The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-09-24
Are NOT GOING
TOSWAP HORSES
PsnnSyIsanlans 10 Follow Old
Abe LinC1in'S Policy,
TARIFF MADE STATE WEALTHY

VIII insure Pcrioo OF SnpTece'
dentsd Prosperity and cortinu.
anee Of RooseveIt's Patriotic Amcri.
can Administration Of tire National
Government.
special Corrcspontence.l
Harrisburg. Sept 10.
Never swap horses while crossing
a stream" This trlto and hCmeiy al
uon.tion OF "Old Abe" Lincoln will be
followed by the voters OF Penusylva-
mia at the coming election. when they
will roll up a tremendous majority for
the party of protection and prosperity
Reports from every county In the
commonwealth show that the sreat
body Of Pennsylvanians, the farmers.
the merchants and the wage earners
in all the big industrial centers are
determined to vote for Taft and Sher-
man and indorse the platform OF the
Republican party.
Bryan is making tariff reduction.
which 10 the Democrats means their
old slogan Of free trade. the para
mount issue of his campaign.
In doing that he is striking directly
at Pennsylvania at Pennsylvania la
Dor. at PENNSYLVANIA capital and at
Pennsylvania vast natural resources,
her coal. her iron her cement AMI her
various other interests.
Ne Free Trade For Pennsylvania.
The Keystone state has acquired
her enviable position as the most
prosperous and wealthiest state in the
Union under the Republican party's
administration Of state and national
affairs. and to no other policy does she
owe more than to that of the prOtec
tive tariff
The present onslaught of Organism
upon the tariff has aroused a feeling
OF indi nation and alarm in every
quarter OF this state.
Just as cOniideag, Is being restored.
as orders for manufactured pruiuCts
are coming in and mills are starting
up coke ovens and blast furnaces are
being lighted ana the textile and all
manner OF industrial establishments
are rosunlng operations. after a tenn
porary cessation. along comes Bryan
with his Trades against the protective
tariff He is serving notice upon capi-
tai and labor alike that in the event
of his election revolutionary tactics
may be looked for to the inevitable
destruction OF the interests of the
wage Garner and the manufacturer, to
the granger. the dairyman. the mine
worker and all classes of cit2 rs of
this state whose happiness and liveli-
hood depend upon the administration
Of the national government under safe
and sane and well established policies.
Taft's Nomination Brought Confidence.
No reasonable man has attempted
to charge to the Republican party re-
sponsibility for the recent disturb
ance in business and momentary halt
in the march of progress.
But every one who stops to consider
the revival of confidence. the rosump-
tion Of commercial and industrial &C
tivities and the universal predictions
Of n renewal OF good times, cannot but
attribute these conditions to the popu-
lar belief that the election Of Taft and
sherman ami the continuance Of the
Republican party in control OF the
federal government means an assur
ance Of national prosperity.
To Promote American Patriotism.
The patriotism and sturdy Am,ri-
cauism OF the administration of Thcu-
dore Roosevelt all know. will be- ac-
centuated with Judge William Howard
| Taft in the White House. and the
prestige that has been added 10 old
Glory" by the vigorous Roosoycltian
policies VIII never be detractci from
by any act OF the distinguished son Of
Ohio who is now the Republican
,Llard-bearer
The vital concern which every Penn.
sylvanian must have in the present
campaign was emphasized by United
| States Senator Boics Penrose in his
| recent speech before the Republicans
| Of Lohigh county. when he made the
tariff the principal fcatur" OF his al
| dress
Penrose On the Tariff,
Senator Pcnrose, among other
| things. said
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world over o! commercial industrial
| and agricultural development The
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