The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16

artisans, erect this same factory ana equip
1t for $4,000 Suppose it is carriage fac
tory. The New York (England). people
bring carriage here and place their ar
ticle costing them $3.50 In competition with
yours which represents $780, SZ!O or wnich
represents labor. Thev say You Scran-
ton people can't compete with us: you will
either have to lower your wages or close
up your factory" Just here the Repub-
lican party steps In and says. NO, they
will do neither. You New York people
can just step up to the city treasurer and
pay the difference between your price of
labor and that paid here in Scranton, or
take your carriage home" (Great ap-
plause)
WHAT BRYAN DID.
Bryan favored the Wilson bill. In 1892
cea for all our ills. Now he says free sill
YER Is the proper medicine. Next cam
paiEn. II he is heard from he will .proba-
bl" be shouting for free whiskey. H-angh-
tar) He always wants something free.
He favored fra" wool. mention parti-
cularly free wool because that destroyed
one OF the great Industries Of nv state
I'll tell YOU how IT affects us. When went
to school we read in our primers.
Mary had little lamb.
Whose fleece was white as snow.
Now my little daughter doubtless reads
Mary had little lamb,
tut that was long ago
She can't afford to keep one now,
Because the woors so low.
Just before leaving Cincinnati I partlci-
pated in the formation Of a Mckinley
club. One Of the speakers was lifelong
Democrat. In his remarks he said that
while he was still Democrat he was still
Il patriot. Another was a one. armed ex-
Confederate soldier. The Democratic
platform, said he. breaths the same spirit
as was rampant in the South IN 1861. The
a
what Alteeld said in Illinois. That's one
Of the planks of the Chicago platform.
What would have happened In 1850 II the
government. had waited until the governor
Of South Carolina had made a requisitloI
for troops?.
l met prominent Illinois Democrat on
the train one day recently. He told me
that he proposed to vote for fckinley
because Of that particular plank in the
platform. His conversion was due to his
having witnessed the riots, experienced
the feeling Of dread and terror which filled
that city and then seeing quiet and peace
United States troops sent thither by the
president Of all the United States. Grover
Cleveland. Great applause.)
There are two Democratic parties In the
from ., foreign trip begun last spring,
when the country was shouting for Nc
Kinley. the apostle Of protection, and
when 1t was q question as to whether or
nation. This returning citizen, upon arrlv-
ing In New York, would first Of all natur-
ally ask about the campaign and would
possibly inquire II there was Demo-
surprise to learn that there are two DEM
ocratic parties, and picture his amuse-
ment as he heard described the men of
these two parties. One Of the parties.
he would be told; contained such men as
had for their standard bearer General Pal
geld. Pitchfork Tillman. Pfeffer. Mrs.
Lease, and to complete. the Kansas trim
's over into Ohio, they had one coxey. Their
candidate is W. J. Bryan. why, who the
deuce is Bryan" Is the first question they
ask. Qaughter)
THE MAN WE NEED.
We do not want for president man who
will array the masses against the classes
| admire Bryan for his ability and would
raise my hat to u man that can make the
speech that BRYAN can make, but we do
not want a young man who has had no
experience. The country needs man who
has been tried and can be trusted.
What about the campaign In Ohio? The
people of that state know. William Nc.
kinley. They know that he typities all
that Is noble and great in manhood and
craftsmanship and they will not forget his
valor on the field Of battle. Ohio will be
true in this year Of our Lord. as she was
true to that great hero. General Ulysses
8. Grant. and to James A. Garfield, and to
Rutherford b. Hayes.
The speaker then referred to the H.
lustrious James q. Blaine, the men,
ton of whose name. he said. brings
back recollections Of reciprocity, by
which millions of dollars Of trade was
made for the markets of the United
States. This is the policy that the
Democratic party by means OF the Will
son bill struck down with one fell
sweep.
Relations were established with Bra
zil. whereby in return for the $60,0OO.-
900 of coffee that we purchased from
her every year was paid not in gold,
hut in the products of American soil.
When Brazil came to our ports with
her coffee. we. through reciprocity. paid
her in u way that made it profitable
for our farmers. We did not send
Brazil out with our gold to buy her
imports in England.
Under the Wilson bill our shores
have been opened to the markets of
the world. at the expense of the farm
ers of this nation. and now the Demo-
Gratis are passing off as in the inter-
est Of the farmer Who rejOices at the
nomination of William Mckinley? Not
the powers OF Europe. but the sons and
daughters of the American republic.
Mr.. Woodmansee urged up0n the vot-
erS of Pennsylvania to make Mckin-
ley's majority not less than 200 OaO. or
| II we do not. New York will go ahead of
us. Eight weeks ago Nebraska would
have given IA majority for Bryan, hut
today she is safe for Mckinley. The
| farmers of Iowa are the farmers who
| lived years ago in Pennsylvania.
What about Ohio?" asked a voice
| from the audience.
"Ohios majority will be 75.0OO," said
| the speaker
| The Democratic party Is troubled
with its candidates. There are two tails
on it. In the south they want Watson
and in the east Sewa'l These dissen-
sions will make the path of Democracy
| harder. But be not discouraged about
| the outcome. The old flag must wave
over the land of the free and the brave,
| And we will not stop until it floats over
the isle of Hawaii and we regain our
lost territory, and in the future when
Canada's people apply for admission to
our sisterhood Of states. and Mexico,
too. the American republic will be
great and glorious enough for these
affiliations. Mr.. Woodmansee concluded
with an eloquent peroration on the
great and glorious flag.
SITUATION IN OHIO.
Mr.. Woodmansee is an Ohio man and