The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-07
How About That Cali For the Fake Pri-
mary Eloctionl
A COMMITTEEMAN WANTS TO KNOW.
EpIToR HERALD:

EDITOR HERALD:
The Combine organ, in its issue OF
June 10th, in speaking of the petition
signed by committeeman for primary
election, said: Cup 10 this time this
call has been Presented to * members
Of the Committee, and . Of these have
signed il, declaring that whereas the
present chairman of the County Com
mittee has refused to accept both the
fee and the announcement of certain
candidates and has announced that he
will not call primary election this
year, We, the undersigned Committee
men do hereby issue said call. Then,
in the issue of the same organ, of June
2ith, they publish what purports to be
the call above referred TO, but the
wording of it is vastly different. Now,
| want TO say that neither the call |
have quoted above or the one as pub
lished in the issue of June 9th is any,
thing like the one that was presented
to NE by ex-County Commissioner
Shober, and at the time it was pre-
sented to me there were IS signatures
attached to it. Why did they not pub
lish the exact copy of the call that the
Committeeman signed? Because they
dared not do it. Chairman Berkley
published the "call offn the Commit
teemen signed, word for word, letter
for letter. Ii the same arguments"
were used with other Committeeman
that were used with me in an endeavor
TO have me sign the call, and have no
doubt they were, it is surprising that
only p signed il. / challenge ex-
Commissioner Shober and Commiss-
ioner Kimmel to publish the call or
petition, word for word, that they cir
culated. They dare not do it, rs il will
expose them to the public as political
fakirs of the first water. Then again,
of the p Committeeman who signed
this fake call, 6 refused to hold a pri-
mary because they had been misled
into signing it. Their uames are, NJ.
A. Zimmerman, Daniel Mickey, Joel
Bauman, Simon Thomas, Nelson Ger
hard, w. NJ. Putnam. Again, two Of
those who signed the call and held
a primary resigned as soon as the pri-
mary was over. | vas present at the
meeting Of the County Committee
held on Tuesday last, and more har-
monious and enthusiastic gathering of
Republicans | never attended. i did
not see the ex or the County Commits
sioner present who tried TO induce me
To sign their fake call, but that was
not surprising, as there were none
there who were not earnest and sim
cere Republicans. Now word to Mr..
+. J. KOoser, who it seems bossed the
fake call, the fake primary and the
fake convention. If you were sincere
in wanting primary election, Mr.
Kooser, why did you not put up the
share OF your candidates to pay the
expense. If you were honest in your
declaration that large majority OF the
members Of the Committee wanted to
hold a primary why did you not pub
lish the paper exactly As they signed il:
Were you and are you not not now try
ing 10 fake the people? The people of
my township think you are. Last
spring, when you were candidate for
Congress, you carried my township,
one of the Republican strongholds of
the county, by a very handsome ma
jority. This spring the votes that were
p0lled at your fake primary can be
counted on the fingers of your two
hands. Next spring, when you are a
candidate for Congress again, those
who voted at your fake primary may
vote for you again, but / don't think
many Others will. The people like fair
and honest dealing bat are opposed to
fakirs, political and otherwise.
COMMITTEEMAN.
July 3, 1897.