Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06


The following letter published in the
Bradford Era explains itself and ex-
plodes part at least of the Sturtevant
plot, recently published by the Inde-
pendent and Gazette of this county.
The major of said interview was fake
and has been repudiated by Mr.. Sturte-
want.
SMETHPoRT, Pa, Aug. %.
Editor of the Daily Era:
| enclosed and mailed to the Daily
Record of Bradford, Pa, on the goth
inst, a letter of which the enclosed is a
copy, and requested that it be published
in that paper. 1t failed to appear in
that paper, and having received no re-
ply to it, | assume that the Record does
not intend to publish it-I suppose for
political reasons. | therefore request
that you publish the same with this
letter. Yours truly,
THos. A. MORRISON.
[Copy of letter mailed Aug. 20, 1900,
to the editor of the Bradford Daily
Record.
SMETHPoRT, Pa, Aug. Is, 1900.
To the Editor of the Bradford Daily
Record:
My attention has recently been called
to an article which appeared in your
issue of Aug. 10th, which purports to
have been written by George Nox Nc
Cain and published in the Philadelphia
Press, in which article eex-Congressman
Sturtevant is quoted as saying: "In
the meantime the Quay Republicans
have been working in Venango county
getting signatures to petition urging
Sibley to be candidate and promising
him their support a friend of mine
and also of Quay's who had not been
let into the secret, went into the district
to try and halt this movement. He saw
ex-senator Bonnon of Bradford, Judge
Morrison and other Quay leaders in the
9th district, and warned them that
they were making mistake. They
refused to listen to advice and declared
they were for Sibley."
So far as the above refers to me it is
absolutely false. never told any per-
son that was for Sibley for Congress
against G. w. Stone two years ago, and
I was not for him. | supported G. w.
Stone earnestly for the nomination for
Congress and did everything that
could properly do in favor of his cleo
ton. l voted for him and urged my
friends and acquaintances to do the
same. I may add that l had been the
personal and political friend of G. w.
Stone from the time that he first ran
for the Legislature in the Warren and
Venango district. | never in my life,
either directly or indirectly, aided any
man to be elected to Congress on the
Democratic ticket
IF the balance of Mr.. Sturtevant's
statements made to Mr.. Mccain are as
untruthful as his reference to me they
are not very valuable contribution to
the political literature of the day.
also notice in your paper an article
purporting to have been written by
Bion Butler in the Pittsburg Times,
which is intended TO convey the same
idea, i. e., that I was in a scheme to de-
feat Stone and elect Sibley. Idenounce
this as absolutely false, and no man has
or had the slightest excuse for making
such charge. | absolutely and un-
qualifiedly opposed Nj. .Sibley two years
ago because he was a Democratic can
didate and l was heartily in favor of
Mr.. Stone because he was Republi-
can running on the Republican ticket.
am now supporting HON.. G. Sibley
for Congress because he is the Repub-
lican nominee in the 9th district, and
because believe him to be an honor
able gentleman who will support Nc
Kinley's administration and Republi-
can measures in Congress.
respectfully request thatyou make
this letter as public as you did the false
charge that betrayed Mr.. Stone and
aided in the election of a Democratic
Congressman.
THos. A. MORRISON.