THE SCTiAtfTON Till HUNTC-FRIDAY MORSfKtfG. JANUARY 19. 1891.
SCRANTON TRIBUNE
F. E. WOOD,
General Manager.
rUSttfMI DAILY AND WIEEjUY IN 8CUAS-
tom, Pa., bt Inn Hiiuuns Pcblisui.no
Coy PAS Y.
New York Oriricr. Thibune Bciuaxo,
1 HANK S. tilt AY. Manaoeil
Vutered ot the rnttnfflct nt .irronf.ia, Pa,
tSeamd-Vtati Hall Matter.
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
FOR ANTON, JANUAliY 19, 104.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET
FoH CONUKFSSltAN-AT -LAKOK.
OAlilWHA A. GROW,
OF Sl'SOl'KHANNA.
ELECTION FEBRUARY 80.
ALL THE YEAR ROUND.
( really df'l tMtUf whether yoM
went to the World's fair or not. All
that il enduring (M that greatest "f
tudunk expositions t prittmi ' ele
gant illustrations iii THE TMMVNFi
World's Fair Portfolio. Send in the
fOUjioM mid the dimes, us (.villained
vn page .", uiuf yet the finest art work
of contemporary interest yet nuldished.
.
TlU Wca which T. V. PowJerly
would have to pay to remain master
workman was too much ifor any uisu
of honor to aloHL
Now thai' ths traction company
ears run to nil suburban localltins its
only agrateful return for thoia suburbs
to coma into BOrAUtOQ'l municipal fuM.
--
It HAS BUN aptly ami wittily log
KateJ that free trade speeches would
be mof popular With the American
workingui i u if iccompauied by fre
dlOMf coupons.
CUCKOO Democrat take jjvaat piins
to explain Unit the restoration of the
1 (awaiian iiueun has been abandoned.
But what about the restoration of the
American constitution?
.
TBI STHEiii's Of Scrauton that ara on
exhibition for visitors are all iu the
central c-lty. Unr municipal otricials
never invi'.a strangers to iuspect the
South Side or the llvd 1'ark sections.
Bat streets in all parts of the city
should be kept cleau.
THE only two occasions in the his
tory of our governtneut when bonds
had to be issued to provide for deficits
were under Democratic, administra
tions, low tariff talk and blundering
tinaucierinir They occurred In 1158
an 1 iu 1814, when Democracy con
trolled all branches of the government.
NoTW ITSST AND1NQ all that haa been
suggested in way of possible explana
tion for HoruMowtr s rejection, the
fact remains that that rejection had
for its greatest impulse a feeling of
personal aplte, in which Republican
senators, br their aoiuicesence in spite
work, have committed an apparent
error.
Whln in 1860-60, under low tariffs,
brought about by Djmocratic legisla
tion, bonds were issued to raise money
fur a treasury deficiency, Vi per cent,
had to be paid for the cash. Republi
can successes on the battle field aud in
legislation have raised the govern
ment's credit at home and abroad since
then, so that bonds can now be sold
paying 3 per cent, intersst. But they
are not administration bonds; they are
the people's promises fo pay, and the
people will have a Republican admin
istration in power to see that the b jndi
are pai l when they shall mature.
The Off ial statement of the an
thracite coal shipments published in
another colnmn shows that the ship
ments of anthracito coal to market in
1693 aggregated 48,069.569 tons. This
is the largest amount of anthracite coal
ever sent-to market in a single year. It
is a remarkable fact that while almost
every important Industry has felt the
blighting effects of the proposed tariff
chanies.that of anthracite has escaped.
The price of coal has been well main
tained, even in comparison with the
figures made by the McL;ol combina
tion in the previous year, and the lead
ing carrying companies made unusu
ally good earnings
.
TO BETTER TRADE.
All kinds and degrees of propositions
for the betterment of the nation wi 11 be
advanced In Washington January 08
at the assemblage of the National
Board of Trade. For example, the New
York board wants international recip
rocity and a national monetary com
mission; the PTiiladeltibia board think
an executive department of commerce
and manufacture wonld be a great ad vantage,
and the Chicago board is con
vinced that among the crying needs of
the hour is a comprehensive law for
the protection of mail carriers, express
messengers nnd railway passengers
against train robbers.
In regard to the interstate commerce
law, which haa so long been a bone of
contention nt these national, gather
ings the various boards seem to be as
widely apart as ever. Even in cities
having more than one trade organiza
tion represented in the national body,
agreement la uncommon. Thus, the
St. Louis Builders' and Merchants' ex
changes want the present law re
pealed unconditionally, while on the
other hand the Wholesale Associated
grocers of St. Louis declare emphatic
ally for the law's better enforcement.
Several boards favor the law's amend
ment sons to provide u practicable and
equitable scheme of government super
vlilou of interstate commerce with
out assuming to deny to the common
carriers rights vouchsafed to all other
business men.
Nearly every board in tho country
Indorses the priuciple of the Torruy
bankruptcy law. An overwhelming
tlmjoritv condemns tho income tax,
favors the retention of the state bank
tax and urges a revision of our banking
and currency laws with a view to
guaranteeing greater stability while
providing, if possible, against audden
stringencies. Very many of the boards
condemn the present agitation of the
tariff as hurtful and neediest; and n
considerable number recorameud the
preservation intact of the one hundred
million dollar gold reserve, while sev
eral favor its enlargement by law, to
a point insuring the national credit
under any and all probable circum
stances. In fact, the tenor of these
propositions bean out the oontoutiou
that tho moving powers of commerce,
iudustry and finance are in substantial
accord with the fundamental princi
ples of the Republican pwty, and that
tho Democratic, victory of one year ago
was a spasmodio assertion of agrarian
and socialistic luuaoy rather than a
sober indorsement by thinking persous
of tho Democratic party, its pulley or
its chiefs.
POWDERLY'S VINDICATION.
Ex-Master Workman Powderly h is
kept silent to some purpose. Eighteen
delegates to the late general assembly
of the Knights of Labor, held iu Phil
adelphia, issued to members of the or
der yesterday u secret circular, giving
In detail the work of Ule late general
assembly which has been kept out of
the iniiintesuf the assembly by tleneral
Secretary-Treasurer John W Hayes.
The circular deals principally with
the discomfiture of Mr. Hayes in bis
charges against Powderly. Wright and
Devlin, then ftMtbtM of the gouoral
executive board, and the forcing out of
Mr. Powderly bv the illegal election of
the new general executive board. Tht
letter of resignatiDii by Mr. Powderly,
for the first time ma le public reveals
that gent Ionian jjst as his nearest
frieuds always knew him, a man of
probity, honor, scorning to do a nwuu
act, und willing to incur iguomiuy
rather than surrender self respect and
manhood for power and emolument.
As to the personal charges made by
Hayes, Powderly produced the gen
eral secretary-treasurer's receipt for
the pavneiit of the printing which
that officer had charged bs had "'t
paid or offered to pay for. Ibvliu pro
duced receipts for the money he hail
puidouton accouut of the Mammoth
mine suti-rer, and the general secretary-treasurer's
own receipt of the
balance which be had return 1. An
examination of the books bv the fi
nance t oiuwittee showed that tho
charge acainst Wright wus also false.
So complete was tiie refutation of
the charges of personal dishonesty that
the general secretary-treasurer was
compelled to confess on the tlior of the
general assembly, in answer to a di
rect question by Representative Oree
uan, of New York, that there was ab
solutely no truth In them nnd yet all
the tacts which exonerated Mr. Pow
derly and Devlin and Wright were
studiously withheld from record, thus
Indicating the malevolence behind the
conspiracy to assassinate the lofty
character of ourhonored fellow citizen.
Mr. Powtlerly occupies a loftier place
iu the esteem of those whose good opin
ion is valued, ei-cfticio, than if he had
remained, surrendering self-respect,
chief of the Knights of Labor.
FOR
A SCHOOL CENSUS.
The statement of State Suprintend
ent Scbaeifer that while he favors the
principle of compulsory education, he
does not beiievj the time for an appli
cation of it has been reached in Penn
sylvania, adds foroe to the need, which
he readily recognizes, of a trustworthy
state school census. If such a census
could bo taken tomorrow, we believa
that it would reveal a largs percentage
of illiteracy, which compulsory educa
tion, alone, would overcome Just how
large this percentage wonld be, we
are not prepared to state. All compu
tations upon this subject have been
more or less haphazsrd. Henca Pro
fessor SchaefTer's advoctcy of an enu
meration that will be approximately
accurate in its work and results, and
hence the candid admission of friends
of compulsory education that they sup
port it as a principle, upon evidence
supplied by personal observation rather
than upon evidence collected through
out the commonwealth by trained and
expert statisticians.
At the same time, they are not worso
off in this reinject than the opponents
of compulsion, who condition their dis
belief not upon proof of compulsory
education's failure to educate, but upon
general and rather ill-tempjrad repng-
nance to what they call "paternalistic
force." Rather than see "force" exer
cised, they would prefer to see a large
percentage of our coming citizens re
main illiterate. Their position is pre
cisely that of the Democtats in con
gress, who wonld sooner hare elections
tl at were conceitedly corrupt than, in
the institution of ballot-box safe
guards, to recognizi the right of the
state to take eff ctiv measures of sslf -protection,
fearing that the state
might go too far. The evidence in
other states where compulsory educa
tion has been fsirly tested shows that
It docs educate. Hstice the proba
bility that it wonld have similar ant:
cess in Pennsylvania; but a collection
of acenrate statistics here wonld put
the entire sut j ct in clearer and surer
relief.
One result of the l'arr fres text book
law has been exhibited in an increased
attendance at our public schools This
law has, therefore, done much to de
t rve the commendation of the public,
even though it render necessary larger
School rooms nnd more of them. The
state can well afford to look with satis
faction on a law which m ikes neces
sary the e nlargeine'nt of our common
school facilities. If a compulsory
education law is to be deferred as we
understand Professor Schaeffer to im
ply, mainly because its enactment
would overtax our present school ac
commodations, then let this thing be
remedied by Increased appropriations
ull atofitr the line. Let lis not delay
tho correction of tho weighty ovil of
illiteracy for no other reason than oao
of ptinginess In the support of our com
mon school system.
and refused - protested, in other words
for want of funds. To meet the
emergency, the government advertised
live million dollars of bonds for sale,
Less than half the amount was bid for,
and tho bids that were made ranged
from ten to thirtytix per cent. A few
capitalists iu New York finally made a
pool bid for fifteen hundred thons aud
dollars at twelve per cent., on the ei
presa condition that the sum should be
used to pay the interest ou the public
debt, thus preventing an otherwise iu
evitnbln default; and under this en
couragement others enmn forward aud
took tho rest of tho five million dollais
at the same rate. That proceeding
wrb simply a borrowing of money to
pay the ruiinia,!; expenses of the gov
ernment, and Carlisle's ott'r to sell
bonds at the praseut time has precisely
the same meaning it is well to keep
this fact in mind for future nthotiou
The government has been incurring a
monthly indebtedness ot from tlvo mil
lion to Rovou million dollar? ever ilbot
the begiuuiug of the current fiscal
year, on account of insufficient re
ceipts to moat the expenditures; and
the only way to py that indebtedness
is to issue bonds and sell them fur
what they will bring.
Fortunately, the public credit was
made so good while the Republicans
wero in power that money can now be
borrowed at a much lower rate of Inter
It than that which had to ba paid in
Buchanan's time; but after a few years
of experience with tho kind of tariff
that the Democrats are about to ostab
lllh, the sitmtion will be no better
than it was when twelve per cent, was
exaoted, aud it w almost impossible
to sell bonds at any price. Tho Wilson
bill is virtually a duplioation of the
law utnlor which the treasury wan
bankrupted before the war, aud all
kinds of industries were paralyzd.
We cannot reasonably expsct any bet
ter results from a s.'cond trial of the
experiment than those which followed
the tii. it, aud there is no Wiling what
will become of the public credit by the
time tho Demoerats are turned out
Tht selling of baud in the existing
emergency is an unavoidable necessity,
and so the Republicans will reluct
antly consent to It; but tho significant
ami instructive fact remains that such
necessities Arise only under tho condi
tions of Democratic rule.
Tin: Ar.i.L editor of the Philadelphia
Times, having become recently accus
tomed to apolitical regimen of aurora
borealla, bolts down the Carlisle bon I
issue with the optimistic prediction that
the "fifty millions of bonds will biing
iu sufficient int-n y not merely to restore
tho balauce in the treasury. but to meet
tho probable requirements of the year,
and with the completion of the legisla
tion of the session there will be no
further trouble." No further trouble
for Democrats, possibly; fortius year's
work will just about finish their pe
riod of responsibility, in congress. But
it will make lots of trouble for the
administration which ten years hence
will hare to pay off these bonde and
meet the other enormous deficiencies
of the prcsant "reform" ers.
FflO-RE;N0S12fcrt
DRUNKENNESS.
late!. It (WKuLii) Iumj iX eraall tat
V:yuVjV& ttt 1a: .
Ojrsi tus Tobacco Habit easily without die-
, nmiforr
CARLISLE'S BOND ISSUE.
Never before in tho history of this
country except once just preceding the
opening of tho rebellion, has the secre
tary if tho treasnry bofcn called upon
lo issue bonds to meet a deficit in the
government revenues In lMVi flo when
Buchanan was president, and a tariff
for revenue only had been in operation
for several years, the treasury was
bankrupt, and general business and iu
dustrial depression prevailed. All the
receipts rrom every source bad been
absorbed, the public debt had been
largely increased, and unpaid creditors
were clamoring for tliejr monsy.
The speaker's warrants for the pay of
member of congress were presented dainty dish to si
Ol tlOM 18 too dearly purchased when
it costs all the honors and manliness
that constitute self-respect.
WEAK OOT some handsome public
buildings in Hcranton, but ws haven't
got enough of them.
.
MINOR FACTS AND FANCIES.
Tho celebrated Clover club last night
ueiu one oi us no loss celebrated banquets
All Philadelphia was there that is to say
all or It that represents the quintessence
of brain aud Klll ih the (Junker Citv
whilo among thoso present from elsewhere
were several personages lustrous in cou
temporary annals, not all of those who
received invitations were able to be there
m the Mesh; but each corporally absent
one ww hilariously present in spirit mid
good fell wship. Among those who didn't
show up except in a regretful sense was
Henry t uy t. arletoo, the journalist, auth
or piayvngui. in a letter to Charles It
Deacon, the club's affable secretary, Mr
Car let-jr satisfactorily explains why.
Ami this is the wherefore of the where
as: "I would like to have an explanation
as to why an invitation to dino with yonr
esteemed club always arrives when I am
out of town; or why 1 am always onto
town when tho invitation arrives. H
not apparent to me that I take a long and
expenniva journey at UN rffk of my life
nuti unit), and with only Dartlsl Insnrann
to nv.iid getting an invitation todino with
the t. lover club, and it is euuiilly incom
pretiensibie to me why the Clover club
hoiild select a the proper tune to I or war
a dining invitation to no, the exact date
when I am m llnhokus or I'odunk, Boston
or J'eorla. 1 have tried to reason it out
neginning at ennerenu or the argument
and failing to arrivo nt any conclusion
nattering lo my sanity or your hospitality
have begun In the middle and woiked on
ootn theories nt once nil without extract
log oven n grain ol rationnl pmhabilitv
am then-tore obliged to set down this re
curring coincidence as one of those oi-Ik .,
a merciful but inscrutable Providence for
wnicn we annually nil ourselves with
gratitude and crauherry sauco, or to as
cribe it to the sntno general enssedness
which evolved wi-Kinley, .vaccination
Lieveianu anu tue grip.
' Tciniit me, however, to observe thnt I
sha II not be able to be nt the Clover club
(tinner on thn lM.h, partly for other reasons
and partly sstcaase I an compelled to b
iu - ii you reauy meant to send
me an Invitation with the idea flint
wniilU bt present. I am under
tions, and will hop inv lamp of gratitude
burning brightly until I hear from you
again, ii you clandestinely nscortainert
neioienaim tnat l was to be In Chicago
nd only sunt the Tnvlt ntion to mako tne
reel Diidiy, you may consider that some
pony in a heated manner is giving You his
run permission to go to the deuce. I meai
business. I have Imen gotting (these clo
ver club invitations oft' and on, particu
larly off, forseven years, nnd tony have
niways ming nro. i am a pesceabln man.
I stay at home nine tenths of the yesr.aud
whim nny portion ot that lime, i will
travel a long way over a razor-bsek road
to attend one or the meetings of your club,
but I nover receive a bidding until a mr
feet cyclone of buMnoas sweep ms bodily
out. of th state. Then 1 promptv hear from
you. My patience Is eilmnsted, I do not
believe you intend giving a dinner on that
evening; 1 do not Ullevo you ever bad a
flinucr. Tho Clover club is a myth "
AVOID
THE
GRIP
Goldsmith's 3 &azaar
mmm sssi
UY WEARING
Fleece Lined Hygienic
UNDERWEAR
This is no
convinced.
fake, Try it am.1 bt'
Mammoth Red Letter Clearing Sale
Boys' Clothin
Stock Being Closed Out at a Great Discount liecauae We In
tend to Give Up This Department for Want of Room.
CONRAD
HEl.UNi! AdlCNT.
HATTER
But H Didn't Suecid.
Shenaiutmih Herald.
t-'ruel, llcoutious, idolalroiu and full of
barbarous revenge, unwilling to brook
any restraint on her savagn Instlntt this
Is the queen whom a president of the
I'nlteU .states proposed to rostore to abso
lute power over a community containing
over 2,00H freo born Americans, meu
womu nud children.
N. A. HULBERT'3
City Music Store,
- VOM1NU AVE . BCRANTOfc
NTKINWAY SOX
Ol ( klilt IIUOTHUKS
Kit ANU II & HACK.
HI I 1,1, At UAUKIt
in
PIANOS
! a lares stock of flrst-stan
ORGANS
HVBtOAIi OlEUCIIANDlSH
1L. SIC, 1.1 U, 1.1 U
Boys' Cassimere Suits, worth $2.25; now $1.49.
Boys' Heavy Cheviot Suits, worth $3.50; now $1.98.
Boys' All-woolJersey Suits, worth $3.75; now $2.25.
Boys' Fine Cloth and Jersey Suits, worth $5; now $3.49.
Boys' Double-breasted Cloth Suits, worth $7.50; now $4 98.
Boys' Knee Pants, worth 60c; now 35c.
Boys' Knee Pants, best AH wool, worth $1.50; now 98c.
SEE
F.L. Crane's Hew Prices
FURS! FURSI
CAPES 18 INCHES DEEP.
French Coney Cupe, is iuctu'ti dct-p.
Astrakhan Cai-., " .
Astrakhan riis, '
Atarnkhau Cape, " " .
Dyed Opaasum CapsS " " .
Mon .ey ("apes, H ' .
Monkey Cap!., " ," ,
Nat. titter PtpH, " "
Nat, ottor Oapesj " " .
Krimnirr Outm, " M .
Biavr l.'apes, " " ,
Nntri CupcH, " " .
Susl or Pemian Capes " " .
Aliika Sent Capos, " " .
Alaska Seal Canst. " .
Mink i ;.i . . " "
Bl own Mai ton Cupcs " " ,
,.f 300
4 in
.. 5 Oil
. U 00
.. linO
.. Ii 00
.. 15 HO
. . Oil
.. 3SW)
.. 12 00
, . 'JA no
. lit M
. IU
.. 3300
,. so no
. . 50 00
. . X'5 00
CAPES 22 INCHES DEEP.
Astrakhan Capu, B Inches deep tlO 00
Baltic Sou Cup. s. 13 00
Klwtrie .el Capes, " 16 00
Frondi Coney Capes, " 1 00
Miuk Cants, " M CO
llrown Marten CtptS, 80 Oil
Monkey Cajee, " US W)
Highest Cash Prices Paid for Raw Furs,
Repairing Furs a Specialty.
B
LANK
LANK
HOOKS
HOOKS
MEMORANDLMS
Office Supplies of all kinds
Inks and Mucilages
tilADlKti makes.
Fine Stationery
Wlin',VATI':KM,N:iiu1 1'I'AN'K
I, IN FOUNTAIN PENS.
All (luararlteed.
Agouti for.CftWfofd'a Pral ntnl
Buok'fl ftexibta Rubbis stumps.
Reynolds Bros.
Stationers and Engravers.
817 LACKAWANNA AVK.
The above stock was all made for the best retail trade and
can now be obtained cheaper than shoddy ready-made clothing.
Goldsmith Brothers & Company.
Mercereau & Connell
307 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
DIAMONDS,
and Fine Jewelry, Leather Goods,
Clocks, Bronzes', Onyx Tables,
Shell Goods, Table and Ban
quet Lamps, Choicest Bric-a-
Brac, Sterling Silver Novelties.
NEVERSUF HORSE SH
E
THE
SNOW
WHITE
FLOUR
IS THE BEST.
Removable and Self-sharpening Calks.
We are sole agents for Bradford. Columbia, Lacka
wanna, Luzerne, Montour, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna,
Wayne aiul Wyoming counties, State of Pennsylvania.
Catalogue on application.
THE WESTON MILL CO,,
SCRANTON, FA.
THE
Upholstery Department
OF-
Bittenbender&Co.,Scrantoni?;!!tir
Wholesale and retail dealers' in WagotmialcerY and Blacksmiths'
Supplies, Iron and Steel.
Ice .'. Skates,
All Prices and all Sizes.
IToote c Sliear Co.
513 LACKAWANNA AVE.
Peim Avenue,
Is replete with fine and
' medium Parlor Suits, Fancy
Rockers, Couches and
Lounges for the Holiday
1 Trade. Prices to Suit all.
I Also Bed Room Sets.Din-
ing Room and Kitchen Fur
niture. Parlor Suits and
I Odd Pieces Re-upholstered
in a Substantial manner.
Will be as good as new.
LUTHER KELLER
KING'S WINDSOR CEMENT FOR
PLASTERING. '
SEWER PIPES, FLUE LININGS
LIMB, CEMENT
Office, 813 West Lacka
wanna Ave.
Quarries and Works,
Portland. Pa.
THE DICKSON MANUFACTURING CO
ECU ANTON AND WII.KK9 BARRE. TA, MANUFACTURERS Olf
Locomotives and Stationary Engines, Boilers,
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY.
General OfHee. SCRANTON.
PA
ASK YOUR GROCER AND INSIST UPON HIS FURNISHING YOU WITH
BampU cf ttotrnpolltan Journalism.
Philad-tphtn Pttst,
Ah ! there, Uclo ! Hta? there I The
American people are with you, old 'liat.
pie I r
Dainty Dith for (tuaen LI I.
The provisional govornment witli
aionary 't-'BHntil
MiIb-
STOWEES
DELICIOUS, MILP BtTOAR OUnHD ABSOLtTTEL V E1T.M
HAMS. LARD.
EVERY HAM AND RAIL OF LARD BRANDED.
a v,ry 1 rHE trtTl111i THE STOWERS PACKING CO., SCRANTON, PA
DO YOU SELL?
OR ARK YOU
MAKING PRESENTS?
6f Mixed Candy. CI tor Toya,
or any itylt d Candy or Nuts,
Btpttos SVnjsons, Velocipedes,
Trieyiles, Doll Cabs. Drums
01 Toys of every kiml.
DOLLS
Chiua. DolU, Wav Dolls,
Dalent Dolls. Jointed Dolls,
any kind ofdoll from 28otoito
SLEDS OR SLEIGHS
For Hoys, Ciils or Dolls, iu
Maple. Oak or Iron, lioui 'JSe.
to 15.00.
BICYCLES
We leave tlif Modfl and
pi iocs are right.
and retail.
our
WUolesalu
J. DJ WILLIAMS U BRO.,
31 a Lacka. Ava,
moke :i BPfcVIAI.TY of mipplving com
mittee) tor siuudiiy School,, Fain, Fitli
Frank P. Brown & Co,
WltoMaaM Dealer, In
Woodware, Cordage and Oil Cloth
720 West Lackswanna Ave.
Manufacturer' Agenti fur
I. A All-S aud OLAJSaWAKlL
CHui.'kLKIi 1,