Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-07-21

procure which II cowuptly paid s97,.
900 for 'infuence = selling his innu.
ence in matter that involved no ques.
tion of law, upon the shallow protext
that he was acting as lawyer; selling
his influence in manner so palpablc
and clear as TO bo so found and decar.
ed by an impartial and competent
Court upon an issue solemnly tried.
ReSolped, That We arraign him Tor
the fraudulent manner in which he at
tempted, in his speech delivered at
Warren, on the 10th day of Septem.
ber, 1874 to shield himself from just
ceDsure in receiving the before named
$4,000 by falsely representing in said
speech, that the Congress- of the Uni
ted States were not responsible ior the
acts OF said Board, nor the United
States liable for the debts created
thereby, when in truth and fact, as
then well knew, the said Board OF
ublic Works and the officers of said
istrict were but the agents and in
ruments of Congress and the United
tates was responsible for the indebt-
iness by them created.
ReSoiped, That we arraign him for
gross dereliction of duty as a member
Of Congress in failing to bring to light
and exposure the corruption and abuse
in the sale OF post traderships, for
which, the late Secretary Belknap was
impeaohed, when the same was
brought to his knowledge by General
Hazen, in 1872, and can only account
for il upon the supposition that his
manhood was debauched by the cor.
ruption funds then by him just receiv-
ed and in his own purse.
ReS0lUed, That believing the state.
ments in the foregoing resolutions set
forth, we cannot without stultifying
our manhood and debasing our self.
rcpect, support at the polls the nomi.
nee Of the Republican Convention of
this district for re election, nor can we
without surrendering our rights as
electors and citizens, sit silently by
and see man so unworthy again sent
to represent us in the National Legis.
lature That strong in the conviction
of right we call upon the electors of
the district, irrespective of former or
present party attachment, who desire
honest government, to unite with us
in an earnest, faithful effort to defeat
the collection OF General Garfield and
elect in his stead an honest and relia.
BILE man.
When his own immediate political
associates in his Congressional district
so late as only four years ago shall
thus speak Of him, how can he expect
the people Of the country to do other
wise than endorse what his own parti.
sans SO recently said concerning him.
We have no desire to throw mud.
This man is before the people a candi.
date for the highest Office in their gift,
and it should not be bestowed on one
around whom hangs the scent of cor,
hpNlohs ~ 10 biuo lhdI hOlWlluhLauu-
ing this denunciation be was re elect
ed to Congress, but it was at such a
sacrifice that no character can with.
stand. He was fortunate in being in
a district where his majority previous.
ly had reached near 10000. His ma.
jority which had been nearly $1,000 in
1872, just previous to the exposure,
fell to 2,52S in 1874. At this time
there was a third candidate in the
field and he barely escaped defeat, and
the best test OF how his record was
considered by his constituents will be
seen when he fell from 1879 votes
received in 1872, to 1851 received in
1874, a loss of nearly $500 In other
words, this large number refused him
their support in consequence OF their
want of confidence in his official integ.
rity. What the country will say of
him in November is but clearly imag-
ined, for any one can be mistaken in
the result.