The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-28
RALLY IN MIDTOWN.
Speakers Address Gathering Large
Iy of Foreign- Born Element.

SptuhtIS huuEtSS "
Iy of Foreign- Born Element.
At no time or place during the pres
ent campaign have the orators of eth
er party faced a more orderly or inter-
ested audience than that which greet
ed w. Gaylord Thomas, John f.
SCragg, Milton w. Lowry and Joseph
Orsino, an Italian, last night in Col
umbla hall at Midtown" Old Forge.
For two hours over 200 laboring men
listened attentively to the speakers
with the plain purpose of obtaining
light on the main issues of the present
canvass.
When it is stated that the foreign
element in the hall included Italians,
Hungarians, Polanders and Welsh,
Irish and English born, and that the
meeting was described by those in a
position to know as being the most or
derly ever held in Midtown" the sat
isfaction with which the meeting was
reported to the party managers may
be appreciated. The gathering was
arranged by Executive Committeeman
Samuel Broadhead, jr., and the follow
ing district committeeman: William
| Davis. First district; James Salmon,
| Second district, and William Flaherty,
Fourth district
Mr.. Broadhead called the meeting to
order and Thomas Jones was chosen
! permanent chairman.
CUE OF THE SPEAKERS.
! 1t had been stated that the men pres
| ent, all citizens and voters, but many
not yet thoroughly familiar with the
| principles and work of the two big par
ties, wanted to be informed particu-
| larly on Republicanism and DemoCra-
| cy This desire was the cue of the
! speakers and when the meeting ended
! the three rOusing cheers given for the
! Republican ticket from top to bottom
left no doubt in the minds of those
! present that the returns next Tuesday
night would show a big Republican
gain in that locality.
The vice presidents of the meeting
We're: r. j. Stewart, John A. Wood
! Thomas Pickerel, William Merritt
| John Faraday, sr, George Jones,
James Calvert, Reese Willis Reese John
| Cooke, James Bell, Anson Van Cam
| pen, Louis Cimino, Anthony Burnetto,
| James A. Salmon.
Mr.. Thomas in the course of his
speech related something told him
| Tuesday night by a man at one of the
| lDCllCN ut iltlSitS llltl-llIlSS' ne man
worked in the mines and had been a
Democrat but said he proposed to vote
the straight Republican ticket He
was asked his reasons and replied:
| Because it gives employment to my
three girls. They could never find
| steady work under a Democratic ma
tional administration, but Mckinley,
! protection and Republcanism have
! kept the silk mills and other factories
running over time, the mines have a
market for their coal and I'm going
to support the party that supports
| me-"
The weight of the argument, thought
Mr.. Thomas, was particularly appli-
cable to Scranton where there are 5000
women steadily employed in mills and
factories according to figures obtained
! from the secretary of the board of
trade
A CLEAN CUT FIGHT.
Mr.. Scragg convinced his hearers that
| it was a clear cut fight between Re-
| publicans and Democrats, a thorough
ly partisan fight, political principles
against political principles and not, as
! the Democrats say one set of indi-
| Niduals against another set. Tho
audience, the speaker thought con-
! tanned many men who chose the Unit
| ed States as their present home be-
! cause they could here have a voice
| in the government. Naturally, they
! would want to cast their influence with
! the better of the two parties strug-
! Cling for control. He then gave a
! truthful outline Of what Republican,
! ism has done toward good government
! and prosperous times and pointed out
the wild theories of Clevelandism and
failures Of the Democracy.
! He called the attention of his hear
ers to the fact that the recent con-
VentiOn which nominated the Demo-
cratic county ticket had endorsed the
! st. Louis platform fully and without
! reserve" but realizing the mistake in
| having done so, the Democratic orators
| and candidates were now instructed to
! say that national or party issues cut
no figure in the campaign.
Mr.. Lowry impressed the gathering
! with the truth that local politics cut
| a momentus figure i'm state and nation
| al ahairs. He cited Sheriff Governor
! President Cleveland as an example.
| Schadt, the Democratic nominee for
| sheriff, was through the Indifference
of his Republican opponent in doubt
council,
| and was elected county treasurer by
accident. His present candidacy is
| directly traceable to his election to a,
| petty ward Office Voters might cast
a ballot here ana there out Of compli-
| ment to a Democratic candidate or
through the solicitation of personal
friends and without thinking that
many other votes so cast could have
an effect on future state and national
administrations.
If the people wanted a continuation
of the prosperity boom of Republican,
ism, no carelesshess should be shown
in supporting Republicans for the of
fees identified with the foundations of
state aud national politics,
SPOKE OF THE CANDIDATES.
Each of the speakers made reference
to the Republican candidates and pre-
| sented their personal qualifications and
fitness for office.
Joseph Orsino, the italian speaker,
talked in the mother tongue and dwelt
particularly on the principles of the
two big parties. Rspublicanism had
done everything to encourage the con-
hdence and support of men who have
TO do manual work for q living
Democracy had left undona m sxv,aat