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The Job department or the PRKSS is complete, and aflords facilities for doing the best cla>s ot i work. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO Law Printing. No paper will be discontinued mitt! arrearages | are paid, except ni the option "fthe publisher. Papers sent out ofthe county must be paid for in advance. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. For President. WILLIAM MCKINLEY, of Ohio. For Vice President, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, ofNew York. For Auditor General, EDMUND B. HARDENBERCIH. of Wayne. Congress-at-Large, GALUSHA A. GROW, of Sustfuahanna. ROBERT H. FOERDERER, of Philadelphia. Congress, JOSEPH C. SIBLEY, of Venango. COUNTY ORGANIZATION. 1!. W. GREEN, Esq., Chairman. A. C. BLUM, Esq., Secretary, NAMES OF COUNTY COMMITTEE. EASTWARD A. C. BLUM; MIDDLE WARD —HARRY HEMPHILL; WEST WARD-HEN RY At ( III': DRIFTWOOD S.G. McELWAIN; SHIPPEN \V. L.TIIOMAS: LUMBER—FRANK B.HOAG, Sterling Run; GROVE—II. 11. ALDER FER, Sinnaniahoniug; PORTAGE—JOHN WY GANT, sizerville; GIBSON-M). S. LOGUE. Driftwood. NAHES OF VIGILANCE COIIITTEE. E. WARD—E. DAVISON, C. M. THOMAS: M. WARD M. M. LARRABEK. ED. McNEAIt- NEY; \V. WARD-FREDA. HILL.T. F. MOORE: DRIFTWOOD—V. K. (JORBKTT, WALTER VOTHERS; SHIPI'EN li. L. S PENCE, FRANK LOCKWOOD: LUMBER (HAS. NORTON, ED. LANKIER, both nt Cameron; GROVE JOHN A. WYKOFF, E. L. LOSEY. Sinnama honinn; PORTAGE— GEO. EDWARDS, VV. R. SIZER. Size rviIie:GIBSON JOHN B.WYKOFF. Sinnamaiioning, ( HAS. W. WILLIAMS, Drift wood. i'ointi-:i) conriENT. Dollar Wheat ami Ten Cent Cot ton tell the story of McKinloy prosperity. Mr. Bryan started into politics as a free-trader, later he took up free silver and now he appears to be disposed to try a little freeboot i>'g- Mr. Bryan might tell us in the next of his truly great speeches just how heavy a burden he would find an income tax to be at the present time. The lion. .James S. Hogg openly charged the Hon. .Joe Bailey with consorting with trusts. Is the oc topus getting in its deadly work among the Texas Democrats? rii his criticism of the Philadel phia platform .Mr. Bryan was not fair enough to concede that the Republican nominees are standing by every word of it and not striv ing to conceal any particular plank. We were glad to notice the posi tive tone of Mr. Altgeld's interview in reference to the Anarchists of this and other countries. Surely he is an unquestioned and unques tionable authority upon that topic. "Men dare to do in crowds what they would not dare to do as indi viduals," declared Mr. Bryan in his Indianapolis speech. Yet, strange as it may appear, this re mark was not aimed at the Demo crats; of Kentucky and North Car olina. The total vote of Alabama, in the recent election was 150.000. Ala bama lias two United States Sena tor- and nine members of the House of Representatives. .According to the census returns there must be some "government without the con sent (ii' the governed" in that state. Here is another sentence from Mr. Bryan's speech of acceptance which lias a decided application 1o those Southern States where dis franchisement of the negro is prac ticed: ''Once admit that some people are capable of self-govern ment and that others are not. and that the capable people have a right to seize upon and govern the inca pable and you make force—brute force —the only foundation of gov ernment and invite the reign of the despot." Whistling. The Bryanites feel obliged to appear to be hopeful about some thing, and so they say they are hopeful about carrying New York, New Jersey, Indiana and Connect icut this year. The kind of job they have before them is indicated by the Republican pluralities in those States four years ago. when the Bryanites were also hopeful. These pluralities were: In New York, in New Jersey, 87,- 092; in Indiana, 18,181; in Con necticut, 53,5-15. To talk hopefully about over coming those pluralities this year is like whistling while walking through agraveyard —New Haven I (Conn.) Journal and Courier. Mr. Sibley attended the meeting of the Republican County Commit tee in Warren 011 Monday and deli\'cred a short talk to the mem bers and others present. In the | course of his remarks lie referred to the fact that events subsequent to the last presidential campaign had unfolded a season of great prosperity, values were increasing, commerce was expanding. The product of gold had increased to such an extent that there remained i for coinage purposes an amount in one year almost as great as the j total metal money of the whole world. And still prices of agricul j tural product and manufacturers, were rising and industries were expanding. The ruin predicted by the silverites failed to appear, lie could not turn his back 011 a set of conditions which had his ' full approval and which lie had | previously declared he would sup i port irrespective of party.—Kane | Republican. I Col. Watterson said of Bryan on J his visit to Kentucky in 189G: j "He is a dishonest dodger. He is a daring adventurer. He is a po litical fakir." Wattersoifs lirst S impressions are often valuable. A Study of The Prophets. (Special Correspondence.) Washington. D. C., Sept. 8, 1900. | —Mr. Bryan's speech of acceptance was carefully prepared and was in | tended to be a keynote for the , present campaign. It is worthy of ! study as it is one of the most pains j taking efforts ever issued by this 1 new school of politics. Yet like i all political utterances it is an ex -1 parte statement composed of about j equal parts of charges against the ' Republicans and promises of what | the Democrats will do in the event | of Bryan's election. The Democratic candidate is an experienced proiniser and political prophet and both promises and prophesies are matters of record. He speaks also not only for him self alone, but for his party and his statements must be weighed by the actions of his party in the past. Four years ago this young prophet of the West declared that the gold standard would make it necessary to advocate the closing of the public schools. ( Monmouth, 111., speech). To-day under the gold standard there are more schools and better ones than ever before. The prophesy was false. In his speech of acceptance he said: "Some argue that American rule in the Philippine islands will result in the better education of the Fili pinos. Be not deceived. If we expect to maintain a colonial policy we shall not find it to our advant age to educate the people." This expression must have been 112 whispered into the speech by the j Southern wing of the party who ! openly declare that they are tired ! of paying taxes to educate the ne j gro who by education simply be ; comes a greater rogue. Bryan ; affirms that the Republicans would ; do with the brown man what the Democrats are now doing with the black man. Then by a peculiar mental process which it is impossi ble to follow, he pillories the Re publicans for what he affirms they will do and endorses the Democrats 1 because they have done the same j thing. One course of conduct is a i fact, the other is simply assumed. Four years ago Bryan said, "the ! gold standard would destroy the j hope of the toiler, it would destroy j the opportunity to work, it would I increase the number of idle men, I it would discourage enterprise, it ' would paralyze industry." Fconomicconditions to-day prove j the falsity of every one of these prophesies. The toilers have hope, | there is opportunity to work, there are fewer idle men, enterprise has 1 not been discouraged and industry I has not been paralyzed. Mr. Bryan however has fallen into the habit of issuing lameuta- CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1900. tions and while not making so many financial predictions tearful and dark, trimmed with ruined homes, and starving freemen, he soars to a higher plane—money in 1!)()() is filthy lucre —and assures us, after his political halo had been reburnislied by the Kansas City convention, that if lie is not elected "celebrations of the Fourth of July will pass away." Is it surprising that the people refuse to scare? Indeed past expe rience has led them to believe that the reverse of the predictions of the prophet is that which will surely j come to pass. In his Indianapolis speech of acceptance he arraigns the Repub lican party in the following man ner: '•ln attempting to press economic questions upon the country to the exclusion of those which involve the very structure of our Govern ment, the Republican leaders give new evidence of their abandonment of the earlier ideas of the party and of their complete subserviency to pecuniary considerations. That expression from the apostle and high priest of an economic question, who forced it down the throats of the delegates who nomi nated him, who stands for silver, free silver, unlimited silver and nothing but silver, is a delicious bit of sarcasm, which must have made the knowing ones smile when they heard it. It is a plea to talk about something else than silver this year because there are no votes to be made by advocating a dis proven theory, and then because the Republican leaders refuse to allow him to let silver alone, he charges them with having aban doned the earlier ideas of their party. He also asks in rounded peri ods, "Who will draw aline between the natural rights of the Cubans and the Filipinos? Who will say that the former have a right to lib erty and the latter have no rights we are bound to respect?" Now had lie asked those ques tions with i-eference to the negroes of Mississippi and North Carolina, the answer would have been easy for the white Democrats of those States, who shoot, terrify and dis franchise the negro in open viola tion of the spirit and express words of the constitution of the United States. They can answer, as they are specialists in defining rights, which they refuse to respect, and Mr. Bryan is the man who hopes to profit by their methods that dis grace the states which will send solid delegations to Congress by the suppression of the Republican vote. That part of Bryan's address however most open to criticism is where he defines his Philippine policy. When Aguinaldo learns of that utterance, he will continue 11is guerrilla warfare against the American Hag until after the No vember election, and in the event of Bryan's triumph for eight months longer. Whatever may be the opinion of Congress in the matter, Bryan as a commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy could suspend hostilities and recall our forces. Indeed he stands pledged to do that very thing. This is giving aid and com fort to the enemy. In 1803 Jefferson paid Napoleon the Great $15,000,000 for Louisiana and the sale conveyed sovereign rights over all the population both savage and civilized of that great territory and they were not asked to consent to the transfer. Had they rebelled, they would have been forced to recognize the sovereignty of the United States. "The con sent of the governed" was not taken into the account, and yet our title to that vast territory is con sidered valid. Sixteen years later, the I'nited States purchased Florida from Spain. With the sale went the right to control or govern the peo ple who lived therein. Five million dollars were paid, and General Jackson was sent to govern the territory. Had the people rebelled it is not difficult to imagine what Old Hickory would have done, and had Atkinson or Bryan gone about preaching resistance they would have been obliged to have k" . a good distance from Jacksr / long arm and sharp tongue. lis rule was autocratic if not : .perial. Twenty-nine ye* .s later Uncle Sam made anot 1 jr investment in Western laii'' and paid Mexico §18,250,00'' and acquired title to both lam 1 and people of New Mex ico am' California. The people of those then distant regions, Mexi cans, Zunis, Indians and all the rest, were not consulted, but were governed and well governed, and the region has become the pride of the nation and the garden spot of the world. Five years later Southern Ari zona and its people were acquired in the same manner without saying anything about the consent of the governed. Fourteen years after 87,200,000 was invested in Alaska, securing i title to mountain, glacier, seals, fish, Indians, Russians and all else the I land contained without their con sent being asked or required. Five i times have the United States ac quired to lands and sovereignty ! over people by purchase. When : the government paid Spain 820,- j 000,<K>0 for the Philippines it did what was done in 180."?, in 1819, in 1848, in 1853 and in 1807. Vet Bryan says it is impossible to se cure title to a people by force or purchase. Toujfh Paint. The toughest paint now known is l)e --voe lead and zinc. Zinc and grinding make it so. EDITORIAL HENTION. Towne is to follow Roosevelt, it seems. We will have a lively time of it. + + + + It seems that the Indiana Democrats are organizing Bryan Soldier Clubs. How terribly Imperialistic! While any old ratio will do for me, I would strongly urge having a different one every four years. —ii. Croker. + + + + "General" Coxey is also too busy with his steel plant to lead an army of the discontented onto Washington just now. T + At last accounts "Coin" Harvey was farming a farm, having made all the money that he could farming the farm ers. + 4- + + The betting in the East is stated to be three to one on McKinley—based, no doubt, 011 the hard and cold calculation that prosperity will win. 4- 4- It appears that sixty-three persons attended the so-called Anti Imperialist convention at Indianapolis. Probably they were all there. Governor Bacon of Georgia is still hammering the Philadelphia Platform; which is all right as we suppose it is a case of root, hog or die with Bacon. + + Mr. Bryan continues to talk about money being the master. And Chair man Jones goes right ahead collecting the "master" for campaign purposes. + + It is understood that Colonel Mose Wetniore of St. Louis is very much op posed to Trusts unless he can sell §'s,- 000,000 stock to one of them for $15,- 000,000, say. The Philadelphia Record is another of those prosperous business-wanting newspapers which eagerly and persist ently supported Bryan while pretending to oppose him. Let every person who has been ben efited in his financial condition and his self-respect by the Dingley tariff ask himself to-day how the late lamented Dingley would vote in this campaign. 4- 4- 4- + There are over thirty thousand bank depositors in Colorado now, an increase of nearly a hundred per cent, in four yoars. Perhaps this is one of the many valid reasons why McKinley will carry Colorado this time. Mr. Bryan has not yet said anything in the press of the economic independ ence of the Nebraska hog, which is worth §4.50 more per head now than it was four vears ago. It is really not nice of the Nebraska hog to be so very valuable. + + + + We judge from all newspaper ac counts that William Jennings Bryan is what might be called "a good home man." Yet the fact has never been published that William McKinley ever murdered any of his ancestors. 4- 4- Mr. Hearst's papers are still against the banks, the National banks, the Savings banks, the private banks, and all kinds of good, safe places where the people who have money now can keep it. Mr. Bryan needn't worry about the safety of the Republic. There is not a good American in the whole country who would not give his life to save that very same Republic. + + It would seem under all the circum stances as if the Sugar Trust ought to do something handsome for Richardson of Tennessee; at least they might sub scribe for a copy of his book—without any of the long talk, either. + + Mr. J. J. Willett of Alabama thinks that Mr. Bryan is very strong This is the same Mr. J. J. Willett whose unerr ing judgment impelled him some time ago to insist that Augustus Van Wyck of New York, one of the chief of the Ice Trust conspirators, was the only proper nominee for President. Subscribe for the PRESS; only $1.50 a year in advance. ! Every woman in the country I Mother's Friend | Those who do know about it I wonder how they ever got along i without it. It has robbed child- | birth of its terrors for many a I young wife. It has preserved her I girlish figure and saved her much | suffering. 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