The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-21

AN/ lhat can bt Salu abou,
persons and personal is-
sues in the present can't
paisn, the fact remains that tn. great
and 0vershadoWins question before the
voters is the question Of prosperity.
Shall the existing good times be con-
tinucd by the continuation in power OF
the party ANA policies which brought
them about. ~ shall they be ieopArd-d
by experiment with another party
whose record Is bad ANA with othe.'
policies that when tried ht-for- plunged
tn" country into trouble?
How. YOU may ask, is this question
involved" In two Ways. Directly. in
the choice of congressman. 4 Dem
ocralir tioi'ty in congress means in
terfercnc" with Republican policies. II
deadlock of the law -lnnkims branch
threats of tariff revision ana continual
irritation "f business conditions by th.
attempted manufacture of Democratic
campaign material for 1901. Although
Democratic majority in tn. lower,
house of congress wuuld still leave, thu
senate in HE hands Of The. Republicans
it would in 1t large measure lie the
presidents hands and keep the country
,Vrithing on the sridron % partisan
manipu!u tun. 1t would discount hlsi-
ness values and personal earning ca
l'arity al least ten per cent.
Indirectly. by thu entertainments
which Democratic Sjircrss IN state and
tt..1,l,
publican chances two Years hence
This is what voters sometimes lose
sight of. TO" many Republicans think
they can put power into the hands "
the Democracy IN su-called' off wears
hnd not be handicapped by II when
presidential year comes round rNire
In PENNSYLVANIA this mistake has been
made, to be- followed ON each occasion
by the election of a Democratic prcsi-
dent and an era of walln. and emash-
ing of teeth. lf there is any efficacy i'm
eNrerienc" this mistake Will not hr
made again so far as Robert T.. Patti
son is concerned; but it is quite AS IS
sential tina; Republicans should stand
with their party in county ANA lrris
lative as in state and national fights.
Give the Democrats another Judge and
they would have three of the four with
All the court machinery To put To the
use OF me Democracy in coming cam
paigns. Give theln another commits
sioner and they would swing every tax
collector aud large share of thu. CON
stables and aldermen into line To fight
Rcpuhlicauism hereafter. civ. Them
the members Of the legislature from
this county ana by 50 much woulI
l.ackHWanna'S power be nullitied in
state affairs unless the legislature ana
,SoNernor should be Domocrutic. which
WOULD mean Democratic United
states senator at Washington to repre-
sent Republican Pennsylvania.
W" have nothing 10 say personally
against the gentlemen running for Of
fee on the ntl-Republican tickets. If
there were nothing AT stake save uer-
>sohai compliment their Republican
friends might Well be- excused for le-
noling party To forward prrSonil ends.
But u Is impoSsible under the circlm-
'''"''NS ~ hctp parry interests Otii of
sight They are commanding. They
reach the highest plane of Importance
They invOlN" on this occasion the whola
broad question of national prosprrilv
ana public welfare, AMI that being.
true. There Is only one Thing for loyul
10 do and that is 20 close
mp ranks and give the Demo ,racy. un.
der whatever name lis masqurlades in
ms county, thorough defeat
!. As he empty coal ,rutrle gives place.
10 TIE fhll dinner pail, The party of
calamity sheds bitter tears and pr4-
pares for another sunlber in the tomb
q Ihe statement of the British railway
fApeIl sent 10 report on American rail-
Nay methods that the roads in his
g9untry XIII more persons in proportion
10. the number carried than in Eng
eland. because of the frequency of un-
protected grade crossings, is probably
correct II is rertain, an all events,