: X v THE CCHAHTOW TBIB UN E S ATUB DAY MOlUiLNIr, AUUUWT 17. 1835, Mr Twfc OSWei TiUaee Soildiag. IMt a Oiay, Win, uvv a. icmh. imw W. W. DAVIS, IwiM Mumu. w. w. vounae. Am. Mm' (mas At m rosnmoa at scbakids. ra, as UOOMD-OLAM MAIL MATTWL Trtnfr Ink. tt wofahtd Jounl adjee. then, nw Turn Xieoito Tamros lb ant xtTnlUi( medium la ttonheauera reauaytva bU. "rflatenf lak" kaowa. ! Wbult Tatars., Issued Erery Saturday, Cantata Twelve Haiulsume r. with an Abuii HM ef Sew, Flrtlou. And W.II-KalWd lany. lw Tho Woo Cauuot Telle Tm DAiyr Tuwih, the Weekly le ItnvnimeiKled the Beat Saisala tMas. Only l Year, la AdtasaM. M Tonraaa It let Bale Dally at the D, L. and W. SCttANTON. AUGUST 17. ISI'5. It Is a hlRh compliment to the causa of ivul reform whn x notorious a spoilsman as Sonator Quay feels com pelled to masquerade, for the moment. In the guise of a reformer. Is It a Turning Point? Th recent ruling of JuJue Gunster denying the right of the Soranton Trac tion company to lay a double track on Franklin avenue will, if sustained by the higher court, as in all probability it will be, mark, we trust, the turning piiat In local public sentiment with reference to trolley railroads. For a number of months the collection of In terests which operates under the char ter name of the Seranton Traction com pany tiaa had all It asked for from this city, and has repaid this generosity by giving to the people of Seranton and surrounding community one of the least satisfactory services to be found in the United States. No doubt this discrepancy between the values of privileges given and of facilities re ceived would have continued Indefinite ly for the American people are singu larly long-suffering with reference to such matters had the management of the Traction company not thrown dis cretion to the winds in a high-handed effort, under cover of the Franklin ave nue double-track project, to vitalize the wholesale and indiscriminate Seranton and Providence charter that, If success ful, would have clothed the present corporation with power to seize, our streets at random, without even a "by your leave." Fortunately, this last straw broke the camel's back, and the patient beast has begun to kick. In our judgment it ought to ket-p on kicking, until It gets some approximation to justice. Here Is one of the foremost cities In America the first city. In fact, to utilize electri cal power for the propulsion of street cars with surrounding territory ad mirably adapted to the development of a superior local transit service, and yet it is compelled to put up with a second or third class service, lacking in num ber and quality of cars, lacking In systematic development and mainten ance of roadbed and. If the events of a year or more Just past are any criteria. Very perceptibly lacking In broad. In telligent and far-sighted management; while on every aide, in communities often smaller than our own, we are shamed by tho sight of trulk-y system palpably more efficient, and successful ly operated by man Who command pub lic confidence and support. This condi tion of affairs, however accounted fur, Is an Injustice to the people of Seran ton. It not only makes them appear less discriminating than they really are, hut It also retards their growth by crippling one of the most effective sources of a modern city's development. Wrth the proximate chnnge In th general management of the Seranton Traction company let us hops an end will come to those methods of political Intrigue and municipal Jugglery which have, for some month, been a stench in the nostrils ef the decent citizenship of .Seranton. There Is no Ineradicable hostility on the part of the people to the corporation of which we speak. Every element of popular antagonism that has arisen In the past year or two has been deliberately provoked by the company's management, or by certain of Its ofllclous subordinates. - An hin est effort to give to florantonlans an honest service, without reference to the demands or expectations of those men in public position who, if current rumor be true, are not averse to Trac tion company wine suppers and Trac tion company pauses, not to mention still larger inducements, would, we be lieve, be received by the Intelligent and conservative majority of our towns people as a welcome Innovation, and would be duly appreciated. There is, we repeat, no disposition to embarrass the company iin 4he proper and decent sphere of its mission as a money maker; no wish to discredit Its securi ties when those securities shall, by Its own conscientious conduct, have been made of large and permanent value; and no desire to exact Impossibilities, But we beUews we voice the fair senti ment of 6c ran ton when we say that there must be material betterment, morally anil physically, in this com pany's) affairs'before present opposition will diminish or present privileges be long continued without curtailment at the hands of the municipal authorities. . Reformer Quay is the Friar Tuck of Pennsylvania politics. Judge Edwards at Ltaaelly. Cvery Sorantonlan - will read with pleasure the many kind and compli mentary remarks made by eminent Welshmen, concerning Judge H. 01. Etf wards and the eloquent speech with which tie, signalised his appearance as one of the conductor of the famous Uanelly eisteddfod. They are reprinted on another page from the Cardiff West era Mall, whloh published exceedingly arun at wanoeea. flM reports) of that immortal gathering. It la bo now thins; to the people of thai valley this ne charm of Judge Edwards' scholarly oratory. But the ovation wak-h It won on the other side la more than personal compliment to the distinguished speaker himself; it Is an Invaluable advertisement of Scran ton genius, and an achievement In international amenity worthy of rank alongside the fabled tourneys of old. Although the Welsh people of the Laokawanna valley have long been proud of H. AI. Edwards as one of Cymru'a most illustrious sons, they will be prouder yet when they read of the high enconlums paid to him at Llanelli- ly the great men who greeted him tht-re; and In this worthy feeling all our cltliena will share. Now Is the time or year when Mul berry street ought to have an asphalt pave. Rump Proceedings In Wyoming. A call signed (by R. W. Itannatyne, chairman. nd P. I. TVheelock. secre tary, of he Wyoming county ltepuuil can committee, has been issued for a new convention or the Kepufbllcane of that county, to meet In Tunkhannook Monday, "lor the purpose of electing and instructing a delegate to the Re publican state convention." Primaries Air this convention ore to be held this afternoon. The excuse vouchsafed for this action, which. In vlenr of the regu lar election of It. T. Northrop as dele gate several months ago. stands forth as one of ithe most audacious and revo lutionary 4roveedtngs in the annals of desperate politics. Is that "since the last county convention, new offices have been created wid new issues formed upon whloh It Is tleslred to get an ex pression from the voters themselves." The lteputbllpon voters of our sister county, irrespective of their personal preferences In the factional battle now raging, are requested ito reflect for a moment upon the real significance of the foregoirrg ca'll. Here are the facts: Mr. Northrop, e, reputable Republican, is unanimously chosen staite delegate In the accustomed manner, under the party roles. When elected he was good enough to receive every vote In the convention. While a change has since come over the surface of Re publican politics in Wyoming county and In the state, Mr. Northrop himself has not changed. He remains the same rtanch friend of the Republican state administration for wihlch the people of Wyoming county last November cast 300 plurality. The only possfble pre text for the contemplated convention consists of the fact tht, In the Interval, Senator Quay has announced himself a candidate for etaite chairman, for the purpose of humiliating Hastings and helping Don Cameron, and now, very suddenly, the chairman and secretary of the Wyoming committee reach the at range ooncluslun that they "want a new expresttion from the people." Tf this were what they really wanted, a cheap way to have got It would have been to employ a man to canvass the county. But such an easy and effective arrangement would not suffice. It isn't the w'M of the people thait is worrying them half so much as it Is the fear that Delegate Northrop might decide, at Harrteburg, on the 28th, as he has al ready decided In conversations with his neighbors at home, to stand by the gov ernor of the state m the Quay raid upon him, and thereby deprive the Quay lieutenants in Wyoming county of a future chance to feed In Quay's federal swill barrel. Regard, for the P'stofllees has outweighed fidelity to party rules and political decency; and we have tine Ibrazen result In this ridic ulous call for a new convention that, even should Tt ticket a Quay shouter for llarrlsburg, week after next, couldn't, so long as there's a court of law left Jn the tomroon wealth, get him seated 1n the convention, should Delegate Northrop choose to defend his own. We ask of conservative Wyoming Re publicans: "Db you approve suoh tac tics?" The Quay pattern of reform always narrows down to the working of poli tics for all there in in It. To Restrict Immigration. An excellent work 4s 'being done by the Immigration Restriction league, of Borfton, which fearlessly advocates a stricter regulation of immigration, but not the exclusion of any Immigrants whoso character and standards fit them to become citizens. In another column Is presented a val uable condensation of official statistics concerning Immigration, prepared and published jy this league. From this somewhat' elaborate ut nevertheless significant compilation It appears that a foreign population which Is 17 per cent, of fhe total white population fur nishes nearly one-half -of the white paupers In the United States, nearly onenthird of our Insane, and over one half of our white convicts. One is not surprised, after reading these startling figures, to 'learn tho the Immigration Restriction league, after a careful study of the Immigration prdblom, has prepared a bill which Is to be introduced Into congress at the next session. This bill raises the head tax from tt 'to $10 and provides for the exclusion of "aM persons between the ages of 14 and 60 who cannot read and write the English language or some other language." An Increase In the head tag Is advocated, it is explained, not In any sense as a property qualifi cation, but because it will! secure a better class of Immigrants by making the expense of coming here greater. The present head tax of t. iwhich is paid by the steamship companies, Is de clared to be absolutely no check on immigration. The reading and writing qualification Is pronounced by the league to be' "the simplest, mont ra tional and most American test th-nit can be applied. It can be put Into opera tion without Any change in existing methods of Inspection. It will exclude a large number of the most Ignorant and leant desirable persons who come from Italy, Austrla-aiungary, Russia, Poland and other countries, while but a very small percentage (about 35 per cent, on the average) of the Immi grants from Great Britain and Ire land, Scandinavia, Germany, France, etc., wlH be debarred." The Ideas which the league has em bodied In Its Mil have received very general endorsement by Reading news pprs throughout the country. The corn mission on the unemployed is oae of the most recent Indorsements. That the time is at band when genuine and determined aotkin must be taken oa this Important problem wUI tie gener ally admitted by every student of cur rent events. The esteemed Reading Times should not be too quick to condemn Seranton because Corortt here draws a bigger crowd than Quay. We will wager Col onel Zimmerman a frankfurter that the same fact would also prove true in Reading. Another Yankee Paralyser. Another brilliant triumph Is to be chalked upon the blackboard score of Yankee accomplishments. If not. In deed, writ In red ink on the page of history. It Is a triumph achieved in the land of the Lafuyettes; yea, within the very confines of la belle Purls, fabled home of elegant hospitality. Ijet the New York Sun's eloquent cable letter tell the story In Ms own words: "The people of Paris will talk for muny a day about the wondeitful dinner party given ou Thursday night at the Puvilllon d'Armeiionvllle, a famous res taurant In the Hols de Boulogne, by Rodmun Wanamakvr, the son of the merchant and ex-polltlcian of Philadel phia. Twenty-two guests partook of this feast. Twenty-two of the finest equipages which Paris stables could produce called at the same moment at the residences of the guests, and then brought them to the banquet hall. The list of guests Included Count Bryas, Count de Chaxelles, Count hi itoclie foucauid. Baron van Zuylen, the son-in-law of Baron Rothschild, and the artist, Roland Knodler, of New York. The decorations of the dining room were marvelously beautiful. Luminous foun tains, planted upon great blocks of ice, kept the air cool. "The dinner Itself showed a Fplendld disregard of cost. It was not one din ner but twenty-two independent din ners, separately served, one to each guest. There was none of the mean pfo ness of the Europeans, who are not ashamed, even when wealthy, to make a roast of fish do duty for the whole party. Each guest had before him a whole leg of mutton, a whole salmon, trutlled fowl, a basket of peaches, and a double magnum of champagne, be sides bottles of wine of sacred vintage and fabulous cost. After the dessert had been served a waiter brought around a black silk bag, into which each guest thrust his hand and drew out a souvenir. The souvenirs were pearl and emerald pins, ruby links, gold cigarette cases. Inlaid with dia monds, and other trifles of substantial value. It is asserted that the cost of the entire affair was close to l.'O.OOfl." Happy land of freedom, which can nurture such generosity, let no Invid ious comparisons be drawn between Wanamaker, fils, with his gastronomic tourueys In fields of the cloth of gold, and Wanamaker, pere, to whom a snack of johnny cake and a glass of buttermilk once, according to tradi tion, sufficed to satiate the wants of the Inner man! Today's primaries will doubtless be a repetition of history, wherein while Quay does the bluffing, Hastings cap tures the Totes. If the Junior senator is a true convert to reform, he ought to Insure the com monwealth against future backsliding. . for a highly moral reformer. Quay certainly has a curious staff of sub saints. COMMENT OF THE PRESS. A MemsrksMs Proposition. Tunkhannouk Republican:. "This week we publish a call for a Republican coun ty convention issued by the yuay follow ers In handbill form. The convention is culled for the purpose of electing a new delegate to tho state convention who will vote for Mr. Quay. This is a most remark able new feature in Wyuming county poll tics, and savors a trifle of the rule or ruin order. We believe It to tie a very poor piece of political work, as well as a very questionable one. That Mr. Northrop was rcKiilurly elected u delegate to the stato convention not one . man In this county can or hue ever denied. That he was urged to be a candidate by sympathisers ef Quay, who well knew that, should an Issue arise in the state convention In which Quay was Interested, they could not expect Air. Northrop to be with them. That these same men today admit that their only ob jection to him Is that iut will not be bullied or bulldosed by them, and they propose to have a delegate that will be. Nothing can be aconmpllshed by this move, for a new delegate cannot get Mr. Northrop's seat in the state convention unless Quay has strength sufficient to elect himself. and In thut case he will not need Wyoming county, and therefore the Hastings fol lowers here do not care to what extent Quay anil his henchmen show their hands. This will establish a remarkable precedent In our politics. In future no delegate ran be sure he is a delegate until he Is Indorsed by this same class of men, and he ran rest assured that his Indorsement will come only after he consents to do their bidding. We urge every fair-minded Republican, and especially Hastings sympathisers, to have nothing whatever to do with these primary elections. It Is a move which can not accomplish any good, white It will In jure the party throughout the county, as well as every person connected with it," Troubles of an Innocent Reformer. Pittsburg Times: "It must most keenly and acutely pain Senator Quay to see It charged in the public press that Senator Andrews, his own right-hand man, at tempted to bribe a delegate In Senator Quay's Interest; that Republicans became aware of It and, In their righteous Indig nation, threatened to hire a brass band and escort Senator Andrews out of town to the tune of the 'Ungues' March;' that the delegate whom Senator Andrews is alleged to have tried to bribe swore out a warran for his arrest, and that only the counsels of the friends of Uovernor Hast ings ami Colonel Ullkeson prevented its be ing served. These things. It Is repeated, must be distressing and painful to Sena tor Quay not because Senator Andrews failed in his aliened efforts, but heoniiHe Senator Quay, no longer ago than Monday morning, declared in most unequivocal language 'against the use of money In politic' and that 'no State or county em ploy e or officer should be permitted to Influ ence primaries or elections.' 'How sharper than the serpent's tooth' must It be to Senator Quay to see, the very next day after he promulgated these and many other high and holy principles In the peo ple, the man who Is his own familiar friend charged with such hateful practices as these and charged with doing It for Sena tor Quay's benefit I What encouragement Is there to Senator Quay to try to keep In the straight and narrow way he marked out when such deadly wounds as these are dealt htm la the bouse of bis friends?" The Tastlss ef Desperation. Philadelphia Bulletin: "The Insolent fashion in which Senator Quay couched his request to Chairman Ollkeson, accom panied as It was with the coarse that the chairman would 'doctor the roll, forbids Mr, Ollkeson from acting upon it, even If he bad 'been disposed to forego his right nt the matter. The fllmslnesa of the pre text is shown in the fact that only four delegates one from Elk and three from Schuylklll-bave fees challenged by the administration forces, and tf Senator Quay fears that these four delegates may be thrown out la the making u ef the roll, he utters a confession of weakness that IS entirely Incomes ten with hts claims and boasts. His cause must. Indeed, be In a bad way when he la ready to reeort to ar bitrary, lawltsB and unprecedented taettcs for the sake of unseuting Chairman Oilke on and depriving him of any charoe of enrolling four delegules against the Quay fautton." Will Be Worse Than Ever. Lebanon Report: "If Uuay comes out victor In th contest, he will be nione abso lutely the boss and dictator of the party in Pennsylvania than he has aver been before. The very conditions of the battle insure tli. It '. a contest for blood, the bitterest that has ever stirred up fac tional fee ltr- aliice Quay has IlKUrrd in lute politics, and it him sliuken more se verely than ever h!a hold on the party ma chinery. If. after pasMiug throUKh sunn a storm, h aucceeils. Quay muxl lie the stronger for having weathered It. it 1'emwylvania Is bn-r!luvn now, she will be doubly boa-rlldcn then. If she Is suf ferlnut from one-man power now, she will suffer twice as much from It then. If cor ruption and venulity; If bomllers ami o ooltlcul blood-suckers have run riot here toforu. liny will revel mora recklessly than ever hervafter. Kor ynuy's hypo critical pretention of political reform arw not worth the paper on which they are printed." Uivins Tholr Own Case Away. Philadelphia Press: "If Mr. Quay's friends have 'the tltfht already Won,' as they pretend, mid by a decided majority, what need of undertaking a revolutionary proceeding ill order to make up a new roll In their Interest? The very proposi tion stumps their claims of success as hol low and unfounded." Olio Organ's Queer Taste. Wilkes-llurre ,Tlmen: "For a puper of the usual dlxnlly of the Philadelphia In quirer to print dully its dli;uxtliig cari catures of the members of the administra tion personified in a lion j to do no good to the caUKO of M r. Unity. There are a few people left who abhor coarse bluff und are deterred by such inethodn. Exhange, nr you nwakoT Of course! What number T Attach me to Mr. Kinsley, please, . Hello! X Is that the street commissioner? It is. What's wanted? Are you still unxlous 'to pleuse every' body, 'Mr. Kinsley? Certainly. If so. will you kindly Inform me why the flushing pysteni has been discarded on Adams avenue for a system that leaves dust in the eyes of the nubile? Oh. that's easy. It's my new way of street cleaning. It s a cheaper method. I'm a reformer. See? And like other reformers Am liable to scatter dust in the eyes of the public. .Z-x-x-llng! Is that Major Penman? Yes. How are things up at Susquehanna? Are the Krle shops running on full time f Iion't know. How's that? Don't you .register from Musquenanna r Only for camnalgn mirnnses. Ah! I see. ttpeuklng of campaigns and the weather. Is it hot enuiinh for you? Well, It was; but since we heard from York I have felt a trifle chilly. Z-x-x-Ung! e Can I converse with Mr. Ramie? This is Harnie. What do you want? What's the matter with the ball club? Nothing. Why, 1 see you are now In tho fifth plaeo. Oh, that's all right. I have Just sus pended Ilannon. If they keep on winning 1)1 put some more oi 'em in me snamuies. You will? Yes. My reputation Is at stnk In this matter, sir! I won t have a club mat Z-x-s-llngl i HOT WEATIIHH ADVICE. The man whose rule It Is to take The weather ns it comes, Without a word of fuss, finds life A pudding full of plumbs. He doesn't care how low or high The mercury lias got. And even when It's mid-July, He hardly knows it's hot. But he who when the mercury Goes up to eighty-five Makes such a fuss that every one KuKi'ets that he's alive. Thus makes himself unhappler Than he was meant to be, And feels the heat at seventy-twa As If 'twere ninety-three. So take a warning from these lines It's tsood udvl'ce, thoUKh frao And when the hot days really coma Hon't watch the mercury. Just go about your dally tasks Regardless of the heat. And you will tlml that every day Your life will grow more rweet. Somervlllc Journal. F AT Hill & Conhell's. 131 MD 03 WASHINGTON AVE The Best of Them All Is the ZERO Porch Chairs and Rockers, . Fine Reed Chairs and Rockers, A Few Baby Carriages Left at Cost Cedar Chests V 3th Proof In Three Sizes. Hill & Connell, 111 MB fit WASHINfitON ML DR. HILL & son ALBANY DENTIST5. Bet teeth, 18.50! best set, tt: for geld espi and teeth without plates, called orown and bridge work, call for prices and refer, saoss. TONALOIA, for extracting taau) Wttaottt pals. Mo other. No gas. . ovxs luurr national bank. URNITURE 011(8 mum This Last OiLa-fi Is Because it has no regard catering for the favor of those that want to speculate in Handsome Summer Dress Mate rials at one-third their Value. Go they must, and the price we name will take all that wo have within a very short time. 18, The usual 15c. qualities any of them until gone, quantity unrestricted. 5 Cents Per Yard. SUMMER SULKS Have the same fate take a look at them and be convinced. A Special Sale of Denim and TiiPk- TaMft and fitnnrl Pnvprc in WliifA Pnlftrs anil Tints; fringed, appliqued and Gold Band White China At Cost. , . . Wcarc selling our entire stock of Gold Band White China at cost. Parties having Tea Sets can now add a few pieces and make up a Dinner Set; or those having Dinner Sets partly bro. ken can match them up at a very small cost. Come early and get the pieces you need most. THE LIMITED. 422 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. LT CAP Clarence M. Florey, the sporting goods dealer of Wyo ming avenue, has devised a scheme to keep the boys in terested in the matter of base ball. With every ten cent ball or bat he will now give a fine cap and belt, which are uniform. Among the hustlers is Mr. Florey. WE HAVE THEAt In all the current ihapes and itvlea, hlgll bale, derbies, soft hate and caps. AnotherVnew line of N GOLF .". CAPS Joit received. Rome exclusive colun and shapes. CONRAD, Lackawanna Ave. THAT WONDERFUL w joiJo WW en hood PUaeswe have fwUea, lafSMSWf WAVi.VflA Mat V.UUitt Li.Jir.CI.Oo Wye. A I Mil IS OSS IJOIJCW Tom Is fesao sal la tt WEBIPI Oall saa!lt bssm toe ss takea Mb eaoaao rovi bsW W the Unkindest Cut of All. for cost, value or the feelings of anv conitetitor. We are YOUR CHOICE OF stamped, beginning at UP TO WlfWWWWWWWWWfWHWWWWWnWffWWWWW EstmbUahtsJ the Genuine, PIANO At a time when many manu facturers and dealers are making the most astounding statements against the merits and durability of inferior Pianos, chasers should not fail to make critical examination of the above instruments. EL C. RICKER General Dealer In Northeast era Pennsylvania. I Now Telephone Exchange Building, 118 Adams Ave., PLEASANT TO COOK with an oil or sat utove. Mo .moke, dirt or iii.ll. It doe. the work so well The price, maaam. I. mirth-provnkinf In Ite llttleneea, Our Hardware stand, in the front rank. A Fmt or knUle, tin ran or pan, does it dntjr or alls according its it Is rightly made of the right material. The right kind, are what we are selling. As for prices, we hare made them so dim that they need support, and we'll hare to raise them to get support, bat llttl. prlew bring big buelnees. FOOTE S SHEAR GO. Washington lie Moosic Povdor Go, h RooDSlud.Gossatesit.Bli't SORANTON. PA. ) ttlNIKQ v.i EliSTIKQ POWDER ICADB AT IfOOfttO AND BUatV XAUI WOBU i 11 C . lfflla A Rand Powder Co. drongoGun Powdcf .w-as-T' l'll....afh.eilaal Pa FUll BewtaalavM tviyiullfcwMnUll W. fn.lMw.nl mast ; 39 Cents. DATE. Over (6,000 Is Um. intending pur- J Seranton, Pa. Fine Stationery Blank Books, Offico Supplies. EDISON'S MIMEOGRAPH Aad s.ppuea, TYPE WRITERS' SUPPLIES II ILL ITS KUICHE1 REYNOLDS BROS.; .OUCIIWiKMrt. ROOF TtCSIKC US S0LC8Z3 An deae awar with by tho use of HAftfV MAN'S PATSNT rAllfT, WQtCB SS of InarwdlsDts well-known ts all. It i applied to tin, galvanised tta. shoot iro roofs, also to brick dwellnaje, whloh wU prevent absolutely any eruwNiagv crack ing or breaking of the brick. It WW oat Man iisnins i any aina py wavy aad Ifs ooot does not exceed one-ttf 1 tinning; of any kind by gaasy foam Ifs oseit flees not aaeasd ana-kff t. or i the ooot of tinning, is sold by tao una. veairscis lasen oy . 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