The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-05-06
DEMOCRATS FOR REV ENUE ONLY
BRIARcREEK TOWNSHIP. Maya, 1892

IJUtOOTS COtUWOCUt L nave DGcn
watching for some time past the con-
troversies going on in. the different
newspapers between our prominent
democratic politicians, and can not
see what good can be done by such
newspaper articles. 1t looks to me
Ike petty wrangle between few
principals in which the great bulk of
the party have no interest whatever.
1t seems like an effort Of personal gam
rather than party advantage. A max
i'm of one of our prominent generals
was first divide the forces of the enemy
then conquer them! In fact / have
been informed that the editor of the
Republican has been furnishing in
formation to be used against some of
our prominent democrats and this in
formation is written up for publication
in the columns of one of our demo
cratic papers. Now what good is this
to the democratic party2 How much
will these controversies help to in
crease Our democratic majority ?
Now let me analyze the situation as we
farmers see it. Mr.. Krickbaum is
posing as the friend of Governor Patti
son and Ex- President Cleveland, but
we fail to find single person who
ever heard of him make speech for
either OF them. / have made inquiry
of some of the committee and can not
find that he ever helped to organize
the party to get out the vote. Yet
when Pattison was elected Governor
in 1882, he was serving second term
as Prothonotary, which completed six
consecutive years at salary of about
$4,000 a year. When Pattison was
again nominated for Governor in 1890,
Mr.. krickbaum was candidate for
the Legislature for second term at a
salary Of $1,000, and stationery and
postage, besides free railroad pass !;
yet he could not afford any time to
help organize to get out the vote.
Speaking Of holding Office, makes
me recall remarkable matter of his
tory. During the last twenty-six years,
Mr.. kri ckbaum has held some Office,
either elective or appointed for twen-
ty-two years, and because he could
not be elected for a third time as Pro-
thonotary, he bolted the ticket, and
tried to elect the nominee of the re-
publican party and has ever since been
heaping his abuse upon those who
dared to vote against him, and if we
mistake not, he is now candidate for
the Legislature for the third time, or
for any other Office he can get The
information, however, reaches me that
Mr.. Vanderslice is the author of these
articles. What Great Goodness!
can it be possible that he has came
back from Kansas, to write to the hon.
est farmers Of this county, after his
vote on the Pittsburg riot bill. We
are slow to believe it. but when We
look back at the election for Secretary
of the Agricultural Society in January
and find that nearly every employee Of
the Sentinel Office had been made
votimg member of the Society, and
did vote tor Vanderslice, it looks very
much as if Mr.. Krickbaum had taken
him in as a silent partner. 1t might
be that he is hired 10 write this abuse,
because he failed to be elected Secre.
tary, and he has no other employment.
The members Of the Agricultural So
ciety were not so considerate, or they
would not have defeated him but then
they probably had not forgotten that
when Vlnderslce was formerly Secre-
tary he appropriated to his own use a
large number of tickets and distributed
them to his friends. l have noticed
that Campbell, Snyder, and Bucking-
ham have been accused Of being enc.
mics of Governor Pattison. l know
that each of these gentlemen made
speeches in the County during the
of 1890, and that the people
have had sufficient confidence in them
as democrats to elect them to serve
office Of trust or responsibility. Mr..
has lately been chosen as
delegate to the democratic national
and cannot understand
why he allows these attacks to be made
upon prominent democrats. 1t looks
to us as if it was question Of the
'poils Of the party-Democrats for
revenue only.
We are only six months off from the
election of President of the United
States and instead of making dissen-
'ions in the party, we should all turn
our attention to organization and help
o put Pennsylvania in the democrat,
C column. This year we vote on the
Baker Ballot system which is not un-
1erstood by the majority of voters. 1t
would seem to US better politics, if the
democratic papers would enlighten
he voters on that subject and quit
heir personal wrangles.
True DEMOCRAT.