Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-11-24
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-Four typical cnsus OF Republican
fraud aud pcculatlon are just now
prominently before the public--thc
oiews.Cheever casc, tho st. Louis
whisky fiand, IN Frcedl ns yBan
swindle, nnlithc 'rcelml y Bureau
frauds. Tu dc<Flopmen In tbe4e
cases oughrNo oopdemn politic}
party, ana dMgu4 4'holest pplq wit
the administration Of Uoneful 0rnnti
oven u previous Investigations by Con.
gross had not revealed long series OF
other ana equally astounding rascnli'
ties' Taking the cases we have par
t'culnrly speclfied IN their order, we
proposo ron time 10 time 70 say q
,ow wous ABOUT each OF them we
pygp wNp qM 81 O1fys7sgcmg some
wnnt over olu ground The Earrings
! o. ~, london were the financial agents Of
'ne on,tea o'htes uovernment Tor
nearly thrce'4nartcis OF century
ror every dollar they disbursed during
'nn.' punoa they accounted honestly,
.liheir nnancia' standing was OF the
pest, and time draits drawn upon them
oy United states officials IN distant
ports, iound ready sale at . discount
OF three per ,ceot' .lSIght drafts were
lnvarlaoiy PAID blythe promptly on
uefaAnd'n 10. noicase did they ever full
TO uphold 1thcy credit Of the United
States from their own means, when
the money on hand TO the credit ol the
government was not sufficient 10 meet
the emergency, without forwarning,
ana without cause, the financial agency
70 long held BY them was taken away,
and DIVIDED between the new firm OF
Cooke, McCulloch \ Co. and Clcws \
iiabicht;Tlhc naval financial agency
being given TO the former, the diplo-
matte and consular to the latter, BY
what means Cooke, McCulloch 4 Co.
goi ,ne" appointment Is one OF the
~ " s'or,e l,' tnse r'ne has yetto unrave''
iioW - ,lvysN naplcnl op,a'nea ,ne'rs'
w /" naVo recehuy pcon 'oio ~ nj. ~;
o. .; Incc.cr'- y notorious 'opoyisl OF
"p7nn,s'oh' Vur ,eauerS are aware
WI, 'in' v'ews q 'ino'en. "rv puhsrups
"p' 10y l"vos', na' pu' ~ y ,'a',I ,,, iof
v"o n"',u'o'' anu nitY 'no"sanu uo''a's,
oe'ns tne M one-,our''' par, o' tne pron's
~ 'no ii''unc'',' "Sency "'1cgeu W nave
NV; yoe" pr',e,ea r 1.Ly ~ uun ~ eAa',,na,
', a'o'' " Iaee'er ., oeiore 's 'no 'rus'co
,ne s's"'ncan. anu susscs-
wv wv i"V' '"as NV 'a'',rs s,, WIZ M ''''el'
,s.o' ~ 'no ,ro"'s " 'no o'cws nsenoy
v"' n, ~ '"p'od"env "'ia'se'non', "
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"y's". :, S ~. WY s va'" o'o'a'n 'ov,'n
"rs 'r. =, 'n1 p,on. o"e ,h''es H., 80; ,n"
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All TINS has bces stated before, put
The recapltulatlon y necessary IN order
70 understand the sequel. lhe one
hali OF Cheevers fourth, Assigned TO
Dent was ny a subsequent agreement
between clcws aud Dent, cancelled
The latter receiving ipsiead hiteen tlou'
sand dollars IN cash and the lucrative
position ol attorney for the firm OF
Clcws a Habicht. The cain OF Cheev-
er and Dent to be sllaicrs IN the profits
OF the agency rests upon the same
basis-thc inflnencc they are said 10
have exortcd in obtaining the agency |
Tor Clews. AS Secretary Fish and Mr..
Boutwell, bothdisavow all responsibility |
IN the matter 1t is not difficult to sur
mise oy wna' paramount nutnorty
inc transfer was 'ma'e. 1 nc oark
'hauo" o' s'isp'c'oh y thrown dirccily
:, 'nc 'nrcSno'u o' 'no "H''c
iiouse'
ana JUST mere we reach the most
mysterious part OF tne Oiews-OneeVer
'o'npac. me written agreement
'nows 'na' one-n"h oi tne prvn,s o'
nc agency was 70 50 70 Jews ,,' q !, haoi- ,
'nt, tne o'ner nal, 'o'a'ncs an nufeh
'hu Snccver, WIN 'ne nnuers''nu'ns
ma. Onecver was 10 niviac MS snare
stn 'uugc M Den'' Som s oicws M q
I,ao'cn. y we know, ana .necVer anu
,en' y are a'So KNOWN out James 'a, van
Da'e'' y y w onc y ~, .nose mysterious per-
o'' VI " % wnon' Oneevcr ,. n,'ise,, Pro'cs-
~ 4 " Nnpw ny. msn'"g ,ncevers
aa's Ia sc,. ~ wy P.vn's Was o''e nun1rcu W
,"u my '"ousa.u '..., uo''"'' 'a,hcs van
,u.1i was ea'''eu W s'''''ar sum
~. :, "o & nas P.' ~ ~ .'a'n' n' anu nv
10y 10y seen'S y, ~ nnow wno ~ =, or
'.a' "e ~ ~ "n''' ~ ~ " oe 'ounu
Here again we touch upon strange
y suggestive point When the search |
or TINS Mr van burcn became not |
-as the children say who play at
n'de ana seekY--thc examination Of
iheever before the trustee was post
'oned until tho 2Vth Of November. II
vas intimatcd BY Checycr himself that
when the examination was resumed
hc mystery about James Van Bnrcn
would DC dlsclosed. Wen, the z0th OF