Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-29


THE REV. GEO. B. BRUMBAUGH,
Father of Dr. n. G. Brumbaugh, Re-
publican Candidate for Governor
every direction as he LEFT the train and
met the hundreds of people who
mad gathered at the station to give
MIN their first neighborly greeting.
Clasplng their hands on the right
and left the stalwart candidate pressed
MS way through the crowd toward
the Leister Hotel, where his octoge-
marian father, the Rev. George Boyer
Brumbaugh, of Marklesburg, the ma
tive village of the nominee, was wait
ing to receive his son. But he couldn't
wait until the Doctor had entered the
hotel. He pushed forward as the
crowd made way for him and in re-
Spouse to the greeting, Hello, Dad"
! ne responded, Hello, Boy" and they
were locked in each others embrace,
| tears streaming from the eyes of both
rather and son. 1t was much a spec
tacle as was witnessed when President
Garheld, after taking the oath at
| Washington. leaned down and kissed
| his aged mother before he started to
deliver his inaugural address, and the
crowd cheered and cheered and
! cheered.
Then for two or three hours before
the night meeting at the principal
theater DR.. Brumbaughs friends kept
coming in solid masses to tell him how
glad they were over his selection as
the Republican standard bearer and
to hear his appreciative comments
upon their neishbcrly and sincere good
wishes He was right in the midst of
them; there was no standing off at
the side in a pretense of dignified
aloofness. He wanted to meet his
friends face to face and towering
q M fnGf Of Il oil . I,1
most conspicuous figure in that laugh
ing, sincere crowd With his arm
around many an old friend there was
a constant exchange of reminiscence.
They talked over Il cir boyhood days
when he worked on the farm and later
in the lumber camp and still later
when he came to Juniata College to
prepare himself for his life work.
Many We're the incidents recalled by
Ithose neighbors and friends of the Ju-
niata Valley. There We're men of all
parties and all are going to vote for
DR.. Brumbaugh. They told him so.
And when the Juniata Valley is heard
from next November other candidates
for the gubernatorial office will won
der why they wasted any time in the
most picturesque region of the State.
He Is M. G." to Home Folks
All history in the future, so far as
Huntingdon is concerned will date
from the homecoming of the splendid
leader who has been chosen to carry
the standard of the Republican party
in the State campaign m. G." was
on every tongue and his progress
through the streets in the brief pa
rade that preceded the night meeting,
during which he sat in an automobile
besides his aged and happy father,
was a continuous ovation. There
We're salvos of cheers and wav-
ling of handkerchiefs from illuminated
houses on every hand. Huntingdon
was paying tribute to a favorite son
and with fireworks and flags and
horns and in every conceivable man
ner the happiness of the people over
the return of one who had done them
honor in honoring himself was ex-
pressed. Transparencies bore illumin-
ated testimony to the feelings of his
friends and neighbors. There were
extracts from his speeches and his
platform and many such sentiments.
as Our Friend, Our Neighbor and
Governor. Thrice Welcome"
| When the great procession reached
the theater 1t was packed, stage, audi
torium and gallery, and thousands
clamored outside in a hopeless effort
gqto get within ear-shot of the distin-
| guished citizen who had come back to
them. AS soon as DIR. Brumbau
finished his splendid speech, excellent
| in substance and in its neighborly
sincerity, he hurried away and ad-
dressed another enormous crowd from
a stand in the principal square of the
town. Here he was given another
ovation and until he left for Philadel-
phia at l o'clock this morning, in or
der to meet his engagements for to-
day. his friends continued their ex-
| hibitions of good will and their
pledges of cordial support.
After hearing his speech tonight
a man who has been student of po-
litical conditions for a generation
made the remark that Dr. Brumbaueh
was more conspicuously the Candidate
of the people than any nominee of any
party within his time
HE will be elected by an over
whelming plurality in November. He
has grasped the meaning of the DO
litical movements of recent years as
few men have been able to grasp It.
| His speeches, his warm sympathies.
his earnest appreciation of what NAV
! be accomplished by sanity in progress
| and his desire to be of service to the
State he loves will within the next
thirty days absolutely eliminate anv
hope this year of the election of any
! body except himself to the guberna-
torial office"
There were many Washington party
men among those who pressed for
ward to greet DIR. Brumbaugh and
assure him of their support Not one
but many of these men declared that
there was no excuse for opposing him
and in their judgment any effort to
continue opposition on the part of
! Progressives to DR.. Brumbaugh will
injure the movement more than il will
injure the Republican candidate.
The formal meeting at the theater
was called to order by County Chair
man Samuel f. Spyker, who was cor
daily congratulated by everybody on
the success of the Homecoming dem
onstration. There was no happier
man in the whole great assemblage.
P. NJ. Lytle, for many years a mem
ber of the House and later surveyor
of the port at Philadelphia, presided
and in a cordial, neighborly way, pre-
sented the guest of the evening. This
farmers boy" said he, referring to
the distinguished candidates early
struggles, has come back for the ap
proval of his neighbors and friends"
Then in a most felicitous speech he
told of DIR. Brumbaugh's career of
usefulness and inspiration, and when
he presented the Republican leader.
physical and intellectual giant, the
vast crowd was on its feet cheering.
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