Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-10-15
HASKELL is NOT
The ONLY BURDEN
Bryan Handicapped by Kerr's
Corporation Connections.
GUFFEY men NOW LAUGHING
Especial Correspondence.l
New York, Oct.

| and Democrats, will be interested in
disclosures made by correspondent
of the New York Sun regarding the
corporation connections of Bryan's in
| innate friend, James Kerr, of Clear
| field, Pa, whom he catapaulted into
the Democratic national committee at
Denver after the Haskell steam roller.
at Bryan's direction, had crushed out
Colonel James M. Guffey, who had not
| only subscribed many thousands of
dollars to Bryan's campaign funds. but
| also furnished free of cost the stained
glass windows which adorn the Bryan
household at Lincoln.
Haskell, owing to the exposure OF
his Standard Oil connections, has had
/ to retire from the treasurership of the
Democratic national committee.
But Kerr still holis on.
Kerr and Corporations.
Here is what New York Sun cor
respondent has just written about Mr..
Kerr:
ITO the accompaniment of the blare
of trumpets and the waving of many
flags. Colonel James M. Guffey, of
Pennsylvania, was convicted at Den
yer of the objectionable sin of being
a corporation man, and the spotless
James Kerr was installed in his place
as Democratic national committeeman
from the Keystone state. Never mind
the fact that Colonel Guffey was the
selection by a large majority of the
properly constituted delegation of
Democrats of his state. The state Is
hopelessly for Taft anyway, and there
fore personal animosities must be
gratified while the ancient bluff of
'peepul' Is carried out.
The Peerless Leader therefore
smiled expansively and the faithful
cohorts chortled for Joy when the
wicked Mr.. Guffey was exiled and that
well-known corporation hater, free
from spot or blemish or any such
thing was presented faultless before
the representatives of the downtrodden
masses!
"But what Is this we find? Upon TAX
ing up the Directory of Directors for
the year 1907-08-a satanic roll of
malefactors, appropriately bound in
red-we discover on page SAT the fol.
lowing entry:
A Pretty Good List.
tor Beech Creek Coal e Coke com
pany, II Battery place.
American Union Telephone COM
pany, Harrisburg. Pa, director.
Automatic Coaling G. Weighine
Barge company, of Delaware, presi.
dent and director.
Beech Creek Railroad company
director
"'Chest Creek Railroad company
director
"'Clearfield Manufacturing com.
pany, president and director.
"'Clearfield Trust company direc.
tor.
Commonwealth Coal & Coke com.
pany, president and director.
Farmers bank. of Indiana, Pa
director
First National bank, Patton Pa.
| director
'Hooverhurst & Southwestern rail
road, president and director
'Iroquois China company. presi
dent and director.
! National Corporation Securities
company, president and director.
New York Weighing Barge s:
Coaling company, president and direc
tor.
North River Coal C Wharf COM
pany. president and director.
"'O'Gara Coal company, director.
Pennsylvania, Beech Creek G.
Eastern Coal company. president and
director.
Pennsylvania Coal 6 Coke com.
pany. director
Pennsylvania Construction &c In
vestment company, president and di.
rector
Philadelphia Record, director
Potts Run Land company, presi.
dent and director