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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

TIT FOR TAT.-No bull doing just
now, gentlemen, no matter if he il a
Fox. Hayes can bite back Ms well al
anybody else. He is not such mild
man as everybody thinks. Forinstanoe,
old Senator Humlin, OF Maine, has a
friend named Fox, who has been for
years collector Of customs at Bangor,
and whose name, on Monday, Mr..
Hayes sent to the Senate Tor contlnu-
ance in office. On Tuesday, Hamlin,
having been absent when tho vote on
the New York Custom House appoint
ments was taken, requested permission
to record bis vote against Burt, one ol
HAYES men. Two hours afterward
Mr.. Hayes withdrew the nomination
of Fox. The nation enjoys seeing
these clevating exhibitions of temper
in Mr.. Uayes.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

The CIPHER WITNESS. What pity
il is that the Potter Committee cannot
separate the cipher witness = zacls
Chandler, Timer, Foster, Brady, etc,
30 that they cannot communicate with
each other during the investigation.
II it had that power as all judicial au.
thorities have in cases OF assault and
battery, stealing chickens, etc, and
used il SO that each one OF these wor.
lhies must rely on his own smartness
instead Of comparing notes and Dol.
stering up each other, the entire truth
no doubt would be brought out, and
stealing the Presidency proven to be
quito as unsafe an operation US robbing
u hen.roost. Day Book.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

MoviNo FoR lSS0.-lt is evident
that our party friends are puttirg Oh
tho harness for 1880 An Associated
Press telegram from Washington, on
the 9Th, says; In response to an in
vitation Of Senators Wallace and Bar
mum, and a number Of other members
Of the National and Congressional
Democratic Committee, mot at vii
lard's Hotel this evening for consulta
ton, their purpose being to arrange
preliminaries pertaining to the organ
ization OF tho campaign committee fol
1880. After an interchange of view'
on the question of procedure and thu
most practical method to be adopted
&,ho subject Of further organization wa'
tostponcd Tor future action, Messrs
Wallace and Barnum being appointe'
. subcommittee to consider repor
on the same.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

TnE ONES AND Two's.-Thc Wash.
ington Post remarks San impression
seems to have become fastened upon
the rural Journalistic mind that one
and two dollar greenbacks have been
ordered to be retired. This is mis-
take. Senator Chaficc recently intro.
duced bill providing for the retire.
ment, and the substitution of the stand
ard silver on ii. The volumes of the
bills OF this denomination remain the
same as when the act Of May last was
passed foibidding the further retire.
mcnt of the legal tender notes. The
rural journals probably confess the Ma
tional bank ones and twos' with the
legal tenders. The resumption act
providing for the retirement Of the
turmer.'"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

ALL CONVICTED is less than n
year since the great Glasgow, Scotland,
Bank failed. The President, Cashier,
three telers, four clerks and five d..
rectors were all convicted, last week,
of fraud, theN and embezzlement, and
we're sentenced to eight months impris-
onment. The sentences imposed caus.
cd much surprise on account of thor
leniency. Lord Justice MoncrieH, the
presiding Judge, in passing the iudg.
ment OF the court, said they consider.
ed the circumstance that the prisoners
had not falsifed tho accounts for their
own personal benefit, but in the mis-.
taken idea that it was for the public
GOOD.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

"a UNION SAvER."-The true posi-
ton for the Democratic party to occu-
ny is set forth in The following, part oi
AN interview with Senator Hampton,
Of South Carolina Let US put good,
trusty men in nomination, iearlessly
avow ourprinciples, and show ourselves
worthy OF trust by being willing to
take defeat at the hands of the people
should they disapprove OF our policy.
A constitutional rule, self government and
no sectionalism should be the sum and
the substance Of our platform, fitted to
good, honorable, trusted and tried
standard. bearers, il matters not whelh.
or they be from the East or the West.
| have no patience with an Eastern
Democracy and Western Democracy,
a Northern Democracy and Southern
Democracy. 1t is no Democracy at all
that is not as wide as the whole coun.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12
THE ADELPHIA APPOINT LETTER FROM hNOA I0WN'l
SHIP
Nav MiLlposr, Pa, Fob. = 1919.
ENRON aRyp,tuflcAN--De Dear Sir, II

Nav MiLLPosr, Pa, Fob. 4 1873.
ltDlroR RErunLIoAN--De Dear Sir; In
looking over tho past history of Clear.
field county, and noting It's steady nd
vanccment in all private and public
busincs | often wonder how IL was
ever possible for IL to attain TO its
present prosperous condition without
the prcsence and influence of that
"Solomon" editor and publisher, don't
know how about the proprietorship),
of that patent shoct, the Ciearfield CT
zen. Although no has been among US
only ABOUT ionr months, be has already
discovered "COurt House Ring" and
now threatens TO ann,hlatc all the
officials of the county. lie even pro.
poses To enter the Unit,d States Sen,
ate and take the scalp OF one OF Punn'
sylvanias brightest sons-Hon. VIM.
A. Wallace. An observer would nat
urally suppose that, in the estimation
OF this "Solomon," Bigler, Wallace and
Patton have never amounted TO any
thing but boys, aud have been playing
IN mud-puddles their whole lifetime.
Is il not IL wonder that there is u
single bone left in Flclding's body Tor
this Solomon to pick at. He has
ieasted on him for one month. !
wonder again; Can this Solomon
ever lay down to peaceful slumberr
without being in fcar Of that dreaded
monster "night-horse2" | admire
criticism 80 long as they are competent
to criticise, but Us "a rule, 80 long as
there arc old dogs about, pups should
refrain from barking. Biglor, Wallac,
and Patton are old and well respected
citizens, and 10 lar as intelligence ],
concerned, they have forgotten more
than that "Solomon's" narrow con
tracted skull will ever permit him I;
learn. | confcss that II IL almos
a shame TO notice the littlencss will
which this man, John II. Bixler, assault
our good citizens; but there are time
when forbcarance becomes crime
and hence we must meet that crime
and hurl it from our midst. Reynolds
willie did so, and 50 must we.
All that demand Of Solomon" i
TO keep within the limits of truth, AN,
ut least half respect. and then he cal
rcmain among us as long as Chase an'
kratzer see proper to support him.
do not fear. his "Greenback humbug,
/ all NA.ra Gn
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

TnE TRuE SroRY.--Radical Con.
gressmon complained wonderfully be-
cause the Democrats in South Caro-.
lima, last fall printed their tickets on
red tissue paper, and thereby ''in,imi
dated the intelligent ~ colored voter"
A Charleston printer turned up before
tho Teller Committee the other day,
nov investigating these facts, who
swore that he printed thousands Of
those same tickets Tor Radicals. He
sworc that he printed ten thousand
tissue ballots for W. NJ. Mackey, u Re.
publican candidates for Congress who
appears to have been beaten at his own
game. go we 20.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

RAILROAD rRAFFlc,--rhe immense
freight carried over the main line Of
the Pennsylvania railroad can bo ina.
gined when we learn the number Of
freight cars that have passed over the
road the past year. An exchange says
that Dispatcher W. d. Cramer, at Pat
terson, gives the following statistics OF
cars passing that point, during the
year 1878; Cars going east and load.
ed-livestoek, 20 276; line cars, 1913,
757 produce, % s3I oil, is, ,I36 (; coal
and lumber, l78 737; empty, $3.50
Total, 39I,373. Cars west loaded
ss 46si empty, 205,5Os Total, 1888,
076. Number of trains west, $3.50
average number Of carr, AZ and one.
sixth. Total number of cars cast and
west, 76s,3l9, being 1860 cars more
than in 1877.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

IT Is ALL PLAIN Nova year ago
tGov. Hartranit was zealously urged
br United States Senator in place Of
Don Cameron. The thing took well
,r q while, but "Harty" dropped out Of
1o canvass. Now all can see how
NAT cat jumped. The Governor hauled
olf afler Don promised to mako him
postmasier of Philadelphia, and allow
Don to Flip into the Senatorship. Now
Cameron is Senator again, and Harry"
Is postmaster. On Monday last Mr.
Hayes sen. to the Senate the following
nominations: James Pollock, to be
naval officer at Philadelphia, vice J..
A. 1Ieistsnd, whose commission OK
pires March |; A. Loudcn Snowden,
to be Superintendent OF the Philadel-
phia Mint, vice Ex-Governor Pollock,
appointed naval officer; Jno. j. Hart.
ranA, to be postmaster at Philadelphia,
v;cc A. Ioudon Snowdcn, appointed
Superintendent Of the Mint.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

The public war over the New York
Custom House settled, there are signs
of private war between Sherman and
Arthur, Sherman charging the ex-
Collector with dishonorable conduct in
publishing his private letters. The
Republic will be grateful If Mr.. Arthur
will attend to his profession and Mr..
Sherman 10 his finances. What the
country needs is a rest.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

Nor HAPPY.-The editor Of the
Philadelphia Record, in alluding TO the
removal OF the Naval Officer in that
city indulgcs in some common sense
remarks: "The substitution Of Ex-
Governor Pollock in place of Naval
Officer IIiestand has one gratifying
feature, in that it secures to Mr.. Snow
den the Superintendency Of the Mint
in this city. But this is ALL The officer
who goes out OF the naval Office 10 as
good as the officer who goes in. Both
arc sxoties who have no true root in the
mould of this city. Mr.. Hestand is the
bettero the two, for the reason that men
can still remember time when he re.
lnquished the public teat long enough
to take breathing spell. The day
has passed when the commercial in
terests Of this city can be safely in.
trusted to respectable tigure-heads
Easy going, good natured senility,
pocketing the cmoluments of Office
while subordinates do tho work, be-
comes in the course of years tircsome
spectacle, Thcpeoplelong for change
The President turns his back upon the
heart and brains of his party in max
ing such appointments as Ex-Governor
Pollock's"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

BoYToS's FEAT.-Mr. Paul Boyton
is courting notoriety by inaasing his
body IN rubber suit and padding
himself down tho Allegheny river,
from Oil City to Pittsburgh. The
river was pretty well covered with
slush ice, which adds to the zest Of the
performance. Mr.. Boyton ought to
be taken out of the water and set at
some useful employment.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

A UsIos SENTIMENT. The Chicago
Times says that the intermediary be
tween Blaine and Blackburn, which
caused them to fall on each others
necks and weep, at the Mccullough
banquet, was demjohn of Kentucky
Bourbon. The Times always was o
wicked paper, and evidently fails 10
appreciate the pathos and sentiment
Of that dramatic scene, in which these
distinguished representatives Of tbs
North and South clasped hands over
the-whisky Jug.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

DoH'T TAKE ON So.-The Hunting
don Globe rejoicingly remarks The
State Of Louisiana has delaulted the
January interest on her public debt.
We suppose that is called Democratic
reform" Well, what kind Of reform
is it we have here in Pennsylvania,
where we have defaultod cur CHARITY
appropriations, school warrants, Judg.
es pay, ctc.1 We have had this state
Of affairs on hands for over five months
and you never called attention to oui
boasied charity default, or any Other
default. Those living in glass houses
should not fling stones at their neigh
bora
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12
GEoaor D. GooDLANDER, Editor.
MAxlMs foR Inr DAY.


No man worthy the Office Of President should
be willing to hold Il II counted In or placed there
by Ruy fraud. U. 5. GRANT;
I could mover have been reeoncilod TO the ele-
walton BY the smallest aid Of mine Of person.
however respectable In private life, who must
forever carry upon his brow the stamp Of fraud
6rst triumphant 10 American history. No sub
sequent action. however meritorious, can wash
away the letters Of that record.
CnAeLEs FRAsofs ADAMS.
I would rather have the endorsement OF quar-
tor Of a million Of the American peopls than that
Of the Louisiana Returning Board, or OF the Com
mission shich excluded the facts and decided
the question on technieality.
Tnos. A. HEEpnicKs.
Under the forms Of law, Rutherford b. Hayes
has been declared President Of the United States
iIis title rests upon disiranehisement OF lawful
voters, the false certificates Of the returning OH
oers acting corupuy, and the decision Of com
mission which has refused to hear evidence OF al
legged fraud. For the first tin Q are the American
people con fronted with the fact Of fraudulenty-
elected President. Let Il not be Understood that
the fraud will be silently acquiesced In BY the
country. Let no hour pass in which :he usurPs-
lion Is forgotten.
ADDRESS or DENocRAric NJ. C.'s.
Ono hundred years Of human derravity accu-
undated and conoon trated into climax Of crime
Nevcr again in dvs hundred years shall they have
an opportunity to repeat the wrong.
DAMEL W. VooRHEEs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12
"HIGH FLTERISN."
ut a short time ago Hayes appoint.

But a short time ago Hayes appoint
ed that Radical literary "high hicr
Bayard Taylor, of Chester county, as
Minister Plenipotentiary to Germany.
Taylor died recently, and it is now dis.
covered that his wife and daughterar in
INDECENT circumstances and the humane
Senator from Maine, Mr.. Hamlin, pre-.
sented in the United States Senate the
other day, letter from the Secretary
Of State, bringing TO the attention OF
the Ccmmittee on Foreign Relations
the embarrassment in which the wife
and daughter of Bayard Taylor have
been left by bis death, and recommend
ing an appropriation for their benefit
equal TO one years salary OF the Berlin
mission.
The dead plenipotentiary has already
drawn twenty-five thousand dollars
out of the Treasury for about one
years service, and an attempt IS now
made to give the wife and daughter
sl7, 900 more because they are poor.
Taylor has spent his tons of thousands
The plan of Senator Hamlin is not
half as good as that of Congressman
Wright, who wants tho United States
Government to give each poor man
$500 and let him go West and squat
on 16O acres of land and enjoy his
$500 pocket money. The Taylor fam.
lily ask Tor too much ii won't 60
around
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

lioHLY CoMpL'MEsTED Mrs Coles,
daughter of Senator Thurman, who is
with her husband, a naval officer, in
Japan, has just been entertained al the
palaces of the Governor. Three days
aiterward the Governor accepted the
invitation of Mr.. and Mrs. Coles Tor
dinner--a thing never heard of before
in Japan. This extraordinary compli.
ment, it is said, was owing to the fact
that when Minister Yoshida went home
from Washington he said Mrs. Coles
father was 10 be the next Emperor Of
the United States"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

FAREwELLl-On the 4lh of March
four carpet.baggers will quit the Unit.
cd States Scuute forever-Spencer, Of
Alabama, Patterson, of South Carolina
Dorsey, Of Arkansas, and Conovcr, Of
Florida. OF tho thirty-two Senators
from the Southern States il will only
leave one scallawag of the foul crew to
recall the infamous days of their pres
ence, and that will be Kellogg of Lou.
isiana. Aiter the 4th the tone Of that
body will be greatly elevated by being
relieved of the presence of these men
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

An OPENING Roa NAsr.-Conkling
and Hayes are having spat just now
An exchange remarks; "Pot calling
Kettle black-the Fraudulent Senator
Conkling crying Fraud at the Fraud
ulent President Hayes. just fancy the
arissocptio cartoon which rh, Nasi
might furnish for Hsrpes, If tbcy
weren't III on tho same s,der"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

XIX Governor iIartranft has becoms a citizen ef
Philadelphia. having taken up hb permanent
residence on Spruce street. t.--Eechtags.
1t is just one square from where he
now resides that he handed the great
State Collector, George .. Evans, Of
back pay war funds notoricty, on the
street, ,sepenfhousand dO!idrswhich bo had
borrowed from Evans while Collector,
pnd never thought worth while to ask
him for Q receipt. We wonder how
many business men play street tricks
OF that kind.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

GETTING READY.--Senator Hall, ol
Elk county, has introduced resolution
in the State Senate fixing upon the
last Thursday Of March for tho ad.
journmcnt of tho Legislature. Tho
Senator has lots Of work at home, and
We have no doubt he would like q
have the privilege Of looking alter 1t
But there are too many in tho Legis
lature who have nothing Of tho kind
op bend, and We will not bo surprised
u the body sits until Juno
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

"FAvoRED CITIZENS. Phila.
delphia Ledger, Independent Republi
can, thinks "oven among the renowned
Louisiana type oil political witnesses
by the. Andersons, Jenkse.
and Wcbers, the last testifier, ST. Mar
tin, must take front rank. He nd
mils perjury, bribery and varions crook
cdncss, yet he protested before th,
Potter Committee that he had 'cleai
conscience Besides these venal often
ccs, which leave no burden on his con
science, but which in these attitudes ar,
ielonies and iniamies, ST. Martin admit,
that he has been indicted three time,
for other crimes--yet he says he ha,
MS good record as any man IN Louisi
ana, What a nice place Louisana
must be for quiet, orderly iamilics-ac
cording TO the testimony Of these o.
her favored citizens
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

A ConREcr VIEw.-Louis We'll, the
only Jew ever sent TO tho North Caro-.
lima Penitcnliary, has been pardoned
by Governor Vance, who indorsed the
following on the paper u take pleas.
urc in saying that ! sign the pardon
in part recognition of the good and
law abiding character Of our Jewish
citizens, this beng tho first serious case
ever brought TO my notice on the part
Of any Of that people"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12
a Rrrlc or scALLAwAooEnY.-.It N ap.

A RELic OF ScALLAwAGoERy. 1t ap-
pears that Congress passed an Act
during the rebellion relating 10 thc
selection Of Jurors TO serve in tho L.
s. Courts. Tho law really disiranchiser
every intelligent citizen in many of tho
Southern States The Act in question
requires every man summoned US u
Juror, TO swear that ho has not without
duress and constraini, taken up arms
or joined any insurrcction or rebellion
against the United States, nor volun-
larily given aid and comfort to the
enemy. The law requires the Court
to discharge any poTson declining to
take this oath from serving ON the
grand or petit jury. The result in
South Carolina, ut tho last session OF
United States Court, was that eighteen
OF the twenly.iour Grand Jurors could
not take the oath, and the Court had
to adjourn. FIVE Of the six who were
ready to take the oath signed their
names with an Y. The sixth was q
white man who had lodged the war
and could read aud write--a number
one scallawag. We notice that Congress
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

Mr.. George r. Graham, at one time
owner and editor Of Graham's Mdga.
sine, is now filling tho position of nssis-
tant editor Of a Newark (N.J) journal,
lie has accumulated two fortunes, both
Of which zero lost, II 10 said, in stock
speculation.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

We STAND Commemorative weeks
ago VIC assigned our member in the
House, Dr. Bennett, to the Committees
on Banks, Pensions and Compare Bills,
supposing that he, being Democrat,
would be fortunate il be was placed on
three Committees by the Radical
Speaker. But since, we notice that he
is also a member of the Committee OF
Ways and Means, the most important
Committee in the House, of which that
old iron.elad rooster, "Lish" Davis, Is
Chairman. Doctor, keep your eye on
him; he is q mighty clever fellow.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

TnE Twenty SEcoSp.-The Boston
Post states that the Democratic Ma.
tional committee will celebrate the ED
of February in an appropriate manner
by assembling to consider the policy Of
the organization with reference to the
future We trust that the spirit Of the
man who owned the little hatchet will
inspire them, and we believe that trust
will! not be betrayed"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12

CABINET RAscALIrY.-lf Tyncr and
Chandler really meant TO sell two In.
dian appointments for the benefit OF
their campaign fund, and did it, they
were, as Cabinet Ministers, guilty of
corrupt practices. Ifthey deliberately
chose the words "lndian agents as q
cipher TO cover an innocent transac.
,ion they were fools. Nobody ever
accused Zach Chandler of being fool,
and the late Senator Morton consider.
ed Tyner particularly shrewd fellow.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12
WILL THE PLOT SUCCEED /?


The Radical plot TO capture the
United States Senate of 1881 by Il
bold coup, is pretty well laid bare BY
the minority report of the Committee
on Privileges and Elections in the
Butler Corbin case. There Is no pre-.
tense of reason for reopening the qucs
ton Of Senator Butloi's right to his
seat He has been adiudgcd entitled
to ii by vote of the Senate, and has
taken his seat. The only excuse Tor
it is that the Radicals must have the
Senate in 1881 by fair means or foul,
and the most ready plan is to unseat
Mr.. Butler and scat the carpet-bagger
Corbin. The Senate after the next
fourth of March will stand forty-two
Democrats, thirty.three Republicans,
and one Independent Senator Davis
Of Illinois,. But should Corbin be
seated it will stand forty one Demo
Gratis and thirty four Republicans.
Now in 1881 the terms Of Randolph,
Eaton, Herman, Wallace and Thurman,
all Democrats, will expire, with the
strong probabilities Of Republican suc.
cessors. This would, il Corbin be
seated, mako the score stand thirty.
nine Republicans and thirty seven
Democrats. The Democrats on the
other hand would probably gain a scat
in electing Bruco's successor, which
would make the Senate a tic thirty.
eight TO thirty.eight, with Senator
David Davis on the fence. This il the
objective point Of the Radical strategy.
and the re-opening of the Butler. Cor.
bin case which has been decided and is
now res ddjudicatd, is only on the
ground that the Republicans have ins,
now a majority in the Senate and can
perpetrate this wrong to hold on To
power. Senator Hill in his minority
report-for the majority rcport of lbe
committee favors seating Corbin-I
says aNo charge Of fraud has been
made against the iormer decision. No
allegation that testimony was before
excluded which ought 10 have been
admitted, or that testimony was nd.
mitted which ought TO have been ex.
cludcd no request by either of the
parties to produce testimony has been
denied, and no pretense that testimony
then offered and excluded can now be
produced. The jurisdiction is the same,