TTIK PCI? ANTON TKIKUNE-FRl O AY MORNTNG. FEBRUARY . 1894. SCRANTON TRIBUNE F. E. WOOD, General Manager. PCBUSHtn VAIl.r AN1 WIKKl.T IN 6CRA ton. Pa., my in Tmposi k'vautHKO OOkUrAar. Nkw Yoiik Ornoi: Tiiibunb niriuiiso. FRANK, 8. UHAT. Ua.VAGEII. PutcrtJ at tiit ffeataflce -if 8tro toe, iv. THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE. SCRANTON, FEBRUARY ISM. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET JOB OONQRKSSUAN-AT-LAROR ; M l sua A Q ROW, OP BUSQOKBANNA, ELECTION FEBRUARY FOR SELF PROTECTION. Stnutof Quay' jntdfctfrni fmt R'tfttm Mti triti juis aAuutd t sitjftc iVn! (u rtMawWMM Hiduii rVmi nyfrania iwipe-atirnaii ti doutl i jaWc Uiit) inM ivfirtHr to tkt t f.. . 0H IM 'fc IVIH HJ iPtlUHf. 'mIm (A v h hi iv aedpi u ithuM (( Hon fi' nay. nwd tht tocial eeiuNtfo irAicA obtain i t i-Aann rt tt remytfiiay wmntriw tftnt tfcal WM 'W fty lApuM ikfi t U BH A"' preftwtfou iw typiled " 'A' idWa(f u.Wc tfrou f (wot party aUtintivM iduY iVno u taw M(f auwrraMMi MiWiian Ji-u'f if IW cA tyal i (Arvitrtiied Htirt umal ruin, - 'J'uKE ikk times wiiu the traeW 0 Sitiiuitou are unfit tor pabtlMliOO, nud yesterday was one of tti.3 times. TtihtK MILLION little trout will be UcJ in nearby streams v.v; month, at never one will afterward b taken uut. In one respect Mr. CleveUinl s con,r ia iu atice-intf to the WfOQg side of BTerv uueatlou U ties'rviu of due j raise It keeps lm pufy couststeut THUS is. after nil, a good deal of pathos m the rapiJity with which great party, nntxpaotedly in complet national control. has cut itsowu tnroat. Th gg who charge that the public is "lafftrlny from too much politics h'juld not forgot that it is the quality of the politic, not its .iiumtity. which is baJ. . Vi sCSPECT that XMlniUt .Stevens cau stand the falsi BCCOtatioM of the Mci'reary resolution better tbau the (.'leTeland-Blouat-Willis crowd could stand the truth. TaiRI is very little doubt that if the corporation which owu rjoles in this city would only consent to pay the dol lar tax out of their own profits, instead of charsrinif it up to the already well tased cunsumer. the newest revenue proposal would be a complete auceeas. As it is, it bears deliberation. Ni i PAST of ScrantOD can ba improved without the benetitof reaching out and diffusing itself arnoo other parts. No money spent for improving one sec lion is wasted, so far as otlur sections ara concerned. The upbuildiag of a prosperous city should bo tue pride, aa it inevitably is the profit, of all its citizens. The Estimates i ommittke have de cided wisely not to consider improve ments before the necessary appropria tions have been actod upon. But the committee must sureiy connt as a ne ctssity of Uf in Scrauton, rather than on of its luxuries, such an improve ment in the police force as wiil afford adequate protection to property own ers and pedestrians. Gentlemen of the committee, pet after the burglars. Ji ,.je .Meti iKb of Mercer has de cided that the new ballot law gives the sheriff of each county the option of de ciding whether he shall print the elec tion proclamation in two or more news papeis, or else pasta it np on somi con fenient store tor, barn side or fenon, but that he csnnot 1-gally do loth. Acting upon this decicion the sheriff of Mercer county has atolen a march on tue newspaper by choosing tue fence board plan. We snpps t this is his right under the law but it shows a poor regard for the Interest! of Mf cer voters, who can scarcely, be ex pected t'j go on a still iinnt for poorly printed proclamation bulletins stock up where not one mm iu a d- zn will eter see them BOOM THE BRIDGES. The whole amount of it is that no argument whatever has yet been ad duced disproving the need or thn expe disncy of tha proposed bridgs improve ments. The one expected contention that they won I I coit too much has been rufnted so elfecttially la adfapo that no opponent of the meisure ha-i bad the hardihood to advance It over bis own nam. Iu a Mbltc manner Tha tlgnres of Mr. itoobe. showinic that although the city has lately erected the municipal building at a total coit of $300,ij4J, furnished it at a further cost of $HU, 000, and bought two site for firo engine bouses at a cost of : )(, the city debt is lens today than It was when the municipal building was begun, leave1 nothing of the plea that r ton cannot afford to fxpMd 880,00p additional on improvements which are urged by every consideration of murnr ipal thrift, convenience and progress. The letter of the Meridian street cor respondent olalmlng that tax-payers, resident in that vicinity will not vote for bridges until they get an elootrio street lamp at a certain dark spot, li the first approach to public 'dincuiaion that lias been made on the negative Hide of tho bridge question ; and it will not weigh heavily I'nqusstionably, Meridian street property owners should have a sufficient number of street lights; and the councilman from that ward should be interviewed by tham But to give this insufficiency of light as a reaaon for opposing a public im provemeat whioh would, in soma meas ure, benefit every one of tha one hun dred and fifty thousand persona who live or do bualnaes In this city reduaea the hoitll attitude of Meridian street people to (mall proportions. Indeed, how can these tax payers aslc for them selves an impiovement which they would, by opposing tlio new bridges, deny to the remaining citizsusuip of metropolitan BerBton But wuile the bridges m. not dan gerously threatcuod by anything thai lias b on euid or written again! them publicly, care should bd ex-arched by v-ry progressiva Scrantonlau that they are no' endangered bv the apathy tt( Individual voters. TU importani subject will come to n decision tit the poll within eleven days. The short intervals should be daVOtad to slin inif up the tlnggatdl tU 1 10 putting th re form sentiment Into fixating trim It would be a serious blow to Seri)ntOH if these txaeadloiiy DOHfy improve ments were to fail through lack of in ttrest or e If ort on the part ol tho who ioik upon Soranton a tha orowolng type of munioip i! oiiergy and ntr prise DISHONEST ELECTIONS. Tho oaatlitg of a a.)li l Republic in vote iu the senate for Mr. St w,wrt is uo lonsttr to be elaulfiad under any other title than that if a trie silverite agatott the bill rapaallng th tlral election law is u anoooraglng sign of tttatdfaatn In the obAtnplnnahip ot a fundamental priaclpla o( justice and civic honor Thar wan jintlUible fear, four years ago, that the Republi can ptrty Would b frightanad by tha incessant howls of hvpoorltloal Democratic reformers, into a forgot i uliioss ol us duty to tha federal ballot. That uolitical leaders of expel ieuce should have been sc ii 'd into n humiliating oompromisoby bogai cries about "fraud and fprca" whic i wore in Uiems'lves transparent COOfSloaS of Democratic BUll', will ba a curious incident to future hUtorlaOS But the obatl inlng rod of sabaequant defeat has brought tha Rapublloau sanators once more together, aud it is tobehnpad that they will not again grow tearsouie and recreant. Tfitie is uo principle more certain, fair and jut than that, under our form of goveruiusnt, tho majority should rule. The acceptance of OOOgrmlonal representation by the south upon a basis of negro cltitsnthlp which is counted iu the census but not permitted to vote at the polls is a ratification of fraud which the federal government alontean unravel. The various states of the south need not be expected to correct au evil which is their own pride and boa-t. The tiue Bourbon prattle about federal supervision of elections, nieaun.g the negation of self govern ment, cannot long count for much while "self government is conditioned npOU stuttVd ballot boxes and a fraud ulent count, ibie of two things is inevitable. Either the south must be f. i ced to accept its congressional repre sentation upon a basis comoMiuurat with the vote it h-iuestly pills, thus giving the colored citum his due or we must proclaim to the world that tiie experiment of emancipation, suc cesstuliu war.kas Ignomlnlously failed iu peace. Not all Republicans are thoroughly convinced of tha wisdom of the Four teen tU and Fifteenth amen Iments, conaidered abstractly. But all should by tine time be convinced that the ac ceptance of them by tha south, after a leniency from the victors unexirnpled in the annals of war, iavolvea manly and honest observance of them, and not the sullen, peevish and conspiring atti tude which outcrops in every allusion to the need of an nonest billot. It sni:s the southern purpose, in its pres ent brief hour of paramount authority, to cloak its contemplated insubordina tion behind a Hypocritical clamor abon t the "intimidating glisten of Repub lican bayonets' put as a safeguard around suspicion p illing places , and to make this demagogical cry the pre text for a complete demolition of pre cautior.a against fraud. But a time will come when the conscienca of the peopte will not sit contented under a government based on the widespread suppression of a legal vote. THE ISSUE IN DUNMORE. There is very littlo doubt among un biased observers aa to which ticket in the spirited borongh contest in our neighboring COfflmaoity of Dunmore nest invites the support of tho.ie to whom eftV'ent and representative local rule is of more immediate consequence than the small j-aiousies or ambttiona of factional bosses and aspiring par tisans The ticket headed by Timothy Bark, while made up of good men Irreapec tive of party, represents the stdid busi ness worth and competency of the borough, ths financial Interests of tha borough-tax payers and the whole idea of progressive mnnlclpil rul, and should be supporle I accordingly It Is the one ticket which pledges itself, if elected, to do the button ff local got amount in a strictly bnunst-lik) manner for the benefit of all. Tiik TsD0!l naturally has no inter est in this matter farther than a desire to s" the best results accrue to the greatest nnmber of people Hich a BOOIUtttnaHon will not, it appsars to us. be likely to follow the retention in power of a purely partisan coterie of leader soeking rather their own giori flcAtlon than tha promotion of the best interests 'if the horongh. " AN EXAMPLE. I. Ten th prohibitionist !COnitr!od to admit that so long us the law charges the licensed dealer In intoiicants a certain price for legalizing his busi nese, it is tha dealer's right to get the protection be pays for. Thus the or gunizad home brewers, who pay ItooOM in this coouty. will b sustained by all shades of home eentimsnt In their af fort to clear the field of unlicensed com pntl tors. rfu. ! t 1 - .L...I1 t - t i uu name pnio'ipii auoiii i uiij on- i tain among retalUrs If ths law miiketone man pav n round aiim fur a license whilo holding him ton rigid au r. mutability as to bo in of Sale, i Inn acter and age of patrons and rispOOll tillity In damages for any aucbleut which may befall an inobriata ai a re salt of inch sale, it ought, In common fairness, to close the "speak easles," ping up the "holes in the-wall" and otherwise exert strong energy in the rooting out of illicit aaloons nnd tip pling houses Even the prohibitionist, who is oppoied to tha trutH r In nil its forma, must concede the conimsrcial dishonesty of compelling one man to pay for a privilege which another ateals witli Impunity. And yet, to say that the law does noth ing of the kind la to utter a common place which Is almost offensive iu ita familiarity. Scarcely a day passe iu northeastern Pennsylvania that doss not disclose boiiu hint or clu to the existence, uumolestsd, of unlicensed plaoal for the sale of intoxicating drink. The court may charge grand juries (o bring in in lictmsuts, and the formn Of the .juries may strivo their level bast to get honest return from constables, but tbeit ulforls am more a often farcical tlmii successful, and the Illicit Competition goes on without perceptible diminution. Why don't the lioenitd retailors unite to pro tect their own interests' THAT TAX ON POLES. Th question ol levying a lax of one dollar on ouch pole owned by tho elec trlcal oornptniei in this city is now t'nirly before til public. Tu- dllOUt tlon of it should b- (r tnd frank, au I not clouded by VeiUI lUlpiolO is or r relevant Intlonattom on either sid. Pheta methoda do not expedite one's arrival at a fair decision. TUey limply befog the atmosphere and stimulate needless patllon. The Bareuton Traetloo oompeny has twenty live bnndred poles within the city limit:1, the Scrauton Ulictrui Light and Heat company about live thouaand md other oompani noi ilbly five thouaand and mv be eight thousand mora I n lor the pending dollar ordinance, tb total revenue derivable (rem lb electrical oompani by this luxation would d iQbtlesi range from twelve thousand tice hundred dollar to fifteen thousand dollar annually. This sum would un doobttdly proven welcoms ncqnUltion to the municipal rVnUM, No one disputes that Nor can the rigiit of councils, iu its discretion, t Impose this tax. provided the ordinance itself bo valid, be gainsaid. In return for privileges grained, xomi form of muni clpil taxation upon corporations is on qtl stionably fair and j Ult ill principle, if wisely executed iu fact Toe point to be conildtred at Ibis time is wbethtr the dollar pole tax would in all its effect be as expedient as its advocates oonten I. Doe not the Opinion that it would be paid by the corporations themsslvja, out ui thtir profits, and not by th public Iteelf, in tin form either of increased obtrg or of a correspondingly ilacreassd eftici anoy of service, ignore a cuuiitim re sult of sue i exptrimauts iu other cities ' When, for instance, a tux of one dollar is placed on the pole of an electric arc light for which the city pays a nightly reutal of tWntystfivt cents, what is to prevent tha illuminating company from charging an extra cent ; per light to reimburse itself for the tax And how, then, would the city i really profit by the tax .' In similar m inner, when the traction company j and the telephone company aro as ! sessed In this manner, who believes that they will fall to pass the burden j along until it finally rests heavily upon the poor mau who ri les daily to and from his daily work, or upon the owuer , of a telephone whose rental is increased I or his service deteriorated'; If councils think otherwise, let us have the pole tax But if it is simply a uew way of taxing the public, let us ' pause and consider whether, with new uess. They will vigorously strive to do the usual amount of trade, whatever the competition may be, aud we are confident thai they will u :ce I. ere' Ojo1 i.t..:m-i.t f u ToU. Honolulu Ooatmsiclal atrfverfefi' Hawaii Ism peace with the Amarloen people, Inn Mt war witn Mr. Cleveland, ami Mr. Willis has chosen to pass in his lot with that of the man n b uiupjustloii nbly U his master and who claims to he the uiastur of tlio American people, too. No- I L vv iu (feu f, i fVfu ''How do you know th t L)e S'ere is not In love with Ma iei Bwee rlarf" "Beeaoae I beard him fell ber the other evening w,8u b. frpm 80nr0B ma I.,, inievv ,, ,,, .., hom"," W0RESN0S1 5. GOLDSMITH'S BAZAAR THE MATCH-UP SALE H tu,, ii .i ana. taJu tt . U)tva.ay . (' I Cures the Tobacco Ubll easily without dl CONRAD the: bridges coming and a new park to pay for, the public ia not pretty well taxed already. P ENNED and Copied. HATTER IS SHOWING SOMt. DRESSY LOOKING HATS FOR SPRIHG WEAR Match-up! Match-up!! Not pennies, but your winter Underwear Your undershirt is wear ing out faster than your drawers. All right, match it up. Come to us and we'll sell you jii3t now Under shirts to match Drawers, ! Drawers to match Shirt3, at half tha price you paid originally. For wo aro in tho same fix. More shirts than draw ers of some kinds, more drawers than shirt3 of other kinds. Same state of things in Women's Merino Under wear. Odd pieces at the oddest of odd prices. We've no tar paper ur camphor to pack away woolens in. Won't have it around. Don't like the smell of it. Always suggests undertaker shops. Come here and match-up your disintegrating Under wear. Same case with Fine Blankets We'll say 50 pairs high class Blankets. Somebody gets them for a few days at a rickety, tumble-down price. No camphorated Blanket Stock shall assail us next fall. We'll sell it NOW before the winter goes, While the bloom and beauty are still on them. Duquesne Blankets. Big, Clean, wholesome, warm, worth $5, price now $3.75 a pair. Dartmouth Blankets. Broad, long and thick, $2.98 a pair. Our own Blankets. White as chalk, warm a3 genuine charity, $4.75. California. Three sizes, $6.50,$7.50, $8.50. ($2.50 a pair off regular price.) We have a few pairs of the above Blankets, slightly soiled on outside fold by handling. An additional discount will be made from the above prices on them. Two things in Black Dress Goods 45-inch Imported Fine Twills, 50c. 38 inch Novelty Crepon Effects 25s. Spring Novelties con stantly arriving. - - - Goldsmith Brother- & Company. FURS! FURS! CAPFS 18 INCHES DEEP. French Coney 'apn, i laohta deep,.,,f uuu AStrSBJUUI ape. .... 4 "J Astrakhan ''ipua, " " .... 6 m AtarakJiaii Gape, " " .... ami Dyed Opoaaum Capes " " .... sua I Monkey ''apei, " ',... Ix QQ atonkey Canaa, " " .... 1500 Mat. Otter Capea, " " . ... ill 0(1 I Nat. Ottoi l.'apoj, " 11 .... Hi UU j Krtmiuor Cupsi. " " .... lJUUi Beaver Capes, ' M ,,,, 26 001 N'utrlH ('apes, " "... 13 I Baal or Persian Capes " " .... si ou ; Alaska Seal Gepea, " " .... pW Alaska Seal CapSS, " " .... 40 lO 1 Miult Cauts, " .... Ui 00 Miuwu Maiteu Capua ' " .... U'i uO DO YOU SELL ? OR ARE V r MAKING PRESENTS? of Mixed Candy, Clear Toys, or any style of Candy oV NotS, tDxpresa Wagons, Velocipedes, Tricycles, Doll ulw, Drams or Toys of every kimi. DOLLS China Dolls, Wax Dolls, Patent Dolls, Jointed Dolls, uuy kiud of doll from 'Jdctoiilj SLEDS OR SLEIGHS IRON" and STEEL NORWAY IKN Itl.ACK DIAMOND TOE C KIA ICON WHI.tl v i ike mis MACHINERY SPRINGS SPRING Hl'BS SOI T STEEll PUKr.s ANVILS KIMS BELLOWS HI i t.l BKEtNS HORSE NAILS It H sPIKK WILEY RU8ElaL AND WILSON BROS SCREW CUTTING MA llt.Ntff SILVER EXTRA SPECIAL SANDERSON'S ENGLISH JESSOP'S ENGLISH CAST STREL HOHSK SHOES t For Hoys, Girls or DolK iu Uaple, Oak or Iron, from 25a in 115.00. CAPES 22 INCHES DEEP. BICYCLES Astrakhan CapN Bnltte Sen Cam-a. Elootrio St-al Caped r ruiieli uuey iiiulie- deep Mini; Capes, lirinii Marten Chpos, Edltb What would you advise me to give Cousin Edward for a birthday present He a poet, you know. Pape A pair of shears will bo useful to trim off tho fringe on tho bi'ttom of his troQaera Orocer-What arn you grumbling about D've waut the earth'' No, not In the sugnr. - 7VnA. Fresb atrawbfltloa at 50 cents per hew would not seem eipeuaive at this season, but for tho d ifllc.iilty eiperieuced by the average fruit buyer in securing the .'0. e Maude-YoB Know that horrid Miss Sijiiillers' Oenevieve Ye. Mande Well, I gotersn With her yes terday. Mnvited bet to ray pink ten,' and shb'a a blonde that cannot a'aml anv- thing but blue.--Chicago I -4 Harah- IImw dlil Sammy ucf when he alii tint he loved root Mae He didn't acj. ' helievo bo meant It. He 'Laura Mies Laura, I mean - in th-ro any hope fur Dlf Sh llnpo for von I have bin Inn ing for you for tht laH year -auKanupolii Jeumaf as Through brattohea on the Isaflssa tree Tha wailing wind swopt. wild, , And fttloiig ineii .1 1 ., as with glen The goose hone jirophtt smiled. Mr ChtVlOt Hill Do v"ti know why I atn, my IhM man' Tho Little Mao Ve. Vou re the fellow who U g"ltut to prop OSS to my siUoi ifr. a Theaveragn woman, with aOhloesa J0S like fa' S and fi'tjltv syntax, has only to elopi-with some apology f..r a man. to b I known in the press as a "handsome, ai.-. , . ' . .... I Ullll , I ...... t U....I.... I. ..I.. l imywm i..iiucii, .-1111 i'tit niu jr w s "Af y0 pleased With Vmlf daughtm j prourssa in DtOShll 1 'Uh, yes; she foryets I 1 practlOS halt the time. ' 'ChtOQQO fnti Orsstii, The sletDSBtl would ho. iii SQggatt that vearlinx cnken of aweatOeSS be ream reotdl from pai king bole, dusted off and made ready fof the "new maple augm ' ttade, - Tenda Strioilv . llu Buslnaas. Otyekaai Ri ml Mayor Ounueli, of ths Kkctrlc Ity, can not P easily Imposed on by prolesslonul tramps. A plausible stor) will not go-witli bun. Tliecatels thoroughly Investigated t if the party is a worthy applloaut, aid Is promptly ulven This Is the reason the wideawake mayoi can muku a thousand ilollsia go so far. - t Not a Chaarful Outlook fVjfttvtfh IffMra' earnei When the nena'o votes for fre cual the days of th IS M basis will be numbered and Wtv will see the destiuutiuu of tl Iv safeguard to prosperity In the antUrai ito coal field. Cut Ia Aaaln on ths Daollua Sssjkaafn I- : .'puts For Hie lament of our tJetnociatlc fi lends wo will nay that site the passage of the Wilson hill by tho house the icecrop has just been luomlug. I . Tbare'a an Optimist In Olypbant. "lyiihunl A'. cunl. We do not beiiava we are oing to still ve iu en 111 1 UK mont lis. Tla- coal iuduatry is managuil by loiirageOus men who will not supinely reat while othsra ateal their 1,0-1 Monkey Capas, . U uu . li uo . e 00 . ;o . Mi w . 26 00 Bluest Cash Prices Paid for Raw Furs. Repairing, Furs a Specialty. Wr liuvc the f;oods nml our prices aift tilit. Wholetals und retail. J. D. WILLIAMS & BRO., 311- Lacka. Ave. We make a IPSCIALTY of Btippl rtag eom- uiitU-n fur Sunday Sellouts, Kalr, Kastivala Bittenbender&CoJcranton, Wholesale and retail dealera' in Wagotitnaatera' aud blackuiilns SUPPLIES. THE DICKSON MANUFACTURING CO fcCR ANTON AND WILKES BARRE. TA.. MAXCFACTDRERS 01 Locomotives and Stationary Engines, Boilers HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY. General Office. SCRANTON VX B LANK BOOKS LAN K BOOKS MEMORANDl'MS Office Supplies of all kinds Inks and Mucilages LBAD1NU MAKES, Fine Stationery WIRT, WATERMAN aud PRANK I IN l-or.NTAIN PBN8. All thurauteeil Agents for Crawford's Pstti inl Buck's flsxibls Kuiiiier Stamps. Reynolds Bros. Stationers mid Engraven ni7 LAG&AWANNA AVE ATCHES DIAMONDS . JEWELRY SILVERWABE SPECTACLES EDWIN G. LLOYD 4113 I.acltawannu Avenue GREAT SALE OF THE Walter's Stock of Dry Goods COMMENCES MONDAY. FEBRUARY 5 AT The Fashion 308 Lacka. Avenue, AND AT THE New Stores 400-402 Lacka. Ave. ASK YOUR GROCER AND INSIST UPON HIS FURNISHING YOU WITH STOWERS T HE DUTHE1L STUDIO, qie LACKAWANNA tVKNOM OlO sCB v M c . DKLICIOUQ, SJtlltTi BUttAR OTJXtmaO ABSOLUTELY PUKE HAMS. LARD. EVERY HAM AND RAIL. OF LARD BRANDED. rHETUTHUKPPL1KI, THE STOWERS PACKING CO., SCRANTON, PA AlV'IVll Mini.' .. r.. .l,l II 4 fram tictory to Una uut fi o iram-a tMtwoan 1111 huJ I'hr.at mufi. I w hti tuiLiiiiiiuiifirt tn thi iti.b IK' that I will uiuk a UF.M'INK nnvnM pawtuh-p u.i f...m guy 111111.11 una ABSOLL'TKLV KKKE Of CHAHUK LAI KM BTr LKa Ol 1 ltllh- ftU L l'tVAHU. WorkDimKbtp Huarantead. t'raui.a SO ptr cant. l.a tbuu . . prlD. B, Ml I III II ArtUt.