Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-07-03
What Radicals Say or Them
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What Radicals Say or Them
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The Harrisburg correspondent OF
the Philadelphia Press Of the Gath ult.,
reveals some damaging testimony and
submits tho following reasons why
Hartranft and Allen should be defeat
ed. Remember that this is Rcpubli.
can authority;
First. The Camerons now own and
control the State Treasurer. They arc
his principal bondsmen. and reap the
largest portion Of tho aggregate OF
gains secured by banking with the
funds of the Commonwealth Direct
Is and indirectly, Simon Cameron, his
son Donald, and his brother William,
are the principal shareholders In a
bank respectively at Lcwisburg, Nor.
thumbcrland, Harrisburg, Middle
town, West Chester, Lancaster, Leba.
nou, and Reading, The banks at llar.
risburg and Middlctown are controlled
by tho Camerons, Donald being paid
officer in each, while the Others do his
work. These banks have deposits OF
State funds aggrcgating at least hall
million OF dollars. All checks for
small amounts OF money paid by the
State Treasurer are drawn on the
Cameron bank hero. You can SEQ by
these facts why tho Camerons are so
anxious TO have Harlranft elected Gov.
crnor. The Secretary Of the Com.
monwealth is member in onjunc.
ton, with the State Treasurer and Au.
ditor General, ,ofthe Sinking fund Com.
missioners. That office, in case lIar.
tranft is elected, will be dictated By
Cameron. and then with IN Auditor
General in their interest, api Treas
urcr whose election they can purchase,
the resources in the sioking-fund re-
main within their grasp and use. For
this reason the last Legislature manip.
ulated to prevent Gcary from appoint.
ing an Auditor General who might
have been inimical to Cameron's inter
ests, and therefore, to cover up long
secreted series of stupendous frauds,
Hartranlt's time OF Office was extend
cd. Senator Billingfelt at the time
this was done, pleaded in vain TO let q
little ray Of light penetrate into the
Treasury, which was not donc. That
would have been fatal, for the reason
Second. The Camerons are State
Treasurer Mackey's principal bonds.
men. BY Philadelphia brokers'
failure Mr. Mackey lost fraction less
than one hundred thousand dollars.
He is poor man. But his loss had to
be made up. How was this TO be
doncY Not by the Camerons. Hence
Mackey opens check on Pittsburg
bank for tho amount lost by tue failure
of tho Philadelphia broker, which
check was never cashcd, but deposited
in the vault Of the Treasury, where il
yet remains, with innumerabc other
similar papers, all counted us cash,
when they are really not worth far.
thing more than their weight on the
ragmans scales. The vault of the
State Treasury is the most polluted
locality in the State government, and
in its dark and impenetrable reccsses
there arc more frauds hidden than
those which damned the Tammany
ring of New York, all of which the
Camcrons are resolutcly determined
shall no, be exposed. lf they can got
Mnckey's accounts scaled at the cxpi.
ration Of his present term, and his
vault accounts turned over MS cash to
his successor, whoever that may be, il
will case the Camerons not less than
one hundred thousand dollars, and for
aught | now know, it may save them
from paying double that sum. Is it
strange, then, that the Camcrons fight
for the control Of the Auditor Gen.
erals Office and the State Treasury
With half million of outstanding
capital in favor Of the State in their
control, and with quarter of q million
Of responsibility in the vault Of the
Treasury, it is not surprising that
they struggle to keep the Auditor
under their thumb, to carry the State
Treasury in their pocket, and TO elect
a Governor whom they can lead by
tho ear.