The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08
The ..Ebensburg Ring.''

Is pleased 10 style the "E6enSGiuY ItH9-
Every week he hurls the fierce aEathemas
oc his wrath against this imaginary Dem
ocratic demon. His new ally, II. ID.
WooDRUFF, since his sudden, but not un-
expected, conversion to the removal inta>
my, has taken up the refrain of the Irt>
J,ne, and he also processes to be terribly
alarmed about the potent influence of the
"EbensburC Ring" Is this mere .tuncy,
or is II tactq Let us see.
These two Arcadians base their hypo-
critical complaints mainly upon the nom>
nations of the late Democratic County |
Convention. In that convention, which .
was composed of as high minded and hon I
orable men as ever sat in a convention in |
this county, and who went into that con-
vention to use their influence to nominate |
a strong and acceptable ticket, the two
wards of Ebensburg and the adjoining
township of Cambria, entitled to sac dele
gates, were represented by John A. Blair
and Philip Collins from the East ward,
r L. Johnston and James Myers from
the West ward, and George G. K. Zahm
and Peter Berg from the township. All
these gentlemen are we'll known through
cut the county and command very general
respectful. d. Woodruff himself having
heretofore held political counsels with
most of them on the removal issue and
coincided in all their views. Now, if
these gentlemen had formed a political
combination to effect and bring about GER
tain nominations, they would have left
their marks on the ground so plainly that
every Democrat in the county could easily
have seen and understood them. How
was it, and what is the true answe" to
this doleful and stereotyped cry uttered by
Swank and Woodruff about the "Ebens~
burg Ring?
! VIM Fl . Rose came into the convention
! as a candidate from Johnstown, as did
also James Griffin and Nathaniel Horne,
both from the same place. 1t was well
understood among gentlemen (we make
no al!uson to Fl. ID. Woodruff in this
from Johnstown were opposed to the reno
val Of the county seat. Mr.. Rose was
supported by large number of the dele
gates from Johnstown and the adjoining
districts, it being well known, both here
and in Johnstown, that he (Rose), Griffin
and Horne were good and true Democrats,
in favor Of the integrity of the party or
ganization. and opposed to the removal in
fanny. Had the Ebensburg delegates not
full and perfect right to vote for Rose,
or Griffin, or Horne, as they saw fit,
without forming any political combination
to bring about the nomination Of either
There was no concert of action between
the Ebensburg delegates and the other
delegates from the north of the county.
but, on the contrary. marked and decided
hostility. Who doubts the integrity,
personally and politically, of such men as
ex-Sherii' Durbin, George Mccullough,
Michael M'Guire, Abraham Maxim,
Henry Hoppe, Michael j. Nagle, An>
selm Weakland, James p. McAnce, Viii
liam Mcconnell, Jacob Nagle, and many
others, who were delegates to that con-
vention from the northern districts of the
county? Were they controlled by the
"Ebensburg Ring p Let their uniform
vote for Robert ii. Brown answer that
question. If there was any 'Ring"
: at all, it was a Johnstown and not an
Ebensburg "Ring." Was Capt 'Bonacker
nominated for Sheriff by this potential
''Ebensburg Ring?' Not much. OF the
SIC delegates who represented Ebensburg
and the adjoining township of Cambria,
lie received just one vote. As was to
have been expected, Capt. Bonacker's
strength came from the south of the coun~
ty, where he resides, and not from the
north, which those pure and immaculate
editors assert is and always has been
under the peculiar control of a few Ebens-
} burg politicians.
This mischievous and corrupt 'Ebens-
burg Ring" is therefore a myth, evoked
for the simple purpose of promoting the
removal cause in the South. 1t has no
existence, except i'll the heated imagina>
: lions of the editors of the Tribune and
Democrat. If the convention had nomi-
mated the editor Of the Democrat for AS
! Samhlv On tho anti ,.o,,o,.l,J Nlo, form ao bo
hoped and expected it would, this dread
full ''Ebensburg Ring would not then
have had local habitation and a name
his equanimity would not have been
disturbed-but everything would have
been lovely and serene.
} TIE Johnstown Democrat has resorted
, to the stale and contemplate device of
: publishing in its columns letters purporting