Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-10-17
A RING PLOT EXPOSED.
tfrom the pittsburg Post.l

'N'"N' ii"i iaiiI mas III MS en-
ploy as messenger about the Executive
building, n certain individual named
Delany, who, in recent election con.
tests, has been used as an agent or 90.
between Of the Treasury ring to nego.
tiate for the votes OF the Mollie Ma.
guires. In the gubernatorial contest
OF 1875 Dclany was sent to the an.
thracite region, in connection with a
Major General Of the National Guard
(and recent appointee of Hartranft's
to an important ofiice) and a promi.
nent Republican lawyer of Schuylkill
county, to operate on the Mollies to
support his patron Hartranft. or De-
lanys part in this miserable and cor.
rupt intrigue, John ]. Slatterly tcstifi.
ed as follows ON the trial of Yellow
Jack Donahue, who was hanged for
the murder Of Morgan Powell:
"Thst he (slatierly and Jack KehOe were on
lhe part Of tie 'Molles, parties TO the contract
for the purchase Of the Molly vote for Governor
liaitranitj that the persons with whom they
made the contract were two Republicans of influ
enoe and also professed Democrat who was on
posing the election Of Jadge Pershing; that the
consideration was a certain amount Of money in
hand paid, au certain amount Of contingent
on results, and that II was understood n the or.
der that pardons were to be granted the Commis.
sioners and other criminals that he had himself
arranged for the purchase of the Molly vote 10
Lurernc county, and that he money ,oas carried
lhere for that purpose BY person from Harris.
e"Iy' a messenger IN the Erseuiive department, one
John @ De'ony"
Slatterly also testified to the fact
that q large amount Of money was to
have been sent to Pittsburg to pur.
chase the "order" here. Nothing has
been bettcr established than the fact
of the conspiracy to buy up the Mollie
vote Tor Hartranft IN 1875. Two thou
sand dollars was paid Kehoe now un.
der sentence of death, and pardons
granted number OF convicted Mollies. |
The men who paid the money--in.
cluding the Major General aforesaid
confessed that they had paid it, but
that it was for Legitimate election ex.
penses." Two thousand dollars to
secret band of midnight murderers,
with batch OF pardons thrown in,
'ior legitimate election expenses"
was one OF the ways Hartranlt crawl
ed through in 1875.
But this is getting away from the
Governors messenger, Delany, who
recently made bypocrtical and cant.
ing pilgrimage to Allegheny county to
induce Catholics, and especially Hiber.
MANS to vote against Colonel Noyes,
and Tor Mackey's clerk, Hart, for State
Treasurer, on the lying pretcnsc that
ID. o. Barr was defeated in the Demo.
cratic State Convention because he
was not of the religious faith of the
majority. That ring office. holder of
soiled reputation, should be detailed
for this business almost passes belief,
but we have the statement that il Is
80, over the signature of Delany in the
Harrisburg Telegraph of Friday. Re.
plying to the Patriot, this man Delany
bad the unbushing efirontery to write;
my mis,ion Ito Pittsburgh was not to lodges
'i Mole Maguires, bat 10 my eoantrymen aud co.
.sNgioniss ia general for the purpose Of proving
lection. namely That the editor OF the PATRIOT
md other leading members Of the Democratic
party, did raise the issue Of Mr.. Bars Catholic
sm before and during tho late Convention, and
hat II was owing to the untirng efforts of said
di,or and leaders that Mr.. barr was politically
murdered in the house Of his treaeherous friends
This takes ones breath away in its {
'onsummate hypocrisy and cant. The
dea Of the secret negotiator with the
Mollie Maguires in 1875, and the hired
'gent Of the Treasury ring, having
mission" "to my countrymcn (the
-rish) and co.religionists in general Y
the Catholics), is about the most hu. c
insult that has ever been y
asst upon this people or church,
md they have had their full share.
Ind this knave, it appears, came here c
It the instance of his superiors in Office, {
Iartranft granting him leave of ab. o
ence, to lie or bribe as occasion offer. >,
ID, all in the name of religion His !,
mission here was precisely what it was U
o the Mollie Mcguire lodges in 1875. s.
There the Radicals used downright c
'ribery and pardons to purchase votes y
or Hartranlt. Now votes are sought =
o pcrpetuatc the Treasury ring by =
his insolent lackey of the Rlngsters, U
y lying appeals TO the prejudices OF "
aces and religion. q
The exposure of the attempt to re. n
eat in Allegheny county with liiber. \
ians and Catholics, the corrupt and "
riminal practices carried out with the u
iollies in Luzcrne and Schuylkill in
S75, will have but one effect, and that n
'ill be to consolidate all classes of NJ
)emocrats-no matter of what relg.
IN or nativity-in opposition to the :"
ing candidates, who adopt such in. N
ilting practice to continue their reign m
{ plumber at the State Capital, Do- m
my is Of small account, lie is prob. n,
Bile a vain and brainless knave, who :.
perated sklliully under the immediate VI
rders Of bis superiors in 1875, but %
hen sent out to Pittsburg on dis. OF
etionary Emission to yindicatc the pf
atholic religion and the Irish people, r.
the interest OF Mackey, Kemblo and - -
ameron, "kicked over the pall'' in his "
yn self concet We congratulate hi
overnor Hartyanft on the material 70
, employs in his Office. 1t is about in
n mar with gOmc of his Major Gen.