Republican News Item.
VOL. XV. NO 17
LABOR VOTE WILL
LINE OP FOR TENER
. ... Jj«syaii2j
Republican Nominee Popular
With Workingmeit.
FROM MILL BOY TO GOVERNOR
Former President of Amalgamated
Iron and Steel Workers Tells of In
terest of Candidate In Wageearners.
LSpeeiul Correspondence.]
Pittsburg, Aug. 30.
Although the gubernatorial cam
paign In Pennsylvania has hardly got
ten well under way, one fact has been
demonstrated, and that is that John
Kiuley Tener, the Republican nominee
for governor, is going to be one of the
most popular candidates with the
worklngmen that ever run on a statu
ticket.
This Is not surprising to those fa
miliar with ]ilh record and who have
followed his course both in private
and public life.
His whole history Is that of a man
who has worked hard hlm&df and
who is in full sympathy with labor
by reason of hla associations with the
wage earners from his boyhood days.
Any one who, like Mr. Tener, had to
begin at the very bottom of lifers lad
der and depend upon his own energy
jipd resources to win success can ap
p-eclate his concern for the welfare
of his fellow men, especially those who
make up the great industrial army of
this state and nation
"From Mill Boy to Governor."
"From Mill Roy to Governor" la a
slogan already heard among the en
thusiastic admirers of a former worker
!n one of the great steel plants of
western Pennsylvania, and as the can
vass shall progress and the great body
of the voters shall become more intl
xuately acquainted with the career and
the policies of the Republican nomi
nee for governor, It is predicted that
he will grow In popularity and
strength with the Inevitable result—
an overwhelming victory at the poll*
on Nov. 8.
An idea of the enthusiasm with
which the nomination of Mr. Tener Is
being received and of the reasons for
the interest shown in his candidacy
by representatives of organized labor
may be had from a chat with M. M.
Garland, a former president of the
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers,
who has known Mr. Tener foi many
years.
Appreciation of a Co-Worker.
"John K. Tener is essentially a self
made man," said Mi. Garland. "He has
ever been iaterested In the cause of
the workingman. and today classes
&mong his very best friends men who
have been and are high In the ranks
of labor organizations
"Tener's first occupation was as an
errand boy ami then as assistant ship
ping clerk at the mill of Lewis. Oliver
& Phillips, South Side, Pittsburg. He
was then advanced to pay roll clerk.
His associates were the men of the
mills, and it was while he was em
ployed at the plant of the Olivers, Ui
South Tenth street, he formed very
close friendships with Miles P. Hum
phreyß, who had Just retired as presl
dent of the Amalgamated Iron and
Steel Workers, then In charge or the
puddling and muck iron departments;
the late William Welhe, then u pud
dler; "Jack" Davis, a well known boss
roller, and others who were high lu
labor circles.
Once Ran a Locomotive.
"Tener spent most of his spare time
In the mills and mill yards, and as a
result he obtained a thorough knowl
edge of the practical end of the busi
ness. He soon mastered locomotive
engineering and was often found on
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910.
me engines in and annul tne plant,
and when a regular engineer was ofl
duty on account of sickness he would
take his place for a time.
"When Tener left the Industrial
field to take up base hall he was a
firm believer in organization, and dur
lng the closing months of 188U he.
with several other base ball players,
Joined In a movement which resulted
in the Brotherhood of Rase Ball Play
ers. and which had for its object the
betterment of the conditions then im
posed upon the players, and the extent
of this move has had Its effect ever
since.
"Tener became a resident of Char
leroi at its inception, and is known to
nearly every man, woman and child In
that town, and as the men pass by
they address him as 'John.' and he In
turn salutes them as 'Hello, Hill,' or
'How are you, Sain?" as the case
may be.
As a Friend of Labor.
"For several years he was enjrnged
In the glass business at Buekhar->on,
West Virginia, where only union men
were employed, and in all business in
which he has been engaged or hiis
had a controlling Interest, the very
highest wages have been paid. At the
beginning of the strike at the Mac
beth-Evans glass factory at Charleroi.
the men appealed to Toner, and he
was Instrumental in securing n con
ference between representatives of the
workmen und their employers. He
was again called upon during a strike
at the works of the Charleroi Coal
company to intercede in behalf of the
miners, and in this he was successful
In assisting In an agreement satisfac
tory t<> both sides and winning the
pralsn of tUo wage earners.
"Tener was sent to congress with
the unanimous endorsement of the la
bor organizations in the Twenty fourth
district, he having declared for an
eight-hour law. At the second session
of the Sixty-first congress !ie Intro
duced a resolution calling for an in
vestigation of labor conditions tn the
mills and factories tn western Penn
sylvania, which went to the commit
tee on rules, which body as every one
knows, was soon after the center of *
bitter fight, resulting in the delay of
this and other creditable proposed
legislation. He Is i Arm believer 'n
arbitration, as hla close friends svell
know.
"Tenor's political enemies have un
successfully endeavored to make po
litlcal capital out 3f the story that
when the Hugher Injunction amend
ment was before the house of repre
sentatives he wa? recorded as 'not
voting,' but the> failed to add that st
that time he was paired with Repre
sentative Taylor, s Democrat, of Ala
bama, who was absent from Wash
ington, as will be shown on page 9224
of the Congressional Record, and II
would have been the height of dls
courtesy and dishonesty to
otherwise.
"While Tenor ha? been liberal to
all local charities his name has al
ways been found among the contribu
tors to the funds for the widows and
children of the unfortunate men killed
In the mines and factories, and more
than one home has been brightened as
the result of his generosity.
"I predict his election by onft of the
largest majorities ever given a candl
date for governor In Pennsylvania."
Leaped From Ocean Pier.
In sight of hundreds of pleasure
seekers enjoying the cool breezes on j
the far end of the Steel Pier at Atlan
tic City, N. J., Victor Foreman com
mitted suicide by leaping Into the
ocean fully clothed.
Foreman it is said was a sufferer
from some mental ailment and was
constantly under the care of a nurse,
lie went to the pier, and after listening
to the band concert for some time ex
cused himself from his guardian for a
moment and walked toward the end of
the structure.
Word was sent to the hospital tent,
and Hall and Davis, life guards, rowed
with all possible speed to the spot
where Foreman had leaped overboard.
They recovered the body, but the ef
forts to resuscitate the man were with,
out avail.
ROBBERY ON
SHIP AT SEA
jl _____
Chicago Woman Loses $3430
in Jewels and Money.
WIRELESS GALLS DETECTIVES
Slept With Stateroom Door Unlocked
and Awoke to Find Her Ornaments
Gone—No Trace of Thief.
Miss Ethel May Davis and Mrs.
James S. Rodgers, of Chicago, arrived
in New York on the steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm 11., and said the former had
been robbed of $3430 worth of jew
elry and money while the ship was on
the high seas.
Pinkerton detectives, ordered out by
a command from Chicago in response
to a wireless sent from the ship, look
ed about and asked questions, and said
the robbery was a sure thing. More
Pinkerton detectives, sent by agents
of the line to make an investigation,
simply shook their heads.
Anyhow, at sun-up on Monday morn
ing, other passengers in the neighbor
hood of the room occupied by the two
young women were by loud
screams, and word soon sjiTead that
Miss Davis had lost all the jewelry
she had been wearing at dinner the
night before and some more, together
with some money. The list of things
said to be missing comprised a pearl
ring valued at $ 1 DO; a gold chatelaine
bag, $180; a diamond ring, $750; a
double diamond bracelet made into a
necklace. $1200; a gold enameled van
ity box. $150; a diamond and sapphire
ring. $G00; a gold watch, s7.">; an ame
thyst and peari brooch, st>o; a gold
mesh bag. s?.">, and besides there were
a 500 franc French note and $l3O in
American money.
Miss Davis and Mrs. Rodgers occu
pied stateroom No. 442. which is just
forward of the dining room. The for
mer said that 1 when she went to bed
her money and jewels were on a shelf
alongside the mirror. Mrs. Rodgers
also had a bag of jewels, which were
said to represent a value of SBOOO to
SIO,OOO, but the bag was on the sofa.
A steward awoke Miss Davis at 2
o'clock in the morning to deliver a
wireless message, but this was the
only interruption to the repose of the
women during the night, though Miss
Davis confesses to have had premo
nitions, and Mrs. Rodgers had a feel
ing several times during the night
that somebody else was in the room.
Mrs. Rodgers got up about li o'clock
togo to the bathroom, and left the
door of the stateroom unlocked. Soon
after she came back she awakened
Miss Davis, and the two were startled
upon discovering that Miss Davis' jew
elry and money were gone. The thief
hail taken everything on the shelf ex
cept the chain belonging to Miss Da
vis' watch, which was of little value,
but had overlooked the richer prize
that lay on the sofa.
A thorough search was made and
stewards and chambermaids question
ed, and James O. Condon, president
of the Iroquois club, of Chicago, who
was a passenger, suggested sending a
wireless to have detectives meet the
ship. One of these intimated that two
women passengers were under suspi
cion. but nothing developed when the
ship docked, although the customs of
ficials kept a lookout for jewelry an
swering to the description of the miss
ing articles.
R. R. AGENT KILLS
MAN WHO SHOT AT HIM
Slays Discharged Employe in
His Olfice.
C. P. Welsh, a discharged special
agent of the Oreat Northern Railroad
company, entered the office of Chief
Special Agent A1 G. Hay, at St. Paul,
Minn., and fired five shots at him, but
missed him each time. Ray then shot
Welsh dead.
Welsh, who was about forty-five
years old, had been discharged by Ray
about two months ago for shooting a
man at Duluth.
Shortly after Ray entered his office
Welsh appeared. As he opened the
door to the office he drew a revolver
and began to fire at Mr. Ray. At the
fifth shot Mr. Ray returned the fire
and killed Welsh. Welsh was shot at
four times. One bullet went through
the head and another through the
stomach.
Just before he fell dead Welsh pull
ed a pint bottle of nitro glycerine, with
a fuse and cap attached, from his
pocket, hurled it to the floor and stag
gered through a door. It failed to ex
plode, due to the fact that it was
wrapped in heavy paper.
TAFT'S APPEAL
TO REPUBLICANS
Tells Why Party's Congressmen
Should Be Elected.
TO REDEEM ITS PLEDGES
Give Party's Record In Congress and
Says More Important Measures Are
to Be Enacted.
An urgent call for all Republicans to
forget their differences after the nomi
nations of their party have been made
and to unite in trying to elect Repub
lican nominees and thus insure the
further carrying out of platform prom
ises is made in the letter which Presi
dent Taft has written for use in the
Republican campaign textbook.
The letter was addressed to Chair
man William R. McKinlay, of the Re
publican congressional committee, at
the headquarters of the committee in
the St. James building in New York.
The letter virtually takes the place
of a party platform in the campaign
for congress this fall, and it is evi
dent that, the president intended it
for such.
Only a brief and guarded reference
is made to any factional strife within
the party and that in the very begin
ning of the letter. Assuming that
party candidates will have already
been selected by the time his letter is
published, which, however, is not the
case, the question will be, says Mr.
Taft, "not what complexion of Repub
licanism one prefers, but whether it is
better for the country to have the Re
publican party control the legislation
for the next two years and further re
deem its promises or to enable a Dem
ocratic majority in the house either
to interpose a veto to Republican
measures or to formulate and pass
bills to carry out Democratic princi
ples."
Only twice does the name of Mr.
Taft's predecessor appear in his let
tor. and that is in reference to con
servation. To Mr. Roosevelt Mr. Taft
gives the credit for arousing public in
terest in this subject.
A large part of the letter is a sum
mary of the legislation of the last ses
sion as evidence of desire of the Re
publican party to fulfil its promises.
Among the measures yet to be en
acted and for which he asks the re
turn of a Republican majority. Mr.
Taft places the measure to curb the
injunction power. He declares that the
Democratic substitute "would create
a privileged class of lawless workmen
and would seriously impair the power
of the courts of equity to do justice."
The regulation of stocks and bonds
of railroads, a ship subsidy measure
and a national board of health are
other promises which remain to be
kept, the president asserts. Those who
wish for such legislation, in which
Mr. Taft uses the word progressive,
should vote for Republican candidates,
the president insists.
The principal points in the letter
are as follows:
It is better to have the Republican
party in power in order further to re
deem its promises.
The Republican party should forget
its differences in the coming election.
All Republicans who believe in the
platform principles of 190S should give
loyal support to candidates.
The legislative program could not
be carried out by one congress.
More reductions than increases were
made in the Payne tariff law.
The tariff is not responsible for the
increase in prices of necessities.
The importance of the tariff com
mission.
Deficit turned under new law to sur
plus of $26,000,000.
Advantages of the corporation tax
law.
Interstate commerce law amend
ments beneficial.
Epoch created by enactment of pos
tal savings bank law.
Creation of the bureau of mines and
legislation for safety devices on rail
roads a boon to labor.
Revision of conservation legislation.
Rond issue of $20,000,000 for recla
mation.
Passage of river and harbor and
statehood bills.
Economies in conducting govern
ment departments.
Republican party that of construc
tion and progress; Democratic that of
obstruction and negation.
Lion Chokes to Death on Meat.
Rajah, tha big tiger of the Rron>:
zoo, in New York, choked to death
on a piece of meat while being fed
Rajah had the reputation of being th<
ugliest tiger In the country as well af
the finest.
Real Luck.
You may not believe in luck, but Just
the same you nre lucky to be in luck.—
New Haven Times-Leader.
URGES WATCH
OVER COAL LANDS
Soosevell Warmly Praises the
Forestry Service.
TAKES RAP AT BALLINGER
Colonel Gives His Idea on the Con'
servation of Natural Resources In
Vigorous Language.
Colonel Roosevelt arrived in Den
ver, Colo., on Monday and was greet
ed by a salute of twenty-one guns.
The ex-president received the most
enthusiastic reception ol' his tour and
was kept on the move all day. He first
reviewed a parade and then attended
a banquet given by the Denver Press
club. In the afternoon he addressed
the Colorado legislature.
At a mass meeting in the Auditor
ium he was wildly cheered by an au
dience numbering 12,000, when he
gave his idea on the conservation
i)l' the nation's natural resources, and
in doing so made some references that
hail a bearing on the bitter contro
versy betkeen Gifford Pinchot, the for
mer chief forester, and Richard A.
Ballinger, the secretary of the interior.
Neither was mentioned by name,
but the forest service, of which Pin
chot was so long the head and the
mouthpiece for the promulgation of
the Roosevelt conservation policy, re
ceived unstinted praise. On the other
hand, what was considered by many
of the former president's audience a
direct slap at Ballinger came in his
discussion of the Alaska coal lands.
"These coal mines," declared the
colonel, "should be leased, not sold,
and those who mine the coal should
give back part of their profit to the
people." Then he added:
"It is the right and the duty of the
people to demand the most vigilant
trusteeship on the part of that branch
of the federal government in charge
of the fuel resources of the United
States."
This he urged for the industrial de
velopment of the west and the needs
of the navy in the Pacific.
Colonel Roosevelt made no direct
re' -ri-nce to the Taft administration,
but he denounced in strong terms bills
that were introduced in the last ses
sion of congress with the purpose of
transferring water power sites In the
national forests and the public domain
to the control of the states.
Then swinging rapidly into the dis
cussion of the forest service, of which
Pinchot was so iQng the controlling
factor, he said:
"The forest service has enemies be
cause it is effective. * * * Much
of the opposition to the forest service,
like much of the opposition to conser
vation, takes the form of direct mis
representation. * * * Like the for
est service, the reclamation service
has clashed with certain private in
terests and has had to pay the pen
alty * * * in the form of bitter
opposition."
New York state politics crept into
the speech for a minute, when the
former president regretted that he
would not be able to attend the ses
sions of the National Irrigation Con
gress, the latter part of September,
just about the time the Republican
convention will meet at Saratoga, N.
Y. "I must," he said, "bo in the east
at that time."
Colonel Roosevelt also aroused con
siderable interest by a definition of
interstate commerce included in his
speech.
"All commerce on a scale suffl
ciently large to warrant any control
over it by the government is now
adays interstate or foreign commerce."
he said. Until courts and legislative
bodies recognized this, he declared,
the interests of the people would suf
fer.
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HUGHESVILLE,
CAPITAL STOCK
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)
Sur P lus and FRANK A. REEDER, Cashier.
Net Profits,
75.000.
DIRECTORS:
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Hanking Business. W. O.trontz, l-rank A.Reeder, Jacob Per,
Lyman Myers, W. T. Reedy, Peter Frontz,
Accounts Oflndivid- J. A . S. Ball, John Bull,
uals and Firms
solicited.
Safe Deposits Boxes for Rent, One Dollar per Year.
3 per cent. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
75C PER YEAR
Roosevelt's Conservation Ideas.
"I do not believe that a single acre
of our public lands should hereafter
pass into private ownership except for
the single purpose of homestead set
tlement. This is absolutely necessary
on the agricultural lands. It is at least
equally necessary on the mineral
lands."
"The forest service has enemies be
cause it is effective. Some of its best
work has been met by the bitterest
opposition."
"Much of the opposition to the for
est service, like much of the opposi
tion to conservation, takes the form of
direct misrepresentation."
"Like the forest service, the recla
mation service has clashed with cer
tain private interests and has had to
pay the penalty of its service to the
public in the form of bitter opposition
from those with whose profit it has in
terfered."
"This country has shown definite
signs of waking up to the absolute ne
cessity of handling its natural re
sources with foresight and common
sense."
"In the first place, the needless
waste of the natural resources must
be stopped."
"In the second place, the natural
resources must be developed prompt
ly, completely and in orderly fashion."
"In the third place, so far as possi
ble, these resources must be kept for
the whole people and not handed over
for exploitation to single individuals."
Denver Wild Over Roosevelt.
The tour of Mr. Roosevelt through
the west is becoming more interesting
every day. Denver turned out in large
numbers to bid him good by and god
speed. The capitol of Colorado went
wild over Roosevelt. The newspapers
praised the colonel to the skies. Most
of the political sharps out here seem
to think that if Mr. Roosevelt wants
the nomination in 1912 he can have it,
but the colonel has expressed no de
sire yet, unless it is through the fre
iiuent use of the future tense All of
the day was consumed in traveling.
The first stop was made at. Colorado
Springs, where about 1000 persons
cheered and heard the colonel scold
the corporations some more.
Pueblo cleaned the streets and did
all sorts of things to make Mr. Roose
velt and his party feel at home. The
reception committee that got on the
train at Denver handed out regular
paper badges that admitted you to any
part of the grounds. A string of auto
mobiles was down at the station and
the band clayed.
Tlit .'lf. rest of Mr. Roosevelt to
wards every part of this country was
illustrated again. He spoke of New
Mexico and Arizona. He said that
many of his friends had written to
him asking that he advise them about
the making of the constitutions of the
two new states. The colonel has re
plied that he isn't familiar with condi
tions to do it. Nevertheless he can
hand out a bit of advice on the out
side.
Mr. Roosevelt is strongly of the
opinion that the people of New Mex
ico and Arizona should have a consti
tution easy of amendment at any
time. He declares that not only the
doctrinaire but also the designing cor
poration lawyers are apt to slip into
the constitutions matters that aren't
thoroughly understood and that will
work havoc later on. They ought to
look out for that.
Maine Deer Takes a Buggy Ride.
Francis F. Mitchell, a New York
man vacationing in Maine, had the
surprise of his life, while driving along
a road a few miles from Bangor. He
was sitting back in the seat enjoying
the beautiful scenery, when he was
startled to see a frightened deer
spring from the forest at the road
side and leap into the carriage, fall
ing between the dashboard and the
horse.
The latter kicked until the vehicle
was demolished. After both the horse
and deer hade kicked about for three
minutes the child of the forest man
aged to extri ate itself and ran back
into its retro, apparently none the
worse for its oerience.