Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

against me py my personal ana po''u'
cal enemies. .A|.
Look again at the report of the Son
ate committee (appointcd solely to In.
vcstigatc this charge). 1t clearly OK
oneratcs mo from all criminal blame.
But, in order that dixie the ape whom
! am answering) they may advertise
thoir dignity and sclfimportance, they
reprobatc the habit of "humorously
expressing" tho fact that money was
offered to secure the Legislation on this
bill. Lot every candid man reflect
that this committee did oil they could
TO humiiatc me for want Of dignity
and strut How much happier would
they have been had they been able to
report mo guilty Of the charge imputed
to mo? The committee was sworn to
give the truth, and were compelled 10
do il. You, Il, Y. w., and your gang
do not care about the truth, and, con.
sequcntly, persist in misstating facts us
long as you think you can accomplish
your purpose. You will however, dis
cover that the people are not asses, to
bo mislead by such shallow knavcry.
But perhaps, ] should be more cbarita-
bic; for, evidently, you are repeating
this stuff as parrots swear-without
knowing what you say.
The real reason for your attack on
me may be interesting to the people, in
whose behalf you assume to prate of
political publication" By an act Of
Assembly passed several years ago, a
Geological Commission was appointed
in this State, Tor which two or three
practical and clear-headed men were
selected The balance Of the Commits
sion was made up, as is generally the
case, OF plant mush.heads, merely TO
comply with the forms Of law. You
was put on as sort of a tail to the
kite, being, as am informed by intel
ligent gentlemen, about as useful as
you are ornamental. But no matter
about this. You and your associates
high-toned, honorable gentlemen, Ike your
self-wbo have the interests Of the
dear people at heart, conceived the idea
of swindling the Taxpayers out Of
money enough to enable you to visit
the Centennial, and enjoy q good time
at the expense Of the State. Is il be-
cause refused TO yield to your solicita-
tons and allow you TO put your hand
into the Treasury and draw out
$4,000 Of the hard earnings of the
taxpayers, to enable you to spend the
Summer at the Centennial, that you
are so anxious to villify me2 Or, what
did you mean, when you fawningly
solicited my aid in behalf of yourself
and your associates to filch sl5, 900 for
the avowed purpose of representing
the mineral resources of Pennsylvania
at the Centennial exhibition, but the
ostensible and true object of which was
to pay expenses etc, at the expense
of the dear people. You prate of dis
honesty, after this attempt to deplete
the Treasury If you deny the fact,
| can easily call witness who heard
you soliciting my vote for the steal
Perhaps, also, you receive additional
inspiration from those who were dis
appointed in not receiving my vote for
a steal ofs4O, 900 q the peoples money,
to establish cooling place on the
Centennial grounds, and enjoy the
supplies TO be provided by the tax.
payers, out of money they earn with
the thermometer at ll0o to 1909 in the
sun. 1t would, perhaps, be interesting
to those whom you assume to repre-
sent as one of the board of "stone ex.
aminers," if you would explain what
you wanted with $4,000 of their
money, when, even if you intended to
exhibit the mineral resources of the
State, the cost would not exceed $500
at extravagant rates. Will you rise
and explain, so that your immaculate
honesty and dignity can be vindicatedS ?
Accept, ifyou please, my thanks, and
score me one more point, for your frank
admission that you and your friend,
and your "butty," Schoonover, were
the only persons mean enough to as,
sail me on charge in which ] had
been fully acquitted by honorable men.
You complain that sandwiched you
in my reply to tho Betts(y)-Wilson-
Schoonover letter. You must excuse
me, as the letter was intended for
social treat for the trio, and was
Obliged to study the appetites of all
three Had | been serving refresh.
mcnts for your exclusive use, | should
not have dreamed of putting it in any
but liquid form, being aware of the
mathematical rules on which you i'm.
bibe in any giren quantity.
You alludo, also, to what | said in
my letter, in regard to those who seek
to rise to positions of public trust on
the ruins of others, and intimate that
] meant you. In this you are clearly
mistaken for never entertained the
remotest possibility of you ever rising
to anything, nor do believe any 9th.
er intelligent person in this county
would havca any such suspicious. Moth
ing but your excessive vanity could
have led you into such an error.
You seem much alarmed for me from
the effects of your crushing attack, and
for the stencil that may arise from
"tho demolished putrid egg" as you
are pleased to term me. If should
be unfortunate enough in this reply to
iattcn you (of which beg to assure
you ! have not the remotest anticipa.
ton, knowing it to be almost impossi.
bic to crush an utterly insignificant
object on account of its non.rcsistance
to the blow)-if on the contrary IL