The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-26

Taylor borough's largest meeting
place Weber's rink. was crowded to
the doors last night on the occasion of
the first visit of the Republican cam
paign orators. The Citizens band was
present to enliven the meeting but
it's services were a luxury rather than
necessity for the enthusiasm display
ed was unbounded and of a nature that
does not owe its origin to the inspira-
ton of a brass band.
Hon. jeremiah Snyder who is a fa-
vorite speaker in this region, was eX-
pected to be present but was detained
by an important law suit and at the
last minute had to wire his regrets at
his inability to BE- present. In his
stead the committee sent down Hon.
James NJ. Evans, of Sharon, Mercer
county, who was at one time n mule
driver in the Taylor mine and who is
now one of the best known Welsh
bards in America, and Cne of the most
prominent and influential business men
in the western part of the state. With
him were Attorneys r. a. Zimmerman
and NJ. W. Lowry, and Corporal Lay
ton NJ. Schoch, whose appearance in
his red-trmmed karki uniform of the
artillery service won for him an en-
thusiastic reception.
MIR. GRIFFITHS PRESIDED.
Attorney James f. Watkins, OF Tay-
| lor secretary of the Republican county
committee. called the meeting to or
der and introduced cX-Burgess Will
liam 2. Gritliths to preside
Mr.. Evans was the first speaker.
| His opening references to his early life
| in Taylor and the reCounting of some
| humorous Incidents participated in by
| the boys of his time, now the leading
men of the village, provoked many n
| laugh and resulted In his having the
audience with him from the outset.
Among the many trite things said by
| Mr.. Evans in comparing the three
gubernatOrial candidates was thai
while Colonel Stone was a boy in his
| teens, fighting to uphold the union, Mr.
jerks was at home trying to prevent
| Pennsylvania from filling it's army
| quota, and DR.. Swallow was asdu
ously learning the commandment
Thou shalt not steal" to the exclusion
| of all other commandments, even tina
closed allied one, "Thou shalt not bea
| false witness against thy neighbor."
He also provoked a burst of resound
ing applause by the statement: Il an
a Republican because Lincoln, Gran
and Blaine We're Republicans-and, m!
good neighbors. don't mind admittin!
that since along in April last / haven
| been hiding my head because l am af
filiated with the same party as on
Major William Mckinley"
Mr.. Zimmerman, in the opening o
his speech, called up the assertion o
the Democrats that there are no ma
tional issues at this time and asked /
this was so, would some one please tel
him why the Democrats had taken tn
trouble to nominate thirty congress
men in this state this fall.
ARE PERSONAL ATTACKS.
Then, taking up the issues as raise
by the Democrats, he went on to shoN
that when analyzcd they are discOV
cred to be nothing more nor less tha
a personal attack on one member {
the Republican party in Pennsylvania
Matthew Stanley Quay. Their entir
argument is directed against Senate
Quay's method Of managing the Re
publican party. That is none of III
Democratic partys business. Mr.. Zin
norman went on to say. We are tn
ones to judge whether or not Mr.. Quay
conduct suits us.
The decrease in the state debt frol
$40, 600 to 81 ,0OO, 900; the saving
Slj,0000, 900 to the land owners of III
state by the transferal of the stat
, taxes from realty to the corporations
, the increase in the appropriations fC
free schools from $2S0,0OO to So, 500, 0,
We're mentioned by Mr.. Zimmerman {
some of the things that came with ii
ascendancy of the Republican party
Pennsylvania and of which Messr
jerks, Sowden and others are not wor
to speak.
The ratification of the amendment
abolishing slavery and enfranchisir
the Colored man weAe unanimously OF
{ posed by the Democrats in the Penn
sylvana legislature. Mr.. Zimmerma
pointed out and in our own times NJ
} one of them voted for the Farr fr,
text book bill and their governor, Rol
| ert +. Pattison twice vetoed that otl
S er benefcient bill fathered by NJ
= Farr, the compulsory education hi
In concluding he made reference
2 dodgers that We're being circulated ye
5 terday, attaching Hon. j. c. Vaughan
: course in the Legislature and in d
fense of Mr.. Vaughan reviewed h
] whole senatorial career, enumeratir
, among his other achievements, his su
( cessful carrying thorugh of the eigI
/ hour law: the "indigent insane" bi
D by which the state is made to pa
4 the local poor district for the mali
t tenance of the INDECENT insane; Il
. bill authorizing the Moses Taylor no