Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-10-25
The Most Enthusiastic Meeting
in Years.
A VOTE-MAKING MEETING
George w. Huntley, Jr Prominent Attor-
ney and Lum herman, Speaks for
Mckinley and Sibley.


and the opera house is now packed" :"
were the exclamatiops of those in
charge of the monster Republican
meeting last evening, when Hon. o. @.
Allen and Hon. JOS @. Sibley discussed
the issues of the campaign. Very early
in the day our people commenced to
gather in town from every section OF
the county, many coming from Nc
Kean, Elk and Potter counties. When
the hour arrived for the evening meet
ing every seat was occupied, yet the
delegations coming from the eastern
section of the county on special train
filed the immense capacity of the OPP
era house and the building was packed
to the street. Over thirteen hundred
people were in the room, jammed as
solidly as sardines in n box. More
than six hundred enthusiastic Repub-
licans arrived on the 1880 special train,
half of whom were unable to get into
the hall and lined the streets.
The meeting was called to order by b. w.
Green, Esq., chairman of the Republican county
committee in few words of thanks to the people
of Cameron county for the great outpouring to
hear the representatives ofRepubican principles.
Mr.. Green introduced as President of the meeting
Hon. j. Z. johnson, VINO was accorded nearly
applause when he took the stage. Mr.. johnson
briefly thanked the people for the honor of pre-
siding at so large meeting and delivered a ring
ing five minute speech for the election of the en-
tire ticket and especially the election of Mr.T +.
Moore, our candidate for member of Assembly
He paid glowing tribute to the character and
personal worth of our candidate and appealed to
every Republican to stand by him. At the close
of his remarks he was cordially applauded.
The following representative professional, bus-
ness men, mechanics and farmers, were elected
Vice Presidents and Secretaries of the meeting,
almost every one of them promptly taking their
places upon the stage:
PRESIDENT,
HON. j. c. JOHNSON.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Hon. John Mcdonald, Hon. &. v. WykoG,
Messrs. Y. F. Moore, Geo. W. Huntley, Jr., c..
Jay Goodnongh j. D. swope, Harry HemPhill,
z. W. Gaskll, +. S. Coppersmith, Drs. r, p.
Heilman, E. o. Bardwell, A. w. Baker, V. K.
Corbett, Messrs. Geo. Metzger. Sr., c. G. Fay,
w. Lewis, L. X. Huntington, H. G: olmsted. w.
S. Walker, Frank Mundy, Josiah Howard, U. A.
Palmer, A. G. Blum, Henry Auchu, Geo. J. La
Bar, Joseph Kaye, L; g; Dawson, H, S. Lloyd, J.
Dodson, Fred A. Hill JOS A. Fisher, G. Mahon
Pott, Martin Foster, Joshua Bair, Augustus Nell
son, John Wygant, w. r. SiZer, Otis Lucore,
Gilbert Morse, f. G. Hoag, Warren Mcconnell
Chas. Norton John NJ. English, Chas. w. Will
liams, 7. S. Patchell d. 5. Logue, S. w. Nyce, S.
White, Herman Anderson, W. swanson, Henry
w. Graham, M NJ. Larrabee, V. A. Brooks, A.
o. swartwood Frank p. Strayer, P. j. Robinson,
W ~ NaAohoh,
SECRETARIES.
Messrs. Henry Wheaton. VIM. Auchu, Chas.
Barton, Thos. F. Moore Frank Parker, E. H.
Laniger, Ed. McNerney, ID. N. Chandler, Chas.
Spanglel; J. w Kaye, 3. /: Spence; 9; J. Miller,
son, II. b. Mutthersbaugh.
Among the Vice Presidents were many names
used by the Emeryites at their Lincoln (?I Repub-
lican-Pattison meeting and their appearance
upon the stage branded the use of their names
by the Emeryites as unauthorized and that they
were Republicans. Every officer of the conven-
tion had personally authorized the use of their
name. When Geo. w. Huntley, Jr took seat
upon the platform it was great surprise to all
but a very few, and fell like thunder bolt in the
When one after another of the reported Emery
Republicans walked to the stage and faced the
large audience, there was great applause, thereby
hurting back the insinuation that they were
against the Republican ticket or Mr.. Sibley.
Even the Bradford Record reporter felt the chilly
effect and turned up his coat collar. About one
hundred representative men of the entire county
occupied the stage. Hon. .. G. Allen was intro
duced as the first speaker of the evening and, as
ne always has been wen received oy our people,
was warmly applauded. Senator Allen, in part,
said:
Now gentlemen, you all know that was a
candidate little while this year for Congress.
was defeated for the nomination by Mr.. Sibley.
What ballots had in the convention were cast
in my own interest. / was defeated in the con-
ference honorably. would gladly have been a
candidate before you tonight Tor Congress, not
because think am able to build platform OF
my own upon which might stand, independent
of either of the great parties OF this Nation, but
because would have been proud of the chance
to represent the 9th District in the Congress of
this Nation. But. another was nominated, be-
cause he had more votes and the other day. from
the platform in my own county the gentleman
who is the candidate on his own independent
platform had the audacty, and speak advisedly,
to stand up and undertake to intimate to citizens
OF my county that ] had traded or bartered of
the suffrage of my county to another, that he
might be candidate in this campaign.
l desire from this platform, and from every
other platform upon which the Lord will permit
me to speak during this campaign, to hurl such
insults to the man who uttered them, and say
that they are false in the extreme Great ap-
plause) And while | would gladly have been a
candidate before you and been thankful for the
suffrage which you might have given me, and
have been proud to have represented you, if
elected, in the halls ofCongress. have too much
manhood and honor, trust, to ever barter away
the suffrage given re by my friends and neigh
bors in the 9th Congressional District of Penn
syvana. (Applause). The other side said they
would give to me- when they were in search of a
candidate, the Democratic votes and the Repub-
lican kickers. (Applause). | said, "Oh, no, ex-
cuse me-" didn't want to be kicked into Con-
gress. If ever go, want to be nominated and
elected regularly. Therefore, ladies and gentle
men, stand before you tonight without feeling
and without malice, and | stand before you,
though defeated in that Congressional Confer
ence with IS much manhood as had before, and
assure you, with all the patriotism that ever
sWelIed up in my breast, and with all the patriot
Ism ever possessed, and ask you to support
nchlnley and Roosevelt, and Joseph c. Sibley
CGrtst applause). am earnest for the election
OF MI Sibiey, not because ofany friendship which
exists between him and me, and not because of
anything beyond that duty which | owe to nv
God, my country and the Republican party.