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SCRANTON, AUGUST 30. 1S95.
REPIHI.ICAX STATE TICKET.
For InJsea of tha Superior Court:
CHARI.F3 K. KICK, of l.uzorne.
K. N. Wll-LARU. of IjHckHWHiina.
HOWARD J. KKEDKK. of Northampton
JAMKtf A. BEAVKK, of Center.
JOHN J. WK'KHAM. of UKAVEK.
OKOKUK U. OHUADY. of HunttiiKdon.
l or State Trensmrcr:
BENJAMIN J. IIATWOOn, of Mercer.
Election day, Nov. 6.
It Is a fact that public opinion today
moves much more rapidly In its !!
tributloD of rewards and punishments
than ever before. The politician who
thinks he can Ignore this circumstance
makes a serious mistake.
Hastings After the Battle.
There probably are Republicans In
Pennsylvania thoughtless or short
sighted enough to see In tho outcome
of this week's state convention only
defeat and humiliation for Governor
Daniel H. Hastings and his friends.
Defeated they were, but not humili
ated. Failure to accomplish a rightful
purpose pursued in a rightful way nev
er carries humiliation in its wake. The
status of Ueneral Hastings as gover
nor, or as a 'Republican, or as a man, is
not in the slightest degree changed or
affected by the victory scored by Sen
ator Quay. Governor Hastings is to
day as he was at the beginning and
throughout the recent contest, the rep
resentative and leader of the large
body of Republicans who demand bet
ter, cleaner, more liberal and more
honorable methods in political party
management. He was above all others
the right man to lead a movement In
that direction. He has not only seen
the full force and evil results of the
nefarious methods that have prevailed
in this state, but he has hlm.telf been
the victim of them. The battle he
fought was not for himself but for the
Republican party of Pennsylvania.
Throughout the long and bitter strug
gle Governor Hastings has conducted
himself In a manner wholly consistent
with his reputation as a courageous,
dignified and honorable man. He has
no cause to regret anything he has
done.
His administration up to this time
has been characterised by ability, hon
esty, dignity and mindfulness for the
Interest of the people. He has pur
rounded himself with capable and
faithful men who have conducted the
affairs of their several offices in such
a way as to command the approval of
fair-minded Republicans. No one
doubts that to the end of his term of
office) Daniel H. Hastings will main
tain this high standard. Neither will
any one during the next three years
and more express a doubt as to who
Is governor of Pennsylvania. That
question, In any event, has been set
tled beyond a peradventure by the
recent battle. Hastings and his sup
porters were beaten simply because his
opponents were more potent than they
In manipulating the convention. Ten
days ago The Tribune said that only
by a successful repetition of the meth
ods that were employed five years ago
4o nominate Delamater In a conven
tion that was opposed to him, could
Hastings be beaten. In the same con
nection The Tribune predicted that the
methods of 1890 could not be repeated
with similar success. Events prove
that In the latter prediction The Trib
une was too confident The methods
of five years ago- were repeated and
Hastings was defeated, as In the first
named Instance. Four years later came
his vindication. Governor Hastings
will not have to wait that long now.
He requires no vindication. For more
than three years he will be chief majes
trate of Pennsylvania. He will own
himself and measure up to every ex
pectation of 99 per cent, of the people
who voted for him.
Daniel H. Hastings, In accepting the
battle that was forced upon him, dis
tinctly proved that he is as courageous
as lie Is honorable. In the hour of de
feat he appeared to the best advantage,
for his first care and thought were for
the Interests of the party that had
honored him. iReckleRf, desperate and
indefensible as were the methods by
which he was beaten, he yielded for the
sake of harmony and unity In the elec
tion that 1 to follow. Presently all
thoughtful and fair-minded Republi
can will more fully comprehend that
Governor Hastings was willing to make
a personal sacrifice to save the Republi
can party from a fatal rupture. This
unselfishness will be appreciated at Its
real value When the inside history of
this contest Is written, as it Inevitably
will be. Governor Hastings has not
disappointed the supporters who stood
by him so faithfully. (He has not dis
appointed the masses of Pennsylvania
fctepubllcane who elected him by so
grand a majority. He has disappointed
the Democratic ftiordes who hoped and
expected to see two rlva.1 Republican
conventions, two rival state committees
and possibly two (Republican . state
ticket In the field; thus opening up the
way for another Democratic victory In
Pennsylvania. p .
Daniel II, Hastings comes out of the
battle with honor untarnished, his dig
nity maintained and his loyalty to
true and unselfish Republicanism pro
claimed. He was willing to make a
personal sacrifice for the welfare of his
party, and the day Is not distant when
every Republican whose good opinion
Is worth having will honor him for It.
In the campaign that follows those
who are In command will have no more
loyal support than that which comes
from Governor Hastings, and the Re
publicans who have stood by him in
his battle. They place the welfare of
their party above mere personal con
siderations and ambitions. Daniel II.
Hastings, after the battle, still stands
as the. recognized leader of a move
ment for better methods In the man
agement of the Republican party of
Pennsylvania, and for a pulley that
will recognize the will of the Republi
can masses as the all-potent factor
controlling the action of political con
ventions. .
Possibly if the licensed liquor deal
ers of Scranton would agree to buy no
beer from breweries that "set up"
speak- easles, the problem would soon
solve.
What Will He Do with It?
Senator Quay has won the fight of his
life and Is, for the moment, In supreme
command. The victory la his. What
will he do with It?
There Is a good deal that he ought to
do, now that he has turned reformer,
right near home. There Is his man An
drews. The people of the state distrust
Andrews. They do not approve of his
mein or methods. They are not in
clined to regard with further tolerance
the notorious and flaunted use of Sena
tor Quay's name and prestige by An
drews In furtherance of the Crawford
county senator's personal alms and
ends. Many persons who have no Irre
concilable hostility to Mr. Quay are
irreoonellable In their opinisltlon to the
pestiferous Interference at Ilurrlsburg
and elsewhere of William H. Andrews.
The victory la Quay's. Will he hand it
over to Andrews?
Then we come to Penrose. This young
man at one time commanded public
sympathy, through popular misappre
hension of the reasons for his sudden
defeat for the Philadelphia mayoralty
nomination. Rut when he took occa
sion at Harrlsburg, as a state senator,
to violate the sacred custom of sena
torial privilege by pettishly calling up
Senator Porter's school consolidation
bill, against Mr. Porter's protests, de
feating it and afterward reconsidering
and passing that wise measure, simply
to show to the whole state how sorely
he felt over the result of the Philadel
phia mayoralty convention. Roles Pen
rose sacrificed public sympathy and
gained, Instead, general contempt. A
man thus small in his manifestations of
revenge is too small to occupy the place
of a political lieutenant general. The
victory is Quay's. Will he hand It over
to Penrose?
There are others In the Quay cabinet
of bad advisers equally obnoxious In the
eyes of the people. In the opinion of
many persons the senator himself owes
most of his troubles to these overactive
and Indiscreet friends. Now that Sena
tor Quay has turned reformer, he would
do well to display evidences of reforma
tion In his Immediate political house
hold. The retirement of Andrews, Pen
rose, et. al., will be accepted by the
party as proof of the sincerity of the
senator's recent conversion. Their re
tention in the conspicuous place to
which they have of late years aspired
will Indicate that the "reform" pro
gramme is only skin deep; and that
honest reformation will need to look
elsewhere for Its leader.
The victory Is Quay's. What will he
do with It?
It Is really too bad that so fine a little
borough as Montrose apparently cannot
present a better outlet for its budding
literary genius than through the distri
bution of anonymous letters.
Enforce Compulsory Education.
A misapprehension with reference to
the compulsory education law exists in
many places. The law Is now In ope
ration, and should be enforced.
The recent decision of Attornev Gen
eral McCormlfk postponing1 until next
year the operation of the clause pro
viding for the collection of a special
school census of truants does not now
negative the main features of the Kan
law. Where It Is known to school di
rectors that children who ought to be
In school are not. the comnulslon of
the law can at any time be Invoked:
and It Is also already within the power
of boards of control to employ truant
officer, who shall see that notorious
Juvenile absentees are educated to the
extent provided for by the law.
It stands within reason that If the
Farr law was worth passing. It Is to
day worth enforcing. Public senti
ment has deliberately called It Into
validity a;l the officials of that ttublld
within whose duties Its enforcement
falls should not stand back In the in-
ecutlon of Its mandates. Truanev la
an admitted evil, and It doesn't in all
cases need a special census to disclose
where it exlstn.
Let tho Scranton board of control
get to work along this line. Popular
education cannot be too widely dif
fused.
The men who "told us so" would form
a fat census.
Very Silly Tactics.
The Philadelphia Inquirer weakens
the hold obtained through its other
wise effective championship of Sena
tor Quay by Its continued resort to per
sonal ridicule and abuse of those who
differed from Its View of public duty
during the recent fight. We do not
question our contemporary's right to
censure specific acts indicative of bad
motives. Judgment or faith; that Is a
part of its duty as a newspaper. But
it ought not to permit Its columns to
be used as a vehicle for the gratifica
tion of Individual malice or ill-will. -
We have In mind the Inquirer's re
peated taunts at an eminent Lacka
wanna county . Republican leader,
whose offence consists of having done
honest, sincere, and, so far as IB went,
effective work In behalf of Governor
Hastings, our Philadelphia contem
porary makes ' no - specific charges
against this man. It exercises none of
the legitimate functions of newspaper
criticism. It simply taunts him, not
only before, but also after, the ending
of the factional battle. The gentle
man in question probably is not worry
ing with reference to the matter; he
at least has said nothing concerning it;
but Just the same, the Inquirer's tac
tics are censurable and should be dis
continued. The victor who cannot be, magnani
mous, but who must vent personal
grievances in and out of season, is not
the kind of timber from which per
manent success is constructed.
The objection of the Chicago Times
Herald to the plan of Judge Stewart
for election reform Is that it lias many
difficulties in its way. No doubt. The
men who live by politics will not relish
It a little bit.
The Maybrkk Case, Again.
The newly Installed British home
secretary, having been duly beseeched,
with much shedding of tears, to reopen
the agitated case of iMrs. Florence
IMaybrick, who is serving a life sen
tence for the removal of a no longer
interesting husband by poison, has, the
cable informs us, gallantly consented
to donate to that episode at his early
convenience some of his powerful
thoughts. Whereat the hysterical
champions of the amiable murderess
In question are exceedingly grateful,
exuberant and. withal, lachrymose.
"That this Inquiry," observes the
Washington Cost, its locks bristling
with righteous wrath, "should have
been delayed so long and In contempt
of such a showing as 'Mrs. Muybrlck's
friends have made Is a fact of which
all brave mid honorable Englishmen
may well be bitterly ashamed. She
was tried before a Judge who disclosed
unmistakable symptoms of In
sanity at the time, -and who died a
maniac soon after he pronounced the
cruel and Iniquitous sentence. She
was the victim of the grossest unfair
ness and prejudice and, to make mut
ters worse for the British authorities,
she has since brought forward evi
dence, which was either unattainable
or was arbitrarily rejected In the first
place, clearly establishing her Inno
cence. To the everlasting disgrace of
the British government, however, this
persecuted woman has never hereto
fore been able to obtain a hearing.
For some mysterious reason she has
been treated with a remorseless sever
ity that reminds one of the dark ages.
Doth in England and America she has
had Innumerable friends and sympa
thizers, and these have been unceasing
In their efforts on her behalf, but the
home secretary opposed to this pres
sure a brutal and contemptuous un
concern that would have become some
blood-stained tyrant of the middle
ages."
Hut it is a trifle early, as yet, to In
dulge too freely in exultations. The
new British home secretary is, to be
sure, a Tory, whluh fact, rightly or
wrongly, does not recommend him to
American favor; but even a Tory of
ficial may conclude not to use the
powers of his office In effecting the
practical nullification of the statutes
against murder, or In a quixotic at
tempt of misdirected sentlmentallsm to
unsettle tha foundations of British
Justice by unwarranted reflections on
the sanity and fairness of Its emin
ent administrators.
IMrs. Maybrlck in Jail is a happy il
lustration of the fitness of things. Let
nor remain.
Colorado citizens were shocked at the
exhibition made at a recent bull light
held in their state. It is evident that
Colorado people are not used to foot
ball games or base ball exhibitions In
which the umpire displays a tendency
to roast the home club, -
The Corn Surplus.
Experienced observers aver that the
corn crop of 1895 will be a record
breaker. .Nearly 2,500,000,000 bushels
are now "In sight," and with favorable
conditions for the next few weeks this
expectation will In all probability be
realized. This, It will be observed, Is
a crop greatly In excess of visible
needs, and the problem which now con
fronts the economists Is what shall we
do with the corn surplus.
"We can," observes the Philadel
phia Bulletin, "send little of It abroad,
for although two other great staples,
tobacco and potatoes, have spread
from this country around the world,
corn does not seem to find so much fa
vor In other lands. It Is an Ideal food
for the millions who cannot afford to
eat meat; but for some reason, they
will not have It, and so that recourse
Is cut off. 'Much of It will be fed to cat
tle and hogs. That Is the most eco
nomical way of Retting It to market,
and millions of bushels are used for
this purpose every year. Some of It,
also, will lie burned for fuel. It Is the
best end cheapest fuel that many resi
dents of the prairie states can get,
and though It seems wasteful to burn
up food, it Is not only Justifiable but
advisable under the circumstances.
"Hut sufficient for these purposes Is
grown In ordinary years, and this year
there will be an excess. Cannot some
way be devised by which the surplus
muy be dlvldud among the people who
need It most? liven in this land of
plenty people occasionally starve to
death, and a greater number than any
man knows come dangerously near it.
There ought to be enough corn to spare
from fattening hogs and warming
farmers to feed all the hungry people
in the land, at least through the win
ter, and doubtless the supply would
not cost a prohibitory amount If proper
facilities could be secured for the dis
tribution.' The corn surplus Is before us as a
fixed fact How shall It be met?
i .
When a cause has a true principle be
hind It, It never suffers from momen
tary reverses. If Senator Quay desires
to retain his mastery he will need to
heed the Just complaints whloh led to
the revolt against him.
The "corrupt use of money in poli
tics," which Senator Quay wants elimi
nated from Pennsylvania politics,
should be eliminated Impartially.
Genuine reform is never qulat-eyeo.
The occultatlon of Cameron will cause
the raatcegret
ELECTION REFOHM. !
From the Chicago Times-Herald.
If there is one subject more than an
other to which political reformer have
given thoUKht, It la how to bring about a
reform In the nomination and alectlon of
suitable and proper men for ollice. The
people are supposed to elect by popular
vote the Incumbents of the various offices,
from president down to town constable,
but a a matter of faot, the people have
a very amall choice tn the matter. All
they are given a selection between two
or more tk-keta thrust In their faces on
election day. Aa to the names on those
tickets they have had no influence, or but
an Infinitesimal Inlluence, In placing them
there.
Consider for a moment the course of
proceedings by which men get nominated
for otllce. An election being imminent, aa
it la with s twice a year In some form,
the aKp.'rant for the "particular offices to
be tilled bestir themselves to get their
party nomination. Thus at the very root
of the matter lies partylain. which Is all
r:ht enough so far as the great political
offices are coui-eriied, tut which matters
not one whit when it comes to the selec
tion of a Judge, a county board, a mnyor
or any of the oltlceslhat concern the busi
ness of the ieople. Hut purtylsm there is,
and will undoubtedly o remain, and the
question la how to mako the best of It,
Now, a party nomination !s made by
meana of a convention, and Ihe convention
is compose.1 of deleKHtea selected at pri
maries, and the primaries are supposed to
represent the action of Ihe lieople- In ap
pointing the delegates. Theoretically, the
people are the biise, then come the pri
maries and then the convention, wMh the
candidate at tho upex of the pyramid.
Uut no such ideal condition extols. The
people. Instead of attending the primaries,
slay away from them, and leave this most
!mMttaitt point of our whole eleetorul
system in the hands of tho few Industrious
and professional politicians who make
their Uvlnar out of polities. A few wire
pullers. ihuiteHd of all the people, appoint
Ihe ilulijwti to the convention, and
there are plfigcd 'to vote as the wlre-pull-ers
desire. The ronult l, that so far from
the nominees of a convention being the
Vhoiee of their (iurty, envo In rare In
stated), they are wjuply the choice of the
practical politicians, or the machine, as
the namo now is.
It Is tho remedy for this evil that the re
formers n,re seeking, and while everybody
sees thut reform should begin nt the pri
maries, it Ih not so easy to point out a
practical course. It 'Is easy to say that
every voter should attend the primaries,
but that lias been said without effect for
a hundred years. The general voter will
not attend the primaries, except at rare
moments, and 'then as a rule he wishes
h hadn't. Judge, Stewart, of Pennsyl
vania, tn a thoughtful Interview on this
subject In the Scranton Tribune, proposes
that tho primary elections should b
made the most Important, and that no per
son should be sufi'ired to vote at a gencrtl
election whose name was not enrolled nt
one of the imrtv nrimary elections. This
has Its difficulties, but It offers a new lino
of thought. Its purpose Is to comii
voters to attend thu primaries nt the risk
of losing their ultimate vote. The great
evil Is not nttcndinir the primaries. How
can o tizons be compelled to attend them?
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dally Horoscope luawn hy AJaechns, The
Tribune Astrologor.
Astrolubo cast: 4.10 a. m., for Friday,
Aug. 9), 1893.
Moon rises G.23 a. m.
A child born on this day will observe
that the recent alleged victory nas ueen
accompanied by symptoms of dyspepsia
over at the seed bureau.
Uetttr is a dish of crow eaten with a
clear conseitrice than a whole stalled ox
of temiiorary victory that is seasoned
w.'th remorse and discontent.
Rickaby and Dove ore entitled to a good
ly porKon of tho red lire of fame. In the
matter of handball they are bigger men
thnn the Corbetts.
Now let some slim youth with white
rants turn.'d up four Inches at the bottom
challenge Champion Coilett to a game
of tennis.
Uncle Matt will probably And It neces
sary to heenmu president or the Traction
company, if he intends to furnish jobs
for all tho hoys ,.n l.nrKnwnnna wno ex
pect to dins to his coat-tails.
Ajncchus' Advice
Hope and wait.
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