The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-08-23
Communication.
JoHNsTowS, Aug. 10, 1872.
ae Editor of the Freeman

OShNSAON y, aug. ~, 1917.
To the Editor Of the Freeman:
DEAR SIR-I suppose you
are already aware that the Cambria Iron
Companys Bog was laboring and groaning
till 1t brought forth scabby little fiedgling
winch has, by common consent, been dubbed
the Daily ttce: Very fit and appropriate
name, that! The Elders and the Bops could
not hnd any responsible party to take charge
OF their progeny, SO, after much hunting,
they,found an irresponsible political weather.
cock, to whom they paid four hundred dol
lars, with instructions to sing, in the loudest
key, all the beauties of the c. l. Co., all the
virtues and noble, manly attributes of Mr..
Morrell and of his right and left bowers, as
well as the immeasurable advantage the Com
panys store is to JohnStOwn. The pro
gramme so far has been fully and faithfully
carried otft, for not only does this irrespon-
sible weathercock place Morrell and his ell
derly and boggy satellites in the advance
guard of enterprise and energy, but he writes
and speaks OF every body and every thing
connected with the c. l. Co.'S works and
store as if they were the beacon-lights of
progress, before whom all Cambria county
should crouch, and fawn, and bend the Pill
ant hinges of the knee"
1t is not many wears since Mr.. MUTrell ran
for Congress against Col. Linton so, by way
of illustrating the instability aud weather
cockism of the irresponsible political hack of
the Vice of ~ Will quote from the Altoona
Pindicdtor of '6S, which was edited by the
self-same plant sycophant that now runs
the Vice:
"Mr. Morrell is a moneyed iron king and bond
holders pet. He is prolific of Iu0Itis and prom
Uses, but the thinking men OF this co immunity
demand something more than mere words
they have asked for 5rcad and he has given
them a stone. The bare neccssaries of life W ere
utlcdys marked higher at ID, j. Morrell's store
tnan the same Quality OF goods were disposed
the man To represent the people; lie is one OF
their oppressors. He has proved himself a fail
urc as Il legislator; he is n consummate hypo-
critic The Cambria Iron Company desires to
employ labor at low rates, To buy farm pro-
duets FOR the smallest prices, and mOnopOiize
the iron trade. Mr.. Morrell is an artfuI dodger
and is well skilled in the use of two faces and
haS no interest i'll the workingman, except in
Hsmuch as he may be Instrumental i'll further
ing his ambitious designs or increasing his store
of wealth. He would prescribe a man that
would not vote according TO his dictation.
He is a political upstart that will stop at moth
ing which fraud or corruption can Suggest or
accomplish
All the above, and very much more can
he found i'll the columns of the Altoona ViIt-
dicdtOr 1 will not for the present quote from
the files of the old Democrat, wherein Mr.. NJ
was caricatured and blackguarded with all
the coarseness and filth that malice, hate or
envy could suggest but will do SO very soon
! The man who during and after the war held
mp Mr.. Morrell to public gaze as all that was
tyranical, low, debased and brutal is nOtC
giving us column after column teeming with
fulsome hattery-in short, making Mr.. Nor
rell the saviour and supporter of Cambria
county, an upright and honest politician and
Il SululIS star III the pOlltlcat nOrlZOn, the
true and trusted friend of the workingmen
etc, etc. This worthless changlling of the
|tce must be possessed of more brass than
brains, else he would not have begged money
from Hon. ID. j. Morrell to start his Vice
full little eight by ten and then write to
Hartranft and Buckalew, promising his sup
port to both The former sent copy of the
letter TO n Republican gentleman in this
place, who still retains it.
Scarcely had Mr. James L. WcathercOck
to pay a certain man of this town if he would
write letters pitching into and abusing j ohm
Hannah and lauding Sam Henry. so we can
we'll understand why Citizen" keeps up his
torrent of abuse against Hannah and in favor
of Henry. 1t is because Citizen" is paid
for lying to the rice varmints, who in turn
Is paid by somebody else. John Hannah is
too honest and honorable gentleman to be
hurt by such harmless missiles as Citizen"
or his somerSaulting master can hurl at him.
We knew Jim when he was red-hot war
Democrat in BlairSville, and we knew him
to our sorrow in this town when he was loud
and furious against prosecuting the war
We also knew him when he rated in Pitts
burgh and when he started the Herald red
hot Democratic, but which soon after was
Negleyed into rabid ,ranting Republican rag.
No man, Democ rat or Republican, that knows
the past record of this political beggar cares
a ng Tor what he says. We all know that
James L. Somersaultcr was brought here by
a few clerks in the employ of the G. 1. Co.,
who imagine that they can the halls OF
Congress or the Senate chamber looming up
in the distance. The Tice is doing the dirty
work for which it is receiving good pay, but
before merit December the Fice and its wealth
er-cOck editor will be non est. The mer-
chants of Johnstown do not support it, be-
cause they know it is run and controlled in
the interest of the Companys Store. The
working class do not even buy it, because
they despise the man whose name is at the
head of it. They do not forget the time they
defended him, at the peril of their lives, when
the Pittsburgh rats came to clean himself
and his office out. Such a man, that can be
bought by clique TO do their work, no mat
ter how dirty, deserves the scorn and con-
tempt of any intelligent community. AS
have a file of the red-hot Democrat, when j.
+. WeathercOck was its clustering, blatant
and hellicose editor, will quote pretty free
ly from it soon, just to show what he said
then and what he says nO1r. He cares as
much about the interests of ,JOhnstOwn as
the Mogul of India cares about the Fiji Is
landers. Mr.. weathercock cares only for
money, no matter whether it comes from
Hartranft or Bucl1alew, Grant or Greeley
Negley, Henry or any other man.
As / look on the Fice and its pliable, pur-
chasable editor nothing but pure fraud
and humbuS, beg to subscribe myself
ASTI-FRAUD AND HUMBUG.
ID TT