4 Serrrjeror) j^ress. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. OOULD. HENRY H. MULLIN, Editor and Manager. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Per vear $2 "0 If paid in advance |1 s <> ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisementsarepublished at the rateofone dollar per square for one insertion and liftycents per square for each subsequent insertion. Rates by the year or for six or threemonths are low and uniform,and willbefurnished on appli cation. Legal and Official Advertising persquare,three timesor less,s2 00; each subsequent insertionSO cents per square. Local noticestencent s per line for one insertion, five cents per line for each subsequent consecutive incertion. Obituary notices over five lines, ten cents per line. Simple-announcements of births, marriages and deaths will he inserted free. Business Cards, live lines or less ss.ooper year over five lines, at the regular rates of advertising No localiuserted for less than 75 fits, per issue. JOB PRINTING. The.lob department of the PRESS is complete, and affords facilities for doing the best class ot work. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO Law Printing. No paper willbe discontinued until arrearages are paid, except at the option of the publisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid for in advance. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. For President. WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Ohio. For Vice President, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, of New York. For Auditor General, EDMUND B. HARDENBERGU, of Wayne. Congress-at-Large, GALUSHA A. GROW, of Susquahanna. ROBERT H. FOERDERER, of Philadelphia. Congress, JOSEPH C. SIBLEY, of Venango. For Member of Assembly, THADDEUB F. MOORE. For District Attorney, JAMES P. McNARNEY. For Prothonotary, etc., C. JAY GOODNOUGII. For Coroner, Dr. A. W. BAKER. For Jury Commissioner, DAVID S. LOGUE. COL'NTY ORGANIZATION. B. W. GREEN, Esq., Chairman. A. C. BLUM, Esq., Secretary, NAMES OF COUNTY COMMITTEE. EAST WARD—A. C. BLUM; MIDDLE WARD HARRY HEMPHILL; WEST WARD-HEN RY AUCHU; DRII TWOOD-S.G. McELWAIN; BHIPPEN—W.L.THOMAS: LUMBER—FRANK B.HOAG, Sterling Run: GROVE—H.H. ALDER FER, Sinnamahoning; PORTAGE—JOHN WY GANT, Sizerville; GIBSON—D. S. LOGUE, Driftwood. NAJIES OP VIGILANCE COnniTTEE. E. WARD—E. C. DAVISON, C. M. THOMAS; M. WARD—M. M. LARRABEE, ED. McNEAR NEY; W. WARD-FRKIJA. HILL,T. F. MOORE: DRIFTWOOD V. K. CORBETT, WALTER YOTHERS: SHIPI'EN —B. L. SPENCE, FRANK LOCKWOOD; LUMBER CHAS. NORTON, ED. LANIGER, both at Cameron; GROVE — JOHN A. WYKOFF, E. L. LOSEY, Sinnama honing; PORTAGE-GEO. EDWARDS, W. R. SIZER, Sizerville;GlßSON—JOHN B.WYKOFF, Sinnamahoning, CHAS. W. WILLIAMS, Drift wood. " If there is any one who believes the Gold Standard is a good thing, or that it micst b> maintained, I warn liim not to east his vote far me, because I promise hi HI it will not be maintained in this country longer than I am able to get rid of it:'— WM. ./. Jill YAK. POINTED COnnENT. The political party that promotes strikes doesn't produce prosperity. There is no Mrs. David B. Hill to claim that the recent fight with Boss Croker was a fake affair. The increase in the price of cot ton is doubtless encouraging to Chairman Jones' round bale trust. There is a rivalry between New York's leading Democratic news papers for the "honor" of produc ing the coal miners' strike. The dives and brothels of New York are being levied upon for Democratic campaign funds. Boss Croker is a relentless collector. Boss Croker declares that only Republicans are responsible for the wickedness of the Tammany Ice Trust. Croker is somewhat of a joker. President McKinley's instruc tions to the Philippine Commission takes the centerjpin out of the ar guments of the Democratic cam paign orators. The opening of new shops by {he Pullman Car Company is another backset to Bryan ism, The Demo cratic nominee prospers on the closing down process. Possibly Prof. Harper might in duce the country to take more in terest in his theory of living on 15 cents a day if it were not so confident of the defeat of Mr. Bryan. In looking about for an industry that has declined under a Republi can administration the gentlemen who are compounding the Demo cratic campaign literature should not overlook pugilism. Some of its leading exponents have left the country in disgust. 44 Dear Roy " Letteri*. MY DEAR BOY :—You inform me that John Jones, Tom Bentleyand old Harry Weldon say that they are going to vote for McKinley and Roosevelt, but that they will vote against onr congressman, now a candidate for re-election. Well, the Republican party is very much like Bro. Robinson's church. Bro. Brown and Bro. Robinson, two clerical friends of mine, were talking about the churches under their care. Bro. Brown said : " My church has a large mem bership, but only about one-fourth of them are active members." Bro. Kobinson replied : u My church members are all ac tive. The last one of them is active. Those who won't do anything else will kick.'' The Republican party is a very active organization. There is noth ing dead about it. The last one of its mighty membership is doing something, and it is not surprising that some of this activity should display itself in kicking. Jones, Bently and "Weldon have lined up with the kickers. Now, lam sorry. I will tell you why lam sorry. In my judg ment, the leaders of the Demo cratic party have very little hope of electing Mr. Bryan, but they do hope to elect a Democratic House of Representatives. They do ex pect to paralyze legislation, tie McKinley's hands,block the wheels of the nation's progress, and crip ple the ship of state right in the midst breakers that sur round it. And their hope lies in the kicking of such men as Jones, Bently and Weldon. I happen to know just what is the matter with those three men. Jones failed to be appointed post master at Squedunk Station. Bent ly didn't get to take the census in Pawpaw township, and Weldon thinks he ought to have his pension increased to twenty-four dollars a month, and the department de cided that fourteen dollars was enough. Each of them thinks that his representative in Congress is to blame for his failure to get what he wanted. Hence the kicking. Now, I do not attempt to solve the personal equation in either of these three cases. Perhaps Jones would be a very good postmaster at Squedunk. It may be that Bently was the most competent person to take the census of Pawpaw town ship. For aught I know Weidon ought to have a pension of twenty four dollars a month, although I doubt whether he is more disabled than myself and I get only eight dollars and am not kicking about it. I could use more to good ad vantage, but am thankful for what I have. Neither do I deny any man's constitutional right to kick. When a great principle is involved, some times political kicking is a duty. When a bad man is nominated in a municipal election,or at times when the personal equation is large and the political issues small,men some times can do and ought to do some wholesome kicking. But when a party is right in its great principles, when mighty is sues are before the people, whsa the prosperity and future weal of the greatest nation on earth are concerned in the struggle, a man has a mighty little soul who will kick on account of a personal griev ance. Why, my boy, we are entering upon wonderful times. The ancient civilization of the Orient is crum bling. The islands of the sea are being transformed. The Christian nations are coming together. Amer ica, with her inexhaustible re sources, her intelligence and free dom of thought, her energy and inventive genius, is becoming the foremost factor in the coming re generation of the world. And at the head of this great na tion stands William McKinley, en during the most tremendous strain which has come upon any president since Lincoln's day. His wise, dignified faithfulness commands the respect and confidence of the world. He should be re-elected and CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER ix, 1900. should have a Congress upon whom lie can depend. In view of these great things, how small the postmaster's place at Squedunk and such trifling matters appear. Once there was a man who traded a good farm for a drink of whisky and a plug of tobacco. The Bible tells us of Esau who sold his birth right for a mess of pottage. Tra dition inform us of a man who cut off his nose to spite his face. And of such are Jones, Bently and and Weldon and others who let little things blind them to great things. My hoy, this is not the year to kick. Think on these things and DON'T BE A KICKER. YOUR FATHER. Oswald Ottenderfer, editor of the Staats Zeitung, the greatest Ger man newspaper in the United States, said in an interview last Saturday : " The best idea of Bryan may be gained by reading his letter of acceptance, and that letter convinces me of the fact that he has not one drop of Democratic blood in his body ; so that as a Democrat he ceases to exist. He is a Populist, a Populist pure and simple, with as great a leaning toward the 1(5 to 1 idea as ever ; but he hides these issues under the cry of imperialism. What non sense for him to bean anti-imperial ist champion in the light of his own actions. He sent the silver plank to Kansas City and insisted 011 its adoption as a part of the platform, compelled the Democratic party to accept it, and by his action in that matter assumed the part of dicta tor. A tyranical dictator to rant about imperialism seems paradox ical, at least." Mr. Ottenderfer says that McKinley will be elected and that he will undoubtedly carry New York State. There has been, and is, a Demo cratic Ice Trust in New York, and now there is a Tammany Poultry Trust. There are probably other Trusts, but we have never heard of one which undertook to make its profits by literally robbing the poor. The Populist candidate for Pres ident makes great fun of his own unsuccessful efforts to practice law. But Mr. Bryan would be a great fool to practice law when he can make 8500 an hour lecturing to lyceums. Facts Leaking Out. "A funny thing obout Mr. Sibley's expenditure of money in the last cam paign is that he spent many dollars publishing matter in the Bradford Record, Mr. Emery's paper, printing long articles at a time, paying for them at liberal advertising rates, which Mr. Emery's manager knew he was able to pay and which the political exigencies demanded." The above is from the Sturtevant in terview published in Emery's Bradford Record, and its statement is assumed to be true by the rules of evidence. The fact stated by Sturtevant and admitted by Emery is that the latter agreed with Mr. Sibley to sell to him the influence of bis newspaper to elect him to Con gress on the Democratic ticket and that there was no principle involved, in it but only "liberal advertising rates" squeezed out by "political exigencies." Emery knew this was a common form of blackmail yet ho did not hesitate to pocket profits from it. Asa purifier of politics he is a pocket edition, but a "pocket reformer" is not what we want in Congress. When the columns of Emery's paper could bo used to black mail Sibley, Emery did not think it necessary to run for Congress When Sibley wouldn't pay that paper for its support he did't get it, and Emery is running for Congress. We are neither affirming nor denying the truth of the assertion that Sibley bought Emery, but we do assert most positively that if it was wrong for Sib ley to buy, it was infamous for Emery to sell. But a proper view will not condemn Mr. Sibley even if bo did what Sturte vant and Emery say he did. Men have been compelled to give large ransom to bandits, and burglars have roasted the feet of old men and women until they gave up the savings hoarded in their stocking legs. It is equally excusable in a perfectly honest man to do some thing to protect himself from the con scienceless political cut-throat who owns a reform newspaper. The mar row of this little piece of John's soup bone will do more to irritate than to molify Emery's political sores, and may cut deeper than his political skin. If the Republican party ever gets so low that the touch of such a man will not defile it, the proper thing will be not to reform it, but to kill it.—Franklin News. The Republican Way. This is a government by the will of a majority of the people. That will is expressed by the ballot and becomes law to the whole people. In exactly the flame way the ballots of the voters of the Republican party decide, at the Republican primaries, what men shall be voted for by every voter of the whole party at the general election. If these propositions were not true there would be no object in holding either a primary or a general election. The only difference between the two kinds of elections is that the decision of a general elestion is enforced by both moral and physical force, while that of a primary has nothing to support it but moral force appealing to personal honor. Physical force appeals to all. Appeals to honor have no effect where there is no honor to appeal to. It has not been said of Mr. Sibley that his nomination by the Republicans was not fairly made, nor has there been a doubt expressed that he will support the Re publican party in every essential prin ciple. It has not been the custom of the Republican party to take men in on probation, nor to limit their rights by the time they have served in it. When he is in he is in. But if there should be a time limit the Republican party waived that when it nominated Mr. Sibley and the question was then and there settled. That every fair and honest Republican of intelligence will vote for Mr. Sibley is what the leaders as well as the rank and file of the Re publicans of the whole United States expect of this district, already made famous by Mr. Sibley himself. And we go further to say that the obliga tion to vote for him is not a whit stronger than it would have been to support any other candidate who might have been nominated instead of Mr. Sibley. And still further, even Lewis Emery, Jr., or any of his supporters, if otherwise eligible to sit in Congress, will in the future always have the same claim on the votes of every Republican of the district at the general election, if they first get a majority of the votes cast at the preceding primary election. This is fairness. It is on the line of personal and political honor. It is true Republicanism. It is the rule of the majority. It is the essential founda tion of our system of government. "But," says Smith, "Jones voted against Stone two years ago and helped elect Sibley and I will vote against Sibley now to get even." Smith thinks that Jones did a mean thing, and so he will do the same kind of a thing and get down to Jones's level and be even with him. Smith, if he thinks it over a little while, will decide to pull Jones up to his own level and be even in that way. There will be a Congressional election every two years for a long time, and any republican who really believes that the prosperity of this country demands the continuance of the Republican policy so happily in force now, ought to be more anxious to heal old scars than make fresh ones for future trouble.—Bradford Star. Tom M. McClellan said in his paper, the Alt. Jewett News, a short time ago, speaking as an Emery man, that he was afraid of a class of Swedes, which he said was "wooden-headed and ready for any proposition." He added, "It is common talk here that the purchas able Swedes will be gathered in droves." This was reported in the Pittsburg Times. In reply, McClellan says in his paper this week, "The Times man has stated nothing but the truth." He also adds, "We are not here to apolo gize to the Swede," etc. Of course he tries to smooth the matter over but there is in his tone a deep hostility to the Swede which, to say the least, is not very commendable considering the high average character of our Swedish citizens. For our part we are not afraid of supporters of Mr. Sibley. They are acting upon principle, and the man who acts from principle caDnot be di verted therefrom by money. The Swedes are Republicans and being such are for Sibley. It would be a pea cock feather and a yellow jacket to Mr. Emery if he would copy the Republi canism of some of the honest Swedes stigmatized by his henchman, Tom McClellan, as wooden-headed.—Frank lin News. In the face of the great danger of ovcrcontidunce there is one compensating advantage—the Republicans everywhere are united. There is no factional differ ence anywhere in national politics, a fact perfectly attested bv the unanimity with which the nominations were effected and the platform adopted at Philadelphia. There is no i'aclional quarrel in any State. This condition, it is true, may be possible. For the time at least it adds still further to the feeling of overconfidcnce. On the other hand, a later result is almost sure to he that the full vote will conic out in harmony and enthusiasm for the regularly nominated candidates and the accepted statements of policy. The great hope ot Republican success throughout the coun try is that the various committees—and the various voters for themselves—will see promptly and thoroughly into the real issues; will not he mistaken about them, will not try to substitute protended prin ciples for real ones, will not try to substi tute untried men for tried ami true ores, will not be frightened by bogie talk, but will be on their guard against the real dangers of the wide-spread Populist on slaught upon expansion (and with it pros perity), upon a stable currency system (and with it prosperity), and a solid and patriotic devotion to the courts and to law and order—which also means prosperity. THE EMPORIUM INDEPENDENT EDITOR'S HIGH REGARD FOR MR. SIBLEY. "No man of standing will sustain a small fry politician very long. Mr. Sibley's record in congress stands out above almost any other member of that body as the champion of the people's rights. He supported by speech and vote every measure that he knew was the demand of the common people. He is the especial representative of our old soldiers in fighting for every measure that per mitted more liberality at the hands of the government. He may be said to be constantly paying pensions out of his own pockets, not as an annuity, but as temporary relief, and when our late soldier boys went to the front, Mr. Sibley, out of his great generosity and sympathy, went down into his pocket and con tributed to the comfort of the boys even while in camp. When in con gress he donated every cent of his congressional salary to the ad vancement of Agriculture in his district and to the labor organiza tions " Subscribe for the PRESS; only §1.50 a year in advance. I ' [ OLD RELIABLE DRUG STORE'S I Prescription Department , is up to date in every par j ticular. Hundreds will at -1 test to the very low prices, j 30 years experience. | Wall Paper. 2000 rolls at 3c per roll. I A great variety of high grade paper at greatly re- j | duced prices. I i Paints! Paints! Paints! ! Paints, oils and varnishes, a full line. Enamel paints, varnishes and stains, in all colors. Fishing Tackle. Save money t Call for your Prescrip tions, Wall Paper, Paints, Oils Pishing Tackle. L. TAGUART, Prop. lic.cs. I ,G, Impressive showing of YT styleful goods for * § FALL $ & j y i and £ | WINTER | I WEAR. § Now is the time you need & V good warm underwear. I Ac. y, have it. Just in. All grades W Mr. and sizes. ft K DRESS GOODS. $ •112" The best line I have ever H ■*. shown. Cheviots, Parolas, W Serges, Henriettas, syd pat- <> Jv, terns of Venetians 52in. wide, V Q, all colors. W syd patterns Ladies Cloth # jQ, 52in., all colors. Inviting offerings in La- V dies', Misses' and Children's <> Jackets and Capes. 'r? All new and up-to-date in ft every particular.- Prices less A than "ame goods can be bought sa? for in any city. W £ LADIES' WRAPPERS. V 1 ft Beauties in flannelette ft and prints. # BLANKETS. A All grades and prices. W Comfortables, bed spreads, W : j flannels, yarns, &c. Jjl i SHOES. $ E Extra values in shoes. , Specially good line of rubbers, U ladies', children's, men's ana ft boys' overs. ft All grades in lumbermen's ft y gums. ♦ MEN'S FURNISHINGS. ft ft Shirts, pants, overalls, V? neckwear, footwear, gloves ft (J and mittens, hats, &c. The celebrated "liichey" l#f i ]' flannel drawers. Ladies' nice, warm, wool "U* | j shawls, &e., &c. ft Yours truly, -"Cr *i' C. JAY GOODNOUGH, Assignee. CT A Wife Says? "We have four children. With the first three I suffered almost unbearable pains from 12 to 14 hours, and had to be placed undet the influence of chloroform. I used three bottles of Mother's Friend before our lad child came, which is a strong, fat and healthy boy, doing V* » ■ my housework up \* jf to within two hours rf, ■ of birth, and suf- K?|\ ) IflHff' \ fered but a few hard \Vi 'WBRn ~'J pains. This linl- / ) i If M mentis the grand-/ // A T/i est remedy ever jjf Mother's T \J Friend ' rR will do for every woman what it did for the Minnesota mother who writes the above let ter. Not to use it during pregnancy is a mistake to be paid for in pain and suffering, Mother's Friend equips the patient with a strong body and clear intellect, which in turn are imparted to the child. It relaxes the muscles and allows them to expand. It relieves morning sickness and nervousness. It puts all the organs concerned in perfect condition for the final hour, so that the actual labor is short and practically painless. Dan ger of rising or hard breasts is altogether avoided, and recovery is merely a matter of a few days. Druggists sell Mother'! Friend for $1 a bottle. The Bradfleld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. Send for our free illustrated book. Pain in Head, Side and Back. For years I suffered with pain In the head, pain in the side, and in the small of the hack. 1 was nervous and constipatod and could not sleep. The pills and other medicines I tried only made a bad matter worse. Then I tried Celery King. Ono package cured me and made a new woman of me.—Mrs. Th. Klee liammer, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y. Celery King cures Constipation and Nerve, Stomach, Liver and Kidney Diseases. 2 Sold by R. C. Dodson, Emporium, Pa. Adam, Meldrum & Anderson Co. 396 to 408 Main St.—American Block, JiUFFALO, NT. V. New Carpets. In all grades of carpetings we are showing new and elegant de signs. We ask particular atten tion to our exclusive patterns in the best qualities of carpets, pat terns of which the best manufact urers give us the exclusive sale in Buffalo'and which can be seen in no other store. Oriental Rugs. We have the largest stock of Oriental rugs and carpets in the city—a stock that ranges from the smallest Anatolian mats to the largest size Persian carpets and long hall rugs. All care fully selected rugs of our own importation and endless variety to select from. Drapery and Upholstery. New lace curtains, new por tieres and new upholstery fabrics. In this department we have all the new fabrics of the season for interior decorations. New silks and pillow materials. Sofa pillows made to order. Window shades and hangings of all kinds at the lowest prices. AM*. MHI.IHII ill ft AMIKRSOK CO., The American iilock. BUFFALO, N. Y
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers