Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-07-04
The Pennsylvania Ring.
HOW CAMERON AND HIS RETAINERs swI'
DIE THE PEOPLE.

HOW tAHthpN AMI HIS ki.lAINEk> SWIM
DIE THE PEOPLE.
4 correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Press tells how the Camerons swndle the
people, and why they are now more anx-
ious than ever they were to hold the Audi
tor Generals Office and the State treasury.
while the possession Of a Governor for the
next three years i OF imperative impor-
lance.
The Cameron>. the correspondent writes
now own and control the State Treasurer.
They are his principal bondsmcn. and reap
the largest portion of the aggregate OF
gain, secured by bansing with the funds
Of the commonwealth Directly and in
directly. Simon Cameron. hi son Donald,
and hi> brother William, are the principal
shareholders in bank respectively Mt Lew
i>hurg, Northumberland. Harrisburg. Mid
dlctown. West Chester. Lancaster, Lehan-
an and Reading. The banks az Harris
burg aud Middletowu are controlled by
the CamerouS. Donald being Il paid officer
ia each. while the Others Do hi. work
These banks have deposits Of State funds
agyrcg.ting at least 4 million ct dollars.
All checks FOR small amounts uf money
paid by the State Treasurer are drawn on
the Cameron bank here. lou.can see by
these facts why the tamcrous are - anN-
lnus to have liartranit elected Governor
Tue Secretary of tue commonwealth IL a
member, ~ ouiuhCtion with the State
Treasurer ana Auditor General. u Tie
Sinking Fund Commissioner. That Of
flee. in case ilattranft j. elected. VIII hr
dictated by Cameron. and then, with an
Auditor General in their interest aud 4
Treasurer whose election they can pnr-
chase. the resources in the sinking fund
remain within thcir grasp and u-c. For
IA . L.. l Il
pulated TO prevent Gcary from appointing
an Auditor General who might have been
iulmical TO tamrron'> interest. and there
I tore. 10 cover up long secreted series oi
Z -tupendou> frauds. lartranit's time 81
office WAS extended. senator BiilingieN
/ at the time this Was done. pleaded in vain
/ to let little ray OF ligh. penetrate into IA"
treasury. whic4 was hot done. That
, ould have been fatal.
: The Cameron, are State Treasurer
u, Mackcy', principal bond>mcu ~ 4 pml-
ldelphia brokers failure Mr. Machcy lost
u l fraction les than one hundred thousand
g loilar-. He j. poor man But His los,
( Iad tai hr male up. How wa this "a ~
, lone Not rs the Gamer M. Hence
Nackcy opens a check on 4 Pittsb,Irg bauA
2 or thc amount lost ~ the failure 81 the
. Philadelphia broker. which check was
never cashed, but deposited ia the vault ~
the treasury, where II remains. " itlI innuul-
cradle other similar papers. al counted a.
cash. when they arc really not worth "A
iArthiug more than their weight Oh TIE raS
, mans scales. The vault OF the state irya-.
ury i the most polluted locality ~ the ~tAt,
government, and In its dark and impcuc-
trlblc rcccsSes there are moTc frauds hi-
den than those which damned t4v Tam
nlany ring 81 New York, all 81 which th.
tamcruu- are rr>olutely determined shan
not be exposed. II they can get Markcy +
accounts sealed ~ the expiration "t TAI,
I present term, and his vault accounts turny'
F.. over a. cash Ia hi- successors, whucyr ~
/ that NAV be. il Will ease the tamcr"u- unl
lc-- than one hundred Thousand doilcr-
and. for au-ht | nov kHoH. IL muy save
them from paying double that sum 1, I'd
J strange. then. that the CIneruus tight Ten
!. the control III the Auditor Generals oiii
, aud the state treasury With hl.i 4 W.li.
ton ot outstanding capital Ia favor at 'h'
state III their control. and With quarter
OF i milton ~ responsibility IA "a" lIul
"i ia" treasury. b IL not surprising thai
they struggle - keep the Auditor uul-
their thumb. Ia carry the state treasury ia
their pocket, Aui Up elect a Governor whom
they can lead hy the ear.