Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-09
EIhanan's Political History.


correct when he said he was not sound
Republican" We ask the people of Bradford
if be is man whose antecedents entitle him
to confidence
na~ Monsieur Tonson is come again.
From the last Bradford Argus We learn that
Ehanan Smith, now of TOwauda, has been
placed in nomination as q candidate for Sena-
tor for this district The Conferees who placed
him in nomination call themselves the Peoples
Party, but by whom elected, or where from,
they do not enlghten the public Dr. John
w. Denn!son appears to have been the Chair
man, Geo. W. Fox, Secretary, and one Dan
lei Decker, who nominated EIhanan; and that
the Conference met at the Ward House, is all
that they inform US as to the meeting
If we mistake not, this Denuison is the
same man that, some ten or twelve years since,
was elected by the Democrats of Wyoming to
the Legislature, but was made yearling of,
we presume on account of his strict integrity
and high toned moral character for we know
that the next year he was on the stump, and
around through this County, trying to persuade
the Wings to vote for him, claiming that he
had learned the ropes the past year, and could
do better the next if he could get there We
had heard nothing of the Doctor since, and
supposed that be still adhered TO the Demo-
cratic persuasion aud retained his first love
when be very Unexpectedly, as we have been
Informed, appeared at Sherwood's, at the Tn
ion Republican Conference, and claimed to be
one Of the Conferees, from Bradford County,
to that Conference but in due time the five
Conferees duly elected BY the Bradford County
Convention made their appearance, and the
Doctor skedadded AS he was the only
Couferee that appeared there, of his party, we
presume tnat the machine has heen run by him,
and that the others are merely used to make
1t look a little larger on paper. Thus much
for the organization.
EIhanan, the nominee of the Disunion wing
of the party, also formerly hailed from Wv.
omng County aud being little far-seeing
than the Doctor, espouSed the cause of the
Wings, party uniformly in the minority in
that County and for the last fifteen or eight
cen years has been candidate for office often
er than any other man in the district. He
has been candidate for the Legislature
candidate Tor the Senate candidate for Con-
greSS and when he was unable to obtain the
nomination Of any party, he was always ready
to take the stump and run upon either side
After having been defeated so often that it
would have discourage any man whose scent
tor Office was less sharp than Elhanau'S IT,
1854 he pitched into Know y othing>m all
over taking to it as naturally and easily as a
duck does 10 water and through the aid of
Sam, he received some kind of an appointment
that kept him at Harrisburg during the wia
ter OF l854-5. Upon his return home, his
mania for office was increased ten fold, aud in
the fall Of 1885 he obtained the nomination
of secret Know. Nothing organization, and
came to the Republican party of this County
and desired to have his nomination endorsed,
in which be failed and having also failed to re-
ceive the no nnat On at theRepresentative Con-
ference of the Counties of Susquehanna, wv.
Onng aud Sullivan, he then took the stump,
aud succeeded IN drawing off just enough votes
to elect his nameSake, John V. Smith, and
thus wholly deprived Su>quehauna County of
a Representative As Elhanan run in this
County principally on the WhSkey issue, he
hurt the Democrats in many localities more
than the Republicans, as the former contained
more thirsty individuals than the latter party
In 1856 he ran as both the Fremont and Fill
more candidates for Congress in his d strct
and was elected, "over the left" by nearly
three thousand majority. In 1859 he was
again a candidate for the Senate, but failed
to receive the nomination aud this very Fall
he was once mere candidate for Congress-
in lhe bradford district, was defeated in the
Convention, and now virtually takes the stump
to defeat the unanimous nomination of Mr.
TCRRELL by the same Convention before which
he was a candidate. We believe it is consd
cred in political circles, both diShoaeI and d1s-
h0R0rH6te for a man to go into a Convention,
aud then, after having failed to receive nom
nation, to oppose bis more lucky rival by tax
ing the stump.
But we are assured that this whole thing is
controlled and managed by few disIoyal men,
calling themselves Democrats, residing in Brad
ford County. They have in reality sold out
the whole Democratic party Of the district to
Elhanan. Smiley is to be thrown overheard.
and Smith is to receive the whole Democratic
vote. We presume that his name will not be
placed at the head of their papers, but when
the votes are distributed those for Smith will
be among the Democratic votes, and the party
will be expected to vote them.
The Colonel has long claimed to hold Wyom-
ing in bis breeches pocket; but if he has here.
tofore, we think he will find large hole in
it about the l4th of October The nomination
of Mr.. TURRELL was made unanimously by the
Conferees of all the Counties, and was made
so on the motion of the Conferees from Wyom-
ing. The game that Smith played in 1855
cannot be repeated The game is played out
That the Democratic party has been sold
out to Smith, does not admit of doubt but
whether the rank and file will consent 0 the
transfer is still an open question. We believe
there are hundreds of Democrats in this Coun
ty, who when the nauSeouS dose is presented
to them will exclaim, This is not the feast
to which we were bidden," and will stouty re-
fuse to be transferred to an aid defUnct hno1c
Nothing, even if the leaders do demand the
sacrifice. AS Ehanan was an old Wing, he
and his Democratic friends and supporters ap-
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