Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-25
THOUGHTS FOR jerks.
Jerome B. Niles on the
Weakness of the
Democracy.
BACKS THE CAUSE OF COL. STONE
An Arrangement of the Minority Party
for Lacking Courage to Stand by its
Convictions.
PHILADELPHIA inquirer.

fOIIOWlnS the weak ana equlVOcal
letter Of acceptance Of democratic can
didate for Governor George A. jerks,
which seems to have satisfied no one
but the Gold Democrats who are anx-
ious to get inside the Bourbon lines
again, broad gauge and straight-for-
ward declaration on the issues of the
campaign in Pennsylvania from ex-
Auditor-General jerome B. Niles, was
retreshinglyinterestinga and conclusive.
There are few men better known than
General Niles, in the Keystone State.
He is recognized as one of the strong
est men in the northern tier and his
long experience in public affairs makes
his utterances on the issues of the day
always timely and valuable. General
Niles, who will be one of the leaders
on the stump for Colonel w. A. Stone
in the Gubernatorial canvas, said:
'Our democratic friends cannot shirS
the national issues in which our pres
ent and future welfare are so vitally
concerned. The voters of this most
intelligent State will not, by them, be
deceived. In 1896 they went before
the country contending for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and
pleading for tariff for revenue only
They are, in this State, seemingly anx-
ious to abandon their position taken in
the last campaign. They do not like
to have anything said about free silver
or about free trade. The marvellous
and mysterious connection which they
had discovered between wheat and
silver disappeared Immediately after
the election of Mr.. Mckinley. In
thousands of speeches they cried out
that we would ruin the American
farmer by insisting upon currency
founded upon gold basis. They in
sisted that when silver went down in
the scale of values that wheat went
with it. That upon the financial ques-
ton they were a sort of Siamese twins
And yet, in this, as in all things else,
they have been mistaken. AS soon as
it was ascertained that our currency
was to be continued on a solid basis
wheat began to go up and silver kept
on going down. The mysterious con-
nection was broken. There have been
times since 1896 when it would have
taken enough silver bullion to make
three silver dollars to buy one bushel
of wheat.
'"The Republican party has been in
this State on the right side of all the
great public questions of the last four
decades. Where are the public meas
ures that our democratic friends have
originated? They cannot be found.
In this State, at least, the democratic
party has even been like the hind
wheels of wagon, crawling along in
the rear, keeping just SO far behind;
always using as camping ground the
place occupied by the Republicans in
the Years that are gone, always keep
ing just far enough from the front to
be of no service in the settlement of
public questions.
owe judge men, and we should
Judge political parties, by what they
have done and not by what they
promise to do. You form your opin-
ion as to the future conduct of your
neighbor by an examination of his past
life. Political parties are composed Of
individuals, and what is true of the in
dividual person is true of all political
parties, be they either great or small.
There is no allegation against either of
the candidates personally that head
the respective state tickets. They are
both worthy citizens Each represent
the traditions and the principles of his
party. And the success Of the individ-
ual candidate will be the triumph OF
the party whose representative of the
present he is.
WHAT STONE REPRESENTS.
Colonel William A. Stone repre-
sents the Republican party with its
glorious and Illuminated history OF the
past third of a century. Herepresents
a party that stands pledged to tinan-
cial policy that will for all time give
us a currency which shall be as un-
changeable as the hills and which shall
be good as gold in any land upon
which the sun in Heaven shines in
making his daily round. Colonel
Stone represents party that stands
pledged to the maintenance of our