Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23
bRUMBAUGH MAKES
QUEST|ONER DIZZY
Man at Latrobe Handed Him Three
lnterrogatories and Then Ran
Away From Him
COT ANSWER In MEETING
Wesmoreland County Gives a Ire
mendous Greeting to the Re-
publican Candidate
COT ANSWER In MEETING

| puDHCdn NdnOlOdte
DR.. Martin G. Brumbaugh. Repub-
lican candidate for Governor. last night
made ii plain as can be done in Eng
lish that he is his own master and
that he has no entangling alliances
! In the course of his campaigning
through Westmoreland county yester-
day 1t became known that a scheme
to embarrass the candidate was under
way and last night when he went into
the theater at Latrobe to speak an
unknown person handed him a paper
containing three questions and then
disappeared.
If the people back of the scheme
expected the doctor to ignore the ques-
tions they were victims of a tremen-
dous mistake. because he went right
on the stage and opened up his speech
with his answers. The replies, which
were delivered with a great deal of
force. evoked wild cheering and the
visit of DR.. Brumbaugh to Latrobe was
an ovation where his enemies had
planned to make him uncomfortable.
In addition to speaking at Latrobe
DR.. Brumbaugh and his campaign
party spoke in Greensburg. The La
trobe meeting, because of the effort to
heckle him. turned out to be the big
meeting.
Brumbaugh Hits Back
These are the questions and the an
swers:
| Il. Was there anything in any way
connected with the circumstances sur
rounding your determination to be n
candidate for Governor that can or
viii prevent YOU from living up to the
| last promise of your personal platform
In the event of your election ?"
,Answer-"Absolutely no. In spite
OF what my enemies say, L stand here
tonight to say to you absolutely this.
there is no influence or individual or
group of individuals of any sort what
ever that have the least string. either
remote or direct, on me-"
| z. Are you at the present time un-
der any promise or obligation to any
person in Pennsylvania or elsewhere
your absolute freedom in the gov
ernorship?"
Answer-"Certainly not. Have YOU
ever read the oath or affirmation of
office which the Governor of this Com
monwealth must take? / have read
that and l not only could not, but l
would not under any circumstances
make any promise or pledge, or have
any promise or understanding what
ever with anybody as to what I shall
do If elected Governor of this Com
monwealth. | am eternally myself.
DO you get lnat
g. Have you. yourself, or has any
person for you with your consent, ex-
pressed or implied, made any agree
ment with the liquor interests, organ
lied or unorganized. to secure their
, support of your candidacy in this cam.
paign?"
Answer-"Certainly not. I have nc
agreement with the liquor interests OF
any other interests, to do or not to do
anything in this canvass or as Gov
ernor of your Commonwealth.
Life Should Tell
MY friends. after all, those are silly
questions to ask, because if you knew
; me, knew my life, knew the men that
: nave worked with me, lived with m,
and labored with me, knew me as my
old neighbor and friend. Brother Mey-
ers, who sits on my left, know me you
would not ask those questions. / have
all my life stood UP in Pennsylvania
Tor, clean, decent, honorable things
and l shall, please God, stand for such
things as long as 1 live.
IF am chosen Governor of you1
Commonwealth 1 will be your Gov
ernor, nobody else.
Il take the stand for local option
for the right of every county in the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania to
express for itself whether or not in
toXicating liquors shall be sold in its
county. l have just heard to-day that
somebody did not understand whether
l was for county local option or
whether was for foreign local option.
Well, | said county by county. Shall
L spell 1t for you? Having taught
others for generation how to read
and write and to speak the English
language, l somehow feel that 1 know
how to say what 1 think"
DIR. Brumbaugh's Speech
In his address at Greensburg DR..
Brumbaugh said:
THE Commonwealth is q corporate
entity pledged in all its departments
to serve the interests of the neonie
who are its constituents We must
never lose sight of the fact that the
first business of legislation and admin
istration alike is to make it easv for
people to live under law and hard for
people to violate law. The business of
the Commonwealth is to take care of
its individuals, to recognize their
rights, and to protect them from every
form of injustice and wrong. II
should be a fundamental maxim that
no one should hurt the people of the
Commonwealth. 1t should likewise
be recognized that every one should
be pledged individually and in cor
porate power to care for and conserve
the rights of the individual The
mighty army Of people who work in
Pennsylvania and who therefore turn
the potential resources of the Com
monwealth into actual value should
be served faithfully and steadily,
Whatever makes for a happy. con-
tented and prosperous people, makes
for the good of the Commonwealth !.
for the Commonwealth must always
prize above every other asset its hands
of toll and brains of endeavor.
"I believe in a good. sane, sensible
and effective workingmen's compen-
sation act. I regret that the last Leg
islature failed to enact such a law, and
1 shall insist that the incoming LeRis-
lature shall speedily crystallize the
wish of the people in this matter into
the law of the Commonwealth, and II
elected Governor I shall assuredly
sign such an act. Our liability act is
not sufficiently far-reaching in its pro
visions as to guarantee to the widows
and orphans of those who are fatally
injured in our industries the protec-
ton which the corporate power of
the State should guarantee to them.
1t may be that by taxing these cor
porations or in some other fair and
equitable manner the money may be
put into the hands of the Common
|, wealth itself and paid by the Com