The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-26
\ BOUT EMIGRATION,

| Was glad to SEQ on my way returning 10 the
| East, in paper, IN ltdh think. anyway ono
| oi III" western state, that your distinguished
representative in congress. Mr. Conncll had
| been in consultation with the commissioner Of
! cmigratrnn securing proper data and cnioavor.
| in- I" GNisc some means Of preventing further
increase In our country NJ rhiS mo,t undesirable
Cn.S ~ pruiIc. iApplluSrl.
| Aud | shall take that matter Ip at the ncAt
| session happening to he the chairman of .he
committee on cmigrton-l shall take it up at
| the coNrning If congrcSS and / shall co.
| operate upon that subject with NJ Conncl in
| seeing that such restrictive laws shall bc framed
| aS viii forever hereafter prevent those who ate
| unwilling TO profit ana benefit by the grlnGc,t
| i1o tutors ever framed bv men. aud possibly
| L. hc framed 10y mcn--thlt such shall be here
| afrrr forever excluded from the frce soil Of
| America. CtppauScl.
Representative Harris was next
| called upon. and in the course of an
able address, he said:
realize that the hour is growing late and that
| You would rather have lunch than a speech
| bus ! would be untrue TO myself ami to your
president who has invited me here a. guest,
| il didn't appear before YOU, and say al least
SON, thing ! take my nomination as your can.
| didtto ior the office OF state treasurer not 50
| much compliment TO me. a. TO the stalwlrt
I;,publi'duism ut the great county Of tlesIicll,
| from which come, party that Tor forty yca,s
! and for three hundred aud ,ixty.Gye days in a
year. has gone TO the polls and insisted upon that
| principle that the will OF the majority must and
| will rule
The son of Scolcman, reared from childhood
| hr Yankee. and taught Republicsnsm at che
| tnct OF an lIi,h Abotionist, whose wagon
| drove in the underground railway in helping
| slaves to escape 10 their liberty, | would be nm
| true 70 myself, untrue to tho mother who
brought me in this world, untrue to the teachers
| who Taught me- were ! snythng but slalwut
Republican.
Touching the hue ana cry raised by
yellow journalism as to the periodic al
legged looting of the state treasury. Mr.
Harris told the story of the session Of
1897, which appointed a committee to
examine the treasury, and its accounts $
for the last fifty years: he told of the
sessions for fourteen days and fourteen
nights, and the result; that never had
the state lost a penny, nor was there Il
dollar unaCCounted for.
WILL DO HIS DUTY.
lie said that if elected state treas
urer he would perform the duties of his
office with the same honesty and fidel-
ity which had charact terized his busi-
h"Ss 'uIt'I III MS holile county lof tne
last thirty years: and with just "A ris-
ing note of pride he referred TO his
fellow-townsmen who had given him
their support, and to them directed his
detraCtOrs,
one of the best speeches Of the con-
vention was that made by Hon John
$. Durham, of Philadelphia. the noted
colored leader and eX-minister to
Hayti. He warmly eulogized President
Moore and senator Penrose AT the
opening of his address.
In denouncing the Democratic party
for its attempt To disenfranchise the
colored voters Of the South, and after
touching upon the lynch law (so-
called, Mr.. Durham said:
II seems almost proydeulial, Mr. President,