The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-28


town Tribune, daily, Of last Saturday,
from it's correspondent ct Harrisburg,
The initial letters of whose name is j.
Todd Hutchinson, Esq, The following
among other interesting and heretofore
ulheard Of incidents in reference to the
present political standing and future
political prospects Of Samuel Henry,
representative from this county, occurs:
sAMJEL HENRY,
Your representative. Mr.. Henry, is so
we'll known to all your readers that Il bio
graphical sketch of the gentleman would
seem supCrfluurS. 1t may be said of him.
however. that he occupies position not
held bN any other gentleman in the House
that of representing for the second con
yecutive term Il county which usually throws
it's majority on the remocratic side to the
tune of 500. Nh H. is about thin ty years
old, and i probably the you. .gest member
OIL the floor Of The House. Yet notwith-
standing the absence of gray hairs III his
head, he takes rank in Toint of executive
ability with the allest members Of the
House. He is Chairman ON BauiIS-one of
the most important of the House commit
teeS-and it is the spontaneous testimony
of all who know anything about il that that
position was never before more aCceI tably
filed In addition to this, he is a member
Of several other important committees.
lie stands high in the estimation of Demo
crafts and Republicans alike. and one and
all unite in saying that the people of Cam
bria county made no mistake when they
sent him here in the capacity of lawgiv"r.
Mr.. Henry, | notice, is extensively and IA
vorably mentioned in connection with the
nomination for State Treasurer. I have
converSed with representative men from all
sections Of the Stale, and feel convinced
from what have heard that his nOmi-
nation could easily be secured. His eloc-
ton would follow as a matter of course.
\ banker 10y profession, he would be no
stranger to the duties Of the Office to which
he would he called; but would perform the
same with equal alacrity. accuracy, and
fidelity. | trust that united effort will be
made to put him in the field as our car di-
date, and you men up in Cambria ought to
take the lead in that direction.
When we read this extravagant eu-
! gium we mvoluntarily exclaimed, in
the language Of Cassius in the play of
Julius Caesar:
'Unon what meat doth this our Cesar feed,
That he is grown 50 grcat?'
We entertain a very high regard for
Mr.. Henry As gentleman and a citi-
zen, but this constant and reiterated
adulation in the Tribune of his trans
ccndant abilities as a member Of the
Legislature, has not only reached its
climax, but has become flat, stale and
improbable"
The only remarkable feature in the
Legislative career of Samuel Henry was
the strange and unprecedented pass lge
of the Act of April Sth, 1872, changing
the mode Of collecting taxes in this
county, and his blunIer in this matter
he can readily discover if he will only
read the opinion Of Judge Dean on the
subject, delivered at the recent term
Of our county court.
But it seems, from the tone of the
Tribme's correspondent, that the egis-
lative fame Of Samuel Henry is about
to culminate in his nomination for and
election to the office Of State Treasurer
for the ensuing term. This may, or
from the uncertainty of future political
events, may not come to pass. We
are free to admit that, as the law now
stands, Mr.. Henry would prove a very
worthy successor Of the present State
Treasurer, Robert w Macbey, just as
Maclzey has been the counterpart Of all
former State Treasurers, Democrats as
well as Republicans, for the last TWEEN
ty-tive Years. In saving this we do not
wish to inpugn Mr, Henry's personal
integrity. but simply mean that the
office of State Treasurer, as it now eX-
lists, is a huge swindle on the people !
and that it is now and has heretofore
been so managed as to result in enrich !
ing any and every man who has had
the good fortune to hold it for even
only two Years. That Mr.. Henry's
management of the fiscal affairs of the
commonwealth would bear better fruit
than has that Of any of his recent pre-
decessors, is a consummatiOn most de
voutIy to he wished, but one which,
considering the surroundings, ifnot the
antecedents ofthat gentleman. it would
be little short of madness to hope for.
At the election in October last an
amendment to the constitution was
adopted making the State Treasurer
elective by the people, instead of by
the Legislature. This change was en-
incntly right and proper, but it is
fatal delusion to. suppose that the cleo
ton by the people will change the
present corrupt management of that
office. TO effect that overwhelming
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