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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05
TIE PRESIDENT AND HIS
.SECRET'd RIES

President Grant has had throughout
his career the good fortune to be sus.
tanned by men at his side who did his
thinking aud working, When he was
General of the Army il was Rawlings
whom he became President Porter was
his tiirs dchdtes For whilo Porter,
tainted by Grant, was the President OF
tho United States, But faithful rs he
was to his chief, Porter know when TO
quit Ho saw the influences which
Grant was gathering around him; he
abhorred the vulgai'ity of the Prcsi.
dents intimatcs no forecasted the in
cvitable return of his chief TO the OBJ.
scurity, lacking only the poverty OF
years ago. He took then tho place in
connection with the Pullman Palace
Car Company, which now yields him
u salary of $4,000 year and other
sums besides. Babcock stepped into
his vacant slippers in tho private soc.
retary's room Of tho White House, and
fine mess he has made Of il, Some
how or other he has managed to get
his name mixed up from time to time
with the rumors concerning Jobs in
Government buildings, Jobs in Cuban
bonds, jobs in Washington street i'm.
provements, and now with jobbcry in
the manufacture of whisky, which we
have lately heard of And there Is no
fcassilf " weAde,~St tssSr reports
whom you know Babcock and when
you know Grant Washington Letter.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

Some interesting statistics are re-
vealcd in the distribution of the honors
by the appointment of Speaker Kerr's
committees. The West and the South
out Of iorty-eight secured thirty-fve
chairmanships. Pennsylvania and New
York got thirteen, the former eight,
the latter five. But, New Jersey, Del
aware, Vermont, Massachusetts,, New
Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, were
judged unworthy of any notice. But
the great States of Missouri and Ken
tucky distribute nine between them.
Mississippi, Maryland, West Virginia,
Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana have
one each; Tennessee, North Carolina
and Indiana have two apiece Virginia
three Illinois and Kentucky arc
favored with four; New York, Ohio
and Missouri with five, and Pennsyl-
vania with eight.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05
GRANT, TIE POPE, AND THE
lSGHOOLS.

90 49,, M,
Something must bc done Ihat
something Is to vote Tor the schools
and against the Pope. After the cleo
ton we are comparatively sale Inc
country has been frequently saved
from the encroachmcnts OF the Jesuits
in this manner. A Republican victory
always dmlnlshos the swelling of the
Pope's toe. 1t acts like an ointment
administered.to It. These Republican
politicians, who are so vigilant IN be-
half OF the Bible and the public schools,
are themselves not Christians. Their
knowledge OF the Scriptures is chiefly
derived from what they hear OF them
rather than actual reading. But this
doesn't make any difference. 1t is
easy to be religious and not plous'
How much easier to be concerned ior
the cause OF religion and yet have nc
religion But in this class of politl'
clans, we beg leave to be understood
we don't include General Grant. II Is
but fitting that he should be the choice
Of the clergy; lie has always led
pEre and godly me- his haoits arc
known TO be irreproachaDle ne never
drank pr used tobacco IN 'hy iorn
his lips are never prolaned by an oatni
he has q horror oil a horse'racer he Is
regular in his attendance at church
his leisure hours are devoted to earn
est religious discussion with eminent
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05
IHE NATIONAL RETRENCH.
ERS


Locally, Radical spobs ARE constantly
bowling about high taxes, and demand
reform. But when they rise to the
dignity OF tho State, they forget all
about It. The nation Is still worse.
Although business firms and individ.
uals have curtailcd their expenses from
ten to twenty per cent. the past two
years, the Washington government de-
mands moro money to "run the ma
chino" in 1876 than over before, The
editor Of tho Philadelphia Times makes
the following remarks on this subject
1t is not apparent, from Mr. Brs-
tow's book of estimates, just where the
administration proposes 10 mako the
rctrenchment we have heard about,
Last year We were assured that every
thing was whitfield down to the finest
possible point, and the estimates for
the new current fiscal year summed
up three hundred and ten millions Of
dollars. Congress. however, in Wow
Of the elections pending, took on II
virtuons mood, and cut the appropria-
tons down some seventeen millions be.
low the estimate. This seemed very
hard TO the administration, bat II can
not look for even as generous treat
mont rs this from the present House Of
Representatives, and probably assuin.
ing that its estimates will be ruthlcssly |
cut down, it has prudently made them
much larger than before, to allow an
ample margin for reduction. The sum
demanded to carry on the government
from June, 1876, to June, 1877, is s3li-
Gl2,60S, or four and half millions
more than last years estimates, and
twenty-onc and a half millions more
than the appropriations made by the
last Congress. 1t Is noteworthy that
Mr.. Bristow asks for less than his de-
partment got last year; Mr.. Jewell
asks for less than Creswell wanted
Mr.. Picrreponte for less than Williams
got, and Mr.. Fish for about the same
as before, his department being the
least costly of all. Chandler, on the
other hand, demands an increase over
last years appropriations, though not
as much us Dclano considered neces-
sary, and Bclknap and Robson, as
usual, are asking ior more. More than
fifty-seven millions is asked for the
War Department and nearly twenty
three millions for the Navy. The
estimates for the army alone are nearly
equal to the entire expenses Of the
government in 1860, and the sum total
is more than five times as great al
though the population has increased in
the fifteen years but forty per cent.
Surely, as Mr.. Dawes remarked last
year, the knife should go into that
book Of estimates, and we shall be dis
appointed if Mr.. fiandal's committee
do not cut and slash it without mercy.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

Moral lSsrRucroRs. The Rev. Il,
Z. Smith, late Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, has been unanimously elected
president of the Howard University.
This is the Smith who, insisting all the
time that there was no such thing as
an Indian ring, did all in his power to
prevent an honest investigation of tho
alleged Indian frauds, dcnouncing Pro
fcsssr Marsh as no better than he
should be and Mr.. Welsh rs a great
deal worse than he ought to be. This
is the Smith who exchanged cbarac-
tors with Secretary Dclano and thought
him the most guilclcss Of men. This
Is the smilb who mingled daily IN the
company Of swindlng contractors and
thioylng agents and oonccived himself
to be in the society of saints, This Is
the man whom Secretary Chandler,
with all his Indifference to political
reputation, did not dare 10 retain in n
position where his acts wonld bc open
to Congressional Inquiry. This j. the
man who has been elevated TO the post
Of m instructor Of youth
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05
A CEyTENARLAN PREACHER

The Rev. Henry Boehm, better
known as Father Boehm, the Oldest
Methodist preacher in this country, and
probably the oldest minister in the
world, died on Tuesday Of last week,
the 2Sth ult., at the house Of his grand
daughter, near Richmond, Staten
Island. This venerable man was born
on juno s, l77j, in Lancaster county,
this State, where his father, Martin
Boehm, was Mennonite preacher, and
aiterward prominent ia the organiza-
tion Of the Church of the United Breth-
ron. Henry received plain German
education and u careful religious train
ing, and at an early age became con-
nectcd with the Methodist Church,
then newly organized in this country.
One Of the first Methodist meeting
houses was built on the Boehm prop
erty, and was long the centre of Il wide
religious influence, and il was there, in
1898, that Henry Boehm joined the
Methodist body. After the usual pro-
baton he was appointed II class-leader
at Soudorsburg, and subsequently, after
attending n Methodist conference in
1900, became an itinerant preacher.
In 1902 he was appointed to Kent Cir
cult, and after laboriDg there with
great success was transferred to new
field of action in Eastern Pennsylvania.
He preached in German at this time,
and was.the companion Of Bishop As
bury in his tour Of the State. Having
now fully acquired the.use of the Eng
lish language he preached to large
audiences at Harrisburg, Reading, Co
lumbia, and other places. In 1907 he
was stationed in Lancaster county,
where the Methodist Church first be.
came established through his influence,
and while there translated the disci-
pline of the Methodist Church into the
German language. At this period
Bishop Asbury again chose this preach
or as his travelling companion, and this
time theiS labors extended over the
States Of Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee
Georgia, South Carolina, and Other
points South and West. In lsOo he
made visit to the Eastern States and
New York, and was everywhere the
recipient of marks of respect and atten,
ton In lsi2 he was appointed to
the charge oil the Schuyikiil district and
ne subsequently served as presiding
elder OF the chesapeake, Delaware
Lancaster, ana other districts, He
was member ,inn OF the oenerai Confer
ence OF 1857 and that oi 1914, when
the separation took place between the
Church North and south: Since 1874
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

A "RApIcAL" REFORM, M,--The Sccro.
tary of the Treasury is engaged in
the work Of reducing expenses in the
custom houses, the pay of inspectors
being cut down IRON 81 TO $3.50 per
day, and the salary Of clerks reduced
from 5000 to 800 each. This is all
very well in the way of retrcnchmcnt,
but we suggest The administration
should begin economic reform at the
other end Of the line, Instead of talk.
ing n slice Off the subordinates in the
custom house, il would be better
thing TO cut down the Presidents sal
ary and that of his. cabinet. If there
is n reduction all round, the country
will approve it, but not if they begin
and end with men who hold small
nlaccs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

PRlScEY OUTLAY.--Percival b.
Spear, who is accused Of stealing moro
than $4,000 from r. II. McDonold d
Co, druggists, of New York, for whom
he was confidential clerk, had bought
a house at Hackensack, n. j., with
fine grounds, and furnished it with
elegance. He gave oxtravagant sup
pers and spent money iavishly at
church fairs and festivals lie was a
warden in the Episcopal Church at
Hackensack, and il has been his custom
tor long time TO send the rector his
Sunday dinner every week. lie had
lately laid a branch sewer from his
house for the distance of nearly n
block at his own expense.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05
AN ORACLE SPEAKS.

That undisguised hero, statesman
and patriot, Colonel John W. Forney,
who has been rustloating in Europe
for the past year, has finally been
heard from. He has issued an epis-
tic on Presidential candidates. And,
behold he has left the Government F"
out ofthe catalogue Grant is ignored
by him, Ilcpresents for the considera-
ton of his Radical friends, the names
of +. B, Washburn, of Galena, ILL.,, now
Minister to France James g. Blaine,
late Speaker and now member of
Congress from Maine, and Oliver p.
Morton, United States Senator from
Indiana. He wants ga kind Provi-
dcnce to honor the Republican party
next year, and to place one of them at
the head of its columns"
This celebrated manufacturer ofPresi-
Dental candidates has also selected Il
bevy from which he wants the Demo
Gratis mot Providence rs in the other
easel TO select their candidate. He
names Samuel J. Iildcn, of New York I;
Thomas A. Hendricks, Of Indiana !;
Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio, and Thos.
+. Bayard, of Delaware. Tho two
former are Governors of their respect
i've States, and the two latter repre-
sent their constituents in the United
States Senate.
What an excellent, disinterested pa
triot Colonel Forncy is, anyhow He
has sacrificed nearly lifetime for the
benefit of both parties, and is still will
ing to continue in the same business.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

A SMALL OUTRAGE MILL.-South
Carolina has become the scene of an
other outrage, but this time the Demo
Gratis are not "the fcllers what did it."
Therefore there is no howl along the
Radical line. The outrage is, that the
legislature elected some judges, two of
whom, q white fellow named Moses and
negro named Whipper, are so in
famously corrupt and low-lived that
even the Radical Governor can't swaf
low them. He denounccs the rascals
IN fiercest terms, and refuses to com
mission them. What glorious fruits
we do pluck from Radicalism
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

A SPECIMEN RADICAL "BRIcK.
George Lear, recently appointed At
torney General by Gov. Hartranft, was
a member of the Constitutional Con
vcntion two years ago, and he was so
"put ont" about the new Constitution
that he refused to sign that instrument
even after it had been adopted by the
people by a majority of $4,000. We
wonder whether he took an oath TO
supportitwhen he entered upon the dis
charge of his Official duties underit, OF
whethcrhe has commenced business "on
his own hook" and wholly ignored the
parchment.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

RADICAL MoRALITY,-The members
of the whisky ring, like the Devil, were
able to quote Scripture when it served
their purpose. Whenever an agent OF
the Treasury Department was about
to start out on an investigating tour
he would telegraph TO the distillers
and guagers, "Isaiah xl, H." and they,
knowing that he was coming to make
"crooked" straight would prepare to
Usec" him.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05
We second the motion.

SOME CoNsoLATIoN.--The Philadel-
phia North american believes that
Whippcr, Moses, Patterson, and the
rest of the phndering gang who infest
South Carolina, We're sent there as a
punishment for the sins and folly of her
people, and meel,ly accepts the DEGREES
of Providence.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

A GRAND FIzzLE.-The '76 conven-
ton, held at Tyrone last week, was
the greatest State fizzle ever renacted
wm. J. Hemphill, ex-member of the
legislature, assessor, revenue collector
general Radical political manager, etc,
of this county, was the substitute for
Gen. Gordon, of Georgia, and our cor
pulent and discreet friend, Mr.. Hum
phrey, superseded Judge Kelley A
few other small potatoes were thrown
in to make up the delegation of WORK
ING MEN from this county. Ifwork-
ing men and reformers are made out
of this kind of stuff, we are greatly
mistaken and must unlcarn great
deal. Not one of the delegates from
this town has done days work in
the past five years, and yet they assume
to regulate the working mans affairs.
What hypocrisy and dcmagogism.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

In SuspESsE.-The organs and stock
hoIders of Jay Cookies Northern Pa
oific and of the Central Pacific railroads
very much fear that Congress will
grant aid to the Texas Pacific railroad.
Alter granting the territory of about
three States 10 Tho former roads, and
lots Of subsidies, IL would be AZ awful
crime for the same body to aid the
latter. II now costs $3.50 TO &c! over
land to California. Build the Texas
Pacific, and il will COSTS only $3.50.
That 800 on each passenger is the
milk in the patriotic cocoanut, about
which the aforesaid disinteresied people
talk about They have passes over
the road, but common folks must come
down with $3.50, or else stay at home.
Give us competing lines and we will
have low freight rates and cheap travel.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

ANOTHER RELATIvE.-The rule OF
nepotism at the White House has in no
sense abated. The President has
just promoted his nephew by marriage,
Second Lieutenant Campbell, of the
Twenty-second infantry, TO vacant
assistant quartcrmastership over the
heads of dozen other young officers
of the army who were struggling for
promotion. Lieut.. Campbell has been
relative only few months. Grants
son.in-law, Saratoris, will no doubt be
made Major General some of these
days if Queen Victoria will give him up.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

STILL THE SAME.-Grant went to
hear Moody and Sankcy when in Phila-
delphia two weeks ago. looking at the
Centennial arrangements, but an ex-
change remarks that in three days
after his return to Washington he was
as bad as ever His most intimate
friends give him up for lost.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

The OLD SCANDAL TO BE RENEWED.
Mr.. Frank Moulton has instituted,
through his counsel, General Roger A.
Pryor, a civil suit in the Supreme
Court of Brooklyn, for $4,000 damages
against Rev. Henry Ward Bcecher.
Only single question will be at issue
in the coming suit This will be tlS
truth or ialsity of Mr.. Moulton's ale,
cation that Mr.. Beecher had commit
ted adultery with Mrs. Tilton. For
the determination of this question, Mrs.
Tilton will be a vital witness, and will
be called, as well as a number Of Others
whose testimony was excluded on the
great trial. On the other hand, the
question of Mrs. Tiltons character not
being in any way at issue, the testi-
mony of large number of witnesses
produced at the Tilton.Beecher trial
will not be competent. The trial will
therefore be brief one, and il is an.
ticipated that it will no, occupy over
two weeks time.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

DRIED UP.-An industrious reporter
of the New York Sun tried to draw out
Gen. Sherman on the question whether
the sectarian issues would affect the
next Presidential election, and got the
following reply from the General
wouldn't for the world say word about that.
II is a thing about which people ought not to
speak, or even to think. / believe in the Consti-
tuition Of the United States and the Ten Com
mandments. That's enough for me.
The General may not know as much
about war as Col. Fred. Grant, but he
is sound on the Ten Commandments
(tbe Golden Rule and the fundamental
law Of the nation.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

ASorHER.-lt has been discovered
that the account Of the Radical Treas.
urer--B Bork, of Buffalo, New York, Is
short just s35O,OOO He has ajust
crossed over TO the other shorc"--Can.
ada-whcre he can enjoy bis grab,
with his friends, while his bail is in. az
awful stew over the feast 10 which,
they are invited in Buffalo.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

A ZEN0T.--The Franklin Spectator
says: Brother McClel,pnd was aggrcs
sive and perhaps personal vines be told
the Free Methodist congregation ip
Hanna's Hall on Sunday evening
1Here's whore you can get true rc,
ligion without going down into a waite,
tank
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

PooR FELLOW The editor Of the
Warren Nal, Il. Cowan, who has held
a clerkship under Congressman SEQ
field for twelve years, has been turned
out to pasture by the Democratic
Congress. He was a stay-at.home pa.
tnot during the war but now he
Fuckers up his patriotism in this way
The MANNED boys In blue are sent to the rear,
while the boys in gray are called to the front
Cowan never smelled powder, yet
in the whole twelve years he never
offered his $4,000 desk (with only -four
hours work per day. to manned boy
in blue. Now, since he is kicked out,
he is hunting up "the boys in blue -
Get out you hypocrite, Your patriot
ism is too thin and comes too late Ia
prove of any virtue whatever.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

The Now York Sun says Bishop
Haven is anxious 10 know whether
the Puritan or the Cavalier is to rule
this nation. We cannot say positively
which will do it, but we can assure him
Of one thing Boss Grant will have to
move ont OF the wh)tc House on the
3D. of March, 1871 no matter whether
the Puritan or the Cavalier rules the
nation.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

A TaEAsoNADLE PLoT.--The "crook-
cd " whisky business is shaking "the
Government" to its foundation, be-
cause half of Grants household are en-
gagged in this huge fraud. The free
hooters have bagged their millions.
The Philadelphia Times, in alluding to
she case, says;
The plot thickcns but Bristow must stick.
Mr., Grant Is an obstinate man and daring man,
but not even no would dare to turn out the ener-
yctic secretary now. Ifhc did, II would not only
end q third-torm dream, but make Brstow tho
sary candidate Of any party lucky enough
60 gc, him. We suppose the break viii come
eventually, but the longer u 10 delayed the better
for the country and the better Tor Bni,ow ne
man escape, and let Grant interfere II he dare
There Ia going To bcjgreat fun by and by.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

And now even the Radical Chap
lain" Bcecher, has "gonc back" on the
Bible in the common schools. "Who
will care for mother, now?n-the mo-
thcr of bigotry, fanaticism and folly,
the base and ground work of Radical
ism But, after all, the Pope isn't com
ING TO the Centennial.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

AN ExPosIToR--The New York
Herald has set out on general expose
of secret societies which il thinks are
of political character, or bias. These
Orders dispute the charge, but the
Herald sticks to it and goes for them.
Having done up the Orderofthe United
Americans, it paid its attention few
days ago to the Order of the United
American Mechanics, and published
what it claimed to be an expose of the
initiation, grip, signs and passwords
of the Order. As it has the Patriotic
Order Sons of America down in its list,
we may expect next that il will do up
that Order by turning it inside out
Just how they get hold of these things
is pact any fellows finding ont but a
paper that sends an explorer to Africa,
and does other such daring things,
laughs at the secrecy of most societies,
and finds way to get at them and
publish what it wants if there only be
an incentive sufficient to start them
on the job,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

RADICAL DRoLLEaY.-Congrcssman
Townsend, of Troy, N. Y, one of the
wits on the Republican side of the
House, is supposed to be iacetious over
his humble assignment in Speaker
kerrs committees, lie writes to a
friend g was put upon the committee
on neutrality-suspicious., and claims of
the war Of 1912, so that il any false
proofs we're presented J could correct
than from ny own memory
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

The Chicago Tunes says: "santa
Class didn't find Susan b. Anthony's
stockings this year. Last year he
ripped the leg Of the one she hung up
trying to push . stick pf candy into II,
and she concluded not to hang up one
this time"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

Gen. George b. Mcclellan has per-
mancntly taken up his residence in
Baltimore since his return from Europe.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-05

1t is wonder the editor did not
state that Senator Wallace appointed
the committees, so as to make a strong
case of incompetency against Speaker
L am.