Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-09-17

President at the Election IN NO
vember.
Especial Correspondence.I
Philadelphia. Sept. 10.
A note of warning has been sent all
along the Republican lines in Pennsyl-
vania of the danger of voters over
looking the requirements of the per-
sonal registration law and thereby de-
priving themselves of the right to vote
at the presidential election.
Colonel Wesley r. Andrews, chair
man of the Republican state commit
tee. concerned over the neglect Of
many Republicans to register, has
sounded an alarm and all of the Re
publican committeeman in the state
have been urged TO thoroughly can
vass their respective election districts
where personal registration is neces-
sary. and see to it that their voters
qualify.
No resident of any city who does
not register this fall personal regis
tration being required in all cities,
can vote for president or any other
official at the November election.
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Allegheny
and Scranton are the only cities af-
fected by the section of the law cover
ing first and second-class cities. but
there are nineteen counties in the
state in which there are third class
cities in which personal registration
is necessary. Today, Tuesday, Sept.
Is, is the second personal registration
day for all classes of cities, and the
last day for registration in third
class cities will be Saturday, Oct II.
The registration officers sit from 8
a. m. to / p. m, and from 2 p. m. to
6 p. m. and from Z p. m. to 10 p. IN.
in all second class cities.
All Must Get Registered.
1--WE cannot too forcibly impress
upon Republican voters the absolute
necessity of their being registered in
order TO be able to vote for Taft and
Sherman and the balance of their
party ticket" said Colonel Andrews
with great earnestness
"All previous registrations having
expired. every voter residing in a dis
trict where personal registration is
called for, must go this fall, person
ally, to the voting place and have him
self enrolled by the registration Of
ficers.
mo one who is not registered can
vote in November. so that the precinct
committeeman who fails to see that
his neighbors are registered will be
inexcusably delinquent. All our efforts
to get voters to the polls later on will
be of no avail if they have not been
personally qualified by having been
registered.
The Poll Tax Issue.
ITO be qualified to vote every citi-
zen must have paid a state or county
tax within two years. The last day for
paying poll tax to qualify for the No
vember election, Saturday, Oct 8,
should be impressed upon all who have
not thus qualified themselves"
The following are the counties in
which third class cities are located
and where this matter of personal
registration is of vital Importance to
all voters:
Berks. Blair. Cambria. Chester.
Clinton. Delaware. Erie, Lancaster,
Lawrence. Lebanon. Lehigh. Luzerne,
Lycoming, Mexican, Northampton,
Washington and York
Prominent Speakers Coming.
While the matter of qualifying the
voters is being given very close atten-
tion. the Republican leaders are not
overlooking any other feature of the
campaign work.
Chairman Andrews is directly in
cock. and he has also the advantage
of the cooperation of Senator Penrose,
who is member of the executive
committee of the Republican national
committee. in having prominent speak
ers assigned to Pennsylvania
Vice Presidential Candidate James
S. Sherman and Congressman Nicho-
las Lorgworth, of Ohio son-in-law of
President Roosevelt, at the request of
the national chairman, have accepted
invitations to address the convention
of the State League Of Republican
clubs at Wilkes Barre this week. and
Speakers Cannon and Senator Bur
rows. who was temporary presiding
officer of the Republican national CON
yention. are among others of promi-
nence who have already been assigned
to speak in this state.
To Win Debatable Districts.
I'VE are working in Pennsylvania :"
said Chairman Andrews, "as though
this We're a doubtful state We want
10 get every Republican voter possible
to the polls and we want to carry
every debatable district, congress
sional, senatorial and representative.
and we can only do that by perfecting
our organization in every direction
and making an aggressive and deter
mined canvass until the polls close
defeat for the presidency continued
during that entire period of low tariff
and until relief was obtained by a 70
turn to protection. The history oi
tariff legislation in congress is one oi
continuous struggle.
Success has been achieved by
narrow margin. The principle Of pro
lection to American labor and indus
try has frequently been put in peril IL