The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-06-02
MR.. CAMERON,s THREAT.

Senator Cameron attempts TO treat
lightly the story of his threat that If the
manufacturers of this State do not come
to his support he will fight the tariff IN
the future as vigorously as he has sup
ported It in .be past. Taking his words
literally it will be thought that they are
harmless. because Camerou's support of
the tariff has amounted to nothing.
But the sting in them is in their inso-
lence. assuming as they do that the
business men in this great State will
mend the fortunes of his corrupt and
shattered Machine, thus perpetuating a
system which strikes at the root of Re-
publican government, because the head
and front of that system threatens to at
tack their business interests if they re-
fuse. Such insolence was never before
heard even in the insolent Boss poll
tics which has cursed Pennsylvania,
though it is exactly in keeping with the
methods of forcing and bulldoZing which
have characterized the Cameron dynas-
ty all through its too extended exist
ence.
Though Senator Cameron IS now try-
ing to throw doubt on the story. of his
threat, his word in such a case will not
be accepted. The Stalwart papers are
also coming to his assistance after hav-
ing published the threat as a fact, and
declare that it is lie out of the whole
cloth. Now, the entire truth of this
matter is that business men of Philadel-
phia who were in conference with Sena-
tor Cameron gave this information to
representatives of the Philadelphia pa
pers, to correspondents of papers in 9TH
er cities and the agents of the Associa-
ted Press. These Representatives finger
ed in the Office Of the Continental hotel
desiring to get news of the conference
which was in progress up stairs in room
4. 1t was stated TO them by Mr.. Cramp,
the well-known ship-builder, and other
gentlemen that Cameron was very much
excited, that he swore a good deal, and
that he made the threat in question
Nearly score of newspaper men, repre-
sentatives of Stalwart, Independent and
Democratic newspapers, were recipients
of the information. Their accounts,
written without the possibility of mu-
tlal understanding, tailed precisely.
These accounts were published Sunday
and Monday morning in all the newspa-
pers, regardless of political complexion,
and not a doubt was thrown upon the
veTacity of the statement.
When. however, it was realized what
fearful, mistake the Senator had made
in his latest attempt at Bossism, the
friends of the mailman, and the news
papers which fed at the Machine rack,
fastened to deny or modify the threat
to molify an indignant public. But it
is too late. Though the original inform
ants, seeing the storm they unwitting-
ly raised, have closed their mouths and
will talk no further on the subject, there
is cloud of witnesses in Philadelphia
who testify to what they did say, and
whose words have more weight than all
the gratuitous assertions Of politically
interested friends and newspapers. All
OF the leading newspapers of Philadel-
phia have reiterated the statement each
day. and among their editorial of yester-
day morning were scathing denuncia-
tiOns of the gross insult to the people of
the State contained in CamerOn'S inSO-
lent threat. However it may be smooth
ed over or denied, there can be no queS-
tion in the mind of any not determined
not to believe. that it was uttered as
published broadcast. Business men can
study its meaning and swallow it if they
can.-Pittsb1Tg Dispatch [ Ind. Rep, 81.