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Kill DA V, AlMtlL 12, 1012.
HKPimiilOAX VOTERS OK WAYNH COUNTY.
Do you believe In the destruction of representative government? Do
you believe In making the constitution a farce? Do you believe in depriv
ing a minority of its right of protection against a majority? Do you bc
llevo In undermining and eventually destroying the independence and au
thority of the courts?
if you do you should vote for the 'Roosevelt delegates to the State
and National conventions. If you do not, then do not fall to attend the
primaries on Aprl 13 and vote for Homer Greene and John W. Codding for
dologates to the National convention, and for Lewis P. Cooke and William
P. Rloflor for delegates to the State convention.
Let us see! Why Is it that wo hear nothing In these clays about
those " undesirable citizens," concerning whom a certain seeker after a
third presidential term used to express himself so forcibly? 'Wo believe
that one to whom this uncomplimentary term was particularly applied, W.
D. Haywood, was recently In charge of the textllo strike at Lawrence, Mass.,
and Is now engineering a similar strike at Paterson, N. J. Is it possible
that, under the exigencies of the present situation they arc Included among
tlio dear people to whom power should be given to overrule the decisions
of tho courts? And while we are on the subject may we also bo permitted
to inquire what has become of those "'Malefactors of great wealth '
against whom thunders were wont to emanate from the White House?
Has the fact that certain of them have become tho financial backers of the
Roosevelt campaign absolved them from their alleged guilt?
ATTEND THE PRIMARIES!
In Pennsylvania, under the primary ballot law, tho thunder of the
demagogue has not only been stolen but silenced. Here the people do In
deed rule. The bogie of tho boss can no longer frighten the timid voter.
The people choose their own candidates In the most direct manner con
sistent with the safety of the ballot. A privilege which has been long de
manded is now in their hands. How will they use it? A proper and Just
appreciation of that privilege will compel every voter to attend the primar
ies on Saturday and express, in accordance with law, his choice for those
whom ho desires to have represent him.
Seize your opportunity! Perform your duty! Be true American citi
zens! Act your part faithfully, manfully, conscientiously in tho great
drama of American politics. The failure of one man to vote at the primar
ies may lead to national disaster.
UNPLEDGED DELEGATES.
Tho delegate who goes to the Republican National Convention at Chi
cago should go absolutely unpledged. He should be entirely free to act
in the best Interest of his party and of the people of tho whole country
as occasion arises. He should, of course, bo a man of Judgment, of hon
or, and of unquestioned party fealty. But he should not bo asked to go to
tho convention under Instructions or pledges which may contravene his
judgment, Impugn his honor and betray the best interests of his party.
Homer Greene of Honesdale, and John H. Codding, of Towanda, are
candidates for the office of delegates from this congressional district
to the National Convention, and If elected will go entirely unpledged.
They are both well known throughout tho entire district as men oF-judg-ment,
of conscience and of unquestionable party loyalty. They can be de
ponded upon to act wisely In tho interests of tho voters whom they will
ropresent. They should receivo tho vote of every sincere Republican.
For the same reasons Dr. L. P. Cooke, of Hawley, and William F.
Rlefler, of Dyberry, who are candidates for delegate to tho Republican
Stato Convention, should receivo tho support of all Wayne County Re
publicans. They are unpledged, and besides participating In the nomina
tion of a state ticket they will nelp to elect twelve delegates to tho Na
tional Convention from the state at large, who ought to be free to support
tor tho presidential nomination that man who will best servo tho Inter
ests of his party and tho people.
A DIGNIFIED AND AltLE PRESIDENT.
In tho midst of the contest and turmoil over the presidential nomina
tion, the chief magistrate of the nation pursues "tho even tenor of his
iray," with dignity and calmness, performing his official duties with skill
and ability, and with an eye single to tho welfare of the American people.
In a special rnessago sent to Congress last Thursday tho Presldont strong
ly advocates the placing of first and second class postofllces in the classi
fied list of the civil service, pointing out how such a change would effect
a saving to tho government of about ?4. 500, 000 a year. This, added to
other economics recommended by him In the same rnessago to be brought
about in a similar manner, would mean an aggregate saving of about
ton millions of dollars a year. This is the sort of an initiative of which
tho common sense of tho American people approves. It would take the
postoffices, and other offices affected, out of politics, provldo for a more
effective administration of them, and greatly reduce tho expenses of gov
ernment. This Is In lino with the general conduct of the Taft administra
tion. There has been nothing spectacular about It. It has been devoid of
ccnsational brilliancy, but It has been eminently " safe and sane." In
appealing to the people for their support for a renomlnatlon and re-election
President Taft can safely rely upon his record, and predicts future
achievement not only upon what he has actually accomplished, but also
upon his eminently sound theories of statesmanship and economy.
A LAST WORD TO ROOSEVEIP REPURLICANS.
The attitude of Tho Citizen toward you is that of complete friendli
ness. We aro all striving for tho common good through the success of our
party. Tho Citizen has said nothing and Intends to say nothing that will
hurt tho feelings or antagonize tho friendship of any Republican. When
tho family differences between us have been settled, as they will bo, at
tho National Convention wo must all work together. Until then let us bo
patient and good-natured. Tho Citizen believes that you aro mistaken In
urging tho nomination of Roosevelt for a third term. Our reasons for
this belief havo been partially expressed In our editorial columns from
time to time. It Is not necessary to rehearso them. But wo aro not near
ly bo much concerned In tho defeat of Roosevelt at Chicago as wo are
that tho Republican party shall emerge 'from that convention, united,
harmonious, strong for the battle with tho common enemy, with a declara
tion of principles to which all can subscribe, and a leader whom all can
follow. In order to bring about such a desirable end as this wo advocate,
-with all the earnestness at our command that men like Homer Greene and
John W. Codding be sent as dologates to the National Convention. What
ever Is best, In spirit or theory or princlplo, whether advanced by Rooso-
Tolt or Taft or any other leader of national thought, those men will sup
port. Whatever will make and keep tho party in tho futuro as In tho
past, tho party of progress, worthy of tho confldence and commendation
of all tho people, theso men will surely advocate. Whoever, after full,
fair and sober consideration, appears to be best iltted for leadership, him
theso men will support as their candidate. Could anything more bo ask
ed? For tho samo reasons The Citizen urges the election of Dr. L. P
Cooko and William F. Rieflor as delegates to tho Stato convention. Tho
party In Wayne county Is entitled to the best and wisest and most exper
ienced representation at tho Harrlsuurg convention mat can no nail, with
Cooko and RIeilor as tho delegates tho matter will be beyond question.
This Is tho situation as wo view It. Wo rogrot that you look upon
It differently. If you do. Wo wish that you might think and act with us.
but whothor you do or not, wo hope that you will bear this In mind, that
tho ono end of whluh wo all ought to strlvo is to make tho Republican par
ty, through its principles and Its leaders, tho best expression of tho best
political thought of tho American people
MESSRS. GREENE AND CODDING
HAVE TAKEN THE WISEST
COURSE.
Tho Republicans of this district
aro in harmony as to one proposition,
to wit: That tho thing to do at Chi
cago in Juno is to nnmo for President
tho man who nt that tlmo shall seem
to have tho best chanco of winning
tho election in Novomber bo ho
Taft, Roosovolt, or someone olso. Tho
Republican party Is greater than any
man or any faction In It, and tho
party's success Is tho primary con
sideration. No ono disputes this,
and nil good Republicans want a Re
publican and not a Democrat elect
ed. Let us look at tho nnnttcr as It
Is, and with nn open mind. Is It
not now as plain ns day that If tho
present tension nnd antagonism be
tween tho Roosovolt and Taft forces
shall contlnuo to grow nnd augment
till convention tlmo It may not bo
wiso to nominate cither of them?
Suroly, that fact must bo patent to
nil men who seo clearly and can
form correct conclusions. This being
tho enso, Is It not equnlly clear that
It would be extremely unwise to send
our delegates to Chicago pledged to
support cither Roosovolt or Taft, or
for that matter, any ono olso? The
thing to bo dono nt Chicago Is to
nominate the man who can win In
November, and all considerations as
to tho wisdom or expediency of this
man or that of this courso or an
other course, convcrgo and are in
separably joined to that central fact.
Wo will nnmo a winner If wo can,
but at this1 time no one is wise
enough to say who will by the latter
part of June seem to have the best
chanco of success in tho Fall, and
for that reason and for no other, the
Idea of pledging delegates In April
to support a certain candidate In the
convention more than two months
later Is wrong and entirely unwise.
Messrs. Homer Greene of Honesdale
and John W. Codding of Towanda,
have askcd that they bo sent as del
egates, and have given fair notice
that if elected they will go un
pledged to any candidate. The only
pledge they make Is that they will
as delegates do what seems best for
tho good of the district and of the
party, and that Is all, In our opin
ion, that should bo asked of them.
They have chosen tho best course,
and we believe there aro enough Re
publicans in the district who en
dorse their action to give them the
election on April 13. Vote for
Messrs. Greene and Codding, the un
pledged candidates. Towanda Re
porter Journal.
SEND UNINSTRUCTED
DELEGATES.
The New York Press an anti-Taft
paper, editorially favors un-
structed delegates as follows:
Instructions of the Republican Big
Four of New York will mean that,
though every delegate at the Chicago
convention should feel absolutely
sure that unless there was a com
promise nominee in Juno defeat
would come In November, yet the
chiefs of the delegation from this
Stato of S00.000 Republican voters
could not lift a finger to save the
party.
Instructed for Mr. Taft, tho Big
tour will be powerless to render any
service Whatsoever to tho party,
however desperate tho emergency.
iney can simply repeat tno name
of Mr. Taft, though theirs should be
tho only voices so raised. It would
bo the same If they were to bo In
structed for anybody else.
Delegates from tho Stato of New
York, With Its 800,000 Republican
voters, should be free to act in the
convention as tho needs of the par
ty demand. If they aro merely to
bo labeled and tagged like express
packages for delivery to a consignee,
and nothing more, the rest of the
Now York delegates might as well
take along with them a quartet of
wooden Indians to bo tho Big Four
of tho Empire State.
New York's Big Four should bo no
more Instructed for Mr. Taft than
for Colonel Roosevelt. No more for
ono or the other than for John Jones
or Samuel Smith.
Though the Big Four, every ono
of them, bo resolved In their minds
that Mr. Taft ought to be nominated,
they should go to Chicago free to
act as at the last moment they may
una it necessary to act. They should
be left free if they were known to
bo resolved In their minds of to-day
that John Jones ought to be noml
nated.
Whatever is to come of tho Chi
cago convention, whatever Is to come
of the vote on Election Day, the Re
publican Big Four should not bo
sent to Chicago as raero baggage.
Instructions of those delegates can
not mako Mr. Taft one iota stronger
than he is. They can, undor certain
circumstances, make a laughing
stock of New York Republicanism.
Instructions of Now York's Big
Four can do nobody good; they may
do tho Republican party irreparablo
harm.
euro from tlio nttnckn of believers In
n direct nnd social In tic democracy.
The supremo Issue In this cam
paign Is tlio preservation of reprc
M'litatlvi) Institutions nnd the ltinln
(eiuiiico of mi independent Judiciary.
No other political proposal can np-
prone li In Importance tlio mainten
ance of the form of govern men t un
der which wo live. It Is Idle to .say
that the novel proposals now nmdo
relate only to action by tlio stnUvs,
and not to action by tho United
Suites. Tho temperament nnd tho
spirit thnt bring them forward In tho
several .states would easily find hoiiio
plausible e.xcusc to bring them for
ward In the nation If tlicy were to ho
given tho slightest encouragement.
It will ho well for us, therefore, to
spend n Utile less time In discussing
tlio political "Who's Who" and con
siderably mora time In clearing tip
our convictions as to .the political
"What's Whnt."
What Mr. Fllnn is Doing.
Washington, D. C April 10.
Tho prominence of William Fllnn In
tho movement for tho election of
Roosevelt delegates Is considered by
politicians hero as u curious feature
of Colonel Roosevelt's campaign for
a third term In tho Whlto House,
To Pennsylvanlans In Washington
who knew Fllnn and wero familiar
with ills politics his election by
Colonel Roosevelt as ono of his
campaign managers was somewhat
puzzling. Ho never had been a po
liticnl associate of tho Colonel and
he no longer was A commanding fig
ure in tho politics of either Penn
sylvanla or Allegheny county.
Reports to tho managers of Presi
dent Taft s campaign show that in
lighting for Roosevelt's delegates
Fllnn Is struggling to regain his
former prestige and control as boss
of Pittsburg. He Is rated many
times a millionaire, and ho made
most of 'his wealth out of polities.
As boss of Pittsburg ho controlled
every branch of tho city government
and took every contract ho wanted,
and he wanted, practically, all of
them. His domination of Pittsburg
politics furnishes one of the most
astounding chapters In tho history of
municipal government In this coun
try. He was not a popular boss. Ho
was selfish, insolent and domineer
ing. Even tho few men he trusted
In politics hated him. For years he
had Pittsburg by the throat. Final
ly an outraged civic pride rebelled.
Pittsburg decided to rid Itself of
Flinn, and it did. It Is now nearly
ten years since ho was driven from
power and contracts. The loss of
contracts was the fatal blow.
Reports received In Washington
from 'Pennsylvania show that Flinn's
activity in the campaign will cost
'Roosevelt hundreds of votes. Re
publicans who havo not tforgotten
Flinn's rule In Pittsburg have with
drawn from the campaign for the
election of Roosevelt delegates. Rep
resentative McKInley and his asso
ciates at the Taft headquarters now,
moro than ever before, are confident
that Taft will win .In Pennsylvania.
REPRESENTATIVE MEN
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fVoto for both).
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POLITICAL NOTES.
Tho Republican Stato Convention
in New York, Vermont and Maine re
fused to Instruct tho delegates for
any candidate for President. It Is
growing moro apparent every day
that Wayno county should send un
pledged delegates to tho convention.
Socialism at Head of Movement.
Extract from tho speech of Dr.
Butler, temporary chairman of the
New York Republican Stato Conven
tion, April 9, 1912:
Mako no mistake, my follow Repub
licans; tho Inspiration and driving
forco behind tho movement for tho
overthrow of representative insti
tutions and for tho attacks upon the
Integrity nnd Indcpendenco of tho
courts Js socialism. There Is tho
enemy. Socialists may woll look on
with satisfied contentment while tho
poor, blind folk who still call them
selves Republicans or Democrats do
their bidding and labor to put Into
effect their policies. Tho civil liber
ty of tho Individual and tho Institu
tion of private property aro hatoful
In tholr eyes. They dream of a col
lectlvlst stato In which every Indi
vidual will bo a pawn moved on tho
chessboard of Industry and politics
as the ovorpoworlng might of a nu
merical majority may determlno. Do
not cnll that progress. Do not call
that consonant with a republican
form of government. Do not call
that American.
Wo must cnallengo theso doctrines
each and nil, In our own party nnd In
other parties at tlio very outset of
this cnmpnlini; mid wo may ho per
fectly confident that if wo do the
American peoplo will respond just as
they responded in 180(1, nnd thnt af
ter tho polls close In November next
ouo more great question will ho set
tled, nnd settled right. Our rep
resentative government will ho se-
Tho word "progressive" has been
stretched to tho point where It will
fit almost anything. When you
speak of a "progressive" nowadays,
no ono knows whether you mean a
tariff revisionist or an anarchist.
Political Announcement.
I hereby announco myself as a
candidato for a delegate from the
Fourteenth Congressional district to
tho National Ropublican Convention
to bo held In Chicago In June, favor
ing tho nomination of Theodore
Roosevelt for Presldont. Primaries
April 13, 1912.
D. R. STEPHENS.
23olSt. Athens, Pa.
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John W, Codding X
Homer Greene j
For Altornato Delegates,
(Vote for two).
J Henry Manzer J
P. W. Sturdeyant X
For Delegates to Stato Convention.
(Voto for two).
L. P. Cooke Xl
W. F. Riefler Xl
The People Shall Rule
DELEGATES TO THE REPUIILI
CAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
I am n candidate for delegate fro
tlio Fourteenth Congressional Dis
trict of Pennsylvania to tho Itcpubli
can Nntional convention to bo held at
Chicago Juno 18, 1012. If elected I
shall support tho candidate for
President who at tho tlmo of tho con
vention is found to most fully repre
sent tho choice of the peoplo nnd Is
best qualified to ossuro tho success ot
tho ticket.
Towanda, Pa., March 27. 1012.
Voto for John W. Codding.
Voto for Homer Greene.
Voto for Henry F. Manzer.
Voto for D. W. Sturdevant.
Vote for Lewis P. Cooke.
Voto for William F. Rieller.
Tho unpledged and uninstructed
delegates.
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I hereby announco myself ns n
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Fourteenth Congressional District nf
Pennsylvania to the Republican Na
tional convention to bo held at Chi.
cngo Juno 18, 1012. If elected I
shall go unpledged, and shall support
or mo presidential nomination that
man who at tho tlmo of tho conven
tion appears most fully to represent
tho will of tlio Republican voters.
nnd Is best fitted to lead the party to
success at tlio polls.
HOMER GREENE.
llonaulalc, Pa,, March 12, 1012.
ALTERNATE DELEGATES.
HENRY P. MANZER
and
D. W. STURDEVANT.
DELEGATES TO THE REPUBLI
CAN STATE CONVENTION.
I hereby announce myself ns a
candidato for delegate to the Repub
lican State Convention to ho held at
Hnrrlshurg May 1, 1012.
LEWIS P. COOKE.
I hereby announce myself ns a
candidate for delegate to the Re
publlcnn Stnto Convention to ho held
at Harrisburg May 1, 1012.
tnt.r.iAM v niHPi.nn
CANDIDATE FOR ASSEMBLY.
I hereby announco to the voters of
Wayno county that I am for the sec
ond and last time a candidate for tha
nomination and election for Repre
sentative In tho General Assembly
at Harrlsburg. I therefore solicit
the aid and support of all my friends
at the Primaries to be held April 13,
1912.
H. C. JACKSON.
Tyler Hill. Pa. lloel
Advertise in Tho Citizen.
I WHAT THEODORE ROOSEVELT SAID
" On the fourth of March next I shall have served
three and a half years, and this three and a half years con
stitute my first term. The wise custom which limits the
President to two terms regards the substance and not the
form, and UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL I
BE A CANDIDATE FOR OR ACCEPT ANOTHER
NOMINATION." Theodore Roosevelt, Nov. 8, 1904.
" I HAVE NOT CHANGED AND SHALL NOT
CHANGE THAT DECISION THUS ANNOUNCED."
Theodore Roosevelt, Dec. 11, 1907.
"I WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINATION FOR
PRESIDENT IF IT IS TENDERED TO ME." Theo
dore Roosevelt, Feb. 24, 1912.
How can he or his supporters reconcile the above
statement with his present spectacular attempt to force
his nomination?
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