The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-11-14

At the election held Tuesday to decide
whether or not Somerset township should be
divided. the y0fe cast Il the Court Houee
poll stood; For Divisien, Is Against Di-
vision sa This means no division u The
Sipesyille poll canno overcome this vote.
Stupidity or Rascality. Wh'ch2
Enlros HERsLa. since the elecion my
attention has been called 10 a journalistic
feat, which in point Of contemplate mean
ness out-Herpds IIerosl by many odds and
hoping the HEksLo will for this n time
open its columns for naming the Somerset
Times, I viii briefly state the facts in the
ease. Were il not Tor the purpose ofex-
posing iufamy would not presume to ask a
departgre from the wise stand Won have
taken and maintained in respect to the Tlass.
Some years ago a pTomineut newspaper IN
Philadelphia tried the d~isAonorable expert
ment OF printiug an edition. during a plliti-
cal campaign. for distribution in Pennsyl-
vania and another one for circulation in
Virginia and Maryland Exposure followed.
and close on its heels its pnblIsher. sco7ued
By good men. went down ia 4 financial
wreck. since then nc such perddious act
has been attempted until tie issue Of the
Somerset Tiao under date Of Octobcr ~,
1855.
ask the reader to turn to said paper Of
that date-beg pardon, HERALu readers are
not built that way-but ger a Tines Of said
date. and turn 10 the editorial page, and in
the second column. near the bottom, yon
viii End ten advertising notices Of MIS-. A
z. THIS store. We'll, what OF that Moth
ing in particular except that the eltior was
for distribution il sornersei csuaty. Another
edition for circulation in Blair county was
worked of. q copy Of which IS now before
me. The two editions Of even date are ex-
actiy alike in every particular, save respect
TO the Uhi advertisements. Two OF them at
the lower end Of the column remain in tie
papers intended for Blair coRnty, but the
other eight are taken out aad replaced by
The following Communication, which IS
headed:
"A SQUARE SHOT AT GREEyY"
En-. TINES. Il seems 20 me TO Be well for
the voters pfthis county 20 not forget 20 give
due credit to Mr.. Seali for the active. infu-
cntial part he has always fstSen IN bis paper.
the HEgALD in favor Of the South Pcnn Rail-
road. His Democratic competitor for Con
gressiofal hGuors lives il Blair c0aniy. aud
j. naturally more interested IA the PenpSyl-
vania i3aiir0ad.-which passes through that
coanty, than lie would, or oolld, be Ia .
road that does not pass though fsflt county
Mr. Sculls SCR is The general passenseTaEept
Of the 3. d o. X. T.. ard with him and his
father workingi ia harmony. Il the south Penn
Is completed. they could de much more for
the people OF this county than a citizen OF
another would, whose interests lie in adi8er-
emf direction. The voter ofthis ooanty in
terested IN the south Penn r r. should re-
member Mr. Seull on election day
s~TONTCEEES.
Why that is a good. strong argument in
favor ofCol SOUL, you say. Yes, from 4
Somerset county stand point. but as the
sequel proves It was not dsisned br slmer
st county readers. Il was only put in the
papers bought aud circulated in Blair coan
ty.
Greevy or some ofliis henchmen wrote IT.
paid Tor it, and used It against Cob Scull in
Blair county. Gneyy made his fight in
Altoona and Blair county on the issue that
he Col. ScnH was a friend Of she B. * o.
railroad, and interested in the completion u
the South Peun Road. and. Therefore. an
enemy Of the Pennsylvania r. r. The Al
tooiia TINES Democratiel in is issue Of Nov.
5. contains an arricle Of a column and a quar-
ter, dcnouncing Col scglI Is the friend Of
roads that were a~niagouizing the interests Of
the P. r. T.. and called upon voters in Blair
and Cambria COUNTIES to vote against him on
that ground alone. The paternity OF the
c-ommuaicatian j. thus hxei as the Altoona
Tises article an. it bears all Of Greevy ear
marks.
With the simple remark tha' The Somerset
Times IS professeIly Republican and has had
the.whoie Republican ticket At is mas; bead
during the campaign, wedisEiss it for the
present without further note or commeat,
exoeptto say, look on thispicture and then
on that Be