The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-01-31
GEO. MARDORFF,
w. c. SCHAEFFER, Sec'y.
Chm. Dem. Co. Com

"FIXED UP."-It will be remember
of the House of Representatives at
Harrisburg, refused to support the Rad
ical candidate for Speaker, but finally
'caved," and did in the end exactly,
what they swore they never would do,
voted for and elected the aforesaid
Davis. We find in the Fulton ReDubH-
cna, of last week, letter written
from Harrisburg (by a Radical pen, of
course) which throws faint light up
on this subject. Itappear5 that there
was some 'fiXing up" done. In fact
we know that some "fxing up" was
intended to be done in this town of
Bedford, on the very night that the
news was received of Davis election
The Radical politicians of this place
met IN secret caucus, and determined TO
instruct Mr.. Richards to rote for Dauis
1cthOW pledges. Only tlCO of them re-
fused to go into this business of secretly
putting the thumb-screw to the recall
citrant representative. But Richards
saved them all trouble. He had al
ready played retromingent and the in
structionS of the secret caucus were un-
necessary. But turn we to the CORES
pondence of the Fulton Republican:
"The 'bOlters' or immortal nine,' as
they are called, who refused to go into
caucus, yielded, after having a written
pledge from the committee of confer
ence, appointed by the friends of Mr..
Davis, to confer with a similar com
mittee of 'Hhe Nine that the Com
mittee on Railroads should be COM
posed of a decided majority of unquaIi-
tied, 0utspoken friends of "a Free Rail-
road law Believing that these pledg
eS mtght be carried out in good faith,
and In order to preserve harmony in
the party, The Nine concluded to
overlook, foE the present, the base and
corrupt means madeu ofby unscrupu-
lous demagogues and political gam
blers outside of the Legislature, in the
Interest of the ring that has been
running this machine. These outsid-
erS openly ana boldly proclaimed that
they had secured majority of the Re
publican members, whether by argu-
ments heard, or arguments seen, they
have not told us, but the people will
Judge for themselves and that they
would force the boilers in The ring
master was to fix up the press for
that purpose. The Pittsburg CONNER
ciat, the Pittsburg Gazette, the State
Guard and Forney's Press were the
papers that were to be fixed up against
the Nine l suppose every body
will understand what is meant by be-
ing fixed up Whether or not the
said papers wereso fixed is not known,
but true it is, they Immediately set up
howl against the 'bolters,' and my
attention was called, to-day, to the last
edition of the Herald & Wing, of Som
erset Co., which | will not say was
fixed up by the ring master for the
occasion, but it howls most Justify at
the heels of your worthy Representa-
tive from Fulton Co., (Mr. Richards J
for doing less than their own member,
(Mr. Weller,) openly declared he
would do, that is, that under no cir
cumstances would he (Mr. Weller, J
vote for Davis for Speaker-that if it
became necessary to defeat Mr.. Davis
for Speaker, he would vote for a good
Free Railroad Democrat, and that the
people in Somerset county wonld sus-
tain him in SO doing."-