The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-18
A TRAITOR TO
HIS PARTY
KoontE, Kendall and KoSSer Can let find
Tine TO Attend Repahiieaa 1setlsss
Daring the Fsli canpaign-
a soazy L0E o. REFgaLI0ass.

silly vsporings Of fhe Chairman OF th9
County COMMITTEES. the most charitatie
construcsioa would be that the wheels ~
his bead are revolving - fas; tbat ha hrs
lo~t what little reasoning power he "ry
have originally possessell. u he ever hHo
any. Mr.. Berkey,- latest emsnation sp-
peared ia three or four obscure iccAi
newspapers last week aud IS addressed
ITO the Republican Voters Of Somerset
County," and signed -. A. kerkey,
Chairman of the Rep. Co CON-" Dir.
Berkey's card Is tissue Of falsehoods
from beginning to end, and will only !
serve TO make him ridiculous in the eyes
ofthe public Last fall Chairman Berkey |
issued call for a number OF mass meet !
ings, in which an indecent and unwar-
ranted attack was made on the party can
didates, mono Of whom were willing 20
trus; the management Of their campaign
or their cash in his hands. This attack
on the party's nominees WAS refused ad-
mission 70 the columns Of this paper.
Mr.. Berkey now asserts that he FUR
ni<hed the HERALD with "a copy Of all
the announcements OF candidates at the
Republican Primary Election 10 be held
April 2Ist." This statement il entirely
untruthful Last Tuesday the HERALD
received an anonymous type written
communication, giving what purpoTted
to be a list OF the announcements in tue
hands OF the County Chairman. This
communication was consigned to the
waste-paper basket, the same as sll other
unsigned letters. IL the anonymous
communication was trick on the part Of
the County Chairman to secure the bene-
CT Of .he HERALD's wide circulation
among the Republican voters Of the
county it failed signally. Tho price for
publishing political announcements au-
thorized by the County Chairman is s.
each, As Mr. Berkey well knows.
Mr Berkey concludes: The HERALD
has refused 70 print the announcements
Of the candidates over the signature Of
the Chairman, bun has published a list Of
candidates who are slated with the un-
holy alliance of bolters' against the Re-
publican Committee"
As President Of the Mckinley
League" Mr.. Berkey called series Of
meetings last spring for the purpose OF
learning the voters how 20 vote intelli-
gently and is now sbetting the cam
psign Of certain gentlemen who are at
present holding alleged Republican meet
ings throughout the county.
Last fall, when Chairman Berkey was
furnishing lists OF names OF insurgents
TO the Chairman OF the Democratic
/ County COmmittse, who IN turn was
sending them In to the Chairman OF the
Democratic State Committee. Ia order
that he might send them ti-Republican
literature. and wss doing other treason
able acts TO his party, he was at the same
time making q pretense at holding Re
publican meetings, at none Of which
could he get an audience. Seeing that
their party was being betrayed by tho
men who were in charge Of the county
organization and that their efforts were
being devoted To decrease instead Of in
crease the msiority for the Republican
State ticket, The Lincoln Club of Somer-
set. the oldes. political organiz4i ion in
Somerset cOunty-One Of its cardinal doc
trines being to take no part as an orgAni-
zatiou at primary elecdons-in order to
instill some enthusiasm into the cam
paign. arranged for and held one Of the
most successful political mass meetings
ever held in the county. They expended
several hundred dollars in furnishing
fireworks, music. etc. aud the meeting
was addressed By three Of the most elo-
quent. able and prominent speakers and
politicians in the State of Pennsylvania.
The enthusiasm and interest created by
this meeting spread all over the county,
with the result that the effort Of tho trait
ors at the head Of the party organization
10 reduce the Republican majority in the
county was foiled. And for this. Chair
man Berkey and his friends delight in
denouneing the gentlemen who arranged
for this meeting and the immense throng
of Republicans who attended il as
"5oifers from The county oTgr1sizatioii.'' IL
was noticed at the time, that none Of the
gentlemen who are now boiling the
county organization by holding meet
inss in behalf Of their own candidacy
KOoniz. Kendall and Kooser-were pres
ert at the meeting held in behalf of the
regularly nominated Republican ticket
and addressed by United States Senator
Penrose, Attorney General Elsin and
Senator McCar. ell. These gentlemen
are not in the habit OF attending Repub.
lican meetings.
| Ii will be recalled that about the sane
time the county was being flooded with
Republican literature, mailed by
the Democratic State Commiitea.fo insnr-
gent Republicans, whose namt-. and post
Office addresses were furnished Sy J. A.
Berkey, Chairman Of the Republican
County Committee, the following COW
srdly circular was being circulated by
the same people:
SOMERSET, Pa, Nov. 3 lSa9.
II is now apparent that the Qnay- Seull
ring in this enunty is acting IN open an
| tagonism To orr County Chairman and
/ organization. This cNunty j. anti-QIay
as on fair light we elected two anti-Quay
members Of the State Legislature.
Now that we have the organization,
| State Chairman Reeder refuses tn re.s.g-
| nize our Chairman and he Soul candi-
dates Fefnse to pay to Chairman Berkey
their campaign assessments.
IN order. therefore. 10 prevent Quay
/ again owning State Treasurer. and ~eD
| ing the Scnils out of The cnunty ofires
/ FOR three years. thus depriving them of
the county printing. and defeating men
who VIII not. upon uOmiasfion. paw their
election expenses. we have decided to
ask onr friends to take the following
action:
Do not vote in the circle abova the Re-
publican colgmn. hot place an Y behind
the names of Mitchell. Brown. Dum-
bsnld ld. MOser. Schroelx and Iivengood
| And as We are entitled to vote for two
commissioners. in order n defeat Scul :
man koon'z nut an Y behind GrnTfs
name on the Prohibition ticket
BY 50 doing Won will show yourself-to
be patriot instead Of a partisan.
/ IL win be impossible fGr rs % reach all
our friends 10 your district. VIII you
/ acqusint tbanl Of onr action.
Very truly yours,
INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE
These are but few of the acls of the
individual who is at present Chairman
Of the Republican County COMMITTEES Of
Somerset county. and who Is bending
every eiIort-every corrupt aud abomf-
nabie means known teing nsed-so re-
tain his bold on the position he has 50
unworthily filed. by his own election or
that Of his brother iH-law. Henry T. Bar
ron. Republicans OF Somerset County,
tave you not bad enough Of the Berkey-
Barron Shober-Kimrnel brand Of poll
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