Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28
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"LIED ABOU1.g
SO many conspicuous people have
been lied about! During the last two
years the number OF leading states
men who have been cast away on in
hospitablc shores from this cause is al
most incalculablc. They arc strcwcd
all along the shore. And all of them
have been lied about Two years ago
n procession passed down the Capitol
steps and scattered into the surroun-
ding country with their arms full of
stationery and other plunder, and new
er returned They went out of the
House. Some were fearful, some were
indignant, and some were in the state
of mind described by the gentleman
who was captured BY pirates in the
Gull, when he said they stripped him
and lashed him to the rigging and
aogged him on his bare back till he
was perfectly disgusted. But they
said to the inquiring minds which met
them on the way with the sympathiz-
ing interrogatory, "What's the mat
terY' "Oh, nothing, only been lied
about Some of them irctted and
vexed the colums of newspapers with
explanations how and to what extent
they had been lied about, and what
made them think so. Others made
addresses to reception committees in
which they stated distinctly and at
great length that they had been lied
about, and some we remember had
banquets at which the local clergy
man and the county poet We'd with
with each oiher at the conclusion of
of the feast in mangling the language
in which the lying had been DONE
There was an epidemic of being lied
about Among the victims, II we
rightly remember, there was some
such person, ,as the Vice President.
And here the other day another pro-
cession stepped down and out, in
whose van there might have been ear
iied descriptive banner inscribed,
"Licd About Mr. Butlcr, returning
to an admirlng constituency, when
asked what brought him back, would
doubtless answer, "Iicd Alout' TO
the friendly Detroit person, greeting
Michlgans great War Senator on his
return to private life, and inquiring of
hlm why he had not continued to in
tlmldate the British Lion in the Sen
ate, the gentle Zachariah could give
no other answer than Lied About =
ana "Lied About Is Carpenters re
sponse to Milwaukie's Whats the
natter On, 1t was such an epidem-
icl Ana " carried of so many =
Done, 100, as all the Administration
agfeed, py the independent press. II
was IN view oil the fearful mortality
IN N Pon,icai circies produced by beng
ncu ABOUT py 'he inaependent press
that congress enacted a law to meet
such cases ~ was known as the press
gag "w, anu somehow was NOT pop
u'ar' nl' nu,'cf n'so 'nrcw himsen
mug 'nc prcacn, anu upon frequent oc-
ea9'o'o eo,o"ioou 'n' P','s as mat
.'ou'' '''''vn','vus, anu ia,se, anu oncc
nv iooosn'.eo Tvs superiority ny cha,-
aI.ellalns ., " as U 'orsy Jachass 'nuu- ,.
'nrvwi"g power MISUNDERSTANDING
a'' .n's 'no s'a'cs,nen ol .nc Pc,ioo
continue 70 con'Piani Oh oe'ng hcu
"pous anu ,sory n..,e wn''c son,c new
J"e 9 - uo"o'e' "p WIN ~ US WIZ" ''"-
uen M u'aaP, WP ,v. :.
~. n"S' " "'',,'esou'' nv mas 70. "
q to'y paa o"se nc went 10 'si'a'
I Ia py '', aus'co 9' a.. counsel wnen :. nrs. !.
y,one ou', anu 'ne Sohseq"envc @ was II
VIZ "en. 'Y'y na'u WIN nun lse n,n-
uoso.a i.eg's'a'urc s,e, TOOK na,'u III u's,
ouss'ng Iug y, anu w mnl'a'ri s,oou up anu
oueoou 'non, iro''i a'aI " i'",'' inc
lress i''uu'geu IN renec,'oh ana com
'non' upo, Wv case' anu hv p"ssou :,
osoi % ~ s',enec; ~ committee calicu
alouu ior mn, pu. 70 'hVsc remote oar-
.cn Ieg'ons wherc ne nao gone 70,
'iea'liie,' no con,'i''''ees VOICE couie
perez no hearu no committee; a
u.Pu9 scrscan'-a'-ar,hs wa''eu on
ll,ln n, WIN u summons nc .reateu tne
ohiccr WIN CONSIDERATION anu 'he sum
mons WIN contempt ana 'heh when
congress nau auJourncu nc dropped
1owh 10 washington ana demanded OF
postmaster uenerai Jeweli the remov-
a. OIL the Minneapolis postmaster
ms caimness amused MrJeweii. That
iuncliohary shiled upon Mr' hingt
insisting upon beng recognized as the
representative OF the minneapolis dis-
trict, ana consequently entitled 10 inc
patronage oi thc district-could any
thng DC funnler than thatN Mr.
Jeweli intlmated that there was Just 9
shade OF doubt about his pelng admit
TED to the next Congress And ther
Wiiiiam stated 70 the postmaster ten
crai that ne had pceh iieu ABOUT An
other pam case Ana yet In spite o
u MI Jeweii deciihed 10 remove th'
Minneapolis postmaster THIS Is The
worst case yet Couldn't even get q
postmaster removed Just because he
nuu Dccii licu Nobutl NV Nonhtr ttit'
the next day, IN company with ox-
Senator hamssy who had been lied
about also, and had JAILED Of re-elec
tion IN consequence, he waited upor
mr., Jeweil IN inc street and deman
ueu 70 oc vlhuica,cd py the removal
o. Gd' .ne Mlnncapo''s 1ni,, s. postmaster s bu'