The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-24

not so moulded It Is your fault. Poor
officers is another thing that needs
comment Poor officers are not due to
the people who vote-they are living
faults of the Leople who don't vote.
Blatherskitcs and the bum voter are
not in the majority in this country
though 1t seems so sometimes. TO cor
rect these things Is the soldiers duty,
as much his duty as was his enlistment
in '61."
Judge Darte got in another rap at
who he termed Johnnie Rebs" before
he closed. 1t would he difficult to tell
from the representation i'm congress
who won the recent fight, he remark
ed. 1t was q bad example TO the young
to defy and glorify young men from
the South who have just begun to come
North to pursue their professions or
business Callings.
DIR. MLEOD'S HUMOR.
Rev. DR.. James Mcleod. of the First
Presbyterian church. was in an humur-
Gus vein and kept the audience in a
ripple of laughter during the ten min
utes of his speech. In serious mo-
ment he uut i'm "A good word for Cuba
Free and received loud burst of ap-
plausc in return He contrasted the
3,5OO,O0O peace footing of Europe. and
its cost, with the $4,000 of the United
States, and hoped the disparity might
be continued. DR. Mcleod intimated
that he did not hold the same radical
views of the Confederates as did Judge
Darte.
Joshua II. Thomas related How
Got Away from Stuart's Cavalry" and
was followed by vocal selection by
the Electric City quartette
Rev. p. j. McManus of Green Ridge
delivered very thoughtful address on
What the Union ex-Prisoners of War
Did for Our Country" Before he he
gan his formal speech. however, he got
ewes with DR.. Mcleod, who had made
the speaker mark for several jokes
of Irish extraction. Said Father Nc
Manus, laughingly: II cannot under
stand why DR.. Mcleod always wants
to claim me as a fellow w-countryman.
1t may be necessary for him to point
out the stock of which | sprung. but
those of YOU who have looked upon
DR.. Mcleod will not have need of such
information concerning him." a shout
of laughter followed this sally Father
McManus explained the others interest
in the speaker by the comment that
| both were far downS"-Dr. Mcleod $
people came from far down" in the
north of Ireland, as they describe that
region on the Emerald Isle. and the
| speaker came from far down" in
l.uzernc county. GAINESVILLE, an indie
| pendent town which has an electric
| light and an electric car.
Father McManus said he had been
| taught by old soldiers to speak with
| forbearance concerning Tne Confeder-
ates and he would have to restrain
| himself from taking serious exceptions
to Judge Darte's remarks.
Fire at VIII" was the topic of
| Colonel f. l.. Hitchcock. He took
| pains to substantiate what Father Me
Manus had said about the erroneous
| impression among the young that Gen
| eral Robert L. Lee practically fought
| alone the southern fight and was the
| best general the war produced Each
| speaker explained how this belief had
| prevailed among the young. but was
| rapidly being dispelled. Colonel Hitch
cock did fire at will. as his topic gave
him permission to. do, and his many
stories We're received with much favor.
SOME HARTFORD MUSIC.
Mrs. Carrie j. Briggs, musical in
| structor at the Hartford Soldiers Or
| phans school, poSsessor of a splendid
| soprano voice and who knows how to
use it, sang a solo which was one good
| evidence of good singing at Hartford.
Rev. DR.. w. @. Scott, of Elmhurst.
| spoke of THE Relations of Captivity to
Heroism and Patriotism" That mo
man is fit to live for his country who
is not ready to die for his flag" was a
| sentiment which indicates the tenor of
DIR. Scott's thought. His was the con-
| cluding number before the benediction
| was pronounced by DR.. Logan at II. Il
O'Clock, too late to permit carrying out
| the programme which was to have in
| cluded an address by Commander A
| B. stevens, of Lieutenant Ezra Griffin
| post, No. 139; "A Word from the Bows
| and Girls at Hartford School" by
| James f.. Matthews, the superintend-
ent; music by the Electric City quar-
tette, and Greetings from Post 3l9
q. y. r. by Alderman John r. Howe.
President LathrOp was obliged to
| leave before final adjournment and
| relegated the gavel to Colonel Ripple.
Camp No. s. Sons of Veterans.
reached the hall in body at $50 o'clock
and occupied seats in the gallery.