4 THE SCRANTON TBIBUN"E SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY 12, 1895. 4 ' m rUBUSHIO DAIIT IN SCRAITTOH. PA.. BTTBI TBIBDBI PUBL18H1H0 OOMFA1IT. C. P. KINGSBURY, hn, miOi'i K. H. NIPPLE, lit'i h Tmm. LIVV . NICHAttO', Coitom. W. W. DAVIS, SuWUNTMOIKT. W. W. YOU HQS, Aov. NUn.'b. Riw Tore offioi : tribdhi BntLDmo. Frank B, Quay, iianaoir. MT1RID AT TH1 FOSTOPPIOI AT 8CRANTOH, PA,, Al 810OHD-0LA8a MAIL MATTER. " Printers' Ink," the recognized Journal for advertisers, rates THE SCKANTON TMBl'NE as the best advertising medium in Northeastern Pennsylvania. "Printer' Ink" knows. BCRANTON, JANUARY 12, 1805. I- i THE SCRANTOX OF TODAY. Come and Inspect our city. Elevation above the tide, 740 feet. . i -, Extremely healthy. Estimated population, 1S94, 103,000. Registered voters, 20,599. Value of school property, $750,000. Number of school children, 12,000. Average amount of bank deposits, $10, 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 IWhlch to establish new industries. Bee how we grow: ' Population in 1860 W Population in J870 Population in 3880 43'S Population In 18S0 T15-'15 Population in 1894 (estimated) 10H.IM0 And the end is not yet. The rifrhts of the young are not sec ondary to the rights of selfish parents. Pass the Farr bill for compulsory edu cation. The Amended Farr Bill. The addition yesterday by Represen tative Fair to his compulsory education bill of an amendment authorizing school boards In cities and townships to employ an officer, when necessary, to look after truants and compel them to attend school strengthens the paren: measure In the one point in which it was most sharply criticised. It also squares the bill against the opposition of all except those who reject as un wise the broad principle of compulsory school attendance. In this form ithe Farr bill, if passed, Will be not only sound In principle but effective In practice, as well. It will place Pennsylvania upon a. par with Massachusetts, New York and other states recognized the country over as foremost In educational progress; and Insure, after Its honest enforcement for one generation, a higher standard of citizenship among our people and a cleaner condition of the public morals. The rigid enforcement of such a law might fall heavily upon a few families; but the good achieved throughout the state would Immeasurably overbalance the law's lncldentalyhardshlpa. There Is no mistaking the dimensions of the popular demand at this time for aggressive forward legislative action In- the direction Indicated In this bill. There can be no tenable excuse for hesitancy in taking such action, and .aklng It thorough. Senator Quay, in addition to his con ceded astuteness, brings to politics a reputation of. never deceiving a friend. A good many of his critics will have long to wait before be is unhorsed through treacherous subordinates, An Ineffective Attempt. In another column we present an ab. etract of the bill which Representative Ames, of Clearfield county, has Intro duced to solve the labor problem. He (would have the governor appoint five state arbitrators, at good salaries, to Interpose, when asked, In the settle ment of disputes between employes and employers. These arbitrators, after holding an official Inquiry with power to call for persons and papers, must within alxty days decide which side to the dispute Is in error and the finding ehall be observed by both sides for at ileast six months. All this Is very nice, in theory, but the absence of a penalty clause gives the bill auspicious super (ficlal appearance of Insincerity. The six comfortable positions which this bill would provide may make a deep Impression upon legislators with Influential constituents anxious foe slate employment. As a political ma chine such a board of compulsory arbl tratlon with the compulsion left out would have decided possibilities. Hut we are constrained to confess that we perceive no other points of vantage In the Clearfield member's proposition. It makes an attempt at solving a diffi cult problem; but the attempt Is in effective If not also Insincere. Bereaved parents at Rochester learned of the death of their son through the newspapers two years after It occurred. Who shall say that there Is no enterprise In Journalism the Empire state? in Baby Play Not Probable. We do not credit the Intimation that Senator Penrose will seek to head a committee of inquiry Into the conduct of municipal affairs In Philadelphia. If there is need of such an Inquiry today, there was equal need of one last week yet last week the Idea of probing the political secrets of the Quaker City was nowhere suggested. Senator) Penrose has the sympathy of the public at this time; but It Is a sympathy that would be materially chilled by the exhibition on his part of an Inclination to turn his . office as Senator Into a weapon of per sonal revenge. If there is to be a legislative Inquiry Of any kind, Senator Penrose would act prudently to keep out of It, altogether. Such an Inquiry could only be justified before public opinion by the presenta tlon of facts sufficient to warrant It The defeat of one man or one faction In a local contest, whatever the circum stances of It and however unfair and unmanly the tactics by which it was achieved, would be an utterly Insuf ficient justification for an undertaking Which would, by Implication, cast 'bus plclon upon every Philadelphia public official, past as well as present, how ever able and honest. Senator Penrose has no just complaint against the Re publican party In Philadelphia. His only nuarrel is with a handful oi men who, it Is alleged, basely deceived him. The fight which he ought to make. thprefnre. should be confined to tnese few men. It must not drag In. innocent third persons. It is noticeable that most of the talk about a "Lexow" committee for Phila delphia comes from Democratic sources. It serves their purpose, which Is to fan the Republican quarrel Into a blaze, to their own Dront. If there were an honest and a general desire on the part of many citizens of Philadelphia for a senatorial Investigation of that city s municipal affairs, we should be the first to say, respect It. In the absence of evidence of any such desire we must sunrtrest to those Republicans who are getting excited over this matter, to possess their temper and not play into the enemy's pockets. General Lew Wallace in a recent lec ture has lust explained why he wrote Ben Ilur. The general intimates that he was actuated by good motives, and hr he ran scarcely be accused of fore seeing the awful results of his work as Illustrated In the Ben Hur tableaux, the public will no doubt feel obliged to for give him. The Quay-Hartin Incident. We venture to say that nine Pennsyl- vanlans out of ten regard the manner of Senator Penrose's betrayal In Phila delphia as constituting an unpardon able political crime. The explanations advanced by those who compassed his defeat contain no denial of the charges of treaohery. It Is rather mild atone ment, In this connection, to assert that the beneficiary of that treachery, Mr. Warwick, is personally guiltless. The point Is a strong ture that he, as an honest man, should refuse to accept a nomination dlclpUjit by conditions which would makehis acceptance of It equivaent to becoming an accomplice after the fact. We have seen no sug gestion urging Mr. Warwick to reject this tarnished honor; but we neverthe less regard such rejection as his one door of honorable escape from a situa tion reeking with perlldy and dishonor. These things, however, are subjects for settlement by Philadelphians. They are interesting to the state at large mainly as they explain the currents of mpulse which led our ordinarily silent junior senator, Mr. Quay, to adopt the extraordinary method of rebuking local treachery through the 'medium of an indirect counter attack In the senate of the United States. The senate has never before, to our recollection, been selected as an arena for the exploita tion of pcrsonail griefs and resentments arisng out of municipal politics; and the fact that so reserved a senator as Mr. Quay should .have been the first to establish the precedent which in cooler momenlts, he will no doubt be the first to regret Is clear proof of the over mastering Intensity of his feeling. As a man who, albeit the master politician of his time, has never broken a promise nor betrayed a friend; a mian who, de spite all misrepresentation and malig nant abuse, stands conspicuous for frankness and square dealing, Senator Quay undoubtedly felt quite as keenly the vicious principle behind Senator Penrose's defeat as he felt the Injustice In whifch that defeat, unless explicitly repudiated, would Involve him. The possibility of an anti-Quay com bination In this state, although ex aggerated, Is worth keeping In mind. A man who will break faith hi one in stance will break it in another; and nothing is more probable thaw that David Mai'tin and those who aided him in the Penrose betrayal will now try to undermine the man who made them what they are. They will also have the guerrilla assistance of - politicians throughout the state who have, at vai ous times, conjured " up grievances, mostly Imaginary, against Mr. Quay. The aggregate strength of these op ponents is canslderablej 'but it Is large ly a negative fitrength; and It will have behind it no strong and masterly direct Ing mind. Upon the contrary, the ma jority of those who are Mr. Quay's friends are his friends to stay. They are not. In every instance, the ones who make the loudest boasts of friendliness, In order to curry his favor; many have never so much as once hung on his ooat-tall for an office. They are men, however, who admire his ability, his Bhrewdness and his loyalty; and If a fight should arise, they would not perch up a tree. - - "Paralyzed by the voice of the peo ple. It has been further. hypnotized by Its own Internal disorganization," Thus Senator Quay eplgramsthe condition of the Democratic party. The diagnosis is as accurate as It Is Incisive. Quay on the income Tax. "There la no disputing the proposition that this congress has been limited by the popular verdict to the simplest and most restricted function which It can exercise under the constitution. This congress has been forbidden by the overwhelming voice of the people of the United States to do anything further than to vote the necessary money sup plies for the maintenance of the tna chinery of the government." Starting with this premise, Senator Quay reaches, by quick steps of faultless logic, the conclusion that even this congress should defeat the carrying out of "the highest crime of Its criminal tariff act," known as the Income tax. "The appropriation proposed to pay for the expense of the collection of this inquisitorial and obnoxious levy upon the private business of the people should be defeated. Its only purpose would be to create an army of mer cenarles who, like our ancient enemies, the Hessians of the Revolutionary war would be hired by an administration more British than American. It Is not worth while to Incur this tremendou expense, to create this band of lnqulsl tors when that army, almost as soon as hired, must Be disbanded." What more npprl he Raid? It Is high time that this pernicious bit of bo,ck-number Popullstlc nonsense were killed, now that election is over, A peculiarly Interesting series of let tens, both by reason of their Intrinsic merit as pleasant descriptions of travel and because of the Insight they will af ford to Turkey and Turkish conditions, Is begun on another page of this Issue of The Tribune. The writer of them, Miles Tracy Hand, son of ex-Judge Al fred Hand, of this city, Is now begin ning a career as professor In the Pres byterian college at Constantinople, and will, therefore, have exceptional oppor tunities for correctly outlining the Turkish character. Professor Hand's first letter is a happy Introduction to what will centainly form a notable correspondence. The meeting of protest against the Armenian massacres, called for tonight at 8 o'clock. In the Elm Park church should be largely attended. The sym pathy of every well-informed Ameri can ought to be actively enlisted In behalf of their Christian brethren In a far-off land who are liable at any mo ment to become martyrs to the toler ated fanaticism of the semi-barbarous Turk. If from these meeting of protest throughout the country there should spring up a more wholesome sentiment of jealous popular regard for the dig nity and Christianizing Influences of our American representatives In foreign lands, and for the honor and true glory of the American flag, the blood of these foreign martyrs nhall Indeed become the seed of American advancement. The esteemed Philadelphia Record exults because The Tribune Is opposed o state ownership of the school book printing business. The Record there upon accuses this paper of giving ex pression to "Democratic truth." We had not been aware that the truth, by whomsoever spoken, Is necessarily par tisan In its character; but If the Demo cratic party In Pennsylvania Is opposed to the Lytle scheme to force the com monwealth into usurping a private business, we hope that Its opposition may be crowned with success. The Scranton Truth, after churning tself Into a great state of excitement over the Farr compulsory education bill, suddenly discovers that that "bill Is not worth the paper upon which it is printed." If this be true, why has the Truth made so much fuss about It? The report that western cattle are afflicted with paralysis by a constant diet upon corn will not be discredited here. Instances of the paralyzing ef fects of certain preparations of corn have been frequently noted In the east. American refugees are still arriving In foreign ports from the land of the lamblike Kurd. According to Turkish versions of the situation the country Is probably too quiet for them. LEGISLATIVE TOPICS. Arbitration of l.uhor Difficulties. Representative Ames, of Clearfield county, hus Introduced un Interesting bill to provide for an appointive state board of arbitration and mediation, to consist of live members, each ut $.'1,000 per year sal ary, together with "traveling and other ex penses. A secretary at $2,!U0 per annum Is also provided for. Two members of the board are to be employes indorsed by the labor organizations; two employers of good standing and the fifth, neither. The fifth mun shall preside. The secretary is lothcd with magisterial pvvers. When ever a strike or lockout shall occur, or Is seriously threatened In any part of the state, It snail be the duty of the sheriff, with the advice of the president Judge and district attorney, of the county In which the strike or lockout has occurred, or Is seriously threatened to come, or any person directly affected by said strike, to notify saiil board of said strike or lock out. Upon the receipt of Information of a strike or lockout, It shall be the duty of the state board of arbitration and media tion, und Is hereby directed to proceed, as soon ns practicable, to the county seat or to the particular locality of said coun ty In which the strike or lockout has oc curred, and put Itself Into communication at once with the parties to the contro versy, and endeavor by mediation to effect an amlcubln settlement of such con troversy; and, If in Its judgment It Is deemed best, to Inquire Into the cause or causes of the controversy, and to that end the board Is hereby authorized to sub poena witnesses, compel their attendance, and send for persons and papers. The parties to the grievance or dispute shall thereupon submit to said board, in writ ing, succinctly, clearly, and In detail, their grievances anil complaints, and the cause or causes thereof, and severally agree In writing to submit to the decision of suld board as to matters so submitted, and a promise or agreement to continue on their business or ut work, without a lockout or strike. After the matter has been fully heard, the said board or a ma jority of Its members, shull, within three weeks, render a decision thereon, In writing, signed by them, or a majority of them, stating such details ns will clearly show the nature of their decision, and plulnly exhibit the cause or causes of the controversy, and assigning mich respon siblllty or blame upon the party or par ties responsible for the same. The de rision rendered by the board shall be bind Ing upon the parties who join in the appll cation to submit said controversy to the board, for six months, or until either party has given the other a written no tlce of the Intention not to bo further bound by the conditions thereof ufter the expiration of sixty duys, or any time agreed upon by the parties, which agree, mcnt shall be entered as a part of the dtv clslon of the board. The board Is empow ered, In Us Inquiries, to employ skilled as slstants. Tor Kurul High Schools. The first step toward the establishment of high schools In the rural districts of the state was taken Thursday by the In traduction of a bill to this effect in the house by Emerson Collins, of Lycoming. The measure allows two or more districts to establish joint high schools of three different grades, those In which the course of study Is four years to be known as the first grade; those In which the course Is three years, to be known as tho second grade, and those of two years as the third grade. From tho unnuul appropriation for the support of the schools the first grade shall receive not more than $S00, the second, PM, and the third. $400. In case of Insufficiency of appropriation each grnde Is to receive a proportional share. The bill also designates the studies In which tho teachers of such schools shall be examined, subject to the approval of the superintendent of public Instruction. ' ' ' ' Safeguard tho Ballot. Wllkes-Barre Record: "As at present constituted there is nothing to prevent raud In the matter of securing helpers to mark the ballots of voters who cannot read. The helper, under the present law, muy be taken from the crowd of hangers. on at the polls. Ho goes Into the booth without being sworn or giving his name, and Is entirely free to use whatever Intlu ence he sees fit In the marking of the bal lot. This defect should be remedied at once. Before going Into the booth the helper should give his proper name and address and be required to take an oath that he will not In any way seek to Influ ence the voter In his choice of candidates, The name of the helpers should be marked on the outside of all such ballots, so that a proper record may be kept of them. This Is the only sensible way out of the dlfnctilty a much better way than depriving voters of their franchise simply because they cannot speak the English language' It rough! tho Farr Bill. ( From the Wllkes-Barre Leader. The school book trust fought the free book law bitterly. It Is unfortunate If It be true that It has succeeded In making the law the means of a swindle, FOR A PERM AX EXT CENSUS. From the Syracuse Post. . The Scranton Tribune makes a strong plea for the establishment of a perma nent census bureau, or for putting the worn oi the census department upon a permanent non-partisan basis. The Trib une thinks it will be better to have a cen sus taken oftcner even though It did not give In detail so much statistical informa tion. Tho country Is growing much faster now than It did when a decennial cpdbuu wus first established. People are Inter ested In the things of tho present. The news of last year has no interest this year. Statistics of population, of manu factures, of commerce, collected In 1890 are entirely out of date und of only rela tive use in 1895. Muny growing cities are placed at a great disadvantage when their population is quoted on the figures of the cenBtis taken . several years before. The advance In commerce and along all lines of business Is so rapid that the returns of the year when the census was taken are very far from accurate Indications of tho Btato of the country Ht the time whon they are Mnully published or before an other census Is taken. There Is much reason for the sugges tion of The Tribune' that the census be put upon a permanent non-partisan basis with continuous labors. The department could then compile every year a large amount of vnluuble Information, and the advantage of Its statistics would be that they were right up to date and hence of some practical vuliio. Under the present system, u lurge force of expert statis ticians Is employed by the government for one, two or three or more years, and then with the completion of the census, ho force Is dismissed and thlH expert help Is scattered. Before un other census can be taken, there must be a seurch for the right kind of men und all the work of trulnlng men for the position hus to be done over. All this could be avoided with a permanent census bureau under civil service regulations, having expert statisticians in tho employ of the gov ernment all the time. They, like bourds of trade or chambers of commerce, could furnish each your very valuable reports, not of the musty past, but of the living present. Is l.lkcly to l ull. From the Wllkes-Barre News-Dealer. It seems the new senator from Lacka wanna county, Mr. Ynughun, Is not In favor of capital punishment. He has In troduced a bill In the senate to abolish the death penalty. This Is not the first time an attempt hus been made to abolish hanging In Pennsylvania, All previous efforts fulled, however, us Senator Vaughan's Is likely to at this session of the legislature. Need More Cnpitul Punishment. From the Wllkes-Harre Record. Senator Vuughan, of Lackawanna, has Introduced a bill to abolish capital punish ment In Pennsylvania. So far us Luzerne county Is concerned, what we need Is more capitHlHi'inlshment, not Its abolition. 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