Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-10-13
1ud Singing Reacts.

EDITOR CAMERON COUNTY PRESs:--
| do not think the average citizen
believes i'm mud.slinging in politics,
especially in county politics. We
all, we Think, want the best men we
can get to fill all our offices, but more
especially county Offices, for the county
matters come nearer our pockets than
any other matters. What honest man
wants to run for an Office if he feels he
is to be abused the moment he allows
his name to be presented to the public
for any Office? How long viii we be
able to get good men TO run for any
Office the county can offer, if mud.
Singing is to continue? We think all
thoughtful citizens viii agree that it is
time to call halt on mud-siuging, and
go to work and get the best men we
can get for county offices and Repre-.
sentative. Surely no county needs
good men more than ours does / no.
ticed in the Independent Of Oct 9Th an
article, in my judgment, uncaIled for.
| have reference to an article headed
"a Wall for Platform and q Declara.
ton of Principles" Surely tho writer
of that article could not have meant
what he wrote. We believe it was
written with the idea in view of catch
ing the vote Of some disgruutled citizen,
but will il? As before stated, we believe
our citizens are tired of mud-singing.
and it seems to me the article referred
to is full Of uncalied for mud-slinging
and venom. Every one i'll the county
knows Mr.. Josiah Howard, and his
great berevolences, bnt they do not
know all of them. The writer knows
we'll many kind acts of Mr.. Howard
that the general public never knew of,
but what the public knows should be
enough to send him TO Harrisburg with
the largest majority ever given Rep
resentative from the county. If the
voters Of this county do not elect him
how can they ever expect q good, clean
citizen to allow his name to 90 before
them again for any office Of RESPONSE
bility? The independent says Mr.
Blpmle has done ten times more for
good roads than Mr.. Howard has.
That may be true, but we do not think
the general public win believe it Mr.
Blumle has done quite Il little for the
roads on Plank Road Hollow, but MIR.
Blumle was more benefited by that
road than any one else. Mr.. Howard
has speEt hundreds Of dollars and given
his personal time fixing onr streets for
the benefit Of the public at large, and
no one will deny but that our streets
are in much better shape than ever be-
fore. Mr.. Howard, at his own expense,
has for years kept open free library,
gymnasium and reading room for the
general public. In the afternoon this
place is open for the accommodation of
the farmers wives and daughters from
all over the county, or elsewhere, with
a lady attendant to wait on them. He
also saw to ii that our citizens had a
beautiful Park, where the young can
congregate any time to play their
games, and the older folks can 90 and
rest He, ana he alone, made it posi-.
bic to have county fair, who put up
the buildings there. cleared the land,
and made it possible for all our citizens
to have a public place of enjoyment
Perhaps Mr.. Howard can tell you better
than any one else, yet you never hear
this gentleman speak of it. Many
other things this gentleman has done,
and more improvements are contem-
plated. Mr.. Editor, can the citizens of
this county, knowing all this, vote for
man who has not such a record? |
do not think they will. Which of the
two men has the good of the county
most at hearth Which of the two men
10 llhtIy W bt VIC luOSJ USEFUL III Iile
halls Of the Legislature? do not think
any citizen can doubt. Mr.. Howard
has made his money in this county,
and in it he is spending it, and after
while when the timber is gone, and
perhaps some of the other industries,
Mr.. Howard will be here to help us on
with his charities and brain. Can we
hope for as much from the other candi-
date? | will leave the public to Judge.
We know what Mr. Howard has done,
and we have no reason to think he will
ever change. We also know what Hr.
Blumle has done, and have no idea he
will change. We ask the general pub
lie which of the two candidates is most
worthy of their support?
We believe there are enough good,
honorable thinking voters in this
county to give Mr.. Howard very large
majority, and vindicate the stand taken
after the last election, that we will no
longer allow beer or whiskey to infiu-
ence our vote or allow it to rob US of
the value of it.
FAIR PLAY.
Emporium Pa Oct II 1904