Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-01-28

JoHN;S. DoNAnUE. of Philadelphia county,
taken before the Committee of Investigation.
May 80, 1862
"My name is John S. Donahue. live in
the county of Philadelphia, aud am dele
gate of the Wiliamsport Convention now SIT
ting. Mr. William Green told me he got one
bunIred dollars in the same operaton-that
is. promising to vote for Hubey. l said that
as soon as received the money | would take
it over to the convention, and did so. re-
ceived eighty dollars from Mr.. WILLIAM
B. RANKIN, of Philadelphia county, at the
Eagle Hotel. consisting of three twenty dol
lar notes of the BANK OF MIDDLErowN, and
one twenty dollar note Of the Bank Of Harris
burg.
The testimony of Mr.. Green, as far as
have any connection with it, is true. Imme
dately alter the time the money was given,
Mr.. Green said 10 me, q Now, Donahue, you
vote before me, aud then you hold up the
money and say that you got it for your vote. "
said ! would; and | never put it into my
pocket, but handed it to thcPresidcnt of the
convention when went in.
JonN S. DoNAuUE."
Sworn and subscribed to before me, May
31st 1850. +. CALVERT, j. r.
The Committee appointed to investigate
this matter, used the following language.
THAT they cannot find terms sufficiently
strong to condemn the dishonest and Infamous
ly corrupt course pursued by the individuals
(Rankn and Ovenshine) implicated in the
transactions referred to-
After the reading of the report it was adop-
ted, ana the following resolution passed unan-
imously
q Resolred, That we denounce as disrepu-
table the conduct of those men who attcmp-
ted, by bribery, to assail the integrity OF
members of this Convention, and direct the
President to return the money to the source
from which it came"
This was rather dampcr upon w. b
RANKIN, and some time elapsed before he a
gain appeared before the public and when
little Joker" does turn up, it is in the char
acter of the President of democratic club
Last fall he came all the way from Phiadel-
pha to this place, to teach the Western De-
mocracy the lesson of their duty. An indls-
position to insult the cause for which he then
couten ded, alone induced men here to listen
to his silly boastings of hiS triumphs as an or
ator over the opposition. But in Pittsburgh
the ISCuuP against No SIAiA S'i OiiS5~i "HN
there he was not permitted to speak, at NEE
ting to which he had been invited. BE went
home, and on last Wednesday sits in judg
ment upon HENRY D. FosTER Shades of
the Prophet and is this q trial by ones
Peers
Now what think our reakers of 'g@. Is.
Rankin-the servant of SIMoN CAMERON in
IS5O--the mental doer of his masters bid
ding-the go-between of rascals--the sewer
into which was poured the filth of the buyer
and seller, infinitely below either of them IN
honor or honesty? And yet this man RANK
IN has the effrontery to stand before the peo-
pie to denounce HENRY d. FOSTER, to call
Kim :. traitor and class him among the Zen
emies of the democracy, and to state his want
that q tho stream of democracy be kept clear
and pure" 1t is not alone in the language
that the sting of this denuncaiion is. It is
not enough that this should be done, but
vile blaekguard miserable pmp fOr baw-
dy house, a beastly tool and panderer to ST.
MON CAMERo>'s dishonesty, and poor, pitt
full ass, should be selected to administer the
castigation, and read TIC very flower Of the
Pennsylvania Legislature out of the demo-
cratic party. But let the Eastern democracy
have care Wcstmorcland will sustain her
Representatives Like them, she can neither
be bought by the attempted open bribery of
of place position, nor be silenced by the
threateninga of authority.
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ELECTION OF OFFICERs.-At recent meeting
of Cambria Lodge A Y NJ. the following
persons were elected as officers for the ensu-
ing year:
W. M.-James Ii Pennel. S. VIC.