Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-19
SHEATH IN DEMAND
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with remarkable eafnss,nsss aaa en-.
thuslssm fot en- Of year the Rapubl.
cana of psne.yivania are pushing their
eanpaien fos the election Of John O
shsats ss state treasurer IN ever
eeunty In the state
The demand from the voters 10 hear
~ shsats IL unprecedented under the
circumstances Two weeks before the
time foe Which bis canvass vas SEIZED.
ulsd te be opened. he has had to keep
upon the go responding 10 calls 10 ad.
dress meetings. TO attend county fairs
and To take part In gatherings Of
Orangers and other bodies OF citizens
Of the grand old commonwealth Of
psnnsyivants
Mr. shsatz does not claim TO be an
orator. lie 10 q plain. matter of fact
business man: an honest, sincere, un-
sophisticated man Of the people wher-
ever he has spoken he has made friends
and wherever his pledges to conduct
The office of state treasurer in accord
ancs with the promises made at the
outset Of his campaign are heard. they
are believed
He has made votes wherever he has
gone. whether he spoke to his old
neishbors of Berks county. or to the
sturdy Republicans of the adjoining
county Of LehiEh, where be addressed
several thousands at the Republican
county meeting at Emaus. or TO the
great axsembiage in Northampton that
cheered him 20 the echo at the county
meeting at Bethlehem, or at the Elks'
clam bake In Allegheny county. where
fully 10000 citizens gave him a tre-
mendous ovation. or at the meeting
last week in the Kensington district OF
Philadelphia, where 5000 employees of
the ship yards in that section saiuted
him as former apprentice boy work
ing in overalls in Baldwin's locome-
tive works. and resolved to roll up a
handsome majority for him on cleo
ton day-it was the same story
Sheatz-the Man OF the Hour.
The man OF the hour-a man to
meet every requirement of faithful
honest economical administration of
the Office of state treasurer.
Colonel Wesley r. Andrews, chair
man OF the Republican state commit
tee, who is working night and day to
keep up with his correspondence with
Republicans in every county in the
state who are enlisted for Mr. Sheatz's
campaign. is looking forward to great
results as the outcome OF the activity
of the members OF the State League
of Republican Clubs. Of which Mr
Sheath is vice president
After addressing the club mems
convention. Candidate Sheath will go
to the Hanover fair in SusQuehanna
county on Thursday of next week, and
on the following day he is booked to
address a meeting in Wilkes Barre.
where great preparations are being
made by prominent Republicans to give
him a cordial reception. Former Post
master General Charles Emory Smith
will accompany Mr. Sheath to Wilkes
Barre and make speech in favor of
his election.
Wants TO Meet the People.
After next week Mr.. Sheath will
have a regular itinerary and will
speak once or twice almost every day
until the end OF the campaign
Il want to meet the voters face to
face" remarked Mr.. Sheath. few days
ago. Il want them to see what manner
of man l am. and to talk to them
frankly upon the issues of the cam
paign want to leave it to them to
Judge whether my record at Harris