Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-11-01
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS
The Drift Of Affairs As Shown By
q Jaunt Through the State.
ooMMoNwEALrA,s IMpoRrANeI

HleteFy and lts Men, Compared
Win Other etstss-Lansssts
County RepubIIssns.
Lancaster. Pa, oct as.-What q
Beautiful county Lancaster isl II n
more like the heart ~ england than
any other spot in the Unitst States.
lie fair. level helds and weil-kspt
farms have a touch Of Warwickehiro
n them; and n boasts Of a hardy yeo-
manry Of ita own, independent. self
reliant Americans; every man a part
Of the plan Of our state and national
government. and reaiiaing the fact
You could feel this IN the annual
gathering Of Republicans taking place
here this week. Representative Re
publieans met from all parts OF the
sounty and compared notes on the To-
bal and state outlook. One heard fire.
Tuont reference 70 national politics in
lhe current Of conversation, and
through Il all there was manifested
instituted confidence In President
Roosevelt and his policy. Mingling
with the assemblage were many Re-
publicauH Of state prOminenee, inelud-
ing Colonel L. A. Watres, candidate
for governor Of Pennsylvania. Judg-
ing BY the remarks one heard, Colonel
Watros stands well with his party in
Lancaster. The Republicans of this
county are undoubtedly impressed
with his deep sincerity, his earnest
ness and his straightforward pur-
pose in declaring himself the candi-
date Of the entire party. So far as l
can End, the Laneaaterians do not
take kindly to the spirit Of feud or
faction. and they like the manly stand
Of Colonel Watres on state issues,
and his desire TO have the great Re
publican party stand erect for right
eouaneBs; "four-square to every wind
that blows" II is natural with Ian
caster to regard with favor men Of
ability and integrity In public life.
It was here in the county Of Lam
caster, that the illustrious Thaddeus
Stevens had his home in the days of
his fame. Thinking OF Thaddeus
Stevens and the way his name is as
ISOLATED with Lancaster brings to
mind the way In which a single name
adorns a county or a town. and how
important II is that communities put
their best men to the front. This
may seem the selfish way; still the
regulations Of men who shine, stand as
monuments for the localities that have
once been associated with their names.
Fair and fertile as are the fields of
Lancaster, they do not serve to spread
the reputation of the county anything
like the career Of Thaddeus Stevens,
who wrought 80 nobly for humanity in
the day of his prime, and whose record
stands as the richest heritage OF this
favored region. Indeed might say
that the entire State Of Pennsylvania
has reason to be proud of the name and
fame of this remarkable man whose
service did not exhaust itself in the
cause Of freedom alone, but who was
such a powerful factor in the perpetu-
alton Of our public school system. The
great Keystone state, so rich in other
things, should take high ground once
more in the character OF its FIRST men,
and rekindle something of the FIRE that
famed in the days Of Thaddeus Ste
Vens.
The thought Of Thaddeus Stevens
and Lancaster suggests the import
Ance of this great. imperial state OF
Pennsylvania. What a magnificent
commonwealth It Is in itself, and how
inadequately does It speak in the coun-
ellis Of the nation. Coming across from
the New York line, near Towanda,
where my last letter was dated, down
through the historic and immortal val
ley, along the shores of the Sueque-
hanna; how the mind expands under
the passion Of the story that finds ex-
preston ell along the verge Of noun
tain and river. To think that the great
mind OF the poet. Campbell, should
hnd inspiration here, and pour itself
forth in sympathy with the people who,
in the old days, suffered and were
strong while the tree OF liberty was
growing. One has good reason to be
proud Of Pennsylvania. II is indeed a
superb state; the treasure house Of
Gods gift Of anthracite. There is q
CLINT of anthracite In Wales, but It ID
q mere incident as compared with our
great stoTehouse Of carbonized wealth
! met q gentleman in the car who
could talk nothing else but anthracite
coal. Said he: Were you ever In the
mammoth vein?" confessed that
had not been in such a place. 1T IA
forty feet high" he said; st is the
cathedral OF the coal measures. You
are awsd upon entering II, and IN
Btinctively you Eel like taking on your
hat as you 80 in. In the mammoth
vein you see the writing Of Gods IN
ger. II must have taken millions Of
years 10 fashion that subterranear
mansion IN the Housekeeping Of thu
Eternal" And the men who mine Il
How well they should be treated. How
psrilOus the work. How splendid thS
service they render Dear me. flnt
myself limiting AZ philosophy WheE
nothing Is more remote from mJ
thoughts. The appreciation OF oul
great state has LED me into this theme
And surely such q magnificent com.
mOnwealth should have great men Al
the head Of its aRairt--msn like Thad.
deus Stevens, II possible. but the besi
obtainabls in any circumstances.
COMPARED WITH OTHER STATES
Our noble old Keystone state. .,
great in history. IN resources. in area
does not shine By comparison. Of late
gears. with other statea. 90 far as tn,
To Cure a Cough.