The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-09-15
WHAT 4 COMMON MANI

The WdtcbHaa does not want to do
General Beaver anywTong, any injustice,
1t believes that it knows the man pretty
well. The General and the Wdtcbmdn
have been citizens of Beliefonte about
the same length of time, and when the
Wotcbnd1l assures the people of the
State that General Beaver is quite an or
dlnary man, quite a common sort of
everyday lawyer, it expects to be be-
leved. Why should it misrepresent
him He came here as a student of n.
IL McAilister, Esq, he went TO the
army on the breaking out of the war.
ana ne had the misfortune before the
war closed OF losing one of his leg5. He
was not coward. On the contrary he
has@the reputation, and we believe de-
servedly, of having been a gallant SOL
der. The Waterman does not dispute
TINS, and never did. Gen. Hancock,
nigh authority, says he was a good SOL
qIer. This settles the matter, and the
Wdtcbn1dn desires it to be distinctly un-
derstood that it comedies this.
but, because man has been a brave
soldier, and has even lost a leg in the
service of his government, is that anv
reason why he should be chosen Cover
nor of this State ? What has General
Beaver ever done out of the army to en-.
IltIe hlm to the suffrages of the peopleP
has he ever held civil office ? Has he
shown himself in any manner a states
man Is he identified with any great
measure for the improvement of the
condition of the people? Show il To ms
anybody who thinks he can.
General Beaver is simply a countrv
lawyer-a man who has never done anv-
thing of public nature, since the war.
TO entltle him to the public regard. It
is true, he was chosen one of the trus-
tees OF State College and is credited
with the sole management of the insti-
tuition. But what do the people say of
that institution ? How do thev talk
concerning it =? Alas, they say it is a
failure that it is simply an expense to
the people of the State, and those who
get to thinking the matter over real
earnestly, say that it ought to be aboI-
lShed-that the money appropriated for
its maintenance has been s0uandered
foolishly.
Then what else is there that General
Beaver has made himself notorious in ?
n Nothlng-abSOlutely nothing-if we ex-
cept his devotion to Cameron and his be-
trayaI of his constituency at CHICAGO.
One of his holds is that he is a cbr.istaGn,
We earnestly trust he is. God forbid
rhat we should call into question his
Christianity. The scriptural Judge
not that ye be not Judged restrains us.
But nevertheless we feel that we NAV be
allowed to require, Do Christians travel
IN special trains on Sunday in order to
be present at a political caucus on Mon
day We merely ask the question.
Gentlemen voters of PENNSYLVANIA. we
assure you that General Beaver is one of
the most ordinary candidates presented
for your suffrages. Here in Gentle
county you all know this, because You
have heard him in court on the stump.
IN the church and in the sunday school.
Has he, in all the talks you have ever
heard, said one brilliant thing Has ne
ever uttered an idea worthy of preserva-
tlon II so. tell US when and where
ana what 1t was. We do not want to
condemn the man unjustly, and we are
wiling to acknowledge that we are mis-
taken, If 1t can be shown that we are.
but we know the man : have heard him
time after time, on all sorts of subjects.
and never yet has he thrown any light
on any of them. We have heard him in
court pleading for license, while at the
SamE time he has been travelling the
country making temperance speeches !
Nentiemen voters of PENNSYLVANIA,
vote for Beaver, if you want to. But if !
you dO.yOu viii be'simply voting for one /
OK the most ordinary and nOn-original |
men that ever ran for office in Pennsyl- !
WdtcbBlQH.