Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-09-29

sylvania, composed of the counties
of Venango, Warren, Mexican and
Cameron, has suddenly become an
intensely exciting and possibly a
doubtful one in consequence of the
appearance of Ex-Congressman
Joseph G. Sibley as the Democratic
candidate. The district is Repub-
lican by a majority ranging any
where from 5000 to 5000. 1t has
been represented since 1890 by
Representative G. w. Stone, of
Warren, who is easily one of the
leading members of the Pennsyl-
vania delegation in the House, and
at the present time chairman of its
most important committees.
In the face of the strong Repub-
lican majority in the district, and
the exceptionally good record
of the present Representative it is
evident that Mr.. Sibley would not
have accepted a nomination
without the assurances upon
which he thinks he can rely
of strong Republican support.
While he is both rich and ambitious
Mr.. Sibley is not a rainbow chaser.
He is doubtless willing to spend
money literally to get elected to
Congress, but he is not willing to
throw money away on a hopeless
contest, and hopeless contest it
would certainly be if he could only
poll the Democratic vote of the dis
trict. The charge has been made
that Mr.. Sibley has consented to be
a candidate at the solicitation of
several hundred leading Republi-
cans of the district, and that the
object is to punish Stone for having
aspired to the Governorship.
This charge is denied with a great
deal of emphasis by Chairman
Elkin, Of the Republican State
Committe, but the action of the
organization Republicans of the
district will prove more convincing
than denial from the State chair
man. If they work and vote 10y
ally for Congressman Stone he will
be elected, for it is not conceivable
that few disappointed applicants
for postoffices can through a recital
of their own private grievances
change Republican votes enough
from Stone to Sibley to defeat the
former and elect the latter. If
Sibley be elected and Stone beaten
it will be because of an organized
movement on the part of the dom
inant Republican wing Of the party
in the district, and dozen or a
thousand denials from the Repub-
lican State Chairman will not alter
the fact.
Whatever the assurances of Re-
publican support given to Mr..
Sibley, the honest, fair-minded
voters of the district should see to
it that Mr.. Stone is returned to
Congress by an overwhelming mai
ority. He stands for honest money
and the honest fulfillment of all
the governments promises, and
Mr.. Sibley, his opponent, stands
as n conspicuous outspoken cham
pion of a dishonest dollar. So
conspicuous is he in the party Of
reputation that he was seriously
considered as the Democratic can
didate for Vice President at the
Chicago convention in 1896, and
he is known everywhere as one of
the most positive advocates of the
free coinage at the ratio of Is to !.
Mr. Stone, on the contrary, as
the chairman of the committee on
coinage, weights and measures, has
by speech and vote in season and
out Of season stood for the main
tenance of an honest money stan
dard, and his defeat would be more
than the defeat of the honest
money sentiment Of his district
it would be a serious loss to the
cause Of honesty and integrity for
the whole country. If there are
any Republicans in the Twenty
seventh district who have a private
grievance against Congressman
Stone they should forget it in the
public interest, and every sound
money Democrat should support
Mr.. Stone as d matter OF public
duty.
WASHINGTON LETTER.