Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-05-25
CLEARFIELD, Pa, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1881.

5 prepared to produce il it shall be foun
Q necessary to do so to substantiate th
D accuracy OF my statements. From
= time to time scandalous revelation
0 have como to light in connection witt
, our politics, but the spectacle of
, Presidential candidate offering to sol
, the high offices in the gift of his ad
ministration is happily rare, 1t ma,
not come within the province of tb
! grand juries and of the courts, but it i
! a high crime and misdemeanor agains
the law of political honesty and NOR
: ality. By way Of contrast let me poin
to another political conference tba
was held in the city of New Yorl
} about the same time-in fact, / do no
know but that the two were almost
coincident. Unlike General Garfield
his competitor, General Hancock, was
} not 30 crazed on the subject of The
} Presidency that be was willing to put
his honor in pawn to secure it, SomC
Of the Democratic politicians and lead
ers who were striving to elect him
were restless and uneasy over his reti
cence in regard to the future. His
election was almost certain, and with
u spirit of thrift for which the leaders
OF that party have always been dis
tinguished they thought it time to put
a mortgage upon his administration
HANCOCK REFUSES TO PLEDGE--A CON.
TRAsT.
And so they came to him to consult
with him and bind him up in regard
to the Treasury and the State De.
partment and the Postoflice, the Col
lectorships and the foreign consulates.
Instead of offering to auction them off
at so much in consideration of money
for the campaign fund, General Han.
cock replied, substantially: "No, gen.
tlemen | cannot do what you ask. |
cannot pledge myself to you. | have
been nominated for the highest office
in the gift Of the country and if am
elected must go into it free and un.
trammelled. | can make no pledges" !"
Mr. Garfield was not only willing to
make pledges, but he was willing to
barter away everything in his gift pro.
vided he could only win. 1t should
not be forgotten that while the Men
tor statesman was thus bargaining
with every politician who he thought
could influence a vote or give him n
dollar with which to buy one he was
in the pauses of the political intrigue
delivering that wonderful series of
moral and political platitudes which
were the delight of the Sunday schools
in all sections of the country. While
through friend he was urging Star
Route Brady to come down and help
along the good fight be was masquer-
aiding as reiormer and q Christian
statesman on the porch of the Mentor
homestead. To use a slang phrase of
the Capital, "He Is daisy"
GRANT AND coNKLING TO THE RESCUE.
All this time neither General Grant
nor Mr., Conkling had made sign.
Garfield was fairly driven to despair.
70 enlist them actively in the canvass
was absolutely necessary if he would
avert an ignominious defeat, with all
its consequences to himself and to bis
friends. The impression was steadily
gaining ground that the ex.President
and the political chieftain who led the
famous BOG at Chicago secretly desired
the defeat of the Republican ticket
All efforts to draw the one or the
other from his retirement had failed.
Finally the good Offices Of General Ar
thur, General GGrfelds associate on
the ticket, were invoked, and at last
Mr.. Conkling and General Grant, the
former at great personal sacrifice to
himself, were induced to begin that
memorable campaign which threw life
and spirit into the canvass and from
the very jaws of defeat wrenched the
victory which has sent Mr. Garfield TO
Washington and given him the oppor.
tunity to show that in duplicity and
political ingratitude he stands alone
among American politicians. When
Conkling and Grant threw themselves
into the breach the Republican cause
was almost lost. The party in Name
under the leadership of Blaine had
come out of the fight with battered,
broken ranks, In every part Of the
Republican camp there were dismly
and disafiection. States doubtful be-
fore became doubly So
FROM DESPAIR TO ELATIoN
Hancock, it was predicted, would
sweep New York by 10000. Indiana
was more uncertain than ever. Even
Ohio was thought to be in danger.
Nothing was TO be expected in the
South. From the distant Pacific States
every breeze across the Rocky Noun.
tains whispered Of dscouragement and
disaster. In less than thirty days from
the dato Of the first speech by Mr..
Conkling and General Grant the whole !
situation became changed The Re.
N, uo,'SS" W. G't'oyN 5 pesu, " oi's ntGn ~
. NV iorN, ana inc ehtnus,asm ol tne
P"rty neFo sc soon eAtehueo 70 every
three. lourths of the honor and credit |
VI sne November victory 10 Conkllhg
unu uran1 VIC are on,y SIMPLY re-
eono.ng y. tne testimony that was 9orne
on oNery stump at inc tme ana that
was was nouru IN the oo,unhs OF every
pa, pI,'y opgan, EGneral ts uarneiu , hlm'
sv,, ,ra,Iaa J., Oio ,t VI n.s gus",ng moments
I a"e,'ou .''.'''. % ,nG o%norus % ol applause ana
~ o'n''Vpla''Jn ,r, sna' wa, aivse on every
'luo, iho p,auults LOT inc real Vlo'ors
A. ,no Ga'.te, ~ ,'' nomoves, Mete I soon
"o,,, mn hoc L ono ioa ,L =, & suu,a'lVn u, % ,na'
s"t uP uViVlo tho hurlnV NJ MoHtor'