The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-11-11

TO furtDer the interests OF tne DeHl-
ocratic party, by distracting and di-
viding the Republican ranks, under
took to defeat him by the coarsest
abuse and the most villsinoos de-
traction.
To give point and influence, as 1t
supposed, to its game of treachery,
it first placed his name at the head
of its columns, as the regular can
didate of the party, and after carry
ing it there for weeks threw it out,
and replaced it with the name of the
regular Democratic nominee. The
only excuse given for this action
was that Mr.. Barron had not been
regularly nominated at a primary
election by the Republican voters,
as required by the rules Of the par
ty. 1t is curious and suspicious
circumstance that, with all the facts
within It's own knowledge, that pa
per accepted Mr.. Barron as the par
tvs candidate, gave him its support,
and found no objection TO the regu-
larity of his candidacy until after
the Democratic Convention met and
placed in the field a wealthy banker
as its candidate, when suddenly It's
eyes were opened to the iiregularity
with which Mr.. Barron was nomi-
mated as the Republican candidate.
Suddenly il saw a great light, be-
came a convert to the Democracy,
and hauling down the Republican,
put up the Democratic flag But let
that pass. Our present object is to
show that in deserting the party to
which he claimed to belong, and go
ing back to the party from which
be came, the editor of the CONNER
ciol seized upon the flimsiest of all
fimsy pretexts to cover his treach-
cry.
Mr.. Barron, in accordance with
rule 20 governing Republican pri-
mary elections, sent his name TO
Chairman Scott, and it was duly an
nounced. He was the only candi-
date offering for the Office of Direct,
or of the Poor-as was Mr.. Custer
the only candidate offering for Jury
Commissioner. Now, mark, The
same rule requires that Each can,
didate for nomination shall furnish
to the Chairman of the County Com
mittee. not less than tlceRty days BE-
fore he dag Of primary election, his
name, the office for which he is a
candidate, &C., &c. for publication.
No other candidates offering, the
Chairman announced Barron and
Custer as the regular candidates.
And Just here is the pin hook or
which the Commercial hung all it:
hopes of turning the county over tc
the Democracy. No primary elec-
ton was held, it cried, and therefore
no candidates were nominated. Thai
is true, but viii or can any one give
good reason why an election
should be held, at an expense Of
several hundred dollars, when there
were no opposing candidates, and
when under the rules there could be
none? Had the polls been opened
and had the voters attended they
had but the one man to vote for
and one vote would have nominated
as well as one thousand; aud this
miserable, petty, technical objection
is the sole one on which the Com
merciol based the brutal campaign
it made against Mr.. Barron, in lis
efforts to play into the hands of the
Democracy. The assertion that the
Chairman was wrong, that he usurp-
ed the power to nominate, &c, &c.'is
the merest balderdash, an attempt
to cloak the betrayal of the party un-
der a cloud of dust raised for the pur
pose. Would any sensible, prudent
Republican in the county have per
sisted in holding an election, where
there was, and could be no opposi-
ton to the sole candidate regularly
before the voters But Barron and
Custer complied with all the requir-
ments of the party rules, and if the
Chairman was mistaken in his
course, they should not have been
prejudiced thereby, and no honest
man would attempt to hold them
responsible for the errors OF another.
1t is somewhat remarkable, also,
that the Commercial all at once be-
came such a stickler for regular
nominations. Three years since it
opposed General Beaver and all the
regularly nominated candidates of
the party, and now, forsooth, it op-
posed the candidates because they
were not regularly nominated.
The devil was sick, the devil
monk would be
The devil got well. the devil
monk was he.
But ali is well that ends we'll.
Barron and Custer are elected. The
old party Gag is again triumphant
over treason, and the Commercial,
having voluntarily stripped off Its
borrowed plunage, stands exposed
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