VOL.XXVII.
DELAMATER.
How He Captured Cambria
County.
CHAIRMAN ANDREWS' METHODS
The Pltfsbnrgli "Chronicle Tel
egraph " Hives the " Man of
Victory " a Scathing—Boodle
and Promises Played Their
Part—The Way the Conven
tion Was Packed Tor the
Crawford Statesman—Some
Party Secrets Made Public-
Republican Political Meth
ods In the County Laid Bare.
Tuesday evening's Pittsburgh Chron
icle 'Telegraph contains the lengthy, but
interesting article given below :
JOHNSTOWN, PA., March 24.
" THE MAN OF VICTORY.
" If ever there wan a man of victory, that
person in Senator G. IP. I tela mater; he
captures all hearts and jmsses on from sta
tion to station, climbing higher and higher
on each occasion .
'' All eyes are note turned upon ue ; we
are pouring ill review befoie the Republicans
of Pennsylvania."—[From an editorial by
Chairman Andrews in his Meadvllle
Tribune-Republican, March 4, 1890.]
How does the " man of victory " cap
ture hearts ?
What is the result of the passing in re
view ?
The county of Cambria was stolen by
Chairman Andrews for Delamater.
The political history of Pennsylvania
contains no chapter more shameful.
The audacity of the men who planned
this cold blooded steal was nut accom
panied by an equal shrewdness and care
fulness.
Thinking that the endorsement and
support of Andrews would shield them,
the men who stole Cambria and sold it to
the State Chairman and his Standard Oil
Company Gubernatorial candidate, threw
prudence and caution to the winds.
Several counties of this Commonwealth
have ostensibly selected delegates to the
State Convention in the interest of G.
Wallace Delamater, of Meadville.
Cambria is one of these counties, and
the story of the methods employed in it
by Andrews illuminates the dark spots in
all them.
Not a single legal vote mas cast in
Cambria county at the January Re
publican primaries, yet it rolled up
3.97G votes for Roger at the Fall
election, two months previous.
Fifty-four districts had representatives
in the so-called "Convention" of Janu
ary 27th, at Ebensburg. and 104 votes
were recorded.
Not a single man who was present
had a right to vote.
There was not a legally elected dele
gate in the Convention.
George T. Swank and Florentine Bar
ker, who were selected as " delegates" to
the State Convention and " instructed" to
vote for U. Wallace Delamater, have no
more right to a place in the Republican
Convention which names the candidate
for Governor, than two newsboys from
the slums of New York.
HOW TIIE STEAL WAS CLANKED.
It was in September last that the plot
to steal the county was born. Chairman
Andrews visited Johnstown with H. K.
Boyer, then a candidate for State Treas
urer, and had a conference with several
Cambria county officeholders and office
seekers. Then lie visited Ebensburg and
saw the postmaster, who hitherto has had
some strength in the northern districts of
the county. After this there were several
conferences between Andrews and Dela
mater on the one side and these Cambria
men on the other. These meetings took
place in Pittsburgh, in Blairsville, on the
trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany and at other places where they were
not likely to attract attentiou and arouse
suspicion.
The final conference to settle the dctais
of the programme, to deliver the last in
stallment of cash and to distribute prom
ises of reward in the shape of Federal
offices, was in Blairsville January 23d;
two days before the time fixed for the
primary elections.
At this time George W. Delamater met
Florentine Barker, Chairman of the Re
publican Committee of Cambria county,
Henry W. Storey and Henry D. Kinkesd,
and the scheme was agreed upon and ac
counts were settled up to date. No less
a personage than Mr. Delamtcr himself is
authority for this statement. The Cam
bria politicians were too shrewd to go
openly to a hotel and register. They
held their meeting in a private residence
where they could be free from survcill
lance.
Delamater went to Blairsville from
JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1890.
Pittsburgh. His brother tolil a genii e
man that " George bad gone to Blairsville
to see some fellows about the Cambria
d< legation."
Later this was recognized as a mistake,
and the same gentleman was told that
Andrews' candidate for Governor had nJt
gone to Blairsville on a political mission,
but had gone there to "see a sick rela
tive."
| After the meeting the Cumbria leaders
i hurried home to carry out their bargain.
These men had everything in readiness to
hand the county over to Andrews a week
before this, but they took care to impress
Andrews and Delamaler with a belief
that they had a difficult task. They did
no belittle the undertaking, you may de
pend on it, and although the price was
run way up it was paid promptly.
ANDREWS' ACCOMPLICES IN CAMBRIA.
In order that the Andrews Delamater
plot may be fully understood it is neces
sary to soy a few words about the con
spirators.
Delamater was, Faust, Margaret was
the poor, betrayed Republican party of
Cambria, and Chairman Andrews was
the Mepliistopheles who was the sngges
tor of the crime.
Two of them are too well known in those
characters to need any description at this
time.
It is with the inferior satellites of
Mepliistopheles that I will deal at present
—agents of that tempter who for the
nonce discards his wonted scarlet and ap
peal's in blue—the familiar color which is
a trade mark of the Standard Oil Company.
George Thomas Swank is the editor and
proprietor of the Johnstown Tribune, one
of the newspapers always at the com
mand of Andrews. Mr. Swank has power
in the southern districts of Cambria he
cause of his owning a newspaper. He is
an active, shrewd, scheming politician
with much influence. He was postmaster
of Johnstown for twelve years. During
the progress of the Andrews-Delamater
plot lie was ill at home with the grip, and
could only advise and counsel those who
managed the matter in his absence.
Swank's first lieutenant is Henry Wil
son Storey, an attorney, who has been
promised the Johnstown postoffice in
Quay's name by Andrews and Delamater.
Storey came to Cambria from Blairsville.
While agent of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company at Kast Concmaugh he
drifted into politics and managed Swank's
affairs in that district. He wus, after
thai, Burgess of Johnstown. In 18f9 he
was a candidate for District Attorney and
was beaten worse than any man on the
Republican ticket in the county. He is a
clever political worker, smooth, plausible
and faithful to his superiors.
Henry D. Kinkcad was born in Ebens
burg, worked for Thomas Griffith, the
lumberman, and became a politician in
the northern districts. He was beaten
for County Treasure, six years ago, and
then came to Johnstown and worked in
the Gautier Steel Works office. He was
a Deputy Sheriff under Griffith, was
beaten for Register and Recorder last
fall, anil then was made Deputy Collector
of Revenue for this part of Collector
Warmcastle's district. He is the most
nervy and active politician in the Repub
lican party of Cambria.
Florentine Barker, Chairman of the
County Committee, is a son of A. A. Bar"
ker, once a Congressman, who is a
wealthy lumber merchant. The Chair,
man has three brothers. Two of them,
Valentine and Constantinc, look after the
general store at Ebensburg, which is
owned by the brothers; the other, Augus
tine, is one of the leading men at the
Cambria bar. He is a man of much force,
a clever lawyer, a man of gentlemanly
and schorlarly habits, popular even with
the enemies of his brother and rarely
takes a band in politics except, some
times, when there is an important move
on foot. Then he loads the ammunition
which the others tire olf. Florentine is
simply a politician with the selfishness
of a self-made boss. He was once a can
didate for Congressional nomination, but
was defeated, tic was made postnnstcr
at Ebensburg shortly before these pri
maries.
Thomas Davis is a lumber merchant.
To distinguish him from the others of
the same name lie is called Thomas Davis
(Jackson) because he used to live in
Jackson township and boasts that he
owns it politically. Davis is a ring poli
tician and is not too popular. He is cred
ited with bfc traying the party more than
once. In 1874, when Steel Blair was Re
publican candidate for Congress against
John Riley, Davis was for Blair up to a
short time before the election. Then, for
reasons known to himself, and to the
writer, he gave earnest support to Riley
and to him was due the election of a Dem
ocrat in a strong Republican district. He
has often been a candidate and was
elected but once or twice.
Samuel Davis, brother of Thomas, is
the worker for him in Jackson and other
townships. He has been deputy some
thing or-other about the Court House as
long back as people can remember.
David Davis, another brother, runs
Lower Yoder township, near Johnstown,
and Tim R. Davis, also one of the
brothers, looks after tilings in East Cone
maugh.
Edward James, of Ebensburg, waspost
mas'er there for two terms, was a candi
date for Legislature, hut was beat fen. al
though his colleague, John M. Rose, was
elected. Mr. James is a druggist in Eb
ensburg ; is a pleasant, popular merchant,
and his store is the lounging place
of Republican politicians and the birth
place of many small political schcmeß.
Henry Slick, of Johnstown, a sewing
machine agent and member of the County
Committee, ulso did some of tiic work in
the Johnstown wards.
These were the'men in charge of the
Androws-Delainater plot.
In addititon to the men named who
handled the Andrews-Delamater cash and
promises, tiiere were some others wor hy
of mention.
On the 29th of January, in answer to the
clamor of the people of the county and
the indignant protests of the party iu the
State at large, Swank's paper, the Trib
une, published a two-column defense of
the Delamater set up. It was the joint
utterance ot the manipulators after con.
ferencc and can be regafded as their offi
cial reply. In alluding to the churge that
Federal ollicliolders had run the conven
tion, the Tribune said :
" The Quay and Delamater men in
stead of leaving "no stone unturned
scarcely turned a stone to secure the re
sult. It was not uccessary, the drift was
all 'one way. The postofflces were not
used ; we believe there were not three
postmasters in the county in the conven
tion and one of tbem was Peter Campbell,
of Carrolltown, who introduced the Hast
ings resolution." * * *
THE OFFICEHOLDERS AND SEEKERS.
This declaration was in keeping with
the methods used, bold and false, fool
ishly and easily shown to be absurd.
Here is a partial list of those who
have either hopes or the realization of
them
George T. Swank, candidate for Con
gress.
Henry VV. Storey, applicant for Post
office at Johustown.
Henry D. Kinkead, Deputy Collector
Internal Revenue.
Ed. James, candidate for Legislature.
Among the delegates who were present
at the convention were :
Florentine Barker. Postmaster at Eb
ensburg.
D. B. Wilson, Postmaster in Ashville
township.
F. A. Thompson, Postmaster at Lilly.
W. W. McAteer. Postmaster at Loretto.
J. 11. Veil, who got Scalp Level Post
office for his inother-in-law.
Dr. J. C. Luke, Postmaster at South
Fork.
W. W. Empttcld, Postmaster at Belsano.
John Wendroth, Postmaster in Croyle
township.
T. IL Davis, in business witli his son,
Postmaster at East Coiicmaugh.
J. A. Troxell, Postmaster at Portage.
C. 11. Perry, Postmaster at Chest
Springs.
J. W. Hall, in Census Department at
Washington.
\V. P. Reese, Deputy Revenue Col
cctor.
Docs tins look as though '• the Post
offices were not used ? " Does it 100 aas
though there was no "stone-turning*
and log rolling, too?
Chairman Darker was busy with his
correspondence the week before the con
vention and wrote to men he could trus l
in the northern and central dristicts,
cither telling thera to come themselves as
delegates or directing thera to send other
persons whom he nnmcd. His watch
word was •' silence and a sure thing."
Tom Davis and his brother Samuel per
sonally looked after their particular dis
tricts.
Harry Ivinkead ami 11. W. Storey at
tended to t'-e Johnstown wards and the
southern districts in a general way.
On the day of the primaries, January
35th, there was not a word in the news or
editorial column of Cambria county
newspapers calling attention to the elec
tion. The advertisement was in the
Tribune it is true, but there was not the
usual discussion of the merits of the can
didates, no praise for Delamater and de
mand that the party voters should turn
out and insure the election of delegates
favoring htm. The advertisement was
purposely hidden and the primaries were
held weeks before the regular time, al
though even the Barkerites can give no
reason for such action.
No indeed ! Nothing was said or done
to attract public attend >n. Such whole
sale steals are not a success when heralded
with brass brands.
Chairman Barker knew that Ebensburg
and the northern districts were safe, so
he came to Johnstown early on the day of
the primaries and remained until Monday.
On Saturday he was active in a number
of the wards, seeing that by no mischance
the Republican voters got wind of the
primaries and turned out to upset
the plans of the ring. He par
ticularly looked after the Second, Third,
and Sixth wards of Johnstown. Swank
being coufincd to his house could not
superintend things, and this was why
Barker came down into a field of opera
tions usually managed by his ally.
OFF TO BIIBXSBURO.
On Sunday and Monday morning there
was much to be done by Andrews' hench
men. A large number of districts had
not only held a pretense of an election,
but there were no men on hand to go to
the convention as delegates from these
districts. This had to be remedied ami
there was a busy time of it making out
erendentials, sending messages to tell
men they were to be delegates and drum
ming up the laggards.
Some men who had not even heard of
the primaries or the proposed '* Conven
tion " were given their credentials and
railroad tickets Monday morning at the
K-irne time that they were told of tin;
Ebensburg meeting and that they were
to attend it. This was the very cream of
Andrews' county methods, locally ap
plied.
" Make it a full convention," he had
told his leaders, "send men from as many
districts as possible."
" Do the tiling so it looks all right,"
had been tlie command of Delamater two
days before at Bh irsville.
A full convention it should be and a
full one it was. Swank's Tribune in the
editorial defense already quoted from, de
clared : " The convention was remark
able for several reasons : First, because
of the unusual fuiiuess of representation,
especially when it is remembered that
there was no work to be done except
electing delegates to the State Conven
tion ami declaring Hit choice of the party
in the county for Governor."
That was a bad editorial i Met.'.inks the
editor doth protest too much ! its asser
tions are crude falsifications and its argu
ments are absurdities. It cruchles the
Andrews ringsters in the light of the now
known facts. It holds them up to public
scorn and derision, and was as unwise,
imprudent, and unnecessary as many of
the violations of law committed before
and diirmg that memorable and disgtace
ful gathering at Ebenslmrg.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company's
depot at Johnstown was a lively place on
the morniug of January 27th. The twenty
seven delegates from the Johnstown
wards and at least thirteen from the ad
jacent districts were there with their
friends.
Caiididati-for-Postmaster Storey was
busy as chaperonu. He bad ti.xed several
delegates with the papers necessary to
get them into the convention, and with
"one of the staff of the Tribune he bought
the railroad tickets for Ins political sheep.
Forty tickets at $1.75 each he gave out to
the delegates, going among them with his
handful of pasteboard strips with a laugh,
a joke or a word of caution and advice.
Mr. Storey is a lawyer. Did he not know
that this act alone was a violation of the
election laws of the State ? Did he not
know in spending the money furnished
by Andrews to him and to Andrews by
the Standard Oil Company, for the trans
portation of delegates pledged by him to
vote for Delamater, he was as guilty of
bribery as though he had given each man
a thousand dollar bill 'i
The train left Johnstown with the dele
gates on board at 10:13, and reached Ebens
burg shortly after noon.
There were busy times in Ebensburg on
that same morning. The same tactics
which were used in filling southern dis
tricts. not represented, were used in the
north. In one case a man who had gone
to Ebeusburg to attend to some business
in connection with his store and who
knew nothing about the convention was
pressed into service as a delegate and
given credentials made out in Ebensburg
by the Andrews-Barker people. In this
way there was a " full convention," there
being 108 votes present out of a possible
118.
UOW DKI.AMATKIt WAS E.NDOKSKD.
The convention was called to order in
Armory Hall, across the street from the
handsome building in which tbey try the
criminals in Cambria county. The loca
tion did not deter the Andrews conspira
tors. They looked out of the windows
and saw the figure of Justice on the dome
ot the Court House and promptly pro
ceeded to carry out their nefarious and
illegal bargain.
Chairman Barker; by virtue of his office,
called the convention to order and briefly
announced that two State delegates were
to be elected.
F. \V. Coxe, of Johnstown, a clerk in
the Cambria Iron Company, and Samuel
D. Patterson, ot Barr township, were ap
pointed secretaries. The roll of the dele
gates was then called, and Irvin Hut
ledge, an alderman of Johnstown and
confidential agent of Swank, promptly
moved to make the temporary organiza
tion permanent.
This was agreed to, and by this means
Florentine Barker presided over the con
vention.
This in itself was clearly illegal Bar
ker was not elected as a delegate to the
convention, he was not substituted by
any so-called delegate and had no shadow
of right to be chairman of that conven
tion or to take part in its deliberations
after its permanent organization. His
action was entirely in keeping with the
whole performance.
Before anybody else had a chance to
say anything, Thomas Davis (Jacksou)
sprang up, aud with much flourish, he
proceeded to read the following high
ilown resolutions :
Resolved', That it Is the sentiment ot the Re
publicans ot Cambria county that the western
pari, ot the Stale Is entitled to Iho nominee to
Governor; and further, that they ravor the
nomination ol that able and brilliant stares
man. lion. George W. Delamater, or Crawford
county, who Is an able exponent ot Republican
principles and would make a sate and enielent
Chief Executor.
Resolved, liy the Republican party of Cambria
county, la Convention assembled, that the del
egates this day elected to the Republican stato
convention be and are hereby Instructed to
support and use alt honorable means to secure
the nomination of Hon. George W. Delamater
forGovornor.
Resolved, That Geo. T. Swank and F. H. Bar
ker be chosen delegates to represent Cambria
county In the Republican state Convention.
There were protests at this, but the
body of the delegates were not kickers.
Peter Campbell, postmaster of Carroll
town, moved to insert the name of Hust
ings for that of Delamater.
W. F. Cook, of Stonycrcek township,
one of the most prominent Hepublicaus
in the county, declared the Davis resolu
tion was unfair, and that if men were fit
to bo delegates they were fit to go with
out instructions.
The Chair gave nobody a chance to
talk, but rushed through a vote on Camp
bell's motion. It was passed by ninety
nine to five. The five were W. F. Cook
and his colleague, W. D. Miller, A. H.
Walters, of Johnstown, and Peter Camp
bell, the latter having two votes.
The Davis resolutions were then pushed
through, there being nine-nine for Dela
mater, four votes for Hastings, one for
Montooth and several not voting.
A •' FULL CONVENTION."
Swank's Tribune, in its editorial refer
red to, says: "At a very full convention
of Republican delegates of Canib'ia
county, held at Ebensburg, on Monday
(108 out of a possible 118 being present)
99 voted in favor of Senator G. W. Dela
mater, of Meadville, Crawford county, for
the Republican nomination for Governor
this fall; four for Gen. I). 11. Hastings,
of Bellefonte, Centre county; oneforMaj.
E. A. Moontooth, of Allegheny county,
while six did not express their preference
for any one of the six candidates in the
field."
If this statement is true, where did
Delamaier's 99 votes come from ? The
Tribune's figures, quoted above, show a
total of 110. There were only 108 votes
iu the convention. Did Chairman Baraer
vote twice us well as preside, or where do
the two extra come from ? This is just
tlie kind of figuring Andrews' agents in
dulge iu.
The convention mas in session
according to one delegate fifteen
minutes, according to another del
egate sixteen minutes.
After tlie adjournment the delegates
were sent to the different hotels and their
dinners were paid for by Barker et at.
When many of tlie delegates realized
what had been done they began to pro
test. They declared they had bceu de
ceived. More than twenty of them said
they had been told, that although Swank
and Barker were De'amater men there
would be uo Delamater instructions.
Several of these men said they would not
take any Delamater money to pay for
their dinners and paid for their own.
The statement of W. F. Cook, one of
the most intelligent conservative Republi
can politicians in the county, is that if
Davis had not had his resolutions written,
and if Barker had not used gag law and
rushed them through, there would at
least have been no instructions. If the
opposition to Delamater had had time to
rally, there would have been a stiff vote
against him even in this packed conven
tion. Many delegates were discouraged
by the smooth way Delamater votes were
piled up and were stampeded to him.
In this "full convention " oue example
of the Andrews method is strikingly
shown, In townships where it wus
neither convenient nor advisable to have
two delegates, there was hut a single rep
resentative in the convention and this man
had, of course, two votes.
This occurred in twelve districts and
the result was that almost one-quarter of
the 104 votes cast in the convention were
from twelve men and all but one of them
voted for the Delamater set up.
This is not idle talk. The names and
statements of many such delegates are in
the possession of the writer, together
with much sworn evidence, some of
which will be published to morrow.
P. L. W.
The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph con
tinues its exposure of how Cambria couuty
was stolen for Delamater, us follows :
"iVb braver or truer morela were
ever uttered than, those recently
spoken by the Senator (Delamater)
in Philadelphia, and if his advice
is heeded. Pennsylvania will fur
nish a model for fair and honorable
political methods that will he point
ed to as the perfection of our Re
publican form of Government. The
Senator's remedy is simple; he asks
for a more yeneral participation in
political affairs on the part of the
people and for a vigorous policy in
guaranteeing fair an<! impartial
elections. The ballot box is the ark
of safety for the Republic; defile it
and our system of government will
crumble and fall." —[From Chair
man Andrews' personal organ, the
Meadville Tribune-Ilepub/ican.
March 20.]
The speech of a Paul ! Let us see if it
he not followed by the deeds of a Judas!
The general story of the manipulation
of Cambria county by Chairman An
drews and bis accomplices was told yes
terday.
It was charged that there were 110 pri
maries in most of the districts, and that
none of the delegates who endorsed Del
amater were legally elected.
The story of the steal in detail, with
all its shameful particulars, is given be
low.
The bauds of Boss Andrews and Prince
Delamater, the " Man of Victory," arc to
be seen all through the steal. They both
had meetings and consultations with the
men who did the work. Andrews plauncd
it and paid for it in part early in Janu
ary.
Candidate Delamater concluded the
bargain and gave the final orders only two
dags before, the primaries at the Blairsvillc
conference,
THE DELEGATE FACTORY.
The Andrews emissaries in Cambria,
through their mouthpiece, Swank's
Tribune, in the editorial of January 29th,
which has several times been referred to,
declared :
" Elections were held in all the dis
tricts but five in the county, and they are
districts in which there are few Republi
can voters ; for instance in tho two Cam
brias, where there is not one Republican
to thirty Democrats. Where tiiesc clec
tions were not held, there were no voters
in tho convention, and where no elections
were held it was the want of work alone
on the part of the electors."
What a dreary and miserable lie ?
When that paragraph was uttered it
was known to the men who caused it to
be printed that net one legal clrction was
held in the county.
Not a siugle vote was legally cast.
Not a solitary vote was taken in the
mauucr prescribed by Hie Primary
Election Act of 1881.
Even the cull of Chairman Marker was
not obeyed. Il declared tbat the polls
should be open from 3 to 7 o'clock and
none of the pretended polls were opened
before 5 o'clock.
In order to stop frauds, and just such
wholesale steals as this one, the Legisla
ture of Pennsylvania in 1881 passed this
Act of Assembly :
AN ACT
To regulate the holding of and to prevent
frauds in the primary electiens of the
several political parties in the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it enacted, etc., That
from and after the passage of this act it
shall be lawful, and it is hereby made the
duties of the judges, inspectors and
clerks or other officers of the primary
elections, meetings or eaueus, held for
the purpose of nominating candidates for
State, city and county offices within the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, before
entering upon the discharge of their du
ties, severally to take and subscribe to an
oath or affirmation in the presence of
each other, in form as follows, namely :
"I ( )do that I will as Judge, Inspector
or Clerk fas the case may be), at the en
suing election, impartially and faithfully
perform my duties in accordance with
the laws and Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania and in ac
cordance with the rules and regulations
adopted by the party of the
county of , lor the government of
said primary elections, meetings or cau
cus, to ti c best of my judgment and
abilities;" the oath or affirmation shall be
first administered to the Judge by one of
the inspectors, then the Judge so quali
fied shall administer the oath or affirma
tion to the inspectors or clerks and may
administer the oath to any elector otter
ing to vote as to his qualifications to vote
at said election.
Section 2. If any judge, inspector or
clerk or other officer of a primaiy election
as aforesaid, shall presume to act in such
capacity before tlie tuking and subscrib
ing to tlie oath or affirmation required by
this act, he shall on conviction he lined
not exceeding $200; audit any judge or
inspector of a primary election as afore
said shall knowingly reject tlie vote of any
person outitled to vote under the rules of
said parly or shall knowingly leceive
the vote of any'person not qualified as
aforesaid, shall on conviction be fined not
exceeding $200: and if any judge, in
spector, clerk or other officer of a primary
election as aforesaid, shall be guilty of
any willful fraud in the discharge of his
duties by destroying or defacing ballots,
adding ballots to tlie poll, other than
those lawfully voted, by stuffing the batlot
box, by false couuting, by making false
returns or by any act or thing whatsoever,
the person so offending shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con
viction shall lie fined not exceeding SSOO
or imprisoned net exceeding one vear or
botli or either, a ; < di.-c.c.i.ui of the
Court.
All acts or pail- ft art* of assembly in
consistent with liii* act art- licrcl.v re
pealed, except in v indies or cities where
special acts are 10 force for the same pur
pose :
Provided, That the provisions of this
act shall entail no expense to the counties
or cities.
Approved The 20th day of Julie A. D.
1881. IIENUY M. HOTT.
TUB SUIJMIB l.\ DSTAIL.
Iu his address before the Pennsylvania
t lub, in speaking of the Republican voter
and his faults, Mr. George W. Delamater
uttered these words.
" Had lie as a member of his party
quietly and constantly done his individ
ual duty, keeping abreast of the living
questions of the hour, discussing them
with his neighbors and friends, attending
to primaries and convention", making the
impress of his thought and opinion there
on, lie would have prevented the growth
of Ihe evil and would have avoided the
labor and trouble incident to the cure,
which is sometimes even worse than the
disease itself."
'1 his sounds well, hut let us see how
Mr. Delamater practices his doctrines and
assists (lie •' growth of evil " in the party
ranks.
As the result of a careful investigation,
extending for a period of two weeks in
the several districts of Cambria county,
the following information was obtained.
It lias been summarized here to save
space. It is supported in many particu
lar enses by sworu testimony and in a
general way by a uumlicr of affidavits.
STARTI.IXQ STORIES OF FRAUD.
\V. G. Slioup, of Conemaugh, tells a
most interesting story. He says he was
at work in Johnstown on Saturday, Jan
uary 25th. He did not know anything
about the primaries or the convention.
Early Monday morning lie was handed his
credentials m Johnstown on the street by
11. W. Storey. The same credentials en
titled his father, Samuel S. Shoup to the
position of delegate from Conemaugh
township. Ho was surprised at first, be
cause he knew there had been no pri
inares and no votes cast. His credentials
were in handwriting not familliar to him,
but he thinks it was Storey's. They were
not signed by anybody, but the secretaries
of the convention made no objection to
them. He was also given a railroad ticket
to Ebcnsburg and return by Storey. His
vote was counted for Delamater, but he
says he voted for Hustings. He declares
the convention was illegal.
W. F. Cook, of Stonycreck township,
gives a damning picture of the way the
convention was worked. He says: "About
three days before the primaries Henry D.
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