Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-17
DIR. BrImbaugh's Speech

buiSl VI CneerlnB from the auu1ence
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DIR. Brumbaugh's Speech
DR.. Brumbaugh's speech at Millers-
burg was typical of those all along
the line of yesterdays trip:
1t is with a peculiar feeling of
pleasure that | stand in this beautiful
town of Millersburg. Many years ago
my baby uncle, then young man
starting upon his educational career.
came to Millersburg and taught here
IN your schools. You understand,
therefore. that in a kind of a heart
like way l come into your community
to greet you tonight.
"A few years ago there was great
agitation over this country about party
caucuses, and that good men could not
seek office because they would not
come to the party caucuses for the
nomination The Republican party
gave to the state of Pennsylvania an
open primary law. Under the op-
Grafton of that law l became a candi-
date before you for the office of Gov
ernor. Two hundred and fifty-three
thousand legally qualified voters of
Pennsylvania supported me at that
primary election upon a platform
which | myself framed. | wish to
express here now to those of you who
participated in that splendid and COR
dial support my sincere gratitude, and
to ask YOU and your fellow-citiZens to
stand steadfastly by until we win a
splendid, triumphant election in No
vember next
In that platform, among other
thlngS L took occasion to voice some
OF the fundamental issues which |
believed to lie at the present time in
the foreground of our obligation to
the people of Pennsylvania. Among
those, first of all, as l view the prob
lem, is the obligation to take care of
the people of Pennsylvania, for, after
all, the one sacred thing in our COM
monwealth Is our human asset in men
and women and children, and without
entering into detailed discussion of
the meaning of that matter / wish to
assure you that we stand pledged, and
we feel ourselves capable of legis-
lating and administering for you such
series of laws as will guarantee to
every man and woman and child in
pennsylvania that full and equal right
before the law, and serve the welfare
or the life of this commonwealth.
u have committed myself abso-
lutely to the policy of favoring the
submission to the people of Pennsyl-
Vania in its different counties the
question of local option because / be-
heve tirnly that the people of every
county in this state are intelligent
enough and fair enough and capable
enough to settle that question for
themselves, and they ought to have
the right to do it if they want to do it,
Good Roads
There is another thing | will say
here (and | think you will agree with
mel, and that is perhaps one of the
most important of immediate needs of
this Valley-a decent public road,
which will carry the products of your
farms and factories, at a minimum
cost, to the markets of the world 1t
is no idle boast, but it is the solemn
truth, that If you elect me to the office
of Governor of Pennsylvania l will see
to 1t that you get good roads in Penn
sylvanla, and furthermore, ! assure
you that for every dollar expended in
roads in Pennsylvania you will get
100 cents worth of good, substantial
roads. This will be done Just as soon
as | have the power to do 1t. And
furthermore, you will see me advo-
eating then, as | do now, the proper
supervision of those roads, and that
they shall be constructed so that they
can be kept for all time to come in
as good condition as the day they are
completed and turned over for use to
our people. Your railroad companies
and your transportation companies
keep their trackage constantly in good
condition so they may haul a maxi
mum load of products at a minimum
cost to the markets of the world.
Your highways should be in exactly
this same condition. When we went
to the island of Porto Rico in 1900
we found a public highway running
from San Juan to the other side of
the island, and although that road
had been in constant use for fifty
years, 1t was as good a road the day
Americans took possession of the
island as it was fifty years before.
Why? Because about every seven
kilometers there was a roadmaster's
house and section of that road was
handled daily and kept up by that
means, and whenever the smallest de-
preston showed itself it was imme-
diately repaired. So it ought to be in
pennsylvania. We should maintain
it in a sensible and thorough way for
all time to come. Now that is only a
good, sensible business proposition
We can build good roads, we'll
crowned, on which we may with some
degree of comfort get to some places
in Pennsylvania without using a flying
machine or renting balloon.
His Platform
May / ask for few minutes of
your attention to another phase of
this campaign. 1t has come to my
mind that you want to know some
thing about the men whom you will
cast your ballots for and be assured
that they will deal honestly with you
in office and serve you faithfully. In
that respect ! can point to my entire
life. and ask you to remember what
L have said before and what I now
say to you. My own platform Is my
pledge to you tonight. You live here
at the foot of a beautiful valley. on