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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

RADICAL GovERNMEHT-lt is well,
known That there isa class of political
economists who save at the spigot and
allow the bunghole to be open all the
time. Here is Radical case in point
Revelations have just been made which
go to show that while the revenue de
partment has been hunting "moon
shine whiskey" in the mountains Of
North Carolina, extensive frauds have
passed unnoticed at the New Custom
House, and the Government has been
defrauded to the amount of about
$500, 900 by the smuggling of vest
ments and church ornaments. Church
regalia is Tree from duty, and this gen
eral head, statuary textile fabrics
jewclry, books, and variety of manu-
featured metal goods, often lavishly
ornamented with jewels, have beer
undervalued. The "clergymen's oaths'
have been 50 manipulated and forged
that the Catholic clcrgymen are re
lieved of all completely in the matter
The whole performance duplicates Q
number of officials, and is said to one
of the best laid schemes that ever dc
frauded the Government.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

ScnURz MAD.-Thc Washington cor.
respondent of the Baltimore Sun says
that Secretary Schurz was the only
member OF the Cabinet who took no
notice OF an invitation extended him
to speak in New York. As he spoke
in Ohio end elsewhere, the correspond.
cnl says, the real cause OF his indiffer.
cnce may be looked Tor in the bitter
personal animosity which subssts be-
tween him and Senator Conkling, and
which dates back to tho time OF the
French arms investigation. Republ.
cans here say they have no boubt Mr..
Schurz would refuse to support either
Mr.. Conkling or General Grant, and
and that if either one Of them is nom.
mated by the Republican Convention,
and Mr.. Bayard receives the Demo.
cratic nomination, he will support the
latter.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19


The PRESIDENTS SALARY.-From o
Washington letter to tho Baltimore
Sun; "A northern Democratic mem
Der states that he proposes at an early
day in tho next session to introduce o
bill bringing back the salary Of the
President of the United States To $685..
900 per annum, 70 take effect March
4, 1881. Hc says that his dctcrmina-
ton is to push the bill vigorously for
its passage, and he does not think un.
der the circumstances either party in
Congress will bo 30 rash as to make
any opposition Of consequence to IT,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

How TnISos TURs--Eighteen
months ago, Sherman, Hayes 4 Co
were wagging Senator Conkling, Of
New York. They kicked his Collector
and Naval officer out of that Port
Now tho former is the Chairman Of
the Radical State Committee, and the
lattcris elected Governor. There never
was clearer case OF the tail wagging
the dog than that which has sprung up
between tho Federal Administration
and the Radical Senator from New
York. He did not condesccnd to make
speech during the late canvass in
that State, but compelled the whole
Administration 10 "boost" and "boom'
for Cornell, who II had turned out ol
IN Office because he was not an homes,
man. Who ever heard of Cornell'i
conversion 7
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

RAscALLY TRIcKs.-The Radicals Of
New York are at the old game they
became so proficient at in Florida and
Louisiana during the PRESIDENTIAL
count, of tampering with the returns.
Close on the heels of tho election and
for several days thereafter all the New
York journals of both parties admitted
that the Democratic State Ticket with
the exception OF Cornell was elected,
Still there was suspicious holding
back Of returns in strong Radical coun-
ties, and now increased Radical majori
ties are rolling in, which have evidently
been "doctored" 40 as to elect all the
candidates of that party. The Demo.
Gratis of that State hold that the first
returns elected their candidates and II
the returns now are made to show the
opposite it is the result of deliberate
fraud. a
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19
WHY DON'T THEY DO ITg


The Harrisburg Patriot gives peril.
nent details in this way: An import.
ant election will be held in Louisiana
on the I'd of December. State officers
and members OF the Legislature will
be chosen, and tho people will vote on
new Constitution. As the Legisla-
ture to be chosen may be authorized to
choose electors for President, this elec-
tion in Louisiana may have a most i'm.
portant bearing on the national contest
OF 1851. 1t has been suggested, there
fore, that the Republicans send Blame,
Conkling and some more OF their pop
ular orators TO Louisiana in order to
recover the State from the Democrats.
Conkiing might consider 1t beneath his
dignity 10 make stump speeches on n
level with the understandings OF the
colored voters Of Louisiana, but Blaine
would be in his element The former
method OF the Republicans in Louisi
ana during tho good reconstruction
days OF Grant was TO set up State
governments with the bayonet, and
when this was not feasible, the votes OF
the majority were eflaced by the manip.
ulations OF Returning Boards. But the
troops are withdrawn and the Return.
ing Board machinery has been smashed.
To obtain political power IN Louisiana,
the Republicans will therefore be
obliged to return to the popular and
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

A SOLID Snor.-Tho Harrisburg
Patriot made tenstrlke when in treat
ing Secretary Evarts' recent eloquent
plea Tor equal suffrage it proposed the
following amendment to the Constltu
ton of the United States
ARTICLE TO- All citizens of tho United States
native add naturaliIed shall have the right 10 vote
at the election Cor representative in Congress and
the appointment OF electors for President and
Vice President without any test rs to owners hiy
Of properly, and none but native or naturalilet
citizens Of the United States shall have the rgh
10 vote at such elections any law Of any State tt
the contrary notwithstanding
The only State in the Union where
manhood suffrage is not already equal
under the law are the States Of Rhode
Island and New Hampshire where Q
property qualification is exacted o.
foreigners, and the proposed amend
ment would meet their case exactly.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

AFTER SAMBo.-Before the late
lamented" abolished slavery, our border
neighbor, Canada, granted the colored
man an asylum; but now things have
changed. A cotemporary remarks
Canada, the ncgro's Canaan IN the
days of the Underground Railroad, Il
the last place in the world TO look fol
color prejudice, but the good people ol
Ottawa are appealing to the Minister
of Education to find out some way tc
make colorod parents take their chill
dren out of the schools and send then
to room especially set apart for little
'niggers.'
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

FEARruLLY SoLrD.-The Bradford
Argus remarks The Radicals affect
to be bitterly opposed to Grcenbackism
and to any candidate for Office who
supports such principles, yet we flnt
that in our ncighboring county of Col
umbia they rcpudiate to great extent
their own candidate and supported
Ent,an avowcd Grcenbacker, and there
by defeated Smith the Democrat,
nominee by a small majority. Tbi'
we suppose was done to protect them
selves and the North from an invasion
Of tho "Solid South"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

"CIvILlZATIoSp-An exchange says
In Talbot county, Maryland, resides a
negro who voted the Democratic ticket
on the 4th inst, and having done that
worthy act went to his homo and
sought rest in his dolnicile. But while
he slept the sleep Of the just some o.
his Republican neighbors invaded biz
stable, in the dark hours Of the gloomy
night, and wrcaked their venganoe or
the Democratic negro by manning biz
mule in cruel, horrible, barbaroui
manner. Is this Nation ? And, 1
so, where is the strong arm of Fedora
power? Arc Don-partisan mules, mules
that have kept aloof from politica
turmoil, to be deprived of their tails
robbed of their ears, and have theil
innocent noses slashed of because thcil
masters dare TO vote for Democrat,
candidates ? West Chester Recorc
please copy.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

ANorHE GAIN.-There was Con
gressional vacancy to be filled in the
18th district of New York at the last
election, Smith, Radical, having died
Waldo Hutchins, Democrat, was cleo
ted to fllit. 1t was an important gain
as 1t gives the Democrats in the Ma
tional House of Representatives three
majority over the combined Radical
and Greenback vote. Most of the lat
ter are with the Democrats, but it is 9
better condition to be independent o.
them on q close call
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19
EXPOSE OF TIE TREASURY Y
PLUNDERERS.

The New York Sun, in alludlng to
Senator Davis and his committees
forthcomingreport of his Investigations
of the United States Treasury Depart
menti makes these startling observa-
items
"They have found millions improp.
erly entered, and balances forced n
cover up these fraudulent charges
Volumes Of the most important &c,
counts are missing and it is evident
from their connection with the public
loans that they were purposely car
RED of and destroyed 10 hi3. Tillainy
In some OF the existing books whole
pages are torn out, and thcy are other
Wise mutilated, and erasures visible t
the eye, and others TO an ordinary
magnifer, may be counted by thou
sands All these charges, this tbievory
this mutlation and this destruction
relate to the most important books ant
accounts of the Treasury.
Can anybody believe that sucl
criminal tamperIng with the records 0
the Treasury, extending only over
limited period of years, and all point
ing to intentional fraud and forgery l.
cover up excessive issues, counterfeit
ing and stealing, was the result Q
mere accident? No wonder the Re
publican leaders seek to solidify tn
North against the South by sections
crusade, and to ignore all those mate
rial questions upon the solution G
which the general prosperity depends
No wonder they cry out for "stron
man" who will trample the Constitu
ton under foot, use the army to crus
out opposition on the slightest of pre-
texts, and subvert the Government 1
the worst partisan objects. THIS
their game to win the election, to bur
out of sight the iniquties which bic
the career of the party and of many c
its prominent leaders, and to preven
the punishment which an indignan
people would administer after ful
exposure"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

CIVILIZATION An exchange re
marks; "wong Ching Foo is an cdu
Gated Cbinaman, who is said TO hav,
undertaken to bring about rcvolu
ton in the Flowery Kingdom. Fail
ing, as many patriots have done, from
the premature explosion of bis mouth
he fed to this country and sought ref
ugc in Chicago. A few days ago plo
was discovered among the other Chi
ncso in that city to abduct Wong
Ching Foo that he might be sen. bach
10 China TO be behcadcd."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19
CHANDLER VICE Asorurn.-Thc Bal

CHANDLER WOE ANOTHER The Bal
timore Gazette remarks: II the Re
publican party wants man absolutely
without conscious to succeed tho lat'
Zach Chandler az Chairman Of th,
NationalRepublican Committe II should
send at once an invitation to VIM. Il
Chandler, of Now Hampshire. He Il
in nowisc related to the late Zachariah
but when il comes to stealing States
blowing up political mines and organ.
izing ourages there is no moro compar.
ison between Bill and any othcr living
Republican than there is between Ro
man Emperor and ring tailed monkey
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19
FALSE SYMPA tn Y.


Tho Easton Argus appropriately re-
marks;
The late sudden death Of Zachariab
Chandler, n Senator Of tho United
States from Michigan, gave the fellows
who indulge in extraordinary lamonta-
tions over tho demise Of each promi.
nent or notorious man fine chance to
vent their seeming sorrow. The tcle.
grams announcing his death also told
US Of the exhibitions of mourning in
Chicago over the death of Mr. Chand
ler As for the deceased, We had nc
exalted opinion of him while living
and we are not now going 10 either
praise or censure him. Our purpose II
to allude to the foolish-yea, worst
than foolish-practice that has sine,
the war grown upon tho American
people, of almost idolizing their dead
The time was when only men who haC
shown themselves really great o
worthy were the subjects of especia
sorrow when called from their sphere
OF public duty. But now nota Unitec
States Senator of less than ordinar,
ability, whose most noted peculiarit.
was the language deemed rather NOR
iorciblc than polite, can "shuffle oi
this mortal coil" without having tn
columns OF the daily press crowde
with laudatory notices and long jcre
miads. The American people are givel
to making too much fuss over the los
of very little timber They are shec
! ding tears for what can very easily b
replaced United States Senators ar
not all statesmen. They are not a
persons whose records will bear th
closest scrutiny, and those of us VIII
bow down in sackcloth and ashes ever,
time one Of these chaps is called to hi
reward, show our lack Of what j
proper at such time
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19


THIN FRIENDsnIP.-The Phlladel-
phia Times, in alluding to the latest
case of tn is kind, relates the following
"The case of Congressman Voorhls, OF
Haokensack, New Jersey, is painful
illustration of the fitting of Summer
friends when adversely comes, He
was esteemed wealthy was liberal with.
out being extravagant, and friends clus
tered about him in sunshine like bees
upon the honeyed flower. He was
chosen to Congress in an adverse dis
trict, and all classes paid him homage
as a worthy citizen. 1t is not charged
that he deliberately defrauded any one
but he borrowed from his own bank
without lawful authority, confidently
expecting to pay, and embarrassment
so accumulated about him that he was
$500 short in restoring the money
He was arrested, and the man who had
thousands Of Summer hatterers could
not command $4,000 security. Alter
a day of surveillance in his house un.
der the care of q United States Mar
shal, the amount OF bail was reduced
to $4,000, and his father and brother
were then able to save him ilom the
ignominy Of a prison. Such is life"
The bank officer did not steal the cash
out of the vaults of the bank, but he
distracted $50, 900 worth of collatterals,
belonging to the patrons of the bank,
took them over to New York, received
the cash on them, with which be de.
feated the Democratic nominee, with
the hope, no doubt, of reaching Con-
gress to serve his party and in tho end
restore the stolen securities.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19
A CONTRAST.

hDnlH AnnIl. n0tn kn01tllIN hWuA from
home, One had served his country, as
no supposed. faithfully, on it's bloodiest
battle fields from Bull Run TO Atlanta,
and beyond to the ecu he Justly earn.
ed the familiar namc among his coun-
trymen -" FIouTINo JOE HOOKER"
Tho other. served his party-the par.
ty OF sectional hate, hypocrisy and vii.
lainy, brayely, by the hot use of his
very bad mouth and worse brain, in
the party caucus and in the halls Of
fraud and usurpation of power; he too,
earned a common opilhet among those
familarwith his habits, it was "DRUNK-
EN- ZAcu. CHANDLER" One retired
from active service when that service
needed brave men. no more. to cult.
vate the arts OF peace and encourage
friendly relations between the late
civil enemies; the other retired too,
but because the people of Michigan, at
their return of reason had no use for a
representative blackguard, ranter and
inciter to domestic strife from which
obscurity he was called by a drunken
President, the friend of the whisky
thieves, to ornament his ruby Cabinet,
where he was frequently in his best
trim to show off what brandy will do
for a true Republican statesman. Hav-
ing thus become "stalwart" in defense
of Republican peculators and ring
thieves, he again demonstrated his
superiority in crying for "blood let.
ting while whisky oozed from his
pores, and the Republican party, once
more become the party of sectional
hate, had need for his services. Chiefly
instrumental in screening tho whisky
thieves whose principal was Grant
himself, he was the most eminenty iii
tool 10 steal the Presidency for HAYES,
which be did accordingly, as the whole
country knows. For this service TO
his party of fraud and treason, he was
rewarded with the "stalwart" leader
ship, malgre his drinking habit, which,
in Republican statesman, is esteemed
great virtue.
And for this he has earned tablet
and perhaps monument in the TEN.
pie of the Republican party, such as
never a Christian or true hero has
won, but only monsters in human
shape like Tamerlane, Nero, Warren
Hastings, Lord Rawdon, Tecumseh
and McNiel. For this almost every
Republican newspaper in the land is
filed with praise OF him, and Pope
Haven must duly "sanctiiy" him, and
his mumbling puppets repeat the sac.
rilege, In all corners Of the North
For this, all his crimes, treasons, STRAIT
egems, and theits, must be buried with
his carcass, and only his service to the
Republican god Fraud, be kept in
grateful remembrance.
On the other hand, the soldier, the
good citizen, the patriot whose course
was not bounded by the miserable cir
conference of party success, must be
laid away in his tomb, with hut pass.
ing notice, frigid recitation Of where
he was born, whore he fought and
where he died, without even so much
as regret that he is gone. This is
how the Republican press reward
"Fightng Joe Hooker" for his scrv.
ices to the Union. This contrast again
admonishes us of the double, deep dyed
treason of the Republican party, which
prefers the demagogue, thief and swim.
dler to the patriot and honest man
the sharp spcculator in the wars OF
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

"IFY-State Treasurer Noyes hat
o bitter fight to win the nomination
from Mr.. Barr in 1877, but he stood a
his precinct poll at Westport on last
election day, and gave Barr an in
creased majority over Dill. If Barr
could have commanded few thousand
such men as "Old Square Timber" t.
work for him, sit might have been r
PHILADELPHIA Times.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

A PooR SHow-Peter-not "thal
Rock" spoken of in Revelation--but
Peter Sutton, Greenback candidate for
State Treasurer, received in Philadel.
phia 299 votes, and in the State not
10000 votes. The rag baby was big
ger at its birth than when it had at.
tainedits teens. Poor thing Its Sutton
death will be mourned in this State by
Frank Hughes and Henry Carey Baird
with honest grief, 1t was no ordinary
humbug, and it should have no ordi
nary obsequies.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

A correspondent of the Chicago
Times accuses Grant of bad manners.
When the greatest General of the
age wants anything at the table he
never, or at least hardly ever, asks for
it but SIMPLY points the slow, uner-
ring index finger of his right hand at
it as II he would say, "Gimme some O.
that"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

Henry Ward Beecher, since the Mrs.
Titon episode, frequently takes occa.
sion to express his disbelief in the ex.
istence of a hell. On Sunday last he
said "If thought that a God stood
at the door where men 60 out of life to
snjke them down TO an eternal hell,
my soul would cry out, Let there be
no God
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19
That's a mighty good team.

RADICAL HONESTY An exchange
says The Readjusters will have {
majority OF twenty-five on joint ballot
in the Virginia Legislature. The Re
publcans elected twenty.iour members
in the entire State, and nineteen O.
them are Readjusters or Reputation
lists. That tells the story so far as thu
Republican party of Virginia is con
oarnad
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19
NOT REPUBLICAN IN FORM.

Ben. Butler has been interviewed,
and Notwithstanding he is suffering Il
repulse charged with about 10000 ma.
jority for the other fellow, be is us
happy as clam at high tide, and says
he is well in both health and spirits,
What an imprcssible old free booier he
is, to be sure lie is still open for an.
ether campaign, aud has enough fight
left in him TO make the blue bloods OF
Beacon Hill squirm, and TO teach the
people of the Old Bay State that he Il
neither dead nor sleeping. His latest
point is to lay before Congress the i'm
portant tact that Massachusetts, has
never had Republican form OF gov
ernment--simply the appearance of i
Tho shadow only, not the substance
That she has eleven members of Con
gress where she is only entitled t.
eight. That by an educational quail
fication at least 10000 voters are dis
franchised, and yet they are claimed
making up their Congressional repre-
sentation.
Think ofitl This sanctfed land Of bals
cd beans, Goldfish and "culchah"-th,
home of sly drinks and witchy-isms-
the resting-place ol the nest egg of th'
bird OF liberty-not Republican, in form
of government Ono hundred and fit,
thousand white citizens dsiranchisel
by an educational qualification by j,
people who have been foremost il
forcing the ballots of the gross, ignor
ant negro upon other people Tn
same kind of votes that yoked Penn
sylvania to the Radical chariot Oh
yc hypocritesl Benjamin must b
fooling. But il seems not. He dc
clares il his purpose 10 bring il befor
Congress and to veniilate the matter
Go on BENJAMIN. Made inl And :
say we alll-Lock Haven Democrat,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

GOLD BIRDS. = The Philadelphia
Record of Friday says An order has
been made for the transfer of 551 900
ounces of gold bullion from the New
York assay office to tho Mint in this
city for coinage. The value of the
bullion is about s10,250,0OO, and is
part of that recently received from
Europe. The Mints will first coin
eagles and half eagles.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

RATHER FINE.-Distinolions in crime
are almost us thin as some that prevail
in society. A man charged with OBJ
tanning money under false pretcnces
in court the other day remarked that,
although he might be swindler, he
was not tibet.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

THAT'S so.-The New York SUI
says; "The solid vote of Pennsylvania
for Hancock in the Democratic Ma
tional Convention next year would be
liable to make an impression on the
minds of delegates from more than one
Southern State"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

FuNSY The editor of the Tyrone
Herald, last week, used a great big Demo
Cratic Rooster; because the Democrats
of Blair county, elected their candidate
tor Prothonotary, and for third term
of fhaf
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

The ancient ex.Gov. Dennison, OF
Ohio, is of the opinion that the Scna.
torial shoes worn by Judge Thurman
are just about his Ct and that he would
like to encase his feet in thcm when
tho Judge pcriorcc must cast them
aside.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

Senator Book thinks that Bayard is
now tho most prominent candidate for
tho Democratic Presidential nomina.
ton, though he personally iavors Gen.
cral Hancock.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

Moody and sankey closed their
labors in Cleveland, Ohio, last wodnes
day night. Mr.. Moody left for Chicago
and Mr.. sankey for his home in Penn
sylvanis.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19

EARLY.--The editor of the Washing
ton Post hangs out this kind of a flag
SEYMOUR, OF NEW YORK, AMI
MCDONALD, OF INDIANA, is THE
TICKET TO NOMINATE IN 1880
BECAUSE 1T IS THE TICKET TC
WIN.