The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-20
WEST SIDE RALLY.
It Was a Big Night Among
the Republicans Across
the River.
MEARS' HALL WAS CROWDED
William ]. SChaffer, ]. Ball Osborne,
]. ]. H Hamilton, Hon. John H.
Fellows and Hon. John R. Farr
Were the Speakers Candidates
Cheered to the ECho-DemocraCy
Arraisned for the Crime Of '9S
and the Results 7 hat Followed.
MEARS HALL WAS CROWDED

Mears' hall never contained larger
or more enthusiastic crowd than it did
at last nights Republican rally. and
| it is safe to say that 1t is many years
| since the West Side was given such
| treat of political cratory. The speak
ers We're William j. Schaffer, district
| attorney of Delaware county; j. Ball
Osborne, eX-United States consul to
| Ghent, Belgium; James j. II. Hamil-
| ton. Hon. John II. Fellows, and Hon.
John II. Farr
on the stage We're seated William
| Connell, candidate for congress; "A. II.
| Kiefer. candidate for auditor; PrOthon-
| otary Clarence H. Pryor and the follow
| ing prominent West Side citizens who
| acted as ce-presidents of the meet
ing:
| w. T.. Thayer, James Evans. Evan p.
Davis, Roland Thomas, John Thomas,
Philip Williams, John Fern, Thomas
G. Thomas, William Powell, John Mich
OILS, Samuel Ives, George Kellow. M.
Darling, William Morton, Frank B.
Reese David ]. Davis, John II. Rey-
nolds. A. b. Holmes. William w. Davis.
William s. Mears. Charles Oliver, Geo.
| Benore, Thomas Leyshon, Marvin Steen-
back, w. C. Dunclee. w. G. Daniels,
Joseph Lloyd. Morgan Thomas and Reu-
ben S. Gillingham.
The entrance of William COnnell was
the signal for a tremendous Outburst
of applause and few minutes later
this was repeated on the appearance
of Hon. John Il. Farr. Hon. John Fl.
Fellows, w. Gaylord Thomas, William
G. Daniels, Joseph b. Lloyd and other
well known and popular West Siders
each received hearty greeting from
the audience as he took his seat on the
| stage.
When Crump's band had finished a
| warming up selection every seat in the
| hall was occupied and two hundred or
more We're standing up in the rear of
| the hall and around the walls. In the
gathering was large sprinkling of
Democrats, many of them prominent
| in their party councils.
MIR. THOMAS CHAIRMAN.
Joseph B. Lloyd opened the meeting
| by introducing Gaylord Thomas as
chairman. A West Side meeting with
out singing wouldn't be a West Side
meeting at all, so Mr.. Thomas called
for the Columbia quartette which rem
dered several well sung selections. one
of which was an original campaign
song called, Hanging Up the Gold
Horse Shoe" in which the names of
Mckinley, Connell and Farr appeared
and which won for the singers hearty
| encore.
Mr. Thomas in calling the meeting to
| order took occasion to commend the
| county ticket as a whole and individ
ually and as each name was mentioned
there was ringing round of applause
He cautioned his hearers against grow
ing over confident from the apparent
apathy of the enemy and urged hard
earnest individual work all the time
from now until the poles close on No.
vember 3.
| He then introduced w. j. Schoffer
as the first speaker of the evening. Mr.
Schoffer is a young man of fine
physique and commanding presence,
possessing similar voice ad much
the same style of delivery as our own
A. j. Colborn, and as the demand for
his services would indicate is all in all
| a campaign orator of the first rank.
He spoke for nearly two hours and
never for an instant lost the attention
of his audience When he had finished
they were surprised to find that he had
spoken at such length as it did not
seem that he had consumed an hour.
During the course of his remarks he
said:
II was glad to come here because
knew / would be in the gibralter Of
Republicanism in Lackawanna county,
and again because one of your candi-
dates is my friend. IL would go to the
uttermost ends of the earth to serve
| "
you knew him as l do.
Let me tell you he has done more
for education than any man who has
set in the legislative halls of Penn
sylvania since the day Of that sturdy
old representative from Lancaster,
Thaddeus Stevens.
CHILDREN WOULD PROTEST..
IF you don't return him by the larg-
est majority ever given u candidate in
this district every school child in the
state will come up here and play foot
| ball with you. And then again all
through this state there are, every
where. men who have contributed to
the upbuilding of the communities in
which they live. 1t seems that every
one of them has grown up from the
people. You have one here, gentlemen,
Of Lackawanna county. you have a
candidate for congress in William Con-
nell, of whom you can be proud; one
who is looked upon down in Delaware
county as one of the greatest men of
this commonwealth. When we heard
down there that you had named Will
liam Connell for congress we felt that
the Republicans of Lackawanna coun-
ty had honored themselves in honoring
him. He is man of affairs. When
he goes down to the national congress
as he will, he will carry the sturdy
strength of your mountains with him,
and he will be a power in sustaining
the administration.
Next to the election of president,
in the matter of Importance Is the cleo
ton of Republican congressman. In
fact Just now it is more important.
Mckinley is already elected whether
you have been Democrats or Republi-
cans heretofore. You would be recre-
ant to your trust in this industrial
county If you do not unite in the sup
port of William Connell as your rep
resentative. There is no Democratic
party now in this state. There may be
a few misguided fellows following the
will-o'-the- wisp that Is going around in
guise of Democracy but as party
there is no such thing as Democracy
Let me say right here that the
Heroes of this campaign are those who
| were Democrats, but who are today
| Republicans. Their conversion has
cost them something which it is hard
for you to appreciate. You can I'm
agine how you would feel yourself IL
you had been called to sever the af-
fliations of a quarter Of century.
They have made q great sacrifice.
Those Democrats are lined up with us