The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1867-12-05

MUNSTER, DEC. I'd, 1876

MUNSTER, DEC. I'd, 1867.
r. L. JOHNSTON, Eso.-Dedr Sir: OBJ
served that Mr.. Byrne, Poor House Director.
has replied to my notice Of him published in
the freeman lately. Like the honest man
that he is, he admits the charges, but tries
to palliate what cannot be denied. He takes
1t Ill that he has been singled out for expo
sure. Misery suffering for company. He
shall not suffer long. He appeals to the
books of the Poor House. Thank you, Mr..
Byrne, so do I. Before am done with you
and your accomplices in villainy, you will
wish they were sealed books. He says, 1--WE
received barely our expenses to Johnstown"
False! Kaylor paid your expenses and
charged 1t to the county. The ten dollars
was for your valuable time consumed in 60
ing to Johnstown. Go to the books and see
Now, Mr.. Byrne, about the forty dollar order.
With bad taste you drag in Mr.. Rutledge,
and say that he is not your friend, you never
saw him before, etc. If so, why did you
sign that order after Mr. Kaylo who seems
to know his business. told you that you
should not sign it? You dare not deny that
he put you on your guard, nor dare you de.
ny tha: you signed the order. You resisted
bills, did you2 As long, l suppose, as your
neral courage lasted. a
from one meeting of the Board Had you
looked with both eyes when you wrote that,
for nobody doubts that yoH did scrite 1t, you
would have seen that you were absent from
two meeting, August and September last
as everybody knows, the most important
meetings of the year. Your Steward had re-
signed, and the duty Of the Directors was to
compare ideas, to act in concert. and to Sc
lect competent man and ,oOn,dn for that
very responsible position. You are q swern
officer-you ought to have known your du
ties. Did you fulfill them by thus absent
ing yourself from the scene of your sworn
duties You had satisfactory reason for
staying away! Of course you had, for John
A. Blair, on the day before the August meet
ing. went to Carrolltown and told NOu to stay
You think the custom of Director, after
serving three years. giving his parting vote
for officers of the Poor House, bad one =
Perhaps, sir, your opinion In this respect is
valuable. But the practice was held in esti-
nation when men adorned the Office which
you now disgrace. You deferred very much
to the opinions of your seniors, did you p
Yes, when you moved to set aside theirsdo-
ings and put your cousin in the Poor House
a. Steward.
At the first meeting Of the new Board you
did your duty to the peoplei Well, the
people will see. And at the second meeting
of the new Board you did your duty again,
by going once more to Johnstown, and in
conjunction with your colleagues, charging
the taxpayers $50 for your valuable time
You were elected by the Democrats. and of
course could not support ary person who
voted against any of the nominees | voted
against Thomas, and will always think upon
that act with feelings of pleasure. But you
supported great soldier competent per-
son, etc, etc. Yes, you appointed man
to an important office whose patriotism was
shown by his holding an Office in the army
as long as it was safe to do SO, and then re-
signing in the face of the enemy-who did
not wish to repair broken fortunes, etc.
Now, your cousin will hardly thank you for
throwing that unlucky stone into his glass
house. You should have said, cousin, hide
your head. for 'a struggling bullet knows no
discretion. And, lastly, you say no Di>
rector drew less public money than you'll
The truth is, that before your time no Di-
rector drew anytkiag but his legal pay
Why are your extra meetings necessary now
at ten dollars per day2 No such things oc-
CURED when such men as O'Hara, Mcclure,
Delaney and Mccullough were Directors.
You never sought office A wonder, truly;
you have capacity.
give you companion in the person of John
D. Thomas. "If Mr.. Thomas is elected the
Poer House will be an honor to the county"
--OohnStotCn Democrat, July last. No Di-
rector is needed in Johnstown. "Mr. Thom-
as election will leave things as they are. p
Freeman. ''Mr. Thomas will be elected
-AUeQhGnidn. ''Mr Thomas and Mr. Blair
run upon a distinct issue regarding the Poor
House, hence their majorities. Same paper
after election. Now the AlteghGnian of late
appears to have special affection for Thomas.
This is because both are mortal enemies to
Mr.. Kaylor. Had not the AUeghdni0n man
been unsuccessful in his pursuit of pleasure
at the Poor House, some years since, when
decent people were at church, his tone might
be different /; and, besides. he and Mr.. Thom-
as. in this respect, are birds of feather
What God send anything Of this kind must
be to that paper, anyhow! But all these
editors, after endorsing Thomas, should have
looked little after him. With all these
great promises he was elected, and has been
in Office more than q month. He appears at
the Poor House on October 28th, and after
appointing his brother-in-law and financial
friend Steward, he made motion to go to
Johnstown. The Board went. They came
back next day and signed three orders for
themselves, amounting to nearly forty dol
lars. So far $40 seems to have been as high
as these statesmen dare to 90 at a time. He
and Mr.. Byrne started the machine to grind
another family axe, but that project miscar-
ried for time This for one month for
Thomas.
M-. Byrns thinks that because the Cons
missionsrs appoint after the election, all other
bodies should do the same. Some people
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