The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-27

Given Hearty Reception--Fif-
teenth Ward Also Has a Big and
Enthusiastic Meeting.
Another rousng Republican meeting
was held in Peckville, last night. Mott
Haven hall, midway between the Peck
vile station and Olyphant, where the
meeting took place, is not of very i'm
posing dimensions but between the
crowd that squeezed itself inside and
those who managed to place themselves
within earshot of the speakers by
standing i'm the doorways and outside
the hall at the open windows, there
was a good sized audience gathered,
probably seven hundred persons.
All the candidates were present and
as has been their unvarying expert
ence all through the county they were
given a veritable ovation when they
appeared on the stage. The speakers
were Fred w. Fleitz, John r. Jones,
John f. Scragg and NJ. w. Lowry
Conner j. Reese was chosen chairman
and in the list of vice presidents were
all the leading Republicans Of that To-
Cality.
Mr. SCragg was the main speaker of
the evening and his subject Party Re
form" proved under his able handling
to be most interesting one. Men are
not infallibe he started out by saying
and hence parties which are simply an
aggregation of men can not be expect
ed to be infallible. The Republican
party is perhaps not perfect. Possibly
there are defects in it, but they are
similar to dsfeCts in any family and
like any domestic dissensiOns must
be treated within family lines.
When a party convention makes a
choice, Mr. Scragg cOntended the men
of that party who are believers in the
principles of that party should support
| that choice even though as individuals
| they would not have made such a
| choice. They have no right or logical
| reason to put their wisdom in competi-
| tion with the combined wisdom of the
| party. The probabilities always are
| that the wisdom Of the party is always
| more to be relied upon than the wis
! dom Of an individual
| HONEST BUT MISTAKEN.
| Addressing himself to those who
| have wandered from the party and in
| augurated new parties in the vain hope
| of effecting this reform or that, Mr.
| Scragg said they were to his mind.
| honest but mistaken: they could ac-
| complish more in the furtherance of
their pet purposes by remaining loyal
| members of powerful party, partici-
pating in its councils, helping to shape
it's course and sharing in it's power
and influence, than they can ever eX-
| pect to accomplish in their weak inde-
| p ndent movements. which effect no
| good for the particular principles they
| eSpouse and do no small amount of
| harm to the general tenets of their
| political creed. Such men he hoped
would realize the injury they were do
ing to themselves and their friends,
and the help they We're inadvertently
lending to the common enemy. The
only candidates in the present cam
paign are those on the Republican and
Democratic tickets. a vote cast by one
who should be a Republican for a
| third party was a half vote least for
| Democracy
In speaking of the Democratic party.
| Which-it will not be gafnsaid-he had
excellent opportunity of studying, Mr.
| Scragg branded it as a party of dead
statesmen and dead issues. 1t is with
out fixed principles and devoid of a
leader who can be classed as a states
man. It's inconsistency is instanced in
this county and in this campaign and
| proof is once more given of the trite
and true saying that it never learns
anything by experience. In this con-
nection Mr.. Scragg dwelt at length up-
on the action of the local Democracy
in loudly acclaiming it's undying faith
in and fealty to the platform which
was repudiated in this county by a
tWo-third vote of the people and then
not only refusing to stand upon the
platform but trying to hoodwink the
sensible and thinking Democrats into
the belief that platforms are of no con.
sequence in county campaigns.
SCHADT CONSIDERED.
For the benefit of the many Demo.
Gratis who were present, Mr.. Scrage
reviewed the "stalwart and unflinch,
ing" Democracy of Mr. Schadt, and II
is not at all impossible that many OF
those present heard some things which
they were not aware of before, Judging
from the questions that were piled tC
the speaker after the meeting had ad.
jOurned.
District Attorney John r. Jones re-
cepton was a repetition Of the demon,
stration at Olyphant the night before
The people and the band men kept Il
up until they We're ready to collapse
1t was such a scene on a small scale
as one would witness during nomi
nation at a national convention. Mr.
Jones made one Of his characteristic,
speeches and when he had finished anC
the applause following his speech ha(
subsided a committee of his neighbor!
OF Blakely went forward and presented
, a set of resolutions similar in tone t
those adopted at Olyphant, afIirmint
, the highest confidence in Mr. Jones
and expressing esteem and regard fo
J him as a citizen, neighbor and official
and assuring him and the ticket o
which he was a part the heartiest sup
port. 1t is needless to say they wer,
unanimously and voclferously adopted
Mr.. Fletz and Mr.. Lowry plead 70
strenuous and unceasing work for tn
whole ticket from now until the clos
of the polls on election day. After tn
meeting the candidates held an in
formal reception and were presente,
by the county committeeman TO hun
dreds of the workers and voters pres
ent.
ON THE WEST SIDE.
An enthusiastic and well attende,
meeting of the Fifteenth ward voters
was held in Evans hall on South MAR
avenue, last evening. The meetinl
was addressed by Hon. John r. Farr
w. Gaylord Thomas and +. Z. Roba
than. Ii was the intention TO hold al
open air meeting but the ground wa
, in, such a bad condition that this idei
| WAS abandoned and as MANY as cnnlS