Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-21
PENROSE Active
IN CAMP AICNING
Senator Knows Necessity Of
Big Republican Vote.
IMPORTANCE OF TARIFF ISSUE
Pennsylvania Must Give Emphatic In.
dorsement Of Payne Bill and Silence
the Western Tarlff Tlnkers.


No one better than Boies Penrose
realizes the importance Of the cam
paign now under way in Pennsylvania.
No one better than Boies Penrose
appreciates the farreaching effect of
a sweeping Republican victory In this
state upon national conditions and ma
tional politics, and no one better than
he understands how a reduced Repub-
lican vote and a reduced Republican
majority would be heralded as a lack
of confidence in the policy of protec-
tion which Pennsylvania's representa-
tiyes in Washington SO steadfastly
champiOned at the recent session of
congress.
Senator Penrose is therefore taking
an unusually active part in the pres
ent state campaign.
He has made a number of speeches
and he is giving much time to assist
Ing the Republican state organization
in the effort to get large Republican
vote to the polls on Nov 2. He attend
ed the convention OF the State League
of Republican clubs at Altoona, has
made several speeches in Philadelphia.
expects to visit Pittsburg to address
meeting on Oct. 2S. and he will then
return to Philadelphia to participate
In the big Republican rally arranged
by the Republican Business Mems as
socation, which is to be held in Ham
merstein's Opera House, the great tenn
pleof music in the Quaker City. which
for the first time will be used for a po-
litical gathering. 1t was only due to
the prominence of the members of the
Business Mems association and the in
teTest of the merchants and manufact-
urers OF the city in the success of the
Republican ticket that the opera house
was secured
Great Tribute to Penrose.
Senator Penrosc has missed no Op-
portunity to emphasize the importance
of the tariff situation to Pennsylva-
mans. He has just been the recipient
Of one of the greatest testimonials
ever given an American statesman
The observation of "Penrosc day" in
the textile district known as Eens,ng-
ton was an event in the history of
Philadelphia. The senior United States
senator accepted invitations to visit a
number of industrial plants. and he
was given ovations at every place he
stopped by thousands of mill workers.
as we'll as the proprietors of the yari-
Gus establishments, in recognition of
his services in protecting those inter
ests in the framing of the Payne tariff
bill. Flags were flying from the homes
Of many Of the wage earners in the
mill district and the factories were
gaily decked with bunting. At each
stopping place men and women assem-.
bled and after listening to a short ad.
dress from him upon the subject Of
the tariff and the benefits that have
been derived from protection, they
cheered the senator Justify Employees.
both men and women. made speeches
thanking him on behalf of their col.
leagues.
In the evening of the same day over
five hundred representative manufact-
urers. coming from various states of
the Union, assembled at the Bellevue
StratfoTd and lauded Senator Penrose
for the part he took in the great fight
for protection 50 recently Represen-
tatives of the wage oarners were also
heard from at this .shering.
Senator Penrose Is making earnest
appeals to Republicans OF the state to
roll UP majority such as viii leave
no question of Pennsylvania 10 itioH
on the tariff issue and be . service OF
notice upon revisiouists that further
tinkerins with the tariff viii not BE
tolerated.