The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-24
cougrc ssman Brosius and W. Gaylord
Thomas the Speakers.
CHEERS FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES
Providence Hears Politics Ex.
pounded by u Man Whom the Re.
publican National Committee Dis.
patched to the ssEncmy's Country"
Mr.. Thomas Makes His First Ap.
pearance During the Campaign and
Delivers a Strong Speech.


End Republican club stands second to
none held this campaign.
Hon. Marriott BrosiuS, congressman
| from the Lancaster district, was the
principal speaker of the evening. AS to
who Mr.. Brosius is nothing need be said.
| OF his ability as a campaign orator and
and an indication of the treat which
| the Providence people received. it Is
| sufficient to say that he has just re-
| turned from three weeks stumping
| tour through Kansas, Nebraska and
North Dakota, where, as the national
| Republican committee expressed 1t
when they sent him thither, 1.-THE waves
of the battle roll highest"
A. A. Vosburg presided over the meet
| ing and with him on the platform were
| Select Councilman Finlay Ross, Alex
| ander Simpson, John Van Berger, John
]. Morgan. William ]. owens, Walter
| b. Christmas, I. s. Jones. Alfred Pierce.
Henry Roberts, Hon. John X. Farr. and
Major T. F. Penman. William J.
Owens In behalf of the North End Re
publican club, introduced Mr.. Vosburg
as chairman and he, after ID few happy
| remarks, introduced w. Gaylord
Thomas as the first speaker.
Mr. Thomas in an eloquent manner
| painted the picture Of prosperity en-
| joyed by this nation, state and county
| during the twenty-five years of Repub-
I lican rule and then cOntrasted 1t with
| the condition of misery and want which
set In with the capture of the govern
| ment by Grover Cleveland and q free
trade congress. The Democratic sirens.
said Mr.. Thomas, told us then that the
land would flow with milk and honey
| Maybe it has but, he asked, was not
| the milk sour, and did not the foreign
capitalists gather the honey? During
Harrison's administration 2b9.OOO,0OO or
the national debt was wiped out. Dur
ing Cleveland's term the debt was in
creased s262,000,O0O.
| THEY CHANGED THEIR CRY.
| Mr.. Thomas made very happy allu-
sion to the state Democracy which to
a man declared for gold at Allentown.
but which when the Chicago heresy
went forth turned around and shouted
| for silver. Every honest Democrat IN
Pennsylvania, Mr.. Thomas argued.
should be found on the side of sound
money. He closed by pleading for a
| united support of the entire ticket.
| Mr.. Connell, the congressional candl-
| date, he said, was a man of the people,
one whose record was glowing exam
rle of the possibilities of American
| citiz q ship. He characterized Mr.. con-
nell as one who had done more than
any other one man for the Industrial
welfare of this industrial community
| and urged that now that he asks the
honor of representing 1t in the national
legislature he should and would be CIV
| en- the largest vote ever cast for q
| congressional candidate in this district.
Mr.. Thomas also asked that conVen-
| ton differences be buried and that
John X, ,Farr be sent back to the leg
islatur/ by q majority which would
show that his people appreciated the
| grand work he has and is accomplish
| ing. The applause which followed the
| mention of Mr.. Farr's name indicates
| that this would be done.
Congressman Brosius was then In
| troduced and for two hours kept the
closest attention of the large audience
| with his masterful treatment OF the
| campaign issues. He has happy
| faculty Of most aptly fitting In Illus
| tratiye anecdotes and being supplied
with vastly more than the usual con-
gressional store he had his hearers
laughing quite as often as applauding,
and they fairly punctuated the address
| with applause Among Mr.. Bosius ut
terances were these:
I'VE are now in the midst of our
grand quadrenniel unquisition on our
own political affairs. Since the war
the people have never felt such pro-
found solicitude for the country's veal.
Never was there such wise judgement
called for Never were the vagaries
Of political adventures so prominent.
| But withal we are not despairing or
fearful Of the result. We have realized
that when great exegencies have over
taken our people there were always
those who felt that their patriotism
| was above their partisanship. and we
have these same patriots today. All
| honor to those Democrats who have
risen above politics, broken away from
party ties and party name to rescue
their country from an impending peril
like to contemplate this heroic pa
triotism Like Douglass and Choate In
the days of rebellion, they refuse to fol-
low q party that does not uphold their
principles. When they saw that the
Populists had hived the Democratic
bees they said We will make no honey
in that hive When they saw their
grand, old ship boarded by pirates and
beheld the black flag at the mast
head, they declared they would not
sail in that craft and foreswo. allegi'
ence to the false commander on the
quarter deck"
How did it happen that these two
widely varying, heretofore antagonistic
parties coalesce? Democracy was
without leg to stand on. 1t could not
go before the people on any of its for
mer issues It had to devise something
new. Populism had hobby. 1t want
ed help. 1t stretched out it's hand to
Democracy, the proffer was accepted,
and now we have the spectacle of these
two incongruous parties wedlocked in
an unholy alliance. They always hated
and loathed each other They are like
the girl who vowed she would never
marry an Irishman. a Presbyterian. or
a preacher, but who before she died
was glad to be led to the altar by an
Irish Presbyterian pastor. These two
political parties which had never
dreamt of an alliance were greatly per-
picked as to how they should act when
the sudden marriage occurred. When
they got up to Chicago they didn't know
how to mix the drink which they were
to give out to the American people, so
they fell back on the great American
institution-the cocktail. which caused
q bewildered Frenc1man to exclaim
upon seeing one mace, grand contra
diction.' You put in little sugar to
make it sweet. Then a little lemon to
make it sour. Then little schnaps
to make 1t strong, and a little water to
make it weak. Next little whiskey
to make 1t hot, and finally little ice
to make 1t cool.
The Popocratic drink was like this.
a grand contradiction. First there was
a little Democracy to make 1t sweet,
with a dash of Populism to make 1t
sour. Bryan was dropped in to make
1t strong and Altgeld to make It weak,
Tom Watson got In to make 1t hot, and
Sewall was put in to make 1t cool.
That's the way We came to have this
great American political cocktail.
Who's going to drink It? My prediction
is that any man who partakes of that
concoction on November will be a
sick man In the morning. Beware Of t..
Before you can advance the first
| step in the study of the silver question