Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-30

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a Committee on Resolutions, and ii. IL
Hine, VIM. +. Hulett, p. Bosworth,
], S. Easement, B. F. Perry, aud r. M
Murray, were appointed Committee
on Conference for Representative.
The Committee on Resolutions re-
ported the following which were unani'
mously adopted =
Whenever in a country like ours,
governed by the people through great
political parties, body Of its citizens
attached to political party feel con
strained from any cause to enter their
protest against the action ofsuch party
and take separate action in the selec-
ton OF candidate for an important
office, justice TO themselves and a
proper regard for the opinion of their
fellow-citiLen require them to state
distinctly and clearly the cause and
purpose Of such action.
THEREFORE, Be it by this Independ-
ent Convention of the Republicans OF
the Nineteenth Congressional District
of Ohio, ReSolued-
1st. That dishonesty, fraud and cor
ruption have become so common, no
torious and obvious in the adminstra-
ton of our National Government as to
be not only humiliating and disgrace
ful in the estimation Of every honest
and intelligent citizen, but to imperil
the prosperity Of the people if not the
stability of the Government itself
I'd. Resolued, That the deplorable
condition of the administration of our
National Government is largely due to
the election to Office, and maintenance
therein, of corrupt, dishonest and venal
men.
Sd. ReSolUed, That it is useless and
hypocntical for any political party to
declare for reform in its platforms,
papers and public addresses while it
insists on returning to high Official
place and power men who have been
notoriously connected with the very
schemes of fraud which rendered re-
form necessary and urgent that to
send those to enact reform who them
selves need reforming to make them
honest, is worse than setting the blind
to lead the blind.
4th. ReSolved, That there is no man
to day officially connected with the
administration of our National Gov.
ernment against whom are justly pre-.
ierred more and graver charges of
corruption than are publicly made and
abundantly sustained against James A.
Garfield, the present Representative
of this Congressional district, and the
nominee of the Republican Convention
for reelection.
9th. Resolved, That since he first
entered Congress to this day there IS
scarcely al instance in which rings
and monopolies have been arrayed
against the interests of the people,
that he has been found active in speech
or vote uron the side Of the latter, but
in almost every case has been tho
ready champion in the rings and mo.
nopolies.
9th. ResolUed, That we especially
charge him with venality and COW.
ardiCe in permitting Benjamin i. But
Ter to attach the appropriation bill of
1875 that everto-be remembered in
fanny, the salary steal and in speak.
ing and voting for that measure upon
its final passage. And charge him
with corrupt disregard Of the clearly
expressed demand OF his constituents
that he should vote for its repeal, and
with evading said demand by voting
for the Hutchinson amendment.
7th. RESOLVED, That we further ar
raign and denounce him for his cor
rupt connection with the Credit Mo.
bilier, for his false denials thereof be-
fore his constituents, for his perjurod
denial in Congress, for fraud upon his
constituents in circulating among them
q pamphlet purporting to set forth the
finding of said committee and tho evi.
dence against him, when in fact, ma
terial portions thereof were omitted
and garbled.
Stb. Resolued That we further ar
raign and charge him with corrupt
bribery IN selling his official influence
as Chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations for $4,000 to the De
Golyer Pavement Ring to aid'them in
securing q contract from the Board Of
Public Worksof the District of Colum-
bia ) selling his influence to aid said
ring in imposing upon the people OF
said District pavement which is al
most worthless at price three times
It's cost, as sworn to by one OF the
contractors selling his influence to
aid said ring in procuring q contract,
to procure which it corruptly paid
s97 900 "for influence !" selling his in
fluence in a matter that involved no
question of law, upon the shallow pre-.
text that he was acting as lawyer /;
selling his influence in manner 80
palpable and clear as to be found and
declared by an impartial and compe-
tent Court upon an issue solemnly
tried.
9th. RESOLVED, That we arraign him
for tho fraudulent manner in which
he attempted in his speech delivered
at Warren, on the 10Th day of Sep
tember, 1874 to shield himself from
just eensure in receiving the before
named s5, 900, by falsely representing
in said speech that the Congress of tho
United States we're not responsible for
the acts of said Board, nor the United
States liable for the debts created
thereby, when in truth and fact, as he
then well knew, the said Board Of
Public Works and the officers Of said
District were but agents and instru.
ments Of Congress, and the United
States was responsible for theindebted.
ness by them created.
10th. Resolued, That we arraign him
for gross derelictionof duty as n member
of Congress in failing to bring to light
and expose the corruption and abuse
in the sale Of post-traderships, for
which the late Secretary Belknap was
impeached, when the same was brought
to his knowledge by General Hazen
in 1872, and can only account for 1t
upon the supposition that his manhood
was debauched by the corruption
funds, then by him just received, and
in his own purse.
1lth. Resolved, That the law of
1873, known as the act demonetizing
silver, was enacted in the interest Of
gold rings, bondholders and capitalists
and against the interests Of taxpayers
and without their advice and knowl.
edge. That this act, by single'blow,
has seriously crippled our power TO
resume specie payments or pay our
National debt in coin. That no suf