Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-10-20
LABOR FOR ROOSEVELT
President Popular With Wage-Earn-
ers Throughout the Country.
HAS SHOWN INTEREST IN THEM
Continuance of the Nation, He Be.
Iieves, Depends Upon the Prosperity
OF the Worklnemen.


Harrisburg. Oct. Is.
One OF the reasons why Chairman
Penrose. OF the Republican state com
mittee. is so confident Of polling a
record-breaking majority for Roosevelt
this fall is the unusual interest taken
IN the campaign by the vast army OF
wage earners Of this state. who look
upon the president as their particu'
lar friend and champion.
Probably no other candidate for the
presidency ever enjoyed the enthusi-
astic support OF labor which In being
given Theodore Roosevelt in the pres
ent campaign. This condition OF af-
fairs is based not only upon bis OH
cial acts since he came into public
life. but upon his personal interest
shown on many occasions In the wei
fare Of the workingmen. He has not
played the part OF the demagogue.
which many politicians who start out
tC set the so-called labor vote seem
T. think they must do. He has In
vari.hy shown that he recognizes the
fact that the stability Of this republic
mus; depend upon the great army Of
workers who make possible the great
Industrial and business development
that ie witnessed throughout the
United States.
All the schemes and artful tactics
Of the Democrats in this campaign TO
array the labor vote" against the
Republican ticket, especially In the
closely-contested congressional dis
tricts, have been signal failures.
A few corrupt labor leaders may
have been subsidized here and there
to send out campaign literature In the
interest of the Democracy, but the
vast army Of voters among the indus
trial. manufacturing. agricultural and
business interests of the nation Will
be with Roosevelt and his party at
the coming election.
Union labor and those not identified
with any organization are of one mind
in their support Of the Republican
party in this campaign. There is moth
ing either in the Democratic platform
or the records Of the Democratic can
didates that appeals to the working
men
The editor of the Labor World. OF
Pittsburg. in commenting upon the
candidacy Of President Roosevelt
few days ago said:
1T is, indeed, difficult to perceive
why any trade unionist, or, in fact,
wage workers in general should be
opposed to Theodore Roosevelt In his
for the presidency OF the
country. Sound objections are not dis
cernable either from a standpoint OF
logic or expedienCy. Since George
first became the execu-
tive head Of the country right up to
the death OF Mckinley. labor has not
had a better friend at the head of the
nation than Theodore Roosevelt. II
or not he has had an equal
In this respect
"Organized labor has ever been de-
equality: fair show in the
race This has always been the domi-
nant cry Of trade unionism. No man
as executive head of the nation has
done more toward establishing this
equality than President Roosevelt"
Leslie NJ. Shaw. secretary of the
treasury. has been visiting the manu-
featuring centres of the country, and
has had among his audiences many
thousands of workingmen, and his re-
marks have invariably been applaud
ed vigorously. In one of his recent
speeches he made these timely state
ments:
THE Democratic party has always
assumed that the one requisite to hu-
man happiness and prosperity is cheap
living expenses. The Republican par
~. on the contrary, has always urged |
the Importance Of high-priced pro- |
iucts, whether that product be a days |
work or the result of a days work |
The Democrats promise the best mar |
iet in the world in which to buy. and |
We promise the best market In the |
world in which to sell. Both have
,een signally successful In bringing |
bout the promised conditions.
Every time the Democratic party |
las had control of both houses OF con-
,ress or the presidency IT has reduced |
he price of food and clothes and /
wages to a minimum. and the Repub-
lean party has never had control with
ut charging the American market,
wages. The Democratic party always
dvocated the open door in America,
8 well as in Asia. and II assumes
hat if the United States will swing
is doors wide open. then the world
Will emulate our generosity. Demo
rats express their theories OF reci-
,rocity after this manner:
III we will give the world its share
4 our trade, then the world will grant
is our share OF its trade This sounds
cry sweet but before we consum-
late the exchange we had better In.
uire what the worlds market Is
'orth The aggregate export OF the
rorlds market is about $4,000 .000..
90 Thus the Democratic party. in
fleet. says: Give the world its share
I our s2O. 900, 100000 domestic trade,
nd we can get our share OF the
,orlds $4,000 100000 export trade
We do get our share Of this ex.
ort trade and we get larger share
han any other nation and more than
ne-eighth of the aggregate. | recon-
mend that the Democratic proposition
10 rejected"
One Way to win a Wife.
James Barric's Admirable CrichtOn'
as had a counterpart in real life. At
'aSt the resemblance is striking. He
'as n butler who for nearly twenty
We years cleverly managed the affairs
f three EnglishwOmen, even to invest
" their money for them. Through all
le years, although he knew how i'm
nrtaut no WAS TO that little household |