALLEN HAS THE FLOOR.
oes Of the Trsnssotions Of Harrison Allen the RIM
Candidate for Auditor 0snsrsI-Whst became o
the Two Thousand Dollars. iriilNil 1910 i


ocs Of ~. Trsnssotiens Of Hsrrison Allen The Ring
the Two Thousand DoIsrs. iNiiAi il 1910 tA
IL will be remembered that Harri-
son Allen was tho leader In the SEN
ate in the attempted nine million
steal. He was the very first 70 record
bis vote in favor Of that project, and
il has been asserted that rho has been
engaged in numerous other jobs at
Harrisburg. The history OF his con,
necton with one transaction at least
is cropping out, as will be seen by the
testimony we print below. Tho letter
is IN answer TO one "To the Public"
written by Mr.. J L. Grandin, a copy
Of whichis in our possession, but as
the substance matter is included IN
Mr.. Ellis letter we omit it. 1t should
be stated, however, that both Messrs.
Grandin and Ellis are well known
Republicans. Here is the document
as il appears in tho Vcnango Spectator
of July 25th: ~ fqn's $50
f1ng A CARD FROM O. W. ELLIS. a 1i
To the Republicans Of Warren County
GENTLEMEN. AS it has been claim.
cd that some persons did not fully un-
derstand the statement j made at
Warren on Friday last in relation to
money having been used at Harris
burg for the purpose Of defeating
some special legislation, ! make the
following statement in writing, that
mono may be mistaken as TO the facts
of the matter ~.
Two years ago last winter ] was in.
terested with Messrs, Henry Fisher,
Adnah Neyhart, Joshua Pierce, M. G.
Cashing, Jas. Porshall, and ]. Il.
Grandn, all OF Tidioute, Pa, in a pipe
for running oil from the wells on Den
mis- Run to the river and railroad.
The developments were at that time
fast extending westwardly, with very
favorable indications, and several
parties we're making efforts TO secure
charters to enable them to lay pipes
to compete with us.
Having expended about twenty
thousand dollars (20,000) on our pipe,
We .noue". ;. "uv''"o'0 " '''N ~ :
charter W Pro'eo' uo'
AS was y persv"aur en Ill
i'cpreseh'ae'Ne, So'' 1 ,is as,h,
II was suggested ~ u ,nce1,"g ~ H.. .ns .ns
company 'na' PIooeeu " aa 10 Iynass
10 see VIVA. cyulu ~ vii Iii, od
} gellng 'nero %" a. s M 80,
.old MN ~ 70 use use pIs ,ss o0 ,Iaro wors ~ MI nj
laV9r' % no sa'u n,;o.,;nns snn CO.. n;n,
ready se'era' appno"',vna a v"non w. p'p| ~
cnar.ers ~ m"',en .eaa,at % as ,ha com
couhues, "nu ,a ~ svDso ;'',,e.s;hia ii for n,
pe'i',on ~ "ou'u ,,.;l ~ oIar,ar bn,
70 QUINN an oA',u0iav Wv ha,,er wav snr
.na. oa.Son ng ."ou en,a s ho ~ 'I;ll Mi min,
charters which other parties NIGH
on' oaa,. - oh,a,n .nd that this would b,
occn,an,;shsd oocn ~ | n com m;ttee but 10 d,
90 IL would REQUIRE some money.
. asked him how much. He reptile,
!, that it could be done for two thousan,
dollars (s2 .OOO). told him that hav
!, ing no authority TO make such an ar
n rangement 1 would have 10 return AM
q consult with the Company. lie SAT-
= that so far as he was concerned h
did not want a dollar, neither wou!'
7, he receive 1t, but for his services II
q the matter and the right to lay ou
q pipe across his land, which at the tim
was producing oil, he wanted us Z
: agree to give him draw back of fiv
!, cents per barrel for his share OF th
!, oil run by us. ] returned home an
!, laid the facts before the Company
=. After talking the matter over the.
r decided that rather tnah ehuange
!. their interests 1t would be wen 70 pa
D the two thousand dollars, ana a's
q give Mr.. Allen the drawback reierre
q TO above.
a returned TO HARRISBURG agar
a called on MIR. Allen ana toiu MN Una
"a the Company had concluded 10 pa
a the money. He then said be woul
i not accept any of the two thousan
/ dollars but would tell me where
v leave It.
n. then put the two Thousand dollar'
Is in currency, in an envelope, which
IN sealed and he directed me to hand
/. to Mr.. Chase, young man frol
~ Warren county, to whom he introdu'
o. ed me, and instructed mo To- say
,r Mr.. Chase to keep it until called 70
h. all Of which | did. l had no conve
as sation with Mr.. Chase, nor any on
id else but Mr.. Allen in relation to u
IN money, nor did | mention to any OF
o, except Mr.. Allen the nature of m
o'o'' VS. .|'' .