The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-20

WILKES BARRE. Aug. ~.
M ELD0N has county convention
" been SO electrified with orRtory
NM OF genuine stamp as was that
W which, in Lpndmrsser's h II, re-
emily listened to the speech Of H. A
Fuller. of this city, placing In nomina-
tion for congress the name OF ex-S-ns-
tor Morgan B. Williams Mr.. Fuller,
upon this occasion, failed to see his
candidate successful, but succeeded in
winning unanimous admiration as a
convention orator The TRIBUNE ia
glad to be able to present tho full text
OF his address, az piece Of campaign
literature deserving to be preserved.
Mr.. Fuller said:
Fellow Repub!icansl Comrades In the
noble enterprise OF restoring to the ooun-
try that prosperity which it enjoyed with
us il power, and lost whom we went out
Thanks for this privilege. 1t is great one
l shall not abuse 1t, for | shall use it to
pane the next representative from the
Twelfth Congressional district Of Pennsyl-
vania; and that is matter Of big concern
for us all, IL we did but know it, and ap-
preciate tho fact. In our contempls ion
of the present misrepresentative let US not
delude ourselves with the belief that it is
of small concern. This constitu ion of the
United States, an ancient document to
which we may occasionally rofsr with re-
spect, even iu the heat and turmoil Of our
modern politics, after u preamble which
declares its purpose to promote the gen
eral welfare proceeds stFaightway IN It's
very first article to establish and define
the house Of representatives. Before the
president; before tho senate; before the
supreme court; above them all before
them all; more vital than all the rsst,
frs, and foremost, the house Of rsprsssn.
ta,ivesl That is where it comes In, and |
beg to remind you thatis wnsrai IL belongs
in spits Of worry recent evidence Ia this
particular district that the voters here do
not put that lofty estimate upon the
Office. Our fathers did: aud we may
profit much by tho occasional reflection
that our fathers were quite worthy Of
their sons.
THEY KNEW THEIR BUSINESS
l am still old fashioned enough to be-
lieve that George Warrington and Bsnjs.
min Franklin and RoberS Morris and
Jared Ingersoll and Alexander Hamilton
and the rest were smart men and knew
WubL buoy "o'O hOiuE, WYNN tu"y HEOIH
that constitution, to put in frst the house
of represen atives. They did not put tho
cart bef 70 the horse, nor the tai bsforo
the dog: they built up from the iounds on
Of all stable government direct popular
representation whiSh comes sbraigh from
the people ulder direct responsibility to
the people. Wnen the chances OF poltioa
fortune nave combined to make chief
magistrate such man as is the present in.
cum bent, We are painfully reminded how
little we eau rely upon the presdent.
When the upper house in congress mas bs-
come a mere club ut millionaires whose
tenure rests on purchase or descent the
too. of trusts personally If not politically,
more degenerate than the English house
of lords, so sunken that even Don Cameron
in his envru ument appears comparatively
res pectable, We discover TO our shame how
little we count upon the senate. one time
the nations pride, now bitter pill lor
patriots 10 swallow, albeit sugar Goa ted
The federal Judiciary will b. no better in
the long run tnan the president or the
senate IT, whom 1t owes app intment, as
late aCcessions to the supreme bench do m.
onStrate.
Neither president, senators, nor jnd Ies
come directly from the people. But 10 nix
God, and thank our Fathers, the repre'en
tatives do. We have our say in that, we
boss that job, and if we say In earnest and
if we boss in fact, know well aud you
we'll in spite of president, senators oil
judges, that government OF the people, by
the people and for the people shall moi
perish from the earth. just because We
dld not say in earnest and just because VT
did not boss il .fGct, the Twelfth dist ic,
OF Pennsy lvauia is not represented hui
misrepresentei in congress today. tn,
incumbent calls himself our representa-
tive: l call him our misrepreseutati, r
| One hundred years ago ca h member o.
that house stood for $4,000 people AID
made laws for 5,O00,OU0 people; now h
| stands for 2OO,0U people and mai g!
laws for q 100000. Mathematician
it would sceln tnat 100000 people
ought to have better representative thar
| 80, 900 people, and that the man who stand.
for 300, COO ought to be at least four timel
the man who stood for 50,00O But histor.
ically and actually the reverse is true IL
geometrical inverse ratio, AS the constit
uency bas increased the representative ha
decreased, until now he is q pigmy; anC
the vulgar fraction 100000 correctly in
dicates his microscopic character. Men.
tally, morally and physically unable t,
represent 200 900, he has come to iepresen
just one-hinself. | presume at first h
honestly expected and intended TO repre-
sent the whole 200 900, for he does not il
advance habitually underestimate his owl
capability: but when he found tho job bs
yond his strength he wisely dsenoumberet
himself of 199, 999 and clung to what wa
left-and he will get left next fall
| POI ITtCAI ApprNnIcIrre
Medical science has recently discovere,
little thing in the human body called th,
vermifurm appendix, the rudiment Of
former bowel now absolutely useless, bu
very dangerous when it bscomes swolleI
with sense OF its own Importance ant
tries once more to be bowel The un.
fortunate creature who possesses such ar
ambitious vsrmiform appendix gets wha
is called appendicitis, and is quite apt I,
die. Not long ago this senatorial distric
was affected with appendicitis. aud callet
to its relief q surgeon who cut off the yer
inform appendix; and now this con
grsssional District, being smitten with th
same disease calls aloud for that sam
surgeon to cut off that same vermiforn
appendix. He can do it, for he has done /
once; he will do it il you say the word.
Fellow citizens OF the Twelfth Congress
sional district, what do we want ant
whom do we want in this emergency
Some may say wo want q man who ha
the gift Of CAB, an orator-the gill
tongue and more glib conscience who's
| eloQuence can cover a. large mutitud
of sins, make wrong seem right, tn
worse appear the better reason. Ken
tucky is now struggling with the problem