.. . . . . . THE SCRANTON TBIB UN E FBI DAT MORNING, HEPTEMBER 6. 1895. allraaa Waakly. Xo Saaaay HMoa, MMMM It 0 Una, Fa., fcr Tha TMkaaa Fob. nahla fJMnnaar. v in omm: mw ui any, Huipt, t. P. RINUBURT, hit ... Qm Mm. K. M. Ml -PLf. m Thm. UVVS. RICHARD, Iwm. W. W. DAVIS, awmraa Mm -W. W. VOUNM, . Mwn-a. t m foaromci at KRAana. a.. as nooaouM tun. Harm. Matanr In," Ik rarotilnd Journal fcr advar linn, rati. Taa 8caamom Tiuia th bvt adTantolnf mcAturn la Nottaa-ttam raaaayW ala. -MatMa Ink knows. Taa Wuklt TaiBDm, IbkiM Kvry Saturday, OMUAlnaTwAln llandtoma Vm. wllh u Abun Auk at New, tlcuoa, and WeU-Ealid Mlacat bay. For Tboaa Who CanM Takv T Daily Taiatraa, lb Waakly U HMommandad aa tha Ban Baigala (Mas. Only fl a Tfaar, in Aaraaca. fUTBnoaa la lot salt Daily at tha D, U and W. taUoaatHaboaaa. SCItAlNTON. SEPTEMBER 6, 1S95. REPUBLICAN STATK TICKET. For JiidRoa of tho Superior Court: CHARI.KS E. RICE, of Luteme. E. N. WlIJiARU. of Ijukiiwuiiiia. HOWARD J. KKKDKK. uf Northampton. JAMBU A. REAVER, of Onter. JOHN J. WICK HAM. of REAVER. GEORGE B. OKI. ADV. of Huntingdon. Vor Smto Treasurer: BENJAMIN J. HAYWOOD, of Mercer. Election day, Nov. 5. The Republican league convention at York next week will be more than a love feast. It will be a council of war, not factional, but national a council of war for the preservation of Ameri can industries and the protection of American interests In all parts of the world. Degeneracy In Literature. There la a large chorus of assent waiting for Just such wholesome senti ment as Is expressed In a letter by Mrs. Hattle Tyng Grlswold to a Chi cago contemporary: "Whatever wo may think," she writes, "of Dr. Nor dau's "Degeneracy' as a whole and there Is little difference of opinion about Its being a morbid and hurtful book for the general reader we must admit much truth In the parts devoted to recent literature. A generation ago nearly all new books were clean and wholesome. Even longer ago than that, there was comparatively little that the most fastidious could object to In Eng lish books. Dickens was a model In this respect, and Thackeray, thorough ly healthy, though we are told that ho felt the restraint of always writing with the English 'young person' In his mind. George Eliot was Irreproach able, though In Adam Bede she told a story which the 'degeneratea' would have made much of. In her hands It has all the solemn splendor of a sermon by Taylor, the Shakespeare of divines.' Even the minor novelists did not de scend to dirt. "But there has been a new 'Descent Into Hell,' and Just now, English novel lsts are rivaling, If not outdoing, the French In Immorality. Even the hlde ous memoirs of Barras, probably the most loathsome book published in this century, are rivaled by novels which have a great vogue among a certain class of men and women with a slight semblance of respectability about them. It is no longer found necessary to look for a 'suggestive' novel under the counters. They are published now by leading houses, and openly praised In the papers. Even religious periodi cals advertise them. Free love docu ments, twenty years ago, were in dan ger of suppression by the police. Now the 'Woman Who Did,' with all it crud ity and dullness, is issued by a reput able house, and noticed in some of the best papers. , "It is greatly to be hoped that Ameri can writers will remain true to the tra ditions of the fathers. Not a line in the works of our great writers needs to be blotted out. And the best are as pure today as in any former period. Any girl may read Ilowells, or James, or Cable. Let those of lesser note' heed the lesson of the masters, and not fol low the lead of the cripples and clownB of literature. Newspapers and maga zines can do much to repel this new Irruption of the barbarians. Let them ignore, and not parade, this erotic poison. Let them save for noble works the space they, give to literary criti cisms. The great reading world will be at their back. Only a few degener ates desire any other action." Mrs. Grlswold's complaint, while Just, is not beyond remedy. It Is very evi dent to the attentive observer of liter ary phenomena that the erase for de generate novels has passed Its flood tide, and Is now steadily, if not rapidly, receding. The pure and wholesome stories of Ian Maclaren today. In a score of our leading cities, far outsell the fetid fictions of 55ola, George Moore, Du iMaurier and Oscar Wilde. Upon the stage, pruriency Is again at a dis count, and the erotio flush of the sex problem play is giving way to healthy interest In clean pictures of rational men, women and manners. In the ag gregate, affairs In the world of letters are really much better than they were, and the end of the reaction is not yet. The vigorous denial by Mayor War wick of recent assertions that he had utilised the Philadelphia police force in the recent factional contest will not end the charges, for the reason that they were hot founded on faot, but were based wholly on malice. Cuba's Brightening Hopes. . It Is reported at Washington ' that confidential advices to the state depart ment from Cuba are to the effect that Spanish , rule " in that Island oannot 'last f many months longer; and that the establish ment of a republic nay be expected. This result, it is thought, will be large ly due to the attitude, of the planters, who are not anxious to continue pay ing tribute to BtaOrld and who, in fact, are unable to do so any longer. It la said that Spain's sudden anxiety to pay the .Mora claim was due to the be lief that it would be well to have the friendliness of this country when the change came In Cuba. This will be gratifying news to true Americans everywhere. It Is a con ceded fact that no well-informed per son on the American mainland ex presses sincere sympathy for the nota bly unsuccessful Spanish side of the Cuban controversy. Spanish control of the 'gem of .the Antilles" has been, from the beginning, a vampire mastery, that has Bapped the substance of the native Cubans without rendering any thing like adequate advantages in re turn. The flag of Spain on that fer tile but unfortunate island Is the sym bol of a most Insidious tyranny, which to be unreservedly condemned by Americans needs only to be observed by them ill its dally operation. Cuba has a right to home rule; and It Is our own belief that the United States, as the pioneer and chief example of free government, has a right to help her got it. At all events, Americans to a man are unofllclally sympathetic. The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Times undertakes a big contract when he tries to bowl Con gressman John 'Dalzell Into obscurity because of his opposition to Mr. Quay. A man like Dalzell can be depended upon to hold his own, whatever the op position. Academic Shortsightedness. It has often -'been charged against the so-called. 'higher education that It weakens the foundations of patriotism by Inculcating visionary aspirations to ward'an universal brotherhood of man. The argument Is that when men get their heads so far up In the sky that their own country appears to them simply as one of many spots on the map. It Is entirely reasonable to expect of them a diminished ardor of regard for that country and Its Institutions, and a relaxed vigilance In behalf of their welfare. We shall not discuss the point; but wish merely to cull attention to it while we quote a curi ous paragraph from an article by 8. Parkea Cadman in the current Chau tauquun. The article Is for the chief part a statistical demonstration of the widespread prevalence of the English language; but at one point in it the uuthor steps aside to say: If the segments of the great empire of Anglo-Saxondom do not full out among tlieumelves, the gume Is theirs, and a bet ter uiiduratunii'.ntf ihuu the present spirit of carping criticism which occasionally degenerates Into Ignorant bullying on both Hliles Is a desideratum Just now between the two chief members of this colossal body England and America. It La not nrcessary to be loud-mouthed In our pro fessed hatred for the one in order that we may show how much we kive the other, if some irresponsible editors on either slilf uf the sea on whose divided shores brethren dwell work'.ng out the problem of man's destiny for axes; if these free-lance wlelders of the pen could but take the wider vision a great alumbllng block in tho way or amity and true unity of feel ing would be removed. But so lung as a leader in the profession of American journalism urges thut the destruction of Britain's power would be a chluf boon to civilization; so lonir as the deplorable und high-handed policy of England In seltllnK disputes Is persevered In, so long ns tactful and courteous deiiling upon tho part of our diplomats Is heavily discount eil; so long a pusillunlmity is being im puted by people to whom International good breeding as a mystery, nnd the wholo transaction viewed with relation to the) stump-oration or llery jinawsm rainer I inn to lui c:ui lairness so iuhk Anuin.HHxnnrinm tarrv in Its progress. For In tho future federation of all these ipeoples, and all tneir lanus into one mw, language onu a:m mere i luitiuum, ,, purpose concerning men and the world upon wnicn men live. It occurs to us to ask 'Mr. S. Parkes Cadman how he became enlightened ns to what constitutes "God's purpose' concerning this terrestial sphere; but upon second thought we will leave this bit of assumption to Itself. The point to which we will request attention Is tho curious coincidence that whenever, in the course of our dealings with other nations, American rights are Ignored and American citizens abused, the cry of "Jingoism," with which a manly as sertlon of the national dignity Is Invarl ably greeted, comes, not from the mod- erately schoolod medial and poorer classes, the "plain people" as Lincoln culled them, but always from the high- browed, over-educated, ultra-cultured post-graduates of our universities, who, In their school-day dreams of political universality, lose sight of present conditions and necessities. It may be that In distant aeons all man kind will dwell peaceably under one government; but so long as there chance to be, on this rude earth, a con sldernble number of often-clashing governments, surely it does not Ae- mean the American people to take care of, their own. "When Dan Lamont went to Wash Ington," says the Rochester Post-Ex- press, "he was very poor; and Uncle Sam was very rich. . Now Uncle Sam Is so poor that he cannot pay the of ficers and soldiers of the army the wages due to them; and Dan Lamont Is so very rich that he offers to pay the money out of his own pocket. This brief history of Uncle Sam and Hand some Dan teaches that reform Is a very good thing for , the reformer." Especially, we might add, when he chances to be a consecrated Demo crat. Our esteemed Wyoming county con temporary, the iNcw Age, probably draws too gloomy a picture when it says: 'INothlng succeeds like success, and the only qualification necessary to leadership in politics is to be able to successfully manipulate majorities. Statesmanship is only waste rubbish." The successful politicians of the coun try are pretty bright men, taken as a class. They have to be, else they could not succeed. We 'take no stock in the story that Senator Quay will, as state chairman, use his Influence to defeat those Re publican candidates for office who were recently aligned with the anti-Quay faction. Whatever (Mr. Quay's faults, party treachery Is not one of them; and it is unjust to him to have the Impres sion conveyed that any considerable number of persons believe that It is. i . ., i If it Is true that Secretary Carlisle Is "seeking the Demooratlo nomination for" president next year" he ought to And It. We do not apprehend that this particular perfunctory honor will be In great demand. Judging from the manner In which a number of Jurists are struggling to get on the (Demooratlo state ticket as candi dates for the Superior court. It might be Inferred that our friends, the enemy, think they have a ghost of a show. But they haven't, and they know so. too. Delegate Allen, of Northampton, who deserted Hastings for Quay, has heard from his constituents In a way that he will not soon forget. Ills nearest neigh bors have overwhelmingly defeated him at a caucus to choose delegates to tha county convention. The truth Is that the American people admire back-bone. A Pittsburg authority has It all fixed up that Senator Quay will turn Camer on down In lttt7 in favor of Governor Hastings. Well, 'Hastings would make a mighty good senator, and he is by no means defunct. The action of the Democratic clubs at Lancaster In criticising Republican defects is doubtless based upon the principle that It Is wise for Democrats to divert attention from their own. . . . Common sense will yet solve the an thracite dilemma, for the reason that common sense will one day concede that even coal operators cannot forever do business ut a loss. vtun respect to tne Iron trade re vival it should be borne in mind that It is possible for even thut to be over done. yUAUKlXS OF THE ALIENISTS From tho Times-Herald. It an up-to-date dictionary should be written It would contain these dellnitiuns Alienist ono who lias alienated his friends. Anthropologist One who is disposed to reKuru uu muiiKimi as unnt to live. Cr.iii.iial authropoloKlst Oue who is criminally disposed as above. Helence run mad has devastated the in tellects of the world and made us won der it' there is a sane mind in a sane tiodv anywhere. Still the leaders keep up their siiikiu siicK exere.se, thumping each other's heads In the intervals dt flailing the degenerate crowns of all the rest of mankind. For which blessing may the Lord make us duly grateful. Nortluu the inline Is us irritating as a popular song of the slung of the day is silent now, con tenting himself with reaping the proltts of his republished early works which were no ulTense. nnd therefore not tu the taste of the people. Rut the others are at it. Hammer ana tongs. In the July number' of the American Journal of Insanity, Dr. K. C. Spitxka, of New lork, well known as an expert in cei'ebial disease, had a tremendous fling ut Nordau and his master, Lumbroso, and of course Incidentally at the entire train of followers Ferrl. Uarofalo, Havelock. Kills und the rest. Dr. Spltr.ka may re sent the invasion or the lunatic asylums by the Bombroslnn criminal. At any rate. lie writes with the feeling of a man whose personal pride has been hurt. He calls "criminal anthropology a "pseudo science" and brands Nordau as "nominally a physician, though lucking In that hu manity toward the insane which Is not only a matter of duty with alienists, but of any and every physician. He proposes "to tear the mantle of science from un worthy shoulders." He would lug poor Nordau over the water and conduct him to a concert of "the leading German-Ameri can musical society to behold tho "un mitlKated dismist on all faces at Llsxt's horrible mulinterpretalion of the 'Lore lei,' " and to satisfy him that New York Is not degenerate 'or whereas it appro elates the Waldweben In "Siegfried," the funeral march In the "Gotterdammer- uiik." "Lohengrin" and "Tannhueuser" it opens its expunslve but normal mouth and yawns over the "Kneingold and "i'arsi fal" Finally he demillshes Nordau in this puragruph: "Thus it is that Nordau is enabled to Insult Germany by citing a Nlutsehe as a prominent philosophical writer of that country, lie has not even a bare mention for the great Wundtl Thus he whom Cslderwood and Hart ma mi's feeble attempts to harmonize the old and the new philosophy might have shown tho way the wind of metaphysics is blowing, does not recognize the Hux- leys, Tymlalls, i'aul Herts, Aleynerts and I'reyers as philosophers. If Nordau s metaphysics are a century behind his age, his science Is unfortunate in being us much wrongly In advance of it; in the same direction as the pseudo-astronomy of (,'amille Flnmmsrlon and the pseudo zoology of Jules Verne. In fact, there is only one pseudo-science with which his philosophy Is synchronous, and that Is deail Just about three years the pseudo anthropology of I,amboio." After such a withering blast of Teutonic wrath it Is surprising to And Dr. Lumbroso reap.ear:ng in tne BeoteDer jeorum. sad dened by the robes of Italian Judge and tne unscientiin? treatment or ms friend. the brigand, but not at all disposed tu give up the ghost of the delinquent man, Ills paper on 'Criminal Anthropology; Its Or'.Kln and Application," Is an interesting story of the progress of an Interesting science or pseudo-science. Ir thut will better please Dr. Hpltzka. Much of It Is old, a rehash of his works on the criminal, but his deductions aro not altogether stale. "Born criminals should be Imprls oned for life. Banded criminals should be treated with especial severity. Eulleu tics and the "morally Insane" should be Instantly detained. Religious am) political offenders, who sometimes anticipate by some centuries tne tnougnt or the people, should he punished with much Indulgence. "All efforts at reform should be concen trated on the occasional criminal. They are the only ones for whom much can be done. They should be removed from all opportunity by procuring them employ ment anu protecting mem from the mis chlevlous influence of alcohol, not onlv bv prohibitory laws and fines, which are gen erally a dead letter, hut by giving them mental amusement." Even the criminally born Infant should he segregated. He Is not amenable tq education. And so on at considerable length, showing that Lom broso even If he feels that his life has been "misunderstood and disdained," Is still ready to trepan the skull of the crim inal (psychiatrist or other), who assails his philosophy. If political economy tie the dismal this Is the horrible science. The public Is reasonably tired of the popu lar expounders of it of the degenerate and his scourge or ally. Further discussion of the subject might profitably be left to the clinic room, the prison yard and the in sane ward. HIS VICTORY COMPLETE. From the Times-Herald. The scramble which 4-n New York sa loonkeepers made on Friday to plead guilty and pay their fines for violating the excise laws was a notable triumph for Mr. Roosevelt, whose efforts to demon strate the practicability of enforcing law has attracted to him the encomiums of law and order loving people and tho ma lignant calumniation of those who fool ishly Imagine that liberty means unbound ed license. Mr. Roosevelt can afford to regard his carping critics with supreme complais ance. He has been vigorously lampooned by bigoted partisans who saw In his un yielding attitude a dangerous menace to party advantage. The press of New York, with one or two exceptions, has bespat tered him with vitriolic diatribes, mors or less Imbecile and pointless, but having In them the acerbity of senseless rancor. But Mr. Roosevelt has given every critic a Roland for his Oliver. He has defied the mean attempts of the antagonistic press to array public sentiment against him, and he has not allowed his enemies to prejudice his cause by misrepresent ing his motives or his attitude toward the liquor dealers as a class. He has stub bornly challenged every Imputation which sought to array the dealers against him by showing that the excise law had been used for years as a sandbag to force Into line recalcitrants who refused to contribute to the Tammany "wa- Mr. Roosevelt has never declared him self on the excise law. neither has ha shown any disposition to persecute liquor dealers as a class. What he thinks of the rum traffic is shrouded in the depths of his own conscience. He saw that Tam many, the most corrupt political organ isation on earth, had enriched Itself and perpetuated Its political power by using the excise law to mulct the dealers who refused to pay tribute to the organisa tion. He has won the fight against great odds. Ha has demonstrated that law can be enforced effectively and Impartially against tha most powerful combination that aver sought to control munlelpal gov ernment. Speculation as to his success or failure Is at an end. Tammany throws up Its hands and tha nolltlclans are now da- voting tbjlr time te contemplating the i probable results of his enforcement of law upon party success, soiurthina which 3t r. Roosevelt- never considered for a mo ment. No other evidence is needed that n.s v:ctoiy is complete. GIVE THE PEOPLE A CHANCE. n.lkes-Barre Reeord: "Colonel J. D Lacwr s suggestiuu :n the Svranton Tr.b une that the Republicans ot the state be lierm.iteu io express ihe.r cho.ee for president at the or.iuarie la a sound one. and bound to meet with .popular' favor, 'the manorial L.neoln used 10 say that the ptopie were generally right, and the nearer the statesmen got to their way of thinking the more certain llity would be travel. ng ll the richt putii. Colonel 1-u car's suggestions are therefore timely and are cerla :u to be considered w.th ll!uh favor. The choice of the voters for presi dent at this moment can hardly be known, for the reujon thut the whole question Is sun vague uiki uncerta.n. it is not even Known who the cund.dutes Well be. an. until that point is orettv well understood it would be useless to ask tho people for an expression. Jlut anyhow it is always possible to select tlelt-gutes to all cenven lions wro are known to have Kood iudir- lllent and Intelligence, und who could come very close to pleasing their constituency, even tlioimli they were nut instructed ut the primaries. Of course when is is pus s.ble for the people to express their de liberate choice by ballot that should be done, but when it Is lnvioss.ble (ay when ine primaries are held berore public senti ment can be ascertained!, the next best thing to do Is to nominate men who put the masses before the bosses and before the.r own selllsh wishes or egregious conceit." Voters Should Ho Consulted. Carbondnle Herald: "The discussion of the eftect or Senator Quay's victory on the choice or the Republican convention In its candidate for the presidency empha sises the fact that under the present methods tho voters of a party have no choice In naming their candidate, except as their sentiment Is Indirectly reflected Ihruiigh the delegates. 1'ok.nel J. D. Laclar takes up the question in a letter to The Tribune. He udvocates giving the people a more direct voice In the conven tions. The plan suggested by Colonel I.u ciar might prove prolitable, not only to his pat ty, but to the Democracy, also, if they Khould chooe to adopt It. There does not seem to be a great rivalry for the Demo cratic nomination, but the strongest can didate would undoubtedly be named bv giving tne people a voice in the matter, TIIK MARYLAND IlltiA. Lancaster Examiner. As we all know. Senator Otiav has de. clared In favor or municipal regeneration and Is said to be the futher of the civil service plunk In the lust Republican plat form. Illinois has cone h renter length in this regard, and now the Republicans of .Maryland nave even expressed themselves mute emphatically than Pennsylvania or he west. The Maryland plutroim pledges the party to "the enactment of such legis lation as shall permit the ineotdo of the several counties and municipalities of the state to decide for themselves by popular vote wnetner appointments to the police, tire and all other departments of public service shall be In accordance with the principles of the merit system." This is a clear recognition both of the business ar guments against the spoils system, and of tne tact mat a non-partisan public ser vice is an essential part of home rule. The Cucumber Cure. "Your honor." said the prisoner, earn. estly, "this is all a mistake. It is a result or a badi attaeg of "tho blues." "The blues!" exclaimed 'the Justice. "It sentns more like a case of rod liquor." "Hut It isn't, your honor," protested the prisoner "i was reeling hlue and dis couraged and thinking of my hard luck, you know, und trying to figure out some 'thing that'll make me feel better and jnore comfortable In my mind, and ami -"Well?" "Well, I couldn't think of anything but the cucumber cure." "What then," "That's all. I tried It. and It landed me here." Chicago post. She Must Itavo Known. He was telling his wife about a small game of poker in whloh he had lost 46 vents. "It was the worst game I ever played,-' he exclaimed, still angry over It, "and I got so mad I couldn't see." "What did you do then, dear," she rmlled sweetly, "go it blind?" Tam many Times. Would Make a Uood One. From tho Philadelphia Press. tTli In fllf nilthl'uMln. ihxrlAnn Tl'lllln . Connell Is beginning to bo tulked of as a suitable candidate for United States sen- uior, ami a very suitable candidate he would be, too. THE 'I I KK. Still vengeance sleeps! Hunters of God awaae. The Lion and the Leopard and the Bear I Asia's abomination. Eui-one'M hiimtp Shall he forever on Armenia sluke ms thirst ror ravage? Are there none to snaxe This dragon from his prey, and cry be ware? Can you behold tier agonies and for bear Her tears that plead for ancient honor's Baser This Is that ancient beast whose shadow lies So large o'er Europe's threshold; and the cry Of his Pierced vU'tlm Is the muster's call That bids you break your leashes O arise ! Scourge out this plague from under Eu rope's sky. And guard him chained against -his Asian wall. O. C. Aurlnger, In the Critic. Hill & ConnelFs. 131 1ND 133 WASHINGTON AVE 4 7 The Best of Them ZERO All Is the Porch Chairs and Rockers. Fine Reed Chairs and Rockers, A Few Baby Carriages Left at Cost Cedar Chests, Vrth Proof, In Three Sizes. Hill & Connell, 131 IND ffl WASHINGTON AVE, DR. HILL & SON ALBANY , DENTISTS. Bt teeth, K.M; hast eat, Hi for gold eape end teeth without plataa.ea.1 led crown and rtdga work, call for prices and refer eaoaa. TONALQIA, (or xtraotlnf teeth without peatoTMe ethar. Me faaT" , SUMMER FURNITURE pli ovn hut national bajcx GOLDSMITH'S Preparing For School is the uppermost thought of every parent just at the present time. What shall they wear and where shall we look for it? The natural answer to this query will be let us go to Goldsmith's Bazaar and see if they have been thinking of the little ones too. As self praise is no praise, we will say to the reader please come and see for yourselves. The many new things which we have to offer our Shelves, Counters and Stock Rooms never were so full, and prices never so low, notwithstanding a steadilv advancing market; we took time by the forelock and laid in our supply at old prices. In Dress Goods Department We have just opened a handsome line of Changeable Fancies, 38 inches wide, guar anteed not to shrink or cuckle, and when soiled water and soap can be applied with out changing the color of the fabric. Just the thing for school dresses. IJJust opened a New Department Cloakings by the yard. You will find thesa -Boucles, Astrachans, Beavers, Kerseys, Plushes and Velours de Nord. , iv lies, ly Carnages. We have on hand between twenty and thirty Baby Carriages, which wc will oiler for the, next ten days at a discount of 20 PER CENT THE I IUIVUI) V lllllbfafal UW, LIMITED. 422 LACKAWANNA AVENUE NEW LINE OF FOOT BALLS Also Big Stock of Quns, Revolvers and Ammunition. C. M. FLOREY 222 Wyoming Ave. A HOWLING SUCCESS Everybody in Scranton and neighborhood is talking about the tremendous success of our FALL THEY ARE WINNERS. CONRAD, Lackawanna in. THAT WONDERFUL Teae ! faaae eaty la the WEBER iS! 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