Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-04

made out for himself and s. s. Reed. The
latter absolutely refused to talk about the
election.
East Conemaugh-There were no pri-
maries here. T. r. Davis, father of the
postmaster, managed the affair. No
board was sworn aud no votes received.
7. r Davis and J. B. Kaufman were del
egates.
East Iay lor township D. B. Wilson,
postmaster at town IN this township,
was told TO be delegate by Barker. He
had the credentials made out for himself
and Jos. Reighard.
Prospect-There were no primaries
here. No board was organized or sworn
E. j. Myers and VIM. Gibson were the
delegates.
South Fork-There were no primaries
here. Postmaster Luke was the only
delegate, going as the result of letter
from Barker.
Woodvale held no primaries. The
credentials were made ont for B. Davis
aud John Gruber. No board was sworn
and no votes were cast.
In Summerhlll, Susqnehanna, Lower
Washington, West Taylor, Wilmore,
Reade and Lower Yoder there were no
primaries. No boards were sworn and
the papers of delegates were, according
to the information received, made out il
legally.
There were no delegates in the conven.
tion from Cambria borough, Second ward
OF Conemaugh, Chest township and Ell
der township.
IN JoHNsTOwN.
Johnstown at present has sixteen
wards, but before the consolidation with
the townships and boroughs it had but
seven, it being in that form when the del
egates were elected.
At the time of the election the people
were still too stricken with sorrow and
too busy with recognizing business and
epairing homes to think of politics. Only
a small number of those who usually take
part in politics knew of the primaries and
nobody outside of the cOnspirators had a
suspicion that there was to be any Della
mater set-up. In spite of all that the
Cambria manipulators may say, union
of the Hastings and Mo tooth men in
Johnstown proper would have elected
every delegate. This was well known t.
the schemers and they kept their secret
we'll
Barker, Kinkead and Storey were very
active during the time of the primaries.
They did not take chances, neither did
they see that the law was obeyed.
The methods in Johnstown were quite
as illegal and almost as loose as in the
country districts.
In the First ward there was the nearest
semblance to a legal election in the
county. There was Chairman
chosen by the voters, and Secretary.
They were Robert r. Thomas and w. B.
Keller; twenty-five votes were polled.
There were several candidates for dele.
gates, hut E. o. Fisher and A. Ii. Walters
were elected. No board was sworn ant
the papers were made out by the " Chair
man" m! Secretary" Fisher was
Monlooth man and Walters was for Hast
ings. Fisher says he thought there was
no use in sticking to Montooth and stam-
peded to Delamuter. Walters was one of
the independent five who did not yield to
the conspirators and who loudly protested
against the Delamafer set-up,
The Second ward election was farce.
Isaac Chandler was Judge, Fred Coke
and Ebeu A. James Inspectors, an a Mr..
Statlcr was Clerk. No votes were cast
and no officers were sworn. Fred Coke
and John D. Jones, Il policeman, were
made delegates, and Chandler and james
signed the papers
The Third ward sent Scott Dibert and
j. M. Fockler as delegates. There WASH
formal election. No board was sworn.
In the Fourth ward there was no board
sworn. There were seven men at the
primaries, including the men in charge of
the set-up. They all voted and papers
were made out for II. w. Slick and j. L,
Caldwell.
The Fifth ward delegates were Alder
man Irwin Rutledge aud r. e. Smith.
There were five votes cast, it is said. No
board was sworn.
In the Sixth ward there were fourteen
votes cast. No board was sworn. F. NJ.
Stearr, policeman, and Conrad Bader
were the delegates.
In the Seventh ward there were two
votes cast by l.. Messrige and Theo-
dore Judy, the first of whom acted as
Secretary, and the second as Judge.
They we're not sworn. They made out
he papers for w. r, Barrick and J. NJ.
Wertz.
This shows that less than fifty votes
were cast In the wards which gave Cars
well, Republican candidate for Controller,
| 1876 votes at the election in February less
than a month after the so.called pri |
maries.