The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-11-16
SWEET BELLS our OF TUNE"
The Local Democracy Already
Ouarrelinz About the SpoIls.


Somerset County Democrats are hustling
a great deal more TO day than they were be
fore the election Il IS the question Of who
shall have the Offices and who shall have
the dispossl Of then in this neck o. the
woods that is now bosheiiBg them It is
not an unnatural presumption to suppose
that at least City Of the seyenty-eisht voters
in this borough who made cross afler the
head OF the Cleveland electoral ticket last
Tuesday have bad visions ofthe postmaster
ship floating through their craniums ever
since. Bot how 10 90 about securing the
appointment is another matter and one that
few Of them are willing to attempt 10 solve
When Cleveland was elected President
four years age. General Corfroth Was the
high muckimuckr ofthe local Democracy,
ss be is to day. But the Ehirligig Of tine
makes many changes and during the past
four years General Coffnoth has been out Of
tune with the great Democratic choir that
has nsyer stopped chanting the praises Of
the Perpetual Incubus. as the New York
Ssa dubbed Cleveland In fact the General
took snap judgment" two summers ago
when be forced the Democratic County Con-
vention to elect delegates TO the State Con-
reniion year in advance and before the
candidates for the Presidency had been an
nounced The Generals slate slipped
through the county convention as slick as
whistle bat when The General and bis dele
gate. went 10 the convention last spring
they had the whistle knocked ont of them.
In fact Boss" Harrity, who run the con-
vention in the interest ofCieselsnd wouldn't
le; tie opposition even squeak little Bit
Was the General and Chairman Johns and
the other fellows mad? M.d's no name for
il. They svor. 10 have their revenge The
sesisn Of Boss" Hsrrity's packed conren-
ton. even though he had 10 import prize
fighters to keep the kicking element Of his
party lthe wing Cofirosh, Johns, ct. al be-
longed to- ,abdced. was nuts to ths little
handful Of 'di.orgaaizers" headed by Fisher
and hay aad who kept step TO the C!eve-
land nrsic.
All this is ancient history.
Cleveland vas nominated. Hsrriiy va.
made Chairman Of Tie National Democratic
COMMITTEES and landed Cleveland winner
As matter Of course Mr. Hsrrity will pass
around the flesh pots in Pennsylvania. But
who viii get them COfroth and his friends
number three-fourths Of the party in Somsr-
set county. VIII they set the losTes and
fishes Democracy has nothing TO expect
from sOmsr,et county and isn't Mr.. Hsrrity
like Governor Flower, of New York, one Of
those fellows who say they don't care a
d-n for roies," and won't he distribute
his favor. among the "nervy" little band
who took hold OF bis end Of the roper
a. This s condition, and not 5 theory"
and il IS this state Of affairs ihaiis bOthsring
our unterrifed friends who are hungersd.
Who shall they ask to s;gn their petitions,
IfCohaoth and his friends sign them won't
HArrity turn them down? Has Cohro,h ev-
er been in well so deep that be couldn't get
oui2 II he makes bis peace with HarTity,
and be has the bulk of his. party in the coun-
" to offer as = .acriice, won't he be given
his Old seat in the synsgOgus7 Bot suppose
H.rFity concludes 10 keep his enemies IN
der bis heel and smile them with the rod
that hurts more than al others, refuse them
cfsoe, then soulda'tit b. better for the rank
and file to join in the chorus with Fisher
and H.y2
It IS not Republican fight and the HER-
AID has no suggestions to offer. We eojoy
th. confusion, however, and want our read
ers to enjoy it With Us.
There are two Presidential appointments
in this county-the Somerset and Meyers
dale epos,mssseEships. oser in the &etropo-
liz the fight for the postofiics commented
befJrs the returns were al in. Chairman
Johns, who, by the way, is one OF the brain
les. and hardest working Democr ats in the
State, was naturally looked upon as the man
who would have the Meyersdale postofice
a, his disposal. Bat Chairman Johns was
one Of the fellows who woaldn't chant
C.eTeland's praises in the same choir with
H,rrity ei. al, and many ofhis fellow Dem
ocsais think il Is too late for him to get in
tune now that Cievelsnd has been elected.
For this reason it j, probable that Mr.. John.
viii not be asked to sign the petitions of the
fellows who think they have a "eineh" on
the appointment
The test ofstrength between the factions
is hot likely to be made over either the SON.
eTss; or Meyersdale postofii,e- And yet
it may be made over the Meyersdale
oiiee, since Postmaster Zufalrs commission
expires early in the spring. There are 9TH
er Offices TO be "doled ont" Ten or twelve L.
s s.orekeepers and guage-s viii be spPoiat-
ID as soon Is Mr. CieTeiands rev Commis-
s;oner Of Internal Revenue and Collector
for this district get warm il their seats. In
view Of the number o. applicants for these
positions eight years ago, it is safe to pre-
same that every township in tn. county
has al least hslfdozsn De unocrats who are
willing to watch still for s. 50 day. But
only one nan will be required for each dis
tiliery aad who shall have the naming Ct
these men? Somebody i. going to get left.
VIII IT be your uncle Alex, sr the other
fsllows7
It Is only natural to suppose, too, that the
haifdoz-n Democrats who lin their mail a.
one or the other ofthe fourth class Posto.ices
in the county thinks himself competent 10
discharge The duties Of p0si master and 10
draw the salary attached to the ot.c- All
Of these offices viii likely be filed by Dem
ocr ats as scon as Mr.. Cleveland's first assist
ant postmaster general get. his az sharpen
ed. Only one postmaster can be appointed
for each oiic., and who is to say who he
shall be- VIII it be The General who has
controlled The Democratic polite. Of TIE
county for the past twenty-five years or viii
il be the ''disorsanizers?
The hardest fight between the factions
VIII probably be for control Of the Somerset
post once. A. we announced last week
there are already ten or twelve candidates
in the fsld, Notwithstanding the fact th.t
the present postmas;er's commission rua.
until The 18th of February, 1891 The logic
Al candidate, and when services 70 party are
considered the most deserving, is the editor
Of the Dea0aaf. For forty long years the
columns Of his paper have f5ughtthe battles
Of Democracy. He has never lost al Oppor-
tuRity TO den0ance the tariff as q tax aud
the manufacturers OF the country as rob
ber.. He has rot been identified with fac
ton. but has consistently basled for the .u-
premaey OF party, and IS we believe, with
oct hope Of reward. He alone has rallied
The hosts Of party around the standard Of
Democracy and shall his services 20 unre-