THE SCEANTON TRIBUNE FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 29, 1895. ttniUBIS DATLT IR ScnAKTOB PA., atTUTBINM Publishing Ooiuajtt. t. P. KINOMURV. rVts. ana 0'fc Mea. C. H. RIPPLE, 8tc' Thus. UVV 8. RICHARD. Com. . W. W. DAVIS, uaiNias Msat. W, W, YOUNGS, Am. Mas1 Rsw Tom Optics : tribtjm BtntDiHO. nuns 8 ORAY. HANAOIR. kSTlMO AT HI NSTomOS AT BCRAHT08, FA,, At BiaOMIMJLAa liAILIIATTIH, "PrlntoiVInV th recognized Journal Tor advertisers, ratos THE SCRANTOJf TRIBUNJi as tbe best advertising medium In Northeastern Pennsylvania. " Printers' ink" knows. Tlio Tribune Is fur Sule Dally at tbo D L. & W. Station at lloboken. SC'RANTON, MARCH 9, 18U3. i - - - - THE SCRANTOX OF TODAY. Come and Inspect our city. Elevation above the tide, 740 feet. Extremely healthy. Estimated population, 18Sj, 103,000. Registered voters, 2U.CS9. Vulue of school property, 1900,000. Number of school children, 12,000. Average amount of bank deposits, J10. 000,0(30. It's the metropolis of northeustern Penn sylvania. Can produce electric power cheaper than Niagara. ,'tter point In the United States at 'to establish new Industries. sou how we grow: l'opulatlon in 18B0 ,K3 l'opulatlon In 1870 35.000 Population in 18S0 45.S50 Population in 1890 75.215 l'opulatlon In ISM (estimated) 1OJ.W0 And the end is not yet. - This city has been too efficiently served by City Solicitor Torrey to war rant It in making another experiment. The work that he has done in every way meets the requirements and it should therefore be fittingly recognized and rewarded by the testimonial of a cordial re-election. As to Interpreters. "The Scran ton grand jury that recommended an official court interpre ter at a good salary displayed good common sense," observes the Wilkes Barre Record. "The courts of various counties are infested with a gang of alleged interpreters upon whom little or no dependence can be placed when It conllicts with their interests. These men, possessing more Intelligence than the average foreigner, use it to stir up strife and promote litigation. In this way ignorant Huns, Poles and others are dragged into the courts on trivial and often baseless charges. Not being able to speak English the Interpreter is called in. He is supposed to do his duty honestly, under oath, but there arei so many ways in which an answer can be interpreted without telling a technical untruth,, that an Interested Interpreter may garble the evidence and give It a 'direction not warranted by the facts in the case. "Xot long ago the writer was present at the trial of a case before a Wllkes Harre alderman. The prosecutrix was a Hungarian woman, Bhe charged a countryman with attempting to strike lier with an axe. The alleged offense was committed more than a year be fore tho defendant was arrested. An Interpreter was called in and the wo man was making out a pretty strong cas.e. The attorney for the defense, liowever, suspected that all was not right and consulted a gentleman pres ent who understood the Hungarian language. Upon cross-examination the 'woman admitted that the accused did not attempt to strike her with the axe; that she tried to take it away from him and he held It above his head, out of reach. When she persisted, he threw the axe away. Then the attorney ques tioned the Interpreter, and that worthy confessed that he had advised the woman to swear out the warrant. Had not the lawyer's suspicions been aroused,'' the defendant might have been convicted anl sent to Jail. "This Is only one ot many Instances In Which the amateur interpreter geeks to embroil ignorant people In expensive lawsuits, Ot course this does not ap ply to the hlger courts of this county. The present court interpreter as far as we know has done his duty honestly and faithfully, but there Is a horde of hangers-on who continually stir up dis sensions among certain classes of peo ple In order that their peculiar talents may be profitably employed. These fellows are a scandal and a disgrace to any county and should be rooted otlt l)y the authorities. They are firebrands Betting: neighbors at each others' throats, vampires, who, under cover of the law, rob their victims of their money by plunging them into endless litigation." The time was when a sneer from SThomas C. Piatt at the efforts of men to attain publlo ends without his con Bent possessed the ominous foico of an Olympian frown. But that time ap pears, and not unfortunately, to be last passing away. An Expert on "Reform." The remarks of the honorable Itich erd Croker on reform, very much like the remarks of His Satanlo Majesty on virtue, are doubtless not a little In fluenced by persona considerations, ateform has thrown Croker out of a Job. iHe cannot, therefore, view It with unqualified appreciation, But it Is at least something that Mr, Croker Is will ing frankly to avow his feelings In the matter. That fact enables the publlo to properly estimate the nerve of the man who, coming up by tho partisan ladder from the gutter to luxurious af fluence, Is bold enough to face and criticise and even taunt the citizenship he has so unsparingly despoiled. "I do not know that I care to talk about that," said the cx-chief of Tam many Hall, when recently asked by a reporter what he thought about the re form administration. "I presume Mayor Strong Is a conscientious and able man, and will do the best lie can." Then Mr. Croker said, musingly: "Reform, reform! Isn't It curious how many things are dope under Its cover? Did It ever strike you that reform In some of its phases needed a good deal of reformation? There are in this city many honorable gentlemen who sin cerely believe in what they say about reform, but there are thousands of oth ers who carry It as a cloak simply to conceal their political dark lanterns and jimmies. We shall see how it will work.' The "dark lantern and jimmy" brig ade does, unfortunlately, exist. The public has had a clenr vision of such a following In the desperate light made by the Piatt element in New York and Albany to appropriate the people's vic tory to its own uses. Tor weeks these dark lantern gentry have "held up" legislation in the senate chamber which the people hud unmistakably demand ed; and have sought, by a dexterous slm Me, to substitute legislation not at ail to the populur liking. Rut there are numerous indications that this po litical bunco game hus got to the end of Its resources. Governor Morton Is against it and in favor of fair play; Mayor Strong and the decent people of New York are against it and have so declared in language not to be mis taken. And finally, the very senate which the dark lanternltes thought they owned absolutely, Is turning against it. and the people are upplaud ing the change. Under these circumstances, we shall Indeed see how reform will work. If it Is true, as alleged, that Speaker Fish, of the New York assembly, Is trying to pocket the Troy police bill as a political favor to Senator Mur phy, ho ought to be brought to book. Siurphylun In politics, as exhibited In the gross mlsgoveniment of Murphy's heme city, is something with which reputable Republicans can have no "private understanding." Slipshod Diplomacy. Sometimes a plain statement of facts is more eloquent thun any comment. A case of ithls kind Is presented to view in some remarks recently made by Judge Lambert Tree, of Chicago, to a representative of the Herald of that city. Judge Tree had been pointing out some of the palpably weak spots In our diplomatic methods and had alluded to the embarrassingly small confidence in American honesty and good faith manifested In official circles at foreign capitals. He continued: "In my own diplomatic experience two striking cases of the carelessness of tho Ameri can congress came under my observa tion. Some years ago, at the instance of the Belgian government, an inter national congress was held for the pur pose of suppressing the African slave trade. The United States, with other nations, was invited to send delegates, the proposed action of the congress having no bearing whatever upon com merce or territorial acquisition. The United States did send a delegate and the disclosures made before the confer ence were most appalling. It was shown that perhaps 000,000 Africans were every years sold in slavery, and that in the efforts to capture slaves and in the wars between tribes en gendered by this nefarious trade up ward lot 100,000 human beings were every year butchered. Such a thing as tills was generally regarded as a slain upon nineteenth century civilization, and the conference adopted stringent resolutions for tho suppression of the traffic and punishment of the offenders. "This agreement was reached unani mously," continued Judge Tree, "but one of the conditions was that every nation participating In the conference should ratify the agreement before it could go Into effect. The treaty was In due course of time submitted to the United States senate by the president, and no one dreamed thut there would be any objection to its ratlflicatlon. Surprising as it may seem, there wus objection, and on a voto tho treaty was laid upon the table. I was In Brussels at the time, and wus compelled to hear the comments of public men In Europe concerning our congress, comments which muko my ears burn to this day. Shortly afterward I returned to the United States and began a regu lar campaign with a view to securing ratification of this treaty. I wrote scores of letters to members of the senate and came to Washington and In terviewed many of them personally. One of the conditions of the treaty was that none of tho signutory powers vere to be permitted to sell either powder or Spirits t the African tribes. When the United Slates fulled to ratify the treaty we were at once thrown under the sus picion of having defeated it because we wished to keep other nations out of tli at iniquitous trade while our own merchants were free to sell powder and whisky to the poor blacks. 'When tho matter was properly put before them, senators agreed with me that we could not afford any such odium as this, and when the treaty was brought up in the ensuing congress it was promptly rati fied. Hut the episode served to In crease the suspicion under, which our government rests In foreign eyes. "The other case," continued Judge Tree, "occurred during tho Grant ad ministration. Wo had entered into a treaty with the king of Denmark for the purchase of the Island St. Thomas, one of tho Virgin group of the West Indies, I forget the amount of the purchase price, but It was considered a good bar gain. The contract was duly signed and the Danish government supposed the matter was settled. It renounced authority over itho people of St. Thomas, releasing the Inhabitants from allegiance to the government at Copen hagen, Olllclals were withdrawn and every preparation made to turn the lslund over to the United States. Very much to tho surprise of President Grant and everyone in this country and to the utter consternation of the good old king of Denmark and his ministers, congress refused to appropriate the money, and the bargain was off. One may lmugine the feeling of contempt for the United States with which King Christian and his ministers went back to St. Thomas to re-assert their domln lan and re-establish the authority they had surrendered." The Mafia Incident in New Orleans, recently repeated so far as its inter national principle wus concerned; and the case out In Colorado not long ago, wherein subjects of foreign govern ments were shot down by mobs in de fiunce of state authority point b another lux feature of our diplomacy. Foreign governments naturally look to Washington for settlement of these out rubes. They do not know that under the American constitution the authori ties ut Washington aru entirely power less In Hie mutter, and cannot even proffer a money Indemnity without sanction of congress. It is altogether probable that a constitutional amend ment will yet be necessary to the proper covering of such obviously embarrass ing discrepancies between the fedorul and the state governments. Another death is reported in conse of the neglect of "fulth-cure" parent to secure, when needed, the attendance of a physician upon an ailing daughter. It is a sad feature of most of these now common tragedies that the victims are usually defenceless persons upon whom delusions may be practiced with com parative Impunity. One rarely hears of a faith curlst killing himself. For a Percentage License System. A graded liquor license law, such as is proposed by -the executive committee of the state Retail Liquor Dealers' as sociation, is open to the objection that it would offer room for false returns as to the amount of business done. But If the license principle be conceded ut nil. why should the license fees not be graded in proportion to the gross value of the liquor sold, assuming that this could be approximately ascertained? This would put the heavy burdens on dealers who could well carry them, and the light ones on dealers to whom a high license fee would obviously be a gviat hardship. If the state wants to peddle Its favors out equitably and in strict accordance with business princi ples, the graded license system, it seems to us. Is the system whereby to do it. Any other system is sure to be clumsy in comparison. Rut the grading ought to be complete and uniform. There ought to be no dis tinction because of the size of the place In which the license is granted. The commonwealth should exact a stated percentage of the gross receipts, the same in crossroad villages as In the metropolitan cities. As a partner In the business, the state may reasonably claim such a share In the profits; and If it should have to guard its own or get Inglorlously cheated, It might per haps ordain a better enforcement of Its liquor laws thun prevails under the present Brooks law. For, If the state's license money were diminished every time a drink of liquor was bought In an unlice ised saloon, It Is easy to see that It would be to the state's direct pecuni ary Interest to have us few "speak cuslcs" as possible running In competi tion with the licensed places in which it secures a "rake-off." The slate, at present. Is under no Hiu.h Incentive to enforce tho Brooks law. When It has collected enough li cense money to suit Its pur poses. It rests from Its labors, and lets tho remaining liquor sellers do business without con tributing to Its coffers. In our own county, for example, It collects from less than half of the places that sell Intoxicants. This Is grossly unfair to the smaller number who are mulcted because of their willingness to obey the law; and scarcely less so to the larger number who, by finding that they can vlolt to cne law with Impunity, natur ally conclude that any law may be set as;de v.l en It suits their purposes to do so. But It Is useless to expect the state to remedy this unjust situation merely because of its moral obliga tion!! in the premises. We must look lo monetary considerations for a cure. Muke the state an open partner in tho benellts of the business, and then it will perhaps protect its own. WI ST WANTS CAMERON. Oothum letter In Pittsburg Dispatch. Standing In tho lobby of the Fifth Ave nue hotel toilny were three United Status senators. Llko the common folk who make their temporury home In this olil fashlonrd, hence roomy, hostelry, they occasionally rust eyes through the hirH'o windows facing Broadway In order lo catch a glimpse of the pratty faces and figures In the parade, which is always ut Its best at the point Indicated. Between winks, they chatted with a thrco-llttlo-malds-from-school freedom thut put the corps of reporters on watch Immediately at esse. The statesmen In the group were Senator Dubois, of Idaho; Pottlgrow, of South Dakota, ami Proctor, of Vermont. Tho newsiMiper men forced them to turn their thoughts from beauty to politics, which wasn't a very hard task, and drew out of the trio these utterances: "In the west," suld Senator Dubois, "the people will not support any man for the presi dency who floe not favor sliver. Wo will not form a third party, but we can manage to throw tho election Into the house by refusing to voto for tho candidates In tho electoral rollogo. The western peopla will support the candidate of the party who favor the free coinage of silver, whether he Is a Democrat or a Republican." In answering tho question, "Has the west any presidential candidate?" the sen ator said: "I think at present the west !s almost unanimously In favor of tho nomi nation of Senator Don Camsron, of Penn sylvania. Senator Teller would make a splendid candidate, but he la too far west. Senator Cumoron is a strong Republican. Is for protection to American indus tries; he lives In a protection state, and, above all, he is for the free and unlimited colnago of stiver. He will have the sup port of the western states at the na tional convention, and his nomination is among tho probabilities." 'Senator Du bois then went on to say that the west didn't care a snap about tho platform, be cause such things weren't lived up to any way, lie and his constituents knew that Don Is solid on the free silver question, and that is Bufliclent. The senator didn't take any stock in Hon. Joseph Sibley and his third party, us new parties are not to his liking. He expressed surprise at tho growth of silver sentiment in tho metro polis, and urgued from this that the west wasn't standing alone on that Issue, "An Organized Appetite," rrom the Lebanon Dully News. Charles A . Duna, of the New York Sun, told tho Boston reporters the other day that he was not certain that there would ho a Democratic party in this country for a leuder next year. "If tho supreme court decides that the income tax is constitu tional," said Mr. Dann, "there will be no Democratic! party. It will totally col Inpse. It will have no mission to per form." Mr. Dana seems to have forgotten tho late Emory A. Storr's definition of the Democratic party as an organized appe tite. What other mission hus it had In the lust thirty years? TOLD HV Till? STARS. Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajucuhus, The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolubo east for 2.10 a. m. for Friday, March 2!t, 1&95. The chances are that a child born on this (lay will, If a male, In after years be pos sessed of a sharp and rasping voice, a leathern lung and an invincible disinclina tion to puylng doctors' bills. If a female, the child born on this day Is liable to evince a fondness for wax dolls, tuttl fruttl and prolonged tete-a-tetes over the front gate; to which may also, In course of time, be added a firm, almost obstinate, predilection for milliners' win dows, burguin counters and missionary tens. Tho business entorprlso began on this day will prosper and yield good profit If the rltjht man Is chosen to "grease the wheels" of trade. If a traction enterprise, employ Gallagher. Ajacchus' Advice. Don't grumble at the "dustiness' of this grip-gripped department unless you pos sess a receipted subscription bill. It Is a mean "deadhead" thut finds fault with the free show. 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