Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-09-18
A BRAzEN CAMPAIGN.

in Tie fact tInt In lhelrerions of tho
court vice had ceased 10 be considered
n thing 10 bc ashamed Of Only las,
year we had a similarnexperience il
this city. The ring of bandits who
held the town and lis treasuryin thoir
erasp had left of hypocrisy They
imagined tho public conscience dead
They saw nothing evil except losing
money, nothing good except making
it. When accused OF thcit they'd
not take the trouble 20 Justify them.
selves. They simply asked with that
insolenee which comes from impuHity
of crime, "W hat are you going 10 do
about it ~ The only " ranny which
survives in OUT day is this tyranny Of
corrupt and thievish Rings. We have
no secret police, no Bastiles, no tdteS
de cdchet, tho instruments of an abso-
lutte and unqtestioncd authority Bat
an almost equal power is exertod by
combinations OF rnscalsP who work
purely for money, lnnd who lind IN
corrupuy handling the revenues OF
great eommonwealths the strongest
incentive TO exeruon and the means
OF rewardlng Their retainers. Tbs Is
only rendered possible by the exist
ence OF strong party spirit which
shall blind the honest masses TO The
iauits of their leaders, or even induce
them to condone Their crimes 1or the
sake OF partisan victory. Every ad.
vance, therefore, which can be made
toward entranchising politics and
journalism from the dictation OF the
machinery of orgarization il n stem
,,a;nod H. nro,ross toward MIRO ,,or.
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se,so os shame sbonld have bsvl, SO
driven ont OF tho near,s &c good citi-
zobs by the power OF party discipline
Last year in New York the indigna-
tion at the frauds of Tweed and his
associates was so universal that in the
election there was but one question,
and that WAS between honesty and
thoft. Thousands OF Democrats voted
against their own ticket because they
imagined 1t tainted with fraud, and
the State, with large Democratic
majority ieii INTO Tue hands oil me he-
publlcans SIMPLY because Tweed ana
Connolly ana The rest had committed
lneir roooer,es III 'nc n'''ho VI penhV-
Gratis. Yet pennsylvania compliment,
" tolls us that there IS no prospect OF
any such revolt OF Republican con-
science IN their state. Ffd ~ r,n
There was never clearer issue be-
tween right ana wrong, between non
esty and dishonesty. 1t Is patent TO
every voter IN pennsylvania VINO can
read that hsr'ranit Is man saturated
in fraud ana iliegaliues' bY sworn
aiiidavlts, by letters autographed ana
published 10 his own handwriting, oy
extracts placed 10 evidence IRON the
books OF his brokers, II rs proved that
he corruptly used the puohc funds Tor
stock spcculations while Auditor Gen
eral that he made use OF secret Oil
cial information to deal ID stocks
which We're raised or depressed BY his
official acts. These are events OF yes
tcrday. The money thus galne1 Is IN
ployod in this canvass. His parlncr
and associate. being more careless or
less influential than himself. is now
.xniating in n felon's cell his spirit OF