Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-04-21

the Republican county executive COM |
nlIttee. was shown the above extract |
from Mr.. Stones speech he said: !
That statement is untrue. Had any |
other candidate for governor made a |
statement so clearly at variance with |
the truth l would have been inclined |
TO think that 1t was a slip Of memory. |
hut. coming as il does from such pro |
life letter writer as William A. Stone, |
and a mani who has violated two writ |
ten pledges 10 his constituents. / am |
rather inclined to believe that he knew |
exactly what he was saying. and made |
the statement several hundred miles |
from home. in the hope that no one |
would conrsadict it. Mr.. Stone should |
have looked over his letter copybook /
before he made such a statement, for |
I have his pledge here in writing, |
signed by himself. and there can be no |
mistake as 10 what he said. Here is
the letter with this Mr.. Robertson
produced the following letter:
"Pittsburg, Pa, March p, 1896.
ITO the Chairman of the Allegheny
County Republican Executive Com
mittee:
'I hereby file with you. in accordance
with the rules governing the Repubh-
can party Of Allegheny county, my
written 2 edge that l Will honorably
and fully represent and vote in ac-
sordance with the will and preference
.or president of plurality of the Re
publican voters of the congressional
district within which / am candidate
for delegate, whenever expressed by a
plurality Of those voting a preference
at a primary election held previous TO
the meeting Of the national convention
in which l am a delegate. after due
notice has been given by the chairman
OF the county committee that they VIII
have an opportunity in said primaries
to express such preference, in case
am elected a delegate.
Il also enclose herewith my contriou'
ton of s25, for advertising and other
Incidental expenses, as provided py
said rules.
WILLIAM A. STONE"
STATEMENT PRONOUNCED FALSE
Continuing Chairman Robertson said:
"As you can readily see, Mr.. Stone
wrote that pledge March q, 1896, Just
the day before the Republican primar-
les were held to elect delegates to the
convention which met on the following
Tuesday and which elected Mr.. stone
delegate to the national convention,
20 that his statement that this rule was
adopted after he was elected a delegate
is a falsehood.
"Now the rule compelling candidates
TO pledge themselves to vote in the
convention as the Republicans of their
district desired was adopted a week
previous to the national delegate prl-
maries. II IS rule 16 Of the Republican
county executive committee, and was
adopted by a vote Of 231 to 81. Mr.. Stone
tried to have the rule defeated at the
committee meeting, but failed.
shortly before the vote was taken
on presidential preference in Mr.
Stones district he sent out a number
of letters asking the people to vote in
structions for Quay, but the people
were for Mckinley and said so at the
polls.
Beside the letter 1 have shown you
| Mr.. Stone signed a pledge in conjunc-
ton with Robert A. McAfee. Stone
| went to the national convention and
voted for Quay notwithstanding the
fact that a plurality of the Republican
| voters in his district had instructed him
| TO vote for Mckinley.
VETO PROMISE Is RIDICULEDt
Il see that in this same speech he
| says he will veto any Lexow investiga-
| tion bills This statement is really
| laughable Bill Andrews is his cam
| paign manager, and Andrews was at
| the head Of the Lew TX committee. Mr..
| Stones written pledge did not seem to
| amount to much, and / guess his YER
| bal one viii! be taken with grain OF
| allowance. Abraham Lincoln once
| said You can fool some of the people
| all the time and all of the people some
| of the time. bu. cannot fool all the
| people all the time l would suggest
| to Mr stone that he commit that adage
| to memory.
| II have nothing personally against
| Colonel Stone but as Republican /
| do not believe that he would he an
I available candidate. The party ought
4 not to be called upon to defend its can
| didate for he chief office of the COM
| monwealth against such fragrant viola
| tions Of pledges made to the people
| The party suffered defeat eight years
MOUNTAINEERING De1amater by The same
| methods that he is using now to fur
| ther Colonel Stones candidacy"
OUR war ships will go into action with
! the motto, Remember the Maine.
| The reckoning for that black deed of
treachery will be one likely to prevent
its repetition.
ONE of the most peculiar and misun-
| derstood faculties of man is the sense of
smell. Animals have it in a keener de
gree. Humboldt says that the Peruvian
Indians could tell in the darkest night
whether person approaching was a
! European, negro, or an American In
dian In those who are dnnriyed of the