The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18

After Mr.. Kooser's three eonferees
had nominated him, and the Dauphin
County Court had de-nominated him,
and Mr.. Hicks and Mr.. Thropp had
both been placed On the ticket by nom-
ination papers, conference of the
members Of the State Committee and
of the Chairmen Of the several Repub-
lican County Committees of the dis
trict, and of which Conference one of
the editors of the HERALD was men-
her by virtue of his being a member of
the State Committee, was convened at
Johnstown, and an earnest effort made
to induce the two candidates to adjust
their differences to the end that only
one would remain on the ticket Messrs.
Hicks and Thropp both appeared be-
fore this Conference; Mr.. KoOser was
also there, presumably for the purpose
of assisting in bringing about the result
so earnestly desired by every Republic
can in the district. Presumably, we
say, but this is what he did: In most
emphatic language he served notice on
the Somerset County Chairman that if
this Conference attempted to endorse
either of the two candidates they would
be usurping their authority, and he,
Mr.. Kooser, would go home, and, after
removing his outer garments, would
fiercely fight and oppose the election of
the one so endorsed. 1t is needless to
say that the Conference was not deter
red from taking decisive action by this
silly and foolish threat, but was the
conduct of Mr.. Kooser in this instance
consistent with the character for patri-
otism and party fidelity that his tune
less organ would give him.
After the National, Congressional and
State Committees had recognized Mr..
Hicks a. the party candidate, and had
called upon all loyal Republicans to
rally to his support and thus avert the
disgrace to the district that was immi-
nent, and which Mr.. kooser had been
largely instrumental in bringing about,
earnest Republicans everywhere put
aside their personal feelings, proudly
placed party and country above self,
and went vigorously TO work to secure
a united vote for Mr.. Hicks; and while
they were doing this, what was the
conduct of Mr.. Kooser and his imme-
diate relatives and friends? He and
those who live in this town were para
ding the streets with bundles of fool
telegrams from Blair County saying
that Thropp would sweep Blair
County, and from Cambria County say
ing that nothing short of omnipOtenee
could prevent Thropp from polling the
entire vote of Cambria County, while
Republicans and Democrats in Bedford
County were afraid TO 90 to sleep for
fear they might not wake up in time to
vote for Mr.. Thropp, and calling upon
their political brethren to vote for JO-
seph and be saved. How effectual their
work was is shown by the vote polled
for Mr.. Thropp in this borough and
township, and several other precincts
in the county where they have always
claimed to have a cinch. In addition
they sent untruthful and misleading
reports into almost every precinct of
the county, and while ''those who were
deceived thereby were not wise" they
are not wholly TO blame, and they will
have their day in court, in the future,
to square accounts with the men who
deceived them. Was this conduct con-
sistent with Republicanism, patriotism
fidelity to party?
On Monday night, the eve of the elec-
ton, when Republicans all over the
county were hoping without hope that
some means would be devised by which
the candidate of the party representing
all that was abhorrent to them, and in
imical to their every interest, could be
defeated, that at least some word from
Ailt Bltil " libili lutN lidAA IbliOith anu
trusted as leaders would be sent them
"a to which of the two Republican can
didates, 10y united vo.e they might
hope to elect, while the HERALD presses
were busily engaged in printing thous-
ands of circulars containing an appeal
from Chairman Elkin, and the editors
of the HERALD were engaged in send
ing messengers into every voting pre-
cinct in the county with these circulars
in order that they might he posted At
the polling places and put into the
hands of the voters, the presses in the
office Of Mr.. Kooser's organ were en-
gagged in printing vastly different cir
cular, and the editors of that organ
were employed at a very different work.
Following is the patriotic appeal of
Chairman Elkin, and to its circulation
among the voters is due in a degree the
remarkable concentration of the vote
on Mr. Hicks:
HICKS VIII RE FL ECTED