The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06

am wrong. The poiiflcal wrecks that line
. the shores of Pennsylvania ought to be les.
son enough to some men. but they don,
seem to learn the lesson. 1t is lesson thai
sad and bitter personal experience will
teach if they are unwilling 10 learn from
the experience of Others.
} And now, fellow citizens, the lines are
! forming, the issues are made up, and the
old questions are before us. Are We goins
TO preserve what we have gained are W.
going to move forward in that grand oil
pathway which the Republican party ha.
trodden in the past, or are We going Il
drop by the wayside ana give up all W,
have gained? II is the old question of righ
against wrong, of purity in party govern
ment against that which is impure. II /.
the question of right and government il
politics: il is the question of liberty agains
anarchy. and good government agains
bad gov efnment. The lines are formin,
and the issues are made up; choose We thi,
day which side ye will serve" There art
only two sides make mp your minds ant
stand by the right. Make up your minds
follow your conclusions have the courage
Of your convictions. hut don't whimpel
when ii is too late; don't &c: up the morn
ing after the election and wish somebody
had given you better advice than you had
BE men, stand by what you determine te
do during the campaign, and carry it out
but when you have done so don't blame
anybody.
1 As my friend, Colonel Stone, hes just re-
marked the use Of the ballot is solemn
thing. This question of casting your ballot
is a serious business. 1t is not to show
your hate; it is not to visit upon Others
your displeasure that this white-winged
messenger is placed in your hands. II
these men would sit down and look Their
wives in the face and take their children on
their knees and say wife and children,
my vote shall be cast for your interest, y the
state of things in Pennsylvania to-day would
be better than they are. If the men would
sit down in that way and LOOK at the ques-
tion of suffrage in the light of duty, where
is the man in Pennsylvania that could vote
against the party that has protected our
manufactures and our labor and tha. is
pledged TO protect them in the time to come.
A man that would sit down and consider
this question in the light of what he owes
to his family. would be found on election day
standing by the party that has protected
the labor Of Pennsylvania and its manufac-
turing interests, and that is pledged TO do
tha: for all time 10 come?
And now, citizens ofSomerset county, the
issue is near. Il is an issue of principles,
not men, 1t makes veiy little difference to
Inc how it results. | don't appeal for your
votes. | want no one to cast vote for me
through sympathy. If you don't believe
in the principles Of the party represent,
vote for Mr. Pattison. That is the honest
! thing and the right thing TO do. But if you
do believe in the principles Of the party /
represent, vote for the party and let the re-
suit be a triumph Of principles and not a
triumph of men. Don't let your personal
| feelings inf uence your action. Cast your
vote or the 9TH of Noyember as you will
wish on the sth that you had cast ii. Don I
wake up on the morning after the election
and regret that you have cast your vote a.
you did, but in order to avoid misgiyings,
qualms Of conscience, and reproacbes, every
one OF yoU, think about this matter, and
then on the eth OF November vote the Re-
publican ticket.
After the cheering and applause which
! followed the Generals remarks had subsid-
ed, the committee On resolutions, through
their chairman, F. ". Biesecker, presented
the following. resolution which were adopt
ed with cheers by the meeting:
Resoiisd, That we reailIrm the platform,
of principles and rules for the future gov
ernmeni of the party adopted by the Repub-
lican State Convention held at Harrisburg
in May last.
RcSohod, That ii is the judgment Of this
meeting that the propositions offered by the
! Republican State Committee for the settle
ment Of existing difficulties in the party
were honorable and fair, and had they been
accepted would have led to harmonious re-
suits
Resolsesi, That the Independent Repubh-
cans. by declining TO accept the proposition
referring back TO the people the matters in
dispute. thereby stultified themselves and
virtually admitted their fear OF the result OF
| a popular verdict.
Rcsvice9, That VIC hereby pledge to Gen.
JAMES A. Beaver and his colleagues on the
State ticket hearty, vigorous and unswery-
ing support. and that we will use all hon
orabIe means TO secure their election.
Resoloed, That we heartily and fully en-
dorse the course pursued by our present rep
resentative in Congress, Gen. J. NJ Camp
bell.
Re.olred. That We earnestly commend to
the Republican voters Of the county all the
nominees on our county ticket. and We urge
upon every member of the party the duty
of securing their election by an emphatic
majority.
Resolted, That deploring as we do the di-
vision at present existingin our party ranks,
we take occasion here and now to reafiirm
our ,leyotion.to the principles of the Repub-
lican party, with Its shining record OF glo-
riQus deeds. accomplished results and unex
ampled benefits to the country and the
wcrid at large.
After the reading Of the resolutions on
motion the meeting wss declared adjourned
and one of the largest, enthusiastic and in
lelligent audiences that ever assembled at
one time within the boundaries of Somer-
set county quietly dispersed to reflect and
talk over what they had heard and seen and
70 meet again at the polls on the 7tli day OF
next November.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
Wednesday was a day Of work for the In
,iependsniS. and right actively did their
leader move from place 10 place urging and
beseecl,ing everybody TO turn oat and at
tend The meeting in the evening. Ia this,
a In other respects, their Democratic allies
lent them good assistance. owing to the
train upon which Senator Stewart was TO ar
rive being DELAYED. the meeting was not or
ganized until eight ,'clock. Mr.. Isaac
Kaufman was elected pres dent, and a long
IL; OF vice presidents and secretaries. many
OF whom we're not present and majority
Of those who were refusing to come for
ward. were named. The audience was not
quite - large as that of the previous even
Ing, and the difference in the faces and the
character of the men that composed !; was
most remarkable. Wherever you saw an
a,.thrtsi.sfi,. I,,l.p.nsIrnt yolt .aw = man