The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-11-01
Letter From Harrisburg.
HAnRrspuHa. Oct. 22nd. 1877.

| HARRfSBuRo. Oct. Zznu, 1871.
Mn. EDrroR In my short commu.
nication of last week favored you with
u brief sketch Of Mr.. Passmore, our can.
didate for Auditor General. and I will
give YOU Ia this condensed sketch of
Mr.. Hart our candidate for State Treas
urer.
The day Of summing up Is f,st M.
preaching and if each aud every Re.
publican will give his own efforts to
make our ticket success we shall
place in Office good men, tried and
true men and tho people of the State
will soon learn that In placing Sterrott,
Hart and P,tssmore in office we will
have ability, honesty and integrity and
an impartial administration In the Iu-
dicial and financial departments Of the
State government.
Mr.. Hart Is n native Of Montgomery
County and belongs TO the hearty.
honest ycomanry. Of that section of
the State his education has been
such as the Common Schools of the
county afford
Not having been blessed with n SUI
pcrabundance of this worlds good. I"
he was at IN early age put To work NJ
Brick making. where he rcmninednntil
the "call to arms" was sounded. when
he was among the first who resigned
the comforts and pleasures of home.
for the hardships and camplife of a
soldier, not with straps and stripes of
an officer but as u private carrying
muskct and knapsack.
To follow Private Hart through his
marchings, his camping- and his bat.
ties, we have but to follow his brave
leader our present Soldier Governor
and for bravery in action let his re.
peated promotions and adyancement-
testify
At the close Of the rebellion we sec
Captain Hart returning from his camp
life, covercl with honors. his duty
bravcly done, his strap and stripes
most nobly won
His worth ~ u soldier was fully an.
drcciated 10y Gen. Hirtranft, whose in .
flucnce procured him u position ~ n
subordinate in the office Of State
Treasurer.
Here too mis- worth and ability wero
appreciated and by successive stcp.
he was promoted from his subordinate
position To- that of Cashier, u posi-
ton scarcely less responsible than that
of Treasurer.
In this position we fad him to-day.
In time of war a brave aud true sol.
dier in peace, capable, honest. and
faithful citizen. Would il not he tho
best example of "Civil service reform
to continue such u man in office The
vote in November next will, | venture
I -, roll
Let the careful reader take the rec,
ords OF the different candidates Demo.
cratic and Republican and if he make,
An unprejudiced comparison, his pref.
erence cannot but be in favor of those
men whose records, public and private
are sans pure ct sans reproche" and
such are the men whom the Republi-
can party has selected for their stand.
ard Bearers.
Schell and Noyes have always been
men Of wealth and are men whose
sympathics are not with the laborinp
classes and for proof of this assertion
IT'S but necessary to examine their
public records, while the records oil
Passmore and Hart, who have from
the ranks Of laboring men, by self ap-
pointed efforts, steadily advanced and
whose sympathies have ever been with
the laboring classes, can stand the cru,
clal test and sb ow record clear and
clean.
The political outlook is far more en-
couraging nov than il was six week.
ago and the Greenhaek aud Laboring
ticket advocates, whose main strength
comes from the ranks of the Republi
can party are willing anxious to renew
new their allegiance 10 the party tina,
has ever stood by them. ia past years.
and whose future success lthe laborin.
mem depends the success of there pub
lican party, for the democratic party
Is not on friendly terms with the la
boring men.
! IL behooves every Republican 70
put forth his individual. earnest ef-
forts from the present time until the
closing Of the polls on November 9Th.
aud the reward will he on the morn,
ing of the 9Th, Sterrett, Passmore and
Hart.
ALCR0FT.