The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-13
BIG CONVENTION
COMES TO SCRANTON
DELEGATION THAT OBTAINED
IT HAS RETURNED HOME.
1t will Open Here on Labor Day,
1899, with Parade That Will Be
Attended by Postmen of New
York, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania-Convention Will Be At
tended by About Seven Hundred
Delegates-John H. Phillips Re-
marks in Naming Scranton.

John II. Phillips, +. d. Jones. NJ.
O'Malley and Joseph Fidiam, the mail
carriers who so successfully at To-
ledo, o.. conducted Scranton's cam
paign for the next convention of the
National Letter Carriers association,
returned home early yesterday, tired
and exhausted, but happy. 1t was no
easy task they had on their hands at
Toledo, but that made the victory all
the more satisfactory.
Scranton had its boom well launched
long before the convention. and had
many pledges of support. When our
humble delegation of four men arrived
at Toledo they found Baltimore with
twenty men on the ground actively
urging the claims of the Monumental
City, Detroit, Mich, and Chattanooga,
Tenn, also had large forces at work
in their interests. Detroit had a new
souvenir for each day of the conven-
ton for the purpose of keeping the
name of that city before the delegates.
The Scranton boomers at once opened
headquarters in the st. Charles hotel
and went to work with a will to land
the convention for the Electric City
On account of the work done in ad-
vance Scranton was in a position when
the convention opened to lead the other
claimants, but it would have been easy
to destroy her chances if tact and
watchfulness had not been employed
by the resourceful Scrantonians.
DETROIT WITHDREW.
One of the things they did was to
induce Detroit to get out of the field
and throw its support to Scranton.
This done, the Scrantonians succeed
ed in getting on the slate that was
going to win and then victory was
assured. The name of Scranton was
presented to the convention by John
ii. Phillips in the following language:
Mr. President and Fellow Citizens: 1t
is needless for me to inform you that in
Scranton we still adhere TO the old adago
III at first YOU don't succeed try, try
again. Two years ago at Grand Rapids,
Mich, | had the pleasure in behalf of
Branch II to extend to- this association
an invitation to hold its next annual con-
Nention in our city. At San francisco
one year ago our representative did like
wise, and We are here today, Mr. Presi-
! dent and comrades. to renew the invita-
| ton to this convention to select Scran-
| ton for it's tenth annual meeting place.
The concentrations for our persistenCy
| which we have received have encouraged
| us to believe that we are at last to be Ie-
| warded. Burns has said "Man's inhu-
| manty to man makes countless thou
sands mourn" And, my brethren, it Is
for you tn say, by your ballots this day,
! whether it be mourning or gayety for the
| people of our city.
Scranton, the metropolis of the anthra-
cite region, is proud of her reputation
| as a convention city. To please all visit
ors is our ambition, more especially con-
vention visitors, and to allow none to de-
part without feeling that they have been
| the royal guests of royal people. Our
| hotel facilities are excellent, and | can
say without fear of contradiction that no
| better accommodations can be had in any
| city of equal size.
| POSTMASTER WANTS THEM.
Our postmaster, Colonel Ezra II.
| Ripple, wants you TO come to Scran-
ton, and let me say to you in all
| sincerity, come while We have a post
master who is to us a friend indeed al
ways ready and willing to further our
! interests, a man of noble impulse, gen
erous to a fault, and his hospitality
knows no bounds. ITO those who know
him not. no words can paint! And those
who know him, know all words are
faint" We want you to come to Scran-
ton because Branch II is not alone IN
making this request, as you have un'
doubtedly seen in the August number oi
Postal Record, our best and foremost
citizens join with us in extending to yol
this invitation. Our select and common
councils, our board of trade our city ans
county officials are all ready to unite
in extending to you hearty welcome
The prince of coal operators, our con
gressman, Hon. William Connell, thu
letter carriers friend, a royal enter
tainer, u philanthropist in all that thu
word implies. requests your presence II
Scranton next September and he mean!
ust what he says. The press of our city
has teemed with editorials in their de
Just what he says. The press of our cit!
and ] can truthfully say this spirit per
Vades every home. and If you do come Oh
happy homes ana hearts will say thric
welcome. I could go on, my friends
lauding and eulogiZing the many com
mercial and social interests which Scran
ton is characteristically proud of, but i
it not my intention to infringe on tn
valuable time of this convention. I talk
It for granted that you have all rea
our articles in the Record which cove
some of these points. There are alway
doubling Thomases to be had, and
nv comrades, If this convention hal
contains any of them, they are especially
invited to come to Scranton, and we vii
convince them of the truthfulness of ou
assertions.
CLOSE TO LARGE CITIES.
We are within easy reach of New Yorl
Philadelphia, Boston, Washington an
many other cities, and, gentlemen, lie
me inform you that we are so situated
that within a radius of 800 miles we ca
count nearly 800 branches of this gran
organization.
With all these advantages what is ther