TIIE SCRANTON TRIBUNE -FlilD AY MORNING, OCTOBER 18. 1893. Cjje cranfon ri8une Bauy aad Weekly. Ko Bandar Edluoa. hMkkid at ennton, P . by The Tribune Fob- UBaiaf iwiyn) sr: TilbOD Bu Ony, Manege. Uahlu ftaiMlff. "ew Tee OCBor: TrlbiiDe Building. Frank a C. P. RIHtttiOHY. Pan. a. Oea'a Mea, I. N. NIPPLI, to-T mb Tmm tIVY B. MICMAMO, IntM W. W. DAVIS. ! Muhhii. W. W. VOUHQ. Am Mam'. ejrflBlD AT TBI POSTOmOl AT SCWANTOJI, s, A aOOBD-OLASt etaUi If ATTIA. Frlntera' In. the recognised Journal Ibf adrer lawn, rmtM Tms 8cbamtor Tiuiu lh ti edrerllsloi medium Is NorlbMatera reonaylYa. nla. -J'tlnl' luk" know. Tac Wiult TaiBCN. lamed Erery Saturday, Contains Twelve Haueeenie Pages, with aa Abun dance of News, Fiction, aad Well-EUlteU Miscel lany. For ThaM Who Cannot Take Tna Daily TKiatTMB, in. Weakly It Hximnieniled aa Uia Bail Bargain doing. Only $1 a Year, la Advanca. In Tan UK It nr Salt rally at tha D, U and W. Walton al Hvookea. SCRANTON. OCTOBER. IS, 1S95. KEWIUUCAV STATE TICKET. For Judge of the Superior Court: CHARLES E. RICE, of Luaerne. K. N. WILLARH. of Uu-kawnnna. HOWARD J KKKPKR, of Northampton. JAMKS A. RKAVKK. of Center. JOHN J. WICKHAM. of UKAV r.R. GEORGE B. ORLADY. of Huntingdon. For State Treasurer: BENJAMIN J. HAYWOOD, of Mercer. REPl UUCAX COUNTY TICKET. Vor Coroner. SAMT'Et, P. LONGSTREET. M. of Scranton. For Surveyor. EDMUND A. BARTI of Scranton. Election day. Nov. 5. 'Are we to understand that the honor able William Burke refuses to play In the government's back yard? The Supreme Court's Decision. The decision of the Supreme court affirming the constitutionality of the act creating the Superior court, there by reversing the recent decision of Judge Slmonton, ends a contention which, although originally needless, nevertheless threatened to become con fusing. It will be seen by a perusal of the abstract of Justice Dean's opinion for the majority, printed on our first page, that the court of ultimate ap peal holds to the common sense of the Issue, by deciding that the existence of authorized precedents for restricted voting as In the case of justices of the Supreme court, and in that of county commissioners affords adequate room for the application of this principle to another class of offices, similar In name to and In spirit a part of the Supreme court Itself. "In the cases specified," says Justice Dean, "the constitution is mandatory; It says 'to the legislature in enumerat ing them, 'Thou shalt presorlbe the lim ited voting plan.' In the cases not enumerated, it is discretionary." This is so obviously a. deduction of logic as well aa a dictum of common sense that we confess to a sense of surprise at the dlnsefrtof Chief Justice Sterrett and Justice "Williams. Every consideration of fairness entitles the Democrats of Pennsylvania to minority representa tion on the new bench, a representation which would have been summarily de nied had the provision tot limited vot ing been declared unconstitutional. The outcome) Is a natural, rational and happy ending of a lively but In our Judgment a wholly gratuitous conten- t,on' . ' ' In view of Mr. George F. Hadley's good Intentions we forgive him for calling Soranton, in a Newark paper, a "little mountain city," but In the name of Scrarvton'i 120,000 population, don't do It again. A Rlghteoui Ruling. ' , An Incident which happened in Wash ington shortly before the retirement of General Sohofleld has occasioned wide spread comment. A retired army of ficer, Captain Armes, sent to the acting secretary of war, who at the moment, wa General Schoflcld, a letter bitter ly complaining of that gentleman's of ficial conduct. Availing himself of his authority as general of the army, Gen eral Sohofleld ordered the captain's ar rest and Impetuously sentenced him to a term of Imprisonment. On appeal to the civil authorities the case came be fore Judge Bradley, of the District of Columbia Supreme court, who ordered Captain Armes' release, accompanying that order with a vigorous rebuke for General Schofleld's hasty action, which he pronounced Illogical, unfair, arbi trary and tyrannical, An attempt has been made by the war department authorities to defend General Schofleld's hastiness by means of the plea that It was necessary for the proper maintenance of military dis cipline. The Philadelphia Times very singularly lends Its columns to the dis semination of this fallacy, and covers Its lack of a case with profuse abuse of tArmes. A much fairer attitude Is assumed by the , impartial Chicago Times-Herald, which contends that "no technicality of military or civil pro cedure can Justify deprivation of lib erty without accusation made accord ing to settled method, and no method can be considered settled In a free country that makes a single individual or any number of Individuals-in time of peace possessor of absolute -powers Intolerable even during the suspension of habeas corpus." It also replies to the suggestion that this case be ap pealed to the highest courts by saying: "Let it be settled once for all whether or not an army officer of any-degree or the acting secretary of war or the regular secretary of war can apply mili tary despotism to Americans, even un worthy ones, in time of peace, and send out let t res de cachet at their discretion to gather personal enemies into prison." It Is a well-known fact that military men are more liable than any other class to become Intoxicated with au thority, and to substitute personal pre judice or vanity for fair and honest judgment.' The establishment of a pre cedent in this country which would give to them the opportunity to lord It over civilians, or even over subor dinates in the service as the military does In many foreign countries would be most unfortunate. Judge Bradley Is to 'be commended for his earnestness In behulf of Justice. This Is not the first time that he has stood between the rights of the people and the ar rogance of Washington officialism. The weight of otllclul dignity which Colonel Cohiultt, the revenue depart ment special agent. Is forced to sus tain by reason of his connection with the government, will doubtless be light ened for a tkme by the farolal adjourn ment of the Herring hearing, lllc Jacet Hurke! Third-Term Talk. Mr.' William E. Curtis, one of the ablest and most conservative gentlemen connected with 'the American press he whoso letters from Japan and China to the Chicago Record have proved so Interesting Is now studying the public pulse of New York city, with an eye to its political symptoms. All of his letters which collate the results are ex tremely readable, and some of them are really Important. Mr. Curtis, for ex ample, finds that the "amount of third term feeling that exists in New York Is amazing, president Cleveland seems to be the only man In the Democratic party, and although there is general dissatisfaction wlfh the financial and foreign policies of the administration, the same people who condemn them predict that he will be the next candi date for president." He adds: I sat the other day In a business house which Is very prominent In the South American traile, and where all the live partners are Democrats, some of whom have been very active in polities. They condemned the administration for revok ing the reciprocity treaties, for prevent ing the annexation of the Hawaiian Isl ands, for permitting Ureal Hrttuin to blackmail Nicaragua, for not Interfering In the Cuban revolution and the Vene zuela boundary dispute, for enforcing the pavment of the Mora claim, for permit ting Chile to get the better of us In the re cent claims commission, and for almost everything else that has been done or omitted in our foreign relations, and de clared the Cleveland administration had done more to Injure our foreign trade than vears of careful cultivation could correct. Then when we began to talk of the fu ture every one of them declared his belief that the president would be nominated for a third term and would be the strong est candidate the Democrats could offer to the countrv. Nor Is this an excep tional instance, You hear the same talk everywhere at the hotels, at the clubs and restaurants, in the banks and brokers' offices and wherever men who talk politics gather together. Mr. Curtis talked with a "very prom inent Democratic Senator," name natur ally withheld, who said: Mr. Cleveland is by far the strongest man In the Democratic party today, al though a majority of the politicians are against him. He has succeeded in secur ing the confidence of the people to a de gree that has been enjoyed by no presi dent since Abraham Lincoln; and, ul though his present administration has been marked by a succession of Inexcus able blunders, the public charges them to his subordinates and to the leaders of the party in congress rather than to him. Poor Gresham has gone to his grave with the odium of mistakes in our foreign policv, when the president Is responsible for the whole business. Secretary Car lisle Is blamed for the financial blunders that have been made, whereas he has never signed a letter of any Importance without first showing It to the president. The blame for the failure to carry out the free trade pollry of the Democratic parly has been laid upon Gorman and other Democratic senators, when everybody knows that the bill they supported In tho senate was Vrepared at the treasury de partment and the president was consulted about every paragraph. When he thought It was going to be an unpopular measure he kicked It In the stomach and in the face, and threw It over Into their side of tho yard, but he had Just as much to say nhout Its preparation as they did. Score tary Olney Is the man who stool up dur ing the railroad strike against the advice of the rest of the president's advisers and carried through the policy that T.amont, Oresham and Carlisle feared would make him verv unpopular among the working people. If It had turned out that wayOlnny would have been condemned and perhnos kicked out of the cabinet, hut the public, and even the strikers themelves. sow that the government was right, and It has turned out to be one of the most popular Incidents of the administration. The presi dent geta all the credit. And for the same renj-nn he is going to be nominated for a third term. It is his manifest destiny. The Democratic senator credits Mr. Cleveland with being the favorite of "dumb luck " and, really, when the de tails of tils phenomenal career are re viewed, this seems to come as near to a rational explanation of his success as anything. There Is very little doubt In our mind that If iMr. Cleveland does not expllclty and peremptorily decline to permit such a use of his name by the next Democratic national conven tion, he will be a fourth time nominated for a third presidency. We do not think that he could be a third time elected, tout the nomination for a third term Is within his grasp. Does he want the honor? That, the future must decide. The present fact is that he Is In his own personality and following about all that's worth mentioning of the Democratic party. Correspondent Curtis, of the Chicago Record, confirms an opinion yesterday expressed on this page, when he writes from New York: "General Harrison would be gratified to know the Tespect and confidence that Is felt for him and the thorough indorsement that Is given his administration by business men of all shades of political opinion and pref erence.. While the politicians of New York as well as elsewhere would be likely to oppose his nomination with all their vigor, the business men could not be better satisfied with the selec tion of any other candidate." General Harrison may not be nominated next year, but 1t Is unwise to conclude that he Is no longer a considerable factor in presidential politics. ' One of the comical features of the po litical situation is the frantic endeavor of the .Democrat lo organs to explain away the growing treasury deficit In a manner consistent with their theory of Democratic fitness for federal of fice." It does not succeed, of course, but Just the same it Is very amusing. It is a circumstance of noteworthy Interest that very few pledges of politi cal reform are being taken, these days, by the Democrats. We do not call to mind a single stats -wherein tbt Demo- cratlo campaign rests upon a moral principle or represents an advanced Idea. Flgures quoted at the recent State Poor Directors' convention show that pauperism Is decreasing, but the de crease l slow. In 1870 there were in the United State 1.9S8 paupers to every 1.000.000 Inhabitants; in 18S3. the ratio had dwindled to 1,320 per million and in 1S!)0 It was only 1,166. It is significant, though, that this decrease applies al most wholly to the 'North Atlantic stuites, where there has been systema tic and intelligent effort to cope with the problem. 'Pauperism docs not cure Itself. Wall street's admiration for Mr. Cleveland, as expressed In interviews urging his renomlnation, Is a welcome refutation of the theory that Wall street Is devoid of gratitude. Wall street owes more to Cleveland than to any other president since the govern ment was founded. The original rainbow chaser of Amer ican politics, lion Manuel Dickinson, has reached Washington with the In formation that New York and Ken tucky are sure to go Democratic next month, while Ohio Is doubtful. This muy be said to clinch the prospects of Republican triumph In each state. The announcement that President Cleveland does not fool Bafe while trav eling unless he is accompanied by u force of detectives Is a striking com mentary mwn 'the uncomplimentary numerousness of the great American crank. There Is no legitimate ground for complaint because Governor Hastings, in making appointments, declines to forget his friends. If a man jnay not trust his friends In preference to his enomics. what Is the use of having friends? There Is-n't a particle of doubt that Uncle Sam Is Cuba's dog in the manger. Once let our government do the grace ful thing and the other American re publics will tumble over each other In their eagerness to follow suit. - i Senator Gorman Is saving Maryland by raising the race issue. If he suc ceeds In retaining his grip, It will be by the sheer force of the white Demo cracy's Inherent prejudice against the negro. Tho United States of America is In honor bound to extend all the help to a neighboring people struggling for free dom that is consistent with Internation al comity. It should never be a lag gard in behalf of the oppressed. The quicker the pettifogger and the blackmailer are denied in this state the legal opportunity to harass legitimate enterprise, the better It will be for all respectable Interests. lAmend the libel la'W. The PfcTladelphla Record calls the Su perior court the "Thousand Dollar Court of Appeals." The Record Is com ing pretty close to contempt of court. Residents of Luezrne county who want an unanimously partisan bench will make no mistake In voting for Judicial Candidate McLean. Visiting urban slums under the escort of policemen will probably not soon re sult In the reclamation of society's un der half. LIBEL LAW ItbTOltM. The vigorous letter sent by the esteemed editor of the Truth to be read at the re cent meeting of the committee of the Pennsylvania Kdltorial association ap pointed to draft a bill amending the pres ent lop-sldcd libel law In this state states the facts in the proper fashion. Mr. Bar rett wrote thus: "i am profoundly Im pressed with the belief that It is high time that the editors and publishers of this state who are ever so ready to advocate the passage of laws for the benefit of their fellow-citizens, did something to wipe from the statute books of the stutc the dis graceful, blackmailing law, which makes it possible for every rogue to draw a halter around the neck of every honest cultor In the commonwealth, and the greater the rogue and the more honest the editor tho tighter the squeeze of the halter." After commending tho libel laws of Min nesota and Illinois and suggesting they lie compared with each other and with the Pennsylvania state constitution to the end that un act might h' proposed and care fully considered, in -lime for presentation nt the next session of the legislature, Mr. Hnrrett says: "There Is plenty of time to do this, and probably to Improve on th laws I vhave named and to frame a hill that would meet the approval of the edito rial fraternity of Pennsylvania and enlist Its co-operation for tho pnesage of an act that would protect the honest Interests of publishers and the public alike. We do not ask for too much; nt the same t'me we have rights lis men and property owners which are entitled to the protection ac corded to the commonest ehntteis In the commonwealth. 13 very man's house Is his rastle, salth the ndnge. but every man's newspnper. nt least In Pennsylvania, nviy lie the properly of the lilsi-kmal'er, who Is versed In the subl'e sclenc of buylnif a Jury. It Is against this evil tl'at the new low should he directed, and 1 trust Pint your wl"- deliberation will rsult In lift ing the llhpl lows of Pennylvanla nliove the rerrn!' of being tho very worst In tho Ur.Ped States." COMMENT OF TIIE PRESS. Itocan't Wnm tho VVhinPlitT-T'rst. Washington Star: "It Is no light matter to suggest, In these days of advancement, a return to a method1 of public discipline that was practically nbun Inned score if years ago. The whipping-post question represents a erltlfil stage In government. To abandon It Is to acknowledge Its Inef ficiency as a means of checking th? ten dency to evil-doing, while to re-establish the Institution after a period of years would Indicate n failure of the more mod ern methods of punishment. The Star does not accent as demonstrated the totnl Inefficiency of the now-nrovlded means of enforcing the laws. It does not agree that those means nre Inadequate, or that the Increase of crime due undoubtedly to the results of the Increasing ponulntion In large cities can be attributed to n lack of effective reformatory measures .There may lie. It Is true, a large class of men and women In the community whose char acters are such an to maka the jail Invit ing, who prefer what more sensllivn minds regard as dlsgrnee to the wretched life of liberty their poverty provides. To such, n whlpplng-post might art as deterrent, hut the history of human nntura does not augur well for that conclusion. To re-establish the whlpplng-post would be to aeo knowledge that modern Ingenuity Is In competent 'to battle with modern prob lems, a confession -that Is yet to he made by science or any other art or profession." A Growing Country, fit. Louis Globe-Democrat: "Canada Is annexing Itself to' the United States by' emigration and England by Americanising Its dukea and other noblemen through marriage. The great republic Is growing In all sorts of ways. Reason with More or Lass Rhyme. Knoxvllle Tribune: "The frost Is on the pumpkin and the fodder Is In the shock, and the young man Is begging his uncle to give up tha overcoat that's in hock." Let Us lloro So. Altoona Tribune: "The day when un reasoning bigotry or Interested malevo lence couldjuep genuinely religious people apart baa vanished. Nor will It ever re turn." One Suro Impossibility. Chicago Times-Herald: "No matter how many special Hesslons of the legislature, ho miljbt call Uovernor Culberson will never be able to produce the hip-pouketless Texan." In That sign lie Conquers. Chicago Tlmei-Herald: "So far as Sen ator llrlce is concerned, he will continue to pin bis faith to tho bungle campaign barrel." Well. We Should Sav So. Altoona Tribune: "There Is a general Impression that a little more vigorous self assertion wouldn't hurt our foreign pol-Uy-" m TOLD UY THE STARS. Polly Horoscope Krnwn by AjncJhu. Tho Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabe cast: 10 a. in., for Friday, tk-t. IS, ISOi. 3S A. A child born on this day will have to hustle fur wealth unless he happens to be on the ground Hour of sume of the K'-l-rich-qulck suctettes. Yesterday's supreme court decision on the limited voting clause In the Superior court act will again piecipllutu the sev enth man upun us. Notwithstanding the investigation Is said to have been, a farce, the government building has nut yet been agitated by the ripple of Mr. Herring's laughter. Ajnoclius' Advice. To Mr. Hurke Apply for a writ of error. To Colonel Colquitt Assume a disguise next lime. To ri porters Don't bother tho govern ment. To Hilly Craig Come back. FALL OF 1895. Hill&Connell MAKERS AND DEALERS, 131 AND 133 N. WASHINGTON AVENUE The Largest Stock of Fine and Me dium Furniture ever displayed iu Scranton ; all arranged on our Seven Floors, so as to be easily inspected. Onrmotbod is to sell every article at a small profit, and ono prico, all goods be ing marked in plain figures, thus making our establishment a ofo place fur pur chasers. All Arc Cordially I in lied (o Visit Our Warcrooms. HILL & CONNELL, 131 ANO 133 N. WASHINGTON AVE. Fine Stationery Blank Books, Office Supplies. II O IHIIKLUUil." And Buppl.ei, TYPE WRITERS' SUPPLIES ilflDIUIIIf IN ALL ITS B,lA;iCHES. REYNOLDS BROS Stalicnus and Engravers. 2:7 L?,c:iv.vA:i:n m: CN THE LINE OF THE UDilPB 0 are located tin flnimt ils'ilnj anl hunt u Itro mU in the world.' Upsert. tlv.i boon on ippllcatlnn. TiclioM to all po ntu In .Ualnj, Cetiadintid Maritime frovln , Miuuoapnl s, t-t. l'niil. t 'una II m a id United HtatM North west, Vsncuuvur, Seattle, Taoanj.n, l'ortlnJ, Ore., pan l- raui-ltd. First-Class Sleeping aid Dinln Cars ottiichfcl to i.ll tl ro;igli trains. Tout-Is' oiri fully lilted with brdiling, curtains and sp c il y adapted lo wants of fauilll i. may ba h id with second cl iwt tickets. 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