Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
Montooth and several not voting.
A FULL CONVENTION

OWuDk ITtOWpo, III lJS tillOIlul lClCI-
red to, says: "At very full convention
of Republican delegates of Cambria
county, held at Ebensburg, on Monday
(108 out of possible 1lS being presenD
80 voted in favor of Senator G. w. Della
mater, of Meadville, Crawford county, for
the Republican nomination for Governor
this fall; four for Gen. ID. II. Hastings,
of Belefonte, Centre county; one for Mai.
Il. A. Moontooth, of Allegheny county,
while six did not express their preference
for any one Of the six candidates in the
field"
If this statement is true, where did
DelamaIer's 80 votes come from ? The
Iribune's figures, quoted above, show
total of no. There were only 10S votes
in the convention. Did Chairman Barser
vote twice US well as preside, or where do
the two extra come from? This is just
the kind of figuring Andrews agents in
dulge in.
THE convention ,cas IN session
according to one delegate fifteen
minutes, according to another del.
egGte sixteen minutes.
After the adjournment the delegates
were sent to the different hotels and their
dinners were paid for by Barker ct al.
When many of the delegates realized
what had been done they began to pro-
test. They declared they had been de-
celved. More than twenty of them said
they had been told, that although Swank
and Barker were Deamater men there
would be no Delamater instructions.
Several of these men said they would not
take any Delamater money TO pay for
their dinners and paid for their own.
The statement of w. +. Cook, one of
the most intelligent conservative Republi-
can politicians in the county, is that if
Davis had not had his resolutions written,
and if Barker had not used gag law and
rushed them through, there would at
least have been no instructions. If the
opposition to Delamater had had time to
rally, there would have been a stiff vote
against him even in this packed conven-
tion. Many delegates were discouraged
by the smooth way Delamater votes were
piled up and were stampeded to him.
In this "full convention one example
of the Andrews method is strikingly
shown, In townships where it was
neither convenient nor advisable to have
two delegates, there was but single rep
resentatlve in the conYention and this man
had, of course, two votes.
This occurred in twelve districts and
the result was that almost one-quartcr of
the 104 votes cast in the convention were
from twelve men and all but one of them
voted for the Delamater set up.
This is not idle talk. The names and
statements of many such delegates are in
the possession of the writer, together
with much sworn evidence, some of
which will be published to morrow.
p. /. w.
The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph con-
tinues its exposure ofhow Cambria county
was stolen for Delamater, as follows:
"No br00er or huer ,cords toere
eger uttered than those recently
spoken by the Senator (Deldmater)
IN Philadelphia, and If his ad0ice
IS needed. Pennsylvania vW fer
nish q model for .tair and honorable
political methods that ,oiU be point
ed to as the perfection Of our Re
publican form Of Government The
Senator's remedy IS Sinple,' he asks
for q more general participation IN
political affairs on the part ofthe
people and for cigorous policy IN
guaranteeing .fair and impartial
elections. IHe 6aAot 6oa is tile ark
Of safety tor the Rep"bIic,' defle it
and oar system Of government ,ojH
cr"abte and .taM"-[ From Chair
man Andrews personal organ. the
M adville Tribune Republican.
March 90.
The speech of Paul Let us see if it
be not followed by the deeds of Judas
The general story of the manipulation
of Cambria county by Chairman An
drews and his accomplices was told yes
terday.
1t was charged that there were no pri-
maries in most Of the districts, and that
none of the delegates who endorsed Del
amater were legally elected.
TIE story of the steal in detail, with
all ITS shameful particulars, is given be.
low.
The hands of Boss Andrews and Prince
Delamatcr, the Man of Victory" are to
be seen all through the steal. They both
had meetings and consultations with the
men who did the work. Andrews planned
it and paid for it in part early in Janu.
ary.
Candidate Delamater concluded the
bargain and gave the final orders only tooo
days before tile prim aries at the Blairsville
conference,
THE DELEGATE FACTORY.
The Andrews emissaries in Cambria,
through their mouthpiece, Swank's
Tribune, in the editorial of January Goth,
which has several times been referred to,
declared
" Elections were held in all the dis
tricts but five in the county, and they are
districts in which there are few Republi-
can voters for instance in the two Cam
brias, where there is not one Republican
to thirty Democrats. Where these elec
t;onu rxyara ,Ot ha1J tl,o,o ,.,a.,e. =.