Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-09-02
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one of DIR. bowers Legislative Feats.

One of DR.. Bowers Legislative Feats.
Editor Gazette-In this part Of the county
we are at loss to understand the utility and
object OF Dr. Bowers snake biz, or in other
words, his bill legislating out Of Office the
Poor Directors of Miffiin county. We fire.
quently hear the question asked, Why was
this done? The current report which is gen
orally believed runs about thus. Some one,
two, or three individuals in or about Lewis
town, who have ruled the Democracy Of this
county for number Of years, had personal
grudge ut one of the Poor Directors, and be-
ing foiled in every attempt to injure him. re
solved to try what could be done by special
| legislation. To accomplish this object, pc
tition of some half dozen signers, or therea-
bouts was got up secretly and semitic Harris
burg in charge of the Doctor He drafted
the bill and hurried it through the Lower
House. When it reached the Senate he went
| into the Senate Chamber and requested that
it be passed Immediately, giving assurance
| that there was no opposition to the bill in
| Mifiin county.
While the bill was yet pending in the Low
| er House, the trick was discovered, and the
citizens of Lewistown being advised Of the
| Doctors doings at once got up a remonstrance,
and in one day about one hundred and fifty
signatures to the paper were obtained. In
! the valley remonstrances were also signed by
almost every taxpayer who was applied to.
These remonstrances were without delay sent
to Harrisburg and reached the Senate Cham
Der just too late to prevent the passage of the
! bill. When they were presented to the Sen
ate, one of the members arose and expressed
strong indignation at the fraud practiced on
that body. The Governor was Immediately
apprizcd Of the imposition and requested to
| IN I'll - opal
days, one of the originators of the conspiracy
who had influence at court, informed the
Governor that =" all is right" when he signed
the bill and it became law
1t is further rumored that as soon as the
snake biU was discovered at Lewistawn, the
Doctor was written to and requested to stay
proceedings until general expression of sem
tinlent would be Obtained from his c0nstitu-
ents, but the Doctor, true to his clique, turned
deaf ear to the multitude and had this bill
! passed for the express purpose of doing a
personal injury to an honest unsuspectng
individual, and all this at the bidding Of some
two or three politicians to whom the election
Of John Cubbison was Objectionable.
| We hope this is not the true state of the
case, and therefore call on DR.. Bower to vim
dlcate himself before an incensed community.
If he is sandered, let him give good reasons
| VI i4c eau toF ScltIuS up anu passing clafl-
! destlnely this uncalled for bill, by which such
men as John Atkinson, John Peachy, and
John Cubb;sjn, were legisIated out of office,
at an expense Of several hundred dollars, so
speedily that they were beheaded before they
dreamed they were in danger.
OLIVER.
Refreshing-The showers on Friday and
Saturday last.
sea-The Bucyrus (0hio) Journal Office is
offered for sale.
sS5- See advertisements uf DR.. Sanford
LIVER INvIGoRAToR in another column.
RsE- Snyder county will make its mark this
fall on the Lecompton swindlers by an old
fashioned majority.
| Smoky-The Democrats endorsement of
Mr.. Creighton as respectable and intelli-
gent"
sE9-The Altoona Tribune has dofTed its
neutrality and come out for Americanism and
| Protection. Right, friends-go ahead.
E1s~John IL. W. Hawkins, one of the ori-
| ginal ''Washngtonians," died at Parkesburg,
Lancaster county, last week, aged 60 years.
nea-We regret to see by the last Bellefonte
| Wing that Mr.. Shoemaker has disposed of
that establishment, and bids the fraternity
adieu. J. G. Kurtz and Vein Forncy propose
to publish new independent political paper
| to be called the Central Press