The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-09-13
PROOF that ISchOfeid Il; Go. ICePe iIa
the Pay OT Cameron.
Rob. Mackey Furnishes Free Passes to Louisville
-Grant's Supporters Hired the Band
MOuntjoy's Flag a Remnant OF
the Grant Convention.


! We have made the charge that the men
who pretended to represent the Democracy
of PENNSYLVANIA in the Louisville Conyen-
tion, were mercenaTy ScampS who had
deserted the good old party. and enlisted,
like Swiss hirelings, under the banner of
Grant, Cameron, Hartranft * Co. Here
is abundant proof of the entire truthful
ness of our assertions. Mr.. W. Fisk Con-
rad, an honest man, who was led into the
Louisville movement without knowing the
character and purposes of those who were
engineering the concern, soon discovered
the true purpose of his disreputable COM
panions. On the first day of the Copyen-
tion he endeavOred to get chance to ex-
pose the Vaccinations of Schofield and his
gang of hired rowdies, but Al. had the ear
of the President of the Convention. being
fully in the confidence of Blanton Duncan,
and Mr.. Conrad was refused the right to
speak. He persisted in his endcavor for
some time, but was finally raped down by
the President and yelled down by the cries
of Schotield and his gang. Being denied
the right to tell his story in the presence of
the Convention, he resorted to the only
method that was left, and published the
following letter in the Louisville Led9er:
To the tr'Ue Democracy Of the United States :,
Representing the seventeenth district of
Pennsylvania in the convention assem- bled
i'll this city under the call of Blanton Dun
can, / made several attempts today III the
Convention TO be heard. This was denied
me, and in the most diScourteous manner,
by the President, who himself occupied at
least two hours in n foolish gascOnade about
Dickens Dolly Warden. My object was to
expose the treason OF the Cameron ii artranft
thieves of my own State. The PENNSYLVANIA
delegation was composed OF all Grant men
except myself, not one of whom even in
tended to vote for the nominee of this Con
vention. Their transportation TO this Con-
yention was obtained and paid for by the
Grant people. Ny own and those OF five
others, each representing district in Penn
kylYanla, i procured III the office of the
Grant State Central Committee of Pennsyl-
vauia, at Philadelphia, corner of Eighth and
Walnut streets, over a we'll knC wn tailoring
establishment.
For This transportation l had an order
from SIpes, chairman Of the Bourbon State
Central Committee of PENNSYLVANIA That
order was Obeyed by the State Treasurer of
Pennsylvania, Bob Mackey, who is well
known as one of Cameron's subjects The
band of music that accompanied us was
furnished and paid for by the same Grant
people, and our little banner that was car
ried by George Mountjoy is the same that
designated the seats in the Radical Conven-
ton of the 9Th of june, of the PENNSYLVANIA
delegation, that nominated L. S. Grant
and which was presided over by Thomas
Settle, the rebel Of North Carolina This il
the sum and substance of what | intended
to say, had the President allowed me to
proceed, and now assure all of my Demo
cratic friends who may chance TO see this
communication that what have stated here
are facts, all of which l am prepared to
prove. w. FISK CONRAD,
Seventeenth Congressional District of Penn
sylvania.
The George Mountioy alluded to is the
liquor-dcaler of Philadelphia, in front of
whose store the attempt was made to as
sassinate detective Brooks by Mara and his
associates. We ask every Democrat who
has been inclined to look with favor upon
this Louisville movement to read the testi-
mony of Mr.. Conrad. 1t ought to be suffi-
cicnt to convince the most incrcdulous that
the so-called Straight-out Convention was
merely side-shOw gotten up and run III
the interest of Grant.-Loncdster I,.teii-
gcRcer.