The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-27
The BARGAIN Of The Bosses Confirmed.
COffrO.h and GrOf Sell the
Votes of 800 OF Their
Brethren.
The Prica to be Paid IN Independent.
Votes for Congressman and
Senator.
THE TRADE MADE AT THE AU-
GUST COURT.
COff'rOth's Late and Last
Convention
Roundly Denounced by Delegates
and the Bargain with the indie
pendent Leaders Ex-
posed.
UHL'S LETTER.
O'Connor's Goose Cooked.
The Next Democratic County Com
missioner Already Selected by
Rcss ccHroth.

signs and indications it was
very generally understood that a bargain /
was being made hy Boss Cofiroth and his
lieutenant. Grof, with the Independent /
Leaders, whereby the solid Democratic vote |
Of the county was to be traded of on the /
Legislative question IN return for the lnde- /
pendent support Of Cpffrotl and Grof for !
Congress and the state Senate, but not until I
after he late Democratic convention had /
met. performed the bidding of the Boss and !
adjourned was the corrupt bargain exposed !
and the universal suspicion made an entire |
certainty. The good right hand of the |
scientific lacked its usual cunning when, |
after having made his trade, he piled both !
spur and lash and rode rough shod over the
body that he tricked into confirming it. He
won the fight. carried the day, but the price
20 be paid we think, he will find full dear
Il there is one spark Of honor or manhood
left among Somerset county Democrats.
Men who took part in the convention and
voted with Cofiroth. not knowing how they
were beirg sold, are now open in their de-
nuuciati0u Of him The following story
Of how the convention was run by the Boss
and of the bargain and sale that was made.
we have from no; only one but from a doz-
en- 1r more who attended the convention or
were privv to the trade You see the bar
gain was made az the August term OF court.
/; had been talked oi long before that. but
court week Cofiroth. Grof Fisher, and one
OF two Others. and the half-brecd leaceFs,
you know who completed the arrangements.
it was one OF CoGroth's suggestions that
sriberl be nominated a. ne was an old-time
Democrat and always voted for Collroih,
and he, Co.i.roth. thought he knew his man.
The Independents said they thought they
could nominate stronger man. but they
would see All they asked Of Cofru;h was
that he insure the Democratic vote for the
ticket they would place in the field, and
they would give hc and Grof such toost
rs would make their heads swim. Fisher
opposed the bargain, and favored putting an
entire Democratic ticket in tiie field. lie
was told that he was To- 80 on the ticket Tor
Jury Commissioner. So he submitted but
unwiliugly C0tfroth held up la, right
hand and sWore tha: he would vote every
did Democrat in the county for the lnde-
pendent Legislative ticket, ana the bargain
was closed Bu; If YOU noticed the Lay the
convention me; how certain of the half
breeds hung around CoHroth's office after
the dfegatc- began To come in snd insist
tLat ,hey were going 20 no3ainate q full
ticket, you could see bow uneasy they were
lest the thing should slip up on the old
Scientific" and he couldn't fulfill his part
of the contract. Fisher WAS approached by
some ofthem, but they got poor consolation
from him. He said be favored nominating
a complete ticket as lie had from the begin
ming. II was par; Of the arrangement that
young Alex gotlroth pas to ice ELECTED coun-
" chairman, - the old ucueral always has
him unaer his thumb, aud tha, Cotiroth was'
t1 be u-,ensihly working for Vhl, while he
was quietly setting up the pins for Grof.
Gruf was 10 20 through the county making
q poor mouth and saying lhat the Boss had
taken hi in hand and was going to nomi-
nate hun. Why, on the very morning ofthe
convention Uhl's friends were running I'M
decided delegates over 20 Cofiroth'S Office to
have him fix them. Well. You saw how the
thing worked and know the result Uhl
didn'r discover how basely Coiir"tii was de-
cejving him until near noon. and he was
hopelessly defeated He then wrote his let
ter. which am told you have a copy of, de-
clinin2 10 allow his name to go before the
aar-e1i.pn as .. saa,i,ia,e. ana yoa n2d bet
jei believe il created aseEsation when J, was
read. Men recalled then how Coffroth had
bu'lGrz.d a,li betrayed Eaor few years
since when ihr entire district wanted Baer
90 be g .audidpje for Congress, ana biz mucn
worse trera.rry to the same man Al q more
rr.rnt election. The old boss had every
,hins cut and dried before the convention
met squire Ackerman was elected Pres
ideut. and Dr. Brubaker read the resolutions
Conroth had prepared for him, in which
he had the one declaring it ineXpedient
20 nominate Legislative ticket sandwich
cd between tRo Others in such way that
he thought II would slip;hr,ugh unnoticed-
Charley Uhl and Pete H,nicy were on the
lookout. and l'hl was on his feet in an in
5tant viii. an amendment Aqkeman al
leniutel to put the amendment but failed.
Considerable of q hub-hub was raised, and
IL. ". Weakiand was elected Vice President
as it was thought he could put toe motion
intel,icentiy. Chairman Fisher took his
stand along side Of Weakland gnd ,old him
what 10 say iu's amendment was put
) ana declared carrie. and amidst the greatest
confusion q motion 20 reconsider was made
and tie original resolutions were declared
carried before oae-fuaHh of the delegates
snew what was going Gn. jim oConnor.
F Of Jenaer t34nship. had been working ike
beaver for the legislative nomination,
and had fully expected to sec5iye IT. 1t
Was some Minutes before he and his friends
discovered what had been doae, and when
they did it fairly taok their breath away.
They thought they understood scientific"
ways of running : convention, but his heat
their time. Al this iUnciRFe hot shot Vas
frcl INTO the cpnscntion IN the shape OF
rHl's LETTER
! n. q. Veg,ers ofthe Democratic C0Are,fiJ.1
! GENrLENEN-I hereby withdraw my name
as a candidate for State Senator from this
convention. for the reason that its members
are not free TO act in the matter. The as
suming boss. although having for years
/ back promised me his most earnest sunpQss,
! has. for selfish reasons, found 81 convenient
/ 10 betrav me the slate was made out hy
! him weeks beforehand, and YOU are here
simply 10 ebss he hrhest- A. bilever
i. -. m. .,..raDu | Vvas Willing tn snhmit