Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-27
REPUBLICAN DUTY.


dustriously circulated by the Demo
Gratis and the alleged Good Govern
lnent Party" headed by the more or
less famous Rev. DR.. Swallow. In
some sections Swallow may be repre-
sentative man, but we, in this neck
woods. want man for leader VINO
is honest and truthful, and IN whom
we have confidence.
Can so much be said for this Rev
Swallow? Let the record speak Inc
Rev. DR.. publishes a newspaper IN har-
risburg; in that paper he made certain
specific charges against certain Repuo-
lican State officials, and among them
Gov. Hastings.
He was. by some of the officials, in
vited INFO court to prove and make
good his charges. He was
indicted for l;bel-publishing false and
malicious charges, cease No. 80, Sessions
of 1881 In due time the case came on
TO trial, twelve of the citizens of
Dauphin county were sworn Ito try
the case according to the evidence.
The paper containing the charges was
lut in evidence, and the Rev. DR.. ad-
mitted the paper was his paper. The
prosecution restea. The defendant,
Rev. Swallow, was given the floor to
prove his charges. He proceeds with
his case, and after taking up much
time of the court, he was given full
and ample opportunity all he has 10
offer in support of his charges Is laid
before the court aud jury, arguments OF
learned counsel were made. the court
instructed the jury as to the law, the
jury retires and in short time returns,
and these twelve men-neighbors of
DIR. Swallow, in the same county In
which he lives say, we find the de
fendant guilty as charged in the lndlct-
ment, and the .Rey. DIR. Swallow Is
sentenced to pay fine of $500, and
costs of prosecuting the suit.
This is what the court record at Har-
risburp shows. a court that stands high
in the judiciary of the state. Now
what does this really mean. what does
it show? 1t simply shows that this man
Rev. DR. Swallow has made lot OF
charges that were not true, or in our
homely way of stateing it, he simply
did not tell the truth when he made
those charges. Now a man OF that
kind may be regarded as good man IN
some localities, but we don't know any
one in our good old county who will en-
dorse a man that won't tell the truth,
even if he bear the high sounding title OF
Rev. Dr., for its an old saying, If a
person is untruthful in one thing he
will be in others This whole matter
of charges and reiteration thereof re
minds us of the campaign the Democra-
cy made during the first campaign OF
G rover Cleveland. They said: The
Republicans have been robbing the peo-
pie, they have stolen piles Of the peo-
pies money, we cannot say how much
because they have the treasury, they
have the books and money under their
control, but give us the opportunity to
90 over the books and count the cash
and we will show the frauds and steal
ing" etc, and so they howled to the
end of the campaign.
What was the result
A great many well meaning people
thought there must be something
wrong, voted with the Democrats OF
staid at home and Grover and his crowd
were elected. They were in high feath
er, great expectations were ahead of
them, they were going &c show what
thieves the Republicans had been. a
Democratic treasurer was appointed by
Grover and his secretary. This Demo
cratic treasurer would not receipt the
Republican treasurer until the books
were audited and the money counted.
they were very particular they were
hunting for fraud and theivery. An
auditing committee, consisting of two
Democrats and one Republican. all
good accountants, was appointed. They
90 to work, in the bond division of the
treasury they found the books called
for so much, they counted the bonds
and they found them all there just as
the books for They next take up the
gold department, the books called for so
much gold, they counted it and found
the amount correct Next they go to
the silver and that turns out the same
way, all was found correct. They next
take up the green back and currancy
department, there they would find the
great defalcations they had talked
bout, the Democrats were then great
lovers of "greenbacks" but when they
got through they found the greenbacks
in the vaults balanced exactly with
whaG the books called for. dollar for
dollar. What will they do? There is
only one more chance to show fraud,
and stealing, and all the iniquities they
had charged to the Republicans, and
tina is III the nickle and penny division
At the counting they go, every package
is gone over, and when near the end
they found shortage, the pennies did
not correspond with what the books
called for, one package was short
thirteen cents. which the Republican
treasurer made good.
Then his Democratic successor re-
ceipted him in full and he was dis
charged from all responsibility. So
after all their charges about Republican
defalcation, corruption and every vile
thing they could say in their campaign
speeches and papers, after careful
count Of the cash, and auditing of the
books, the Democratic Treasurer was
compelled to give his Republican pre-
decessor a certificate that all the money
the books called for was in the Treasury
when he took charge. saye the thirteen
cents which was made good by the out
going Treasurer.
This campaign in many respects is
like the former one and when we have
one OF the chief candidates in it n con
victed libeler man who told things
that were not true, that he could not
prove when given the opportunity, it is
well for Republicans to think little
before they leave the Republican party
on the mere say.so of interested persons.
The Republican party has Il glorious
record one every American citizen can
well be proud of, has done more for the
good of humanity than any other politi
cal organization in the history of the
world as we could easily prove had we
the space at our disposal. If there are
any abuses or anything wrong, the Re
publican party Is great enough, and
broad enough and honest enough to
make all corrections. 1t would be
poor remedy to vote fof Swallow and
thereby help the Democratic party, "A
party with record behind it that its
leaders are only too glad to get away
from.
Republicans, think the matter over,
in the light of past history, and we