The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-24


full term Of six years to succeed Gov
ernor Pennypacker's appointee, Phil
ander Knox.
Among the nominees for the senate
and the house who have been placed in
the field already are many new candi-
dates, and there is considerable spec
ulation regarding the outcome of the
contests in several districts.
The election of a stalwart Republican
to the United States senate is of para
mount importance to tie vast indus
trial and other interests of Pennsyl-
vania, as is also the matter of the cleo
tion of Republican candidates for the
national house of representatives.
The election of candidates for the
legislature who will have vote on
the United States senatorship, and the
success Of Republican nominees in the
80 congressional districts in this state
will occupy the attention Of the party
leaders from now until the Sth of No
yember rext, when the ballots will be
cast and counted.
Senator Penrose, as chairman of the
Republican state committee, will give
personal attention to this phase of the
campaign, and he will have the hearty
cooperation of every loyal member of
the Republican organization through
cut the state.
The fight for the election of these
candidates will be made upon clean-cut
lines, and will be aggressive from the
start
The voters Of Pennsylvania will nave
impressed upon them the fact that the
Democracy has ever been antagonistic
to the Pennsylvania idea of the pro-
tective tariff. and that it is vitality es-
sential that the Republican majorities
in both branches of congress shall be
maintained, in order that the great
manufacturing interests, the vast army
of industrial workers and the millions
upon millions of capital invested, shall
be kept free from harmful legislation
ct Washington.
In some respects, Republican loss of
congress would be more disastrous
to Pennsylvania's interests than the
loss of the presidency.
1t is pointed out that the Republi-
cans have a majority of less than 80
in the present house of representatives
and that a change of Is votes would
give the house to the Democrats.
1t is known that the Democrats are
figuring upon gains in the congress
sional districts of Pennsylvania.
Colonel Guffey and his associates in
the management of the Democratic
machine have been boasting to the
Tammany leaders in New York that
they will have a gain of half a dozen
congressman in this state, and they
have persuaded the party managers to
put UP a liberal campaign fund to put
their plans into operation.
They are talking of carrying the Lu-
zerne, Lackawanna and Schuylkill dis
tricts in the anthracite coal regions,
and are predicting as absolutely GER
tain TO go Democratic the York-Adams
district, the Berks-Lehigh district, the
Northampton Monroe Pike = Carbon
district and the Northumberland-Co-
lumbia- -Montour district, and one or
two others.
The Democrats are always hopeful,
particularly in national campaigns, but
this time they seem to be unusually
aggressive. This fact has made the Re-
publican leaders determined to leave
nothing undone to rouse the Republi-
can committeeman and others through
out the commonwealth and have them
put forward their best efforts to thwart
the Democratic plans.
Colonel Wesley R. Andrews, who is
In charge at the Republican state head
quarters in Philadelphia during the
temporary absence of Chairman Pen
rose, wrote TO a friend in this city a
few days ago saying that it is Senator
Penrose's intention to work to offset
every move of the Democracy and to
labor to keep their representation down
to the lowest point possible.
The Democrats now have three men,
bers of the house from Pennsylvania
Kline, of Lehigh; Schulz, of Monroe;
and Dickerson, of Northumberland
Senator Penrose believes that he will .
be able to hold them down to three
members, and he may succeed In cut
ting them down to two
This will require a vast amount of
work and the expenditure of much en-.
ergy in lining up the party workers to
get the Republican voters out on cleo
tion day.
The greatest danger to the Republican
cause will be in the apathy of the vot-
ers. 1t is difficult to make Republicans
in Pennsylvania believe that thqre is
any Democratic party in this state, but
time and again the minority party has
succeeded in electing members of CON
gress through Republican Indifference
or over-confidence.
1t is not intended that this shall be
permitted in the present canvass
An effective organization will bo
formed in every debatable congress
gressional district, and corps of
trained orators will be available to ad-
dress mass meetings to be arranged
for by the chairmen of the several
county committees