Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-06-07
LETTER FROM SENA TOR
ri gH BOYER.

iuOtiNto aiO iVt ihih W uiihtlttilli
are very busy misreprcsenting my po
sition on the so called boom bill during
the session of the Legislature. The
report of the House Committee in the
investigation was so manilestly uDiaiI
and untrue, as has been shown by O
score or more OF members who, in open
session of the House, corrected the re-
port of the committee Their bung
ling report rendered il necessary ior
the Senate to take some action to as
certain If any illegal means had been
used in that body to pass the bill OF
defeat it, or if any of its members had
been engaged in the same. According.
ly a resolution TO investigate was ogcr-
cd by Senator Dunkel, of Philadelphia,
and Messrs Dunkel, Strang and Law.
renee, Republicans, and Messrs Dill
and Allen, Democrats, the latter the
principal champion of the bill in the
Senate, were appointed. This con-
mittee, after nearly two weeks OF Of.
fort, failed to find any testimony to
corroborate the testimony of Andre
against me, but they succeeded IN ellc'
iting the tact that neither Dry, Wan.
ner nor Miller had any conversation
with me Whatever on the boom biii,
notwithstanding the report of the
House Commlttee indicated that from
the testimony OF these men had cor
rupuy soiiclteo them Conrad swears
that ana not oner him anything or
intimate that nc could get anything
ior MS vote ana that ! Simply told MN
wvhat the common talk was ana uels-
eimah, whose statement Is hereto APP
pehdea, utterly repuola'es tne report
81 rne house COMMITTEES, Aiter the
Prenm'nary rePor. o' tne SENATE SENATE oom-
llll.ee was reau' anu 'ne oehalc reius,
'nB 70 'aNe any iersner noelon W .ne
matter, l hoveu lof 'nc apPon''iieh.
~ sPco'ai co'nnil..ov i,. W 'horougniy ~
lnNeSuga.o my par.'cuiar easy, nus
was tan,eu, anu tuo Irvslucn' !"o
'sM Vi 'ne ,'vha,c, ha'i,eu mossis; ., an a.,
ac,son, Vi hncgnehy, Srouse' ., rn,ia-
uelpnia, ana Lemon ., Dla'r, hepuoll,
cans, anu Nag'e, :" nii"ucipn'a, anu
stanton, Oh Luzerhe, Democras' MI
stanton, on account OF otner engage,
mehts, declined 70 serve, ana mus ,eit
tne eommltlee consisting Oh ,nree re
puohcahs ana one democrat tne lat-
ter, a fhlladelph'an VINO was not not
overly kindly disposed towards me 10,
cause IN 'ne CONSCIENTIOUS olscnarge OF
my uu.y iou"u ~ neVess"'y W 'oVc
against certain Phlladelphia enter
prlses. Alter searching Tor one week,
during which time one OF the mem
bers oil the committee was heard to
say, vi they could lind anything
against Boyer they would give him
h-ll, and In which time they yainly
searched Tor o witness TO corroboratc
the testimony OF Andre, aud they were
compelled @ report that the testimony
was not sufficient TO justify q charge OF
bribery, but that IT was undignified to
speak in any other but grave and
serious manner about Legislation, as it
lowered the dignity ofthe position to do
so. Ol Temporal OF Mores | am
not of the class who deem it necessary
to hide what little light | have under
a bushel Of gawkeyness or some stupid
conceit of my personal dignity, or,
what would be still worse asinine, the
dignity of a Senator Dignity don't
consist in being a Senator nor the du.
ties that absolutely pertain TO it, it is
"wOrlh make, the man, the want of it the fellow,
And all the rest Is leather aud pranellA'"
i have seen dignified fiddlers, shoe
makers, carriers, butchers, tailors and
even q very dignlfied doctor, and |
have seen philosophers and very learn
cd men without dignity. ! think that
true dignity consists in virtue, inior.
nation and power to diffuse, apply and
make that information useful to our
iellowmen Of high or low degree. Par
don this dlgrcssion. II may be foolish,
and confess it is, to notice or talk to
old fools like Andre, but it can hardly
be called undignited. But this com
mittec falling to find anything to jnsti-
~ the charge OF bribery, could not
refrain IN their partlzan zeal from CIV
ing me q shot, and thus magnify their
own Importance
II is not generally Understood that
these Investigations are conducted like
cases before q grand Jury, where tcsti-