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THE SCRANTQN TltTTJlWE- WE1VN BSDAT MOItNTNO. MATM'IT 7. 184.
SCRANTON TRIBUNE
F. E. WOOD,
General Manager.
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TON. PA., BY THE 'J KlUl'NE l'UULIMI.INO
Company.
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Littered at the Fmlofflc at fcranton. Pa, at
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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
S'CRANTON". MARCH 7, IblU.
Legislation, it is said, mm not ertatt
wealth, but the lhimuenttie party, in it
tariff and financial polieitt, it thawing
how legislation ean destroy it.
Doss CboKCB may b ablo to pUcato
Boarka Ceokru, ulthouitu that is
iloubtfnl. But ha willjnover bt able
tn plaosta the Inntltbl pptite of his
nbordioats riugiters when ODOS It be-
coiqvr appartnt to thorn that th bos'
'pull" is waning.
HbRI USM two Jreform that deaerve
to be poailero.l : a ono-term president,
with the oecapant ineligible to re elec
Hon; and a constitutional ammlmut
prohibiting tariiV tankeritii; oftenor
than o:ieo in ten years.
Fike-katku UlRKOrrH ll rooouimtnJ
el not to try any of his siMuhern ball
doling 0& Galutba A. Grow; for al
though thirty-two years have passel
ince the latter floored Keitt, bis strong
ritfht arm has lost none of its patriot!
muscle, nor has bis eyo lost the knack
of spotting a braytT'irt on sight.
In Honor of its twenty-fourth birth
dny, the AllentowmCnronicle prints a
ilouble number embo lying much in
teresting raadingmattr(and a healthy
assortment of adveriissments. The
Chronicle is one of the best, cleanest
and by yirtne thereof, most prosperous
local journals printed in Pennsylvania.
The inherent nnfairnwa of Mr
Bland's till to coin the seigniorage is
that it leeks to establish opon a de
ITeciatod silver b tsis circulation which
Under madcap Dainocratie superinten
dence, Ins had all it ooald do to hold
up its head even wh-n backed by gold.
The present administration Un': to be
trusted to mak difficult and ilmger
ons financial experiments.
Unless Rbpubucaxs throw away
their chances by apathy, over ecnti
dence or dissensions, the next delega
tion of Pennsylvania congresjinen
onht to contain not more than four
Democrats, and possibly a.i few as two
And for real business purposes, the
commonwealth eoull do nothini: bat
ter than to pitc'i in and make it un
snimonslv Republiean.
It stiot LD be .borne in mind that
while fire nlsrm publicists, like
Labonchere, may often embarrass good
covernmeut, tney cannot permanently
defeat it. England's new premier
would do a distinct service to mankind
if he'ahculd succeed in putting the
Liberal pirty, npon a foundation of
c mmon ftiie and thui cut ;loos from
the torchlight colonel of the radical
persuasion.
The latest New York gossip points
to Mr. Depew for governor.if he should
be willing to accept a nomination,
which is doubtful. Those qualities for
which he is famru, however, are bet
ter out of the governorship than In it.
They would bo ermped by the neces
sary routine and laborionsness ot the
position. From an Impartial ontside
view, it would seem as if ex-Vice Pres
ident Morton's name were yt the like
liest one in connection witli this norai -ration.
I: avoids all factional obsta -cles
and aaturea a support at the polls
far in excess of tho normal party
strength. Mr. Morton enpys close ap
plication to business. Mr. Dspsw is
happier as an oratorical free lance
Altholoh heretofore confined ;to
the large oitiet, the type setting ma
chine has now made its way into the
interior, and is not too much to expect a
new literary revolution in eonspqnence
The West Cbe9ter U-pnblican was the
tint inland journal in this state to
compose itself by midlines; but others
are preparing to follow its example,
and an increased quantity of reading,
In consequence of the decrease 1 cost of
typo setting, may be expected to follow
the advent tof man lines. It is to be
hoped that type setting machines will
eventually be improved so as to obviate
the sharp, angular, metallic charaoter
of the machine-set printed pad, which
is destructive of neat appearance and
harmful to the eyesignt. When this
shall bo done, machines will quickly
he introduced into the great mijority
of news paper offices, in little commun
ities as well a big ones
SORROW AND LOSS.
Under the caption, "A Year of
Power," tho New York World prints a
olnmn review of Democratic re
iseendancy,as thus far nnfolded, which
contains moro misstatement, mis
information and deliberate misrepre
sentation than we remember ever be
fore to have seen in an equal space,
notwithstanding the sharp competition
waged in these particulars by tho
World's Democratic contemporaries.
'Not in hnlf a century bfore," declares
this Gotham orscle, "has tho first year
of a new administration and a new
:ongress been so rich in important
public services as has the year ended
Hiturday." After this whoppr, what
may we not expect?
The evldenoes which the World cites
in snpport of this Assertion are com
prised In fonr facts, namely, the pas
sage ot the silver repeal law, which
the World forgets to explain was af
fected solely through Republican help
in the senate, the repeal of the federal
election lew, which is a good thing for
ballot staffing brigadiers, but a tough
:ne for those who favor a free ballot
did an honest' count ; the pissage of
the Wilson bill, which the World
rhinks "the most scientific and just
(nrlff measure that has passed either
house of congress In thirty years," but
from which opinion Pennsylvania bsgs
leave to dissent by 188,294 msjorlty;
ind, lastly, the saving of $13,000,000 in
ponsionB, a saving affected, as veterans
saow to their sorrow, by tho most
outrageous scheme of retronchmeat
aad disloyal villifioation of Union de
fenders ever conceived by au Ameri
can cabinet official.
Thns it will be seen that the only act
which is intrinsically entitled to entrv
on the credit side of the Clevelaad re
gime, silver repeal, is due as much to
Republican as to Democratic effort ; and,
ia fact, as has been shown by Democra
cy's passing of the Bland inflation bill,
was directly antagonistic to Djaiocra
tic instinct. Upn the debit margin,
what is it ttist confronts us'' A money
panic untiiwilled in our whole history,
turned by Democratic tariff folly into
an industrial paplo that has cost the
nation 14,000,000,000 in money, loss aad
untold misery, infltring aad anguish ;a
foreign poliey stained by the failure of
aa executlyo conspiracy to assassinate
republican government 00 a friendly
island; a civil service reeking with
scandal and odious with hypicrltic.il
pretences of reform ; ami a con
gress in which Democracy an l Popu
lism, alternately vying with each other
In th formulation of madness and
felly, have carried to every sober bul
aes interest the chill of uncertainty,
doubt and dread,
Democraey's year of power has been
a yenr of sorrow and of bus.
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AND NOW, MURDER.
For the bloody scones tiiat yesterday
attended the annnal charter election in
the city of Troy, N. Y culminating at
noon in tho brutal and cold-blooded
murder of a prominent Republican
whose presence at the pills was a legal
and patriotic protest against tbngUm,
ballot stuffing and polios intimidation,
Senator Klward Murphv and Governor
Rot well P. Flower are its directly re
sponsible, in morals, as if thty had
personally pulled the trigger ot the
gnu thut did the deed. That thev are
not amenable in law is undoubtedly in
part due to the fact that they, and
others like them, have long had the
making of the law, and have
molded it to suit their own disreput
able purposes. There is no escape
from this conclusion. Disunite it aad
befog it as their apologists may, whoa
lloswell P Flower, acting uoder the
orders of hie seaatorial bos, refuted to
sign the hi pirtisaa election inspection
law, thereby slapping tin fscas of the
twenty-seven Christian ministers, Pro
testant and Catholic, and the thous
ands of reputable laym"n Who had pe
titioned him to divido representation
on the electoral boardi of iaspectioa
equally between the two political par
ties, he made a public proclamation of
his williugnssi that the old rowdyism
should re-appear, and took upon his
shoulders responsibility for the fore
seen result.
That result quickly cirae. The old
cohorts of skilled repeaters brought up
tho river in canal bo it loads, and cap
tained by men who are the direct pen
sioners of Murphy and his minions,
came again upon the scene just as they
have come at every precding election
of importance since Mnrphyism be
came a fixed political science. Tbey
had yesterday, ns they have had be
fore, any day these past twenty years,
absolute immunity from arrest by a
police force recruited from their own
ranks and schooled in the kaowledge
that their clnbs must hit Republican
heads only. And when, with a courage
almost snblima in view of the discour
agements, the unsalaried fighters for
mnnicipil reform, having as thoir in
centive only the consciousness of a
solemn civic duty, made bold to chal
lenge this invasion from the slums,
there occurred the familar clash, in
which skull cracking and eve-blackening
was polished off by a cruel murder.
The Trojan gentleman who, by vir
tue of past incidents of thts character,
now occupies a senatorial seat once the
prerogative of st ttesmaaship and man
hood, is entitled to congratulation npon
thelogicil fruition of his dirty work,
lie is privileged now to view.inite real
significance, the meaning of the
methods that he has sagg,sted, plotted
and perfected. From his soft retreat
in the cushion-' i easy chair that oace
hold a Marcy, a Howard an 1 aCoak
ling, this amooth manipulator of
thugs, coat-throats and hired assassins
is permitted to ma his eye over a spec
tacle of peculiar triumph, We wisli
him joy of it. We likewise wish joy
to the pliaot tool of Mnrphyism and
Hillism, to the saintly man of W ater
town who gives money to the poor that
his politics orphans and pauperizes, to
the jelly-honed state exsontlve who
dure not say that his sonl is his own
.
AN IMPORTANT PROBLEM.
With respect to the various local con
tentions waging in official circles in
neighboring boroughs as to the proper
course to be pursued in constrnctlng
sewers, TBI TriBTJHI oan ernk only in
a general way, since it does not profoss
to be fnmlliar with all the varying de
tails. Bnt it sems to us that the citl
zeas of Olyphant, who in a public mass
meetlag the other day memorialized
their local council to reconsider a vote
granting the use of tho etroets to a
private swer company, and expressing
tho beliof that sowers, being for the
public nso nnd the pnblln good, should
bo owned by the public, havo sounded
the key note to the whole controversy
and left little to be added.
It is not exaggeration to say that la
their disregard of fundamental equi
tlea tho various municipal legislative
bodies of Northeastern Pennsylvania,
during tho past decade, havo probably
surpassed any equal number of conn
rllmmic assemblages in the United
States. Tho truth seems only just hi
ginning to dawn upon many of them
that franchises involvlag, ualess prop
erly gaarded, nncommoa opportunities
for public oppression ami extortion,
are not things to h lightly scattered
about, in response to the smiles or
wiles of unctnons lobbyists, or else
given away in sheer exuberance of conn
cilmnaic generosity; bat that (hey are
weighty and precions public resources,
from which the community In general
Is morally entitled to derive a large
revenue,
It will no doubt be argued that 0.0 -less
private companies take hold of
these business problems of municipal
development, tho problems will not get
solved. This is an especially plausible
argument ia relatioa to sowers. Let
as concede the point. List us confess
that under our system of sending to
councils many mea who, to put it
mildly, hav a very inadequate concep
tion Of their duties and responsibilities,
it is not always practical to intrust to
borough councils the business manage
ment of certain public works, euch as
the water supply, the leotrlo and gi
light plants, sewors and the like. Djbi
this afford any reason why, in lettiiiL'
this management f:tll npon private cor
Derations we should not exact a Mr
rental for the public privileges granted,
and exercise, in the municipality's
name, such explicit supervision ovor
the private management as will protect
the public in its true rights
Americana generally an 1, and North
eastern Pennsylviinisns especially, are
awikening to the foot that In many
pst instances of effi.'ial generosity t i
corporate petitioners tney have t e mi
imposed upon. It these existing ini
position! lire irremediable-ind wo have
in mind several that are tho know
ledge of this fact should spur public
sentiment on to greater future vigi
lance. Tho Influence of corporate en -terprlss
is a good and wholesome one,
properly created and restricted; end i;
only becomes a hurtful Influence when
the indifference of the public invites it
to go to extremes. It beOOUMS, there
fore, the duty of the public to ascertain
the proper. and fair limit to which this
Infloeueeniay safely go; and then to
put down its chalk in irk ami set up Its
notices of warning.
And no mire important problem
than this is today lufore the public.
CLEVELANDISM'S FRUITS.
If the house's adoption of tho Blsn l
seigniorage bill has not completed the
awakening of American business mn
to the prlls of Democratic re-ascendancy,
It Is difficult to conjecture what
could. Fleeted mainly through the
efforts of business men, because
ot their belief that he Was
pre-eminently the representative of
sound politics and level-headed
legislative action upon questions of
financ", Mr. Cleveland's first year of
absolute control has witnessed euoh n
shrinkage iu values and such a
widespread and lutenslfied loss to
labor as had aever been known
before. In the place of that
firm conservatism which they had
boasted so exultantly was Mr. Cleve
land's basic characteristic, they hav.
seen him repeatedly go to the Populists
with offers of fusioa aad dicker; they
have learned with chagrin of bis ap
pointment of the Populistic (iresham
to the chiof place in his cabinet; and,
finally, they have had tho crowning
lesson of his helplessness to thwart the
tariff smashers of hisown party in their
persistent precipitation of tho greatest
industrial reverse ia tho history of the
American pople.
It is linstrnetive to note the coin
cidence of calamities wrought by Dmn
ocratic incapacity, acoincideno ap
parently justifying tho old adage that
'it never rains hnt it poors." First
we hud the bankers' panic, hastened,
if not wholly caused, by the Populistic
demand for fret silver coinage with
silver a constantly declining commod
ity. As if tho $2. 000,000, 000 thns
swept out of circulation in tho depre
ciation of American securities was not
enough, wo next had the working man's
panic, or the indnstrial stagna
tion that followd the economic ramp
age of Democracy's southern brigadiers.
Here was another calamity, the
aggregate effect of which, upon the
home-life of our people, was worse and
moro destructive than would have been
a fiercely-fought civil war. It was a
blow that fell, mit npon the wealthy,
or creditor classes, although they had
suffered, too, but squarely and cruelly
npon the great poor or debtor classes, up
on themen whose only retonrse was the
d:iily wsg'i that they could earn. The
loss to them, on an averag, of twenty
per cent, in wages meant, not tho dif
ference tietween finning opulence and
a slight, almost, imperceptible curtail
ment, bnt the difference between mod
est competence end dir-ct straggle,
poverty, hunger and evon b j-lily suffer
ing.
But last of all, at a tin)) when th
country is yet in the throes of thss.
two prior inflictions, and while courts
of bankruptcy and corporation receiv
erships are busy with tho work of in
quiry, ndjndlcation and readjustment,
we have the thirl nnd mobt vicious
blow of nil, whl'di is the blow of tho
rebel brigadier and the western i:ill i
tionists combined, at the national cred
it. That it must fail leemi curtain,
because as n nation we have done noth
log to deserve it, Hut for its ultimate
miscarriagn wo shall own no thanks
to (Irover Cleveland, whoso cultivj
tion of this political fusion, was
its direct Incentive, invitation and
opportunity. If it shall finally full
short of its vital mark, there will be no
debt of gratitude owed to the Demo
cratic party, bnt rather one of supreme
gratitude to tho kindly overruling
Power which shall have given it to our
people to rise inprior to the pirty
which has had deslrnutiveness of
wealth, Industry nnd medium of a
chango 'as tho IflUM purpose of its
partisan existence.
Clevelandism Is at last bearing its
true fruits, llow do you like them?
AU-, Too Trap,
n t"i ,-' . AVns
In a wrestling'innteli prejudice can gen
erally throw judgment.
Wnl', It Cttnlnlv Nstrti It.
CAfafOO Ihntmtrh.
It is thought Unit tho conato will dis
count Mr. Wilson's lull slightly.
- -Not
an Unmix d Kvll.
Gllessjc Pfsjscfes,
OsoSt Wilde has poetp we 1 Iih American
lecture t"ii r on account of tlm lliiuneiel de
pression here. Sweet are tftS uss of nd-
versify,
Th! One PnieSMtlOe Mark.
rJuifHinino:
A most singular silence attends tho free
trade debates at, Washington. While they
are In progress VOfl can heur wiagSS drop
all over tho country.
'
I.ov'a L'g-ht-nlur Powsr.
H7'rl'il"oti ,V,'lr.s,
A flvo-ponn.l coal Seattle which n boy
carries for his mother Is twice a heavy ns
a twenty-ponnd lunch induct, eorrted for
the name boy's ga l st a picnic.
Ihir'e Net of Tint. Strips.
SyUkeS Haire ft MS Preiler.
If men who are elected to congress do
not remain in their places rn make up n
quorum for tho tninsactlun of business
they should rodgn and pnrmil tho elec
tion of men who will.
An ex-Editor on
Jour n a Htm.
Him. C. Ben ,nfoiaoil.
It a man be patient
H beaver, Keen
eyeil as an argus, sly
as a fox, plucky us n
lion, tblok-sktnned as
a hippopotaimis,gen-
!ii as a gaseue with
his friends and cold
liioiled an a ericodilo
with iiieir enemies.
with nerves that can
be Hiisliiined without
sh op and a stomach
to bleb Dinger poo
Is ns refreshing si
c li a iii pa k n o ami
ooard lea bouse hash
as ii delicate ragout i
li, in ail'lilioa to all
this, be has a soul
to imiore the shlnv
1 eve to his coat and
the imin to ins un
mentionables, with
no wat of those in-
owes and no expect-
lloini from those who
OWC him, ho ma.)
etart. in with smiic
faint show of BUO-
ess in country jour
nalism.
With b Short Reply.
Bh Editor WSS
Mr. Johnson would
acknowledge, if con
fidentially approach
ed, that his rial m
tnkes ia quite a syn-
d.ciite of snoeeesfnl
country joumelists,
who begun almost
on nothing; but who
today arS in posses
sion of a handsomely
paying enterprise,
enjoy the good will
of the community m
which tbey live, ex
to t a powerful infln-
BUCO Oil the body
politic, are looked up
to, are Independent,
cheerful, contented
aud happy. The man
who stmts out do
termtnod to win sue
iitee ia noy undci
tubing, if he brings
in boar ablllty.entef"
pri-e, seal, unflinch
ing lb votlon to high
pi luclple, loyalty, m
tegilty and enthu
siasm, will llnd it,
evon though he train
bin efforts in the
mat) nalltal Ion of a
country newspaper.
GOLDSMITH'S
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Moving and Honse Cleaning
i
fibnwinu Lit lis Tnndeinens.
Wathtnuiw I'oit.
i i'ii the Moan nmp oress in utinaa
currycomb mi Josiab Qnfncy's hnio.
SEE WHAT
Will my in the
way of a
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LANK HOOKS
LANK LOOKS
MEMORANDUMS
Office Supplies of all kinds
Inks and Mucilages
LEAD1XO MAKES.
Fine Stationery
WIRT.WATERM A N and FRANK-
LIN FOUNTAIN PENS.
Alt Onsrsnteert
Agents fu Crawford's Pens nnl
Back's Flexible Rubber Stamps.
Arc near at hand, and the question will naturally arise: Where
will we buy our new Carpet, Shades and Curtains.
For your benefit wa beg ieavo to say that th3 doors to our Carpat D3partmnt
are open, and ever ready to extend you a nearly wslcoma. That wo ara hear
quartern you will soon bo convinced when you see what a Laree stock wa carrv.
uu uuw iuvonr prices aro. we nanaie every concaivable grade or Carpets, such as
RAG CARPETS, BODY BRUSSELS,
HEMP CARPETS, WILTON CARPETS,
INGRAIN CARPES, VELVET CARPETS,
TAPESTRY CARPETS, MOQUETTE CARPETS
Oil Cloth, Linoleums, Mattings, Window Shades,
Curtains, Drapery Materials, Etc., Etc.
And we make a specialty of Fine Interior Decorations, employing none but the
most skilled workmen in every branch of the business.
Carpats cleaned by our New Process and relaid at short notice.
Cxoldsrniths Bazaar.
With the New Valves
Out of Sight
( Mir new I iicycles are now
to be seen at our 314 Lacka
wanna avenue store.
VICTORS,
SPALDING.
CREDEINDA,
GENDR0NS.
And a full line of Hoys' and
Girls' Wheels. We are mak
ing extremely low prices on
Second-hand Wheels.
Reynolds Bros.
Stationers and Engravers.
JUT LACKAWANNA AVK
Hotel Waverly
riiropcan Plan. Plrftt-olMH Bftr nttiehc1
lvpoi for I'.urgniT St Enftl'l Tunhnnwr
llr.
N. E. Cor. WW End Filbert Ms, Piillaii
Most dedrabfo for mMantt of N B. Ptnn'
Fylvaiilii All MQstOlttMM fat trAVi'lms
la IBd from Broml B treat Rtmiun anil tU
Twirth and Market Stro-t rtatlon 1.
llriilili' for visiting BOrftntonUUI and poo
He in ti.. A .. Kegiou.
T- J. VICTORY,
PR0PRIET0B.
J.D.W1L
LIAMS&BRO
314 Lacka. Ave.
NORWAY IRON
BLACK DIAMOND
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.lessor's ENGLISH
CAST STKEL
HORSE SIIOF.H
vili:y a
tor CALK
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MACHINERY
SPRING
SOFT STEEL
ANVILS
BKLLOWS
HOItSR NAILS
RUSSELL AND WELLS BROS
C l TTINQ MAC'lII N ERY.
WAGON AVHERLS
AXLES
SPIUNCJS
HUBS
SPOKES
RIMS
BTEKL SKEINS
R. R. SIMKKS
SCREW
Bittenbender & Co. , Scranf on,
Wholosalo and retail dealers' in 'sTaKonmakers' and Blacksmiths
SUPPLIES.
THE DICKSON MANUFACTURING CO.
RCRAXTON- AND WILKBS-BARRB. PA.. MAJTCFACTCKERS O?
Locomotives and Stationary Engines, Boilers,
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY.
General Office, SCRANTON. PA
FOR THE LENTEN SEASON
All klllllt Frcth ' rrrrUrtl tlntly
I HtM y SiiioK.mI tlullliut,
RonvlsMM Oort,
nriiiiMitli Hlontrrt,
suit lnrk i.-l.
Rmmiwiti CtiMnpiikfi liny.
MHurlti IttxtT riv Mid
f Ha I'nlnl
OYSTERS
t-nft Ihcll Cnm: Miilmps,
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PENN AVK
WATCHES
DIAMONDS
JEWELRY
SILVERWARE
SPECTACLES
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308 Lackawanna Avenue
and
.o() and 40a Lackawanna Avenue.
423 Lackawanna Avrnue.
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At the Sale of the
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PRICES LOWER
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STOWER
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HAMS. LARD.
EVERY HAM AND RAIL. OF LARD BRANDED.
wgjwMW) THE ST0WERS PACKING CO., SCRANTON, PA
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HE DUTHEIL STUDIO,
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