Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-22
LANCASTER DAILY THURSDAY APRIL o. $780,


For the INTHttt0ENCER.
MEssRs. EDITORS: We learned through
the INTELLIGENCER of last evening that
Hayes Grier, of the Columbia Herald, in
his last issue has left off his steam which
has been closed up for whole week since
the county convention. We can easily
account for all the abuse he desires to
shower on tho head of the honest Demo-
Gratis of Lancaster city. 1t must certainly
have been very humiliating for him
(Grier) to report to his master (Mr. Wal
lace) that he was unable to deliver the
delegates of the Northern district. 1t
must surely be much more humiliating FOR
him to think that the word has gone
abroad that he (Grier) no longer carries
the Democratic party of Lancaster coun-
ty in his pocket (not even the Northern
district), after he has repeatedly repre-
sented in Harrisburg that such was fact.
He certainly must feel that lie does not
even carry delegate that will do his
bidding, unless it is Mr.. Given, who was
only allowed to go by the magnanimity of
the opposite side, for he did not receive a
majority of the votes and would certainly
have been defeated had second ballot
been taken.
After saying he would name fourteen
enumerators of the census in the North
ern district and promising some districts
to three or four different parties through
Mr.. Wallace's arrangement with Cameron
and Mr.. Snowden, and then to secure only
one delegate for his side and that a gift
from the opposition, must certainly hurt
his feelings very much and tell him plainly
that his influence amounts to nothing.
He seems to think that the convention was
fearfully bulldozed. "Oh, how the
mighty have fallen" when the great and
bold delegates from Columbia acknowl
edge that they were bulldozed.
Men whom he has seen fit to call bull
dozers and squealers would blush fol
shame to be classed with such company a:
Mr.. Grier. They do not belong to the
Democratic party for the sake of looking
around for any little position that will pay
a few dollars, but they are Democrats
from principle, and they are the men tha
help to roll up the heavy Democratic vote
| of Lancaster county, which increases yeal
by year, never asking one cent for their
labor nor expecting to receive an office unde
the general government Nor did the!
call in any Republicans such as Sherif
Strinc, Andy Kaufman, Tom Cochran
| Amos Mylin and others to give them ad
vice.
If any bulldozing was done it was Ger
tainly on the part of Mr.. Grier. BY wha
authority did he (when calling the roll o
districts and after the district had voted
ask to see all the delegates from that dis
trict and question them if such was th'
vote of the district Had he proceeded
with the call of the districts and allowed
them to vote without questioning them a
to the correctness of such vote, there woult
not have been one word from the cit,
Democrats. Was it gentlemanly for him
when Mr.. Bechtel desired to change hi
vote, to throw his arms around his (Bech
tel's) neck and try to dissuade him from
making the change? Mr.. Grier alone
is responsible for all the disturbance. HI
certainly docs the police an injustice, fo
they did not interfere, only to tell Andy
Kaufman and Sheriff Strine that this wa
a Democratic convention and that they
would not be allowed to interfere.
| Even after Mr.. Given declared he hat
been elected to preside, and acould presid
as chairman, he felt that he was not en-
titled to the place, and withdrew before al
lowing fair vote to be taken to test hi
chances of election. A DEMOCRAT.