pA - \ — Jd Lo entre Hemocral Circulatj §0 Over S/5%0-=Laargent in Centre County, BREEDERS OF DISCORD. How: Seek and Taylor Started Factional Strife in Our, Party---Disgruntled Would-Be-Bosses. “Wate into hman,"” light a interes the last Democrat, from EL Centre ters of The following two extracts some explanation from The matters in which all Democratic and should understand, to wit it brings Vi Centre County now are ted, Insult to Our County Chairman! gs of Mr. Kimport and, of “Watchman's"” “Mr, Kurtz the to anyone." “Mr. Kimport person but that his boss In order to belittle Kimp eves ol the people, ee above Of (as Chairman of the Den he writer ads around Course is abs fair chairman » * t care to l county ger, him it again humiliate him, ile, In CW ittee) possi uld picture tool, mment itehman” the him whom 1 What are the Facts? e be patie the Things Not ra Known, of events not know nts cratic Cot as only pliant I¢ the nt d read Herewith we will unfold a seri n For years Jim Hall, of | Honaire, Guffey’s standard oll greass | coffers of certain Democrats of B ellef practi and don't throw money away. or doing this the nagin wold a blanket mortgage the conscience, i ¢ va '* i Seek aad) honest Democrats in Centre CO they hold a of attorney them: and regularly each tions, they openly demand consciences to the two state, but national-wide, for over ten years have vania, by thus holding the state organiza! erous use of money to lubricate the polit ty of the state, It is com knowledge tn Centre county Democratic politics in How They Defeat Popular Legislation. Hall not only controlled Democra political throttle t v have largely been able I Pass and { county Ue. Ik cou from al men Nn gent “power omplets now 1 notorious reputation Lely : al democracy Irru pic orrupui absolu m grasp through in chinery vimost mon now tl DAS @ pas . | Juffey and thus the their grasp on the Rarmony with Penrose eorporation measure, or defeat likewise any ple from unjust taxatior true friend,’ § not only | tion of every intelligent citizen will stop Coercion bod + on Centre County Delegates. Hall tried t ree the Cer and wn « nvention Berry ; ation the Allent to vote transpor when would At gation in force their wishes; rage, swore that mitt met t Harris! reorg eounty stood ever the count) In erganized with an Hall crowd, then 1 rules the State Centr 1] Com Two calls were sent out—by At that time a 18 situg egnize one The Kimport stood. ple The Centre dicate his wishes guide him in ters from readers smns in which every indorsed the re-organ upholding the Guffey Hall erowd was received Meek Angered by Reptiar 8 A ( if you refer to the columns of the "“Watehn a tle will hat r irge thre enntor Meek int find tha it i against on t and he ee a ure, anize I the olted id New © ose. Our did not might ed every the Old ser iter In ort Democrat openl) to Mr. Kin ertaining the of this paper ar Den reonal ishes of our pe 1d others, as one ne i r 8 | "nt } Meek's Attempt to “B oss” County Chairman Remains Firm, ol. Taylor Next Attempts re Mir made strange were to Hall's on the and 1 Arms, i in 4 Mr interview ization ishes ids the frankly i : th Mr. Kin sonal d It Is halt—he stances, and ment-—Hall saw there the circu judg right der his better Vis anything against own Proof. had a mind of his §1000 Reward for in all ths le - n vy from the start the ym Mr. Meek now sneering re ) as "Mr. Kurtz the absol of Mr. K port”) never once approached Mr. Kimport and asked him to vote one way or another at that July meeting. Further, we will pay a reward of $1000 to any- one who can prove that the above declaration is not true. We ne knew where Mr. Kifiport stood on the above same night In Harris the nvention There UNTEERED the Inf n, recited the tactic tempt to drive hiv Hike a brute to A al of his people We belleve we have told the truth In the perven The reader can draw therefrom ur Kimport and falled, the man had a mind of his own 001 to do his dut despite all the threats and abuse to the Our Story Confirmed by Later Events. the a Whe these gentlemen returned home, denounced Kimport as a fallure; that the county tic ket feated: and at that time demanded that Kimport resign “for the mony.” Like Ritter, they wanted a new man the tall to wag the dog. refer again to the files of the “Watchman” from July 1911, you will find many articles denouncing Mr. Kimport and pronouncing him fallure as County Chairman. For weeks that paper, thus spitefully attacked the Chalrman of the Democratic party of Centre County-—all because Senator Meek could not boss Kimport, He even went so far as to insist that his name no longer re- mained on Prothonotary Kimport's official bond, Meek and Taylor Bulk During Campaign. Further, when the campaign opened last fall the County Chairman made a special effort to conciliate these disgruntled would-be<bosses, Time and time again they were specially Invited by Mr. Kimport to attend Important con. ferences with the candidates, and not in one Instance did they come near, or show a disposition even in any way to assist the Chairman, Numerous efforts even were made to have job printing for the campaign done at the Watchman office, and It invariably was refused on some flimsy excuse, despite the as- write wl ite Ix al shove uM tn - ntil the rt VOL- in at tion, | § 4 Wp ed que Mr. K 8 emplo ver forte and ITE De srmathe above an betray hent Arth moral glory as our tried to above memory an to “Boas" and the contrary us who because ITHRK the on« would be de. sake of har If To publicly confirm n You n merit | few It takes a big man and a CcOUrag f ous One to bo thy un ine lependent, and BELLEFONTE, FA THURSDAY, APRIL 4th, 1012, A CALL TO DUTY, To the Democracy of Centre County Last Friday 1. J. Dreese, ol ! sioners to withdraw bis ni for Delegate the Democrat himself as time nt tl to the no ANZA Re-o1 lps nomination another's name, iresentin the official ballot This remind: Allent« rej all of ention by the wn Cony defeat them at For State printed on the ganization movement betrayed our pi league with Boss This kind polls Delegnts ial ballot nd ne ro will ire 4) theref rididat name osed to the pre is opr he sent Re-or- arty at Penros and Lhe men ought L therefore { (G3. Le. Goodhart in the blank space, G. L. GOODHART. DF BCe pie : You will ind a marked sample bal- I Page 4. TAFT CAN in the Bn» 31 'T BE ELECTED Patton will Win re It IH Ww he April primaries re rces dress g 1s hers received Hethlehem ly, that 1} of tre cing Gilliam» ive the owls who bo ROO at Harry Aus M. Fisher. the Republican or Roosevelt delegates n to } their ¢ on the There prising sen- Teddy County one will Are Ave 0 is A BUr in Centre get a joit on publica- because the and Taylor thant or often, work, Meek surance woul oq eo we tion day campaign gulked In paid In cas! ong end special effo! nd refused printing was needed for the # of the this way during the campal How They Caused the Present Factional Fight. the principal men who NOW are trying to lick Arthur Kimport, your County Chalrn WwW (illing tool) Harrison Walker, who says he wants the chalrmanship to build up his law practice, They swore vengeance on Kimport at Harrisburg, when they failed to boss him. Now thay want the of this county to help them ful their threats, two gentlemen, and a few leulenants in Bellefonte are entirely responsible for all the discord now in the party, are known to have encouraged Abe Weber to oppose Dreese for State Dele It is the popular belief that the same parties drove Dreese to forsake his friends and desert the ticket at it other ticket, night, made These are an, with Democracy These (ale, the 11th hour, same as La Rue Munson 41d on the eve of the Allentown Con- | vention, the Re-organizers will have, by the omission of a name for State Delegate on | Since then these same men have chuckled In glee over the difMculties the official ballot, Now Want to Boss the Entire Party. These two men who falled to bos Kimport, now have taken the larger contract to boss the entire Democratic Party in Centre County. Voters, go 10 the polls. This lssu¢ Should be settled now. conscience prompts you, Vote as your 35. Vol, No. 14, — A BASE BETRAYAL Candidate Dreese Deserts on the Eve of Election---A Political Conspiracy. of I. Htiatle J. Cone his pers 10 eft that friends at he was reese, vention. prix sane me ther state the Last Moment. Democors count n and Withdrew at of (‘ey who sine r a year mport at for Dele« n this ment, time the was who are 38) Similar to the Allentown Convention, r withdrawal, an¢ outrage has or bode y the n where his repu- } ca mela ed pe ated “Toners Aid ay ” Rejoices. lener's Democrat Ald ty, “Vote for nercenary Dreese's t it Up in Fish Prosecution A “Grand Stand” Vindication, Public Will Work Resent Such BRIBERY IN BEDFORD COUNTY Re-Organization Candidate Offered Large Sums to Withdraw at the Last Hour, Their Exposure Follows, 1 patron. dele. Pa., on that the friends of with Grim, te f dford 14 1 yer Dr were wr made at Bs Dr. Enfield declars themeelves to be ant Governor Delegate conducted by was heard sum . Were Americ : | t place represented inte for lL.be made Greevy, o toon and ndidate for tiations were ations Thon H and now a Disorganizati Dr. Enfleld Altoona attorney, some of whose affidavits Dr, Ensfield made fleld’'s witnesses stale, that he laid the plot to eatch the been obtained, he spurned the offer his attorney, A. L. Little, of Bedford Guffey Crowd Growing Desperate. The graphic story supported by affidavits the desperation disorganizers who are striving to regain control of the Democratic party in the past they systematically betrayed As it Is now too late to file nomination petitions, If Dr, Enfield could have been bought off and induced to withdraw, would have had a clear fleld all to himself, In the success of such disgraceful tactics lies the only hope of the disorganizers Last Thursday a secret meeting was held In Guffey's York City near Wall street, which was attended by Ritter, Hall, Ancona, and others of the Democratic-Penrose wing of our party who ran the Allentown convention. Judge Garman, a political judge who is a discredit to any court, was there with two candidates for delegate to the Democratic state, and Na- tional conventions from Luzerne county, who had announced that they were for a NEW organization. They kept these candidates with them for several days When it was discovered It caused a revolt In Luzerne, and no doubt the same thing that happened in Centre, and was attempted in Blair county, may be | announced later, They know that with an honest vote and a fair count they will be beaten three to one at the primaries on Saturday of next week, and that if they car- not wia by trickery they cannot win at all Such tricks to confuse and defraud the voters, In the past have been a common practice with the Penrose machine and its so-called Democratic an nex composed of the men who are now resorting to the most contemptible tichury to return the Democratic party in Pennsylvania to the control of enroae as iter National A. 8 by three sugested, - Dr. En- Dr. Enfield declares sufficient evidence had matter in the hands of Fisher, an persons, Asserts neg whose conversation The five public first doll and plac q “nr nity tiators ind wae or seve ATS when the neg 1 will of the which shows Greevy oll office In New
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