The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-10-01
| RALLY Of REPUBLICANS.
The Issues of the Campaign Discussed
with Intelligence.
SPEAKERS WE'RE WELL RECEIVED.
Healey, of Brooklyn, Makes a Telling Speech
Through Which There Was a Delight
ful Strain of Humor-some Remarks
on willful william wilhelm.

The Republican mass meeting in Robbins
opera house last night proved a tlattering
success and the large gathering evinced its
appreciation Of the sentiments expressed by
the speakers by frequent outbursts Of pro-
longed applause.
The meeting was opened by County Chair
man S. Burd Edwards, Esq, who made a 15-
minute address on the issues of the cam
paign before introducing the speakers.
The following were the Vice Presidents :
NJ. P. Fowler Thomas Baird, Thomas r.
Edwards R. w. Sheeler, T. w. Stout, E. j.
Wasey, John Roberts, c. r. Straughn, Chas
Schoppe, T. R. Beddall S. A. Beddall James
Morgan, Joseph Dusto A. F. Morgan Robert
A. Glover, j. NJ. Sheafler, John P. Boehm, T.
J. James, T. ]. Davies Wm. Reeves, A. D,
Gable, Thomas RedclifT, George II. Davis,
William Marshall, r. d. Reese, DIR. f. NJ.
Fetzer, Daniel Ogden, Z. B. Hunter, Marshall
Baugh, Fred. Carl VIM. Patterson, Samuel
Shone, Harry Reese, Morgan Bevan, George
Roxby, Oscar Keller, Z. W. Wilde, William
J. Daddow, Prof. w. N. Ehrhart, Charles E.
Smith, John Ramage James Morris, Alex.
Morris, James S. Williams, George Hatfner,
Robert Wolam, Henry Sheeler, Thomas
Hutchinson, William II. Lewis John Glover
and Benjamin d. Beddall, of VIM. Penn;
Morgan w. Price, James Heaton and Colonel
d. p. Brown, of Lost Creek, and William
Broughall. of Ellangowan.
The star speaker of the evening was Mr..
David Healey, of the District Attorneys
Office at Brooklyn, N. Y, He made a rafting
address and spoke for over an hour. Mr..
Healey is not oratorical or demonstrative, but
resorts more to a persuasive manner of ad-
dressing an audience, and is success. At
times he becomes worked up and in his
earnestness his whole frame shakes so that it
causes the platform to vibrate, yet at no
time does he rant, or become pompOus. He
is also exceedingly witty and caused frequent
outbursts of hearty laughter. In opening
his address Mr.. Healey said that about ten
years ago the laboring people of New York
were placed at great disadvantage by the
spreading of the convict labor system. 1t
employed about six thousand men and handi-
capped the legitimate workingmen. ct
people managed" ;" said Mr.. Healey, 'to build
up an education against that form of COM
petition and two years ago, when a state con-
stitutonal convention was held, there
was incorporated in the constitution
provision prohibiting that form OF COMPETE
ton. Before this was accomp ished an appeal
was made for help and Schuylkill county was
asked to furnish some man of power, ability
and influence to help make the fight to blot
out the contract labor system. We asked for
some such man from Pennsylvania to plead
our cause before the bar Of public opinion and
he came in the person of your splendid, able
and patriotic Congressman, Charles n.
Brumm Great Applause). l was not aware
when 1 came from Virginia into this county
yesterday morning that had happened to
drop into the Congressional district in which
he was q candidate for reelection, and my
heart beat warm when | learned it, and it
beats warm tonight when l ask you to stand
by the man that fought your battles by
fighting for ours"
In getting down to his subject Mr.. Healey
said he would not ask the people to vote any
particular way but that he would state how
he intended to vote and if his hearers thought
his reasons sufficient for his own guidance
and not for theirs they could judge his in
tellect in proportion. The speaker made many
brilliant points during the discourse and soon
had the audience leaning forward in the seats
as fanxious to catch every word that was said.
Unfortunately the passing of the fire engine
caught the ear of some and caused a rush to
the entrance and the audience was consider
ably reduced, but a goOd-sized audience was
left and the speaker held them attentively
until he felt pleased to make his final bow.
Many in the audience said they could have
listened to him for an hour or more longer.
Mr.. Healey hauled the Democratic party
over bed of hot Goals. He took up its
platform of four years ago ard said the party
kept but one of its many great Turing !
promises during its administration Of the
past four years, in succeeding in reducing the
hours of labor, This provoked mingled !
laughter and applause which increased when
the speaker added, "and the days, weeks and
months of labor, too" The Democratic |
party had absolutely nothing with which to
make platform this year and as a last resort
with the free silver people to again
try and deceive the people into keeping them
into power, Four years ago, and two years
ago. Bryan was for free coal, free trade, free
anything, and what can the wOrkingmen of
this country expect with Bryan at the head
of the government and a Democratic Con-
gress?
Mr. Healey placed the free silver move
ment on the same scale with the recent bond |
buncO scheme. The only difference, he said, |
is that the last time the people were sold for
gold. and this time an effort is being made to
sell them for silver, The last time the Demo- !
cratic party put the country debtor to foreign
capitalists to the tune Of 25O, 600 600 dollars.
Now they want to make the people take
hundreds Of millions of pieces Of silver worth !
only SO cents each and give back to the mine
owner, for nothing 100 cents for each piece |
We have any amount of silver, said Mr. |
Healey. What we want is to give the people |
work so that they can get hold of the silver |
and no party standing upon platform of free
trade can give them that
Mr.. Healey ridiculed the idea that the |
relief can be secured by Congress increasing |
the value of a silver dollar at the ratio of 10
10 1 and as illustration referred to ancient
history. In the colonial days he said Eng
land made the commodity Qf.bQhaeco A legal
.ender for the payment 81 debts IL Yirg ginia,
So far as Virginia went the peppie ef that
,olony managed to convepienfl xeb pge 50
many pounds of tobacco, b3t when they went Il