The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-07-21

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voeso q nee e11aA at the present s10e
aaA thoss WAo ere In . position -
speak advissdly- do not believe that ~
win poll much more than the nesmal
Prohibition vote.
AN EARNEST CONTEST ~
After the meeting Of the Republican
state committee. when the ticket has
been fully made up and the details Of
the campaign laid out In their en-
tirety. the contest VIII begin In earn
tst. The s,r;nping tours Of the candf-
dates anc then" orators and the real
lively public work Of the campaign will
not lie started until the early part Of
August, and possibly the beginning OF
September. In the meantime. however.
the state chairman and his assistants
and the members OF the state COM
mittee win place themselves In immedi-
ate touch with the organisation OF the
various counties and will arrange for
the PRONUNCIATION Of the literature
which will be depended upon to con-
vince the workers of the Justice Of the
Republican cause. All OF the indica-
tions at the present time point to q
magnificent a. well a. successful Re-
publican campaign.
Washington. July 1s.-"I am. glad to
see that the Republicans Of Pennsyl-
vania have not forgotten Andy John
son. nor the terrible warning Of his
career In the White House." said one
Of the few members Of the house ways
and means committee who still tarries
here In the summer smell OF the hot
asphalt street pavements.
He says II Is to clear up some odds
and ends of departmental business. He
10 known. however. to have the conf
dence OF President Mckinley to an
unusual degree. and 1t is more likely
that he foreswears the delights and
comforts Of seashore and mountain at
the presidents request. In order that
his advice may be had in any critical
situation which may arise out Of the
present war. They were old associates
in congress. and have been close to
each other for many years.
Under the present circumstances"
ne continued. with much earnestness,
the election proclamations in the var
ious states ought to appeal to the
party spirit of Republicans as the
presidents call to arms appealed to
| the patriotism OF the country. 1t
should meet with a like response. This
Is especially true Of Pennsylvania.
whose magnificent and answering Re-
| publicanisE, has 30 often stood the
keynote ofrparty success. We Of other
| states do not forget that Pennsylvania
| was the state Of Curtin, nor fall to re-
member how Lincoln leaned upon your
great war governor In all the darkest
hours Of the rebellion. and 1t is among
the most gratifying signs Of the times
TO observe by the press reports from
what under other circumstances might
that your leaders are patriotically lay
ing their rivalries on the shelf until
this war and its problems are settled"
But with Santiago surrendered.
Manila under Dewey's guns. and the
Spanish navy either under water or
hunting a hiding place up the creek,
do you seriously think the war will last
past election day."
! IL sincerely hope not. so far as
actual fighting goes, but war Is like
measles or diphtheria. The dregs II
leaves are often harder to deal with
than the disease itself The greatest
and gravest problems Of this war will
only begin to be set for the statesman
ship OF this country when the last CUR
Is fired. II was so after the last war
1t will be doubly 80 after this one
Some OF these problems we have upor
us already: some we cannot even yet
predict. They have come without ex'
pectation or warning. and they vii
likely continue to come that way. Ad.
miral Dewey's guns. In a couple OF
hours OF Sunday morning, changed
the map of the world for generation:
to come, and the few modest lines II
which he announced, In effect, that h,
had an island empire as large as New
England and Pennsylvania ready fol
the American flag. brought with 4
questions of international and enduring
moment. such az have not confronted
us for a hundred years. Is this tim,
20 swap horses, or to quibble over loca
grievances and differences? Is II {
time for Republicans in states lik
Pennsylvania, Ohio. Illinois. OF In an.
| Republican states, to speak with any
thing but overwhelming majortiesT"
You speak warmly"
Every Republican who Is close L
national affairs feels warmly upon thi
subject. I value above anything els
that has come to me in my life the es
TEEN OF my neighbors, and the unfail
Ing confidence with which they hav
returned me year after year to con
gress, but II 1t seemed to me tomorrow
that some other Republican. my bitter
est enemy even, could be elec ed mex
November more certainly than I. o
that his election would be more signifi
cant OF the loyalty Of my district to tn
5president and the party, / would tele
graph my resignation from the ticket
and urge his nomination with all m
might. i am by no means alone In thi
feeling. Shortly after the war bega
received call here In Washingto
from a distinguished gentleman in m
district who made a vigorous cam
paign against my nomination two year
ago. chiefly urging that had been !
congress so long that I had becom
negligent OF local interests. He ha