Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-25
Republican County Convention.

met at the Court House, Tuesday, Sep
tember 23d, 1902, at II O'Clock, "a. m.
The secretary of the County Commit
tee called the convention roll which
showed the election of tho following
Delegates
Shipper Township-Wm. r. johnson, Mark
| Wright c. r. Kline Marcus Taylor Cameron
Hous!er, Chas. L, Wiley
Emporium, West Ward-Jos Howard j. p.
| McNarncy, G. f. Balcom, Joseph Friendal.
| Middle Ward-William Hackenberg, b. w.
Green Henry Edgcomb. East Ward-A. c.
Blum l.. x. Huntington, Henry Wheaton.
Portage Township-JohnWygant H.A. smith
Lumber Township a. F. Walker G. H. How
| let, Frank Hoag.
Gibson Townships. w. Nyce, Frank G.
Smith, d. S. Logue O. b. Tanner, V. A. Brooks
Driftwood-V. X. Corbett, p. j. Robinson, Geo
w. HuntIey, Jr H. b. Mutthersbough
Grove Township--H II. Alderfer c. f. Bar
clay, f. Burke, Edward Losey.
Captain G. +. Barclay was elected
| Chairman Of the convention by ac-
clamation and II H. Alderfer OF Grove,
and ii. P. McNarney of Emporium,
were elected Secretaries.
| The rules were suspended and Hon.
| II. II. Mullin was nominated by accla-
nation for Member Of the Legislature.
Mr. Mullin was introduced to the con-
vention and thanked the delegates for
| the nomination and then eft for Harris
burg to file the certificate denomination.
The following order of business was
offered and adopted:
1.-Eection ofChairman of County Committee
| 2.-Appontment of committee on Resolutions
3.-Nomination of candidate for Sheriff
| 4.-Nomination of two candidates for County
| Commissioner.
| 5.-Nomination of two candidates for County
| Auditor.
| Report of Committee on Resolutions
| 7.-General business.
A. Q. Blum was nominated for chair
man of the County Committee and
elected by acclamation.
The chair oppoinqed B. w. Green,
George W. Huntley, Jr., and Frank
Hoag Committee on resolutions.
The names of Harry Hemphill and
A. w. Lewis were presented as candi-
dates for Sheriff, The roll was called
and the vote was as follows: Hemahill,
10, Lewis Is. Hemphill was declared
nominated.
The names of JohnW. Lewis, Frank
Craven, Merit Blodget and George w.
Gentry were presented as candidates
for the nomination for Commissioner.
Tho roll was called and the vote was
as follows: Lewis, 25, Craven, 8,
Gentry, u, Blodget, 80. Lewis and
Blodget were declared nominated.
The names of @. L. Butler and Cor
don II. Howlet were presentnd as can
didates for Auditor. There being no
other nominations they were nominated
bv acclamation.
A recess of ten minutes was taken on
motion of B. w. Green.
The Committee on resolutions re-
ported as follows and the report was
unanimously adopted:
The necessities of modern business have on
grown the ordinary local or state corporations
and have made necessary corporations or combi-
nations Of capital commonly called trusts the
| sphere of whose operation is interstate or
national.
The charters for these corporations being
granted by the states of New Jersey and Della
ware, whose laws provide little or no means of
control and regulation and at the best are opera
tive only within the state, they are without any
effective control and as result conditions have
arisen such as existed in Pennsylvania when
corporations We're chartered by the legislature
for any and every iputpo5e, and no power or
right ofregulation was retained by the state.
This condition in Pennsylvania was destroyed
and the evils of Pennsylvania corporations was
eliminated by the Constitution of 1874 and the
laws passed by the Republican legislatures in
pursuance of that constitution.
| The evils ofthe interstate corporation or trust
can be cured by like control and regulation.
The operation of these corporations being ma
tonal the states cannot regulate and control
them but the regulation must be national laws
We therefore favor the immediate passage OF
such legislation by the national Congress as will
etfectually control the operation of all corpora
tions combinations of capital by whatever
name they are known doing an interstate bust
ness so as to effectually eliminate all evils o
such combinations of which Just complaint is
made and at the same time preserve to them the
right and power to do an interstate business
which the present prosperous condition of oul
country requires and for this purpose we favo
such amendments to the national constitution a!
will give to Congress power to exercise complete
control over all such corporations or combina
tions.
We therefore request and instruct our Senators
and member of the House of Representatives O
the United States to use all proper means withir
their power to secure national control and regu
lation of all such corporations and combinations
F We believe in combinations of capital and
equal combinations of laboring interests with
laws allowing them both the fullest scope for the
development of ambition and energy, but as both
capital and labor are central pillars in the system
off fertilization, we believe in laws which viii
fully protect the public from corporation and
private greed and malice ana we declare for the
fullest freedom of expression of thought and
plans for the betterment Of our government so
long as they declare for constitutional methods
of passing amendments to our laws.
Weare opposed to. any and every attempt tc
destroy our national prosperity and bring back
Cleveland regime of closed mills smokeles,