The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-03

REGIoNs-wHo ENCOURAGED THE
oUTRAGEs AND MURDERS.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, October 25.-Ths re-
cent disclosures of political rascality made
by John }. Slattery at Mauch Chunk, are
st Ill the all absorbing topics of converse
tion here, and the comments are governed
by the political proclivities of those YOU
hear talking on the subject. ID. c. Henning
and Sen. j. X. Sigfried the dispensers Of
tne republican corruption funds to the
Molly Maguires, appear to feel the sting of
the exposure keenly, but they still declare
that 1t was perfectly honorable to buy nm
| influential politicians.
There is one phase of this story of cor
ruption and bribery which is worthy of
| special notice, as it shows the eape;ness
with which the Republican leaders labored
to secure the votes of banded murderers.
In tins State the Judges have control of a
certain amount of patronage, in the filling
OF vacancies in certain Offices, such as con
stable, school boards and the like In all
OF his appointments Judge Pershing was
very careful, and by refusing to give coun-
tenance to the cut-throats, he drew upon
himself their bitter opposition. That alone
was sufncient to cause the majority of them
to vote against him for Governor. This,
however, was not satisfactory to the Re-
publican leaders. They wanted to make
sure of every Molly Maguire vote in the
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campaign, they spent upward of $4,000
among the leaders here, who in turn pock-
eted the money and simply used their
power over their dupes to keep them under
control, and make them vote as Kehoe
Dolan and Slattery wanted them to.
A few of the ''boys," when they discov-
cred that the leaders had got money, and
were disposed to keep it, began TO kick the
traces, and to quiet the obstreperous, some
OF the money had to be dealt out but in
most cases small sums were sufficient TO
INK the boys" Slattery did not give the
names of all who received money Barney
Dolan and Reilly the Bum got money, and
the latter got an appointment on the Cen
tennial police force from HartranfL besides
TAT Hester, chief of the Mollies in Nor
cumberland county, and the worst Of
them all, was also avery active Republica
worker, as was every paTdoned murderer
in the coal regions,
The Miners Journal the organ of the
Treasury and Cameron Rings in this coun-
| ~, true to Its party and masters, is earnest
ly engaged in throwing mud at respectable
men who have helped to expose the cor
rupt practices of its party's leaders. 1t
gustlhes those acts by saying that they have
| been the universal practices of all parties
| throughout the country, but it fails to
vouchsafe the proofs. BY this it will be
seen that the Republican press ano leaders,
| instead OF disowning or denouncing the vile
| work, glory in its success, although il gave
ali impetus to crime that for wears held The
| people of the coal regions under a reign of
terror. The universal verdict is that the
| Republican leaders of PENNSYLVANIA are as
| much responsible for many of the murders
and other crimes committed by the Molly
| Maguires as those ruffians who to-day stand
sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment
! for conspiracy to murder.
| those who were nnt in Scl,,,-ll. oop,,tx,
| during the reign of terror can scarcely con-
celve how The political backing the Mollies
received from the Republican authorities
encouraged the spirit of defiance in them.
1t was this support that caused Kehoe TO
| suggest that the Major brothers should be
shot down like dogs in broad daylight in
the streets of Mahanoy City. Ii was This
that caused Barney Dolan to say publicly
that the workingmen were towards for not
smashing the heads of more BOSSES and
not burning down more breakers. 1t was
this that caused them to parade defiantly
wearing the badges of their order and to
insult and abuse the clergymen of the
Roman Catholic Church who had de-
nouced them, 1t was this that encour-
aged Pat Hester to turn out his band and
lorce the burial in the Catholic Cemetery at
ShamokIn of one of his Molies, despite
the order of the Rev. Father Koch against
IT. 1t was this that made the same Pat
hester bold enough to brutally attack
Father Reilly on the streets of Ashland.
This list might be heightened indefinitely
IL lt wrere necessary. The millions of
readers of the Sun can see that there is no
eAagseTation IN saying that to the corrupt
practices of the Republican leaders is due
a great deal of the crime that has made the
( pennsylvania coal region black spot in
our country.
Mr. Gowen is by no means Stacking off
IN his war upon the Molly Maguires One
by one they are even yet being gathered
III. Yesterday Patrick Hughes, alias Fox,
was lodged in jail here. charged with
burning down the Philadelphia and Read
ing hallroad Company's depot at Tusca-
rora, April ?, 1875. Michael Doolin, con-
vlcteo of conspiracy to murder, was his
confederate in the job, and they will be
tired together. Abou: the time this job
was done great many other depredations
were committed upon railroad and other
property. principally that belonging to the
railroad company. For most of these no
| arrests have yet been made.-N y Sun,