Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-12-10
.BESINESS MIN ARNITSED,
Rapid Growth of the League
Throughout the State.
WORKING FOR JOHN WANAMAKER.

NUhhlNd fUA JOuN W ANAmAAurl'
Branches OF the League are Being Formed
In All of the Interior Cities and Towns.
To Have Great Weight During McKin-
Iey's Administration.
PHILADELPHIA Dec. IA business
man for business administration is the
cry that is heard now when the sub
ject Of Cameron's successor is mentioned
The Philadelphia business men started it
when they made the Hon.-John Wanna
maker their candidate for the United
States senate, and business men all over
the state have taken it up.
The whole country is paralyzed by the
stupcfaction that seems to have overtaken
Its Industries, but the popular expectation
of revival in all branches under Nc
kinley's administration will not be dis
appointed if the business men of this state
have their way, and there is every indica-
ton that they will They propose to do
their share towards helping to a business
administration by sending Il business man
to the United States Senate, and that is
why they have selected John Wanamaker
g. their candidate and that is why they
are making Use Of all their efforts to cause
his election.
This Is the present most important OBJ
ject OF The IL. -ue of Business Men. The
work OF TIE Philadelphia branch of the
National League is being taken up and
furtherc5 by coordinate branches through
out The state Organizations have already
been iocled in many of the interior
cities ana towns, and where organiza-
tions have not been perfected the move
,ment TO tent end has been begun and win
Show results i'of0re many days.
Encausased to Act.
The personal oncoura cement the Phila-
delohia business men have received from
Pre- lens-elect Mckinley, from Mark
Hanna and D her Of his prominent adyis-
ors has undoubtedly had much to do with
the rapjdity with which the league has
spread and is spreading throughout tho
state. Ordinarily such organizations have
n short life ana but little weight, but
new era Is dawning, ana the President
elect having said in so many words that
he viii rely chiefly upon the business men
for whatever assistance he may need,
there can be no question as to the inill-
ence these organizations will exert in their
respective localities.
Major Mckinley is pledged TO business
administration He is pledged to bring
about a revival, to open the factories, to
| encourage and to foster the industries.
| Because of these pledges the business men
! everywhere, regardless of politics, worked
i IL.
paign The handsome majority he re-
| ceived in the electoral college, the hand
some majority of the popular vote were
| the results of this work.
| He has never claimed that his election
| was anything more than the triumph Of a
| sound business policy. He has said, how
! ever. that now the theories must DO put
! into practice, and that to do this he must
1 have the further assistance OF all business
men. But for this and but for the direct
| assurance of those who are close to him, it
is doubtful if the Business Mems League
/ ever would have been organized, no mat
| ter how great the desire 10 do SO might
! have been. Practical business men
| know how futile their efforts would be,
unless they had the opportunity to act
con njointly with the governing power, and
would scarcely waste time in hopeless
effort But now that they have been as
sured Of this opportunity they will work
all the harder, and the rapid growth of the
league demonstrates this beyond doubt.
To Look After Appointments.
The election of United States senator
! IS not the only object Of the Business
! Mems League. Those who have that idea
have but small comprehension of the scope
Of the movement.
One Of the important duties will be to
look after the appointments to be made
| under the new administration. As this
will not occupy the attention of the League
| until next March and later, present ener-
| gies are being devoted to the campaign
for the Hon. John Wanamaker's election
TO the Senate 1t has already been stated
by such men as Thomas Dolan and How
I ard B. French that the president will look
to the Business Mems League for indorse-
ment or disapproval of applicants for
| place.
This will be especially true of the coun-
try districts, and the branch organizations
i'm those districts will undoubtedly hold
almost imperious sway. Scheming poll
ticians who know that they can not gain
the endorsements of the business men of
| their communities may seek TO deny this,
| and will doubtless endeavor in many
ways to attempt TO make it appear that it
is not so. Yet those who read the signs OF
the times will acknowledge the truth of
IL. and the movement will be aided by
those who have the sagacity to detect the
drift Of the current.
The Business Mems League will be the
powerful lever under Mckinlcy's admin
| istrntion There can be no doubt Of 1t,
and the politicians who attempt to impede
this force will but make themselves sacri-
fees TO their own poor Judgment The
organized power of the business men
| showed its strength in the late presidential
campaign, and, as far as this state is con-
cerned. that organization was but tri-
| fling as compared to the powerful inter
ests that are annealing now throughout
NIL the country districts