Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-09-16
HOW J. K. TENER
STANDS AT HOME.
Pen Picture Of Nominee For
Governor byan dependent.
NEIGHBORS STRONG FOR HIM

Those Who Know Him Best Are Most
Enthusiastic In Support of His Can
ddacy.
A character study of John Kinley
Toner, and a pen picture OF scenes in
the little t wn of Charler6I upon the
occasion of the recent demonstration
there in honor of the Republican nom
inee for governor, given by John
O'Donne,l, editor of the Uniontown
Morl Nlg Herald, after Witnessing the
ovat ms, will interest the voters in all
sec,.ons of the commonwealth.
Mr.. ODonnell, who for more than
twenty years was on the editorial staff
of the Pittsburg Dispatch, and who Is
recognized as one of the most inde-
pendent and versatile journalists in
Pennsylvania, told in his own paper
what he saw and heard in Charleroi.
This is what he wrote over his sig
nature, j. OD.":
THE late James S. Mexican, better
known as Jim, vas a politician. bank
er and builder. He served a term as
postmaster in Pittsburg. He was one
Of the men who placed the big Union
Trust company. now prosperous and
powerful, on the road to success. He
was also one of the men who made the
town of Charl 3roi possible, and its
main street has been named in his
honor. Had there been no Mexican,
there would probably nave been
Charleroi now, and no candidate 70.
governor of Pennsylvania by the name
of John Kinley Tener. And | believe
knew Jim Mexican.
There are seven boys in the Tener
family, think, and they all look alike.
They are tall, erect, clear-eyed clear
skinned and cleanlimbed, with features
which denote great keenness of mind
and profles that are Gibsonesque
Wallace Tener, one of these boys. sat
for a moment or two on the balcony
or the Coyle theater, In Charleroi on
Saturday night, and watched the thou
sands of toilers from the great Mo-
nongahela valley with Tener banners
aloft. march by to the steady tread of
martial music. Noting the size the
enthusiasm and the character of the
pageant. with the keenness of percep-
tion peculiar to the Tener family, he
also noted the spontaneity and sin
Cerity of the demonstration And as
he realized that 1t was all in his broth.
er's honor. that 1t was tribute to his
worth as a man and an evidence of
the affection in which he is held by
the thousands who know him. tear
dimmed his eye and he quietly arose
as a mark of reverent acknowledg.
ment
Just II N some one happened to
make a re. ark betting the occasion
and Walter Tener broke the silence OF
the moment Away back several years
ago. said he, when the Brotherhood
base ball movement went up the spout
and John was out If work, the tender
of a position in the bank down here
came to him. I did not want him to
take it; none of us did We told him
something would turn up soon, bu, he
said no. he would write out his ac-
ceptance that evening; he could not
bear to be idle another day-he had
been out of work two weeks
nat WAS all w dllate lehcI Salu,
but the Inference was obvious At that
time Charleroi was a village handi
capped by the lack of opportunities
characteristic of every small town.
and the Toner boys feared that John
X. would bury himself.
yet today, at the age of forty seven,
still In his youth and at the height of
his vigor, John X. Tener has achieved
success far and above the most hope
full dreams Of himself and his broth