Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
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Special Correspondence

- - \ y = Harrisburg, Oct, ~.
Just two weeks from today the vot-
ers Of Pennsylvania will be called upon
to go to the polls and decide whether
they shall be enrolled as members of
the party of Republicanism, the party
of Roosevelt and the party of Pros
perity, or be enlisted with the Democ-
racy, the party of Organism. Hearst
Ism and uncertainty and demoraliza-
ton in governmental and business CON
ditfons. '''''" ''@ "'" " H''- '''" ~
The verdict of Pennsylvania, given
on Tuesday, November 5th, will be a
verdict that will be fraught with ma
tional Significance, that will mean
much in it's bearing upon the great
presidential contest which, will begin
Immediately after the result of this
election shall be announced and which
will determine whether Pennsylvania
is to be a potential factor in framing
the policies and in selecting the nomi-
nee of the next Republican national
convention. I aeEt# r.E unsr.- g.B
The greater the majority for the
nominee of the Republican party, the
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which the voters of the state will her
aid to the world their continued fealty
to the administration and the cause of
Republicanism in the nation.
While reports of the most encourag
ing character are being received by
Chairman Andrews at the Republican
state headquarters, 1t is also fact that
great danger is apprehended from a
feeling of over confidence which exists
among the great rank and file of the
Republican voters. The fact that the
party is united, that there is no fusion
movement in any county in the state
and that the organizations of the Lin
coin Party and other independent ele-
ments have disintegrated, naturally
gives feeling of security to the coun-
ty and precinct committeeman of the
Republican party.
Danger In over-confidence.
But it is just such a condition of af
fairs that leads old-time campaign
managers to be concerned about the
polling of the Republican vote. TAX
ing it for granted that victory was
assured, has resulted in many defeat.
! great falling off of the Republican
vote, even though the candidate for
state treasurer shall be elected. would.
from the standpoint of national poll
tics. be a Republican defeat in Penn
| sylvania this fall. un.N ....
Within the last 10 days there have
been undoubted signs of a revival of
interest in the Democracy.
The Democratic state committee has,
! from some source or other, been sup
! piled with ample funds with which to
make an aggressive campaign Their
candidate for state treasurer is ad-
dressing meetings nightly and a corps
1 Of spellhinders are at work in, every
county in the state lining up the Demo
/ cratic voters for what they insist is
/ the skirmish of next years presiden
/ tial battle
Democrats Are Looking Ahead.
These Democratic orators are telling
their followers that the Democrats of
the nation are getting together, that
they have bright hopes of winning the
presidency next year and that the Re-
pubicans are divided upon the tariff
issue and upon other questions that
will give the Democrats an opening in
| the coming national contest.
Colonel James NJ Guffey, who an
nounces that he Is a arcandidate to sue
ceed himself. on the Democratic ma
tional committee, is showing his inter
est in the national phase of the situa-
! ton by rounding up his lieutenants in
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the state and getting them TO pick out
men for delegates to the national con-
vention who will vote for his re-elec-
ton as national committeeman. Gutfey
wants Pennsylvania Republican ma
jority to be cut down this fall so that
he can then announce that the party is
| divided upon the tariff and that even
| in Pennsylvania, the citadel of protec
tion. there is a large constituency
among the Republicans who agree with
| the Republicans of the western and
/ eastern states, who are advocating the
/ Iowa idea" for scaling down the tar
if schedules.
Workingmen Of Pennsylvania, manu-
facturers Of Pennsylvania business
men of Pennsylvania and farmers of
| Pennsylvania, who have become happy
and prosperous under the Pennsylvania
idea of a protective tariff it is pre-
dicted, are not going to shirk their
! duty this fall, they are not going to
! give the tariff revisionists a slogan
with whidhlte lgo1to the NEXT Republi-
\ can national convention proclaiming
that the Republicans of Pennsylvania
are at odds that there is a large ele-
ment in favor of the Iowa idea,'
and that the result OF the election, the
4 falling off OF the Republican vote ond
the reduction of the Republican ma
4 jority, means that there is dissatisfac-
tion with existing conditions and that
there is a demand for a change in ths
policies Of the party.
ONLY A LITTLE COLD in the
head may be the beginning of an OBJ
stinate case of Nasal Catarrh Drive