The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-10-04

drop, and now we have determined to get
even with him. You just do as want you
to do. Let the transfer of these bonds
alone, and when Mackey comes in and Mr..
Scott wants to get his bonds, lie will have
to come down for S25S, 900 before he lays
eyes on them
Il replied that didn't want to take any
risk, and that | certainly would not make
the transfer unless the Attorney General
gave favorable opinion in regard to the
constitutionality of the act authorizing it.
Quay left, feeling that he had effected his
object, and SO reported to Don Cameron.
and the ring felt perfectly certain that they
would soon have Colonel Scott hetweeu
their thumb and fingers. But | thought I
would have finger in the pie just for the
fun OF the thing.
Colonel Scott and I have always been
on the most friendly terms, and | did not
intend to see him bled by these sharks. I
accordingly sent q dispatch to Colonel
Scotland one also to William Phillips, the
President of the Allegheny Valley Rail
road, telling them that if they wished to
get their bonds they had better look after
them Immediately. The result was Mr..
Phillips posted to Philadelphia. A dis
patch was sent to me requesting ne to
meet that gentleman and Colonel Scott at
the Office of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. Ben. Brewster, the attorney
general, was also brought here by a dis
patch from Colonel Scott, and III a few
days prepared an opinion affirming the
constitutIonality of the act authorizing the
transfer OF the bonds. Everything worked
to charm, and week or ten days before
the expiration of my term as treasurer
everything had been arranged and the
bonds were transferred III due form to the
Allegheny Valley railroad. 1t was all done
rIsA+l
nor the CamerOnS suspected what was 60
ing on, although Don Cameron was presi-
dent of the Northern Central railroad and
was required to sign a guarantee of the
bonds.
PROFANE CANERoNIAN.
''On the morning of the 1st of May,
when the treasury was to be handed over
to Mr.. hackey, Quay came into my Of
flee and entered into conversation with
Mr.: Taggart, the cashier. After talking
few moments, he said: by the way
Taggart, has anything been done about
those Allegheny railroad bonds p 30,
yes, said Taggart. What has been done p
anXiOuSly inquired Quay. They have been
transferred The HI they have " ex-
claimed Quay; when was it done?'-
About ten days ago 'Well, I'll be d-dr
said Quay, if Irwin isn't the biggest hunk
head l ever saw. Don Cameron would
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little job alone, and | told him SO. He
never will learn sense and rushed out of
| the building and posted down to the North
EN- Central Railroad office to tell Don Cam
eron this last great misfortune which had
befallen them and destroyed all their hopes.
Just how Cameron made a rise. or how
they arranged it with the cheated Iegisla-
tors, is not exactly known, but as they had
a fight the next spring with me there is
good reason for believing that the matter
was fixed up somewhat after this manner
1t is well known that Mackey was defeated
in 1870 by coalition of boiling Republi-
cans with the Democrats. l had secured
| the organization of both branches of the
| Legislature, and had a majority of the
members pledged to my support. But the
| Camerons, although they had all the old
members whom they had failed to pay for
their votes the spring before on hand to
fight them, managed to raise the money to
| buy them up again, as well as enough of
! the new members to knock my slate all to
pieces. This money was raised by Mackey,
and was undoubtedly part of the State
| funds-he being Treasurer at the time.
| Of course, when the honest Republicans
! bOlted, and the Democrats came to their
assistance and put me through, it left the
ring i'll tighter place than ever. They
had to put up the money to make good
any deficit they had caused before l took
possession. How they carried this load
| during 1870 ] do not know, but when
| Mackey was reelected in 1871 they were
able to tighten up. The correspondent of
the Philadelphia Press alleges that there is
in the Treasury personal check of Mac
keys for 500, 600 on the Allegheny ma
| tional bauk, which is carried as cash, and
is accepted as such by Auditor General
Hartranft every month. | have reason to
know that the correspondent of the Press
at Harrisburg has facilities for obtaining
accurate information, and hence | con-
clude that this story is true. Indeed,
have no doubt that this check for $1OO OG0
is part of the money that WAS required to
| make up the $3.50, 600 they wanted SO bad
! ly from me.
GLOW about this investigation Mackey is
| blowing SO much abOut?''
THAT was very easily arranged. It was
only for few days, and the Camerons and
Mackey could very readily raise the money
! to make everything square for that inVes-
tigation. l have 10 doubt it was done
that way. But just wait until the ring is
defeated this fall and we get an honest
| administration in power, and Mr. Maclley
will find that the Camerons will not come
to his assistance when lie needs Them