v THE SCBANTOlf TRIBUNE FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 11, 1895. fUBLiaaio daily m acnunon. pa., bt tbi Tfeunraa PUBUSH1N0 OOMPAMT. t. P. KINGSBURY, Puis. o Oim-l Mas. C. M. BIPPLC, .. us Tuu, LIVV . RICHARD, (aiToa. W. W. DAVIS, ImmaTiiiDiiir. W. W. VOUNOS, A.v. lurt Riw tors Omoi i TRiBnm boildiko. ' Team a GRAY, MANAOIR. 1NTIR1D AT TBI F08TOFPI0S AT 8CRANT0K, FA, Af 81U0HD-0LA68 MAIL HATTXR. " Printers' Ink," the recognized Journal Tor advertisers, rutcs TUE SCRANTON TRIBUNE as tbe best advertising medium in Northeastern Pennsylvania. " Printers' Ink" know. SCRANTON, JANUARY 11, 18U5. THE SCRANTON OF TODAY. Come and Inspect our city. , , Elevation ribove the tide, 710 feet. M-i , Extremuly heulthy. . t . , Estimated population, 1894, 103,000. " Registered voters, 20,599. ' Value of school property, J730.00O. Number . of school children, 12,000. Average amount of bank deposits, J10,- eoo.ooo. It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn sylvania. Can produce electric power cheaper than Ilagara. No letter nolnt In the United States at Which to establish new Industries. See how wo crow: 1'opiilntlon In ISfiO S.223 Population In 1870 &-m Population In isso r'i"0 1 Population In 1890 T215 Population In 1894 (estimated) 103,0'JO And the end Is not yet. The $100,000 legal fee paid to General Foster by the Chinese government may prove to have been staked in vain. From present appearances Japan is on the lookout for -professional diplomats. - Compulsory Education. . We learn with surprise from the Pcranton Truth thafcertain "shallow" "cranks," who, among other things, are guilty of "cowardice" and "Impudence," ore, by the use of "absurd" arguments, urging the Pennsylvania legislature to puss a "pestiferous," "obnoxious," "un American" and "narrow-minded'! bill discriminating against "poor families and widows who are supported by the labor of their growing boys." Our con temporary thus refers, if we Interpret Its words correctly, to the Furr compul sory education bill, concerning which it also says: If some of the compulsory education schemes now before the house at Harrls burg should by any misfortune become law, the Increase In school-building would have to be supplemented with an Increase In poorhouse building for the accommoda tion of fathers who have been crippled for life In the mines trying to support their little ones; widows who have lost their husbands at the same perilous call ing, and younger children who are sup ported by their sturdy brothers. ,We take no Btoek In the absurd argument advanced by the shallow advocates of compulsory education. Their assumption Is as Impudent as their logic Is lume, and If their policy should prevail It will soon be time to revive the curfew law end start a thumb-screw factory. Before replying to the Scranton Truth we wish to present an abstract of the Fai r bill. That measure provides that those having control of a child or clhlldren parent guardlun, or other person between the ages of 8 and 12 Sears shall be required, unless excused tiy the school board for mental, physi cal or other causes, to send such child or children at least sixteen weeks each year to a school public, private or parochial In which the common Eng lish brandies -are taught. "If there 13 no such school within two miles, the requirement ils waived. A fine of $2 for the first violation and not exceeding $j for subsequent violations is the penalty of conviction before a regular justice of the peace or alderman, but the de fendant may, upon easy terms, appeal to the county courts. Provision Is made for the annual enumeration of all child ren between the ages of 8 and 12 years, and for the discovery of those whose parents or guardians come within the law. Then follows this section, which me reprint entire: It shall be the duty of each teacher In the school district to report to the secre tary of the board of directors or control- lets, at the end of each month, the names of alt children on the list previously fur nished by the secretury who were absent without satisfactory cause for live suc cessive days during the month for which the report shall be made, when. If It shall mppear that any parent, guardian or other person having control of any child or children, shall have failed to comply with the provisions of this act after due notification In writing, the secretary, in the name of the, school district, shall pro ceed against the offending party or par ties. In accordance with law, by complaint before any alderman or Justice of the peace. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE AFORESAID PENALTY SHALL NOT BE IMPOSED IK IT SHALL HE SATIS FACTORILY PROVED TPON THE TRIAL OF THE CASE THAT THE PA RENT, GUARDIAN OR OTHER PERSON BO NEGLECTING WAS I'N AHLE, HY REASON OF POVERTY OR OTHER SATISFACTORY EX Cl'SR TO COMPLY WITH THE RE QUIREMENTS OF THIS ACT; PRO VIDED FURTHER, THAT IF SUF FICIENT CAUSE BE SHOWN FOR THE NEGLECT OF THE REQUIRE MENTS OF THIS ACT THE COST OF SAID PROCEEDINGS SHALL HE PAID OUT OF THE! DISTRIST FUNDS UPON A PROPER VOUCHER APPROVED RY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR CON D'ROLLERS. In other words, any parent or guar- Dlan whose personal need la superior (to the intellectual and moral need of tils children can be excused from the openationH of this act, without costing Jilm one copper penny. We come now to the Soranton Truth. !We beg to say, at once, that we shall Hot try to parallel Its epithets. The Question can be discussed Impersonally end patiently, and we stwitl try thus to discuss It. We believe a perusal of the Farr bill, ns we have just outlined Its fsense and methods, will convince the unbiased reader that, there is nothing In that bill calculated to cause "an In crease In poor house building." Upon ithe contrary, after the Fair law should lhave received honest enforcement for one generation, we believe that poor- (house building In Pennsylvania would idecrease, by reason of the enlarged ; ability of now Ignorant boys and girls to earn a livelihood and thus not bo come publlo charges. The "liberties" pf parents and guardians would be en croached upon, by ithla bill, to the ex tent 'that parents and guardians able to educate their children refuse to do so, desiring rather to profit by the self-sacrificing Industry of those chil dren. It la the right of tall children to be we'll equipped, by eduoatlon, for the battle of life; the state. In recognition of that right, compulsorlly taxes every adult male citizen, whether a parent or not, to support public schools. Shall parental Indifference, .masking behind a false ory of "sacred parental privi leges," be permitted to throw out, upon the care of society, a disturbing factor of Ignorant young men and women w.hose rights to an equal. chance in life, have been meanly and Hellishly over looked? The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette thinks It "should not be a thing Im possible for congress and the adminis tration to place the currency of the country upon a safe and stable basis. If It was possible for John Sherman, as secretary of the treasury, to devise a plan for changing from a paper to a Coin basis, after specie payments had been suspended for seventeen years, the lighter task of keeping the cur rency ut a parity with coin should be well within the range of possibility." Hut, you see, John Sherman was differ ent from John O. Carlisle; and the party behind him was also different decidedly different from the party be hind Carlisle, if Indeed there is any party behind him. The best thing that thlsndmlnlstratlon could do, it seems to us, would be to negotiate a new bond sale If needed to meet current expenses; adjourn congress and put their trust in Providence and Tom Reed. tile Grand Jury System. Various attempts have been made at different times to argue the American people out of their profound reverence for effete traditions of the law; but the progress made In the direction of sim plicity and reform has not yet attained startling velocity. Another effort is soon to be made in this state to cleanse the phraseology of our statute books of Its redundant verbiage; but its suc cess at this time is, doubtful,, tu ,vew of the fact that people as a rule' accept their law In whatever form pleases those who make it. . ,j,. It may not be uninteresting. In this connection, to notice thjjffurt of cer tain Illinois reformers abolish the grund jury system. The Chicago Her ald, which earnestly champions this proposition, recalls the fact that Con necticut abolished it nearly seventy years ago with sjieot to all crimes when the punishment was not death or Imprisonment for life. In effect only murder cases are cognizable by a grand jury in that state. In 18"i0 the question was raised in the constitutional conven tion of Michigan, and In the constitu tion adopted no provision was made for a grand jury. It was not abolished in terms, but it was not recognized. The legislature subsequently provided that grand juries should not be summoned and impaneled unless the judge of the circuit court directed it to be done. In Wisconsin the judges of the circuit court may dispense with the grand Jury by notifying the clerk to that effect fifteen days before the term of court begins. Under this state of the laws grand juries in Michigan and Wiscon sin are practically unknown, and all criminal proceedings are by informa tion filed by the prosecuting attorney. The Herald wants to know why this system should not obtain in Illinois nnd remarks, apropos, that "It Is less oppressive, less expensive and more certain. It does away with , all star chamber processes und affords no am buscade for secret enemies. It is open and above board. If a crime Is com mitted nil that Is necessary to do Is to bring the evidence ' of it before the state's attorney. If he is convinced that there Is probable cause for the holding of the' person accused he files in court what Is called an 'Informa tion,' which In terms Is the same as an Indictment. In otUw words, It is the formal accusation of the crime, Upon this information the party Is tried, 'as he would be on an Indictment. The state's attorney is thus made the re sponsible accuser, and 'fill the cum bersome and expensive Inachinery of the grand jury Is dona away with. As an Institution the grand Jusy ls, un known In Germany. France-arid' Scot land. Popular Ubertywttli us 'has out grown It and it should now be abol ished." ' ' The only constitutional authority for a grand jury In Peiiasylvnnials found. in section 6 of the declaration of rights, which says that "trial by jury shall bo as heretofore." It Is exceeedlngly doubtful If this means that the grand Jury system could no be abolished or greatly modified by act of legislature. The Philadelphia Record well soys: If the voters of all the purtles ahould follow the simple rule of voting for the best man at the prlmnrles when candi dates for municipal offices are selected, and then,' without regard to political Inclining, vote for the best man put In nomination by either of the parties, the most valuable results would surely fol low. There Is no politics In the proper conduct of municipal affairs, and there should "be no politics In the selection of municipal officers." The same Idea la also expressed by the social Journal To-Day, when It observes that "local government Is largely a business mnt- ter and requires business abilities, In tegrlty and promptness In affairs, rather than partisan zeal and skill In bossing voters. Parties corrupt so easily and learn the tricks of the dema gogues so readily that it Is casting pearls before swine to Intrust them with the business Interests of towns and cities. There 1b scarcely a greater lesson for the American citizen of to day than this. Divorce local govern ment from politics." Are the voters of Bcranton prepared to learn this lesson? The recent marked subsidence of con gressional clamor In behalf of the Nica ragua canal Is attributed by one wicked Washington correspondent to the Bup position that "congress has drifted away from the (base of supplies end that there has been an Interruption in the forward movement of rations." This, of course, Is a gentle circumlo cution equivalent to the assertion that there Is no longer "anything In It" for the Jingo statesmen who want Uncle Sam to enrich a bankrupt corporation by. Indorsing Its .worthless bonds. A knowledge, of how the Panama "Job' was "floated" In France becomes valu able la this Nicaragua case, assuming that human nature is the same in Washington as it was, upon a time, in Paris. The appointment of ex-Umpire Mc- Glnnls to a lucrative position at Harris burg will prove a source of satisfaction to Scranton lovers of the national game. In his official capacity on the ball ground Mr. McGlnnls seldom exhibited those disagreeable traits of character that at times make the average umpire unpopular on the bleaching boards and was never known to roast the homo club on close decisions. There is no question that the ex-umpire will prove a faithful and efficient representative of Scranton's Interests in the pasting and folding department. Friends of the young Pittsburg bi cyclist who attempted to girdle the earth with his wheel are now organiz ing a searching party to look for his remains. It would seem that consider able expense might be spared If friends of persons who Insist upon embarking In foolhardy enterprise would use pre caution enough to have the amateur travelers confined In proper institu tions at the first symptom of the globe trotting mania. General Lew Wullace has recently been lecturing upon Turkey with the evident idea of converting A'merican audiences to the belief that the Sultan is a grand old mun, and thut the. aver age Mohammedan who carries an ar senal about his person daily is as harm less as a guinea pig. It Is feared that the general's eloquence will not be equal to the task of changing public sentiment upon the Turkish question. The Hudson river Ice crop is in dan ger, It Is said; the Florida orange crop has been ruined, and the Delaware peach crop Is expected to fail with its usual regularity a few days hence. In spite of these announcements it Is prob able that the shortage of the dollar crop will prove the most serious ob stacle to the enjoyment of these lux uries in their proper season. On Monday, the Willlamsport Times completed Its second year and entered upon Its third year full-fledged and hopeful. The Times Is aggressive, newsy and outspoken; It has excellent facilities und It will no doubt succeed through sheer force of merit. Numerous presidential dark horses are now waiting to be groomed; but the Heed stable Is still a strong favorite in the pools. Pennsylvania climate, even in the blizzard season, Is altogether too warm for bogus building association enter prises. LEGISLATIVE TOPICS. Representative l.ytle's Churgcs. Lancaster New Era: "We have no means at hand to verify the charges of Representative Lytic, except In a single Instance. He comes to this county for some of his figures and arguments and blunders ut a terrific rate. He alleges thut Lancaster county last year expended $."4,11110 on school books, of which sum $IU,IHJU was clear profit to the trust. That looks bad. Hut what are the facts? We have ascertained from the records thut Lancaster county's expenditure for school text books last year wus exactly $38,121. 15. Just how the trust can huve made $40,000 off a $:u,121.i:j bill of books Mr. Lytle can perhaps explain by a peculiar system of bookkeeping of his own. Wo admit we are unequal to the task. That there should be something like a uniformity in prices Is conceded, freight charges being consldred, but before the seemingly wild charges of Mr. Lytic are admitted utter ly wild, misleading and unreliable so far as Lancaster county Is concerned we ought to havo some proof that the facts are as stated and that the trust Is respon sible. Hut perhaps the animus of It all muy bo found In Representative Lytle's scheme for the state to go Into tho trust business Itself. Ho wants It to open a huge publishing house of Its own; employ permanently a board of text book makers to prepare the text books to be used in the state. Tho plan would result In inef ficient text books, a regulur corps of liter ary men employed at big prices, scheming, manoeuverlng, fraud beyond all computa tion, political wire pulling and all the other species of rascality that can be Im agined. It would be far more expensive than the present plan and In every way less desirable. First of all, however, It Is Incumbent on Representative Lytle to re vise his statements and give us facts In stead of fiction." Relief for the Supreme Court. Philadelphia Press: "That our sate su preme court needs relief from the over pressure of business upon It Is not dis puted. Among the cases handed down by tho supreme court on Monday is French Creek vs. Moore, In which the amount In volved Is $19.ii0. No Important end was Kalned by having this case go before tho supremo court. Last year this court heard nnd decided K0U enses, In fully one third of which less than $"i(X) wus at stake. The court has now reached the limit of physical endurance. Many of these cases are carried up to the supreme court by lawyers Intent on making fees for them selves or on winning their clients' cases, not on their merit but by the process of wearying the patience and exhuustlng'the purses of their opponents beforo the Inst judgment In their fuvor can bo rendered. A crowded supreme court docket on which cases linger until mildewed with age Is just what Riieh pettifoggers like best. No appealable suit can bo finally won un der such conditions, except after long waiting, though the right of the suitor bo as clear as noonday. Tho evil suggests Its own remedy. Shut off these pettifog gers. Let small cases Involving no const! tutional question and less than $1,000 be heard and determined in an Intermediate court of appeals, unless for special rea sons shown a rehearing Is allowed In the supreme court. Such Intermediate court calls for the creation of no new Judges.but for the utilization of the common pleas Judges. It Is a plan favored and offered by Governor Paulson and offers the su premo court the relief It needs with the least disturbance of the present judicial system of the state. Tor Honest Ilnllot Reform. Norrlstown Herald: "Tho necessary amendments to secure honest ballot re form have been prepared and will be submitted to the legislature. They provide that the name of each candldnte whom tho voter prefers shall be Indicated by a mark after his name, except In the case of presidential electors, where a single mark designates the whole group; and also that proper safeguards shall be thrown around the matter of assistance. the voter being required to make oath or affirmation of disability In order to obtain aid, and the helper to bind himself not to attempt to Influence such voter or to dis close how he voted.' While changes in the manner of voting are to bo -deprecated as a rule, these amendments appear to be necessary and they will no doubt com mund the approbation of a majority of tho legislature as they do of the voting public without reference to party predi lections." favors Compulsory Education. Carhondalb London "So far as the Leader knows, Governor-elect Hastings has nover given public expression regard Ing compulsory education. In his speech In this city he alluded to the school! as distinctively American Institutions and productive of tho best class of American citizens. He doubtless go spoke of them In other cities, At any rate the conclu ion has been drawn that General Hast ings Is In favor of utilizing our schools to mako citizens, and that he will, in conse quence, be in favor of a law that will bring about such a result. The Leader hopes (hat this conclusion bos been well drawn." Remedy Worse Than the Disease. Carbondale Anthracite: "Representa tive Lytle would destroy the school book trust only to create a much worse one by having the state go Into the school book supply business. If the directors are im posed upon by tho present arrangement, the state would be buncoed out of much more money If the school books were fur nished by some state department.' Reason Apparent. From the Cleveland Leader. "What won't these women do next, 'Smanthy? What's nil this talk about umbrella skirts?" "I never did see a man yet, Silos, that didn't make a fool of hlsself when he took to tulkin' ubout wimln's fixln's Common sense ought to have told you they raised them skirts when it rains." Not Necessarily an Indorsement. From the Philadelphia Record. It Is the privilege of the buyer of news paper publicity for his business to speak In whatever terms he may please of him self or of his wares: but no man should be deceived by tho pretense that the pald for advertisement reflects the view of the nwspapor In which It may be printed. Already Has a l evel Head, From the Anthracite. The Scranton trump thinks It Is much more comfortable In the Lackawanna jail than out In the winter's cold breaking Btones. Whatever other deficiencies the Scranton trump may possess, It cannot be churged that he needs a level head. Is a Great Success. From tho Anthracite. The pure food exposition at the armory Is a great success. Crowds throng the great hall every evening. The exposition Is doing a great work for Scranton In the way of education for housekeepers. Certain Kvidcncc. From the Chicago Record. Mr. Inglesby Is Miss Gayburd really such a charming girl? Mrs. Muynewright She must be. All her girl friends hato her furiously. A Case of PI ing. From the Detroit Tribune. 'Did you give your daughter away when she was married?" "Threw her away, sir. Literally threw her away." Wit and Wisdom blended. Ads of rich men all remind us We should plan our ads with care, lst, departing, leave behind us. Nothing for the hopeful heir. Printers' Ink. Useful and Orna mental Goods LADIES' DESKS. CABINETS. BOOKCASES. LADIES' DRESSING TABLES. TEA TABLES AND LIBRARY TABLES, BRASS AND ONYX TABLES AND CABINETS (OF A GUARANTEED QUALITY.) AN ELEGANT STOCK OF PIC TURES AT MODERATE COST. FANCY BASKETS AND LAMPS. CALL EARLY AND MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS WHILE OUR AS SORTMENT IS COMPLETE. Hill Connell, 131 IND 133 WASHINGTON AVE. Hand Sleighs, Baby Sleighs, Clippers, Alligators, Self-Steering Sleighs, Steel Sleighs, . Iron Sleighs, AND THE FAMOUS Paris Hill Oak Sleighs I n Clippers und Bent Wood Knees und the Montrose Gus Tubing Sleighs. Wc have over iuo dozen in stock and will sell very cheap at wholesale and retail. I D. 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FOR 10 DAYS ONLY, BEGINNING MONDAY, JAN. 14TH. $150,000 worth of Dry Goods and Carpets will be offered at special cut prices, for this brief period only. Nearly every article in our store will be sold much under the regular price, in order to re duce our large stock, and to make room for spring goods soon to arrive. Our customers are well aware that this is our annual custom. All sales will be for strictly cash. See later issues Daily Truth, Tribune, Sun day Free Press and News for special features. China Closets reduced 15 to (0 per cent Jan. 11, 1395. Removal Sale of Furniture at HULL & CO.'S, 205 WYOMING AVENUE. Fine Dressing Tables greatly reduced In pries START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT And keep goiug right by buying and carry ing one of LLOYD'S WATCH E5. LLOYD, JEWELER, 423 LACKA. AVE. YENISON, PRAIRIE CHICKEN, Partridges, Quail, Rabbits, All Kinds of Poultry, Ripe Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Green Beans, Cucumbers, Head Lettuce, Salsify Radishes, Etc. 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Ho cures the worst cases of Ner vous Debility, Scrofula, Old Sores, Ca tarrh, Piles, Female Weakness, Affec tions of the Eye, Kar, Nose nnd Throat. Asthma, Deafness, Tumors, Cancers and Cripples of every description. Consultations freo nnd strictly sacred nnd conlldenlr.. Otllce hours daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, 9 to 2. Unclose five 2-cent stumps for svmtpora blanks and my book called "New "Life" I will pay ono thousand dollars in gold to anyone whom I cannot cure of EPI LEPTIC CONVULSIONS or PITS. DR. E. GREWER, Old Tost Office Building, comer Peua venue and Spruce street. SCRANTON. PA- UNITED STATES CLUB SKATES, HANY STYLES AND SIZES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, FOOTE i SHEAR CO. IF TOUR OLD DOORS NEED FIX. 11UI1 IVtinTIIEV T() $1 The Soranton Tribune Wl Bookbinding Depfe