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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1894
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows district labels with names including John R. and Alex T. Connell for third district and F. J. Grover for fourth district and Chas P. O'Malley. No narrative action or dates present.
Readable fragments describe elevation figures and population estimates for a northeastern Pennsylvania metropolis. Mentions include 1864 population, 20 600 voters, school property value 760000, and 12 0 number of children with deposits and growth hints.
The Bell and Mudson lessees operate a campaign lie factory and smut mill on Oakford alley. The site is expected to go on double turn this week.
The Cranton Free Press praises a county judge for qualifications including law knowledge incorruptibility and temperate justice. It endorses Monarch Arch bald for re election, cites his modesty and merit, and condemns the Lackawanna Democracy as divided and weak before election.
The piece notes William S. Hopkins, once trained years ago for the Register of Villa of Lackawanna, a candidate in a postwar political era. It discusses how war veterans and Republicans ascend to offices, reflecting on Grant era patronage and postwar appointments.
The piece recalls postal appointments offered to veterans as partial recognition of battlefield service. It quotes William Hopkins declining offices, noting his bronze medal from General Gilmore as his reward. It condemns partisan framing and defends Hopkins’s modest request and other old soldiers.
The 1803 passage in Harrisburg shows 25 Democrats and 8 Republicans among 33 opponents to the Farr free text book bill. Names, counties, and party affiliations are given. note senators Mitchell and Ross voting again. Archbald’s integrity is stated as clear and trusted by Lackawanna County people.
The card for John R. Farr highlights the Farr free school book law benefiting four million children with free books and supplies. It notes a million dollars for free books, $92,366 for Scranton Oral School for the Deaf, $27,000 for Lackawanna hospital, and $100,000 a year for Moses Taylor hospital, plus a vetoed education bill and a vetoed mechanic’s wages bill.
A local political column reviews labor, taxation, and court matters. It defends Judge Archbald’s record in Lackawanna County, challenges Republican charges against M. T. Burke over the free text book bill vote, and critiques campaign tactics while noting local land taxation proposals affecting unimproved lands.
The speech argues voters will choose self interest and prosperity over party, criticizing tariff revision and government management. It promotes Republican protection as essential to American workers and industries, urging high tariffs to shield wages. The text cites a Pittsburgh Times item on William Singerly losing composure at Carnegie Hall.
The speaker's Senantee was violent and profane and accused secret state societies as libelous. He called members midnight assassins and prayed they be crushed into hell. The audience reacted with scattered applause and evident alarm at the tirade.
The Rochester Post-Express reviews Senator Hi and Governor McKinley, praising Hi for honesty and plain dealing while noting his cool calculated edge. It compares McKinley unfavorably on theory yet finds his character warmer than other active politicians from both parties.
The Elmira Telegram Tribune receives high praise for being printed by machine with a neater appearance than others in Pennsylvania. It is described as attractive, logically edited, impressive and instructive, covering Scranton news locally as never before. Editors and owners are commended.
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