The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01
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and therefore minority parties always en-
courage them, unless some special reasons
require contrary course. Volunteers may
therefore be regarded, and should be consid-
cred, the worst enemy any party can have
capable of and inhcting more injury than
any other enemy. For that reason the pres.
ent editor of the COLUMBIAN (now writiug'
has ever refused to have any business con.
nection with volunteers. He would print
neither announcements, cards, advertise
ments, tickets or handbills for them, or have
any thing to do with them, except to oppose
them. They are insidious enemies, who stab
their party to the heart, while protesting
and receiving friendship. They are men
who to promote selfish interest and ambi-
tion are at least willing, if they do not seek
(which latter is generally the case though
hypocritically disguised) to defeat and des-
they. profess, and to sacrifice every patriotic
and honorable emotion to crafty their own
lust for Office, and their object is usually cor
rupt gain. So much for "yolunteers" in
general. During our editorial career in Co.
! lumbia county we have had to confront
them in every campaign, and though made
to suffer pecuniarily by their enmity we have
not profted by the crushing defeat that over
whelmed them.
This fall there will be less plentiful crop
than usual, partly because of late continued
defeat, but mainly because the Republican
convention gave them decided cold shoul-
der, for the reason that they endangered Re-
publican success in electing county Com
missioner. The Republicans have been pre-
vented from bargaining with constitutional
boilers in the Democratic party to run one
Of their number as a volunteer for Treasurer
against DR.. McReynolds, firstly because
they would in all probability defeat the r
own nominee for Commissioner, and second
ly because DIR. McReynolds personal popu-
larity is such that he would easily be elected
at any rate.
The volunteer field is therefore left to be
occupied only by John r. Yohe for Associ-
ate Judge and John Ent for Commissioner.
As to Yohe we have little to say. We are
only surprised that he did not wait to run
for President Judge-he is as fit for that as
for Associate, and he would be Just about as
likely to reach it. We think it is palp able
that Providence never intended him for a
Judge of quarter sessions, no less for court
of common peas-and it would not be well
to defy that authority for shelter under the
wing of John r. Yohe.
To the writer of this (the retiring editor)
the candidacy of John Ent is peculiarly
painful. With his closest relatives we have
for many years sustained the most intimate
relations of friendship and confidence. For
Peter Ent we have felt a respect and conf
dence, during long acquaintance, that bor-
dered closely upon real affection, and that
friendship was freely and confidently extend
ed to his sons. 80 be compelled, therefore,
to comment unfavorably upon the unjustifi-
able and ungrateful action of brother and
uncle is any thing but pleasant, but a sense
of public duty requires it.
Last year John Ent was a candidate for
nomination. BY the alteration of a return
| of one of the Conynghams and the rejection
of that of Berwick, tie vote was produced,
and this was followed by an unauthorised
unusual and unwarranted plan of arriving
at result which could only be regarded as
a trick. Yet Mr.. Ent was eventually de-
| clared the nominee, though not upon bal
| lot. Strained and irregular as this was, his
opponent, Mr.. John ID. Quick, one of the
best men in the county, declined to be fur
| ther regarded as a candidate and declared
his purpose to support Mr.. Ent, which was
honorably carried out. Other persons who
entertained the idea of not submitting to the
irregular nomination, were deferred from en-
tering the field because of the well known
determination of Mr.. Quick's friends not to
bolt" and the additional fact, well known,
that they would receive no quarter from the
COLUMBIAN, notwithstanding Mr.. Ent's
family relationship to a hostile and unscru-
pulous interest set up and sustained by the
habitual boilers in opposition to it.
When John Ent announced himself as a
candidate for reelection this year it was un-
der the distinct pledge of abiding by the ac-
ton of the Democratic county convention, ,as
is established by the fact that his name was
announced in the COLUMBIAN. Overwhelm-
| ingly defeated, without even a show of sue =
cess, he now violates his pledge, refuses to
do by others as others did to him, and at
tempts to destroy the harmony of his party
and do all the injury he is capable of to
Judge Pershing and the whole State and
county ticket, by announcing himself as a
volunteer candidate! We will not charac-
terize this conduct in the fitting eesns it de-
serves. The facts exhibit him in sufficient
ly Objectionable and repulsive light. There
he stands Make of him what you please.
We have only our usual appeal to make,
and that is in behalf of the Democratic cause.
Every body knows that union and harmony
are essential to success and the exhibition OF
the full strength of the party. Whoever dis
turbs that is against the party-an enemy to
the party. Rally for the great cause Rally
for Pershing-Rally for your own nomi-
nees The Democracy of Columbia coun-
ty are strong enough to compel harmony in
their ranks. Let them exercise their power
and cure the evil that aliicts them.
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Consequences of Democratic Defeat.
Political parties are overly sensitive to thu
elements of success. They will not long ad
here to measures or professions that con
SANITY defeat them, however tenacious they
may be of deeper principles, as has been il
lustrated in the latter respect by The Democ