The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-09-28
.ROUSING
MEETING
Senator Pitney and Judge Jones
Speak at BernardSviIIe.

Speak at BeTnardSVille.
Enthusiastic Gathering, Embracing
the Country RoundaboutM Music
and Cheers for Mckinley, Roose-
veIt and Howell.
Bernardsville. formerly the rock
ribbed Democratic stronghold of
Democratic Somerset county, was
stirred from centre to circumference
on Tuesday night the occasion being
the raising Of handsome Mckinley,
Roosevelt and Howell banner across
Main street, near the Lackawanna
station. Many Of the surrounding
towns and villages were represented,
including Baslxing Ridge, MiIlington,
Stirling, Bedminster, Far Hills. Bound
Brook, Mendham and Morristown, and
even far-away Chester The gathering
included a large number Of ladies,
who were as'enthusiastic for the ticket
as were their companions.
Frederick p. Olcott, Of Round Top
Farm, and former comptroller Of
New York State when the Democrats
were in power, who never tires
of doing nice things for Bernardsville,
was on the platform, but his accus-
toned modesty of manner kept him in
the background. Fl. J. Davis, presi-
dent of the club, John f. Dryden,
Grant Schley, e. H. Schley, Charles
McMichael and others were also seated
with hims The Mendham Cornet band
discoursed music for the occasion.
When the banner was unfurled there
was a blaze of fireworks, with accom-
panying music and cheer after cheer
for both the flag and the candidates.
The first speaker was Senator Pitney
Of Morristown. He spoke in part as
follows:
This noble banner stands for the
greatest and most patriotic President
since the days of Lincoln, and for that
other magnificent specimen of Ameri-
can manhood, who in whatever station
he has ever been, has fulfilled every
trust with entire devotion to the best
interests of his country and his fell
low-citizens.
We now come to the issues that
divide the two great political PARTIES
| 1 should speak of them as allied forces.
The Republican party on one side,
| together with large numbers of men
| formerly good Democrats, who stand
for country and it's honor and dignity
abroad, who C me to you with every
pledge fulfilled and every duty per-
! formed.
We appeal to those patriotic Demo
Gratis to vote again this year to sustain
the system of currency and money
STANDARD which has rendered the
Nation great in the past and to vote
down again for the second and last
time the Internal heresy that anything
can be gained by the attempt to make
100-cent dollars out of AZ cents worth
of silver.
son the other side is a Heterogeneous
agglameration who bears the label
OF the old Democracy, but very lit
tie else; who come to you with
every prophecy and prediction proven
false, and with this conf ssion on
their lips, say Eve hope the people
will have entire confidence in our
Judgment from now on. The
Republican party has lifted the
country out of the slough cf despond,
and raised it to he highest pinnacle
of prosperity. They have set the
railroads, mills and factories going,
and for the past four years the busy
hum of industry has drowned the
noise OF political discussion. Wehave
made the credit of the United States
better than the credit of England.
We are the allied forces of protection
and sound money, and should round
up big majority for William
Mckinley. (Cheers. One of the
most remarkable things, when you
look at it, is the big balance of trade
III our favor under his administration.
During l07 years prior to the time of
William Mckinley the entire net bal
ance of trade in our favor was only
$3.50, 600, 000 but in the three
years of his administration it has
reached to the enormous sum Of 81,
400, 600, 900 and we now lend money to
Russia, to Germany, to Sweden. and
even TO old Great Britain. We are now
not spending country. but lend
ing country, and if you want this to
continue, You must vote for Mckinley.
If you want soup houses and Coxey's S
army, vote for Bryan.
1.-The lag i'll busiress that you hear
people talk about is only because some
people think that possibly Bryan may
be elected. If they were sure lie would
not, business would go on with q rush.
There is doubt, because the people
don t know which way the election is
going.
Bryan says the full dinner pail is.
not the issue That is his idea. En-
courage strikes for political capital ;
smash big trusts and at the same time
carry the little companies down with
them. Then our fronts will lean up
against our backs and we can sit
about, our wits sharpened by our
appetites, and talk politics. We
had lots of time to talk politics
in Sc. but now we are too busy.
Are you Democrats who voted
against the label because it did
not contain the essence in 96 going to
change this time? ! don believe you
will give the lie today to the things
you affirmed to be true then.
fThere is much evidence that this
great strike in Pennsylvania was got
ten up for political purposes, and that
the National Democratic organization
began six months ago to send out ennis
saries to stir up the strikes. Yoa
cannot devise a system of political
economy that will make pr0speri-
ty for the rich but what the poor
4,no,, will eaf hfc cbara Of i ;1r a SvE-