The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-03
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE
CONVENTION AT ERIE
Official Circular Letter from Major
Everett Warren to the Clubs.
MANY NOTABLES TO BE PRESENT
President Warren Calls Attention to
Current Issues and Says Something
About Silver..Spccial Railroad
Rates.. .Mchiniey, Hobart, Harri.
son, Quay, Morton, Wanamnker
and Others Invited.

A circular letter has been sent out
from this city Ito the Republican
league clubs and all Republicans" Of
the state by Major Everett Warren of
this city, president of the League. The
! letter, which contains announcements
of the approaching League convention
and refers to current political issues
is, in part, as follows:
TO the Rsubican League Clubs and all
Republicans:
IN compliance with the provisions
of the constitution of the League, es
tablishing an annual convention, and
in accordance with the action of the
executive committee, the ninth annual
convention Of the Republican Leagrc
of Pennsylvania is hereby called to
meet in the New Park opera house at
Erie, Wednesday, September 9th, 1896,
at 10 o'clock q. IN. The ratio Of rep
resentation will be as heretofore. three
delegates and three elternate5 from
each club in the League. provided that
all clubs must be qualified under the
provisions of Article XIII of the cor
StitutiOn.
THIS YEARS BATTLE.
THE battle this year is one of the
most important ever wuged in this
country for political supremacy. The
raeudo- Democratic policy, as set out
in the platform at Chicago, is radical,
violent and dishonest; it neutralizes
and undermines the authority of the
government; it strikes at the very life
of the nation as well as its integrity
and honor; its effect would be to par
alize our industries and our CONNER
cial growth, destroy the standards of
wages and employment, impair exist
ing contracts and repudiate sacred OBJ
legations. 1t does not require a pro-
fessional knowledge of the currency
question to see the danger of free and
unlimited coinage of silver. The
scheme would enable any man who has
nugget of silver ore to take it to the
mint, and for every tifty-three cents
worth of silver he will be presented
with a clean new made dollar. This
would be a splendid thing for the mine
owner and operator-but how would it
result for the rest of us? Why not
make the government issue certificates
to the amount of five dollars for guam
tity of coal-worth in the market only
S3.15-to every man who presents 81
ton of 2.240 pounds to the mint? 1t
may be bulky, but we can find places
for storage. This would help us In the
anthracite coal regions temporarily.
how would it effect the rest of the
United States?
AS TO THE FARMER
The letter says of silver: How
would free coinage help the farmer?
He might secure larger because in
hated price for his products. but at
the same time the purchasing power
of his money receipts would diminish
in equal it not still greater ratio. How
would it help the wage Garner? Is he
not entitled to q dollar worth one hum
dred cents, the purchasing power os
which is as much as any other dollar
in the world? The free silver craze
is not all. The reputation of obliga-
tions, both public and private. this is
indefensible, but the platform does not
stop there. AS Henry Watterson, the
distinguished Democratic editor of the
Louisville Courier-J Journal, says, "it is
the open door to revolution" The ma
tional authority. it is proposed, shall
be crippled and made subservient to
state and municipal government and
to the people en- masse. This is worse
than notification. The independence
of the judiciary is to be destroyed.
This strikes at the root OF our system
of government.
Against these heresies and fanatical
ideas, un-American and un-Demo-
cratic, all classes of the people ought
to array themselves, and prepare to
march in this campaign under the ban
ners of Republicanism.
RAILROAD RATES.
Special railroad rates have been So
cured for the convention, and informa-
tion concerning the same will be fur
nished by Florence c. Miller, ESQ.
Pittsburg; a. Wilson Norris, ESQ.
Harrisburg: Hon Wencil Hartman and
Hon. }. 3. Lukens. Philadelphia, or
direct from these headquarters.
The routine work of the convention
it is proposed to get through with at as
early an hour as practicable after which
the discussion of league work will take
place and addresses made. In the even
ing mass meeting will be held at
which short speeches will be made by
some of the ablest platform speakers
in the United States, including Cover
nor D. Fl. Hastings, Hon. Charles EN-
ory Smith, Hon. James II. IIoyt. of
Cleveland: Hon. Galusha a. Grow,
Hon. D. d. Woodmansee. president Of
the Ohio Republican league: Hon.
George T.. Green. president of the New
York Republican league: Hon. ]. Sloat
Fassett, of Elmira: General ]. w. Lat
ia. Hon. 3. Y. CillScson, Hon. Frank
Reeder, eXPresidont Robinson, Of the
Pennsylvania league; ex-MayOr Stuart.
of Philadelphia, also an ex-preeident of
the Pennsylvania league: Hon. Boes
Pcnrose. of Philadelphia; Hon. Walter
Lyon. lieutenant governor: Hon. John
T. Elkin, chairman of the Republican
state committee; Hon. Marriott Brosi-
us. of Lancaster; Hon. Charles w.
Stone. and others. These gentlemen
have given us positive assurances of
their presence.
Invita- tions have also been sent to
Major William Mckinley, Hon. c.. \.