Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-29

cinity held two successful rallies here
this week, and though both were gotten
up without much notice the Grand opera
house was occupied by enthusiastic au.
diences on Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings. Last nights meeting was by
far the larger of the two, as John NJ.
Garman, candidate for congress, was
advertised to speak, and the popularity
of the nominee on the North Side was
well shown by the number who went to
hear him.
James f. Sweeney presided at the
meeting, and his Introductory remarks
were well received. He was followed by
Mr.. Garman, who received quite an
ovation as he stepped before the audi
ence. The speaker got into his subject
at the very outset of his address, and
for more than an hour he ably presented
the side of the issue represented by Mr.
Bryan, himself and the other Demo
cratic candidates.
He told of how the two national
tickets had been placed in the field, how
conclusion long before the Republicans
met, and how Bryan sprung up AS a
presidential possibility without the aid
of trusts, syndicates or money influence
The scheming and manipulating of
Platt and Quay, and their success in
committing their party to the gold stan
dard, by having the silver plank of the
platform ambiguously worded, was also
told, and of how Whitney, Flower and
other Democrats tried the same schemes
at Chicago and how they were turned
down by an overwhelming vote.
After his entertaining explanation of
how both candidates and both platforms
came before the public, Mr.. Garman
took up each section of the Democratic
document and carefully analyzed, eX-
planned and defended it paragraph by
paragraph. He showed that there
exists "A strong reason for incorporating
into our national laws every reform and
every demand made by the Democrats.
His defense of the proposition to have
free and unlimited coinage of gold and
silver was an able one. He showed who
and how that would benefit and who it
would hurt. Likewise he proved the
Justice of an income tax, of the protest
against government by injunction, of
the criticism of the supreme court, and
of the demands of Democracy that strug-
giles between corporations and their
employees, when communities are inter
ested or effected by such strife, shall be
settled by arbitration.
He eloquently explained why it is that
the monied men who heretofore affiliated
with the Democratic party have left this
year in body and gone over, with very
few exceptions, AS one man to the Re-
publicans, He pointed out the planks
of the platform which touched the sore
spots of these eX-leaderS, and was thank
full that the party is at last rid of every
vestige Of corruption that existed in the
ranks.
The speaker paid tribute to the sac
riices made by the Populist and Free
Silver parties in endorsing Mr. Bryan,
and told the audience that the principles
which the Democratic candidates repre-
sent must be of supreme Importance
when great independent political organ
izations are willing to sink their iden-
tity and join hands with former oppo-
nents.
Coming nearer home, the speaker
referred briefly to the charges which
have been circulated against him by a
Hazleton paper 1t has been alleged
that his connection with many secret
and fraternal organizations, notably the
p. o. S. of A., the Odd Fellows, Masons,
Knights Of Pythias and others was for
political effect, and that he was also a
member of the A. o. Ii. and Polish
Catholic society.
Mr.. Garman proved to the satisfaction
of the audience that the stories circulat-
ed were intended solely to bring him
into disfavor with people who do not
approve of secret societies, and that the
allegations that he is member of the
two last-named organizations were for a
somewhat similar purpose.
The address throughout was inter
spersed with several of the speakers
anecdotes and illustrations, and before
concluding he paid his respects to the
corporations who gratuitously furnished
transportation to the thousands who
were then parading in Wilkesbarre, and
asked the voters why it was that rail
roads, operators and the like were SC
eager for the success of his opponent.
He concluded with much applause by
counseling all who thought he would dc
right to vote for him and all who
thought the other man would serve
them better to vote against him.
Matthew Long, candidate for the
legislature, was next introduced and
was warmly welcomed. He spoke al
length upon the national issues, and his
remarks were given strict attention
He also touched upon the new county
plank OF his platform, which is one oI