Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-01-07
Oliver Sure of Election.

P1ttsburg, United States Senator to
| succeed Senator p. @. Knox, who will
resign to enter President Taft's
| cabinet, has now become almost sure,
in fact most of the other aspirants
have withdrawn. Mr.. divers long
service in the best interests of Pennsyl-
va.'ia and his ever to-be depended up
on loyalty to the Republican party
makes him strong with the people. If
the Senators and Representatives de-
sire to please their constituents they
will accord to Mr.. Oliver the unani-
nous caucus endorsement.
State Senator John w Crawford, of
Allegany, gave out the following in
Ierview last week:
PITTsBURG, PA, Dec. 29-The Hon.
John w. Crawford, of the Forty-fifth
district, senior member of the State
Senate of Pennsylvania and chairman
of the Allegany county legislative del
egation, Is taking keen interest in
the candidacy of George r. Oliver for
the United States Senate. Discussing
the situation to-day, Senator Craw-
ford, who was recently elected for
fourth term, said:
''It is now nearly two weeks since
the candidacy of George T. Oliver for
the United States Senate was first seri-
ously considered, and week since
the Allegany County Legislative unan-
imously endorsed him in caucus. Dur
ing this time, as a friend of his, l have
paid some attention to newspaper COM
| ment on the subject, and especially
to such of it as was unfriendly. 1t is
of this that / think someL ling should
be said !"
"Some have sneered because Mr.. Oil
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| have yet to learn that to be born
| without means, to work hard for 80 or
40 years, to contend time and time
again against adverse fortune, to sur
vive the reverses inevitable in period
of industrial development and transi-
ton, and at last to achieve a comfort.
able position in life, should be held OBJ
iectionable. Mr.. Oliver, is not of the
| sudden rich, b. t quite the contrary.
He has not oppressed, he has not
crushed others, and he has resorted to
no unlawful or improper methods for
his aggrandizement.
"Some have urged that we must
have another Knox-another great
lawyer and another great orator. Not
necessarily, Spooners, Knoxes, Roots,
Lodges and Culbersons are few, and
that is why they stand out so brilliant
ly. Besides, it is not essential that one
| excel in these respects in order to
( make a good Senator The man Of
most dominating personality in The
| Senate to-day is neither orator nor
lawyer. The President is not law
| yer. The late Senator Allison was
only an ordinary lawyer and an ordin-
| ary speaker, and yet he was an extra
ordinary valuable Senator. Mark Han
ma was not a lawyer and made no
| speeches until late in life, but he was
real Senator for all that AS for Mr..
| Oliver, he was a practicng attorney
for 10 years and he is we'll grounded in
! the law. He was but 26, and had been
at the bar but three years, when he
was made solicitor for the Dollar Saw
| iugs Bank. This was in 1874, when
/ that bank was the largest financial in
stitution in Pittsburg. The trustees
We're among the most conservative and
substantial men in the city, and the
| service was of peculiarly exacting
nature, requiring both skill and dis
| cretion. 1t was the most important
| general counselorship in this part of
the State. Mr.. Oliver discharged its
! duties with entire satisfaction and re-
tanned the position until he retired
from active practice in 1881 The
place is now held by Mayor George w.
Guthrie. In short, you may be sure
, that Mr.. Oliver is lawyer enough to
| discriminate between what is constitu.
tional legislation and class legislation.
| between merltorious measures and po-
litical flub-dub. AS to speaking, he
can take care of himself in the COM
mittee room or on his feet At any
rate, the criticism we hear most fre-
| e la g, l0oE
too much to oratory. Often the cry is
for fewer speeches and less prolonged
discussion, SO / fancy one orator more
or less will not imperil the nation. Be-
sides, the tendency of all legislation
to-day is toward the regulation of busi
ness. More and more each year we
are trying to correct commercial and
industrial evils, minimize transpor-
tation abuses and relieve the
distresses of labor by Act of Congress-
What moLe natural, therefore, than for
Pennsylvania-a State so intimately
concerned in these problems-to in
crease the leaven of business men in
the Senate by sending business man
like Mr. Oliver to Washington ? We
all know that for nearly 80 years he
has had to do with the very questions
now uppermost in the public mind-as
a manufacturer an employer, a ship
per, transporter, a developer, an in
vestor and as an editor. The exper-
fence he has had must prove invalu-
able when applied to proposed legisla
ton; his legal training will keep him
on constitutional ground, while the
saving common sense which has al
ways characterized him will act as a
deterrent if radicalism seeks to run
rampant in either extreme touching
the issues of business and national
prosperity.
81 noted with amusement the remark
of one paper that though man might
be good father, kind employer, a
respected citizen, of acknowledged in
tegrity, and also a loyal Republican,
these were not sufficient reasons why
ne should be sent to the United States
Sanatn OF cQurSa SELL thnsa