Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-02-07
HASTINGS WATERLOO.
Chal Dick Speaks Some Interesting Words
as To what Caused il.
PITTSBURGH Leader Yesterday

Chal Dick Speaks Some Interesting Words
/ as TO what Caused it.
/ Pittsburgh Leader Yesterday.
Chal Dick, the invincibe during the
| Johnstown flood, was a visitor to Pitts
burgh to-day. He had many things to
talk about, but the topic which most en-
crossed his mind was the defeat of his
friend General Hasting for the guberna-
torial delegates in Cambria county, whom
Dick hoped would carry everything. He
was SO certain that there would be no OPP
position to Hastings that he did not even
work for him, but now he claims there
were deeds performed that will not stand
the light of day. He admitted that the
notice of the primaries was published
three weeks before the election for dele
gates was to come off, but during this
time there was no talk in any of the wards,
except in favor of Hastings, and hence
the desire of Dick and his friends to let
the people do the work themselves with
out solicitation. His indignation at the
defeat of General Hastings is now un-
bounded. When the affair was mention
ed to him this morning he flew off his
guard, waved his fist wildly and threaten
ed the most extreme consequences on the
perpetrators of what he calls the polit-
ical intrigue in Johnstown." He said
1--WE were deceived in the fullest mean
ing of the term. 1t is we'll known in the
Conemaugh Valley that there are two
wings to the Republican party known as
the Dick and the Swank Wings. The
latter party did not mention or let it be
known that they were for Delamater, all
the time leaving US under the impression
that they were for Hastings. Up until
the year before the flood they controlled
everything and elected such delegates as
they chose. These men were invariably
in the interest of the party or men in
power in the State II Cameron was on
top the delegates would support his men,
and if it was Quay who held the reiu>
the delegates would be for Matthew
Stanley. The reason for this is that Cam
bria being a minority district the only
thing the Swank wing could do was to
Offer on the altar of the boss the dele
gates for his sacrifice that the lord high
muck-a-muck might do what he could
for the people who gave him these men.
A concerted move was made to defeat
Hastings by the still hunt plan. The
statemant that there were people in Johns
town working for Hastings is altogether
false. This man Barker who played such
a prominent in the Ebensburg convention,
and who is reputed to be a lawyer is
nothing more than milkman and ha,
not brains enough to be lawyer. In the
city of Johnstown to-day il the Republi-
cans and Democrats were permitted 10
vote 1t would be found that there would
be three to one for Hastings. Our people
are tiring of bossiam, and the only ones
who recognize it now are The ward politi
clans. Ii it were known that Beaver ana
Quay were such close friendsf the latter,
candidate would have been slaughted by
The very men who voted for him. Neihet
Beaver nor any one who is known to be
allied with him could be elected hog con-
stable in JohustOwn or any part of the
Conemaugh."