The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-09-28

CS3y@ WE this week place at the head of our
paper, the name of Charles Parrish, of Wilkes
Barre as the Republican candidate for Sena-
tor. This with the name of Daniel Kalbfus,
of Carbon, completes our ticket, and we feel
no little pride in saying that better ticket
was never presented to the people of Monroe
county by any party.
Charles Parrish, the candidate for Senator,
in every point Of view, has no superior any
where. As a business man he has been in all
things successful. From small beginning he
has worked his way up, step by step, until to-
day he stands at the head of all the operators
in the coal region. And he has been emphati-
cally working man, laboring with both brain
and muscle to attain the end which he set out
to omplish-honorably, fairly. 1t is to his
credit that it can with truth be spoken, that in
his battle with the world and with fortune he
has so managed and lived, as TO earn and re-
tain the respect and good will of all classes of
men. In Luzerne county, where his name is
household word you cannot find man to
speak i'll of him, while all mention his name
with pride as belonging to the peer of the
wealthiest, and the true and tried friend of the
laboring man. In all the contests in the coal
region between ard-handed labor and hard
hearted corporations and operators, Mr..
Parrish is always found fighting in the fore
most ranks of the former against the encroach-
ments of the latter.
On the Democratic side, the name of Frank
Irll fnr Mr
has made no name for himself outside of his
party's lines. He was not seriously spoken of
for the position previous to the meeting of the
convention which nominated him and the
only consideration which induced his nomina-
ton was the fact that he was a young Irish
Catholic, and the belief that his name upon
the ticket would secure for it the undivided
support of both the young and old Irish Cath
olics of Luzerne. 1t is nothing against man,
that his religious belief is contrary to our own;
but when the people are called upon by a.
party to give it their support, by voting for a
candidate selected by it; when tried and true
men are overslaughed to make way for one
whose name is almost unknown, and whose
merit is based almost, if not quite, wholly
upon his religious predictions, it is time that
the people appealed to consider long and well
before they say, by their ballots, that such a
party shall have their support, and such a
man be chosen to represent them in one of the
highest offices in the State.
Readers between Charles Parrish on the one
side, and Frank Collins on the other, you
have a representative of yourselves, in the
former-a hard working, honest, true and
tried man and representation of Demo
cratic bummers only in the latter one whose
antecedents give no augury that you will ever
fell inclined to brag much over the fact that
Won assisted in sending him to the Senate. On
Mr. Parrish you can well and confidently de-
pend for such legislation only as will protect
the fair fame of our noble old Commonwealth,
advance your interests, and build up pros
perity such as we have not enjoyed for years.
On Frank Collins you can only depend for
such legislation as ten years ago eliminated in
civil war, and brought the country to the verge
Of bankruptcy, and even now finds us hardened
with mountain load of taxes and an army of
tax gatherers The choice between these men
and the principles and motives which govern
them, and which cannot fail to work most en-
phatically for veal or woe to our good Com
monwealth, lies with you, and as you elect so
must be measured unto you the consequences
of the deed.