THE SCHAITTON TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4. 1895.
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BCRANTON, DECEMBER 4, 1885.
In View of the deliberate falluro of
- . (he Scranton Republican to Join this
paper In pledge to support tho
nominee of the next Republican city
' - convention, regardless of Individual
' w preferences, la not The Tribune thor-
ougWy Justified in calllnsr itself "the
" only Republican dally in Lockawan-
na county?"
The President's Message.
I The feature of Mr. Cleveland's mes
sage, as had been copiously predicted,
Is Its treatment of foreign affairs; the
remainder of It is merely a tame re
echoing of theories already well ex
ploited. In three respects the message
Jn its references to diplomatic ques
tions will receive popular approval;
in a fourth, it will not The executive
reveals a firm and manly stand in re
lation to the Waller case, the Armen
ian massacres and the dispute concern
ing Venesuela. In each of these in
stances he shows that every due step
Jias been taken in the maintenance of
American rights and privileges. In the
lost Instance, which is perhaps the
roost important, it is stated that in
July last a dispatch was addressed to
the American ambassador at London
instructing him to communicate to the
British government that the United
States Is "firmly opposed to a forcible
Increase by any European power of Its
territorial possessions on this contin
ent" and that it desires to have a def
inite answer to its question whether
Great Britain will or will not Bubtnlt
the dispute in point, In its entirety, to
impartial arbitration. Although four
months have since elapsed, no reply
has yet been received, but one "is ex
pected shortly," In which event there
an1-n0thini to do but to wait.
' Had the president pursued this new
(dispensation off Americanism to a log
ical conclusion!, he Would probably not
have written fchat he did write con
cerning Cuba. In this portion of his
message he is singularly infelicitous.
Retold in plainer words, he warns Ms
csuntrymea not to give pubHc expres
sion to their sympathy with the Cuban
nsurgents lest it embarrass this gov
ernment in its efforts to "observe in
rood faith the recognized obligations
f -International relationship." Just
i-hat this means is left to conjecture,
the president not deigning to specify
the details, wherein the voicing of
American sympathy for a people suf
fering, as our forefathers suffered, un
der the yoke of tyranny and struggling,
as our fathers before us struggled, to
throw off that yoke, can in any wise
infringe upon our treaty obligations.
Under no treaty has tho right of the
American ; people to give peaceable ex
pression to their opinions been restrict
ed; and It in their exercise of such right
hey embarrass the executive officers
f their government. It may well be
upposed that those officers have lost
ouch with the people, their employers,
nd consequently need to be embar
rassed. ' '
The only other features of the mes
sage worthy of note are its blind and
dumb adherence to the - president's
impracticable theory of "tariff reform,"
and its demand for the retirement of
the greenbacks 'from circulation
fcoupled With the substitution of an
amplified banfc note currency secured
ty deposited government bonds. Not
a word, is said as to the need of imme
diate ' revenue replenishment No
Specific recommendation is presented to
congress In relation to this grave crisis
aave the suggestion that long-term
bonds be issued .In redemption of the
greenbacks and the treasury notes au-
- thorlsed by the act ,of 1890, and this
would to no appreciable extent relieve
the immediate tension In the treasury
department. In his attitude toward
- this palpable fruit of Democratic In
capacity the president is stupidly ob
stinate and perverse. Ready enough
to help ' on the mischief, he dog
gedly ' declines - to recognize his
-party's authorship of It, now that It
has reached formidable proportions, and
Instead branches off Into dreary dis
quisitions upon subjects foreign to the
main point In this respect the message,
while characteristically Clcvelandes
iue, Is grossly incomplete and falls so
far short, of its opportunity as to stamp
its author as simply a conceited and
obstinate theorist '- -
.
Mr. Cleveland's declaration that the
McKlnley bill was "Inefficient for rev
enue" suggests that he must momen
tarily hsfe confused It with the Wilson
trill , .' y .
- ; A Question of Veracity.
lit a sermon preached last Thanks
giving .Say, Rev. Dr. Charles E. Rob-
stor of the Second Presby-
church of. this . city,' made a
lousljr ' reflecting upon " the
police force. The substance
that a certain o nicer belong-
te that force had, to the doctor's
' -aal knowledge, led young men
j ttaeij it infamy. When this ao-
-X tii "Tresse a courteous note
. ." - Jreauestlng him to glvi
the name of the officer to the end that
proper discipline might be adminis
tered. This letter and the reply to it
are printed on another page.
' By signed resolutions and by indi
vidual affidavits every member of the
Scranton police force, excepting two
patrolmen who are temporarily absent
from the city on vacation, has denied
this charge in tho most explicit and
positive language. Similar affidavits
and denials will doubtless be made by
these two members of the force, upon
their return. By resolution the force
also "demand of Dr. Robinson, for the
protection of their own good names
and the names of their families, that
he shall produce In public the names
of the persons whom he states gave
him the said Information." In a letter
to Tho Tribune, received last night and
published elsewhere, Dr. Robinson an
nounces that he la now prepnred to do
this. The outcome will be awaited
with Interest, as It threatens to bring
about a direct conlllct of testimony.
We believe that the police force of
Scranton Is Innocent of the charge
made against It.
Mr. Cleveland's deepest concern
seems to be for Spain. His country
men's, however, we are happy to say.
Is for Cuba. Nothing in our treaty with
Spain binds us to approve of the hor
rors of tyranny; and If there were such
obligation in the treaty, it would be
high time to have it cancelled.
Still Pursuing Smith.
The Philadelphia Press yesterday
takes its final fling at Judge Smith and
once more emphasizes the charge that
his title to a seat on the Superior court
bench Is clouded, because he received
some thousands more votes than any of
his colleagues on the Democratic
ticket. Tho Press, like a number of
other Jourrials (principally Demo
cratic), persistently refuRes to accept
the well-established fact that Judge
Smith was elected by a class of voters
who cast a ballot only for him and cut
oil the other Democratic candidates.
This does not constitute fraud; does
not even reflect on the Integrity of the
men who c?.t such ballots. There Is
scarcely un election officer In Lacka
wanna county who does not know that
when his board came to examine and
count the votes they found vast num
bers of ballots on which tho only mark
was opposite the name of Smith. These
were legal ballots and had to be count
ed for Smith alone. These voters may
not have been up to the regulation
standard as partisan Democrats, but
they In no sense exceeded their con
stitutional rights as electors.
Judge Rice ran as many thousands
of votes ahead of Judge Orlady as
Judge Smith did of Judge Yerkes, yet
what intense folly it would be to allege
that Judge Rice's title la "clouded."
The Press is all wrong In this matter,
and we sincerely regret to see it taking
a position on a level with such Dem
ocratic organs as the Harrlsburg Pa
triot and the Philadelphia Times.
There Is no doubt that among the Dem
ocratic supporters of Judge Smith
there was a wide-spread understanding
to run him ahead of his colleagues by
voting for him alone. Here In Scran
ton at least two Democratic newspa
pers urged their party openly to. that
system of voting, and. their advice was
followed in almoBt every election dis
trict. The result could not have been
other than It was; but It does not Imply
fraud, nor does It In the slighest de
gree "cloud" Judge Smith's title to
the office.
No one having instituted proceedings
in contest it follows that the verdict
rendered at the ballot box must stand.
To demand, as the Press does, that
Judge Smith himself should inaugu
rate proceedings with a view to an ex
amination of the ballot boxes is too
ridiculous to receive serious considera
tion. Judge Smith, in common with
every other 'intelligent man In these
counties, knows how his election was
effected. Ho knows, too, that the elec
tion was In every way legal and the
returns honest. Nothing further re
mains to be sold or done In the prem
ises. The president who undid our reve
nues must have a good deal of nerve to
ask the country to saddle the cost of
his uncorrected mistake upon the future
by the issuing of long-term bonds, when
the mischief can be cured in a Jiffy by
simply restoring protection.
The Doom of the Horse.
The outcome of the Chicago Times
Herald's motocycle contest for a cash
prize of $5,000, run Thanksgiving Day,
seems to point unerringly to tho speedy
arrival of the horseless carriage. Tho
raoe from Jackson Park to Evanston
and return, a distance of flfty-four
miles was run under peculiarly dis
advantageous circumstances, the road
way being covered to a depth of twelve
Inches with snow, slush and mud; yet
one vehicle, known as the Duryca gaso
line motocycle; made the entire dis
tance without accident In ten hours
andtwenty-threemlnutes, a time which
would have done credit to any team of
roadsters.- Two other vehicles, using
electricity for power, made part of the
run successfully and then stopped be
cause of the wretched condition of the
road.
The vehicle which finished the race
was an old type, 'the inventor of which,
since It was first built, has achieved
several Important Improvements which
were not brought into requisition on
Thursday. He claims that one of his
newer contrivances would achieve even
better results, which Is certainly plausi
ble. We have not yet read the awards
of the Judges nor seen the figures of tho
cost of operating these "motocycles,"
hence It Is Impossible to draw compari
sons with horse-power transportation,
but In the case of the gasoline wagon
one would Imagine the running expense
to be' slight.
In any event, the contest will have a
stimulative effect upon American In
ventive genius, and it will not be long
before the electric or gas-propellod car
riage will have 'superseded entirely the
ve'hlcle' In present vogue. What this
means from an economic and sociologi
cal standpoint was cleverly hinted at,
not Jong ago, by James Brisben Wal
ker, in an article In the Cosmopolitan,
In which he said that It would turn the
human tide backward from the city to
the country, solve the difficulties ap
pertaining to the massing of population
In sterile) treeless and foul-odored cities
and ameliorate to a great extent the
asperities now existing between capital
and lubor, founded largely on marked
differences In opportunities for enjoy
ment. While It might do to follow the presi
dent's suggestion about Increasing the
circulation of national banks, the prob
lem that has proved the worst puzzle
Is how to provide a ready circulation
for communities that lack the conveni
ences of national banks.
New Plan of Reprsentntlon.
The proposition which will come be
fore the Republican national commit
tee on December 10 to change the basis
of representation In the national con
vention Is deservedly receiving wide
spread consideration. As outlined in
ycbterduy's Trlbuno it is proposed to
give each state, territory nnd the Dis
trict of Columbia two instead of four
dclrgates-at-largo, and each congres
sional district one Instead of two dele
gates, with one additional delegate for
eaeh 7,000 votes cast for the Republican
electoral ticket In the preceding presi
dential campaign. Thig plan, if adopted,
would Increase the number of delegates
In the convention from 902 to 1,103. a dif
ference of 2C3, and the strong Republi
can states would enjoy a decided gain
at the expense of the South. The exact
changes It would make are shown In the
following table:
Old New
State. l'lun.riun.Galn.LoP.
Alabama 22 11 .. U
Arkansas 10 12 .. i
California IS 25 7
Colorado 8 10 2
Connecticut 12 17 5
Delaware 6 0 ..
rioiIJa 8 4 .. 4
Georgia 20 li .. 13
Idaho 6 . 4 .. 2
Illinois 48 Pit S2
Indiana 30 52 22
Iowa 20 45 lit
Kansas .' 20 34 14 ..
Kentucky 25 32 7
Louisiana 10 8 .. 8
Maine 22 21 2
Maryland IB 22
Massachusetts 30 29 9
Michigan 28 49 21
Minnesota 18 27
Mississippi 18 . 8 8
Missouri 31 48 II
Montana 6 6 ,. ..
Nebraska 10 20 4
Nevada 6 3 .. 3
New Hampshire 8 10 2 ..
New Jersey 20 80 10
New York 72 120 51
North Carolina 30 30 0 ..
North Dakota 6 6
Ohio 40 80 34
Orecon 8 7 .. 1
Pennsylvania 01 07 33
Rhodo Island 18 9 a 9
Tennessee 24 22 .. 2
Texas 30 19 .. 11
Vermont ' :.. 8 10 2 ..
Virginia 24 30 6
West Virginia 12 18 6
Wisconsin 24 37 IS
Wyoming 0 4 .. 2
Arizona 2 2 .. ..
Utah 2 3
Oklahoma 2 2 ..
District of Columbia... 2 2 ,. ..
New Mexico 2 2 .. ..
There is good reason to expect that
this change will be made. It is obvi
ously fair. It puts the power of mak
ing the nominations Into the hands of
delegates from the states which have
to do the electing. It cuts down the
opportunity of mushroom Southern
delegates having no party behind them
to turn their ballots into a commodity
at the command of the highest bidder.
The change would not affect the repre
sentation from this congressional dis
trict. The Harlsburg Patriot, being a Dem
ocratic paper, is not expected to favor
the nomination and ejection of Gover
nor Hastings as president. But to
Pennsylvania Republicans such a prop
osition would be most welcome; and we
shall need better evidence than the
Patriot's word to convince us that Sena
tor Quay would not be glad to work for
the governor's nomination In the na
tional convention so long as it shall
seem within the possibilities.
Inasmuch as he couldn't have Whee
ler Peckham, the president has kept the
Supreme court Judgeship In the Peck
ham family by miming brother Rufus.
There Is one thing to be said In Cleve
land's favor, at least; he is a persistent
man.
Disappointed southern congressmen
may threaten to retaliate on McKln
ley because the Ohio congressional del
egation chose its own alliances, but
It will take more than this to convince
the American people that McKlnley is
unfit to be president.
If any more bonds have to be Issued
by this government on account of Dem
ocratic incapacity they should be Issued
and sold to the American people and not
expensively peddled out among foreign
syndicates.
The Democratic organs which accuse
Speaker Reed of cowardice only a little
while ago denounced his czar-llke bold
ness. They are evidently determined
not to be pleased under any circum
stances. Mr. Cleveland will be several years
older than he Is now when the Ameri
can people surrender at a presidential
hint their right to sympathise with
a neighboring people who war for free
dom. Ex-Senator Ingalls evidently be
lieves, with Senator Sherman and most
others, that General Garfield, in 1880.
long trembled betwixt ambition and
duty. But one could not blame him for
it. '
Senator Cameron's reported fleslre to
seek rest from public cares In foreign
travel Is a wish which the people of
Pennsylvania are too generous to op
pose. '
The present session of congress will
fulfill expectations If It shall repair the
revenues by the restoration of protec
tion, pass the necessary appropriation
bills and adjourn.
It is true In one sense, as Grover says,
that protection "curtailed our trade re
lations." It kept the activity on this
side.
Suppose England refuses to arbitrate
the Venezuelan matter. What would
Grover suggest then? ,
a
Great Britain seems to be taking Its
own sweet time to reply to Olney's
"earnest message."
It Is a pity that Mr. Cleveland's at
tack of Americanism reached .him to
late. .
POLITICAL POINTS. 1
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat the leading-
Republican paper of Missouri, ex
presses the opinion that a state like Penn
sylvania, that ?olls about half a million
Hcpubltcan votes, ouirht to be able among
that number o And at laaat on man
to aircceod Cameron, who will represent
Republican principles In tbe Unjted States
senate. The trouble is not the tlndlnu of
i man of that stripe, but of electing him,
as against the powerful machinery that
Cameron has heretofore been able to con
trol. But If the Republican papers keep
up the Ore on tho senior senator he will
have to so this time.
After the first of January Governor Mc
Klnley will be a private cltlaen, and will
have plenty of time to look after his presi
dential fences. If his prospects for a
presidential nomination were loss promis
ing than they are the Republicans of Ohio
would probably before -this have mado a
movement In his behalf for a seat in the
raited States senate. As It is, ex-Governor
Foraker seems to have the call for the
senator3h!p and McKlnley will either bo
came president or remain a private citizen
for some years.
The Harrisburg- i-Ltrlot, Democratic,
disavows the allegations recently made
tlut it is the personal onran of Senator
Cameron. If it Is not the Patriot should
franltly state unon whose authority it
made the declaration that Senator Cam
eron would not be a candidate for re
eltrtlon. It is published within sight of
the senator's Harrlsburg residence, and
must huve had assurranees from some
body In the subject of his purposes.
The announcement' that Senator Quay
will turn down Conuressman Dalzell In his
ambition to become chairman of the
house way's and means committee Is prob
ably premature. Pennsylvania should not
lust that Important position through a
Tennsylvanlan senator, and we think Col
onel Quay will not place himself in so
lamapln a position as ho would if he
turned down Mr. Dalzel.
-II-
The Readlwr Herald expresses the opin
ion that Senator Cameron will be re
elected, not because the people want him,
but because those who make senators arc
for him. The Herald adds, however, that
tho senator will have to reach deeper
than ever before Into his barrel. It is
needless to say that out Reading- contem
porary is of the Democratic persuasion.
The Pittsburg Dispatch Is convinced
that Senator Quay Intends to stand loyally
by Pittsburg- in the effort to secure the
Republican national convention for that
city. Chairman Carter, of the national
committee, seems 1o favor San Francisco
first and Chicago Becond. A strong- com
mittee has been appointed in Pittsburg
to urgo the claims of that city.
Congressman Wanger, of the Bucks
Montgomery district, announces that he
will be a candidate for a. third term. Un
der the rules of the district, Bucks is en
titled to the candidate next year, but that
county may waive its claim and consent to
Montgomery having one more term. Mr.
Wanger has made a very satisfactory rep
resentative. Senator David B. Hill Is not a suocess
as a lecturer, and has canceled all re
maining dates for which he was booked.
Tho receipts failed to cover the expensei.
David will occupy his seat In the senate
during the next alx months and lay out a
programme for his future political career,
and Incidentally worry Mr. Cleveland.
State Senator Kline, of Luzerne, ex
pects to be a candidate for another term
and having made a very satisfactory sen
ator he may not encounter much opposi
tion for the nomination, although there
are aspirants in other portions of the coun
ty, among them Representative Harvay,
who has served two terms in the house.
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Antl-Cameron mass meetings are being
held In Lancaster county to afford tho nu
merous candidates for legislative nomina
tions an opportunity to publicly an
nounce that If nominated and elected they
will enpose Cameron's return to the sen
ate. The senior senator has lost his grip
in old Lancaster.
Ex-Congressman C. C. Jadwln, of
Wayne, it was expected -would be one of
the delegates to the national convention
from the Fifteenth district, but It seems
that State Senator Hardenburg, of Wayne,
and S. S. Wright, of Susquehanna, are
booked for national delegates from that
district.
Cleveland Is the only president since the
war under whose administration the na
tional debt was Increased. He will be the
last one for at least a generation unless
there should be another war. Debt re
duction will be resumed very shortly after
March 4. 1897.
It Is said that the anti-Cameron Repub
licans In Lancaster county prefer ex-Mln-Ister
Charles Emory Smith, of the Phila
delphia Press, to any other man for Unit
ed States senator. Mr. Smith seems to be
growing as a candidate.
HI" , .
The special Washington correspondent
of the Wilkcs-Barre News-Dealer remarks
that "Congressman Seranton Is always In
evidence." During former sessions of con
gress he was nearly always in Scranton.
CONGRESS AND ITS WORK.
Not a Time for Blaster.
Cleveland World: "The aim of the pres
ent congress should bo to inspire confi
dence In business and financial circles and
to provide revenues to run the greatest
government In the world decently. It is
doubtful If the present temper of the
people will view with satisfaction any at
tempt at legislation for political or parti
san effects. The first move should be with
a view to help the government in Its pres
ent predicament. No matter how great
the Individual folly, even thought It be
criminal, that has brought us to this con
dltion, tho government Is the government
of the United States and must be sustained
and placed In condition to meet expenses
and sustain Its credit, no matter what the
cost. The present therefore Is -not the time
for partisan legislation or for the In
troduction of Utopian schemes of legis
lation. It Is the time for sober, earnest,
conservative legislation that will give con
fidence to business, promise to American
Industry and absolute certainty to our
vast financial Interests that have been
weakened by the humiliating action of the
present administration."
HI-
An End to Nonsense !
Washington Post: "We have been
brought low by the academicians and the
doctrinaires. A condition now confronts
us. and the people have Invoked the Re
publican party to its analysis and solution.
The duty of this congress Is clear. The
Republicans who now control that body
are bound by every obligation of patriotic
good faith to offer s plan for the amelio
ration of our difficulties. Upon them rests
the solemn responsibility of providing a
sufficient revenue, of re-establishing com
mercial and financial confidence and of re
versing the present arrangement under
which the nation Is, day by day, drifting
toward insolvency. They cannot begin to
work too soon. It were folly of the most
short-sighted and Infatuated kind to de
lay for ao much as a single moment The
American people have not Installed them
In order that they may devise campaign
expedients and subordinate the public
good to a petty party triumph. This is the
appointed time for statesmanship and pa
triotismnot the opportunity for strata
gem and spoils. The Republican majori
ty In congress must do their duty. The
people expect It,".
AM Excellent Motto.
Rochester Post-Express: "A good motto
for the new congress would be this, 'The
government must get eut of the borrow
ing business.' " -1
COMMENT OF THE PBES&
Revive Reelproelty.
Chicago Times-Herald: "There are two
classes of goods which we can send to the
South American countries. First, those
we produce cheaply and in great abun
dance, chiefly breadstuffs, meats, furni
ture, wooden ware, tools and Implements.
In tbe second class belong woolen and
linen products. Iron and many miscel
laneous manufactured articles. Hitherto
our malls and even- these freights have
been carried by way of England to South
American depots. The result of our efforts
thus far to establish relations with these
countries whose trade naturally belongs to
us, la that we buy from tbem three times
as much as we sell to them. It may be
that a practicable reciprocity proposal ac
ceptable especially to the South American
countries may not be reached this ses
sion. Hut with those countries appealing-
to the United States, as they now do,
for enforcement of the Monroe doctrine as
their sole hope against European aggres
sion, it would appear that reciprocity
oufcht to be more distinctly within prac
tical politics than It was when last de
bated and, for the time being, determined
by the United States."
II II II
Manners In Congress.
Chicago Times-Herald: "Thomas Brack
ett Reed announces that, aa speaker of
the Fifty-fourth congress, he purposes
giving a little attention to lid tnanner3.
Mr. Reed will not tolerate smoking within
the house of representatives. Neither will
he permit members to place their feet on
their desks. One reason why the manners
of the hou?e of representatives are
thouKhtless, to use no harsher word, is
that members do not associate the cham
ber exclusively with tire purpose for which
the country maintains that Institution.
It ought to be distinctly a place for con
sidering legislation. This, however, is only
one of the uses to which it is put by mem
bers. Many, If not most of them, make
the chamber their personal business ortlce,
and its corridors, at times even Its floor,
a social lounging place. Instead of con
centrating their interest on public busi
ness members devote the business hours
to prlvute correspondence, to office brok.
eraao, to commercial interests, to the cul
tivation of personal relations, to gossip."
II II II
The Pennsylvania Dcmocraor.
Philadelphia Bulletin: "The greatest
godsend that could happen to tho battered
old hulk of a party in this state would
be the abandonment of tho tariff! Issue by
the leaders at Washington, liut until they
do so, or until Mr. Harrlty, or whoever
may be pitched upon as his successor, shall
strike out on a new departure in Pennsyl
vania on tariff matters, the Republican
party will continue to be the abnormally
swollen majority that it Is today. An
anti-Protection party in this stronghold
of Protection will not have a chance to
raise its head again In tho next decade,
possibly not in a generation."
II II II
There Will Now Do Backbone.
Syracuse Post: "Every Incoming train
to Washington carries an indorsement for
a vigorous foreign policy. Uy the time
the Republican representatives have all
reached the capital there will be some
backbone In this nation's foreign policy or
tho country will know the reason why."
II II II
Not Very Particular.
Chicago Times-Herald: "The notion
that Mr. Cloveland accepts the results of
the elections as a vindication of hla ad
ministration lends to conlirm the Idea that
he Is not a particular person."
II II II
Where Ho Shonld Draw the Mne.
Chicago Times-Herald: "We sincerely
hope that Mr. Bayard will not allow his
prejudice to go to such an extent as to
Induce him to come over and write a
book about us."
II II II
Aa F.ver-ready Kcsonrcc.
Chicago Times-Herald: "in case of
doubt Senator Sherman simply turns on
his recollections."
II I! II
Can This lie True?
Chicago Times-Herald: "Next season
Senator Hill may lecture on the art of
housekeeping."
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchns, The
Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolobe cast: 3.11 a. m., for Wednes
day, Dec. 4, 1895.
To a child born this day it will be ap
parent that a Thanksgiving sermon can
occasionally cause more unpleasantness
than over-indulgence in turkey stuffing
and mince pie.
A popular suspicion has always existed
that, unless emanating from the variety
stage. Jokes upon policemen are never
properly appreciated.
Experience has often proved that it is
easier to sweep up the earth with accusa
tion than substantiation.
As the comedian would remark, some
body may tell what they don't know be
fore -this cruel police war la over,
AJacchus' Advice.
Be sure you are right, and then go ahead
If no one will precede you.
To apostles of reform First study city
government.
ALL THE NOVELTIES
IN NEW STYLES AT
HILL & CONNELL'S
01 AND 03 (I. WASHINGTON AVENUE.
Large Stock to Select From.
To close a few patterns we have
made the following redactions:
1 5-plece Suit reduced from $285 to 1:27.
1 3-ploce Suit from 1110 to $96.
1 3-plece Suit from (210 to 1176.
1 8-plece Suit from $200 to $150.
1 4-plece Suit from $58 to $25.
1 l-plece Suit from $196 to $175.
1 3-plece Suit 'from $145 to $100.
1 4-plece Suit from $150 to $100.
1 4-plece Rug Suit from $115 to $50.
1 S-plece Rug Suit from $112.60 to $50.
1 Mahogany Chair from $22 to $16.50.
1 Mahogany Chair from $25 to $18.50.
I Mahogany Chair from $20 to $15.25.
1 Mahogany Chair from $22 to $16.00.
I Mahogany Chairs from $18 to $13.25.
I Mahogany Chair from $25 to $18.50.
1 Mahogany Chair from $20 to $14.75.
Coma early, as thssa are
goods at original Prices.
Hiir&Connell
01 AND S3 N. WASHINGTON AVE,
OVER
8,000
This Is the number of dally papers we
sold In November. During March (our
first month In business) we sold less than
1,000. These figures are eloquent, and
apeak for themselves.
On Monday, Deo. 2nd, the
LIVth CONGRESS
convenes. It will be an unusually Inter
esting session. Keep posted. All the lo
cal and metropolitan dallies served by us.
Day. week or month. Publisher's rates.
tt7 Bprmos St. Opn. the Oematoowealta,
I
Hill
GOLDSIITuS
Scranton's Busiest
Fair Warning
ak
Don't you buy a Jacket or Cape of any kind for woman
or child until you have been to see us. Notwithstanding
the great cry of cheap sales, we can save you money.
Every garment the latest and best, and many of them at
half their actual value.
A Special Just in
ioo Children's Eiderdown Coats, with Fur Trimming, at 5Qq
tj!Sr Great Handkerchief Guessing Hatch
Valuable Prizes.
ROCHESTER
ROCHESTER PARLOR HEATER.
No Dust. No Dirt. No Odor.
Just the thing for n cold bath or sleeping
room whern you do not wunt a Are all the
time. CALL AND SEE THEfl.
LIMITED.
422 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
KODAKS
KODAKS KODAKS
Pocket Kodaks
AT
They will do just as good
work as a largo camera,
only nit on as large a
scale. Just the thing for
a Christmas Present.
Y. Mi C. A. Building
222 WYOMING AVENUE.
LEATHER COATS
AND
MACKINTOSHES
LOOK AT
nniimmc
uUfllmU 0) Lacks, Afenne
THAT WONDERFUL
TMk taxi eiiiyta the WEBER
to
(VD and m these Plaaoa, and
ond-hend riaaos we hare takes la exeaaaf
c: if.:: : ey cr. others,
114
Wyo. AT
A
FLORETS
mm Saeae
gss 1
Store on Scranton's Busiest Street
from Our
and Fur Departments
Fine
Stationery
Blank Books,
Office Supplies.
EDISON'S MIMEOGRAPH
ad ttuppliei,
TYPE WRITERS' SUPPLIES
IN ILL ITS BRANCHES
REYNOLDS BROS,
Stationers and Engravers,
317 LACKAWANNA AVE.
DONT WAIT TOO LONG.
Previous to our Inventory ire hare decided
to close out wnat we natj on nana or
EDWIN C. BURT & CO.'S
LADIES' FINE 5H0ES,
Consisting; of a wall assorted line of haul waits
and turns in French and Atnrlon kid tliat
wore sold at S3 00, o 5J sad S6.00, C - m
Now reduced to 4)du
These Shoes are all in prfeot condition.
Call early If you wish to take adranUge of
this special safe,
The Lackawanna Store Association
LIMITED.
CORNED LACXA. AND JEFFERSON AVES.
OVERCOATS.
Fine selection of Ready
Made Clothing; also
Clothes made to order at
the lowest prices. Perfect
fit guaranteed at ,
B. LEHMAN & GO'S
III LACKAWANNA AVENUE,
Comer Franklla.
OYSTERS
We are Seadaaarten for Oraler and
are handling the
Celebrated Duck Rivers,
Lynn Havens, Key ports.
Mill Pond; also Shrews
bury, Rockaways, Maurice
River Coves, Western
Shores and Blue Points.
-We aiake Kpeckltjr of dallrerlaf
Mne Point en half shell la carrier
PIERCE'S 1IARKET, PENN AYE
mm
until December 10. Six
WELSBAGII LIGHT
Spi&llj Adapted (or Retdlij tid Seilnd,
II
Hi hi
Mill
CooMirnes three (8) feet of gas per
hoar sod give sa efficiency of sixty
(60) caudles.
Baving st least 83) per cent over the
ordinary Tip Burners,
Call und See It.
HUNT rS CONNELL CO,,
434 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. v.
runufacturer' Agents.
THE SCRANTON
VITRIFIED BRICK."" TILE
MANUFACTURING CO.,
MAKSSt or
SHALE PAVING BRICK
AND BUILDING BRICK
Ofllee! 329 Washington Avenue.
Workal Kax-Aug, Pa E. W. V. B. B.
M. H. DALE,
General Sales Agent, Scranton, Pa
326 Washington An,
SCRANTON, PA,
TELEPHONE 555.
WILLIAM S. MILLAR,
Alderman 8th Ward, Scranton.
ROOMS 4 AND 8,
Gas and Water Co. Building,
COSNEB WYOMING ATE. AND CENTEB II
OPFICK HOCRS from 7 W a m. to t . bv
(1 hodr iutermlaslon foreVnotr and sapper.)
Particular AttenHoi Girento Collection!
Prompt Settlement Guoraateed.
rOURBUSINESS IS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITS
Telephone No. 134.
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JOUSING
f OARING
ATTLIN6
Ol!R SALE OP
FOQTE i WB
Hill
Ml CO..
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Have Jast a Few Left.
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