The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-18
AN ADDRESS TO
THE FAITHFUL
Issued by Executive Committee Of Demo-
cratic Societies.
PROMPT ORGANIZATION is DECIDED
Societies Are Advised TO Choose
Their Deputies at an Early Date
and Report to Headquarters--The
Usual Rick at Republicans Is
Giyen--Tbe Duty of Democrats Is
Pointed Out.

Harrisburg, Aug. 1.-THE executive
committee of the Democratic socletles
of PENNSYLVANIA met here this after
noon and issued the following address!
The general assembly of the Democratic
societies of Pennsylvania is hereby calleu
to meet on the 2Sth day of September at
Wilkes-Barre, that city having been Sc
lected as the place by the general as
semby of last year. We respectfully
advise that every Democratic society in
the state comply promptly with the con-
dtions of representation, choose thelr
deputies at an early date, and certify
the same to the secretary, that the roll
may be made up in good time, and our
hosts at Wilkes-Barre informed as near
ly as possible of the number to be eN-
pected. New societies will report their
organization with lists of officers and
members, according to the constitution.
The means by which the candidates of
the Democratic party, headed by Will
liam j. Bryan, we've defeated last year
are well known. We need not recount
them Every intelligent citizen under
stands them and every good citizen con-
demns them. The contest was between
the people-the laboring and producing
classes-on the one side, and the money
and coercive power of a large number
of powerful corpora. .ions and monopolieS
on the other, associated together for
political action in furtherance of private
as against public interests. The COM
bined temptations and terrorism of the
latter prevailed for the time. But the
reaction has been sharp and decided.
There is no longer any concealment of
the purposes for which the election of
monopoly president and congress was
carried by means so corrupt and brutal.
The interests concerned could not wait
needless hour for the spoils. Congress
was Immediately convened in extraor-
Ina .f.NVNt -,
plunder promised among the trusts and
other greedy associates in the national
crime or 1896, by the passage of an act
imposing fresh taxes upon the people
not to supply the public treasury but to
turn new and swelling stream of pri-
Vate profits into private pockets. The
PEOPLE understand and resent it, They
Know also that the gold currency mon
opoly is to be perpetually maintained for
the same purpose, and that so long as
ihis monopoly party remains in power the
people are to be forced to pay increased
taxes, the greater profits of the trusts
ana interest on loans in gold artificially
enhanced by the practical and continu-
Gus demonetization of silver, one of the
money metals of the constitution, the
period OF whose coinage on equal terms
win gold was the period of least finan-
clal disturbance and of greatest prosper-
lty IN the history of the United States
everywhere throughout the country the
people are incensed and eager TO reverse
the mistaken action of last year
FINDS NO BOLD MEN.
IN our own state, We find no man bold
enough to defend the remarkable ex-
cesses Of the Republican party, in full
power IN every branch of the government
II the people of the commonwealth were
not, like the people of other states, vital
ly interested in the event of the battle
Ior the restoration of honest and consti-
futioral government at Washington. ev-
cry honorable citizen of Pennsylyania
would ma In the record of the last two
years irresistible incentives to stand with
every other honorab!e citizen in a com,
mon effort to wrest the several DEPART
ments OF our state government from the
party, which has so grossly abused lis
trust, We shall not here review those
ABUSES IN detail. They are fresh in the
minds OF the People-the reckless extray-
agance and corruption, the consistent
contempt for awakened public opinion
ana remonstrace of those in authority
with the present difficulties of a depleted
treasury, confused finances, unsystematic
entangled and unconstitutional taxation
are the subjects of daily thought and de-
nunciation among all clases of the peo-
pie. IL there were no issues but state IS
sues 10 be determined this year or next
year or IN lSO-When the American people
propose in one grand sweep to take nos
session OF their own-we should have eV-
cry reason TO expect that the self-respect-
ing voters of our state would do them
selves the justice of changing radically
the conditions under which we suffer at
home. We look for that change out nf
the vote of this year and of the wears
coming, until the reformation shall he
complete. The evidences of its approach
are on every side.
Under these circumstances the dutv of
the Democratic party, of the Democratic
societies and of the individual Democrat
is plain. They have only TO show bv the
conduct of their own party affairs. that
they are worthy of the public confidence
by the name cf true and honorable Dem
ocrats for public offices, but steadfastly
adhering TO the sound principles of their
national and state platforms, listening to
no insidious counsels of the common en-
emy to desert and betray them for any
supposed temporary or local advantage.
by purging and strengthening their organ
izafion at all points, that II may not fail
as heretofore, i'm the hour of tral-to Sc
cure the deliverance of the common
wealth in good time.
We hope, to greet the representatives of
every live Democratic society in the state
at Wilkes-Barre, 10 endorse and ratify
the wise and patriotic action, which this
committee has every reason to believe
viii be taken by the regular Democratic
state convention at Reading
Discovered Man in Her Room.
Birdsboro. Pa, August 17.-Awak-