The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-19

engineer with EDWARD Jones x Co.,
at Olyphant, Pa. During this time
he purchased a half interest in a
contract for furnishing coal to the
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. A
general and long continued strike
among the miners took place and
fearing that his venture would not
terminate profitably, he sold his in
terest and returned to Carbondale
and took charge of his brothers, o.
H. Jadwin's drug store.
On May s, 1862, he and o. H. Jad-
win bought the drug business of Pur-
don & Seely, at Honesdale, Pa, and
commenced business under the firm
name of Jadwin & Bro. This store
was under the sole supervision of c.
c. Jadwin, and continued as part
nership business until November,
1868, when C. C. Jadwin purchased
his brothers interest and became
sole proprietor. In 1869 Mr.. Jadwin
and S. A. Terrell built the block, on
the corner of Eighth and Main
streets, known as the Masonic Hall
building.
In politics Mr.. Jadwin was a con-
sistent Republican, and since 1865
he was very active and influential
in the management of the affairs of
the party in Wayne county, having
acted for several years as chairman
of the Republican County Commit
tee, and having been delegate to the
county conventions, and also Repre-
sentative or Senatorial delegate to
state conventions.
Since 1872 he was a member of
the local Board of Education nearly
ln Nt-hn Il
years was President of that body. In
1880 he was elected delegate to the
national convention of the Repubh-
can party at Chicago and the same
fall was elected to represent the dis
trict composed of Bradford, Susque-
hanna, Wayne and Wyoming coun-
ties in the forty-seventh Congress.
In Wayne county he ran eight hun
dred and twenty-eight votes ahead of
Garfield for President, receiving
eighteen thousand two hundred and
twenty-three votes in the district
against thirteen thousand six hun
dred and two for Robert A. Packer,
Democrat; nine hundred and sixty
six for ]. Burrows, Greenback candi-
date, and two hundred and sixteen
for l.. Smith, Prohibitionist
llC lldNS d COllSlSIGuI anu uOu-
orable record in Congress, familiar
izing himself promptly and thor
oughly with the processes of legis-
lation, zealously guarding the inter
ests of the constitution, writing and
replying to about seven thousand
letters during his term.
He was a member of the commit
tee on the revision of the laws and
on war claims.
In 1882, by virtue of the tradition
airy custom of his party, a renomina-
ton to Congress was due to Mr.
JaGwin, but through the machina-
tions and devices of ambitious mem
bers of the party, who Iulled his
suspicious by assurances of fidelity
and the certainty of his denomina-
ton, he was defeated and Colonel
Edward Overton, of Bradford coun-
ty, was nominated. Mr.. Jadwins
Wayne county friends bolted this
nomination and reconvened their
county convention, but put him in
nomination as an Independent can
didate.
The result was that Mr.. Jadwin
received 9101 votes, Colonel Over
ton 5675, and George A. Post, of
Susquehanna county, the Democratic
candidate, 1855 votes and was
elected. Jadwin received more votes
than Overton in Bradford county
(his home county, and four times as
many as he did in Wyoming county.
Overton only had one hundred and
twenty votes in Wayne county where
Jadwin ran one thousand one hun
dred and two ahead of his ticket.
This was considered by all his
friends sufficient vindication of his
record and a we'll deserved rebuke
to the unfair methods by which he
had been deprived of the nomination.
In 1867 Mr.. Jadwin originated the
scheme and raised the subscription
for the publication of the Honesdale
| Citizen and was chosen as one of
the five managers of the paper, and
remained in charge until it was
passed over to Wilson & Penniman.
Mr.. .Jadwin is survived by two
children, namely, Miss Grace A.
Jadwin, at home, and Major Edgar
BALDWIN, of Washington, D. c.; also
by one brother, Charles Jadwin, of
Scranton.
The deceased was affiliated with
the Honesdale Lodge No. 21S, Free
and Accepted Masons, for fifty
years, having Joined that fraternal
organization June so, 1868.
The funeral will be held this
Tuesday afternoon in the Presby-
terian church at 2:30 o'clock Rev.
DR.. w. H. Swift officiating.