The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-09-15
MR.. YOOUM's STATEMENT.

AS one OF the members and as a sec
retary of the late Congressional Con
ference for this district, | attended all
its sessions and kept correct record of
the votes cast, and am therefore able to
furnish to our people some information
in detail OF what was done. The Con
ference met on Wednesday, September
9th, at 3 Z. NJ, at the American House,
Mauch Chunk. A bogus set of Con
ferees from Lackawanna county, got
up in the interest of Mr.. Klotz and
headed by a Washington clerk named
Barton, appeared to contest the seats
of the regular Conferees from the divi-
sion of Lackawanna included in the
Congressional district 1t appeared
that the contestants had no pretence of
authority from any Convention, or ever
from any Congressional committee, but
only from a Lackawanna committee
manipulated by the notorious A. Au
gustus Chase, Qately twice condemned
on trial for libel before Judge Elwell in
Luzerne), and which committee had no
official relations whatever with our Con
gressional district, if in fact its mem.
bers reside within it. On the other
hand the regular Conferees had been
chosen, by convention called by the
Congressional Committee for the Lack
awanna part of the district, in which
the people were fully represented and
instructions fairly adopted in favor of
Mr.. Bu,kalew for Congress. This
bold and desperate attempt to pack the
Conference with Klotz Conferees, was
most righteously defeated by vote of
l3 to 5, only the Klotz men from Lu.
zerne and Pike, sailing under the colors
of German and Lewis, voting for it,
Even the Carbon Conterees refused to
assist in carrying it out.
The Conference after taking thirteen
ballots without result, adjourned to
half past eight on Thursday morning,
when fourteen more ballots were had,
Mr.. Buckalew receiving votes on the
10th ballot and no other candidate
more than 4. 1t is to be remembered
that each whole county and each of the
divisions of Luzerne and Lackawanna
included in the district, had three Con.
ferees that the whole number of Con
ferees was 2l, and that eleven votes
were required to nominate.
The Conference again met at IL A.
NJ, the same day and took ballots num-
bered 2S to 35 inclusive. Mr.. Bucka-
lew received 10 votes on the 35th ballot
The 10 votes were made up of
the full vote of Columbia Lackawanua
land Monroe, and of one Or. Trimmer)
from Luzerne
The next session of the Conference
began at Ii y. NJ, ,aud ballots were had
numbered from 36 TO 81 inclusive. On
the 36th Mr.. Buckalew had votes
composed of the votes of Columbia,
I4ackawanna and Monroe and on the
37th, 38th and 39th ballots he had 10
votes composed of the same three coun-
ties with one from Luzerne. He had
also votes on the 44th ballot being
the same as those given him on the
36th.
At the next session, the same day,
commencing at ) o'clock p. m. ballots
numbered from 50 to 65 inclusive
were taken, Mr. BuckAlew receiving 8
votes on the 56th. The conference
then adjourned to Friday morning,
September Sth, at o'clock, when the
Goth, and final ballot, was taken, re-
sulting in 7 votes for Buckalew. III for
Storm and three for Miles. The Storm
vote on this ballot consisted of the
votes of Carbon, Monroe and Pike, and
of two, Hart and ODonnelD, from
Luzerne
Upon the face of the proceedings
Mr.. Klotz does not appear as candi-
date for nomination, but he was a
most earnest and eager one and had
been such for some time before the
Conference met. The Carbon confer
ees were chosen upon pledge to
vote for HIM if he could get enough
additional votes, outside of that county,
to secure nomination, but he was
onl ly able to get the 3 votes from Pike
and two German votes from Luzerne,
which were not enough. In short, he
had but eight votes at command, and
could obtain no more, and the idea of
third term had TO be abandoned.
Although the Monroe and Montour
Conferees were pledged to vote with
Columbia county at the last session on
Friday morning, it will be seen that
they did not do so. The Klotz votes
being rendered to Mr.. Storm, the Mon
roe candidate, he accepted them and
without notice of his intention added
his own county vote to make up the
majority by which his nomination was
secured In consequence of this, as al
legged, the Montour vote was also with
held from us as it had been before.
JoHS @. YooUM.
Hataw;ssa Sent IL 'S2