The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-01-30
Robson VS.. Shugart.

1t is generally known that Mr.. Robi-
son, Republican, is contesting the seat In
the State Senate of Mr.. Shugart, DEM
The subjoined extract, from the Harris
burg correspondence of the Pittsburg
Commercial shows the ground upon which
the contest is based, and also will give
some idea of the purity of Democratic
politics 10 the Twenty first district -
"The principal ground for contesting
Mr. Sbugart,s seat Is, that quite num-
Der of Irishmen had voted on false natn-
ralization papers, and others had been
brought into the district and kept there
ten days prior to the election, for the
express purpose of voting. Mr.. Shugart's
majority was only twenty-five votes, and
it was alleged that there were near one
hundred illegal votes polled in one place
IN Centre county. 1t appears that there
was railroad being made from Phillips
burg, III Centre county, to Clearfeld, and
that there were last fall about forty rods of
light work to be done near Phillipsburg,
which could have been done by twenty
men in FIVE or six days However, an
arran9enleAt was made with an Irishman,
named U Mara, a boss Sen that work, to
bring about one hundred Irishmen on that
part of the work, which was in Centre
county, ten days before the election. This
he did, and as soon as IL election was
over they were sent away. |Yhen it was
ascertalned that Shugart had only twenty
two majority, including the hundred ille-
gal votes at Phillipsburg, and that Robi-
son was going to contest his seat, the
leaders OF the Democratic party concluded
that the Irish boss, O'Mara, who knew all
about the importation of voters and the
fraudulent papers upon which many OF
them 7oted: must be sent out of the State.
For that purpose they employed Catho-
lie priest, known by the name of Father
Tracey, 10 induce O'Mara to leave
Shortly before the Legislature met, Father |
Tracey visited O'Mara and stated to him |
that the Legislature would soon meet
that Shugarts seat would be contested
that his 60 Mara's) testimony would be
very much against the Democratic party
that it would be best for him (O' Mara) to
leave the State; that he (Tracey) had
some money which he was authorized TO
give him GO 'Mara) if he would 90 out of
the limits Of the State, &c, sc. o. Mara
asked two thousand dollars for taking Il is
family out OF the State never to eturn.
Father Tracey said he was not authorized
to pay that much, and could not do So
until he would write to Philadelphia.
After several interviews between the
priest and OMara, the former at last told
the latter that William a. Wallace said
that "a hundred dollars per month was
enough to pay for getting him to leave
the State Father Tracey then struck a
bargain with Dir. O'Mara to leave for foe
hundred dollars, which were paid over to
him aud afterwards counted by young
man in Clearfeld, and he accordingly left,
and took up his abode in Elmira, New
York. But his Whereabouts became
known to the counsel for the contestant,
aud the Sergeant-at-Arm of the Senate
was sent to EImira few days ago, where
he found Mr.. OMara, and brought him
to this city. He was brought before the
Committee last night, and upon his oath
testified to the foregoing facts, and in
addition, ne stated that another boss On
the work above referred to took the frau
dulent naturalization papers and colored
them with coffee, SO as to make them
appear old. Is not the foregoing, which
is sworn TO by an Irish Democratic rail
road boss, disgrace to any party, and,
especially, does 1t not show what meas
ures the rebel sympathising Democratic
party will adopt to carry elections and
thwart the will OF the majority of the
| bona tide citizens Of the country ?'