The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-03

ent candidate, the suggestion wou.d nave
been met with prompt and indignant de-
NAL by all who knew, or supposed they
knew. him best. Aud yet Mr., Horne now
occupies that unenviable position. In The
course be has seen proper to pursue we as
! sume that he has acted from his own I'M
pulse, since no true friend Of his would
counsel him thus to rush into the jaws OF
certain political death for to that COM
Dlexion it must come a. last. We cheer
fully coucede all that can be claimed for
/ bim-that lie is a man of irreproachable
! character. n most excellent and exempla-
ry citizen, and always up to his present
strike. an unyielding, consistent and efh-
cient Democrat. In speaking of Mr.. Horne,
/ for y hom, as he well knows, we have al
ways entertained the highest respect, we
! will ''neithcr extenuate nor set down aught
/ in malice" but plainly, fearless'y, yet re-
spectfully, perform our duty to the Demo
cracy of the comfy. When Mr.. Horne
submitted his name to the county conven-
tion he was bound as a good Democrat, on
every principle Of honor and party fealty,
/ to yield implicit obedience to its decision.
Upon the strict observance of this well es-
tablished rule of party discipline mai My
depends it's healthy ard efficient organiza-
/ ton. A mental reservation by candidate
/ for nomination, that he will raise the stan
: dard of revolt if unsuccessful before the
! convention, is a stab in the dark at the
/ very life Of the party whose favor he COURTS.
! and no such license forms any part of the
! Democratic creed. The moment that an
! asprant for nomination avows his tnde-
/ peadence Of the action of a county conven-
/ tion, and seeks that which tribunal of his
own choice refused to give him, he forfeits
! all decent claim 10 party support, and can
only be consistent in his aisorganizing
/ course by marching straight into the camp
/ of the enemy. This is especially true when
defeated candidate cannot aIlege fraud
/ in the nomination. Protracted as the con-
+ test was for Pro:hOnotary, j. is not pretend
ed that it was brought about by unfair or
/ fraudulent means, nor that the nominee is
hot competent for the position.
The defeat of MI. Horne iu the conven-
tion is to be attributed to single and well
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ment and political sagacity ought fully to
have foreseen. We have always opposed
the mere question of lOcdtioE in the selec-
zion of candidates, but it may be pushed to
a point beyond which endurance would
cease to be 4 virtue. That point had been
reached before the last convention met.
The southern section of the county has had
The Sheriff for 'hree successive terms: Pro
thonotary from 1868 TO 1874; County Treas
urer, with one exception, three terms in
succession, and District Attorney twice,
including the present nomination. The
Democrats themselves inside of what had
been the juriSd iction of the District Court
could not, and really did not, claim that the
north of the county was not now, as a mat
tex Of sheer Justice. ,.entilled to the Prothon-
otary Mr.. Horne was therefore the un.
fortunate victim of yoc0lHy, just as any
other candidate from the same section
would have been. n fair minded Demo
crat of the south end, we think, will dis
pute the correctness Of what we have saiC
= except Mr.. Horne himself, who denies il o
course by becoming volunteer candidate
He cannot, however, iuterpose any valic
plea in justification of his course, for il
any former campaign he himself would
, have heen among the foremost in denounc
ing a defeated candidate who undertook e
play the role Of a. .disorganizer in the Dem
ocratic party.
The Democracy Of the county, while re
: gretting the present reputation by Mr.
. Horne of all his former professions of party
loyalty, will commend the same chalice t
has lips which he would have offered to an
other in like case offending, No member o.
the Democratic party in this county has AT
inherent right to an office, although there
are good many who think they have. Il
is true that Mr.. Horne like many others
has not been successful in his politica
aspirations, and although he may not bt
gifted with the virtue of patience in as emf
nent degree as was Job, he ought not tt
, have thrown up the sponge in despair anc
deserted the old flag under which he ha:
fought so bravely and so long. One more
effort year hence, would have given form
aud substance to all his political dreams
But as it is, aud that toe by his own choice
the old, weather-beatcn house of Oemoc
, racy will know him 10 more, and when il
, the near future the song of triumph aud re-
, jo;cing is heard within it's honored halls
/ he will not be there to mingle in the Joyous
throng of old-time friends, but will bt
found consorting with his ancient politica
enemies and wandering after strange po
lItical gods.
, THREE MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES IN
, Foul WELL.-At Laugville, in Ringgold
, township, jefferson county, ON "Wednesday
OF last week, three men lost their lives un
der most distressing circumstances