Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-09-23
Republicans Making en- AggTes-
SiYG Canvass.
STRONG TICKET WELL BACKED
Rank and File of the Party Through
out Pennsylvania Appreciate the
Importance of the Coming Election
and Its Bearing Upon Local and Ma.
tona Conditions.
Especial Correspondence
Philadelphia, Sept. 81.

Philadelphia, Sept. 81.
With the reopening of activities this
week the campaign for the election of
the Republican ticket in Pennsylvania
can be said to be well under way.
Having an exceptionally strong tick
ct in Judge Robert Won Moschzisker
for justice of the supreme court. Sena,
tor A f. Slsson for auditor general
and former Senator jeremiah A. StobeT
for state treasurer, and with every de,
partment OF the state government vi.
der Republican control and admins,
tered with exceptional fidelity to pub.
lie interest. and after the splendid
record made in the successful fight for
a protective tariff by Pennsylvania
Republican representatives in col.
gress, the Republican party managers
look with confidence for a great popu
lar victory at the polls in November.
While every issue and every condi
tion should foreshadow a large ma
jority at the election, Colonel Wesley
r. Andrews, chairman of the RepubE
can state committee has sounded a
warning against the dangers of over
confidence. He Is urging each commit.
teeman to work as though success de-
pended upon the polling of every vote
in his election district
Judge Won Moschzisker is taking no
part in the campaign, as he holds that
a nominee for the supreme bench
should not participate in a political
canvass. and he is continuing to dis
charge his duties as a judge in the
common pleas court
His colleagues on the state ticket,
however. are out meeting the people
face to face and discussing the issues
State League Convention,
Candidates Sisson and Stober we're
yesterday in Erie, today they are due
in Meadville in the morning and Frank
lin in the afternoon; tomorrow they
are scheduled to visit Mercer in the
forenoon and Newcastle later in the
day, and on Thursday they are booked
to address a mass meeting to be held
in Altoona under the auspices of the
State League Of Republican Clubs,
which will hold its convention there on
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday OF
this week
United States Senators Penrose and
Oliver and practically all of the Re
publican congressman from Penn
vania are expected a this convention,
which 1t is predicted will be one of the
most important gatherings in the his
tory of the league.
Besides the two United States sena,
tors, among the speakers at the mass
meeting will be former Secretary of
the Treasury Leslie NJ Shaw.
If his duties as chairman shall not
interfere, Colonel Andrews will also
attend the convention.
Various organizations have met re.
Gently among them the War Veterans
club, Of Philadelphia. and cordially in,
Gorsed the full Republican ticket and
resolved to work industriously TO get
out the vot"
The influence of large Republican
majority a the coming election in
Pennsylvania, both upon national and
local conditions, will be far-reaching.
Should Pennsylvania falter. it would
be heralded from one end of the Union
10 the other that Protection Pennsyt
vania" had repudiated the tariff bill,
which would mean a calamitous condi.
ton for industrial and trade conditions
possible until after the congressional
elections next year.