The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-24
STATE FIGHT OPENED
Republicans Preparing For Aggres-
sive Movement All Along Line.
THE IJaT or ORATORS MADE UP
Chairman Pcnrose and Secretary An
drews Have the Plan Of Campaign
Well Defined and Predict a Big
Victory.
Especial Correspondence.l


votes shall be counted in November.
continue to lead the column of Repub-
lican states of the union by the size Of
her Republican majority.
Work at headquarters of the Rcpub-
lican state committee in this city has
been under way for week, and very
satisfactory progress has been made.
In the absence of Senator Boics PEN
rose, the chairman. Colonel Wesley Il.
Andrews, secretary Of the state com
mittee, has been in charge, and he ex-
poets to have all the preliminariCs of
the canvass disposed OF before the
chairman shall return. There has boen
vast amount of correspondence al
ready with the chairmen OF the county
committees and other active Republi-
cans throughout the state, and reports
received from various quarters indicate
that the Republicans of this state arc
taking very lively interest in the
coming election, and that they will
closed on election day.
Hundreds OF well-known Republicans
from the interior of the state and from
the several wards of this city have
called at the state headquarters and
volunteered their services for campaign
work. Many young men who have rot
heretofore taken a hand in politics
have asked to be enrolled for organi-
ration purposes, and long list of ora
tors has been made up for Chairman
Penrose to call upon when occasion
shall require that they be dispatched
to different parts of the state to address
mass meetings.
There are thousand and one things
to be put into shape before the active
outdoor campaigning shall be inaugu-
rated and II is this work that is en-
gaging the attention of Secretary An
drews, who, with score of stenogra-
piers, is busy until late every evening
at the headquarters on Locust street,
above Broad
This building is admittedly the oest
equipped and most desirable headQuar-
ters Of any political organization in the
country. The property has been leased
by the Republican organization of
Pennsylvania for a number of years.
and it is admirably suited for the pur-
poses for which it is being used.
Gipaa Last tho
has been thoroughly renovated and
made more attractive in many ways.
Chairman Penrose and Secretary An
drews have adjoining Offices on the
second floor. each with an outlook on
Locust street.
Chairman Penrose and Secretary An
drews had several conferences before
the senator departed on his vacation,
and the plans for the campaign we're
fully mapped out Senator Penrose has
just written home that he expects to
be back in this city by September l.
He is having an enjoyable time riding
on horseback in the wilds of Wyoming
and Idaho. and will without doubt re-
turn in splendid health to take up the
work Of the Craftsmanship of the state
committee and press the campaign Wig
orously during the last eight weeks OF
the contest
A meeting of the Republican state
committee will be held on or about
September ~, at which nominations
will be made to fill vacancies on the
presidential electoral ticket Some of
those who were nominated for these
honors by the Republican state con-
vention have been found to be incli-
gible for 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
stitutions or get off the ticket. Some
will retire from the ticket, while others
have expressed a determination to
temporarily withdraw from their con-
nection with national banks so that
they may have an opportunity to vote
in the electoral college for Roosevelt
and Fairbanks.
The meeting Of the state committee
will afford Chairman Penrose an oppor-
tunity to personally confer with the
active men from the different counties
and to have them report as to the con-
dition of the party organization in
their respective districts.
There have been many calls for 1T
erature bearing upon the present cam
paign, and as soon as the national
committee shall be in a position to
meet this demand a supply will be got
ten for distribution directly from the
state headquarters in this city. rhe
speech of Chairman Cannon, of the
Republican national convention, and
copies of the national platform are
among the documents for which the
greatest number of requests have been
received.
1t is not intended that the speech
making part of the campaign shall be
inaugurated before the middle of Sep
tember. At present there are so many
persons away on their vacation trips
that it would not be wise to hold poit-
ical meetings at this time There will
be ample opportunity during the
months of September and October to
hold all the meetings that shall be nee
essary to rally Republicans of the old
Keystone state about their party stand
ard for the victory which is assured in
November naXt