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KCRANTON, FEBRUARY 27, 1895.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.
Come and Inspect our city.
Klevatlou above the tide, 740 feet.
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population, 1894, 103,000.
Kea-lstered voters, 20,59!.
Value of school property, $900,000.
Number of school children, 12,000.
Average amount of bunk deposits, $10,
C00.000. It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn
sylvania. Can produce electric power cheaper than
Niagara.
No better point In tho Vnlted States at
9r hie h to establish new Industries.
See how we grow:
Population In lSi!0 9,223
Population In 1S70 S3.000
Population in 1SS0 43,SjO
Population In IStO Ti.ilO
Population In 1894 (estimated) 103,000
And the end is not yet.
The Republican members of the Kan
sas legislature have expressed a very
decided preference for Major William
aicKlnley for president In 189". Well,
the major is a good man, and Kansas
is not the only state that finds much in
him to admire.
The Grab for Spoils.
The message of Governor Hastings
urging upon the legislature the urgent
need of caution and economy In its ef
forts to disburse state funds is In keep
ing with the almost unanimous senti
ment of the commonwealth, as ex
pressed in the state press. It contains
nothing new, but It has behind it the
force of authority and the implied
threat that unless its counsel shall be
heeded, the executive will make free
and fearless use of his wholesome
power of veto.
It would be unfair to the legislature
to leave uncorrected the impression
that much of Its activity in the special
direction of creating new state offices
has been dictated by extravagance.
I'p to this time, such creation of offices,
while apparently adding to the cost of
government, has In reality decreased
that cost through the economical con
solidation of various departments and
the better classification and organiza
tion of the commonwealth's executive
work. This work of the legislature has
had the governor's entire and cordial
approval; and his message of yesterday
does not criticise It but merely calls at
tention to the possible danger of step
ping beyond the limits of clear neces
sity. It Is in the formulation, by Individual
members, of local bids for state aid that
the great danger of extravagance lies.
V. The notion Is common that a member's
supreme duty is to his own district;
and that if, by hook or crook, he can
secure for that district a liberal handful
of commonwealth cash his performance
of that duty will be complete. It will
not be easy to dispel this very general
delusion; but the idea Is essentially
falsa, and to it can be traced a large
proportion of the Jobbery and log roll
ing now so prevalent in our legislative
assemblies.
If Governor Hastings can check this
tendency he will do much for the public
Welfare.
From present appearances It would
seem a wise move upon part of the
frankfort sausage? chef to extend the
fredom of the lunch chariots to Coun
cllmen Sweeney and Regan.
Supreme Court Relief.
The measure which Judge Archbalcl
has drafted and Senator Vaughan In
troduced provides for a court of appeals
to be composed of five judges at a salary
C'f $7,C0O a year and mileage at the rate
nf ten cents a mile. The first court Is
to be appointed by the governor, and to
Serve until Jan. 1, 1896, when It will be
Succeeded by Judges to be elected next
November, one for 3 years, one for 0
years, one for 9 years, one for 12 years
and one for 15 yearn. Thereafter tho
term of each will be 15 years. The first
BudgeB to be elected shall decide by lot
Upon the various ternw of service; and
the shortest termer shall be the presid
ing Judge of the court. The court will
not have original Jurisdiction except In
cases of habeas corpus; and with the
exception of felonious homicide and
cases In law and equity Involving a less
amount than $1,000 Its decision shall be
final. The court will hold two terms
a year, and will sit In the cities of
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Harrlsburg,
IWilkes-Barre, Wllllamsport and Erie.
fcut somewhat strangely, It will dodge
Bcranton despite the fact that Its author
and legislative sponsor are both Scran
lonlans.
The measure seems a fair one. In sev
pral details superior to the propositions
pf similar Intent which have preceded
It. It has the advantage of placing the
Intermediate court which It alms to
create, and which public sentiment very
generally concedes to be necessary, upon
a solid and substantial basis of Its own.
rather than upon the basis of a kind
' of volunteer court, to be made up of
common pleas Judges working overtime.
The supreme court must be relieved
, ' somehow, and, that speedily. Shall It
be relieved by the creation of a perma
nent and effective intermediate court
having as broad a foundation as either
of its companion courts, and fitted to
grow with the growth of the common
wealth; or shall Us establishment be
accomplished In a spirit of Indifference
to future requirements, and shall it be
a mere makeshift?
The legislature, it seems to us, could
not better perform Its duty In the prem
ises than by adopting the Archbald bill.
There may have been some persons
shortsighted enough to believe that
Governor Morton of New York would
unreservedly align himself alongside
Thomas C. Piatt, In pique because
Mayor Strong chose to fulfil his non
partisan pledges. But those persons
will, we think, now admit that they
were mistaken.
To Purify Elections.
Porbably the most exhaustive bill for
pure elections ever framed in this coun
try has JuBt been prepared by the Civic
Federation of Chicago, for Introduc
tion at Springfield. The bill proposes
to revise the present naturalization
laws, compelling the would-be citizen to
secure his papers purely through his
own efforts and without interference of
political parties, politicians or bureaus;
prevents wholesale naturallzutlon
on any one day; reverses the
present bribery law so that the
briber is the one to be the most
severely punished and not the brlbee:
gives a legal status to existing purty
machinery; forbids non-residents, or
alien residents, or corporations to con
tribute to any campaign fund; limits In
dividual contributions by actual resi
dents to JiOO for general elections und
$250 for any other, and exacts from
campaign managers, committees and
candidates the utmost publicity as to
the amount of money which they ex
pend In uny one campaign, where they
received it and how they spent It, by
Items.
The bill, as drawn, contains nearly
11.000 words and hence Is much too long
to be reprinted. It was framed only
after its authors had made a thorough
study of the corrupt practices act In
England and also of the similar laws
now In force In Massachusetts, Michi
gan, Missouri, Colorado, Kansas, Cali
fornia and New York. As a circum
stance of Interest It may be noted that
the same subject is pending in Rhode
Island, Connecticut and Wisconsin, with
every probability of an early legisla
tive agreement in each state upon the
terms of the act best fitted to eliminate
from our politics the corrupt use of
money both before and at elections, and
also to diminish the jobbery In party
spoils which amounts to almost as
grave a nuisance. This latter feature
Is also present In the Chicago bill, which
compels elected candidates to make
oath that they have not promised the
patronage of their offices In exchange
for political support.
Nothing is clearer to the careful stu
dent of events than that public senti
ment is arming for a battle to the death
with the twin evils of bribery at elec
tions and the prostitution of the public
service, after election, in the payment
of party or personal debts. The first
evil Is already generally reprobated. A
Chicago orator, Mr. F, B. Peabody, has
well said of the second one: "A more
vicious and demoralizing system can
not be conceived. To remove a compe
tent and useful officer for the purpose
of replacing him by a personal or party
follower Is a breach of public trust. It
has been well said, In effect, that such
a removal Is as great a crime as to
use the public money for private gain,
and President Madison Is quoted as de
claring with righteous Indignation that
'such action Justified the Impeachment
of the offender.' These Indiscriminate
removals have become so common a
practice that the enormous wickedness
of it Is too generally overlooked, or
else Justified on the plea of party neces
sity. The party that shall hereafter
continue to justify or condone this ne
farious practice has not long to live.'
Merit and purity may cause the "un
washed" to smile; but tnVy are bound
to be increasingly demanded in our
politics as the public conslence quickens
and awakens.
The Lancaster New Era eloquently
defends the much-abused "bird book"
of Dr. Warren, and contends that Us
republication, at state expense, is not
ft bit of extravagance. Plow would the
New Era like It If tho legislature were
to print, at public expense, a daily
newspaper In Lancaster county? If a
bird book, why not a newspuper, a
dictionary and a magazine? The fact
is the printing of the bird book was a
trick of Ignorance at the very begin
ning. What right Iia the common
wealth of Pennsylvania to go Into the
book-printing business?
An Unfortunate Argument.
The tone of the Philadelphia. Press'
comment 'upon the proposition to
Lexow Philadelphia Is, we Bhould say,
a shade unfortunate. Home of tho
terms used by It In referring to the
proposed committee are: "Senatorial
smut machine," "sheer political de.
Vice," "factional weapon In a factional
fight," "rash revel of factlonlsm" and
"a committee of which one or more
members were notorious corruptlunlsts,
who were guilty of bribery and being
bribed, and whose trafficking in the
shambles of Jobbery is perfectly well-
known." This last phrase Is particu
larly interesting In view of the fact
that no committee has yet been ap
pointed and hence none hus any menv
bershlptoabuse. Finally, thePresssome
what sullenly says: "Now, It any peo
pie really hanker after that sort of
business and want a little personal ex
perience, let them try It on."
This tone, we think, Is unfortunate,
both for the Press and for Philadel
phia. It is a kind of "you're
another" cry proving rather than
removing the need of an Investi
gation. Now, The Tribune, too, , Is
opposed to the suggested investi
gation, upon the broad principle that
Philadelphlans ought to be able to gov
ern themselves. We are not specially
concerned In Philadelphia politics, one
was or another; but we are concerned
In the limiting of the senate of Penn
sylvania to its proper sphere' of duty.
We do not want It to begin an imperti
nent intermeddling in the municipal
affairs of Philadelphia for the obvious
reason that If it did that, It might some
day take It into its head to poke Us nose
Into the municipal affairs of Wllkes
Uurre, or Carbondale, or Scranton, In
neither of which places has it one lota
of business.
Tho Press, it seems to us, ought to
stand up for the principle involved; and
not try Blmply to spatter mud on the
state senate.
The night lunch wagons of Scranton
do for the hungry wayfarer of tem
perate inclinations what Is done for
bibulous citizens by tho restaurants
that are operated in connection with
bars. These restaurants may object to
tho presence of the lunch wagons on
the streets; and so may revengeful
eouncllinen; but the people are not com
plaining und it Is safe to guess that
the lunch wagons will stay.
According to reports from dally bul
letins, Actor Gentry, who murdered
Madge Yorke, is not out of danger yet.
It Is probable, however, that ut present
he la in greater danger of the hang
man's rope than of death from uny
slight wounds indicted upon himself in
his bluff at suicide after shooting the
defenseless girl.
Senator Clarence Lexow, through
force of circumstances, became promi
nent, did the public a great service, and
had the opportunity to do it a greater,
likewise to perpetuate his fame. He
threw it away, in order that he might
put on the collar of a broken down boss.
And now it is proper to say: Exit,
Lexow.
If the legislature at Harrlsburg would
vote to have the general laws of Its
enactment properly condensed Into
plain English and then printed in a
limited number of Pennsylvania news
papers of general circulation, it would
do a thing of manifest common sense.
Why should not this legislature ac
quire for itself the desirable creun
of having given to the state an honest
revision of the present antiquated law
governing libel?
It is to be presumed that the Arme
nian commission of Inquiry Is meditat
ing.
LEGISLATIVE TOPICS.
Status of Liquor l egislation. .
Correspondence of The Tribune.
HarrlNburK. Feb. 20. Several WHS arceci-
ing the liquor trallle are either pending or
elso have recently been negatived In this
legislature. Th Kunkel bill, which waB
killed in the house on second reading, pro
vided that the witnesses should be paid
as In other cases, anil that if the Judxe
was satisfied that protests were made
through spite ami hail no foundation, lie
coulil. In his discretion, fasten the costs
on the remonstrants. The temperance
people admitted there was equity in the
measure, but they were ufrald of Its ef
fect. Representative kephurt, of (on-
nellsvllle, has Introduced a bill forbidding
brewers from holding a bottlers license.
It also fixes the minimum amount of beer
to bo sold by brewers at one-fourth of a
barrel. Nothing smaller than this Is per
mitted. At pp-sent brewers sell eighths.
The main objection to tho existing rejju-
latlon Is that It enables convivial parties
to buy beer In quantity too easily. Then
there Is the Fow bill making the distil
lers' and brewers' license $1,000 all over the
state. The smull manufacturers of Intoxi
cants protest that this Idea, for uniform
ity Is Intended to drive them out of busi
ness and tbut If the, bill becomes a law
they might as well quit at once. The
Mm-krell bill forbidding the sale of less
than gallon packages of hard liquors like
whisky and brandy has been out of com
mittee for soma time anil will soon be on
second reading. Mr. Mackrell Is think
ing seriously of reducing the amount
from a gallon to a half gallon. Thuro Is
very little doubt that the Prohibitionists
would like to have a new appeal to the
people on the constitutional amendment
question; but they hnvti us yet tuken no
formal steps to this end.
An Antl-lluliiR Itill.
Mr. Seyfert Is after tho college hazers
with a sharp stick. He has framed a bill
defining the practice of hazing In schools
und collegps ns nny attempt to Inflict per
sonal or bodily discomfort, annoyance or
nutntul anguish or Injury upon the person
of any student. The bill provides thut tho
president and faculty of every (tlnml
tiitlun of learning are empowered to In
stantly dismiss Htudents guilty of haling.
And that. In rase of willful negligence,
erlmlnul carelessness or silent acquies
cence nf the president and managers In a
rase of hnzlng, the said president und
managers shall be subject to Indictment
fur conspiracy, and upon convict Ion shall
be punishable by imprisonment for thirty
days or a fine of not less than $100.
Defining Train Uohhery.
Representative Beyfert has Introduced n
bill defining tho crime of train robbery
tin 1 1 .Its punishment. It provides -Hint
any person who shall remove, displace or
Injure nny switch, frog rull or other rail
wuy gear, or who shall place nny obstruc
tion on a railway track, with the design
of robbing or derailing n train, or shall
by any means rnuse the Injury or death
of any person traveling or employe of the
company, chnll be guilty of truln rob
bery, and, If found guilty, shall be pun
ished by death or confinement In the peni
tentiary for not less than ten yeurs,
An I'nlqii Trolley Hill.
Representative Kaldwlu In booming a
bill which will materially urrcct the future
organization of suburban trolley roads.
The power to grant franchises to street
railways operated by motive power other
thnn steam, ami using the public hlgli
wnys In the townships of 1h Mnte, Is
vetcd In 1he owners of the property to
whom the public roads would revert In
the event of their being vacated.
Hestrlctliift Htuto Appropriations.
A measure under consideration In ie
iiouKO anu Known ns me tiriggsby hi
provides 4hat no appropriation of stato
money shall le made to any sect, eccle
siastical institution, church, school, hoi
pltui or other Institution, either wholly
or In part controlled by or under the
auspices or any religious sect or denonv
Inatlon whatever.
Exempting Certain Property,
A bill has been Introduced by Itcprosen
tatlvo Scott, of Philadelphia, which ex
empts from taxation public property used
for public purposes, places of religious
worship, places of burial not held or used
for private or corporate profit and Instl
tutlons of public charity.
Palmistry Not Tolerated.
London Letter In the Sun.
English law has put the official stamp
of Its condemnation on palmistry as a
guldt to the future. It ts a common thing
to punish ordinary fortune tellers, card
readers and astrologers In the poll-.'e
courts, for British courts take excellent
cai-a Itf IhA nmbMtK nf Itrlllftll i,titn
and fortune telling has long been a pun-
isnauio orrence. The law winxeu at the
fad or crime of hand reading as lang as It
was a mere drawing room amusement,
but whon a palmist undertook to road the
future for pay from the lines in the bunds
of superstitious or scientific women the
police promptly summoned her before the
lord mayor's court. The magistrate
seemed to regard it as a peculiarly heinous
offence, for he Imposed a line of $r5,
equivalent to the combined penalties for
half murdering scores of children in this
country.
Savo tho Green Trees.
From tho Philadelphia Press.
The state should not permit a single hill
or mountain side once forest crowned to
bo robbed permanently of its mantle of
green. Where nature cannot restore it
the state should attaint, not out of mere
sentlmttot but to conserve and perpetuate
a mqst Important and necessury condi
tion of state wealth, comfort und pros
perity. THE best investment
in real estate is to keep build
ings well painted. Paint protects
the house and saves repairs. You
sometimes want to sell many a
good house has remained unsold
for want of paint. The rule should
be, though, "the best paint or
none." That means
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You cannot afford to use cheat
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For Colors. National Lead Co.'s
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Theie colors are sold In one-pound cins, each
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Special attention is called to our own importation of Printed Scotch Dimi
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fiCsrOn or about March i5th we will open
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Limited space will not permit us to talk about Silks, but if you will kindly
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