Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-16

Secretary of the Republican Con-
Eressionnl Committee Regarding z
the Election of Members of Con-
xress.
Especial Correspondence
Philadelphia, Aug. 14.-The Repub-
lican state campaign in Pennsylvania
was formally opened today with the
starting in to work of the entire force
of the Republican state committee
under the direction of Gen. Frank
Reeder, the state chairman. For sew
eral weeks the preliminary work was
looked after by r. Larry Eyre, chief
executive officer of the state commit
tee, with Chairman Reeder making fire.
quent visits to this city for consul
tation with his assistants. From now
on both Chairman Reeder and Mr..
Eyre will be at the state headquarters
daily, looking after the details of the
campaign and getting matters in shape
for the fall fight. There will be little
speech making until next month, but
there is always vast amount of cor
respondence between the state COM
mittee officials and the county chair
men in making arrangements for meet
ings and the canvassing of the var
ious districts.
TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED.
I'VE propose to run this campaign" /"
said Chairman Reeder today, upon
the principle of taking nothing for
granted, and we want to impress upon
the Republicans of Pennsylvania at
the outset the danger of over con-
fidence. We are too apt to assume
because Pennsylvania has prospered
more than has any other state, under
the Mckinley administration, that our
people will rush to the polls and vote
the whole Republican ticket as an evil
dence of appreciation of what the Re
publican party has done for the state
and the country at large. Unfortunate
ly our experiences do not teach us that
we can expect this movement to come
voluntarily from all classes of our
voters. There are always many who
seem to forget the advantages they de-
rive from the success of the Republic
can party until it is sometimes too
late to overcome the result of this lack
of appreciation of the benefits of Re-
publican supremacy. Many Republi-
can candidates have in the past been
defeated not because a majority of the
voters in their respective districts were
opposed to them, but because many of
those who really favored their election,
neglected to go to the polls and vote
for them.
Now, the aim of the Republican or
ganization in this state this fall will
be to impress upon those citizens who
are not ordinarily interested in politics
that they must go to the polls in No
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can ticket to insure continuance of
present prosperous conditions.
ut will not do to allow the campaign
in this state to go by default because
it can be taken for granted that Presi-
dent Mckinley will get a large major
ity next November. We must see to it
that every close or debatable congress
sional and assembly district is won for
the Republican party and that the
Democracy, with their fusion alliances,
shall not be permitted to defeat regu
lar Republican candidates for congress
or the state legislature.
1.-THE Republican party has lost mem
bers of congress in the past through
fusion deals made with the Democracy
by disgruntled Republicans and the
loss of Republican members of the leg
islature by similar combinations will
all have bearing upon the election of
a United States senator, which will
come up before the legislature which
meets In January next.
A REPUBLICAN U. S. SENATOR.
mo Republican can afford to jeop-
ardize the election of a Republican TO
the United States senate. Those who
give aid and encouragement to the
Democracy in the election of members
of the legislature will be held respon-
sible for the result of such alliances
against regularly nominated Republi-
can candidates for the senate and Of
the state house of representatives.
"The Republican state committee will
throughout this campaign give every
assistance possible to the county or
ganizations, not only to get out full
vote for the state ticket, including the
presidential electors, but wherever
necessary a helping hand will be given
to pull through nominees for county
offices. We want and expect to have
the hearty cooperation of the various
Republican county committeeman and
any Republican who can in any way
contribute to the party success this fall
will be always welcome at the state
committee headquarters to give sug-
gestions or advice in the interest of
Republican nominees.
with the Republican organization
presenting a solid front against the
Democracy in November we should
make important gains in the congress
sional delegation, but this can be ac-
complished only by hard work and per-
sistent canvassing."
MUST GAIN CONGRESSMEN.
Congressman Jesse Overstreet, of the
Seventh Indiana district, who is secre-
tary Of the Republican national con-
gressional committee, stopped off in
this city yesterday while on his way to
New York and had a conference with
Gen. Reeder regarding the situation in
the doubtful congressional districts in
Pennsylvania.
THE great danger to the Republi-
can party this fall will be in over con-
ddence," said Congressman Overstreet.
1--WE must make determined fight in