Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
REPUBLICANS UNITED

lFrom the Scranton Republican,
The Republican state committee
of Pennsylvania has organized for a
great victory in November. 1t will
be a victory for the party, and not
for any particular clique or faction,
and will, therefore, be hailed with
enthusiasm by the rank and file who
take all the greater pleasure in sup
porting the organization. its candi-
dates and it's principles when they
are backed by the united strength Of
all its elements cooperating for suc-
cess.
At the meeting OF the state COM
mittee in Philadelphia men'who have
been at odds for some time took
leave of past differences and under
the party banner, clasped hands for
harmony and victory. ]. Denny
O'Neil, who was a candidate for gov
ernor at the primaries, pledged COR
dial support to his successful oppon-
ent, State Senator William c. Sproul,
whose election he predicted by ma
jority of 100000 votes.
buried the hatchet with the Ware
brothers of Philadelphia, and took a
strong hand in behalf of party unity
and aggressiveness. He held that
party solidarity is as essential during
the war as it is in times of peace,
and that these are three things which
the Republican party must help to
do, namely, to win the war and win
it now; to achieve peace by victory,
and not by compromise, and to make
preparations for the solution of the
imm easurable problems which will
arise after the war.
Chairman Hays, of the National
Republican Committee, made a
strong argument for party harmony.
He asserted that there are no yes
terdays in the party" so far as dis
sensions are concerned; that no mat
ter how a man voted last year. or
two, or six years ago, all are Re-
publicans now and all are for party
success and the greater glory of the
nation.
State Senator Sproul, the Repub-
lican candidate for governor, strongly
urged patriotic cooperation with the
national government to win the war.
Pennsylvania would do her duty, he
said, and acquiesce in the Presidents
declaration that politics is adjourn
ed" so far as the war is concerned,
but the party in this great Republi-
can state, while devoting its strength
to national aims, would keep up its
organization, conscious of its ability
for all the greater service because of
its strength. Other speeches were
made predicting the election of
Sproul and Beidleman and the entire
Republican ticket by great major
ity.
All the addresses were permeated
by a strong spirit of American pa
triotism and voiced the conviction
that when the party is united and
harmonious 1t is all the better able
to render efficient aid to the national
government in the successful prose-
cution of the war.
The state committee reelected its
former officers, including State Sena-
tor William f. Crow, of Fayette, as
chairman, and referred the adoption
of platform to a special committee
which will meet later. AS chairman,
Senator Crow who enjoys a state
wide acquaintance. and a thorough
knowledge of political conditions in
every one OF the sixty-seven counties,
will wage a winning campaign
The enthusiastic meeting OF the
spirit by which 1t was pervaded au-
CUR well for the renewal of the splen-
did prestige enjoyed by the Republi-
can party of the Keystone State in
Its palmiest days.