Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-03-25
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Inc COtWnlOeQu C0mC OUT ON crl0ay morn
ing last, containing nm article under the
above caption, attempting to explsln to the
voters Of Bloom township how the Demo.
cratic ticket was formed, which starts out BY
asserting that ''it has been the custom 70,
the Democrats to meet in the Office Of the
Register and form ticket to be supported
by the citizens Of Bloom township who agree
with them" To our recollection 1T was
the custom" to meet in what was known o.
the Democratic Reading Rooms, first start
ed in Unangst's brick building, and after
wards removed to the rooms over Millers
store which were occupied at the same time
by WESLEY WIRT and G. G. BARKLEY,
Esqrs., as q Law Office. At these rooms
the Democrats Of the township regularly
met for years and made their nominations,
and since the abandonment of this Demo.
cratic Reading Association, which is q little
over year, there has been no regulor place
Of meeting. The ticket las, spring (by the
way which was more than one.half mongrel.
ized) ,cus formed at the Registers Office.
That fact is not disputed.
This spring, on tho evening Of the Sd Of
March, pursuant to notice given, q large and
respectable number Of Democrats attended
o meeting in tho Office Of BARKLEY and
IKELER, Esqrs., and formed a ticket, two
weeks before the meeting was held in the
Registers Office. It would seem that the
men who met in the Registers Office took
up or agreed upon the same ticket that was
formed in the Office Of BARKLEY and IKE.
LER, with but two exceptions, viz: they left
off the name Of A. j. EVANS, q Democrat,
for School Director, and substituted that Of
WM. PEACOCK, o Conservative (Republican)
in his stead and for Constable, they put up
the name Of MICHAEL WALTER in place Of
WILLIAM +. BoDINE who was on the first
regularly formed ticket. This last difference
did not appear after the time Of voting had
arrived. In place Of the name Of Mr.. WAL
TER, that of Mr.. BoDINE appeared on their
ticket for Constable, thus making the Reg.
istcr's Office selections conform with the
ticket put in nomination some two weeks
and more previous to the election, with but
one exception, and that was, as above stated,
the name of Conservative in place Of a
DEMOCRAT!
The nominations made SONG fourteen days
before the meeting held in the Register
Office, could not have been made and cir.
culated with any other intent and design
but to defeat the regularly nominated Rad.
ical candidates. It is re,y presumptuous
and impoltic on the part Of the Columbian
to insinuate anything to the contrary, while
It was supporting the same menl
As to the funds raised to print the ticket
formed in the Registers Office, we have only
to say that, we saw nothing Of It, neither
was the ticket brought to our Office request
ing us to print it. 1.-THE meeting, in which
our interests were so well taken care Of, had
done its whole duty, would not it have ap
pointed a committee or have delegated some
person to see the printer in relation to print
ing tickets? This was not done. A ticket
was put in writing by Capt. B., Capt. B.
agreed that Mr.. JAcoBY should print the
tickets, (how magnanimous?) ticket was
presented by Mr.. KELLER to Capt. B., in
the handwriting Of Capt. B., Capt. B. alst
refused to print any ticket except the ont
settled on by the meeting held by Capt. B
for that special purpose, and yet Capt. B.
did print the same ticket, with one cxcep
ton, and thus saved the funds Capt. b
proposed to give us, if We would print i
with the name Of one Democrat less thar
was originally put upon the ticket!
The first meeting was held on the Sd in
slant at which o full ticket was nominated
and the second meeting convened in tht
Registers Office on the 18th. This beiul
the fact, we would ask which meeting
changed the ticket, with the intent and oe
sign to throw victory into the hands Of tn,
Radicals? Certainly not the meeting tha
convened on the Sd. As to the attendance
at these meetings, We are reliably informed
by gentleman who was at both, that th'
number Of persons at BARKLEY and IKE
LER's Office was much the largest, although
an invitation may not have been EXTENDED
to all who call themselves Democrats in thi
town.