The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-30

Rev. DR.. c. NJ. Girtln delivered in
Elm Park church last night a discourse
in which he viewed the great need of
Scranton. 1t was supplementary to a
talk ne gave two weeks ago on ''Our
Citizens Duty to our city" which
was very stirring and much enjoyed 10y
the large audience which heard t.
His remarks last evening were not
quite so pointed and exciting as on
the previous occasion. His text vas
from Isaiah Kilt Il: II will make
man more precious than pure gold"
DR.. Gitiin said, in part:
An overscer looking over IA Mn, Of op"r-
ators about to begin wOrl: said, I'VE a"e
short Of man" That seems to 10 the
condition of our city now. II is such II
serious scarcity that we do we'll to face
it and SEE If the shortage can be ovcr-
come. The words ot the text refer to
dearth of the warrior Sex. 1t indicates Il
! defenCelcss condition in a military stat,
| In our day and place we need less SOL
| diers and more statesmen,
Some female agitators suggest that the
1 lack Of male side Of the race will not
prevent good government as the women
can rule better than the men have ruled
| We should he ashamed of them If they
could not. Certain it is that we can have
no improvement in the conduct of public
affairs until We get that improved con-
ductor--the right man.
The doctor insisted on the greatness
! Of real man, one who has the full
proportions and thought. one such full
| Orbid specimen would shine in our
City's armament like a sun. He at
! tempted in general terms to indicate
what he meant by this one of such inn
| pOrtanCc to our municipal manage
ment and quoted as indicating him,
! the declaration of Frederick of Prus-
| sia when hearing that the great Will
| lam Pitt had been given the PREMIER
| ship in England. AT last England has
| brought forth n man" That product
| our city needs above all other things.
| His enumeration of the features Of this
| important item in our city develop
| mcnt was as follows:
MUST BE A LEADING SPIRIT
First-Hc must be leading spirit. II
| he is not pushing he will be a candle uu-
| der a bushel Between leading and lord
| ing he drew a distinction. He declared
! bosses were not a recent growth. Self
| chosen despots always have been whom
| the people permitted them. I'm Athens
| his name was CleOn. In New York.
| Tweed, Croker. In Pennsylvania uues-
| tiOn hanging in the scales. I'm Scranton,
| disputes as to who is the power. The
| Greeks declared that is not city which
| Is owned by one man"
| England broke up the pocket borough
| system and We want no pocket cities
! carried about by the exalted manager.
! We do need man big enough to be man
| agcr. We are running after petty self
| announced politicians unfit to be dircC-
No "A MIA wing kittpn
chasing the tail If you think Of our
| city as like a company playing on the
| stage we have no leading man. We are
! without the star one night Il process
! sion of American citizens a bowling lot
/ in it's foreign accent, bore a banner with
| these words NO one man power. Vote
! for D." This ID was only another king
| to take the throne.
This cry against the competent as con-
| trolling is the rebellion against proper
! rulership. History shows that As yet We
are not so tutored generally that we must
not have that magnificent magnetic per-
| Sonality whose sense will guide the many.
| The call is for this man who has IDEAS
| and can commend himself to the com
mand of our interests by his lordly worth
! and constant sense.
Tho second feature in this man is to
be larEencss. He will be a specimen of
! that princely stock who have brain, M
| numbers the 'sCek no farther" or "king"
| vanity of folks, most will admit. 1t is
not safe to shut the eyes and tap the
| first person and say: "YOu be chief The
| size is not uniformly great enough to al
| low such n way of selecting mayors. Yet
| we pick our officials by almost as much
| hazard. We stay at home and let the
tools of schemers nominate and then we
| cast ballot for their choice. We do not
| underrate the people in our town. We see
| on tho streets true hearted citizens Good
enough for what tasks they have to per
| form, they teach, preach, plod, dig.
CALLS FOR THE BEST.
The speaker here put himself With
| them in everyday work. But govern
mcnt calls for the supreme samples of
our race. The doctor scored the wor-
ship of the pendants to the man as he
denounced their readiness to accept for
| public positions these fragments, a
dozen Of whom put together could not
make one full, complete man. He made
a wide distinction between a man and
a full grown male of our race.
His third and fourth lines in the nor
trait he was drawing We're liberality,
which he defined as being open to best
and truest ideas, and the lasting power:
the ability to decline to be tired or