Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-09
SUNDAY, OCTOBER %.
WAKINGTHE WORKERS
Local Republican Managers lnfusing
Life Into the Campaign.
SEVERAL HARD FIGHTS ON HAND.
County Commit eemen Criticized for Their
Negligence.
EFFECT OF THE BAKER BALLOT BILL

At the meeting of the Republican County
Committee yesterday afternoon there was no
business to transact except to enthuse the
committeeman, but in response to pressing
sppeals sent out by the local party man.
ayers there was an attendance which filled
Select Council Chamber to overfowing. II
was remarkable thing in the Republican
party's local history that the only thing
done in the meeting was the reading of q
list of 56 out of the more than 400 election
districts in the county which have as yet
failed to report an organization for the
campaign.
Chairman Gripp, in reading over this
list, commented somewhat severely On the
negligence of the committeeman In those
districts, urging them to report at once to the
Organization Committee.
"As result of this negligence we don't
know where we stand" continued the
Chairman. "Our success depends largely
on the work Of our district organizations.
In the Tventy-fourth Congressional and the
Forty-fifth Senatorial districts our candi-
dates have hard fight on hand, owing to the
numerous candidates.
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"While have no fear of defeat in either
of those districts, it is incumbent on every
man to make an effort such as they never
made before to keep up the Republican ma
jority."
As Chairman of the Committee on Organ
ization, A. G. Robertson took the floor aud
appealed to the party workers to wake up
ovl mt int fho Nv
Robertson during the past two weeks has
spent much OF his time going around among
the district organizations throughout the
county, and while in many districts there
were unmistakable evidences of activity he
found others doing little or nothing.
1.-THE Executive Committee has arranged
for voting schools in various parts of the
county" he said, ito teach voters how to
get their ballots in on election day. It
seems ridiculous that such instruction
should be necessary but there is great
danger facing u.s. You have all heard of
the plans being laid by the Secretary of the
Commonwealth and the Attorney General
to steal this State in the coming election.
They want to get this great Republican
State into the Democratic column this year
by trick, but thanks to the newspapers it
has been shown up in time and we have .
chance to avert it.
No Time to Print Ballots.
''By his Interpretation of the Baker law
the State Secretary is arranging so that the
counties having Democratic majorities will
have their election tickets in plenty of
time, but in the Republican counties it is
intended to hold their tickets back SO they
can't get them printed in time.
'They are making unusal display of
campaign work to deceive us as to their in
tentions, but we must watch them closely.
This is the first year of the Australian
ballot system in this State. In every other
State where it has been tried it has resulted
in falling off of more than 20 per cent in
the vote lowing to the particularly unde-
sirable conditions under the law in this
State, there Ia reason to expect asgreat and
even greater reduction in this State,
unless our party gets down to hard
work ut once. We should cut the loss
in Allegheny county down to the minimum
and maintain our proud reputation gained
four years ago, when We gave President
Harrison the largest ajority of any county
in the United States. of being the banner
Republican county in the land. From my
observations during the past two weeks out
among the people am satisfied the labor
troubles will have little detrimental effect
on our vote this year. The workingmen
have their eyes open to the fact that the
Republican party is their friend; that it Is
the only party which ever did anything to
help them, and is the only party which
holds out any substantial inducements to
them for the future"