The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-02

WHEN Messrs. KOon;z and KoOser,
astute and skilled attorneys that they
are, tell you that they are ''all right;il
that the name OF the former will be
placed on the Republican official ballot
this fall and that the latter will be ad-
mitted to the Congressional Conference,
don't believe them. They don't be-
lieve it themselves. It was only few
years since when there was a rumpus
in the Congressional Conference al
Johnstown, and it was adjourned to
Harrisburg. Kooser's three eonferrees
voted for him, declared him nomina-
ted, and he forthwith caused a certifi-
cate Of his nomination to be fled with
the State Department. He came home
aud on all occasions, at ali times and in
all places solemnly assured his friends
that he had been legally nominated aud
that the court could not do otherwise
than so declare In these statements
he was ably seconded by Mr.. KOontz.
Every reader of the HERALD will re-
call the eontemptuous language OF
Judge SimOnton when he dismissed
Mr.. KoOser's case and turned him,
with his simple, silly claims, out of
court. a. the time of the fake" pri-
maries all will recall how earnestly
both Koontz and Kooser proclaimed
from the housetops that taking"
would be legalized by the court and
their absolutely untenable 20 osition
would be sustained by legal decision.
The matter came to be heard before
one of the purest and ablest judges in
the Commonwealth, with the result
that flake" primaries were declared to
be Illegal, and the absolute fallibility
of KOontz and Kooser as lawyers was
once more made plain. We could cite
a number of other insiances-in fact.
in every instance in which any Of our
local political troubles have required
Judicial determining-in which these
able lawyers have taken hold Of the
hot end of the stick. There is, in our
judgment, no possibility of the Dau-
phin county court, before which the
matter viii be heard, condoning or
legalizing the fraud at the late primary
and the subsequent convention, t,y
sustaining the certificate eontsin'ng
Mr.. kooniz's name aud directing his
name to be placed upon the official
ballot. We do not believe that this
will be done, nor do We believe that
Mr.. koontz believes that it will be
done. The only official ballot that Mr..
KoOntz's name will appear upon this
fail will be headed 'Democratici or
Independent" /" and We believe it will
appear upon one or the other.
As for Mr.. KOoser, we can scarcely
conceive of his having the hardihood
TO present himself for admission to the
Congressional Conference. Drowning
men grasp at straws, and there is no
calculating on what Mr.. Kooser will
do. ofOne thing we are fully assured:
de wSs never In Congressional Con-
ference save as a proxy, and he will
hot be admitted to the forthcoming one
even as proxy. Iessrs. Koontz and
kooser were both defeated, humiliat-
ingly defeated, at the recent primary,
and no amount of fraud perpetrated or
attempted, no amount Of brsg and
cluster on the part Of themselves or
friends, eau change the result. The
Republicans OF Somerset county have
spoken through their ballots; they
have handed in a verdict Of want
of confidence in the RepubIicanism Of
w. Fl. koontz and Francis J. Kooser.
Their verdict is final aud their will |
must be obeyed.