The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-10-30
Especial Correspondence.l


American People.
Especial Correspondence
Philadelphia, Oct. 81.
The final call to action has been
sounded and Republicans throughout
Pennsylvania are lined up to a man to
meet the common enemy on Tuesday
next, when a successor to Theodore
Roosevelt will be elected.
From reports received from the
most reliable sources, the great Amer
lean people have decided to elect that
steat American, William Howard Taft,
10 preside over the destinies of the
nation for the next four years, and
from the most trustworthy information
that can be cleaned from every county
and borough of this commonwealth,
the grand old Keystone state will, as
heretofore, be the banner Republican
state in the Union.
Pennsylvania will do her full duty
on Tuesday next" declared Colonel
Wesley r. Andrews, chairman of the
Republican state committee.
From every section of the state I
have today received reports by tele-
graph and telephone which leave no
room to doubt that there will be o
glorious victory recorded at the polls
once more.
Pennsylvania will be true to Repub-
lican principles and policies and will
speak in no uncertain tones through
the ballot box.
Never in my many years of expert
ence have witnessed a more earnest
and enthusiastic interest in q presi-
Dental campaign and in the success
Of the party nominees, from the head
to the tail of the Republican ticket.
The spirit of 1860 seems to be in the
air, and Pennsylvania, as of yore, Is
in the van of great patriotic army.
Great interests at Stake.
"All thoughtful men realize that tho
nation is now facing a crisis in ita
history, In which there Is more ct
stake for Pennsylvania than there has
been at any other election within tho
last twenty-five years.
"The voters of this country arc to.
day confronted with the promises and
speculations of an irresponsible and
shifty politician, who will promise any
thing for the purpose of influencing
votes, no matter what he may really
think Of the issues involved. He Is not
sincere in his professions and changes
hts position upon the slightest pre-
text in order that he may win popular
favor in any direction or among any
class Of voters.
II have too much faith in the com.
mon sense of the American people,
however, to for a moment believe that
they would elevate a man of that
character to a position of power and
influence, where he could, through his
cabinet appointments. revolutionize
the financial system and banking
methods to the serious disruption of
the business of the country, and where
he would be empowered to select men
for the United States supreme bench
who would pass upon his queer col
lection Of isms,' which have been the
wonder of the entire world.
American Voters Wide Awake.
II believe that the property interest,
great and small, would In his election
TO the presidency receive a setback
from which they would not recover
for years. He has never exhibited EVIL
dence of even the most commonplace
craftsmanship. His utterances are
vagaries and, to quote his own words,
he Is even more radical than he was
In 1896 If this means anything, II
means that he as an unsafe man to en-
trust with the commercial and bust
ness interest Of the United States.
II have no fear that the average
American voter is not alive to the sit
uRtion."
Chairman Andrews has been fairly
overwhelmed with applications for
speakers to address Republican rallies
throughout Pennsylvania. and he has
been particularly fortunate in being
inent Of the spell-binders upon the
list Of the Republican national com.
mittee. Senator Penrose's position
upon the executive committee Of the
Republican national committee, and
the intimate relations he has with
Chairman Hitchcock and other man.
ayers Of the Taft campaign, have been
Of inestimable value in advancing the
work of the campaign in this state.
Mass meetings have been planned
for every night until the night before
election day, and the attendance at
these gatherings is but another indi-
cation of the enthusiasm that has been
aroused for the Republican standard
bearers.
Knox On Bank Deposit Guarantee.
Senator Philander Chase Knox, By
his speech delivered In Philadelphia