The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-18
Republicans Must
Stand Together
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.


1. 2Un0 l. must stand untedly until
~ u MIAMI every settlement of the re-
WUVI cent contest shall be writ
wv ten in enduring form and
shall record a triumph Tor
civilization and humanity" Thus speaks
President Mckinley, and that message
comes with peculiar force to the warning
Republicans of Pennsylvania. There arc
differences here. DR.. Swallow, with per
sonal ambition to serve, and with no
thought for the future of the nation Is
making a campaign of his own, peculiar
campaign filled with bitterness and exag-
geraton. Mr.. jerks, a free silver and
free trade Democrat. is leading his party
of free trade and free silver to the polls
for the purpose of breaking down the Re-
publican party. Nothing else could be
expected from Democratic partisans. But
when it comes to Republicans turning
upon their own party for the sake OF
venting personal spite against this or
that man, We approach different phase
of the campaign.
We have arrived at a most important
point in the history of this country. We
are face to face with the greatest prob
lens the nation has had to deal with for
more than a quarter of n century. Cuba
and Porto Rico and the Philippines must
occupy our attention. Wise leadership is
absolutely essential, for the affairs of
these islands must be settled, and there
looms up ahead new markets for our
manufactured goods and the building of
ships of commerce which will carry i'm
mense cargOes under the flag of the
Union all over the world. Can these
questions be settled with a Democratic
party nagging and trying TO nullify the
good work of the president?
O.
Men of Pennsylvania who have acted
| with the Republican party, men who have
been disappointed in their appeals to the
people in former campaigns, have ig-
nored the problems of the future and tell
| the voters that the only issue involved
| is their own personal grievances. I'VE
must stand untedly." says President Nc
| Kinlcy, but these men array themselves
| against this appeal of the president. They
| join themeves with Swallow, with jerks,
| with any party or faction In order that
an anti-Republican Legislature may be
| elected to send a Democrat to the United
| States senate. The raid which they are
| making. should 1t succeed in carrying the
| state against Colonel Stone for the gov
ernorship, could not fail to send several
| Democrats to the house of representatives
| and a Democrat to the senate. Such an
| outcome would be ruinous. We cannot
| afford to lose any congressman in Penn
| sylvania if we are to preserve a Repuh
| can majority for Mckinley. The fight
| altogether too close.
| Is Pennsylvania ready to haul down the
| American flag from the captured islands ?
| Then by all means let her join the Span
| ish party, that allied opposition to Re
| publicansm. Is she ready to yield all the
| results of the war, to give up the broad
plans and policies of the president, to cut
| off the enlarged markets that are prom
| ised and put an end to the building up of
| our ocean commerce? Then by all means
| let her elect Swallow or jerks. smash
into the lines of the Republican dcleGa-
| tion to congress and elect an anti-Re-
| publican Legislature.
| II is beyond comprehension that any
| considerable body of Republicans should
| be led astray patriotic president at
| Washington is battling for increased
| prosperity for the country, and he calls
upon Pennsylvania and New York and
| the other states to support him. Shall he
| not have this support from Pennsylva-
| mia? lie cannot have it if we are to turn
| the state over to his foes or to men who
| are willing to risk the glory and honor OF
| the country to crafty their personal
| spite.
| There might be some ground for just
| grievance had the Republican party taker
| for its candidates corrupt men, but it has
| not The party has given the state a
| splendid ticket and throughout the cam
| paign no person has dared to question
| the private character. the personal hon.
| esty or the public career of any one OF
| the candidates. Whatever complaint
there may be against past legislatures
| has nothing to do with the future The
| Republican candidates are capable OF
| working any necessary reforms and
| ,.,itI, hnlp hp iel,