The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-07-18
Republicans Are Already Prepar-
ing For National
Campaign.
M'KINLEY AND ROOSEVELT.
Their Speeches In Reply to the Noti-
flcntion Committees Were Well Re-
ceiVcd. while Brynn's Talks To the
Democrats and Populists Fall Very
Especial Correspondcnce)

NAL notification of the candidates for
president and vice president of the
action of the national convention, the
Republican campaign can be fairly
said to be now under way. Through
nut Pennsylvania there is feeling of
confidence in the outcome Of the cam
paign and every Republican looks for
vember.
But battles must be fought to be
won. No political campaign. no mat
ter how rosy the outlook may have
been at the beginning, was ever sue
cessful without diligent and hard work
and constant and due regard for the
determination of the opposition to take
advantage of every opportunity that
the canvass.
Pennsylvania, of course, is safely Re-
publican this year but the matter Of
organizing for the contest and lining
up the active party workers for their
duties both before and on election day
must be pushed with the same vigor
and close attention to detail that has
characterized the management Of the
Republican organization of the Key
stone state for years.
ORGANIZATION is NECESSARY.
Pennsylvania great Republican ma
jorities are only obtained through sys-
tematic, careful and untiring labor in
drilling the army of committeeman
upon whose shoulders the responsible
ity of the party organization in their
respective localities rests and in edu-
eating the voters, and especially the
young men who propose to cast their
first ballot, as to the issues involved in
the election.
President Mckinley in a very COM
prehensive and thorough address in
reply to the committee on notification,
presented the salient points of the Re-
publican canvass in characteristic
style.
MKINLEY AND HIS RECORD.
The president has a happy faculty OF
stating a case with moderation. but
with convincing force. His review OF
the last three and half years was
model In this direction. 1t showed how
the pledges of 1896 have been redeem
ed, how the gold standard was safe
guarded how the promised tariff re-
vision was made. as the people ex-
pected when they returned the Repub-
licans to power, how, prosperity has
been restored and the credit of the
country established at <he highest
point in its history, where it is able
to fund the debt at a lower interest
rate than any other country. In in
ternal affairs the administration has
discharged its duties 1t has main
tanned the honor of the country abroad.
and in the difficult crisis which grew
unforeseen out of the Spanish war has
faithfully guarded American interests.
AS is always the case where events
force new policies, differences ofopinion
arise, and opponents of any new step
at once foresee the downfall of the re-
public, But if prosperity. redeemed
pledges, bright prospects at home and
abroad, have any weight with voters.
there can be no question of Republican
success and the reelection of President
Mckinley to carry out, the policy he so
ably eXpounds.
While the president was responding
to the committee from the national
convention at Canton. O., Governor
Roosevelt was receiving formal infor-
nation Of his selection for the second
place on the ticket at Oyster Bay. N.
Y. His reply was brief, and in becom-
ing taste he left his chief to make the
significant utterance Of the day. What
he did say, however, was timely and
true, This is more than a party con-
test. 1t is a contest against cheap
money and repudiation, free riot and
anarchy, the packing of the supreme
court in the interest of wild Populist
schemes of government, just as II was
In 1895. 1t is also a contest against
entrusting the foreign affairs of this
nation to irresponsible fanatics who
complain because we have performed
our obligations of neutrality in South
Africa, who would play at diplomacy
as recklessly as with the currency, whe
would shirk our obligations toward
other countries in our own possessions
and disgrace us before the world. Gov
ernor Roosevelt has a right to appeal
ts-all citizens "to stand shoulder to
shoulder, striving to perpetuate the
conditions under which we have reach
ed at home degree of prosperity
never before attained in the nations
history, and under which abroad II
has put our flag on level on which
1t has never before in the history Of
the country been placed;
BRYAN STILL ATT
Meanwhile Bryan continues to talk
away to the Democrats, free silverites
and Populists who gather at Lincoln.
Neb. His speeches have fallen very
fiat
Bryan says the country is not pros
porous except in spots. Here are some
facts which he can explain, perhaps.
The total gross earnings OF railroads
Marquette, on Lake Superior,
is one of the most charming summer re-
sorts reached via the Chicago Milwaukee