Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-09-03
STATE CAMPAIGN OPEN
Pennsylvania Republicans to Make
An Aggressive Canvass.
PRELIMINARY WORK Is DONE
Party Organization, Which Is the
Greatest In the Country, Is Pre-
pairing to Roll Up An Immense
Majority.
Especial Correspondence.]

Especial Correspondence
Philadelphia, Sept. with the be-
ginning of this week the Republican
campaign in Pennsylvania can fairly
be said to be already under way. While
the formal opening of the state COM
Inittee's headquarters in this city will
not take place for few days. there
has been a vast amount of preliminary
work done since the candidates were
placed in the field. The Chairmen of
the several county committees are in
q position to get down to practical
campaigning at once.
Senator Boies Penrose, who sue
ceeded Senator Quay as chairman OF
the Republican state committee. is ex-
pected home from the wilds Of British
Columbia in few days. and Colonel
Wesley r. Andrews. secretary of the
state committee for many years, will
be here on Monday next. Colonel An
drews has been at work practically all
summer, with temporary headquarters
in Meadvilie, where he has had corps
Of clerks, stenographers and typewrit-
ers engaged on correspondence COW
ering every county borough and vot-
ing precinct in the commonwealth.
Poll books have been distributed, lists
of county committees and vigilantes
throughout the state have been COM
piled, and everything has been gotten
into shape to begin operations at the
headquarters here without delay.
A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
The organization of the Republican
party in Pennsylvania is a marvellous
institution.
There is nothing like it in the coun-
try. No political organization in the
world. 1t is believed, can compare with
it, 1t has wonderful system and it is
always in touch with the voters. The
name and address Of every voter in
the commonwealth, with precise infor-
nation regarding his politics and en-
vironment, can be found at the head
quarters of the Republican state COM
mittee, and at the outset Of each cam
paign these lists are revised and
brought up to date for use both prior
to and at the election.
vertisers, the managers of the Re-
publican organization of Pennsylvania
attribute their success to keeping
everlastingly at it."
They do not let their interest in the
county organizations lag after a cam
paign has been fought. but they go to
work at once to prepare for the next
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party workers appreciate this, and
they join heartily in the efforts to
have their respective county organi-
cations constantly in touch with their
voters and ready at all times to re-
spond to requests from the chairman
of the state committee for informa-
tion desired for the welfare of the
party.
Republicans in other sections of the
Union have come to look upon Penn
sylvania as the best organized state
in the country.
The fact that the Republican ma
1orlt1es are invariably greater than
those given in any other state can be
traced to the system which keeps the
county organizations in constant and
direct touch with the state committee.
1t is proposed in the present cam
paign that there shall be nothing left
undone to make the result of the cleo
tion in November eminently satisfac-
tory to the party leaders, both in the
state and the nation
Republican committeeman through
out the state have been at work look
ing up Republican voters and getting
them registered so as to qualify them
to vote at the election, which falls this
year on November 8. After getting
their voters registered, the Republican
workers will see to 1t that they are
qualified to vote
Saturday October 3, will be the last
day for the payment of taxes to aual.
lily voters for the November election.
In the vast amount of literature which
has already been sent out by Secre-
tary Andrews, the Importance of regis
tering and having the voters nay their