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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
For Governor,
Wm. A. STONE, of Allegany.
For Lieutenant-Governor,
J. P. S. GOBIN, of Lebanon.
For Secretary of Internal Affairs,
JOSEPH W. LATTA, of Philadelphia.
For Judge of Superior Court,
WILLIAM M. PORTER, of Pliiadelphia.
WILLIAM D. PORTER, of Allegany.
For Congress-at-Large,
GALUSIIA A. GROW, of Susquehanna,
SAMUEL A. DAVENPORT, of Erie.
For Representative in Congress,
HON. CHARLES W. STONE, of Warren.
For President Judge,
CHARLES A. MAYER, Clinton.
For State Senator,
JEREMIAH V.. BROWN, Clarion.
For Representative,
HENRY 11. MULLIN. Emporium.
For Associate Judge,
JOHN McDONALD, Driftwcod.
For County Treasurer,
CHARLES M.THOMAS, Emporium.
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while < iovernor of I'ennsyi- tr,
Jj vania. as it lias been my pur- [jj
■ji pose in the public positions RJ
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[jj help, to discharge my whole [{]
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Stand by Mr. Stone.
"To-day," says the Warren Mir
ror, "the report is circulated that
hundreds of Republicans are desert
ing the Honorable Charles W.
Stone and going to support the
Democratic candidate," meaning
the Honorable Joseph C. Sibley,
says the Philadelpliia Inquirer.
This is an old trick, not alone of
Mr. Sibley, who used it ineffectu
ally in his last campaign, but of
nearly every candidate who, being
engaged in a desperate battle, re
sorts to desperate methods.
Except in the case of a few dis
appointed oflice-seekers, who have
a personal rather than a political
purpose to serve, there is not a sin
gle reason why any Republican
voter in the Twenty-seventh dis
trict should not work and vote for
the Honorable Charles W. Stone.
Mr. Stone is honest, able and
conscientious in all his public acts.
He represents as conspicuously as
any Congressional candidate in the
field the policy for which the Presi
dent stands, ile is one of the sound
est of sound monev men and one of
the most ardent protectionists. He
does not believe in throwing away
the results of the war. He is Re
publican to the core.
Now, what qualifications has Mr.
r'ililuy " ,v Ct these* If" '? a Dem
ocrat. He i> running on the plat
form of his party and his party is
opposed to the policy of the Repub
licans. In the great issues dividing
the two organizations ho would ho
found against the President. If
there is in these facts any reason
why any Republican should turn
against a statesman of Mr. Stone's
admitted ability and experience,
it is not apparent to the average
man.
Say what they will about the
State campaign, the Congressional
tight in every district is a national
campaign. Congress deals only in
national affairs, and it is the duty
of every Republican voter to stand
by his party candidates.
RETURN STONE TO CONGRESS.
He Represents and Supports Republi
can Principles.
It is of the utmost importance
that the next House of Representa
tives shall be controlled by the
Republican party, in order that the
Administration and both houses of
Congress may be in full accord.
From all indications the Senate
will surely be under Republican con
trol, but the complexion of (he
House is in doubt. A change in
but little more than a score of dis
tricts would give the upper hand to
the Democrats anil l'opulists, and
enable them to defeat the policy
and plans of the Administration,
not only with reference to the ad
justment of the tariff and currency
problems. There is danger that
two or three districts in Pennsylva
nia now represented by Republicans
may be captured by the opposition.
One of these is the Twenty-seventh
district, the present member for
which is Charles \V. Stone. It
embraces the counties of Cameron,
MeKean, Venango and Warren
and was carried in 1890 by Mr.
Stone by a vote of 15,777 against
10,05S for W. J. Breene, Demo
crat and Populist, and 1,131 for
John 15. Gill, Prohibitionist.
.Joseph C. Sibley, of Venango coun
ty is t he candidate for the combined
opposition against Mr. Stone. Mr.
Sibley is a resourceful politician,
who was some years ago sent to
Congress by a district ordinarily
Republican.
Charles \V. Stone was apparently
the popular choice for (Jovernor in
the Convention which nominated
his namesake, 'William A. Stone. *
Mr. Stone has served in Loth
branches of the State Legislature,
has been Lieutenant Governor of
the State and Secretary of the Com
monwealth, and lias served several
terms in Congress. He is chairman
of the House committee on Coin
age, Weights and Measures, hasan
excellent record as a citizen and as
a public man, and is a. linn sup
porter and exponent of sound
money. His antagonist, Mr. Sib
ley, is a rampant, radical free silv
erite, so extreme in his views that
he declares silver to be the only
standard of values, and is prepared
to maintain the parity between gold
and silver by reducing the grains in
the gold dollar to give it an in
trinsic value of fifty cents.
The Republicans and other sup
porters of sound money in the
Twenty-seventh district are in a
majority, but they need to be on
their guard against over-confidence.
They should rally as one man for
Charles W. Stone in order that the
sentiment of the district shall be
voiced by a candidate in free accord
with the political views that pre
vail in the district. However esti
mable Mr. Sibley may be person
ally, his presence in the House of
Representatives as a member from
Pennsylvania would be a menace
to the highest interests of the Com
monwealth. He stands for all the
crazes of the Chicago platform,
whereas Mr. Stone represents and
supports the principles upon which
William McKinley was chosen
President, principles which in a
marked degree commend them
selves to the people of Pennsylva
nia.—Pliil'a. Ledger, (Ind.)
(iaines Oil Extra Fine.
The Atwell well continues yielding
from five to six barrels a day. The oil
is very fine in quality and nearly like
the amber liquid. The Band from which
it springs is as black as tar. The well
is 790 feet deep and the drill has gone
into the sand about five feet. Another
well is being drilled and when it is at
the same depth as the first one, both
will be shot.—Potter Enterprise.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THUSDAY, NOVEMER 3, 1898.
Mr. Sibley is surely an artful j
dodger if nothing more. In his
speech at Oil City on Wednesday
night he says that for "two hours
and thirty minutes, on the floor of
The House of Representatives at
Washington, I stood and denounc
ed the Wilson hill, a Democratic
measure against the wishes of a
Democratic President ami Demo
cratic fellow members. Why? Be
cause it did not do justice to the
industries of the District which I
represented and to the farmers who
had honored me with their confi
dence and support." Justice for
sooth: Mr. Sibley should reread liis
speech and freshen his memory as
to just what he did say. His de
nunciation of Wilson bill was not
because it did "not do justice to
the industries of his District but
because as he put.it. it was "un
democratic. '' "I'n-demoerat ic be
cause it afforded incidential pro
tection to some home industries
which Mr. Sibley and his ultra-free
trade friends have been seeking to
destroy. Sibley the friend of labor.
What a spectacle. Sibley the bene
factor of Ihe farmer. What, sarcas
tic irony. Would a friend seek to
destroy what should be nurtured
and built up? And what were, the
effects of the Wilson bill which
Sibley called "un-deniocratic" be
cause it tried to approximate in
some instance a Republican pro
tection? It closed the factories
and opened the free-soup houses.
And let the farmer tell you for him
self how great was his prosperity
under the benign; ?) influence of a
Democratic tariff. Hut Sibley cried
because he could not get free trade.
Hut. did Sibley ever tell why he
dodged a vote on the Wilson bill?
For he did "dodge."
The thoughtful business man who
remembers the baneful effect of re
cent Democratic silver agitation
will hardly be persuaded under any
circumstances to support an advo
cate of dishonest money for Con
gress. It is the claim of Sibley that
there are 110 "notion issues in tins
campaign." lie says that he "could
do no harm because the President
would not let him." Hut the busi
ness man remembers the effect that
the agitation of silver had upon
business. How it stagnated and
became paralized. How every arm
of industry suffered. And will the
Democray be persuaded to let the
agitation cease? Did they attempt
to embarrass the President and re
tard the progress of the war with
Spain by offering free silver amend
ments to measures that were neces
sary to provide a revenue for the
successful prosecution of the war?
And if a minority will seek to ob
struct and embarrass the President
what would a majority do? The
risk is too great. And this is the
vital issue of the present campaign.
1 he answer that the people return
on November Nth, will mean either
honest money or a debased cur
rency if not now. then in 1900. It
will mean a bond to prosperity or a
return to the disasters that prevail
ed from 1N92 to IX9O.
I he laboring man who remembers
the long season of short hours or
enforced idleness will hardly by
his vote court a return to the old
conditions. He knows by experi
ence that Democracy and disaster
are synonomous terms, lie knows
that in casting a vote for a man
whose influence and voice will be
raised in behalf of a debased cur
rency and against the protection of
home industries, he will be casting
a vote that may return to his own
undoing. Experience it is a great
teacher. Democracy has been
tried, weighed in the balance and
found wanting. It worships at the
shrine of false theories, its history
is one of continued and ruinous
mistakes. It has never been the
workingman's friend and never
will be. And the workingman
knows it.
The Oil City Derrick advises
"every good citizen who believes
in honest and efficient government"
to vote for Sibley. Honest govern
ment and dishonest money are
hardly synonomous. And a dis
honest and debased currency is
what Sibley stands for to-day as he
did in 1896. No amount of politi
cal acrobatics can make the peo
ple believe otherwise. Neither do
the people want a man who would
close the mills and the factories.
Free trade and a debased currency
will not promote an "honest and
efficient government." The peo
ple cannot be deceived by the false
pretenses of Sibley and his satel
lites. They will vote for Stone.
To Use Chime Whistles.
An order has been issued from the
motive power department of the Penn
sylvania Co., to have all freight mogul
locomotives equipped with chime whis
tles and signal whistles, as fast as pos
sible. It has been found that these
engines can very well take tho place
of broken-down passenger engines, and
make schedule time,and tho object is to
have them equipped with all the nec
essary signals so that when needed to
haul a passenger train they can be put
into use at once. Renovo News.
JEREHIAH Z. BROWN.
Maj. Jeremiah Z. Brown, candidate
for State Senator from the 28th Sena
torial District, was born in Clarion
county, is a son of Jacob and Nany
Brown, deceased. His father was en
gaged in buying and shipping stock
and was known in the counties of
Armstrong, Venango and Clarion. He
is married to Jennie, daughter of
James Laughlin, deceased, of Clarion
county, who was a prominent merchant
and a well known business man, has <t
family of six children, three girls and
three boys, all of whom reside with
their parents on the farm, is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church and
has always taken an active part in
church work.
Politically Maj. Brown is a Republi
can and has voted with the party for
years and has never failed to take an
active part in politics. He is an ex
tensive reader and magazines and
books are his companions, and while
he lives at a distance of several miles
from the post office, each day a daily
paper can be found in his home; is a
man of strong character and easy
manner and his word is respected by
friend and neighbor. He received his
education at Rimersburg, from which
institution he graduated, and after
wards in Allegheny College. Volun
teers being called for the Civil War, he
dropped out of college and enlisted as
a private Sept. Bth, 1862, in Company
K., 148tli Reg., P. V.; was detailed to
assist in raising his company to its full
quota, on his return to the service
he was made first Seargent, and
promoted to First Lieutenant,
Sept. Btli, 1863, then July 7th, 1864, was
promoted to Captain and 011 Oct. 27th.
1864, was breveted Major.
We quote the following which will
show that Maj. Brown never shirked a
duty and was ready and willing to
serve his country and people:
[ Harpers' Weekly, Nov. 19,1864. 741.J
THE VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN.
On this and the preceding page (748)
we engrave illustrations of recent
events in the Virginia campaign.
An incident of unusual interest,
though not important in its military
bearing, was the capture of one of the
rebel forts in front of Petersburg on
the night of October 27th, of which we
give an illustration on this page, to
gether with a portrait of Captain
Brown, who took the prominent part
in the assault, etc."
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, (
SECOND ARMY CORPS. (
OCTOBER 31st, 1864.
MAJOR SEPS CAINCROSS,
Asst. Adit. General,
Second Army Corps;
MAJOR: —In compliance with in
structions contained in circular of
this date I have the honor to submit
the following recommendations: That
Captain Jeremiah Z. Brown, 148 Pa.
Vol., receive the brevet rank of Major.
Capt. Brown, on the 27th of Oct., led a
party of 100 men through a chevaux-de
frise and abbatis of the enemy's line
opposite Fort Morton, capturing one
of iiis works with several prisoners
among whom were officers of rank.
Very respectfully,
N ELSON A. Mn.ES,
Brig. Gen. Commd'g.
WAR DEPARTMENT, )
Washington, December 2tui, 1864. J
SIR: -You are hereby informed that
the President lias appointed you for
gallant and distinguished service in
leading a storming party against the
enemy's works at Petersburg, Va., and
capturing a fort on the night after the
Battle of Boydtown Plank Road, Va.,
Major of Volunteers by brevet in the
service of the United States, to rank
as such from the twenty-seventh day
ofOcctober, one thousarttl eight hun
dred and sixty-four, etc.
E. M. STANTON.
Secretary of War.
BREVET MAJOR JERKY BROWN,
U. S. Volunteers;
Through Com'd'g General Army of
the Potomac.
BELLEFONTE, Pa., May 23d, 1896.
MAJOR J. Z. Brown,
Leatherwood, Clarion county, Pa.,
MY DH:AR MAJOR:—I wrote* Gen.
Mulholland for his recollections as to
whether or not you had volunteered
for the capture of the rebel fort on the
27th of October, 1864. His reply is so
satisfactory that I think you should
have a copy of it as a part of your
record. I have forwarded the original
to the War Department at Washington
and take pleasure in enclosing you here
with a copy of it for your perusal,
thinking that you would like to retain
it also.
Very cordially yours,
JAMES A. BEAVER.
RECORD AND PENSION OFFICE, J
WAR DEPARTMENT, S
WASHINGTON CITY, June 22, 1896.
MAJOR JEREMIAH Z. BROWN,
Leatherwood, Clarion county, Pa.;
SIR: —I have the honor to inform
you that by the direction of the Presi
dent and in accordance with the act of
Congress, approved March 3, 1863,
providing for the presentation of
medals of honor to such officers, non
commissioned officers and privates as
have most distinguished themselves
in action, the acting Secretary of War
has awarded you a medal of honor for
most distinguished gallantry in action
in front of Petersburg, Va., on the
night of October 27th, 1864. The !
medal of honor has been forwarded to j
you to-day by registered mail. Upon I
receipt of it please advise this office j
thereof.
Very respectfully,
' F. C. AINSWORTH.
Colonel U. S. Army, !
Chief Record and Pension Office.
UNITED STATES PENSION AGENCY, ) i
Philadelphia, May 11th, 18%. {
MY DEAR GENERAL:—I beg to ac
knowledge the receipt of your letter of
April 25. I would have answered
promptly but 1 have been confined to
my bed and too ill to write. You asked
me if Capt. Jeremiah Z. Brown of your
regiment volunteered to lead ' the 1
charge on the confederate fort in front
of Petersburg, October 27th, 1864. In |
reply, Capt. Brown certainly did vol
unteer and he behaved on the occasion
in the most heroic and gallant manner.
I remember him well and I will never
forget how perfectly cool and self-pos
sessed he was an he stood with me in
front of enemy's works and I gave him
the final instructions as to the disposal
of his little force of one hundred men
The capture of the fort was a very
brilliant exploit for which the Captain
was brevetted Major and I was brevetted
Major General. Not only did Brown
volftnteec but when I went over to the
Regiment (148 Pa. Vol.) I had too
many volunteers. Brown was the
senior officer of the many that volun
teered and so I selected him to lead
the command and 112 made no mistake
in the man. lie was a success and ]
deserves all the honors that can be !
given him.
I hope you are very well.
Sincerely your friend,
ST. CLAIR A. MULUOLLAND. J
GEN. JAMES A. BEAVEK,
Bellefonte, Pa.
How Are You Going to Vote?
One week from to-morrow the citi
zens of Pennsylvania will bo called up
on to vote. Let every Republican look
the situation squarely in the face, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
It does not require very much politi
cal knowledged to understand that the
canvass has dwindled down to a square
fight between the Republican party and
that of the Democrats. The Democratic
leaders have made superhuman efforts
to get their votes together, and they
have succeeded very well in calling in
many of the gold Democrats who got
away from Bryan. The facts that this
is so leaves the Democratic leaders full
of enthusiasm, and with the knowledge
that Dr. Swallow is no longer a Guber
natorial possibility they have concen
trated every force to batter against the
walls of Republicanism. Dr. Swallow
has made a long and arduous campaign,
but he is out of the race. William A.
Stone or George A. Jenks will be elect
ed Governor of Pennsylvania on Tues
day of next week.
Do the Republicans of Pennsylvania
realize what enormous power and pres
tige they would be giving to the foes of
McKinley should they permit Penn
sylvania togo Democratic? They have
only to look at other States to know
that this campaign isof National impor
tance. In New York the Democrats
are doing their utmost to win the State
on what they call State issues. They
want to put Van Wyck in the Executive
Mansion, and they are counting upon
Republican divisions to give them con
trol of several Congressional districts
and the Legislature, which in turn
elects a United States Senator. In New
Jersey there is a desperate fight for con
trol. Here in Pennsylvania the party
is unfortunate in having internecine
strife. Men who have been Republi
cans are exerting themselves to over
throw the Republican ticket, hoping
that in the midst of the confusion that
would ensue their personal ambitions
for revenge may be satisfied. It is im
possible for a contest like this togo on
without endangering various Congress
ional districts and the Legislature.
Suppose New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania go Democratic. Is there
a Republican in Pennsylvania who can
not understand the dire results of such
a victory? These States cannot be lost
without giving the House of Represen
tatives and possibly the Senate of the
United States to the Democrats. Place
a hostile majority in Congress, turn
Pennsylvania, New York and New
Jersey over to the Democrats, and we
cannot possibly escape fighting all over
again in 1900 the battles which Repub
licans won in 1896. Such Democratic
victories would give courage to every
Democrat in the country. It would
bring Bryan to the front again. We
should have free silver and free trade
debates. We should open up all the
distrust, unrest and anxiety under
which the oountry has labored so long
and from under the cloud of which it
has passed with the advent of McKin
ley.
State issues can take care of them
selves, or at least the Republican party
can take care of them much better than
can the Democrats. There is not a dis
honest man on the Republican State
ticket, and Col. Stone himself time and
time again in his speeches has declared
his hostility to the very legislation of
which the Republican party wreckers
have been complaining. Reforms in
the management of the State funds
have been brought about by law. There
in no State issue that needs reforming
that cannot be and will not be attended
to under Stone. The whole future
policy of the President is concerned in
these State elections. It is simply im
possible to escape these National issues,
and if Pennsylvania Republicans turn
their magnificent State over to Jenks
and Bryan they will reap the whirl
wind.
There is but one way to stamp out
Bryanism, and that is not to permit it
to regain its foot-hold. The oue way
not to permit it to regain its foothold
is to keep Pennsylvania in the Republi
can column.
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The Campaign.
Colonel Stone is meeting with a most
enthusiastic reception as he passes
through Pennsylvania. The people
know him to be an honest man, who
will carry out all of the pledges he
makes, and they will make him Gov
ernor. Harrisburg Telegraph.
The thoughtful Republican will pon
der long before making up his mind to
vote against his ;party this fall He
will study the records of the past and
endeavor to discover whether any real
gain has followed various successful
revolts against the party ticket —Al
toona Gazette.
Let no Republican be misled. The
question of the hour is not the downing
of Quay but the upholding of McKin
iey. Where is the Republican who
will knife McKinley or betray his
party ? Where is ihe sound money
independent who will violate his con
victions and court national disaster ?
Erie Dispatch.
Let's see, in 1860, when the Republi
cans took the State from the Democrats
they had to shoulder a debt of §40,000,-
000. To-day that debt has been reduced
to $1,274,666.78. There must have been
herculean "dishonesty" and "theft"
practiced to have accomplished this
wonderfully favorable showing.—
Greer.shurg Tribune.
The Republicans can't afford to allow
personal prejudice or the malign at
tacks of disgruntled office seekers to
influence them so far that they are
likely to overlook the critical period in
national affairs. One man's vote may
count little, but one man's opinion to
sway the minds of other men may be
of serious import.—Allentown Chron
icle.
The leader of the Democratic party
in Congress, Mr. Bailey, would hand
every island back to Spain. Elect him
Speaker of the Mouse, electa Democrat
to the United States Senate from Penn
sylvania and turn the now evenly
balanced Senate over to the opposition
and down would come the American
I flag and back would go the islands.—
! Laporte News Item.
The hope that Republican apathy
' may render a Democratic triumph pos
i sible, is stimulating the opponents of
J Republicanism to unusual effort. No
I effort is being spared to induce every
| democrat togo to the polls and cast
) his ballot for the party ticket. There
| is but one way to meet such efforts and
| that is by getting out the full Republi
can vote. —Norristown Herald.
This year, when all the rumor and
j clamor and accusation which have
been maliciously injected into the can
vass, is sifted down, no fact appears
which reflects in any degree upon the
Republican State ticket. The worst
that can been said against the nominee
for Governor, Col. Stone, is that he has
been friendly to Senator Quay, but so
has Hastings been and so has McKin
ley. It is not asserted that Stone is
dishonest. —Scranton Tribune.
So far in the county campaign Re
publicans have sensibly put aside all
factional strife and grievance in their
support of the ticket, and the dissen
sions existing in the State campaign
have not been permitted to be raised
in the personal fitness of the candidates
for the offices for which they have been
named. The Republicans of the entire
county are united in one solid phlanx
in support of their standard bearers.—
Hazleton Sentinel.
No swapping of votes should be oon
| Hide red in order by Pennsylvania Re
j publicans in thiscompaign. They know
| there areßepublicans enough to give
! all the Republican candidates majori
ties of the right size if they goto the
pol!s and use their ballots for that pur
pose. The thing to do is to get out the
full Republican vote, and every Re
j publican voter should consider himself
; a committee of one to see thai that
| result is accomplished—Pittsburg Com
mercial (J izette.
Those who cannot see an intimate
relation between the diplomatic game
now in progress at Paris and the polit
ical game being waged in several states
in this country are short-sighted in
deed. Not that we impute to any
party a desire to deliberatly injure the
interests of our common country. But
it is undeniable, and we submit the
State platforms of the Democracy as
evidence, that one great political party
asks the support of the American peo
ple on the very same grounds as the
Spanish commissioners at Paris are
basing their demands. —Scranton Re
publican.
It does not appear from the evidence
lhat any loans were made to Quay
which were not fully secured, and paid
at maturity. The bank failed last
March, but the whole amount due the
state has been paid. The holding of
the senator to bail is of no significance,
sim* it is the Philadelphia custom to
hold to bail all who are guilty of be
ing suspected, and the magistrate was
a willing instrument of the district at
torney.—Honesdale Citizen.
The way to defeat that conspiracy is
to vote for the legislative nominees
known to be favorable to Quay. The
courts will take cognizance of his case
at the earliest possible period in No
vember, and he will be triumphantly
vindicated. But his trial cannot come
off until later in November than elec
tion day. It was this knowledge that
led his persecutors to select the time
they did for bringing on the arrest and
preliminary proceedings. Pottsville
Miners' Journal.
Those who oppose the re-election of
Senator Quay has an undoubted right
to do so. If thev oppose him as Re
publicans. they should oppose him with
another Republican candidate for the
senate They are not doing this. When
they declare their opposition to Quay,
to ask who their candidate is, is a per
fectly fair question. If they have no
opposing Republican candidate, they
can have no way of defeating him ex
cept with a Democrat. —Honesdale
Citizen.
A Pennsylvanian of national promi
nence, who was a minister to a foreign
country under President Cleveland, in
speaking to a resident of Lower Merion
regarding the charges against Quay,
said that under the evidence produced
at the hearing the magistrate had no
more right to hold Quay for trial than
he had to hold me." As the speaker is
one of the foremost lawyers in the
country, and presumably a Democrat,
his opinion should bo considered un
prejudiced and of weight.—Conslio
hocken Recorder.