Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-02

ct, ana no hepuDncan OF Oemocfat
is under obligation to vote for me for
any Office by reason of any promise
expressed or implied spring out OF
or in, any way connected with my
withdrawal. I repeat, No man is un-
der any obligation to vote for me for
any Office whatever, except so far as
he of his own accord may feel i'm
PEELED to do 80, should the opportu-
nifty offer for him to SO vote. The
only argument used with me was the
benefit I would confer upon my party
by retiring from the ticket and thus
afford the opportunity for the forma
ton of a Union which promises TO
do much for the work of political
reform in this county. Moreover the
obligation of our party to those who
elected our Sheriff and Commission
ers was warmly urged. Irecognized
the force of these arguments, espe-
cially as I had no hope of election
except through the help of the very
men whom your correspondent would
have had me refuse the opportunity
to vindicste themselves by a public
recognition on the part of the very
party which was under obligation to
them for favors past, and which ex-
pected future help. l felt that this
Endorsement was due to them for the
past; and, resting under this convic-
ton, / was unwilling to stand when
my sense of honor impelled me to
retire. Moreover these nen made q
bold strike for a much-needed re-
form, and l am not willing to be the
rock against which they might dash
their hopes. When I stepped aside
and gave them fair field / believe /
did that which has already met the
commendation of every right-think-
ing Republican in the county, and
with them / am willing to leave the
issue.
Your correspondent has much to
say of my former candidacy for the
Stperintendency. In reference to
the points already alluded to, your
correspondent has coquetted with the
facts in such eccentric manner that /
am not surprised at what he has to
say on this topic On this subject 1
will state that no Republican who
voted for Mr.. Hibbs violated any
pledge to me in so voting. Some of
the Republicans who voted for Mr..
Smith never promised to vote for me,
therefore 1 have no right to reflect
upon them; others voted for him in
the face of a square and voluntary
promise to support me such men l
utterly condemn, not because of their
SO voting, but because of their foul
deception. Of those men whom your
correspondent named, viz: Messrs.
Pomeroy, Coldren, Shuman and Man.
beck, / desire to say that Mr.. j. New
in Pomeroy stated to me that he
would support me so long as he saw
any hope of my election that if this
hope should fail and Mr.. Smith still
be in the field he would then support
him. l consider that he acted in
strict accordance with his own con
victions- regard his action as alike
honorable to himself and worthy the
respect of all: 1 commend his course,
and 1 do not think he has been
''hounded' for it. Mr. Coldren also
acted in strict accordance with his
previously expressed views, and he
faithfully redeemed all the pledges he
made to me, and I do not th;nk any
body has hounasd him, certainly not
" Patterson and his friends" With
reference to Messrs. Shuman and
Manbeck, they were under no per
sonal pledges to me, and cannot in
dictate the motive that actuated them.
/ shall certainly never hound them
nor charge them with having violated
any pledges made to me. 1 may say
of the anti-Ring Democrats who
voted for MIR. Hibbs that they only
promised me support in the event of
Mr.. Hibbs' withdrawal: l refer to
such as made any promise at all. As
a class was not deceived by them.
1 was deliberately deceived by few
of the straight-out Democrats. Sew
eral others of these same straight.
outs told me that l was their real
choice, but that they could not sup
port me because of party considera-
tions and the fear of ostracism. /
shall not here mention names. The
parties to whom [ allude know that
l can substantiate these things which
1 state But there IS no use for any
one at this late day to enter into the
issues involved on that occasion.
They are matters OF public notoriety
and known to and commented upon
by all. What was done ON the house
tops needs no proclamation. So far
as there We're crooked ways, the par
ties involved in this crookedness must
rest under the opprobrium, even
though they be bounded " for their
crookedness. Censure should not
and does not rest upon any man be-
cause he voted for this or that candi-
date, but because of the bad motives,
if any, which influenced that vote.
So far as that vote was mercenary
or swayed by any other improper mo-
tive, the man who cast it deserves
the contempt of every right thinking
man, and he should be '.hounded" out
of every position of honor or trust.
/ think your correspondent has as
cribed to the Independent Democrat
a motive entirely unworthy of the
men who constitute that Organization.
Ny acquaintance with these men
leads me to boldly assert that this
organization comprises many Of the
best men of the Democratic party
men who are the peers of any that
can be found in the county-men
who would spurn to do a dishonor-
able thing, whose whole lives bear
witness to the integrity of their
L.