The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-08-31
KNOW NOTHING NOMINATIONS.

The die is cast-fhe ordeal is past-and the coan-
/ Try Is safe! The Blair County Know Nothing Nom
natlons are made, although not yet officially
ced The patient patriots, who are so anxious to rue
/ America, have, after much lighting and wraneliug.
and totally d'sregardng he Injunction Of he Nation
al Council that the s'oiIice should seek the man and
not the man the oliice, selected the following pie
bald ticket The pure and disiuterested patriotism
/ OF these Pope fighters is sufficient 10 make horse
/ grn:--
1 For AssembIy-JOHN NJ. GIBEoNEY.
g Prothoootary-JOSEPH BALDRlDGE.
! g Sherif-GEORGE PORT.
/ . Associate Judges-SAMUEL DEAN JOHN
PENN JONES.
. commissioned AMES HUTCHINSON.
/ There You have it--all pure patriots, fresh from
the ranks Of the-know Nothngs!
John ". Gibboney is old broken down politician.
who has spent about twenty years OF his life in the
''TIld-hunt after Office" Up 10 last summer he pro-
tessed 10 be Democrat, and has been standing can
dldale for every office within the gilt Of the party
In 1916 he was appointed Register and Recorder by
Gov. Skunk, The formation OF the new county,
Subsequently be wormed himself iUto numerous pet
ty oices-nade several unsuccessful attemnts TO YET
appointments from the Canal Board-untn the cleo
ton OF President Pierce, when be received the Dun
cansvllle Post Office. Ii ascertained last Sum
mer, that, for the promise of something more ucra-
tive, be had joined the X. Ms, and the Democrats OF
that place had him removed. At the time of his re-
moyal he declared his own signature that he was
no Know Nothing, and had been sacrificed in conse-
qnence OF his devotion TO the temperance cause!-
w hat KIND of Representative wond a man make
who could be guilty of such wilul alsehood p
Is he likely TO be Improvement the cattle pur-
chased by Simon Cameron last winter? 1t is no
torous fact that John NJ. Gibboney is not qualified
for the Office and have less faith in his integrity
than we have in that Of any old broken-down Office
hunter we know of. 1t will be bitter pill for some
oi the old Wings TO be forced to swallow this ancient
enemy; but the oaths recorded, and it must be
done.
Joseph Baldridse has the nomination for Prothono-
tary Against Baldridge we have little 10 saw fur-
fher than that his nomination is another brand of the
lie on Know Nothing professions, because he is not
fresh from the ranks ofthe people. He was postmas-
ter in this place from 1919 to 1851 and since then
he has been the Prothonotary in fact, in place of
McNea, elected 10 the office We did not think that
be would have embraced the narrow bigoIry of the
order; bat having tasted the sweets of Office where
the labor is light, and the pay heavy he is 10th TO
quit However, ne is not yet elected, and be may
"meet with troubles and trials on the way
For Sheriff. Geo Port-at least so il is said al
though al the time write this it is alleged that
| the result IS not summed up. Assuming that be
IS the candidate, we have another fine specimen of
man 'lresh from the ranks OF the people," He has
held the offices of Constable, Assessor, Coroner
Mercantile Appraiser and Court Crer for The last
nine ten years, and has been standing candidate
for Whig nomination for the SheriF's Office ever
since Blair has BEEN county. We presume he ha-
ses his claims for nomination upon the fact that he
was among the first that opened X ~ Lodge in
this place.
For Associate Judges we have Samuel Dean and
John Penn Jones. The former has been a county
commissioner, and his name has been prominently
before the people for office ever since the orsanza-
ton of the county. The latter had the County Trea
sury for one term. bat still considers himself fresh