The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-10-26
THE FIRST
GUN FIRED.
Democrats Laud Their Candidates OF a
Local Meeting.
CHAIRMAN MOYER WAS TWISTED
He Floundered About in a Lengthy and
Tiresome Address-Ex- District Attorney
Ryan Makes an Attack on Con-
gressman Brumm's canvass
and Record.


and Record.
The Democratic mass meeting at Robbins
opera house last night was not bowling
success. The people were slow in getting to
the hall and after they got there they were
disappointed to find that the speaker starred
for the evening, Hon. james A. StrIuahan,
failed to arrive, having been detained at
Philadelphia. 1t was on this account prob
ably that the expected street parade did not
take place. Many people RETAINED from
going to the hall in expectation Of brass
band display on the streets, but after they
found that the band wouldn't play ON, they
jOurneyed to the hall and before the meeting
was over the place was well filled. There
were about 400 people in the hall.
As to the feast offered from the platform
little can be said favorable to it. Aside from
the Introductory remarks of NJ. NJ Burke,
ESD, the chairman for the evening, there
was really only one speaker, ex-District At
torney Ryan, the Democratic candidate for
Congress. County Chairman J. W. Meyer
followed Mr. Ryan and proved monotonous
and tiresome His part of the program was
| to talk on the candidates. lie took up a
great deal Of time and said very little to
enthuse the audience. His knowledge of the
geographical locations of the candidates on
his ticket was very limited, and when he did
not state them wrong he made the announce
ments with a hesitation that caused the
audience to believe that he really did not
know where he was at" His reference to
Mr., Mari was perfection in brevity. OF
Harry Muldoon he spoke at length prn-
cipally because Harry was born within
mile of the speakers birth place in Cass
township. If Mr.. Meyer knew anything
else about Harry he forgot to tell it. lie
attempted to score Controller Snyder, but
failed, because anything he did say against
Mr.. Snyder to which the audience might be
expected to give credence, was knocked in
the head by glarng Misrepresentation and
inconsistencies. He actually declared that
the office of Controller in Schuyl-
kill county must have been created by
a Harrisburg ring that had on its hands
man the ring could not, or would not
provide for in Harrisburg. Anyone remem-
bering that Mr.. B. X. Severn was the first
Controller of the county can readily see the
absurdity of the statement. The speaker
insisted on giving the beer mug accent to the
name of DIR. Stein, the Republican candidate
for Coroner, and said that John f. Higgins
was born in MahanOy City He also re-
ferred to the Republican candidate for
Governor as &c. w. Stone, a lawyer from
Tioga county" In arranging his lists of
speakers hereafter Chairman Meyer should
take himself of the boards, or get posted.
The Democratic candidate for Congress
made an effective address and held the undi-
vided attention of the audience. Mr.. Ryan
opened his address by saying that he was not
begging the position for which he is nomi-
mated; that he didn't want to so appear be.
fore the people of Schuylkill county. He
said he was the candidate of the Democratic
party and he stood on the principles and
platform of that party. The Republican
party he denounced as having maintained its
existence through pernicious legislation at
the expense Of the people of the country and
in behalf of trusts, monopolies and corpora
tiOns. The only approach to free silver Mr.
, Ryan made was reference to the campaign
of 1896. "A few years ago, in 1896, " he said
when one OF the greatest battles upon the
part of the common people was waged to
elect William Jennings Bryan Applause
. President the public press from one end of
the United States to the other, vilifed that
greatest of noble and honest men and de.
ceived the people from one end of the United
States to the other with scurrilous articles ,
y collected by the Republican party for tha
campaign, etc, but avoided reference to tn,
merits of the free silver side of that cam
paign other than to say that the people were
!, defeated. Mr.. Ryan gradually got down L
Q Schuylkill county and disputed an assertion
r by the Philadelphia Press that the Schuylkil
Congressional district is a doubtful. He
9 declared that he had traversed two-t thirds o
? Schuylkill and that, as the sun goes down oil
j the eve of the Sth of November, he will bt
the Congressman elected.
Mr.. Ryan than paid his respects to Con
gresham Brumm. He said II am no
= going to travel Schuylkill county pleading
with the people of the mining region to elec
a me. My friend on the other side in differen
II places in Schuylkill county, has said If yol
elect Mr.. Ryan it can do you no good. If yol
elect him your representative he will belong
to the minority party but if you elect m
:, / can legislate for the people, because l will
IS belong to the majority of the people -
II have never represented the people of Schuyl
II kill county on the floor of Congress" con
l. tnued Mr.. Ryan, "but say to you to-nigh
that if l was the representative for tw
years, instead of 10 or IL years, as Mr.. Brumr
has, and could give no better account of my
self, l would be ashamed TO confront a
10 American audience. l guarantee TO the peOpl
of schuylkill county that, if you elect m
your representative, | will never be guilt
of making plea of that character l sa
" that if / were guilty of such a thing, thi
4 my constituents would be justified in the
IL and there stamping me as politician
IL and not statesman There is t.
10 much politics for the people of the Unite
ii States for their own good. Too niue
D. politics and not enough statesmauship is on
u of the evils that the people Of our cOunJr
suffer from; and, if our friend is guilty
lie making an assertion and plea of that cha
ct acter before the people Of Schuylkill count!
stamp him tonight as politician aud nC
worthy of the respect of statesman. al
here tonight TO say to the people of Shenal
u doah, candidly, first That | am an Amer
lr can citizen; that ! love my country and il
emblem of liberty loYe its people, aud wi
legislate, vote aud support any measuI
which will enure to the benefit of m
RI country and its people, regardless of wha
as political party | belong to (applausel. II
pe (Brumm) also pleads with the people
ar Schuylkill county and asks them to one
more return him to the Congress of I'll
United States, and tells them he will legislat
l.. in behalf of our people. He goes ON to to
ct the people what service he rendered Ii