Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-10-06
ROOSEVELT ENTHUSIASM
Republicans Rally Throughout the
State About Party's Standard.
MANY MEETINGS BEING HELD
Chairman Penrose Gratified Over the
Settlement of All the Republican
Deadlocks.
special Correspondence.l
Philadelphia, Oct. 4

Especial COrrespOndence.l
Philadelphia, Oct 4.
The fires of Republican enthusiasm
blazed brightly in every corner of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania dur
ing the last week when the presiden-
tial campaign can be said to have been
fairly opened. Great popular demon
strations were held in Pittsburg and
Philadelphia, and in many of the prin-
cipal towns of the state, in the viii
lagos and hamlets on the hills and in
the Wales there were rousing rallies
OF the stalwart voters who have un-
furled the Republican banners, and
will keep them bravcly flying for the
balance of the campaign.
Chairman Penrose, Of the Republi-
can state committee. is more confident
than ever that his prediction that
Pennsylvania will give a record break
ing majority for Roosevelt will be full
filed.
The last day for the filing of GER
tificates of nomination has passed, and
Secretary Wesley r. Andrews, of the
state committee, who took personal
charge Of this part of the work, has
been complimented upon the fact that
every nomination was recorded In
time.
1t is a matter of qualification that
every deadlock over a Republican
nomination was broken in time to
have the nomination certificates filed
within the prescribed limit Possibly
the most difficult contest to settle was
that in the 33d senatorial district,
where Senator Stewart, of Franklin,
and Editor A. S. Welch, of the Mount
Union Huntington county, Times,
were the rival candidates. After over
100 ballots Mr. Welch agreed to with
draw and save the district to the Re
publican party. He did not do so.
however. until he had a compact en-
tered into by which Huntingdon coun-
ty is to have the next two terms in
the state senate from this district.
Chairman Penrose, on the settlement
of this contest, gave out public state
ment in which he commended the
self-sacrificing action of Mr. Welch.
and declared that the Republican or
ganization was deeply indebted to him
for his course which made 1t possible
to insure the election of Republican
to the senate from this district.
With all of the nominations out OF
the road. Chairman Penrose and Sec
retary Andrews have been giving more
time to the organization Of mass meet
ings throughout the state. They have
planned an interesting series of dem
onstrations which will keep the spell
binders of the Republican party busy
from now until election day. They are
making special effort to get the first
voters organized.
The Democrats have been sending
special campaign literature to the Dun
kards and the Quakers of Pennsylva-
mia, in an effort to line them up aginst
Roosevelt. They have not had any
success in that direction.
Congressman Butler, Of the Della
ware-Chester district, who has a large
number of Quakers among his con-
stituents. called on President Roose-
welt a few days ago and informed him
that he could count absolutely upon
the support of the Quakers who are
Republicans. and most Of them vote
that way.
There is no truth in the claims of
the Democrats, so far as the Quakers
are concerned" he stated. "My ances-
tors for 200 years before me were Qua
kers. and | believe | know the senti-
ments of these good people about as
well as anybody. They are for Roose-
welt in Pennsylvania, and | am told
that they are giving their support to
him elsewhere"
Congressman Cassel, from the Lam
caster district. declares that the Dunk
ards are all for Roosevelt.
Senator Philander Knox, who made
his initial speech OF the campaign at
the great Philadelphia demonstration,
under the auspices Of the Manufactu-
rers' Club, made a splendid impress
sion. His address will be one of the
most sOught-for documents of the Re
publican campaign The national com
mittee IS already getting hundreds of
thousands of copies printed. as 1t is
considered one of the most effective
presentations of the record of the
Roosevelt administration yet given.
He refuted many Of the Democratic
charges against the administration
and showed that the president has
been a patriotic and courageous cham
pion of the people against the en-
croachment Of corporate and monopo-
list'C power.
Senator Knox, among other things,
said:
THE record of President Roosevelt's
three years stewardship is such that
his party has unanimously nominated
him as worthy to be continued in his
high place.
"The Republican party is not on the
defensive, and that great canon of
evidence and good sense which places
the burden of proof upon him who ac-
cuses applies as well to contentious
between parties as TO those between
individuals.
"The Republican position upon the
tariff is plain and easily understood.
1t is all in a sentence. We stand un-
finchingly to the policy OF protection,
which guards and develops our indus
tries When our people reach the con
clusion that they do not want their in
dustries guarded any longer or pro-
tected any further they will pass the
power over to those who are willing
to execute such a policy"
Mushrooms.