THE SCRANTON THIBUNJE SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 2, 1895.
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SCRANTON, FEBRUARY 2, 1895.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.
Come and Inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide, 740 feet
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population. 1894, 103.000.
Registered voters, 20.599.
Value of school property, $750,000.
Number of school children. 12.000.
Average amount of bank deposits, 110,
900 000
I t's the metropolis of northeastern Penn
sylvania. Can produce electrlo power cheaper than
Niagara.
No better point In tho United States at
which to establish new Industries.
Bee how we arrow:
Population in 1880 '22J
Population in 1870 &.000
Population In 1880 45S5
Population in 1890 75-315
Population in 1894 (estimated) 103.IW0
And the end is not yot
Mr. Jordan, of Tunkhannock, will rep
resent the Fifteenth district In congress
Just two weeks, lacking a day. But
ithat will doubtless be long enough to
disgust (hlra with the Fifty-third con
gress. The Loss of the Elbe.
Out of the chaos of conflicting reports
concerning the recent accident Where
by the steamship Elbe, with its human
cargo of almost 400 souls, went to the
bottom within a few minutes following
its collision In a fog with the British
steamer Crathie, one or two facts now
appear to be settled. One Is the utter
Inadequacy of the life boat accommoda
tions of the Uoyd steamship; and the
other 1b that Captain Gordon, of the
Crathie, is unfit to remain Jn charge of
ejiy vessel sailing the high seas.
That a boat habitually oarrylng from
300 to 500 passengers should be pro
vided with only three life boats, one of
them unfit for use, seems almost in
credible, but the early assertions to
this effect 'have not to our knowledge
been contradicted. If true, It would
eeeai that this fact would, in law, ren
der the Lloyd company liable for dam
ages for every death or Injury sus
tained by reason of Thursday morn
ing's collision. It would establish their
guilt of contributory negligence and a
prosecution along this line, even If un
successful, might have a good effect In
discouraging similar carelessness in the
future.
As to the conduct of Captain Gordon,
it will b'e fair, before believing the
worst, to await the telling of his side of
the story. That lie deliberately steamed
away from the sinking Elbe, indlfferen
to her peril and to the fate of her many
passengers, is a statement too mon
strous for premature belief. It will be
time enough to adjust the ethics of
civilization to such a black circum
stance when the assertion is proved.
But wholly apart from this phase of
the subject, it would seem that a sea
man who should permit his ship to
steam along quietly through a fog,
without giving sound or signal, and
without paying heed to the rocket sig
nals of an approaching ship, would be
in safer business if he were deprived
of his captaincy and put to breaking
stones.
An official inquiry Into this unfortu
nate circumstance is Imperatively de
manded. One of the finest newspaper issues
that we have ever seen comes from the
New York Commercial Advertiser, and
takes the form of a sixty-page edition
Illustrating the business resources of
the metropolis. The Commercial Ad
vertiser under the editorship of Foster
Coates and the business management
of Jason Rogers has become without
exception the most enterprising after
ndon paper In the United States.
An Age of Combines." 1 .
We doubt If It was ever contemplated
by the founders of, this government
that there should one day be passed
in American law-making assemblages
legislation applicable not to the whole
people, but only to distinct classes.
Yet today the arena of legislation is a
battlefield of clashing class interests,
and It seems to be the exception rather
than the rule when a law is passed
for the general good of the masses.
We do not need to go further than
Harrisburg In order to see abundant
Instances in proof of the foregoing as
sertion. What is the first thins, al
most, that one hears at the capital of
Pennsylvania? The chances are ten
to one that it will be something about
some legislative "combine" by which
the general interests of the common
wealth are to be "held up" in deference
to 'the demands of a clique or class. One
of these combines 1s known as the
"Labor Combine." It exists upon the
proposition that labor da a distinct In
stltution, 'like a hospital or a school,
which must each 'session have a certain
amount of legislative "pap" thrown to
It or else it will starve. The partlcu
lar kind of pap now sought for by the
Labor Corn-Una consists of a grist of
bills creating new offices for labor agi
tators and their friends and imposing
a new strain upon the constitutional
right of each citizen to paddle his own
canoe, In his own way, within the com'
mon law. A number of members from
Industrial districts, by Joining hands
and hopes, expect to be able to .rush
these spasmodic end ill-digested bills
through In time for them to do cam'
palgn duty at the next election; and if,
at some later time, the taxpayers shall
find, at much expense, that the most
of them were unconstitutional, what
difference will It make?
Then there Is another enterprise
known as the Agricultural Combine.
Its chief purpose In life, apart from
the aid 1t extends to politicians In
search of votes, is to secure the enact
ment of laws exempting the farmer
from taxation as far as it can, and
giving him as much of a monopoly of
the sale of farm produce as can be
given by aat of legislation. This par
ticular combine's character was well
illustrated some years ago when it
sought to cxolude from the markets of
Pennsylvania all dressed beef products
not grown, killed; cured or packed
within the state; or in other words.
tried to add from 2 to 5 cents to the
cost price of every pound of meat con
sumed by the carnivorous food eaters
of this commonwealth, such addition to
go Into the pockets of Pennsylvania
cattle growers, as so much clear protit.
The antl-oleo law 19 another piece of
the same fine Italian handiwork a law
virtually decreeing 'that chemistry
must .not try to cheapen the foods of
the people if by so doing It will Jeopard
the revenues of the Pennsylvania
dairyman.
These two specimens of class clan-
nlehness iby no means exhaust the
lint; Jn truth, "they hardly begin it. In
addition, there are the Standard OH
Combine, .the book, trust ring, and all
the rest of the long catalogue of spe
cial Interests, private, corporate and
sectional, which regularly employ
agents, lobbyists or "legislative com
mittees" to guard their respective In
terests by tactics of both offense and
defence. There is scarcely a business
or a class or a section of any conse
quence which is not thus provided with
lynx-eyed agents and representatives;
but one will Jn vain search fur some
such combine In the Interests of the
plain people. Their affairs at Hanrls
bttrg, under Democratic rule and under
Republloan, seem to be for the 'greater
part overshadowed by the more urgent
ambitions of the class combines. Only
during campaign time do they appear
to receive a predominant share of con
sideration.
The American people would do well
to turn 'back from this tendency to
ward class rivary. It augurs no good
for them if It shall be persisted In; but
on the contrary it Is fraught with the
menace of great harm.
Every on to whom this Issue of The
Tribune comes should read our report
of the address Andrew Carnegie on
The Vses of WealUh." It "contains
thoughts worth remembering.
Pass the Farr Bill.
For two sessions Representative Farr,
of this city, has stood as the special
champion of compulsory education.
He has made that eubjeot a particular
study, devoting to it a persistency of
inquiry which few men in public life
exhibit in their treatment of public
questions. The result of this concen
trated effort is a bill which is as nearly
perfect In its details as any bill can be
before It is subjected to a practical ex
perimental teat. The gentleman from
Lancaster county who is now trying to
force Mr. Farr's bill to the rear may
be Just as sincere in his enthusiasm as
Mr. Farr is. But the practical effect of
his belated work Is to complicate the
prospects of enacting any kind of a
compulsory education law, and to this
extent he is doing the public an injury.
rather than a benefit.
We are more deeply Interested In the
principle of compulsory education than
in the men who champion .the principle.
If the queatlon were simply a personal
one between Mr. Farr and Mr. Seyfert,
we could well afford ito let the house of
representatives make its own choice,
in the light of eaoh man's record. But
Instead of raising thait issue, Mr. Sey
fert has virtually put an obstacle in the
paOh of any measure having this broad
principle in view. He has introduced a
bill 'the provisions of which are drastic
beyond all common sense, and seeks to
force it down, heedless of the wishes.of
nlne-tenths of those who worked for
compulsory educatlonbefore he thought
of framing a bill on the subject. We
have compared the two measures with
the utmost oare, and we are so little
satisfied with the Seyfert bill that we
would sooner see no bill passed than to
have his radical measure become the
law.
In Justice to the commonwealth, pass
the Farr bill! '
The Lebanon Report has decided to
place two Mergenthaler linotype ma
chines In Its composing room, which
will give lit a superior equipment. The
Report will then not only print a good
paper but also a large one, comprising
an exceptional bargain for the appre
ciative readers of progressive Lebanon.
It la gratifying' to note that Dr. Park
hurst -Is not 4n the least discouraged.
"We have fought one battle and havo
won," he says," and we have got to
fight another battle; and when we have
got thrdujjh with that battle, we proba
bly will, find another battlefield looming
in sight But that la what life is for."
In other words, "keeping everlastingly
at It brings success."
Needed Ballot Changes.
Our esteemed contemporary, the
Philadelphia Press, finds, in the recent
disclosures of electoral crookedness
made during the Blalr-Whlte Judlclul
contest In Indiana county ground for
an earnest protest against the present
form of the provision of the secret
ballot law in this state governing the
admission, to booths, with disabled
voters, of professional "helpers" who,
in this snug retreat, in security from
detection, manage to "fix" both the
voter and hla ballot at one time. The
Press has evidence that hundreds of
able bodied men in that county sold
their ballots In this manner, often for
as low a price as II each. It demands
that If there is to be a helper for dls
abled or Infirm voters, he shall be nn
honest one, and shall not be permitted
to help those who are abundantly quail
fled to help themselves.
This Is virtually the contention made
In these" columns several weeks ago.
We likewise advocated another change
In the present law; and if any change Is
to be made It would facilitate matters
to make one complete Job of It. We
argued against the straight party circle
as being a device in the first place use
less, since straight party voting is every
year becoming less frequent; and In the
next place, liable to Invalidate the bal
lot of the man who, after marking a
cross in the top circle, 'wishes after
ward to vote for one or perchance two
Individual candidates of another par
tisan faith. The Sittser-Dunham con
test, In which this point has appeared,
is a good local reminder of the danger
of such carelessness a danger which
would be entirely avoided If the voter
were required to Indicate his preference
for ench candidate by a separate mark,
unless when choosing presidential elec
tors, at which occasion a group mark
ing would save time.
It has been Intimated that tho party
managers at Harrisburg were averse
to re-opening the ballot question during
this legislature; but the distinctness of
these developing abuses should be suf
ficient to induce them to modify their
decision. The sentiment of the public
In this state Is overwhelmingly favor
able to u secret ballot, and for that
very reason the majority party should
be willing, whenever possible, to ac
cept Improvements to the present sys
tem promotive of its secrecy and of its
fairness.
Representative Kearns, of Pittsburg,
has 'introduced a bill at Harrisburg
which provides that the passenger on
a trolley car who is unable to get a
seait shall bo entitled to a reduction In
fare. The bill will .full, of course, be
cause the trolley Interests hold the
whip hand over legislation at Harris
burg; but It Is a praiseworthy effort to
solve a great .problem. The spectacle
visible In our own city, every evening
about nightfall, of street cars indecent
ly packed full of men, women and chil
dren, some squeezed into almost a solid
muss of struggling or exhausted hu
manity, and all because of the negli
gence of the company in supplying
sufficient cars, Is enough almost to
make one wish that the Kearns bill, or
one a good deal stronger, might become
a law. An ordinance limiting the num
ber of passengers to a car, and provid
ing a fine for the overcrowding of this
limit, would perhaps modify this evil;
or one Imposing a tax on overcrowded
cars equal to the sum of the fares col
lected above a certain maximum limit
per car. It Is time for the law-makers
to do something, if the car companies
will not.
The second number of our new con
temporary, the Lackawanna Legal
News, was issued yesterday, and It
shows that tho court made no mistake
in confiding to John G. McAskle the
reports of its decisions. An interesting
feature of this number of the Legal
News Is the concluding portion of a
scholarly paper by James J. H. Hamil
ton on the constitutionality of the in
come tax. It is an admirable summary
of the fundamental luw upon this now
uppermost revenue question.
We reprint, elsewhere, an address on
municipal reform delivered by Rev. Dr.
Parkhurst in Chicago the other day. It
bristles with, telling points and in terse,
epigrammatic force has rarely been
equalled. The perusal of this address
would prove mentally profitable to
every reader of this paragraph, and
Is recommended as equal to the hear
ing of a wholesome civic sermon.
Lemuel 13. Qulgg has shown in sev
eral directions that he is a wide-awake
and decidedly progressive young man.
As the editor and publisher of the re
organized New York Press he will be
the right Individual In the proper place.
The death of Ward McAllister re
moves from earth a man who, while
neither learned nor great, will be missed
more than he would had he been either.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
The Accommodation Argument.
Representative Farr at Plttsburs:
"Some opponents of compulsory educa
tion say that school accommodations are
not sutticlent to make compulsory educa
tion necessary. This is merely a pretext
for opposition a fllinHy excuse, Indeed.
If It were true that present accommoda
tions were so scant as that, how long do
you think it would tnke the school au
thorities to provide the additional accom
modations necessary for the Increased at
tendance that would follow the enactment
of this law? A vigorous public sentiment
would, If necessary, stimulate the school
directors to their duty. School directors.
as a rule, are always willing and take
pride In doing their duty. Schools are an
economy. Wipe them out, and see how
much more It would cost to run this state
than with them. In Philadelphia they say
there are rapidly growing districts in
which there are limited school accommo
dations. The Philadelphia school system
Is not the best In the world. It has weak
nesses, but that great and rich city ought
to have no difficulty In providing an abun
dance of school room. lis nhure of the
school appropriation made by the state
must be in the vicinity of JI.OW.uoo. in
Scrunton, my home, the population Is in
creasing at a wonderful rate. It Jumped
from 45,0110 to 7u,UU0 between '80 and '90.
There hus been an additional Increase of
25,000 since 1K90. IjibI year our Increase In
school attendance was nearly one-thir
tieth ot tho entire Increase In the stuto.
Scrunton Is a progressive city, and pro
vides school accommodations for all who
want to attend. ' Unfortunately, there Is
a large number of children who should be,
but aro not, In school. Here and there
throughout the state there may be crowd
ed schools, but that there Is any serious
lack for room Is not true. For a number
of years past school buildings have more
than kept pace with the Increasing at
tendance, the number of scholars drop
ping from fifty-two In each room to
forty-one year before last. The large In
crease lust year, due In the main to free
books, Increased the number per room by
only one, making an average of forty-two
to a room. This Is conclusive evidence
that Pennsylvania has sufficient school
accommodations for many more In the
state at large than now attend.
Tho RlghtS'Of-Parcnts Argument.
"It was said that free books would make
a compulsory education law unnecessary.
They have simply proved the absolute
necessity of such a law If we want to
reach any reasonable portion of the vast
number who do not go to school. The
statistics presented to you show that there
are a greut army of them. Free books
drew many ot those children whose pa
rents wanted to educate their children,
but could not before oil account of the
cost to them of books. But free books
have no charm for the parent who Is In
different to the best interests of his child;
who doesn't rare whether his little boy
or girl gets any education or not. There
are thousandsof them who for Inexcusable
reasons will not educate their children
unless they are compelled. Sentiment
should not be wasted on such parents.
There Is too much at stake. The Inter
ests ot the child, his character, his life.
Justice to him, the Interests of the state,
demand that he shall get some education.
Liberty, Cioero says, Is obedience to
Just laws. Is it any Injustice to a parent
to say. If you can educate your child, for
the sake of the child, for your own best
Interests, for the highest welfare ot the
state, you must do It? It Is a license, not
liberty, that such Individuals now have.
The children) of such people are the very
ones who ought to get an education.. It
will take them out ot the narrow sphero
thVy now occupy. It will develop their
minds, enlarge their nature, quicken their
umbition und stimulate them to higher
thoughts and acts, and they will become
useful men and women. Their duty to
their children will be clear to them, and
will be Justly done." .
SKETCH OF JAMES II. CODDING
From the Towanda Reporter-Journal.
James II. Codding was born In Pike
township, this county, July 8, 1849. When
lie was 6 years old his parents removed
to Towanda where he hus since resided.
His education was begun in the- public
schools of the borough. After complet
ing the prescribed course there he en
tered tho Susquehanna collegiate Insti
tute of this pluce und was graduated
with tho highest honors. He then en
tered Dartmouth college where he re
mained one year, when an opportunity to
enter at once upon un active business ca
reer presenting Itself lr he accepted it.
But his tastes and the natural bent of his
mind were toward literary and profes
sional pursuits, and in a short time he
gave up business and began reading luw
In the oltlce of Henry Btreeter. esq. He
finished his luw studies with Judge Mor
row and was admitted to the bar In 1879.
Mr. Codding Is a .Mason of high degree
and has been honored with many places of
trust and high honor by that body. In
1893 he held the office of grand communder
of the Grand Commundery, Knights
Templar, of Pennsylvania, lie is also a
prominent Odd Fellow.
Although Mr. Codding has always taken
an active Interest In politics and has been
an unswerving Republican from his
youth, he has never been an oltlce-seeker.
The only time he has been a candidate
for public office was In 1S90. when he was
nominated for Judge of the Thirteenth dis
trict on the Republican ticket after one
of tho bitterest contests at the primaries
ever known In our local politics and into
which were dragged many outside Issues.
As a result of that unfortunute division In
the Republican ranks the whole ticket was
defeated by a small majority. But out of
the fires of that ordeul air. courting
emerged without a stain upon his char
acter and with popularity undiminished.
Throughout that campaign of bitterness
and hate not a word in way of detraction
was uttered against his character or his
Integrity, and It Is a fact that today
nearly every man who then opposed him
Is numbered among his loyal and de
voted adherents.
Although comparatively a young man
there is no question of his fitness for the
place. He has had a wide experience In
business affairs, is a successful lawyer.
hus had the indorsement of a Republican
convention that nominated him for Judge,
und in the recent contest for the con
gressional nomination was practically the
unanimous choice of the party.
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blanks and my book called "New Life."
1 will pay ono thousand dollar In cold
to anyone whom I cannot cure of EPI
LEPTIC CONVULSIONS or FITS,
DR. E. GRKWER,
Old Post Office Building, corner feua
venue and Spruce street.
SCRANTON. PA.
EVERY 1 BUYS HARDWARE.
The question la, where can the best be)
obtained? Where the lowest prices fop
the good kind? Listen! Let u speak to
you contldenllHlly. Most peopls say our.
We know and you know that they know,
what Is what It ought to be In Hardware.
We have shaved our prices with Knives,
Chlaels and Shave, and planed them with
our planes. They are now below the level
of other a our Levels show.
We remove to our large new store, HI
Washington avenue, April 1.
FOOTE & SHEAR CO.
Jv.1 IF YOUR OLD BOOKS NKKD I1M
V ING, BEND TIIEM TO
Tko Sorutoi TrlbuM
Bookbinding DcpV