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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06
INELIGIBLE ELECTORS.

Tho Radical party is so run down
with office.holders that the leaders
were unable to find Electors enough
in four or five States, and were com
pelled TO jump on number who were
notoriously disqualified by tho Consti
tuition. As an instance The Radical
greenics of Rhode Island placed the
great Centennial engine man, George
ii. Corliss, on their Electoral ticket
and discovered after the election that he
was Centennial Commissioner and
therefore ineligible, but so determined
was the "moral idea brood of the po
tato patch State in keeping him on
that few took it upon themselves Ia
take the case before the Radical Su.
preme Court, and that tribunal has de-
cided that Mr. Corliss was ineligible
and could not serve as an elector. To
render the leaders Of the Radical par
ty still more infamous in the esteem Of
all sensible men, the Governor has call
cd an extra session Of the Legislature
of that State to fill the vacancy. AT
the Radicals of that state were FOOLISH
enough to vote for an elector who wai
ineligible, they deserve to lose him
and neither common sense nor law car
remedy an evil Of this kind after the
wrong has been committed. Suppose
they had placed ten-ycar-boy, or a
mule on their ticket, could the farce be
remedied after the act had been com.
mitted9 Are not erpost tdcto laws for.
bidden? We are aware that during
the war for the abolition Of slavery
that this was the curc-all for every vi.
olation of the Constitution. But the
cure was as gross violation of oil law
and common sense as the transgression
it attempted to cure. But Of such is
Radicalsm. Folly and crime are the
chief component parts of tho consplra-
tors against liberty and free govern
mcnt on this Continent.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06

CoNoREss.--This body assembled or
Monday, and with but little ceremony
elected Samuel J. Randall Speaker by
a vote of l6l to SO for Gen. Garfield
with few scattering votes for other
parties. After the Speaker was quail
flied, Mr.. Hewitt asked unanimous con.
sent to offer resolution asking for the
appointment OF three select committees.
Prompt objection was made by mum.
ber oi Radicals.
Mr.. Hewitt then moved to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution, and
after some little debate the rules were
suspended and the motion carried
1876 to 7S-a party vote, except that
George A. Bagley IN. " and Messrs
Pierce and seelye (Mass.) voted with
the Democrats.
A Committee was then appointed to
notify the President that Congress was
ready for business.
The Speaker announced the appoint
ment Of the South Carolina commit.
tees as follows: Messrs. saylor, Ohio,
Abbott Massachusetts, stenger, Penn.
sylvania, Eden, Illinois, Jones, Ken.
tucky, Phillips, Missouri, Banks, Mass
achusetts, Lapham, New York, and
Lawrence, Ohio.
Adjourned,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06

IMPUDEScE AND BRAss.-Tne Radi
cal leaders assume to be the custodian
of all the intelligence, virtuc and nee
essary qualifications TO govern ant
rule this country, yet, results expert
enccd on every hand demonstrate that
they are unfit to properly conduct theil
own party affairs legally, much les,
to govern the States Of the Union, a,
contemplated. Just look at the blum
ders committed in the selection of elec
tors, and the open violations of the
Constitution by the leaders of this
moral idea" party. The touch Of
their party leaders is as fatal to liber.
ty, as defined by the laws of the I'm.
ion, as the yellow fever Is to the hu
man frame.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06


REruRSEp.--Ex.Statc Treasurer Bot
Mackey has returned from Florida dis
gusted and humilitatcd. Expert at
Bob is, he could not teach the carpet
bag kpavcs anything new in the art Of
election frauds, He found his confcd.
crates down south better educated
than himself and ready to commit
crimes which, whom mentioned to
Robert, made the hair on his head
rise on end. Hence, he soon loft for
home. He says the Radical leaders in
Florida are perfect alligators, willing
10 dcvcur anything.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06


The REruRs.-Onc Of Grants dc
tectives, who was on ship.board with
Twsed during his voyage to Spain, in.
troduced himself to ''the Boss" the day
previous to landing on the Spanish
coast as q newspaper correspondent,
and commenced interviewing "the
Boss" But he would not be punished
in that way, Finally, the Grant sneak
propoundcd number of questions by
writing them on card, handed il TO the
aforesaid, and told him to answer at
his convenience. One OF the questions
was, "Having been q warm personal
and political friend Of Samuel J. Tilden
for many years, have you anything TO
reveal detrimental to his private or po.
litical character If so, it may prove
very advantageous TO you to answer
IN tho affirmative 2" Tho Boss In a
short timc returned the card 10 aforc.
said hummer, with a heavy pencil line
drawn around this question, and the
word mo" written with blue pencil
acrosa tho question. That word mo"
retusaed VIM. N. Tweed to a New
York psisca Had he said ayes" 70 |
the irsercgstcsy, be would b a free |
man in Spain Who = tbs greater
roguey fl-..l.-tt.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06

,..... ..hal.. ll: A. "A al.
sNp'e' my oouy " oe''oso ."A' 10, VIM .''''
, nae 'oms .',,. y. Lv'",nu'n y.s'''r ""a ~
uone w''uou' n's sancion n, on'ss' ~ n'
~" ,vIu ;I;, no'anIp ana ', A., u'.S.a 80" ra;s ~
sl""s'o'"'y nov, Us no o'a ~ 'n' iIoa'', ..
,anA ea'., no s'a"us conuennv' .'',, @ ~. y, y,
~ n's ow" ., n'oa.n' pu. wno wv "oo.P'
s"en y l'c" WIN respec. 70 'ns ''""''
"cuo,s u, So'a'no'a yes'e,uay
LUZ" ~ ns own uev'arn,'on' '"e
n,n.a', ''.., ,,l''. nte''.''neo yos'e'uay ma'
u''er'y .,y w''nou' w"rran. or Jus''nea.
% uon' ror nun 20 repea, n'S 'orms, ,,
p''A ~ ,sno'""oo ~ ,n'' easc wou,u
~ a.,'' r'a'oa'ous' 81 .. oruer.a 'n'sP'a'n
v'o'".'on " INV, or u, WIN 80 many
','.'-',H s'i.se.ssS. sY's 9. go - !.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06


"a practical article In the last Philadelphis
Raiieay World, one Of the best newspapers oil
its kind in our country, calling stteniion TO th,
millions Of capital lying idle 10 the vaults Of out
banks and saving fund institutions, while an out
let for the product Of the coal mines 10 sought Ia
vain, while nundreds OF furnaces remain out Of
blast, and while tens OF thousands Of workmen
are looking for remunerativc employment, open,
. rich encouragement to bold and sagscioul
men, f-Phiia. Fre".
Well, whose fault is it that every.
thing is so awiully out of order
What party has been running the
Government machine for the past six.
teen ycarsY Who introduced the sale
Of Cadctships, Credit Mobilier stocks,
Traderposts, black Friday, ruined such
christian Bankers" as the Cooks, the
Clcws, ETC., and 'busted up" the negro
bureau, closed the furnaces and locked
up the money! Political knavcs Of
course.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06

Net Republican majority in 1874
3,s22; in 1876, 23,s2s; difference, 90.
oO6; Hayes majority in State, $4,000
Was not Pennsylvania bull-doEed Oh
Cameron-dozed in some way, and should
not the above.named counties be thrown
out of the count?
Now, how Is that for bull.dozing
right here in the State of the Gamer
onsg What more proof need we cite
to prove that far greater frauds were
committed in our own State, than there
were in the late slave States A boldcr
showing of fraud than that demonstra.
ted in Allegheny county was never
put in figures. But then, it was done
in "loyal Pennsylvania" and not sin
in the eyes Of modern "Christian States
men" of the Cameron persuasion.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06
DEMocRATIc S1RENGTl

The result OF the recent election
shows that tho nol;,;.a, ida il ,uunino
n,..o. 80 AZ n.''"..,'.. ne
:" 'a'o' " '"' pomoc'a''c party az
prove tins We need but cite a few
Northern and Southern instances, viz
Maryland in 1872 paye Grant n ma.
iorilv Of M votes h,s IN ,ho nav, y.a,
returned to the Democratic faith will
a majority OF 10000 Last wear Gov.
ernor Carroll had A majority of l2 92l
In a total vote of I57 $50 and m.
wear Tilden's majority was 10 7pg In n
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06

REvoLurIoN.-The scenes enacted
in South Carolina, Louisiana ant
Florida are as revolutionary as it il
possible to become without the shed
ding of blood. The forbearance o
the Democrats is truly amazing
Cheated, insulted and bounded by th,
United States Army, and scallawag
of all degrees and colors they pocket
all, satisfied that the Congressional
Committees which are now on thei
way down there will reveal the trutl
and nothing but the truth.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06

Coop Bur USHsEpEp ADvIcE.-The
editor Of the New York Tribune, in al.
luding to Grants Revolutionary move.
ments in the South, says; 1--WE earn.
estly hope that the President will tol.
crate no Federal interference in this
affair Of purely State concern. The
duty Of the hour is "hands of" That
is good advice, but then, Giant has
been so bull-dozed by Cameron and
Chandler that he is ready to "play
hell" with himself on this occasion,
while the real rogues will, in all prob.
ability, escape the condemnation of a
free people.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06


The END AT HANp.--On Wednesday
Dec. 9th, all the Presidential Electors
must meet IN their respective State
Capitols to vote by ballot for President
and Vice President. This duty is i'm.
perative andcannot be lodged. After
this duty Is discharged, they mus,
then make and severally sign three
certificates Of all the votes given
by them, each oi which ccrtifi.
Gates shall contain two separate
lists of their votes tor President and
Vice Prcrident, to which certificates
must be attached official lists of tho
electors, furnished by the Executive
OF the State ono list to be sent by spe-
cial messenger TO the President OF the
Senate, one to tho same officer by mail,
and one to be delivered TO the Presi-
dent Judge Of the judicial district in
which the electors have met.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06
GEN. SHERMANS REPORT.


General Sherman has finished biz
annual report as chief Of the army
In it be says:
"Thc aggregate force of the army
now consists Of 25, 1871 men, all Of WHOM
are actively employed as though wal
existed. BY tho subdivision Of terri
tory erery foot Of the country is under
the supervision OF general Officer
near at hand, with part of the arm,
proportioncd to the supposed necessity
TO maintain order and peace, whereby
the settlement OF the country ma,
progress and the civil officers be cna
bled TO enforce the laws OF the Unite,
States"
This will show how completely th,
military power pervades our system a.
atpresent administered. The prcviousl,
opinion has been that tho civil officer,
IN times Of peace ought to get along
without having detail OF fedora
troops near at hand to back up thei
civil processcs--that the State author
u
itles were the ones to give the needed
support to officers enforcing civl
processes-but the above shows tha
that is a false opinion as applied to ouI
government in Radical hands, ans
every foot Of the country is KEEP,
under the eyes of federal soldier
ready to lend q hand in civil matters :
Clinton Democrat.
This is a damnable doctrine, and /
allowed to spread will destroy the Re
public However, under Democrati,
rule Sherman and his army will be put
IN the rear where they belong. Tn,
Napolconic views of the General O
the army and his subordinatcs must n.
dergo change or be suppressed. Tn,
people of the United States arc moi
prepared fora military dcspotism, and
will not submit to be governed by mil
ilary snobs and buffoons.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06


at 10 really amusing to study the anIisty oil
the old Confederates to get possession Of the
United States Government, and their esgcrnss,
to pick out Republican elector here and ther
- q contingent in case they fail 10 the three dis
putsd ststes."--PAiladsipL;a Press.
Well, if there lives a more contin
gent creature on Gods foot.stool than
Forney, we have never heard Of him
He is as much thing, in the hands OF
Simon Cameron, as the gate the Honor
able Senator swings when no passes
Out Vi his oacs yard. Tho EDITOR In
question is combination Of dcmagogue
knave and slave, and when Simon use,
his party lash on his bare back, be
turns to reviling the party mother
that mrsed him into life in order Ia
satisfy another as venal and as corrupt
q human being as ever darkened the
door Of q Legislative Hall. They are
a pair Of twin bastards, and can never
be initiated by honest men.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06

A GovsRsnsrr RseussY.--"Joyes sHd No.
pcnald are reliable and rssf~ortig. Let hsr,
Aars hirfer~afio~ fAsv wana"--U.G Grant
The two fellows above named were
members of the St. Louis "crookcd
whisky ring" and such was the infor.
nation that "the Government" telc-
graphcd to District Attorney Dyer,
when hc was prosecuting them for
their crooked ways. Yet, Of the whole
gang sent to tho pcnitentiary, ali have
been pardoned except these two ''soil.
cd doves" who used TO sail around
Washington with Grant in a four.
horsc rig.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06

Great wrongs were committed by the Demo.
Gratis In those States. s."-Raaicai Exchanges.
That Is the way Radical editors pu,
1t when alluding to Florida, Louisiana
and South Carolina. Pretty fellows to
cry fraud, after practicing it for six.
teen years, and in iull possession oil
every ofiicial-State and Rational
Gentlemen, your plea is " too thin"
Wrongs" It is true, caused your over
throw, but the members of your own
family committed them, and the pco.
pie took umbrage at them, and turned
you out to grass.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06

What an awful crimo it was when
Booth, Atxeroth, and their confedcratcs
got up a conspiracy to murder Mr.
Lincoln. But now, when Cameron,
Chandler, Grant 4 Co. got up con.
spiracy to destroy the Republic, it's
only . joke, showing conclusivcly that
the Radical leaders think moro Of tho
life Of an individual than they do Of
the Republic.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06

LINCOLN ON CousrIso.-Everything
that "the late lamented" did was al.
ways considered good Radical author.
ity. Well, here is one case in point
"ln 1865 Congress passed a joint reso.
luton excluding certain States from
the Electoral College. President Lin.
coin signed il, he said, in Difference to
the view Of Congress, but in the mes
sage he sent to them on the subject, no
said, the two Houses OF Congress, con-
vencd under the 18th article Of the
Constitution, have complete power to
exclude from counting all electoral
votes deemed by them to be- illegal
Hc further 'disclaimed oil right Of tho
Executive TO interfere in any way in
the canvassing or counting of electoral
votes
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06
To,ai......iss 500. .s2s o.sss.s9s ss.sls.7.s Is
A recapitulation of the above shows

The work of packing up isgoing on
rapidly and the buildings begin to pre-
sent a dreary aspect.
TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE GROUNDS
The large extent of tho grounds oc'
cupicd by the U. S. International Elk
hibition and the distance Of one build
ing from the other, rendered it almost
necessary to secure some convenient
method of transportation the result
being the adoption Of the narrow
guagc system. The track was laid sc
as TO conveniently reach oil of the build
ings, and with the sidings is a littl,
less than seven miles in length. The
success of this road is proof Of th,
estimate in which it has been held by
all visitors, as the following statistic,
will show
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06
4 BANK SUIT

An important suit touching the re
sponsibility OF bank officers 10 tho in
stitutions employing them, has beer
disposed ofin the Chester county court
II was an action brought by the lror
bank Of Ph9nixvile against John II
keiff, their cashier, to recover damages
for negligent conduct on his part II
not requiring n stranger presentinl
a DRAFT 10 DO properly identified. Tn,
case, which was decided in fayor o
the bank, is thus stated by the wcs,
Chester Republican
"On the 9th of July, 1876, strange,
presented himself at the above men
toned bank, expressing a desire tc
open an account with the bank. and
presenting draft and letter of intro
duction purporting to come from the
cashier of the First National Bank Of
York, Pa. The draft was represented
to be drawn by the First National
Bank Of Philadelphia, for the sum Of
$500. The draft was accepted. s2..
500 was advanced on ii and credi,
given him for $1,000. The draft was
forwarded to the Philadelphia bank,
and word telcgraphcd back that it was
a forgery. The stranger had in the
meantime concluded to enter into
"business" elsewhere. The bank urges
negligence on the part OF the cashier
IN not requiring the stranger to be
identified, and the suit was brought to
recover the $4,000 from the defendant.
Defendant claims that when the bank
employed him 1t was promised that he
should be instructed in the ways of
banking, and that no such instruction
had been given him. 1t was on this
ground that he claimed he could not
DO held responsible for breach of
banking usagc. Verdict in favor of
the plaintiff in the sum of 40 7na 1G "
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06
The sprAKrssuIp.-The dealt

The SPEAKERsHIP.-The death oi
Speaker Kerr made 1t the duty
of Congress, when it assembled last
Monday, to elect Speaker. Mr.
Saylor, of Ohio, had been acting a,
Speaker pro TEN in the absence of Mr.
Kerr, during the last session. The
Democratic Caucus met on Saturday
night with four prominent candidates
to select from-Messrs. Randall, oi
Philadelphia, Cox, of Now York, Nor
rison, OF Illinois,a the protein Speak
er, Mr.. Saylor, of Ohio. But before
proceeding to ballot the two latter
gentlemen withdrew and vote being
taken resulted in 70 votes being cas-,
for Mr.. Randall and SO for Mr.. Cox.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06
THE CENTENNIAL--CLOSI
THE BOOhS.

The department OF admissions of the
centennial exhibition has just finished
the coupt of the visitors to the grounds
on closing day, and thus complete the
official record of admissions during the
six months extending from May 10th
to November 10th. The daily admis-
.;o,,s ,rar.. oa c,lIowa.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06

About tue best buIl.dozcd creature
vs know Of ip Penpsylvsnia, is Col.
Forney. Simon Cameron, bis lifelong
sssny, has hold bis boso on The rougb.
Il > gripdstoss iqr over six
nHnshs sud be 70 siiu unhappy.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06

Fhsr PAoE.-Thc "Grcat Cyclon,
in Bengal" and "Thc st. Clair Massa
ore" are startling facts, and "wha1
the Army has Done" and what became
Of "Thc Average Boy" must prove in
tercsting to tho rcsder. Besides, in
our "Much in Little" column will BE-
found some huge bouldcrs which can.
not be easily removed.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06

.i1AA W. eAAa SsA1nihSaSnn~.sN .sNH1ts ~
Is II reasonable TO suppose that
these overwhelming Confederate ma
jorities, In districts steadily Republican,
would have occurred without that rife
policy of intimidation which has pre-
vailed throughout the South? And
yet because the men claiming 10 be
members Of the Legislature who simply
represent these villainies were not ad.
mitted among those duly elected at
Columbia, Wade Hampton and his Co.
horts secede."
Bya similar illustration VIC can prove
far more outrageous frauds in Penn.
sylvania, and for genuine bull-dozing,
throws South Carolina, or any other
State in the South, in the shade. As
the Louisiana Returning Board pro
pose TO count Hayes in by throwing
out five parishes, because they have
voted differently from what they did
in 1874, and therefore must have been
bull.dozed or fraudulent, could not o
Democratic Returning Board be ap.
pointed in this State to throw out the
FIVE counties hereinafter named, in
which the vote is so entirely changed
from that of 1874 that it has given the
vote of the State of Pennsylvania to
Hayes' We refer to the following;
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-06

ASsRlous DEPRECIATION. The Main
Building on the Centennial grounds,
which cost ono million six hundred
thousand dollars, WAS sold on Friday
last to John 8. Morton. President Of
the Market street railway, for the sum
Of s25o,oeo HO must have a good
bargain, or tho conductor had bottcr
one.