TIIE SCRANTON TB1BUHE-8ATUKDA1T MOKNING, HEPTEMBEB 28. 1895. Bally ea Weakly. Suaday Kdlnoa. Moa. Fa. tar The Mboae Pob- Hew Tk OaVe: TctbtiM Buuslaf. mat a Ofay, AUuAfW. t. P. RMMBURY, Pum. am 0'l la. C. N. RirPLK. mi Tmm. UVY . RICHARD. Ima. W. W. DAVIS, Iimmih Mannn. W. W. VOUNOR, Ax. M amis at tui posTomoi at bchaitto. fa. ai aoOMK&AM MAIL MATTSS. FrUimV Ink." th. ncoirnlzed Jwinwl r mAvrr llnra, mm Tub mckakton TamuNB u lb bn( AdvertMuf medium In Noitlwutera Puuylv uu. "rrlnleitf Iuk" kuawt. fas WiutT Tainuxa, Imrd Kverjr HAtunlay, CWitalnt Tw.lv. HiuHliomt hm with an Ahuii flaac of Mrwm, Ftcllua. and Wtll-Edllrd Mum Uur. Kor Toast Who Ouinot Takr Tub Daily Ttimm, in. Wwklr U HaromawiHlrd a th. Best Baigaui (Mac. Only 1 a Yew, in Advam tmu Taiitraa I. w 8J Pally At lb. D, U and Station at Hobokea. SCIIuAINTOX. SMPTHMltKlt 2S, 1S93. Kt:tlUi.ICA STATE TICKET. Fur liidgcs of the Superior Court: fllAKI.KS K. RICK, of I.ttxern. K. N. WIl.LAKD. of Iju-kawumiA. HOWAKU J HKKPKK. of Northampton. JAMKS A. HKAVKIl. of IVnter. JOHN J. WU'KHAM. of HKAVER. CIKOKUE H. OKLADY. of Huntingdon. Tor Stnio Treasurer: BKNJAMIN J. HAYWOOD, of Mercer. REPI HI ICAN COINTV TICKET. For Coroner. SAMI'EL P. LOXOSTREET. M. D.. of Scranton. For Surveyor. EDMl'XD A. BARTL, of Scranton. Election day, Nov. S. Just why councils should be so anx ious Ho overtax the 'beerless night lunoh wagons la difficult to discover, unless councils resent the absence of beer. Sunday Liquor Selling. A to the merits of the uncomplicated question of the Sunday selling of liquor tn this country there does not seem to be much nxm for a difference of opinion. Those who cite In support of an affirmative attitude the nrp;u mervt that In certain European coun tries, notably Germany, the sale of llfrht wine and beer on Sunday, In parks and gardens, is unproductive of vio lence or disorder, present a case which Is by no means parallel to the Ameri can case, and therefore their arguments fall to the jrround. The law In this country very proper ly Is non-ectarlan; hence It declines to enter Into details that pertain espe cially to the conscience. Whether It 'Is right or wrong for a man to drink beer or ale on Sunday Is not a matter for lesral but for moral determination. But It is properly a subject for legal action when the sale of a certain commodity on Sunday becomes, In Its visible con sequences, a publio nuisance, which Interferes with the rights of those peo ple who wish to observe the first day of the week as a day of worship and rest. Along this line the law Is In duty bound to take cognizance of the nui sance known as Sunday liquor-selling, which. In nine Instances out of ten, does disturb the rights of the majority. The good citizen la always willing to yield a point or two of Ills' personal rights it lit will contribute to the gen eral welfare. Thus many persons who can see no harrn In a moderate In dulgence In beer or wine on Sunday, and who, If the sale of these beverage on that day were demanded by a large majority sentiment, as In France or Germany, would probably purchase them, are content to forego what to them seems harmless pleasures. In de ference ito the widespread American sentiment In favoa of Sunday observ ance. These tolerant citizens do not howl about the loss of theilr personal liberties; (hey do not got ip mass meet ings to countenance and aid the viola tion of hw; and they do not pose be fore the multitude of suffering mar tyrs to the Puritanical Sabbath. They act like men, and behave themselves. . The Story that' General' Harrison has withdrawn as a candidate for renoml nation, m favor of Governor MoKinley, Is clearly a hit of newer) a per Impu dence, Interesting rftmply In its Illustra tion of one form of Journalistic enter prise. How could 'Harrison withdraw before his candidacy had been an nounced? The Farmer and the Tariff. Although we hear much these days concerning the revival which has lately come to the Iron, steel and allied Indus tries a revival which, whatever Ha cause, all Americans are glad to wel come it Is a noteworthy circumstance that the able Democratic editors, whose mission it 1s to make party capital, have as yet had nothing to say about any revival In the farming industry. To be sure, the recent Democratic tariff-tinkers decided among themselves that they would not bother ahout the farmers, excepting their own southern planters. But this little bit of cool Indifference will no prevent the farm ers, now that election time is drawing nigh, from taking a survey of their own condition, now and under (Republican rule. One of the firet things which they will discover as a result of this balano ng of accounts is that the change from protection to a tariff for deficit only has cost them a good ideal of money. The truck farmer hear the cHy will find that he lost his market at about the ssune time that Democratic tariff tinkering closed the - workshop and crippled the mill, and he hasn't by any means got tt back yet The wool-grower In the rural region will ascertain that hi trouble commenced at the mo ment he began ito feel the effects of free wool, which forced Qilra either to sell his flocks to the butcher, for slaughter, or elee to accept the naif-price for his clip and decided, as soon as he got the to reverse the "change" , of 1S9S. The western cattle grower, who was beginning, under reciprocity, to ship cured and canned meats at a profit to Germany, Prance and South America, reitired from that line of trade not long after the Democratic congress totsed reciprocity overboard. " And the American producer of Oiay, diary pro ducts and poultry will discover as the days glide by that the kind of "tariff reform" whtch puts him at the mercy of underselling competitors in Canada, while at the same time lowering; the wapres of the home artisans who used to buy his produce. Is a kind which gives Americans decidedly the tall end of the deal. As a consequence of these discoveries which the farmer will make when he Rets tlmo to sit down and compare Democratic campaign promises with the hard, cold facts, he will came to the conclusion that the policy of pro tection, as maintained during thirty years of prosperous Republican rule, Is a pnttty good thing for him, as well as for his neighbor, the mill-worker, or his friend, the merchant. And he will arise from that Instructive half-hour of serious thinking a re-converted be liever 'In the wholesome Republican doctrine, long expressed In Roputillcan economic legislation, of "live and let live." When 'WIlkes-'Ttarre has an abun dance of wat?r It doesn't use It; but a drought operates like a temperawe crusade. Pennsylvania and the Presidency. Since the recent (Republican state convention was held many Influential Republican Journals of this state have been discussing the probable attitude of Pennsylvania in the national con vention next year. Some of them have also taken strong grounds In favor of bringing before that convention a Pennsylvanlan for the presidential nomination, a proposition which ap pears to meet with much favor among the rank and file of the party. It has for many years been assumed that the only reason the great commonwealth of Pennsylvania never has a candidate for the presidency Is because she can be safely counted upon to give her electoral vote to the Republican can didate, no matter who he Is or what part of the country he halls from. This, In our Judgment, Is. at least In large part, a mistaken theory. The truth Is that the Keystone state has not In re cent years produced any man who com manded the attention of the country In the degree necessary to give him rec ognition as a really desirable candi date for the presidency. If Pennsyl vania today contained a Republican of the stamp James O. Rlalne, James A. Garfield. Thomas R. Reed. Governor MoKinley, Senator Allison or General Harrison, his name would naturally appear In the list from which the next Republican candidate for president will be chosen. Pennsylvania's great Republican majority Is not the real cause for the absence of a Pennsyl vanlan from the list. The real cause, regretable as It may be, Is the fact that our state today contains no Re publican whom the party throughout the country recognizes as of acceptable presidential stature. Ohio ,1s as reliably Republican as Pennsylvania, although by a less over whelming majority, yet she has a hope ful candidate for the presidency In every national convention. The ex planation Is that the Ruckeye state has had In the past and still has men whom the nation recognizes as acceptable In every way for the chief magistracy. When a Republican national conven tion goes to a state like New York or Indiana for a candidate for president or vice president we say It is good policy to do so because It Increases the prospect of carrying those always doubtful state-' When a convention goes to Maine, or Ohio, or Iowa, or Illinois no such argument is tenable, and Pennsylvania stands in the same category as the states named. No state in the Union has as strong a claim for recognition on the score of devotion to the cause of Republicanism as has the old Keystone, and this great, state ought to contain one or more Repub licans who, hy reason of distinguished ability in statesmanship and promin ence In political achievement, would be as formidable In the doubtful states as any man from Maine, Ohio, Illinois or elsewhere. We have no desire to depreciate our own state or Its Republicans, but In this connection it Is both proper and necessary to state facts. There Is no first-class presidential timber In Penn sylvania, either Republican or Demo cratic, at this time. Ry this we do not mean to Imply that the state does not contain Republicans who could and would bring to the office of president ability, wisdom and patriotic states manship In sufficient degree to reflect credit upon the state and nation; we only assert that the state contains no Republican In whom the party recog nises an entirely acceptable candidate for president, and one who has also the merit of large experience in public affairs. This may be cause for regret, but It Is the solid truth. The American people, and especially the Republican portion of them, have a high ideal of what a president should be; this ideal Is higher now than ever before. They expeot their national con vention to give them as their candidate a man of the highest achievement in publio (life, a man of exceptional abili ties In statesmanship, a man of exalted purity In private and public life, a man whose leadership does not rest merely on his abilities as an organiser of po litical forces for partisan success. If there is among the Republicans of Pennsylvania one who measures up to this high standard Ms name should come before the convention next year and he should receive the cordial sup port of every one of the sixty-four Pennsylvania delegates. The proposition to bring before that convention a Pennsylvanlan only for the purpose of giving him a compli mentary vote does not amount to much. Unless there Is some distin guished Republican In this state for whose nomination It 4s proposed to make a sincere and honest effort, then the staJte might as well remain wfthout ' candidate for four years longer. Men like Governor McKlnley, ex-Speaker Reed, Senator Allison and General Harrison are leal candidates for the I presidency, not -because they belong to certain states, hut because they bave achieved that in public Hfe which has attracted the attention of the nation to them. They are conspicuous figures among the seventy millions of Ameri can people. Sometimes party policy, or rather party expediency, dictates the nomination for president of some man who is not conspicuous In public life, but such Instances will be even less frequent In the future than In the past. Possibly not one of the men now prominent as candidates for the Re publican nomination will he success ful In the convention next year, but even if so-called "dark horses" should come to the front it 4s not at all prob able that the convention would turn to Pennsylvania. The fact cannot be ig nored nor disguised that the Keystone state, great as she Is In her Republi canism, great 'In the production of as tute politicians, greatest of all In her Republican majorities, has not In re cent ytars produced 'men who are recog nized by the nation as great In the realm of national statesmanship. For that reason neither of the great politi cal parties turns to Pennsylvania for presidential candidates. If this great commonwealth expects to furnish the republic with presidents It must de velop men whom the country will recog nize as 'measuring up to the presiden tial standard. A good many wheelmen, these dark Autumn evenings, appear to forget that there Is a law upon the ordinance books threatening with a fine the rider of a bicycle who, iit night, fails to equip his Wheel with a lantern and to ring a bell of warning at street crossings. The occasional enforcement of this sensible t'nactanent might have an ex cellent effect. It Is a noticeable, and likewise a sug gestive, fact that this talk about a threatened reopening of the Republi can faicifhtnal fight emanates exclusive ly from Democrats. - - - - Ex-Governor Flower's prediction of a 50,000 Democratic plurality In New York state this fall will probably come wtth In 150,000 of the truth. Spain's loss of prestige In America Is coincident with Spain's abuse of power. Tha American people never did like tyrants. It Is poE&ilble that the Republican party would desire to have a word to say concerning a re-opening of the late unpleasantness. Eavld R. Hill Is giving the public a realistic exhibition of an unblushing prostitution of gttnlus. Tho Spanish pot should not call the Venezuelan kettle black. POLITICAL GOSSIP. The New York Evening Post fancies that it discerns RlKn of an Improvement in the modern party platform. "The old platform," It observes, "was drawn on a traditional plan, which was about as rational as the Byzantine type of saints. It generally begun by 'pointing with prlxlo' to a series of somewhat mythical ser vices remit red to the country by the party. It then 'viewed with nJarm' the generally equully mythical performances of the other party, wh'eh were enumer ated at grtat length, each accusation be ginning with 'we arraign.' Tne 'arraign ment' section was generally the longest in -the instrument, and contained nearly every offence of which any large body of men could be guM'ty .In time of peace. After these followed the party promises, which were the most delicate part of the work. Hut the difficulty of It was gener ally got over, as it Is still, hy the "see xaw' system. For instance, there has to be a good word for labor without fright ening capital. The platform, therefore, favored such an adjustment of the labor problem as would give the laborer the Just reward of his toll without depriving the capitalist of fai r proflts on his hardly earned money. There used to, in old times, be great fun over the pensions. It was customary in drawing platforms to denounce certain people who did not want to pay any pensions at all. Who these were, and where they uttered their dia bolical opinions, nobody knew, but the vet erans were assured that the party had its eye on them. The currency has of late years taken the place of labor and pen sions In the see-saw system. All plat forms In this part of the country desire to see currency of every description kept on the same level of value, and silver re stored to Its old place of honor, without any particular description of that place. One great advantage of the newer, or epi grammatic style Is that It leaves more room for pledges of one sort or other, and avoids the perilous work of explanation." II II II The Commercial-Advertiser lilts from the shoulder In Ms analysis of the New York campaign. "The Republican party,-' It says, ''is not perfect. The Saratoga convention was not Infallible. Rut Judged by any fair standard of comparison the superiority of the Republican ticket and platform over theidummles set up by Hill and I'roker, and the complicated texture of demHKOigy and fnbtehood n the decla ration adopted i'm Syracuse, Is absolutely Incontestable. Ench Republican nominee Is a public servant whole abilities have been tested by piibVc service, whose per sonal Integrity Is beyond question, whose fitness for the office for which he has been named has been conclusively proved. Each rvresent9 the sturdy conscience, the ndomttablo patriotism, the broad Intel ligence, the sincere devotion to good gov ernment which distinguish the Republican party. Emch stands for honest adm'nls t rat Ion; for the unshaken sway of order; for the unyielding Americanism which guards the ballot box as the sanctuary of the republic. Personally, the Hill-Tammany candidates are not worth discuss ing. They are merely the puppets which the dictors of Democracy have set up to do their b'dding. They are simply the masks behind which Tammany snarls and plots for more plunder and the accom pl'shment of fresh !nfamis. They ere the discredited representatives of that nlKrtWnnblo system of robbery and fraud En polities which brought about the theft of the state senate in 1(813, which built up a glgsntlc eKllce of Tammany corruption on a foundation of tolerated crime in this city; which has Infected the whole De mocracy of the slate of New York with the taint of degradation. They deserve to be beaten overwhelmingly for the po Htcal vileness which they typify before the people" The St. Louis Globe-Democrat, which Is located on the borderline and has there fore excellent facilities for gauging pub 1 c sentiment both north nni south, Is of the opinion that "the rhetoric of recon ciliation which has lately been poured out so copiously Is to be taiken wi th some allowance, of course, for the enthus osm of the speakers. Undoubtedly, the bliiter memories of the war are being rapidly ob literated, and tho two sections are being brought together in an amicable way hy 'the better angels of our nature,' as Lin coln predicted. Hut 'A is also to be said that there is not yet the same toleration, political and social, for tha northerner in the south that there 4s for the southerner in the north. And It la equally true that many who profess to be thoroughly re constructed would much rather hear 'Dixie' than 'The Star flpangied Banner.' These things will be corrected in the course of events, there Is good reason to believe; but at present they tend to post pone that complete harmony which Is so The Mugwump New York Kvening Post says t least one gracious thing. "As a general principle," it remarks, "it Is bet ter to vote for a Republican than for a Democrat's legislative candidate, unless the latter be a man who Is squarely Jiledged to favor municipal and other re arm measures and whose character Is such as to give assurance of his keeping his promises. It Is always possible to force s Republican member who Is not inclined to do his duty to yield te the force of nubile opinion and favor reform meas ures, but a Tammany member ts Inva r.sbly for Tammany, and a Democratic member is rarely or never found voting with reformers. Ex-Senator Warner 1t!lter scouts the id that the Saratoga convention's decla ration tn favor of Sunday observance is going to turn New York state over to the Tammany heelers. lie soys that for ev ery "tough" vote lost by reason of that deliverance two votes of decent, law abiding Democrats will be gained, which certainly ought to be tho case. COMMENT OF THE PBESS. Hard Tack and Bacoa Are Best. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: "Chemical waers and concentrated foods may serve to allay hunger for a time, but recent ex periments do not promise that they ran take the pluce of the usual rations with marching troops. An army fed on hard tack. 1 :icon aud coffee will make short work of another trying to tight with col lasped abdomens and green apple sensa tions." No Reason for a Long Campaign. Lebanon News: "Since during presiden tial years excitement always runs hlxh und business Is often very materially In terfered with there is no wood reason why the cuini'ii Kii should be prolonged. The voters of the country usually are familiar with the personal claims of the candi dates and well enoiiKli informed as to the issues entering into I he contest and can therefore rust an intelligent ballot." Not in Our tlluss. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: "Our ra'l way cars are twice as heavy as the Kng llKh, and our tracks cos tialf as much, yet we hold the record for fast trains. The tight UKIe 'jslund U no match for forty five states, all marching under Old Olory." They Worked Kurd and Steadily. Altoona Tribune: "The men who stand at the head of their callings today weren't particular to what sort of work they were put In the 'beginning, il iln't grumble about their wages und put In full time." A Serious Difficulty. Chicago Tribune: "There Is only one troublo with Mrs. lltiUlngton HooUi'a pre Ecrlplion of a strong-minded husband for tho ci-re of the new woman habit. No new woman can get it filled." Time to Withdmw. Chicago Dispatch: "Lieutenant Peary has suecended in spending two summer vacations In an ideiil summer resort at pubi' c expense. Now he should be satis fled to quit." Wants to Take It Out of Hock. Chicago Dispatch: "The impecunious young man Is beginning to take quits an hrterest In the overcoat on which his uncle hus tnken quite an interest since last win ter." Truo in This State, Also. Buffalo News: "Judicious action, con stunt vigilance and hun I work will cslve the Republicans a grund victory at the polls." How He May Kedccra Himself. Philadelphia 'Item: "We will forgive Dunraven much if he doesn't put down his Impression of us In a book. Is this The Tribune? Yes, sir. WIJJ you make an announcment? Who's talking? This is Snyder the court crier. Please spea k a lit We louder, Mr. der. Your voce Bounds weak. All right! Now can you hear ye Sny - me? Yes. vvnat as it i We expeot toi have a little musicals up at the court houje tonight and want to announce the aoloists. Who are they? Well. Dr. Lcwry is one. What wiW he slnut? "The Heart Bowed Down!" Z-s-s-hlng! Hello, Mr. Statesman! Hello! Can. you be secured for a leoture on the 31st? I am afra'd not. What's the matter? My voice hus fulled. How is that? Why you see, I occupied the floor at the councils last night and spoke against the nefarious night lunch wagons Yes. And in order to stimulate my eloquence I braced up on the South Side elixir, "corn beer." Well, thut should not hurt you. No. It's a temperance drink, but you see, so much corn Juice naturally makes oni husky. ii-x-x-Ung! Exchange, connect me with the meat box, please. Heiio! Is that Mr. Botts? You bet. Where la Billy Barn'e? In New York on buslines for the club. Signing players? No. ilitying quinine. Quinine? Yes. We propose. If we stay In business, to have a sulllcient quantity on hand next year to enable us to cope with the ague that Invariably attacks players the mo ment they don Scranton uniforms, . Z-s-s-Mng! F AT Hill Sc ConnelTs. 131 MO 133 WASHINGTON AVE Ob The Best ol Them All la the ZERO Porch Chairs and Rockers, Fins Reed Chairs and Rockers, A Fftw Baby Carriages Left at Cost Cedar Chests, Bfoth Prooi; In Three Sizes. Hill & Connell, WIS Stocks, Bonds ; and Grain " Bought and sold on New York Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade, either for cash or on margin. WM. LINN ALLEN & CO, 412 8pruoe Street UCL STOCKS I SPECIALTY. sra URHITURE leiepnone auu HI CHAMBER SETS The Antique Shape, our own Im portation, In four different colors and decorations. 12 pieces: 1 Large Ewer. 1 Covered 1 Basin, 1 Covered Jar, 1 Small Ewer, 1 Covered Soap, 1 Mug, 1 Brush Vase. See Them in Our Show Window. THE ') I bllVI.ll, LIMITED. 422 UCKrWAHNI .VENUE. NEW LINE OF FOOT BALLS Also Big Stock of Guns, Revolvers and Ammunition. C. M. FLOREY 222 Wyoming Ave. UP IN ARMS. always Implies eioltemont, and In this case thore'a a howling tlmo over it. This uproar, though, Isn't cirenmatanca to the hubbub that'a bees provoked by our aalo of FALL HATS. CONRAD, Uckaianaa Ave. THAT WONDERFUL Tsee fc lemnd amy a ws wisin Call Aid eeetbeee Pianos, and boom taesse-cmd-band Flaaos we have takes la eehaage far them. W pwme0 M4 L.il..,iil L..J I I.If.A Wfo." Ave. tin's 1 ill PaMOS Bm Store Closed Saturday, UNTIL 6 P. M., On Account of Holiday. When we open up for the evening all those who could not attend our Tenth Fall Opening upon Thursday, Sept. 26th, are cordially invited to come and see our Grand Display of Fall and Winter Novelties. Our decorators have been instructed to leave up all the dis tinguishing features that marked this great event, so that those who missed it upon Thursday evening can see the Bazaar in its same attire upon Saturday even ing. The only difference being that we will transact business, as usual. ' SPECIAL CLOSING OUT SALE OF EDWIN C. BURT & CO.'S FINE SHOES. W bre decidod to cloae out this entira look of Fin. giiose and Slipper. At actUAl coat. Tliesa Shoes are all in perfect condition no , old atrln or shelf worn food. This It rrt Ptortunity or obtaining the bis best grAde jutwir At th prices utualljr paid for ordl .ry Shoes. Call and examine them while the ijck iacomuleta. 1LIMITED.1 CORNER liCKL tNO JEFFERSON IVES. WILLIAM S. MILLAR, Alderman 8th Ward, Scranton. 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