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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04
TIE STATE R0GUEs.

The Philadelphia Times, in alluding
to the report Of the Committee on
State Scoundrclism, says; "The re-
port of the riot bill investigation com
mittee Is entirely in accordance with
the evidence, and so far as 1t goes will
give general satisfaction to the public.
1t is a commendable, straightforward
report, and is in no way subject to the
usual fault Of timidity. The committee
very plainly say, what those have al.
ready concluded, that three members
of the House, Rumberger, Petroff and
Smith, are guilty of u violation of the
provisions of the Constitution against
bribery and corruption, as well as Of
the act defining corruption and corrupt
solicitation, and that Kemble, Salter
Crawford, Leisenring and Long, not
members of the House, are also guilty
Of violation of the same act. McCune
and Shoemaker are not exonerated
but the evidence against them is not
regarded as sufficient TO warrant q
verdict in their case. 1t is reassuring
to find Legislative committee with
sufficient courage to make report Of
this kind, and the only fault to be
found with il in the omission to include
in the report resolutions ior the expul-
sion Of the convicted members. This
was plainly within the province of the
committee. The crime of bribery and
corruption in one of its members the
House has authority not only TO con.
demn, but 10 punish. Conviction car
ries with it expulsion and future dis
qualification, and the committee, charg.
cd with ascertaining the guilt or inno-
cence Of the accused members, has not
fulfilled its whole duty until it has
presented the result of its inquiry in
form for the immediate action of the
House. This omission, however, is
ono that readily can be remedied by
individual members Of the committee
or by any member of the house. The
resolution for the expulsion OF the con-
victed members should be offered and
pushed to passage without delay, SO
that the Commonwealth may see
whether the House of Representatives
has enough regard for its own honor
to purge itself from the presence of
convicted bribe takers and from the
domination of the Iobby.n
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04
"THE POOR UNION SOLDIER.

This is the "hobby horse" that every
Radical demagogue has mounted ever
since the war closed The editor Of
the Washington Post, in alluding to
the facts in the case, says
ain numerous instances, both Mr.
Hayes and Secretary Sherman have
unceremoniously turned ex-Union SOL
diers out OF office, for no other reason
than that their places were wanted for
importunate ofllce-seekers, who had no
honorable connection with the war.
This las been a frequent occurrence
ever since the present abnormal Ad-
ministration came in with the an
nouncement that there woald DO mo
removals except for cause" The class
of removals to which we refer has been
made in this city. They can be reck.
oned up by dozens. They have been
maue all over 'he country IN the Gus
TOMS ana internal revenue branches oi
'ne service Inc names Oh huhareus
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

"uonD r.~-u NJ. NV u.,vu
Comm Register, in alluding to the
Hayes vetoes, remarks This conduct
of Mr.. Hayes is inspired by the same
reckless counsellors who conspired to
overthrow the verdict of the people
that chose Mr.. Tilden President in
1876. 1t is in furtherance of a plot
already matured to use the army and
the Federal election machinery con.
troIled by hordes of corrupt and rcck-
less republican partisans to ialsify the
results of the coming election in the
large cities of the Northern States,
The Republican cries of revolution
are the same cries that scared the Dem
ocratic House out of inaugurating
Tilden in 1877. The Democratic House
blundcred then the Democratic Con-
gress cannot afford TO blunder now.
Congress must be firm as a rock.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04
TERRIBLE STORM.
Great Destruc Ion Of Property and Loss
Of Life.
LARGE NUMBER or PERSONS KILLED AND
woUDED-nousEs, STORES, STABLES
AND OTHER BUILDINGS TOTALLY
DEMOLISHED

Sr. Louis, May 3l.-An Atehison,
Kansas, dispatch says terrible rain
and wind storm visited Frankfort,
Marshall county, Kansas, at G O'Clock
last evening, which lasted over two
hours. +. B. Taylor's warehouses,
stores and stables were more or less
damaged. The houses of Messrs Fox,
Caesar and Vaughn, three miles from
the town, were blown down and the
inmates considerably injured They
are now here, receiving medical treat
ment Fox's house and contents were
blown into the river. A messenger
just in from Irving says that the storm
at that point blew down sixteen houses,
killed eightpersons and wounded about
twenty-five, and several are missing.
The residences of James S. Warden,
Mr.. Armstrong, J. William, Mr.. Thomp-
son and twelve others were totally
demolished. The Presbyterian Church,
the public school building and the lrv-
ing elevator were completely destroy,
ed. The east span OF the railroad
bridge crossig Blue river was blown
down. A committee with funds, pro.
visions and lumber left Atchison on the
Central Branch railroad, this afternoon,
to supply the wants Of the sufferers,
and another committee is soliciting aid.
A later dispatch from Atchlson, says:
A terrible storm of wind and rain
passed over Northern Kansas and
Southern Nebraska last evening. 1t
extended through nearly the whole
northern tier of counties In this State,
but was most violent between the Blue
Rapids aud Centennial stations, on the
Central Branch railroad, and about
thirty miles apart. The storm moved
in direction little north of east and
passed into Nebraska through Richard.
son county. The town of Irving,
ninety miles west OF here, was nearly
destroyed AT that point the storm
took the character of a cyclone and
leyeled everything in its path. About
forty buildings were destroyed and
fifteen persons killed, while from thirty
to forty were wounded. Among the
buildings down are churches, one a
fine stone building, the public school,
tho grain elevator, railroad depot, Wet
more Institute and the residences of
John A. Warden, Charles Preston, W.
A. Labrings, NJ. L. Leddy and Messrs.
Armstrong, Thompson, Sheldon, Bates
Williams and others. In the neigh
borhood of Frankfort four or five farm
houses were blown over, and in the
town several houses were destroyed.
There were no casualties at this place,
but several persons are reported severe.
ly injured in the country.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

Under Republican management the loyal Stat.
Of Pennsy l,snia has been bankrupted. The ap.
propristlons for the public schools since 1871
have not been paid In full, the deficit nov
amounting to $i.67o,o4g. In addition to this moi
one cent Of the 500, 900 set apart for the State
Normal Schools has been paid, and there Is due
the Soldiers Orphans Schools $37, 900 Thi.
1akes grand total due the ysrions school fund,
.sl,7o7ois174. No Democratic State In The Union
has eyer been guilty Of treating the public schools
In this sbsmeless manner. There fs a pfospect
now that the keystops State viii 10 compelled 10
introduce the Molett ell.punch Ia order to keep
up the educational system, without which her
children will be turned over to Ignorance and
degradation. n.--Baiiimors. Gazette.
II Is always harsh enough to have
stubborn facts checked up to us" by
our friends, but when outsiders get at
it, Il Is pretty rough. The editor Of
the Gassfts hes no business to relate
fralltIes and faults of his noighbors 10
the manner he has II must be often.
sive to some.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

The PARTY POSITION st. Pau
(Minn.) Gl0bs, Radical organ of Min
nesota, states the case frankly in THU
way; "rhe Republican party hai
placed itself on record as in favor o.
centralism, which in effect means mon
archism the Democratic party has
placed itself on record as opposed tc
all such ideas and as adhcring to tn,
constitution as originally promul
gated"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

our.-Numbcr Three Of the cuircu
series of Hayes vetoes was issued from
the White House on the 29th ultimo
His documents read as though they
were the products Of . fraud, conceiv
cd by Mrs. jerks and Joe Bradley
The Devil will never be in full posses
sion Of what belongs to him, until the
trio indicated Is delivered.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

MASsERs.-Radical leaders always
assume high-toned mannersand "Chris
tian statcsmanship" as q blind. The
Washington Post, the other day, said
"All the samples Of plantation man.
ners' yet shown in the House, have
lacked that elaborate finish which pro.
fame swearing gives to Republican
rhetoric. 1t requires a master Of the
rhetorical art, like Mr. chittendon, Ia
illustrate the possibilities of Christian
statNsmanship turned loose in oratori4
cal gush." Chittenden made a speech
in the House, and while delivering 1t,
he "swore like trooper"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

AN INDEX OF THE SPEEoH,-Senatoi
Wallace's second speech on the politi-
cal questions before Congress was even
more powerful and more effective thar
his first. He read from the several
vetoes of Hayes clauses in which the
term National elections" was used
and took direct issue with His Fraud
ulency on this question. Mr. Wallace
held that there is, under the Constitu.
ton, no such thing as National cleo
tion, no such person as a National
voter. He supported this position by
decisions of the Supreme court, by
judgments Of other courts, by the opm-
ions OF the men who framed and inter
preted the Constitution, and by that
instrument itself. Certainly no man
who desires to preserve the Govern.
ment, as established by the founders
will need any more light in regard to
the positions and the purposes Of the
Democratic and Republican parties
than is given in this speech.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04
BERGNERS WRAPPER STEAL.

/ One of the cleanest steals about the
State Capital-among the thousand
steals-is Bergncr's little wrapper
steal. On page 50 Of the State Treas
urers' Report, for 1878, we find that
G. IL. Bergncr was paid for printing
Senate wrappers s4s6, and for printing
wrappers for House 81 sl,s45-total s2,.
33l for wrappers for the two houses
for one session.
By the wrappers is meant the cheap,
a.msy paper in which the useless
Legislative Record is done up and sent
by members to their constituents.
The law intends that the Record be
sent ont every day during the SESSION
but il is sent out in punches containing
4 or 8 numbers once a week, and each
member gets Is copies, hence it re-
quires Is wrappers per week, and upon
this wrapper is printed the name and
postofflee address of the constituent
nothing more. The Legislature sits,
say IS weeks, which would require 27O
of these wrappers per member Then
there are 200 members of the House,
which would make $4,000 wrappers
tor the House. These wrappers can
be printed for s1.75 per 1000, or s77
for the whole LOT for the House and
leave decent proft-yet Bergner
draws 81, ,8l5 for it, or clean steal of
81, l,76s above what would be good pay
for the kind of work, and any printer
in the State will gladly take the con-
tract for 500.
The Senate is composed OF about
one-third as many members as the
house, and Bergner draws s4s6 for the
Senate wrappers more than double
what will pay for the two houses.
Further, we have an idea that the
State pays for the paper besides in its
enormous stationery bills.
We do not favor stinginess in pay
ing for any kind of work we believe in
allowinga man fair profit, but we do
oppose stealing Economy does not en-
brace mean stinginess which is on a
par almost with stealing. Can't some
member or Senator catch this little
mouse in the wrapper business p
Centre Reporter.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

Senator Wallace says he favors the nomiua.
ton Of Daniel 0. Barr, Of Piusburg, for State
Treasurer We are pleased 10 note this concili.
tory pslicy on the part Of our senator, hut he
should send word TO his man up at Clcaraeld, who
is still whacking away under old instructions. -
PnarsHiasney Spirit.
We want the "man" at "Punxsy" to
understand that our journal does not
belong TO that class that is run by "in.
structions," We belong to the free
press" wing of journalists, and can
prove what We say. There is no
promptcr about our office, and we have
the credit at homo here, where we are
personally known, Of attending strict.
ly to our own Legitimate business, We
employ no substitutes. Thus far we
follow tho example Of Senator Wallace,
not caring what cur growls as we pass
along the street.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04


BECOMING SAUcY. One of the Com
munist organs in California, since the
recent election, says "Kcep up the
fight until every capitalist is driven
out of the State" II that is the tune
that organ intends to play, and 1t ia
backed by others, II will not be many
days hence until every man who has
money and enterprise will leave the
State and in forty years it will be found
10 be wilderness, as it was thirty
years ago, unless John Chinaman
comes to the fore with ten more mil
lions Of bis over plus population.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

a TARIFF INDEED. p.--Tbc beauties Of
the tariff system which Mr.. Blaine up
holds, are Illustrated In biz adopted
State For collecting sso, 900 revenue
In the twelve custom houses of Maine,
the government pays to the beef eat.
ing oGcIals $4,000 salaries. For this
wc have civi! service and . tariff and
candidates for President.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

A CAPITAL FALsEHoop.-Therc Il
somebody lying most egregiously thcsl
times Hayes, the Fraud, promised
the people in one Of his vetoes that b,
would never use the military at cleo
tions, while the Philadelphia Time,
says "tbe true inwardness' of the op
position of the Democrats to the pres
encc Of federal soldiers at elections lies
in the TACT that they desire to manage
matters in their own way" Then II
appears that the Republicans do want
federal troops at the elections To pre-.
vent the Democrats from managing
matters in their own way. But Mr..
Hayes has Ampbatically said that ho
docs not desire the presence Of troops
at the elections and that he will never
employ them for that purpose. There
is lie out somewhere.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04
EVERY MAN FOR HIhSELF.'

The Philadelphia Times, in alluding
to the negro movement, says; "Ex-
Senator AlcorN OF Mississippi, has
been giving his views on the negro ex-
odus, which arg entitled to weight not
only because he is one of the most SEN
sible men in his State, but also be-
cause he speaks with the knowledge
of an employer who has from one hun
dred and forty TO one hundred and fif-
ty colored families on his plantations.
Hc attributes the present hegira to the
politicians, who have seized upon the
present unwise agitation in Congress
to rob the South of its labor. The
plantation negro is a volatile, impress
sive, emotional creature, whose fears
arc easily excited, and who has been
made TO feel that bis race represents
Gods chosen people, the children Of
Israel, who must flee to modern
Canaan from the wicked Southern
Egyptians who are trying to re-enslave
them. As tor the negro's real condi-
ton, the ex-senator declares that in no
country within his knowledge does un.
skilled labor command higher prices
than in the Mississippi delta. His own
employees live plentiiully, and would
soon leave HIM II they didn't, for labor
is scarce and the competition among
planters so great as to induce extrava-
gance and often idleness among their
tenants. The simple fact is that frugal
and industrious people thrive in Mis-
sissippi, while the improvident or idle
fare as such classes do elsewhere. So
far as treatment by the whites is con-
cerned, elections aside, the negro has
little to complain Of he is apt to get
into trouble if he goes to the polls, but
on the plantations, in the family, be-
fore the courts, Mr.. AloorB doubts If
the negro can find more tender and
sympathetic whites. The chief lesson
which the ex-senator expects the ne
gro to learn from going to Kansas is
that in the battle of life he is under
that inexorable white mans law of
every man for himself"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

MAD AT SHERMAN.-The St. Louis
Grant organ, the Globe, treats with
contemptuous scorn the bid which
John Sherman makes for a Presiden-
tial nomination. It says that his pro-
position to clean" on the War Demo.
Gratis in the event he is chosen as the
standard.bearcr is direct bid for Dem
ocratic support and pledge to put
Democrats in Office in the event of
success This finishes John" The
editor CT the Globe was a Whiskey In
spector in the days of Grant, and was
sent to the penitentiary for two years
for defrauding the Government out of
half q million of dollars in the shape Of
whiskey duties. He was also fined
$1,000. Grant pardoned him and re.
mitted tho fine within thirty days after
he was convicted. This is one of the
fellows who wants Grant for a.third
term. While he was President he al
ways divided with therevenue thieves.
Hayes acts differently. He is a fraud
himself and he cribs all that can be
made out OF the place he holds-he
don't divide like Grant did.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04
SALE OF TIMBER.

The Pine and White Oak timber on wa,,,n,.
567o,s61i and 1895, and middle one third Of 5s,e
will be offered at public sale at "a oeloc k, n m 49,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9tb, 1879,
at Penheld, clearhrld county, Pa suaelsn,
security required Terms OF payment e,sv c'l
ditions made known on day Of sale. mi, ~.
has been mostly cut over for logs by Ardell sss
others. The remainder will be cut over iu mi
lar manner. Possession given Immediately an Il,
that Is logged over, and Of the balance n !"
reasonable time. For further particulars nouIrs :,
OF the subscriber at Penheld VI
May 2I, ~ 81 L. BIRD. Aeen,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

A SMALL SUIorDE.-A lad named
Harry Ackley, twelve years Of aye
committed suicide in the Philadelpbia
House Of Refuge last Monday. He
had been Kept for week in dungeon
on bread and water for having mani
tested some cxuberance Of boyish spirit
and 1t was while suffering the tortures
Of solitary confinement that he stran.
gled himself with his suspcnders and
sought the refuge Of the grave.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04


CoDSTRRING.-A number of Demo.
cratic journalists have called upon An.
ditor General Schell and State Treas
urer Noyes to remove Crawford, the
Deputy Superintendent of the Public
Grounds, for his participation in brib.
ing members of the Legislature. 1t
appears they reply that they will do
so, provided Governor Hoyt removes
Secretary Quay for engaging in the
same business. That is certainly an
easy way for an officer to put himself
on the defensive. Our opinion is that
both Crawford and Quay should be
sont TO the penitentiary.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

SENATORIAL CoNFEREScE.--As the
State Convention is approaching, il
would be well enough for the Demo.
Gratis of this (XXXIv.) Senatorial dis
trict to cast about for place and q
day for the meeting of the Conference,
for the purpose of selecting a Sena.
torial delegate to the State Conven.
tion, which meets at Harrisburg, on the
10th day of July next. As the bal
ance Of the district has all the Offices
Congressman, Senator, Judges, etc
the delegate will be conceded to Clear.
field in this instance.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

Ex-Congressman Charles Foster is
the Radical nominee for Governor of
Ohio. Judge Taft was the Grant can
dldate, and Foster the Sherman Hayes
man. This was the first fight in the
campaign of 1880, and it turns out a
complete victory for the Sherman fam.
lily over the Grant rings.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

RATHER ENruusIAsrIc.- The Cieye
land (Ohio) Herald says; The Rev. A
A. Rolf, Methodist pastor Of Michi
gan, prayed thai the Almighty nigh
palsy the hands Of every man who wen
TO the ballot-box TO vote and did mol
vote for prohibition, and to palsy every
mans tongue who spoke against pro
hib;tion
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

A TRIBuTE TO DAvID.--The New
York Sun points tho indcx-fnger to
the Presidency in this way aDavid
Davis weighs several hundred pounds
and he Is reputcd to be Millionaire.
But the fat hasn't got into bis brains
and the money hasn't begotten In him
sn efoction OF contempt for the insti.
tutions Of bis country and an unhealthy
hankcring after . monarchy and a
peerage. Like his lifelong friend,
Abraham Lincoln, he is man OF the
people"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

TnIs PRoTEcrIoS.-ln fact, that un
der both Taft and Devens, the Mar.
shals' and Supervisors laws were main.
ly used to corrupt elections in a few
Northern districts, it will be interest.
ing, if not pathetic, to have Mr.. Hayes
placed for the preservation Of these
laws as the only means of protecting
the poor colored voters in the South
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04

FRAUD E.-The Presidential
Fraud claims that he will not author.
izo the use of troops at the polls, but
vetoes all bills that would put it out
of his power to do so. He is like the
man who was strongly in favor of the
Maine liquor law, but opposed to its
cnfnrcement