The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-09-17
The Next Governor.

~ itS 10 SioilllS 10 hbI piiy llO DClilO-
cratic nominee but he will be the next Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania. lie is a very able
man, all honest man whose integrity has
never been questioned, aud he is a vigorous
reformer in whom all who desire return to
economical and just administration can have
the fullest confidence When Pershing be-
comes Governor dishonest legislation will
stop, the revenues of the State will be hon
estly applied, and squandering and extrava-
gance will cease. OF these things his whole
public as well as private life give the fullest
guaranty.
Judge Pershing served five consecutive
years in the Legislature, representing Cam
bria county, where he was born and reared,
! and he can point to his honorable record as
the sure proof cf his integrity and fitness for
Governor. Although our State Legislature,
under Republican sway, was about as cor
rupt body as existed any where, no man
impeached or ever suspected the integrity OF
Mr. Pershiag, Always at his post, and
always discharging his full duty, his record
as Il legislator is without Il flaw and without
an act that raises suspicion either against his
| ability to judge correctly or his motive to act
honestly. SO high did he stand after this
long service that the Democracy of the State
in 1869 nominated him for Judge of the
| Supreme court, but he was defeated by the
same system of fraud and false counting that
defeated the election of Judge Packer fOl
Governor at the same time. But he was not
long suffered to remain in private life. The
people of Schuylkill county, without distinc
ton of party and without solicitation, il
1873 elected him Judge of their courts by
a majority Of over three thousand votes. II
that position he has discharged his duty witt
Iris accustomed ability. But recently tn,
Commissioners of that county were brough
before him upon charge of fraud in swim
ding the county in the erection of an aim
house barn. Under his correct ruling tn,
charges were established and the guilty par
ties convicted. lie sentenced them to TIVE
years imprisonment and one thousand dol
lars fine each, to restore the sums improper
ly taken from the county, to removal from
Totce and prohibiting them from holding of
flee hereafter, and to stand committed unit
the sentence was complied with. They wer
men of standing and influence, ,as the office the,
held proves, two were Democrats and one
Republican, and one of the former it wa
shown did not participate in the frauds fur
ther than to let them go on without opposi
ton. In sentencing them Judge Pershing
in remarks we shall hereafter publish fully
referred to the pain it gave him to senC
men of their standing to the fellon's cell, bu
said that fraud had become so common il
official position that he felt it a high duty t,
impose severe sentence as lesson to al
other public officers who might come within
'the jurisdiction of his court. This cas-
affords Il striking example of what Judg
Pershing will do with peculatmg official
when he is elected Governor. 1t gives
guaranty to the people that the beginning o
his administration will mark the end Of Off
: cial rascality, that the rights and interests o
ale taxpayers and upright people of thi
commonwealth will be protected, and tina
impartial justice will be dealt to all with
firm hand
Judge Pershing was several times n Dem
ocratic candidate for Congress, and alway
ran considerably ahead of his ticket, but wa
defeated because Of the overwhelming Re
publican majority of the district. lie is no,
about fifty years Of age, in the prime an
I, yigor Of matured intellect. Ills electo
: will bring back the pure and noble times G
Francis II. Skunk and give to PennsyEyani
an administration that will form a Ian
7 mark in the history of American govern
: ment.
The nomination of Judge Pershing is re
. ceived with enthusiasm all over the State
I not only by Democrats, but by conseryatiy
! men and advocates Of reform of all parties
I His nomination was not brought about b
e arrangement Of politicians, but by the pOpu
: lar demand for an honest sterling, able ma
who would be sure to put an end to govern
: mental abuses and oppression. The peopl
/ will flock 10 his standard Wherever pen
f sonally known he will run faf beyond hi
party strength. lie will command the vote
of all intelligent men who demand a reduC
tion of the immense annual expenditures q
: our State government 10 the economy Of th
olden time, and who desire just and homes
, administration and a strict accountability Q
all public officers.