The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-21
THE CAMPAIGN.
BLooMSBURG, FRIDAY, SEPT 2l, 1866.
Address

To the rioters Of the representative Dis
t,'ict cOmB mBbsed Of the Counties of Col
umbia and 4MontoM.
IN a letter published in the Democrat
and Star of the twelfth instant, address,
ed to the Democratic Standing Commit
tee, of Columbia County, asking said
Committee to nominate Colonel Levi l..
Tate, as candidate for member of the
Legislature, for the District composed of
the Counties of Columbia and MOntOur
in opposition to the regular Democratic
candidate, Thomas Chalfant, who was
duly nominated by the Conferees of said
counties in accordance with the usages
of the party. 1t is alleged
First. That the candidate for State
Senate had been conceded by Montour
County to Columbia County.
Second. That Thomas Chalfant and
his Conferees, j. II. Campbell and John
M'Williams, and the friends of Mr..
Chalfant, who were present at the meet
ing of the Representative Conferces, had
pledged themselves to secure "beyond
all possibility of doubt" the nomina-
ton of l.. l.. Tate as the Democratic cam
didate for State Senator.
Third. That this pledge was given
in accordance with the spirit of
Il certain resolution adopted by the Col
umbia County Convention, appointing
John Snyder and r. G. Fruit Represen-
tative Conferces of said counties.
Fourth. That said Conferees of Co.
lumbia County were induced by said
pledge to give the nomination to Mr..
Chalfant.
EVth. That neither Mr.. Chalfaut nor
any person representing him or his in
terests was present at the Senatorial
Conference during the two days it was
in session.
,Sirth. That in violation of conceded
claims of Columbia County, and through
gross misrepresentation and political
intrigue, the nomination for Senator has
been given to the smallest county in the
District.
In reply to these charges the under
signed say:
First. That we never conceded to Co.
lumbia County the Senatorial Candidate
as a right-that we then thought and still
think that the claim of Montour Coun-
ty was as strong, if not stronger than
that of Columbia, or any other county
in the District; Montour County, one
of four counties composing the Senate
rial District, having been for fifteen
years without Il Senatorial Candidate,
while Columbia County has had the
Senator seren gears out of that fifteen.
We next deny that either Mr.. Chal-
FAINT, his conferees or friends, during the
Representative conference, or before or
after, pledged themselves to secure be-
yond the possibility of doubt, the nomi-
nation of Hon. l.. l.. Tate, for State
! Senator"
Such pledge on their part, in the face OF
the action of the MontOur County Con-
vention, nominating William A. Dean fol
that Office, and appointing Conferees tc
use all honorable means to secure his
election, would have been ridiculous
because it was well known to the Con
ferees of Montour as well as those o
Columbia County, that the Senatorial
nomination was then entirely in the
hands of Senatorial CORfeTees, who
might or might not, as they thought
proper, vote in the Senatorial Confer
ence, as Mr.. Chalfant and his friends
desired. The only promise given was
that the persons referred to, would, as
individuals use their influence with the
Senatorial Conference of MontOur, t.
secure Colonel Tate's nomination, anC
that they had no doubt that after sup
porting the nomination of Mr.. Deal
for a reasonable time, in accordance
with their instructions said cOnferee
would vote for the nominee of Colum
bia County. If this was pledge, thei
it was redeemed in both letter and spir
it, as is set forth hereafter.
We deny that the nomination O
Thomas Chalfant was made in accord
ance with the letter and spirit of tn
proviso contained in the resolution al
pointing Mcssrs. Fruit and Snyder
0 Representative Conferees. Said Prov
q so was repudiated at the time by tn
e Conferees of Montour County, as diets
: torial on the part of Columbia County
The right of Montour County to tn
candidate for Representative at tn
: time, was placed upon the acknow
edged usages of the party, and I'll
9 promises on the part of Mr.. Chalfan
his Conferees and friends, to use the
. influence to secure the Senatorial cal