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THE SCI? ANTON TRIBUNE FRT DAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 189
SCRANTON TRIBUNE
F. E. WOOD,
General Manager.
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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
K'RANTON, JANUARY 5, 18U4.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET
KOK COXORESSMAN AT I.AROB,
; vi. i sii i A. Giiow,
OF SL'SyCEIlANNA
ELECTION FEBRUAKY 20.
UNITED WE STAND.
The industrial interests of (kit
ttate its continual prosperity in alt
the walks of commerce, concern those
accustomed to tote the Democratic
ticket as diiectly as those who don't'
A gnat proportion of former Dnuh
i rats art now coneinced that the eeo
IWmU tendency of their party' pres
ent Uudcrship (t irretrievably and
it redeemtibly bad; that its enact
went into law would briny renewed
rain to (itUliteM enterprise, and in
instiled Suffering to depressed labor.
The Uepubltcan party fuiul where
it uis altuayi stood, firm as the rocks
oj titbraltar again, t any legislation
vhose effect is In desolate the prosper
ity of thr American home. The lie
publican pat ty in thit state presents,
as the represenlatice of its belief, a
viua who is personalia as admirable
as he is politically clean, ubte and
txptritnetd. Why should not patri
ots Democrats, tasting aside the
false gods of free trade, sectional
dtst t limitation and i Mm throne
mending. Cvtiie squarely ocr to the
support of Qalutha A. OrowT
VOTE FOR THE GOOD OF ALL.
Not even k liberal cash reword will
Induce any Democrat with ambitions
to tako next Wednesday s nomination
against Grow.
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It is NOT plraaaut to be a candidate
for obituary distinction in any sense,
least of all in the seuse that will be ex
perienced by the Democrat who tries
to race with Grow.
SCBAMTON coi LU uot uisika a botter
investment of j'.'oO.UUU than to put it In
tbi3 construction of viaduct and bridges
connecting its three separated sections
into a compact and metropolitan city.
WllB DuiOURAOY'H new tariff oper
atiuK to stimulate pauperism and
Democracy's income tux acting as an
incentive to lying, the morale of Amer
ican government would be anything
but enviable.
The i lose i rie.nds of Representative
Hines say ho will vota against the
Wilson bill if it retains the free coal
clause. Such a course would distinguish
his congressional career in a wholly
unexpected manner.
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The WISEST form of philanthropy is
that which (lives its beueliciary a
chauco to earn support. This city
could not invest money to better ad
vantage than in employing idle labor
by erecting those needed bridges.
.
The OHDEB prohibiting street beg
ging is not meant to discourage appli
cation for needed relief when Drop
erly made to the proper persons. It is
the professional beggar, and not the
deserving unfortunate, to whom Scran-
tonians object.
C AFT AW PICKING, in charge of Uncle
Sam's naval forces at Rio Janeiro, ap
pears to be permeated with the same
brand of patriotism that characterized
the late lamented J. J. Van Alen, of
London-Newport, it is apparent that
some naval officials are squeezing their
patriotism down to the narrowness of
the administration,
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The name c Barclay H. Warburton
now appears below that of bis veuor -able
father, Charles E. Warburton, as
publisher of the paper which the sire
has make a power in its select field.
The Philadelphia Kveniug Telegraph
could scarcely be better than it is; but
one may hope it might become a trifle
neater after the infusion into its man
agement young and aggressive blood.
The nmutPLl contest between the
respective supporters of Charles A.
Miner and Morgan B. Williams look
ing toward the next Republican nomi
nation for congress in Luzerne county
has become sufficiently defined already
to indicate that this nomination is in
hopeful demand. Either aspirant
would satisfy the requirements and
either, it is safe to say. conld with
reasonable effort, be elected by a
handsome plurality.
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The Democrats think that by lovy
ing a two per cent tax on individual
and coporate incomes exceeding (4,000
per annum they can deceive the people
into the belief that only the rich will
bear this burden. The people are not
thus fooled. They know that such n
tux would quickly be made up by extra
charges upon the necessaries of life or
upon the service controlled by these
taxable of large incomes. Taxation
of a olass for a class always defeats
itself.
TUE iELEi.TloNS, elsewhere given, of
expressed public opinion with refer
ence to the candidacy of Galnsha A.
Grow are purposely taken mainly from
the lams Democratic newspapers in
this state which have been boasting for
weeks past that a man ao clean and
nble aa is Mr. Grow could not hops to
receive a nomination from Panusyl
vania Republicans. These previous
criticisms now become the finest jewels
In Mr. Grow's collection of indorse
ments. The Republicans of Pennsyl
vania have not only nominated him,
but tbey bave nominated him without
a dissenting voice, and they expsot to
elect blm, too, by a majority un
equalled in the history of Republican
tidal waves. Whom can the Demo
crate select to oppose suoh a man?
What Democrat is willing to so down
in the wreckage which awaits his party
in February next?
A shrinkage of (3,000,000 in Scran
ton's building operations last year,
as compared with th preceding
twelve-month, may be interpreted in
various ways; but the most .sensible
explanation is that it indicates the gen
eral uncertainty prevalent as a result
of Democratic national control. This
city has not lost (3,000,000 in its
wealth: it has simple hoarded its sur
plus earnings iu anticipation of the
decline invuluesinseparablefroma hos
tile agitation of the protective tariff.
Given a return of wise counsellors to
positions of federal trust, there will be
a rapid restoration of confidence and a
corresponding relaxation of the public
purse string.
THAT WAS a notable and a noble com
pliment which was paid by members
of a bar to the retiring occupant of it
bench when on Monday of this week
Homer Greene, representing the Qnani
mous sentiment of Wuyno county's
legal profession, ottered resolutions
highly ologisttil of Jnriga Henry M.
Seely. But th compliment did not
end with formal resolutions, for not
only Mr. Greene, but many of his col
leagues, together with Judge Ssly
present and previous assutitues on the
bench, paid eloquent tritmte to his
diameter, ability and fairness. Ssran
tou ie fortunate in the accession to its
professional and social life of bo emi
nent and creditable a new comer as is
ex-Judge Seely.
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ETATUS OF THE BOVCOIT.
The recent decision of Justice Dean
tbtt under the act of assembly of
1869, 1872, 1870 and 18H1 workingraen
have acquired, a leg,il right to me that
peculiar weapon known us the "boy
cott" in all cases where it does not take
the form of force, settles a mooted
legal point, if not a question of morals.
Tbe judg himself takes pains to as sume
no responsibility for the acts of
assembly in point, and between the
lines of his decision, evidently favors
the old common law principle which
regards the boycott, whether of capital
or labor, a an indictable conspiracy,
Hut finding the acts valid, he is com
pelled to interpret and sustain them,
which he does with incisive force,
The principle of the boycott iu any
form or under any auspices is vicious
for this reason, that it foroaa the in
convenience of commercial ohaOJ not
only upou the immediate parties to a
dispute, but to that much persecuted
and much abused third party, the
general public. The boycott in any
trade is in in mv particulars similar to
a tie up of railways in that it puts the
chief burden, not upon employer or
upon employe; but upou the mass of
citizens not directly interested. While
the occasion miy be many when boy
cotts aeem just weapms of retaliation,
the uersuu who observes n proper re
gard for the interests of society will
have scruples against resorting to
what acts so immediately us a public
infliction.
The decision of Justice Dean is a
striking moral indictment of much of
the Btats legislation ostensibly passed
in the interest of labor. It shows that
where labor profits by the legalization
of this particular weapon of dispute,
capital as represented by the employers
may profit even more directly, since
the boycott which capital can put upon
labor is more powerful and more last
ing than, and by these nets equally as
lawful as, any with which labor can
retaliate. The lesson of the opinion is
the need of less class friction; and
above all, the urgent necessity of an
enlightened and growing public senti
nient calculated eventually to materi
alii iu some equitable and efficacious
machinery of genuine arbitration.
UNSATISFACTORY JURY SYSTEM.
The tenacity with which we cling to
systems and institutions fer the simple
reason that they are "time-honored"
lias no better exemplification thau is
furnished by the jury system. Not a
week passes that the country is not
treated to one or more practical illus
trations of its costliness, unreason
ableness and general unsatisfactoii
MM In the Coughlin case, for instatics,
days were consumed in finding men
who could bs presumed ignorant
enough to pass on the question of the
guilt or Innocence of the accused per
son. The murder, for th commission
of which tho BOOttltd was on trial, wa
ono of the most startling events of the
time in wiiich it occurred, it was
only among th uuintelligaut and
ntupid that the case wa unheeded.
Common sense would eay that if the
opinions of twelvs men cm possibly
settle the question of u man's guilt or
iunocence in the matter tney should be
opinions of intelligent men men fuin
ilar with current events an 1 capable of
forming intelligent opinions concern
ing them,
The jury system saya no. Us theory
is that only men whose opiouions on
such matters are of any value are the
men who do not read the papers, who
kuow nothing of current eveuts or
care too little about them to form an
opinion concerning what they hear.
Common sense says thntth intelligent
man is far more likely to give an In
telligent judgment on the same case if
shown that the facts nro not as he un
derstood them to be than the man who
is too dull or stupid to come to n con
clusion of any kind. The jnry system
declares that the judgment of au Ig-
n ii ramus is the better
The jury ytem is indeed time-hon-red.
There wata time when it was a
bulwark of our liberties ; but In ttiat tims
there wa no such urgent insistence on
ignorance a a qualification for the per
formance of jnry duty. The thing
complained of now are very Inrgely
abuses engrafted on th original sys
tem ; but it is very mach to be feared
that they are so thoroughly Incorpor
ated with the system that they can
only be reformed by abolishing the ays
tern itself.
COST OF JANUARY NEOL1UENCE
A table, according to Sicretary
Carter, of tbe Maryland board of
health (a reported by the Eclentltic
American) shows the mortality of tho
cities of this country and of Europe
having a population of more than
100,000. in which London and Pari
lead New York. Then follow Berlin,
Chicago, Vienna, Philadelphia, Brook
lyn, St, Louis, Brussels, Bolton, Balti
more, Dublin, San Franoisco, Cincin
nati, Cleveland, Bnff ilo, Pittsburg,
Newr!eani, Edinburgh, Milwaukee,
Louisville, Minneapolis St, Paul,
Christiana, Djuvor, Rjouestar and
Rheims, iu the order named.
Th most striking fact that appsars
in the table is the hoalthf ulucss of
London compared with other great
cities, Chicago excepted. With a
population twice as great as that of
Paris, and three times as great a that
ot New York, her deith rate is won
dcrfully less than that of either.
There is no reaso-i to accept but a dis
graceful reason why New York allows
a death rate of seven hundred and
thirty-six higher than that of London.
What does this mean except that New
York permits the unnecessary deaths
of six thousand six hundred and thirty
of her citizens every year '
It is plain that there is something
radically wrong about ail this. Death
rate figures are surely among tlioie
that do not lio. It may not be quito
jnst. to compare tho awful death rate
of New Orleans with the eplondil
showing of Minneapolis and S. Paul,
but no suoh extenuating circumstances
as aro to be considered in roferonco to
the southern city can bo adduced to
excuse the glaring differences between
the principal northern anl nort'n- jast
trn cities of onr country. Those dif
ferences are a profound reproach to
city boards of health, to the city gov
ernments, and to all public spirited
citizens. New York is In every way
better situated than Chicago ns regard)
easy sanitation, and iu many ways
possesses such excellent n atnral advant
ages over the western city that her
present death rato is a disgrace that
cries out asaimt her.
It is absolutely undeniable that these
deaths are avoidable. if the city gov
ernments' of American cities would
spend mo.iey as freely and ns wisely as
London has done.th brutal death rates
and (laughter of her citlzms would
lessen j istasthoy have lessened in
London, if London cired as little for
the lives'of her citizsns as New York
seems to care for hers, there would die
in that great city every year twenty
one thousaud five hundred and twenty -four
people more than at present.
The .utearasoe tonight in the E'.m
Park church, under l -v worth league
auspices, of the Syracuse University
Glee, Banjo and Mandolin club, re
news attention to the recent and rapid
advances mud in musical culture
among the pupils of our chief colleges.
Within late years the college gle club
has developed au importance not less
marked tl.an is that of the college foot
ball team or the 'varsity crw. Th
appearauceuf those clubs iu public con
certs has introduced a happy novelty
in our list of entertainment and bred
a distinctly better grade of musicians
among the graduatts of our higher
educational institutions. U has alio
tended to develop social polish and
ease, and is, altozether, a notable and
cheerful tendaucy of the tim?s.
COMMENTS ON THE NOMINEE.
S. outer Quay I Pleased.
WaSHWUTON, Jan. i. Senator tjuay ex
presses pleasure nt tbe news of tho nomi
nation of i.lnlusha A. Grow for congress
man -at -lare, aud says that the honor was
worthily bestowed by the state conven
tion.
Eminently Fit to Bo Made
nUadtlpMa Tlmttt D.
Whatever the motive which led the Kopub
licaii party leaders to consent to this nomi
nation. it was one eminently nt to tie muiie,
and, no doubt, will oe more cordially re
ceived by the rank and file of the Itepubli-
o m party in ivncsyivania ttian auy otner
tout could nave been made.
Possesses Breadth of View.
UMaMpUa Recant, Dem.
The candidate, Hon. Ualuslm A. Grow
is a gentlemau of experience wlio has
shown himself on more than one oconelon
cnpable of breadth of view and liberality
or political action.
Will Be a Renl Representative.
Philtuttliihiu Preu. hep.
1 lie author of the hnme-tead law. the
able expoueut of sound money doctrine
anil or tne Hep u Oilcan protective policy in
miny a campnign is pru-emlnootly tho
right man for Pennsylvania to send to
ouftrcss at the present time. He will
well represent the commonwealth, its in
terests, itscouvictions and its earnest and
uutlincuiug KepublicuniMii.
Fairly Won by Clean Method)
Batrttbaty Patriot, 2im.
Mr Grow is to be congratulated upou
his SHOO. His victory was fairly won
and by clean methods. He Is a man nf
education, breadth aud convictions. Ho
makes his own opinions and leads instead
of follows. He may go wrong politically,
but he doss so through his own reasoning
ai.d uot for what there is "in it." If tho
Democratic convention will present a
mndidita equal in all things w Mr. Grow
the tarty will be peculiarly fortunate.
Olvi th Credit U Quay.
ti'eadniy tlera'tt. Van.
V : In-, .i remarkable farulty of find
ing out. what the people want, and the
people have nu squally remnrkable faculty
of rinding out what iaay w.iuts, for as
soon as lie aunounces what thy want
they Immediately cry for it. The Repub
licans were alt at sea and didn't know
whnt, they wanted until IJuay spoke, but
when he did speak they Immediately roc
ognlzed Gulushn A. Grow as their long
lost brother aud fell on his neck and wept.
Looked at from the South.
iAlUiMii'e . I , i . i .
Hon. Oalusha A. Grow, uouunated for
congross bvjntbe Uepublicaus of Pennsyl
vania to flu the unexpired term of the
lute Ueneral William Lilly, is now 7u years
ot aire. He is still hearty aud vigorous, a
man of marked ability, aud an cr.ruest
believer in the fundamental principles of
the Republican party. At the ago of 37
Mr. Urow was speator or tho house of
representatives, and at that time had been
a member of cougros for ten years.
Th iit. not taking an active part la poli
tics tor thirty years, he ha always been
looked upon as one of the able men ot the
party, a safe adviser, a wise counsellor
and a trueetatesmun.
Chano to Hi Happy Alway.
LSItSttfftf Kjaminer, Kep. ,
If Pennsylvania leadership keeps on
recognizing tbe drifts aud demauds of
pnbliu sentiment, and nominates moro
Grows iu the future, the Republican ntilv
.will celebrate many a comm.' N-jw Yoar
aud never grow old.
A Viewed at Mr. Qi-ow' Horn.
Siiiuii .Annua Ttanicnpt, Lid
Th nomination of ex-Speaker Galiwha
A. Grow, of Susquehanna couuty, to rep
resont the Keystone slate as congressman
at large in the national house ot repre
sentatives, will meet tbe approval ot th
masses, and he will be elected by no over
whelming majority.
PHO-RE'-NOS s,.
DRUNKENNESS
Equal to tho "Keeloy Ctiro" at small cost.
Try a bottlu ..ml if it doe you goiaj continue
It. DriiL'Kistssolllt.
Umbrellas you would own,
That will give the proper tone;
And shed water like a stone,
COiVRAD sells but does not loan.
Do nrt put otT taking medicine. Numer
ous little ailments, If neplected, will loon
break up the system. Take Hood's Sarsa
parllla now, to expel uliease, giving
strength and appetite.
Hood's Pills cures constipation by restor
ing the peristaltic action of tbe alimentary
caual.
305 LACKAWANNA AVfcNUE.
Goldsmith's S Bazaar
Mammoth Red Letter
Clearing Sale
Bry
OUR IMMENSE STOCK OF
Goods, Cloaks, Furs and Carpets
Will be on sale at Ruinous Prices for two weeks
only, beginning
Monday, Jan. 8, and ending Monday, Jan. It
N. A. HULBERT'S
City Music Store,
- WVOUINU AVK.. SOBAMTOA
STEINWAY ft SON
MOCKER BKOTHHRS uro
H HA NIC H & BACK
8riJl.1V, a HAIKU
PIANOS
i : ku- ttock of Bnt-olut
ORGANS
MUSICAL MEHCHANOISU
aUblC, tiXO., LTU
JjJATTHEWS BROS.
Druggists
AND DEALERS IN
BURNING and Q
LUBRICATING wllwW
Nearly every article will be sold much below the usual
price, and in many instances at and below cost. People who
have attended our Annual Clearing Sales know what a saving
this means.
For further particulars watch our future announcements
in The Tribune, Truth and Free Press.
Mercereau fa Connell
807 LACKAWANNA AVUXUU.
DIAMONDS,
and Fine Jewelry, Leather Goods,
Clocks, Bronzes, Onyx Tables,
Shell Goods, Table and Ban
quet Lamps, Choicest Bric-a-
Brac, Sterling Silver Novelties.
Atlantic l.aail mill FraMh Inc.
Pur LI uived Oil,
Turpuutlne and Varulihui.
Reatly-uilieJ 1'aliiti In all colon,
Glldcrt' Whiting,
fart Wlllto and K.iln.mluu.
oil' Vitrei, .iik i ill e
Dukt aud Window Glati
-THE-
101
POWDER
Rooms 1 and I Commoawealth Bld'ft
SCRANTON, PA.
MINING and BLASTING
POWDER
t l ilia MOOSIO ud RUSH
DALE WORKS.
Lafllin A; Kami Powder 5o.'a
ORANGE GUN POWDER
Electric Batteries, Fntei for explic
itly blasto, Stifety r'une and
KepauojCheinical Cx'sHigh Explosives
NEVERSLIP HORSE
Removable and Self-sharpening Calks.
We are sole agents for Bradford, Columbia, Lacka
wanna, Luzerne, Montour, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna,
Wayne and Wyoming counties, State of Pennsylvania.
Catalogue on application.
Bittenbender&Co.,Scranton,
Wholesale and retail dealers' in Wagonmake' and Blacksmiths'
Supplies, Iron and Steel.
GO a
All Prices and all Sizes.
kates,
AHIOHEEARIHAH
90U South Washington Avenue,
Contractor and builder or Concrete I l v.,- i,.-,
Oooeret Bii-cks, Potato, Batter and OoD
Bin, Wet i t lliira dried up. Orders may bo
left at Tboiupaon & Pratt, Will aina A Co.
Muin an t Eyoon Strooti, or at Scruntoo
Stove Work'. Alr.o Foundation. CiiUrua,
Fmh Wire Tunueli aud Cotlina. Klairginir for
Garden Walk
MT. PLEASANT
AT RETAIL,
tV'il of tlin beat quality for domoatiu una,und
of all Hizoa, delivered In any part of tne city
at lowest price.
Orders left at my office,
M. Ill), WVOMINO AVKMUE.
Hear room, first floor. Third National Bank.
or sent by mail or telonlione to tbe mint, will
recolvo prompt nttontfon.
bpecjai contrarta will bs made for tns sale
and delivery of Buckwheat CoaL
WM. T. SMITH.
Foote & Shear Co.
513 LACKAWANNA AVE.
LUTHER KELLER
KING'S WINDSOR CEMENT FOB
PLASTERING.
SEWER PIPES, FLUE LININGS.
I. I
Office, 813 West Lacka
wanna Ave.
Quarries and Works,
Portland, Pa.
THE DICKSON MANUFACTURING CQ
SCRANTON AND Wl LK 9-II A RKK. PA.. MANUFAOTUHERB 0
Locomotives and Stationary Engines, Boilers,
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY.
Generul Office, SCRANTON. PA
ASK YOUR GROCER AND INSIST UPON HIS FURNISHING YOU WITH
S
TOWERS
DELICIOUS, MILD 8UOAH OT7X.mX AE50LUTELV ItT.BJ
HAMS. LARD.
EVERY HAM AND RAIL. OF LARD BRANDED.
rHE iRADEsuPPLiED Tm ST0WERS PACKING CO., SCRANTON, PA
THE
SNOW
WHITE
FLOUR
IS THE BEST.
THE WESTON MILL CO..
SCRANTON, PA.
THE
Upholstery Department
OR
William : Sissenberger
Opposite Baptist Church,
IPerin Avenue,
Is replete with fine and
medium Parlor Suits, Fancy
Rockers, Couches and
Lounges for the Holiday
Trade. Prices to Suit all.
Also Bed Room Sets, Din
ing Room and Kitchen Fur
niture. Parlor Suits and
Odd Pieces Re-upholstered
in a Substantial manner.
Will bs as good as new-
DO YOU SELL?
OR ARE YOU
MAKING PRESENTS?
Of Mixed Candy, Clear Toys,
or auy style of Caiijy or Nuts,
Express Wagons, Velocipedes,
Tricycles, Doll Cabs, Drums
or Toys ol' every kind.
DOLLS
China Dolls, Wax Dolls,
Patent Dolls, Jointed Dolls,
any kind of doll from 25ctoSl5
SLEDS OR SLEIGHS
For Boys, Girls or Dolls, iu
Maple, Oak or Iron, from -5c.
to $15.W.
BICYCLES
We bave tbe goods aud our
prices are right. Wholesale
and retail.
J. D. WILLIAMS & BRO.,
314 Uacka. Avo.
Wb uiaks a BPSCIAi.TY of aupplvtng cuiu
mlttws (or Suuday Schools. Fairs, Fsstlvala
Frank P. Brown & Co.
WholssaU Daalsrs la
Woodware, Cordage and Oil Cloth
720 West Lackawanna Ave.
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lUHllllkUCLUlL'll ngVUaB 1U1
L.UIPS and QLASSWAK&