The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-06-26

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those districts.
attn. Zarr says that Johnston
joined the committee as soon as it
assembled in the Grand Jury room. !"
This is not true. The Investigat-
ing Committee twice sent for the
chairman to ask for information and
tor papers. Once, after it had been
out some time, and again after it
had completed its investigation,
written up and signed its report.
Both times there were men pres
ent when l spoke to the committee,
and l never said word to any
member of the committee at any
time in favor of, or against any
candidate. The last time the COM
mittee sent for me Grant Herring
appeared before it as counsel for Mr..
Zarr and made lengthy argument
for his client.
1t was attempted to work the
game on the committee that was
successful six years ago, but this
time none of the committee but Bar
rett yielded to the threats, etc.
5th. The communication con-
tains an alleged statement by Mr..
Barrett. 1t needs but little atten-
ton.
Barrett, Zarr's friend, was chair
man of the Investigating Committee
signed the recommendation to throw
out the votes of two districts, and
in little speech without dissent
ing report, presented it to the con-
vention. The chairman gave Bar
rett all the time he desired to make
his speech and present the report.
After he and another member of the
convention had spoken, and many
calls for the question were heard,
MIR. Barrett undertook to make a
second speech, and the chairman
properly declared him out OF order,
as the question was called. The
vote was then taken. Barrett him
self says that the committee would
not agree with him, showing that at
least four or five concurred in the
Judgment that there was sufficient
evidence of fraud to warrant the
throwing out of the votes.
Barrett, after having helped to
make the recommendation, having
signed it and having reported it to
the convention. makes a Estate
ment in writing" which if the
words credited to him are genuine,
stamps him, because of his incon-
sisteucies, as person beneath tine
notice of everybody.
The action of the Investigating
Committee, and subsequently the
action of the judges constituting
the convention, was, according to
their best judgment from all the
evidence before them, and l chal-
lenge Mr.. Zarr and his astute attor-
ney, who appeared Cor him before
the Investigating Committee, to
point their finger at any improper
or corrupt move on the part Of Mr..
Terwilliger or any of his friends,
including myself, to improperly or
corruptly influence the action of
any member Of the Investigating
Committee, or of the judges consti-
| tuting the convention.
Alter a long and patient hearing
which caused the sessions of the
convention to be continued so late
that the lights in the hall had to be
lighted, the judges of the conven-
ton, by an open vote and large
majority, voted to adopt the report
OF the Investigating Committee,
which threw out the vote of the ,wo
mountain districts, because of the
frauds proved against them before
the committee and the convention
9th. Zarr says THAT you can
readily see how and why Terwilli-
ger had fourteen votes more than
bad i'll the windup, as the Johnston
people made it" At last he con-
cedes that it was not the chairman
of the convention, not the Investi,
eating Committee, but the John,
ston people, who demanded and Sc.
cured the nomination of the person
who had honestly received the
nominating vote ofthe people. Yet
when these people demand and Sc
cure the nomination of the man foi
whom the greatest number of the
voters honestly cast their votes, he
accuses them of defrauding him Of