The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-09-21
WHARTON'S RECORD.
WHAT IS SAID OF HIM BIZ HIS OWN PARTY
HE SOLD KooNTz III 1857

In order that our Opposition friends NAV be
IS 10 the position Mr. Wharton,
hrlr nominee for State Senator, occupies in his
ov;n county, we give the following extracts
from The Peopis'e Defender, Republican pa
per published ~ Huntingdon, the town in
watch MIR. Wharton resides 1t will be oo-
served that that paper charges Wharton with
being in favor OF the repeel of the Tonnage Tax
lod also that he opposed Gen. Koontz for the
senate in 1857.
). &. Wharton and the Three Mill Tax.
! That the trumviratp which controlled the
hie Republican county convention had an eye
p business is as plain as the noon-day's sun tc
bose who are obServant OF political events.-
They not only thwarted the wil of The people
p the selection OF candidates by their chicanery,
Ipt stliied an expression OF the sentiments OF the
tRrty upon one OF the most vital questions Of the
lby, with regard to the financial affairs OF our
IpmmOnwealth-to wit the Repeal OF the
! hTee Mill Tax. That the opponents of Loco
/ cosm IN this county arr opposed TO the repraI
/ tie tax is a fact beyond dispute. For several
.
/ tirions OF instruction upon the subject, and all
| UdmaIes for legislative honors were given 10
! CJprstand that they could not receive the sup
/ pt OF The party without giving an emphatic
eiorsenent of those sentiments 10 longer
al than last fall did the people of this county
! ruse to elect r. B. Wigton because ne was
! psumed to be favorable to the repeal, not
/ outstanding hr was pledged against it. Did
/ Il late Convention re-assprt the will of thoS,,
/ TIT placed them in power NO. And why 2
BcauSe Wharton, Blair and Leas controlled
tlHr action, and the former two did not want
an restraint thrown upon them should they be
eltted. They wanted to 60 TO the legislative
bal with their votes untrammeied 50 that they
mist vote IN whatever direction their own
pecniary advancement lay, not careing for the
inteest OF The people. 1t is significant fact
thalthis subject was allowed 10 remain silent
by lP Convention, and especially at this limr
WIN ii has eliminated to one Of importance
andis about to be Brought 10 direct issue
Thee is something in this thing, and "good
thiR" can be made out Of ii by those who have
the5otIng power in their hands in the leglSa-
tivehallS. Imagine for yourself Wharton in
theSenae and Blair in the House, both unppd-
gedapon The subject The bill comes up-lhe
slrllgs Of the deep purse OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company are ioossned-coal, crosstie
andwcod contracts held up 10 their view, and
wba DO you suppose the result would br. To
use Dur poetIcai correspondents words, they
'''vud vote it through" without regard to tbt.
interest of those whom they represent. That
Whaton is railroad man is evidenced from the
TACT tat he rides in the cars OF the Central COM
panynpon a Gree Ticket" "a thing not grner-
ally Bestowed upon private cItIzens) and his son
IS the Agent OF the company al this place. II
he is lot in favor with the company why did
they give him a 'pass" over their road. They
had motive IN view in giving It to him. He
has led them to believe tbat hr is prominent
politician, and will De likely 10 get INTO po-
sIiIonin which he may 90 them a favor Yet,
Notwithstanding the ''pass" and the agency, he
pse'te"ds 10 be opposed 10 the company; and
why Because he wants, in the first place. to
be elected, and in the second to be bought