Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-10-07
NATIONAL PHASE
OF STATE FIGHT
Congress and Next Presidency
Involved in Result.

The campaign now being waged
throughout Pennsylvania and in every
congI essional district in the Union, is
of national scope.
1t leads directly up to the presi
dency. Two years from now we shall
be electing a president. This struggle
is preliminary This fact should not
be overlooked
All over the country the Democrats
are aroused. They are claiming that
in November they will elect a ma
jority in the national house of repre-
sentatives. They have figured-and
they are right in their figures-that if
they can but gain thirteen senators
they will also control the senate. They
already have carried the state of
Maine, which means the gain of two
representatives and one United States
senator They believe that they can
win in New York, in Massachusetts,
in Ohio, in Indiana, in dozen states
now aligned with the Republican
party.
They are cock sure of the house.
They are cock sure that they will
reduce the Republican majority in the
senate to a beggarly majority, even il
they do not wipe out that majority
entirely.
But they are certain, if they fail in
getting rid of that majority this time
that, two years hence, they will sweep
that majority out of existence. Two
years hence they expect to elect their
uiu him, ti,.
congress.
That is the object at which they are
aiming, and they have brought the
chairman of the Democratic national
congressional committee into Pennsyl-
vania to help them to do it.
For they rely upon Pennsylvania to
help along the Democratic cause.
1t is up to the Republicans of Penn
syly,n;a to say whether they shall
eCelEc al in this great Republican
state.
T' ere are two sets of Democrats in
rGnh3yly There are the Berry
!.-oclatG, who are running after Will
E1.l II, Berry the friend, the fol
lower tie disciple of William Jen
rings Bl yam. Mr.. Be " wants to be
cleo ed governor, but at Ne same time
he asks YOU to vote for IN on the
KSVst1ne Party ticket, which carries
1T rcrou3 Democratic candidates for
{, asS md for the legislature.
Vote tor Berry on the keystone
ticket ana YOU vote not only for the
I,puGiation of Presid Ant Taft, for the
Reputation of former President Roose-
V :, but you vote for Democratic con.
gressmen and for Democratic or as
Sistant Democratic members of the
Legislature.
And if you vote for Democratic
members of the legislature you vote
in turn for Democratic United
States senator, and you vote for a
combination which will reapportion
the state in the congressional districts
that additional Democratic congress-
men will be elected for years to come.
Mr.. Berry heads one set of Demo
crats-the Bryan contingent Webster
G. i'm, the leader of the other set of
Democrats-the regular" set-also
asks you to elect Democratic congress-
men and Democratic members of the
legislature. The two Democratic can
didates are for themselves when it
comes to the governorship. They are
for the Democratic party in all other
respects.
If you wan. Democrat in the ex-
ecutive mansion, and if you want a
Democratic congress, and if you want
a Democratic legislature, which means
in turn Democratic United States
senator and reapportionment of the
congressional districts on a Demo
cratic basis, why by all means vote for
Berry or Grim.