The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-06-05
REPUBLICANS IN CONVENTION
Committeeman Met Saturday in
Honesdaie and Reelected Officers
Adopted state Platform and
Increased Number of ENecu-
tive Committee.

Increased Number of ENecu-
tive Committee.
The bi-annual Republican County
Committee meeting was held in the
court house at o'clock Saturday
afternoon.
The following districts were rep
resented: Berlin l and 2, Bethany,
Buckingham ! and 3, Canaan, Clin-
ton. Damascus | and g, Dyberry,
Lehigh, Honesdale, Lake, Lebanon,
Manchester | and 2, oregon, Salem,
Scott No. 2, South Canaan, Sterling,
Texas Nos. l and 3 and Waymart.
County Chairman NJ. e. Simons
being in Newfoundland attending
the funeral of DR.. Gilpin, the meet
ing was called to order by the secre-
tary. George p. Ross, who read the
call for a meeting and called the
roll. The secretary was chosen tenn
porary chairman and w. ]. Barnes
temporary secretary.
NJ. E. Simons was reelected
chairman of the county committee
for the ensuing two years. G. P.
Ross was reelected secretary and
Mike Bregstein treasurer. An
amendment was made to the rules
increasing the executive committee
to 13 members, including the three
officers, and the following were elect
ed to that committee: j. c. Birdsall,
Seelyville; T. A. Crossley, VIM. M.
ham, Pleasant Mount; c. NJ. Peth-
lex, Tyler Hill; j. W. Farley, of
Equinunk; F. S. Stephenson, Way
mart; E. H. Alberty, Dyberry;
Harry Samson, Ariel; S. S. Drake,
Clinton.
The secretary was authorized to
appoint an assistant if needed. The
following declaration of principles
was unanimously adopted:
The spirit of the times is progress
sive. The man who is not progress
sive cannot hope to advance or to
hold his position in business, poll
tics or religion.
We are justly proud of the fact
that our own Keystone state was
one of the first, by her votes in the
primaries, to declare emphatically
for progressive leadership under the
direction and by the power of the
people and for clean and honest men
for public office.
We commend our state legislature
in special session in 1906, for hav-
ing passed a Uniform Primary act
which provides that a state delegate
can request and have printed upon a
primary ballot whom he will favor
in a state convention, because of it's
proven beneficial and wholesome
results.
The Constitution was ordained
and established that the people
might rule and they have Hereunder
undoubted right to be heard. Every
man who asks for the suffrages of
the people should declare openly
and above board what he stands for
and for what he means to support.
BY this means only can the people
rule.
We, therefore, commend the plan
laid down by the Harrisburg con-
vention that the people should
know how their representative is 60
ing to vote and he therefore should
declare his intentions that his con-
stituency may know his position.
We especially commend the ac-
ton OF the state convention for it's
removal from the hands of an in
dividual political boss the control of
law-making and the placing of this
power in the hands of the people
through its appointment of a legis-
lative committee to draft proposed
legislation, and the keeping alive
for two years of this convention for
the purpose of re-assembling it, IL
necessary, on the call of the COM
mittee to urge passage of legislation
demanded by the people.
We heartily endorse as a whole
the platform adopted by the Repub-
lican state convention at Harris
burg on May 1st and call upon all
Republicans in Wayne county TO
support by influence and vote the
candidates nominated thereat and
standing on said platform. We also
ask the same support for Hon II.
Clark Jackson for representative and
Hon. w. d. B. Ainey for member OF
Congress on the grounds that they
support the principles laid down in
that platform.
We commend Messrs. Crossley
and Samson, our two Roosevelt dele
gates to the state convention, for
carrying out the wishes of their
constituency, and also for having
secured the honor of naming Supt.
j. J. Koehler for presidential elector
from the Fourteenth Congressional
district.
Short addresses were made by
Judge Birdsall, w. j. Barnes, A. o.
Blake, T. A. Crossley, all being along
the line of progressive politics, urg-
ing each committeeman to work up
enthusiasm in his district for state
and county Republican candidates.
The meeting was we'll attended
harmonious, and all elections ~and
motions were carried by unanimous
votes.