Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-10-04

of his own state, and he touched tlse mind
of his hearers with singularly fervid ayr
moving recapitulation of the things that
brought about the present revolution.
VICTORY IN OHIO.
The State certain for the Liberals beyond
q dOubt-Ihe position Of crery roter
knOoCn-A large majority That cannot
DC overcome.
By telegraph to the Tribune.
COLUMBUS, Sept. 30.-T.he Columbus
Sentinel prints ,double-leaded leader
headed, "Victory Fore known, = which
contains the following =, -. Pr.
absolutely accurate lists of the names
of all the legal voters have been made out
by wards, or rather subdivisions of wards
and school districts. Each voter has been
visited, the names of those who are
against us have been. checked off. the bal
ance has been struck by perfectly trust
worthy agents, and forw arded by them to
political headquarters. These comDrehen-
sive returns have been classified by conn
ties. The footiDgs Of the. figures have been
added together with great labor. and the
grand calculation carried out. Because
the work has been done in secrecy it Is
not the less but the more thoroughly done.
The country will be joyously startled
when they now first learn that the grand
total exhibits majority for Greeley, Re
cohcllIatlon, and Reform, larger than has
been cast against the dominant partv i'm
this State for 30 years. The precise ma
Jorlty by these complete and accurate re-
turns is forekno vn. While we do not
choose to name that majority vote, we do
choose and undertake TO affirm that it is
sufficiently large to cover all possible con-
tIngencles that may arise between this and
Tie decisive hour A victory, therefore.
grand and overwhelming, one week from
Tomorrow, is thus not only fDretold ,ibut ac
tually assured, and absolutely foreknown
| A GRANT MEEEIRG CAPTURED BY
LIBERALS. -a.f. q.
Greeley, BuckdIe,e, Curtin, and OMeI
| Liberals zSlheeTed en- q Grant Rally.
| By telegraph to the N. y. Tribune,
SCRANTON, PENN, Sept. 3O-Tht
! Grant Republicans brought, together to
night, from" New York and else where
about 1000 torches in proce on, and hat
at the Tannery some very tame speeches
consisting Of discussions on dead, issue
and vile abuse. During tie song Of a gle,
club on the stage, the astoun ding fact wa
brought out that the large audience wa
almost entirely for Greeley, Brown anC
| BuckaleW. Some one cried out, ''Greelel
men sit down in 'front.' when down drop
ped the vast audience as one mass, leavin!
hardly cOrpOral's guard standing, ate
which cheers went up for Greeley, Bucka
lew, Curtin, Rockwell, and other Liberia
Republican and Democratic leaders.
Ex-GOvernor Curtin i'm the Field.
EX-Gov. Curtin made his first speech il
the Pennsylvania campaign OH Saturda
last. at Bellefonte. During the course c
his remarks he made the following astound
ing statement in regard to the corruption
in Pennsylvania politics
j" Gen. Irwin, of Beaver county, was ST
years COmmssary General of Pennsylva
Ma. He held that office during the wal
l never heard any objections made to tn
discharge of his official duties while in tina
office. [ never heard him charged wit
malfeasance in office. There never wa
any combination for plumber around hin
l know in the Commonwealth of PennSy
vania no man on whose word | could rel
with more steadfast belieft than that of Ger
Irwin. You read his statement. He saw
that when he was elected State Treas
urer and Mr.. Scott was elected Sen
ator and a new election was to b
held the coming Winter, he was waite
upon by certain individuals, and they pre-
posed to re-elect him to office if he wOul
take out of the Treasury $14S,000 balanc
due on the amount expended on the cleo
ton of Mr.. Scott. Now, my friends, MI
Scott was no party to that, l believe MI
Scott to be an honest man, but he was sc
lected by this Ring, and they expende,
money. General Irwin refused their he
quest, and he was turned out of office an,
MIR. Robert w. Mackey elected. Now, III
friends, Mr.. Robert w. Mackey was a tel
Ter i'll bank in Pittsburgh. He seemed
to have qualities that suited the gentlemen
who surrounded the Treasury of the State
and he was made State Treasurer. He
there in office and he asks for reelection
Unfortunately for General Hartranft, h
was Audtor-General Of the accounts O
Pennsylvania. We have but two officer
connected with the Treasury of Pennsyl
vania-Treasurer and Auditor-General-
who hold books, and they hold in a fidu
ciary capacity money raised by tax
atom CT the people. 1t is pc
nal ollense for the State Treas
urer of Pennsylvania to make profit from
deposits in the treasury. You will find b,
examination Ofthe reports of the Treasure
that from 81 100000 to S2,50O,OOO ant
sometimes So 100000 are kept in tn
Treasury, and that this balance is held to
the entire year. That money is put on
on interest, and thus he is enabled to bu,
his office and sustain the Ring very we'll
In doing this they employed broker il
Philadelphia, by the name of Yerkes. l d.
not speak Of what is charge |, but of wha
is proven by the books OF Yerkes. Thi
transaction amounted IN one year tC
hundreds Of thousands of dollars, and yoI
will find that Mr.. Mackey, the Stat,
Treasurer, received his share. Now, it il
said by their party supporters that othel
men did the very same thing. They sale
they did no more than other Auditor
| Generals and State Treasures have done
1t was the good fortune, then, Of those
who did it Lot to be found out, and it viii
be pleasure to the people Of Pennsylva
MIA, as it is their highest duty, when they
are found out, not to give them thei
| sutfrages and elevate them to higher
| places.
Eric COunty's Greeting to Senator
Schurz.
The People Turn Ont by Thousand The
Senator Speaks in Both English ana
German.
BY telegraph to the Tribune.
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