Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28

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delegation"
/ Later this was recognized as a mistake,
and the same gentleman was told that
! Andrews candidate for Governor had not
gone to Blairsville on a political mission,
! but had gone there to d" see a sick rcla-
/ tive"
After the meeting the Cambria leaders
hurried home to carry out their bargain.
These men had everything in readiness to
hand the county over to Andrews a week
before this, but they took care to impress
Andrews and Delamater with q belief
that they had difficult task. They did
no belittle the undertaking, you may de-
pend on it, and although the price was
run way up it was paid promptly.
ANDREWS ACooMPLIoEs IN CAMBRIA.
| In order that the Andrews Delamater
plot may be fully understood it is neces-
sary to say few words about the con-
spirators
Delamater was, Faust, Margaret was
the poor, betrayed Republican party of
Cambria, and Chairman Andrews was
the Mephistopheles who was the sugges-
tor of the crime.
Two of them are too well known in these
characters to need any description at this
time.
1t is with the inferior satellites of
Mephistopheles that will deal at present
agents of that tempter who for the
nonce dscards his wonted scarlet and ap-
pears in blue-the familiar color which is
trade mark of the Standard Oil Company.
George Thomas Swank is the editor and
proprietor of the Johnstown Tribune, one
of the newspapers always at the CON-
mand of Andrews. Mr.. Swank has power
IN the southern districts of Cambria be.
cause of his owning newspaper. He is
an active, shrewd, scheming politician
with much influence, He was postmaster
of Johnstown for twelve years. During
the progress of the Andrews Delamater
plot he was i'll at home with the grip, and
could only advise and counsel those who
managed the matter in his absence.
Swank's first lieutenant is Henry Will
son Storey, an attorney, who has been
promised the Johnstown postoffice in
Quay's name by Andrews and Delamater.
Storey came to Cambria from Blairsvile.
While agent of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company at East Conemaugh he
drifted into politics and managed Swank's
affairs in that district. He was, after
that, Burgess of Johnstowu. In 1899 he
was candidate for District Attorney and
was beaten worse than any man OH the
Republican ticket in the county. He is
clever political worker, smooth, plausible
and faithful to his superiors.
Henry D. Kinkead was born in Ebens-
burg, worked for Thomas Griffith, the
lumberman, and became a politician in
the northern districts. He was beaten
for County Treasure, six years ago, and
then came to Johnstown and worked in
the Gautier Steel Works Office. He was
a Deputy Sheriff under Griffith, was
beaten for Register and Recorder last
fall, and then was made Deputy Collector
of Revenue for this part of Collector
Warmcastle's district. He is the most
nervy and active politician In the Repub-
lican party of Cambria.
Florentine Barker, Chairman of the
County Committee, is son of A. A. Bar
ker, once Congressman, who is
man has three brothers. Two of them,
Valentine and Constantine, look after the
general store at Ebensburg, which is
owned by the brothers; the other, Angus
tine, is one of the leading men at the
Cambria bar. He is a man of much force,
a clever lawyer, man of gentlemanly
and schorlarly habits, popular even with
the enemies of his brother and rarely
takes a hand in politics except, some
times, when there is an important move
on foot. Then he loads the ammunition
which the others fire off. Florentine is
simply politician with the selfshness
of self-made boss He was once can
didate for Congressional nomination, but
was defeated lie was made postm lster
at Ebensburg shortly before these prl-
maries.
Thomas Davis is lumber merchant.
To distinguish him from the others of
the same name he is called Thomas Davis
(Jackson) because he used to live in
Jackson township and boasts that he
owns it politically. Davis is ring poll
tician and is not too popular. He is cred
tied with be traying the party more than
once. In 1874, when Steel Blair was Re-
publican candidate for Congress against
John Riley, Davis was for Blair up to a
short time before the election. Then, for
reasons known to himself, and to the
writer, he gave earnest support to Riley
and to him was due the election of Dem-
Dcrat in strong Republican district. He
has often been a candidate and was
elected but once or twice.
Samuel Davis, brother of Thomas, is
The worker for him in Jackson and other