Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-07-18

may be classcd ~ hitting below th'
belt. When he speaks OF assessment
and contributions hc speaks of wha
he did quite his full! share in meeting
the party necessities, and he argue
that IL II was a necessity to assos
oilicc.holdcrs and to call upon othcl
dependents upon government favor fol
liberal subscriptions TO save Hayes il
1875 and again TO save him IN 1876 il
Ohio and again to save him after the
election in South Carolina, Florida anC
] Inni daa abNuld not he .herr,aA ".
= ~ SA&VsA
else is to bo saved under the Republi,
can flag. To judge him from bis own
standpoint and tho standpoint on
which he met the President in the
days OF his tribulaiion, Mr., KcmbIc
may be ovcrrulcd by Executive orders,
but he cannot be answered.
But docs tho fact that such means
were necessary to carry elections in
the past prove that elections must be
carried in like manner forever hcrcaf.
tcrY Must Pennsylvania bleed as often
as the October irosts comes around to
save Republican ticket in Ohio
Must Ohio be dragged through cam.
paign after campaign by the lugs
with golden hooks to prevent Penn.
sylvania from careening over to the
other sidc2 Must this State ever
tremblc in tho balance until it shall be
known that liberal contributions sent
to Gubcrnatorial and even Presidential
candidates, can succeed in debauching
a sister Commonwealth ? Must money
and troops and desperate leaders be
dung into Southern States, after the
people have voted, TO forge out results,
as a settled feature Of our national DO.
llucal struggles2 II so, then is Mr..
kemble right, and then is President
Hayes wrong, but Mr.. Kemble, in the
evident candor of his argument, has
gwen the most conclusive reason why
all such political manipulation must
stop il tho safety of the government
ltscli would be maintained. He speaks
volumes against his theory when he
reminds the President that there are
shadows in the White House that
there is spot that will not out, and
that there would be forgetfulness of
the political desperation OF the past by
enforcing sublime political morality in
the future. He retorts upon what he
treats as mingled inconsistency and in.
gratitude of tho President by saying
that tho Presidential title is not stain.
less, and that the consciousness of tho
fact Is the prolific parent of reiorma-
ton. If that be so, has not the pollti.
cal decentralization that bore down the
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Republican side of the scales in Ohio,
and that brought Florida and Louisi.
ana as blotted trophies into the Re.
publican temple, gone quite far enough 2 |
Is ii not time to call halt and risk
tho breaking of political machines here
and there rather than risk breaking
free government itsolf by corrupt per-
version of Unpopular will 2 Discount
ing the strength of the position OF the
PRESIDENT by allthat can be said against
his consistency, is itnot high time that
the civil service be lifted clear above
the murky and pestilcntial atmosphere
that political leaders have been com
PEELED to breathe for years past TO
win political victories2 These are
questions which will sink deep into the
minds of considerate people, and when
they must choose between continued
political debauchery or the possibility
of losing an election now and then,
they will surrender the party to save
the country.
The battle Of the administration with
its own friends who claim to have
warmed it into life, will bc no dress
parade affair, and the President has so
formed his lines that he mast resolutcly
press onward in his chosen path or
fall in hopeless disgrace. Whether he
shall be successful will depend wholly
upon the thoroughncss of his rcforma.
Iion. II he shall stumble and temper.
Ize over halfway measures, hc will be
ground 20 powder between the upper
and the neither mill-stones but If he
shall mako only such appointments as
will be so many living declarations Of
Lhc mission and progress OF civilsorvico
reform, the country will honor his ad.
all the more because il
had to tread stony paths toreach the
ong hoped.for national regeneration
THANKING THEIR LAwyER.-A Chi.
,ago man and his wife set about to get
divorce. Their lawyer advised them
% read "Betsy and | Are Out" They
lid so and were happy. The old man
wrote to the lawyer al acted upon
vour suggestion, and it had the desired
'fiect. We are reunited, never again,
trust, to part until the angel of death |
'hall visit one of us. God bless Win
Carleton for his little ballad, and God
bless you for making it known to me ,
Nay you never know anything but
,eace."
ANOTHER SwELL-llartranft's tele.
gram of greeting" to Grant, "Carc of
Victoria, Queen of England, Bucking-
IAN Palace is another step in the