Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-12-17
4 POPULAR UPRISING.
The Business Mems League Grows
with Amazing Rapidity.
A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
Great Interest Being Manifested by the
People, Who Recognize the League as
the Medium Through Which Their In
Hnence VIII be Reelected.

Great Interest Being Manifested Dy the
People, Who Recognize the League a
the Medium Through Which Their In
nuence VIII be Reelected.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15.-The growth oi
the national Ueaguv Dus1uv-s Men sur
passes that Of any public movement in the
history of the state. The people are thor
9ughly awake to its Importance. Even
those who are promoting it never dared TO
think that it would assume so much force
in so brief time. They planned for a
permanent organization, the completion
of which might extend far into the COM
ing year, but from the manner in which
the movement has been taken up, it will
not be very long now before nearly all the
important towns will be represented.
New branches are being formed almost
every day.
During the week the league has i'm
planted itself in Avondale, Coatesville,
Reading, Allentown. Bedford, Bradford,
Wilkesbarre, Smithport, Kenneth Square,
Pottsville, Warren, Muncy and the Ches-
ter League, which includes number OF
smaller towns, has also been organized
The people are aroused TO the impor-
tance of the movement. 1t is indeed a
popular uprising. They see in its prin-
ciples the practical application of the
theory so often expounded that political
affairs should be conducted on a business
basis. To President-elect Mckinley should
be given the credit for the organization
that is assuming such sway. 1t is his sug-
gestiop. He is called upon to make bust
ness administration and he replies by a
demand for the advice and assistance OF
the business men, and the only proper
.5..I say-
press their opinions and lend their assist
ance is by organization.
1t is this that gives every man a voice.
These branch organizations include in
their membership not only the men ac-
lively engaged in business, but those who
believe in business methods 1t is a fact
that it has been said that every man who
will subscribe to the principles of the
league will be welcomed to membership,
and this invitation is being readily ac-
cepted that the success, the force and the
influence of the new movement are as
sured The merchants throughout the
country districts, as well as in the cities.
have at last the opportunity TO make the
impress upon public affairs that will re-
fleet their power in their respective COM
munities Without such men the league
would fail of its purpose. The discretion,
the public knowledge and the wide in
formation of such people as these make
them indispensable. They are the bone
and sinew of the new movement. Each
one is an important factor in making the
league what it aims to be and what the
president-elect desires it to be. For one
thing stands out in bold evidence, and
that is the incoming president is pledged
to business administration, and he
has said the business men must lead. He
has said that he could not conscientiously
expect the business men to contribute
their time, effort and money to gain vic
tory for business methods and sound
finances without the assurance of their
having strong influence in directing af-
fairs to make these results practical This
Is saying as strongly as man in his po-
sition could be expected to say it, that he
will rely upon the organized business men
for advice and assistance in selecting his
appointments and in all other important
details.
The Senatorial Contest.
The course pursued by the league in the
senatorial contest is only an incident 1t
has indorsed the Hon John Wanamaker
because he is the man who represents the
principles of the organization, but it has
q career DolOFc IL JIlttb tAIcnuS ldF DcyOhu
the selection of the United States senator.
The Endorsement of ex-Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker is in harmony with the
general object of the league, which was
formed after the great campaign for busi-
ness principles was won. Now the fruits
of the victory are to be secured. The tri-
umph of right and reason is to be pre-
served in practical results The vigilance
and effort which gained the battle must
its advantages. The league is extending
its permanent organization, as it did the
campaign organization, and it aims at the
broad application of business principles
and ideas in public affairs. 1t proposes to
address itself to practical and immediate
questions as they come along, and it seeks
to formulate plans and actions in which
business men, meaning all who believe in
business methods, can stand together
And they will stand together. They are
thoroughly aroused. Their only opponents
are the politicians, who are even now
parceling out the offices, and who do not
like to be disturbed in their pleasant occu-
patton. But they cannot defy the will of
the people, and this is the peoples fight;
not for today or tomorrow, but at least
during the administration of President
Mckinley, and certainly as long as the
business men will apply themselves to the
cause they have taken up