The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-01
The Governorship.

all over the State that the GuherDa-
torial candidate should come from the
Northwestern portion of the State this
year, as a matter of right and justice
TO the party, which has from year to
year contributed very largely to the
magnificent msjorities of the past.
Two candidates, both excellent men,
from the Northwest, are now promi.
nently before the people. They are,
Secretary Stone, of Warren, aud Sen.
ator Delamater, Of Crawford. What
the friends of these gentlemen should
carefully guard against is to avoid
doing anything that would deprive
this section of the State from securing
the candidate, and this aim we feel
confident will be kept in view by all.
Senator Delamater is thus spoken
Of by the Philadelphia Press of De.
cember 9th:
"The formal announcement by Sen.
ator Delamater of his candidacy for
the governorship, which was published
in the Press yesterday, aroused great
deal of comment among city Republi-
cans. The senator, who made a great
many friends on the occasion of the
Young Republicans reception on the
Friday previous TO the last State elec-
tion, when he met there nearly all the
prominent Republicans in town, re-
turned to the city from New York
yesterday and he went to the Lafay.
cite, where he had number of callers" p"
Several city Republicans who are
well acquainted with Senator Della.
mater predicted yesterday very live.
ly canvass for the governorship from
this time forward. One of them said ;
Senator Delamater showed very
good judgment when he announced
his candidacy at this time. The an.
nouncement is much better now than
it would have been later. 1t is better
for all the candidates. There is nc
use, when a man is supposed to bC
aiming for an object in politics, fol
him to keep coquetting with the people
and trying to make them think tina
he is Sin the hands of his friends.
The fact that Delamater has not in
dulged in that old platitude, but ha
come out in dignifed, common sens
way and said he was candidate vii
do him good.
II saw-a good deal of the man a
.. Harrisburg during the last session o
the legislature aud l formed yer,
high opinion of him. He is a man @
pluck and courage and his voice in tn
councils of the party at the state cap
ital was always in favor Of sound
common sense politics, and his judg
ment on party affairs is looked upo
even by older leaders as first class"
Meantime Senator Delamater, i
announcing his candidacy, has simpl
done what some of his friends an
acquaintance have been advising hiI
10 do for several weeks past. II
chose his own time however. Sewers
weeks ago when he was in the cit.
happening to meet Mr.. Joel j. Bail
socially, that gentleman, after chattin
with him awhile, laid his hand on
arm and said, playfully: Senator,
you are a candidate for governor yC
had better be getting around and
making a canvass" Senator Del
mater laughed and said there W
plenty Of time, that he did not wish
complicate matters in connection wi
the state ticket"
The following biographical sket'
of Senator Delamater is written
Prof. Bates, author of "Pennsylvan
in the War"
George Wallace Delamater W
born in Meadville, Pa, on the 31st
March, 1S49, and has consequent
seen the full half of the four sec
years, the extreme limit of man.
is of the eighth generation of
family of Delamaters in this countl
Claude le Maitre or De le Maitre a
his wife Hester, daughter of Piel
Du Bois, from whom he is descend'
having been married in HollaI
whittier they had gone to escape
ligious persecution in 1852, and in
same year emigrated to New Amst
dam, now New York. His materI
ancestry is traced back for niDe gen
atlous III thlS COuhtiJ, w hiio" ~"
from whom he is lineally descend
having settled in Salem, Mass,
1640. Salem Towne, the educat
was a descendant from this branch
the family and the late Schuyler {
fax and Governor Tod from the J.
amater Branch. No family has {
played a more patriotic devotion
country, whether in the earlier or Il
struggles for free institutions and Il
perpetuity than this, the rolls Of
army in every fresh encounter, b'
ing with honor the name of Della
Ter.
In participating in public aiI
Mr.. pelamater has been infueu
more by desire to harmonic {
hicting and warring interests
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