The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-08-12
Adv veTtisement.
The ALTOONA VINDlCAT0R PICNIC,
CARD FROM MR.. VIM. ]. RYAN.

| have no love Tor seeing my name In
! print, but the unwarranted attack made upon
me in the Altoona VindicatOr will justify me
in saying few words in explanation.
Picncs for objects Of charity are common;
and, with other democrats, favored Pic
mic for the ViRdicator, whose editor has
always been the almoner of the party.
The position l had at the picnic was as
sumed at the request of the committee and
several democrats, including Campbell him.
self. l was directed to get the beer, furnish
the glasses, ETC., and spent my time in doing
my duty in the premises.
What | ordered l became personally res
ponsible for; and settled it out of the
amount in my hands, as l had right to do;
and this is the great cause of CampbelPS
abuse.
That more money was not made at my
stand is no fault of mine. At Campbell's
own request left the stand to attend to
things in the city, and was absent between
one and two hours-his son John taking my
place. How the drawers Jared in my absence
do not know. John Campbell owned up
to taking three dollars out, besides dollar
be asked me for-and got. This was the
case during two trips to the city.
After the picnic closed, when we returned
the glasses, ETC., paid to Mr.. Fettinger, the
treasurer, $50, and stated that had bills
to pay before making final settlement.
On Monday morning proceeded to return
! the borrowed articles, and where things were
broken or lost l paid for them, taking
receipts for all of which / furnished bill.
About noon of Monday Campbell raised
the hue and cry that l was short $50 to
$3.50, and when l requested him to wait till
the committee would meet and settle my ac
count, he abused me for paying the bills,
and asserted had no right to do it.
On Monday night the committee met, and
after examining the returns l made. the
allegations of Campbell were found untrue.
| Mr.. Fett;nger, the treasurer, pronounced
himself entirely satisfied, and moved hat the
committee pass resolution clearing Mr..
| Ryan from all censure. This was passed
without any objections. But to put the
matter at rest forever, the following, as an
! amendment, was offered by Mr.. McKiernan,
and was not only passed but was sanctioned
! by all present
! WHEREAS, some indiscreet persons, by insin-
uation and inuendo, have minated that VIM.
! Ryan, one of the Committee on the "Vindica
/ tor" picnic, did not act was expect of an
/ honest man AND WHEREAS, ne has shown by
receipts produced and money paid to tine Treas
urer tina all these charges are unfounded in
! fact therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by full committee assembled
/ that we do, in justice to Mr.. Ryan, on an ex
animation of his accounts, find all such charges
/ and insinuations unjust, and the committee
take pride in exonerating Mr.. Ryan from all
such charges.
NAMES OF COMMITTEE Col. John Woods.
| Chairman; Thomas M Bride, James Glasgow,
James Pendergast, James Fagan, Sam'l Fries,
/ Otto Rossi, Samuel Lloyd, A. F. Heess, W m.
| Cassday, Thomas KeOgh, VIM. J. Ryan, John
! Roberts, John Hanlan.
| After all this vindication, however the
VIndicdtor bill was brought into a subse-
quent meeting of the committee, in my
absence, and the committee refused to have
anything further to do with it; and yet
another time it was brought before the COM
mittee, when they again decided to drop the
W hole matter. Not SO the Vindicator, how
ever, nor the man who uses it for his own
purposes, and who could fnd no FatiRgeT
occasion to blast the good name of neigh
Dor, or eXalt his own importance, than TO
/ turn the ribald columns of that ignoble sheet
| to such base use.
A fool may ask more questions than ten
wise men can answer, but if the foregoing is
not full answer to all the questions of the
! indicator, the annexed statement certainly
/ is; and SO | leave the creature to the filthy
use of the types with which he was charita-
bly, furnished by the generosity of that
party whose members he never ceases to
assail. WILLIAM RYAN. jR.
Altoona, Aug, 9, 1869.