Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-09-18
CAMPAIGN OPENS
WITH ENTHUSIASM
-oennypacker on His Tour Speaks
to Vast Crowds.
HE HAS A WORD FOR PATTIsoN

ne F1AS - WSHO Ton TH' iSS'
The Republican Candidate Shakes
Hands With Thousands of Farmers
and Addresses a Great Meeting of
Workinemen-The State Appropria-
tions to Charity Discussed.
Harrisburg, Sept. 22.-Judge Penny
packer and his company of spell-bind-
ers, including Senator Penrose and Ex-
Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith have just concluded their first
weeks tour of the campaign. Every
where he has spoken, Judge Penny
packer has been greeted by great and
enthusiastic audiences that listened
with interest to his utterances.
The campaign was formally opened
at Center Hall, Center county, on
Tuesday of last week where the spell
binders addressed reveral thousand
farmers. The occasion was the annual
gathering of the Center County Grang-,
ers. The great auditorium was crowd
ed and fully a thousand persons listen
ed outside unable to gain admlttance
George Dale. master of the Center
Grange, called the meeting to order
and introduced Ex-Governor Daniel II.
Hastings as presiding officer.
Prior to the opening OF the mass
meeting in the. auditorium Judge PEN
nypacker held reception at which ne
a
their families who had assembled.
Ex-Governor Hastings in introduce
ing Judge Pennypacker referred to the
fact that there was never a war for
our flag waged in this country that
Judge Pennypacker's ancestors did not
bear an honorable part
The Republican candidate for gov
ernor spoke for over half an hour, and
was followed by Senator Penrose and
Ex-Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith. 1t was well on towards even
ing, when the meeting, one of the larg-
est ever held at Center Hall, adjourned
THE LEAGUE OF CLUBS.
From Centre Hall the spell-binders
went the following day to Lock Haven
where an enthusiastic reception was
rendered them. Then Judge Penny
packer and Senator Penrose went on to
Erie where they attended the annual
meeting of the State League OF Repub-
lican Clubs. The convention was one
of the most enthusiastic that has been
held in years. The officers elected Tor
the ensuing year were: Frederick W..
Fleitz, of Scranton, president; John
r. Virgins, John S. Durham, William
Macdonald and John McCleary, OF
Philadelphia: Robert II. Lindsay and
S. A. ]. Burchfield, of Pittsburg; Will
liam |. Swope, of Cleartield, and James
d. Hay, of Erie, vice presidents; John
Kelly. of Philadelphia, and George Lie
wellyn, of Luzerne, were elected sec
retaries; Jere II. Shaw. treasurer, and
John ID. Long, of the Harry K. Wildey
Club, of Philadelphia, assistant secre-
tary.
On Wednesday night Judge Penny
packer addressed an auuIence that
packed the Erie Opera House. He was
received with great enthusiasm by the
club men present and the hundreds OF
citizens of Erie who gathered to hear
him. Judge Pennypacker in his ad-
dress replied to some of Ex-Governor
Pattison's criticisms of state affairs as
follows
A WORD TO PATTlSON.
Instead of discussing these matters
(the continuation of prosperity, and
the danger of tariff revision), which
are of vital interest to us all and affect
the life and home of every man in
Pennsylvania perhaps more closely
than those of other American states,
he Ex-Governor PattisonD INDUCES in
a wall, a diatribe, denunciation of the
state which he proposes to govern, and
it's people. Standing upon platform
which declares that this is disgraced
state. he does not hesitate to accept its
mendacities; and in appealing to the
forlorn, the unhappy and the discon-
tented he hopes to win your favor ana
esteem. Without discrimination, and.
discovering nothing which is worthy
of commendation, he withers and con-
islative bodies
Facts he says, might be cited In
connection with the appropriation bills
almost beyond belief He adds that
the very best members are powerless
unless they consent in violence OF
their consciences to arrangements and
deals which corrupt men who are notn-
ing less than public pirates
This is charge which, as you see,
affects the whole legislature-not only
the wicked members, but the very
best all of which enter into these cor
rupt deals in order to secure appropri-
ations. 1t affects further, as l shall
show you, the governor as well. More
than that it is a reflection upon the
officers and managers of the hundreds
of charities all over the state, who