The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-10-26
Treasury Ring Tactics.
AN ALMOST FORGOTTEN LETTER AGAIN
BROUGHT TO LIGHT.

In order to divert public attention from
the Treasury Ring scheme Of having Rawle
/ and Mackey be their own successors, in the
person of Chief Clerk Hart, the Pittsburgh
| ComsHercidL- Gazette, owned aud controlled
by the ring, some time since announced in
| a double-leaded leader: 'HoR. limos G.
/ Noyos, the Champion Aonopolist :" follow
! ing this with what purported to be extracts
! from the House Journal, viz;
Laurel Run Improvement Company. Title
! afterwards changed to 'PhladeI phi and Read
ing Coal and Iron Company Noyes voting
! aye"
WHAT THE HOUSE JOURNAL SHOWS.
| What is the fact, as shown by the House
Journai2 Col Noyes is not recorded as
voting for the bill. The bill passed up to
third reading without any opposition, and,
| to pass it finally, the same day, the rule
| prohibiting bills from being read more than
! twice on the same day must be suspended
| by two-thrds vote. Col. Noyes voted to
! suspend the rule, i'll company with B. 3.
Strang, Webb Chen Speaker, Shuriock,
now Republican Clerk Of the House. and
most OF the prominent Republican men,
bers SO that it might De put upon its final
| passage. The bill passed the House with
out dissenting vote-yeas and nays not
being called. | refer the Pittsburgh Com
merctdl Gazette to House Journal.
| WHERE TIRE STING Is.
The sting in this gsrbed extract as
published by the Commercial Gazetto, is in
| the sentence mot to be found in the Houre
JournaD Title afterwards changed TO
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Company" VIII our Commercial Gazette
| friends please en!igh;en us as to the time
of this change of title, the authority for IL.
with the names of the eminent manipula-
tors concerned? When it complies with
this request Ihe public mind will be inform
ed as to the champion monOpolists, for
| W. 10 10
Col. Noyes with this change of title that
| has apparently made the bill so odious i'll
| their sight.
Furthermore, should this question ever
be answered have no doubt the CONNER
cidl- Gazette, in the interest of the parties,
would claim, to soften things, that l. IS
the same old Laurel Run Improvement
Company, harmless as a sucking dove, 10y
the same argument used by the Yankee,
| That although the knife had had eight
new blades and six new handles, it was
| the same old knife he had los, forty years
ago."
| THE OTHER CHARGES.
AS to the other charges contained in this
article they are unworthy of notice and be-
meath the dignity of respectable journal
to make but being somewhat familiar with
the history of the last in the list of sup
ported monopoiles, as made out by the
Pittsburgh Commercial Gdzette, shall fur
| nsh truthful statement for the benefit of
the public and parties in interest. The act
as stated by the Commercial gazette, s.An
! act to repeal the fourth section Of the sup
pement to the charter of the Milford Il
Natamoras Railroad Company, approved
! April 9th, 1870, Noyes voted cay" On
| this question, on the previous one, the
! yeas and nays were not called on the PASS
| age Of the bill, but were called Oh suspen-
sion of the rule-Noyes voting nay. | re-
e. .l, \ II
nal.
BASE DISTORTION OF FACTS.
After the title of the bill the CoBsmercidl-
| Gazette has the following: The section
referred to diverted from the State an an
| nuiiy Of ten thousand dollars paid by the
| New York & Erie railroad company and
| transferred the same to the Milford & Mat
amoras railroad. The bill WAS 'snaked'
| through in the interest of few specula, ors
owning the Milford Il Matamoras railr Dad
the act or repeal was in compliance with
| the special message of Gov. Geary denounc-
ing the bill" A statement like the above,
appearing in the Ring organ, should make
the heroes of Addition, Division aud ST.
| lence' blush W itn shame.
| WHAT ARE THE FACTS?
| The bill had been passed two years pre-
| vious and received the approval of that
! spasmoGicaly virtuous Governor, John w.
Geaiy, and, under its provisions, the COM
! pany ISSUED bonds and made a contract
| with j. Murray Moorhead to build the
road. Under his contract Moorhead grad
ed the road, receiving the bonds issued by
the company for his pay. The repeal Of
/ this law made these bonds valueless, and
I the best legal minds of both houses and of
| both parties admitted at Jbe time that the
| Legislature lad no power TO repeal the act
! without providing q satisfactory com pensa-
| ton for the contractor.
| INHUMANITY OF THE RING.
| In defiance Of eminent legal opinions the
bill to repeal was passed, and the contrac-
| tor who bad in good faith graded the road
under the power and authority granted by
| the Pennsylvania Legislature with the APP
prevail of the Governor, remains unpaid for
his labor and Investment to this day-a
! gross piece of injustice and wrong doing
! that could only be perpetrated by = ring of
! plnchers and roosters controlling the Gov
ernor and Legislature. The contractor
| MOorhead was made so poor by this unjust
act that his very poverty prevented him
| from testing the case in the Courts. Last
winter he applied to the Legislature for
! justice and relief, and, what is most singu-
| lar Hon. II. w. Mackey, late Safe Treas
| urer, took charge of this relief bill and ex-
erted all bis influence to secure its passage,
| but the amount asked for relief to
| Moorhead under Mackey's auspices more
| than doubled the amount advocated bv
| Noyes in 1872. viii the Pittsburgh Com
Daerciat Gazette inform its readers what
interest is to be benefited by this Addition
| and who is to Divide, or will it be Silent on
the subjectY
COL MOVES WAR RECORD.
! Has the Commercial Gazette forgotten
tha. the act Of 1863, known as the 'snegro
bill, was drawn up and presented by Hon
John Cessna, of Bedford to-day one of the
chosen apostles of Republicanism and how
forcbly and powerfully he advocated its
merits, eloquently portraying the crimes
and outrages that would follow the ipdis
crimnate emigration of the negro to our
State2 SO eloquent was he that he carried
the Legislature by storm, and passed his
bill on a wave of enthusiasm. Moves,
caught on the wave, voted aye. AS to the
balance of the 'War Record, as published