Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-06-07
yOmin ating the Best Men.

ting good men for office, but that The object of
this cry was 10 cover the corruptions of it's old
party hacks, and thus induce the people to vote
tor them. 1t now appears that on the very day
cur last paper was issued the locofoc0 convea-
/ ton st Wllliamsport vas engaged IN nomIna-
ting these best men, and after laborlng hard
and long offer to the people of Pennsylvania
the following ticket;
! Canal CommisSioner-W Il. MORRISON, of
Montgomery county.
Auditor Generat-EPHRAIM BANKS, ESQ, of
Miffiin county.
Surveyor GenerGl-J PORTER BRAwLEY,
Esq, of Crawford county
Of the first named we know but little the
second is resident of Lewstown. and pretty
we'll known The leader of the radical portion
Of the locolocos; while the third was thus
spoken Of few weeks ago by the Easton Ar
gus, rank locotoco paper:
j. Porter Brawley, Of Crawford county, is
named by one or two newspaper correspondents
for Auditor General. He would do very we'll
for IFhiskey Inspector. If the democratic
party wishes to prosper il MUST NOMINATE
SOBER AND HONEST MEN-men of good
moral character personally ard politically"
To this paragraph the jackson Democrat, of
May 81, another Ioco!oco paper, published at
Bedford, adds
That's the talk! Besides, Brawlcy has
been repudiated by the democracy OF his own
county, and is connected with the rotten faction
headed by J. f.. NJ Fariand, of Crawford county,
e,fC.ta,s ,ts-lE CO Il.
BOTH ARE EXCEEDINGLY fShy POLL
TICIANS."
Now We leg our readers 10 remember that
toe are not making these charges, but that they
were made by members Of the locofoco party
who could have no object in thus speaking OF
Brswley unless the charges were true. How
the farming community. whose records and in
terests the party would place in the hands Of
this best man, will like the nomination, re-
mains to be seen al the next election.
During the session OF the Convention rich
scene occurred. Mr. Johnston, cf Lancaster
who was here last year as daguerreotypist,
stated that bribery was going on, and that cor.
ruption of the deepest dye could be proved
against certain persons, but hesitated to Rame
them. Upon being urged to do so, he referred
10 Mr. DonahGe, OF Philadelphia county, who
thew down upon the table in front Of the
President, eighty dollars, saying there IS the
money, despise IT, Another delegate, Mr..
Green, of the same county, said that h. had
alsJ received One hundred dollars from the
same source. A committee was appointed who
reported next day. They exonerated the can
dldatcs from any improper conduct, but de-
nounced in the severest manner two persons
named Ranken and Ovenshine, of Philadel-
phia, who had offered TO bribe the delegates
The report was adopted after an exciting de-
bate. The proceedings Of the Convention are
represented rs having been characterized
throughout by spirit Of rowdyism almost un-
equalled in any similar assembly. Bribery and
corruption was in its midst; bargain and sale
the order of the day, and at last the two most
prominent candidates for Canal Commissioner
were defeated and man placed in nomination
who had on the first ballot only 10 votes All
this was accomplished either directly or ind.
rectly by the operations Of two nen whom tie
Convention denounced as scullIons, scoundrels
and villains.
The following extract Of letter also throws
some light on the jolngs Of the democracy Of
Mihlin, who seem to have been fully repre-
eented among the outsiders
WILIAHsP-RT juno l5t, 1850.
Well the long agony is over, and the loco
.ocos have made their nominations, as you viii
see by the published proceedings. The great
and the little men of ocofocolsrn were here, and
our town for week Has perfect Jam. You
no doubt heard OF the bribery snG corruption,
50 unfort uaately for Mr.. Hubiey and his friends.
exposed by a delegate from Lancaster need
not give you IN detail the circumstances, as they
will be published and amply dwet upon.
speak Of Il TO refer 10 the manner in which
certain Collector not Thousand miles from
your town found II convenient to become in9is-
Ibie just when his presence was needed to
cIinch the nail on the charge against Hubey
and his friends, for il appears he knew more
than anybody else when the thing got out, and
Was i" dead set" against that particular faction
Il vas then discovered that his course was like
jy t0 iGIure the cause Of a certain candidate for
Auditor General, who has for several years been
anxious 10 do the state some service for honor
and cash, in any capacity his friends desired
aud was finally induced 10 90 10 him, along
with certain ex-Postmaster, and compel him
10 make hnse scarce. lie wns obliged TO
comply, and made off as fast us the four legs Of
horse could carry him, and did not make his
appearance again till next day within gun.shot
OF town. When next you get up lCcotoco can
dIdates for state Offices il is TO be hoped that
they may have more discreet friends TO bore for
them than the specimen referred TO. \.
SLAVE CASE ~ BALTINoRE RE-A case has
been before the Baltimore County Court in
hearing petition OF coloied womon, named
Rcbccca Garrett and ten children, who claimed