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THE SCKANTON TBIBLWE TUESDAY MOBNIKO-. .MARCH 26, 1895.
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SCRANTON, MARCH 20, ISM.
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THE SCRAMOX OF TODAY.
Come and Inspect our city.
Klevatlon above the tide, 740 feet.
Extremely healthy.
Kstlmuted population, 1895, 103,000.
Keglstered voters, 2U,5i.
Value of school property, JMO.OOO.
Number of school eblldren, 12,000.
Averuiie amount of bank deposits, $10,
Coo.ooo. It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn
aylvanlu. Can produce electric power cheaper than
Niagara.
Vr, ImPlai, nnln It, . V. n TTnUorl Qfit at
Which to establish new industries.
See how we grow:
Populutlon In 1SC0 9,23
l'opulatlon In 1S70 35.000
Population In 1830 45.SjO
Population In 1SK0 75,-'lj
Population In 1894 (estimated) 1W.M9
And the end Is not yet.
"While the board or health Is busy
abating the rank nuisances In and
about the city, there is nothing to pre
vent each Individual householder from
pushing the good work along by cleans
ing his own dank cellar and renovat
ing the premises generally.
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Get After the Speak-Easies.
Judge Gunster's pointed remarks to
the grand Jury yesterday ought to have
a v holesom.; effect upon the morals of
the community; but It was not the first
wise deliverance of Its kind from a
Lackawanna bench, and may eventuate
no better than its predecessors. The
law, of course, assumes that the liquor
Seller who thinks It worth while to ap
ply for a license will think It worth
paying for, when granted. But so long
33 Cot other dealers get along apparent
ly very well without licenses, why
should the 5u0 or more successful appli
cants mulct themselves for nothing?
It Is this glaring discrepancy between
the law's theory and the law's practice
In this county which knocks the whole
bottom out of the high license system.
Forcing one man to pay J."00 for the
privilege of selling liquor next door to
a liquor seller of equal publicity who
doesn't pay a cent except to Uncle Sam
Is the barest and most fraudulent kind
of Injustice, any way you look at it.
The high license system may work ad
mirably where It Is enforced admirably;
but In this vicinity Its workings can be
called by no other honest name than a
gigantic farce.
We have no doubt that County Detec
tive Leyshon will do, as he promises to
do, his level best to uproot violations
of the Brook3 law in this county; but sn
long as those violations are grounded
In the utter inadequacy and unreliabil
ity of the present constabulary system,
one man's efforts, however earnest,
necessarily count for little. We hope
that Judge Uunster will fulfil his threat
of breaking up the "speak easies;" the
task Is large enough to command his
Jiost energies and most heroic determi
nation. One-man power, when that man Is
elected. Is the Ideal government. Peo
ple who cannot so regulate the choice
of one ruler as to get a good one, can
do no better when required to choose
three, six, a dozen or fifty rulers.
A Campaign of Education.
Interest in the allver! problem In
creases apace. The newspapers are be
ginning to discuss It. Public speakers
are getting ready to take the stump In
exposition of it. A national campaign
Is oWy a trifle more than one year dis
tant; and In that campaign the silver
problem Is expected by many to play an
Important, if not a decisive part. Here
tofore, the majority of persons have
been content. In Pennsylvania, at least,
to accept their opinions on this ques
tion "ready made." Prominent news
papers, of cither party classification,
have been In the habit of saying that a
(old basis was the proper one; and their
readers have been In the habit of be
tiering this, whether they knew why or
not. There has been very little original
Inquiry worthy of the name; and such
as there has been has received, as Its
reward, popular derision and some
times abuse.
It should therefore be a cause for gen
eral congratulation that this unsatis
factory state of the public mind Is to
give way 4o ft campaign of education.
IW are net of those who hold that it Is
treason to hear more than one side of
an issue of the day. Let that narrow
(view be discarded. Lot us look at the
liver issue fully and fairly, hoping, If
possible, to derive improvement from
the scrutiny. This should be the spirit
In which to enter upon the forthcoming
dlsousslon of this subject. It will be
time enought to become dictatorial and
Intolerant When we shall really have
soma grounds for the setting forth of
positive convictions based on real
knowledge of the principles Involved.
It might be well, In the same connec
tion, to bear another thought in mind.
It might be well to credit the gentlemen
who hold onjnlpns different from our
own with at least a fraction of as much
sincerity end honor as we claim f on our
selves. This, in addition to being Just,
will have the tendency to sweeten the
atmosphere and to keep back disagree
able olouds. The "argumentum ad epl
thetem," if that phrase may bepardoned,
seldom changes convictions, and often
intensifies them. In anticipation of u
somewhat spirited rhetorical clash over
the future of tho white metal in this
country, It will do no harm to get In
position for a good-natured view of tho
fray; and to remember, from first to
lust, that calling tho opposition harsh
names never once won a convert.
Why should the Scranton Traction
company want to put a double truck on
Frunklln avenue when It hasn't enough
business to keep the single track on
thut avenue from being covered with
rust? The mayor should voto that
double-track grub.
Uood Work In the City Solleitorshlp.
When the present city solicitor us
sumed 'that otllce, there was In exist
ence among Its records, no docket of
suits against the city; and, In order to
prepare one It was necessary for him
to go back over all the court record,
for from twelve to fifteen years. The
result is a complete docket of nil suits
that found their way Into court. Uyturn
ing to this docket, It can be seen ut a
glance Juat where the city "is" and
was "at."
Another dllllculty which confronted
Mr. Toi rey ut the beginning of his term
was the chuotlo condition of the clly
lien docket. In order to straighten this
out, the most painstaking examination
and comparison of papers and accounts
were required, during which more than
1,000 liens were found which, although
not satlslled of record, had actually
been paid during preceding years.
The records, in tho past two years, have
been made to agree with tho facts.
During Mr. Torrey's term the legal
requirement thut city collections -be
made at least once every thirty duys
has been scrupulously complied with,
and a collection docket opened as a
basis of such reports. Tho ilrst year of
his tenure, although largely occupied
with unraveling the tangled records of
the otllce, witnessed the collection. In
this manner, of $M,000; thus fur this
year about $35,000 has been collected.
One of the most valuable achieve
ments of Mr. Torrey's term has been
his preparation and publication of a
thorough digest of the laws and ordin
ances of the city. Hitherto, the only
publication of this character had con
tained merely the ordinances-at-large;
In Mr. Torrey's compilation all these
ordinances were digested, making an
Invaluable reference book for both city
ollkials und Individual citizens.
In the matter of damage claims, the
city Is now, unfortunately, paying the
penalty of past folly. In the unraveling
of ordinances by the same master hand
that once framed them subject to easy
undoing. Nevertheless, these claims
have been resisted vigorously by the
present solicitor; and In many cases
successfully. In prompt responses to
all requests from councils and heads of
departments for Information, Mr. Tor
rey has established a new order of
things; nor have his responses been
equivocal or uncertain. In short, it has
been his aim, without blow or bluster,
to put the affairs of the city solicitor
ship strictly and squarely upon a busi
ness basis, so that the city might get
an honest and thorough return for its
expenditures in its maintenance.
We cannot believe that this excel
lent work on Mr. Torrey's part will
fall short of proper appreciation.
The privilege of appeal is one which
may often be grossly abused, with a
view to thwarting Justice Instead of
promoting It; but it Is nevertheless one
that few American litigants are willing
to surrender. The action of the Tioga
bar association in proposing, in place of
the contemplated Superior court, that
common pleas courts be Invested with
the power of final decision in all cases
Involving $300 or less, does not, there
fore, coincide with either public opinion
or public Interest. The size of most
common pleus dockets effectually pre
vents that exhaustive consideration of
each case which, in the opinion of a
large percentage of litigants, Is neces
sary to Inspire cheerful acquiescence In
an adverse verdict. Hence the need of
an appellate tribunal.
Need of Charter Amendment.
The bill of the McKeesport gentle
man, to provido for a recasting of the
lines of government of cities of the
second class, will, of course, fall of
passage. If Introduced seriously In the
first place, It has not been seriously re
ceived and would, if puHhed to an issue,
be overwhelmingly defeated. Nor Is It
likely that the present legislature
would view more favorably modifica
tions which are needed In the present
Bcheme of government for cities of the
third class, but thlB negative temper
In the legislature Is no fair Indication
that the people themselves are Indiffer
ent to the faults of the municipal uct
Of 1889.
In a recent editorial we took the po
sition that a dual council was a drug to
efficient city government; and that an
act should be paBsed vesting the legis
lative function In a single, paid coun
cil, of one member to every 1,500 or 2.000
legal voters, such members to ho
elected at large, Irrespective of ward
"pulls," scandals or greed. This idea
has received much favorable mention.
Thus far, nobody has advanced an ob
jection to it. If there are real objec
tions to our proposition, wo should feel
thankful for their Identification, be
cause this is a subject sure sooner or
later to occupy a large shore of the
publlo's attention.
Along with the discarding of the cum
bersome double councils In favor of a
compact and efficient paid single coun
cil there heeds to be an extension of tho
,A
powers of tho executive. No mayor of
a third class city ought to have his
official hands tied ty councils as they
are tied under the aot of 1889. The
mayor should possess the power of ap
pointment and removal over tho de
partments in the city government save
only the departments of auditing and
finance. Hie should name his legal ad
viser, have sovereign Jurisdiction over
health boards, street commissioner,
police, engineer nnd tho various ad
ministrative commissions; and, once
clothed In that authority, he should bo
held rigidly responsible. That would
enable citizens to know precisely where
to place the praise or the blame. It
would do awny entirely with nilsoon
ceptlons or evasions.
The change thus proposed Is a radl
cul one; but if tho mayor of a city, di
rectly elected by Its citizens, Is not to
be trusted, who Is?
Governor Morton, who had been
credited with opposition to tho Troy
police bill, denies that ho Is antagonistic-,
and declares that he Is In thorough
sympathy with tho cause of municipal
reform, In Troy us well as Uotliam.
If this be true, tho lop-sldod Piatt po
lice bill had better have a care.
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The people of New York voted for
Mayor Strong because they wanted a
cleaning out of Tamnianylsm. They
should have It. The Albany legislature
takes big risks in ussumlng to prevent
them from having it.
We do not remember another time bo
near u presidential campaign when
there was less discussion as to the per
sonal merits of candidates and less dis
pute of the Republican party's chances
of victory.
It will be a lasting reproach on this
session of the J'ennsylvanla legislature
If it do not make a suitable beginning
of the necessary work of road reform.
The reduction of the new county
movement to an absurdity serves at
least to provide momentary mirth, If
It doesn't accomplish anything else.
Grover Cleveland does well to take
good care of his cuckoo friends while
he hus the chance. He was not always
sj mindful of his friends.
The bullet of a crazed assassin can do
more mischief In a second than con
servative statemunshlp of the first or
der can repair In years.
A dissolution of the relchstag for Its
uncalled-for snub of Bismarck would
be no more than It deserves.
Empire state Republicanism needs a
leader who can lead. The same is true
of Luzerene Republicanism.
The re-election of City Solicitor Tor
rey is demanded by every consideration
of gratitude and fair play.
Some day England will step on the
toes of tho wrong American at Wash
ington. Then, look out.
LEGISLATIVE TOPICS.
Harrlsburg, March ir. The advocates of
Greater Pittsburg- aro confident of pass
ing tho bills. They have been muklng u
careful canvass of the house and already
havo i;iu members pledged to the consolida
tion measures. They ure satlslled they
will gent 1U6 votes on final passage. This
utimbor will bo plenty, as it requires only
lo:l votes to pass the bill. Representative
Tllbrook, of .McKeesport, who la muklng
the hard fight against unnexation In the
house, left 11 arris burg last Wednesday and
has not been hero since. Beforo going he
was confident hn had tho bills whipped.
Tho Pittsburg members have been very ac
tive since the hearing last Tuesday and
have been talking with all the members.
Their votes, they clulm, will come from
all sources. To start with they are to get
the solid vote of Philadelphia and eleven
votes from Allegheny. After that they
have r.one skirmishing and assert they will
havo many grangers with them on tho
final passage. Thu farmers arc the prin
cipal members Mr. Tllbrook has been look
ing to for support. Jf the bill does pass
tho house end go to the governor, that of
ficial will soon find there aro thousands
of people In Allegheny county who have a
voto who do not want to beeumo a part of
tho Greater Pittsburg. Governor Hast
ings will be waited upon by committees
ami plenty of good reasons will lo shown
him why ho should not sign the hill. If
he decides to make It a law, the supremo
court will be called upon to render a de
cision on tho constitutionality of the bills.
I or the. fudge's Hctlrlng Dili.
Speaker Walton and other Philadelphia
members are working hard for the Itlter
bill retiring Judges on full pay after they
havo been on thri heneh for twenty years
and have reached the age of To. The law
would only affect Judges Hare, J'inletter
and Wilson, of Philadelphia. Some of the
country members aro opposed to the bill
becauso they think somo Uuy they will
have worn out Justices on their hands.
Judge ArchbnUI, of l.ni ku wanna, was here
on Friday, proinisfd to support the meas
ii ro and It Is likely the entire delegation
from his county will voto for rho bill.
Most of the Allegheny county members
are In f.'.vor of tho bill. Judge Archbuld,
by tho wr.y. han turned In for K. N. Wll
lanl for the superior Judgeship anil lias
written a letter of Indorsement to tho
governor. Major Warren was slated for
Jivlge udvoeate general on Huntings' staff,
but tho appointment of Wllllurd wo.iM
send this office to nnother district.
Roger for Judge Advocate (icitcrnl.
Colonel John I. Rogers, of Philadelphia,
Is now looked upon us tint probable win
ner In tho Jiulgo advocutn general race,
llu Is a IX'inoerutle, but a warm friend of
the governor's. He held tho same position
on Paulson's staff for a brief period.
Three duys after thu election of Cleveland
Colonel Roberts wrote- to Puttlson nuking
for his support In seeming th oflleo of
surveyor of the port ut Philadelphia. Pat
tlson replied thut he would do all In Ills
power to help Hie colonel. Rogers then
wrote to different members of tihe guard
asking for their .Indorsement, saying he
hud thn support of their commander-in-chief.
When Puttlson heard of this lie
came out In a newspaper Interview deny
ing ha hud olTered to uld the Plilluilel
phlati. Colonel Rogers printed tho letter
from Puttlson und then resigned from his
stuff.
ThcGurb Hill Again.
The Junior Order United Amerlenn Mo
chunk's of the state does not like tho
(imcndiuont to tho gnrb bill by rVnutur
l'iimi. It puts the responsibility on tho
school board employing the teacher wear
ing a religious gurb. Before tho lilattio
was on the teacher and that Is tho wuy
they want the bill to remain. They have
secured tho uld of the Knights of the
Golden Kuglo und there aro Co.ooo of them
In the state. There are about 90,000 Junior
Mochunles In Pennsylvania. The 'Senior
Order of Mechanics, numbering tO.CUO
more, and tho Patriotic Sons of America,
With a membership of CO.OOO, are also In
sisting on the passage, of the bill In Its
original nhape. .The Mechanics have es
tablished heuuquurters in this city and are
prepared to make a hard fight until the
senate passes the bill and the governor
signs It. They take little stock in tho
storied that the Mennonlteea, Dunkards
and Amlsh folk are opposed to ithe bill
and will leave tho Republican party If tho
measure posses.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Pally Uoroscopo Drawn by AJaccb.ua, The
Trlbuno Astrologer,
Astrolabe oast: 2.45 a, m. for Tuesday,
March 20, 1895.
A)
Tho girl to whom this day first brought
life Is prone to manifest, In mature yours,
fondness for birthday presents, Ice cream,
mustaches and matinees. She is also pre
disposed to ask the question, "Is my hat
on .straight?"
One huppy circumstance for the boy
born on this day Is that should he not be
come president, lie can at least be right.
Tho enterprise of thu guileless fanner is
shown by the fact Miut although thu frost
Is still several Inches deep In the virgin
soil, und tho grass not yet sprouting,
good dairy butter Is already as yellow us
u muccaroou,
AJucchiis' Advice,
Tho Serantonlun with a sensitive con
science should keep out of politics and
church choirs.
Never muke the mistake of practicing
your own precepts.
Reglu now to uocumulate a "pull" with
your employer, In untlelputlon of the sibil
ant crack of thu festive bus hit.
Quaker
OATS
Children who are fed on
Quaker Oats enjoy it. They
lf also enjoy good health. m
Sold only In a lb. Packaces. T '
Useful
and Orna
mental Goods
LADIES' DESKS.
CABINETS.
EOOKCASE3.
LADIES' DRESSING TABLES.
TEA TABLES AND LIBRARY
TABLES, BRASS AND ONYX
TABLES AND CABINETS (OF A
GUARANTEED QUALITY.)
AN ELEGANT STOCK OF PIC.
TUBES AT MODERATE COST.
FANCY BASKETS AND LAMPS.
CALL EARLY AND MAKE YOUR
SELECTIONS WHILE OUR AS
SORTMENT IS COMPLETE.
HU1&
Connell,
131 BND 133
WASHINGTON AVE.
ARE THE BEST COASTERS.
Consequently they imixt run easier
than uuy other wheel. Cull
und examine them.
C. M. FLOREY,
122 WYOMING AVENUE,
V. Kl. C. A. BUILDING.
The secret is out Not only do they
say we do wahsiug for a living, but
that we do It well. So keep it going.
Tell everybody you see, but tell them
not to tell.
EUREKA .-. LAUNDRY,
332 Washington Ave.
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!
GUERNSEY
GOLDSMITH'S
WALL
After long deliberation and in compliance with
store for Wall Paper, we decided to add a Wall Paper Department to our business,
and before starting it placed ourselves in touch with the largest manufacturers
so as to get in on the ground floor on prices, for quantities, so that like every
other commodity that we
profits on it. How well we have succeeded is shown by
we are daily disposing of, and this is what brings them:
10c.
15p.
20c.
25c.
30c.
40c.
50c.
75c.
Wall
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And all of the other grades of Pressed Papers, correspondingly cheap. Please
see our window display, showing what kind of stock we handle.
Blank Books
Raymond Trial
Balance Books
Graves' Indexes
Document Boies
Inks of All Kinds
AGENTS FORaafla
Edisor's Mimeographs
and Supplies
Crawford Pens
Leon Isaac Pens
REYNOLDS BROS,
Stationers and Engravers,
817 UCUWIRNI AVE,
If you intend getting the baby a
Carriage sec our line before you
buy. We have the largest assort
ment ever brought to the city.
Also a full line of handsome
goods suitable for presents in
CHINA, CUT GLASS,
SILVERWARE, BRIC-A-BRAC
DINNER, TEA and
TOILET SETS,
the:
LIMITED.
422 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
DR. HILL & SON
ALBANY
DENTISTS.
Set toth. TlBO; beat et, IS; for nold cap.
and taut ti without plates, railed crown and
brldico work, onll for prlws and refer
fjncoH. TONAI.UI A, for Ktraetlng tot
without pain. No ether. No gas.
OVBR FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
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BROTHERS, WYOMING AVE.
A LITTLE
PAPER
handle, we could save our customers from two or three
Paper,
Paper,
Paper.
Paper,
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per double
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March 23, 1933.
WE HAVE MOVED
To our new store,
NO. 121 WASHINGTON AVENUE,
Next to the First Presby
terian Church, and have
today opened up a fine
line of
Mahogany
Bedroom Sets and
Sideboards.
Our assortment of Par
lor Furniture is very
complete.
HULL & CO.,
WE HAVE
AROUND THE CORNER,
to the new Carter & Ken
nedy building,
119 WASHINGTON AVE.
Next to the First Presby
terian church. ' We shall
have an opening day
soon.
s
DURING
LENT.
Fresh Fish and
Oysters Received
Every Morning.
Pierce's Market
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
REMOVED
TONE IS FOUND ONLY IN THE
WEBER PIANO
BAZAAR.
TALK
repeated inquiries at our
the large quantities that
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roll, 15c.
roll, 20c.
roll, 25c.
roll. 33c.
DR. E. GREWER,
The Philadelphia Specialist, and his asso
ciated Ktaft of ijnglish and Uurman
physicians, ara now periEiUcnily
lucatfd at
Old Post office Building, Corner Penn
Avenue and Spruce Street.
The doctor is u rraduuo of the L'nlver
alty of Pennsylvania, formerly demon
atrator of physiology and surgery at tha
Medico-Cbirurglcal college of Philadel
phia. His specialties nre Chronic, Ner
vous, Skin, Hear t, Womb and Blood dlj
eases. DISEASES OF TEE KERVODS SYSTEM
The symptoms of which are dizzlnoss.laQk
of contldence, sexual Weakness In men
and women, hail rlsinfi In throat, spots
floating before tho eyes, loss of memory.
auhjoct, easily startled when suddenly
spoken to, und dull distressed mind.wht li
unlits them for performing tho actual IV
ties of life, milking happiness lmposslbl
distressing the action of tho heart, caus)
Ing flush of heat, depression of spirits. eA
forebodin(t9, cowardice, tear, dreams.mel
ancholy, tira easy of company, feeling aa
tired in the morning as when retiring,
lack of energy, nervousness, trembling,
confusion of thought, depression, constipa
tion, weakness of the limbs, etc. Those ho
affected should consult us Immediately,
ard bo restored to perfect health.
Lost Manhood Restored.
Woakuess of Young Men Cured.
If you have been Riven up by your phy
airian call upon the doctor and be exam
d. Ke cures the worst cases of Ner
vous Lability, Scrofula. Old Sores, Ca
tarrh, Piles, I'emale Weakness, Affec
tions of the Ylyo, Ear, Xose and Throat,
Asthma, Deafness. Tumors. Cancora and
Cripples of every description.
Consultations freo and strictly sacred
nnd confidenir... OflW hours dally frra
a.m. to p.m. Sunday, 9 to 2.
Knclose Ave 2-rent stumps for symtpom.
blanks and my book called "Xew Life."
I will pay one thousand dollars In gold
to anyone whom I cannot cure of EPI
LEPTIC CONVULSIONS or FITS.
. IR. E. GREWER.
Old Post Office Building, corner Peaal
venue and Bpnico street.
SCRANTON, PA.
GET I iM THE SWIM.
A bTi'.KI.ING is wnat will do it. Mailt liks
a watch nud is a beauty. None but the tines!
df the dllTerant grade of wheels in my lias fur
Hi. Pricesfrom $oO to i lib. If you can appro
elate a genu! thing exntuiuu my Hue.
A. W. JURISCH, 435 Spruce St
AYLESWORTH'S
MEAT MARKET
The Finest In the City.
The latest improved furnish'
ings and upparatus for keeping
meat, butter aiiJ eggs.
223 Wyoming Av.
BUMP mt.no BHOK IN THt WORLD.
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