The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-11
REPUBLICAN FLAG UP
State Headquarters Opened and
Campaign Is Under Way.
CLUB MEN TO TAKE LEAD
An Aggressive Canvass to Be lnaugu'
rated With the Gathering Of the
Leaauers at Their Convention In
Harrisburg.

=, OVpNs AVE-
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.
It 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'
ber oath and 25th.s respectively.
1t is predicted that there will be a
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 the
various counties OF the state all con.
firm the claims of Colonel Wesley X.
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.
dence 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.
Must Qualify Voters.
While voters in first and second
class cities still have an opportunity
to be personally registered on Tues.
day, September 18th, and Saturday.
October 5th, the residents Of third.
class cities have also two days more
for registra tration-Tuesday, September
18th, and Saturday, October 10th.
Under the election laws OF Pennsyl.
vania, every citizen, to be qualified to
vote at next November'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
It 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.. Sheat7
and the others of prominence In the
Republican party who will be in at
tendance upon the convention.
Candidate Sheath has evidently made
fine impression wherever he has
been, for there is great demand tc
have him to address meetings In differ
ent counties, and there is going to bt
a real old.fashioned spirit in the cam
paign when 1t gets we'll under way.
Many Dauphin county Republican!
we're present at the recent meeting a
The Changers picnic at Williams Grove
when Mr.. Sheath was the principa
orator, and they were delighted will
the impression he made upon tn,
voters and the manifest sincerity o
his pledges to conduct the office o
state treasurer as he would his owl
business. and to be upon the alert I,
check extravaganza or any illega
raids upon the money of the people,
sheatz's Ideal State Treasurer.
! When asked to state the kind o
state treasurer Pennsylvania shoul'
have" John Oscar Sheath wrote tn
following:
"He must realize that as treasurer o
Pennsylvania he is merely acting a
trustee of your money and Is not tn
owner of II.
'He must stand ready to pay ever,
Just obligation OF the commonwealth
and absolutely refuse to pay any sur
when the expenditures are not clearl
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 man who will ont d.
take orders from a political boss, c
one that cannot be persuaded by pre-
misses of future political preferment.
"He must be man who will not de
posit your money in banks, where tn
influence of those bankers and stocl
holders, in return for this deposit,
to be exerted for political parties {
factions.
"He must make careful business pri
ciples prevail throughout the depaI
ment and have every employe holdir
his position because OF capability an
. not political pull.
,. "The foregoing are my thoughts G
n the question of state treasurershi
s and If the people of Pennsylvani
y after carefully looking up my recoi
i as a member Of the state legislatu
n during the sessions Of 1903-05-06-07 ~
only office have held) find It as beir
consistent with my views here e.
y pressed. then hope they will vote Z