The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-10-06
COLUMBIA COU NTY
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.


10 peu INTO tlc ONCE OF county COmmlS-
sioncr seems To have run away with his
Judgment and made Of him mere foot
ball for knavcs 70 amuse themselves
with, is out in Il handbll in which he
exhibits the peculiar disregard of truth
and decency natural to those who wick
edly persist in conscious wrong doing.
We do not propose to spend much time
or waste much paper on SIMON or his
position as the tool and lackey of the
Radical Office holders ring of Blooms.
burg but will refer to point or two in
his manifesto by way of exhibiting him
to the public. lie has the hardihood to
say that he was not pledged to abide
the decision of the Democratic Conven.
ton. What business had he in it then
He worked hard for delegates and got a
very few. He stood a ballot. Had he
received the nomination he would have
accepted and would have expected
every Democrat to support him. He
published his card in the CoLUMBI AN
Immediately under the general pledge
to abide by the nominations, and paid
his money TO get his name placed there.
1t was SO published for two months.
If he did not intend to abide by that
pledge why did he not say so before the
convention? These facts show clearly
that he was fully pledged by every
principle that can actuate an honorable
man to abide by the decision of the Con-
vention. 1t will not do for a man to
80 before convention, try for its nomi-
nation, profit by it if he wins, but if
unsuccessful set up a pretence that he is
not bound in honor to respect its ac
ton. Nor will it do to have his name
published weekly for two months un
der pledge to do certain thing and
then turn round (when it suits his in
terests) and say he was not pledged at
all. The most ordinary of tricksters
would not set up that claim, and no.
body else whose head was not turned
by crazy desire for Office.
SlMoN'S memory is short, or he will
fully perverts. When he handed his
card as . volunteer candidate to the ed
itor we replied: The COLUMBIAN is a
Democratic paper, printed to advance
the interests of the Democratic party
and for its benefit, and therefore we can
have nothing to do with volunteers or
other enemies Of the party except to de.
nounce them, and other words to that
effect. Possibly SIMoN's head reeled at
the time, as his nervous tremor was
quite visible, and he may therefore not
remember all the good advice we gave
him.
His assertion that Zone of the Con-
yngham delegates " said that q candi-
late had offered to buy his vote is q
piece of the sheer twadd!cof the RepuJ.
HcoH newspaper. They have been
tared over and over again to name the
delegate aud defiance has been repeated
y slung in their faces, yet they do not
name the man, because they can ROt. If
any delegate had done so they would be |
very ready to name him.
AS to Mr.. SHAFFER'S business mat |
Iers, we know nothing about them, and
VIII leave him to answer if he deems it
necessary. lie may have borrowed
money. We ceriailly never under.
stood II to be Il crime II DO 80. We !
know that nearly all business men
some times borrow. uud tat. farmers
)iten do in anticipating the mlrGcting
If their crops. If he did, it WAS none
'f SIMoN's business, or OF any body |
'lse's except the parties to the transac.
ion, and it is inehibly mean in any
body to publish things 50 purely pri-
,ate.
But why don't SIMON tell the people
n his card why he is 50 anxious to be
Commissioners? HuS he q Drivate lob |
~ hand? Are there any street DANA.
res to be paid about his premises? Is
t important to him to get two dollars |
very day for three years for marching
ioWn to the Court House and back |
gain? An anxiety SO extraordinary
IS he exhibits, for such an Office, indi-
ates most extraordinary and selfish
easons, and a truthful explanation
would be quite entertaining to tho vot-
rs of the county.