The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-07
Vote TO Stand By
The administration.



IT IS just as important this year as it
II was at the presidential election that
the party of Sound Money shall pre-
vail at the polls. At present the cX-
u cCutiVc and the house Ot representa-
tiVcs are in accord politically The sem
ate is dominated by the Silvcrites, al
though on the tariff question there is II
narrow majority for the protective prin-
Ciplc. From all indications, the Repubh-
cans will be firmly in control OF the next
senate, and should they possess a ma
iority in the house, the three parties 10
the lawmaking function, the president,
senate and house, will be i'll sympathy
and accord for the first time for years.
This will charge the Republicans with the
iull responsibility Tor legislation, ana af-
ford them a full ana free opportunity
TO carry into effect the policies enunciated
in the party platform.
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With congress ready TO cooperate with
the president, positive legislation may be
had on the reform of the currency, on the
regulation of immigration, on the rcmou-
cling of the tariff act and on the lcgisla-
tion ana appropriations requisite in the
adjustment of the problems arising from
the war with Spain. With either branch
of congress hostile, the nation, no less
than the president, would be placed in a
I
would be impossible for either political
party to shape legislation, and there
would be resort to makcShiftS to dis
Creditable deals, 10 cVasons of rcspon-
sibilty, while the business interests of
the country would be subjected to veX-
atiOus and damaging unrest. The situa-
tiOn is doubly serious by reason of the
fact that not only subjects of domestic
concern are involved, but our internal
P,ll1 Nh hf,N
conservative may be our attitude with re-
spCct TO colonial expansion, II is palpa-
hle that We shall have new and perpleX-
ing problems to solve respecting the gov
ernment of Hawaii and Porto Rico ANA
the administration of Cuba. We cannot
determine these questions without 10
some extent affecting our relations to yhe
powers. AS for the Philippines, it is i'm
possible to predict how far those islands
may become a bone OF contention.
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Under the circumstances 1t is of the
utmost importance that the Republican
party shall be entrusted with all the
power and responsibility possible under
the constitution, The settlement OF the
war alone Is weighty enough as an argu-
ment for the election of a congress in
accord with the president. Apart IRON
this Is the necessity OF resisting the ef-
forts of the advocates OF the free and un-
| limited coinage Of silver to gain control
Of congress, The existing currency laws
are admittedly defective, but there can
be 10 amendment Of the statutes whore
the branches Of congress ar, at deadlock.
IL Is the imperative duty of citizens who
oppose Bryanism and the Populistic poll
cies for which Mr.. Bryan stands 10 sup
port candidates for congress pledged to
honest money and the other principles OF
the Republican party Mr.. Bryan Is n
candidate for the Democratic nomination
in 1900, ana the election OF Il house OF rep
rcacntatiNcS adverse 10 the Republican
narty will give now life and impulse TO
the cause Of Organism. No matter how
! the citizen votes on state OF local issues
~ should make certain to mark his bal
lot for the Rerublican candidates for
| congress.
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! From the Philadelphia Prcss
The business of the nation f. i'm a sat-
isfactory condition with the promise or
| great Improvement after Tuesday next,
| providing the Rcpuhlcaus are assured
! of the control Of both houses Of con-
gress, which would remove all doubt as
TO the future, II will not be forgotten