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SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10
A NONPARTISAN CANDIDATE
MUCH has been said of the non
partisan Judgeship contest in
Pennsylvania this Fall, but
the only real nonpartisan can
didate In tho field is Judge Kunkel,
nominee for the State Supreme court
bench.
This is true for several reasons. In
the first place Judge Kunkel was
nominated on a purely nonpartisan
basis. He made his appeal to all
parties and there never was a thought
that he had the backing of any purely
political organization. He was nomi
nated by the voters of all parties be
cause they believed him to be the
best man for the place.
Secondly. Judge Kunkel was remov
ed from partisan politics when he was
re-elected to the Dauphiji county
bench a year ago on the first nonparti
san ticket in the history of the judi
cial district. Not only that, hut he had
at that time the hearty support of the
men of every party in the field, which
is shown by the fact that while his
total vote was far in excess of any
party vote, not one ballot was cast
against him.
If the voters of Pennsylvania are
sincere In their desire to eliminate
partisan politics from their judicial
contests they can do no less than elect
Judge Kunkel in November.
The pure food show proposed for the
coming week Is to be commended. We
hope the promoters will not forget the
Important fact of impressing upon
the consumer the thought of using, so
far as possible, only American-made
products.
McCORMTCK'S BAROR PLATFORM
VANCE C. McCormlck, In a cir
cular, entitled "McCormick's
Labor Record," Is trying to fool
the laboring man, and those
who sympathize with him, into the
belief that he Is a friend of organized
labor and all that it stands for.
There has not been a more consist
ent foe of organized labor in Pennsyl
vania than this same Vance C. Mc-
Cormlck, and his easily accessible
record need only to be quoted to
prove It.
In his circular McCormlck says,
among other things:
"I personally am In favor of organ
ized labor."
"I am In favor of a workman's
compensation and employers' liability'
act, which will properly compensate
the injured and care for the families
of men who have lost their lives."
These same sentiments appear in
the platform of Dr. Brumbaugh, but,
fortunately for the Republican candi
date, he has no such anti-labor record
as has stained the reputation of his
opponent In the eyes of labor union
men.
If Mr. McCormick is "personalty
the friend of organized Tabor," as he
says, why did he ON THE MORNING
OF THE DAY he assumed proprietor
ship of the Patriot cause to be TAKEN
FROM THE TOP OF THE EDI
TORIAL PAGE OF THAT NEWS
PAPER THE rNION LABEL?
The Patriot was then a union paper
and the union label had long flown
from its masthead. But McCormick
ordered it down as soon as he took
charge and it has been down ever
since. It is still down and will remain
down, for McCormick is NOT SIN
CERE in his labor declarations. He
is playing for votes, that is all, as
laboring men will find if they are
foolish enough to believe his clap
trnp.
If Mr. McCormick is a friend of
labor why Is It that he, soon aftox his
purchase of the Patriot, fought the
typographical union to a standstill in a
strike that caused nearly all of the old
employes, some of whom had been at
work on the paper for years, to lose
their jobs?
If Mr. McCormick is a friend of
organized labor why has he not recog
nized the typographical union by
signing its scale? He is the only
newspaper proprietor in Harrisburg
who has refused to enter into a signed
contract with his workmen with re
spect to their wages and working con-
V- "
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH , OCTOBER 10, I^l4.
dltlons. Why? Is It because he feels
in hjs heart any kindliness toward
| the union?
| If Mr. McCormlck is such a friend
|of the worklngman why is it that, as
Mayor of Harrlsburg, he vetoed an
ordinance raising the wages of city
laborers from 15 to 16 2-3 cents an
hour? Did he think that 16 2-3 cents
1 an hour was too much for the laborer,
; with the cost of living high and going
| higher?
| If he is in favor of a workmen's
| compensation and employers' liability
j law, why has ho not acted out their
| principles in his own lifo? Didn't he
| himself dodge behind the law when
'the company in which he was one of
| the controlling owners was sued In
!the Cambria county courts by the
| widow of a miner killed because it is
| said the construction of the mlr\e in
j which he worked was defective? If
j McCormlck believes in a law "to
j properly compensate the families of
jmen who have lost their lives" why
did he not turn over to this poor
widow a few of the thousands of dol
lars that have since been spent in a
reckless attempt to foist himself upon
the State as its Governor, instead of
making her fight for the few paltry
hundreds that those responsible for
her husband's death were finally com
pelled to give her?
Let the laboring man answer these
few questions for himself and then
'let liim compare his conclusions with
the sentiments of Dr. Brumbaugh on
the same subject as expressed by him
at Blairsville last night and published
elsewhere in the Telegraph to-day.
The firemen's parade demonstrated
one thing if nothing more—that Har
rlsburg can build some mighty nifty
looking fire apparatus.
THEIR WORK WFXI> DONE
THE work of the committees that
have had charge of the big fire
men's convention is almost com
plete. Only the finishing touches
remain to be put on the program of
the week. The last of the department's
guests will go home this afternoon and
another State convention will have
become history. The gathering has
been a success in every respect, despite
the threatening attitude of the weather
man and the differences that arose
during the preparations. The firemen
of the city showed themselves to be
big enough and broad enough to sink
all personal opinions in the success of
the celebration and they deserve full
credit for the splendid manner in
which the affair was conducted.
Only the men who did the actual
work know the extent of the burden
under which they have labored during
the past year. The detail of prepara
tion involved endless planning and
numberless hours spent without
thought of personal remuneration.
These men have only the good words
of their fellows as pay and they de
serve all that may be said.
It isn't much wonder that the betting
men are placing their wagers on Dr.
Brumbaugh at two to one. Recent
events Indicate beyond any question
the triumphant election of Brumbaugh
and the whole Republican ticket.
BETTING IX THE SUNSHINE
UNOSTENTATIOUSLY, SO quietly
that thousands of people had
little or no knowledge of the
work being done, the Roberta
Disbrow Lloyd Sunshine Society of
this city, has been bringing happiness
into hundreds of Haxrisburg homes
throughout the year.
The modest statement of the annual
report of so many old, sick and crip
pled children cared for, tells but little
of the real value of such an organiza
tion in any community. Figures can
not set forth the encouragement, the
hope, and the sunshine let into the
souls of the poor, the needy and the
maimed by the many kind acts of the
women who are doing His work on the
earth. «.
Such charity needs no commenda
tion; it speaks for itself.
Boston is the town that put the bend
in Bender.
That Chamber of Commerce idea for
a pageant and river carnival next year
in celebration of the completion of the
public improvement scheme sounds
good. Let's all get busy with it.
TEMPERATE SOLDIERS
PROBABLY the most noticeable
feature of the war in Europe Is
the effort of leading officers of
all the armies in the field to in
duce their soldiers to be temperate in
their habits.
For instance, Kitchener ranks liquor
with looting. He says in his instruc
tions to soldiers: "Abstain from liquor
and looting and be courteous to wo
men, but not more than courteous."
General lan Hamilton said: "Whis
ky paralyzes the power and the life
of the finest and bravest troops in the
world."
Count Von Haeseler, of the German
army, asserts, "The soldier who ab
stains altogether is the best man. He
can accomplish more, march better,
and is a better soldier thifn the man
who drinks even moderately. Brandy
is the worst poison of all. Next to it
comes beer."
Sir Frederick Treves, surgeon to the
late King Edward, saldr "It is curious
that troops cannot work or march on
liqui/r."
Fierd Marshal Lord Methuen found
that "The regiments best in discipline,
in the field, and in barracks were
those regiments best known for ffem
perance."
The cost of funerals is going up, the
Now Jersey .Undertakers' Association
announces. If by doing business by
wholesale It can be done cheaper,
then the European war ought to
bring the funeral cost down.
Never mind one defeat. Remember
Plank hails from Gettysburg.
A Virginia man reports •killing, a
blackanake nine feet two inches in
length. The fact that Virginia is now
a Prohibition State seems to have no
effect in the snake stories.
["EVENING CHAT 1
•More people wont uo to the top of
the dome of the State Capitol this
woek than has been known in any
similar period since the week of the
opening of the Capitol just eight years
ago. The State firemen's convention
brought thousands of visitors to Har
risburg and hundreds of them took
the 100-foot climb insldo the shell of
the dome which is necessary to reach
the balcony surrounding the base of
the lantern, fully 250 feet above the
ground. The total height of the Capi
tol from the ground to the top of the
gilded figure representing the genius
of Pennsylvania is 272 feet, but only
a couple of steeple Jacks havo ever
been there, and most people are con
tent with the view at tue cupola. The
elevators running to the eighth floor
ran overtime and traffic was congested
occasionally. On Thursday, the day
of the parade, there were more vis
itors to the high-up point of vantage
than any other, the progress of the
parade being watered by so many that
the Capitol police had to limit people
going up to avoid crowding at the
top. The week came near being a
record breaker for visitors to the
Capitol and one thing that nonplussed
the average Capitol official was the
early hours they came around.
The 1915 suite firemen's convention
shows signs of going begging. The
executive committee, whoso members
left the city yesterday, said that they
had not received any applications for
the next gathering and were wonder
ing whether they would haCe to ad
vertise. They complimented Harris
burg for the fine preparations made
and on the crowds that came to see
the big parade and the local folks
thought maybe that Harrisburg had
scared off the other places. Scranton,
Erie, Allentown and Johnstown were
mentioned lor the honor, but they
withdrew any booms in their behalf,
it is becoming an expensive thing to
entertain the state firemen's conven
tion.
A couple of the numerous musicians
here for the state firemen's convention
paid a tribute to the city's progenitor
yesterday which was not only some
thing very unusual hut would doubt
less have surprised the good old John
Harris if he had noticed the garb
of the men who did it. The men be
longed to a couple of bands and wore
uniforms of variegated hue, each hav
ing enough medals and badges to deck
a German army corps commander
These men were walking along the
river and when they reached Harris
Park went to see the grave. One man
who had a cornet at once proceeded to
play "Peace, Perfect Peace." Then
they played taps.
The extension of the rifle practice
season has caused a boom in work at
the ranges in this section and some of
the companies are talking about hav
ing contests around election day. The
number of men proficient at the
ranges in the Guard has been increas
ing lately and the Eighth has been
making some good figures. Uncle Sam
pays for the work at the ranges as a
part of the national defense system.
Here is a hot one, as they say
the Courthouse:
On Thursday a couple of firemen
were taking a walk up Third street
and about the tirue they reached Bo
cust they hesitated which way to go.
One man wanted to walk down to the
river front, but the other pointed to
the Capitol Park and said: "Bet's go
take a walk In the woods."
One of the interesting features of
the flying over-night visit of the sec
ond battalion of the Third Field Ar
tillery here last week was the vouth
and splendid conduct of the 400-odd
men in the outfit; another feature was
the style and complete character of
the equipment and apparel of Uncle
Sam's enlisted soldier. The artillery
men all wore the latest sinister-looking
10-shot 4 5-caliber Colt automatic re
volver. That was one part of thb
equipment that won a whole lot of
attention. Another was the neat olive
brown sweater coats that Uncle Sam
provides for all his soldiers while
they are afield during the cool months
of., the year. In the evening of the
camp near Wormleysburg many of
the young artillerymen came over to
the city and not one wore his blouse.
His sweater served instead.
Uncle Sam is also taking notice of
the polyglot character of his patrons
for the post offices are now posted
with placards giving official informa
tion in half a dozen tongues and in
type that looks as though a printing
office roach had mistaken init for
paste and designed to put protesting
feet on paper. There was a time not
so very far distant when the only
language outside of English which
the government recognized in these
parts as necessary to convey infor
mation was German. And most of us
raised around this part of Pennsyl
vania knew enough of it and loved our
Teutonic neighbors so well that we
accepted it as entirely proper, but
when it comes down to printing in
the various dialects that we only dimly
know of as spoken in the Near East
or the Whirlpool of Europe we begin
to realize the obligations of a pre
ponderating element even though our
eyes suffer from strange writings. *
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~
—Dj C. Wills, the new chairman of
the Fourth district federal reserve
bank, Is cashier of the Diamond Na
tional Bank of Pittsburgh.
—James F. Woodward, the McKees
port legislator, says that many So
cialists are returning to the Repub
lican party.
—John IJ. Emerson, the Titusville
man, who is candidate for senator in
t*at district, is spending a short time
in New York state.
—Judge R. W. Trvin, of Washing
ton. was one of the speakers at the
Brownsville c entennial.
—John W. Blake, who is running
for Congress on a platform all his
own, and a party all his own, Is
stumping at the county fairs In the
Altoona district.
—H. H. Pensyl, Blair county poor
director and Altoona councilman, yes
terday celebrated forty-two years in
Altoona. He came from Adams
county.
—General C. A. Devol, TTnlted States
Army, well known here, is sick at Hot
Springs, Ark.
I DO YOU KNOW? |
That Dauphin county oornmeal
has a reputation all over the State
nnfl that It has been nuule here- '
a bouts for 150 years?
AN EVENING THOUGHT
The toad beneath the harrow
knows
Exactly where each tooth-point
goes;
The butterfly upon the road
Preaches contentment to that
„ toad,—Ktplln®
HOW IIHTISI
VOTE FIITEKD
Instance From Third Precinct of
the First Ward Points the
Way For the City
VOTER FELL~INTO A TRAP
Central Democratic Club Amazes
Friends of Democratic Candi l
dates For Congressmen
Ever since the registration figures
were announced Democrats about the
city have been taking comfort from
the size of the nonpartisan registra
tion. It is the only thing from which
they can extract any comfort and It
does not amount to much for it is no
more reasonable to say that the men
who enrolled as nonpartisans are go
ing to vote for McCormlck than to say
that they will vote for Hrumhaugh.
Both will get some of them.
Hul the inside of that nonpartisan
'registration is coming out and an in
stance in the third precinct of the
First ward serves as an illustration.
That precinct showed a surprisingly
| heavy nonpartisan registration and
about 4 o'clock Republicans who were
watching It grow suddenly found the
cause. •
The Democratic registrar was ask
ing most of the questions and instead
of asking "What are your politics?"
it is stated that he was saying to vot
ers suggestively: "You do not want to
declare your polities, do you?"
Naturally, a man unless an ardent
partisan would reply in the negative
and many did.
The registrar was "called" and
thereafter straight party registration
was the feature.
Friends of the Democratic nominees
for Congress at large in this section
are wondering which one of the four
candidates nominated
at the same primary
as McCormlck is to he Democratic
dumped by the Mc- Inconsistency
Cormick machine in Shown Again,
favor of Art Rupley,
the Washington can
didate for another term in Congress.
And the same people are wondering
what was the meaning of the Central
Democratic Club having a man nomi
nated by Bull Moosers and opposing
Democratic candidates for Congress
at-large speak in the club rooms.
Aside from the fact that Itupley's de
nunciation of anything cannot be
taken as more than one of his fleeting
thoughts, the propriety of having a
candidate of an opposing party speak
in the rooms of a club supposed to lie
devoted to simon pure Democracy is
hard for friends of Democratic candi
dates for Congress-at-large to stand.
Rupley professes adherence to the
principles of Roosevelt, who denounces
Woodrow Wilson as a man who has
failed and who should be repudiated,
bast night Rupley praised Wilson, ac
cording to Vance McCormick's news
paper. Naturally no one takes what
Rupley says seriously, but why a
Democratic club should invite a foe to
its midst is puzzling Democrats.
Friends of the Republican candi
dates for the Begislature in the city
say that the action of Jesse J. By
barger in taking advan-
tage of the firemen's
By ha rgcr parade to advertise his
Automobile candidacy by means of
Criticised an automobile when
the firemen had de-
sired that poiitics be
kept out of their gathering, even to
the extent of removal of political ban
ners from the street, has cost the am
bitious Jesse many votes. B.vbarger
is regarded in some parts of the city
as having gone to the well pretty
often and his grandstand play while
serving in a legislative employe's job
is not forgotten. It is said that I,y
barger's automobile advertisement
went over the whole line of parade
and as even McCormick refrained
from advertising himself on that oc
cation the break of Bybarger is all
the more glaring.
A good story is coming from the in
dustrial establishments of Allegheny
county about the way they heckled
Vance C. McCormick.*
The men out there
are pretty keen in slz- UcOormick
ing up a candidate and Roasted
when they strike a »y Workers
man who has only
abuse of his opponent
and glorification of his own boom as
his themes they are not likely to take
him at his own appraisal. It seems
that MeCormiek was telling of the ills
of Pennsylvania and was asked in a
rather abrupt way what he was going
to do to cure them. He said that he
would clean out everyone on Capitol
Hill. This caused a mild-mannered
man up front to ask if there were
no honest men on Capitol Hill. Me-
Cormiek got red in the face and sput
tered, finally saying there were some,
but they were victims of the machine,
etc. The men went back to work.
From all accounts a good many of
the men just appointed to post offices
and other federal positions in Penn
sylvania are' showing
a*ything but eagerness
Democrats to contribute to the
ObjfH-t to Democratic State slush
the Dories fund to pull through
Palmer and MeCormiek
and some of them have
had to be addressed a second time.
Many of these men gave liberally for
the primary campaign and the second
assessment, for that is what it is, falls
heavily on them. Men here for the
firemen's convention said that in every
county there are mad clean
through at the machine made appoint
ments and that the men who got
them are being laughed at because of
the levies being made on them by the
State machine. For men who have
reviled the Republican party for get
ting campaign contributions the Demo
crats have not only shown themselves
to be inconsistent, but from all stories
have gone them better. Some of the
contributions were little more than
hold-ups.
A. Mitchell Palmer, Senatorial can
didal in Pennsylvania, is not so
anxious to have members of. President
Wilson's cabinet stump
Pennsylvania for the
Democratic tic,ket. lie Palmer Does
wants to avoid national Not Want
issues and plans to con- Onbineteers
duct his own fight for
the Senate against Sen
ator Holes Penrose, the Republican
candidate. This became known when
it was announced by Representative
Arthur Rouse, of Kentucky, chair
man c< the speakers' bureau of the
Democratic Congressional Committee,
"that it was probable Secretary of
State William J. Bryan would not
make his appearance in the Pennsyl
vania campaign, and that no cabinet
officer had been assigned to the Key
stone State with the single exception
of William B. Wilson, secretary of
labor, who is a Pennsylvania man. It
is understood Palmer asked that cab
inet ministers be kept out of the fight
and he be allowed to wage his battle
against Senator Penrose single
handed. Palmer, it is understood,
fears to have the tariff and other great
national issues injected into the cam
paign.
( OUR DAILY LAUGH 1
HARD OT£ THE
TRANSGitES
"I would hat®
to die on such a
"It wouldn't be
change, would |B~ -5
fj PITT THE POET
"Boy, you ought
to know better
ySJ than beg from a
JjQrVi "Please, sir, fa
ulty* ther Is an essay'
THEY LOST
H> Wine Olnger
Get the broom and dustpan, too,
Bring It 'round my way,
Gently sweep me on the pan,
'Then throw me away.
'Twas not ever thus, O, no.
For jußt yesterday
Nothing could have made me move
From my path astray.
Then I shouted all day long
Just for Connie Mack;
Got together all my coin
And with it did back
Connie's team for the first game;
Gave odds. too. by heck.
Big I was—and then they lost;
To-day I'm but a speck.
AT THE WINDOW
What are you gazing at, Baby mine?
Your dear little eyes just sparkle and
shine.
And way 'neath their beautiful,
beautiful blue
The wonderful light of the sky's peep
. ing thru.
What are you seeing up there, Baby
dear?
Is it Heaven itself that is coming so
near
Over the tree-tops and over the hill
Right thru the star that is standing
so still?
j I know what you see in the sky. Baby
love,
I Why your dear little eyes piece the
Heavens above:
'Tis God's angels tjiemselves, little
one, whom you see,
They are bending and hovering low
. over thee.
BRUM BAUGH IS
NOT CATCHING FLIES
"If you vote for me for Gov
! ernor, you will get me and not
| somebody else. I will answer back
I face to face and heart to heart to
I the people of Pennsylvania who
I voted me into office for every act
| of mine while in office. I would
like to bury some of the black, mis
erable lies of this campaign and
face all the people honestly.
"I don't want to catch flies. In
my platform I wrote living prin
ciples and presented them for the
purpose of catching men—catching
them in their conscience, in their
hearts—so that they would stand
up and fight for the right in Penn
sylvania. I ask you, regardless of
your party affiliations, to help us
to do that thing for this great
Commonwealth which we all love."
Letters to the Editor
McCORMICK'S VIUNIFICATION
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Kindly permit nie to again call at
tention to some of the people who have
been designated as "thieves and loot
ers" by Vance C. McCormlck, the Dem
ocratic candidate for governor. Mr.
McCormlck has repeatedly referred to
the employes on Capitol Hill as people
who are dishonest. He does not dis
criminate. He places them all In the
same class, and he says he is going
to, in the event of his election, clean
them all out from top to bottom. Among
these employes are a number of men
who served in the Civil War as soldiers
In the Union army. Home of them bear
the scars received In battle half a cen
tury ago.
One of theiji wears the medal of hon
or conferred upon him by Congress for
"conspicuous gallantry on the field of
battle while under fire," That gal
lantry, as I understand, consisting of
carrying from the field of battle, at the
risk of his life, the late General James
A Beaver, who lay wounded and help
less. Others of these veterans are
crippled by wounds received in battle
or by disease incurred in Southern
swamps and rebel prisons. The pit
tance they receive from the State in
the way of wage is but a poor return
for their service to State and Union.
And yet, Vance C. McCormlck classes
these men as thieves and looters of the
state. Great Heavens! Fancy a crip
pled veteran looting the State on a
•salary of $75 per month! I understand
that Mr. McCormlck will speak in a
llarrisburg church to-morrow. Remem
j her that scriptural Injunction: "Thou
shalt not bear false witness." and the
| other, not scriptural, but equally ap
plicable, "False In one thing, false in
all things." 1 should like to hear him
explain, and so would a good many
other citizens of the
FOURTH WARD.
POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS
—And to think of Art Rupley call
ing any one a moral issue.
—The Central Democratic Club will
have to go some to overcome the effect
of that Rupley speech.
—Dr. Brumbaugh's Blairsville
speech make# the McCormlck remarks
sound like the outbreak of a back
fence tomcat.
—The Democratic caravan did not
find the going good in Westmoreland
yesterday.
—Rupley's statement that the
Democratic tariff has not hurt is not
believed to-day in Steelton.
—T. R. is due to speak here at noon
of October 29. His "time is much
taken up" says the Patriot to-day.
—Chairman Ira Mosey is busy
hunting the Bull Moose who strayed
during ihe city registration.
—John D. Strain is about due for
another statement evading the men
tion of men behind his "committee."
—The Democratic State headquar
ters appears to have some annexes.
—A committee of selected Demo
crats and Bull Moosers will meet to
night to arrange for the "furthering
the candidacy of Vance C. McCor
mick," according to the Patriot.
Hurrah. Everyone line up.
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Fooled by Mr. Strain
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
I wish to reply through the columns
of your paper to a letter received
from one J. D. Strain, Harrisburg, sec
retary of the (foxy free trade Demo-
Bull Moose) Independent Republican
committee. He says we are at a crisis
in the political life of Pennsylvania. 1
would say the United States, and the
second crisis; the first crisis being the
Cleveland administration with Wilson
free trade. I need not recall the re
sults. Every worKingman remembers
that. The second crisis is our pres
ent administration. The Underwood
free trade bill, our works practically
all closed, and our government almost
linancially embarrassed. The absurd
ity of our people having to pay a war
tax and our country at peace with the
world is a commentary on conditions.
This in itself should show us how to
vote this Fall.
Mr. Strain says, secondly: There
was a time when it made no difference
whether you voted or not, but now you
Can't put the blame on the "boss" for
a bad choice. Mr. Strain says you
should no more elect a doubtful can
didate than you would enter a-doubt
ful business venture. Voters, ponder
this last sentence carefully—doubtful
candidate. A voter who will not look
with doubt or suspicion at the Demo-
Bull Moose candidates this Fall
must be classed with the no-workers.
Mr. Strain says their committee feels
that the best thing for the Republi
cans this Fall is that they be com
pletely routed, and the Demo-Bull
Moose party put on a stronger basis.
If such should be the case I would
say we had better pray for America
instead of Mexico. ,Mr. Strain says
this may seem a radical move, but
conditions are such that this seems
necessary. What a gem, and the
Demo free traders now In power!
Mr. Strain says the Republican
party caters to tlie liquor interests.
This kind of talk is only intended to
deceive the voters, for instance, last
winter I worked hard with others to
wipe liquor out of Perry county. We
had a remonstrance signed by four
fifths of our taxpayers of Duncannon.
We presented it to our license court
and the result, a Democratic judge
laid it aside.
Mr. Strain says Dr. Brumbaugh is a
weakling. We will admit he is n
weakling— financially, hut a straight,
honest, Christian gentleman, one
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whom every voter who believes in the
church, (he home or clean govern
ment should vote for. Mr. Strain calls
Dean Lewis a patriot. He should
say parrot.
Mr. Strain says Mr. McCormick Is a
good man. He may be, buf he is in
"thundern" bad company, if you judge
a man by the company he keeps.
Mr. Strain uses the word "gang"
frequently in his letter. Mr. Strain
forgets he is now organizing a notori
ous gang, with the possible assist
ance of our Perry county Democratic
chairman, who will take the postmas
tership in Duncannon, providing Mr
McCormick is defeated, otherwise an
easy Job on tho "Hill." The old-time
Democrats here can step aside for
the sang, and not the Republican
"gang," if you please.
In conclusion, I would say to the
voters, don't be misled by the foxey
Demo-Bull Moose candidates. They
all have their ax to grind, and at your
expense.
Two years ago I, being a great be
liever in old Teddy, filled the position
as committeeman for the Progress
ives and worked hard for the partv.
And note. Brother Republican, that
is where wo, if you please, helped put
the country "on the hog.." No. no
Brother Strain, I will not be hood
winked any more, we want work.
Yours trulv,
GEO. E. BOTER.
I)R. BRfMBAl"(ill TALKS
OF THE SHORT WEIGHTS
Dr. Brumbaugh took up in the homo
of the hard coal industry the subject
of short weights.
"When a man in Pennsylvania earns
a dollar, and lays it on the counters of
a neighboring store for food for his
loved one at home, it is the business of
the Commonwealth to see to it that
he gets 100 cents' worth of food for
his hard-earned money," he said. "It
is absolutely essential that every form
of measurement used to determine tho
quantity or the quality of his food
materials and supplies of our people
shall bo so tested that everybody may
know that Pennsylvania gives an
honest weight and an honest measure.
"Any man in business in this Com
monwealth who, by short measure or
light weight, robs our people of that
which by law they have a right to en
joy should bo driven from business
and refused permission to buy and sell
I with the people of this Common
wealth."