The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-31
Mr., LITTLEfIELD
DELIGHTS CARBONDALE
The Logic and Eloquence Of the Man
from Maine Is Listened to by
an Enthusiastic Audience.

The Republicans of Carbondale were
confronted with two hard propositions
last night. when they held their rally
and mass meeting. The first was the
dsagreeable. rainy, windy night itself
sufficient to keep attendance down to
small figures. The second was the
great demonstration given to President
Mitchell of the Mine Workers. At the
advertised time for the meeting in the
opera. house to begin the streets all
through the central city We're filed
with long lines of marching miners and
organized bodies of labor, while the
sidewalks were impassibly choked with
spectators.
Under these conditions. with the
opera house holding scarcely hundred
persons. a few OF whom were ladies,
the meeting was started Mt $40 p. M.
by the Mozart band with an inspiring
melody. The speakers of the evening
and the officers of the committee came
in five minutes later. At twenty min
utes past eight George S. Kimball,
chairman of the meeting. started the
ball rolling by making short prefa-
tory address. Mr.. Kimball referred to
the heritage of the American. man,
woman and child. and told of its rich
ness and compared the dimensions Of
the United States with those of othe,
countries and told of it's having sixteen
states larger than Spain and thirty
one as large as Great Britain. There
10 no limit to the possibilities Of Amer
ica," he declared and asked these per-
tinent questions: Isn't this country
too great and glorious and patriotic to
fear any other nation on the face of
the earth? Isn't this country too great
to be afraid to follow jefferson, the
first great eXpansionist? This country
Is too great and loves it's honor too
much to take 43 cents and call it one
dollar. This country is too great to
allow yellow Malay to dictate to the
United States what it's foreign policy
shall be- He referred to the young
men as the hope. the future COUNSEL
lors of the nation and with them lies
the future preservation of the country.
He ended an eloquent dissertation by
introducing P. A. Philbin. of Archibald,
candidate for representative from the
Fourth Legislative district.
Mr.. Philbin spoke but two and a half
minutes, but in that brief time he COW
cred great deal of ground, defining
his position on the issues Of the state
election, saying he would surround the
ballot with the utmost secrecy and say
ing he was not pledged to vote for any
man for United States senator, but
giving the assurance that if he was
elected he would pledge himself to vote
for a Republican.
Then Mr.. Kimball introduced Mr..
I.ittlefield and referred TO the time a
few years ago when the important
positions of the United States govern
ment We're filled with Maine men.
Mr.. Littlefield, in beginning, referred
to the pleasure he felt of having a
ter-demonstration of such ma
ture help in keeping his audience
small. He paid glowing tribute to
the thousands of laboring men who
were at that time parading the streets.
His opening and pleasant sallies at
once put the audience in good humor
BY this time the opera house had
become filled. "The distinguished
apostle of discomfort was one of his
descriptive terms for Mr.. Bryan. Dur
Ing his speech Mr.. Littlefied touched
briefly upon the alleged. paramount
issues of the day, namely, imperialism
and trusts, and brought prominently
before his hearers the real issue, the
free coinage of silver. He had fund
OF apt illustrations to send a conviction
home and argued from the standpoint
of business one. He invited every
one to ask questions, saying: you
needn't be afraid or me. and I'm dead
sure I'm not afraid of you" The
largest part of the address was de-
voted to the trust question. and he
characterized William j. Bryan as the
greatest demagogue in the history of
politics.
Mr.. Littlefield spoke until after 10
O'Clock and was followed by others.
The Mozart band. of Carbondale, oc-
cupied front seats and played several
selections, The audience was enthusi-
astic and quick to see each point as
Mr.. Littlefleld handled it.