| ' ion andbck firi^U^ <.y . '■■• |i -■ A, r j# > iP s^- Lcvvrnor oi this great State, and anxious as i am to work out some of the plans ] have developed in a long study of the Commonwealth's affairs, I cannot and will not be a factional Governor, nor would I be a candidate on such a platform. The Governorship of Pennsylvania is a great office; the op portunities for real service it offers should be an inspiration to any citizen." declared Senator Sprout. NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR HAS VARIED CAREER As Newspaper Editor, Foundryman, Ship builder, Lawmaker, Good Roads Cham pion, Financier and Clubman, Republi can Standard Bearer in Pennslyuania Is . an Ideal Candidate "A man of dction and of achievement; the man of the hour in the civic life of Pennsylvania," as State Senator Wil ■yam Cameron Sproul has been aptly described, will be chosen Governor of Pennsylvania at the election on Tuesday nest f He is not only the nominee of the Republican Party, named in a popular vote at the uniform primaries and re ceiving a total of 353,000 ballots to 149,- t00 for his nearest rival, but his can * didacy is receiving the support of many thousands of Democrats who are not in sympathy with the views o'f the nomi nee of their party and who believe that Senator Sproul is the logical man to fill the role of chief executive of this Com monwealth and to meet the many im portant and unusual problems with which the administration will be con fronted following the termination of the v ar. In Senator Sproul Is found a man of affairs, an experienced newspaper editor and publisher, a foundryraan and build o" of ships, a financier, a lawmaker, a former, not a faddist, but a farmer who makes his farm pay, an owner and pro moter of three large and prosperous Pennsylvania orchards, one in Cumber m land county, one in Cohimbia county and the other in Wyoming county and to top all this off he is a clubman and as the president of the Union League of Phila delphia is in touch with the big men of the State, men who' do things arffi who I can be reiied upon to support and sus tain his administration in every big. broad patriotic policy which he shall foster. Senator Sproul is a native Pennsyl ciUiian. His grandfather, 'Squire Sam uel Slokom, was chairman of the Re publican County Executive Committee for'twelve years, so that he has the presentigc of stalwart Republican an cestry. He was born- at Andrews Bridge, Colernin township, Lancaster county, on September lfl, 1870, the sou of William Hall and . Deborah (Slokom) Soroul. His middle name was given him in honor of General Simon Cameron for years the potential leader of the Repub lican organization and an important fig ure in national politics of Pennsylvania. He married when he was twenty-one years old, wedding Miss Elenoa Wallace Roach, a daughter,of John B. Roach, i ship builder, and grand daughter of John Roach, founder of ship building bus- iness in Chester and who has been rev erently referred to by many conspicuous | officers in the service of Uncle Sam as "the father" of the United States : Navy. For four generations the Spjouls have been iron masters and it logically followed that the present candidate for the Governorship of Pennsylvania would be identified with these and kindred interests. The Senator's father was an officer of the Iron Cliffs Company and eight | years of the future Governor's early boyhood were spent in the busy little city of Negaunee, where the furnsces and the general offices of the corpora- I tion were located. An uncle by mar riage, Thomas J. Houston, also lived i there and was a commanding figure in | the community. His energy and ability set a fine example for the lad, and Sen- I ator Sproul has often said that the pa tience of his father, of his grandfather and his Uncle Thomas in aswering ques | tions was beyond belief. Mrs. Sproul's lineage, as is the case with the Senator, is distinguished. Her great-great-great-grandfather was John Paulding, who was one of the captors of the unfortunate Major Andre, of the English Army, in the Revolutionary War. On her mother's side she is descended from a prominent Colqnial family from Dutchess county, New York. She is a member of the Co lonial Dames, the Daughters of the Revolution and other such organiza tions. but sets more store by what she, her husband and their children do than in the achievements of her ancestors, honorable as they were. „ Sproul, after receiving instruction at private schools, part of which time was I spent in the schools at Christiana, Lan- 1 cister opnnty. entered the High. School at Chester in ISS3. He could Jiave beeu graduated from that institu ftion at sixteen, but preferred to stay ! with tlfe old class and be< qualified as a in 1887. ® Sproul entered Swarthmore as a 1 w Freshman that fall and was assigned j ' to room with an old friend with whom I he had gone to school at Christiana, Maurice J. Briuton, now a leading bus iness man of Lancaster county. Pretty soon, however, Brinton left college and two outstanding figures in Pennsylvania politics of today found themselves shar ing the same room—William Cameron , Sproul and Alexander Mitchell Palmer, j Palmer, who is Democratic National l Commmitteeman and Alien Property j Custodian under the Wilson adrainistra- ; tion,_ has repudiated the Democratic I nominee for Governor and it is believed I that many of his supporters throughout the State will vote for Senator Sproul. | The Sprouls have two children. John Itoaoh Sproul was born Januarv 30, 1895. He followed his father to Chester High School, finished his prep aration at Mereersburg and then enter ed Swarthmore College, where be was I not only a good student but came to the , front in all college activities. He was a star in baseball and in basketball and was about to start upon bis business i career when the offl of liis country took him to the first Fort Niagara Camp, where he won a commission as second lieutenant and was chosen for the iteg- I ular Army. He was promoted to A first lieutenancy in October, 1917, and went I to France that winter. There he was j very active in the early fighting done by American forces, taking part in the sec- i ond battle of the Marne, where he was 1 signal officer. He was gassed last July and it must not be overlooked that i he was cited for bravery. He got back 1 to the front and to bis command as soon ' as possible and he has been actively fighting ever since. He is big, as is his father. Six feet three inches is his height and be weighs over two hundred pounds. The daughter, Dorothy, who borrows ' animation from her mother, now sad dened by her sudden widowhood* was i married to Henry J. Klaer on October 7, 1914. Klaer. tall, straight as a strip ling, active in athletics, was a son of Judge Jacob Klaer. of Milford, Pike ; county, where his family is prominent. He prepared at Blairstown Academy and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, quickly winning dis tinction as a chemical engineer. Filling positions of a responsible kind in the J steel industry he came to the front ran i idly and at the time of bia death, early in this month, was vice president of the Penn Seaboard Steel Corporation, with every promise of a brilliant future. He was captain of Company 7, First Pedi ment Pennsylvania Ueoorve Militia, ; wliifh paid him final honors in firing a salute over his grave. He took an ac- , j tive part iu all public movements in Del ; aware county. Jane, the first child of the young run- 1 pie, is now three years old, and is uu commonly large for her age. l?y hoc | winsortiness and the general fascination | and charm of her baby personality she has bewitched ail her relatives, as in deed she does all who come into con- | tact with her. The second child waß ' a boy, named for the Senator, William i Sproul Klaer. His death, on November ! ti. 1917, aged 14 mouths, brought itw| first real grief to the family. Without any prompting, Jane defer- j mined to call Senator Sproul "Big Pop," I which she does invariably in ud'lrcssiug him —probably her baby idea of o notice that j the real" boss" is none other thanl Janic. Lapidea Manor, the home of the Sprouts, is just outside Chester, in J Nether Providence Township, Delaware j County. It is one of the most interest- \ ing as well as one of the most bea®i- i fill homesteads in the countr?. Senator Sproul naturally drifted into i a practical newspaper life following his j boyhood experience in amateur jour- i nalism and his activities as a corre- j spondent for metropolitan journals dur ing lpß later college days. In" March of 1592 an opportunity I came to acquire a half interest in the | Chester Times and thus began his part- \ r.ership with his old preceptor, John A. j Wallace, which lasted uiftil the lattar's death five years ago. At that time a son i of the elder Wallace. Frank C. Wal lace, and Charles 11. Lone, who had j gone to the Times in the same vear ! Sproul did and had become business manager, became partners with Sproul. the business being incorporated with Senator Sproul as president, Mr. Wal- j lace as secretary and Mr. Long as | treasurer. For several years Sproul gave his undivided attention to the newsnaner. becoming familiar with every phase of the business, and devoting to it direct editorial and business care. The Times became very successful and is one of the best-looking and most prosperous dailies in the State. About ten venrs ago the Morning Republican, an old established journal which had become a daily, was purchased, and is published as a morning edition with the Times appearing in the evening, Senator Sprout stiH being at the helm as presi dent of the publishing company. About eight years ago Frederic \V. Fleitz, of Scrauton, a Tioga county farm lad, former Deputy Attorney Gen eral, who lived at the Harrisburg Club with Sproul, convinced the Senator that the fruit industry in Pennsylvania should be developed and that not only would a good object be served for the people of the State, but a good business could be.built up in raising fruit. Fleitz had given the matter much study and" hud the plan thoroughly mapped out, so three Splendid farms on the shale hills back of Mechanicsburg, Cumber land county, were acquired as* a starter. The firm of Fleitz & Sproul, fruit grow ers, was organized and operations be gan. Since that time a tract along the north branch of tfic Susquehanna at Vosburg, in Wyoming county, has been acquired, and the John G. McHenry place, a splendid tract, at Kenton, Col umbia county, has 'boon added to the enterprise. All in all the firm has -<•00 acres of the best of Pennsylva nia lands and over 100,000 fruit trees have been planted, beside* other small fruits and ordinary crops. Ileal farmers of the couatiy round about know that Sproul is one of them. He is Cyj proud if rot prouder, of hie. . teuioeisUip in tbu iirookbaven Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, as he v is of his many connections with some of the . i ost important clubs and organizations jiu the countrj - . Recently the grange j gave him n reception at Media, and it \ ■I so pleased him that he did not hesi i j tnte to say that he considers it one , of the _ greatest honors which it has' been bis lot to enjoy. I Throughout his Legislative career Senator Sproul has shown a consist- I cut sympathy with a!! movements tend ! i'tft to improve conditions for farmers. I With him the idea that the farmer is ► too heavily taxed amounts almost to an obsession. He has worked long and, earnestly to effect what he considers! just and proper changes in the way the ! farmer shall be taxed. He lias 'been 1 : entirely sound on all farm legislation 1 and lie was largely instrumental iu! having established the Bureau of Mar foots in this Stftte, which docs such ex | cellent practical work in making easier and more profitable the marketing of farm products. | Senator Sproul was twenty-six years old when ho was first elected to | the State Senate. lie followed in the j steps of his forbear Nicholas Newlin, of \Viiham I'enii. who was a' | member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly, and in those of the great ! grandsons of this Newlin, who reprc- I sented tn the State Senate the same district that Sproul does today. | In 1593 Sproul was elected resi | dent pro tern of the Senate, and he j presided over that body in the session ot IJOo. He has ever since been a leader anil has helped to shape all of the important legislation that has been | enacted during that period. ! H . e i . s ..t lle author of t}ie Sproul good I roads bill, and sponsored the proposed constitutional amendment enllmg for fifty millions of dollars for the iniprove | nicnt . °' ll) e State highways, but the I people then did not realize the neces sity for these expenditures and defeat | ed the amendment. He introduced the proposition in 1915 and again in 1917 11,I 1 ,' 1 . „ ♦ v £ ters , wUI have opportun j it) next Tuesday to again pass upon Main- indorsements of Senator Sproul s legislative career have come from various organizations, not the least enthusiastic of which was that from the Railroad Men s Political Al liance, which has strongly commended ins candidacy. I , ,? hc Iftfslative Committee of the Indianapolis Convention of the United i .Mine Workers of America in Janu ary last adopted resolutions commend •ng Senator Sproul for his support of bills providing protection to labor and other humanitarian measures. Senator Sproul has for years taken a keen interest in polities. He baa upon more than one occasion evinced a dis position to act independently of the wishes of recognized lenders and the impress of his personality upon the P.uty organization is found not only in Jus home district but in the State at large. WHium I. Schaffer, president of the l enlisylvania Bar Association, and one |or the most intimate friends of the r Senator, has said of Sproul: "His . mynatiiips iiro of the kind which never fal '— hc * s fidelity plus." Former Postmaster General John uDomaker, in a personal letter to the candidate, strongly Indorsing him for the Governorship, among other things wrote, 'The host thing that I know about you is that yon know how to keep the fuith." As a member of the Legislature ho ,sa!d he "had kept the faith." Th< distinguished Pennsylvanian then add ed: "It will be a pleasure to place you in the Governor's chair at this partic ular time,- when ivv expect the errly reiurn of ur soldier and sailor boys, who have done so Urge a part in their brave heroic service in winning the war. "I'aansyivitu.-. i <1 ;.c,„ ■ .rusts you to ae thst her wounded MISS JANE SPROUL KLAER The granddaughter, who rules the Sproul household. and crippled aona of the battlefield ahall not only be honored, but cared for." Mr. Wanamaker'a letter recalls a declaration from Senator Sproul's plat form in which he said: "In this connection much remains to be done to lighten the load of respon sibility and worry upon the brave hearts of those of our sons who have gone to the front, thnt those who are left be hind and arc dependent upon them are decently cared for while our defenders arc absent. The State and its commu nities should sec to it that not a de pendent wife or child, parent or sia i