Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-20
.BRUMBAUGH GOES
INTO DEL AWARE.
Candidate Speaks in Pulpit Of an
Old Friend in Philadelphia
on Morality
ANSWERS FOR QUESTIONERS
States His Position in Philadelphia
With the Utmost Candor
and Simplicity
ANSWERS FOR QUESTIONERS

DR.. Martin G. Brumbaugh began a
speech making tour of Delaware
county to-day and will close 1t to-
night by speeches in the Y. NJ. C. A.
at Chester and in the courthouse at
Media. Elaborate preparations for the
meetings have been made and DR..
Brumbaugh said last night that he
looked forward with great pleasure
to the tour. Tomorrow he will go
through Schuylkill county and close
the day with a meeting in Pottsville.
Last night the candidate remained
in Philadelphia to speak at exercises
in commemoration of the fiftieth an
niversary of the pastorate of his old
friend, the Rev. S. A. K. Francis.
He was the chief speaker and in the
course of his remarks said: Where
ever you go nowadays, whether it is in
mill or elsewhere. you see conspicu-
ously displayed this legend, Safety
First" Did you ever think what that
means? Not safety for the bodies of
our people, but safety for the spirits
| of our people, and If as a Christian
civilization we wish to turn our atten-
IOh W lll0 pTODleIIl VI SAFETY
| first, we have got to see to 1t as peo-
| pie that we can serve with diligence
| and care the great spiritual agencies
which make our civilization, and with
out 1t we would lapse into barbarism
| If not into savagery. These great in
| stitutions are first the home, second
the school, and third the church, and
the measure of any people is the meas
ure of their devotion to those spiritual
forces that underlie condition of our
industrial and civic problems. Do not
forget that a nation that forgets God
shall perish, and that a civilization
that builds it's hope upon the indus
tries and upon its laws will utterly
fail, If underneath we do not set the
everlasting arm of good, clean homes
and fine schools and splendid
churches; for these are the props up
on which our progress and our stabil-
| ity as a people rest.
What are we doing to make the
lives of our people sweet and clean
and helpful and wholesome In our
homes, where our children open their
eyes into the light of day, and where
they grow, if grow they ever do, into
good men and good women? BY our
interest our sympathy, our support
of the schools of our community, into
which we send our children that their
minds may be trained to think clearly
and their consciences to respond
quickly that their conduct as well as
their thought shall be right, and into
our churches where through the Sun
day school they are nursed and reared
and trained to be citizens not only of
this kingdom militant but the King
dom Eternal with the Father.
DIR. Brumbaugh's View
"An ounce of constructive service is
worth a ton of denunciation," was the
comment of DR.. Brumbaugh yester-
day on the campaign. He expressed
the above opinion when asked to COM
ment on the criticisms of him made by
rival candidates. Nor would be say
a word by way of attack on them He,
however, reiterated his determination
to conduct the Government of the State
if elected independent of any outside
influence, to insist that good roads be
built with funds to be made availa Bic
by economy, and to exert himself to
the utmost for a workman's compen-
sation and child labor law.
When he was asked to comment on
criticisms by campaign speakers he
said:
THE people will answer on Novem-
ber g." said DR.. Brumbaugh. 'I do not
indulge in mud-slinging and vitupera-
ton. There are big, vital issues be-
fore the people of this Commonwealth
which have to do with their welfare
and l am spending all of the time at
derstand my position on these great
questions, and giving all of myi
strength in an effort to serve them
An ounce of constructive service is II
worth ton of denunciation."
'Will Senator Penrose control your
administration?
Absolutely no. I shall control my
nyxr 6T1Ni1 -tCt ~nf 1fl,11t
asserted this time and again."
What will be your attitude towards |
the State Highway Department in the
event of your election?"
''I shall insist that it be reorganized
on a thoroughly efficient basis No one
shall be appointed to office nor re-
tanned in office in this or any other
department unless he is known to me
personally to be capable person. one
whose appointment will be accepted by
the people of this State as a good
one"
Where do you expect to get the
money to build good roads?"
How to Get Money
"By wise economy. A reorganiza-
ton of the public service on an eff
cheney basis will save large sums of
which can be used for this pur-
pose. The Legislature can also by a |
add substantially to the moneys avail |
able for road building. A revision of
our system of taxation in the interest
of equity and justice will also furnish
additional income to be used in road
construction and every officeholder
who is not making good on his lob
will have to get out"
"What do you propose to do for the
passage of the workman's compensa- |
ton act?"
'I shall use my utmost endeavor to |
secure the enactment of such an act
as will be in harmony with the wishes
of the people Of the Commonwealth"
What will be your attitude towards
child labor legislation? ?'
'I shall favor the most advanced
child labor legislation that any Com |
monwealth can possibly stand for.
From my own experience with this
problem 1 shall certainly stand with
the children of the Commonwealth |
and help to give them the widest pos
sible educational opportunity and
greatest possible protection"