The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-15
CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT HERE
He Is Joseph F. Maloney, and His
Party Is the Socialistic-Labor.
Something About the Man.

Scranton is again signally honored
by the presence of a candidate for tie
presidency. Leastways, another of
them is here. This time it is joseph
F. Maloney. of Lynn, Mass, candidate
of the Socialist-Labor party, which de-
clares that the workingman only gets
one-fifth of what he produces, and
which proposes to give him the full
five fifths. The party cast $4,000 votes
last national election.
Mr.. Maloney is on a trans-conti-
mental tour. He started out last June,
when he received the nomination, and
proposes to close his campaign in San
Francisco in November He stumped
New England pretty thoroughly, took
run through New York, and Is now
doing Pennsylvania. Thursday night
he was in Payton, jefferson county
and yesterday morning started for
Scranton to deliver two addresses, one
on court house square at z o'clock, and
the other at Providence corners at $50.
He did not reach here till S.45 o'clock,
having experienced some unlocked for
delays in his 400 mile railroad ride, and
| the men who assembled about dry
| goods box on the northwest approach
to the court house to hear the possibly
| next chief executive of the United
States had to be content with DR.. John
| Szlupas and two other persons.
One of the latter opened the meeting
| but his voice gave out and he had to
quit. He returned to the fray, how
ever, after the supply of oratory had
been exhausted, and announced that
| he would entertain" the assemblage
till Mr.. Maloney arrived. He didn't
mean just what he said, but he did il,
nevertheless.
Mr.. Maloney, upon his arrival, was
hurried to the Providence square
meeting, and spoke for an hour to n
| gathering of about 800. He was in con-
| sultation afterwards for an hour or so
with all five of the local members OF
his party, and at the conclusion of the
conference granted an interview to a
Tribune reporter at his hotel, the
Lackawanna Valley House.
The possible next president is 81
years of age, but will be sc, the pre-
scribed minimum age of a president
before March 4; so this, at all events
will not prevent his Inauguration. He
is finely built young man, with a
good, strong, Clean-shaven face, and
when his rough braided, low-crowned
straw hat and dark-blue, white striped
light-flannel shirt were new, he must
have looked quite collegiate.
The possible future president of the
! United States was born in Providence
r. l., in 1865, went to work in the
cotton mills when he was less than II
years Of age, continued at it until ht
was 10, served an apprenticeship a!
a machnist, and worked at this trade
in Rhode Island till he was %, wheI
. he went to Massachusetts, and ther,
entered the service of George r. Peare
who introduced him to socialism.
He at once became thoroughly i'm
: bued with the merits of its teachings
and resolved TO devote his life worl
to it, He started in by going to nigh
I school and putting in his spare da!
e hours in studying under the direction
= of a private tutor. In 1893 he joine'
the Socialist Labor party and by invi
3. tation went out as one of its spell
/, binders In 1896 he was it's candidat
l for secretary of state and later he RAJ
at different times for alderman, sec
= retary of state and congress.
a In July, 1898, he was engaged a
state organizer of the party in Massa
chusetts, and left the lathe to take I
the stump. He continued as such un
til he went as delegate to the nationa
convention held in the Grand Crysta
, Palace, New York, June g when h
: was nominated for the presidency an
started on a campaigning tour Hi
running mate is Valentine Remel,
Pittsburg glass blower. Mr.. Malone
travels alone.
!, He expects that his party will po
l25,000 votes this year. Tonight he
. to speak in Philadelphia.