Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-09-24
Special Correspondence
Philadelphia. Sept. >

1 lllieib' 'illi'' bNpt.
PENNSYLVANIA Republicans have been
called upon by the national leaders
of the party to put forth most strenu-
Gus efforts to carry every close con
gressional district at the coming cleo
tiOn.
The Democrats are making a great
canvass to carry the next house, and
it behoUves Republicans everywhere,
according to reports received at the
national committee headquarters in
New York, to get to work to line up
their voters for the party's nominees
for national representatives.
No one doubts that Pennsylvania
will roll up a big majority for Taft
and Sherman. but unless there shall
be close attention paid to perfecting
the party organization and enlistng
the rank and file OF the voters for the
congressional candidates in several of
the districts there may be a falling off
in the Republican representation from
this state at Washington.
Pennsylvania has too much at stake
to allow this to happen.
Her vast industrial and farming in
terests, which have thriven so well
under Republican rule. must be pro-
tected, and there is no better way to
insure continuance of the Republi-
can party's fostering policy than to
elect Republicans to congress.
A Power In Congress.
Pennsylvania, with the largest Re-
publican delegation of any state in the
Union on the floor OF congress- has for
many years welded potential influ-
ence in shaping national legislation
and in blocking the games OF men
who have nothing in common with
the wage earners. the farm owners.
the manufacturers and business men
of the Keystone state.
Men who seek to promote the cause
of the importers and others concerned
in getting into this country at as cheap
rate as possible the products of for
eign nations, of their mills. their fac
tories and their farms. are heavy con-
tributors to the Democratic campaign
funds, especially to the treasury of
the Democratic congressional cam
paign committee.
They want to break down the tariff.
to wipe out the Pennsylvania idea"
of protection to American industries
and American granger interests, 50
that they can reap the benefit of ire
mendously increased importations Of
foreign goods and foreign products of
all sorts, through their foreign busi-
ness connections.
What Democratic Victory WouiS Mean
Bryanism in the White House. it is
everywhere admitted. would be bad
enough, but with foreigners dominat-
ing the action of congress. especially
in the matter of tariff Pennsylvania
interests would be terribly jeopar-
died and many of them, in time. alb
solutely destroyed.
While business generally through
out the United States is picking up.
mills are resuming operations. the
railroads are reporting greatly in
creased shipments and the telegraph
companies, the pulse of the CONNER
cial world, show gradually increasing
receipts, there are reports of indus
trial depression Of hundreds of thou
sands of idle workmen all over Great
Britain and the Euronean continent
ous'hSSs DepFessloh SpFoad.
Nnie Ainei'ca Is S"o"!nS mat she
neritv nrovidaa tbot tbara sr,,I1 10 ~
nnavnocted no1iticoI ,,,,boa,-oI thara
ara M indicotior., Of o,,,.+l,f.,, m,
tbose conditiors al.-o,d
Rrsiness mon r,an,f,c+rrers and
otbars who oro cIossI,, foIlo,,.ina
evc,ts dec1ara tr.c+ IL .r,r+ ara Gba,
,nor sbou Lo alaat., i,.. -, ,,,,, 49,,
io,it,, ir t,,e ,,llltl,,I ~ .., .l,'.
newt bnnsa' glau ~, T,,,.,,,I5s,, 49,
will no ,,itnassad =, ,,d,,ta1 80 -
cedented prosperity all over the Unit
ed States.
If, on the other hand Bryan should
win or the house should go Demo
cratic, the whole commercial and In
dustrial world would be thrown into