The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-10-13
THE ALLEGED FUSION.


DR.. St. Clair, after about twenty
years trial in all parties has at length
got some sort of nomination for Con.
gress. He tried the old Know Moth.
ing party, could not make it, then he
became a wonderfully earnest Repub.
lican, going around the school houses,
particularly the old Peelor school
house, making his speeches calling the
Democrats "copperheads" aud all that
sort of thing. In those days he was
too busy calling the Democrats hard
names to 60 to the war himself or
render the country any substantial
service. In the fall of 1864 he tried
by side doorway to jostle VIM. M.
Stewart off the track, whom Indiana
had made its choice for Congress.
Then, in 1868 the Doctor announced
himself for Congress, but some infu-
ences switched him off of that to get
him to run against Harry White for
Senate, where he was wosfully defeat.
ed. Then he wanted chance to vim.
dicate himself, for all time, as a con.
sistent man, and got on his marrow
bones to the good Republicans of In.
diana county, promising what a good
Republican he would always be if
they sent him to the State Senate.
They listened to him and he had
hardly warmed his Sc at until, in 1878,
he was carried away by the Greenback
craze and helped to defeat the Demo.
cratic candidate for Commissioner and
Auditor with the Greenback candi.
dates that year. He next turned up
IN 1882 and 1884 and wanted the
Democrats to nominate him for Con.
gress, which they refused 10 do Two
years ago he assisted the Greenbackers
in their vain effort to defeat Jeremiah
Wakefield, Esq, the present Demo.
cratic Commissioner. With such an
unsavory record we do not wonder
that the Democratic conferees from
Indiana and Forest counties would not
help to make or in any way be par.
| ties to St. ClaiE's nomination last
week. 1t will be seen that the Demo
cratic conferees of both counties nomi-
mated Maj. Davis, Of Clarion. He de.
clined. They then offered it to several
other Democrats who also decliDed.
Then St. Clair, being ready to take
anything, was allowed to come into
the Democratic conference with his
Greenback conferees, several of whom
were self appointed. Then, as we
understand it, the Democratic con-
ferees from Indiana and Forest eoun.
ties withdrew and would not partici.
pate at all in st. Clair's nomination.
They said, well take no such a man
for our candidate and ask the Demo.
Gratis of our counties to vote for him. 4"
So Messrs. John r. Wilson, John H.
Hill and jeremiah Wakefield, confer.
ees from Indiana county, would not
consent or participate in conference
with st. Clair's set up Greenback con.
ferees. AS Democratic representa-.
tives they would not and did not con.
sent, as We learn, to participate in or
be bound by the action Of portion of
the Democratic conferees from the
other three counties and St. Clair's
Greenback conferees.
st. Clair's candidacy is, then, sort
OF side'show. 1t does not belong to
, the regular, orthodox Democratic cir.
Gus under the big canvas, but is the
tat woman Annex, or side-show with
ten cents admission. 1t is not strange
then, that scores of old fashioned
Democrats say: away with such
{ nonsense Our conferees, the regular
party representatives, didn't go into a
convention with the Greenbackers to
nominate such a man as st. Clair, and
we won't aud can't be bound by such
e a nomination" When we understand
. the way St. Clair got his side.show
e nomination he has, we can understand
Why it was that John Montgomery
:, instead of some old.fashioned Demo,
crat, was chief cook and manager iu
8 taking the brass baud up to cheer the
: Doctor and bring him out to talk tc
the crowd of boys who followed the
band up to the depot the night be
came home from the Clarion confer,
ence. Well, what's the use talking
, about this. st. Clair has no more
, chance of an election than the mar
t jumping over Niagara Falls has fol
long life. Indiana Progress,