Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1905-08-10

ltlng his mother at this place.
Those who attended camping
meeting at Muncy Valley, Sunday
from this place were Mrs. NJ. J,
Phillips, Mrs, w. II. Bay, Earl
Phillips, Leon Shug, II. Mastelcr
Edna Bay, Bessie and Anna Full
mer, Maizie Phillips, Howard Bay,
Helen and Muriel Phillips, Caro-
line and Lester Bay, Chas. Brown.
| Chairman Wesley r. Andrews, of the
Republican state committee, who has
entirely recovered fir n his recent at
tack of stomach trodble, has written
that he expects to open the headquar-
ters in Philadelphia about the middle
of the month. He is taking brief va
cation at Atlantic City, but even while
there he is keeping up his correspon-
dence with party men throughout Penn
sylvania.
The recent circulation of reports by
the Democratic campaign managers
that ]. Lee Plummer. Republican nom
inee for state treasurer, would retire
from the contest has stirred up the
Republicans OF the state, especially the
Republican editors, who are exposing
the source from which these absurd ru-
mOrs emanated.
They have served to arouse enthu-
1 a..
Republican ticket among many who
would not otherwise be interested in
politics at this early stage in the can
vass.
Clean, Capable and Honest.
81. Lee Plummer is clean. capable
and honest" says the editor of the
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record of which any official may be
proud. There is no reason why he
should not receive the earnest support
of every honest Republican in Pennsyl'
vania. The Democrats would no DOUBT
like to have the entire state Republi-
can ticket retire for the good OF the
Republican party but they will not.
They will remain in the field and be
elected by majorities that will emphat-
icalIy demonstrate the sentiment of the
people in the interest of fair play and
good government"
Mr. Plummer is the party nominee
for state treasurer, has good public
record and is altogether an uneXcep-
tional candidate remarks the editor
of the Tiusyille Herald. "Mr. Plum
mer will be elected, as will the whole
Republican ticket, by the customary
oif-year majority
Merits Closest Scrutiny.
"Hon. j. Lee Plummer will not re
sign nor be withdrawn as the candi-
date of the Republican party for state
treasurer" says the Ebensburg Noun
taineer. This is positively asserted
by Mr.. Plummer and the leaders of the
party in the state. This conclusion is
just and proper one. Mr., Plummer
was regularly nominated by the state
| convention. which fairly expressed the
will of the party in the state and there
! is nothing in his private life or public
| career that should make him a victim
| of the disclosures affecting the integ-
rity and prestige of certain Philadel-
phia politicians. On the contrary Mr..
Plummer, as q public man, can without
fear invite the closest scrutiny and in
vestigation.
'If Plummer were displaced by an
other man would the protesting Demo-
Gratis then vote the Republican state
ticket?" asks the editor of the Har-
| ricburo Talauroph "'They would not.
Are all the Democrats who do most
talking about the impossibility of re-
form within the Republican party and
the necessity for a political revolution
that will land them in Office actuated
by unselfsh motives? We guess not.
Attacks on J. Lee Pmmmer by the
Democratic enemy reveal only the enc
my's fear of Plummer's success"
aThere has at no time been any rea-
: son why Mr.. Plummer should with
draw" says the Johnstown Tribune
"As to his party fealty there is no ques'
ton. nor is there any that he was the
choice of the Republicans in the state
for the nomination AS to his ability
and honesty in public life no one ha!
dared to utter a syllable derogatory
while no man in the service of the stat'
today has a cleaner record in privat'
life
Just why such a man should retir,
from a political battle for the office o
treasurer of the state, or why he shoult
be asked to retire, is something tina
has not been explained, even by thos