Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-01
ISSUES N PLATFORM
Line of Battle Not Yet Fully Out
lined
IN PENNSYLv WANNA ROW
Republican Announcement Full Of
Virtue
AND STUART A CLEAN CITIZEN
But There Are Other Things Behind
the Eence-The Situation
to Date.
PENNSYLVANIA ROW
IND STUART A CLEAN CITIZEN

the Fence-The Situation
to Date.
Special From 4 star Correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA, September 1.-The
Issues Of this campaign, IL seems to me.
are pretty well embodied in the platform
| OF the republican party adopted at its last
convention, which named its candidates for
State ofices."
Thus spoke Mr.. Edwin 8. Stuart, repub-
lican nominee for the governorship Of the
state Of Pennsylvania, when called upon
him ct his place Of business in this city to-
day. More than that MI. Stuart did not
care to say at this time. The campaign has
hardly opened, and the line Of battle that
Will be fought between the regular repub-
hcan organization and the fusionists. COM
posed Of Lincoln republicans and democrats,
has not been outlined 50 far as the regular
republican organization Is concerned.
But Mr.. Stuart's remark is In line with
| what is very generally believed here will be
the manner OF fight that the organisation
Will pursue. 1t will stand by it's platform,
which breathes Of virtue and reform-in
fact, It could not have been made to more
completely favor reformatory measures.
ana 1t indicates that Senator Boise Penrose,
when he starts In to draw q reform plat
form-as he drew that Of the republican
state convention. held at Harrisburg, juno
6-is entirely able to meet the emergency.
His platform recites that there has been
continued and unprecedented prosperity un-
der republican control, and condemns in
round terms all corporate invasions of the
law. 1t indorses President Roosevelt and
It approves the railroad rate bill and ia
vors the inspection Of meat products. It
reasserts the soundness Of the party on the
subject Of a protective tariff and urges q
further restriction of immigration.
More Virtue in Sight.
The debt Of gratitude Of the nation to-
ward its defenders in the army and navy
in the several wars is acknowledged, Co..
ernor Pennypacker is commended, reform
measures enacted at the extra session Of
the legislature recited, the ''debauchery" Of
the elective franchise condemned In I'M
| measured terms and the party pledges to
see to the ''sedulous maintenance and en-
forcement' Of these laws. Two-cents-a-mile
fares are promised on the railroads of the
state and since the Pennsylvania railroad
has put the 2-cent fare in force the plat
form Is already beginning to work. The
trolleys are to carry freight IL the organ
f4Zation has its way, and there will be an
enc to the railroad ownership Of coal mines
Public schools and charities are to be dealt
sion is promised to the people. The aban-
doned canals are to be restored, and the
| reasons for abandoning competing railroads
| are to be investigated. Vested rights are to
be held secure and the rights OF the public
are to be guarded in the manner Of letting
public franchises. Employees of corpora
lions injured while on duty are to be pro-
tected. Counties are to pay less taxes and
there Is to be relief for the consumptfve
poor. Good roads are to be built, and the
senators and representatives Of the state in
Congress are Endorsed.
Everything Looks Good.
Those are the features of the platform on
which the state ticket, nominated at the
command Of Senator Penrose. Is to be pre-
sented to the public for its approval. It
Is difficult for the mind to conceive any
good thing the people Of this state want
that has been left out That platform is
to be kept before the eyes Of the voters
Of Pennsylvania rs q reflection OF the good
purposes of the republican organization
commonly known as the machine or the
gang" which is now charged by the fusion
forces with being the embodiment Of all
that is vicious in the body polite.
More than good platform. the organ
iZation has good candidates. men of the
highest integrity, and Stuart, candidate
for the governship. has record for pri-
vate and public virtue that is admitted by
every one.
It is the same with the other candidates
of the republican organization. They were
all named by Penrose, and they are all ION
Of even by the fusonists, who are fighting
them, as men of high character.
Standard Oil Hit.
While Emery's line Of attack against the
machine has been directed toward the
bosses, and In denunciatfon of boss rule.
as typeied by Penrose. since the campaign
bo haa frr or
and more toward the Pennsylvania railroad
and the Standard Oil Company. The rail-
road he denounces as a vioIator Of the law
by giving rebates, and the Standard he
claims has been the beneficiary of such re-
bates in competition with himself and
other Independent oil men. His remarks
upon these matters are In line with his
fights for many years against the Standard.
Whatever the fusionists do they will be
met by the work of perhaps the best po-
lftical organization in this country today,
for whatever has been said of Senator
Penrose, his organization, reaching into
very much the same as it was in the life
time of Quay. Its fine form today is the
result of the indefatigable party worker,
Col. Andrews, chairman OF the republican
state committee, and himself a frequent
subject for gubernatorial talk. Col. An
drews knows where to find a trusty po-
litical friend at any crossroads of the
state. He can reach more voters personal
the result of work day and night, because
no matter how perfect the machine may
be today it may deteriorate tomorrow, and
only by constant study and improvement is
1t kept up to its high standard. Col. An
drews Is one Of the stanchest republicans Of
the state, and he knew every man who
watched at the cradle Of the republican
party" fifty years ago, because a boy
he was brought into contact with the
fathers Of the party.
The Political Barometer.
IT have been watching the barometer Of
Pennsylvania politics many years." he said
to me today when I called On him in his
headquarters here, ''and 1t never showed
better signs for our success
Col Andrews thinks 1t Is only fostering
unwarranted prejudice to call a political
organization q machine" for without 1t
he declares the people would not be able to
carry out great policies. He Is proud of
the machine and says that In Pennsyl-
yania 1t Is serving the legitimate purposes
Of the republican party
It is a mistake to suppose that there Is
anything like the indignation In Pennsylva-