The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-04-20
REPEATING THEIR ANTICS.
"Fakirsv Would Dictate to the County
Chairman and Ig aors the Party Rales
As Has Rssn Their Custom.

Chairman and Ig aOre the Party Rales
As Has Eesn Their Custom.
CHAIRMAN BERKLEY WILL ENFORCE
PARTY RULES.
The local leaders Of the .RepGblican
Union the name most recently adopted
by the disorganizers aud malcontents,
who under the State leader-hip Of John
Wanamaker. are attempting 10 over
throw the present Republican State Or
ganization, seem not 10 have profited by
their sorrowful experience of little less
than year ago and are resorting to the
same tactics this spring that resulted so
disastrously for them last year.
notwithstanding the fact that these gen.
uemen have adopted a distinct party
name aud have distinct State and coun-
ty organization, they are arrogantly at
tempting to dictate to the head Of the Re-
publican organization in the county.
Their latest effort in this line was Mon
day of last week when they made an in
effectual attempt to hold up County
Chairman Berkeley and instruct him as to
his duties. In obedience to ''concentra-
tion' order issued by ''Generarr Kooutz
the leaders were corralled in his Office
where plan of campaign was submitted
TO them. Among the ''reconcentradoesv
there gathered were Chairman of the
'fake'' County Committee J. A. Berkey,
II. f. Barron, Isaiah Good. Adam S. Mil
Ter, S. A. Kendall, F. J. Koor er, c. J.
Harrison, A. F. Diekey, ]. G. Ogle, E. II.
Werner, and one or two other Democrats
of more or less prominence. After sew
eral hours spent in consultation County
Chairman Berkley was decoyed into the
meeting and was at once pounced upon
with demand that he issue call for
primary election at once and that he an
nounce the Wanamaker candidates for
delegates TO the State Convention.
Chairman Berkeley informed the gath
ering in substance that he proposed to
and would call psi.nary election in due
time and that opportunity would be given
all aspirants TO announce their candidacy;
that the party rules require thirty days
Eotice of change of date in the time of
holding the primary and as there were al
most two months from that time inter-
vening until the meeting of the State Con-
yention, there remained ample time in
which TO call primary. He further sug-
gested that as they appeared 10 be so
eager that day be fixed for primary,
and claimed that J. A. Berkey was their
county chairman, he could see no inn
propriety in Berkey's issuing his call at
once. They then proceeded to serve
written notice on Chairman Berkeley in
which they profTered to pay their pro-
portionate shares of the expenses OF
primary and demanded that it be called
at once. This offering to pay their share
of the expenses shows that the applica-
ton of their much talked of Barker lini-
ment" had at least a modifying effect, and
we suggest that had they continued tho
application it would have so far relieved
them that they could have calmly bided
the time until a primary was properly
called by the County Chairman.
The aim and object of this presump
tuous interference with the duties of the
County Chairman were made more man
ifest when the 'fake'' organ appeared
few days following and in a childish full
mination, under scare headlines, attempt
ed to convey the impression that Chair
man Berkeley would not call primary
election this year and that no Republican
primary would be held. The readers of
the fake organ must be credited with
very short memories if they do not recall
how, just little less than one year ago,
all this same sort of mysteries WAS gone
through with to their amusement, if not
to their edification.
To every Republican who has spoken
10 Chairman Berkley in regard to the
matter he has invariably made the same
answer. that 1.-The date for the primary
had not yet been determined, but that it
would be announced in ample time, and in
accordance with the party rules" To all
candidates who rendered their announce
ments he said that he would not receive
announcements until the date for the pri-
mary was fixed and the call issued, but
that each and every Republican who was
competent to announce would be given
every opportunity to do So"
of the many other gentlemen who pro-
pose TO be candidates at the coming pri-
mary we have heard none complain that
a date had not yet been fixed, nor have we
heard from any of them theslightest inti-
nation that they feared they wonld lot
have a fair opportunity to announce their
candidacy. Among those who have been
and are actively at work on their canvass
are DIR. II. c. Mckinley, A. w. Knepper,
w. II. Sanner. L. d. Miller, j. c. Weller,
W. w. Young and A. c. Holbert, not one
of whom, we think, has ever entertained
a thought but that Chairman Berkley
would act in exact accordance with the
rules and would issue the usual call for
the primary in due time.
Why the Wanamaker combine have
been laboring to create a wrong impress
sion is apparent to every one, and their
latest effort at taking" will only succeed
with those who want to be faxed"