The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-23
WAS A PBEROSE CONVENTION
PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS
10 LEtDERS Kidding.
state Ticket Named and PiaifSrm Adspi-
ed IN an Hour and Twenty Minutes
President TAFT Praised fer the
Things Hes Done. Including Tarlm.

rf IN an Hour and TWenty Minutes
! President TAFT Praised fer the
uslnEs Hes DOne. inciudinE Tarlm
HARKIN Pa. June 92.-In record
breaking time aud without a hitch In the
b programme of the leaders the Pennsyi-
vaaia Republican state convention to-
day nominated this state ticket
/ For Governor. John X Tener VI Wash
, ington county.
For Lieutenant Governor. John N
Reynolds u Bedford
! For Secretary of Internal Affairs.
/ Henry Houck ~ Lebanon.
For state TREASURER Charles ? Wright
Of Susquehanna
Henry = Walton II Philadelphia. for
mer speaker Of the HOUSE % Representa-
tiveS. was elected state chairman 10 sue
ceed the late Wesley r. Andrews
A platform was adopted indoraing the
national and State administration. ap-
proving the Payne Aldrich tariff law and
outlining a series Ot State ISSUES Tor the
coming campaign.
All this was accomplished In the unprec-
edented time Of one hour and twenty
minutes. the convention having been In
session only from lO:sS 20 iisS A. NJ
United States senator Boies Psnrose
and his friends we're in control Of the
situation. The senator sat in the cunven-
tlOn a. a delegate from Philadelphia and
saw the programme 90 through on high
gear and without a cFeak in tho coRs.
In vieW Of the failure OF the Democrats
70 put up ticket that would Attrac, in
dependent Republicans the candidates
nominated to-day are considered "a he ~
well assured Of election az onuld he under
the circumstances. Tener. the nominee
for Governor. 10 a self made man. having
started bis career a. a professional base
ball pitcher with the Chicago National
team and later transferred his Acdvities
10 the building uD of the -AIanc CITY Of
Charleroi.' where he il TODAY a hank
president and big man generally IN bnsi-
ness and industrial Affairs He h a mem
her % Congress and got q denomination
AZ the same primaries az which we're
elected the delegates who to-day put him
IN nomination for Governor Toner was
head % the order Of Elks in America a
few years ago and IL personally popular
Reynolds. the nominee for Lieutenant
Governor also u a member % Congress
Until Bryan seduced the party into free
silvcrism Reynolds was a Democrat .
having been delegate 10 both the Cleve-
land conventions and having served ~
Assistant Secretary 81 the Interior.
During the second Cleveland administra-
ton. with other gold Democrats he Topped
to Mckinley, and has been a Republican
ever since
The platform has this to say q the
national Administration:
We heartily nd Orss and commend the
Adm Illustration Of President william u
Taft. which. iess than sixteen months old.
IA unique in its record ~ accomplishment
Ne has In HE own way carried forward and
developed the policies of william Mckinley
and Theodore Roosevelt while enforcing
his own and those In favor Of hich the
party has In national platform De- Jared.
With unwearying patience and Eentlene~a
Of manner but With great frmneas % puf-
pose and unyisldine determination. he
gill by the time the Eavel falls a. the clos
Of the present session Of congress, have
succeeded In seyuhnE the enar tment into
law Of more important recommendation
than any other President has ever secured
within ~ brief a time after his Inauguration
Among this legislation may be msni toned
the revision Of the tarih. 'the bill Tor the
more complete regulation and control Of
railroads. the establishment % postal saw
inga banks, the creation Of a bureau Of
mines. the punishment of the white slave
trafnckeFs. the creation Of a farih board. tho
abolition Of tho immunity bath. the estab-
lishment Of business methods In various
Government departments. leEialation for
the conservation ~ our natural resources.
the creation Of q commerce court, providing
for the Investigation Of railway accidents
and monthly reports % the same important
legislation amending and extending The
laws requiring the l-e % safety appliances
for common carriers. me passage through
the HOUSE Of bill providing a complete
constitution Tor the Government of Porto
Rico In pursuanre Of his special message
and conferrinE citizeaship according 10
the promise Of the party platform and the
addition Of two stars 10 the aaR
W. also call especihl attention 70 his
prompt and effective intervention 10 pre-
vent the arbitrary inCrsass Of railway
rates. his faithful md impartial ruf0rre-
ment 81 The antitrust laws his enf0rJ enent
Of the law against ILLEGAL dealing IN -to,k-
through The fundamentally % Ehlf are
commonly termed -bu'ket shops ne con
yiCtion Of the perpetrators Of the 90 allied
sugar fraud upon the Goyefmeni and 'he
indictment Of thOse engaged IN unla wfulIv
cornering and artlfcially advancing the
prise Of cotton and necessarily Of cotton
goods which enter 10 % large an extent
into fhe expenses Of every American family
We believe that the tarih bill recently
enacted - m accord with tho Republican
policy expressed IN ~ Last national plat F.
form. 70 preserve without excessive duties .
the market against foreign competition
20 which American manufacturers. farmers .
and producers are entitled but also 10
the high standard Of living Of the .
wage workers Of this country. who are the .
most direct benefciaries Of the protective I
system
Since the passage Of that bill the wages
NJ employees IN this country have been
increased more than aSOo. OOO ON per an
mum. In few Instances the tariff ON
Injuries was increased. but on other articles
he revision vas downward
No increase In the price Of the common
necessities Of life can honestly be attributed
10 the tarin. for the duties upon them we're
Dot raised. We aEree with President TAFT
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