The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-20
REPUBLICANS OF JERMYN
A Great Mass Meeting Of Unbridled
Enthusiasm.
SHOW LOYALTY TO THE TICKET
Ex.Lieutenant Governor Stone, A. J. Col
burn, Jr, and w. Gaylord Thomas
Throw Side Lights on the Issues at
Stake = Frequent Applause.

Stake = Frequent Applause.
The Republicans Of Jermyn opened
the campaign in u monster mass meet
ing in Windsor hall last night. Nearly
all the party's candidates were present
and received hearty ovation from an
audience that filled the seating capac-
ity of the commodious hail. and stood
about the rear wall. II there had eX-
listed any doubt as to the party vote in
Jermyn and vicinity it was dispelled
by the enthusiasm and salvos of APP
plause that marked the progress of the
meeting, over which John Mccarthy, of
Mayfield, presided.
The speakers We're Charles w. Stone,
of Warren county, ex-lieutenant gov
ernor of the state present congressman
from the Twenty-seventh district, and
a candidate for reelection; A. j. Col
born, jr., and w. Gaylord Thomas, of
Scranton. There were score of others
present ready to address the meeting,
but the list was restricted owing to the
lateness of the hour. The candidates
in attendance were: Clarence T.. Pryor,
for prothonotary; Frank H. Clemons,
for sheriff; John H. Thomas, for clerk
of the courts; Joseph A. Scranton, for
congress; John r. Jones' for'district at
torney; James C. Vaughan, for senator,
from the Twelfth district; Charles p.
O'Malley, for the legislature from the
Fourth district; r. w. Archibald, for
judge; w. S. Hopkins, for register Of
wills.
Hogarth's band furnished the music
between the speeches and at other ap-
propriate intervals.
Mr.. Thomas Introduced.
Following an able Introductory adj
dress by Chairman Mccarthy, the
speech-maling was eloquently intro
duced by w. Gaylord Thomas. He par
ticularized the tariff principal of the
two large parties and explained the po-
sition of the Democratic party in the
north by saying 1t was the tail being
wagged by the dog in the south. 1t is,
he said, house divided against itself
and without any one principle upon
which it can stand united.
At one point in Mr.. Thomas address
occurred an incident which proved gra-
tifying to the leaders present, If there
is truth in the statement that the spirit
of political community is shown in
The speaker had referred in glowing
terms to each member Of the ticket and
was interrupted by hearty applause.
When the name Of Charles u. O'Malley,
candidate for the legislature from the
Fourth district was reached, the cheer
ing and applause came in a sudden and
laundering outburst and continued at
intervals during the allusion. Jermyn
was uncertain fighting ground in Mr..
O'Malley's contest for the nomination
and is adjacent to Maytleld, the resi-
dence of Mr.. Turner who sought
place on the ticket. That the Jermyn
voters displayed such great enthusiasm
for the breaker boy was considered a
straw which showed the direction Of
the wind.
Address by Mr. Stone.
Mr.. Stone in his address gave a lucid
and forcible lesson on the issues at stake
and held the sympathy and close atten-
ton of his hearers without resortlng
to the subterfuges of oratory. He said
that in campaigns past the voters had
no such definite purposes as now. A
Democratic or Republican ballot was
cast more as a matter of custom than
principle. Now the prosperity of the
nation Is at stake. Like their Buchan-
nan of old the Democratic party Is
today trying to delude the public with
side issues such as the American Pro-
tective association. The population of
the nation increased from 1880 until
1890 to such an extent that ten southern
states, or sixty of the greatest cities,
can now be stricken from the list and
the population will be approximately
the same as in 1880. During that period
under laws made by Republican
legislation wages, bank deposits and
manufacturing interests, all evidences
of prosperity, increased to propor-
tonately greater extent than the popu-
lation.
Democratic speakers are gifted with
bad memories who say that financial
distress began four years ago The
leading mercantile agency reports and
even the messages of Grover Cleveland
following his last inauguration testl-
fled that eighteen months ago the coun-
try had not entered the throes of COM
mercial agony. When you voters have
these facts staring you in the face you
must know that the present policy must
be changed Never in parliamentary
history was there such disgraceful
history as that which accompanied the
Wilson bill, the late Democratic meas
ure.
Amendments in Senate.
In the senate 1t was subjected to 694
amendments and returned to the house
with q time allowance of one hour for
concurrence and debate, and with coal,
iron and sugar on the free list Mr..
Wilson, its father, hurled defiance at
the senate, but later meekly submitted
and the bill went to the president dis
rupted and distorted by the party or
obstruction and destruction.
With such disruDtion Is IL reasonahle
to suppose that we, as nation and one
people, can regain prosperity until the
one party who has the courage of its
convictions is again in power? We
want the message to go out from Penn.
sylvania to the world, as an appeal for
the protective principles of the Republi-
can party. Too much Importance cam
not be attached to the successful cleo
ton of even one legislative candidate.
That one exponent Of protection may
be the hinge upon which will swing a
nations prosperity
Seven southerners, five Of them ex-
confederates, were the majority men,
bers of the conference committee which
revised the Wilson bill. What practical
knowledge had these men of the needs
OF the country representing as they did
but one-ninth of the manufacturing in
terests OF the country, and coming
ior tne most part from districts which
are decaying and decreasing in popula-
tion and industry? They are not bus-
ness men. All the important commit
tees have Democratic majorities, which
Is right and proper and exemplifles
the principles of our free government
IN that the majority shall rule. But
when are added their mismanagement
and lack of knowledge Of the country's
requirements and tendency to legis,
late solely for the benefit of their own
small part of the country tits more than
the public will bear
How About the North?
Free coal from Nova Scotia, free iron
from England, free oil from Russia dt
IS now being mined in Russia at n cost
OF rom one to eight cents per barrel
ana ,Aported into California; may ben
ent the south, but how about Pennsy-
wanna ana the nation at large?
Like the soldiers of the rebellion who
followed their officers and founl ,,ta