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VOL. XII.
SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE. PA., THURSDAY, MAY 31. 1906.
NO. 20.
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GOODS,
After Election Echoes.
Little Jack got an awful smack.
John C. Weller got it right on his smeller.
Some of the knowing (?) ones say that a postmaster has no
right to hold a primary. Oh, indeed! Well, we happen to know
better. Geess again, gentlemen.
The license hold-up that was intended to kill J. A. Berkey
politically and personally has acted as a boomerang on the heads
of “little Jack” and his friends.
Owing to conditions over which “little Jack” the “Little
Giant” killer has no control, “little Jack’ has decided not to go to
Congress on the 4th of March next.
It’s a pity there wasn’t another silly license decision to spring
on the eve of the primary, as was the case last year. That would
have made the anti-Scull majorities larger still.
What’s the difference between Hen Walker, Enoch Plough
and A. E. Rayman? Plough and Rayman are walkers only in
politics, while Hen is a walker both in politics and by name.
The “Frosty Sons of Thunder” put a heavy coat of frost on
that Congressional ambition of Jack Ogle’s. The “Frosty Sons”
are not yet ready to make congressmen of degenerate sons of il-
lustrious sires.
Holding the primary, last Saturday, was the most fun we
ever had in a half day. It was great sport to fix Jeweler (?) Mec-
Dowell’s own clock and behold the great ladies’ man, R. S. Johns,
pawing the air.
Little Dan Horner sits in a corner eating his black crow pie.
With his fingers and thumbs he finds there no plums, and oh,
how it makes him sigh! But Horner is a good fellow, just the
same. The voters just thought he had office enough, that’s all.
When Ogle was Republican county chairman, he was unjust,
insolent and unfair in the matter of publishing the candidates’
announcements. He used but two of the straight Republican pa-
pers for that purpose, and even the two favored ones turned
against him. Such chickens always come home to.roost, “John-
ny?”
The Republicans had about forgiven General Koontz and J.
G. Ogle for their bolting back in 1882, but they have given them
to understand that they won’t stand for any more of that sort of
foolishness. Koontz and Ogle are politically dead and damned,
and they ought to be. They are always “ferninst” the Republi-
can organization, no matter in whose hands it is.
The Herald thought Critchfield was frightened by the shad-
ow of Enoch Plough. We don’t know how big and ugly Plough’s
shadow is, but the vote he received is too small to make a shadow
of any kind. An old rusty Plough is a poor thing to roll out
votes with for State Delegate, and we hardly think Critchfield or
any other Republican ever was afraid of the shadow of an old
Plough.
The vaccination issue was born in THE STAR office, and three
of the candidates for Assembly declared themselves in favor of
repealing the present odious vaccination law, championing the is-
sue fathered by THE STAR. Compare the votes of Knepper, Ends-
ley and Horner with the measly vote cast for Duncan, whose cam-
aign was managed by a vaccination crank of a doctor, and who
refused to declare against compulsory vaccination. Carry the
news to the Connellsville Courier. Vaccination must go.
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Jealousy is a green-eyed monster, and it can’t be denied that
their insane and foolish jealousy of Hon. J. A. Berkey has placed
Gen. W. H. Koontz, J. G. Ogle and a few other would-be “high
muckemucks’’ so deep into the political scrap pile that they can
never extricate themselves therefrom. And it serves them right,
for Berkey has done far more for them than they have ever done
or could do for him. Berkey has them all skinned to a finish
when it comes to doing something for the people. He has both
the willingness and the ability.
THE LOGICAL CANDIDATE. free from factional entanglements and
ren highly endowed with executive ability.
The latest candidate for Governor is| Tp the game of politics, wise party
Mayor John Weaver of Philadelphia. |jeaders avoid a handicap, says the Con-
Hie friends claim for him that he is | pellsville Courier, and it speaks the
“the logical candidate.” truth. >
There ras never a more absurd prop-
osition. Mayor Weaver is, in fact, a
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very illogical candidate, and so would
any other Philadelphia or Pittsburg
candidate be.
These two cities have been torn with
factional struggles and ripper bills for
the past several years. So numerous
were the one-horse political parties
thus created that few persons outside
of those cities and not directly inter-
ested in their local politics were able to
keep track of them.
The sore spots caused by these con-
ditions are so numerous that no man
named from either city for Governor
could command the united and earnest
support of his party, not even though
his name be Weaver.
The coming State convention will
not submit to dictation, nor will it for
obvious reasons favor a candidate irom
Pittsburg or Philadelphia. Under
these circumstances, the logical candi-
date for Governor is not John Weaver,
who is doing very well where he is, but
Josiah V. Thompson, of Fayette, a man
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THE PRIMARY.
Last Saturday's Contest Was a
Crushing Defeat for ‘‘Scullions,”
All Along the Line.
Ogle Was a Poor Match for Miller—
J. C. Weller Beaten by More
Than Two to One.
The Republican primary of last Sat-
urday is now a matter of history. The
usual “off year” vote was polled, and as
usual the predictions of the “Scullions”
failed to materialize. They always
used all the booze and boodle at their
command, then after being thoroughly
“licked” they always made themselves
ridiculous. by shouting “booze and
boodle” at the anti-Scull people. This
year, however, they cannot make use
of their old howl, as a law passed by
the last Legislature effectually put a
stop to the corrupt tactics of the “Scull-
ions,” sa.well as all others who dared
to follow their bad examples.
Their cry now is that they were de-
feated by the disfranchisement of
hundreds of good Republicans all over
the county, who were refused the right
to participate {in the primary. But
their assertion is as false as it is ridic-
ulous, and it’s only a case of drowning
men grasping at straws.
In some of the districts not a vote
was challenged, and we are informed
by one of the watchers at the Elk Lick
township polling place, that not a
single person was turned away who ap-
plied for a ballot in that township. In
fact men voted at the Elk Lick polls
who openly boasted that they voted the
Lincoln party state ticket and the Cit-
izens Union and Orphans’ party county
tickets, at the last general election.
Such men were clearly not entitled to
vote at the primary, and they laid
themselves liable to arrest and a severe
penalty for even attempting to vote at
a Republican primary under such cir-
cumstances. But the committeeman
being a good-natured, easy-going fel-
low, permitted them to vote rather
than to have a wrangle with them, and
thus was the ballot outraged. But
with all the illegal votes cast for the
Scull candidates, the true Republicans
won an easy victory, just the same.
In Salisbury borough the rules were
enforced to the letter, and all whom
any Republican believed were not en-
titled to a vote, were promptly chal-
lenged by the committeeman and re-
quired to make oath as to their right
to vote, as required by the rules govern-
ing Republican primary elections in
this county. The committeeman did
not allow personal friendship or any-
thing else to stand in the way of his
gworn duty. but treated all alike against
whose votes objections had been raised
by a duly qualified Republican voter,
and as a result the following named
persons were challenged :
0. W. Boyer, Grant Dean, Harvey
Fogle, R.S. J6hns, W. N. Lenhart, E.
McDowell, C. M. May, S. O. Newman, I.
M. Rayman, M. F. Smith, Oscar Wag-
ner and James Winter.
Of the twelve voters challenged, nine
refused to be sworn and make answer
to the customary and necessary ques-
tions todetermine their right to vote,
hence were lawfully and justly refused
the ballot. The other three (Harvey
Fogle, M. F. Smith and James Winter)
took the oath. According to the sworn
statements of Smith and Winter, they
were clearly entitled to vote, and were
promptly given the ballot. Fogle’s
case, however, was a different one, and
according to his own sworn statement
he voted against Plummer, the head of
the Republican ticket at the last gen-
eral election, and also against nearly
all of the Republican county ticket.
Yet, when he first presented himself at
the polls, and before he was put under
oath, he declared that he had voted for
the head of the Republican ticket, and
for the majority of it. As Fogle’s first
statement was proven false by his own
sworn answers, he was refused a yote.
Of the nine wrathy citizens who ob-
jected to being sworn, and who left the
polling place without voting, one would
have been willing to swear that he
voted for more Republicans last fall
than any other kind of people, but as
he said he would refuse to answer cer-
tain questions that the committeeman
felt that he had the right to ask, it was
plain that the voter wanted to count
candidates on the Citizens’ Union and
Orphans’ party tickets as Republicans,
and for whom he had undoubtedly
voted while they were running in di-
rect opposition to and for no other pur-
pose than to defeat the regularly nomi-
nated Republican candidates. That
voter was Oscar Wagner, one of our
old-time personal friends. When Os-
car found that evasive answers would
not go, and that a full investigation of
his case would be made, he refused
“fer to vote,” as Grant Dean would say,
and left the polls saying: “The great
I AM hath spoken.” It was also ob-
served that the little “i t” who went
away angry, excited and nervous, had
also spoken, even if it was to no por-
pose.
The fact of the matter is, every one
of the men who refused to be sworm
when their votes were challenged,
knew full well that they were not en-
titled to a vote, and their refusal te
take the oath was almost positive proof
that they did not vote the Republicam
ticket last fall. They wanted to vote
where they knew they had no right te
vote, but were not quite willing to per-
jure themselves to accomplish their
ends.
The irate ones threaten to bolt agaim
at the next general election. Well, let
them bolt their bellies full. They bolt-
ed when they did participate in the
Republican primaries, and why ,
wouldn’t they feel like bolting whem
they were refused participation in the
primaries? None were turned away af
last year’s primary. yet the bolters’
vote in this borough varied from 50 te
63 votes at the general election last
November. Whether you give them
the ballot or not at the primaries, it is
plain to see that so far as the bolters
are concerned, it is a case of “be .
damned if you don’t and be damned if
you do.” The Republican party hes
something to gain, but nothing to lose
by barring out bolters at their pri-
maries.
Following is the official vote of the
county for the various candidates
voted for last Saturday:
CONGRESS.
E.D. Miller....................... 2445
JG Oe, .........c0..0 000, 1823
STATE SENATE.
N.B.Borkey...........a..34 000. 2708
J.C. Weller......... ............. 1300
ASSEMBLY.
A. W.Knepper................... 2236
J. W.Endsley..................... 2202
DJ. Botner........i.vessnvsnnnes 1869
QC. 7. Duncan... .......c. e000. 0, 1196
Jury COMMISSIONER.
Geo. J.Behroek. .................. 158%
John H. Shaffer.......... rasa 1332
Cyrus M, Shaver................... 885
STATE DELEGATES.
Freeman J. Hoffman..... ........ 2599
B.V.Babcack........ +...000r:nn. 2259
QC. C. Heckel..........caiiis nin 2162
Enoch Plough... .......cinecececse 1177
AB. Rayman. ...... ..iv oan, 1349
Henry Lo. Walker, .......c...c...... 1372
Poor House DIRECTOR.
J. FE. Beiman..............-.: 1c... 3258
CoUNTY CHAIRMAN.
N.B. McGriff. .................... 3248
Following is the result in Salisbury
borough and Elk Lick township:
SALISBURY.
Congress—Miller, 41; Ogle, 19.
State Senate—Berkey, 43; Weller, 16,
Assembly—Xnepper, 37: Endsley, 47;
Horner, 17; Duncan, 14.
Jury Commissioner—Schrock, 45;
Shaffer, 11; Shaver, 2.
State Delegates—Babcock, 48 ; Heck-
el, 47; Hoffman, 44; Plough, 10; Ray-
man, 9; Walker, 13.
Poor House Director—Reiman, 55.
County Chairman—MecGriff, 55.
Committeeman elected, Dr. E. H.
Perry.
ELxk Lick.
Congress—Miller, 52; Ogle, 35.
State Senate—Berkey, 51; Weller, 33.
Assembly—XKnepper, 51 ; Endsley, 47;
Horner, 29 ; Duncan, 28.
Jury Commissioner—Schrock, 46;
Shaffer, 14; Shaver, 20.
Delegates—Babcock, 49; Heckel, 53;
Hoffman, 47 ; Plough, 28; Rayman, 29;
Walker, 31.
Poor House Director—Reiman, 74.
County Chairman—N. B. McGriff, 71.
Committeeman elected, John J.
Bowser.
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