The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-03
Vote Early and Work Hard.

This is the last chance which We
shall have to address the voters OF
Scranton and LackaWanna county
prior to the end Of the most important
political contest in the history of the
american nation. We shall not now
waste precious time III a balatcd argu-
mcnt concerning the principles al issue.
It may fairly ha assumed thai every
intelligent voter before whose eyes
these words viii come has already
reached a decision with reference to
the merits of the contest and is only
waiting for the opportunity to register
This decision at the ballot box.
What we desire to say To such voters,
in the early morning of election day.
is to suggest that the prompt polling
Of each honest citizens vote does not
end his responsibility or his duty. TO
give expression to ones own belief is Il
sovereign privilege. than which, in our
government. none other Is higher But
there is also to 4e considered the ne
cessity cf urging others TO fulfll this
obligation, and TO use every fair en-
deavcT to influence their choice for the
lnst interests cf the Who'll. people.
We have worked to little purpose
during the uast three months if we
have not made plain 10 thought
fjll readers that the true wei
fara Of the community and of the ma
a. n IN, l-artIist IN
Protection, honest money, law and or
der and ihc sovereignty of the federal
government over the anarchistic spirit
OF the mob. AS the eyponents of these
principles stand William Mckinley
and William ConrCll-thc one a Candi.
date for the position of national eXecu-
tive, the other a candidate for the po-
sition of national legislator. Opposed
to them are two men who. however es-
timable they may be personally. Ne
serve no support while on their present
platform. 1t is the duty Of every pa
tIiotic voter not only To vote but also
In worl; today for Mckinley and Con-
nell. Their election by decisive plur-
aiitios VIII mean much for the future
Of this community.
In smaller circles of influence, but
not unimportaut ones by any means,
there stand on the Republican ticket
rs candidates for county executive and
state Legislative positions a group of
men personally We'll qualified for the
trusts to which they aspire and worth
ily representing the political organiza-
iton which without their co-operaion
in minor position would soon become
powerlcss to win national battles. It
is the duty of every consistent Repub-
lican TO vote as well for these candi-
dates as for the leaders on the ticket.
1t would not be genuine victory were
these men to suffer defeat. They are
trusted parts Of a great political me-
chanism which can accomplish the best
results only when everywhere support
ed and encouraged.
Let the aim today be to make good
governments triumph sweeping and
complete, all along the battle line. Vote
carry, lllen, anu work nara.
A dollar worth all that it says it's
worth, no mater where you go with it
is the kind of dollar that the SEN
sible man will vote for to-day and
Mckinley and Connell are the men
who represent it.
There are many of us who can swim
in troubled waters, but the poorest
most helpless. the men who now find
it the most difficult to live, are the
very people who would go down soon
est in the storm. in the hideous welteI
of social revolution it is the brutal
the reckless and the criminal who pros
per- not the hard working. sober and
thrifty. Life is often hard enough a,
best: it is sometimes quite as hard
for the rich as for the poor. and tdc
often the good man. the honest and pa
triotic citizen. suffers many blows from
fate. and sees some rascals and some