THE SCBANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY MORNTNG, OCTOBER 14, 1895. Hall aa4 Wwkl7. Ko Booday Milton. ablkhsa at Betantaa. r-, by Tha Tnsoas Fob Ikhlat Oampany. Taw Tork OOot: TrUraaa auUdlaf, Frank a any, Maaafar. g. P. RINBUIir. Pmn. am l Ma I. M. ftlPPlt, tia-v Ymm. LIVV . niCNARD, Inm. W. W. DAVIS. Iui Mtnut. W. W. VOUNOa. n itn'k ISTaaBD AT Tut POVromoa AT SflRaMTOa'. Va.. BlgOSD-ClAeS V4U. HATTla, PrtBtMrn1 Ink." Iks rccognteed Jwrnal tor ad w Umi. ratta TaaKcaAMvoM tibum tht bt advancing medium lu tiartseaalara raonaylva. Hi, Trlalus Ink" know. tun Wiuu Taiatma, Iwnrd Krtry Saturday, Cantatas Twilre HaiidKm4 Pacta, witn an Abun danca of Nawa, Fiction, ana Walk-Calm! Ntooal lanr. For TbaM M ho Cannot lakr Thb Daily Tbibcnc, the Wtaaly la KocommeiiJod a Ih Baal Barcaia Uolnf . Only l a Var, la AdTaaca. Tn Tuni It tor Bale Pally at tht D., L. and W. Station at Uubokan. SCHtlAIXTaX, OCTOBER 14, 1S93. REHI BLICAN STATE TICKET. For Judges of the Superior Court: CHARLES E. RICE, of Luzerne. K. N. WIL.LARU. of Ickuwanna. HOWARD J KEKOER. of Northampton. JAMKS A. REAVER, of Center. JOHN J. WICK HAM. of BEAVER. GEORGE B. ORLADY. of Huntinudon. For Stnto Trcosnrer: BENJAMIN J. HAYWOOD, of Mercer. REPUBLICAN COIXTY TICKET. For Coroner. SAMTTEIj p. lonqstreet, m. d.. of Bcranton, For Surveyor. EDMtTXD A. BARTL, of Seranton. Election day. Nov. 5. If you want to see a good job of cal somlnlng done neatly and with de spatch, kind of keep an eye on the revenue aflloe. A monstrous Position. The 'New Tork Sun of yesterday con tained an editorial which should be read by every American. It seems that a Mr. Watklns, of Albany, recent ly wrote to Attorney General Harmon a lebter Inquiring If Americans might lawfully express In public meetings their sympathy with the patriots of Cuba. The attorney general, In his re ply, while forced to admit the absence of any law to prevent such meetings, went out of his way to nay that "Inas much as we are at peace with Spain and have a treaty with her, It behooves nil American citizens who have respect for the laws and obligations of their country, and regard for Its honor, to be neutral In word as well as in deed." The attorney general added: "Taking such action as you mention In your letter (1. e., holding a public meeting) would, in my Judgment, be discourteous In the highest degree to a friendly power, and tend to embarrass and ob struct the government of the Un-lted States." Concerning this monstrous proposi tion the Sun properly says: "It ap pears, then, if we are to receive with anything but amazement and contempt this dictum of the attorney general, that It Is the duty of an American citi zen, when he beholds another people following the example of his fathers and struggling for independence, to be neutral even In word, and stifle every expression of good will, lest he seem discourteous to the oppressor and ob struct or embarrass his own govern ment, which turns a deaf ear to the cry of the oppressed. Such a doctrine could only be preached by a man gross ly Ignorant of our own republic's obli gations, and blind to the Innumerable precedents which redound to the honor of our people. What would have be come of ua In the revolutionary war had this base doctrine been acted on at Versailles, and had the voice of Lafayette and hla fellow enthusiasts "been smothered before they evoked a storm of sympathy that swept even a despotic government Into alliance with the thirteen colonies! We were at peace, and we had treaties with France In 1789, but what would Jefferson have said to the assertion that Americans ought to seal their lips when Frenchmen strove In their turn to grasp the liberty which they had helped us to attain! We were at peace with Spain, and we had treaties with her when. Ttufus King, from his post of minister In England, urged Alexander Hamilton to arouse the American people to undertake the deliverance of the Spanish-American communities. Again, we were at peace with Spain, and we had treaties with her In March, 1822, when President Monroe sent his memorable message to congress, advising that we should recognize the Independence of the in surgents In many Spanish-American countries. We were at peace with Austria and with all the German and Italian governments In 1848; but what would then have teen thought of At torney General Harmon's doctrine, which would have forbidden us to ut ter, as we did utter In public meetings and through the press, our unanimous and ardent sympathy with the Ger man, Italian, and Hungarian revolu tionists! - "Attorney General (Harmon has dls graced himself, and he has disgraced the Cleveland administration by the letter In which he seeks to gag the In stinctive . fellow feeling of Americans for other peoples combating for liberty. Are we to heed the detestable Injunc tion to be neutral even tn word, when our neighbors, galled by Intolerable tyranny, are lighting fhe good fight for freedom? If we were capable of such neutrality we could not read, our fa thers' record without a flush of shame." Dare the Cleveland administration stand by this Insufferable Impudence of one of its cabinet members? ' There Is nothing In common between this nation and Spain. There 4s much In common between It ' and Cuba. On the one hand is oppression, long abuse of power, perfidy and false, conduction the other, an honest uprising for In aUenable rights. It Is & thin kind of International law which would silence the ofnbiat voice of the parent Ameri can republic's sympathy when a neigh boring people follow our own fore fathers' example of revolting In behalf of liberty. The opinion of Judge Simonton, of the Dauphin county court, that the restric tive provision of the Superior court law Is unconstitutional Is simply a prelim inary judgment the intrinsic value of which is moderated by the fact that Judge MoFherson, his colleague, a jur ist of equal rank and reputation, holds to the contrary view. 'By appeal the issue will next be taken to the Su preme court, where after seemly leisure It will be settled authoritatively. We do not modify our original prediction that the act will be sustained In every particular. The Jocular View. The probability Is that the veteran Murat Halstead is merely endeavorlns to have fun with the youngsters when he writes to the Chicago Times-Herald: I nm opposed to the shortening of the period of the presidential canvass. 1 think the lone campaigns ure eminently useful; that they nre educationally Important; thut the country needs stlirlnn up from top to bottom and end to end; that the ex citement Is wholesome; that the recrea tion Is valuable. I lo not want your calm, perfunctory performances. A long enm paiim Klves time to huut down und burn up lies: Klves time for the organisation and discipline of the people; gives the newspapers a chance to Increase circula tion: gives the common voters opportun ity for cultivating a sense of responsibil ity, for sizing up the nation's orators anil comparing and correcting their statistical errors and doctrinal misapplications, "hp fatigue of public men U complained or. but 1 do not sympathize with them. If they do not like the conditions of public llfo let them abandon it and amuse them selves with another Industry. As tor money expense, perhaps the true way of reform Is to make elections more expen sive. There Is one change In presidential elections that might be of general utility. It Is to mako tho presidential terms coin cide with those of congress two years and popularly make a president Ineligible to a second term. That would stop t'.io nonsense about "rulers" and over-grown great men. Our presidential system Is calculated to swell individuality Inordi nately. Cut the presidential term to two vears, and th campaigns will adjust themselves, and what they lack In length will be made up In frequency. The 'having of "fun" Is all right with in reason; certainly nobody wants to curtail the amusement of the esteemed field marshal of Brooklyn, who relishes a political ccrlmmage like some men relish a .huckleberry pudding. But It will be remembered that the stone throwing which the boys on the pond bank thought excellent fun seemed to the pelted bullfrogs In the water very much like cruelty to animals. iBrother Halstead should bear In mind that It Isn't every American citizen who pos sesses his advantageous colgne of a newspaper with a circulation to boom, or a fortunate perch whence the raging battle may be viewed In freedom from any suggestion of personal discomfort. The doubling of the time spent In presidential politics would constitute a misfortune to the business Interests of the country greater than the combined ravages of all the famines, pestilences and wars since ours became a govern ment. The real need of the hour Is a safe method to divorce the male Amer ican's mind from its unwholesome In fatuation for politics. With Its issue of yesterday the Sun day Free Press passed from the man aging editorship of Air. E. J. Lyr.ett to that of (Mr. Richard J. Beamish. Mr. Beamish Is a Journalist of experience and versatility, whose witty and caus tic pen will be known to advantgae In the editorial columns of our contem porary. Sentimentallsm. The language recently used by Con gressman William E. Mason, of Chica go, when he addressed an audience of 10,000 Americans gathered to express their sympathy with the struggles Jf the Cuban patriots for liberty, Is worthy of repetition. Said he: Here is this little island of Cuba lying on our front doorstep within ten hours of our coast, and for years and years has the Spaniard eaten the bread of the Cu ban's efforts. Time after time they have fought for their liberty. Five or six times at least this government has turned Its back upon Cuba, and now, when again they are In the midst of a conflict for lib erty, do not talk about international law. International law! I can find a precedent for every crime that was ever committed by a nation in International law. Interna tional lnw, Mr. Chairman we can make and nnmakn International law In this country. The distinguished statesmen who oppose helping Cuba say that we nre sentimentalists. Let me say to yon that sentiment moves the world. Sentiment wrote the declaration of Independence. Sentiment threw thn tea Into the Boston harbor. Sentiment led our men all the way from Bunker Hill and kept their courage up in the bloody scenes of Valley Forge. Sentiment freed a million slaves In our country. Sentiment followed 'he rinH rv frei r-nelon irc the fre-flom-swApt height of lookout mountain to the wilds of Appomattox. Iam proud to ,e celled a sentimentalist. If that Is sen timent. If thn love of liberty Is sentiment let us not be ashamed of It. Despite these words, which there !b conclusive reason to believe voice tho opinion of ninety-nine out of every 100 educated Americans, It does not ap pear that our state department has given any consideration whatever to the question of Its duty toward Cuba. If any consideration has been exhibited, It has been behind closed doors and un der the seal of secresy. The unofficial public has been efford'ed no hint or clew. Newspaper report has credited Secretary Olney with a variety of In tentions, some patriotic, some pusilla nimous; but he has neither affirmed nor denied yiem. In the face of keen and eager popular Interest In and ardent sympathy for the cause of the Cuban revolutionists, who re fighting over much the same battle yi their smaller soil that our grandparents fought, nearly a century and a quarter ago, when they threw off the oppressive yoke of King George, the state department at Washlng t6n remains to all appearances abso lutely dumb, giving back In response to the public's proper inquiry only the scant courtesy of silence. . In the light of Its recent record In the Hawaiian episode, this seeming Indif ference to public opinion is perhaps not surprising; but It offers justification for the Inquiry whether it be not high time for the Intelligent sentiment of the na tion, without reference to party lines, to unite In a demand for the formu lation and observance, In our state de partment, whatever the administra tion's partisan complexion, of & clearly defined, unwavering and straightfor ward foreign policy, which will be as sacred a trust to Democrats as Jio Re publicans because a paramount one of virile Americanism, When the news shall co forth to foreign capitals that the American people, outgrowing child ish party prejudices, have by common consent agreed to exact of all their ex ecutives the Arm maintenance. In af fairs of diplomacy, of a policy of un compromising adherence to the grand traditions of the Republic's founders of dignified but Inexorable Insistence upon the observance by all nations of American privileges and rights, and of equally resolute sympathy for the as pirations of less fortunate neighbors for the liberties that we enjoy It needs but little of the prophetic Instinct to as sure one that the respect now often withheld from the Stars and Stripes or from the men and women who own that as their national symbol, will be at once forthcoming. If this be sentimentallsm, let the am phibians at Washington make the most of It. On Friday last the Buffalo Evening News celebrated Its fifteenth anniver sary, by modestly felicitating Itself upon Its phenomenal but deserved suc cess. The 'News Is a dally monument to the bralr.a. pluck and peraeverence of that gifted former Scrantonlan. Ed ward II. Butler, and The Tribune takes genuine pleasure In noting Its steadily growing prosperity. The calm second thought with refer ence to Lord Sackville's book will doubtless be that while Its author may not be a model of discretion, he has made out a stronger case against Mr. Hayard than would, a fortnight ago, have been thought possible. One of the handsomest newspaper Is sues we have recently been privileged to examine Is the Rochester Herald's "City of Flowers" edition, the work manship upon which reflects generous credit upon Its enterprising compilers and publishers. Sackvllle-West Is evidently a coward as well as a cad, else he would not have attacked Mr. Bayard In a book limited to "private circulation." COMMENT OF THE PRESS. Equal to All Demands. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: "The ab sence of Webster and Calhouns, Clays and Bentons, does not mean that our statesmanship has deteriorated so. much as it means thut the chances of distinction have been reduced by the aggregate In crease of ability. There has been a steady rising of the masses in mental develop, nitnt, and this fact Is reflected in the equipment of cur ipu'blic men. If we havo no political leaders to whom we pay hom age with 'the feeling that they were born to rule over us. we may congratulate our selves that we have outlived the neces sity for them, or the excuse for tolerating them. It is quite certain that our affairs are as well managed, all things consid ered, as they ever were, and the conclu sion must be that 'the prevailing measure of ability is equal to all demands." A Thin Kind of Trick. rittston Item: "The method of 'get ting even' by preferring charges against political enemies and by threatening in vestigations which are not Intended to in vestigate, but only to discredit, is becom ing a fashionable Industry nowadays among professional bosses, boodle coun cilman, und shyster lawyers. The cor rupt tricksters who fancy that they can burnish their own tarnished reputations by assailing the characters of honest men, presume a good deal upon the credulity of the people, and know through experience the ease with which such crafty tactics produce a present effect, temporary though It be. This is all they seek, and when they have accompllFhcd their ends, they laugh at the way they have fooled the people." Nickname as Arguments. Chicago Times-Herald: "Goo-goo Is the latest political nickname. Naturally It comes from "New York, where it Is applied to a class of persons, or a party, whose object is good government, without re spect to political affiliation. These people are goo-gooe. Those who oppose them think that they are pigeon-hearted and lack gall that they are lily-livered and not to be catalogued among virile men. This in New York's way, and. In truth, is the general way. When argument cannot be met with argument It can be met with abuse, and when logic Is unanswerable it is easy, to thrown mud by way of a few nicknames. It doesn't answer, but It suits the multitude." Thinks tho War Ended. Washington Post: ."We do not know of any ex-confederate who does not fully, and with every evidence of sincerity, ac cept the decision of the tribunal to which the dispute between the sections was re ferred in 18M. The question at Issue was the alleged right of secession. It was un open question from the adoption of the constitution until "the end of our great war. The confederates gave abundant proof of their incerlty In staking their all on tho issue." The Reason of the Difference. Tunkhannock New Age: "In a court room a lawyer may call a witness a liar, scoundrel, villain or a thief and no. one makes complaint when the court adjourns, but If a newspaper prints such a re flection on a man's character there Is a libel suit, or, perhaps, a deud editor. This Is owlnir to tho fact that the people believe what the editor says." Must Not Forpct the People. Plttston Item: "'Whether this Is the bosses' year or not will depend a good deal upon how the bosses boss,' says the rJeranton Tribune, yulte true; and It is well for tho bosses to keep thin fact In mind, for the people, tho bosses' bosses, sometimes find It necessary to set the bosses asido and boss the Job themselves." Tho Mole Yankee's Chance. Chicago Record: "The American young man should wait for the law of compen sation to get In lis work. After the Amer ican heiresses have all become duchesses and iHHin Impoverished 'by their lords nnd masters their titled daughters will take to marrying rich young American men." There's Too Mnob Low-Making. Chicago Times-Herald: "The people of America, harassed by all the forms of leg islative folly, may well pray the Lord to so turn the hearts of their governors, sen ators and representatives thut in time they may give us fewer laws and help us better to enforce those which we have." Sympathy for a Sportsman. Rlnghnmton Herald: "It Is announced that next week Mr. Cleveland will sus pend fishing and return to Washington, This Is really too bad. Wo had hopeij that he would have a real good chance to fish As long as he liked." He Ought to Know. Washington Star: "Max O'Roll says that the American nubile -!s too good natured nnd long-suffering. Thero !s no one better qualified to gather opinions of t-h's description than a profcss'onal lec turer." They're Missing on Opportnnltj Washington Post: "The engineers who threw the harness on Niagara falls ought to be able to make a nice thing out of Jim Corbett's portable flow of language." Preserving the llslsnee. Chicago Times - Herald: "The short bathing suits of July and Augurt very frequently result In lonn-flruwn-out di vorce milts in October and November." Poffer on the Warpath. Wnsli.Inffton Port: "With a cloudburst and a I u nab u rat in Ksncas it look as If the Peffer boom were making some head way." ,0. . The Requisite Kemody. Washington Post: "A sure cure for bosafwm; give the ether fellow the of fice." , . . Properly Deslsnstsd. Chicago News: "Turkey may properly be regarded as the Spain of the orient,'! TOLD BY THE STARS. Dally Horoscope Drawa by AJseohn. The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabe cast: 1.48 a. m., for Monday, Oct. M. 189S. A child born on this day will be glad that Willie Burke got out of bad company be fore he became too corrupt to tell his story. Between Food Inspector Thomas and Street Commissioner Kinsley the life of the Individual who "sella banan" In the push cart, is anything but pleasant In this country a bad man Is not so bad after all, unless he is brought before the righ't kind of a jury. It seems fitting that Scran ton's vege table market houkl be placed near the seed bureau. Ajacchns' Advico. Politicians transacting business In glass houses will do well to keep the patronage lunch counter always open. The man with a cap that slops over ot the frontier should remember thut fall style derbys are now in. A Komanue of Today. "Do you thCnk Harold really loves you?" said one girl. "I am sure of it," replied the other, rap turously. "He risks his life twice a week to sea me." "How?" "He has to pas a grade crossing every time he cornea to see me." F FALL OF 1895. Hiil&Connell MAKERS AND DEALERS, I3I AN3 I33 N. WASHINGTON AVENUE. Tho Largest Stock of Flue aud Me dium Furniture ever displayed in Bcranton; all arranged on our Seven Floors, so as to be easily inspected. Our method la to sell every article at a small profit, and ono price, all goods be ing marked In plain figures, thus making our establishment a safe place for pur chasers. All Are Cordially Invited to Visit Our Warerooms. HILL & GONNELL, I3IAND I33N. WASHINGTON AVE. Fine Stationery Blank Books, Office Supplies. EDISON'S MIMEOGRAPH And buppllM, TYPE WRITERS' SUPPLIES IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. REYNOLDS BROS., Statlonsrs and Engravers, 3I7 LACKAWANNA AVE. SPECIAL CLOSING OUT SALE OF EDWIN C. BURT & CO.'S FINE SHOES. Wo hare decided to close out this entire stock of Kino Huoes and Slippers nt actual erst. These Hbnes are all in perfect condition no old styles or shelf worn Roods. This Is a rare opportunity of obtaining the highest (mile Footwur at the prlcoa uiually paid for ordl nary Bboes. Call and examine luein while the stock iscomu'.ete. ' LIMITED.) 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