Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-10-26
A PLAN OF THE STALWARTS.
CAMERONs CATHOLIC PROGRAMME.
NOW TuE FORTY THOUSAND NAMES or cam.
oLIr VOTrRs AND TnE Pusr OFFICE Al.
DREssE& WE'RE OBTAINED -- NR.
,uuIER As JonS BROwS,
SENIOR.

sENfoH.
spr.isI correspondence 81 The Tiur..
EulE. October u.
/ The prompt aud thorough exposure
I hy the IigHss Of Camcrou's Catholic pro.
grnmme has had the only effect such
- desperate political movement could
/. hhvc--to prevent any Democratic Cath.
! ulc- from voting Tor the Cameron ticket
and making even the Republican Cath
| o!ics lukewarm 10 the cause. There are
I a number OF Republican Catholics 10
/ this section of the state, many Of whom
/ are intelligent American born citizens
and they feel kc"nly the humiliation
4 they and their religion suffer 10y the
4 reckless attempts Of political Bosses to
involve their Church IN political strife
/ All that was declared in the Tmss
| about the decision Of Cameron to make
"a last desperate effort for the machine
/ 10y false appeal to religious Ir.Judic.s
1 ou the eve OF the election. has been iul
/ Is verified in TIN. Catholic di"crsc. The
. name and post Office addres OF every
/ Catholic voter 10 this dIuccs"s has been
ohluncd and forwarded to Qu1y at the
State Committee headquarters. aud u
/ was expected 10 mail to each Of ihc-c
+ Catholic voters, iu-t - icw days t"'orc
TIA" election, copy Of the New York
J1tiH containing the fabricated version
Of the Pattison speech in which he j.
made TO use offensive language against
the Irish citizens. Whether thee exro-.
ure Of the whole programme ~ tn.
Times will make Cameron and Quay
abandon thl- desperate scheme can.
not say, but can assure YOU that be-
has the names of the Catholic voters Of
this dIocc-" for tie purpose
Thomas +. O'Huru OF this cjly, was
editor Of the HrIH last year and he
aud his paper with William J.. Scott.
actively opposed Orange Noble. - Brleu
l. Catholic Democrat. hu' had a per.
sonal political ieud with Noble, and he
was active Ia circulating Tia" Know
Nothing story against Noble. la that
business lac co operated with Chairman
Cooper. Of the Republican State com
mlllec and ret deTcd valuable service to
Euly. u'Ericn and Cooper correspond
cd under the hctripIa names ~ John
Brown, ~r.. and John Brown, lr Coop
or PLAYING the role Of father and e.. Eucu
that pf SOB. The letters uf !u.t wear
which ] have seen, are signed rs Cooper
as Your ailccroualc father John
Brown. ST. - Ericu was earnestly
nrai-.i Noble, but when Cooper sought
h.m this year 70 DO the same work. hc
d.i not take To- u further than to- ar.
isr-'Hud IN all i,s details the fraud 10
o. attempted on Catholic voters. lie
apparently co operated with Cooper M.
tIl lao names OF this diocese, with their
post Office addrcssc., wcr" furnished
and then he dropped out OF the work
ia" following o. one Of CppI"r.- letters
to % HTi"n thi. year
ItggJHilDRS ~TsrT CouHlrTtT.
So. Cirtu liuTyh pnusprIruih. Jan.
uary -, I>~2. JouN Bows. ER.:
Dear Srr-Nour letter Of the 93i Iust
reached. VIII he very glad 10 have
your services this campaign. and hope
YOU will, A. soon As you arrive IN Ne
kean. lay out programme and send
me details, with expense items. etc /
have as yet no funds, but will have los
August or september You did we'll
las' ycar and nop" we msy do 90 well
the. Very truly YOUR.
louV BRouS. SE
4 peculiar feature Of the foregoing let
ter the original Of (which ] send you, is
that cooper had evidently lost the hang
Of writing his name J Ohm Brown. Sr.. and
he first writes "Thoa. V" and then
tiur- tho name of John Brown. ST..
over H. You will readily recognize
C5oIcr's handwriting. ~ / have com
pared it with dozen or more have
seen on the sam" subject and the letter
Is uugncstlouahly genuine. la accord
arce With the foregoing letter, Cooper
and ~ Irien met, and the whole pro.
gnmme was diyulgel TO o Brien. 60. .
Brien was gwen ch rce Of the Erie dip.
cesc, and he accepted ii, received rall.
way plsses for himself and others en-.
gagged in the movement, and the names
and addresses OF every Catholic voter Of
this region were sent to Cooper and
Quay. to be used. a. Cooper informed
q BTien. to circulate the fabricated Pat /
li.on speech through the New York /
Tabit Just on the eve Of the election. I
The work Of furnishing the names and l
addresses has been done, bu; nearly I
every Catholic in the State now under. /
stands the movement and no appeal to /
their religious prniudices, no matter /
where printed or by whom sent, will
influence dozen votes in Northwestern
Pennsylvania.