Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-10-22
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Especial Correspondence
Philadelphia, Oct. IL. = President
Roosevelt's interest in the election in
Pennsylvania next month was signif-
cantly manifested in a talk with Sena.
tor Penrose. who was among the visi-
tors at the White House last week.
The president made no secret of his
feeling of gratitude toward the Repub.
licans of the Keystone state for the
conspicuous part taken by their dele.
gates to the last Republican national
convention in bringing about his nomi-
nation for the vice presidency, despite
the opposition of Senator Hanna and
others, who were at that time very
potential in the councils of the Repub-
lican national committee.
Since the responsibilities of the
presidency have devolved upon Roose.
welt there are no two men to whose
judgment and advice on public affairs
he gives greater consideration than
Senators Quay and Penrose.
CHAT WITH THE PRESIDENT.
oeudloI IeuTOSe WISH W washing
ton last week was not in relation to
politics. but to close up several mat
ters Before the departments. His call
on the president was merely social
visit, but the political situation was
incidentally discussed. The president
was keenly interested in the reports
given him by Senator Penrose regard
ing the outlook for large Republican
majority In Pennsylvania on November
3 next Senator Penrose informed him
that throughout the state the young
Republi cans have taE N hold of cam
paign work as they have never done
befc e. and this condition Is generally
ettr to the belief that the larger
the Republican vote in Pennsylvania
this year the greater emphasis will be
given to the fact that Pennsylvania is
e. Roosevelt state, and proposes to lead
the Roosevelt column in the coming
national campaign.
The action Of the last two Republi-
can state conventions in declaring for
the nomination of Roosevelt for presi-
dent and the adoption of resolutions
expressing the same sentiment by the
Per ..vania State League of Clubs
nave all been most pleasing to the
president, and when he learned from
Senator Penrose the determination of
the party workers to roll up an i'm
mense Republican majority next
month. with a view to affecting public
sentiment throughout the country. he
was more than delighted.
PITTSBURG FOR CONVENTION.
Senator Penrose, as chairman of
the Republican state committee, has
decided to heartily cooperate with the
leaders of the movement to have the
next national Republican convention
held in Pittsburg. He thinks every
Pennsylvania should exert himself
to help along this agitation.
at would be particularly fitting"
said Chairman Penrose, that, with
Roosevelt as the candidate and a con-
tinuance of the protective tariff the
main issue in the coming campaign,
that the candidate should be named
and the platform formulated in Pitts
burg, the birthplace of the Republican
party and the centre of industrial
prosperity of he nation. There could
be no more appropriate meeting place
than Pittsburg for the national con.
vention next year when we will cele
brate the 50th anniversary Of the or
ganizAtion of the Republican party.
with the delegates coming from
all parts of the country. what an OBJ
ject lesson in the cause Of protection
would be presented in Pittsburg and
the valleys Of the Allegheny and the
Monongahela?
"In no section of the country can
there be given better exemplif1cation
of the desirability Of continuance Of
the policy of a protective tariE than
in Pittsburg and vicinity. The smoke
and the flames from the blasts and the
coke ovens of Pennsylvania should be
enough to convince the most radical
of the so-called tariff revisionists Of
the middle west that there must be
no tinkering with the tariff to disturb
business conditions and deprive Ameri-
can labor of employment, just at this
time when prosperity abounds in all
industrial enterprises.
while. of course, we think there
may be objections from western states
to Pennsylvania again getting the ma.
tional convention. after Philadelphia
had it last time, we feel that we can
present the best argument for their
taking our choice for the convention
CITY,"
secret OF Being GOOD.
You will become pure and good by
being good and pure. Your acts will
be good because your thoughts will be
pure.-ProfessOr Nesbitt, Unitarian,
A Grange Omcered by Women.
Union grange of Southington, Conn.,,
since Jan. 1, when all the offices were
filled by lady members, has been max
ing fine progress. At the opening Of
tho vaor c;v%aar xrora initiated tho riff