The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-22

The following address has been is
sued by Hon. f.. n. willard, chairman
of the Republican county committee:
TO the Republicans of Lackawanna
County:
The splendid achievements of the adj.
minstration of William Mckinley are
known and recognized not Cnly in our own
country, but N every land where our flag
floats at the mast heads of the ships in
our triumphant navy.
Under the benign rule of our chief and
the policy of his administration our wheat
fields and corn fields have brought ample
returns to our farmers. and our work
shops are again busy, giving employment
to labor; and our currency has been firm
ly established so that every dollar in ev-
cry mans hands is worth one hundred
cents. Shall this tide of prosperity stop
or shall 1t go on till there are no uncm-
ployed throughout the length and breadth
of the land? This Is the issue that con-
front the American people! This Is the
issue in the present compaign in Penn.
sylvania!
What is tho duty of Republicans under
the conditions that now confront us? Is
1t our duty to listen to the call of fac
tions, or shall we steadily press onward
in solid phalanx and give our united sup
port to William Mckinley and his admin
istration? Or shall We throw away the
fruits of victory and prosperity and turn
the government over to the enemies of
the administration? The result of the
campaign in Pennsylvania, the second
state in the Union, will have an impor-
tant and far-reaching influence upon this
question.
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.
We have as our candidate for the
oil at tnr al oh ir I,,..
bearer in this campaign, a tried and
true soldier of the Rebellion; a statesman
who has represented the commonwealth
I'm the halls of congress, with a character
unassailablc, and for whom every Repub-
lican should vote in order TO sustain the
policy of the Republican party. A vote
for either of his opponents is an ac-
acknowledgement of weakness in the pril-
ciples of our party which in reality does
not exist.
We eXhOrt you, therefore. to vote for
Colonel William A. Stone and his asso-
ciates upon the state ticket
Whether the administration shall be
sustained or defeated in its policy de-
pcnds largely upon the complexion of the
next house of representatives. Our fell
low citizen. Hon. William Connell, has rep
resented this district faithfully in the
house of representatives, and has given
his undivided support to all the measures
that have given prosperity to the country,
and has stood by the president in every
emergency when support was called for
and merited in order to sustain the meas
ures of the administration which have re-
suited in triumph to our flag and pros
perity to our Industrial interests.
In this campaign our congressman
should receive that support due to every
man who can say, IL have done my full
duty" and should meet with the just and
true response from the people, well
done. good and faithful servant"
Upon the legislature to be chosen in
this campaign devolves the important
duty of electing to the senate of the
United States a tried and true man, as
well as the further duty of legislating for
the best interests of the commonwealth,
and in enacting laws for our government
that will be a credit upon the pages of
our statute books.
Senator Vaughan. Representatives. Farr,
Reynolds and Mackey have been tried,
and made their record for themselves.
They have bee renominated by the re-
spective conventions of their districts.
which is a, fun endorsement of their acts
by the people who elected them. They
are entitled to the support of every Re-
publican in their districts.
John Scheuer, jr., an intelligent Ger
man and citizen of the Eleventh ward, is
our nominee Tor representative IN the Sec
ond legislative district. A man of strict
integrity and honesty, and fit to repro
sent his district in the next legislature.
DR.. Roberts for coroner, and Mr.. Stew
enson for county surveyor are entitled to
the vote of every Republican in the
county.
With this most respectable list OF candi-
dates let me appeal to you personally and
in behalf of our county committee, to
ant. haa Of
and give us your votes for the entiro
ticket. We make this appeal not only for
our candidates, but for the admnistra-
tion of William Mckinley, in order that
our victories may not be in vain, and
that the tide of prosperity, by him in
augurated may not be turned back
Il. n. Willard,
linn