The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-03

We publish the following as q
sample OF the means resorted to by
the party of Forgery to effect the
defeat of our candidate for Congress,
General Campbell
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. }
COUNTY or BEDFORD.
Personally came before me. a JUS
tice Of the Peace in and for the afore-
said County and State, Jonas Con-
ner, aged 80 years, citizen of the
County of Bedford and State ofPenn-
sylvania, well known to me to be
and entitled to credit, and
who being duly sworn, declares As
follows: That on the 18th day OF
September, 1880, he was in the town
of Everett, Bedford County. Penn
sylvania, attending the big Republi-
can pole raising, and that he was
then aud there introduced by 2
prominent Republican OF Everett 70
Jacob NJ. Campbell, the Republican
candidate for Congress in this dis
trict, in these words
This is Mr., Campbell whom we
are going to send to Congress in
place of Mr.. Coffroth. Mr.. Cofroth
is getting too many pensions for the
soldiers" Campbell said: "Ics
if get down there | will stop this
pension business"
The affiant further states that he
is a Republican in politics and al
ways has been. and that he was q
soldier in the Union army.
JONAS CONNER.
Sworn and subscribed before me
this 18th day Of October, \. D. 1880,
by the above named atiiant, and
that the said affiant is personally
known to me to be creditable per
son and so reputed in the communi-
ty in which he resides.
Witness my hand and official
seal this day and date above written.
WILLIAM WIENER, [sEAL.1
Justice of the Peace.
This abomniable forgery was soon
counteracted by the issuance of the
following extra from the HERALD
and Bedford InQtirG offices.
SOLDIERS OF SOMERSET COUNTY:
The following sworn statement is
made by Jonas Conner, Of East
Providence township, Bedford coun-
ty, whose name is appended to q
paper now being circulated by the
desperate Democracy of this county
with the view of damaging General
Jacob NJ. Campbell, the Republican
for Congress, and catching
votes for A. II. Coffroth, the pension
broker, who now mis-represents the
District. Mr.. Conner most emphat-
ically denies the statements made
in what purports TO be his affidavit,
taken before Justice Weimer, on the
18th of October, and says that DIR.
Enfield, Cofroth's INSCRIPTIONS
henchman. got him to execute the
paper under the belief that ii con-
tanned quite another story. He
says, also, that he cannot write his
name, and that the paper was never
signed by him, and that he cannot
read, and that the Justice never of
fered TO read the paper when he ex-
ecuted it, and that he was under the
that it was some state
ment in connection with a claim for
pension which Enfield was prosecut-
ing through CofIroth, for him.
The gentleman who introduced
Mr.. Conner to General Campbell also
comes forward with an affidavit,
which in itself is enough to satisfy
any sane man who knows the aiii-
ant that the story is lie out Of the
whole cloth. This affidavit is sus-
.ained by additional testimony Of the
most unimpeachable character.
BEDFORD County, IS:
Jonas CoRneG, of said County, be-
ing duly sworn accsfding to law,
says that he has just been informed
that an Extra of the Bedford Gazette
has been extensively circulated in
his County, and also in Somerset,
what purports to be an
affidavit made by him, saying that
'on the 18th ofseptember, 1850, he
vas in the town of Everett attend
ng the big Republican pole raising,
md that he was then and there in
reduced by a prominent Republican
# Everett to Jacob NJ. Campbell,
Republican candidate fof Congress,
n these words: This is Mr.. Camp
,ell whom we are going TO send TO
congress in place of Cofiroth. Cof-
roth is getting too many pensions
or the soldiers and that Campbell
aid: Yes; if | get down there | will
top this pension business. He
1no{ H. l..,,fae thot lo