The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-10-19

mittee, which was done, and the
State ticket was elected by over
twenty-five thousand majority, car
rying every doubtful district in the
State, Legislative and Senatorial.
Again, as Chairman of the Re-
publican State Committee of Penn
sylvania, he distinguished himself
to the whole country in the late
canvass. At at an early stage he
recognized the importance of secur-
ing the vote of Indiana for Garfield,
and amid the bold and defiant
claims of the Democracy as to their
ability to carry Pennsylvania, he
announced that Indiana and Ohio
should be the first care of the Key
stone State, and while he organized
his own he earnestly pressed the
prime Importance of making GER
tainty of those spoken of, and by
constant pressure secured the aid
which largely tended to accomplish
desired results in those States. So
valuable were his services in that
direction that the Secretary of the
Indiana State Committee, the Hon.
w. III. III. Terrell, in letter bearing
date October so. 1880. addressed to
General James A. Ekin, late of Pitts
burgh, recognized his services in
these words GLORIOUS John Cess
ma held up our hands with materi-
al aid, as if Indiana was in his own
bailiwick. While others lacked
faith in our ability to carry Indiana
at the State election, John Cessna
stood by US manfully and bravely."
Among the records of the Repub-
lican State Committee, is another
letter from the Hon. John G. New,
Chairman of the Republican State
Committee of Indiana, which is ad-
dressed to "Hon. John Cessna" and
says: "My dear sir, in acknowledge
ing the receipt of your communica-
ton of the 2Sth inst, desire first
to say that my thanks are due to
you, dating from the opening day of
this campaign to to-day, for your
hearty cooperation, generous SYM
pathy, and daily evidences of your
intention to not only take exc llent
good care of Pennsylvania, but to
give to Indiana the strongest help
you can command. | have received
from you more assistance, and more
evidence of interest in our campaign
work, than from any man east Of
the Alleghenies, and Indiana stands
to-day under obligations to Hon.
John Cessna" From another letter
from the same source, of a later date,
the following is extracted Il am
at a loss for words TO express to you
my thanks and gratitude for your
untiring efforts in our behalf. In
diana has received from John Cess
ma and Philadelphia more aid than
from all other sources combined"
Thus much for the political fore
sight, Judgment, and ability of the
subject of this sketch. As Repub-
lican politician, his views are broad
er than the confines of his own
State, and as ohairmansof our Re-
publican State Committee, he not
only moored Pennsylvania safely by
a splendid majority in the harbor
OF the Nation, but he reached out
and was largely instrumental in
placing the whole northern fleet
alongside the keystone. AS man,
his history as a lawyer shows. he
has the confidence and respect of
the people of the counties surround
ing him. As an able defender Of
the principles of the Republican
Party, he is so worthy that the great
leader, Blaine, has trusted him in a
crisis. Pennsylvania has no son
with greater qualifications for an
Honorable Judge than John Cessna.