Arizona republican., 1899-02-15
TRAITOR TO HIS PARTY.
F2te That Befell Q Democrat Who
 Voted for Simon Cameron.

The present deadlock in the Pennsyl- vania legislature Cn the election of 2 United States senator, and the desper- ate efforts of the Quay machine tc get democratic votes, has revived the odi- ous memory of Lebo, blsneer and Wag- orselleF, the trio of democrats who in 1857 cast their votes for simon Cam ercn, which action caused them to be looked upon ever afterward as the po- litical Benedict ATnol(s of their gen. eration.
 The ban of political and social ostra- cism followed these men to their graves, where 1t was only transferred to their children. The history of one of the trio may be taken as a measure for that of the others.
 Lebo lived in Tamaqua, in Schuyl- kill county. There is 9 man now liv- ing at Somerset. who in 1857 lived in Tamaqua, and who was @ neighbor and friend of LebO before and after the act Of treachery that reduced him from a man Of wealth and political standing to almost a pauper and an Outcast.
 The writer yesterday asked the gen tleman referred to:
 Did you know Lebo, the democrat who with two others voted for Simon Cameron in 1S57?'
 Know old Billy Lebo? No man knew him better. The story of his fall is pitifui one.
 "L.ebo and l." he continued, were warm friends for years. When he was elected to the legislature he was the acknowledged democratic leader Of SchuylkilI county, and his friends were legion. He conducted enc of the best stores in Tamaqua, and owned and op- erated 9 foundry. He was estimated to be worth from $40000 to $50000.
 E'In that memorable meeting Of the jCint sssena bly,, in 1857. t3 elect a Unit ed States senator, LeEIo committed the political crime which brought wreck and ruin upon him and the cdiUn Of that act still attaches to his family, al though Lobo's remains were laid i'll the grave more than a score of years ago.
 "When the news Of Lebo's act reached his home town it enraged the people there and those in the surround ing country. Men who had formerly been his friends and supporters were ready and eager to give public eXhibi- ton of ther contempt for him, and to visit upon him punishment common surate with his crime
 Ut was learned that Lebo would ar rive home on the evening train on the Saturday following the vote that ruined him, and a ccmmiitee was ap- pointed to receive him. This commit tee supplied itself with kettle cf tar and a bag of feathers, which were se- creted behind the station, while the committee was so distributed that LebJ could not alight from the train without falling into its hands There never was q kettle of tar and 2 b2S of feath- CTS at the disposal of more deter mined committee but friend of Ls5o, who learned of the comn.ttee's deter imitation. saved him from the awful Humiliation in store for him. He hur- ried to a point on the railroad several miles from town. and there succeeded in getting Lebo from the train. Lebo made a circuit of many miles atoot, and reached his home, sneaking in at the rear entrance, some time between midnight and daylight. Fearing that the enraged populace might learn of his presence and do damage to his property, to say nothing of what they might do with him, Lebo, under cover