Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-24
Support For Senator Sproul
lFrom the Philadelphia Inquirer

tFrom the Philadelphia Inquirer
1t is not surprising to learn that
thousands of the fellow-citizens of
William c. Sproul, residing in the
counties of Delaware and Chester
have resolved to cast their votes for
him, regardless of political considera-
tions. Many of these neighbors of
Senator Sproul have voted the DEM
ocratic ticket all their lives, but the
opportunity of placing i'll the Gov
ernorship man in whom they have
trust and confidence will cause them
| to ignore partisanship and support
the candidate who is best fitted for
the high office which is to be filled
at the November election.
1t is no secret that this remark
able condition of affairs has been
brought about by the esteem and
the affection in which William c.
| Sproul is held at home. He has
been "everybody's friend" in the best
meaning of that phrase. Successful
himself to remarkable degree, he
has not permitted that success to
affect the size of his hatband nor to
warp his heart, but he has always,
when possible, extended the cheering
NOIu anu lIlS uSlplI5 manu- u llIOSt
who are fighting the battles of life.
In the course of years, therefore, and
quite unconsciously, he has created
friendships which money could not
buy, and which are worth more than
any office to which he could pos
sibly be elected.
But, quite apart from the strength
which has come to him by reason
of his engaging personality, Senator
Sproul is going to poll a large vote
through the state on nonpartisan
lines. Thousands of Democrats will
vote for him because they believe
that he best measures up to the re-
| quirements of the great office to
which he aspires. He has political
convictions, and he will stick by
them, but these men who propose to
vote for him regardless of party con-
siderations know that once he has
been chosen by the votes of the peo-
pie that he will be the Governor of
all the people, and that he will not
permit narrow nor petty reasons to
influence his official actions. They
feel that he will do all in his power
to give us a constructive admins
tration, that he will labor to build
up the already great interests of the
state, and that he will aim to have ii
keep abreast of the other progress
sive states of the Union. They feel
that he will not dissipate his strength
upon small political wrangles, but
that he can be counted upon to give
us a strong, broad-minded admins
tration of the office.
None of these things can possibly
! be hoped for at the hands of his op-
ponent, because that gentleman,
from the very nature of things,
would have to spend most of his
time in getting even" with his fac
tional foes, and in making it warm
for those who opposed his election.
Senator Sproul, to a singular de-
gree, is in the position of a man
who has no foes to punish or friends
to reward. He will go into office
without any handicaps. He will have
every incentive to give the people q
first class. dignified and progressive
administration, and those who know
him have no doubt but that he will
do these very things. 1t is because
of these facts that he is going TO poll
a very large nonpartisan vote in
PENNSYLVANIA.