The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-04-29
MILL OWNERS
FOR PENROSE
Stands For Tariff Rates Demand
ed by Pennsylvania.
UNDERWOOD LAWOESTRUCTIVE
Prosperity o. Keystone State Can Be
Restored Only by Restoration OF
Protective System.

Protective System.
Philadelphia, April 20.-"When the
very best man available for the place
announces that he is willing to take
1t as personal sacrifice, why should
anybody want to go cunning around
for man not so good?" asked Joseph
S. Rambo. at meeting held in Norris.
town in the interests OF Senator Pen,
roses candidacy.
Those present at the gathering were
manufacturers in Montgomery county
who had signed a petition to the vot
ers which was circulated in and about
Norristown on behalf of Senator Pen.
rose. Mr.. Rambo, who is president OF
the Globe Knitting Mills, acted as the
chairman. Mr.. Rambo added:
Most Of us here have reason to
know that Senator PenrOse is abso.
lutely the best man for mis- place, par
ticularly in view Of the tact that the
junior senator from Pittsburgh has an.
nOunced his intention of retiring at
the expiration of this, his first term.
1T is the misfortune of those of us
who are in the textile manufacturing
business to be obliged to keep a
weather eye out for tariff legislation.
We do this not because we are fond
OF 1t, as some people and newspapers
seem to think, but because we have
to do it II we want to keep in business
and continue to hire American labor
at American pay.
Great Business Man In Congress.
"In conjunction with a number of
other manufacturers engaged in our
line of trade have spent a great deal
of time at Washington within the last
few years, and | have had an oppOr.
tunity to learn tirst-hand what kind
of senator Mr.. Penrose is and just
what the substantial people, not only
of Pennsylvania, but OF the entire
United States, think of him.
He is the great business man OF
congress-a man who has all the va
ried industries of his state, agricul-
tural as well as industrial, down pat.
| He knows more about business at
large than any one business man
| have ever met and in addition to that
| he has facility for making things
happen in Washington, which is notn-
| ing short of marvellous. The intricacies
OF national legislation are as an open
book to him. WHAT would be a colossal
task for another and newer senator is
in the primer of Mr.. Penrose-a mere
trifie to be disposed of in connection
with the days work.
when you want to see Senator
Penrose, you are amazed 70 discover
that nearly everybody else in the
United States wants to see him, too.
They besiege him at his office They
congregate at his hotel. They follow
him to his room. They waylay him
in the streets-always and at all
places you will find Senator PenrOse
the most sought after man in Wash.
ingtOn.
Effective Service For Pennsylvania.
And in spite of it all, he is the
most accessible man | have ever seen
in high office. You don't have 10 be
millionaire to get in to see him You
don't even have to be a Republican.
Any man from Pennsylvania, regard
less of his politics, who is in need of
help or advice concerning national
legislation can get it from Senator
Penrose for the asking.
81 have often wondered how he
stands the strain, and why he should
be willing to stand it. 1t does not
mean money in his pocket, for | have
understood that it requires his entire
salary as United States senator to pay
his hotel bill in Washington. He be.
longs to a family that is wealthy. He
could retire tomorrow and live what
most of us would regard as an ideal
existence; yet he is willing to remain
in this CALLING business and to drag
the heavy burden with which we have
loaded him.
81 say that ii would be foolhardy
for the Republican party of Pennsyl.
vania to consider the nomination of
any other man so long as Senator Pen
rose is willing to represent this state
in the upper branch of congress"
The petition, which is addressed
"To the Business Men and Voters of
Montgomery County" reads as fol
| lows:
THE Democratic party, through its
| leaders in Pennsylvania and Washing
ton, have informed us in advance of
| the primaries that their one and only
| candidate for United States senator
| will be Congressman A. Mitchell Pal.
| mer.
Prosperity of Keystone State at Stake.
"The Washington party leaders
have informed us with equal positive.
ness that their candidate will be Glf.
ford Pinchot
"ln the judgment of the undersign-
ed, neither of these men Is qualified
to assume the very exacting and re-
| SpOnSible duties which this high Office
| carries with it, We, therefore, declare
| ourselves to he in favor Of the re
nomination and reelection of the Hon
BOies PenrOse, who has for nearly
eighteen years represented this state
in the upper branch of congress.
"Mr. Penrose typities those policies
of protection and sane government for
which all the voters IN PENNSYLVANIA
who are not Democrats have stood
firmly since the organization of the
Republican party. He is very much
needed in Washington at the present
junCture and IL would be a grave mis-
fortune to the people of this common
wealth and to the nation ii the infu-
enCe which ne wields by reason OF his
natural ability and the prestige he de
TiVeS from seniority were to fall into
the hands OF some less capable senator
from comparatively insignificant
state merely on the grounds OF length
of service.
For Protection and Sane Government.
George T. Oliver, of Pittsburgh, the
junior senator from PENNSYLVANIA has
determined TO retire at the end Of his
present term, makes the situation
even more critical. The business in
terests and the wage earners of this
state cannot afford TO allow the CON.
mOnwealth and its prosperity 10 bT
used as a stepladder by two gentle
men, no matter how brilliant an de
serving they might be, who are desir
Gus of climbing into places of prom
nence anG trust without respect TO the |
needs of the situation.
I'VE, the undersigned therefore
bledge ourselves 10 the supDOrt OF