Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-09-12
REPUBLICAN FLAG UP
State Headquarters Opened and
Campaign Is Under Way.
CLUB MEN TO TAKE LEAD
An Aggressive Canvass to Be inaugu.
rated With the Gathering OF the
Leaeuers at Their Convention In
harrisburg.
Especial correspondence


Harrisburg, Sept. 10.
While the Republican state commit
tee headquarters were opened in Phil.
adelphia this week. the campaign for
the election OF the Republican nomi-
nee for state treasurer, John o. Sheath,
1t is believed, will not be inaugurated
until the meeting Of the state conven-
ton of the Republican League OF
Clubs, which will be held In this city
on Tuesday and Wednesday, Septem-
Der oath and 25th, respectively.
1t is predicted that there will be
large attendance at this convention.
and there is promise of some brilliant
oratory from gifted sons of Pennsylva.
MIA who will tell of the splendid char.
acter of their standard bearer in the
state campaign, and of the enthusiasm
with which his nomination has been
received by his fellow citizen through.
out the commonwealth,
Reports that come here from ths
various counties Of the state all con.
Andrews, chairman of the Republican
state committee, that the party organ
ization was never more harmonious.
nor never more loyal to ticket than
1t is today.
Colonel Andrews, while he has de-
layed the opening of the state head.
quarters until this week, has been in
correspondence with the chairmen of
the Republican county committees and
others active In the organization all
summer. and there is undoubted evi.
dencs that much preliminary work has
been done in the way of qualifying
the voters in the matter of the pay.
ment Of taxes and In interesting those
who are obliged to be personally reg.
istered under the recently enacted leg.
islation In this very important feature
Of the campaign.
siast Quality Voters.
While voters in first and second
class cities still have an opportunity
to be personally registered on Tues.
day September l7th and Saturday
October 9Th. the residents of third.
class cities have also two days more
for stration-Tuesday, September
18th, and Saturday, October 10Th.
Under the election laws of Pennsyl.
vania. every citizen. to be qualified to
vote at next NOyember's election must
have paid state or county tax within
two years.
The last day upon which taxes can
be paid to qualify voters for the next
election will be Saturday, October 5th.
Citizens in Pennsylvania living out.
side of cities are not required to be
personally registered.
1t is expected that there will be
thousands of visiting Republicans not
connected with the Club League come
to this city during the days of the con.
vention gathering to meet Mr.. Sheath
and the others OF prominence in the
Republican party who will be In at
tendance upon the convention
Candidate Sheath has evidently made
nne impression wherever he has
been, for there Is a great demand to
have. him to address meetings in differ
ent counties. and there is going to be
a real old-fashioned spirit In the cam
paign when It gets well under way.
Many Dauphin county Republicans
were present at the recent meeting at
the Changers picnic at Williams Grove,
when Mr.. Sheath was the principal
orator, and they were delighted with
the impression he made upon the
voters and the manifest sincerity of
his pledges to conduct the Office of
state treasurer as he would his own
business and to be upon the alert to
check extravaganza or any illegal
raids upon the money of the people.
6heatz's Ideal State Treasurer.
When asked to state the-'kind of
state treasurer Pennsylvania should
have" John Oscar Sheath wrote the
following
He must realize that as treasurer of
Pennsylvania he Is merely acting as
trustee of your money and is not the
owner of It.
HE must stand ready to pay every
Just obligation of the commonwealth,
and absolutely refuse to pay any sum
when the expenditures are not clearly
defined by existing laws. or when fla
grant extravaganza exists. In the lat
ter case the sooner the press and pub
lie are made aware of the fact the bet
ter for our commonwealth
"He must be a man who will ont de-
take orders from . political boss, or
one that cannot be persuaded by pro-
misses of future political preferment
HE must be man who will not de-
posit your money in banks, where the
influence of those bankers and stock
holders. in return for this deposit, is
to be exerted for political parties or
factions.