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BCRANTON, MAY 11, 18U5.
' The Beginning of the Battle.
The eighth annual convention of th
Republican National league, to be held
In Cleveland, O., June 19, will be an oc
casion of deep Interest to every Re
publican. Thla convention wilt round
the keynote of the next presidential
campaign. Its delegates, representing
every section and shade of public opin
ion, will. In addition to the transaction
of regular business, formulate a declar
ation of principles which will undoubt
edly formally open the national battle
of 1896.
The ratio of representation will bo
six delegates-at-large from each state
end territory, four from each congres
sional district and one delegate from
each college club, represented by one
of Its own members In the annual con
vention of the American Republican
College league for 1S95. The following
are cx-ofllclo delegates, viz: the presi
dent, secretary and treasurer of th
National league; one vice-president and
one executive- member of the national
organization from each state and terri
tory, and the president and secretary of
each state and territorial league, mak
ing four ex-offick delegates from each.
This gives each state practically ten
detegates-at-l&rge In addition to tha
four from eaoh congressional district.
Pennsylvania will, on this basis, be
entitled to a total representation of 244,
Including delegates and alternates.
This delegation. President Warren an
nounces, has already been selected.
The total representation will exceed
1,000 delegates, with an equal number
of alternates.
President Tracy's call Is a clear ex
pression of the league's Inspiration:
The utter failure of the Democratic ad
ministration In its management of both
foreign and domestic affairs has created
national distrust, general paralysis In bus
iness, haa drlvan capital from the facto
ries and labor Into the streets, reducad the
revenues of the government and Increased
Its bonded Indebtedness. This humiliat
ing condition of national misfortune has
eliminated party lines somewhat, as Indi
cated by the unprecedented land-slide of
ISM, which brought large numbers of pro
tection Democrats and Populists Into the
Republican ranks. These new allies will
And ample room and welcome on the Re
publican platform, which Is broad enough
for every patriotlo American. The Re
publican party can stand on Its record.
It has kept faith with tha people of the
United States and haa protected all their
Interest!, both foreign and domeattc. It
has demonstrated Its ability to manage the
affairs of the government successfully both
In war and peace. We believe tha people of
the United States now recognize Its ability
to grapple with, and settle satisfactorily
all the great public questions of the day,
and to meet any emergencies that may
arise.
Pennsylvania will be glad to partici
pate In this Initial conference of next
year's victors; and will doubtless send
a rousing delegation.
Advantages of Bimetallism.
The argument that bank checks are
taking the place of metallic currency,
and that the more checks we use the
less money we shall need, Is one of
those half-truths which are sometimes
more dangerous than entire falsehoods.
In 1892, It Is true, the aggregate bank
clearings of the United States were
$61,000,000,600, or a thousand times as
much as the estimated value of the gold
money then current In the country.
But In 1894, with precisely as much
gold money current as In 1892, the bank
clearings dropped to $43,000,000,000, a to
tal less than that of any year since
1877.
The reason for this drop Is apparent.
Confidence had been sacrificed through
the contraction of our gold currency
Incident to speculative shipments
abroad; and many people who. In 1892,
used and accepted cheeks freely, would,
In 1894, do neither. This comparison
vividly shows the danger Inherent In a
single tnetalllo standard, whether of
silver or gold; for tha minute a fluctua
tion In the commodity value of that
metal renders profitable International
trading in It, confidence will be shaken,
and there will be just suoh a tremor of
apprehension, just such . sudden
tightening of the currency as we have
seen during the past two years. We
are now on a gold basis, and are barely
recovered from an object lesson teach
ing the fallacy of such a single basis;
Ibift the Hanger would be Just as great
were We to pass from a gold to a silver
basts. Then, every fluctuation In the
commodity value of sliver would be re
flected in the bank clearings, and we
Should know no such thing as business
stability.
The use of checks to a large extent
can be Tec am mended only when busi
ness is upon a footing of steadiness,
and when the metallio wealth of the
nation is sufficient at any given mo
ment to redeem the aggregate of
checks then outstanding. Otherwise,
we would have alternating periods of
contraction and inflation which would
keep the commercial pulse of the nation
continuously In a fitful and feverish
state. The argument in favor of bi
metallism is that It automatically In
sures stability, because when gold is at
premium and sliver at a discount, the
withdrawal of gold necessitates such
a use of silver as will restore the equi
librium, and vice versa. No single
standard can be thus automatic. No
single standard, therefore, can insure
that stability which is essential to the
profitable conduct of commerce.
Baby-Play.
The publication of the complete text
of Beoretary Oresham's letter to the
Hawaiian government asking for the
recall of Minister Thurston confirms
the publlo suspicion that Mr. Thurston
was simply made the target of our un
American state department's peevish
ness. The nominal ground for that re
call specified in Oresham's letter Is the
giving out, to the newspapers, of a
copy of a letter received by Mr. Thurs
ton In hta private capacity from a per
sonal friend In Honolulu. This letter
severely scored Minister Willis and the
course taken by President Cleveland;
but had It praised them, does anybody
believe that Secretary Uresham would
have raised official objection?
Minister Thurston, by Oresham's own
admission, afterward called upon the
secretary of state and personally apol
ogized for tho Impropriety, saying he
did not at the time know It was con
trary to diplomatic usage. This apology,
Greshum haughtily refused to receive
unless put in writing; and, not caring
to be humiliated, Minister Thurston
very properly declined to put it in
writing. The fact that this paltry
episode has occasioned his recall is
nothing short of a disgrace to the
United States government. Two peev
ish children quarreling over a game of
marbles could not occupy a less manly
or a less creltable attitude than Satrap
Cleveland and Grand Vizier Oresham
occupy toward the minister of little
Hawaii, whom they both together had
unsuccessfully plotted to ruin.
It Is a relief to look forward to a
time when baby play will be replaced
by statesmanship In the executive
branch of our government.
Cleveland as a Fiatlst.
The Philadelphia Record yesterday
printed an interesting edltoral urging
straddlers on the silver question to
get off the fence. It urges those who
are for sound money to rally round the
president; and wants those who are for
unsound money to say so. The Record,
we dare say, believes that It has said
a sensible thing. But what does It
mean? What rs the Record's pro
gramme? To what legislation Is It
pledged?
We are coining virtually no silver
now That which has been coined is
floated on a gold basis. If we under
stand the president's position, he de
sires to continue this gold basts, and
does not wish to coin any more silver.
As silver Is retired, he would Issue state
bank notes, .thus gradually making our
currency consist of gold and paper. The
president himself does not say that this
is his policy; but It Is the policy of his
chief friends, and hence must be re
garded as his policy until he outlines a
different one.
What Republican, in the light of his
party's lost national and state plat
forms, can Indorse this policy? Those
platforms declare unequivocally for the
use of both gold and silver. They do
not contemplate the retirement of sil
ver. They are not hostile to its use.
They only exact that there shall be
such legislative restrictions as shall
make every coined dollar the exact
equal of every other dollar, both in
purchasing and debt-paying power. A"
state bank note dollar would not be the
equal of a gold or a sliver dollar. It
would be a "wild cat" dollar, worth
nobody knows what.
The Tribune, for one, plants itself on
the platform of Its party; and repu
diates Clevelandtsm In all Its vicious
phases. Clevelandtsm means, if any
thing, some gold and a good deal of Ir
responsible state-bank paper; Cleve
landtsm, not Republicanism, is the
policy which would foist upon the
country an unsound currency, dishon
est dollars, and debt piled high on
debt.
The (treatment by the forthcoming
National Republican league convention
of the sliver question will be awaited
with . Interest While expressions of
the k spue are not the official utterances
of the party, they will nevertheless
this time , have unusual weight The
league will probably not forget that the
Republican party, both by principle and
tradition, Is strongly committed to bi
metallism, and that it has never yet
declared, by explicit word or covert in
ference, In favor of gold monometallism
Supplemented by wild-cat state bank
note . t " 'Ij.il.;:
Business) (throughout (the country Is
evidently on tha mend. If it were not
for the kind of m president ' we now
have, -It would almost be a pity that a
presidential campaign Is so near, to dis
turb business' convalescence.
The perspiring economists of (the last
councils probably now see where they
made a mistake In playing the niggard
toward Nay Aug park. .
' Today's exhibition of the Buffalo BUI
Wild West combination at the Driving
park may perhaps be the last oppor
tunity which the people of Scranton
and its vicinity will ever have to view
a practical object lesson of life as it
once was on the great plains of the
. 1 '
west. The extermination) of the charac
teristic features of this kind of pioneer
life is rapidly drawing to an end. Col
lonel Cody's realistic reproduction of
those features is accurate and instruc
tive, and his entertainment as a whole
to one well wonthy of generous patron
age. For school children especially, It
is a liberal education.
Organs of the administration, like the
Washington Post profess to be exceed
ingly gratified at the signs of returning
prosperity which baVe followed the
completion of the president's recent
dicker with the gold bond syndicate.
Those signs are gratifying; but It is
ridiculous to credit them to that cause.
Indeed, If we have to buy prosperity
of foreign syndicates. It may well be
asked whether our government Is a suc
cess. ii '
Christopher I. Magee says: "I be
lieve In bimetallism, and It makes no
difference to me what the ratio muy
be, so It Is fixed by International agree
ment. Just as soon as we have an In
ternational agreement In regard to the
mutter the silver question will be set
tled." The election of a Republican
president in 1890 will probably Insure
the holding of another monetary con
ference which will not adjourn without
doing something.
I.leutcnunt Oovernor Lyon says the
Andrews committee will "give the
newspapers something to wrlto about."
If It will do that, the purification of
Philadelphia Is assured.
In the opinion of Honorable Charles
Emory Smith, Senator Quay Is a bold,
bad man, who runs things. iMr. Smith
would himself like to be the bold, bad
man, who runs things.
Postmaster Heatng, of Chicago, de
scribes himself as a "blmetalllst on a
gold basis." If he should ride a bicycle,
would he try to ride on one wheel?
That man who imagines that
"Teddle" Roosevelt Is a plaything of
politicians will commit one of the rank
errors of the season.
The uneasiness now existing In local
Democratic circles apropos of that se
cret service investigation is rapidly be
coming acute.
Japan's willingness to take cash when
she cannot get land shows that Japan's
civilization Is not all assumed.
Give us that fender ord Inane, and
the fenders will take care of them
selves. Caloroflcally, we hasten to assert, it
was satisfactory.
Shawl Toronto was simply too Foxy
for us!
SENA7! tnTPENROSE.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A word of praise Is due Senator Penrose
for his masterly handling of the Investi
gating resolution. It was not his. He
hesitated about taking a step that might
subject him to the criticism that he was
seeking revenge for the brutal manner In
which he was dislodged from his candi
dacy for the mayoralty. But when the
Municipal association and the Municipal
league demanded In the name of Justice
to a stricken city that a committee of In
quiry be named, and when bo strong a
man as Silas W. Pettlt appeared to urge
the passage of a resolution which he had
himself drawn, Senator Penrose could
hesitate no longer.
He has won his fight against great odds.
No one not conversant with the facts can
form the slightest Idea of the tremendous
pressure brought to bear to defeat this
resolution. Certain corporations that are
believed to have had shady transactions
with' councils have exerted every Influ
ence.. When Senator Quay arrived In
Washington from Florida to And that
Penrose had Introduced the resolution he
was besieged. It would surprise the peo
ple of Philadelphia to learn of the men
who have made pilgrimages to Washing
ton. Some of them pass for millionaires
and stand high In the community, and yet
most of them have had Interests In one or
more of the companies that have benefited
through ordinances passed by councils.
It was very well understood that should
Senator Quay declare against the policy
of adopting the resolution It would fall.
In the face of the opposition of almost
gigantic proportions, and considering Its
source, It must have required a display of
nerve on the part of the senator to refuse
to exert his Influence against the re
form organizations of Philadelphia. It Is
to his honor that he did refuse. Penrose
was left free to wage his contest, and the
result Is a victory that any one might be
proud of. Senator Penrose easily car
ries oft the honors of this legislative ses
sion. If, as a result of the Investigation about
to be Instituted, reform shall come to
Philadelphia and the city shall be freed
from a heavy burden of rascality, that re
form will be dun to the aggressive and
persistent work of Senator Boles Penrose.
All honor to him.
The "Eonlng" firings a "Hame."
For The Tribune.
The way Is long, my Father; sad and
weary
I bring my sin-sick soul, my care-worn
heart,
To beg Thee to forgive Thy wand'rlng
child
And give Thy love, tho' ne'er so small a
part.
I've searched the World for peace In vain
quest -
And now I come to Thee, Lord, blind and
lame.
Hark I Oh, I hear In well remembered ac
cents Those sweet old words "The e'enlng
brings a "hame."
Tea, aht E'en those who blindly falter
A cup of water given In His name
Or as a brand plucked quickly from the
burning
"The e'enlng brings a 'hame.' "
i
Sweet words to saddened hearts dlvlnest
blessing
When friends, dear loved ones, wander far
amain,
They say "farewell" with faltering Hp
"forever,"
But still the blessed "e'enlng brings a
'hame.' "
How I have missed the tender, fond ca
resses Of that loved friend to whom Thy sum
mons came;
But still I know our love the Father
btesseth
We'll meet there where "the e'enlng
brings a 'hame.' "
Ittnay be there will dawn a glorious morn
ing. . ,
When He shall call eaoh child of His by
name. '
But still, I think, to me the crowning glory
WUI be when that blest "e'enlng brings a
'hame.' " . Leah.
Scranton, Pa, May 1 i
An Kschange Knoyclopedla.
fjlnpp ft Co., bankers and brokers, Mills
building. New York city, have Issued their
souvenir of 1894 on the leading American
exchanges. It Is a handaome volume of
Ki pagea, comprising a dally and weekly
record of stocks, cotton, grain and pro
visions, their production, supply and dis
tribution, by states and countries. There
are forty odd half-tono engravings, In
cluding buildings occupied by leading ex
changes In the United States The
finances, foreign trade and monetary sys
tem of the United States and other coun
tries, and the statistics of gold and silver
and ether products are treated in a very
thorough manner. The statistical treat
ment of the national banks of the United
States Is unique and complete. Every
banker, railroad man, publicist or econ
omist, and especially every person Inter
ested In movements of commodities, or In
stocks, grain or cotton will And this book
worth many times Its cost, which Is ti,
delivered.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by AJsoahus, The
Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast: 1.27 a. m. for Saturday,
May 11, UK.
Moon rises at 11.27 p. m.
A child born on this day will be pos
sessed of a desire to scalp Indians; lasso
bronchos on the plains, and Indulge In
other wild western sports. It Is not likely,
however, that he will ever hunt "buffer
ler" with Hon. William Cody outside of
the Scranton Driving park.
This Is not considered a lucky birthday.
Saturn, the evil planet, occupies a position
of too much prominence In the heavens.
There 'Is hope, however, for the Individual
who curbs his passions and keeps out of
Scranton ward politics.
According to last reports the queen
presidential bee has departed from Mr.
Harrison's hive.
AJiieehtie' Advice.
If thou wouldst know thyself, allow" an
advertising manager to furnish a biog
raphy at 25 cents per line.
Changs not large bank notes for a
stranger on this day. The flim-flam mi
crobe Is abroad.
REDUCTION IN
CHAMBER SUITS.
To close a few patterna of Chamber Bnlta,
which we are dropping from our regular stock,
we offer Suits reduced as follows:
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864 Oak,
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36 30
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CAPITAL, - - $200,000
SURPLUS, - . 270,000
UNDIVIDED PROFITS, 60,000
Special Attention Given
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Savings
Deposits
The Lackawanna Trust and Safe
Deposit Company, 404 Lackawanna
avenue, gives special attention to
Sailniw DepoNltsu upon which
Interest Is allowed when the
same have been on deposit for
three months or over. Interest
is computed and added to princi
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