The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-04-17
Meeting or,he Coun,y Comm,,,..

Chairman E1glehart called the meeting
to order at / P. NJ, and T. J. Itell acted as
secretary.
After the calling of the roll and the SUBJ
stitution of committeeman, the first busi-
ness before the committee was the election
of six delegates to the state convention.
Thirteen names were placed before The
committee for consideration and the fol-
lowing is the result of the first ballot: II.
II. Myers 81: Thomas II. Sheridan, %; C.
F. Frazer, 10; John 5. Douglass. 9; b. w.
Dffendeifer 23; John O'Toole, 20; Charles
e. Wehn, 81; James Mellon, 3; C. A. Lang
bein, Il; John Cush, 10; John Ricketts,. Il:
C. A. Goodwin. Is, and George Bauer, 4.
The first Ballot resulted in the selection of
II. II. Myers, Thomas Z. sheridan. b w.
Diffendeifer. John O'Toole, and Charles
Wehn. Three more ballots were necessary
before the election of the sixth delegate
which finally resulted in the selection of
John Ricketts,, of Reade township.
On motion the chair appointed Edward
II. Bailey, p. j. DIETRICH, E. c. Parrish,
Joseph Bengele and James Itel as a COM
mittee on resolutions.
The committee after retiring for few
minutes, returned and reported the follow
ment of the committee
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The Cambria county Democratic COM
mittee convention assembled, on this
the one hundred and fifty third annivers-
ary of the birth of the great champion and
expounder of the principles of civil and
religious liberty-Thomas Jefferson-re-
news its faith in those infallibe doctrines
taught by him for the perpetuation of the
priceless Inheritance committed to our care
by the fathers of the republic. 1t was a
mighty work TO achieve the independence
of our glorious country, and to establish
safe and stable form of government for the
preservation of the rights of the people
which had been won at such enormous
expenditure of blood and treasure.
1t is a work no less difficult to preserve
in its pristine integrity the form of govern
ment so wisely devised by patriotic hands.
Designing men. individually and in com
biDations, since the very foundation of our
government have sought, and to-day with
more ingenuity and persistence than ever
before are seeking to use the machinery of
the government for the furLherance of pro-
jects intended only for the qualification of
their ambition and avarice. Public offices
and public positions were created to enable
the people TO do as an organized COM
munity those things which as individuals
they could not well do, and not to furnish
placest of ease and advantage to be filled
by the crafty and used for the enrichment
of the holders and their friends. The at
tempted perverSion of the government from
being the instrument by which all persons
are protected in their inalienable rights,
leaving them free 10 seek their own hap
piness whenever or in whatever way they
see fit so long they interfere not with
the equal rights of others, is the great evil
to be met and guarded against at present
and in the future. We believe that this
evil can be successfully combatted only by
strict adherence to the enduring principles
of the great founder of the Democratic
party, which can be best summed up In
that fundamental Democratic doctrine
equal rights To all; special privileges Il
none.
Consequently the people should be taught
to view iealously every measure seeking
| governmental sanction to give effect oi
| existance to any individual or corporate
purpose, and to consider as fiji for public
office only such persons as have a proper
| appreciation of public trust and SINGER,
| care for the rights of the people.
In its efforts to administer the govern.
| ment in accordance with these Fundamental
| principles, the present Democratic nation
| al administration has oLr commend ton
The choice of the chief magistrate TO
| the nation calls for the exercise of the mos
serious public concern, and in the presen
| instance we unhesitatingly express on
| preference for the Hon. Robert E. Patti
son, who. during his two terms as COVER
nor of Pennsylvania, has shown himsel
the euncompromisng foe of special privi
leges and a Jealous guardian of the right
of the people. The president of the Unite
States should be a careful and judiciou
man, broad minded and courageous; Coy
ernOr PattisOn posses all the qualities i
an eminent degree. We desire our repre-
sentative in the national Democratic con
vention to vote for and use all honorabl
means TO secure his nomination, and in
struct the delegates this day elected to th
Democratic state convention to use a
proper means to have the delegates to tn
| national convention chosen at Allentow
instructed to vote for Pattison at Chicago
We deplore the abuses that have creI
into our state and municipal government
chiefly on account of the free grants al
| franchises, which, deriving their existent
and value from thu public, should be sui
ject to public control, and should retuI
to the public, over and above their ruI
ming expenses and a reasonable interest o
the actual capital invested, all surpll
earnings.
The Democrats of Cambria count
in convention assembled at Ebensbui
Monday, April 13, 1896, declares
That il is unalterably opposed to Il
r unit rule, and it hereby instructs Its del
gates to the state convention TO use the
| best efforts to secure d condemnation
that vicious and un- Democratic systel
1t cannot be conntenanced by the followe
of jefferson and Jackson and il should il
e no favor in the councils of the party.
After the adoption of the above resol
: tions, p. j. DIETRICH, of Carrolltown, offer
| | the following which also received Il
c unanimous endorsement of the committe
| ResOlUed. That we hereby instruct u
J. delegates this day elected to represent {
! | Democratic party of Cambria county
the Allentown convention to use all hone
5 able means to secure the election of Jose
I A. Gray. of Carrolltown, as one of the re
e resentatives of this congressional distr
q to the national Democratic convention
!, Chicago.
= On the question of the expediency
changing the time for holding the coun
convention, after the matter was fully d
cussed the committee came to the concl
a sion to leave the time the same as fixed