New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-09-19

offer, but subsequently, and before the frs
OF April. | accepted loan from him O
. $1,000, for which gave him my due bill
/ did not see him again until August, at th
/ time he came to make his report | thel
paid him the money with interest to tina
da'e. That will explain the transaction
which is referred to in the SIM article TIL
( following is a copy Of the receipt received
/ from Mr.. Evans:
! PHILADELPHIA, August Is, l872.-Re
ceived from J. F. Hartranft seven thousand
one hundred and seventy FIVE dollars, il
full for cash borrowed. with interest. 70
which hold due hill.
S7,l75. GEO, O. EVANS.
Y. That loan was made in March, 1871
A. Yes. sir.
Q. And it was repaid in August, 1871
with INTEREST,"
A. Ios, sir.
For the purpose of making this matte
more plain, we append the three specifi,
charges made against General Har.ranft
and Investigated by the committee, as ais,
the report of the committee.
The following are the charges:
First. That General Hartrarft had lille
galiy used the moneys Of the Common
wealth, in applying the same in Carrying OF
various operations in stocks, to the extern
OF several millions of dollars, and to tn,
payment of his private debts.
Second. That General Hartranft had used
the moneys of the Commonwealth in tn,
purchase of State bonds for his own ben
ALPHABETICALLY the purchase of Sls9, 5Ot
of the five per cent. loan, and S3l $50 Of
the six Per cent. loan, aud the sale of th,
same to the siuking fund at profit TO him
self of S2,7Op.
Third. That General Hartranft had cor.
ruptly received the sum of $1,000 from Geo.
o. Evans, the State agent.
After careful investigation of these
charges, the committee made a report fully
generating General Hartranft from all com
plicity in the fraud. The report was writ
ten and signed by the distinguished Demo.
cratic Senator, William A. Wallace, and
had there been a shadow of doubt as to the
innocence Of General Hartranft, Senator
Wallace would have been the last man on
the committee to have made report excul.
pating him.
The following is the report:
"On the 10Th day of February, 1872, @
resolution and preamble in reference to q
communication In the New York Tribune nj
the preceding day, were referred to this
committee. In that communication certai,
resolutions were quoted which reflected on
John +. Hartrantt, Auditor General, and
Robert W. Mackey, State Treasurer, AND
made specific charges against them in tbei,
Official capacity. 1t was made our duty to
investigate these charges and ascertain the
facts attending the attempted introduction OF
the SAID resolutions and the publication o,
the same. We have ascertained that the
resolutions referred to in the communication
to the Tribune were prepared by Strahan,
counsel for Evans, Evans himself. or DR.,
Wn. Payne, one of his bail, and that thew
Jointly attempted to procure their introduc.
ton INTO and passage by the Senate and
House OF Representatives; that the facts
charged an the resolutions recited in fhgtcom.
muh'cdtaOn are not tue: that in pursuance
OF this inquiry we called before us all the
witnesses whose testimony seemed likely to
throw any light upon the transactions
charged that several communications have
appeared in the New York Tribune and New
York Sun, rejecting on the officials before
named, and other persons in private capa.
city that these have been based upon data
furnished by DR.. VIM. Payne, or some other
friend Of George o. Evans, and that, anon
careful inquiry Of aoitnesses under oath. noe
lind that the specific charges made in said
communications are not true.
JAS. l.. GRAHAM,
WM. A. WALLACE,
HARRY WHITE.
COMMITTEE on the part o the Senate.
D. N. WHITE,
A. G. MOVES,
b. l.. HEwErT,
j. d. HANCOCK,
K. A. MCCoNYELL,
committee on the part fthe House"
This acquittal is as complete as any ever
rendered by court of Justice. Each count
IN the indictment was carefully passed upon,
and square verdict of not guilty indorsed
thereon.
First. 1t is not true that Gen. Hartranft
ever illegally used a dollar of the public
funds.
Second. II is not true that Gen. Hartranft
purchased and sold State bonds for his own
benefit or emolunent.
Third. Nis not true that Gen. Hartranft
eorruptly received money from George O.
Evans.
The committee goes even further than this.
lhey not only return verdict of net guilty
as to each and every specification, but they
ma that the prosecution was malicious-that
1t was Instituted by one of three persons,
either Evans himself, his counsel, or his
bail and that it Was based upon data fur.
nlshed by some friend of Evans, whom Har
trantt was bringing to justice for his crimes.
This should be sufficient to establish the
innocence of General Hartranft, and those
who continue to reitera'e these charges know
that they are asserting f,lsehoods. Let
every Republican in the State remember
these falsehoods at the polls.
THE STATE TICKET
is SIS good one as was ever presented fol-
the suffrages of any party. They are all true
and loyal men; men of integrity and ability
and in every way worthy of your undivided
support, Patriots! soldiers! citizens! lei
your votes tell for the patriot soldier, fol
prosperity, aud the best interests of oul
State. Join in the ranks, and shoulder tc
shoulder push forward the solid column:
until victory perches upon our banners
Preserve untarnishsd the honor, and shield
the fair fame of our State, by electing thu
nominees ofthe Republican party.
The eyes of the whole country are upor
you. The thought uppermost in the mind.
of tens of thousands of your fellow citizen:
in our sister States is to-day, viii Pennsyl
vania prove faithful and true to the prine
pies of the grand Republican party9 vii
she remain in line and keep step to thu
music OF the Union? Will the old Keyston.
State again pronounce in unmistakable Ian
guage her firm adherence to the principles