Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-29
STUART DECLARES
FOR DR.. BRUMBAUGH
Says He Is Eminently Fitted to Dis
charge Duties of the Cover
norship of State
MUCH ADMIRATION FOR HIM
Former Governor Says That There
Is a Straight Out Tariff
Fight This Year
MUCH ADMIRATION FOR HIM

Edwin S. Stuart. the business Gov
ernor of PENNSYLVANIA, declared yes
terday that DIR. Brumbaugh was the
man to elect chief magistrate of the
Keystone State because he is fitted for
the job. The Ex-Governor knows DIR.
Brumbaugh of old and 1t is under
stood that he will shortly speak for
him in his native city of Philadelphia.
Il remember distinctly hearing him
deliver a speech, number of years
ago, on Founders Day. at Girard Col
lege,' said Mr.. Stuart. The man so
impressed me with his sincerity and
his able address, that the impression
then made upon my mind has never
been forgotten. 1t was his earnest
ness, his ability and the way he han
died his subject. His dominating char
acteristics are earnestness and SINGER
ity. So strongly do ! feel on this sub
ject, that am satisfied that DR.. Brum-
baugh would not accept a nomination
or election to any office, If he thought
his election would not carry with it a
triumph for the principles of good
government. Why do / feel this way :?
1 have known Martin q. Brumbaugh
ever since he came to Philadelphia.
have seen him develop as a sturdy.
1 upright, conscientious man and off,
vial, one who has never known any
master but duty. -...
He is a typical Pennsylvanian, a
Republican with high ideals as to the
mission of his party. Those who say.
that If elected, he will be controlled by
some other person, do not know the
man. No better man has ever been
nominated by any party for Governor.
He represents in his private life, as
we'll as in his public service, the high
est ideals of American citizenship. If
elected, he will carry with him in the
discharge of the duties OF his high
Office, that same fidelity to duty and
high ideals as have ever characterized
him as a man and as a public official
The Ex-Governor was very strong
on the tariff issue, too. He said: Il
am, and always have been, an ardent
believer in and an advocate of the pol
icy of protection to American indus
try. The contest for Senator at this
time, in my Judgment, is one strictly
between Senator Penrose, the candi-
date of the Republican party, and
Representative Palmer, the Demo-
cratic nominee. Mr.. Palmer does not
attempt to deceive anybody as TO his
position on the tariff. He believes in
a tariff for revenue only, and is op-
posed to the policy of the Republican
party, a tariff for protection. /, there
fore, intend to vote for Senator PEN
rose, because, if elected, I am satisfied
he will vote as n member of the United
States Senate for a tariff that will pro-
tect American industry.
while we will all admit that any
tariff bill must at times be revised,
such revision should only be entrusted
to the representatives of the party
who believe in the policy of protection
as a principle.
NO Republican tariff bill has ever
thrown an American mechanic out
of work or reduced the wages of an
American workingman. Every Demo-
cratic tariff has done both.
THE defeat of the Republican party
at this time would oe considered all
over the country and particularly by
the enemies of protection as a distinct
and positive victory for the Democratic
party, and all that party stands for;
and also as an Endorsement by the
people of the great industrial State of
Pennsylvania of the platform adopted
at the Baltimore convention of July,
1912, which among other planks de-
clares: That the Federal Government
under the Constitution has"no right or
power to impose or collect tariff duties
except for the purpose of revenue. -