The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-09-21
Teddy Turns Down Berry Men.


Probably the most disappointing In
cident of the state campaign to the
managers of the Keystone Party was
the failure of Roosevelt to comply
with their request and make some ref
erence in his Pittsburg speech to
Pennsylvania political conditions that
would aid the Berry candidacy for
governor.
A special committee of Keystoners
was delegated to get in touch with the
eX-president as soon as he arrived and
urge him to directly or indirectly help
their cause in his speech. The com.
mittee got complete turn down.
They quickly learned that Roosevelt
was not going to be party in any
way to help along the campaign of a
Democrat for governor of the stalwart
Republican Keystone State.
He was perfectly familiar with
Berry's free silver and Bryanite rec
ord before the Keystone committee
men broached the subject, and not
only did they get absolutely no en-
couragement from Teddy, but he gave
them a body blow when he did make
his speech by lauding the record of
the Republican party in this state.
Mayor William A. Magee, who is at
the head of the Republican organiza-
tion of Allegheny. and upon whom
devolved the duty of making the
speech of presentation to the great
Pittsburg audience, was, with other
stalwart Republicans upon the plat
form, greatly elated over the utter
ances of Roosevelt upon that occa.
sion.
In touching upon Pennsylvania con-
ditions, the former president in part
said:
And now, friends, in closing, | want
to call your attention to the fact that
there is not anything at all to be de-
pressed about in present conditions in
America. We have got lots of good to
our credit.
"Yon have some admirable laws on
the statute books here in Pennsylva-
MIA. Take the way that you care for
your schools-your compulsory law
your appropriations for the schools
your appropriations for school books,
so that every boy and girl in Pennsyl-
vania can get an education. And now,
you are administering that law so that
their parents and nobody else can
Of hn
have on the statute books the eight.
hour law as regards the employees of
the government. You have laws pro-
hibiting child labor and minimizing
the number of hours and regulating
the labor of women-laws that have
not in the past been always executed
as they should be, but which think
are steadily being better executed,
from all that can hear.
"You have made excellent forestry
laws, excellent conservation laws, in
connection with your forests and wa
ters. 1t is a great sum of positive
achievement of which you should be
proud But it is better not to be proud
of it than to feel that, because you
have done pretty well, you are there
fore to be excused from doing any.
thing more. Do not forget that you
won't stand still. If you do not go
forward you will slip backward. Now,
so it is about America as whole"
These words of recognition of the
splendid administration of the affairs
of the commonwealth under Republi.
can officials were sincerely and earn.
estly spoken.
There is no reason whatever why
Mr. Berry should receive a single Re
publican vote in this campaign" says |
the Scranton Truth. He was an eager |
seeker for the Democratic nomination |
and is now a candidate because he |
didn't get it. In the dispute between
William j. Bryan and Colonel Guffey, |
when the Nebraskan tried to eliminate
the latter from Pennsylvania control, |
Perry sided with Bryan and showed |
himself an enthusiastic supporter of |
the Bryan brand of national Demo |
cratic politics, although it is now well
known that he should have stood by
Guffey in that contest.
AT no time has Mr.. Gerry manifest |
ed any friendship for Republican prin
ciples or policies in state or nation,
and he is not therefore, entitled to !
Republican support, however zealously
he may masquerade as an independ. |
ent' He must not be permitted to sail
under false colors. He is a Democratic |
bolter from the Allentown convention
and a candidate because he failed to
secure the nomination of that conven.
tion for governor.
"Mr. Berry's presence in the field
can have no other result than the elec.
tion of John X. Tener by the largest
majority ever received by a Republi
can candidate for governor of Penn.
sylvania."
Citizens of Pennsylvania with
knowledge of what has been done by
the Republican party and with the
pledges of John X. Tener, the Repub.
lican nominee for governor, that he
will seek to follow the policies and
the methods of Edwin S. Stuart. it is
predicted, are going to show their con.
fidence and faith in the Republican
party and its standard bearer by -oll.
ing up great Republican majority at
the election on Nov. s.