rHTC SCRAXTON TKTRTJNE THT.T RSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 1. 18H.
SCKANTON TRIBUNE
F. E. WOOD,
General Manager.
M 1I 1MU I' DAILY AND "Ltlvi v IN BclUS'
1U.N. PA., UY lift 'iimiVSK FtULUHIMJ
Com pa nt.
New Yohk OrriOE: Tiudd-m BiitLuno,
Fkank 6. uhay. Manaoeil
Eutertd at the Pottofflcc at BcrtmtO, Pa ,
Sccvrtd Clan Mail Hotter.
1HE SCRANTON TRIBUNE
SCKANTON, FEBKUARY I, 18M.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET
FO K CO N Q K E S S M A N - AT L A R Q K,
QALUSHA A. tiROW,
OF BTJBQOIHANNA.
ELECTION FEBRUARY 20.
BUT DON'T TRIFLE.
I IVi'H be found a wrong polky, in
the long run, to deceit e the public by
flaring announcement! of prtw reduc
tion that liace no tJtUttnc in fact.
Ihe mtrehant a ho funis iople wilt
toon June u omutUnmcy of fool, one
itroiiu clement of uu adrtrtiumtnt'
tuMWM (i ihe churaettruj tht nmmi who
stands iuW.- of it. The flnett oj tUh
wouldn't kttp a piij cUan. Tht neatest
and lie eerext of biwblMI annuume
MMIttl couldn't p, ' niuncntly float an
mUrpriu not integrally honut.
Fob a monopoly which li variously
teporteJ to have e.pird by limitation,
the telephouo mouopuly soeuii to be a
very vinl corns.
-
Wilts TBI time comes that the busi
tiesor American leniilatiou ahall be
iutmsteU to American businen men,
there will be fewer pauicj and vastly
fewer tarirt scares.
BlXATOR UaBKUEY'I withdrawal In
the iuttreit of party peace would have
been a great deal more simiiticaut itory
if it had tint had the approbation of
Seuator Marklev
That was a sugxeative incident
when a lending profeMor of Yale uni
versity at a recent biiuquet responded
to the toast: "President Dole -Every
Inch a Man." And yet, come to think
of it, what else could he say of Pole':
Thk WISDOM OF a house-to-house can
vass for Oalusha A. Cirow lies not in
the fact that his electiou is iu any
doubt, but iu the imperative need of
getting every possible Democratic citi
zen out of his partisan paralysis..
.
It VtoCLD ssem to be the part of
economy ou behalf of the electric com
panies themselves to put their wires
underground, nnd thus avoid such
breakdowns and interruptions as those
which resulted from Monday night's
torn). The public, of ooorat, has an
interest in this matter; but isn't the
self-interest of the wird stringers it
self nearly sufficient to effect a near
reform'1
EDITOR Boyd of Wilkes Barre, whose
auimadvsrsions on Democratic men
and measures pussees a breeziness aud
informality that must be highly shock
ing to sticklers for partisan propriety,
finds fault with Representative Hines'
recent tariff speech because it "ad
vances nothing new. " And yet what
novelty can you expect from an econ
omist wbt virtually says he is "agin"
the Wilson bill but in favor of its en
forcement? -
I ;' WOCU) be important news, if true,
that Mr. i iladstone contemplates fped
11 y resigning. In the natural order of
things, this indefatigable octogena
rian mutt soon relinquish the cares of
active political leadership in behalf of
shoulders buoyant with the lustiness
of mature physical manhood. But it
is improbable that this voluntary re
tirement will, as rumored, precide the
re-opening of parliament. The fight
ing blood In the premier's veius would
not thus easily submit to the tamencss
of a premature resignation.
-
The bane of Atactic i . legislation is
tat disproportion among American leg
islators of those who are practical busi
ness men, as distinguished from mere
politicians. -The present administra
tion is in tbo hands of men who are
mere politicians. It is at the mercy of
individuals like Senator Yoorhees, who,
in a political sense, would scuttle a ship
or abduct a sheep with easy and indif
ferent avidity Tha facile flip flops of
theso politic il chevaliers add their
quota to the hilarity of tun mirth-loving
multitude, but they do not con
serve the stability of American institu
tions And there will not come a re
currence of stable and conservative
rule until the business of legislation is
entrusted to men who know their busi
ness: until the great responsibility of
framing the laws for s ixly-iivu millions
of people is removed from jester and
Lsrlequins aud confided to real states
men. Amoso the political upheavals of last
fall a notable one occurred in Buffalo,
resulting in the election of the first
Republican city elerk iu eight years.
Tns fortnnate official, who is just get
ting comfortably settled in his new po
sition, was Mark B, Hubbel I. a well
known and popular journalist. Mr.
HubbeU's election is another trophy in
Editor E H. Butler's well filled
political scalp belt. Scrautonian
frisnds of Mr. Butler know his
ability as a political tighter. He
took up the case of Mr Hubbell, who
was one of bis trusted journalistic
lieutenants, and are the Hheehan city
hall crowd knew what had happened,
Mr. HubbeU's candidacy had been
crowned with sucoess. It will be re
membered that Dan Lamont had a sim
ilar start in politics and it would be a
queer coincidence if the man who dis
covered Orover Cleveland for whioh
he is heartily sorry -and thus indirectly
unearthed Lamont, should now be nurs
ing third potentiality iu Empire
Blata politics.
The election of the Republican can
didate. Lemuel Oiigg, Tuesday in a
fttw York city congressional district
that laat time polled a nine-thousand
Democratic majority is portentous of
tht fate whioh awaits tbe Dtmooratlo
party in next November's division.
Mr. (juigg was accorded the nomina
tion literally us au only bope. Nobo.ly
else would have it. Nobody else would
pay the coat of a postage stamp to ac
knowledge tbe receipt of u nomination
that apparently mennt inevitable
defeat. But Mr. tjuigg, like the
good uowspaper man that ho Is, set
tled down to his assignment
with unvarying zenl; made a personal
house-to home canvass, explained the
political situation to each vjter in that
terse, graphic and straightforward
Anglo-Saxon that becomes the joarnal
istic second tongue, aud whilo the pol
iticians wore making sport of his fatu
ity, lo, be thundered down tho last
quarter, so to speak, and passed under
wire, a clean neck in the lead. It is a
victory that bids fair to become his
toric. But it is also n victory that
shows how thoroughly tho people aro
repenting them of the inscrutable
blunder of 1899,
STATE THE CASE.
Considerably more than half of the
cost of the proposed bridge improve
ments will remain in circulation in
this city. It will be In a sense a direct
contribution to tho relief of the exist
ing financial pinch, with this differ
ence, that the city itself will receive I
permanent and invaluable equivalent.
It will profit first from the money
started In home circulation; and it will
profit subsequently by the conveniences
which the money will construct.
Although nothing has outw.irdlv de
veloped to lead to the belief that the
bridge improvements will not go
through, it is well to proceed along the
supposition that there is serious oppo
sition and, with that idea, to make the
explanations and tho arguments irre
sistibly clear. It is certainly no argu
ment to contend that because "times
are hard'' the citiziiis of Scrantou
should hesitate to adopt a course which
would decidedlv tend to loosen them
Nor is it sufficient to contend in the
northern secliou that the only benefic
iaries are the people of the central city
and South and West Sides. You can
not improve Buy part of Scrantou with
out benefitting all of Scrauton. Nor
can North Eud residents appeal for ap
propriations for sectional improve
ments upon the basis of hostility to
every other division of the munici
pality. Let us have some definite statement
of tho caso against these improve
ments, if (there be a cave. Let some
body who opposes the public c invent
trices if there be any opponent, word
his reasons and father his arguments.
It is a subject which cannot hi injured
by full, free a'ld fearless discussion.
Do not let it go through in default of
any obstruction, in the event thatthers
is tangible ground for objecting to the
loan.
.
FOR A SNOW CARNIVAL.
If the capricious individual who pre
sides over the weather department
may be relied upon long enough to per
mit us to advance the suggestion, why
should Scrautouians not have a snow
carnival.' The beautiful sleighing of
yesterday, the spirited drives enjoyed
by hnudreds of our citlzms, the en
gaging frost scenes that please the eye
on every side as one spins merriiy along
the level thoroughfares leading out of
the city, combine to make a general
carnival timely and desirable.
In an individual sense these pleasaut
features of the frost king's belated ar
rival were heartily onjoved all day and
long into the night. And there are
features of this crystalline sport that
do not need in fact, that do not want
-the presence of a large convocation
to bring out their subtlsst charms.
The Scrauton young man, in the double
Intoxication of tonic oxygen and pla
tonic roniauce, might be excused for
protesting against the prosjacs of the
proverbial crowd
Nevertheless, there are sedate men
and matrons among our citizenship;
and possibly, too, some invulnerable
young ones who wonld delight to take
part in a large and enthusiastic oar
nival; who would find genuine relaxa
tion and enjoyment in the buzzing
swish, fiasn and jingle of a long line of
merry-makers, with tumult nnd move
ment adding constant gparklu to the
glitter of the moonlit snow and the
fancy decorations of the kaleidoscopic
pageantry. An evening sleighing car
nival by all means. It would fulfill all
the conditions of novelty and delight
fulness. NEED OF SYMPATHY,
There is a vast deal of true philos
ophy in tho seriocomic grace with
which that veteran journalist and un
equalled satirist, John Russell Young,
defends the need of a Cleveland con
solation society. Proceeding upon the
assumption that our honored magis
trate came into the presidency with his
head among the stars mi l his nostrils
8111(11081116 sweat parfume of extra
human inspiration, Mr. Young con
tends that his greatest single need is
for somebody to offer him sympathy.
First of all, he needs sympathy on be
hnlf of bis extraordinary cabinet,
which, in Mr. Young's opinion, repre
sents "neither the leadership nor the
statesmanship of tho Democratic
party." Financial complications, gro
teiqutly intensified by tho ineffable in
efficiency of that "intrepid Don
CiMar de Bazan of the Djmocraoy, "
Senator Dsn Yoorhees, afford a second
need. While we are 'sweeping tow
ard a Niagara of bankruptcy ;'' whilo
our easy-going treasury secretary
"cannot approximate within fifty mil
lions of what he owos," and while,
with "money never so abundant in
financial exchanges, and with a credit
that under President Harrison was the
best In the world, we are about to go
into the market to borrow at double
the rate of Interest paid by Great
Britain," Mr. Young thinks there
Would be fine opportunity for a con
genial political company to tender our
star-fed executive their kindly commis
eration. And then Hawaii. "Blunder upon
blunder, because our esteemed chief
magistrate would even in foreign af
fairs walk with his head among the
stars! He might have read what bad
been done by Jefferson and Marcy and
Hamilton Fish in the conduct of foreign
affairs. He might have walked wisely
in the lustre of the precedents left by
these eminent men in our diplomacy.
Bat a president with a mandate can
not dwell upon traditions. He must
appoint 'paramount' adventurers to re
place accredited, experienced Ambassa
dors; he must pull down the American
flag with its honored emblazonment "
This, thinks Mr. Young, would afford
the centra) jewel in the sparkling dia
dem of great opportunities for sympa
thise overtures aud messages of con
dolence. Altogether, it is the opinion of tbe
astute Philadelphia clubman, jour
nalist nnd man of affair that such a
conftrouce for sympathetic purposes
only, would havo a declied vahi9
"The people," bo truly says, "are not
unfriendly to the president. They
would be iu touch with him. But
they have an old fashioned prejudice
that cabinet ministers should be found
sjtnoofl the party leaders and not on
New England fishing smacks, or in the
offices of corporations; that they Bhould
bo statesmen rather than chums- They
love tho old flag with a clumsy adora
tion aud roseut its coming down at the
bidding of resentment or capric?. They
revere the supremo court and shudder
at the Idea of a nomination to that
Inlty station becoming the guerdon of
a politicians' brawl. They have a cling
log faith iu the financial legislation,
which brought the country under Har
rison to the highest point of prosperity.
They believe that the president shonld
accept the lessons of the late elections,
and abandon those ciballatic experi
ments in statesmanship which add to
the burdens of the people. Thus be
lieving they feel that Mr. Cleveland
luight not only justify the hopss
awakened by tho t.-onservativo char
actor of his first administration, but live
in history as a president, unfortunate,
perhaps, but With good intentions; a
president who could not dissever him-
sslf from the body of death called D'iu
ocracy, aud who failed because it was
not iu the economy of government that
this political conglomeration which
gave him power could be other thau a
burden aud a curse to the republic."
MINOR FACTS AND FANCIES.
tine of the Oklahoma 'remiuincences
which Captiiu Delauoy tells with great
unction explains how it came about that
the west two years ago went so Insanely
L.-ijioc:rutie. A farmer. Bon Jones, bad
taken a sod claim to luo acres of fine vir
gin land. T ue Urt year bo raised some
excellent wheat, brought It to Oklahoma
City and Bold it readily for 93 couts per
bushel. .Much elated, ue went to the cap
tain nnd wanted to "prove up his claim,"
which means get a quick title by making
an extra payment. Captain Uelauey tells
the rest as follows:
"1 asked Jones if he hail his mortgage
lifted, if he had all the implements need
ed, if his houso was lo gjod shape. Prov
ing up a cluim means usually qaite an
outlay: to au industrious mau working on
borrowed capital it is best not to bo tu any
hurry. Jones saw the point, uud instead
of spending the proceeds of his tiret year's
industry for a needless bit of government
paper put part of it on his mortgage and
the remainder in eularglug his farm equip
ment. "One year ago this last fall while
1 was standing ou the hotel porch,
there parsed a Democratic procession.
Ve elected only one man, u territorial
delegate; aud 1 Whs especially interested
in seeing n Republican win. But here
was a parade of fellows whose homes
had beeu given them by Republican leg
islation, following a baud and carrying
mottoes about 'Harrison and Hard Times.'
(.trover aud Prosperity. And at the very
front of the parade, astride a bucking
broucho, sat my man Jones. -J ones must
have seen mo, lor be looksd sheepish, aud
turned his face away. But I Suid nothing.
1 knew my sentiments would keep. Sv
eral days later, Jones awkwardly shu tiled
into my office and this conversation took
place :
" aiood morning, Mr. Jones.'
" 'Morning, cap'u.'
" 'What can I do for yOttf
" 'Well, cap'n,! guess this time I'll prove
up my claim.'
" 'All right; it will cost g Jiu. Have you
brought tuo money:"'
" 'No, but I've sent my boy down to the
depot with 400 bushels of tuefiuest wheat
ever raised in Dklahoma, aud i reckon
he'll bring me the price purl' soon,'
" 'So you have bad a second fine crop of
wheat, eh1 What d you holdyoiir wheat
ar'
" '0, last time I got 9;l cents, and this
year my wheat is a good deal finer. 1
onght to get '.'7 or cents.'
" 'Do you expect to prove up your claim
on tho proceeds of wheat sold at 'Ji cents'
" 'Y'ep.'
'"Could you do it if you got only lis
cents?'
''dee, whiz, cap'u, what do you moan"
"'Why, I ineau, vou great, hulking
Idiot, that after borrowing money of u
Republican friend with which to lay out a
lttD-acre home presented to you by an net
of Republican legislation; and then, after
g-tting 93 c-i-nts per bashel for tho wheat
grown ou this baudsome gift farm, you
went to tho polls lik an unhung Migrate,
voted to kirk your bsnefactors out of
power, howlsjd up and down the territory
about tho oppressiveness of farm mort
gages, decided to try a change aud that
now, under this change, you will got just
as cents per bushel for that wheat, pro
vided they'll buy It at all, which is doubt
ful. What do I mean!' Why, 1 mean that
if 1 wns in your place, Jones, I'd wap my
self off for a yellow dog and then hire tho
community to stone me out of sight.'
"'And,' added the captain in conclusion,
"1 havo tho pleasure of knowing that
Jones has since decided to return to the
truo faith, beg pardon and bo forgiven.
That's tbo typo of idiot, that elected
Urover Cleveland."
(
Buchanan to Carlisle.
Utui Journal,
President BnohtUMUl rebutted Secretary
Carlisle by anticipation nearly lorty years
ago, when he declared that It was "aruiu
OOS policy" to increase the national debt
"to meet tbe ordinary expeuses of the gov
ernment." - - -
Carlsinss Metrically Coribmned.
IklfMsjlorS 'ImeriYini.
It is gettiug to bo a general impressiou
among all classes that wires rhyme too
suggestively with Arcs, aud that the more
tbe former come down the less f rtqueutly
will tho latter go up.
-
It la a Questionable Tilbuti.
Haltiittvir Amei icon.
The anxiety of bis countrymen to hnvo
Minister Willis once more iu tho bosom of
hts country ought to be extremely flatter
ing to that gentleman's personal feeling.
Popolistluilly Speaking?.
Pi'f f &ui o Viii'titih
Jerry Slmp'on will run for congress
again. He still Beems to think that tho
dlamater of hts socklessness measures the
oircumfereuce of his availnbillty .
-e m
That Discredited Theatrical Tas
hiaiini Herald.
It would bo about as reasonable to com
pel a man who was conducting a hotel to
take out u uew license whenever he
changed bis clerks or barkeepers.
Jerry'i Poor Judgment.
Kins forl tl'oi M
Jerry Simpson baa very little confidence
in the idea that Kansas has regained Its
poll! leal sense. Ho announces himself as a
candidate for re-election.
No; They Elinplv Don't Care.
'omMpiiu Hecord, Ltm.
The authors of his Income tax in con
gress seem to think that the- American
people pay no taxes tor elate eouuty and
municipal purposes.
No Anarchleta Nerd Apply.
W'tlkefbane Sens Ittaltr.
There ought to be no room iu this coun
try for Europeau Anarchists.
DRUNKENNESS.
aat ts flvi"ru ( Uj (um ttt MrtsU. test
tttiUfcfte.A - aulii SMCsWsHub 4,
Cures the Tobacco Habit easily withuutdls-
comfort
AVOID
THE
GRIP
BY WEARING
Goldsmith's 3 Bazaar
OF
Ready-made Sheets and Pillow Cases
Workmanship the Best and Material only the Standard Well
known Brands of Cotton.
Fleece Lined Hygienic
UNDERWEAR
This is mi fiike. Try it and !e
convinced.
y
CONRAD, HATTER
BELLING AOBMT.
N. A. HULBERT'S
City Music Store,
WXUM1.VU AVB. SCKA.NTOii
STK1NWAY SON
1)1 t K I It UKOTHKIta un
Kit A Men & BACK tvtnss
b 1 LI, 1 Jt UAUtilt
PIANOS
Alit a large stock of nrst-cliu
ORGANS
Ml Mi i MEKCHAMHSU
ui mi;, l.ic. i tu
SEE
F.L Crane's New Prices
FURS! FURS!
CAPES 18 INCHES DEEP.
Lixom Bleached PilloW Cases, 45x36, 9 cents.
Lockwood Pillow Cases, 45x36 ) , 15 cents.
Lockwood Pillow Cases, 50x40 ' 4, 20 cents.
Lockwood Pillow Cases, 54x40'.., 22 cents.
Fruit of the Loom Pillow Cases, 45x36, 18 cents.
Fruit of the Loom Pillow Cases, 50x36, 20 cents.
. Fruit of the Loom Pillow Cases, 54x38' ., 23 cents.
Lockwood Unbleached Sheets, 81x90, 49 cents.
Lockwood Half Bleached Sheets, 81x90, 55 cents.
Lockwood Bleached Sheets, 90x90, 60 cents.
Lockwood Bleached Sheets, 81x90, 54 cents.
Lockwood Bleached Sheets, 90x90, 60 cents.
Fruit of the Loom Bleached Sheets, 81x90, 65 cents.
Fruit of the Loom Bleached Sheets, 90x90, 73 cents.
Hemstitched Sheets and Pillow Cases at a slight advance.
This is about the cost of material, without any charge for the
labor in making.
Goldsmith Brothers & Company
Mercereau & Connell
307 LACKAWANNA. AVEXUti
DIAMONDS,
and Fine Jewelry, Leather Goods,
Clocks, Bronzes, Onyx Tables.
Shell Goods, Table and Ban
quet Lamps, Choicest Bric-a-Brac,
Sterling Silver Novelties.
Frem h Coney Cape-i, IS Inches
Adtrekhuii Caput.
Astrakhan Cejiea, "
Atsiakbun Capue,
Dyed ' i-ii Cape "
Moiuev rupee, "
Moi.key Capus,
Nat Otter Capos, "
Nat. Otter C'apiH, "
Krlmmer Cape, "
Heaver Capes, "
N'uiriu Capes, "
Seal or Persian Canes "
Alavku Seal Cupea,
Alaska Seal Capes, "
Mink Capes. "
Brown Marten Capes "
deep.
8 3 001
. 4 UU I
,. fi UU
. v m
, 0 00 I
. i ;uu
15 IU
. !M00
. ;t rjuu
. 18 00
, 115 UU
. 13 nu
. a uu
. 34 0U
. 5U UO
. 5OU0
. l-ViUO
CAPES 22 INCHES DEEP.
Astrakhan Capes. InchtS deep iJlO 00
Baltic Sea Capes. " WW
Klectrlc M-al Capes, it 00
Frum-li Coney I 'apes, " 0 00
Mink Capus, 50 CO
(Mown Marten I 'apes, " WW
Monkey Capes, " 1'5 00
Highest Cash Frices Paid for Raw Furs,
Repairing Furs a Specialty.
NEVERSLIP HORSE SH
Removable and Self-sharpening Calks,
THE
SNOW
WHITE
FLOUR
IS THE BEST.
L 'THE WESTON MILL CO..
We are sole agents for Bradford, Columbia, Lacka
wanna, Luzerne, Montour, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna,
Wayne and Wyoming counties, State of Pennsylvania.
Catalogue on application.
B
LANK LOOKS
LANK BOOKS
MEMORANDl'MS
Office Supplies of all kinds
Inks and Mucilages
UUDIKG makes.
Fine Stationery
WIRT, WATERMAN and PRANK
LIN F01 NTAIN PENS.
All Guaranteed
Agents for i. .'raw lord's Pens -and
Buck's Flexible Rubber Stamps,
l
Reynolds Bros.
Stationers and Engraven.
817 LACKAWANNA AVE,
Bittenbender&GoJcranton,
Wholesale and retail dealers' In WagoDinakerj' aud Blacksmiths'
Supplies, Iron aud Steel.
Ice .'. Skates,
All Prices and all Sizes.
Foote & Shear Co.
513 LACKAWANNA AVE.
LUTHER KELLER
KING'S WINDSOR CEMENT FOB
PLASTERING
SEWER PIPES, FLUE LININGS
LIME, CEMENT.
Office, 813 West Lacka
wanna Ave.
Quarries and Works,
Portland, Pa
THE DICKSON MANUFACTURING CO.
SCKANTON AND WILKES BARRE. PA. MANUFACTURERS O?
Locomotives and Stationary Engines, Boilers,
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY,
General Oftice, SCKANTON. PA.
SCRANTON, PA.
THE
Upholstery Department
or
William : Sisseoberger
Cppoaite Baptiit Church,
Penn 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 be as good as new.
DO YOU SELL?
OR ART. Vol
MAKING PRESENTS?
of Mixed Cattily. Clear Toys,
or any stylo of c'mij or Nuts,
l-xpi t ss wftgons, Velocipedes,
Tricycles, Doll Cabs, Drutoi
or Toys of every kind,
DOLLS
China Dolls, Was Dolls,
Patent Dolls, Jointed Molls,
any kind ol'doll from 26oto$15
SLEDS OR SLEIGHS
For Boys, (litis or Dolls, iu
.Maple, Oak or Iron, from '-'5c.
to 413.00.
BICYCLES
We have the mods and our
prices are right. Wholesale
and retail.
ASK YOUR GROCER AND INSIST UPON HIS FURNISHING YOU WITH
STOWERS'
DELICIOUS, I.TIIvD STTtS-AX OUHBD ABSOLUTELY IXT31BJ
HAMS. LARD.
EVERY HAM AND PAIL OF LARD BRANDED.
ehe TRADEuppLiEL) THE TOWERS PACKING CO., SCRANTON, FA
J. D. WILLIAV.S & BRO.,
314 Lacks. Ave.
W uieke i BPCCtALTS of eupplvtiiK ,'Jui
uiitteee lor SunJy School. Fair, VwetlvitU
Antl
Spagmodio Itie Vou uk
not cough If
roU trv; try
oart alter
applying
(.'ite :;
Matthews
Eros.,
Suantvii,Fa.