Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-17
/ QUESTION OF STEALING.


''the largest and clcarest case OF steal
ing that has been developed under a
Republican administration" II Is, no
doubt, q clear case Of stealing. Am
brose charged unlawful fees and put
them in his pocket instead Of account
ing for them. lie also pocketed lawful
fees. The place tor such n man is the
penitontiary.
But speak OF this as the largest,
clearest or best developed case that
has been brought to light since 1861 is
to talk nonsense. There have been
tbcits BY whisky rings, compared with
the stealing done by Ambrose, is but a
mustard seed beside haystack. And
the authors of those enormous robber.
les are now high priests in the Repub.
lican sanhedrim. They are building
Presidential booms, constructing plat
forms, naming candidates and debating
the policy of their party.
Under the Republican administra.
ton of Grant was stolen the Office Of
which Mr. Hayes took from the hands
of the thieves. That theft included
l0l 900 smaller offices. Under the
same administration, thieves flourishcd
in every department of the Govern.
ment, and many Of them are trusted
friends OF the present administration.
The greatest public robbcr Of modern
times held office for ten days under
Mr.. Hayes, during which time he made
fraudulent contracts amounting to mil
lions. That man has since stood on
the floor of the House as the ablest
and most earnest champion of Mr..
Hayes and his administration. When
it was proposed to pass the official re.
port Of bisrUbberies over TO the proper
authorities, SO that justice might have
chance to get at him, the entire Re.
publican party in the House, including
all the special friends and spokesmen
of Mr.. Hayes, stood up in solid column
until they placed the robber under the
protection Of tho statute OF limitation.
To compare Ambrose with Robson
is to liken midnight raid on q melon
patch to the Manhatten bank robbery.
Did any one ever hear that Mr.. Hayes
wanted punishment to fall on r ,beson
On the contrary, did not the friends of
Mr.. Hayes in Congress represent him
with fidelity when they massed them.
selves for Robeson's protectionY And
didn't Robeson reciprocate by defend.
ing the high handed usurpation of Mr..
Hayes during the special session, when
the statute OF limitation had been
thrown around him? Everybody who
knows anything about the infamous
business understands that, on the ones,
tion OF defending and protecting Robe
son, all tho factions Of the Republican
party were solidifed into absolute
unity, and the hand of Mr.. Hayes
clasped those of Frye and Conger.
We take the case of Seward pro-
mo.ed TO be minister to China after
Wholesale plumber in the Shanghai
consulate. This is a larger, clearer
and quite as well deveIoped'case OF
stealing as that of Clerk Ambrose
ardpocketed fees both lawfully and
unlawiully taxed. lie appropriated
funds TO his own use in many ways.
He disgraced his office and his country
by many criminal deeds. With such u
record, was he punished ? Or was he
removed from Officer Nothing OF the
kind. The thief in the consulate was
made envoy extraordinary and Minis.
ter Plenipotentiary! When it was
proposed TO impeach this public plum.
dercr, did Mr. Hayes spokesmen in
the House vote for his impeachment 2
Did they say that "the reform admin
lstration Of tho good man from Ohio
could not tolerate such scandal r.
Did they remark that it was "lhe firm
purpose Of the administration to pro.
mote the purity of the civil service by
ierreting out and Furnishing dishon.
esty p The record shows that, as in
the case OF Robeson, the Hayes Re-
publcans and the Sialwarts forgot
their differences and rushed together,
impellcd BY common impulse, to
shield and defend ihiei--a man who,
having been detected in high crimes
and misdemeanors in consular Office,
had thereupon been promoted
Were the thicving Court clerk at
Cincinnati TO be treated MS Seward has
been, were the same principles that
have guided official action in relation
TO Seward TO be applied to Ambrose,
his name would be sent into the Senate
lor promotion. There is nothing more
sickening in this fraudulent admins
tration lhanits hypocrisy, its snivcling,
whining cant. The man who fills u
stolen Office, who has rewarded and
protected all sorts Of thieves, will not
get credit for holiness because he has
seen 6t TO select one thief--an he q
comparatively small one--ior a dis
play of simulated indignat ion Wash.
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