Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-13
A Democratic View.


common sense, practical view of the
political situation, have not lost their
confidence in Mr.. Sibley, nor do they
see anything to enthuse over the can
| didacy of Mr.. Emery as the regularly
accredited nominee of their party.
Many of them will support Mr.. Sibley,
in spite of the hue and cry, raised by
their party over his alleged treachery
to the party. One of this class who
has no objections to having his name
| published, has written a strong let
ter to the Citizen Press, to which he
| plainly states his own position and
that of hundreds of other Democrats
throughout this district.
! He states that the Democrats of
Pennsylvania, for the past sixty years
have stood tor protective tariff, and
that Mr.. Sibley's course in Congress
| when he voted against the Wilson
tariff act, was but following the foot
steps of his illustrious predecessor,
Samuel j. Randall. He says that in
the last Congressional campaign Mr..
Sibley declared repeatedly, that if the
Democrats expected him to support
measure, simply because it was favor
ed by their party, irrespective of his
honest and intelligent opinion of it,
| they should refrain from voting for
him. Mr.. Sibley's course in the pres
ent Congress has been in perfect con-
sistency and accord with his state
ments and promises to the voters of
this district. The Democratic party
took him at his word and trusted him.
He has not betrayed that trust. This
Democrat concludes his letter with the
following words:
viii some one who pretends to think that Mr..
Sibley has betrayed somebody or something, tell
the people of this district what vote cast by Mr..
Sibley is different from what would have been
cast by majority of them, if every voter in the
district had personally voted the question?
Mr.. Sibley is q protectonst. So are the majori-
ty of the Democrats of this State. He is in favor
of holding our purchased possessions in the
Philippines and so is Bryan and so is Mckinley.
There is nothing to prevent a conscientious
Democrat from voting for Sibley, but many
things in the present makeup of the opposition
to induce him to do so. Mr.. Sibley is well known
for his ability his eminent fitness for the place,
his experience, his acquaintance, his well
grounded influence with leading men, his per-
sonal integrity, his liberality, his enterprise and
courage which fears nothing in the line of
duty This is his fifth campaign and there has
yet to appear in public print or from the stump
one accusation impugning the honor of the man.
If the Democrats of the district had a candi-
date of their own party they ought to support
him. and not one of them would be expected to
vote for the Republican nominee unless friend
ship outweghed party fealty; but when they
have no candidate of their own, it is not without
reason that they considered free to cast their
votes for Mr.. Sbey, rather than for political
nondescript who with motley assortment fprin-
pies, but professed!y Republican, asks the party
to accept him as handy substituted whip
to lash Sibey." as he himself puts it. We have
no Democratic candidate and win vote for Mr..
Sibley as the candidate worthy of my support.
Here is simple straightforward
epitome of the entire political situa-
ton There is no Democratic candi-
date in this district. And old-time
Democrats will support Mr. Sibley
rather than an nOndescript candidate
whose political principles are founded
upon supreme seltishness alone and
who fears to submit his opinions on
public matters to the search-light of
public scrutiny in joint debate.