4
THE SCTJANTO"N" TKIBUNE-lIil DAY MOMUfR. MABCH 8. 189 1.
SCRANTON TRIBUNE
F. E. WOOD,
General Ma nagcr.
rtBLisnrn nAii.T and WISELY is BOHAIr
TON. PA., UT Till '1KIUUNC FUULIBHINO
CUMPANT.
New York Oitior: TuinnNE Bcn.niNO,
Frank 8. Ghat. Hanaokh.
IWernf at thr PottaffiC at fi-run'nn. Pa., at
Senmit-Vlatt Hail .Voder.
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
BCBANTON, MARCH 2, 1804.
In this dajfO) keen cconomi, municipal
M iff n, private, the good citizen who ill's-
lihu muddy cvossingt can do a jn"bouI
ac( by cfoanfao them, himself, as a volun
teered contribution to the imblic.weal.
.
GIVE IT A TRIAL.
Litiganta uud jurists nre eaally in
terested in a bill now pamli ncr in
congrem, under tho gnldsno of ltepre
wntAtiT Bryan, of Xlrkn. It pro
pose to amend itOtloo 801) of the ri
vised statute by niidiiK tha words -"In
civil cases the verdiot of three
fourths of tho jnrora conititutini; th
jury shall stand as tho Tirdict of the
jury, and suoh a verdict shall havo the
same force and effect as a unanimous
verdict." This amendment has refer
ence, of course, exclusively to federal
courts, ami aims to establish in these
courts the reform which is in success
ful operation in five American states;
namely, California, Nevada, North and
Sontn Dakota and Texas. It will be
opposed by conservatives who hold out
obstinately for the institutions of the
common law, as bequeathed to us
through many generations of reveren
Hal interpretatioti, and it will bo cham
pioned, on the other hand, by all those
who regard the law us a tit su'.'Ject for
experiment and improvement and not
as something intrinsically inaccessible
to betterment or to alteration dictated
by varying customs and new condi
tions. With respect to tin need of some
sit.ous steps toward tue increased
efficiency of our present jury system,
we suspect it will be conceded that the
affirmative sentiment, generally speak
ing, is already in a majority. The in
creasing number of jury disagreements,
carrying with them malliplied costs,
but nothing definite in way of justice,
would of itself sutli:e to con leuiu the
old system as it is exemplitied in
current operation. But to this wo
mnst add the belief of a growing min
ority that th entire unanimity priu
cipleis wrong, with rmp.'t at least to
(inferences in t unity; and that, par
ticularly in its virtual indorsement of
ignorance as a qualification for jury
B.Tvice. the prevalent system signally
fails to keep abroHst of ibis intelligent
and progrtsslve age. The union of
these dissatisfied sentiments in advo
cacy of an innovation like that pro
posed by lisprusentati ve Bryan seems
more than probtole, anJ the adoption
jf his experiment, therefor, may be
let down as a certainty, if not im
mediately, at least in a relatively brief
time.
From the very nature of their mis
cellaneous duties, the common pleas
conrts are those in which the defects of
the unanimity requirement in civil ac
tions are most apparent. Apart,
though, from the fact that these courts
are beyond the juris liction of congress,
it seems in many essentials more desira
ble to locate the experiment of a ma
jority requirement in a federal court
than in a state or county tribunal. For
one particular, the general tone of the
f-deral court is better calculated to
afford a fair test. There is, as a rule, a
loftier scope of litigation and a higher
quality of counsel, pleading and adjudi
cation than in the common pleas
fornm In civil actions before federal
conrts the questions at Isins are, in the
main, broader and deep-r, thus giving
larger scope for hones', difference in
jnry deliberations. In view, then, of
these and other facts, not to apeak of
t!;e example set by the United Statei
supreme court in rendering majority
decisions to which the dissent of n
learned minority is no uncommon
thing, it would seem to be no more
tnan courageous prudence, on the part
of congress to pass tuo Bryan bill and
have the advocated experiment fully
; ii I fairly trid.
It 18 justifiible slang, thess (1 lys, to
remark that Boranton'i turns is mud.
Jollity, BOKO and varied festivity
last evening attended the banquet of
the Cymrodoriani at the Wyoming,
which brought ton jivons close an
other oelebration of St. David's Day.
It nad to be said of the American pio
pie that they did not know onongh to
take sufficient panse for the amenities
of social intercourse. This may not
have been the exact tiuth; but it is
certainly trne tnat to onr frionds of
foreign extraction who transplant
among us the happy commemorations
nf the fatherland wo nre nowadays in
debted for many of onr most enjoyable
celebrations, of which last evening's
was conspicuously delightful.
Select council, when it is so minded,
can say more and do less than even a
Democratic congress.
e i
THE EXACT VOTE.
Next Monday will be the thirty-first
anniversary of the retirement of Mr.
Grow from public life. He will cele
brate it by re-entering congress with
the unparalleled indorsement of n plu
rality Which, according to tho official
figures, amounts finally to 188,204
Only once bss any candidate in this
state had a larger plurality. That was
in 1854, when Henry S. Mott, Demo
crat, running for canal commissioner
figainst Oeorge Darsil, Whig, in a total
vote ot 274,074, receivud a plurality of
190.743.
The total vote nt last month's special
election reached 804,410, of which Mr.
Grow reached 408,804; Mr. Hancock,
207 900; Mr. Morrow, the I'rohlbition
candidate, 11,180; and Mr. Lotier, the
Populist candidate, 5,327. the remain
ing4,l3B votes being scattered. Illegal
or irregular. It is significant in this
connection that the prohibition vote
fell nearly one-hnlf, in three months
time, notwithstanding the contention
of prohibitionists that the tariff is a
question of minor importance.
Mr Grow is certainly fortunate in
the manner of his return to congress,
not only in tho spontaniety of his can
didacy but in the practically un
equalled indorsement which it has mt
with from the citizenship 'of this in
dmlrially pre eminent commonwealth.
If there had been in his mind, or In
the minda of his friends, any lingering
recollection of the injustice of his long
retirement, this has been removed in
tho only way in which it was opon to
removal. And with tho past freely
forgiven and the present made irlorious
he will enter congress doubly prepared
to K've to the citizens of Pennsylvania
the best effort of his niatureat man -
hood.
Representatives and constituents may
justly foel mutually hopofui, happy
and proud.
.
TBI POLE tax 'coon remained up the
tree, despite those pop-gun shots.
In the resolution of Representative
Souie.ru, of Wisconsin, calling for an
investigation of the decisions of United
States judges who have mado rulings
affecting tho right of inter-state rail
way employes to strike nt will, is
couched a delicats point, quite apart
from the merits of those decisions.
Among the j idgs concerned is Justice
Brewer, of the supremo court; and the
question that suggests itself is how far
a committee ot the lower house of con
gress has any right to inquire into tho
adjudications of a co-ordinate branch
of the government. Mr. Soinors does
not appear to feel abashed on this
point; but he may be less truculent be
fore the issue is disposed of.
The Christian Sabbath has sur
vived a good many liberty leagues iu
its day, and will no doubt survive the
one in Scranton.
WHAT IS NEEDED.
A severe winter has been tided ovr
by the unfortunate in our city in a
manner which has left very little pub
lic evidences of unusual Buffering. This
happy result has been due, not to any
lack of pitiable destitution, but to the
unflagging generosity of onr citizms,
and to the systematic unostentatious
manner iu which relief has beon dis
tributed. Tho experience of Scranton,
iu this respect, is the experience of
every well governed large American
city.
While there may be fleeting touches
of winter, the backbone of the col I
period hiis obviously beon broken, and.
iu its conquset, has pissed the critical
point in the uncommon destitution that
has lately prevailed among us. From
thi lime forth the energie nf our
charitable associations will need to be
directed, ns far as poible .toward the
provision of work for those In idleness,
and toward the general stimulation of
public confi ience, so as soon to renlize
a long-needed revival in business.
Work, and not alms, is the keynote to
the present difficulty, an 1 work cannot
be supplied in savin ,' abun lance while
all classes are benumbed by legislative
dilly dallying and hypnotized thfough
fear of hostile and radical tariff action.
Thus, while partisanship is to be
tabooed in the presence of a command
ing peril, it is plainly to be seen
that politics plays a large part in tho
existing crisis; and tnat local senti
ment needs to reinforce the general
politic tl sentimint which cries out for
an early decision, one way or the other.
Give the country an assurance of what
it has to expect in way of foreign com
petition aud it will adjust its business
accordingly and push ahead with all
its might.
We COULD stand the south in the
saddle if it wan't somujhof a horso
on ns.
It would involve a very small tax on
the individual citizen's tiini and lnbor
were he to volunteer to clean the mud
dy street crossings that this municipal
ity is too poor to have cleaned at the
public expense. .Municipal patriotism
involves some slight sacrifices, at
times; and thi ought to b one of the
sinus.
Ik BfiOTHEK Mutt's little record had
only been generally known, (irow Re
publicans could just as well have
beaten it, too.
SNOBBERY GONE MAD.
Those who find food for nnralizing in
new evidences of what they call the
growing nelfiihness an i exclnsivenoss
of men of wealth in our large cities
will comment with avidity upon the
establishment in Gotham of a new club
the Metropolitan which, in ite
splendor and ultra-fattldiousness, quite
surpasses all precedents on this demo
cratic continent. In Its limited mem
bership of one hundred, tho Metropill
tan is said to represent $1,000,010,000.
When tho palatial club house was r
cently completed, one day wssst apirt
for the reception of carefully chosen
visitor. For the space of tw-nty four
hours, Its massive doors wsre thrown
open and invited gussts were permitted
to feait their eyes upon the sumpntous
noss of the furnishings and delight
their palates with the sybaritic lnxnri
onsnoss of its culinary appointments.
Then the portals were closed ind tflnito
ly to every New Yorker not a member,
and now the rules provide that no
guest can be admitted unless he reside
more than fifty miles from the city and
be officially declared acceptable by the
elub's reception committo. in which
fortunate contingency, the period of
his entertainment is limited to one
week.
This, it nends to be explained, Is not
n romance. It is a literal tranacriptiou
of cold fact with reforence to certain
inhabitants of an Amerioan city living
in this closing decade of the nine
teenth century. These rnn aro mov
ing factors in the business life of n
community which is our nation's finan
cial heart, the throbs of which pulsate
to the remotest portions of the republic,
carrying alternatively panic or pro
perity. They are the descendants of
men who shed blood on tho battle
fields of the American revolution, in
order that government might be free
and men equal. They nre themselves
men some of whom profess to be good
citizmsand earnest patriots, zomIotii for
the preservation of onr freo institu
tions and solicitous for the continued
progre-s of the masses Yet they de
liberatoly immure themselves behind
stockades of wealth, and build to
themselves temples dedicated to sel
fishness and crowned by the attempted
reproduction of an almost criminal
aristocracy.
It i would be interesting to know
with what emotions the grandsires of
those men would revisit this earth and
learn of the conditions governing their
entrauce to the Metropolitan club.
Could we fancy the heroes ot Siratogu
or Ticonderoga enjoying the prospect
of an unsuccessful suit for admission,
oven as brief spectators, to the inner
circle of plutocratic swelldom as exem
plified in this cloeo social corporation
of multi millionaires? Is not asocial
tendency which intensities the dividing
characteristics between classes and
masses, and which makes it sacrifice of
domestic life upon the altar of Bullish
celibacy deserving of opposition and
vigorous reproof?
Tho less of this snobbery, the hotter
for the American natiou.
Vv iiiu; rami existed little necessity
last mouth for irregularities in voting,
the fact was demonstrated anew that
that feature of the new ballot law which
permits the illiterate voter to choose a
helper and ocort him into u booth is a
direct invitation to corrupt practices.
We liku the lUffBMtioU that two help
ers, one a Republican and one a Demo
crat, bo appointed for each district by
the court, nnder oath nnd heavy pen
alty, to perform this tutorial function.
Kven this plan might occasionally be
attended by irregularities; out H
would bo n distinct improvement oyer
the policy of promiscuous helpers, too
often present for illegitimate purposea
Fooit "OLD Hutcu I" Five years ago,
ono of tho wealthiest of rapid Chicn
go's speedy speculators nu 'change, and
now. a ponnlless bar tender in a Van
Buren street saloon ! And yet wo say
that romance is a thing of the past.
Until the honest wage earner of this
land can have roasouablo assurance of
steady work at good wages, there eau
be very little hope for a third political
party that seeks to ignore tho tariff.
No Pol nr as soon as Mr. Cleveland
ascertains that the Wilkes -Barre Leader
wants a Democratic postumster at
Pittstou, he will lly back to tho capital
and take down bis snickersnee.
An INDUSTRY whose revival is not
dependent on tariffs is that of garbage
collection; and it cannot revive any
too rapidly for tho sanitary benefit of
Scranton.
.
BACH DA? of delayed senatorial ac
tion on the tarilf costs the country
10.000,000: but senator nre rich and
don't mind expenses.
COPIES OF Mr. Hiiies' speech opposing
free coal, but pledging his vote for it,
are iu current circulation. It is a hu
morous work of much merit.
Tin; HEST answer to scurrility iu pol
itics is to take no notice of it. .
F
OUND
and Then Noted.
A non-resident who occasionally vis
its Scranton was seen at the corner of
Penn avenue and Spruce street jester
day looking for tho pott office. Of
course it would not be ncesary for
the benefit ol the Scranton Times, for
instance, to post a sU'n giving the
exact location of Mr Vandling's pre
sent qutrters, but muny stangers to the
city would, no doubt, bo gratihed if
some directions were placed upon tho
vacant building that would enable
them to find Serauton's post office
without making inquiries ot passing
pedestrians. Tne simple placard "For
Rent" is rather mystifying to the aver
age visitor, wbo is liable tobecoma iui
pressed with tho idea that "Uncle
Sim" lias gone out of Dullness in thi
Biectric City. It would suem, also
that a commodious letter and paper
drop box would not be a bad featnro at
the cornvr of fenn and Sprue. It
would be convenient for people, who
are waiting for cars, to lean against if
nothing more.
Just now the future business pros
pects of Scranton and the probable lo
cation of Its business center are receiv
lag moot) attention from men about
town who havo interest in luchaf
fairs. Many of the Court Homo
Square enthusiasts contend that the
entire trade of the city will in a few
years gather about our government
and municipal buildings, ami that the
pigeons and crows will soon roost iu
the lofts of Lackawanna, Wyoming
and Spruce, The arguments olF-ired
are that the population of Ilydo Park
will come to Scranton via the Linden
street bridge nnd will have no use for
the lower avenue, The bridge nnd
postofflco enthusiasts, however, aro
entirely wrong iu their calcu
lations. They forget the Del
aware, LlOkaWanna and Western
railroad station on Lackawanna ave
nue; the splendid new Delaware nnd
Hudson station a few rods distant,
which will soon be opened, nnd the
new Jersew Central aud Ontario nnd
Western station just across the Lscka
wanna avenue bridge. So long ns these
edifices remain and are open to the pub
lic, no one need fear that the present
business portion of the city will be da
serted. Thoro is no qntstion that trado
in tho vicinity of the court house has
been improved by the opening of the
new pcstofBce, bnt there is no reaion at
present for the apprehension that
grass will grow on Lackawanna avenue,
Wyoming avenue, Penn avenus or
Spruce street.
see
The right man in the right place is
W. Chapin Squires, the affable and
ever-conrteom clerk at the Wyoming
House. If there is any position wi
one i required to control his temper
while catering to the whims and fau
ces of a diversified lot of people, it Is
behind the register of n busy and first
class hostelry. With the travelling
public Mr. Squiros is a groat favorite;
these modern knights of the rond are
sure to recoive a quick and correct re
ply to thoir Inquiries abont trnins,
mail, places of business ami a
thousand and one other things which
constitute the oncyclopedia of
knowledge supposed to exist at tho ho
tel clerk's finger tips. Mr. Squires by
his faultless stylo of dresiiug lias been
dubbed the Berry Wall of Scranton
In n measure he deserve the title; his
attire la ever immaculate and his tout
en Ramble that of an exquisite in the
knowledge of how n mau can clothe
Inmeelf without nverdretaing. His
past career ha well fitted him for the
position he so neenptably fill.
Eighteen months ago he came to Scrap
ton from the New York Athletic
club, the most exclusive organization
of its kind iu t' e country; previously
he had been connected with tlm Pros
pect house nt Niagara Falls. He was
engaged as private secretary to n
Minnesota millionaire leui-dntor pre
vious to his hotel experience, bans!
ville, N. Y., la bis .native horn. Cater
ing to th vagaries of clubdom, attend
ing to a politician's ni ultitmlluous re-
lUirements and a hroad knowledge nt
Uio world in the literal sense, have en
dowed Scranton with a thorough hot el
man.
e
James B Skeoch, chief of the Scran
ton Caledonian uluu, is one of the must
enthusiastic admirers of the mother
country iu the city Although a resi-
lent of Scriinton for over eight years,
Chief Bkeoob has never taken the
trouble to exercise the right of suffrage
lie expects, however, to become a voter
iu the near future. Ho ei cmitem
plats another important atop, it is
understood, which will srve to rivet
his affections more clooly to the lift urs
on this side of tho Atlantic, if not tho
St. Lawrence. Due announcemeui
will he made later.
WE CUBE
DRUNK KNNE89
AMI Tin:
TOBACCO HABIT
Noinjeotiona No Inoonvenlence. No loss
nf tittle. Trentment nt your uwii homo. Care
after bther methods rail.
AHk your ilriiKtilHt for PHO-BK'-NOB. Con
saltation unit ti'i'utini'iit free. AiMi'cm, con
adeatlauy, "PHO-HE'-NOS CUBE" co.,
HctHIlttlll, I'll
SEE WHAT
$o jo
Will liuv in the
way of a
a m
AT
CONRAD'S
B
LANK HOOKS
LAN K BOOKS
MEMORANDUMS
Office Supplies of all kinds
Inks and Mucilages
LEADING MAKES.
Fine Stationery
WIBT, WATERMAN and FRANK
LIN FOUNTAIN PENS.
Ah Guaranteed.
Agents for Crawford's Tons aud
Buck's Flexible Rubber Stamps.
Reynolds Bros.
Stationers and Engraven.
8!T LACKAWANNA AVE,
A WEARY AND WICKED
WORLD.
All of us arc desperately wicked, and some of us more so. Not necessary to men
tion names-you know who you are, if we don't. If it wasn't for the few pleasures
capable of being grasped occasionally, this world would indeed be "a vale of tears. '
But when our friends can avail themselves of a chance like this occasionally, prospects
auguiiy more pleasing.
TAKE YOUR PICK:
Of that beautiful Gent's Neckwear in one of our
windows at
Of those Rich Wool Twill Suitings at our Dry Goods
Counter 40 Inches in any of the New Spring f ?
Shades--at 25 Cents Per Yard. 4&OC
Of those Exquisite Half Wool Challies at Domestic
Counter, 15 Cents Per Yard. j 5C
Of those Fine Domestic Satines in our .Basement,
10 Cents Per Yard.
Of those Best French Satines in the Prettiest Designs
you ever beheld in our Basement at 15 Cents Per
Yard.
i 0c
1 5c
Our Next Talk Will Be On CARPKTS and DRAPERIES
GOLDSMITH'
S S BAZAAR
DO YOU SELL?
OR ARE YOU
MAKING PRESENTS?
of Mixed Candy, Clear Toys,
ornny style of Candy or Nuts,
Express wagons, Velocipedes,
Tricycles, Doll Cabs, Drama
or Toys of every kind.
DOLLS
China. Iols, Wax Dolls,
Patent Dolls, Jointed Dolls,
any kind of doll from 25oto$15
SLEDS OR SLEIGHS
For Hoys, Cirls or Dolls, In
Maple, ak or iron, from l!oc.
to ir.no.
BICYCLES
We have tho goods and onr
prices aro ri-lit. Wholesale
and retail.
MM; WAY RON
BLACK DIAMOND
SILVER
EXTRA SPECIAL
SANDERSON'S ENGLISH
JKSSOP'S ENGLISH
CAST STEEL
HORSE SHOES
TOE CALK
TIRE
M ICHINERY
SPUING
SOU STEEL
ANVILS
BELLOWS
HORSE NAILS
WILEY & RUSSELL AND WELLS BROS SCREW
CL IT 1 N U H ACH1 N ERY.
WAGON WHEELS
A LI s
SPRINGS
HUBS
SPOKES
HI MS
BT1CKL SKEIN'S
H. H. SPIKES
GEE
,1.
J. D. WILLIAMS & BRO,
314 Lacka. Ave.
Wp nuke n specialty ot ranplvlni com-
mittix'3 tur Bnnuy Schools, Fairs FoJtlVl
Bittenbender & Co., Scranton,
Wholesale anil retail dealers' in Waonmakers' and Blac.smithj'
SUPPLIES.
THE DICKSON MANUFACTURING CO.
SCRANTON A.D WILKES-BARBE. FA, HANUFACTOBEBS Of
Locomotives and Stationary Engines, Boilers,
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY,
General Office, SCRANTON. PA.
FURS! FURS!
CAPES 18 INCHES DEEP.
Frraob Oonsy Cspsii U inches Owp....? noo
AHtrukhun Cipfli, ' " .... 4 in
AHtrttklinn Cstm, ' " .... fill)
AtHrnkliun Cnum, " " .... i U) I
Djed OpOMUn Qspsi " " .... (I IK) I
Miiiikpv i ni.. . " " .... UQD 1
Monk Oums, " " .... lfi ni I
f.ut. inter i upi's .... a w
NtU. Otter .'.iiiis " " .... ." DO
Krlmmtr CpMt " " .... 1 "J on
Iteuver I'llpes u .... 2i" IKI
Nut rin Cnpo. .... 1:1 lit)
Henl or Pemiiin Tapes " .... n 00
AUtlm SeiU Capta, " u ,, MOO
AliiHkn Seal (tapi-H, " " .... fit) 00
Mink CupeM, " " .... fill
Brown Mm ten Ospss " " .... 5 00
CAPES 22 INCHES DEEP.
Astrakhan Cape1.,
Iliiltie Hea Capes,
Beotrlfl ei in) .
Frniii'h Oo&Sy l.'upefl,
Mink Cape i,
Krown Marten ( iftpMi
Monkey Oapaa,
uiohss dsspi
.JIO 00
. 1:100
. in on
. (I oo
. DO 10
. jon
. :iuo
Highest Cash Prices Paid for Raw Fnrs.
Repairing Fnrs a Specialty.
WATCHES
DIAMONDS
JEWELRY
SILVERWARE
SPECTACLES
EDWIN G. LLOYD
423 Lackawanna Avenue.
&MllllllilllllllIllllllllilll.l(l9lllll!llllllllllllil!llSHIIIHimillllillllBIIIIIICS!!lllllilli;
SRi
S
The Fashion
308 Lackawanna Avenue
ar.d
400 and 402 Lackawanna AAenue.
I Last Few Days f
I
At the Sale of the
I Walter's Dry Goods Stock (
DO NOT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY, j
sn
PRICES LOWER
THAN EVER!
s -
jniiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiii imniHimiiiiimHiiMiHiinBituiimniiiiiMisiMHSiK
ASK YOUR GROCER AND INSIST UPON HIS FURNISHING YOU WITH
STOWER
S
J
DELICIOUS.MILDSTJGAn CURED ABSOLUTKLV rUHD
HAMS. LARD.
EVERY HAM AND RAIL. OF LARD BRANDED.
WTiiBaDPFLiBD XHE STOWERS PACKING CO., SCRANTON, PA
mHE DUTHEIL STUDIO,
Ol R LACKAWANNA AVENUE
OIU bill ANTON, VA.
A Jy AVIXn MADI a rontrart with
LI W (Sotorjr l turn out 1.0O1
A 1 Irani. between now nnd C'hrmt
X & num. I nlili tniiniiounco totho iiuti-5SS"-
Ii. Hint I v lll mak. n OKVUlNF.
CRAYON rORTKAIT rovlid from
nnv nmall ono ABSOLUTELY FKKli OP
CHAROE
LaTKmT ntyun or ntAUBS fkom
M 50 Ul'WAHD,
Workmanship (riinrantocJ.
Kramos iiO per cent. U than regular prica
1, III I II I.I I. , Ai tUt.