The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-09-30
Greatnesa of PennsYlvanla.

For many years Pennsylvania has
been admittedly a great Repu ! ca
stronghold. The opponents OF Repub
can rule assert that the policy. OF |
party is destructive, but II 1t be, "
comes It that the Republican. stae OF
Pennsylvania, with its population OF
eight millions, Is one of the most pros
porous states in the Union?
II Repu0ncan ascen0aucy were
ruinous, as the vapid eXponents Cf
Democratic sway assert, then Penn
sylvania, where Republican principles
and policies have prevailed for more
than half century, insteal Of bein-
the magnificent commonwealth IT is
would be one of the most insignificant
in the galaxy of states that constitute
this mighty republic.
The facts speak for themselves and
they furnish eloquent proof to show
that in every field of human endeavor
the much maligned but splendid state
of Pennsylvania is pre-em'nent. !
bears the palm in everything which
makes for real, lasting progress and
prosperity.
The state of Pennsylvania Is the
world center of the steel industry. Its
manufacturing and mining activities
give employment at good wages to al
Industrial population that will com.
pare favorably in intelligence AID
thrift with the people of any similar
area in the world. The mining output
of the state for the year 1918, as r.
ported to the state geologist, aggre
gated the remarkable sum of nearly
six hundred million dollars, almos
one-fourth of the entire mineral out
put of the United States. If expressed
in figures its multitudinous manu-. act
uring activities would make a show
ing equally picturesque.
RepelIing a sIander.
Democratic newspapers and orators S,
who are now busy trying to fool the
has been a blight to Pennsylvania;
but the glorious old commonwealth re.
pels this slander from every mill and
mine and factory and railroad within
its borders, and from every savings
bank in which the surplus earnings OF
its frugal and happy people are de-
posted.
Not only is Pennsylvania great in
its industries which have been foster.
ed and made possible under the pro
tective system of the Republican
party, but its educational system is
unexcelled in any other state. It's
public schools, in which hundreds o.
thousands of children receive the ben
efts of a good education, have been
| brought to their present efficiency un
| der Republican rule. The free text
| books, which make it possible for the
/ children of the poor to enjoy equ
advantages with the children of t
well-to-do, are a result of Republican
foresight and legislation for the wei
faro of the people.
0 Republican policy has been anC
is, road and progressive in the high
est sense, and this fact is so plai-
that ii cannot be obscured by tho
most diligent Democratic slanderer o
Republican candidates and policies.
Just now the foremost shouters II
the Democratic camp are concentrst
ing their torrents of abuse on Senate
Penrose in an effort to defeat him (
re election. They are unscrupIlous II
their assertions, but they cannot Just
ly deny that for nearly a third OF {
century the man against whom the'l
vicious attacks are directed has bee
a potent factor in shaping and sup
porting legislation for the welfare o
Pennsylvania.
Penrose and the State.
This mighty commonwealth, witt
its fiourishing industries, it's prosp r
GUS people and it's happy homes, haI
of all that makes for its prestige an(
perpetuity than Boies Penrose.
Senator Penrose is the man thai
has done aid can do things for Penn
sylvania He proved this fact to tn
satisfaction of every fair-minded ma
in the state and nation while he was
the leader of the United States sen
ate. He won his present nominatio
squarely at the primaries by d'r;c
vote of the people, in the face Of ma I
cious opposition at the hands of jam
diced and envious opponents, an
those who now clamor about a ma
chine" are simply trafficking In stal
slanders.
The reelection of Senator Penros
is the surest guarantee Pennsylvania
can have for the continuance of the
proud position the Keystone State has
occupied during the half century Of
its advancement under Repub ia
rule. He stands for Pennsylvania first
and for those policies which make TO
the happiness and prosperity CT it
people, and Pennsylvania will stan
by him with its ballots in November.
That Ledger Fiasco.
It has become known that JChr
Cribbel, In addition to having declared
or Senator Penrose an enrolled him
self as a member of the Penn vi al't
, Protective Union, has as1 re igneC
as vice president CT the Public Ledger
CCmrany and director of the Curt
Publishing Company.
This is perhaps the hottest shot tina
has been fired into the autiPenr 81
coalition to date. Mr.. Gribbel has loni
been a prominent figure in the Cur
companies, and the fact that he ha
demanded that his name be takel
down from the editorial columns c
the Ledger will make it very diffic u
for that newspaper to. continue to dis
credit all those who follow the stand
ards of the Republican party as re
, CARDS its candidates for the upper an
lower branches of congress.