American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-01-16
retire him on n competency, outside Of
Lawrence county. The vote of the Craw
ford and Erie members is as mysterious

~ The members irpu Ere FOiii he toy
erpor soma time since, that willie lie sud
Cameron were. in attendance at Tie cuu-
vention last fall the latter gentleman re>
quested him TO become his candidaas Tor
Speaker in opposition to Quay, who was
supposed to be in sympathy with Curtin.
and that, after examining ,he!mattei. aud
feeling public sentlmera IN his district
he informed Cameron thai he could not
comply with his wishes because his peo-
pie were overwhelmingly in iaso Of t,'e
Governor ior Senator; and that lie would.
have to rrs;ect heir sentiments and vote
for him. Having afterwards procured
the position Of Adjutant General,
which rendered him independent of the
people, he cast his vote for Simon. Cfaw>
ford county instructed for Curtin, but
their whole vote went against him.
Another singular instance of sudden
conrersion is found IN our eastern border
An Asscmblyman who had not stood too
high with his constituents, came home
last spring, aud, to secure re nopiua~
tiop, declared hiqself in favor of Curtin
for Senator. The people rallied around
him and pitt him through. lie VS. out-
spoken in his adherence to the Governor,
and invited him out to their convention
to assist in rallying the people. On his
arrival in Harrisburg he was still an un-
compromising Curtin man; Soon after
his arrival lie reported an attempt at cor.
ruption. lie subsequently informed a
leading Curtin mana member of the
Legislature, that he had been offered So,
900 10 vote for Cameron !! but declared
that he had been elected as friend of
Gov. Cui Tin, and woald not desert him.
Sotn after this he assured an Ex>Speakcr
of the House, citizen Of western coun
ty, that he had been offered S5 600 and
a life situation on tho Northern Central
road, (Camerou's) for his father But.
as before, he was still an out>spokeh Cur
tia man. Achange, however, soon came
over the spirit of his dream. lie be-
came quite retcent, and fpally went into
caucus aud voted for Cameron Com,
mcnt is unnecessary.
AT their annual nominating Repubi-
can convention in Chester county, res-
olution was offered instructing their rep.
rescntativcs to vote for Stevens FIRST, for
Curtin SECOND, add under 20 cireumstan-
| ccsS to vote for Cameron The resolution
was received with enthusiastic cheers
and passed uuanIm "usiy Shortly before
The Legislature met it was alleged that
their members did not consider the III
structlons binding, because passed 50 early
in the canvass. Fot the purpose of OBJ
waiting all trouble on that point, another
fcoeyeutiog was called aud affirmed
thoir old position. Notwithstanirg aiI
this. their representatives, wt4 oal
honorable exception, voted iar Game,9u
Similar instructions and pledges were
similarly broken by the Phihd"lphla
members. A large delegation Of thcil
citizens were on the ground insisting OF
their voting for Curtin. But it was M
90. With few exceptions they voted
for Cameron. A delegation Of citizens
composed of constituents of three mem
bers who had been pledged to Curtin il
responce to Instructions, but who yotec
Eagainst him, feeling outraged, aetermiu-
ed to repudiate them in as emphatic :
way as possible, led by George Moor,
Esq, Clerk Of the Courts Of Philadel.
phia, went through the form of auction
cering them off to the highest bidder, d
all the leading hotels of Harrisburg. Al
was hatural, had stopped at the Lothic
-Camerop's headquarters Cd. witness
ed the performance there. Smith ha,
! procured fine mgaical hand bell, upor
which he performed music equal TO that o
Swiss bell ringer.
Having rang the bell round tho house
he took his position in the midst of th,
large sitting room, and after another per
formance, announced that he was going
1
to offer three of their Representatives fol
sale Three gentlemen who had beer
instluct to vote for Curtin, and who
in responce to their Instructions, had
pledged themselves to do SO, but who had
Just recorded their votes for Cameron
| The first gentleman offered was
Esq. After his name was before th G
crowd some time, chew of tobacco was
offered for him, which was repeated by
the auctioneer in the usual way, ard nc
more being offered he was finally knocked d
down to :he first bidder, amidst .roays Of
laughter The other two were disposed
of in the same way. The sale at this
place occupied about half an hour, and
was jnterspersed with anecdotes and 9th
er episodes of much interest. Two or