Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-25
spociaI Correspondence.l
Victory.

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Philadelphia. Aug. 23.-Ihe Republic
can campaign in Pennsylvania has been
formally opened. and it is predicted
that the keystone state will. when the
,.or.s shall ba rounted in November,
continue ro load the column of Repub-
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Hel itepuDitaH IhaJ"IltS.
Work at headquarters OF the Repuo-
lican state committee in TINS city mas
been under way for a week, and very
satisfactory progress has been made.
In the absence OF Senator Boles Pen
rose. the chairman. Colonel Wesley X.
Andrews. secretary OF the state COM
mittee has been in charge, and he eX-
poets to have all the prellmlnarles OF
the canvass disposed OF before the
chairman shall return. There has pcen
a vast amount OF correspondence al
ready with the chairmen OF the county
committees and other active Republi-
! rans throughout the state ana reports
received from various quarters indicate
that the Republicans OF TINS state are
taxing Il very I''Iy interest III 'ue
coming '''''.o"' an" .ia' 'hey WIZ
/ continue 10 40 50 uHIH Ihe pollS dIo
closed on eIectl"h day'
Hundreds OF Weil-knoWn RepuDllcans
from the interior of the state and from
the several wards OF TINS city nave
called at the state headquarters ana
volunteered thelf services TOT campaign
work. Many young men VINO nave rot
( heretofore taken mana IN poll'ics
have asked to be enrolled Tor organi-
zatlon purposes, and long list OF ora
tors has Deeh made up Tor CHAIRMAN
Penrose 70 caII upon wheh occasion
snail require ihaI Jhey De ulSpaJched
10 dihefen' parts OF the state TO ADDRESS
mass meetings
Ihere are thousand ana one thlnSs
70 be put INTO shape before the actlVe
outdoor campaigning snail be lnauSu-
rated, ana II Is lhls work that is en-
gaging the attention OF Secretary An
dre"s' VINO. "ith score OF stenogra-
pAeIS' Is p"sy uhlil Iale every evening
at the headquarters on Locust street,
above Broad.
his building is admittedly the pest
equipped ana most desirable headquar-
ters OF any poIltlcal organization In the
country The property has been leased
by the republican organization OF
pennsylvania lor number OF years,
and 1t Is admirably suited Tor the pur-
poses for which 1t Is being used.
since Ihe las' campaign the pulIaihs
mas os'h 'HoIouEHlE Ieno'dleu ana
. made more attractive IN many ways.
CHAIRMAN feNiose ana secretary Ah-
dreWS nave ADJOINING ollceS on the
. second moor each with an OUTLOOK on
Locust street
CHAIRMAN Penrose and secretary An
dre"s hda several conferences before
the senator departed on ms vacation
ana lhe pans lor the campaign were
iulIy happe' oul. senator reh'oSe NaS
" paoN J." TINS oli! ny oepuehiDeI l.
He IS having an enjoyable time riding
on horseback IN the wilds OF Wyoming
ana laaho' ana VIII without DOUBT re-
turn IN spleadld heaIth to take up the
WORK OF lhe chalrmahShlp OF the state
committee ana press the campaign Wig
orousiy during the last eight weeks OF
Ine contest
a meeting ol lhe ilepuDllcah SJale
cohhlllee VIII De heIa on or ABOUT
oepIeiho'I =. az "hiCh nominations
viii ue HIaue u" III vacancies Oh lhe
presidential electoral ticket Some or
/ those who were nominated for these
honors by the Republican state con-
Ventlon nave peen found TO be lnell-
glDLe LOT the position by reason OF the
fact that they are connected with ma
tional banks. They must either resign
their positions IN these financial IN
stltutlons or get on the ticket. Some
VIII rellre from the ticket while others
nave expressed determination TO
| temporarily Withdraw from their con-
nection with national banks so that
they may nave an opportunity to vote
IN lhe elec'olal college Ior Roosevelt
! and FalrbaFks-
ne meeting OF the state committee
Will aHoia CHAIRMAN Fehrose an oppor-
tuhlty TO personally confer with the
aclNe men from the dlherent counties
ana TO nave them report as TO ule CON
dltion OF the party organization in
their respective districts.
There nave been many calls for lit