The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-02

The year 1894 bids fair. 1t comes in
with good promise. The industries in
our own city give promise of continu-
ous employment. while the reports
from all parts of the state are equally
encouraging. Of course the wage of
the toiler will not be as great as in
former years owing to the Vaccinations
of the enemies of the people, the Demo
cratic members of congress. They have
seen fit to report bill, that removes in
great measure the duties on manufac-
tured articles This state will suffer
peculiarly by the enactment of the pro
visions of the Wilson bill. AS in
earlier days when it derived its name
from the peculiar position it formed
and occupied in the original thirteen
colonies, SO today il is the keystone to
the arch of Rspublicanism, the bul =
wark against which the poisoned darts
of the enemy are aimed.
Democrats have no use for Pennsyl-
vania or Pennsylvanians. When in
power they can strike at its people, at
its industries and resources with i'm
punity, This is the policy that they
are at present pursuing. Pennsylvania
with its mammoth industries must
bear the brunt of the free traders as 9.
saults. Its inhabitants may be reduced
to the last straits, and the men who are
responsible for its desolated condition
will be deaf to all arguments aud en-
treaties.
THE DUTIES OF THE PEOPLE.
In this condition of affairs it be-
hooves citizens and voters of all condi-
tions to see to it that the spoiater5 are
reblked when occasion may arise.
Pennsylvania above all other states
needs a protective tariff. 1t cannot af.
ford to bs brought in competition
with the lily paid workmen Of
foreign countries 1t can not afford
to view with complacency idle looms,
furnaces. forges and workmsn while
foreigners reap the benefits. 1t can
not afford to, nor will it. The last cleo
tion was an admonition to Grover Cleve-
land and his theories, to his English
friends and sympathizcrs and the An
glo- Americans who ape English ways
aud manners; whose thoughts aud &C
tions are not American. and who would
by their votes pauperizs the people of
this country so that they might be
lauded by the prince of Wales set and
that they might tosdy to royalty.
The admonition was unheeded. They
still continue to pursue their fratricidal
policy. They are themselves beyond
the power Of want and the pale of the
injuries they infict. None of their
money is invested in anything that
gives employment to labor. They have
not the cares of business hurdening
them. They see not the suffsriDgs of
the poor workmen whose condition
they are directly responsible for.
IN LACKAwANNA COUNTY. a..
The people Of Lackawanna county
expressed their disgust and disap-
proval of Clavelandesqus mismanage.
ment of national affairs At the last
election Democracy received an over
throw that it will not recover from
until its policy changes. 1t was not a
Republican victory in the strict
sense Of the word. 1t was popular
victory, Democrats showing their dis
approval equally with their Republican
neighbors. The spirit then exhibited
must De kept alive, The work of de.
throning the free trader must be con-
tinued until the last enemy of Ameria
can prosperity is driven out of power
and if need be out of the country.
The Democratic politicians of Lacka.
wanna county are cognzant of the
conditions that surround them. They
see the writing on the wall. 1t is not
a question as to who will be their
party's nominees but rather who the
marty can yet to accept nomination
Ex-Judge Smith, it is understood, will
oppose Judge Archibald In fact he
admitted as much at the Powderly
banquet and reception, but his success S
this year will be even less
than it was last fall. For
congress Democrats will'n even make
try for the Office. There may be u
nominee and under certain conditions,
even that may be dispensed with.
With the other county offices the re-
suit will be the same. Democrats can.
not be successful in Pennsylvania or
Lackawanna county, whlleHtheir repre-.
sentatives in Washington prove them
selves not friends but enemies of the
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