VieWS ITfcM. CHABLES L V/ING. Editor. >'ub!isliod .Every Thursday Aftarnoon By The Sullivan Publishing Co At the County Seat of Sullivan County. IjAPOHTE. PA. *V <;. MAMIN, Preslden. XHOS. J. INGHAM, Sec'y A Trous. Entered at the Pout < MHce at Laporte, as second-class mail matter. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. Judge of the .Superior Court VV. J>. PORTER, of AUegtieney. Electors at Large. MORRIS L. CiiOrillEß, Philadelphia P.. I". -ION ES, Pittsburg, For Congress 17th l>i.«lriet, E. W. SAM!'ELS REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. County Treasurer, \V. A.GFMBLE. Member of Assembly, 1.. 15. ZANER. Coniity Cornmissioners, F. W. PEALE and \V. H. ROGERS. County Auditors, G. E. WILCOX. 'IIARRY BOTSFQRD. GLOB MEN WILL RALLY FOR TAFT Great Galherlng Anticipateil at State League Convention, [Special Correspondence.] Wilkes-Barre, Sept. 1. A mighty host of stalwart young Re publicans will assemble here oa Wed nesday, Sept. 16, to ratify the action of the convention which placed the Tat'i-Sherman ticket in the field, and to formally inaugurate the campaign in Pennsylvania to he waged by the State L.eague of Republican Clubs. This will be the twenty-second an nual convention of the league, and all indications point to it being the most yui ct ssful in the history of the or tuuization. Vice Presidential Candidate Sher man, Senator Boles Penrose, Congress man Nicholas Long worth and John Hays Hammond will be among the principal orators at the mass meeting to he held on the opening night of the convention. This wlil be the first convention to be addressed by Senator Penrose for some years, and by reason of the prominent part lie is to take in the management of the national campaign his remarks will have special signifi cance. Pi ir.es For Clubmen. Rob i t B. Habgood. president of the State League, has been here and has cordially approved of al! of the ar rangements for the entertainment of the visitors. Prizes are to be awarded to the clubs sending the largest dele g:t 1 ions and for those coming the long est distance. The league clubs are to take a eon s; tcuous part in the campaign and v.,n co-operate with State Chairman Andrews and the various county com mittees in arranging for mass meet in. and providing the speakers and distributing literature. Pennsylvania clubmen have a warm feeling in their heart , for Judge Taft. v/h< so strong character and sturdy pa triotism appeal especially to the young men. First Voters' Club. Pians arc under way for the organi zation of First Voters' clubs In every school district in Pennsylvania to en livt. those who will cast a presidential vote for the first time in the ranks of the militant Republicans ID the great national contest. Reports from every part of the country show that the trend of senti ment among the young men is toward the Republican party and its standard bearers and that hundreds of thou sands of first voters throughout the Union are being enrolled under the Republican banners. Particular attention is to be given by the State League to the several congressional districts In l'ennsylva nia which have been classed as doubt ful. and in this connection the officers of the league will work In harmony with the national and state commit tees nnd the Republican congressional committee in their efforts to get oat every Republican vote. The Democrats are making bold claims in the matter of congressional seat* in this state They now have seven representatives in the house and they are -1 iir iir; ten. Tf the Repu'.'icpn '-Tubmen nctom pllpli half < what t'te expect in the way of orlurrt'.n;; (' e voters and rous ing ©nthi n for •■'•p T le-v,ijli>! b iucl-v If they c-'M v t-.-.i-,. distrh ts in this jt« !r Kv hi tjucoe.-'. c After a lii.:! of «•!•.. , . . ploy luem of i-ouvi. i . ~i. . i . ers at hi;ihv. :y |c.'! i:i I ma canal /one l« siu.'l !.y !!:.• of municipal Ie; i:"_; t:> h.M 1 passed the ex peri;- -ntt'i xMpe. it.-- = r.!- iiif? to thr Canal Record, with h re ently reached Washington. Three t'.i.-tlnct i mis were iu view in the prou ammo submitted by the special committee on the employment of prisoners, which was approved last February. The first »>!* these wi's the improvement of the prisoners' condition; second, the open lit K up to development of the fertile valleys of the canal zone. and. third, reimbursing the government for the expense of maintaining Its penal sys tem, the latter view having been justi fied. 4sir MAT ft'ftisjp nwi Übssilfa TO SWAP HORSES Pennsylvanians to Follow Old tbe Lincoln's Policy. TARIFF MADE STATE WEALTHY Taft and Sherman Stand For Protec tion, and Their Triumphant Election Will Insure a Period of Unprece dented Prosperity and a Continu ance of Roosevelt's Patriotic Ameri can Administration of the National Government. (.Special Correspondence.] Harrlsburg. Sept. 15. "Never swap horses while crossing u stream." This trite and homely ad monition of "Old Abe" Lincoln will be followed by the voters of Pennsylva nia at the coming election, when they will roll up a tremendous majority for the party of protection and prosperity. Reports from every county in the commonwealth show that the great body of Pennsylvanlans, the farmers, the merchants and the wage earners iu all the big industrial centers are determined to vote for Taft and Sher man and indorse fhe platform of the Republican party. Bryan is making tariff reduction, which to the Democrats means their old slogan of free trade, the para mount issue of his campaign. In feing that he is striking directly at Pennsylvania, at Pennsylvania la bor, at Pennsylvania capital and at Pennsylvania's vast natural resources, her coal, her iron, her cement and her tarious other interests. No Free Trade For Pennsylvania. The Keystone state has acquired lier enviable position as the most prosperous and wealthiest state in the Union under the Republican party's administration of statu anil national affairs, and to no other policy does she owe more than to that of the protec tive tariff. The present onslaught of Bryanism upon the tariff has aroused a feeling of indignation and alarm in every quarter of this state. Just as confidence is being restored, us orders lor manufactured products are coming in and mills are starting up. coke ovens and blast furnaces are being lighted and the textile and all manner oi industrial establishments are resuming operations, after a tem porary cessation, along comes Bryan with his tirades against the protective tariff. He is serving notice upon capi tal and labor alike that iu the event of his election revolutionary tactics rnay be looked for to the inevitable destruction of the interests of the wage earner and the manufacturer, to the granger, the dairyman, the mine worker and all classes of citizens of this state whose happiness and liveli hood depend upon the administration of the national government under safe and sane and well established policies. Taft's Nomination Brought Confidence, No reasonable man has attempted to charge to the Republican party re sponsibility for the recent disturb ance in business and momentary ha»t in the march of progress. But every one who stops to consider the revival of confidence, the resump tion ol' commercial and Industrial ac tivities and the universal predictions of a renewal of good times, cannot but attribute these conditions to the popu lar belief that the election of Taft and Sherman and the continuance of the Republican party in control of the federal government means an assur ance of national prosperity. To Promote American Patriotism. The patriotism and sturdy Ameri canism of the administration of Theo dore Roosevelt, all know, will be ac centuated with Judge William Howard Taft in the White House, and the prestige that has been added to "Old (llory" by the vigorous Rooseveltian policies will never be detracted from by any act of the distinguished son of Ohio who is now the Republican standard-bearer. The vital concern which every Penn sylvanian must have in the present canipuign was emphasized by United States Senator Boies Penrose In his recent speech before the Republicans of Lehigh county, when he made the tariff the principal feature of his ad dress. Penrose On the Tariff. Senator Penrose. aruong other things, said: "This is pre-eminently an age the world over of commercial, industrial and agricultural development. The United States leads in all these forms of activity. We are today admittedly the leading nation of the world, and our progress In the past and the pros pect of development in the future a>e beyond precedent iu the history of civ ilization. "We #ant an assurance of prosper ity. of a continuation of our commer cial and industrial development at home and of our trade expansion in .he markets of the world. The his tory of the United States shows clear ly that prosperity has always attended upon a protective tariff. "The American people cannot fail to recall vividly the immediate past. There has always been a relation of protective tariffs to prosperity and of great financial depressions to low tar iffs. The long period of depression which followed the return to low tariff Immediately succeeding Mr. Bluinu's defeat for the presidency continued (luring that entire period of low tarifi and until relief was obtained by a re turn to protection. ' The history or tariff legislation in congress ts one of continuous struggle. "Success has been achieved by a narrow margin. The principle of pro tection to American labor and indus try has frequently been putin peril in the house of its friends. Democratic Soup House Period. "Every one recalls the dreadful in dustrial depression during Cleveland's second administration. Following the re-establishment of protection in 1897 came an immediate restoration of' prosperity, which continued steadily until the great disturbances in world finances resulting from the Boer and Russo-Japanese wars and the local disturbances resulting from the great losses consequent upon the Baltimore and San Francisco disasters —disturb- ances due ultimately to monetary causes and being but temporary In duration. "These causes, with the lack of suf ficient currency to finance great un dertakings consequent upon the tre mendous prosperity which has come to the country under a decade of pro tection. are generally conceded to be the chief elements in that cessation which we all believe to be but tem porary in the extraordinary prosperity and industrial development and ex pansion of commerce which the coun try has enjoyed since the principle of protection and sound money were es tablished in the election of William McKiniey in 1896. "Setting aside minor issues and theories of legislation, does any sane man doubt that the future prosperity of the country cannot be safely in trusted to the Republican party by the election of William H. Taft as president? "The people from one end of the land to the other demand a cessation of the temporary interruption to our prosperity from which we are recently recovering. They are most interested in such an administration of the gov ernment and such legislation by con gress as can most reasonably be ex pected to bring about a resumption of our splendid march of development at home and abroad. Want American Standard of Wages. "The great mass of our people want to be assured of permanent employ ment at remunerative wages, which will enable them to maintain a stand ard of living such as becomes Ameri can citizenship. History demonstrates beyond any question that the mainte nance of the principle of protection under Republican administration and legislation has secured these results. "History has shown that where this condition has been interrupted by Democratic success and tariff tinker ing and free trade principles that dis aster and panic have ensued. "Closed mills and idle men were too familiar to all of us a little over twelve years ago. arid would hardly need re calling now were we not so apt to for get. Nor is there anything in the atti tude of the Democratic party to assure the American people of a consistent adherence to the protective principle. Tariff Cuts Cause Depression. "It would seem to be evident enough not to require argument that the pro tective system can best be maintained by those who have been successful for nearly 100 years in its maintenance and development. "The general statement stands un challenged that whenever the tariff has been reduced in whole or in part a business depression has followed, and in many cases most severe com mercial and industrial panics. "The present tariff law has been in operation unchanged longer than auy other tariff law in our history. "Many favor continuing the law un changed for the present, on the theory that stability of conditions is an es sential feature of any tariff system, and that the agitation in changing thc same introduces uncertainty in the trade conditions, and is apt to be fol lowed by a curtailment of industrial activity. "There is, however, a general de mand for a readjustment of schedules to meet changed conditions in the in dustrial world, and it is couceded on all sides that general revision will be made in the near future, but what ever changes are made the Republi can party this year stands emphati cally pledged to the principle that a tariff shall be imposed on all imported products, whether of the factory, the farm or the mine, sufficiently great to equal the difference between the cost of production abroad and at home, and that this difference should, of course, include the difference between the wages paid in this country and the paid abroad, and embrace a reasonable profit to the American pro ducer." Senator's Pledges to Constituents. Senator Penrose told of the move tnent already under way by a Repub lican congress to revise tariff sched ules to meet changed conditions, and in this connection he said: "As a member of the senate com mittee, I pledge myself to sustain the protective principle so vital to the in dustrial prosperity of this great state of Pennsylvania. "A harmonious and triumphant Re publican party continued in power by an overwhelming vote of confidence on the part of the American people 011 election day in November next is bet ter calculated to insure an immediate resumption of that extraordinary pros perity which began with* the election of William McKinley in 189G. than can ne hoped for hv the most sanguine in the election of Bryan and the election nf a Democratic house of representa tives. with tlie record of the Democ racy in the past for blundering and disaster in connection with the finan cial legislation of the country." _ ——— REGISTRATION CITIES ESSENTIAL Republicans Must Qualify How In Order to Vote For Tall. ALARM SOUNDED FOR AGTtON Committeemen Throughout the State Admonished to Urge Their Neigh bors to Comply With the Provisions of the Personal Registration Act, Go As to Be Ab'e to Vote For Taft For President £«d Sherman For Vice President at t'.-e Election In No vember. [Special Correspondence.] Philadelphia. Sept. 15. A note of warning has been sent all along the Republican lines in Pennsyl vania of the danger of voters over looking the requirements of the per sonal registration law and thereby de priving themselves of the right to vote at the presidential election. Colonel Wesley R. Andrews, chair man of the Republican state commit tee, concerned over the neglect of many Republicans to register, has sounded an alarm and all of the Re publican committeemen in the state have been urged to thoroughly can vass their respective election districts where personal registration is neces sary. and see to it that their voters qualify. No resident of any city who does not register this fall, personal regis tration being required In all c-ities, can vote for president or any other official pi the November election. Philadelphia. Pittsburg, Allegheny and Scranton are the only cities af fect rl by the section of the law cover ins? first and second-class cities, but there are nineteen counties in the state in which there are third class cities in which personal registration is necessary. Today. Tuesday, Sept. 15, is the second personal registration da.v for all classes of cities, and the last day for registration in third class cities will be Saturday, Oct. 17. The registration officers sit from S a. m.to 1 p. m., and from 2 p. m.to (! p. m„ and from 1 p. m.to 10 p. in. in all second class cities. All Must Get Registered. "We cannot too forcibly impress upon Republican voters the absolute necessity of their being registered in order to be able to vote for Tal't and Shci'inau and the balance of their party ticlcet," said Colonel Andrews with great earnestness. "All previous registrations bavins expired, every voter residing in a dis trict where personal registration is called for, must go this fall, person ally, to tin.- voting place and have him self enrolled by the registration of ficers. "No one who is not registered can \ote in Noverttber, so that the precinct committeeman who fails to see that his neighbors are registered will be inexcusably delinquent. All our efforts to get voters to the polls later 011 will be of 110 avail if they have not been personally qualified by having been registered. The Poll Tax Issue. "To be qualified to vote every citi zen must have paid a state or county tax within two years. The last day for paying poll tax to quality for the No vember election. Saturday. Oct. 3, should be impressed upon all who have not thus qualified themselves." The following are the counties in which third class cities are located and where this matter of personal registration is of vital importance to all voters: Berks, Blair. Cambria, Chester, Clinton, Delaware, Erie, Lancaster, Lawrence. Lebanon. Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Northampton, Washington and York. Prominent Speakers Coming. While the matter of qualifying the voters is being given very close atten tion, the Republican leaders are not overlooking any other feature of the campaign work. Chairman Andrews is directly in touch with National Chairman Hitch cock. and he has also the advantage of the co-operation of Senator Penrose, who is a member of the executive committee of the Republican national committee, in having prominent speak ers assigned to Pennsylvania. Vice Presidential Candidate James S. Sherman and Congressman Nicho las Longworth, of Ohio, son-in-law of President Roosevelt, at the request of the national chairman, have accepted invitations to address the convention of the State League of Republican clubs at Wilkes-Barre this week, and Speakers Cannon and Senator Bur rows, who was temporary presiding officer of the Republican national con vention, are among others of promi nence who have assigne 1 to speak in this state. To Win Debatable Districts. "We are working in Pennsylvania," said Chairman Andrews, "as though this were a doubtful state. We want vo get every Republican voter possible to the polls and we want to carry every debatable district, congres sional. senatorial and representative, and we can only do that by perfecting our organization in every direction and making an aggressive and deter mined cauvus until the polls close." Cultivate the Habit of buying" reputable goods lrom a reputabe concern. We are agents for W. L. DOUGLASS SHOES fro *■ a. 50 to 5.00 p2 Wood School Shoes ££ix' | M rorboys has no equal. Tracys Shoes for' » farmes are, we tind, always satisfactory. A GOOD ASSORTMENT k \®\ of CHILDRENS' and 1 \f o \ LADIES' Heavy Shoe fj Fine Goods at correct .•'! "" Prices. /• \ « ! >y.v.. r 2.■ toui\u i of our national afTair , s in v:y repeat years. Tils excellence as a federal judge in Cincinnati is something not to be underestimate,! or cToremphasiz ed, for should he come to the presi dential chair the qualities which made him a judge of high ability, which i know him to have been, will be the most needful to him as president of the United States. His high Heals ol honesty owl of relative justive. his great capacity for severe labor and his humorous wisdom in the face of the serious problem are attributes equally valuable and commendatory tc a people, seeking him in whom they may repose the trust of their collec tive Interests while they turn their in creased attention to their pressing individual demauds. After discussing problems resulting from national expansion, continuing be said: H35 Important Qualifications. "These questions are fruitful of trouble and perturbation, and the pri mary requisite of the man or men w'. o must deal with them is an abundant knowledge of the people of the outly ing domain. That Mr. Taft is posses sed of this knowledge as is no other man in the country is hardly to ho denied; granted that he has had ex traordinarv opportunities, he has shown himself able to improve thosi opportunities in a manner which it i.- not extravagant to say will be hi broadest claim so far to enduring fame when the acute visual distortion of the present and opportune sha have given place to the inexorable per spective of history in which the re'a tive values of public deeds to publi cities are completely clarified ati innouncecl to posterity." Harrisburg. Sept. 24. A significant feature of the {Cather ine of Republican clubmen In this city this week is the presence of so many young Republicans, many of them to be first voters at the coming election. The activity of young men in the ranks of the State League of Republi can clubs in this rampaign has been the subject of general comment, and the party leaders who have been fight ing the battles of Republicanism for years arc elated over the accessioa of so many enthuiastic recruits. The popularity of the nominee for state treasurer, the fact that he is, himself .a staunch member of the State League of Clubs, and that his candidacy typifies the desires of the men who seek to advance the cause of Republicanism's highest ideals, may, in a measure, account for the gratify ing interest taken in the present state campaign by the young men, both of the citieß and the counties of Penn sylvania. Mr. Sheatz's career In public life Is calculated to inspire the youth of this commonwealth. The story of his labors as a lad in th« great Baldwin Locomotive works K Philadelphia and his subsequent success as a business man. his nomi r.atisn lor the state legislature In on Independent district in the Quaker city, his splendid record as a lawmaker at Harrisburg. which led to his nomi nation by the Republican state con vention by a.unanimous vote for the office of state treasurer, has been studied by the young Republicans of Pennsylvania, who have enlisted in the campaign to bring about his election by an unprecedented majority for an oft year in November next. Presidential Battle Coming. The fact that next year will be presi dential year may also account for the Interest taken in the Republican party organization this fall by the younger element. Colonel Wesley R. Andrews, chair man of the Republican state commit tee. reports that the chairmen of the several county committees find that great interest is being taken in na tional politics this year, and that, every one is looking forward to the coming Republican convention. Pennsylvania will have 68 votes in that national gathering, the largest delegation, save one, that will sit in the convention, and the voice of Penn sylvania. as in the past, it is predicted, will again be potential in the national councils of the party. Tn order that Pennsylvania shall maintain her proud place as the key stone of the Republican national arch, it is recognized by the young men who have rallied to the party colors in the present campaign that the vote at the coming election must show a pro nounced Republican majority. It is true that the opposition is de moralized. and is without an issue. The danger to the Republican forces lies in over confidence and the apathy that frequently follows the absence of an aggressive opposition. The Capitol Grafting laaua. Nominee for treasurer, Mr. Sheatz, has reason to be proud of the ovation given him here this we»V by the club men gathered from every section of the state. While in this city, Mr. Sheatz had several conferences with Governor Stuart They talked over the state capitol graft cases. It is recom'z** that the Democrats lost their only is sue when Attorney General Todd pro ceeded against the men who were named In the report of the legislative probers as responsible for the looting of the state treasury through irregu larities attending t.he construction ot the capitol. With the knowledge that the pledges of the Republican party are being ful filled. and that after the thorough probing of the capitol Job, the Re publican state administration is pro ceeding to prosecute all who had a hand in the affair, the Democrats ar* absolutely deprived of an opportunity to play the capitol scandal to advaac* Uielr political Interests. 4