The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-21

didate to Columbia County, after hon-
orable efforts had been made by the
Senatorial Conferees of Montour County
to secure Mr.. Deans nomination, were
made with a view to insure peace and
harmony in the Democratic party, and
not as a concession of right.
These promises were carried out in
good faith. Mr.. Chalfant on his part
was prevented from attending the Con-
tention by sickness in his family, but as
we are assured, others were present at
his instance and request. On the first
day of the meeting Mr.. Leidy and Mr..
Mccormick were present and used their
influence to have Ithe Montour County
Conferees go for the Columbia County
candidate as soon as dn honorable effort
had been made to secure Mr.. Deans
nomination. We know that this was
the wish of both gentlemen. On the
second day of the Conference one of the
undersigned, J. III. Campbell and j. G.
zimmerman were present at Mr.. Chal-
fant's instance and earnest request, for
the purpose of inducing, if possible, our
Senatorial Conferees, to vote for the
nomination of Colonel Tate, as soon as
an honorable effort had been made to
secure Mr.. Deans nomination. Wee
exert all our influence with said Con.
ferees to bring about this result. That
we were unsuccessful, is not our fault
Our honest efforts was all we pledged
all that Mr.. Tate or his friends could
have relied upon, and these honest eff.
forts we did put forth in good faith
Mr.. M'Williams, one of the Represen.
tative Conferees, also, we are informed
called upon Judge Oaks, Senatorial
Conferee from MontOur, and urged up
on him to vote for Colonel Tate's nomi
nation.
We present this statement to the con
sideratiOn Of the voters of this Repre-
sentative District, as denial and refu
tation of the charges made that tn,
nomination of Mr.. Chalfant was obtain
tanned by fraud and Misrepresentation
and in vindication of ourselves, wht
are charged with violating or neglect
ing our pledges.
For the Colonel or his friends to alleg,
that, we or any other persons present Il
the Representative Conference pledged
ourselves "to secure his, Tate's, nomina
ton beyond the possibility of doubt,
as alleged by them, is simply to stultif.
themselves, for they could not bu
know, that neither one nor all the per
sons so "pledging" could control tn
action of the Senatorial Conferees. Al
they could dO was to use their influence
All Colonel Tate and his friends could re
ly upon was the promise that that influ
ence should be eXerted, which we aver
as hereinbefore stated, was eXerted i
good faith. In conclusion we may b
permitted to express our hope and bt
lief that the Democrats of this distri(
will not at this important crisis sufle
themselves to be distracted by the pri
vate grief of any individual or individ
uals, whose personal ambition or polit
cal aspirations have been thwarted
the action of the Conferees. We max
this statement to disabuse the minds o
voters, who, by the false allegations COZ
tanned in the document published in tn
Democrat and Star, might be induced
believe that wrong had been done t
Columbia County and also in vindicatio
of our action and the action of Othe
, citizens of Montour County. We fee
assured that no Democrat who is az
quainted with the facts and circumstal
ces connected with this nomination, wi
, for one moment withhold his suppol
J from Mr.. Chalfant, the regularly nom
: mated candidate, nor give the least er
| couragement, by word or act, to any di
organizing scheme, ,concocted for the pu
, poseof gratifying personal feelings resu
ting from disappointed ambition, whic
= scheme must, if carried out, prove di
2 astrous to the Democratic party, an
which, if countenanced, furnishes pre-
cedent for repudiating any nomination
: that may hereafter be made in accorC
} ance with the usages of our party.
We invoke the Democrats of tn
Representative District, therefore,
make themselves fully acquainted wit
these facts, and, having satisfied then
D selves that Montour County was ent
; tlnd to the candidate for Represent;
y tive at this time, and that Mr.. Chalfai
: was regularly nominated according
the usages of the party, give to Mr..
l their undivided support, and thus 8
e cure peace and harmony, and al
D assure the success of the whole ticket,
l matter worthy the efforts of ever
: Democrat, every friend of his countr,
5 every one who desires restoration
; the Union.
JOSEPH II. CAMPBELL,
JOHN M'WILLIAMs,
0 Representative Conferees.
WILLIAM YoRKs, JACOB SHELHAR
= Witnesses present at the Representati