The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-05
How The Fight Has
Narrowed Down.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
M 1864. when Abraham Lincoln was
making his campaign Tor reelection,
III George 4. jerks was opposed to him.
III At that time MIR. jerks was a Demo-
cratic leader in Jefferson county. Mr.
jerks went upon tho stump and de-
nounCcd the war AS a failure and fought
Lincoln. The timo has come when all
can Judge the great war calmly and just
ly. The southern states thought they
were right and fought accordingly. The
northern states, on the other hand, be-
licved differently aud upheld their con,
victions. Today we behold the spcctl-
clc Of southern troops rallying around
the Stars aud Stripes. There 10 old Joe
Wheeler. for instance, battling for the
flag before Santiago. In 1861 his state
was In the Confederacy, while pcnnsyl-
rania WIS in the Union.
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In Pennsylvania, aa in other northern
states, there werc men known as CoppN"-
heads, who opposed the war, and who, "
they had had their way. would have
brought disaster. what II 10 he Thought
of them jefferson county was the homo
of numerous Coppcrhcads In 1864 they
held many meetings and from the stump
aSSailcd Lincoln Instead Of standing ny
their state, as valiant men both north and
south did. they sought tn undermine it
and the Union 10y dCnouncinS the war
aS mistake Tho calls for their meet
inEs were worded i'm language which. to
rut 1t mildly, was most unpotriotic.
Rally. FreemCn." ono of these great pos
tcrs pasted upon the fences and the walls
read, Rally, FrCcmcn,, and put tho seal
of condemnation upon tyranny and op-
pression." And II went on Our coun-
try is in danEcr'-dangcr? and from
what? Why. from Abraham Lincoln.
AT these meetings summoned to condemn
tyranny and oppression and to save
the nation from the danger Of Lincoln,
George a. JcnkS appeared Men are mum
crous who remember his assaults upon
The war upon Lincoln and upon the
proposition to allow soldiers to vote in
the presidential election. And this man,
o-war-is-a-failure Democrat, the free
silver advocate Of Organism. is a Candi-
date today for the gcvcrnorship of Penn
sylvania!
The question which the Republicans Of
Pennsylvania have to face is this: Shall
George A. jerks representing he Copper
heads of the rebellion and the free silver
Vagarics of the BrNanism of the present
day. be elected governor. or shall William
\. Stone, representing the Mckinley ad-
| minlstration, be placed i'm the executive
mansion? Or. swallow has been nban-
doncd by many Of those who had intend
| ed to support him. The WanamakeritCs
| are mostly for jerks. Scratch a Mus
wump on the back and you generally find
| a Democratic sympathizer beneath. There
| is Major Merrick, the eminent Wanama-
| kerite of Tioga county, for instance, who
| has declared openly for jerks. In Ches
| ter county the SwallowC"ats are turning
| to jerks. The Democratic party is unit
| ing. as it always does when it sees a
| chance. Bryan looms up before the
! Democrats, and they are gathering. This
| bplu pf l.
| low and the narrowing Of the contest
| down to Stone and jerks
| 10
There will he comparatively few Demo
| cratic votes for Swallow, who must draw
| his strength principally from the Republi-
| cans. With Swallow absolutely and
| hopelessly Leaten, those Republicans who
| have heCn inOculated by Swallowism must
| mako up their minds whether they are
prepared to see jerks elected governor
| and Bryan made Il hopeful candidate for
president in 1900. \ vote for Swallow is
| a half vote for jerks; il cannot elect
| Swallow, but it might elect jerks, the
| war-is-a failure Democrat. The time has
come for every Republican to reason
| sensibly and deeply. 1t is Stone or jerks.
Mckinley or Bryan, protection or free
| trade. honest money or free silver; it is
ReDublicaniSin or Bryan Democracy. and
with such an issue there can be no doubt
| We believe that William ~ Stone will
| be elected and that the Republican party
will he triumphant by a plurality exceed
| ing 100 900.