The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-21

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George jerks. Democratic candidate
for governor, and William Sowden. can
didate for lieutenant governor were in
the city last night and addressed a
mass meeting at the armory There
were about 1900 persons present. Ad-
dresses were also delivered by Captain
=. DeLacy. OF this city, Democratic
candidate for internal affairs, and Hon.
+. j. Hughes. of Philadelphia. Mr.
Hughes is not with the candidates on
their junketing tour. He was at
Wilkes Barre attending the convention
of Democratic clubs and came here by
invitation of County Chairman Fitz-
simmons. Last nights was the first
speech delivered by him during the
present campaign.
1t was $40 o'clock when the jerks
party arrived at the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western station. They had
spent the day in Susquehanna county,
! conducting two meetings. one at Mont
rose and the other at Friendsville, Cap
tain DeLacy and Richard J. Beamish
being among the speakers at the latter
place. In the party were Candidates
jerks. Sowden and DeLacy, DR.. C.
Van Arstdaen, of Ashbourne. and
James Israel, of the Pittsburg Dis
patch: II. p. Wilson, of the Phladel-
pha Record; i. Il. Gosshorn, of the
Pittsburg Post. and II. 5. Fogel, of the
! Philadelphia Ledger
NET BY SCRANTONIANS.
! They were met at Afford junction by
a reception committee of local Demo-
Gratis who went up on the $50 train.
| on this committee were Cornelius
! Comegys. A. b. Dunning, +. j. Lynett,
! City Solicitor NJ. a. Mckinley, p. j.
| Noalis, J. NJ. Corbett, Hon. NJ. f. Sando,
| j.. ]. Robinson William Ehrhardt, City
| Treasurer G. G.. Boland. NJ. w. Cum
mings. D. b. Replogle, j. j. Kelly and
| School Controller Dennis Roche.
Bauer's band and a crowd of about
two hundred persons were at the sta
ton and quietly looked on while the
! candidates, speakers and committee
men were being loaded into carriages.
/ Boys stationed at intervals along the
streets set off roman candles and red
fire. and at two business places red
fire was burned.
Inside the aIxnory there was a good
sized gathering, possible 1,200, and
when the candidates appeared on the
platform there was a brief round OF
mild applause. Mayor Bailey, Edward
| MerriCeld, Messrs. Lynett, Cummings,
| ComegNs, Fitzsilnmons and Sando sat
! with the candidates on the platform.
Mr. Sando. when introduced by Col
Cnel Fitzsimmons "as the chairman of
the meeting and your next congress
man." was given a hearty cheer. He
coutented himself with an acknoNedg-
| Y,,apr 2 10 rnp,rnittao'c favor in M m
ing him as chairman, and introduced
Captain pcTacy as the first speaker.
The captain was given a rousing ova-
tion by his fellow townsmen. 1t was
the first display of real enthusiasm
so far in the evenings proceedings. He
confined himself to thanking his neigh
bors for their reception and retired af-
ter saying he wanted like them, to
hear his colleagues.
MR.. JENKS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. jerks was then introduced and
was received with long and loud hand
Clapping. He spoke for about three
quarters of an hour. His delivery is
quick and continued. He speaks in a
low, soft voice and argues rather than
crates
He began by asserting that the SOW
ereign people of this state had suf-
fered their sovereignty to be wrested
from them, and that an opportunity
was now at hand for them to re-assert
their sovereignty. The action of the
Quayites. Mr.. jerks went on to say,
in attempting to foist the war, the
tariff and the money question upon the
people as state issues. was simply for
the purpose of diverting attention from
the real issues, the mismanagement of
the affairs Of this state by the Re-
publican or Quay administration.
The three questions mentioned are in
no way relevant to the present con-
uoversy. TO have an issue there must
be dispute. There is no dispute about
the war and therefore it is not an issue.
The tariff cannot be an issue while
there is a Republican president in the
chair, unless there should be a Demo-
cratic two-thirds majority in the sem
ate, and in the light of present cir
cumstances it is vain to discuss the
tariff as an issue. The money ques.
tion controlled, as it is. solely by Fed
eral enactment, can not be a state is
sue.
Then proceeding to deal with what
he claimed were the real issues, Mr.
jerks presented an analysis of the Re-
publican's boosted" system of taxa.
tion by which, he said, they would have
the people believe they took the taxes
off the land and saddled it on the cor.
poratiOns, but which in fact Is not al
all what ii appears to be on the sur.
face, for when examined il is showr
that it limits the tax on corporations
to five mills ON the dollar, while the