The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-21
HARRISON IN ORLEANS COUNTY
HE FINDS THERE AN OPEN RE-
VOLT AGAINST ODELLTSM.
Banner OF Roosevelt and Herrick Club
F1utteriny in the Breeze In Medina
banquet 10 the Candidate-Ftrst
Voters Escort Him 70 the Opera House.

Voters Escort Him 70 the Opera House.
MEDINA. NY, Oct. 20.-Of all queer condi-
tions those which Congressman Francis Bur
ton Harrison has found In Orleans county
are considered by him and his campaign
followers as the queerest. The revolt
against Odellism is no undercurrent here.
Witness the futteripg In the breeze over
one of Medinas streets Of the banner OF the
Roosevelt and Herrick Club This Or
ganization had as a nucleus twenty-four
stonecutters, who have always stuck
to national and State Republican tickets
until this year.
Governor Chairman Odell recently seLt
one of his why don't you love mef' letters
to former School Commissioner Poison OF
Medina. Mr.. Poison addressed his reply
to my Dear Governor-Grocery-C Chairman.
He said that he could not afford to stay
in a party which allowed State Senator
L'Hommedieu to act as he had In Orleans in
carrying out the odell propaganda, He
wound up something like this:
we had among US recently most
notorious Democratic divekeeper. One
Wednesday L'Hommedieu baptized him
into the Republican faith, the next night
u
he was elected to be a delegate to go to
Saratoga to do your will
Mr.. Poisson has refused to give out the
whole Of this letter for publication. He
says Odell may give 1t out II he wants to,
Then there is the Republican candidate for
District Attorney, l.. 81. Sherwood. Mr..
odell didn't write to Mr.. Sherwood. He
knew better. But Senator Plat was per-
suaded to try to swing Mr.. Sherwood into
line. Mr.. Sherwoods reply was that he
loved Senator Platt too much to take the
Senator's counsel against his own con-
science. Thus Orleans has a county can
didate steadfsstly refusing to say that he
which his own name appears.
The frankness and boldness characteristic
Of the revolt here simply accentuate con-
ditions as they have been revealed to the
Democratic campaigners throughout the
rs the he%s " Il ssn s
votes behind his ticket In This county.
L'Hommedieu has been as brutal In run
ming the county 40 Odell has been IN running
the State machine. AL these things have
LESSONS Of loyalty to the Citizens ticket.
aside from all party oonsiderations.
Congressman Harrison reached Medina
this afternoon and was at once taken for q
drive among the heavy bearing orchards
Of Orleans On his return he was the guest
Several hundred citizens waited on the cap-
didate after the dinner and shook hands
with him and were encouraged In their
good works.
1875 strong, and ali guaranteed to be Of vot-
ing age, came down to the hotel in brilliant
uniforms, and, with q band playing See the
Conouering Hero Comes, marched Mr..
Harrison oh to the opera house in q glare
OF red FIRE and torchlights and Roman
candles.
Congressman Harrison spoke rather
briefly, explaining to the audience that
with the slight cold which he has caught
he felt 1t wise to 90 slowly with his vocal
chords. which still have to stand three
weeks Of campaigning. He said that Medina
s of sssf the n sts
Of the Furnacevine graft only seven miles
away He invited them to 60 down and look
over for themselves the stun which Mr..
Higgins declares was tran ms Me from
concern needed the money. Mr. Harrison
said that the extreme intimacy existing
between Mr. Odell and Mr.. Hartman was
matter which every voter jealous OF the
relations between the State and privilege
seeking corporations ought to ponder
The Assistant Superintendent Of Public
Works in charge Of the Black River canal,
came out to-day with an ANSWER TO Harr-
sons description Of the conditions on that
branch Of the canal in Lewis county. Mr.
Harrison had little fun with the answer
He pointed out that the superintendent
statement admitted all his facts save two
first, that the Otter Creek lock was i'm
passable; second, that a State watohman
was watching the bullfroRs which perch
on the half sunken wreck Of the State dredge
AS to the Otter Creek lock, 1t might have
been repaired. but certainly no canal boat
had passed through it for two years, which
was the main point. AS to the watchm an
Mr.. Harrison pointed out that he had
not said that the Waterman was actually
watching the dredge, but that he was merely
being paid for watching 1t along with other
State property of no value.
@. H. Kennedy Of Erie and John n. Car.
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