The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-09-26

ShCyeT. nese were Lle same IONFrali
which a few months before had beer
exploiting Mayor Weaver's admInistra
tion and praising the mayor and hi.
work without stint
The mayor soon found that mum
Der os the most Influential men In hE
cabinet we're settling up their own DO.
itical fences regardless Of his wishes
or bis personal interests. Some ot
them we're accused Of using the patron.
age and power OF his admlnistratios
secretly to build up a Van vslksnburl
political machine 70 promote the cause
of Gibboney and destroy the chances
of shOyer getting the nomination for
district attorney. These officials Of tha
Weaver administration, Ike certain
leaders Of the City Party, seem to have
concluded that the support OF the
Wanamaker newspapers. or at Ieas'
their friendship was more desirabl,
for them TO have than the good will o.
the mayor.
There was a desperate battle betweer
the Gibboney men. backed By thu
Wanamsker newspapers the Van Val
kenburg lieutenants IN the City Party
the GordOnites and what is left Of thf
old Mack combine and the ShOyer cam
paigners. many Of them young mem
bers Of the bar or churchmen with
whom Mr. ShOyer has been associated
FOR years in church work. and the
friends Of Mayor Weaver. both in and
out Of bic administration.
Upon the face OF the returns Of the
City Party primaries. Shoyer had a ma
Iority Of nearly 100 delegates. The Van
Valkenburg men had the machinery
81 the City Party city committee. They
named the chairman Of the convention,
md got control Of the committee on
contested delegates.
So confident was he Of winning that
Ehoyer was present in the convention
hall with his wife prspsred to accept
the congratulations Of his friends when
he would be nominated.
The Mayor Charges Bribery.
The Gibboney men we're sparring for
:ine.
They rushed through resolution for
the convention 10 take a recess, and
when the convention reassembled, after
much Disorder. Mr. Gibboney was de-
clared the nominee by a majority Of %
votes in a total poll OF 1872 A change
Of Is votes upon this return would
have made shoyer the nininee.
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-
sponsib~, and repudiating 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 il.
81 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, Phoenlx-like, from its ashes.
81 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 time
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.
ger that might follow when If one
political machine were destroyed a
new and more powerful one might
grow up.
Whether this has come to pass /
cannot say. sometimes wonder
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
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
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.
rhinery in some of the wards of the
city.
Emery Boomers Chagrined.
Mayor Weaver followed up his in.
ferview by demanding the designations
Of members of his cabinet, with an
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
and the campaign against
the local Republican ticket.
The Lincolnite forces and the City
Party leaders are demoraized
Without the active support of the
pitv administration tho ronl. onJ GIo