The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-09-13
The Long A0onU Orer at Last.
hartman.

The Radical Congressional conferees
from this district having been unable either
at Altoona or Lewistown to unite upon
candidate, turned their faces westward
again on Friday last and sought the quiet
! groves of Cresson as the scene of their final,
and, as the result will prove, their fruitless
deliberations. At that place, on the 2S3d
/ ballot A. A. BARKER received etght votes
! and s. $ BLAIR four votes-the three con-
| ferees from Cambria, the three from Hunt
| ingdon and two from Mitflin voting for Mr..
! BARKER and the other Niff1in conferee and
the three from Blair county voting for Mr..
BLAIR. Thus ended this protracted and
bitter contest.
We do not for one moment suppose that
either of the eight gentlemen who conferred
upon A. A. BARKER the empty honor of
this nomination entertained the most re-
mote belief that he would be elected. Al
though the district has always been Repub-
| lcan until two years ago r. MILTOS SPEER
defeated Mr.. MoRRELL by a small majority,
there are in our judgment controlling rea-
sons which must render the election of A.
a. BARKER, S. S. BLAIR, or any other
Radical in the district, over r. MILTON
SPEER, an utter and hopeless impossiblllty
1t is unnecessary for us now to state them
in detail. They are well understood and
admitted, and lead to the Irresistible con-
clusion at which we have arrived.
Against Mr.. BARKER as a man and cit
izen we have not word to say. We would
not attack him personally even if we could.
We deprecate all low personal assaults
upon political candidates, and are always
unwilling to resort TO that Objectionable
mode of warfare unless in repelling attacks
of the same character made on the candi-
dates of our own party. So far as X. MIL
TON SPEER is concerned, his entire private
and public record are beyond assault. He
is not only pure, but beyond all suspicion.
OF Mr.. BARKER we will say, that since he
first came to this county, about 1855, he
has been an industrious, hard-working
man, and i'll all his business operations an
enterprising and useful citiZen-a man of
untiring energy, not only in attending to
his own personal affairs, but, with the eX-
ception of his earnest opposition to Mr..
MoRREIL two years ago. always and on all
occasions i'll promoting the interests Of his
party. He is a bitter Radical and has al
ways been i'll full communion with all the
heresies of that political church. Although
he has amassed a considerable portion of
this worlds goods, it is but fair to say that
in all his business transactions he is regard
ed as upright and honest, We have heard
some of his enthusiastic admirers in this
place express their belief in his election,
but their wish is simply father to their
thought. We are not the least afraid of
and do not for moment anticipate any
such result. We regard Mr.. SPEER as in
vincible and his reelection as a foregone
conclusion.
While there shall be no mean personal
strife between us and Mr.. BARKER, yet as
the accredited candidate and advocate OF
lawless and corrupt administration at Wash
ington, he will meet with our stern and
uncompromising opposition.