The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-02

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full power for six years. The present Cover
nor of Pennsylvania was nominated and elect
ed BY the influence Of this same ring. 1t has
been there ever since. There was formed q
combination 10 elect the governor, and 10 pro-
vide all The machinery by which they could
reach every county In the State where they
| could control q vote and return their candi.
date to the United States Senate.
1t Ia said all this is fair. How lair ! General
Irwin, of Beaver County. was SIX years a COM
missary-general of Pennsylvania. BE held
that Office during the war. I never heard any
| objections made to the discharge of his duties
while in that Office. l never heard him charged
with malfeasance in Office. There was no com
blnatlon for plumber around him. I don't
know In the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
to-day q man On whose word I could rely with
more steadfast belief than that OF General
Irwin. Have you read his statement ? He
says that when he was elected State treasurer,
and Mr.. Scott was elected senator, and a nav
election was to be held the coming winter, be
was waited upon by certain Individuals, and
| they proposed to him that they wonld re-elect
him to Office If he would take out OF the treas
ury $l48, 600 balance due on the amount ex-
| pended on the election OF Mr.. Scout. NOW.
| my friends, Mr.. Scott was no party to That. l
believe Mr. Scott to be an honest man, out ne
was selected by this ring, and they e1penaea
and ne was turned out OF office, and Mr.. Rob.
ert W. Mackey elected.
Now. nv friends, Mr.. Robt. W. Mackey was
q teller In q bank la Pitteburg. He seemed to
have qualities that suited the gentlemen who
surrounded the treasury Of the State, and he
was made Stale treasurer. He Ia there now
In Office, and he asks for reelection. U1for-
tunately Tor General Hartranft, he was auditor
general of the accounts of Pennsylvania. We
have but two officers connected with The
treasury Of Pennsylvania, treasurer and
auditor-general. They hold the books and
they hold in q fduciary capacity the money
raised by taxation OF the people. II Is a penal
offence for the treasurer Of Pennsylvania
to make, profits from the deposits OF the
treasury.
You will find, by an examination of the re-
ports of The treasurer, that from q million and
q half to two millions and q half, and some
| times three millions Of dollars are kepL In the
treasury, and hat this balance ID kept for the
entire year. That money ls put out on inter-
| est. and thus he Is enabled TO buy his office
they employed a banker In Phlladelphla-a
broker named Yerkes. ! do not speak OF
what Is charged, but Of what Is proved by the
books of Yerkes. This transaction amounted
In one year TO hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lars, and you will find that hr. Mackey, State
treasurer, received his share, and, unfortnn-
ately, the candidate tor governor received mis-
share.
Now, it Is said by their party supporters
| that other men did the same thing. They say
they did no more than Other auditor generals
| and State treasurers have done. 1t was the
| good fortune, then, Of those who did " not to
be found ont, aud 1t will be the pleasure OF The
people of Pennsylvania, as 1t Is their highest
duty, when they are found out, net to give
them their suffr8ges- elect them to higher
place. Now ! never had the support OF 9
member of this treasury ring, and never had
their votes. It was my good fortune not 10
have their friendship when l wasr ingland.
On my way home / found q ticket nominated.
I made up ny mind then that that ticket
ought 10 be withdrawn, and there seemed to
be some arrangement 10 effect that purpose,
and / hoped iG would be; and ] have no heslta.
ton In saying tonight If such q man as INT.
Ketchum or Colonel Jordan, who were both
candidates, had been nominated at Harris.
burg, I would not have been In your presence
tonight; but If they choose to take q man
from that Pennsylvania treasury combination
or ring, / would be insensIbls to gratitude and
false to the trust Imposed on me If / dared TO
declare myself Ia favor OF fts -AadkpostnR
we'll the penalty OF my present course, ! dis
counted It before taking the stand.
that It pleased Providence to throw me upon 9
bed OF sickness. 1t lasted nearly month. II
I had my health and strength, I would have
travelled from Lake Erie to Delaware. Zap
plause.1 I have q perfect right to stand BY
YOU, fellow.cllizens OF Pennsylvania-a right
10 affiliate with any who will purify the Gov
eminent OF my State. [Appleuse.l have
no doubt that tonight / stand In the presence
Of many OF nay friends and neighbors who
would have rot been here II I had not de-.
clsred these sentiments. have no doubt that,
II I could look over this crowd and could See
It, I would note the absence oil many OF my
old friends.
I accord to every American citizen the right
10 express his sentiments and exercise the
highest. noblest and most sacred dpty. WHICH
an American citizen perlorms-lhat Of exer-
cislng the duty of suffage-casting bis ballot;
and has 1t come to this, when q man chooses
10 cast his ballot from an honest conviction
that Il Ia his duty to cast 1t IL favor OF the hon
est man aud against the ring surrounding the
treasury Of State, and sloS %a d seI,, ~ 3b Il; t maj
word traitor will be used. Traitor to what !
To bis country ? No, to party. What party
We all claim, Democrats claim and Repu0ll-
cans claim, On either side, they are both par
ties of purity, and separated from all this.
I come here after an absence Of three years
and q half without feeling any Of this emotion.
I look over the field and am prepared next
Tuesday weeE; to cast my vote against the can
Governor Curtin, after referring to the prac-
tees of n~on.combatant spectators during Inc
war, continued:
OF all men engaged 10 the war the most for,
giving were those who fought u out. We al
advised mem 10 60 to war. ! did II, Win
others. The soldier forgave and forgot; the
real soldier, not the sham soldier. The real
soldier soon forgot his injuries, and with the
desire to make This country prosperous, to re-
turn friendship for those warning States, TO
give us peace, heavel.born and blessed peace,
and never again to return to the fierce strug-
gle Of sectional hate.
Governor Curtin referred briefly to the i'm
porlation of negroes into this State for voting
purposes, and ended by urging on his hearers
the necessity of watching those freedmen who
leave the District OF Columbia to work on
Cameron's railroad. Mr.. Curtin did not fore
shadow Ills policy with regard 10 his future
action on national questions.
Two Nominations for Mayor Of Gotham.
NEW YORK. October !.
The National Reform Democracy have nomi-
mated John McCoole for mayor. The Work
iDgmen's Association have nominated James
O'Brlen.
Fraudulent Registration In the Key
stone state.
TIrUsvnLE, Pa, October !.
The Daily Evening Press, of this city, an
nounces thst there is fraudulent registration
In TItusyille of nearly one thousand names,
and the Press intimales that this is q parI OF
the system of colonization which has been ex-
tensively practlced throughout the State. Inc
Press Is an Independent paper, and does not
charge the nrncaedinps mon either party. Inc