THE SCIiANTON TBIBUNE-SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 22. 1894.
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SCRANTON, DECEMBER 22, 1894.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.
Com 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, 5750,000.
Number of school children, 12,000.
Average amount of bank deposits, 510.
000,000. It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn
sylvania. Can produce electric power cheaper than
Niagara.
No better point in the United States at
Which to establish new industries.
Heo how we grow:
Population In 1860
Population in 1870 m
Population In 1880
Population in 1890
Population in 1894 (estimated) 103,W0
And the end Is not yet.
"I am Just old-fashioned enough to
believe, when a man steps out Into the
glare of public life or sits down at the
loom of life's weavings, that he Is
already what the home has made him.
It Is the eternal and inalienable heri
tage of woman to mould the man; to
nourish his body into strength and his
mind Into soundness; to equip him for
the warfare of life and inspire him for
its victories; to breathe through him
the wishes of her soul and teach him
how to gain the Ideals which her purity
reveals, her ambition craves and her
love demands; and in this she gives
tone and character and color to society
and through it virtually makes the
world." Rev. Dr. W. H. Pearce at the
New England dinner.
The New England Dinner.
Upon another page this morning ap
pears a long report of the eighth an
nual dinner of the Now England soci
ety of Lackawanna county, an event
enjoyably commemorated last evening
at the Terrace hotel. We make no
apology for devoting much space to the
iword3 of those who spoke at this din
Bier. What they said was not only well
said; it was also worthy of the occasion.
Their eulogies of the New England
character were apt and eloquent; and
their tributes to the beneficent in
fluences of that character's strong
moral fibre upon the varied currents of
our national life were not exaggerated.
We yield to none In our appreciation
of the sons of rock-ribbed New Eng
Hand. The greatness of their fame and
worth Is written upon every page of
our development as a people. In states
manship they have given us not simply
the founders but also the saviors of
the nation. In mechanics, what would
we be but for Yankee Ingenuity? And
in letters and the arts, their record is
the one brilliant-spot In our Intellectual
progress. The tongue which should
Wish to defame these people would be
Stilled from sheer lack of ground for
Its detraction.
Nevertheless we venture to remark
that the problem of today is not how to
glorify the sons of New England, who
are gradually becoming few in the
land; but, instead, how to domesticate
and educate the guests within our
gates. The day of New England's lead
ershlp Is drawing to 'a close. It has
been a grand leadership; In some re
spects, Incomparable. But It will soon
be over. The sweep of events has made
that inevitable. In its place will be a
leadership born of Cosmopolitan blood.
The veins of our people are taking In
them Intermixtures. S treams from
many sources converge among us. If
ihe New Englander was great and
good, it will not be denied that he was
also inclined to be narrow. The newer
factor In our republican progress Which
lis developing out of many elements
will, let us hope, have the New Eng'
lander's warm heart and clean con
science with a Bomewhat wider breadth
of view.
The ensuing year will probably wit
ness . revival In business and a gen
oral loosening of purse atrlngs. The
men wflio will next year pass upon the
.appropriations connected with our mu
nlctpal government should, so far as is
possible, be good, clean, honest and
capable men. Cleanse common council
Cleanse Common Council.
Many members of the Scranton board
of trade evince commendable frankness
In their comments, at board meetings,
upon defects In Bcranton's municipal
government. Such plain speaking Is
to be encouraged. It tends to promote
a higher conception of the dignity and
responsibility of city management, and
to direct public attention to current
abuses.
We wish, however, to ask these mem
bers to go one step further In the dlrea
tlon of public reform. We desire to
suggest that the board of trade appoint
a committee of spectators to attend the
weekly meetings of common council, so
as to gather, by personal observation
a clearer idea of the needs of the bust
ness element of the city in relation to
municipal legislation. There is al
together too little scrutiny, by the pub'
He, of the doings of this organization
of the public's representatives. If the
active members of the board of trade
would come to a proper realization of
the exact quality of the work commonly
done In the lower branch of councils, it
' 1b possible that there would be less
difficulty in getting good, honest bunl
ness men to stand as candidates for
election to this body."
The present membership of Common
council Is not representative of the
honest business element of our city,
Several of Its members are not tax
payers. At least one was for a long
time engaged in conducting a business
In direct, dally violation of the law.
Same are Ignorant men. . Some ore said
to be also corrupt men. There are good
men nd honest men lit the body; but
there are .not enough- of them. If the
buslnetts men of Scranton would keep
close watch upon council's work, they
would no doubt have little difficulty In
locating weak spots and in realizing
the need of Improvement.
Cleanse common council.
"We devote time, thought and means,
to the erection of warships, forts and
arsenals; we clamor for office and strive
to write our names as those who did
something great or heroic; but we miss
the greatest of all opportunities when
we pass the door of the public school
unmindful of the fact that, after all,
it Is the only real fortress of freedom,
the bulwark or liberty, the hope of the
barefoot boy upon whom this nation
must, after all, depend for its strength
and support." T. V. Powderly, at the
New England banquet.
Money and Politics.
With due discount for exaggeration
and deliberate misrepresentation for
Belfish purposes, the fact remains, more
conspicuous than any good American
could wish, that money is much too
lavishly used in politics. "We can
scarcely pick up a newspaper of either
party at election time," writes one au
thority, "without reading some item
bout large campaign contributions,
expenditures or assessments. In
Massachusetts in 1892 the state, county
and city political committees acknowl
edged the payment of $418,546.40, ex
clusive of the amounts expended by the
National committees. One candidate
contributed $12,935.25, and several oth
ers sums ranging from $7,000 to $12,000
each. In Now York, In .the same year,
candidate for Judge returned his cam
paign expenditure as $10,500, another as
$7,000, and a candidate for the state
senate admitted having spent $5,000 in
his campaign." The expense returns of
last month, In New York; ranged all the
way from $700 to $25,000 for each candi
date, sums sometimes larger, than the
entire term's salary of the office sought.
But It Is not necessary to cite evidence
in this connection. The lavish use of
money In politics, 'both legitimately and
dishonorably, Is nowhere disputed.
What shall be done to check this evil?
This Is the most Important part of this
question. A glance at the condition of
English politics Is instructive Prior to
1883, money was used profusely In the
politics of England so profusely, In
fact, that the public at last revolted.
In that year parliament passed the
Corrupt Practices act, and since that
time, bribery has almost entirely died
out. This act limits every possible ex
pense of any candidate for office; and Is
so stringent in Its penalties that since
its enactment there has not been a
single conspicuous prosecution. The
testimony of Englishmen is explicit In
affirmation of the law's efficacy. Seven
American states have copied the salient
features of the English act Massa
chusetts, New York, Michigan, Colo
rado, Missouri, Kansas and California.
It will not be pretended that the result
of the American end of this experiment
s yet all that could be desired. In
England, public Bentlment very ag'
gresslvely sustains the aot. In Ameri
ca, public sentiment is Indifferent or
cynical rather than Indignant. over cor
rupt practices. We shall have to de
velop a better sentiment in this country
than now exists before laws regulating
political expenses will accomplish the
desired purification; but to this task an
Increasing number of earnest men are
continually addressing themselves.
It, is well. to remember, In the lan
guage of the Hartford Courant, that
the man. who sells his vote Is1 a thief.
He steals the vote which he sells, for
he gets It, as all thieves get their booty,
by Illegal and Infamous means by
false pretences and a broken oath.
Like other thieves, he sells his plunder.
Receivers of stolen goods are called
fences. They are protectors of tha
criminal, and accomplices, and. bene
flclarles of his crime. The floater's
fence Is the vote-buyer, who, accessory
both before and after the fact, com
bines the aptitude of the thief with the
turpitude of the conspirator." In poll
Hob, as in war, the end too often is ac
cepted as Justifying the means. When
the sovereign force of common honesty
which we believe to be at least potent!
ally dominant In all our political parties
once fully comprehends Just what vote
buying means, we shall expect to see
the corrupt use of money In politics
quickly relegated to the rear.
The Wllkes-Barre Times on Wednes
day printed an Industrlal-holldav num
ber of twenty-four pages, enclosed
In
a neat, lithographed cover In colors
In addition to a very comprehensl
review of the commercial and Indus
trial resources of Luzerne county, The
Times printed a scries of dellchtful
essays, stdrles and sketches contrlbut
ed by some of the cleverest writers
this portion of the state. The number
was easily the finest and most ambi
tious ever printed from a Luzerne
county publishing plant. In its history
of The Times property It omits
to
name among the editors who have con
tributed to Its success that dean of
Journalistic guild In these parts. Col.
onel E. A. Nlven, who did more than
any man to develop The Times from
small provincial sheet to a paDer
metropolitan quality and appearance
We-should deeply regret to believe that
this omission was Intentional.
The sultan of Turkey has thus far
ignored the proposition of the United
States to send an Independent repre
sentative to investigate the Armenian
troubles. This only bears out the pre
vailing opinion from the start that
the many-titled follower of the prophet
proposes to conduct the Investigation
with decorum due to the situation, and
that no spectators are desired who will
not close their eyes at the proper mo
ment.
There Is a general disposition on the
partof the press outside of Philadelphia
to treat with silence the preliminary gab
ble In reference to John Wanamaker'
probable course as a candidate for
president of the Reading railroad. Peo
ple of the state at large are not lying
awake nights In anxiety over the un
Certainty that surrounds Wanamaker'
movements, and the suspicion that
brother John is working the various
press bureaus for an unlimited amount
of free advertising Is rapidly gaining
ground.
On Thursday the' Nnrrlstown' Herald
celebrated Its twenty-fifth anniversary
as a dally newspaper. The editor who
penned its first editorial still controls
its columns as editor and proprietor;
and enjoys the satlsfatlon of realizing
that his efforts have been exceptionally
successful. We congratulate Morgan
R. Wills and wish his enterprise con
tinued success.
Our morning Democratic contempo
rary, The Times, yesterday issued a
twenty-page holiday number that re-
ects credit upon Its enterprise and
business sagacity. If The Times would
only reform, we could yet proffer to It
the hand of friendship.
The Scranton Truth, with accus
tomed enterprise, recently Issued a sixteen-page
Christmas number packed
Ith good contents from the first page
to the last. The Truth Is an institution
in which all Scranton takes pride.
One of the most creditable Issues of
Williamsport Journal that we have
seen Is the sixteen-page holiday issue
the Times, It Is finely Illustrated,
well edited and thoroughly representa
tive of the bustling Boom City.
A flvliur blcvcle rider at Philadelphia
ran down and killed an old man the
other day. And yet cycling papers con
tinually grumble nt the restraint that
is placed upon wheelmen.
Minister Breckinridge finds the $17,500
salary of the Russian mlssslon too
small. In that case he might come
home and give some other cuckoo a
chance.
KIND WORDS OF FRIENDS.
This Is an Enterprising City.
Troy (N. Y.) Times: "The Christmas
number of the 8ernnton Tribune shows
that the publishers and the Scrunton mer
chants are enterprising and active. The
edition has twenty-four pases, and a gen-
rouB portion of the spnee Is dovotou to
advertising the wares on sale In the city.
;nder the editorship of I.lvy S. Richard,
formerly of the Troy Times, The Tribune
has made marked progress and has be
come a credit to Scranton anu to fenn
sylvanla. The great Christmas paper is
evidence of itu prosperity and the energy
f Its editor.
Eclipses All Past Efforts.
Pittston Gazette: "This year's holiday
effort of the Scranton Tribune eclipses
all former speclul editions of this young
but successful journal. This Is made pos-
lblo by reason of the fnct thut during the
year typo setting machines have been In
troduced Into the otllve, so tnut now me
mechanical department Is enabled to
handle dozens of speclul articles where
one was handled of old, and a glance at
the copy before us shows how well Editor
Richard has made use or his opportunity.
It Is one of the best holiday editions that
has yet reached us, In respect of general
style, press work and the quality of
brain work presented. The Tribune's
staff can reBt satlslled with their effort,
One of the Lights of tho Day.
Allentown Chronicle: "No city In ths
state Is blessed with better papers than
Scranton. The Tribune, which was
launched on the sea of journalism a few
years ago, has achieved phenomenal suc
cess. Its plant Is one of the completest
In tho state and tho circulation It has at
tained and the advertising patronage It
enjoys show very tangibly In what favor
it is held by the people of Scranton and
vicinity. The Tribune Issued a magnlll
cent Christmas edition on Tuesday. A
more Interesting and better gotten up
paper cannot be desired. Carefully edited,
neatly printed and well managed, The
Tribune has come within a few years to De
one of the Journalistic lights of the day."
Wide Awpkc and Honorable. '
Philadelphia Press: "That stalwart
youth In the newspaper world, the Scran
ton Tribune, branches out with a brilliant
holiday number In colored covers and a
list of contents which do the utmost
credit to the editorial skill and 'ability
with which this wide-awake and honor
able Journal Isconducted. Apart from this,
Its business columns are an exposition of
the progressive and enterprising charac
ter of the city in which It Is printed. Our
contemporary well deserves tho congrat
ulations which It is sure to receive upon
this demonstration of its success."
Appropriate, Creditable and Acceptable.
Williamsport Times: "The Christmas
number of the Scranton Tribune Is very
appropriate to the season of the year,
very creditable to the office Issuing It,
and very acceptable no doubt, to the read
ers of that enterprising and prosperous
Journal.
Is a Great Newspaper.
Philadelphia Times: "The Scranton
Tribune semis a beautiful and Interest
ing speclul holiday number, very com
plete in the best of Christmas things and
with a tine showing of business fuvors.
The Tribune Is a great newspaper and
tells a good news story every duy,"
...
Deserving of Words of Praise,
Elmhurst Signal: "The holiday num
ber of the Scranton Tribune, Issued last
week, was In every way deserving of the
many words of praise given It by the
press. We extend our congratulations
and Join wKh others In commending The
Tribune, which Is an excellent puper and
has made many friends."
...
An Evidence of General Prosperity.
Philadelphia Stockholder: "The Christ-
man number of the Scranton Tribune
elves evidence of the prosperity of both
that Journal and the city of Its publica
tion.".
THE OLD TRUNDLE-BED.
O, the old trundle-bed, where I slept when
a boy!
What canopied king might not covet the
joy?
The glory and peace of that slumber of
mine,
Like a long gracious rest In the bosom
. divine;
The quaint, homely couch, hidden close
from the light,
But daintily drawn from Its hiding at
night.
O, a nest of delight, from the foot to the
head,
Was the queer little, dear llttlti, old trun
dle-bed!
O, the old trundle-bed, where I wonder
lng saw
The stars through the window, and lis
tened with nwe
To the sigh of tho winds as they tremb
lingly crept
Through the trees where the roblnB so
restlessly slept;
Where I heard the low, murmurous chirp
or tne wren,
And the katydid listlessly chirrup again
Till my fancies grew faint and were
drowsily led
Through the maze of the dreams of the
old trundle-bed.
O. the old trundle-bed I O, the old trun
dle bed I
With the plump little pillow, and old
fashioned spread;
Its snowy white sheets, and Its blanketB
above,
Smoothed down and tucked round with
the touches of love;
The voice of my mother to lull me to sleep
With the old fairy stories my memories
keep
Still fresh as the lilies that bloom o'er the
head
Once bowed o'er my own In the old trundle-bed.
James Whltcomb Riley.
POLITICAL POINTS.
Congressman GroBvenor has his
weather eye on the Ohio Republican gu
bernatorial nomination. v
John Raines. .Republican, ' has been
elected senator from the Twenty-sixth
New York district to succeed Saxton,
elected lieutenant governor."
At a meeting of the State. Prohibition
executive committee in Harrlsburg
Thursday It was decided to hold the next
state convention at Harrlsburg on June 6.
George P. Loomls has announced him
self as "a non-pnrtlHan candidate for
mayor of Wllkes-Harre on the following
platform: Fair play for everybody; R
municipal board of public charities to sift
all eaes of destitution and administer ro
lief ; the river common turned Into a gen
uine public park; a police justice, to be
paid out of the mayor's fees, to try cases
promptly in the mayor's court.
An Important Bill.
From tho Atlantic Constitution.
"Any important bills In the legisla
ture from your neighborhood?"
"Jept one. Old Brown's distillery Is
ten miles from town, an' we want her
fotched In."
T
Christmas
Presents .
Useful and Ornamen
tal goods for the holi
day trade.
LADIES' DESKS.
CABINETS.
BOOKCASES.
LADIES' DRESSING TABLES.
TEA TABLES AND LIBRARY
TABLES, BRASS AND ONYX
TABLES AND CABINETS (OP A
GUARANTEED QUALITY.)
AN ELEGANT STOCK OP PIC
TURES AT MODERATE COST.
FANCY BASKETS AND LAMPS.
CALL EARLY AND MAKE YOUR
SELECTIONS WHILE OUR AS.
EORTMENT IS COMPLETE.
Hill cc
Connell,
131 MO 133
WASHINGTON AVE.
We are now showing the larg
est line of Dinner Sets ever dis
played in 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 examina
our 6tock before buying.
Coursen, demons & Co.
CHRISTMAS, 1894.
We Are Headquarters for
Dolls, Toys,
Sleds, Skin Horses,
Iron and Wood Toys,
Etc., Etc.,
For the Holidays.
BITERS FOR THE
Trade,
Sunday Schools, Etc.
Should call early to secure prompt
service.
Our Line of Candy
is the largest and best
WE EVEIt HAD.
J. D. WILLIAMS 5 BRO.
3I4 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
The secret is out. Not only do they
say wc do washing for a living, but
that we do it well. So keep It going.
Icll everybody yon sec, but tell them
not to tell. ,
EUREKA
LAUNDRY, 323
Washington Ave.
1
THAT WONDERFUL
WEBER
t
GUERNSEY
GOLDSiTI S 8 BAZAAR.
IfflllKlIIRWiH.
Ad Excellent Opportunity Now to Bay Useful Holiday Gifts
Tins cut represents the conv
bination garment to be worn
both as a house and street
dress, well made, of English
Flannelette.
Price Only $1.98
Special Holiday Denartment for
Toys, Games, Books and many
other Christmas Novelties on sec
ond floor.
Store open evenings until Christ
inas.
Tbe Lackawanna Store Association, Limited.
We will sell for tha next thirty fart, previ
ous to our Inventory, Edwin G. Burt & Co'.
FINK SHOES FOR LADIES. at a roduotion of
10 n.r cent, from regular prices. Every lady
In Scranton and Tictntty should arall thain
sulvss of thin opportunity to purchase thes
celebrated Shoe, at the price usually paid for
ordluary good..
We have aeTeral other bargain to offer.
Hee our new noveltie. In FOOT W EAB POR
THE HOLIDAYS. We have original style,
and designs.
A full line of Leggings and Overeat tern.
Our stock of the J. B. TUKNEK CO.'BHIQH
GRADE SHOES for gent's wear is complete.
- Yon will be p. mail with Mr guude iu all
departments, having a fin line of
Groceries, Hardware, Dry Goods,
Gent's Furnishings, Etc,
Examine th new "Kaysor " Patent Fin
ger Tipped Cashmere Q LOVES, for Ladies;
perfect fitting. With each pair yon will find
a guarantee ticket, which entitles yon to anew
pair if the tips wear out before th Qlov.
We Are Ready
To Show You Our
ELEGANT LINE OF
Holiday Goods
Comprising Dressing Cases,
Jewel Cases, Glove Boxes,
Cigar Boxes, Sterling Sil
ver-Mounted Card Cases
and Pocket Books, Bill
Books,Photograph Albums,
Photograph Frames, Prayer
Books, Family Bibles, Ox
ford Bibles.
The iMost Elegant Line of Ink
Stands Ever Shown In the City.
ENGRAVINO
In All Its Branches.
REYNOLDS BROS.
Stationers and Engravers,
3I7 LACKAWANNA AVL
DR. HILL & SON
ALBANY
DENTISTS.
Bet toeth, 5.50; bent set, $8; for gold caps
and teeth without plates, called crown and
brldtro work, call for prices and refer
ences. TONALQ1A, for extracting teetb
without pain. No ether. No gas.
OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
BROTHERS, wmingTve,
$8.00 Ladies' and Misses' Cloth
$10.00 Ladies' and Misses' Cloth
$12.00 Ladies' and Misses' Cloth Jackets and Capes, reduced to
$9.98.
$15.00 Ladies' and Misses' Plush and Cloth Jackets and Capes,
reduced to $11.98.
cis nu20,00 Lud,es' Plush ud Cloth Jackets and Capes, reduced to
$25.00 Ladies' Plush and Cloth Jackets and Capes, reduced to
$17.98.
$10.00 Ladies' Fur Capes, Big
$15.00 Ladies' French Coney
reduced to $9.98.
$20.00 Ladies' Canada Seal
$14.98.
$25.00 Electric Seal Capes, 30 inches long, 115-inch sweep, re
duced to $ 1(1.98.
Misses' and Children's Garments share the same fate.
Whilst we still have quite a large stock to select from, we expect
that it will disappear very rapidly within a very short time, therefore,
early buyers will certainly fare best.
Ladies' Wrappers and Tea Gowns ranging from 79c. up to $14.98,
in Cotton, Wool and Silk, well made and fashionably designed.
(hristmas
Attractions. .
BEAUTIFUL GOODS
Jewelry, Silverware,
Aei tc h es, Cloc ks(
Diamonds (in RinQS, Scan Pins, eic,
Opera Glasses, etc.
Also an exceptionally fine line of
GOLD HEADED CfiNES AND UMBRELLAS.
Our stock embraces everything in the way of desirable
and appropriate
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
FOR OLD AND YOUNG.
We can supply you with an elegant article at little cost
and make it scarcely noticeable to yourself. Call and ex
amine our stock, and you will see that we have just what
you want.
Our reputation for reliable dealing is still maintained
after thirty-seven years' business in Scranton, having been
established here in 1857.
We will be pleased to show our goods, whether you buy
or not.
C. LUTHER,
107 Wyoming Avenue.
SCIENTIFIC EYE TESTING FREE
Th.
ness
: :
TONE IS FOUND ONLY IN THE
WEBER PIANO
at a Great Redaction. '
Jackets, reduced to $4.98.
Jackets, reduced to $7.98.
Sweep, reduced to $6.98.
Capes, 24 inches long, full sweep,
Capes, very handsome, reduced to
AT LOW PRICES.
BY DR. SHIMBURu
8poialist oa
is the Ere. HMdaobai and Nwron.
? JSii .nrt Imororsd BtyU of tj-
Klas.es sod SpeoUcl.s t bLowst Prices.
Artificial Eyes IuserUd for
308 Sprue Street, Opp. Old Poatofflo.
raiievoa
HORSE SHOEING.
HAVING purohu.d ths
.to. It Mid rotd th
Rbooinr. Forts of William
Blum A Ban, I shll sow
1t constant attention t
taoln( horss In prastt
CM sod soi.ntlflo ro.ns.r,
Quick work and food Is tk
uott.
JOHN HAMLIN,
DOCTOR OF VETERINARY SURGEAT.