Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-09-10
REPUBLICAN FLAG Up
State Committee Headquarters
Opened For the Campaign.
WANT THE VOTERS TO QUALIFY
Citizens Who Pay Taxes This Year
Will BE Qualified to Vote at Next
Years Presidential Election.



Philadelphia, Sept 8. - With The
opening of the headquarters of the
Republican state committee in this
city yesterday, the campaign for the
election of the nominees on the state
ticket will be prosecuted with renew
ed activity.
Much preliminary work had al
ready been done through the CORE
spondence conducted by Secretary
Wesley R. Andrews from Meadville
where he was engaged most Of the
summer keeping in touch with the
chairmen of the county committees
and others who take an interest in the
affairs of the Republican organiza-
tion.
Senator Penrose, chairman of the
state committee. is now on his way
home from British Columbia, where
he spent his vacation. and until he
reaches here Secretary Andrews will
be the acting chairman. An efficient
corps Of assistants have been put to
work and every department at the
headquarters has already been organ
PREPARE FOR NEXT YEAR.
II is not anticipated that there will
be much of a demand for meetings be-
fore October, but the voters Of the
state will be enlightened in other
ways as to the issues of the campaign
and the Importance of there being a
large Republican vote polled at the
coming election. The committeeman
throughout the state were Industrious
in their efforts to get the Republicans
of their respective precincts register
ed before the last day for registration
expired, and they are now engaged in
canvassing to inquire as to the voters
who have not qualified themselves to
vote at the November election by the
payment Of taxes.
In this state, in order for a citizen
to be qualified to vote he must have
paid state or county tax within two
years. Secretary Andrews states that
unusual efforts will be taken this year
to get the committeeman to see to 1t
that the Republican voters are all
qualify voters for the presidential cleo
ton, so that any work done now by
the committeeman in this direction
will be effective for the campaign for
the election OF Roosevelt next year.
Reports so far received from county
chairmen are Of the most encouraging
character and they lead the state
managers to look for very satisfactory
returns on election night
MANY DEMOCRATS DISGUSTED.
From every quarter of the common
wealth come reports that conservative
and substantial members of the
Democracy are disgusted with the ex-
hibition given by their party at the
state convention held at Harrisburg
last week. They had hoped to have
the Democracy of Pennsylvania take
its natural place in the cause of
sound money and Offset the radical
Bryanite declarations of the Demo
cratic convention held in Ohio a few
days before, where there was an un-
qualified endorsement of the Kansas
City platform. The Pennsylvania
Democratic leaders, however, refused
to listen to the advice of men of
prominence and influence in profes-
sional and business life, who declined
to follow the free silver and anarchis-
tic policies of Bryan. They declined to
come out boldly for a new deal in their
national organization and an absolute
repudiation Of Organism in every form.
Guffey is too close to the Bryan ring
in the Democratic national committee
to permit anything of that sort, so
that all suggestions for the turning
down Of Organism were brushed aside.
The result is that thousands Of the
best element among the Pennsylvania
Democrats will refuse to support the
ticket nominated last week at Harris.
burg and will either not vote at all or
will make their protest most effective
by voting the entire Republican
ticket.
The Democracy of Pennsylvania
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