Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-07-12
Especial Correspondence.)

the Hero of san juan Hill, who Is
on the National Ticket.
Especial Correspondence)
Harrisburg, July 10.-Pennsylvania
will be well to the front in enthusiasm
and party fervor in the coming presi-
Dental campaign.
A proposition has been made to the
party leaders to assist in the organiZa-
ton of what shall be known as Rough
Rider" campaign clubs.
These organizations, it is suggested,
shall be composed of young Republi-
cans, who will be recruited for the
campaign and who will attend mass
meetings and other party rallies insthe
interests of Mckinley and Roosevelt
and the entire Republican ticket.
ROUGH RIDERS RIGS.
1t is proposed that the men who par
ticipate in the demonstrations in which
these clubs shall figure shall be uni
formed in suits of khaki, with the
Rough Rider slouch hats and leggings,
and each to wear an artificial eye
glass, as a sort of suggestion of Roose-
velt's personality.
Gen. Reeder, chairman of the Re-
publican state committee, is under
stood to look with favor upon this sug-
gested plan to enlist the sympathies
and the energies of young Republicans
of the state, and, it is said, he will
make an effort to get Col. Roosevelt
to make at least one speech during the
present campaign in Pennsylvania.
The local Rough Rider clubsewill be
gotten together for this occasion and
q great ovation is promised the vice
presidential candidate and the hero of
San Juan Hill.
A close friend of Governor Roose-
velt remarked few days agosthatshad
it not been for the positive stand taken
by Col Quay and his colleagues insthe
Pennsylvania delegation to the Re-
publican national convention Col.
Roosevelt would not have been nomi-
mated at the Philadelphia convention.
Col. Quay will not take any undue
credit for the attitude of the delega-
ton from this state on the issue of the
vice presidency. He made it quite clear
that he advocated the nomination of
Col. Roosevelt for vice president, not
on personal grounds-for it is prob
able that they had not exchanged a
dozen words before they met in Phil
adelphia prior to the convention--but
purely III Iut Interest Ol Iile IGDuDll-
can party and with a desire to see the
ticket elected. Senator Penrose has
been a close personal friend of Col
Roosevelt for years. They have spent
much time together hunting big game
in the wild west and as each is fond
of that sort of sport a natural, feeling
of friendship developed between them.
Prosperity will be the keynote of the
,i,,Tr t;nl
Pennsylvania will not be ashamed to
present the record of her advancement
and success since the election of Nc
kinley to the presidency. She is eager
to do all in her power to continue the
aScendency of the Republican party in
administering the affairs of the ma
ton. She is proud of the work that
has been done under President Nc
Kinley's guidance and direction, and
she is ready to meet the issue with
any Bryanite champions at any time
during the coming canvass.
A gratifying condition of affairs
among the workingmen of Pennsylva
MIA under the Republican administra
ton of national affairs is presented i
report of James Campbell chief OF
the Pennsylvania state factory inspec-
tion department. He says there has
never been greater evidences of pros
perity among the wage earners.
PROSPERITY'S REIGN.
Few men in Pennsylvania have bet
ter opportunity for knowing the con-
dition of labor than has Chief Camp
bell, because of the close touch which
he must maintain with various indus
tries, through his deputies, who cover
,ot,t s,ft In
up to the first of last March," he said
few days ago, showed that there
were then employed over 100000 more
people than at the time when my an
nual detailed statement was prepared
in November. At the latter period
there were 328.000 more employees than
there were about the same date in 1896.
So that in all there are nearly a half
million more wage earners engaged
than there were four years ago in the
branches covered by the deputy in
spectors.
With this as bass-that is. in the
factories and other works subject to
inspection by our deputies alone-there
must be between 100000 or 500 900
more hands employed than there were
2our years ago, taking into considera-
tion the increase on the railroads, in
Che mines and in other industries This
is true wherever you look. Things
were never in better condition. in fact
than they now are. In many instances,
moreover, it is found that there are
manufacturing establishments in Penn
sylvania that would be running on
double time if the owners could get the
required number of people This is
particularly the case as regards skill
ed labor. 1t cannot be obtained to the
desired lSnit in various lines. OF
course vNEes have gone up They
must do SO as long as this scarcity of
workmen exists