The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28
REPUBLICAN RALLY
TENER, REYNOLDS, HOUCk AND
OTHER SPEAKERS OUTLINE
THE ISSCES-HOMER GREENE
PRESIDES-- BIG AFTERNOON
MEETING IN SPITE OF RAIN.

MEEIING IN Sl'iIE tf hAiN'
The Republican state candidates
visited our borough on Saturday.
The party consisted of John X. Ten
er, candidate for governor; John NJ.
Reynolds, candidate for lieutenant
governor; c. f. Wright, candidate
for state treasurer, Henry Houck,
candidate to succeed himself as sec
retary of internal affairs, and Perry
Shaner and several friends of the
candidates. They were met at the
depot by County Chairman NJ. E.
Simons and E. b. Hardenbergh, who
conducted them to the Allen house
where a general introduction was
made to many of our prominent cit
izens who had gathered to bid them
welcome. The candidates took
view of the town in company with
a number of townsmen and visited
the court house, the High school
building and other of our public
buildings. They all expressed ad-
miration of the town and all its ap-
pointments especially of our high
school building which they pro-
nounced as one of the best in the
state. At $50 p. m, under the in
spring music of the-Maple City Drum
and Fife corps, they proceeded to the
sembled a large number of our citi-
zens and a few ladies all of whom
had braved the inclemency of the
weather to come out and have
look at the men who will be at the
head of our state offices for the next
four years. Nobody was disappoint-
ed in what they saw or heard, as
the gentlemen who addressed the
men spoke in manner that is be-
fitting men who aspire to the high
Offices of this great Keystone state.
There was no throwing of mud, no
defamation of character, no wild
statements, but each speaker made
a manly address in which the issue
at stake were calmly reviewed
Homer Greene presided at the
meeting and in very able address
not only welcomed the candidates
to our borough but urged every Re-
publican to stand by the ticket and
claimed that no Republican had any
just reason for forsaking his party
this year as the record for the past
four years were beyond criticism.
John X Tener is no orator, has
no superf1uous talk, but great big
manly man, who does things rather
than say things. He believes In
business management of state al
fairs and his record from boyhood
up proves that whatever he has put
his hand to has prospered and been
successful and one of the greatest
recommendations that he has is that
in his own town which is much
larger than Honesdale the people
gave vote of S67 for him
and only 81 against him in the poll
of nearly l 900 voters. His record as
a man and public official and his
character for square dealing is with
out a blemish. His speech was
short, concise, sensible, right-to-the-
point talk in which he spoke of the
efficiency of the different state de-
partments, the efforts of the present
administration to increase their eff
cheney and he promised If elected
to do all that lay in his power to
further increase that efficiency until
the Keystone state eXcelled every
state in the Union in. every respect.
1t was a business speech and it was
a treat to listen to same. THERE
WAS NONE OF THE USUAL SLOB-
BER THAT CANDIDATES EXPEND
IN THEIR EFFORTS TO MAKE
VOTES.
John NJ. Reynolds made a short
speech in which he touched upon
the efforts of Pennsylvania for
forest reservation and made the
statement that Pennsylvania as a
state had began conservation of its
resources before the national gov
ernment had awakened to its i'm
portance and at the present time We
as a state, were far in the lead.
C. F. Wright, so well known to
all our people, and the mention oi
whose name call forth tumultous ap'
plause, was unable to attend hay'
ing been called away and left on the
2.4S train.
Perry Shaner next addressed the
meeting and his remarks were lis
tened to with close attention as he
depicted the evil results of Demo
cratic rule in the past and predicted
that Just as soon as Democracy haf
the chance to destroy the tarin which
protects the American workingmeI
they would do so and repeat the sac
lessons Of soup houses and business
stagnation.
Henry Houck was the last speaker
and kept the audience in good hum
or by his good natured sallies o
wit and humor. He is an old cam
paigner and when he said that Johl
X Tener will go two hundred thous
and majority the audience believe'
him, as his predictions of result
when he has toured the state dur
ing the campaigns have been yer,
accurate.
Congressman Pratt, who was no
present, was not forgotten, and a
the several speakers mentioned hi
name the applause that followe,
was evidence of his popularity.
The candidates and party left ol
the 4.30 p. IN. train over the ID.
II. TO attend a mass meeting a
Wilkes-Barre that evening, which
according to the papers of that city
was one of the largest ever he'll
there.