V THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY MOIWSTJTO. JMARUU U, 1895. t fronton CrtBune1 Pus ma 13 djuit m scnxitron pa., bttm nam FOBUsama OtMiwar. mTP. RINOSIURY, Pun mo Oin't Mm K. H. WIPPLC, 8io- Tu UVY RICH AND, Earn. W. W. DAVIS. BusmcM Maimm. W. W. VOUNQKi An. Maoa'ai (nw Tout omcit TRiBtmi btttuhh fwunif OBAT. 1U1U0W. tSTlMO AT TZIS FO9TOFPI01 AT 8CBANT0S. M. A eiOOMIHJLAaa HAIL MATHS. "Printers' Ink," the recoimlied Journal for advertisers, rates THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE as the best advertising medium In Northeastern Pennsylvania. ' Printer Ink" knows. SCRAN TON, MARCH 0, 1895. THE SCRANTOX OF TODAY. j Come and Inspect our city. ; I Elevation above the tide, 740 feet. Extremely healthy. I i' Estimated population, ISM, 103,000. I '.' I Registered voters, iO.099. Value of school property, J90O.0OO. 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 Klagara. No better point In the United States at (Which to establish new Industries. Sea how we rrow: Population In 1800 .2C3 Population in 1S70 S5.000 . Population in 1SS0 45.S50 Population in 1880 75.213 Population in 1894 (estimated) 103,000 And the end Is not yet. The voters of the Sixteenth ward can rot better Bhow their respect for the memory of Captain William Kellow than by choosing as his successor In select council a representative who will be the captain's equal In Integrity, fidel ity and sterling citizenship. Compulsory Education Wins. The substantial triumph yesterday won by the Farr bill to enact compul sory education In Pennsylvania is a no table victory for common sense. There have been times In the history of man kind when education lias been regarded a crime hurtful alike to politics and to morals. We gladly believe that not only has this time passed, but that it has given place to a time when, to be without an education will be deemed the crime. In which the indifferent parent and the Indifferent state will be Joint criminals. Let there be no mistaking the mean ing of this victory. Try as they might to becloud the Issue with a fictitious clamor about the Inviolable rights of parentage, the opponents of this bill are now notified, by a commanding ma jority of the legislature, that no parental right transcends the right of every boy and girl In free America to an equal start In life; to an equal pre paration, so far as the state can ordain that, for the responsible duties of in telligent citizenship. To the representative from this city who has so steadfastly championed this measure, in the face of a vindictive op position that was seldom too scrupulous to descend to personal misrepresenta tion and abuse; as well as to the mem bers from iAckawanna county who su j ported him by their votes, The Tribune this morning offers congratulations. They have done a day's work which will take rank among the wisest legis lative achievements In the annals of our commonwealth. Mayor Strong, of New York, having successfully smoothed out the little frills in the mental equipment of the autocrat of Tioga, Is recommended to reap another harvest of popularity by putting his omclal Blckle to the tenure of office of Superintendent Byrnes, As To Honest Ballot Reform. It would be interesting to know pre cisely upon what grounds the Pennsyl vania legislature tasc Its obvious dis inclination to make such amendments to the Baker ballot law as are admit tedly needed to strengthen that law with respect both to the secrecy and to the purity of the ballot voted under Its provisions. It would be Instructive to ascertain, from sums prominent member of either the senate or the house, why the large Republican ma jority In both branches seems to be un willing to respond. In these particulars, to a request from the people whloh is dissented from only by ward workers Of unscrupulous habits and by party tvhlppers-ln. The amendments asked of this leols- lature are not revolutionary. They do not strike at any political party which Is content to rest its battles for su premacy upon a fair and honorable expression of the electorate's will. Omitting minor details, the two points concerning which Improvement by amendment Is sought are: (1) the wlp Ing out of the group system of mark' Ing, except for presidential eleotors, a change desired because it Is in tho line of simplicity and of popular cub lorn; and (2) the mors effective re striction of the "helper" to his proper duty of assisting such voters, and only suoh voters, to vote who are unable to properly prepare their own ballots with out suoh assistance. Of these modlfl cations, the latter is by far the more Important, yet It Is the identical amend' tnent which has received, first in the senate and very recently in the house, conspicuous set-backs from the Kepub' lloan majority. , In the utter absence of an Intelligible and honorable explanation for these ad verse actions, we are forced to believe, with the utmost reluctance, that the Republican majority at ' Harrlsburg does not desire to see ballot reform perfected. But will that majority, dars face the people upon such a platform? Will It dare go before the enlightened citizenship of this commonwealth, com mitted, whether through inadvertence or design, -to the proposition that the Pennsylvania ballot booth must be pri vate and pure in theory only; and that It shall, in practice, be public and cor rupt whenever that kind 8f booth ap peals to .the purposes of the party man agers or of their unscrupulous subor dinates? The Republican press of the state should warn the Republican legislature of the danger it is needlessly Incurring. Few men in public life gain anything by hesitating to take an open stand on contraverted Issues of the day. Those of the fifty-seven members of the legis lature recorded as not voting on the Farr bill who were present, but silent, would have lost nothing by showing their colors, and they might have won respect for frankness und courage. The American poople have a happy knack of standing by men who in turn stand by their convictions. The Oleomargarine Issue. The oleomargarine question, concern ing which a good deal is said Just now, may be presented in a very few words. flood cow's butter costs today, In Scranton, from 30 to 32 cents per pound. Good oleomargurine costs, In status where It is permitted to be sold at al), only about 20 cents per pound. The best cow's butter, bucIi, for Instance, as comes from Wayne or Susquehanna counties. Is perhups butter than the best oleomargarlue. At this time of yeur, we doubt if one man In a hundred could detect any difference; but In the sum mer, when the genuine butter possesses the flavor of tender grasses, It Is un doubtedly superior. But It must be said for "oleo" that, If not invariably so good as cow's butter. It is, upon the average, from one-fourth to one-third cheaper. Before the antl-oleo law was passed In this state, it was claimed by the dairy Interests that "oleo" was being palmed off upon purchasers, In lieu of butter. The logical way to correct that Imposture would have been to require that "oleo" should be sold as "oleo," and to have provided severe penalties for deceit. The legislature, however, did no such sensible thing as this; it set up the false plea that "oleo" was hurtful to the public health, and flatly prohibited Its manufacture and sale. The supreme court, in passing on this law, held that It could not Judicially re view the legislature's premise; but that, without passing upon the merits of the law. It could afllrm that the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of a sub stance hurtful to the public health came within the legislature's police powers. The law accordingly stands, a thing constitutional but withal un truthful and foolish. There are thousands of poor families In Pennsylvania who, when forced either to pay 30 or 32 cents for genuine butter, or to go without any accompani ment on their bread, will from sheer necessity choose the latter course. If they could get wholesome imitation butter for 20 cents, they would be glad to purchase it without need of decep tion as to its character. Good oleo margarine has been shown by the most eminent chemists to be scientifically as pure and wholesome a food as Is good cow's butter; the main difference Is with respect to price and flavor, the lat ter difference being In most cases al most Imperceptible. The question to day before the people of this state is whether the untrue law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of a clean and wholesome cheap substitute for butter upon the plea that It Is deleterious shall remain on the statute books, or whether It shall be replaced by a law authoriz ing "oleo" to be sold as "oleo," for what it Is worth to those who wish to eat it Instead of butter. The dairy Interests naturally desire to retain the prohibitive law, because under its provisions they have a clear command of the butter market. The Interests of the poorer classes of in dustrial tollers Just as naturally desire to do away with that prohibitive law, so that they may get a good substi tute for butter at a reasonable price, lying within their limited means. And Anally, those citizens who, what ever they spread on their dally bread, believe In a free field and fair play for everybody, Join with the movers for re peal, and suggest that If good cow's butter cannot face the muslo of the artificial churns, It will deserve to lose the day. The Carbondale Anthracite takes It self very seriously, these days. Wit ness tills: "We can expect nothing but war and war to the knife from Scranton and It would not be strange to find the Scranton Tribune, which Is now patting the Quay county people on the back, veering about like a weather cock with Its menacing back toward Carbondale and protecting tail feathers over Chick Cargo of tho Yeast." The Scranton Tribune IB neither "patting the Quay county people on the back" nor loBlng a wink of sleep over the Car bondale Anthracite's Ingenious but not dangerous choice of a self-advertisement. Mr, Piatt's habit of regarding every opponent of his wishes as an Insatiable sorehead may yet cause him to sustain ths loss of a political head of his own. The principle of compulsion as ap plied to education will strike only at deliberate Ignorance. And the harder It hits that, the better. A Delaware statistician has recently contributed to the cause of temperance a pregnant sermon In a nutshell, by figuring that the 289 saloons of Wll mlngton must take In over the bar more than 1180,000 annually to cover the rent and license taxes before they can begin to make profits, which sum is more than treble what the state ex pends annually for the salaries of Judges, the state auditor, the state treasurer, the secretary of state, the attorney general, the superintendents of public schools, the state detectives and or ithe support of the Insane asylum. This statement of the case does not appear to leave much room for argument. Two university students at Buffalo were married to a couple of servant girls the other night, Just for a Joke. The girls have since demanded support from their husbands. The young men aro now of the opinion that there are many things more mlrth-provoklng than the matrimonial Joke. During the recent Mardl Croa festi val in New Orleans, the Picayune of that city Issued lithographic supple ments that not only reflect with aocu racy the beauties of that unequalled spectacle but supply a new triumph for the enterprise of clean-minded Ameri can Journullsm. The authoritative statement is made In a friendly Pittsburg paper that neither Senator Quay nor his son Rich ard has urged or even favored a I.exow investigation for Philadelphia. We al ways credited the Quays with this much common sense. A good many Pennsylvania friends of Hon. J. Sloat Fassett, of Elmlra, fancy these duys that they can perceive In him the raw materials of a first class United States senator. Representative O'Mnlley deserves the thanks of his constituents for his vote on the Farr bill. LEGISLATIVE TOPICS. Somo of tho More N'olublo Iiducutlonul Hills Under Consideration. Ilarrlsburir. March 6. One of the nu merous bills before the education commit tee of the house is known as the Her mann bill and provides for the transport ing of children to school at tho expense of tho Uistrluts. It applies to such chil dren as by creat distance or difficulty of access are at present inconvenienced In attending; school; and only to the pupils or schools which 111 the discretion of boards of school directors have beencloscd by reason of small attendance. Anotner oui. which the education committee negatived but which was then reintroduced, re ferred to the Judiciary general committee and pulled out with an affirmative indorse ment, authorizes the board or directors or controllers of any school district to dis continue the use of public school houses for election purposes and regulates the tlxlna- of new election places in such cases. This measure Is known as the Hawkins bill, In deference to Its author, the gentle man from York. Still another bill of in terest to teachers Is the Hammond oil!, which places the examination of teach ers applying for permanent certificates un der the direction of the state superintend ent of public Instruction, thus Insuring the Impartial making of all papers. Last ly, tho education committee is considering a proposition to require the rending of the lllblu In all public schools at least once u day. Not f'xtravaguncc, but Economy. As an Instance of the exaggerated talk current among Ill-Informed persona touch ing the Hustings administration's sweep ing extravugance, somo facts concerning the bill with which the name of I'npt. John Helaney has been connected will be found to possess Interest, it Is charged that this bill simply Increases expenses by abolishing the otllce of superintendent of public buildings, the sulary attached to which Is $l,4ii0 a year, and creating the oi- flco of custodian, with a salary of $.1,000 a year, besides adding to the number of em ployes, and all simply to provide a nnug berth for a certain man. Tho facts In this case aro that under tho present system this Important department hus a superin tendent niul thirteen employes. The an nual salary list amounts to $12,1.V), and ho contingent fund la fl5,UuO, or a. total of $27,150. I'ndcr the pending bill tho num- l-r of employes remains exactly the same fourteen iii all while tho salary list and contingent fund amount to but ,5W. or an annual saving of ll.O). The salary of the heail of the department Is Increased from $1.4i to Jli.OUO, but, as in the case of tho commissioner of bunking, the duties und responsibility aro largely Increased. Ho is required to give a bond for fcl.'i.UUU for the faithful perfomance of his duties and the safe keeping of all state propHrty. Instend of the present loose-ended sys tem of caring for and dealing out supplies to tho departments a business system ap proximating that In force under the I'nlttd Slates government Is substituted. Now there Is little system, no head, no re sponsibility. In the recent tire at the statu printing establishment ' JllS.fluO worth of stnto paper was burned. It was not In sured because It was nobody's business to Insure It. An ofllclal responsible for the projierty under his care, and under a X- OuO bond, would see to It that this did not happen. Jt Is estimated that the sav ing to the state In supplies, under tho sys tem of dealing them out contemplated In this landing law, might amount to from $1U,0U0 to $lj,0uo a year. Washington News, Via. Harrlsburg. One of the political rumors recently brought here from Washington has It that Mr. Heed will not take the speakership of the next house, for prudential reasons; and Hint John Da I Bell will Inherit his man tle. It Im further stated, by way of dra matic climax, that Dulxell and Quay have "made up," and that the latter will assist the former In his speakership aspirations. No one assumes to say where thin adjust ment of affairs would drop Senator Quay's good Shuron friend, Major Alex. Mc Dowell. LIIiEL LAW REFORM. From the Philadelphia Times. The time has come when roform In tho libel laws of Pennsylvania Is Imperatively demanded by every consideration of Jus tine, alike to Journullsm and to the public. Our present libel laws simply offer a pre mium to pettifogging attorneys, who shower vexatious litigation upon newsiRi pnrs at enormous costs to the publishers, and not one In ten Is proved to be Justi fied If the case ever reaches trial. In a vast majority of Instances the whole pur pose of utich action Is to blackmail pub lishers, and chiefly for the benellt.of shys ters rather than to do Justice to Injured citizens. Thorn In a very simple method of rendering the fullest measure of Jus tice to every cltlxen who shall be wrongad by a public Journal, and at the sumo time avoid the cosily and vexatious litigation of shysters and blackmailers. This re form has taken tangible ahupa In the libel laws In two prominent states of the wast. Minnesota and Indiana., In those status every porson who feels aggrieved by a publication In a newspaper must cull the attention or the publishers to tna alleged libel, and If the publication shall have been made In good faith, and a retraction made If the ohargM are unwarranted, tho plaintiff In a Hbol antlon can recover only sucn actual uamages as no naa sua tallied, which must be specifically averred and proved In court. This law often no privileges to those Who proatllute the power of the press to licentiousness. The restraint or sucn a taw upon licentious newspapers would be Juat as effeotlve as re tho laws of today, but It would end the vocation or the shysters ana the black' mailers who take advantage of the pres. nt libel laws to oppress newspapers with enormous costs, even when there Is no possibility of obtaining verdicts against them. Pennsylvania Benefactions, From the Philadelphia Times. Asa Packer founded Lehigh university and endowed it with a million dollurs. Arfo Pardee twice built the great Pardee hall for Lafayette college, giving a million dollars to the work. The Moses P. Taylor hospital at -Scranton la a magnlllcent memorial of a man whose fortunes were built up In that prosperous section of the state. The Onterhout Free library Is the result of a ISOO.OOO bequest given to Wllkes Ilarre, whose millionaires have caused the Wyoming valley to blossom as the rose. Instances of munificent gifts from Penn sylvanlans multiply In Carnegie's enrich ment of Pittsburg, in the Patterson en dowment, which gave to Ursinus college the Hombcrger hall memorial, and in Will iam L. Scott's liberality to Erie. There are Instances to the contrary, ft Is true, but they are not numerous. Time for the State to Act. From the Pottsvllle Chronicle. Can education bo forced upon the peo ple? Is asked by those who have doubts as to the beneficent results of compulsory education. One thing, howover, that can be said In favor of compulsory education, Is that if a parent Is so grossly negligent of his child's mental culture as to have no thought for Its education, but to permit It to grow up In utter Idleness and Ignorance, It Is high time for tho state to introduce a tlltlu of Its paternalism Into that house hold. If father and mother forsake their child Intellectually and leave It to grow up In rank Illiteracy, It Is high time for the state to take It up. DO not be deceived. The following brands of White Lead are still made by the " Old Dutch" process of slow cor rosion. They are standard, and always Strictly Pure .White Lead The recommendation of "Atlantic" "Beymer-Bantnan," "Jewett," "Davis-Chambers." "Fahnestoclt," "Armstrong IMcKelvy; to you by your merchant is an evidence of his reliability, as he can sell you cheap ready-mixed paints and bogus White Lead and make a larger profit. Many short-sighted dealers do so. Fob Colors. 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Stationers and Engravers, 317 UCKIWMM ME. J. D. WILLIAMS BRO. 314 LACKAWANNA AVENUE, SCRANTON, PA. CONFECTIONERY At Wholesale and Ratal!. PRICES LOW. JUST RECEIVED, A BIG INVOICE OF BABY CARRIAGES AND BICYCLES, Our stock of Baby Carriage is un surpassed. DR. HILL '& SON ALBANY DENTISTS. Bat teeth, $5.60; bent set, : for Bold cape and tenth without plate, called crown and bridge work, call for prices and refr encea. TON ALU I A, for extractlnf teet without pain. Mo ether. No taa. OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK. BROTHERS, WYOMING AVE. -SPECIAL SALE OF- Real Irish Point at $1.98 2.49 2.98 3.49 3.98 4.98 Fine Irish Point at 7.98 3o feet by 60 feet, 6 feet by 6 feet, 6 feet by 9 feet, feet by 1 2 feet, landed, per steamer "City March 0, 1893. Removal Sale of Furniture Will Be Continued This Week at HULL & CO.'S, 205 ANO 207 WYOMING AVE. Don't work with poor tools or bi poor hardware. No reason why you should. Wo sell the best. Try a Chlnel, Hum mer, or Saw. Then you'll want more. 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The latest Improved furnish tags and apparatus for keeping meat, butter and eggs. 223 Wyoming Ave. Thlstetlet' aalld Preach Uosol Kid Baft. torn Beet dallwed fro. .ay wh.r In th U.S..oa iwimmuu, iieari uieer. nr PiMtal Nets tt tlJO. Knal. enry war Use koatt ole la all null stores foe 1.60. We nasa Ula aset eu natives. tk.r.fora we feer tmr uwjnt mtvm mmm w-wr. l wnj mm m mm mmaunwm i will rsfsnd lbs moM erMadeaoUMirBalr. Oseia or voeaiasa u."i t t, B, k IB, 1 to I sad aa! Minrasl UJU KM; Illustrated Okla. kr" FrtEC li?ni wi wmmi. wvtj Boston, a ... m W A M m.. 31 1 NHS. V 3JMAV VIL