Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-10-24
Election in This State Of Far
Reaching lmportaa ~
THE CITADEL OF PROTECTION

National Administration and Na.
tionat Party Policies at Issue, and
slze OF the Majority viii BE Sig
nihcant.
Especial Correspondence.l
Harrisburg. Oct. -.
Just two weeks from today the vot
ers Of Pennsylvania will be called upon
to 90 to the polls and decide whether
they shall pe enrolled as members OF
the party Of Nepublicanism. the party
OF Roosevelt and the party of Pros
perity, or be enlisted with the Dsmoc-
racy, the party Of Bryanism, Hearst
ism and uncertainty and demoralisa-
tion in governmental and business con-
ditions.
The verdict of Pennsylvania, given
ON Tuesday. November 9Th, will be
verdict that will be fraught with ma
tional significance. that will mean
much in Its bearing upon the Erest
presidential contest which will begin
Immediately after the result of this
election shall be announced, and which
will determine whether Pennsylvania
is to be . potential factor In framing
the policies and In selecting the nomi-
nee of the next Republican national
convention.
The greater the majority for the
nominee of the Republican party, the
greater will bs the emphasis with
which the voters of the state will her
aid to the world their continued fealty
to the administration and the cause OF
Rspublicanism in the nation.
While reports of the most encourag-
Ing character are being received by
Chairman Andrews At tho Republican
state headquarters, II 10 also . fact that
great danger is apprshsnded 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 tho LIN
coin Party and other Independent sle-
ments have disintegrated, naturally
gives = feeling of security TO the coun-
ty and precinct committeeman Of the
Republican party.
Danger In Over.Confidenes.
But It II Just such . condition OF af-
fairs that leads cld-tims 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.
A great falling OF of the Republican
vote, even though the candidate fer
state treasurer shall be elected. would,
from the standpoint Of national poli-
sylvania this fall
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 10 ad-
dressing meetings nightly and corps
Of spellbinders are at work In every
county in the state lining up the Demo-
cratic voters for what they insist 10
the skirmish Of next years presiden-
tia1 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-
publicans are divided upon the tariff
issue and upon other questions that
will give the Democrats an opening in
the coming national contest
Colonel James M. Guffey, who an
nounces that he IL q candidate to sue
ceed himself on the Democratic ma
tional committee. Is showing his inter-
est in the national phase Of the situa-
tion by rounding up his lieutenants in
the several congressional districts of
the state and getting them to pick out
men for delegates to the national con-
vention who will vote for his re-elec-
tion rs national committeeman. Guffey
wants Pennsylvania Republican ma
5ority 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 pFotec.
tion there Is 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
IN schedules.
Workingmen Of Pennsylvania. manu-
facturers Of Pennsylvania, business
mon OF Pennsylvania and farmers Of
Pennsylvania, who have become happy
and prosperous under the Pennsylvania
idea Of protective tariff. II IL pre-
dicted. are not going to shirk their
duty this fall, they are not going to
give the tariff revisisnists . slogan
with which to go to the next Republi-
can national convention proclaiming
that the Republicans Of Pennsylvania