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ing of another of his client's licenses who would come into
competition with him. Sometimes he would find that certain lawyers
were receiving a more liberal fee than he received from his client
for the purpose of keeping that lawyer from opposing the license.
The barroom was usually the local club where political
propaganda was disseminated.
Of course this led to scandals and the Court was
compelled to discriminate between applicants. This necessarily led
to a great many enmities. During a term of ten years on the Bench
the ones who had been refused a license were more numerous than the
ones who had been granted licenses and at the election it became a
scramble between the "outs" and the "ins." In Clearfield County the
"outs" were always more numerous and usually had votes enough to
swing the tide, and so far, no Judge in Clearfield County has
succeeded himself.
Any one familiar with conditions at the time could fill
a large volume with matters as interesting as the history of
Tammany.
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