4 THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY MORNING. MARCH 4, 1895. togiuaia dart a sorahtoh pa.. btTbitiuuii roBusuwa ooMyijrr. k. . KiNatsunv, gn"i Mas. K. H. NIPPLE, Sie'v turn LIVV RICHARD, I arras. V. W. OAVIB. Buiiku Moaoaie. W. W. VOUNO.S. Aa. Maaa'aV ttiw Tom Omo : TMBtJNi Btnmuiu. null OBAT. MAMAQIH. knTiMi) at mi nsTornci at scranhm, rA. A SIO0ND-0U4M kAJl 11ATTS1L "Printer' Ink," the recognized Journal for advertisers, rates TllK SCRAM OS TRIBUNE as the best advertising medium In Northeastern Pennsylvania. "Printers' Ink" knows. SCRANTON, MARCH 4, 1S'J5. THE SCR ANTON OF TODAY. Come and inspect our city. Elevation above the tide, 710 feet. Extremely healthy. Estimated population, 1S94, 103,000. Registered voters, 'M.ZW. Value of school property, $900,000. Number of school children, HUM). Average umount of bunk deposits, $10.. CW.UUO. It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn sylvania. Can produce electric power cheaper than Js'lagara. No better point In the Vnited States at ft hlch to establish new industries. See how we grow: Population in lMO .K3 Population in 1S70 S5.W0 Population in ISSu 45.tM Population in 1SSW Population In im (estimated) 103.0W And the end is not yet. If Reed's was a billion dollar con press, Crisp's went It nearly IjO.0OO.OO0 more, not to say a word of Its panic. For This Relief, Infinite Thanks. Coming into power In time of peace and plenty, the first full-handed Dem ocratic administration since the war will go out of power ut high noon today having wrecked th? revenues of the na tion, shaken the foundations of busi ness confidence. enacted but one law of consequence which the Democratic president himself declared savored of "perfidy and dishonor" and met Its running expenses only by the repeated Belling of government bonds. The new debt thus created by it, it will deliver over to Republican statesmanship for payment, and will probably not even have the common decency to shut Its mouth of criticism while Republican statesmen are manfully preparing to pay It. As for the panic which Its blundering Inefficiency Inspired and In tensified, It will be less than two years before It will, with habitual effrontery and gall, be actually charging that to the workmanship of the Republican mi nority; and denouncing that minority with all the fervor of restive guilt. The Fifty-third congress has been, for two years, In unlimited control of the legislative functions of the federal gov ernment, wrth an executive- of its own choosing seated firmly In the presiden tial chair. It has hfd every opportun ity to Impress its character upon the legislation of the nation; and every Incentive arising from a great popular Indorsement to make that Impression deep and strong. The history of gov ernment by the people does not afford, outside of war times, a more striking Instance of free handed Astructions from the people to their representatives In the congress. Every circumstance was auspicious for the enactment of Democratic policies, and for the deter mination, by a thorough test, of their suitability to the needs of our republic. It Is not simply In the failure of these policies that the Democracy stands con demned; for this was clearly foreseen far In advance of the fact. The culmi nating culpability and reproach of the Fifty-third congress, we repeat. Is not that It failed since that was Inevitable but that It Invested that failure, when It might have been pathi-tlc or even heroic, with the characteristics of a monumental farce, the gross blunder Ing, maudlin Ignorance and Ignomini ous Ineptitude of which have dragged the theory of free government Into the dust and then picked the pockets of the citizens of that government by way of farewell Insult. The death of such a congress should te the theme of national rejoicing. And now the Delaware legislature has Imposed penalties for flying foreign flags upon any puhllo building In the state. The sentiment of patriotism Is commendable, but there seems no rea son why the various emblems should not occasionally bo allowed to float in subordination to the Stars and Stripes, so long as the officials in control of the publlo buildings have been naturalized. As to Mr. Reed. The most conspicuous article In the New York Sun of yesterday Is a six rolumn review of the first half of the ptcond Cleveland administration by that competent observer and critic, T. C. Crawford. For the most part It Is a luminous summary of already famil iar facts. It accurately portrays tho rise and fall of the Cleveland myth and sheds some Interesting light upon the inner conditions of this remarkable anomaly in our politics; but Its moat striking sentences are those which point to the uncommon fact that In a congress, two-thirds of which are made Up of Democrats, having for the first time In our generation unchecked con trol of the entire federal government, no single man In "that majority had risen above the level of almost pltlablo disqualification for aggressive party leadership. "It Is," says Mr. Crawford, "a char acterless congress; one that will leave a record behind It of Imbecility and ignorance hard to be equalled or sur passed. Out of the overwhelming ma jority which took possession of . the house two years ago, there has not been developed a single new man of force, character, orMalont. Outf the ruck of men and tnigs swept up by the Populist and other movementsof pop. ular disfavor, there has risen above the surface of house proceedings only one man .who care command more than lan guid attention when he rises to ad dress the house. This man is Ilryun, of Nebraska. Judged by the poor sticks who surround him, he Is un orator, but the trash printed from him In the Con gressional Record mukes most melan choly reudlng." It Is a favorite accusation of the few persons in tho north who yet have tho hardihood to acknowledge partisan kin ship to this mongrel Democracy that the deterioration so noticeable in con gress Is not co n lined to tho administra tion's nominal friends. They especial ly single out Thomas U. Reed for criti cism because of what they character ize us his altered aspect under the lu ll lie nee of presidential aspirations. Sir. Crawford, however, usslgns another cause. He claims that whatever modi fication Sir. Reed's leadership may have undergone has been due to the "dreary atmosphere of Incompetence and im becility" in the Fifty-third congress. In this depressing air, Mr. Reed "has grown mild" and lost his familiar tones of sarcasm and satire because "In the face of the leuderless gang of Imbeciles that swarin aimlessly over tho house, set king Inanely and vaguely a purpose and a policy, satire or lnveotlvo would be worse than cruelty to anlmuls." Tom Ueed will be heard from. In due season; and his remarks will be well worth waiting for. The Smith bill to prevent the wearing of a religious garb by any teacher In the public schools is in Hue with the spirit of the constitution of Pennsylva nia, which wisely divorces church from state In the school system of the state. The teacher who tries to wear, while In the public school room, the distinguish ing badge of any religious denomination consciously or unconsciously does hurt to the plain Intent of the common wealth's organic law. This type of In structor Is limited to only a few locali ties; and there Is no present reason for any excitement because of the practice. Nevertheless, It Is proper that the legis lature should Incorporate Into law Its disapproval of the custom, so as to prevent future misconceptions of the function of our public schools. Civil Service Reform. The proposition at Harrlsburg to classify certain employes of the com monwealth under civil service rules suggests a few reflections upon a topic of growing interest. There have been few subjects not directly grounded In morals which exhibit the striking in crease in popular acceptance that char acterizes the agitation for civil service reform. Thirty years ago, tho preacher of the doctrlnu of a merit qualillcation for public office would have received a scant welcome In every large city in the nation; while In the smaller towns and villages the advent of such an evangel of good government was al most an unknown circumstance. To day, the leading men in our large cities and In many of our smaller municipali ties those who truly lead in the arts. the liberal trades and the learned pro fessionsare enthusiastic civil service reformers, while of those who counte nance the Jacksonlan doctrine ut all. only one class of persons openly advo cate It, and this the class to whom the mass of tax-payers owe the least; that Is to say, the men who make public office-getting, a permanent and more or less continuous profession. The Jacksonlan system rests upon a truism which has been systematically misinterpreted. "To the victors," It de clares, "belong the spoils." To the vic tors, yes; but, pray, who ore the vic tors? Are they the handful of self-assertive nv-n In every community who. by reason of their studious attention to the details of caucus manipulation or vote-polling, approach gradually to the front in the necessary organizations of party sentiment; or are they not, more properly, the great masses of the peo ple, In whose behalf at least theoretic allythe battles of politics are planned and ended? If answer be mode that the true victors are rightly the politi cians, then It follows that the masses of the people are to be excused for tak ing comparatively little Interest In the mere scrambles for personal perquisites by "statesmen" In search of Jobs Into which this answer, by a sure course of logic, transforms the now high-sounding national and state contests between the political parties. Whatever tho nominal Issue at stake In a given ap peal to the electorate, If the real Issue be nothing more Important to the aver age American citizen than the deter mination of the question (trivial to him) whether party worker John Doe, the Republican, or party worker Richard Roe, the Democrat, shall get the reve nues from a berth In the postofllce, the custom house or tho federal depart ment, can this citizen be Justly blamed for not taking the time from his busi ness or his pleasure to go to the pulls to vote? Upon the other hand, If It be replied that the people are the victors who, even under Andrew Jackson's theory, may fairly claim the spoils of battle then It remains to ask of our long triumphant spoilsmen why they do not proceed to turn over the booty? If, In a government by and for the people, the people are the real beneficiaries, why are they treated to theconstsntly recur ring spectacle of competent and expe rienced men, among their public ser vants, suddenly replaced .by Inconi' petent and inexperienced men not sinv ply In the high places of responsible leadership, but down through all the minor ranks to the lowest subordinates In that service? This Is' not a condi tion of affairs which would be tolerated lu the army or the navy. No one would venture to claim that the substitu tion of a Republican for a Democratic commander-in-chief of the armies and navies of the United States would make desirable the replacement by a "good Dcmocrut," of every Republican lu tho ranks; yet In the nation's civil ser vice, which nine years out of every ten In the nation's lire Is Infinitely supe rior lu Importance, we have, for whole decade, gone along recklessly upon the principle that skill and iltness are lit erally of no consequence whatever, In comparison with a party name and u party label. It Is time the common sense of the people awakened to the Insecurity, us well us to the intrinsic: Injustice und un fairness, of this evil notion. A recent duel fought by Frenchmen terminated fatally. Unless some pre caution Is taken to prevent accidents of this kind, duelling Is likely soon to become unpopular lu France. A New Boom In Town. Our esteemed contemporary, the Archbold Citizen, Is urging the selec tion of Hon. Joseph A. Scrunton for the United States senaturshlp ut the ex piration of the term of Hon. J. Donald Cameron. It feels, so It says, thut "there Is no time to be wasted" should the people of this portion of the state want Sir. Scrunton for senator. We do not know upon whut basis the Citizen proposes to run Sir. Seranton for senator. The Republicans of this section have already, In convention as sembled, declared for Hon. K A. Wat res for senator, with the apparently cor dial approval, at that time, of Sir. Scrunton's newspaper. It is scarcely likely, therefore, thut our Arohbald con temporary will have the temerity to run its candidate oir a Republican basis. Under the management of B. J. Slooney, the Carbondale Anthracite has been snappy, virile and aggressive. Sir. Slooney's retirement will take from thut sprightly journal a capable pilot. To Richard J. Beamish, who succeeds Sir. Slooney, Soruntoniuns will extend their best wishes, trusting that he way fully realize all expectations save In the one detail of u dissevered county. The Hawley Times has passed from the control of N E. llause to that of Stewart SI. Dreher, of Stroudsburg. Sir. Hause will soon assume a position of political importance at Harrisburg. The Times under his management hus been a clean, uble and consiueruie weemy Journal, reflecting credit upon its editor. His successor has our best wishes. LEGISLATIVE TOPICS. Senator (Juuy Will Toko u llund in tho Delaney Mutter. Hurrlsburg, March 3. The charge of General Oobln and some others who .ire opposed to the creation of tho position of ustodlun of public buililings und grounus because of personal objection to Captain John C. Delaney that It Involves an ex travagance Is no longer valid, If It ever had any Justification in fact. The bill In Its present shape actually saves $1,01X1 to the state, while at the same time reorgan izing the control of the public buildings and grounds upon a basis of ettlclenry hitherto Impossible under the methods now In vogue. The administration has prevailed upon Captain Delaney to recon sider his determination to enter the ser vice of the Southern Immigration society, and will Instal him us custodian us snon u tho custodianship bill shall puss the house. It Is the understanding here that Senator Uuay has been largely instrumental In persuading Captain Delaney to continue In Pennsylvania politics; und that he will, this week, tuke nn aggressive hand against tho effort of certain Influences In the house to opposw the Delaney bill on re ligious grounds. The Republican leaders hero are determined that, so far as they can prevent It, the element of religious prejudice shall not be Injected Into stuto legislation. Mr. l ow's Inconsistency. It Is nn Interesting cireunistance that Representative Fow. who fought the Farr bill on second reading, because he claimed It was nn act of tyranny over parents, hus recently himself Introduced a bill that oiit-tyrunnlzes nil the so-culled ty ranny In the Mm' mil ten times ovur. pon complaint of passenger railway of- llcials'lri Philadelphia who suspect thut there Is a class of people who encourago their children to rllmli on railway cars, so that the companies niny bo mulcted In lieiivy damages when accidents occur to their offspring, Mr. Fow, to prevent Ihls practice, bus framed a bill which pro vides thut no minor child, not a pussenger. shall bn allowed on the platform or steps of any railroad or railway enr or omnibus. nnd, when caught, the parents or guard ians of such a child shall be punished by a fine from $r to $10. It is made the duty of policemen nnd constables to arrest any child or children so offending, nnd they aro nlso subjec t to a fine not exceeding 55. This threatened mulcting of parents for the actions of children who ure permitted to ronm the streets. Instead of being sent to school, goos beyond anything ever sug gested In tho affirmutlve discussion of compulsory education. The Grangers' Grab. The governor will In nil probability slrrn the bill to establish a slate cabinet depart ment of agriculture. This measure udds about $IO,ouo a year to the stste's expense account; but Inasmuch as Its enactment will still tho clamor of the granger ele ment for recognition, It may not be a bud bargain at that price. There Is no par ticular reason why agriculture should have a cabinet secretary Instead of rail roading, manufacturing, commerce, or the learned professions; but the farmers have votes, and hence the bill hus gone through both houses with celerity. The signing of the bill will enable the governor to ap point sntne one to a $3,500 office, one dep uty, nt $2,1100, und three chiefs of bureaus at $:',fi00 each. Druggist on the Warpath, Much opposition Is massing, from the druggists of the state, against the drug section of the Carol her pure food bill, which requires all medicinal preparations to have their contents printed In plain F.nglish on the labels, The druggists con tend that the act of 1X87 is sulllelent to pre vent the adulteration of drugs. The en forcement of the law Is In the hands nf a competent pharmaceutical 'ommlttce. At the present lime thirty-live suits for al leged adulteration of drugs aro now pend ing In western Pennsylvania. The drug gists think well enough should be left alone, nnd they want tho drug feature eliminated. a Hsliitlvs to School Boards. Senator Kennedy, Just before adjourn ment last week, introduced a bill that makes oil county, city and borough offi cer Ineligible to rve as school dlroctors, It knocks out all persons employed In any of the city departments, such as police men, firemen, market clerks, heads of bu reaus, etc. The bill Is aimed to correct abuses which have become very prominent In Philadelphia and Pittsburg. . An Ignorant opposition. From the WtlllamRport Times. The Farr compulsory education bill has passed second reading. The opposition to it is as ignorant us bitter. For instance, Mr. Ilerzog said that it could not be en forced and that Massachusetts hud had a similar law for 1M0 years that was prac tically a dead letter. Mr. Hcntog doesu t know what he is talking about. Slussa chusetts has not had a compulsory educa tion law (or one-eighth thut number of years, and alnce it has hud one has so cured tho highest avnrnge attendance of school children of all the states in the Piilon,-according to recent reports. Mr. llurzog should study a question more thoroughly before lie mukes such asser tions; ut any rule, he should support his urguments by facts. Mr. Mugco Nulls a Lie. From u Plttslmrg Telegrutn. , Don. C. L. Alugeo returned from Har rlsburg Frlduy. When asked ubout u im ported conference ut which he, Davu Mar tin und (Jovuiior Hustings are supposi-d to liavo been present, the object being to combine uuulust Hcnutor (Juay, Mr. Ma gee said: 'There Is no truth whatever In the story. I did not see (lovernor Hust ings or Mr. Martin on Thursduy." Do Yon Hour Any Objection? From tho Wilkcs-Uurru Record, if tho people of upper Lackawanna want tt miw I'rkiinlv mill ni'ii U'lll til tmv fill' ft!. why should they not have it? 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