The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-06

and women than we were wont to see un-
DER round generation Of Republican legis-
lation.
Painful as is this reflection, 1t is but the
darker cloud which invites the dawn. The
people have been awakened as never be-
fore. II the November elections shall re-
store Republican house Of representatives
at Washington, the initial step will have
been accomplished, and II the popular ver-
dict shall be decisive not only in Pennsyl-
vania, but In every other section, it will
surely pave the way to renewed ascend
ency in '98. and the election OF Republi-
can president will crown the efforts made
necessary by the vicissitudes Of '98 and '94.
Congress is adjourned: its house mem.
bers are returning to face criticism from
their constituents, while the Democratic
majority in the senate Is divided into free
trade and semi.protective factions. The
declared that he was too much chagrined
and disgusted that he could not
oven dignity the measure by attaching his
signature thereto, and in the same breath
he gave the country notice that at the
next session OF congress in December the
tariff agitation would be resumed and
warfare again waged until protection
is blotted out as to all raw materials.
This is the lamentabe product of the
work OF the past year. The mighty ener-
gies Of the country lie dormant after a
years waiting for the outcome Of a crusade
whose results have even disgusted even its
creators.
Let the thoughtful men OF the state and
the country who have in view the great
problems and perilous periods which were
30 bravely met and mastered by the Re-
publican party during the past thirty
years, consider the vascllating and disas.
trous efforts Of the party now in power
to cope with the public questions of the
last eighteen months, and answer whether
the Democratic party has proved its capa-
city for safe independent action in this or
any other serious period of our country's
recent history, and whether their proper
place in government is not that of an OBJ
iecting minority
Do not all men see that they have shown
themselves incapable OF formulating or
carrying out any consistent policy Of con-
structive legislationY Is 1t not true thst
since the party was placed In control Of
the government in 1902 there has been
scarcely question OF administrative pol
Icy, foreign or domestic, In which it has
not gone counter to the sober judgment
Of the great body Of the American people2
ARE THE PEOPLE SATISFIED?
The people will endeavor to adjust them
selves to the new conditions, and it is my
earnest hope that 30 far az possible read
justment will offer our industries an op-
portunity to resume business.
II the people are SO tisfied with the years
work at Washington they will vote for
continuation Of that kind OF governmental
policy. II they are not, as l believe they
are not, they will abide the time until
they can make an effective appeal to the
freeman's tribunal, the American ballot
box.
In its infancy, the Republican party was
strong enough, with the aid of the patri-
otic citizens Of all other parties, to restore
the Union; in It's youth it was wise enough
to give our nation and Its people unpre-
cedonted prosperity: in Its manhood 1t is
great enough to bring back q prosperity
lost through Misunderstanding and mis-
representation.
The present conditions invite the pro-
foundest thought and the highest patriot
ism. They invoke deeper reverence for
law and order. They demand an Ameri.
can standard comprehending every Ameri-
eau interest and individual. Let English
craftsmanship provide for Great Britain;
let France and Germany and Russia and
the other nations provide for them of their
own household, They have proven through
ages to be able to take care of themselves.
Let American charity begin IN the Ameri-
can home which Is the unit of American
stability and glory. Let us raise the
standard Of American citizenship and
teach ourselves to appreciate more deeply
the blessings that God has showered
upon our land and all It's Inhabitants. Let
US be more patriotically jealous Of our in
dividual and national privileges and pre-
rogatives and more careful whom we per-
nit to share them with u.s. Let us hold
fast to the great fact that each Of US Is an
integral and responsible part OF our COM
mon country; and we are relatively re-
sponsible for its up-building or its decline;
that the emblems upon these walls are our
colors bequeathed to us by other Americans
whose example shall be as torch to our
future progress; that this is our country
and these our institutions, and that every
battlefield and patriots grave is q monu-
ment erected to insure their prosperity.
The fathers guaranteed to us both civil
and religious liberty, which, as in the past
so In the future, must ever run In parallel
lines, and you well know that parallel lines
never come together. The same power
guaranteed to US fee simple title in all
American institutions. Therefore, the
American market is our market; the
American home is our homo; the American
free schools is our schools; the American
Sabbath is our Sabbath; the American
fields and farms, mines and mills, factor
les and workshops are ours, to be defended
aud protected by the men and women OF
America.