Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-10-13
AN OLD TIME REMINLscENcE
PUBLIC HONESTY THIRTY YEARS Ado
now VICTOR u. ploLETT BROUGHT
nRlBER TO GRIEF IN lS46--TnE KIND
orsTUrfTo MAKE A STATE TREASURER.

Owing TO certain frauds connect
with the Lehigh County Bank, u "wil
cat" institution established by Mos
Y. Beach, Of New York, in 1si
charges were preferred against il !
fore the legislature of 1886 by nul
Der of the leading citizens of Lchil
county, with request for the repe
of its charter. The subject was rela
red to the committee on banks,
which Victor Il. Piolett, now Dem
cratic candidate for State Treasure
was u member, and that committe
after thorough examination into Il
banks condition and management
found it 80 entirely rotten and hone,
combed with fraud tha. on March /
l846, they reported bill to repeal Il
act chartering ii.
During this investigation, aud abol
a month before the final report of III
committee, Beach, who was then pul
Usher of the New York Sun and othC
newspapers, aggrcgating weekl
issue of 300, 900, proprietor of scveri
rotten banking institions and a man {
great political influence throughor
the country, sent his agent and one {
his business partners, Daniel McCool
father of the since famous "fghtin
ducnce tho COMMITTEES On hanks T,
make II renort ogains tho rcne,
of tbc cbor,cr of Le Tob;a
Countv Rank Ue sonnd ,hreo or Il,
seven menhe,s Of tho committee ,r;l n
ino 10 do so and in order IN rccciv
,be co.onera,ion of tho nacsssorv N,
io,itv concluded ,o nrevo;I mon NJ,
P;ols,t 10 ogrec and rcrort elvorohl
IN ,he hanl, Know;na H. p;olo,, 4
be onnosed m nvsuch ronort Mc(,ool
first snuybt IN nrocnre b;s vo,n ,hron.l
tho ;nfuence oc bis nerso,al and Mir
caI f,iond lion John Iann,,a aao,'n'
IN hrihc tbe latter bv mpL;n,, lie sn'
n rresen, or s5oo o1 cond;t;on ia
,hn fa,her should ;ne,onoo p;nio,, ~ =,
allo,v ,ho ,o',,n;,,oo ,a 'o,,o,, - c',.e,., y
hlv n tho banE Ro;no nnellcd h,
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=" 5Vn"'i co a., ono ,e o""N, "'u ''"u Pio'a'
c,hor a. .v, hn on old o', ,aan a. ~ 20 a n's I'VE
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s,,.o,;saa v .ss o't.e ;,J;' ~, ,;;e NV Wa'
,;on and cave MeTooL ~ ', mndons,n,' io,n,', ~
,bat h;s E sshemos v~ rsro ~ ,,sa,ass 'a,'a p",
,ha hr;bo, ,r"s 90 ~ ;n'na,.,ra,o "ss'.s,' s nu,
reckless ,ha, ho 6noll,' n,rsrad p;ola,, E
directly s5oo 40 a hr;Io and ,o,, ia' h;a'
10 consider II NJ p;oIa,t a, anaa
consulted b;s f.;ends Id feno,,,n -
nj That timc suryovor GrnoraI " 1,n Won
Jessc Miller Sccrc;arv Of H. com
and Ieren';oL At pnrrDIl
Eso n b;,,Llv rcsnec,ed momhor oc,ho
legisloture and advised with them 10
~ Tho host conrso 40 nr,.s,o H. ar,,"s
10 fully exnosc tho noiarions a,,onn,
10 corrunt lco;slator Thonr,L he
natural impulses led him IN ronsl thc
sconndrel M frst blnsh b;s ho,,ov
Judgment SUGGESTED a more et,sct;ye
wav of cxnosino him and mon tbo
advice of friends, who urced mon him
the beneficial effects that wonId resnl,
from sucb nm exnosnrc hv norm;,,;n.
IL 10 he consumpotcd bv iba naymon,
of the money he resolved to accent Il
and then tborougblv cxnose the crime
Accord;pglv noyi morn;no he rocoivoJ
from Mcf'ool sl00 1,Lo o,Lor eIoo -
ilo,'i ! ~ IeSooM ! siyV S,ne o.ner slov 70
pe pau ai'erwaru , which nc requested
TO leave the room Assoon as McC,ool,
was rome piolc,t sent for his cont,
donts who bo faund had gonc IN ,he
capitol. lie then summoned his land.
,oru' MI, ~, buen,er, % nau MN count 'he
,nonvy "nu s.,' II III an cnveiope' III
iorli,'ng !. nun ,nat nc proposed 10 carry
!. ln.o 'ne , nousc anu p, max . s,a'c-
'ncn. ~ regaru 10 IT, puehler ana SO
anu nl ,nc money 'here'ore never touched
! 'o,e'' na'lus. ne ~ once proceeded
20 tne nouse, made a statement oil the
lac's ahu 'a'a the money on
.uc speaker laoic' a committee OF
INV w WASH was appointed, VINO TOOK
,ne sworn ,es'l,hony Oh riole't, La
pVc'e' nurre'ii uoourich ana others,
Whlnh