Through the great campaign : with Hastings and his spellbinders . uffsdut\ to carry the Pennsylvania Railroad pay-money from Philadelphia to Altoona. Thisfrequently amounted to $60,000 in cash. Yet henever lost a dollar. He remained with Lloyd & Co. foryears, until their financial stringencyin the seventies compelled a sever-ance of business relations. Since thenhe has been in business for himself asbanker, coal operator and has a beautiful home in Greens-burg, w^here he has entertained main^distinguished men, among them Presi-dent Harrison, and where during thelate campaign, on
Through the great campaign : with Hastings and his spellbinders . uffsdut\ to carry the Pennsylvania Railroad pay-money from Philadelphia to Altoona. Thisfrequently amounted to $60,000 in cash. Yet henever lost a dollar. He remained with Lloyd & Co. foryears, until their financial stringencyin the seventies compelled a sever-ance of business relations. Since thenhe has been in business for himself asbanker, coal operator and has a beautiful home in Greens-burg, w^here he has entertained main^distinguished men, among them Presi-dent Harrison, and where during thelate campaign, on two memorableoccasions, he entertained GeneralHastings and the members of his party, togetherwnth Robert Pitcairn, C. L. Magee, Judge JohnGripp, George M. Von Bon-horst and others,with a hospitality that cannot be forgotten. Few men know it, for he never refers to thematter for political or other effect, but Hon. Huff holds an honorable discharge from theUnion army. His parents refused to permit himto enlist, but one day the war music grew so loud 60. in his ears that it drowned all parental commands,and that day he went off in a uniform of blue,beating time on his drum for the march ofPennsylvania volunteers. Congressman Huff is of medium height, ofstout build, affable manner, kindly of heart,benevolent, and impulsive for good. He is one ofthe most generally admired men in WesternPenns3dvania, because of his elevation of charac-ter and kindliness of disposition. He is a workerrather than a speaker. In public speech he isplain, straightfonvard, business-like, as thesebrief extracts from his address as presiding officerat the great Greensburg meeting indicate : I deem it a high honor to be called upon to preside ata meeting such as this. This great demonstration follow-ing the monster meeting held at Jeannette this after-noon, indicates to my mind ver\ clearly that the votersof Westmoreland County will at the approaching electioncontribute their full share of the influenc
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