THE SCRANTON TKIUUNE SATURDAY MORNINC. NOVEMBER 17, 1894. 0c gtxanton Zxihu roBuaais dart n Sciuinoi. r-. btTbi niani , P0BUSH1NI) OOMPiHT. . 1 I. P. KINGtaURV, Pass, Qn'l Wut. E. M. RIPPLE, Iu'imi Tana. ' LIVV . RICHARD, C.iToa. W. W. OAVIB, uMaiNT.aMNT. W. W. YOUNGS, Adv. Mans'., Iiw York omci : tr 1 buildiro. fiarc ORAY. . AOIB. NT1BJ0 AT TBI MSTOmol AT SCRANTW, FA, Al SIOOXD-OLASa MAIL HATTia "Printers' Ink," the recognized journal for advertisers, rates THE SCKANTON I KIUINE os the best advertising medium In Northeastern Pennsylvania. " Printers' Ink" knows. BCRANTON, NOVEMBER 17, 1894, THE SCRANTON OF TODAY. Come and Inspect our city. Elevation above the tide, 740 feet Extremely healthy. Estimated population, 1894, 103,000. Registered voters, 20,699. Value of school property, $750,000. Number of school children, 12,000. Average amount of bank deposits, iiu, 000 000, It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn sylvania. . Can produce electrio power cheaper man Niagara. . . . 1 No better point In the United States M which to establish new industries. See how we grow: a. Population in 1860 Population In 1870 ,., 'JS Population In 1880 S'Se Population In 1890 JjffiS. ! Population in 1894 (estimated) W,W) ': And the end is not yet. The Tribune has prepared a neat souvenir pamphlet containing1 the offi cial returns of last week's election lh Lackawanna county, by district Copies of this may be had for the ask ing, by application at the business office.- As to Election Contests. It is entirely Improbable that a con test for the sheriff's office,- like that which Is soon to be begun by Mr. Bailey, will alter the result of last week's election. Mr. Clemons, the Bherift-elect, under a law drafted by one of the Democracy's foremost local leaders, will qualify and fulfil the du ties of the position while the contest is pending; and even though he should lose in the final decision a supposition which we honestly believe to be almost Incredible he would In all probability, before the end of the contest could be reached, have served a greater portion of his term, leaving to his competitor only a barren victory. Upon the other hand, following the precedents in election contests in this county, it he should be confirmed In his office and In all candor we may say that, knowing as we do something of the Inner facts in this case, we have not the vestige of a doubt of It the net result would be that the county would be saddled with a big bill of expense; the contestant, Mr. Bailey, would be out of pocket, out of time and out of office, all in one; and the Republican sheriff-elect, who, under the law would originally qualify in any event, would simply be bothered In the discharge of his official duties, to no purpose and to no avail. Only the specific knowledge of mate rial Illegality and fraud Justifies the waging of so costly a contest. These contests, under any circumstances, are of doubtful expediency. Admitting that there Is often apparent provocation to them, the expense which they entail upon the county expense not only In . the direct cash outlay necessitated by them, but also In the general uncer tainty and disturbance which they In troduce In the administrative processes of the county government Is Inva riably a heavy price to pay. If the pro cesses of original fraud prevention be Insufficient to secure fair elections, It should be the duty of legislation to work toward better safeguards; the process of reform by means of after- election contests, while justifiable In ex treme cases, is in the majority of In stances to be deplored rather than en couraged. It Is said that on Monday President Cleveland will extend the oivll service rules over Internal revenue employes less with a desire to Improve the ser vice than to keep Democrats In office after 1896. This, by the way. Is usually as far as the beautiful theory of civil service goes, under our system of chang ing politics. Voting by Machinery. ! If the object of ballot reform be to se cure bb much accuracy In voting, as possible, In the shortest possible time, we do not see how ballot reformers can consistently object to the use of labor saving ballot reform machinery. It Is already a demonstrated fact In the counting room that adding machines are more accurate than bookkeepers; and upon the same principle why should not a voting machine be prefer able to the fallible individual ballot marker? Perhaps most of our readers have already heard of the Myers ballot ma chine, about which there is just now so much talk In New York state. The new constitution adopted last week gives the legislature power to authorize the use of this machine whenever It shall appear that the people so desire. The machine Itself la an Interesting study, A writer in the Bun succinctly describes Has follows: To all outward appearance the machine Is nothing more than a sheet-Iron box five feet square and Beven feet high. It has two doors In the front, one for the en trance of the voter and the other for his exit after he has registered a freeman's will. On entering the box the voter finds himself fully enclosed from prying eyes, for there Is a roof over the booth, which is lighted from within. At the baok of the booth the voter sees several rows of knobs In parallel, perpendicular rows occupy ing airaoBt the entire back wall. Each of these rows Is reserved to the candi dates of a particular party who are to be Voted for. The party designation will be xounu at tho top of each row of knobs, and opposite each knob will be found the name of the candidate to be voted for. If the voter cannot read, he can recognise his party candidates by the distinctive oolor of the paper on which the names are printed. Provision is made for the strict party man who wants to vote the straight ticket,. which Is the easiest thing to do in , the Myers voting machine, as It is by any mode of voting yet devised.- By pulling a lever at the top of the column of knobs one vote Is cast for every candidate of the, party. At the same time all the other levers and the knobs are locked and If tho voter should remain In the box all day he couldn't cast another vote.' In voting for individual candidates the pressing In of the knob opposite the name of the candi date (for mayor, for instance) would lock the knobs of every other candidate for mayor, so that there would be no danger of anybody's voting twice for mayor. When the voter leaves the booth by the exit ' door all of the levers and knobs are released by the action of the door, and the booth Is ready for another voter. Outside the booth the voter will find a chart rep resenting the position of the knobs and their relation to. the candidates, which will assist him very materially In record ing his dos'lres'when he gets Inside. Sim ilar charts can be used by the politlcul poll workers in instructing their friends. Only a blind man would be incapable of voting with the machine, but he might have assistance, the law so providing. So much for the voter's part. The machine dons the rest. Back of those long row of levers and knobs is a shallow box fitted Into the back- of the booth, which con tains the counting machinery, which Is worked when the levers are pulled or the knobs pushed by the voters. This auto matic counting arrangement is similar to that of the automatic cash register, or a better comparison, perhaps, would be the counting machines which registers thfl number of newspapers run oft by a prun ing press, or the fare registers on a street car. This counting machinery Is protect ed by a door which cannot be opened ex cept by the inspectors of election after the voting is done and tnen tne canvass oi the vote is practically completed. The ex act vote cast for every candidate will bo indicated by the machines. Should the tally of voters who entered the booth kept by the election Inspectors and poll clerks not agree with the machine, the conclu sion would be that fallible man was mis taken, and that the machine's record was accurate. One objection to Myers' machine is Its cost. Each apparatus costs $250. But thlB objection Is met by the asser tion that one machine would do the work of two election' districts as at present constituted, while It would do away altogether with the expensive item jof ballot printing and with a num ber df the election officials required, for example, under our Baker law. So far a the opportunities for fraud are con cerned; honors are apparently even. We do not believe that any known sys tem wholly obviates fraud. But a proper method of voting by machinery might. lessen It,. Inasmuch as it would reduce the deotectlve work in each dis trict to the comparatively simple prob lem of watching each machine, Instead of several dozen men. The "machine" in politics has already demonstrated Its deterlty, and It may yet require a real machine to checkmate it. We sincerely trust that If New Tork really desires to proffer a testimonial to Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, it will come to a decision with greater haste than marked the progress of its monument to General Grant. Third Party Progress. The revised official count indicates that the total vote for Hawley, Prohibi tion candidate for governor, will ap proximate 20,000, which is 12,000 less than the high water mark recorded by the candidacy of Charles S. Wolfe. While this vote is a handsome one, un der the circumstances, we do not see that it sustains the hope of those who expect the Third party to attain nation al prominence as a competitive factor in American politics. . In this connection, we observe in the Wllkes-Barre Record a letter from Km mett D. Nichols in which the assertion Is. made that "in 1872 the Prohibition vote was 5,607 in the nation; In 1876 it was 9,737; in 1880 it was 10,366; in 18S4 It was 150,626; in 1888 It was 249,945; In 1892 It was 270,813; In 1893 the states aggre gated 300,000, and I dare say this year It Is still more. The Wine and Spirit Ga zette, a prominent journal published In New York in the interest of the liquor trade, recently declared that there were at least 500,000 votes cast for the Prohi bition party in this nation In 1888. That Journal no doubt had some grounds for making such a declaration; What hope would one of the old parties have of getting an honest count if all the elec tion boards were composed of members of the other party? That is the posi tion of the Prohibition party at present. The election boards are in the hands of our enemies almost entirely, and while we have some honest boards, yet there are many boards, who are none too hon est to throw out our vote, and we have strong evidences that such despicable tricks are often practiced Upon us. Of course we believe that a vote cast for principle is never lost." This is a plausible statement of the case; but can it be regarded as thor oughly satisfactory? If the Prohibi tion party were, as its advocates claim, the coming party, would It require ten years to double Its vote? The history of the Republican party, with which the Prohibition party is frequently compared, contains no- such record of lethargy, It bounded by giant strides Into the national arena and in a decade grew faster than the Prohibition parti san movement has grown in more than a score of years. Even the Populists, in less than a decade, have trebled the growth of the Prohibitionists. The loyalty which adheres to principle even against hopeless odds Is to be commend ed and admired. But we are yet unable to see, upon the face of the returns, Just what our third party friends hope to accomplish by remaining together as a small minority party. We notice, with pleasure, that the conference of departmental heads at Harrlsburg Thursday adopted, sub stantialjy without amendment, the bill for state forestry reservations prepared by Dr. Rothrock. It also approved a bill drafted by President Ford, of tho state fishery commission, to preserve the purity and prevent the pollution of the waters of the commonwealth. Wo do not have before us the text of this bill; but the assertion that it does not bear unjustly on any business enter prise Is Important If true. The urgent need of such preservation is not open to argument ; but it will require careful pilotage to avoid conflict with pollut lng Interests. In 1893, an" off" year, Ames,' Prohibi tion candidate for Judge of the Penn sylvan la supreme court',' polled 21,470 votes. Last week, in an exciting gu bernatorial year, Hawley, Prohibition candidate for governor, according to the People, the state Prohibition organ, polled 22,821 votes, a gain in one year of only 1,361 votes,' Baying nothing of the natural Increase in tbe Republican vote la Pennsylvania, from year to year, which Is even more rapid,, proportion ally, than the total gain In the Prohlbl tion vote, it would, at the foregoing rate, take something like three and two-thirds centuries for the Prohibition party to become a majority party In this commonwealth. Figures .some times are stubborn things, but they are worth noticing. " ' The fact that Scranton's water sup ply Is officially indorsed as the best in the country Is another feather in the cap of our proud pre-eminence. With this happy circumstance In mind, there Is less excuse than ever left for neglect ing to drink It. Even the most uncompromising friend of the West Lackawanna viaduct must admit that the city should not blindly take a leap in the dark. The question of damages should be definitely settled before new debt Is contracted. The cleanly appearance of Pine street between Qulncy and Clay avenues, or where the new asphalt paving has been completed, is an Impressive admonition to the other cross streets on the hill not to get out of fashion. The wife of the repudiated Populist governor of Colorado says women were bribed to vote the Republican ticket by offers of chewing gum. Where was Walte's confectionery pull? With moderate speed In the numerous preliminaries, the Swetlund street bridge ought to become a visible fact long before this date in '95. A material Improvement Is noticeable, of late, In the quality of Republican headgear. CHATS BY THE WAY. There are a good many playgoers these days who are quite ready to agree with the sentiment thus expressed by W. S. Gil bert In one of the songs in his new opera, His excellency :" Quixotic Is his enterprise, and hopeless nis adventure Is, Who seeks for jocularities that haven't yet been Baid. The world has Joked Incessantly for over imy centuries. And every Joke that's possible has long ago been made. I started as a humorist with lots of men tal flzzlness. But humor Is a drug which it's the fashion to abuse: - For my stock In trade, my fixtures, and tne good-win or the business No reasonable offer I am likely to re fuse. And If anybody choose He may circulate the news That no reasonable offer I am likely to refuse. Oh, happy was the humorist the first that made a pun at all Who, when a Joke occurred to him, however poor and mean, Was absolutely certain that It never had been done at all How popular at dinner must that hu morist have been! Oh, the days when some stepfather for the query held a handle out, The door-mat from the scraper, is it distant very far? And when no ohe knew where Moses was when Aaron put the candle out, And no one had discovered that a door could be a-jar! But your modern hearers are In their tastes particular, And they sneer If you inform them that a door can be a-Jar! In search of quip and quiddity I've sat all duy, alone, apart And all that I could hit on as a problem was to find Analogy between a scragg of mutton and a Bony-part, Which offers slight employment to the speculative mind; For you cannot call it very good, how ever great your charity It's not the sort of humor that Is greeted with a shout And I've come to the conclusion that the mine of Jocularity, In the present Anno Domini is worked completely out! Though the notion you may scout, I can prove beyond a doubt That the mine of Jocularity Is utterly worked out! Local huntsmen will peruse with pleas ure this interesting paragraph from the Wilken-Barre Leader: "There are deer In clone vicinity. A fine buck was seen back of Dulton, and bear have been noted on the Bowman's creek watershed and In the swamps that abound In the fastness of the Lehigh range. The number of foxes shot within the past week shows that reynard is keeping up his progeny. Tho wlldsat Is abundant on the Lehigh and Mooslc mountains, one hunter alone In the past four years shot 259 foxes, 300 wildcats or catamounts and a large number of skunks. The skins of the fox are worth from 25 to 50 cents. New wlldsat skins sell for 50 cents to $1, aocording to size, and for skunks a good demand will place the pelt at J1. Notwithstanding the aggression of civilization the wilds of Luzerne, Lack awanna, Wayne, Monroe and Sullivan counties are full of game of the wildest sort, and the woods will be full of hunt erg from now on until the season closes. The markets are crowded already with Bmaller game, and later In the season there will be deer and bear meat galore." It will be welcome news to wheelmen that the big cycle companies will In all probability numo $100 as the standard price for 1895 models. One of these compa nies the Rambler firm In Chicago has already made this announcement; and it would be singular, indeed, lr Its compet itors in high grade goods did not follow its example. The raw material In an average bicycle costs less than $8. The labor in making It costs less than 22. And the remaining $95 represents freight tolls, advertising, commissions and profits. The cost of the bicycle Is bound to come down. You can put It down as a sure thing that Inside of twenty-five years the best wheels will go begging at 50 apiece. . Up to date, Editor Blngerty'g emphatic demand for a new leadership In the De mocracy of Pennsylvania has not been honored by a spontaneous response. Neither Is It altogether clear that Becre tary Harrlty is yet under any obligation to proffer hi resignation as boss. In deed, those of Hnrrlty's friends who may be supposed to know, Intimate that the hopeful secretary of the commonwealth believes the late candidate for governor Is merely doing some more loud "talking through his hat." POLITICAL POINTS. Senator Quay wU toddy return to Beaver. . The appointment of Lewis E. Beitler, of Philadelphia, as Governor Hastings' private secretary Is regarded by all tha prophets as a foregone conclusion. Senator (Porter, 'Of Philadelphia, de clares that City Solicitor Warwick does not wish to be Governor Hastings' attor ney general. His gun is loaded for may oralty honors. An effort will be made by John Craig, of Rldgway, to unseat William Hyde, the Democrat, who was elected state senator by 81 majority. In , the Thirty-eighth' dis trict, composed of Elk, Clarion, Forest and Camoron" counties. Cratg Is prepar ing his papers. - Judge Furst, of Bellefonte, has received a letter signed by every member of tho Center county bar urging him not to rt sign before the expiration of his term, which is Jan. 7, 1895. In response to the letter and request the Judge has waived his own personal Interests and agreed to serve out his term. Chairman 'Babcock, of the' Republican congressional campaign committee, is of the opinion that it would be wise to have permanent Washington headquarters as a rendezvous for. members of the party in congress, where they could go to meet one another In party .conference and where they could also have a constant supply of party literature on hand for the use of Inquiring constituents and of facts and figures . for the use of congressmen themselves. Mr. Babcock will recommend the making of the present headquarters permanent. If the Philadelphia Press is correctly in formed, the work of making General Hast ings' cabinet without consulting him may become labor wasted. After noting In its news columns that Senator Quay favors Lyman D. Gilbert, of Harrlsburg, for sec retary of the commonwealth, the Press significantly adds: "Somo friends of Gen eral Hastings say that he will not appoint Mr. Gilbert uttorney general and that he may upset the slates that are mado with out consulting with him. They say that when the time comes General Hast ings will make his own choice of men for attorney general and for secretary of the commonwealth. Up to the present he has not Indicated who he will appoint to these otllce." Does this mean Colonel Lambert for the state portfolio? In the present house sits W. B. Eng lish, a Democrat from the Third Cali fornia district, who was seated on a con test for the seat to which S. G. Hllborn, Republican, was elected by 33 majority. The unusual position taken In that case In order to deprive a Republican of his seat that affidavits of voters as to how they eaut their ballots should be regarded as superior evidence to the ballot them selves actually produced, furnishes a pre cedent through which every southern Democrat whose seat in the next congress is contested may be evicted from con gress. It Is reported that the entire Dem ocratic delegation from Virginia will be challenged upon this ground and finally turned down. The Republican congres sional committee have already been noti fied of thirteen contests one In Kentucky, three in Louisiana, one In North Carolina, one In Texas, one In Virginia and one In Nebraska. There will be at least four other contests from the south, probably more than that. For wedding presents call on Davldow Bros., 217 Lackawanna avenue. .Sir- !'.' u . ..' .s.ri'b'.i HILL & CON NELL 131 AND 133 WASHINGTON AVE., Have just received a carload of the celebrated n "Tbe best business desk la the world," which are offered at greatly reduced prices. The reduced prices at which this celebrated desk is now of' fcred make them the cheapest In the market. Within the Reach or alL A3 LOW AS $19. A full line of office Furniture, Type Writing Desks and Chairs. We are now showing the larg est line of Dinner Sets ever dis played la this city. A splendid variety In HAVILAND & CO., CHAS. FIELD HAVILAND, R. DELENINERES & CO, , FRENCH CHINA, CARLSBAD AND AMERICAN CHINA, PORCELAIN AND WHITE GRANITE WARE. If you want a Dinner Set examine our stock before buying. Coursen, Clemons & Co. , THE HATTER HAS A FEW GOOD STYLES OF IMPORTED , 1 1 CONRAD THAT WONDERFUL WEBEI GUERNSEY Q Instantaneous stamping done while you wait. Over 500 designs to . select from, and at one-half the price charged for some in places where you have to leave your work, and wait for it; sometimes for days. Specimens Can Be Seen at Our Decorative Art Counter on Full Dress Patterns of Lewiston Suitings at $1.15 per pattern. Full Dress Patterns of all-wool Imported Novelties---your choice at $2.94. This is less than one-half value. SEE BIG CENTER WINDOW. Do You Wear Shoes If you do and need a new pair, why not examine the stock of The Lackawanna Store Association, Lira, Corner Lacka. and Jefferson Aves. We are Hole agents In this clfy for the J. 8. TURNER & CO. High GradeShoesfor man's wnr (these shoes took first pre mium at the World s Fair, Chicago), and for EDWIN C. BURT & CO.'S Celebrat ed Shoes for ladles' wear. We also handle the following lines: FOE MEN, Btrong & Carroll, J. Sc II. Fltcpatrlck, Stacy, Adams Co., For LADIES.MIRSES and CHILDREN. C. P. Ford & Co.. Thorns. U. Plant Co., H. a Albright & Co, If desired, will take measure and order special pairs from any factory in the country. Our aim Is to be prompt, to give our customers the best attention and. lowest prices, guaranteeing satisfaction on all our goods. We also carry a fine line of GROCER IES, HARDWARE. DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, GENTS' FURNISHINGS, etc. A trial is what we ask of oar citizens and we will endeavor to pleas.1. Wedding Invitations, Wedding Announce ments, Reception Cards, Visiting Cards, nonograms, First-Class Work, Prices Low. REYNOLDS BROS., Stationers and Engravers, 317 LACKAWANNA AVE. DR. HILL & SON ALBANY DENTISTS. Clot tooth, $5.50; best set, (8; for gold caps and teeth without plates, called crown and brldgo work, call for prices and refer ences, tonaluia, tor extracting teciv without pain, iso etnur. no gas. OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Engraving I . . I- BROTHERS, WYOMING 0 j K 111 SCIENTIFIC EYE China Closets reduced ID to 40 per cent. 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