Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

ana unlawruily by pubic and ad-
vised discourse in said public news
paper dissuade those drafted into
the military service of the United
States from performing the mill
tary duty required of them by law,
contrary to the form of the act of
congress of the United States, in
such case made and provided, and
: against the peace and dignity Of
! the said United States
r. B. CARNAHAN
United States Attorney
! United States of America)
! Western District of )ss
7 Penna.
! l, s. c.. McCandless. clerk of the
| district court of the United States
for said district, do hereby certify
! that the foregoing pages contain
I true correct copy of the indictment
in No. 18. May term, 1865, so full
4 and entire as the same remains
y on file in this Office
n Witness my hand and
the seal of said court
at Pittsburg, this oath
n day of May, A. D. 1865.
2 S. C. M'CANDLESS,
Clerk.
THREE INTERESTING LETTERS.
There were three important letters
found among the papers including the
Meek indictment. They speak for
themselves.
The first letter reads:
Curwensville, July a. 1855.
Messrs. Alexander & Orvis.
Gents: When l left your town l
promised to write you concerning Mr..
Meek's case. l am authorized by one
OF the parties prosecuting to ask you
il Mr.. M. would as soon pay three hun
dred dollars as stand a trial. Let me
know by return mail. If accepted |
will not notify witnesses. Truly,
B. HARTSHORN.
The second letter reads:
Bellefonte, Pa, July &C. 1865.
Benjamin Hartshorn, Esq,
Dear Sir: We are instructed to an
swer your question in the affirmative.
When, where and to whom is the pay
better for the sake of appearances for
swer by return mail. Respectfully.
ORVIS & ALEXANDER
The third letter is as follows:
Curwensville, July 81, 1865.
Cyrus Alexander, Esq,
Dear Sir: Mr.. Meek's case is with
drawn. The United States district at
torney requested me to notify the wit
nesses to that effect, which | have
done. Yours respectfully,
B. HARTSHORN.
MEEK PROMISED TO BE GOOD.
The case against Mr.. Meek was final
ly disposed of by the district attorney
moving nolle PROSE- after there were
absolute assurances that Meek would
not repeat the offense. While he did
not make as wild statements as before
his arrest, Meek continued to show
antipathy to the Union cause, and he to
this day is looked upon as one of the
most radical of Bourbon Democrats.
The veterans of the civil war and the
Sons of Veterans, who number many
thousands in Pennsylvania. will, no
doubt, take care of Mr.. Meek's case at
the coming election. There were many
patriotic Democratic soldiers in the
Union army who had no sympathy
with the work of men like Meek, and
in the recent war with Spain and in the
present insurrection in the Philippines
there are hundreds of Democrats serv-
ing in the regular army who resent the
nomination of man who holds the
views entertained by Candidate Meek.
They are decidedly opposed to the
policy of the present Bryan leadership
of the Democratic party and look upon
the so-called anti-imperialistic cam
paign as calculated to keep the Fill
pinos fighting in the hope that a DEM
ocratic victory would mean the recog
milton of their claim to control the
Philippines.
MEEK HAS NOT CHANGED.
Meek's attitude and sentiments re-
garding the Mckinley administration
and the American troops in the east
are given in an editorial paragraph in
last weeks issue of his newspaper, in
which he said:
The truth has finally become
known. American soldiers have
been guilty of looting in China.
They seized 100000 in gold at
Tien Tsin. which was looting.
since we had no war with China
and the seizure could not come
under the head of confiscations al
lowed under the rules OF war.