Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-10-23
The HnIiof-Ror SfuHcra.


That the late election was carried
by the most outrageous frauds ever
attempted since the days of the Ritner-
Stevens dynasty, is fully established
by the testimony Of honest Republi-
cans, who can no longer keep their
mouths or eyes closed to the wrongs
prcpetrated by the corrupt leaders Of
their own party. In the city of Phil
adephia, that highly "Ioil" and Chris
tian city, scores Of respectable citizens
went to tho election polls and were
not allowed to vote because some thici
or repeater had already voted in their
name. And among them some Of the
Oldest Market street merchants. To
prove what VIC say, (and we ask every
one Of our readers to peruse it care
fally.) wo now quote from an editorial
clipped from the Philadelphia Press
OF tho 18th, in which the editor says:
Gradually our people begin to com.
prehend the atrocities on the ballot
box on Tuesday, the 9Th Of October.
Tho revelations already made, and
daily being made, indicate something
of the scheme By which the people of
this fair city have been once more
placed under the feet of desperate and
designing men, and We arc not with
out hope that the whole plot will be
finally disalased However disreputa.
bio to civilization and conIempiuous
Of law, and however unparalleled in
the annals Of political fraud, we firmly
believe that when all the facts are
laid before the public the reaction will
incxorably consign the authors OF this
deliberate conspiracy - the doom
they deserve. Happily tho conven-
tion TO reform tho State Constitution
meets within few weeks, and the
proofs Of the manner in which the
right OF suffrage has been trampled
into the dust by party managers, and
the unblushing corruptions at the polls
in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and else
where throughout the State, will act
as spur, If any were needed, to the
good men who compose that body,
and who, we believe, will end an evil
which, persisted in, will place us on
an equality with the reckless crimi-
nails of New York. This convention
will be ono Of the highest OF our rep
rcsentative bodies. Far above the
Legislature in authority and dignity
its operations can be conducted inde-
pendent of the partisan majority fraud
uIently sent to Harrisburg to enforce
the one-nan rule. Hundreds OF re.
putable citizens of Philadelphia have
called at our editorial rooms to pre-.
sert cases Of repeated and open per
sonation at their respective precincts
We refrain giving uames for obvious
reasons, but most of them we have
long and hyorably known. Ono Of
the oldest merchants on Market street
states that when he reached the pollf
he found that his name had been voted
Tho officers refused 10 tako bis bollot
upon which ho proceeded TO the court
and secured an order constrainina
them to receive it, and on his return
ho foubd that another person had il
the meantime voted upon his name
Two of the sons Of u wcll-known iourn
aiist were pcrsopatcd in their wards
as we learn from their father, and oaC
Of them was actually informed, by !
respectable voter at his precinct, tha'
he was the twenty-sixth citizen who
had been personated that morning -
In one case repeater attempted L
personate a woll-known gentleman
wbilc tie gentleman himself was OF
tho ground, and the vote was only re
jcctcd when he denounced the ruilian
An eminent physician, upon present
ing his vote, was actually Informed
that he had already voted, upon whicl
he remarked, 81 have two sons u
home; please let mo know whetbe
somebody has voted for them--il
which case will save them tho trouble
OF coming here" The reply was tha
they had both voted, and be left will
n due scnsihil!ty Of the glorious priv
, lcges of American citizenship. Thcs
, are only few Of very many cases IN
dicating tho publicity and tho enoI
nifty OF the scheme set on foot unde
the auspices of Cameron and Russo
] Errett. What shall we think OF re
spectacle men who have lent thei
, sanction to these proceedings, and {
prominent officials, receiving salarie
four times larger than tho salary
r the President, who applauded IN
/ pushed forward organized crime, an
o what would be thought Of the new
paper which, cognizant of them, di
not in the namc Of docency and Law
' and in the name of plundered pcopl
y cry out against such shameless pra
lcca'"