The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-02

ation Will BE known as the Junior
Republican Club.. Addresses Dc.
Iivercd BY Attorney VI. ". LOwcry,
}. NJ. Walker aud Hon. A. +. Con.
nell.
A week ago number of young men
who will cast their first vote this cleo
tiun assembled at the Central Repupil-
can club rooms and formed a temporary
organization. Last night they met for
permanent organization, elected OH
GERS to serve for the ensuing year.
adopted constitution and bylaws
and prepared To do active work for Re
publican principles for the rest of the
campaign. They adopted THE Junior
Republican club" as a name.
George w. Marshall, jr., was chosen
Ir-sdent: William +. Decker. secre-
iary: +. Silas Walter. assistant secre-
tarN: Curtis Powell, treasurer. The by
laws provide that there shall he hve
Vicr-presidents and the appointment
uf them is vested in the president. MIR.
Marshall will name them at the next
IuertinY. Last night he appointed Geo.
". Millett captain. The committee on
permanent organization suggested the
name of Young Mems Republican
club" but that name belongs to an or
GaniZation recently formed. The name
adopted Was taken instead.
The resolution sets forth that the aim
ana object of the club is To advocate.
prumutr, and maintain the principles
uI kepuhlicaniSin, as cnuncat"d by the
representatives Of the Republican party
ia atinnal convention assembled; to
r,ItDutr and cnllShten the young men
of Lackawanna county in the principles
al self government and good rltlZeii-
siip and to promote by all legitimate
agencies the success of the Republican
party and its candidates, thereby
~>rrIins II potent influence for good
HuNerunI"nt.
Amy n"rson over the age of - years,
residing in l.ackaWanna county, who
t. in sympathy with the principles Of
lii" Republican party and supporter
,t its candidates, shall be eligible 10
membership.
rpon takin,: the chair Mr. Marshall
banked tn. members for the honor
conferred and in an eloquent strain
spoke as follows:
Mr.. MARSIiALLS REMARKS.
"As young men we are gathered to-
ni"ht to form an association of all
those Who are To east their votes this
iali in The interests Of American honor
and American policy for William Me
Liul-y, of DhiO. / believe that il is AN
important thing for u young man in
starting in life to start right. and uS
his ~ the start in politics for most of
us, il is of course important that we
should start right i'm this. Some Of us
may have Democratic parents, or come
from Democratic families. but after all
that makes very little difference. | am
sure that the main thing for us to con-
slider this year is which of the parties
is in the right. Many old Democrats
all over the country, who have been
voting the Democratic ticket for years.
are going to change this fall and vote
for Mckinley. believing it to he the
best thing. Now, if an old Democrat
can do this after the habit of voting
tn" other way, it ought to be good
deal easier for a young Democrat who
has not as yet acquired that bad habit.
| am going to vote for Mckinley and
the whole Republican ticket from top
To- bottom. because | believe the prin-
"ipalS of Republicanism to be right and
b-cause ! believe that this country will
never be- prosperous again until after
il gets back under Republican rule.
"One reason why l believe we all
should vote the Republican ticket this
year, is because the hard times of
which we are suffering and from which
we have been suffering for the past
three years are due in my opinion en-
tirely to the success of the Democratic
party four years ago. OF course they
deny this. and claim that it is because
uf the gold standard. but as | look at
the matter we had the same standard
in 1892 that we now have, and times
never were better than they We're then.
We have the same mills, the same fac
tories and the same farms that we had
then. and still times are altogether diff
f-rent.
CAUSE OF DEPRESSION.
II believe the present depression was
brought about because of the repeal OF
The Mckinley act, and the passing the
Wilson bill in its place. Under protec-
tinn times got steadily better and we
We're able as a nation to pay our debts.
'nder Democratic rule times have
been getting harder and the nation
as we'll as individuals is suffering be-
cause Of it. And l believe in my heart
tonight that we will never be prosper
Gus again until we get Republican
administration and a tariff bill which
viii protect the American labor against
foreign competition and furnish
enough revenue to pay the debts Of this
great nation without selling bonds.
You all know that since the war it
has never been necessary to sell bonds
10 provide money for the nation, under
the Republican administrations. That
is also a strong reason why We should
all east our votes for William Connell,
in order that this district may be rep
resented in the next congress by u
man who knows our needs and who is
willing to help enact strong tariff law,
which Will be a benefit to our indust-
ries.
Another strong reason why we
should vote the Republican ticket is
that u vote for Mr.. Bryan means a vote
To- reduce the value of the present dol
lar. With the dollars as scarce as they
now are. / don't want them cut down
any. When u man does a days work
he is entitled to receive as his compen-
sation the best kind Of money. and II
there are two kinds of money, one
good. and the other poor. l am afraid
that the poor man will get the poor
money every time. But voting right is
only part of our work after all, We
must try and see that the people who
We know also vote right. Some of us
have been doing a little work in the
past to see that the voters get out and
vote right We want to do more than
that this fall. We want not only to see
that they get out and vote. but that
Whrn tney vote tney vote rlSnt. l am
going to try and do my share of the work
and | want every young man. and every
old one for that matter. to do the same
and il they do, there will he no ques-
lion about the election of the whole Re-
publican ticket in this county"
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The following resolutions We're
adopted:
We, the members of "The Junior
Republican club" in regular meeting as
scrubbed, do make the following declara-
lion of principles:
We affirm our allegiance to the principles
uf Republicanism, as defined by the ma E
..lutf ~, taI, 4