The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-21
BIG MEETING OF
THE CAR MAKERS
Was Addressed by William Council and
Major Everett Warren.
AN ABUNDANCE OF ENTHUSIASM
Meeting of the Republican County
Committee Saturday...Washing.
toms Farewell Address Read Be.
fore the Bryan and Sewall Club.
Republican and Democratic Pri.
Are Doing This Campaign.

II any doubt had existed as to the at
titude of the employees in the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western shops on
the present great national issue that
doubt was dispelled during the noon
hour on Saturday when about 1000 of
them gathered in the construction shop
and were addressed by William Con-
nell, the Republican candidate for con-
grejs. and Major Everett Warren. To
give the men an opportunity to eat
their dinner the meeting was not called
until 1925 O'Clock at which hour hun
dreds of oil and dirt-begrimed me-
chaniCs and labOrers were gathered in
front of the construction shop on South
Washington avenue.
Inside the big structure a space had
been cleared and n stand erected for
the speakers and officers and seats ar
ranged for the listeners. The accom-
modations for the latter were. however,
far from sufficient and fully as many
were standing as were seated. Their
apparent interest. quietness and alert
ness to observe and hear everything
during the meeting; their scrambling
to possess some of the literature that
was afterward distributed; their wrapt
attention to the speakers. and their
applause at frequent intervals-all this
put the lie to the statement made in
Saturdays "Only Democratic" daily
that the men We're forced to attend.
That there was a screw loose some
where in the Times article was quite
apparent from its "newsy" statement
concerning a speech that was never
delivered and in its crediting to Major
Warren q harangue against the Demo-
cratic party that was never even
hinted.
The gathering was arranged by the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Employees Mckinley Sound Money club
and was introduced by several selec-
tions by Guth's band in front of the
shops. AS soon as the large throng had
entered the building someone proposed
three cheers "for william Connell, the
next congressman" and they We're CIV
on heartily.
j. L. Midway, president of the club,
called the meeting to order and intro
duced Major Warren, who, in a To-
minute speech and without any effort
to be eloquent, made simple but lucid
reference to the issues of the campaign
and announced himself as content to
| abide by the sober judgment of Ameri-
! can voters.
The president then introduced Mr..
Connell as one "who knew what II was
to labor" and was competent to rep
! resent the views OF laborinS men. MI
/ Connell announced that the great ma
tional questions of the present We're
different than in past years, in that
they were so we'll defined that 1t was
not necessary to hunt Tor them'
Thoughtful men would view the situa-
( ton and do what was right without
being prejudlced
Mr.. Conncll explained how the silver
mine owners of the far West were try
| ing to make their personal interest the
/ He closed with brief reference to the
protective principles of the Republican
| party and announced that II elected TO
/ the office for which he had been nom
mated he would "be true to the people
of his own class"
| This last reference to Mr.. Connell
/ identification with the workers or the
Lackawanna valley was received with
a salvo of applause and cheers during
which the speaker took his seat. Inc
platform, IN addition to the speakers
and President Midway, was occupied
| by Frank Mcfarland ana "A. ~ Sutn-
erland, two of the clubs Vice-presl-
/ occupied position near the stage. Al
the conclusion Of the meeting, thouRh
no such arrangements had been n.nde
or announced, scores of work!nSinen
filed past the platform and shook hands
with Mr.. Connell.
Altogether, the gathering seemed 10
emphasize the truthfulness or the
would be true to Republicanism and
that 1t recognized fiiend III Wliha'il
Connell.
There was another largely ATTENDED
meeting of the Republican county com
mittee Saturday afternoon. Encourag'
ing reports were heard from all parts
of the county, and the Indications are
that the vote that Will be given TO al
3 will be a grievOus disappointment tc
the PopOcrats who seriously predict
that Lackawanna will line up In tbs
silver column. Before the campaign
closes it is the intention of the Repub
lican managers to bring some of the
leading sound money orators here tt
discuss the issues of the campaign.
At meeting of the Bryan and Sewal
club in Industrial hall Saturday nigh
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