The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-25
COUNTY CHAIRMAN'S LEAGUE
BEGIN FIGHT
Reports of Chairman of Republican
Party From All Counties Show
Remarkable Gains by the
Regulars.

The new County Chairman's
League, which is to take up the fight
in Pennsylvania, under the direction
of a subcommittee of five, that will
work in conjunction with Congress
man j. Hampton Moore, Chairman of
the National Republican Congress-
ional committee of Pennsylvania,
took possession of the headquarters
provided for them by Chairman
Moore last week.
1t was a notable fact that a large
majority of these chairmen are young
men. Several of them are in their
twenties. Many are in their thirties.
They are enthusiastic and believe
thoroughly in the political doctrines
of the Republican party.
Chairman Moore was in executive
session with the subcommittee, last
week, for more than an hour and he
agreed to do anything within his
power to assist the league by advise,
cooperation and the distribution of
supplies, in it's fight for the Repub-
lican ticket throughout Pennsylvan-
ia.
The reports of the chairman on the
situation in their respective counties
constitute the most authoritative and
interesting review of the campaign
to date.
United States Marshal, E. H. Por-
ter, of Pittsburg, who is acting
chairman of the Beaver county COM
mittee, was most scathing in his de-
nunciation of the Bull Moose move
ment in the oath district, which he
said is controlled entirely by the old
Quay leaders and saloon bosses.
''In a sermon last Sunday" said
Marshall Porter, the Rev. c. M. Lip
pincott, of the Methodist Protestant
church in our town, preached a SER
mon on the Armageddon soldiers
thereabouts, in which he said that if
they ever got into power he was
"afraid the Lord would have to look
after his own interests"
Our Bull Moose County Conven-
ton was organized by Lawrence Sc
bring and James Cunningham, who
are avoWed non-believers. They
opened the meeting with prayer,
sang Onward Christian Soldiers
nominated two preachers, closed with
the benediction and then went out
and laughed about it.
This man, Sebring, said to me
the other day that he prided himself
upon being a character assassin.
That's the kind of Washington
party leaders we have up in Beaver
You may mention names and quote
me. / stand for everything | say.
Beaver county is good for the
whole Republican ticket from top
to bottom. We have the finest
marching club there in the State of
Pennsylvania"
County Chairman C. II. Young, of
Newcastle, and C. E. Carothers, of
Washington, assured Congressman
Moore, that the twenty-fourth dis
trict, comprising Washington, Law
renee and Beaver counties, was safe
for Congressman Matthews and the
full Republican ticket
I'VE have both a Democratic and
Washington party candidate
against him." said Mr.. Young, but
when you remember that these same
people were refused two years ago
and that Mr.. Matthews carried the
district by a substantial majority,
you can see why we are confident of
carrying it by larger majority now
that they are divided.
Free trade doesn't make any hit
at all in Lawrence county, because
we have the largest tin mill in the
world there, and two others that
are very important. The two mills
in my own town employ 1000 men,
and in addition to that there were
four blast furnaces started specially
TO supply their needs, which employ
1000 men.
1T is a we'll known fact that this
growing industry which now en-
ployes a total of 1900 men the year
round, paying S10,OOO,O0O a year in
wages, was made possible by the Nc
Kinley bill of 1891, which increased
the protective duty on tinplates from
one cent to two and two-tenths cents
a pound. Prior to that time we i'm
/ ported 331,311 tons of tinplate and
| produced none. In 1912 we produc-
ed 100000 tons of tinplate and pro-
duced none. In 1912 we produced
100000 tons of tinplate and i'm
ported 1000 tons. There is no more
striking illustration of the value OF
| protective tariff than the American