Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-05
HIS ACCEPTANCE
HAS TRUE RING
Frank p. Johnson, of Danville,
Advocates Pure Government
and Just Laws.
NOMINATED FOR SENATOR
He believes in Protecting the
People From the Evils of
Corporation Ring Rule.
From wnIiamsport News.l

The letter of Frank L. johnson, oi
Danyillc, accepting the state senatori.i
nomination rendered him by the confer.
rees OF the Twenty fourth district has the
true ring, placing him squarely against
corporation and ring rule and in favor OF
pure government and just laws. Mr..
Johnson's communication to DR.. G. W.
Huntington, secretary OF the conference
was as follows:
Unanimously Chosen.
''On my arrival home | found youl
communication awaiting me conveying
the information that | had been unan-
imously chosen at the senatorial confer
ence Of the Prohibition party, held at
Milton on the 18th inst, as candidate for
this was a great surprise to me, and !
would be nngrateful indeed, if | did not
hasten to say that | appreciate the high
honor conferred upon me by the action
OF the conference.
An Honor to be Proud Off.
'In these days of unrest and dissatis-
faction with existing conditions, when
the spirit of reform is abroad, when true
and honest men are sought for office,
cannot help but see in the action of the
conference in selecting me L this i'm
portant Office, an honor especially to be
proud of at this time.
No Time to Hesitate.
CAS- have little taste for politics and
do not aspire to Office, | might shrink
from entering into this contest with all
that it implies, but when | contemplate
the situation; when view the oppressed
people, and visions of graft and illegal
practices in politics and in Office come up
before me, ! resolve it is no time to hest
tate, especially when that hesitation
might cause delay and disarrange plans
that have been laid for the purpose OF
pushing the work along with dispatch.
APPALLED, by Liquor Traffic.
Especially am | impeled in this
course when | reflect that one hundred
thousand human beings annually are
prepared for eternal destruction by the
evil before us, and believing the worst
enemy of souls the world has ever known,
namely, the liquor traffic of this nation.
Ut is in the midst of this conviction,
awed by the evil before us, and believing
that help will come from God, that |
feel constrained to enter upon the contest
for the high office in which so much in
HuenCe centers.
Not In 1t for SpoI's.
'In the midst of silent contemplation
l am ready to cry out: My God advance
me on to the great work and invest me
with power that will enable me to dis
charge every duty Though little hope
of victory may be before us, will not
feel discouraged. am in this war, not
for spoils; no, no, but for the glory OF
God and the salvation of souls.
A Fearless Representative.
Il, therefore, announce that l will ac-
cept the nomination and hope that in
me will be found a fearless representa-
tive of all that our platform represents in
addition to what is worthy of support in
the old party platforms, an advocate OF
pure government and just laws, one that
can always be relied upon to throw his
support and influence to every measure
that tends toward the protection of all
the people from the evils of corporation
and ring rule in the government OF our
state.