The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-29

Three towns. Dunmore, Jermyn and
| Priceburg, turned out en- masse last
| night to cheer on the Republican can
didates in their triumphal march
through the county. At each place the
enthusiasm was boundless. all report
| ing the most successful political meet
| ing ever held.
At Dunmore and Jermyn the local
speakers who have been doing such he
roic work for the last two weeks, were
| reinforced by outside speakers, Hon.
| Fillmore Maust, of Carlisle, appearing
| in Dunmore, and Hon. J. j. Snyder, of
Lehigh, at Jermyn.
| The Dunmore meeting was held in
| odd Fellows hall, which was packed
To the doors. Andrew Allen presided
| and the Vicc-presidents We're James
| Young, +. +. Swartz, f. Il. Setter,
! Frank Marshall George b. Mitchell,
George Cummings, John Luce, James
| Wilson, f. +. Wagner, William Will
| son, T.. L. Vert, Earl Bishop, George
| Harper Dan Powell. Ezra Peckins.
John Holiday, L. e. Crawford. Warner
| Hall, David Parfrey, Thomas J. Jor-
| dan, John NJ. Coleman, John p. Phil
| lips and Y. p. Letchworth
The majority of the candidates were
| present and occupied seats on the
| stage As each made his appearance
| before the big audience there was Il
| loud burst of applause, but the biggest
| demonstration of enthusiasm occurred
| when James Young walked out to
| greet Candidate Langstaff and escort
| ed him arm in arm to a seat on the
| platform.
Another interesting episode that was
| also provocative of long and loud
| cheering was the action of eX-president
| OF the Scranton School board, George
Mitchell, in arising on the floor. and
speaking in terms of warmest COM
| mendatiOn of his friend and d-time
! colleagua on the board of control, Mr..
| Langstaff.
MIR. FLEITZ'S REMARKS.
Mr.. Fleitz, TIE first speaker of the
| evening, was referring to the person.
| mel of the Republican ticket, and when
speaking of Mr.. Langstaff's record as
school controller, he added the re-
mark: And l see in the audience be-
| fore me a man who can second every
| thing l have said, man who has
| served side by side with Mr.. Lang
staff in the upbulding of the most
| excellent public school system of
which Scranton is justly proud man
who is now one of your neighbors, and
man whom you can rely upon to
say nothing that he does not mean
that man is George Mitchell"
Mr.. Mitchell got up from his seat at
| the side of the hall, and motioning the
| speaker to pause, walked to the front
| of the hal! and said Fellow citizens,
| | can do all that the speaker says
| and more, and l would not be doing nv
| duty If / allowed this opportunity to
| pass without saying a word for my
| friend, VIII Langstaff. / served with
| him for ten years on the Scranton
| school board, and l always found him
faithful and untiring worker in the
| cause Of education. During those ten
| years we Spent thousands of dollars in
| bringing the school system to its pres
| ent high etanding, and despite the de-
| light which ever ready critic find in
making insinuations against public Of
| ticials, there never was a breath of
suspicion against Will Langstaff. !
| can say to you that I know him and
| that he possesses the very uualifica-
! tions that the people of Lackawanna
| county demand in a county treasurer,
| and these qualities will elect him on
| Tuesday next"
When Mr.. Mitchell had taken his seat
and the applause died down, Mr.. Fleitz
added this further testimony in Mr..
Langstaff's behalf, that all the time
| he was engaged in improving the
| school system of Scranton, which nee
| essarily caused an increase in taxation,
| he was an official of the biggest tax
| paying corporation in the city.
MIR. JONES SPEAKS.
District Attorney John r. Jones was
| the second speaker. The ovation he
! received was not one whit less pro.
| nOunced than those with which he was
| greeted at the various meetings up the
| valley. 1t was not expected that he
| would be received as enthusiastically
| as he was among his neghbors, but
| expectations We're pleasurably knocked
| into a cooked hat. He proved that he
| had just as strong hold on the hearts
| of the people of Dunmore as he was
| shown to have in Olyphant, Peckville.
! Archibald, JermYn and Carbondale,
| where his reception was such as to
| cause the enemy to throw up their
| hands in despair and cry: It's no
use, you can't beat him!"
Mr.. Jones made his usual appeal for
united and jealous support of the whole
| ticket and then took a few minutes
| to make answer to the allegations of
| his mud-slinging opponents and TO
| point out the promptings of those who
have descended to base slander or un-
| grateful intrigue to defeat him. The
| Kisses which followed his illusions TO
certain Of these parties boded no good
| for them should they ever seek any
thing at the hands of Dunmore Repub-
| licans.
The speech of Representative Maust
| bore out all that had been heralded of
his ability as a campaign orator. 1t
was easily one of the best political
| speeches that has been heard in this
| county. He is an earnest, reasoning
talker, with a graceful delivery and
| taking presence, and possesses the
happy faculty so necessary to the sue
cess of political speech of winning
! his audience from the outset
In a predatory way he paid a nice
compliment to the progressive spirit
of industrial Lackawanna and its ag-
| gressive capitol city and also the grand
commonwealth of which it is a promi-
nent part remarking that it Is no idle
boast for any man to say with pride
that he Is q Pennsylvania.
THE ISSUES AT STAKE.
Then entering into the political field.
he proceeded to argue against the de-
luding cry of the enemy that national
issues are not at stake in an "off year"
The victory of last fan ba cola rl,,,i 4