The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-01

magnanimous action of President Me-
Kinley and his associates and ought ia
rejoice at the increased prestige and in
name Our flag has gained new lustre,
and when the secretary of state, only the
other day protested to the powers OF Eu-
rope against the policy of Roumania In
the treatment of the Jews which forced
them unprepared to come to this land, the
government of the nations heard aud
needed that voice
IL is for YOU to answer by your votes
next Tuesday whether you sustain the
policies which have wrought these great
results, or whether YOU will rcbuke the
cripple its great work. Whether You want
to be little Americans unworthy of your
country Or whether you VIII stand with
men who will carry on the work of our
great destiny.
Mr.. Smiths address was delivered
without attempt at ora torical effect, but
he was listened to with the most rapt
attention. His speech was frequently
interrupted by applause.
Congressman Stewart McEibbin, of
South Bend, Ind, an Independent DEM
ocrat supporting Republican policies
because he believes them to be right,
followed Postmaster General Smith.
He is a calm. logical speaker. making
no attempt at oratorical embellish-
ments, but he won the almost instant
approval of the big audience.
81 want the voters here tonight" said
he. "to realize that we people out In
Indiana are just as interested in the
election of Republican congressman
from this district as you are yourselves.
We are interested in the election of a
Republican congressman from every
district in Pennsylvania. We of the
great west say to you that we will do
our duty on election day, and we en-
pect You in this state to do yours. We
desire the election OF Republican con-
gressmen all over this country, not be-
cause they are Republicans, but be-
cause of the principles which they rep
resent and which they will make po-
tential in Observation-Disclosures of hon
est finance and business tariff.
I'VE of the Mississippi valley desire
the return of Republican congressman
all over this country because their
election will mean vote of confidence
in President Roosevelt. and the people
where ! come from are in hearty ac-
cord with him for many reasons. We
admire his attitude on the trust ques-
tion and we are gratified at his recent
recognition of union labor. / wonder
how many of you have thought over
the fact that President Roosevelt is the
first president this country has ever
had who has officially recognized the
right of labor to organize"
McKibbin's Observations.
Mr.. McKibben then took up in de-
tail some of his observations in his own
home city of what Republican rule has
meant for the common people during
the last six years. He said that the
savings of working people in the CO.
operative bank in South Bend amount
ed to s1,3O0,OOO when Grover Cleveland
went into office. Three years &ater they
had shrunk to 100000. but on July 1,
1900. after four years of Republican
rule, they had risen to S19OO.O00 and
Oct l. 1902, they amounted to $3.50, 900.
The number of mortgage foreclosures
has been reduced from thirtyseven In
1894 to one during the present year.
II ask you people here in Pennsyl-
vania," said he, "tO look about you
and tell what there is in your present
prosperous condition that should lead
you to vote for Il change? What Is
there in this new form of Organism to
attract you? ! call it BryaniSm advis-
edly because the Democratic party
went out of business six years ago at
Chicago, when it allowed it's tme-h
ored principles to be trailed in the mire
of populism That more or less of a
statesman, d. r. HILL stood up in that
convention at Chicago and protested
at the threatened stampede to Popu-
lism and socialism but he was not lis
tened to. We honored him then for
the stand he took. but he belongs to
that class of politicians who desire only
Office and power, who are always hun
CRY and thirsty and today we see him
on a platform which declares
openly for socialism.
Party with History.
what are the issues? On the one
side is Il party with history, Il policy
a purpose and Il hope. On the other is
q disorganiZed remnant of the old De-
mocracy engaged in fighting with il
self; Il party that stands for state
socialism in New York state: for
ownership in Illinois; for
silver in Missouri: for free
silver in Nebras ska, and for countless
other things in countless other states:
a party that in reality stands for
nowhere as the Old fellow
said and that is without a leader
capable Of commanding twenty-tiv per
cent of its vote.
"The Democrats don't like it because
The coal strike has been settled. They
say it was all done for politics. Well,
suppose 1t was. Can you show me q
single Democrat thar had hand in its
There wasn't a one. The
men who did the work We're the Re
publican president, Theodore Roose-
welt; the Republican governor of New
York state, Benjamin b. Odell, and the
Republican senators from New York
and Pennsylvania"
Mr.. Mackibbin has apparently very
little respect for Colonel William Jen-
lings Bryan, and he took occasion to
say few things about the "late peer
ess leader" I'm referring 10 the Demo-
ratio cry that prices are too high, he
'eferred to speech made by Bryan in
chicago in 1900 when he told the work. |
ngmen whom he was addressing that
hey We're paying too much for bread !
Two days afterwards he spoke down In |
he southern part of the state to lot |
If farmers and told them they were not |
getting enough for their wheat. People |
who believe in men like that cannot be |
'easoned with, he said.
Roosevelt and the Trusts.
He referred to President Roosevelt's |
'uits against the Northern Securities |
company, the cotton pool and the meat |
packers, and said that it is a most sig
liflcant fact that the only prosecutions |
brought under the Sherman antitrust |