Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
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MAY DEBAR EMERY
FROM CONVENTION
Pennsylvania Republicans in Con-
gress Declares He is Demo-
crat Any how.

IL. w. strayer. staff Washington Correspondent
in Pntsburg Times.
WASHINGTON, MAY 1.-THE de8er
ton from the Knox cause of Lewis
Emery, Jr., delegate to the Repnbll-
can national convention from the
Twenty-frst Pennsylvania district, has
aroused the resentment and indigna-
ton of the Republican members of con
gress from the Keystone state. Almost
without exception they declare Mr.
Emery's course to be eunwarranted that
they insist that every effort be made TO
keep him out of the convention.
Senator Knox personally declines to
discuss the matter, but several senators
who had read Mr.. Emery's statement
in the morning papers took occasion to
assure Senator Knox of their support
and to condemn Emery's course. 1t
has not yet been determined in what
form the contest will be made, but it is
certain that there will be contest and
that it will be based upon the fact that
Mr.. Emery in the 1906 campaign for
governor subscribed to the Democratic
platform which declared William Jen-
nings Bryan as the certain successor of
Theodore Roosevelt. This point will
be supplemented by many others, but
is believed by the friends of Senator
Knox to be sufficient to disqualify
Emery from participating in the con-
vention,
1t is possible that Col Reynolds of
Bellefonte may file with the national
committee claim for the seat, as he
was the candidate who ran against EN-
cry for delegate. If this course is not
followed one of the alternates may
claim the seat on the ground that there
is vacancy because of Emery's dis
qualification. Another plan suggested
is to file protest with the committee
against the seating of Emery and allow
the committee to designate who shall
have the seat.
Every Republican member of the
Pennsylvania delegation in the houseof
representatives who was asked to-day
for an expression Of opinion regarding
the course pursued by Mr.. Emery took
occasion to condemn him. Represen-
tative John Dalzell, of Pittsburg, said:
I think that any man who entertains the senti-
ment that Emery claims to hold has no business
to be q candidate for delegate to the Republican
convention and should never have been elected
as delegate. do not see how he can consist
emily vote against the candidate of the state who
is known to be the choice of the party.
Representative j. Hampton Moore,
Of Philadelphia, said:
do not believe that any Pennsylvania district
will approve the course of any delegate to the
Chicago convention who does not support the
favorite son of the state, Senator Knox Any
other attitude assumed at this time by any dele
gate has about it the flavor of disloyalty to the
state.
Representative f. r. Acheson, of
Washington, Pa;
think Mr.. Emery should vote for Senator
Knox. l would do so if l were a delegate
Clearly the Republicans of Pennsyivania prefer
Knox.
Major Alexander Mcdowell, Sharon,
clerk of the house of representatives:
am not surprised at Mr.. Emery's announce
ment of his intention. He has always been q
Democrat since / have known him, was Demo
cratic candidate for congress, as well as the
Democratic candidate for governor and openly
announced on the stump that Mr.. Bryan would
be Theodore Roosevelt's successor. 1t is the duty
of the Pennsylvania delegation to the national
convention to ignore Mr.. Emery and not consider
him as Republican delegate. 1 have partici-
pated in great many campaigns in Pennsylvan-
ia and in several of them have had to oppose
Emery, who was supporting the Democratic
ticket. Mr.. Emery has no more right in Re-
publican convention as a delegate than William
]. Bryan, whom he loves so much, would have