seventh of August, will unanimously present my name as their candidate to the people of Pennsylvania. This powerful appeal, proceeding as it does from 'Old Democratic York,' would, if any circumstance could, shake my resolution. Before its receipt, however, I had fully determined not to become a candidate

being welcomed by Washington F. Hambright, ad- jutant general of the national Grand Army of the Republic and past depart- ment commander of Pennsylvania, both were presented to the audience, and delivered brief addresses. The building was tastefully decorated with flowers and American flags. The

was, after all, the domestic hearthstone that these folks sought along the banks of our life- giving river. "Peter Bezaillion, the trader, came to Pennsylvania while Wil- liam Penn was in the midst of his activities ; and the Conoy Indians brought their teepees from the Potomac while Anne was queen