THE SCRAN TON TlilJJUNE I'll I DAY MORNING-. MARCH .'$0. 1894. SCRANTON TRIBUNE f. e. WOOD, General Manager. rrnt.lSHKn DAILY AMI W1EKI.Y IN SCRAM TON, PA., UV TUK 'llClllUNK ! I 1-1 1M1IM, COMPANY. Nr.w York Omen TniBtJM Buii.dino, FitANK 8. OiiAT. Man AOKtt. AMtTtd at thr Yir.). at krauts Pa.. o Ftttmtl-l'lars Hail ilattrr. THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE. SCRANTON. MARCH BO, I8M. Btsbtbody wux won want to know all about "A Yaukse iu Gray," - No Respecter of Persons. Iu its zeal to criticize Scrauton and Scrantonians, toe Wilkog-lSarrs Rsoord ins tieu led, possibly by InadsQiuta reports, into soma very ill-tempered ai:d unjust stricture with rsferencti to the local arrests of Uev Mr. uud Mrs. Riot, the evangelists. We iuote por tions of the Record's outburst, In ordsr thu more effectually to exhibit Us in trinsic anftirnau There must he queer law up in Bcrantou when tuirlv policemen cm bully nnd hur ras an Inoffensive aud frlsndlsss woman because the preaches the iiel of Christ. There is strange Inconsistency Inthecoutse juirsufU toward thin woman by k!aor Connell aud his action during tii .wills revival iu HcrMton tabernacle some time ago. Ou that occasion tho mayor Issued a proclamation eommandlng incorrect: the proclamation merely requested this; every business man in the city to olOM hi" doors Upon u certain day lU order that the ieo I!e might have au opportunity to attend the meeting. Tbe proclamation era i;eu eruhy complied with, alt'ioiigb many of the merchant! were of different religious beliefs from that of Bet. B Fay Mill Now, however, wheu u unknown man uud woman appeal upon the streets to preach the same gospel, not so eloqueutly, no: so learnedly, perhaps, as tbi great re vivalist, but in a way that the poor aud lowly can nnderstauJ, they are get upou by police officers aud hustled off to the station house iik" common criminal A moment later, after remarking titat wiieu Mr. and Mrs. Uic- preached In WilkSS-Btrre the;r meatingi were qui et and peaceable, the Record contin ues: Tbey were not treated as mountebanks and fakirs because 'hey dared to utter tbe diviue truths of the Bible upon the public streets. They were not dragged to ihe lockup, wbilo the druukaia and the blasphemer waa allowed to defile streets with his offensive pretence. Up in Scran ton, However, it is different. Tne authori ties of that city seem to have forgotten that the Savior of mankind did tot seek th, magnificent temple of the Jews when He begau His earthly mlsaioo, They evi dently fall to ri-coiiect that He weat, uot among the rich and powerful, but ainoug the pour aud lowly, luculcatiug the divine trains of L'htistiauity along the highways and byways. He gathered about Him :ue common "people, and out under the blue skies taught tbein the lesson of salvation. Toe pior street evangelist, Wbo tries to follow conscientiously in the footateps of the Master: who brings words ..if hope to the poor au 1 the friendless who are out of place in the cushioned pewi of our fash ionable churches, should be accorded re spectful consideration iu every Christian community, but the Pharisee exists now, lis lie did eighteen hundred years ago, aod nowhere has be made himself so offensive ly manifesr. as iu the city of Scraaton dur ing the past week. What are tlie facts in this eatti As d indued at the hearings they are bri-tiy these : Mr. an 1 Mrs Rice one week ago, at nightfall, without having nski-d for a permit, attempted to hold it street meeting at Wyoming and Lackawanna avenue?. A crowd col lected, blockading this, the busiest corner cf the city. Officer Feeney asked Mr. Rice not to cause this blocksd, it being a clear violation of a city ordi nance. Mr. Rice refused to desist from his purposed demonstration. OfQoet Ft-eney teen placed him nad;r arrest, the prisoner struggling, resisting and making threats Mayor Cmnsll at or.ee accorded him a private hearing, at which Mr, Rica, in response to a gentlemanly explanation by the mayor of the ordinance and the officer's duty in tbe premises, bluiteringiy bale de fiance to the mayor, the chief-of-police stsd the whole city governrasnt. He was then remanded for a further hear ing, whereupon Mrs. Uice urged him to go to jail, saying she would con tinue th) meetings The mayor in formed her that he would gladly give her a prmit and detail a spsc ial r.ffiVr to guard the meetings provided she would eeUct a placo that would not interfere with tne public. He even arranged with I'ostiuasttr Vandling to enable Mrs Rice to speak from the Linden street stepi to the niw federal building and offered her the protection of an officer, but sue refnsed both offers, declaring she would pak "when she please), where she pleased and at what time she pleased. '' Tbe eul sequent arrests. have been made iu pursuance of this wilful !. ,!.- nee of the law, and u nder the right of 'he law of 1S9 which rjrmits a police of ficer to arrest, without warrant, upon eight any violator of municipal ordi nances or person guilty of a misdemea nor. The attitude of both Mr ami Mrs. Rice throughout has boen one of superiority to the law and of the deli -auce to the law's loeal offinors. It him not at any point been reasonable, con ciliatory, humble or croditablo. In tho case of Harker vs. the com monwealth, appealed from Allegheny county, the snpreme court of Pennsyl vania at the May term, 1888, affirmed the decision of the lower court as fol lows. ' The streetH are common high ways, designed for the use of tho pub lic in passing and repassing, and in such temporary occupancy as is inci dental to the exercise of these rights or necessarily connected with them. No one has a right to obstruct a public street by collecting therein a large ni aemblage of men or buys for the pur pose of addreising them ,tn 'violent, loud and indecent languago.' The common higliway.4 were designed for no audi pnrpose. If the purposes of Die meeting be lawful, a suitable place can bs obtained for it, without ob tructingthe public in their undoubted right of passing along their own high way. The liberty of speech does not require that the clear legal rights of the whole community ahull bo violated. The freedom of the press in as well deserving protection as the liberty of peech; but no one, in bis wildest en thusiasm in favor of the former, has claimed tbe right to establish printing presses in the public streets. One of Hoe printing presses would certainly do as effectual in collecting a crowd an the violent harangues described iu his indictment. The nuisance, in the one cage, would be quite rospjctable in its nature und objects compared with the demoralising character of theothsr. Dutboth are prohibited by law, us in fractions of the public right of pas sage." This decision applies, directly to the case in question, ami is a sweeping re buke to that form of public propa ganda which sels itself upon a pedestal of contempt for regularly enacted law and regularly ordained authority. The liublic streets are the property of the public, held in trust by the city in or der that the lights of their owners, the people, may be preserved mid. protected. The equal rights ipoken of in the con stitution of the United Stat"s do not in can a rlht to one man which, when iutemperately prtslstsd in, becomes an injustice to any other man. The lsson of this present case is of widespread application ami should receive atteu tire study. Wo dislike to believe that the Chris tian editor of tho Record, or its two Christian proprietors, havo been led by the friendly rivalry existing between the tWO cities to indulge iu those uu Obaritnble aud whoilv unwarranted re marks. Wo prefer to believe that the itecord has been misinformed ; that it has not been toldTho difftreuoe be tween holding orderly religious wor ship iu a large building specially sot apart for that purpose, aud holding mob like convocations iu the middle of the street, thereby blockading trafUc, causing great annoyance to business men and pedestrians and deliberately violating a plain city ordinance. The duty of Mayor Counell In this case has not been a pleasant duty and he lias certainly not courted tho notori ety connected with it. But uuleas we can establish the princ.ple iu equity that that which is law for one class is uot law for anothtr; uulsss we can iu vest in our mayor the power to sus pend, distort or spam specific enact ments of the city councils at will, he is to be commended and sustained iu his courio by all who believe in uniform and impartial law enforcement, Mayor Connell and the city officials had no quarrel with Mr and Mrs. Kice because they are por, because they "preach the gospel to the lowly or because they do not worship in line temples and amid luxurious surrounding. What tbey ask and what they shall insist upon is obedience to the plain law of tho city as it is laid dowu in the ordiuance book; and if wo rend aright the story of the Divine teacher of N'jzireiu, lie, too, counselled this. DROP AKOTHEB free coinage bill into the ccngrtssioiial hopper and pull out another panic. It is CHARGZO in Philadelphia that tbe recent adverse report of couueils against a municipal electric light plant was due to corrupt practices, t-uch a charge will not be duplicated here. The question ii one which the ptople will themselves discues aud settle, and there will be no crookedness about it. Why. SHOULD private enterprise he inadequate in progressive .Scranton to the lighting of Scrantou's streets? Mr. Cleveland's Veto. Between the lines of tiio president's Utest message can bo read a direct re Section of the halting uncertainty and vacillation that have characterized! ill tho recent acts of this Democratic ad ministration. For the first time in f rover Cleveland's history he is hum ble. apologetio and deprecatory. Oae looks in vain for the bold, clear note which oao wag his pride and boast, lime and trial and failure aloug many lines have softened his platitudes, weakened his woutod obstinacy aud bent even his groat iinperiousness to .ue force of circumstances. He is no longer a demigod, bnt, dethroned and humiliated, he has become the mere commonplace man that he was until quixotic flittery swelled his conceit aud puffed out ths msasure of hi s vanity. We say this ell the more frankly be cause Mr Cleveland, in the gist and burden of his inesgag, has stated vir tually the case which any honest man would have stated whose eyes had not been blinded by the free silver fallacy. In its general purport the message Is beyond reprosch, it is In the lame and halting manner in which its conclusions havo been reached that we read plain signs of the idol's downfall and are permitted to traco the subsidence of the Cleveland fad. No similur docutneut ever bore more conspicuously the marks cf compromise, struggle and concession. From the first word to the last it is a aerial story of hedging, trim mlng and pallutory explanation; ail the mora glaring hecauss wholly un necessary. For if ever there were a OS nil which an executive might b) permitted to plead with ringing and resonant cm nhnsis; if eter there wers n cause which might jiiatify the swift direct uesi of a magnificent imperialism that cause is the oame of a sound and honest dollar. The Riand bill to ootn the seigniorsgs wai in conception, growth and routumpUted tffeot a bill to open the flood gates and to let In the deluge, it was part of as groat a conspiracy as ever threatened our mtlonal credit; a conspiracy which to enrich its factors aud abettors would not scruple to rob open haudedly all the remainder of our people. Instead of taking the full legal limit to formulate his iinpoUnt dissent; a president of courage ami stamina would have sent luck his veto in the twinkling of an cy. While no oxi win be so injoit m to believe that politics has had auvthlng to do with the Druckinridga scandal, it cannot bo denied that tho Cleveland administration sniTr.s by reason there of. Coming alter so ranny previous evidenttM of tho auplosfint prominence of the Coufedorute brigadier spirit in administration circles, this newest ex hibition of the buduvss of one con spicioiis .son of the old southern aris tocracy undoubtedly lias v. i h r md 111 tlueiiO'V Tho rebel spirit, in all its manifestations, variations and tenden cies, is unalterably and forever wrong. There is no compromise with it. There is no possible concjaliueiit of it. Th impulses and tho traditions that sus tained slavery aud that vainly at tempted to diemember tbe republic cannot be made acceptable to the mu majority of Americans iu time of peace. Tbey must bo buried and for gotten. The descendenta of these scco; slouists must catcii tto keynote or else surrender control of the government. The attempt to achieve by lsgislative chicanery and , Immoral pretence what could not bo achieved by four years ol bitter civil war needs to be given up, now und forever, hs a lost came. Ii THIS 1 1 v r i 1 1 1 n i' ' 1 1 wants to build and own a canal across the isthmus of Ntoarangns, all right. If private en terprise wants to build ami own such a canal, all i . I i Stfilin. ihit I be two schemrs must not mix.' i s Another New Industry. Ouo of the moat useful lessons of the recent stringency lias been Its demon gtratiou cf the wis. lorn of diversifying a community' industries H id Scran ton rieeu dependent solely upon manu factories of iron and steel It would last year have experienced a depression without precedent. Were it today de pendent exclusively Upon tho opera iiuni of our mlnoi, their present slack uess would cut iKiignatitly Into tho verv vitals of lou.ll prosperity. But the fact that we have wisely varied th elements of our industrial strength has shielded UndsUstsined us, aud while there has le.n much suffering, it has DOt i quilled that felt elsewhere. We desire lo call attention to a very Important communication elsewhere from tho secretary of tha board of trada explaining, how S.xintouiuns, if they so desire, uuy add yet another to the numerous and varied , industries that hae greatly imphasillJ this city's importuuee, iu time of pros perl ty and, In time of depreeeisn, iutrpond as its effective bulwarks against hard times. Thorough investigation, by competent local experts, has demon strated the houstv and genuineness of the ilonesdule iron company's recent offer to remove tiieir plant to this city, aud it remains tor our psoplo to say whether this otter shall be accepted, inasmuch as their euterpriss and generosity have uever yet failed, we shall expect soon to auuouueo th com pletion of this notabls industrial conquest o Governor Flower may snub the cit izens' committee of Troy, but ho can not snub the geusral uprising against rott.'uueis iu municipal rule. - Tin: QUICK iinpioveuiotit that fol lows wholesome rivalry was was well shown in last evening's performance St the Academy of Sardou's "Americans Abroad," by u company comparable with the best now organized. Mana ger ilurguuder has in my times been unfairly criticized lor tbe introduction of attractions Delow tho highest class. This criticism has entirely overlooks 1 the fact that Manager Ilurguuder, like a wise businessman, has simply catered to the demand ns it exists. As that demand is o Incited and elevated, the grade of performances will naturally follow the same course But with two theaters, each striving to excel the other, there is a possibility that the process of education may be very greatly hastened , and such superior entertainments as those we have had this weak will do muc'i to spssd the good work. Rkv. Dr PaxroNorNew York bag tbe ilior to explain why a minister who soleinuiz-s secret marriages should enter into a conspiracy of silence with reference to the legal certification. An Era of Nastiness. Such revelations as those prititel iu yesterday's report of the l'ollard-Breck-inridge scandal aro excusable only on the ground that they show in their true light the utter inf tiuy, dsgre U tion sud filth of relations which con travene the statue law, defy social con ventions and outrage tha dscency of intelligent mankind In an ags when this aboiniuuble nastiness appears to b upon the increase, it is tho duty of public teachers, whither infthe pulpit, the school room or through the press, to re-gmphoRize legsous of moral clean less and r double efforts to inculcate social purity and strengthen individual honor. It is not pleasant for any decent man to breathe guch an utmosphuro of in expressible corruption as now om auates from the putrid carcass of Col onel Breckinridge's ones -lofty reputu tlon. The langusge of calmusss and dignity does nut guffico to voice the depths of infamy which this liory huaded KentUOkinD has wallowod in, aud which he now stoically disoloaes to the astonished guzs of a shuddering public. Vet, now that he hag forced this exposure upon that public, h must be contsnt to take the conse quences, iiud the cans i ot sound mo rality must not fall to advance its in terests, even though to do so it bag to exhibit him aa the most nauseating ex ample of uttor (iltlilness tint has ever received the misplaced coutlleuuj of a deceived constituency. The pestilential air fiom Judge Bradley's court room will soon be purified, let US hope by ths rend ition of an immediate verdict for ths entire amount of damage sought. The in ! bid stench which pemmates the news columns at present will give way presently to cleaner nuil sweeter an 1 more wholesome odors Breckinridge will be doomed, us is bis just deHort, to an oblivion which even tho crack of doom would havo difficulty in terminal ing. Miss Pollard will be permitted, if her sense of honor be not wholly shriveled and withered, to s;ek in isolation and psuilnne that slight chance of earthly forgiveness which our unjust social canon s nOgtBsWOtttly iiccordg to tho woman wlio errs and is found out. But wiille tho trial is in progress, it will bs necessary for its details to b-t prinlc I With OOOtldtr kble l rankmaa, lor in ine isrrinio tioq i.tnc i of the awful facts t lienig;ivea ig preached the llrongett sjriuuii that over caused tin to writhe, It wah once claimed that McKiuley w.im unpopular in the greet northwest , but times Uavectuuged si not progptr ity (lied. I ' e Lobbyist! and and mtmbert nm not the only ones who should attend public sessions of councils. - , Apparently. TttBeosrcMt thing about this light problem la light. Another Point Aaxlntt It. iWesafMgfea 1'ost (teiioral Cuxey Is also au ardent advocate of the income tax. THE NEWS IS LEGITIMATE. Why ths Press Sivs a Uisful Puiposs la On Cites. Witshimjton St HJi. Noone can itnubt iht tho suit now peudiug before Jnatice Bradley has excited inoiu widespread Inrerest than any oilier civil anil In the mist twenty years. Many causes have contributed to this situation. It was brought at tit capital of the nation where much that is worst m uatiouul llfo us vti'ti as much timi is beat comes to the gut face and at tracts tho greater atteut lou because tn city is tin. focus or tbe public gose ami whatever is revealed comes forth in i ne moit intense electric glare, iu.edu feudant to tbe sun is u man known personally Iu uearly every section of tho country, and is the pos sessor ui a. iisme whim lor a hundred years or more has occupied th places ot honor iu the natiou'a pantheon ot religious, legal, military ami political Worthies, Too shock givt-u to the COUUtn hi tho charges mfainst him and by tbe confessed tacts has not resulted In an unanimous opinion us to htseutkr legal responsibility, though the moral re sponsibility cannot be snifiod, and uat or ally every one Is eaRer to have every tact which n.ny aid him iu reaching a true Judgment in Ittttcate, Thedusiie of the public, therefore, to louru tho facts brought out by public trial of this came w legitimate, and tim newspaper per forms ii i iiii.r.- function in publishing the news concerning it. H Hie Ronton' Ui-srd ChaniEO Sttnnwpotit 7 oao. When spring coins dashing up the stretch The Htuve will scarce have gone, When tin- man who used to uhovel coal Will haVO to iiuiw ho lawn. Ou- Iuduatry 'that Is I'rotec'.td. Pt:ic ok Recorder, The amended tsn!l bill is a betrayal Of American labar and capital. As a pov erty producer it ib peerless. Talkn Llko u K ir.mn l . vulist. m. ou!i Sluts JkstocroL Henry LaboUchere l iU danger of being considered tho Mrs. Lease of itritish poll! ics. Not the Coal Field U, ps. lialtiinttrr Attltfican It is to be hoped that this will prove win tn's farewell engagement. Thkbkst inntual Insurance policy agam-t ,itt uck of Sickness Is tn bo lounil in taking Hood's Marsaparilla. If you are weak it w ill make yon stroiii; Hoop's PILLS are the best after dinner pills, a-Kist digestion, euro headache. Try a DOS. -o::. GOLDSMI TH'S $ DEPARTMENT ANOTHER NEW LINE OF Sonne . . Exclusive Patterns This week many will look and later on you will buy Carpets, Curtains and Ms After you have moved or done your spring housecleaning. Therefore, we ask you not to lose sight of the fact that ours is the largest stock in this city, and as we buy and sell for cash you can save dollars by supplying your wants right here. When Carpets, Curtains and Shades are sold at dry goods prolitsyou know what that means. We have Rag Carpets, Hemp Carpets, Ingrain Carpets, Brussels Carpets, Velvet Carpets, Moquette Carpets, Axminster Carpets and Wilton Carpets, Oil Cloths, Linoleums, Mattings, Rugs of every description and size, Window Shades, Lace Curtains, Yelour Curtains,Chenille Curt ains, Upholstering and Drapery Materials of all kinds Designs and estimates furnished for all kinds of Interior Decoration by the most skillful artists. Goldsmith Brothers & Company. ITictors With the New Valves Out of Sight Our new Bicycles are now unuci In Gold and Silver LTIESi to he seen at our 314 Lacka- mm&im&zsTmMKmEa Z. wanna avenue store. 1 Easter"Egg Spoon." Prayer Book Mark-ers, I Easter Book Marks, AT CONRAD'S 305 Lacka. Avenue. FASHIONABLE MILLINERY JENKINS iV MORRIS, formerly with Leah Jouea, display n lare and wedl-jtilpctnl atock of Fashionable Spring Styles in Millinery. F.ppcinl attention Weu to Artiitic Trimming. 406 SPRUCE STREET NEXT I f DIME HANK. VICTORS, SPALDING. CREDENDA, GENDRONS, And a full line of Boys' and Girls' Wheels. We are mak ing extremely low prices on Second hand Wheels. Hand-painted Easter Eggs. Silver-mounted Leather Goods, suitable lor Easter Gifts. Conneil nor LACKAWANXt .H'.;.Ui. J, K. A. HULBERT'S City Music Store, W VUMINO AVR , CHAM tiilk HTMINWAY HO DKCKUn RKOTHKH9 an Klt.aNK II & IIAUK HI VUIA .V r. M I It PIANOS 314 Lacka. Ave. SEH8LG HARDWARE, Timothy, Clover and Lawn Seeds. FINE ENGRAVING Foote 6l Shear Co. 513 LACKAWANNA AVE. IS a fern feUMSfe of first Otftff ORGANS UI'KM Al. UlCKCltANUlEtt at u bic. Km. icm Wedding Invitations, Announcements, Reception and Visiting Cards, Monograms, Menns aud Dinner Cards, Reynolds Bros. Stationers and Engraver. SIT LACKAWANNA AVtt Yc are otfcrinjf a new edition of tho Hook of Common Prayer, well bound In cloth. Two Copies for 25c. Single Copies, 13c. IRON and STEEL NORWAY IRON BLACK DIAMOND BILVKR EXTRA SPECIAL SANDERSON'S ENGLISH JNSBOFS ENGLISH CAST STEEL HORSE SHOES TOU CALK HUE MACHINERY SPUING SOI T STEEL ANVILS BlCLLOWS HOUSE NAILS WAGON WHEELS AXLES SPRINGS iu '.'.v SPOKES RIMS STEEL SKEINS H R, SPIKES WILEY Al RUSSELL AND WELLS BHOS. SCHEW CUTTING MACHINERY Bittenbender & Go., Scranton, Wbolesals and retail daler' in Wasjoomsksrs' aud Blacksmiths' SUPPLIES. THE DICKSON MANUFACTURING CO ICRASTOij AND W1LKRBARU& PA.. HANUFACTUHKHS O? Locomotives and Stationary Engines, Boilers, HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY. Qsneral Office, BCRAHTON, r.v UERNSEY BROS. Will remove about April ist to 22 Wyoming Ave nue (V. M. C. A. Building), with a full line of Pianos and Organs sjiimiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii: I DO YOU REQUIRE I ACCJJRATE TilVIE?! S WE HAVE IT, At Wholesale and Retail, on easy monthly payments. It will pay to wait lor them. 198 Lack Ave. 1 ASK YOUR GROCER AND INSIST UPON HIS FURNISHING YOU WITH jm Hs4 sms. -w- yr mimi 'jjF DELICIOU8, MILD SUGiLIl ADSCL'JTELV r XT XT. 13 HAMS. LARD. EVERY HAIV1 AND PAIL. OF LARD BRANDED. BTRjDEgjPPLiBD jHE STOWERS PACKING 10., SCRANTON, PA v v h. i ri li '-' tllWIV W a via mv a v ' - - OWE) nineiiiiu(iciiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiuiiR FOR THE LENTEN SEASON All klnili i't Hull rwislvsd ('.all. 1 inn')' Kiuuknl Malibut, BaaalttiH Codi Varmouth Hlnatsn ) nit Mackerel. RnakawaTi hegappak nay. Maurlva Kivor Oovs nntl lllllU I "li t OYSTER oit Mirii rinmis sttiitiip. KttlllM, .i. W. H. PIERCE,
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