The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-25
NEXT GOVERNOR IS
WARMLY GREETED
d. D., r.. Il. Chase and James Roder-
lex, chief of the bureau of mines.
Great Enthusiasm.

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lex, chief of the bureau of mines.
Great Enthusiasm.
The audience gave vent to a big burst
of enthusiasm as Judge Pennypacker
appeared on the stage. and little
later, when Attorney General Elkin
modestly stepped In from the wings
and took u seat, there was another
outburst.
Mr.. Scranton was happy in the few
remarks with which he prefaced his
introduction of Judge Pennypacker.
Said he
The greatest glory of Il political nomi-
nation Is the office seeking the man and
not the man seeking the office. This Is
the acme of American politics. In our
candidate for governor we have notable
instance of the office seeking the man.
Such nominees are rarely, If ever, de-
feated.
Our candidate IL not a politician. He Is
not hunter for place. Al his life he has
been a student. given to research Tor
knowledge and impartiug his learning to
others. And he is learned man. lie Is
a doctor of laws. an historian of note. n
writer of reputation, wise counsellor
and an upright judge. There Will be u
new departure in harrisburg with such IL
man to break the line of ordinary men
which these later years have given us rs
governors.
There Is not a drop of his blood but
what is Pennsylvania two hundred years
old. The Republican party of Pennsyl-
vania is fortunate in turning with unan-
unity to such Il man for its standard bear
or. | have the honor to introduce to you
the next governor of Pennsylvania. Hon.
Samuel w. Pcnnypackcr.
Judge Pennypacker was received with
truly enthusiastic ovation. Lawrence
band in the balcony played Hail to
the Chief" but the music could scarce
ly be heard above the din of cheering
and yells that rose spontaneously from
all parts of the house and continued
for some minutes. Attorney General
Elkin came on the stage when the
ovation was on and his appearance oc-
casioned very noticeable accentua-
tion Of the applause.
After few predatory remarks con-
veying congratulations on the size of
the meeting and qualification al the
presence of so many ladies. Judge
Pennypacker proceeded substantially as
follows:
Pennypacker Address.
10 a voter making his decision as TO
how he will cast his ballot. IT seems to
Itle uSelesS W lSteIl W
or even candidates. They present their
cause as advocates and, consequently, in
the very best light possible. Nor is it
Very much benefit to read party plat
forms. They contain, for the most part.
campaign platitudes. TO my mind. the
only proper way for voter to choose
between parties is to compare the work
they have done.
There is excellent opportunity for one
to compare the work of the two great
parties of the country. Both have had
control, at times, of the affairs of the
nation and of the state. Judge of them
as you would of individuals-by their
fruits.
1t would be an endless task to enumer-
ate the benefits the Republican party has
conferred on the nation and state. pro-
pose to call attention to only a few of
the conspicuous benefits
In the first place. the Republican party
made this country a. nation. Consider
what is involved in this thought. Think
of this nation with its Ij.OO0.00O people
stretching across the continent, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and ultimately
destined to number aO0,O0000O people
stretching, not only across the continent
but across the seas. We are what Rome
was 1000 years ago: what Holland was
in the Sixteenth century. and what Eng
land was yesterday-the foremost nation
on earth.
When did this country become a ma
tion? Nations are Growths and develop
mentS out of existing conditions. The
signing of the Constitution did not make
this country nation. After the signing
came the Interpretation. Debates inter-
preta ting the Constitution, by such able
men as Webster, Calhoun and Clay, did
not make the nation, but only served to
point out the dvergng lines of the Con-
stitution.
The Democratic thought was that this
country was not n nation nor to be
nation. but bundle of sovereign states.
each free to sever itself from the others
and take its sovereignty with it, any time
It saw fit. Nor was 1t the decisions on the
Constitution by Marshall and the other
famous men of the Supreme court that
made the nation. This country only be-
came a nation when Pickett led his fam
Gus charge at Gettysburg and struck the
Philadelphia brigade; when that peerless
Pennsylvania soldier General George III.
Meade. wrote with his sword on the rocks
of Kulp's hill and Round Top the final in
terpretation of the Constitution.
Other Achievements.
Not only In broad national affairs has |
the Republican party conferred benefits |
ON the people of this country. TO make |
us a nation, that one great pivotal Feat |
deserves our everlasting gratitude, but |
that is not all, Suppose YOU look around |
YOU and see some of the other achieve |
ments of the Republican party
was at South Sharon a, few days ago. |
A great steel mill is located there. 1t is |
half mile long. Three years ago a far
mer reapcd oats from the tract on which |
the mill is located. About that mill, liv-
ing on land that three years ago was a
farm are 1000 persons supported by this
one industry. This mill was built IN by
the application of Republican principles.
/ was i'm another place, not many days |
ago, where ! saw further evidence of the
beneficence of the application of these
Republican principles, This was i'm New
castle, in the far western part of the
state. There, are fifty tin mills there. You
will remember in President McKinley's
first campaign how the Republican ora
tors talked of ''rin. Tin, American Tin"
The Democrats said il could not be man
ufactured here: that the tin plate talk of
the Republicans was all buncombe. In
Newcastle there are now half hundred
tin mills employing $1,000 hands,
There was recently great disturbance
In one of our most important industries.
Employer and empoye were at variance