The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-28

Hon. John F. Reynolds, of Carbon
dale, candidate for the legislature in
the Fourth district; Hon. Jeremiah
Snyder, OF Allentown. and Fred. w.
F7eitz addressed a large Republican
mass meeting in Father Mathew opera
house, Olyphant, last night s. j. Mat
thews presided.
Mr.. Reynolds opened the speechmak-
ing by returning his thanks to the peo-
Dle of Olyphant for the hearty support
they gave him two years ago. lie then
proceeded to discuss in a clear, straight
forward style the issues of the cam
paign.
Two years ago, he began by saying,
the two great parties went before the
people on two clearly defined ques-
tions, tariff reform and currency re-
form The Wilson -Garman hill had
produced veritahle paralysis to in
dustry. The Democrats had to get
some new idea upon which to argue.
They were left without a platform to
stand upon. Seeing their desperate
condition the Populists of the west
made overtures for coalition and in
their dire extremity the Democrats ac-
cepted the Populistic theories. Thus
arrayed the two parties faced each
other. The verdict was for the Repub-
licans. AS a result of that verdict this
country last year turned the balance
of trade in our favor and now under
the beneficent Republican system OF
revenue $4,000 in gold drops into the
Golfers OF the United States every hour
This is about the only section of the
country that has not directly felt the
return of prosperity. The Democratic
tariff tinkers by admitting the soft Goa
OF Nova Scotia and Canada to this
country compelled our own soft Goa
operators to cut down wages and les
len the price of their product. This re-
suited in their supplanting anthracite il
many Of it's best markets and decreas
ing in consequence the demand for hare
coal.
NATURE TO THE RELIEF.
Nature, however, is coming to tn,
rescue. The supply of natural gas il
the grea. manufacturing districts o
the western part of the state is failing
and promises to give out. The stean
fuels that this region produces are tn
only substitutes for natural gas, an
before many years those factories q
the western part of the state, now re
lying on gas for fuel will have to com
here.
This will mean q double benefit as il
addition to increasing the local an
consequently best market for our coal
it will furnish additional employmen
for thousands upon thousands of men
boys and girls.
Viewing the bright and CHEEKY dawl
of prosperity that has succeeded tn
dismal gloom of the closing years o
Clevelands administration, ii is n
wonder the Democrats do not now wis
to take up the national issues. 1t
not surprising that they strive for tn
nonce to relegate free trade and FIRE
silver to the rear.
After reviewing the glories of Nc
Kinley's brief administration and tn
situation that now confronts us as
result OF attaining these glories Mr.
Reynolds said that we now want con
structive and not destructive states
men, men who will do something NOR
than find fault, men who can lool
down the vista of the years ana lay
suitable foundation for the policy w
must work out.
We want men supporting the admin
istration who are in sympathy with
ard who will not stubbornly refus
to view territorial expansion in an
light other than that of imperialism
as the Democrats have seen fit to cal
il. We want men who will say tina
wherever a drop of American bloo