Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-20
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man that any voter can consclentlously
support. When man fiops from one
party to another and is at once given
the nomination for the highest Office
obtainable at the time, there is some
thing rotten in the deal, there is un-
lawful scheming on the face of it; there
is nigger in the woodpile. Elect Mr..
Emery and you will have a man who
will represent the district in an honest
manner, and he is no demagogue."
That was under the date ofSept. 18th.
May | call your attention to letter
received by me, dated July 23rd of this
year, from the editor of the Weekly
Gazette, of Driftwood, Pa. 1t reads as
follows:
MIR. j. C. SIBLEY, Franklin, Pa:
Dear Sir: The campaign is now on and the
for Congress. | am conducting a paper which
has since 1876 been run as neutral paper. IL
covers this end of the district in line shape
What will you give for the exclusive use OF the
Gazette during the fall campaign? Last fall
rented two columns to each party at the rate of
20 cents per line, allowing me to remain neutral
but you are both Republicans l am willing to
throw my support to the one who can see the
most in it, The paper is read by people of all
parties and should be the best paper in the the
Gazette you win have the support of two of the
three papers published IN the county. and will
know tnat the money eSpenueu Will De useu III
your behalf 1t is said that not one-tenth of the
money spent here during the last campaign ever
went out of the hands of those who were to dis
tribute it. Hoping to hear from you soon re-
JOS. S. JOHNSTON.
l have not answered this letter and
shall never answer such letter.
Now, what do you suppose care
when the Joseph S. Johnstons p'blish
their denunciations? Great applause
A GENEROUS OFFER.
Now my friends, you have some
charitable organizations. You have
your labor unions and your benevolent
associations formed for the purpose of
bringing great blessings to our COM
mon brotherhood. You shall not
have to depend upon those who for
such purposes publish such utterances
and stultify the common honesty that
ought to pertain to man. Allow me
to make this suggestion kindly. | sup
pose the labor unions of the city of
Bradford always have abundant means
to help some worthy brother or some
worthy cause. We shall lift politics
out of the lower domain and bring it
up where it can look into the face of
honest manhood. | want you to help
me to this joint discussion, therefore, |
will make you this offer The minute
you bring me Mr.. Emery's acceptance
of my invitation | will contribute to
your union 81, 900 in cash. If the la
Dor unions cannot bring enough in
fiuence to bear on him, then let some
of the other benevolent associations
try it. and whoever first secures the
acceptance will have the 81, 900 to dis
pose of in the name of sweet charity
and there will be no corruption in
such use of money. (Applause.)
A BOOMERANG.
When Mr.. Sibley was quoting the
Driftwood Gazette's complimentary re-
marks concerning Mr.. Emery and his
candidacy party of Emeryites who
had been "planted" ostensibly for the
purpose of interrupting Mr.Sibley and
humiliating him, set up howl of ap-
plause which they kept up for some
time. Mr. Sibley smiled and said, 'Go
on, boys, | would not give much for
you if you did not applaud at the men,
ton Of Mr.. Emery's name. He is your
fellow townsman; but you won't ap-
plaud when get through with this"
Mr.. Sibley read on, being frequently
interrupted. When he laid down the
clipping and began to read the letter
which offered to sell out to Mr.. Sibley
the Emeryites were still as mice.
They were the humiliated ones then,
and Farmer Dean and others of the
Emery rooters were not in a mood to
howl. But the Republicans did the
shouting then. 1t was their turn to
yell and they did so with will.
Hon. |. X. Hockey, in last weeks
Independent, worries greatly because
the editor of this journal consulted his
own sweet will and declined to enter
the field as candidate for Member of
| Assembly. If the political prophet of
Cameron county was SO anxious for a
''Walk-over," as he expresses it, why
did he show the white feather and re-
| fuse to accept the nomination at the
hands of his party when we entered
the field as the nominee of the Repub-
lican party in 1894? You made such a
gallant contest against Hon. j. G. John
son and was entitled to and urged to
accept the customary second term. If
we are so easily "walked-over' you
should not dare others to do that you
have not the sand to do yourself. We
are proud of the loyal support we re-
ceived from the purchasable peo-
pie of this county, especially in 1896
and 1898, and the past has demon
strated the fact that in spite of the
wholesale debauchery of the voters we
have kept you exceedingly busy to
''walk-over' US. We suppose our
friends fond desire for that senatorial
nomination caused him to muse to
himself, cpl run away and live to
fight (my friends) some other day"
Our friend is not consistent in his ar
gument. Try again.