Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-10-16
THE DEMOCRATS IN COUNCIL

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sembly or Congress, an Office holder aud
others
Edit0r.-Weil Mr.. -- as You are Il can
didate, l suppose you have been through
the county how do things look !.
taadidotc-R Rather blue for comfort.
Edjtor.-Why how IS that. If our plans
are carried out, and the stories | publish
are believed, we must give them hard
hustle if we even don't succeed.
Cundidutc- c-That's the thing. The De-
mocrats don't believe all you publish. L
begin to believe the county is hopelessly
Republican, and has been for some years,
and it's only when the Democrats are unit
ed and poll a full vote, and the Republicans
disOrganizod, tha; we have 4 chance for an
election.
MQaoger.-Mr. Editor you must put it
on little heavier, that's the way the edi-
tors do in Lebanon.
Editor.-Well, it's no use denying the
fact that the Republicans have gained on
us for ten years past, and that the vote is
very close, and it may be true, too, that we
are in the minority. But then we turn out
better at the polls than they do; and we
have the Irish with us that ought certainly
give us the majority.
Ec. Legislator. That article wrote last
week for your paper, in regard to the Com
missioners, ought to have some effect.
Editor.-But heard several say it didn't
amount to anything, rs there was no fOun-
dation for it, and many Of the Democrats
read the Republican papers, and see that
il is got up for effect. The fact is the pre-
sent Commissioners have paid Off our debt,
and reduced the taxes, and that's in their
favor. Besides, if we publish stories about
sguandering money, and particularly about
the sale of un> Gated lands, the Commission
ers show up the books, ard then evcrybO
dy can see we are not telling the truth. /
know that the records as Kept by our men
were bad, and there is much that should
have been covered up.
Ec-LegiSlotor. we must make the
best of il. We must get up n number of
other stories, and publish them. Some per-
haps will be believed.
office Holder-That's so. The only way
to fetch them is to stick together, and cir
culate lot of stories. You know | am a
good hand at that.
Candidate. - Unfortunately the partv
can't be made to stick together as former
ly. Many honest and independent Demo-
Gratis have lost all confidence III those who
profess to lead the party in this county.
There has been SO much rascality and cor
ruption in our party ring, especially about
the Court House, ana we have behaved
badly towards our Irish friends who have
kept us up for the last ten or fifteen years,
that we can hardly have the face TO ask an
honest Irishman to vote ouI ticket
Manager Talking about Irish, l think
the sooner we get clear Of them the better.
In Lebanon we never recognized them.
office HoldG.-Did mt we give them seve-
raj candidates, and did we not elect Geo
McEliece Treasurer.
Cdndiddtt.-Thcl less said about that the
better. McEiece was elected because we
could not get out oi it. But what makes
matters worse, when he got into office he
was plundered by the Ring at the Court
House, and sent home ruined and penn-
less.
Eppcr End DCmOcr0t-That's the game
they tried to play with Mcfarland, but he
was too smart for them, and won't have
anything to do with them.
EL- LeqiSIdtOr.-I see that we can't do
any thing better than keep up stories about
the unseated land sales. ] will do the
writing from now until the election for the
Democrat, and get the editor to put large
heads over the articles so rs TO draw atten-
tion.
Upper End DcmOcr0t The story about
the land sales will do us more harm than
good when il is understood. Many will
inquire into it, and will find that it is not
as bad after al. / understand the Com
missioners agreed to give Cummings a
share Of the proceeds Of the sales. He was
10 hunt up the lands, and bear all expenses
and run all the risks. He undertook
these cases a. an Attorney often does a
doubtful case in court, taking the risk, and
getting a share if lie RECEIVERS. and nothing
if he looses his case. Cummings got about
So 900 for his trouble, and several years.
work, and the county about ST, 900. That
is certainly much better than the Demo
cratic Commissioners did in 1867, when
they sold lG tracts of land for which the
county recovered only forty.seven dollars,
and what is worse, there is nothing in the
Office to show what has become Of the lands
or the money, all the deeds and papers
having taken wings and disappeared. In
my opinion the less VIC say about this land
business the better it will be for our party
The Republican Commissioners in their
dealings with Cummings have 4 full ac-
count of all their transactions on the re-
cords, fair and square, which all can see.
This is greatly in their favsr.
Monagcr.-We must make our men be
ieve that those records arc all spurious,
and that they had better not 20 near the
Commissioners. In Lebanon we used to
make them believe III hobgoblns, and al
most anything but the truth.
office HOldcr.-I believe myself that we
can't make anything ont of the land sale
story among intelligent voters who read
other papers beside the Democrat, but it
might be used quietly among certain class
of voters.
Edtor.-Yes, it is. certainly best for peO-
pie who live in glass houses not to throw
stones. But we have bigger trouble on our
hands. Some officers and leaders have
some ugly charges against them that can't
be covered up, and they will hurt us unless
we can get around it.
Office Holdr.-What do you mean
Edjtor.--I mean the mistakes which
snnp nrOnlc call frauGs in the dunlicates