The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-07-04
4,be Defea.ed Aspirants.

one which is now before the Democrats
of Cambria seeking their suffrages-a
fact which may have had something
TO do with the selection of the ticket.
The candidates for Assembly and T.
Fl. Director were taken from the north'
the Sheriff, Coroner and Auditor from
the south, the Treasurer from the cast,
! the Commissioner from the centre, ana
the Jury Commissioner from the south
west.
Yet strong and uneXceptionable as
is the ticket, it cannot be denied that
aspirants equally deserving, as has ever
been and ever will be the case in nOmi-
mating conventions, were forced to fore
go the coveted prizes.
Nathaniel Horne was before the con-
vcntion for Assembly, and the county
does not boast a worthier man or a
more steadfast Democrat; vet many
Of the southern delegates conceded the
nomination to the north, while the del
egates north of Ebensburg went solid
for Mr. Scanlan
For Sheriff several aspirants besides
the successful one were presented, all
Of whom are men of fitting qualifica-
tions and undoubted fealty to the par
ty. John u. Thomas is a life long
Democrat who has always labored, in
sunshine and in storm, in prosperity
and in adversely, by night and by day,
for the success of the party and it
may be added that no man has truer
| friends. George Gurley is an earnest
eIlterprising young Democrat, and has
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party. Capt VIM. Linton has already
shown the very highest capacity in the
discharge of an important public trust,
and made a gallant show for the nom-
ination. His record was faultless, but
like the others named, he was forced
to succumb to the will of the majority
These gentlemen will all support the
ticket with an earnest and hearty good
will Capt. Jas. Benford, whose clev-
erness is universally admitted, was also
before the convention. OF his democ-
racy we can say nothing approvingly
so long as he is 'disgusted' with
nomination that has been made in ac-
cOrdance with the accepted rules of
the party. No matter how deserving
he may be, Capt. Benford's common
sense will tell him that the lowest can
didate could not be nominated instead
of the highest.
So as to Treasurer. No trUer Dem
Ocrat or more deserving gentleman
than David Humphreys is to be found
anywhere, and had he won the prize
his election would have been a fore
gone conclusion. As for ourself, mod
esty forbids laudation, however much
we may have thought we were the man
for the emergency-the one altogether
lovely The convention did not coin
eide in our opinion, and when nineteen
votes we received instead Of fOrty-four
we hoped for were recorded in our f;l-
vOr we confess that the wind was taken
completely out of our sails. Still we
accept the situation without a murmur
and shall do battle for the ticket to
the best of our humble ability
In the ballotings for Commissioner
two of the staunchcst Democrats in the
county, Messrs. Jos. W. Pringle and
Lewis Shank, were postponed, another
being chosen. Our knowledge of these
two gentlemen assures us that, like
Ourself, thcy will sink all personal dis
appointments in their zeal for the sue
cess of the entire ticket.
The same thing may be said of the
unsuccessful aspirants for Poor House
Director
We may here speak with pride of
the Democrats of Ebensburg. The
choice of a large majority of them
for Assembly, Sheriff and Treasurer
was defeated, and yet we have heard
Ofnot n single Democrat in Ebensburg
who will not give the ticket his undi-
vided and unqualified support. The
talk about the "Ebensburg Ring" had
( been harl'ed npon so much by the rad
ical journals and radical politicians
that many honest Democrats believed
such thing existed. If it did exist.
the nominations show it to be broken
and powcrless at this time, and also
plainly indicate that the DEMOCRATIC
PEOPLE of Cambria county have firm
ness and intelligence enough to make
their own nominations. OF course the
whole Ring" story is false as-we
were going to say hell itself, but that
is undoubtedly too true for the COM
fort of some people-and the original
idea in regard to it could only be con
| celved by dishonest or crazy radical
The King" bubble, however, has lost
its wind at last, and it only remains
now to be seen what new humbug will
/ be started to deceive the honest yeo-
manry of Cambria county. Of one
thing all can rest assured-the De-
mocracy of Cambria, having in a fair,
open convention nominated ticket to
suit themselves, mean to elect 1t. The
united Democracy of Cambria county
has never been defeated, and IL cannot
be defeated nO,c.
HE nomination of Herman Baumer
Tor Sheriff has had chilling and most
disastrous effect on certain radical