Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-11-03
MUST WORK TO WIN
Apathy Would Dim Pennsylvania s
Glory In Next Tuesdays Election.
REPUBLICANS HAVE A DUTY
They Must Get Every Vote Possible
TO the Polls to Keep Up Their
Record.

TO the Polls to Keep Up Their
Record.
Especial Correspondence.l
Harrisburg Nov. /.
II the good work which was begun
weeks ago by the active Republicans OF
Pennsylvania shall be kept up until
the polls are closed on Tuesday next,
the prediction made by State Chairman
Penroae some time ago that the Key
stone State will give Roosevelt the
largest majority ever given a presi-
Dental candidate, will be surely full
nlled
But the leaders OF the Republican or
Kanization in ever county in the state
have been impressed with the fact that
to accomplish this result extraordinary
efforts must be made during the re-
naming days of the campaign to get
The voters interested in the election and
to have them prepare not only to vote
themselves but to get their neighbors
to do likewise.
It should not be forgotten that the
farmer who loans his wagon to haul
voters to the polls does his party as
great a service as does the manufaC-
turer OF the banker who signs a check
TO meet the campaign expenses Of his
partys organization.
The young Republican who will
agree TO spend the whole or part Of
- hA AI1 oru4gf inc hn
committeeman in getting out the vote
should be entitled to recognition from
his party In the future. The men who
should be rewarded by the party lead
ers, and this is TO be the policy fol-
lowed under the state leadership OF
Senator Penrose, are those who give
their time and energies to promote
the interests OF the party and its can
didates.
Abraham Lincoln once said that
there was no more patriotic duty
young man could perform than to in
terest his neighbors in the discussion
of great political questions. and to have
their vote for the party which stands
for progress and the advancement Of
all of the material interests OF the
country.
In the present campaign there has
been a widespread interest shown by
the young men in the candidacy Of
President Roosevelt, and in the sue
cess OF Republican candidates gener-
ally, and 1t is predicted that at the
election OF Tuesday next there will
be a demonstration of young men at
every polling place in this state which
will attest in the most practical man
ner possible the fact that the Republi-
can party is the party for the young
American voters in this campaign.
"STAY-AT- HOMER" DANGEROUS.
II is known that the Republican
stay -at-homes" were responsible for
the election Of Cleveland on two oc-
casions. careful review OF the cleo
ton returns in each instance showed
that had the Republicans been on the
alert and got their voters to the polls,
the Democratic candidate for president
would have been defeated.
While, Of course, everybody knows
that Pennsylvania will 90 for Roose-
welt by a large majority. and would
do so without any campaigning on the
part OF the Republican committeeman.
yet the majority would necessarily be
q reduced one. reduced Republican
majority in this state this fall would
be hailed with delight by the Demo
Gratis in every part Of the country.
There is no certainty that the next
national house Of representatives will
be Republican. Should Democratic
speaker Of the house be elected to be
followed by the appointment Of Demo
Gratis to all OF the important places on
the committees OF congress, the inter
ests Of Pennsylvania would suffer ire
parably If on the top Of this the
Democrats could be able to point to a
greatly reduced Republican majority
in the Keystone state, due to indifer-
ence OF Republicans. the consequences
would be something terrible TO con-
template.
The business and manufacturing in
terests of the state would be the first
to suffer, and the wage earners would
quickly feel the effect Of Democratic
ascendency, as they did when Cleve-
land was president
Democratic free soup houses are not
desired by the voters OF Pennsylvania,
and the best way to insure themselves
against this evil IS for the voters to
l. g.,T1 u
lican ticket by placing a cross mark
in the square to the right Of the word
Republican. which Is at the top OF the
first column on the left-hand side Of
the official ballot
No citizen can be In doubt as TO the
policy that is to be followed by the
Republican party for the next four
years There is a new era of pros
perity about dawning upon the Ameri-
can republic 1t is dawning with much
Of promise for the future because the
people believe that there is no doubt
about the election Of Roosevelt.
The people do not know what the
Democrats would do in the event OF
the election of Parker and a Demo
| cratic house of representatives They
do not believe Parker knows himself
Parker has made SO many blunders
since his nomination for the presi-
dency that his fellow countrymen fear
his election would throw the business
interests into panic.
Fortunately the drift Of popular SEN
timent is so strongly against Parker
that nothing but the most remarkable
apathy on the part Of Republicans
could make his election possible.
While II is noted that this has not
been a campaign Of sensational moves
on the part of the Republican leaders,
and that there has beeSIess hurrah