Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-06
Harrisburg, Aug

Especial Correspondence.l
Harrisburg, Aug
president Roosevelt Is not going Ia
The York county fair simply to see the
prize bulls. you can depend upon that"
remarked a well-informed Washington
correspondent a few days ago in dis.
cussing the presidents anticipated
visit to Pennsylvania next month. This
newspaper man is In touch with mem.
bers of the cabinet and other leading
officials of the national administration.
and he knows the keen interest the
president and all of those associated
with him are manifesting In the COM
ing election.
While 1t is possible that at the dedi.
cation of the new capitol building here
the president may not touch upon poll.
tics. there is reason to believe that in
his remarks subsequently at the York
county fair he will make clear his de-
sire for the election Of o Republican
congress
II is known that the president has
made a number OF inquiries regarding
political conditions in Pennsylvania,
and he has on more than one occasion
expressed an earnest wish for the sue
cess of the Republican party in this
state this fall
President Roosevelt has taken ad-
vantage of several opportunities re-
Gently to arouse interest in the Repub-
lican cause
Mr.. RooseveIt's Dollar.
Anent his subscription to the Repub-
hcan congressional committees cam
paign fund, Editor Earle c. Tuten, OF
the Behefonte Republican. has this to
say about "Mr. Roosevelt's dollar:
"One Of the first to heed the call OF
the chairman of the Republican cam
paign committee for one dollar contri-
buttons to the campaign fund Is Pres
ident Roosevelt. The president be-
lieves in the virtue of example and
gives his dollar early with an implied
injunction to all Republicans who
share with him true spirit OF loyalty
TO party principle to go and do like
wise. Undoubtedly the presidents ex-
ample will bear fruit. Its special value
consists in the fact that tYery public
act OF the chief executive OF the ma
ton commands the attention OF the
whole people, and that accordingly his
recognition of the dollar a head idea
will bring the merit thereof home to
hundreds of thousands OF citizens who
otherwise might let It pass unno-
ticed.
He Leads the Way.
Naturally this simple device COM
mends itself to the president because
Of the conditions which have made 1t
necessary. In former times the great
corporations were the chief donors OF
campaign funds. and very little money
was obtained from the prfvates in the
ranks of the political parties. Largely
through Mr.. Roosevelt's instrumental
ity. a death blow has been dealt to
the practice OF collecting funds from
such sources.
.'Henceforward, therefore, the cam
paign committee OF all parties must
look to individuals for the wherewithal
to meet the heavy cost of campaign
Ing. There should be no difficulty ON
this head IL 1t is only possible TO enlist
Individual attention and to inspire gen.
orally an adequate sense OF partisan
obligation. 1t Is this that Mr.. Roo6e-
velt has in mind. and he has taken
the one method of emphasizing his
views where good results are sure to
be achieved"
A State Dollar Fund.
Colonel Wesley r. Andrews, OF the
Republican state committee, has fol-
lowed the lead of Chairman Sherman,
of the congressional committee, and Is
soliciting one dollar subscriptions to
the state campaign fund. The radical
anti-corporation declarations made in
the Republican platform in Pennsylva-
nit, coupled with the knowledge that
Edwin s. Stuart as governor will see
that all the party pledges are carried
out, will without doubt deter many
capitalists from contributing to the
Pennsylvania Republican state COM
mittee this year.
But this is to be "a peoples battle"
and the dollars OF the people will bring
returns In a triumphant Republican
victory