Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-03
PEOPLE NY BOSS
SAYS BRUMBAUGH
Republican Nominee For Governor
Makes Strong Speeches to PeO-
pie of the Northeast

Speaking before half dozen big
audiences in Lackawanna, Wyoming
and Bradford counties yesterday, DIR.
Martin G.. Brumbaugh, the Republican
candidate for Governor, declared he
would own no boss and hurled back
into the face of his rival and his crew
the insinuation that if elected Gov
ernor he would be subservient to any
man. The candidates day closed at
Scranton and he made speeches which
for vigor he has not reached in this
campaign. He spoke with deep feel
ing and was widely cheered every
time The Scranton demonstration
was presided over by Colonel l.. A.
Watres and the candidate was es-
corted by a parade to the town hall.
DR.. Brumbaugh said:
Mighty Plain Talk
Il cannot quite understand why it
is that because man seeks an office
in Pennsylvania Immediately people
who for years have helped him. in his
fights for reform in education find him
bad man, not to be trusted with
office. 1t is a strange thing in Penn
sylVania, this Internal political scan
dal. / haven't changed; | am, pre-
cisely the same that | have always
been. and whether you elect me Gov
orner, or whether you don't, / will be
the same to the last day of my life.
Some of you seem to be uneasy
about the so-called possible influences
upon man. There was a day when
men had TO go into secret conferences
and make unwise pledges to secure
party office, but ] would never seek an
Office in that way anywhere in this
world. We had an open primary. If
the people didn't want me- why did
not they defeat me? If they didn't
believe in me, why did they vote for
me? / am here bearing a brief from
that great army of people who sup
ported me upon my own platform, and
in that my language IS plain as I am
able to write plain English. as l should
be after training people for a gen
GRAFTON in writing English, and 1 said
then what l say to you now-that no
boss ever owned. or ever will own, me.
l hate boss as much as you hate Il
boss. and if ever such a Shiny thing
throws its face in my pathway ] will
scotch II. II YOU want me for Gov
ernor, you will have to get me and
not somebody else. ] will answer back
face to face and heart to heart to tfe
people OF Pennsylvania who voted me
into office for every act of mine while
in office. / would like to bury some
of the black, miserable lies of this
campaign and face all the people hon
estly. Ny desire is to give to these
people of Pennsylvania a good. clean
capable, conscientious administration
of her public affairs, and if elected
your Governor incapacity shall be no
more encouraged or countenanced
than dishonesty. and ! have written
all this in the little platform that ]
mailed TO my friends before the pri-
maries.
Stand For Right
Somebody was foolish enough ia
say. These things are molasses with
which to catch flies. I don't want to
catch flies. They were living prin-
ciples presented for the purpose OF
catching men-catching them in Their
conscience. in their hearts, so that
they would stand uD and fight for the
right in Pennsylvania. / ask you re-
eardless of your party affiliations to
help us do that thing for this great
Commonwealth which we all love.
Elect me Governor of your Com
monwealth and we will clean house in
a clean way in Pennsylvania. with the
whole virile. strong, manly decent
forces of the Republican party re-
united in that effort. I have no enc
mics to punish and | have no friends
to reward. AM ABOUT THE
FREEST ACCIDENT THAT EVER
HAPPENED IN PUBLIC LIFE. The
trouble with lot of your good people
is that YOU cannot understand how a
decent man could go out on his own
platform and fight his own way ia
victory. I AM GOING TO DO THAT
If YOU WILL HELP ME- The Iarg-