Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-09-27


whom Mr.. Shoyer has been associated
for years in church work, and the
friends of Mayor Weaver. both in and
out of his administration.
Upon the face of the returns of the
City Party primaries, Shoyer had a ma
jority of nearly 100 delegates The Van
Valkenburg men had the machinery
of the City Party city committee They
named the chairman of the convention,
and got control of the committee on
contested delegates.
So confident was he of winning that
Shoyer was present in the convention
hall with his wife prepared to accept
the congratulations of his friends when
he would be nomianted.
The Mayor Charges Bribery.
The Gibboney men were sparring for
time.
They rushed through a resolution for
the convention to take a recess and
when the convention reassembled after
much disorder, Mr.. Gibboney was de-
Clared the nominee by majority of 90
votes in a total poll of 1912. A change
of 10 votes upon this return would
have made Shoyer the nominee.
The Shoyer men at once insisted that
they had been robbed of victory
Mayor Weaver was one of the most
pronounced in denouncing the men re-
sponsible and repudating the tactics
by which his friend Shoyer was de-
feated
In public statement he said,
THE methods of that convention
were worse than any convention of
the old corrupt gang | think a ma.
chine which is protected by newspa.
pers is far more dangerous than the
most corrupt organization with news
papers against it.
Il want to say most emphatically
that am as much opposed to a cor
rupt machine in its incipiency as | am
to one that has grown gray with age.
1T seems that Notwithstanding the
fight | made for IS months against a
machine that a more powerful one had
arisen, PhoeniX-like, from its ashes.
Il believe the recess of the City
Party convention was forced and that
during that recess the work OF
changing delegates was done by
means of bribery. Before that tima
Mr.. Shoyer had a majority OF the dele
gates. and he would have received
that nomination without question had
the convention been continued in ses
sion.
Months ago | pointed out the dan
hnt i,rl,t rAII
political machine were destroyed
new and more powerful one might
grow up.
Whether this has come to pass
cannot say. sometimes wonder
whether there is more danger in
being surrounded by corrupt advisers
than by ambitious ones"
When Mayor Weaver was challeng-
ed to prove his charges that bribery
was employed to influence the nomi-
nation of the convention for Glib.
bony he promptly accepted the chal-
lenge and Immediately submitted the
affidavits of number of delegates
who admitted they had been ap.
preached and he personally appeared
before an investigation committee to
press his case.
The scandal which followed was q
great disappointment to sincere re-
formers who were not familiar with
the character of some OF the men who
have taken hold Of the City Party ma.
chinery in some of the wards of the
city.
Emery Boomers chagrIned.
Mayor Weaver followed up his in.
terview by demanding the designations
OF members of his cabinet with an
announcement that hereafter he pro.
poses to have none but those who shall
be directly interested in the success
Of his administration In his cabinet.
There is no doubt that the upheaval
has had serious effect upon the
plans of the managers of the Emery
movement and the campaign against
the local Republican ticket.
The Lincolnite forces and the City
Party leaders are demoralized.
Without the active support Of the
city administration, the rank and file
OF their organizations will disinte.
crate.
There are nearly 10000 city EN-.
ployes, and the employees of city con.
tractors and others identified with the
administration will foot up 10000
more.
With the mayor and his cabinet
working in harmony with the Lincoln
Party aggregation last fall fully $4,000
of these men voted for the Lincoln
Party ticket and they influenced many
thousands more to vote the same way
Not only has the break between the
mayor and the Wanamaker newspa
pers and allied political interests dis
couraged the Lincoln Party and City
Party leaders, but thousands of voters
not identified with any political or.
ganiZation have discovered the hypoc.
- nd cl,, of