THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866.
VOL. 35.
THE GRANDEST REPUBLICAN DEMONSTRATION
The Most Enthusiastic Meeting
in Years.
A VOTE-MAKING MEETING
George W. Huntley, Jr., a Prominent Attor
ney and Lumberman, Speaks for
McKinley and Sibley.
44 Great Scott ! see the people coming
and the opera house is now packed,"
were the exclamations of those in
charge of the monster Republican
meeting last evening, when Hon. O. C.
Allen and Hon. Jos. C. Sibley discussed
the issues of the campaign. "Very early
in the day our people commenced to
gather in town from every section of
the county, many coming from Mc-
Kean, Elk and Potter counties. When
the hour arrived for the evening meet
ing every seat was occupied, yet the
delegations coming from the eastern
section of the county on special train
filled the immense capacity of the op
era house and the building was packed
to the street. Over thirteen hundred
people were in the room, jammed as
solidly as sardines in a box. More
than six hundred enthusiastic Repub
licans arrived on the 7:30 special train,
half of whom were unable to get into
the hall and lined the streets.
The meeting was called to order by B. W.
Green, Esq., chairman of the Republican county
committee in a few words of thanks to the people
of Cameron county for the great outpouring to
hear the representatives of;Reoublican principles.
Mr. Green introduced as President of the meeting,
Hon. J. C. Johnson, who was accorded hearty
applause when he took the stage. Mr. Johnson j
briefly thanked the people for the honor of pre- J
siding at so large a meeting and delivered a ring- i
ing five minute speech for the election of the en- \
tire ticket and especially the election <>f Mr.T. P.
Moore, our candidate for member of Assembly. I
He paid a glowing tribute to the character and !
personal worth of our candidate and appealed to !
every Republican to stand by him. At the close;
of his remarks he was cordially applauded.
The following repre*en' 'tive professional, buai- \
ness men, mechanics and farmers, were elected
Vice Presidents and Secretaries of the meeting, I
almost every one of them promptly taking their j
places upon the stage:
PRESIDENT,
HON. J.C. JOHNSON.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Hon. John McDonald, Hon. B. V. Wvkoff,
Messrs. T. F. Moore, Geo. W. Huntley, Jr., C.
Jay Goodnough, J. D. Bwope, Harry Hemphill,
E. W. Gaskiil, F. S. Coppersmith, Drs. R. P.
Heilman, B. O. Bard well, A. W. Baker, V. K.
Corbett. Messrs. Geo. Metzger, Sr., C. C. Fay,
Aden Housler, W. L. Thomas, Mark Wright, J. .
W. Lewis, L. K. Huntington, 11. C. Olmsted. W.
8. Walker, Frank Mundy, Josiah Howard, U. A.
Palmer, A. C. Blum, Henry Auchu, Geo. J. La-
Bar, Joseph Kaye, E. C. Davison, H. S. Lloyd, J.
P. McNarney, Daniel Webster, N, Seger. Robt.
Dodson, Fred A. Hill, Jos. A. Fisher, G. Mali lon
Pott, Martin Foster, Joshua Hair, Augustus Nel
son, John Wygant, W. R. Si/er, Ottis Lucore,
Gilbert Morse, F. G. Hoag, Warren McConnell,
Chas. Norton, John M. English, Chas. W. Wil
liams, T. 8. Patchell, D. S. Logue, 8. W. Nyce, S.
<;. M< El wain, Israel Bailey, C. W. Beldln, Ed. D.
White, Herman Anderson, W. Swanson, Henry
W. Graham, M. M. Larrabee, V. A. Brooks, A.
O. Swart wood, Frank P. Strayer, P. J. Robinson,
\\ . C. Callahan, ex-Sheriff Pailoy.
SECRETARIES.
Messrs. Henry Wheaton, Wm. Auchu, Chas.
Barton, Thos. F. Moore, Frank Parker, E. H.
Laniger, Ed. McNerney, D. N. Chandler, Chas. j
Spanglei, J. W. Kaye, B. L. Spence, C. J. Miller, j
John B. Wvkoff, H. H. Alderfer, Walter Morri- I
son, H. B. Mutthersbaugh.
Among the Vice Presidents were many names
used by the Emeryites at their Lincoln (?) Repub
lican—Pattison meeting and their appearance
upon the stage branded the use of their names
by the Emeryites as unauthorized and that they
were Republicans. Every officer of the conven
tion had personally authorized the use of their
name. When Geo. W. Huntley, Jr., took a seat
upon the platform it was a great surprise to all
but a very few, and fell like a thunder bolt in the
camp of the enemy and elicited great applause.
When one after another of the reported Emery
Republicans walked to the stage and faced the
large audience, there was great applause, thereby
hurling back the insinuation that they were
against the Republican ticket or Mr. Sibley.
Even the Bradford Record reporter feltthecliilly
effect and turned up his coat collar. About one
hundred representative men of the eniire county
occupied the stage. Hon. O. C. Allen was intro
duced as the first speaker of the evening and, as
he always has been well received by our people,
was warmly applauded. Senator Allen, in part,
said:
Now, gentlemen, you all know that I was a
candidate a little while this year for Congress. I
was defeated for the nomination by Mr. Sibley.
What ballots I had in the convention were cast
in my own interest. I was defeated in the con
ference honorably. I would gladly have been a
candidate before you to-night for Congress, not
because I think I am able to build a platform of
my own upon which I might stand, independent
of either of the great parties of this Nation, but
because I would have been proud of the chance
to represent the 27th District in the Congress of
this Nation. But. another was nominated, be
cause he had more votes, and the other day.from
the platform in my own county the gentleman
who is the candidate on his own independent
platform had the audacity, and I speak advisedly,
to stand up and undertake to intimate to citizens
of my county that I had traded or bartered off
the suffrage of my county to another, that he
might be a candidate in this campaign.
I desire from this platform, and from every
other platform upon which the Lord will permit
me to speak during this campaign, to hurl such
insults to the man who uttered them, and say
that they are false in the extreme. (Great ap
plause). And while I would gladly have been a
candidate before you, and been thankful for the
suffrage which you might have given me, and
have been proud to huve represented you, if
elected, in the halls of Congress. I havetoomuch
manhood and honor, i trust, to ever barter away
the suffrage given me by my friends and neigh
bors in the 27th Congressional District of Penn
sylvania. (Applause). The other side said they
would give to me, when they were in search of a
candidate, the Democratic votes and the Repub
lican kickers. (Applause). I said, "Oh, no, ex
cuse me." I didn't want to be kicked into Con
gress. if I ever go, I want to be nominated and
elected regularly. Therefore, ladies and gentle
men, I stand before you to-night without feeling
and without malice, and I stand before you,
though defeated in that Congressional Confer
ence, with " *? much manhood as I had before, and
I assure you, with all the patriotism that ever
swelled up in my breast, and with all the patriot
is™l. ever possessed, and ask you to support
McKinley and Roosevelt, Joseph C. Sibley
r !i 8t ?£P laUße )- * am earnest for the election
of Mr. Sibley, not becauseofany friendship which
exists between him and me, and not because of
anything beyond that duty which I owe to my
God, my country and the Republican party.
(Applause). I stand for him because he is in ac
cord with the President of the United States.
(Applause). I stand for him because, so far as
my information goes, the President of the United
States is in accord with Joseph C.Sibley. Ap
plause). Therefbre, i say, it is the duty of th«
Republicans to stand manfully by the nominees
of tin- party on the 6th day of November.
The great surprise of the evening was when
Mr. Geo. W. Huntley, Jr., stepped to the front of
the platform. Mr. Huntley, who is one of our
most talented and able attorneys, as well as a
prominent lumberman yunior member of ihe
firm of G. W. Huntley & Son) and a life-long
( Democrat, cannot, like many thousands of con
scientious Democrats, risk the change of policy
at this time. Mr. Huntley said:
"Fellow Citizens:—l want you all to keep quiet
now; I am terribly embarrassed, because I did
not know I was going to make a speech until I
was asked to do so a few minutes ago. I never
made a political speech before in my life, and
am embarrassed, partly because 1 see ladies in
the audience. I never thought much of the
ladies taking an interest in politics until a few
days ago, when I attended a political meeting in
eastern part of the State where there were many
ladies in audience A stiff Republican explain
ed the matter correctly, however, when lie said,
"The ladies are interested in the election
this year, because they have been packing
"full dinner buckets." (Applause). I re
plied to him that I thought they could stay at
home and still be interested in the election,
and do as Senator Allen said, prav for their,
husbands. He replied, "The reason why women
have never come out before is because, before
the McKinley prosperity they had not as nice
bonnets or as good clothes." (Laughter and aj>-
plause). I thought a little over that, and replied,
"Weil you have got the political situation down
better than I have, and I will think over this
matter.
After being away for some time. I came home
last night. Lately I have been undertaking to
build a little addition to my house. It has been
quite a difficult task to get lumber, sash, doors 1
and windows, to get a tinner to put on the roof,
a plasterer to put on the'plaster, a carpenter, a ,
stone mason. I have had trouble getting the
material and gelling the labor, rhej were all
too busy to come. I came to Emporium and went 1
to Dußois. Last night when I went home the 1
rain was coming down through the planter, the
paper was coming off the wall, and my wife was
tearing up the carpet and mopping the floor,
and was not feeling in the best of moods. She
said, "I do not see why the carpenter has not
been here, and why the tinner has not been here;
I never saw the beat of it. It is almost enough
to make a man vote the Republican ticket. (Ap
plause). And I consider that when the tinners,
and the carpenters are so busy, the lumbermen
and those who furnish the material are so busy,
they cannot perform a two hundred dollar job in
ten days, it is time for the laboring men and the
business men of this country to pause and think
on the eve of election. (Applause).
Under the present condition of the country we
are prosperous. We have had a successful war
with Spain. One of the results of that war is the
acquirement of new territory. We have great re
sponsible duties in reference to the government
and disposition of that territory and the civiliza
tion of its people. What are we g<»ing to do?
How are we going to face these responsibilities?
Suppose we will admit, for the sake of argument,
what Mr. Bryan says, that it is a bad job, this ac
acquiring of new territory. But we have got in
to the difficulty, and what are we going to do
about it? President McKinley has outlined a
policy, he has pursued it, and almost ended it, in
reference to this territority, and now, when al
most on the eve of success, are we going to knock
it in the head, upset it all, and cause consterna
tion, discontent, panic in business, and distress
at home? I think not. (Applause). Is there a
man in this audience who will pretend to tell me
that by keeping those islands, and developing
and using our products for trade, by opening the
doors of China, building the Nicarauga Canal,
and passing the ship subsidy bill, this country
will not enjoy many years of prosperity? It ,
looks to me that that is where the coming
Republican administration is going to do
the country good. (Applause). The issues are
such that, it carried out, it seems to me that
prosperity must follow after them. (Applause).
It seeins to me it is a great opportunity for the
United States as a nation. It seems to me that,
as we have secured a foothold, now is the time
to push it, now is the time to acquire the trade
that we have been trying to get for years, and
which the Democrats have been howling for for
years. (Applause). There are a few splinters, at
least, in the Republican platform that have been
Democratic for years. Our country has expand
ed more under Democratic administrations in
the past than under all others combined. (An
plause). The policy of territorial expansion is
Democratic policy, and there never was a plat
form in those days of the Democratic party, but
what was opposed by the Whigs or Republicans.
What has been the record on commercial ex
pansion. It was only four years ago that you
were abused, you Republicans, for building a
Chinese wall around the commerce of the United
States, and to-day, when we have a chance, an
open door, through which to spread our com
merce, the Democrats are howling imperialism,
or some other kind of ism. (Applause). So I say
there are two splinters at least of Democracy in
the Republican platform, one for each of my feet,
and 1 will stand upon them. (Applause).
In the present campaign, present conditions
confront us. I care not for ancient history or the
past. I believe Bryan is an honest and sincere
mau, I believe him to be an intellectual man; I
believe he has many honest followers. He has
said that he admired those who came to him, for
their courage, and he. also admires those who
have deserted him. I believe all that. The pres
ent conditions that confront us at the present
time are such that I believe it would be a detri
ment to the country to change them, but, if car
ried out. they will be for the general welfare; and
for that reason, too, I believe in selecting a Con
gressman who will give encouragement and help
to the promulgation of those issues as outlined
by President McKinley. (Applause). 1 do not
care whether it is President McKinley, President
Green or President Smith, or what his name is,
if he follows those principles. If he carries out
the present policy of the Administration he is all
right. And we must look to it that we have a
Congress that is ready to back him and not ready
to block him. In this district we have a Con
gressman who has stood by President McKinley
in the past, he has stood by the people of this
district honestly and fearlessly. He is now run
ning again for that same office, and I believe it
would be to the interest and general welfare of
the country, as well as this district, to give him a
good large majority." (Great applause).
Our people, who have known aud respected
the gentleman all his life, applauded his patri
otic stand for Republican principles.
Mr. Sibley followed Mr. Huntley in an able
and forcible manner for three-quarters of an
hour. His remarks, although interrupted sev
eral times, were listened to with rapt attention.
At the close of his remarks he received an ova
tion.
Cameron county is all right and will do its full
duty on the6th of Novoniber. The demonstra
tion last evening was the largest held in Empo
rium since the Grant campaign of 1868, when
Congressman G. W. Scofiela and H. B. Swope
spoae.
"Liberty and Union, Onejand Inseparable."— WKßSTKß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2f>. 1900.
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McAbee—Fry.
We acknowledge the receipt of an
invitation to attend the wedding of our
young friend and former townsman
Harry M. Fry to Miss Anna McAbee,
at Raton, New Mexico, Nov. Ist Tlie
ceremony will take place in the M. E.
church Harry is a very deserving
young man, and his many Emporium
friends wish him and the lady of his ;
choice much happiness.
Society Events.
Mrs. G. S. Allen elegantly entertain
ed a large party of lady friends last
Friday afternoon.
The Assembly ball at the opera house j
last Friday evening was the best and
most pleasant ever given by that so
ciety of young men. The music was
furnished by the Chappell orchestra, of
Williamsport and undoubtedly was the
best ever heard here.
Mrs. Chas. W. Shaffer gave an after
noon whist, Tuesday, to a large circle
of lady friends.
A Delightful Entertainment.
The Ladies Ariel Sextette, (the Smith Sisters) ;
who opened the Star Course at the opera nouse
last evening, gave an entertainment that was
simply delightful from beginning to end. Many j
of the audience agreed that it was the most
charming entertainmegt of its kind ever given in
the house, and to-day everybody is singing their
praises. Their voices blend most exquisitely, and
they sing with wonderful ease, flexibility, and
clearness. That the audience were delighted
with them was very evident from the fact that I
each number on the admirable program was en
cored, and responded to cheerfully and gracefully.
The child impersonations of Miss Marguerite '
Smith were the best ever heard here, and her
rendition of James Whitcomb Riley's poems was
natural, and so true to life that one could almost
imagine the little people that she impersonated j
standing before them. Collectively and individ
ually they fully sustained the reputation that j
they have made of being the peers of any other |
similar organization of entertainers on the plat- j
form. They certainly won a warm place in the
hearts of their audience last evening, and should
they return here in the future Ashland will be
glad to see and hear them.—Ashland (Pa.) Even
ing Telegram, Oct. 24, 1900.
Assembly Quests.
The popularity of the Assembly socials given
by a number of Emporium's young men is fully
attested by the large number of guests tn attend
ance from neighboring towns. Among those
present at the hop last Friday evening we noticed:
Dr. and Mrs. Bradford, Austin; Misses Huntley
and Miss Metzger, Driftwood; Miss Conrad, Erie
Miss Barclay, Sinnamahoning; Ben. S. Guusberg,
TIIOB. Welsh, John McDonald, Mr. Norrie, Win.
Gillan and Mr. Wensel, Ftenovo; Mr. Ilanhauser-
St. Marys; Qeo. H. Crawford, Sizerville; Chas. C.
Counsel, Sinnamahoning; Frank A. Leet, Coud
ersport.
It is rumored that the management of the ope
ra house has secured for an early date the cele
brated Frank Davidson and his company of
metropolitan favorites who will appear here for
three nights only, producing their latest comedy
successes. We trust this rumor is true. Will
give more definite information later.
WANTED —Girl for general house
work, plain cooking and laundry. Bo
gin Nov. 20th.
35-2t REV. J. M. ROBERTSON.
All the goods in my store are guar
anteed to be as represented, and rny
line comprises every article of men's
wears. N. SEOER.
Senator Allen Speaks.
Our few-sionist friend feels worried
over Senater Allen, who was a candi
date in Warren county against Mr.
Sibley, and seeks to turn Republicans
away from their duty upon a mere fake
story. Senator Allen is a Republican,
and at Sheffield last Wednesday even
ing took the platform and made a ring
ing speech :
"He pointed out to the audience the
fact that it would be the worst kind of
policy < for the Twenty-seventh district
to bo represented in Congress by a man
who poses as a Republican, yet has no
sympathy with the Republican plat
form—a man who must have a platform
to suit his own peculiar ideas. Tl.is
platform of the Bradford reformer re
ceived considerable attention from Mr.
Allen, and was as thoroughly riddled
as though it had been struck by a shell
front a thirteen-inch gun. Mr. Allen
called the attention of the audience to
the fact that Mr. Emery had made, in
his speech at Warren on Monday even
ing insinuations reflecting upon his
(Alk-n's) probity in some political mat
ters of recent date. Mr. Alien de
nounced the insinuation in the most
emphatic manner. He characterized
the utterance of Mr. Emery as wholly
false and without any foundation in
fact. He also paid some attention to
the position of a man who must needs
attempt to strengthen his cause by giv
ing circulation a story so palpably un
true, and asked the audience whether
they believed it would be good policy
to elect to Congress a man so careless
with his words and speech as Mr. Em
ery has shown himself to be."
Beautiful (?) Lincoln Sentiments.
Our Emporium .Few-sionists delight
in extoling Emery as a Lincoln Repub
lican. Last Saturday Mr. Emery ad
dressed a Democratic meeting at Frank
lin, saying in part:
" I don't care whether you vote for
me or not. The manager of my paper,
the Bradford Record, did support Mr.
Sibley in 1898 for money. When I or
dered them to stop last spring, both he
and my son sent their resignations to
me and were indignant. This country
prospered under Democratic adminis
tration for 60 years and did not goto
pieces. It has been under Republican
rule for 40 years and is in bad shape
now. Mr. Bryan is not such a terrible
man and his election would not mean
dire results as pictured by the Republi
cans. Only one-half of the Italians and
foreigners who are naturalized can read
and write. The true Republicans are
those who fuse. lam charged with
voting for Bryan and Sewall in 1896.
Well, it wasn't a crime, was it? The
idea of the Pennsylvania railroad pen
sioning its aged employes is ridiculous
and a menace to our Republic. My
opponents are just as little as the small
things they say and do."
At this juncture the chairman pulled
Emery's coat tail and he was compelled
to quit talking. The special features of
his speech were his defense of Bryan
against the Republican arguments; his
attempt to array the masses against the
classes. These are indeed beautiful (?)
sentiments togo to the people. In all
honesty we would ask those deluded
followers of Emery : " Can and do you
endorse these sentiments?"
Letters from tlie People.
| All communications under this head must be
accompanied by the writer's name. We will not
lie held responsible for any expression in this
departments— EDlTOß.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Editor Press:
Some time ago I saw the question
asked in some paper: "Why are you a
Republican?" I will endeavor to tell
why I am not a Democrat. Because
the Democrat party is a record of in
famy and shame and treason. It tried
to tear the stars Irom the American
Hag, would even now haul the flag from
its high eminence in our foreign pos
sessions. It is the party that enacted
the fugitive slave lav/ of 1830. It se
cretly planned and plotted to overthrow
the Government. It robbed the Gov
ernment of its arms and munitions of
war, and stored them in the armories
and arsenals of the South. It under
took to dissever the American Union.
It almost destroyed the National credit.
It disgraced the Nation's honor. It
made the most determined effort to
carry slavery into the free states. It
threw our country into a bloody war;it
drove Southern loyalists from their
homes with blood hounds for being true
to the Union. It opposed the war and
demanded a cessation of hostilities. It
resisted the draft with all its power.
It burned down colored orphan asylums
and is now disfranchising colored vot
ers. It shot down defenseless negroes
in New York city and the Democrat
Governor addressed the murderers as
"his fr.ends." It perpetrated the
shocking cruelties of Libbey and And
ersonville, Belle Isle and other prisons.
It denounced Union soldiers as Lincoln
Hirelings and lawless cut-throats. It
opposed the soldier the right to vote.
It rejoiced over rebel victories and
mourned over rebel defeat. It buried
300,000 brave boys in early graves. It
saddled an enormous debt of many
millions upon this country. It was op
posed to theemancipation proclamation
freeing 4,000,000 poor human beings
from bitter slavery. In the South it
has arrayed itself against every propo
sition to secure to every citizen beneath
our flag the equal protection of the law,
and the enjoyment of life, liberty and
power. It has stolen more money from
the coffers of ring-ridden New York's
treasury alone than all the loans of the
Federal Government under Republican
rule. It defended the Tammany ring
and hid its inequitous doings until ex
posed by the Republican press. It voted
to pension Jeff Davis, who to the day
of his death boasted of his treason to
his country. It opposed the policy of
protection to American industries by a
judicious imposition of tariff duties up
on imports. It has repeatedly disturbed
the prosperity of our country by fooling
with the tariff laws. It is an enemy to
labor notwithstanding its vociferous
boast* to the contrary, and would rob
the sons of toil of their God-given
rights to fill their dinner pails. It is
trying to rob the workingman of the
means by which he feeds, clothes and
shelters his family. It has declared
war against the present prosperity and
if successful our industries would suffer
and our present good times be succeed,
ed by want and misory. It is and al
ways has been the champion of free
trade which would surely lower the
workingman's wages and put them on
a par with England's pauper labor. It
manufactured the tissue ballot in the
South. It oppresses free speech by
trying to break up Republican meetings
and stoning and clubbing the speakers
not only in the South hut in the North
during this present campaign. It was
willing to gibbet President McKinle3'
because he did not declare war sooner
against Spain and then would have
guillotined him because he did. It can
not point a single act it has performed
in interest of good government in the
last 40 years. I could keep on indefi
nitely telling of the rottenness of the
party but will wait another time. I
cannot for a moment think that intelli
gent voters will entrust the welfare of
the millions to a party with such a re
cord.
A DISFRANCHISED VOTER.
Driftwood, Pa., Oct. 18th, 1900.
The Philadelphia Times announces
that, beginning with their Sunday issue
of October 28, they will publish weekly
a series of articles descriptive of a Tour
of the World by Dr. Edward Brooks,
Superintendent of Public Institution in
Philadelphia, which will be illustrated
by colored photographs in the form of
supplements to their Sunday edition.
These will be ten by fifteen inches in
size, printed on heavy plate paper and
will illustrate the most famous and
I beautiful scenes in a journey around
! the world. Each one will be a gem in
itself.
Such an offer has never before been
made by any newspaper to its readers.
Can you aftord to miss it? An early
order to your newsdealer for the Sun
day Times will bo your paasport for the
trip.
TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCK.
WEATIIEB REi OUT.
(Forecast by T. 13. Lloyd.)
FRIDAY, Fair and cool.
SATURDAY, Fair and warmer; easterly winds
SUNDAY, Probable rain.
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Institute Notes.
The weather was ideal.
The Institute was the best in the his
-1 tory of Cameron county.
Tlie <lay instructors were all men of
acknowledged ability in their respect -
' ive departments.
The large attendance of patrons and
citizens gave proof of the growing in
terest that is felt in the cause of popu
lar education.
Miss Collins had given careful atten
tion to every detail, and to her prudent
foresight is chiefly due the credit for
the success achieved.
Dr. Hully held the rapt attention of
his audience' for over an hour. His
recitations from "Field" were given in
fine spirit and with trite elocutionary
finish.
The Kentucky Colonels have voices
of good quality, but the sameness in
their selections was a detraction. A
few lively numbers would brighten the
program and give it a better flavor.
Hawley Smith was thoughtful, ear
nest and practical, and his remarks
merited the frequent and hearty ap
plause which they elicited. While he
entertained, his main object was to help
the teachers, and in this ho succeeded
admirably.
The teachers were a fine-looking
body—lady-like and gentlemanly in
their deportment, observant of all the
proprieties of polite society, and evi
dently determined upon upholding the
dignity of their profession. They reg
ularly attended all the sessions of 'in
Institute and evinced the liveliest in
terest in the proceeding.;.
Among the several excellent evening
attractions the Rogers-Grilley combi
nation easily stands at the head of the
list. Mr. Grilley's superior as a reader
has never appeared here, while Mr.
Rogers' harp reeitala were a revelation
to his auditors of the possibilities of
that marvelously sweet musical in
strument.
The utility of the County Institute
is beyond question. With such men as
Dr. Schmucker, Dr. VVitmer and others
of scarcely less ability to instruct and
inspire with their spirit the teachers,
the results cannot be otherwise than
beneficial to all the boys and girls who
subsequently come under the influence
of these teachers.
Mr. Emery's Record.
Mr. Emery, of Bradford, the "strad
dle" candidate for Congress in this dis
trict, is laboring hard to convince Re
publicans that he is and always has
been a Republican. Of course this
claim is not made to Democrats, but
"on the contrary, quite the reverse."
In order that Republicans may know
his record we present the following
facts from the Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette :
In 1881, having been elected a state
senator as a Republican, he waa one ot
the cabal which defeated the Republi
can nominee for United States senator.
In the fall of the same year he sup
ported Charles S. Wolfe, independent
candidate for state treasurer, in the
abortive effort to defeat Gen. Silas M.
Bailey, a gallant soldier, the Republi
can nominee, and elect a Democrat.
In 1882 he bolted the nomination of
Gen. James A. Beaver for governor,
and by running an independent candi
date brought about the election of
Robert E. Pattison, a Democrat.
In 1890 he again withheld his support
from the Republican candidate for
governor and gave his active assistance
to Gov. Pattison, who was a second
time elected. As a recognition of his
labors in twice contributing to his elec
tion Gov. Pattison is now stumping the
district in behalf of Emery.
It has been said, and we have not
seen it denied, that Mr. Emery did not
vote for President McKinley in 1896.
He certainly took no active part in his
behalf. If he voted for him it is easy
for him to say so, in which event we
will withdraw this count in the indict
ment, but all others must stand.
Emery's vindictive enmity against
j the leaders of his party always over
came what little hold its principles had
j upon him, and in most contests of the
! past 20 years he has fought the Repub
lican nominees—not only with the
i musket, but secretly with the stiletto.
' OVEK NINETY-FIVE MILLION MAGA
ZINES.—More than ninety-five million
copies—to be exact, 95,237,523—0f The
Ladies' Home Journal have been issued
; since the magazine was first printed,
| seventeen years ago. December, 1883,
I was the Journal's birthmonth, and the
I first edition aggregated,all told, twenty
| thousand. The magazine was well re
! ceived at the start, and from that time
! on its growth has beeu phenomenally
rapid, the increase never halting, until
i the circulation has reached nine hun
dred and twenty-three thousand copies
a month. During the past eleven
1 months the increase has averaged for
-1 ty-seven thousand copies per month
over the corresponding interval last
year.
NO. 35.