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TIIE SCKANTON TRIBUNE TIIU11SDAT MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1894.
STATE LEAGUE
CONVENTION
Concluded from Page f.
the Dsst: it is readv for its enunlly clor
ions work in the future. The party of
soldinrs and statesmen, lioroes and martyrs
ban finished the work of its lusty youth; i t
now enters on the task of its strong
manhood. And here on the threshold of
that task, hero at this momentum epoch
of its history it unfurls its standard, "Pro
tection to American Industries, American
Labor and American Homes J" The Ho-
publican Leai'iio of I'ennsylvauia, com
posed of the young blood of the party, will
bo a mighty factor, a powerful auxiliary
In helping sprem! the principles ol liopuu-
licauumi throughout this great Common
wealth. This is the year when every force
must be utilized, overy power working in
harmony with the state ore.inissution, to
secure an overwlmhnlnir triumph. Ho
who would direct the atT.iirs of the Repttb
limn State league should be out) whose Re
publicanism has never been questioned
one who is able to lead and reariessiy uu
charge every duty one who kuows
nothing done while anything remains un
done, one who sees In hi party's suc
cess his highest hope and loftiest inspira
tion, ouo who wili arouse the enthusiasm
of the rank and tile by his loyalty and
devotion to party interest. Such au one
is the gentleman whom I shall name fur
the ollice of president of the State League
of Hepnblicuu clubs, courteous iu expres
sion, url 'line in deportment and fearless in
the discharge of Ills every duty, llm nom
ination is not only the choice of North
eastern Pennsylvania, it is the desire of
the whole state: it is the demand of the
League of Republican Clubs of iViiusvs
vanui; it is that League that speaks today
and asks you, its delegates and represuii-
tatives assembled to elect tor its presi
dent, the dauntless young lewder, the peer
less Republican, tho strong, brilliant, and
able advocate of his party's cause Major
Kverett Wnrreu, of Scrautou.
Mi jor Warren was elected by ac
clamation. David Martin, of I'liilndel
pliin, and C. L Mugee, of Pittsburg,
escorted him to the chair.
He ncceptedThe honor with the fol
lowing remarks:
Ountlemen of the Convention:
In accepting tho otllce to which," by
your kind suffrages, I have been elected, I
must first thank yon for this expression of
your confidence, and assure you of my ap
preciation of tho honor you have confer
red upon me. I am not forgetful either
of the responsibilities of the position. To
follow iu the footsteps of the Hon. Edwin
S. Stuart, of Philadelphia, our first presi
dent, and in a sense the father of the
Pennsylvania league, aud of my friend,
Mr. Robinson, the "Jack of Clubs, " under
whose energetic leadership the club sys
tem has grown to be au importmt faotor
in the politics of tho state and demon
strated Its value to both statu and county
committees this is a ta"-k not easy to per
form. I can only promise you a hoart
loyal to the principles of the party we
love and a hand willing to work in the
Vineyard.
This ij the volunteer organization of the
Republican party; it has no pay roll, it
controls no patronage, it is an army of
privates and its officers serve with the
rnnu and tile. It is not its province to
formulate platforms or nominate candi
dates for office. It has no desire to inter
fere with the regular party machinery,
much less to usurp the functions of any
committee in charge of campaign manage
ment. Its motto is "Education and Or
ganization." It seeks through its clubs to
interest the individual citizen in politics,
to foster and promote in him a knowledge
of and a love tor the principles of the Re
publican party, or as the young Republi
cans of Philadelphia state it iu their char
terand this comprehends the full meas
ure, of its work "to educate young men
to a loftier appreciation of their relations
to the national, state and municipal gov
ernmtut, and to encourage them to active
participation in the nomination and elec
tion of honest and capable public officers."
This convention is the forum of the
league. Here we meet and discuss the is
sues of the day and the needs of the party.
Statements made here are the expressions
of individuals and cannot bind the future
action of the party as a party and no at
tempt is made to speak for its authorities.
I voice my own sentiments, therefore,
when I say that the future of the Republi
can party depends npon Its ability to sat
isfy the intelligence, arouse the enthusi
asm and enlist the active work of the
young men of the nation. To do this it
mast be aggressive in action, true to the
American and time honored policy of pro
tection; it must dignify and ennoble
American labor; it must insist upon a true
ballot and a fair count; It must first,
last aud all the time stand firm and
steadfast for American patriotism, pros
perity and progress as against the world.
The young men of the land are going ont to
unite with the party that believes in evo
lution not revolution; the party whose
promise of today, using the lauguage of
another, is the statue of tomorrow aud
ripens into ;the fundamental law of the
land. They are lookiug to the Republican
party, if I mistake not, to lead the nation
np and out of the mire into which this
Populist administration has plunged it
into the broad and clear light of good, sen
sible, honest and conservative govern
ment. They want the truths of Repub
licanism bronght home to them. How
can this be done? The lesguo clubs furnish
the means and the agency if they are nu
merous enough and hospitable enough.
They are the party whips aud they must
be use effectively or the party will suffer.
They tell us everything is going our
way in Pennsylvania this fall. Ho it ii as
to the state tioket. The contention as to
that is one of majorities, that is all. There
.are, however, ten congressional districts
today represented by Democrats. There
ought to be none. I note with pleasure
that the party in Philadelphia propose to
recover the Third district from the
clutchesof McAleer. What about Carbon
and Berks, Luzerne and Hcbuylkill,
Northumberland aud even York? The
Twenty-fourth must be won; Crawford
and Erie redeemed; and with General
Hustings as our candidate for governor,
why may we not hopetocarry the Twenty
eighth nnd break the back of Contra and
Clearfield counties?
It is our work to organize the army of
volunteers. We must bear in mind that
the Democratic leaders, while wonderfully
lacking in trae statesmanship in Pennsyl
vania, are replete with political cunning
and shrewdness. We must meet organiza
tion with organization. In the campaigo
now opening before ns we want to bury
the sugar-coated Democracy and the
wheels-in-the-head, asthmatic, Populist
and People's party beyond the possibility
of resurrection, and with their faces down
so that when they dig themselves ont they
will be where they belong.
lrtt ns go forth from this convention de
termined to present in each conuty of this
commonwealth an organized army of
clubs ready to fall into line at the word of
command, and march nndcr Republican
banners to a glorious victory in Novem
ber. At the eoDclusion of the new presi
dent's address, a rote of thank, pro
posed by Senator Lyon, of Allegheny,
was tendered the retiring president.
Mead D. Detweiler, of Harrlsbnrg,
presented the name of A. Wileon
Norris, of this city, as one of the can
didates for vioe president, seven to be
elected ; J. M. Foster, a colored dele
gate, named John M. Clark, another
colored man, of Allegheny connty;
John C. Carter named B. Frank
Eshelman, of Lancaster: Jamas F.
Burke, of Pittshnrg, named Isidore
Sobel, of Erie; J. W. Park, colored,
named Stephen Gibson, of Philadel
phia, also colored. Congressman Q
W. Stone, of Warren, named Edward
W. Parshall; Henry 8. Levan, of Read
ing, aad Giles D. Irish, of Mahauoy
City were also named.
The firso ballot resulted in the eloo
tlon of the following vies presidents:
Norris, Eshelman, Irish, Parshal, Gib
ion, Sobel and Clarke,
Secretary E. N. Randolph, of Pitts-
tsurg, and treasurer Uahion D. Young,
of Philadelphia, were re-eleoted by ao
olamution. This completed the list of
officers.
A Tote of thanks was tendered the
local committee and aitizsns of Harris
bnrg for kind treatment and sourUsies.
and at 4 SO p. m. the convention ad
journed.
GENERAL HASTINGS' SPEECH.
The Candidate for Governor Opens ths
Campaign with an Eloquent Address.
A fitting oonolnsiea of the Republl
can State leagne convention today was
a great meeting tonight at which Gen
eial D. H. Uusliugs, the oandi date for
governor, made the opening speeoh of
the cam palgn in Pennsylvania. Prevl
ous to the meeting there was a short
parade in whieh all the looal and visit
lng clubs and delegates to the leugne
convention took Dart The state candl
dates aud prominent speakers rode in
carriages and were cheered by the great
multitudes on the streets.
Upon the arrival of General Hastings
ana his associates at ths opera house
they were given a tremendous ovation.
aud it was five minutes after he was
introduced by Major Warren, president
or the Mate league, before Geuoral
Hastings could speak, so continuous
was the oheering. He spoke as follows:
Mb. Prksidknt and Gkntlkmim of tub
convknton-ovthb pennsylvania rh'
publican ClubLbauuk;
It was honed that before the camnaign
iu Pennsylvania opened, the tariff issue
wouiu oe settled ami that the long and
weary controversy would be ended, at
least for the present. This would have
been a great relief to tho country. HoW'
ever much the pnople may have enter
tained tins uosire, the country Is
notified by the president himself in his let
ter to Representative Catchiugs that the
agitatiou will be resumed iu Doosmber, at
least as to one ol its most important feat'
ures, that of free raw materials, I think
it is not too much to say that the iiniiiadi
ate dangers incident to this agitation mav
be avoided if the verdict of the people at
the November elections throughout the
country will sustain the desire of the sen
ate to drop the controversy over the tariff.
and it is that sentiment more than nil
other issues in this campaign which the
Kepuoucan party is now called upon to di
rect.
The people rarely determine more than
one issue at any given time, and the over
shadowing question now before ns Is that
of American protection.
Nothing has transpired since the defeat
oi i'.i'', that ought to change a Republican
vote in lN'.U. The Republicans who then
voted for a change apnoar to be ready to
help bring about another change, and the
eigne of the times indicate that the people
generally are In ravor of a return to Re
publican supremacy.
LOYALTY IN DEFEAT.
During the past two vears we have fol
lowed our Danners in defeat as loyally as
when they led the way to victory, and it
is a matter or pride and abiding satisfac
tion that in the campaign before us. there
is not an achievment of Republicanism for
which an apology is here or elsewhere re
quired. We have not abandoned a prin
ciple hitherto espoused, aud will not. Our
party's record illuminates every page of
our country's history since 1K00, and there
is not a sentence or a syllable we would
eradicate if we had the power.
Today the young Republicans of Penn
sylvania come together to do their part, for
November's conquest. The enthusiasm of
this convention is but another evidence
that our party is united in every section
with a singleness of purpose never before
known iu the history of the state. With
unshaken confidence and unbroken ranks,
we will again seek tbe public judgment
after thorough discussion.
The people are anxious to vote. Thev
are desirous of recording their jndgmont
and entering their protest against exist
ing conditions, in February last tbe op-
portuuity was presented, and the people
of Pennsylvania by an nnpnralled major
ity notified the country that they were not
satisfied with the ruling conditions at
Washington. Time has only intensified
tbe doaire to enter another and a mors
emphatic protest.
Pennsylvania, with her croat nonnla-
tion, her growing cities, her diversity of
industries, her native wealth, her intel
lectual advancement and unfaltering pa
triotism, has never, when duty required,
failed to blaze the way for the other states
to follow. In this crisis, Pennsylvania will
be looked to, to lead the way.
Nature has blessed no other state with
such wealth and boundless resources. The
founders of our couutry made her the
Keystone ol the rederal arch, and her na
tive wealth, united with the industry,
thrift and Intelligence of her people, have
made her equally the keystone of Ameri
can protection. Every industry within
her borders, with its teeming energy and
cheery music, contented and happy work
men and prosperous employer, was a
monument erected to the protective policy.
Today tbey are the forceful but silent pro
tests against free trade. She stands, bv
virtue of her imporial position, at the
head of tbe colnmn of protective states.
Hue has long set the standard for the na
tion, and every principle of self-preserva
tion and patriotism should be incentives
to hold her advanced position in the com
ing struggle.
FAITH IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Pennsylvania stands for the fair and
rational protection of her own material
interosts and her own people, but demands
nothing lor them which she does not ao
cord to every other state in the nnlon. I
have an abiding faith that the great ma
jority of her people are confident In the
belief that future progress, independence.
thrift and contentment are largely depen
dent upon the sure and intelligent enforce
ment of the protective policy. They will
so declare in unmistakable tones at the
first opportunity.
It It shall bo asserted that national is
sues have no place in the state campaign,
we reply that there is no citizen, no busi
ness, no interest, no occupation in ths
commonwealth thst is not concerned in
these questions, and there is no state in
all the union so vitally interested as Penn
sylvania. Tbe well lntentioned citizen who has
not yet decided how to vote at the coming
election may well consider his ground. I
hope he will inquire of himself, bow be
likes the conditions since the Republican
party bas gone out of power? How has It
been with him individually? Has be had
steady employment? Is be paid tbe old
Republican wagx rate? Does he find tbe
cost of living cheaper, and the ability to
meet that cost better? In his business
prosperous? Is he as contented and confi
dent in tbe fnture as before? When he has
answered to himself these vital questions,
let him. on his way to tbe polls, pass the
silent mill, the cold fnrnace, tbe broken
bank, the deserted forge, let him psss by
poverty and want, business paralyzed and
confidence vanished, and then record his
judgment of the responsibility for these
conditions and his hope tor the future in
the ballot which be places in the box.
Let bim consider what would be left, if
It were possible to strike out of tbe coun
try's history that which bas been accom
plished through tho agency of the Repub
lican party repudiation of tbe publio
faith, discordant states, human slavery,
civil war, a dishonored Hag, and the taunts
of other nations that the American form
of government was a failure.
OPPORTUNITIES FRE8ENTRD,
This is the time for the best endeavors
of patriotism. If it shall grasp the great
opportunity now presented, the Republi
can party will enter upon a new if not a
greater career in toe reaemption or the
land from material and industrial paral
ysis, from the lack of confidence which is
the father of panics, from that commercial
frenzy which drives solvency to the wall,
and from that unsorupulons quality of
demagogy which seoks to array class
against class, capital against labor, and
section against section.
Tbe student of our times has been urged
to believe that the responsibility for the
prosent condition of the country should
not be laid at the door of the party now In
power. He is advised that these depres
sions in business, by some law not under
stood or explained, come periodically and
irreslstably and that the responsibility
therefore cannot be located. But it Js a
remarkable co-lncidsnce that almost everv
industry halted, business received a stroke
of paralysis, and confidence, iu almost
every avenue or trade and commerce,
stood still tbe moment the returns re
vealed tbe fact that Harrison was no
longer president and that his successor was
rs-iuforced by parti.au majorities in both
Drancnes oi tn national legislature.
Anothor argument still mora anaclnna
advanced that tbe cause of the panic must
ue iraceu to me geueral etlect or the flic-
iwuiey tarin law npon the commercial and
industrial conditions of the country. Tbe
history of the times has proven that law
to ue most wise ana intelligent readjust
iiiont of rates and schedules made nerea.
sary by the increasing developments nud
demands of tne country. It injured no
individual industry. It closed no indus
trial establish ineut. It reduced no man's
wages. Nvlthor the McKinley law nor the
KapUDiican party left to President Cleve
land or his party a legacy of hard times,
idle industries, unproductive enterprises.
or unemployed labor. President ( Imvo
land.came lntopowerwith a couutry blessed
with unprecedented activity iu every
branch of human employment. He found
labor in active demand and found it better
pnld than ever before in the world's historv.
lie assumed charge of a cover n men t with
unparalleled credit and unimpeachable
honor. Dun's Trade Review duolared that
"the year lb'M has bean the most prosper
ous ever known in busiuess."
In the face of these conditions, its oppo
nents declared "Republican protection to
be a fraud and a robbery;" that it was
unconstitutional;" that it was "the culm
inating atrocity of cIbsb legislation."
PROTECTION BRINGS HAPPINl'SS.
I care not what epithets mav be applied.
you know and I know that after thirty
years of protection, up to the advent of
the prcseut administration, this couutry
was never more nappy aud prosperous.
Under protection we took first rank in all
lines of Industrial and material develop
ment, jueasureu ny any standard Amor,
ica led the world under a oolicv of Amer
ican protection, and notwithstanding the
dark cloud that now rests over it, and
wnicn we nope win soon be happily dis
pelled, is aud will contiue to be tho great
est, most prosperous aad grandest of all
in uatious or tbe earth.
The facts are plain and the record mar
velous. After fifteen vears of tariff for
revenue, President Lincoln found not a
dollar in the treasury, and the national
credit gone. After selling the bonds of tbe
government at 11 percent, below par, Bu-
cuauau s secretary or the troasury, when
h found the bidders exhausted, but the
bonds not sold, advlted congress to ask for
an indorser. and suggested that if the
states would go security for the nation, the
auction might continue and more bonds be
sold. This was the condition when Lin
ooln, the Republican partv, the Civil war
and a new protective tiriff law began to
make history. Lincoln lived only to see
tue suixessiui issue or arms. Those who
came after bim struggled with a war debt
of appalling proportions, and sought to re
construct a land depleted of men and
money, laid deiolate by carnago. A third
of a century lator the marks of strife upon
tho battlfllolda were no more nearly ef
faced than tbe war debt, and, today the
story of both is told iu enduring monu
ments and tbe nation's pension roll. Whore
does history record a parallel for such a
struggle and such a glorius issue?
All through these years populations in
creased, intellectual and moral develop
ment was everywhere stimulated, cities
aud towns, workshops and factories, mills
aud furnace, linked tegetber by railroads
and rivers, were tilled with happy, pros
perous sud contented people. Thebrokon
bank, the assignee and tbe receiver were
as much a curiosity as the idle workshop.
Labor was never so well paid in any ooun
try or in any time, and it was never in
greater demand aud nover paid in better
monoy. Whatever the future may have in
store lor onr couutry and her industries
and her commerce, tbe record of the past
thirty years will stand forth as a monu
ment to the wisdom and sagacity of the
statesmanship that continued from Lincoln
to Harrison.
NO ROOM FOR DEMAGOGUES,
This campaign should not be lost or won
npon mistaken issues. There should be
no room for passion or prejudice, nor for
the demagogue or professional calamity
shouter. The real issues are largely ques
tions of business and government. My
personal respect and regard for the distin
guished leader of the Democracy and his
associates on the ticket are an additional
reason with mo that there should be no
cloud npon the real issue. He has been for
manyyears the leader of free trade thought
in tbe state. His great newspaper for
many years lias Deen tne fearless and per
sistent advocate of free trade in this atatA.
I know of no single time in the last decade
when bis newspaper has swerved from the
line marked out by its owner to instill iuto
every household where his paper went
loose principles or free trsUe so clearly
set forth in the Chicago platform and so
persistently inculcated by Presideut Cleve
land and his party.
Heretofore we have never contended
that the differences between the parties
were nearly so great as are now demon
strated by the events of tbe last year and
a half. The people of this couutry are de
termined to better tneir condition, if in
telligent voting will do the work. This
determination comes from the grave necer
sities of the hour necessities sadly shown
to be far more important and powerful
than prejudice or fealty to political par
ties. Tbe American people are progressive.
aggressive, restless aud ambitious; they
sro always seeking to bettor their condi
tion. Their ingenuity and activity in poli
tics have been little short of tbe same
qualities exhibited in their inventions and
enterprise as applied to onr industrial and
material conditions. Iu the latter regard
tbey have eclipsed every other land and
every other peopla These qualities, pre
vailing to a lesser degree in England, di
rected the tendency in the United King
dom because of its limited territory and
overflowiug population, toward ultimute
free trade. The English influence, so per
sistently Inculcated iu tbe American mind,
to a large degree led many of our people
to a belief that free trade would be a step
in advance and a benefit to our own coun
try. We had lived through a generation
of protection aud our prosperity and de
velopment were regarded as a constant
factor attached to all lines of industry nud
trade, which it was thought no legislation
could effect. Ho persistently had the free
trade doctrine been disseminated, that
many well-intentioned people all over tbe
couutry began to look upon protection as
a positive injury ana tnecreatureor wealth
to increase wealth at tbe expense of those
who were less fortunate. At all events.
the party who declared Republican pro
tection to be "fraud and robbery" elected
their typical representative president of
the United States, aud placed a majority
of bis own party in both branches of con
gress to assist him In oarrylusout bis well-
declared Intentions.
RESULT OF DEMOCRATIC RULE.
His induction Into office was coincident
with the beginning of a steady drain of
gold to other countries, a return of Allied-
can securities to our own shores, where
tny round a disordered market, which
went from bad to worse until the cur
rency of the country was largely with
drawn from circulation: the business in
terests paralysed; labor without employ
meut, and the American labor market re
duced toward a par with the cheaper mar
kets of tbe world. Banks were compelled
to close their doors; financial institutions
were driven to the wall, and tbe business
of the country lay prostrate.
Tbe president arrived early at the con
clusion that tbe repeal of tne purchasing
clauses of tbe Sherman silver law would
relieve the country. Good men in both
parties took opposite views on the sub
ject, but tbe general consensus of publio
judgment seemed to be that a prompt re
peal of the Sherman law would at least
give a measure of relief. The bitter de
bates and contentions which followed the
intrndurtiou of the measure in congress
and the long and needless delay in its con
sideration found tho country,- when the
measure reached the presideut for bis sig
nature, in a condition where almost every
laatltution and induHry that was not des
tined to survive every possible condition
of embarrassment, had gone down in t the
general crash.
At tbe same time tbe wnson nm, pre
pared bv the leading free traders in Con
gress, bearing the stamp of the president's
approval, was intreduced and found a
speedy passage through the lower house
of congress. . There were mny Democrats
of that body who realised thai the final
passage of tbe measure wonld sound the
tocsin of their own political ueatn, as wen
as financial ruin to many of their constitu
ents. The influences, however, which
niade tbe bill aud barged its passage were
stronger than any the objecting . Demo
crats coald bring, aud between the Hcylla
of protection of home industries and ths
Chary bdis of free trade at the white house,
tbe measure found and easy voyage to the
senato. -There
trouble began iu earnest. Strong,
independent aud patriotic uieu were brave
enoush to encounter presidential disfavor
and party censure rather than acquiesce in
a measure that would surely prove disas
trous and bring ruin among tbe people
wnom they bad been cboson to represent.
To save themselves, perhaps, more than to
succor the country, they began adding
proteciivo amendments for the benefit of
tbeir respective constitueucies. Republi
can senators were powerless to mould;
they could but bnck by throats of delay
the demands of Democrats ror proiecuou.
The people of the country, who catno to
lay their petitions and appeals before the
committee, were ignored. The star cham
ber councils of the senatorial committee
were closed against all the country and
their representatives, even tne Kepuou
can members of the committee being ex
cluded. The south alone secured a hear
lng. It dominated both committees, alike
in numbers and lulluence. Most of its de
mands were tor froe trade, because the
plantation svutom fosters a poiloy which
means poorly paid labor; but where tbs
south needed protection it got it. Sec
tionalism did all it could, and was only
prevented from doing more by the atti
tude of a handful of northern Demooratio
senators, who met its demands with out
spoken protest, as brave as the protests of
rvniiRyivanta's patriotio miuuoi j. nan
dall iu his successful battle against the
Mills bill.
DEMAND FOR TARIFF IN SPOTS.
It is safe to say that no protective
amendment would have found a lodgment
upon tbe original hill, if a sullicient num
ber of senators could have been found iu
tbe body to puns It. Concessions bad to b
mude In order to secure a majority. Ths
Democratic demand for a tariff in spots, Iu
the face of the declared purpose of tbe
party aud its cboson chieftain, resulted in
more than 600 ainenduieuts Uuu spots on
the free trade sunt For more than a year
the unhappy bomooraoy wrangled, while
tbe more unhappy people of tbe conn try
struggled for bread and butter. When
the measure was presented to the senate,
so changed aud mutilated was its condi
tion tbat its parents declined to recoguize
it and viewed It wltb borror. Tbe presi
dent himself invoked every influence and
prerogative of his great office to force his
own notions npon the senate, ana declared
that those of his party who would not
bow to his decree' were guilty, among
other crimes, of "party perfidy and dis
honor." The people's interests were lost sight of
in the angry contentions between the
president and tho opposing factious of his
own party for supremacy. In that con
test the victory was against the president
and on the side of the spetted bilL In
deed, tho enrnest and growing opposition
compelled him to lower bis colors, while
his majority in the bouse made a speedy
surrender, firing a few pop guns by way
of protest.
Ths product of the year's work on tariff
reform has resulted in placing on the
statute books a measure which satisfies
neither political party. A distinguished
Democratic senator publicly declared De
fore the senate that he doubted if it gave
satisfaction to a thousand people in all
the land. Twelve months' work for free
trade is ended. The people in patience
and actual suffering have waited for a new
dispensation, which was to bring prosper
ity, happiness, comfort and contentment
to all the land, and all of the people
thereof.
We read in the history of earlier times
that there long prevailed a common
thought current through many eras that
in the business of acquiring money or
property, what one man gained another
lost No othor theory of the exchange of
wealth was more popular than this.
Among the commercial nations dealing
through barter, rather than manufacture
or material development, appeared to jus
tify the theory. Such a comparison of
values sxteuded, in the earlier days, to
this country and won somewhat of gen
eral acceptance, hut more recent experi
ences have proved its fallacy.
This controlling thought must have been
in tbe mind of Mr. Lincoln, when he de
clared in his homely way, that the sim
plest explanation of American protection
was embodied in the suggestion that, if an
American purchased 120 worth of goods in
a foreign country, America had tbe goods
and the foreign country the money; but
that if the American purchased tbe goods
in America, America would have both the
goods and the money.
Since the events of the past eighteen
months have called a bait npon develop
ment, evory man and woman in the land
has become poorer than before. The me
chanic has had to treuoh upon the ravings
of bis previous prosperous years to enable
his family to live. So too has it been ia
greater or less degree with tbe capitalist,
the operator, the miner and the farmer.
Mo calling bas been exempt from the uni
versal fail, and all have suffered a loss of
substance, the suffered being largely
measured by the ability to bear it.
FREE TRADE NOW UNDERSTOOD
It is sadly easy to realizo this truth so
universal throughout the country, it is
now seen aud known of all men and wo
men and it strikes from under it tbe very
foundation of free trade, which looks only
to free exchnngos of goods in the marts of
tbe world. The United (States desires and
demands more than that. It 1b the richest
in resources of all lands given to the use
of man. It bas untold stores of every class
of material wealth needing ouly the handi
work of man to make it contribute to the
uses of civilization. These attract to them
both population and capital; heuce our
great towns and cities distant from every
other avouue of commerce than is afforded
by great railways and internal water
ways. The highway or the sea is not the
only thoroughfare leading to profitable
markets. Here we seek within our bor
ders a market which should be onr own.
a market afforded by 70,000,000 of people
who when prosperous aie the best buyers
and the most extensive consumers known
to trade. With manufactures aud all otber
lines of industry closed by adverse legis
lation, the home labor market falls to the
level of tbe cheapest markets. The power
of legislation over, nay, tbe threat of leg
islation upon, the question will never
again be mistaken by the people. They
see It now as they had never seen it bo
fore. With tbe belief that the qunstiou might
be settled in some form and the asitation
allayed, and with tne earnest desire to ad
just all Hues of industry to the conditions
imposed by the new law, it was hoped that
business generally would try to resume;
but with tbe distinct notice from the offi
cial head of the party in power that tbe
agltatiou will sgaiu be resumed when con
gress convenes iu December next, it is to
be feared tbat the best we may expect will
be to see poverty not so intense, comfort
modified by careful economies, progress
upon lines shaded to suit difficult sur
roundings, development modified to les
sen! needs, and, all too sadly, cheaper men
SLEEPLESSNESS,
Nervous De
bility, Nerv
ous Lxhaustr
tion, Neural
gia, Paraly
sis, Locomo
tor Ataxia,
Melancholia.
nd kindred ailments, Whether resulting
from over anxloty, overwork or study, or
from unnatural habits or excesses, are
treated as a specialty, with great success, by
the Staff of Smcialists attached to the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute at
Suffalo, N. Y. Personal examinations not
always necessary. Many cases are success
fully treated at a distance.
A OrnTJlf A A. now and wonderfully
AD IU 01 A. suocessful treatment has
been discovered for Asthma and Hay Fever,
Which can be sent by Mail or Express.
It Is not simply a palliative but a radical
cure.
For pamphlets, question blanks, refer
ences and particulars, in relation to any
of the above mentioned diseases, address,
with ten eents In stamps, World's Dispens
ary Medical Association, OS3 Mala Street,
Buffalo, N. Y.
and women than we were wont to see cn.
der a round generation of Republican legis
lation. Painful as is this reflection. It is but the
darker oloud which invites the dawn. Tbe
people have been awakened as never be
fore. II tbe November elections shall re
store a Republican bouseof representatives
at Washington, the initial step will have
ceeu accomplished, ana u tne popular ver
diet shall be decisive not only In Penusvl
vania, but in every other section, it will
surety pave tne way to a renewed ascend
enoy in '06, and tbe election of a Renubli
can president will crown the efforts made
necessary by the vicissitudes of 'OS aud '04.
Congress Is adjourned: its house mam.
bersare returning to face criticism from
their constituents, while the Democratic
majority in tbe senate Is divided Into free
trade and semi-protective factions. The
presideut, after ten days' consideration,
declared that he was too much chagrined
and disgusted that be could not
oven diguify tbe measure by attaching bis
signature thereto, and in tbe same breath
be gave the country notice tbat at the
next sesslou of congress In December the
tariff agitation would be resumed and
warfare again waged until protection
is blotted out as to all raw materials.
This is the lamentable product of ths
work or tbe past year. The tuigbty ener
gies of the couutry lie dortnaut after a
year's waiting for the outcome of a crusade
whose results have even disgusted even its
creators.
Let the thoughtful men of the state and
tbe conntry who bava in view the great
problems aud perilous periods whieh Were
so nravely met and mistered uv the be
publican party duriirg the past thirty
years, cotioldsr the vasollluliug aud disas
trous efforts of tbe party now iu power
to cope witu tue public questions of tbe
last eighteen months, ahd answer whether
tne Democratic party lias proved its capa
city for safe Independent action in this or
any otber serious period of our country's
recent nistory, and whether their proper
piuca in government is not tbat of au ob
jecting minority.
Do not all men see tbat they have shown
themselves incapable of formulating or
carrying out any consistent policy of con
structive legislation j is it not true limt
since the party was placed in control of
the government iu Ibltt there has been
scarcely a question of administrative pol
icy, lorelgu or domestic, lu which it has
outgone counter to the sober judgment
of the great body of the Amerloau people?
ARE TnR PEOPLE SATISFIED?
The people will endeavor to adjust them
selves te tne new conditions, and it is my
earnest hope tbat so far as possible a read
justment will offer our industries an op
portunity to resume business.
If tbo people are satisfied with the year's
worn at Washington tbey will vote lor a
continuation of that kind of governmental
policy. If they are not. as I believe tbev
are not, they will abide tbe time until
tnty oau make an ellectlve appeal to tbs
freeman's tribunal, , the American ballot
box.
In its Infancy, tbe Republican party was
strong enough, with the aid of the patri
otic citizens or an otuvr parties, to restore
the Union; in its youth it was wise enough
to give our nation aud its people unpre
cedented prosperity: in its manhood it is
groat snougu to bring back a prosporty
lost through misunderstanding and mis
representation. The present conditions invite the pro-
roundest thought ana tbe highest patriot
ism. They invoke a deeper reverence for
law ana oraor. Tbey aemana an a men-
can standard comprehending every Ameri
can Interest and individual. Let English
statesmanship provids lor Great Britain;
let France aud Germany and Russia and
the other nations provide for them of their
own household, Tbey have proven through
ages to be aoie to take oare ol themselves.
Let American charity begin iu the Ameri
can home, wblch is the unit of American
stability and glory. Let us raise ths
standard of American citizenship and
teach ourselves to appreciate more deeply
the blossings that Ood bas showered
upon onr laud and all Its Inhabitants. Let
ns be more patriotically jealous of onr in
dividual and national privileges and pre
rogatives, and more careful whom we per
mit to share tnem witn us. Let ns bold
fast to the great faot tbat eaoh of us is au
integral and responsible part ot onr com
mon country; ana we are relatively re
sponsible for its up-building or its decline;
that the emblems upon these walls are our
colors bequeathed to us by other Americans
whose example snail oe as a torcn to our
future progress; that this is our country
and these our institutions, aud tbat every
battlefield and patriot's grave is a monu
ment erected to insure their prosperity.
Tbe fathers guaranteed to us both civil
and religious liberty, which, as ia tbe past
so in tbe future, must ever run in parallel
lines, and you well know that parallel Hues
never come together. The same power
guaranteed to us a fee simple title iu all
American institutions. Therefore, the
American markot is our market; the
American home is our home; the American
free schools is our schools; tbe American
Sabbath is our Sabbath; tbe American
fields and farms, minis and mills, factor
ies and workshops are ours, to be defended
aud protected by tbe men and women of
America.
Demccraoy's Fiasoo.
Hon. W. D. Oioch, ct Peru, Ind.
Last year we collected 1100,000,000 by the
Molvinley law. After thirty years ot ven
omous attack on us they have levied a tar
iff tbat only f nils short ot the McKinley
law 117,000,000. If McKinley is a robber,
Democracy must say "I am another."
A Lofty Sentiment.
Be paid his summer hotel bill,
And paid it all in cash,
Then lookiug at the wreck, he said:
"Who steals my purse steals trash."
Detroit Free Press.
"tBeechani's pills are for
biliousness, bilious headache,
dyspepsia, heartburn, torpid
liver, ' dizziness, sick head
ache, bad taste in the mouth,
coated tongue, loss of appe
tite, sallow skin, when caused
by constipation; and consti
pation ''is the most frequent
cause of all of them.
I3ook free: pills 2 sc. At
drugstores.or write B.F.Allen
Co.,365 Canal St., New York.
RESTORES VITALITY.
Made a
1st Day. p'
Well Mar.
15th Day,
of Me.
me uiitAr 30th Day.
PnEKTOII TIEMEDY
produces the nbovo resells In 30 days. It ertr
pownriiiuy aim inlelrly. cures when til otnnrs till
YoiiiiKiwm will regain their lewt msuhvod, aud old
men will recover their youthful tiiror by UmIiij
lil'.VI VO. It quickly ami Mirrlv restores Nervou
nHs, Lout Vitality, Iinnutunuy, Nightly Knilsaluiu,
Lost I'nwur, Ftillni Memory. Wsaiiug Dlscuiw. and
all etffots of Mftlf-abiMw or cxoetis aud lndisoretloa,
wnicn mints nun far HMidy.bUMlncHH or uiarrliutn. It
not only cures by starting at the scat of dlseatie. but
iHagmat nvrv tonic and blood builder, bring
ing hack the pink glow to pule cheeks and ra
terlna the tire of youth. It wardx oft Inxanity
and ConHiimptluu. Insist on haTlng- ItKV IVO, no
utlinr. It ran be carried in vest pocket. By lutll
9 1.00 per package, or six for HO.tH), with a posl
live written cuurnntoe to cure or refund
uo money. Circular f rne. Address
"vhl MenifMNE CO.. 3 Blvsr St.. CHICAGO. ILL
For sale by Matthews Ttros., Drarelsts,
Sorantan, Ia.
What is More Attractive
Than a pretty face with a fresh, bright
complexion! For it, use Pouonl's Powder.
f lifts
'ii r ,r .bti j. r w
SUPERLATIVE AND GOLD MEDAL
Tba above brand of flour can be had at any of tba following merchants.
who will accept Thb Tribunb flour coppoh of 26 on eaoh one hundred pound
of floor or 60 on each barrel of flour.
Ecrnntiin-F. P. Price, Washington arena? I
Gold Medal Brand.
runmore-F. P. Price, Gold Medal Brand.
tlunuiore F. D. Mauley. Superlative Branl
Bydn Park Carsou ft Davla, Washburn 8U
Gold Medal Brand; Ji Kopb A. Moure, Mitin
avenue, tluperlutlve DrawL
Groeo Kiuge A.ly.Hien:er.(lolJ Medal Brand.
J. T.McHule, BuperlMtive.
Providence Feuner A ChapualLN' Main ave
nue, Huperlutlve Brand ;0. J. Gilleeple, W.
Market street, GoUl Medal Brand!
Olyphant-James Jordan, Superlative Brand.
PeckTllle Sbutr.T A K.lr Hupnrlativu.
Jormyn O. U. Winters A Co. Huperalatlve
Arohbald Jones, Simpson A Co.. Gold Modal.
Carbondale B. 8. Clark, Gold Medal Brand.
Iloneedale-I. N. Foster A Co. Gold Medal.
Ulaooka-M. H. Laveile
LOUIS B. SMITH
Dealer In Choice Confections and Frnits;
BREAD AND CAEE3 A SPECIALTY.
FINEST ICE CREAM
1437 Capouse Avenue.
DID YOU KNOW?
That we will GIVE you beautiful naw pat
terns of Sterling SILVER SPOONS and
FORES for an equal weight, ounce for ounce,
of your silver dollars. All elegantly en
graved free. A large variety of new pat
terns to select from at
ercereau
307 LACKAWANNA AVISNCU
STEEL
All Grades, Sizes and
Of every description on hand. Frompt shipments guar
anteed.
Chains, Rivets, Bolts, Nuts, Washers, Turn
buckle3, Bolt End 3, Spike 3 and a full line of
Carriage Hardware.
BITTENBENDER & C
, Scranton, Pa.
We have the following supplies of Lumber secured, at
prices that warrant us in expecting a large
share of the trade.
Pacific Coast Red Cedar SMugles.
"Victor" and other Mioblean Brands ot
White Pine and Whits Uedar Shingles,
Michigan White and Norway Pine Lum
ber and Bill Tim Der.
North Carolina Short and Long Leaf Yel
low Pine.
Miscellaneous stocks of Mine Bails, Mine Ties, Mine Props
aud Mine Supplies in general.
THE
RICHARDS LUMBER CO,
Commonwealth Building, Scranton Pa.
SPRING
HOUSE
HEART LAKE, Susquehanna Co.
U. E. CItOFUT.
Proprietor.
qiHIB HOUSE Is strict y wP"ri
I aud well furnish! sad OPfcNBD To
1 "llE PUBUO THal EAR BOUND; Is
located midway batwoon Montrose an Scraii
. ... f.....nau a1 l.aouawauna Railroad.
rtx mUes from U. U . R- Alford
Station, and nv muw n-om lu''"i
lacltv, ela-nty-nve, turw. ' . "
I. It. station.
HOOD BUST, FISHING TACKLE, &,
FllEK TO UUEST8.
a iMniio bout .000 foot eauallini In this
reapoot the Adirondack aad UatsklU alonn-
Mne groves, plenty of shale and beautiful
scenery, ranking a Summtr Baaort uuex
cellod in bsauty and eheapnsss.
Dancing pavilion, swings, oroquat err onnds,
&a Cold Spring Water and plunty of M Ilk.
Hates, 7 to Si l'er l.ou par
day.
Excursion tickets sold at all stations on D.
L. ft W. linos.
Porter meets all train -
from tit X r. IVietia, Ao.l,10
The Flour
Awards
"Chicago, Oct 81 Fhs first efflolat
announcement of World's Fair dl4
plomaa on flour bas been Bade. A
medal has been, awarded by ths
World's Fair judges to ths Soar manu
factured by the Washburn. Crosbv Co J
in the great Washburn Flour Mills.
Minneapolis, The committee reports
tbe flour strong and pars, and satitles
it to rsnk as first-class patent flour for
family and bakers' us."
MEGARGEL
& CON NELL
WBOLKSALE AGENT.
Taylor-Judge ft Co., Gold Medal; Athertos
&Co., Buperletlv.
Dur yea-Law roue. Store Co.. Ool4 MedaL
Mopalo-Juhn Mod-lndle, Gold M.daL
"t,on-1. W. O'Boyl. Gold MedaL
C ark s Green-Frac. St Parker, HuperUtlra,
Clark s humtnit -F. M. Kourig, Gold Medal.
Dalton-S. E. Finn Sou. Gold Medal Brand.
Nicholon-J. E. Hsrdlng.
WevMrly- M. W. lillas ft Son, Gold MfldiO.
Factory vills-Charlss Gardner, Gold MedaL
Hopbottom-N. M. Finn ft Boa, Gold MedaL
Touyuanne-T..byhiina ft Lehigh Lumber
Co., Gold Medal brand.
Oouldaboro-H A. Adams, Gold Medal Brand,
Moscow Gaice A dements, Gold MedaL
Lake Ariel-James A. Dortree. Gold Medal
Forest City-J. L. Morgan ft Co., Gold Meds
PARLORS OPEN FROM T A.M. TO II P.?rJ
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVKN TO B(jP
PLYlHti FAMILIES WITU ICE CRBASI.
4 Connel!
Kinds kept in Stock.
Juniata County, Pennsylvania, White Oak,
Sullivan County He Block Lumber and
Latb.
Tioga C,onnty Dry Hemlock Stock Boards.
Flk County Dry Hemlock Joists and Stud
disg.
DUPONT'S
MINING, BLASTING AND BPOBTINO
POWDER
Manufactured at the WapweJlopea Mills, L
serna county Pa and at Wil
mington, Delaware.
HENRY BELIN, Jr.
eeneral Agent for the Wyoming Dlstrlot,
US Wyoming Ave., Scranton P
Third National Bank Building.
AonoiRS.
TH08. FORD, PKtston. Pa.
JOHN B SMITH RON; Plymouth. P
& wTMULLIOAN, WUkcs-Barra, Pa.
Agents for she Kopauue tihemlaal . Cose
pani's High SxpkMives. . .