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8CRANTON. DECEMBER 12, 1895.
In view or tha deliberate failure of
the Bcrantoa Republican to Join thli
paper In a pledge to support the
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nominees of the next Republican city
convention, regardless of Individual
preferences, Is not The Tribune thor.
Highly Justified In calling itself "the
only Republican dally in Lackawan
na county?"
' Journals near to Philadelphia natur
ally emphasise the fact that the next
eenatorshlp "belongs" to that city. The
fact Is that It will belong to the sec
tion and the man who can get It; and
Northeastern Pennsylvania cetyiinly
has as good claim for recognition as
Philadelphia. -
Tha Character of This City.
Considered from a moral standpoint,
the city of Scranton Is by no means an
Unclean city, notwithstanding that re.
rent circumstances, of exaggerated
Value as evidence in such a connection,
might seem to Indicate to the contrary.
The. municipal records, for example,
Show that an average of 267 young girls
and women nightly frequent the streets,
Jn such a manner as to render them
selves subject to police espionage. At
first glance this looks appalling; and in
any view It must elicit profound com
miseration; yet In the city of Troy, N.
y., with one-fourth less population, the
Dumber of known street frequenters, a
lew years ago, according to the police
records, was nearly thrice as large, and
Troy Is by no means renowned as an ex-'
ceptionally Immoral city. We have not
Bought statistics from other cities of
corresponding; size, but as a general
proposition we venture to say that In
few cities In America Is the percentage
of Immoral women as compared with
the DonulRtlnrvan amnll am If la In Scroti-
ton.
That there Is yet great room for Im
provement in the social relations may
rot be denied; and all good citizens will
Applaud the efforts of the churches to
promote personal purity by instructing
(lie young In the perils as well as the
evil of uncleanliness. Efforts like that
made this "Week by Trinity Lutheran
church will accomplish some direct
good, and very .much . indirect good,
through the awakening of parents and
'teachers to their grave duties and re
sponsibilities In this matter. The work
thus . begun' should be Judiciously con
tinued;, Indeed, It should be made a per
manent feature" of the work of the
churches and the schools. When we de
fend tha fame of the city of Scranton
from false representations and attacks
calculated to do the city an injury be
fore the world at large,- we do not wish
to be misunderstood as having any lack
of appreciation for the honest and un
selfish efforts of those persons In this
community who really desire to Improve
the manners and morals of the town,
go far from withholding our sympathy
from such practical Christian home
evangelisation, we gladly extend It and
Offer the fullest measure of possible co-
ppe ration.
Tet It must not be forgotten that
Cities have characters as well as Indi
viduals. Let us, therefore, be careful
tiot to" misrepresent nor malign the
Character of the city In which we live.
V The Harrlsburg Patriot could not en-
lure Governor Pattlson and now it is
but of Joint with Governor Hastings.
fe advise the Patriot to try pepsin and
purgative.
The Case of Bayard.
for once to the credit of the
nreaa that It has found an
r,o upon 'which it has been
t with intelligence and
Mte BjL James Gasette
lobe, in their refer
pf Representative
Setts, to Impeach
Ncause of his In
Vie abuse of his
Vlati Atidlpnre.
k committed
Save been
he old
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American history for moving In con
gress to Impeach an American ambas
sador or minister, it is because, as
Mr. Barrett pointedly remarked, "no
minister of this country in a foreign
land, up to the current political year,
has ever felt called upon, before a for
eign audience and under a foreign flas,
to Insult the nation whose commission
he bore."
Very pertinent, too. was the citation
from one of Daniel Webster's speeches
which the new member from Massachu
setts made In connection with Bayard's
case. During the administration of An
drew Jackson it was charged that Mar
tin Van Buren, as secretary of state
in the . preceding administration; had,
when despatching Mr. McLane as
American minister to England, issued
certain private Instructions which boro
on domestic politics. In the debate In
the senate over this charge, Mr. Web
ster said:
Sir, I would forgive mistakes; I would
pardon almost anything where I taw, true
patriotism and sound American feeling;
but I cannot forgive the sacrifice of this
feeling -to mere party. I cannot concur
In sending abroad a public agent who has
not conceptions so large and liberal as
to feel that, in the presence of foreign
courts, amidst tho monarchies of Ktirope,
he is to stand up for his country, and
his whole country; that no jot nor title of
her honor Is to come to harm In his hands;
that he Is not to suffer others to reproach
cither his government or his country, and
fur less Is ho himself to reproach either;
that he ! to have no objects In his eye
but American objects, and no heart In his
bosom but an American heart; and that he
is 'to forget self, to forget party, to for
get every sinister and narrow feeling, In
his proud and lofty attachment to the
republic whose commission he bears.
That Ambassador Bayard, In his re
marks before the Edinburgh Philo
sophic Institution and at other for
eign places, has transgressed the can
ons of Daniel Webster admits of no
question. The offense Is palpable.
Whether it merits impeachment, how
ever. Is another question. It will, we
trust, be pretty effectually Impeached
by the votes of the American people in
November of next year.
The putting of Senator Quay by the
Washington correspondents into the
cabinet of the next president will strike
many persons as being somewhat pre
mature. There Is no doubt that Sena
tor Quay would make a good cabinet
officer. His genius for organization
and business common sense would con
trast agreeably ' with the mediocre
standards of the present cabinet. But
his position as senator, with a new col
league to "break In," will doubtless
occupy all his energies and satisfy all
his personal ambitions.
An American Policy.-
The speech of Senator Cullom, de
livered before the senate Tuesday in
support of his resolution providing for a
legislative affirmation of . the Monroe
doctrine, was not reported by the press
associations as liberally as It deserved
to be. An examination tot the complete
text of that speech will convince any
reasonable American thitt It Is a docu
ment of great merit and iiresent timeli
ness. In his judgment tne, senator de
clared that the United States could no
longer delay the proclaAitlon of the
American policy known JsJ the Monroe
doctrine. Instead of stmhlnlng mere
ly an W.icf pf-.tlu -flfesldnt, tho doc
trine enunciated by President Monroe
should bear the definite approval of
congress, and thy) become a permanent
ordinance, j
Mr. cullom referred to tne pencnant
of the great European powers for tho
occupation and absorption of tho terri
tory of weak foreign nations, whose
productions were of Importance to their
trade and commerce. The United States,
he said, was the Hist great nation which
had declined to establish any sort of
protectorate ' or to maintain distant
colonies. The United States, he 'said,
drew the Una exactly where It existed
at the time when President Monroe
rnade his memorable declaration, and
where the people believed It should re
main. While the United States had no
concern with foreign usurpations In the
eastern hemisphere, It could not permit
the administration of the Independent
governments of America North or
South to become subject to European
domination. The United States did not
claim the world as its own, but it did
Insist on Its right to be consulted as to
affairs pertaining to the American con
tinents. It did not go prancing about
the world seeking for some struggling
nation to set free, but It acknowledged
kinship In a degree with all the re
publics of America, The United States
could not sit Indifferently by when the
territorial Integrity of any of these
neighboring countries was questioned
by a foreign nation. It would always
be awake to any such attempt, and It
was Its business to see to it, that their
possessions were not materially cur
tailed from the just line established
years ago by treaty stipulations.
"Let us build so strongly and speak
so plainly," said Mr. Cullom, "that the
way of the future executives, prime
ministers and ambassadors of our coun
try will be- undoubted. Let It be so
clear that no statesman of the future
can find, as Mr. Calhoun did In the
senate, any Ingenious theory to weak
en Its force and -value. Let It be so
certain and emphatic that no secretary
of state can hereafter become a willing
party to a treaty yielding a share of
the control and supervision of any Inter-oceanic
canal to any European
country, as In the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty. And let it be so straight and
practical that no American ambassa
dor to tha British court shall feel at
liberty to question the policy of his
own government or, possibly, apologize
for the Declaration of Independence
and the Monroe doctrine of 1823."
The senator cited the fact lhat while
ithe territory of the United States Is
600,000 square miles; that'of Great
rltaln in the American hemisphere
only 70,000 square miles smaller a
ndltlon obviously anomalous. "This
rest area or uritisn territory may or
Say not," he added, In conclusion, "be
Vienace to. our country. As is some
s said, that depends. : One thing,
Srer. Is manifest that the United
must look after the United
We are old enough and -strong
to stand alone, to walk alone
Id our ground among the na-
the earth. -Shall we do It?
always be ready and pre-
neet great questions when
V,to.'take every precaution
'se, and' to. bear always
nord to the fore T In
my Judgment It Is. the bounden duty
of the legislators of the United States
to be on the alert for every indication
of the growing power and increasing
significance of every foreign nation
whose future situation may benefit ot
Injure our own country."
To all of which American patriotism
utters a fervent "Amen!"
Walter Wellman, the administration's
chief apologist, declares it to be "the
simple truth that Salisbury's reply In
the Venezuelan Issue runs directly coun
ter to our demands and produces a
strain In our relations with Great Brit
ain which threatens war." Yes, and
drives Grover duck-shooting!'
Speaker Reed Is quoted as saying that
with the treasury practically empty
and the government In debt, this con
gress will not add to the misery by
passing any new public building bills.
Why not try to replenish the treasury
and revile the revenues?
Representative Barrett, the Massa
chusetts member who has just asked
congress tilmneaeh Ambassador Bay
ard, is serving his first term in congress.
When he grows more, accustomed to
public life he wll! not take either him
self or Mr. Bayard go seriously.
General Aleer Is the latest eminent
Republican to join the procession of
those who demand that this congress do
its duty towards the deficit. The iulers
are clearly overruled.
The opinion of Senator Peffer seems
to be that after a congresman has done
his best to squander public funds while
alive, he ought to let up after death.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Tribune Bureau,
No. S13 Fourteenth St., N. W.,
Washington, Dec. 11.
When Don Cameron makes his exit from
the United States senate a little over a
year from now there will be few If any
tears. He hss probably been one of the
most unpopular men In the senate for
years. His coldness toward men is the
cause.
Cameron has no personal magnetism
about him, and It has always been a
wonder to people here how he happened
to be so successful in politics. He inher
ited It from his father. But how ho man
aged to remain In public life so long is tha
mystery that can only be solved by figur
ing on the long and fat purse he has al
ways had, and which he opened wide onca
every six years. He never held an office
in which the masses had a say. That Is
where he has displayed great political sa
gacity and shrewdness.
Some of Cameron's friends have lilm
slatpd for a cabinet position under the
next lWliubllcan president. Perish the
thought. Presidents want strong. Intel
lectual ami liitluefttfa.! Jolltlclans in their
cabinets. If Cameron exor possessed any
of those qualifications be falls to show
any of them now. His day as a factor In
politics has taken wing. Not even a
great political general of Quay's stripe
can ever bring him back b'to successful
politics again. He Is done. Ho has
"stacked In," as they call It in poker jjaiLhands, it will be a great surprise ir tne
i.noA - l Deniocrats do not succeed In stealing a
lance.
The passing of Cameron will leave no
pangs In the hearts of even Republicans.
Pittsburg, the blrtlipl'ace of the ReDUb
tlcan party, made a hard but unsuccess
ful fight for the next Republican national
convention. The boomers of tho "Smoky
City" made good offers In the way of
hotel accommodations and railroad trans
portation. But there were other and more
Important reasons why the convention
should go to St. Louis, which even the
Chicago and San Francisco Loomers could
not gainsay. Pennsylvania, Illinois and
California are certain Republican states.
Missouri isn't, but is In the doubtful col
umn. The national committee Is com
posed of very skilful and shrewd polltl
clans. They figured that by holding the
convention In St. Louis, the metropolis
of Missouri, there will be more than a
fighting chance to carry that state for
the Republican presidential candidate next
year. That Is why St. Louis got he con
venion. It was not her money, for her
rivals had bb much, if not more, cold cash
to offer that she had. That is politics
without adulteration.
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If Postmaster Vandllng thinks he Is
going to get his bill reimbursing him for
the 18,000 worth of postage stamps stolen
from n:s oitice a year and a half ago
through congress this session without a
hard fight, he Is a much mistaken man.
A number of tha members who will un
doubtedly be on the appropriations com
mittee, which committee will have charge
of the bill, have already been furnished
with sufficient data bearing on the case,
to at least make them suspicious of tho
Justness of the claim.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue Mil
ler doesn't seem to be In a hurry about
further Investigating the charges against
Collector Herring. The seal on the last
batch of charges forwarded by Billy
Burke remains unbroken. It la begin
ning to look more Ilka a whitewash every
day.
Congressman Barrett, of Massachu
setts, who Introduced the resolution in the
house on Tuesday for the imp eachment
of Ambassador Bayard, Is a Boston news
paper man and was a Washington corre
spondent for a number of years. He was
speaker of -the Massachusetts house of
representatives three years ago. That
resolution Is only a sample of what the
Cleveland administration may expect from
the present congress. A good many peo
pleand they are not all Republicans,
either believe that It woidd be a good
thing for the country If the president him
self was hauled over the coale for some
of his recent eaylngs and doings. On with
the dance. W. R. B.
. POLITICAL POINTS. '
- Candidates for. United States senator to
succeed Cameron are multiplying. Those
openly In the field are ex-Lieutenant Gov
ernor Watres, of Lackawanna; ex-Attorney
General Palmer, of Luzerne, and Con
gressman Robinson, of Delaware county.
There are nearly a dozen others who have
not yet avowed their candidacy squarely.
When it becomes known which one of the
aspirants will be baekedAy the Quay and
Cameron Influences there will be a lively
pulling out ot the race by a number of
those now In the field. There are a large
number of Republicans who are not yet
convinced beyond all doubt that Senator
Cameron will not appear In the race
after the members of the legislature have
been elected. . As an avowed candidate,
Cameron's election would be Impossible.
His only chance Is In remaining out of
tho field until next November and thus
avoiding a fight against hlm.
St. Louis has secured the national Re
publican convention and. geographically
It Is Just as good a point for such a gath
ering as Chicago. The local committee
charged with the preliminaries would do
well to provide' a comfortable ball that
would accommodate the delegates and
spectators- not exceeding 600. Then the
business of the oonventlon could be trans
acted expeditiously and without constant
Interruption by a promiscuous mob assem
bled for the purpose of Influencing the del
egates by noisy demonstrations In be
half of certain candidates. The notion
that national conventions should be held
In the largest halt that can be secured
ought to be abandoned.
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There Is likely, It seems, to be a fight In
Luzerne over the national delegate ques
tion. Alrln Marxle, the Hasleton eoal
and street railway magnate, Is sail to be
considering the advisability of cutllng up
fight on ' Representative Letsenrlng
down In the lower regions, whjfo In the
upper ena tne staining feud pefween Edi
tor Hart' and atPMtmataV Campbell
gives IndlMUons of culminating in as-
other ruction. All parties are fighters from
the headwaters of Scrap creak, and If they
lock weapons there will be rare fun.
The new Republican governor ot Ken
tucky Is a young man, only 41 years of
age, and a natlvo of the state whose
chief magistrate he now Is. He was ad
mitted to the bar when only 18 years old,
and has always been a Republican, as
might be expected of a southern boy who
ran away from school to enlist in the
Union army when only 14 years of age.
Governor Bradley will not be likely to
retire to private life when his present
term expires.
And now comes the remarkable an
nouncement from Senator Gorman, of
Maryland, that at the expiration of his
present tem In the senate he will retire
from politics. Judging from the returns
of tho late election In Maryland tho peo
ple of that state are quite willing Senator
Uorman should take this step.. Evidently
he Is also the kind of boss who knows
when he has been dethroned. Senator Hill
la not that kind of a boss.
It Is refreshing to Hear from one promi
nent Pennsylvania Republican who says
he Is not a candidate for Cameron's scat
in the senate. This notable exception Is
Hon. Galusha A. Grow, of Susquehanna,
who Is very emphatic in the declaration
that he has no such aspirations. Never
theless Mr. Grow would make a very at
tractive senator In his well-preserved old
age.
Congressman Broslns, of Lancaster,
says he will do what he can for his
fcllow-townuman, J. Hay Brown, for tho
United States aenatorshlp, and wilt not
himself be a candidate. Of the two Lan
casterliins, Mr. Broslus Is unquestiona
bly the better equipped man for senator,
but he seems to be content to remain
In the house. ,
Phlladelphlans are not paying much at
tention to politics these days; they are
busy fighting the street railway combi
nation's policy of high fares. Mass meet
ings are held, Indignant speeches made
and condemnatory resolutions passed.
This pays better than politics at tho. pres
ent time. ' '
It Is a fact worth noting that the name
of Thomas Valentino Cooper, of Dela
ware county, does not appear In the
growing list of aspirants for the senator
ship. In all his political vagaries Cam
eron retained the favor of Mr. Cooper,
The latter even defended Cameron in his
free silver attitude. - ,
Congress has no Intention of settling
down to business until after the holiday
recess. It never does, and for all prac
tical purposes the brief period between the
day of meeting and the recess might as
well bs abandoned and the. sessions be
gun on the first Monday in January.
Dan Lamont's presidential boom does
not appear to be taking root anywhere.
It looks as though the lucky Lamont
would have to return to ordinary business
when the present administration drops
out. And yet Lamont is about the most
creditable man In the cabinet.
The monthly deficit In the treasury Is
all tho evidence this country requires to
establish the Incapacity of the Democratic
party to conduct the affairs ot the na
tional government. No other argument is
necessary, either, to demonstrate the ne
cessity for a change.
The legislature of Kentucky Is a tie
between the Republicans and Democrats,
but having the election machinery In their
few seats. A United States senatorshlp
is at BtSke.
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now:omes the Democratic Peters
burg (Va.index with a demand that the
Democratlotyatlonal convention next year
abandon this free trade plank of the 18W!
platform. Rven the south is becoming
tired of azsl-Protectlon depression and
hard times.
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Congressaan "Jack" Roblnsoa,
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nounces tttst he will travel Hianua
section oft'ennsy
forces fdi.'the s;
vanla and organise his
atorshlp fight. There
are nu
ties where he will cn-
counter naf' i
1 senatorial booms, and
the like.
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The American people will never again
want a president who spends half his
time blue-fishing and duck-shoottng.
CAMERON'S RETIREMENT.
Philadelphia Times: "No man ever rep
resented a state in the United States sen
ate continuously for eighteen years, as
J. Donald Cameron has done, who was so
little understood by the great masses of
his constituents. The popular impression
of Senator Cameron Is that he la an in
dolent and not eminently ornamental mem
ber of the senate; that he haa exercised lit
tle influence in important legislation, and
that he has used his position very largely
for his personal enloymont beyond the de
sire to serve a circle of personal friends.
This general misapprehension as to Sen
ator Cameron's record Id the senate arises
largely from the faot that he Is not In any
sense magnetic; that he scrupulously
avoids all efforts to popularize himself,
and he leeks the genial surroundings of
political leaders always enjoyed by. his
father, and which contributed so much to
building up the Cameron power of the
state. In point of fact, the United States
senate has few more Intelligent members
than Mr, Cameron, and we doubt whether
any one senator has displayed the Indi
vidual power exhibited by Cameron, not
only In the matter of appointments In
which he was Interested, but In dictating
the policy of the Republican party In
meeting every great national problem pre
sented for solution. Few public men have
approached him In moral courage when an
Important duty confronted him, and In
no way was It better Illustrated than
whn, as secretary of war under Grant, he
peremptorily refused a military appoint
ment to his father, then a senator, in
the face of the most earnest appeals of the
elder Cameron to serve a friend. He re
fused It because It was necessary to pre
vent the demoralization of the army,
Boon after Senator Cameron s entrance
upon Senatorial duties he decided by his
single vote the overthrow of the carpet
bag rule In the south, by the admission of
Senator Butler, of South Carolina, to his
seat In the body. It was done against
the vehement protests of his Republi
can associates, but he believed that tha
Republican party could not maintain It
self by defying the popular will In the
reconstructed states and sanctioning the
rule of the carpet bag adventurer and
spoilsman. In a very few years the wis
dom of his action In the admission of
Senator Butler was conceded by nearly
or quite all his Republican associates.
Again In 1891 he did one of the most he
roic acta of our political history. Con
gress had. met on the first of December,
1890, and the Force BUI was pending In
the senate. It was expected that a vote
would be reached on It before the elec
tion of a senator In Pennsylvania about
the middle of January, and 8enator Cam
eron was a aandldate for re-election. He
kew that to oppose the Force Bill might
Imperil his Individual success,- but he
openly proclaimed his hostility to It, and
It was J. Donald Cameron, and he alone,
who made It possible to defast that In
famous and despotic measure. Senator
Cameron's views on the free silver ques
tion are confessedly at variance with an
overwhelming majority of the Republi
cans of Pennsylvania, but his deliverance
on that Issue Is simply In character with
the heroic methods of his public career.
He has been single from the common herd
of public men In manliness of expression
and action, and In never being Impelled to
play for the galleries. It Is only Just that
Senator Cameron should be thus honestly
understood by toe people he has repre
sented In the senate for more than half a
generatlea.
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Washington News: " The declination
of Senator Cameron to be a candidate for
reteotlon,' said a well-known Republican
politician from Pennsylvania at the Ar
lington, 'means bINer fight among promi
nent politicians In Philadelphia. There
will oe a number of candidates front thai
city, among them ea-Postmeeter Oenera)
Wenamaker, teste teneter Botes Penrose,
a close, personal and poUUcal friend of
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Senator Quay, District Attorney Qrahann.
Charles Emory Smith, editor of the I'hil-
adelphia Press and ex-MinlBter to Kus
sia. Tom Dolan, a traction magnate, and
others. I expect the fight to get so hot
that a cqmpcomtse candidate will have to
be selected. The senatorshlp belongs to
the eastern part of the state, and If Phila
delphia cannot agree upon a candidate the
country will then furnish the man. Con
gressman Jack Robinson, of the Sixth
district, would make a good, strong can-
aiuate. no woukl Mr. - William Connell,
the big coal operator of Scranton. He is
the strongest man In the Republican party
In the northeastern part of the state.
That section of tho state never had a
united mates senator, and It will, no
doubt, make an effort for recognition
when the next legislature meets.' "
Lancaster Examiner: "Whatever may
be said of the ways and means which
made It possible. It must be admitted that
no one ever held, as by hooks of steel, the
love of his followers as did General Simon
Cameron. He seldom forgave an enemy
and never forgot a friend. Because of this
his battles were fierce, but his friends le
gion. The power he built up so largely
by personal Imluence he gave to his son.
a man of different temperament and man
ner as the masses thought, but under a
cold or apparent brusqucnesa of man
ner, beat a friendship as warm as the
sire for his following and an equal con
tempt for an enemy. The possession of
wealth oft lead him Into different lines of
political strategy. The force of combina
tion Joined to the craft of secret manipu
lation won for him three elections to the
United States senate, the same number
of terms his father served. The people
resented tho courso of Senator Cameron
on the elections bill and the silver ques
tion. At war with public sentiment In the
state on these two matters, he very prop
perly publicly avows his Intent for the
time being to sit In the shades of private
life. This Is well."
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Philadelphia Inquirer: "Quay, by Cam
eron's withdrawal, is left the solo und un
disputed leader of the Republican party
In Pennsylvania and he has planted him
self upon an advanced platform which
looks to genuine civil service reform, the
protection of olty employes In office from
political raiders, the disuse of money In
politics, meaning by money in politics the
placing under contribution of every em
ploye of the city and state governments
and the expenditure of enormous sum
among political workers. Not only has
he advanced this platform, but the state
committee, over which he presides, has
authorized him to name a committeo to
put Into the form of les'slntlon the re
forms demanded by It. That committee
has been appointed and tha next legisla
ture, should It be friendly to Senator
Quay, will rid the state of boslsm as It
now exists In Philadelphia and Pittsburg,
for It will eliminate everything that
bosslsm feeds upon."
Shenandoah Herald: "The scramble for
Cameron's shoes' will now begin In earn
est. It appears that ex-Lieutenant Gov
ernor Watres. of Scranton. has the inside
track, although a number of able men are
mentioned."
:o:
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph: "We
should have. In two years from now, a
man every way qualified by temper and
mind to impress on the senate the require
ments of tho state. This should be the
first consideration."
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dally Horoscope Drown by Ajacahus, Tho
Tribune Astrologer,
Astrolabe cast: 1.62 a. m., for Thursday,
Dec. 12, 18U5.
8 2
A child born on this day will never be
able to comprehend the serious side of life
until he visits one of those dentists who
extract teeth by the painless process.
Ivjiow begins tn look as though reform
haaVgone off somewhere t6 hibernate.
l The one who takes life too seriously, by
W thA u-av mn? Via nrlmlparl Villi ha urnn't
have imeh fun.
Top'many persons seem to be Impressed
wft); the idea that life is simply a funeral
procession to eternity.
Individual Horoscopes.
AjacJhus has undertaken the task ot
giving advice to a few readers who have
enclosd 1 samples ot hair and date ot
birth.
BUI, f Minoolta. There Is no reason
why y it should not achieve success as a
prize i (titer. The position ot tha plan
ets up ii the occasion of your first visit
to Mir oka Indicated turmoil, and the
moon l -sembled a boxing glove. It some
better inn does not discourage you before
you ar ive at the age ot 3, your name
will be a-household word In Mlnooka as
a man not afraid of Mike Leonard.
Mose , of Taylor. You have literary ta
lent ar 1 would mako a good editor. In
your tv enty-elghth year It Is possible that
you mux be tempted to start a newspaper
and sbPpe public thought. Don't do it,
Moses", unless you are satisfied that you
can exist upon rye straw tea, diluted bean
bo up end Indian pancakes during the re
mainder of your life. .
Christmas
Presents.
HILL & CONNELL,
131 AND 133 N. WASHINGTON AVE.
AT
131 AND 133 PL WASHINGTON AVE.
DOFT
BE DECEIVED
A- woold-be John Wanamaker dry roods
atore ean't sell books cbeapar than a book
store. Coras in and see our complete line of
Books,
Booklets, Calendars, Cards
and Diaries. .
BEIDLEMAN
THI BOOKMAN, v
" USt Iprsee M - On the Coauaoawsaltk.
BASKETS
BASKETS
BASKETS
BASKETS
mm
MLDSv
gld ii
WAY fe
which will prove one of the most useful holiday gifts for wife or sweetheart.
Not valone will a Bissell Carpet Sweeper save you money and lots of labor, it
will also save your carpets and sweep them much cleaner than a broom. ' Ex
perience has shown that the average cost of using a sweeper is only 35 cents
per year, which is about the cost of one ordinary broom that will wear out in
a very short time, whilst a Bissell Sweeper will last for at least eight years.
Large stock of them in Carpet Department.
CHRISTMAS
If you are thinking cf buying a dinner se
for Christmas we have a larae selection iu thi
following in ikes :
Haviland & Co.
Chas. Field Haviland.
R. Delinieves & Co.
L Sazerat & Co.
All Limoge French China.
Carlsbad China (German.)
Onondago China (American.)
Maddox Porcelain. '
Wedgwood Porcelain.
Furnival Porcelain.
Powell & Bishop Porcelain
All Eniilish mauer.
We also have a large rarlutv in American
porcelain and W. O. aots. Our leader lUOpleei
set i &.:).
KIM!) (YUfllllV M
110, I Limn, U liltlLLLI uu.,
LIMITED.
All LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
Open Evenings.
KODAKS
KODAKS KODAKS
Pocket Kodaks
AT
They will do just as good
work as a large camera,
only nst on as large a
scale. Just the thing for
a Christmas Present.
Y. M. C. A. Building
232 WYOMING AVENUE.
LEATHER COATS
AND
MACKINTOSHES
LOOK AT
CONRAD'S,
305
Lacia. i.enue
THAT WONDCRFUL
OM mat ee tbess Ptaaos, aa4
a.bn4 rtmm w save
tar
c:r:::?
Tim is iaaaa ssly fcs ta WKBKR
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By special arrangement
with the Scranton Trac
tion Company, every
street car will stop in
front of our stcre t) let
you get off to pi rchase a
BISSELL
CARPET
SWEEPER
Open Evenings
Until Christinas
OUR LINE OF
Is now ready for inspection.
We have all of Prang's beau
tiful line of calendars and
booklets in water colors, as
well as the lines of all the
leading publishers.
Celluloid and Leather Goods,
Family and Teachers' Bibles,
Episcopal Hymnals and
Prayer Books,
Catholic Prayer Books,
Gold Pens, .
Silver and Gold Pencils.
I SHALL BE PLEASED 10 SEE TOO
REYNOLDS BROS
Stationers and Engravers,
3i7 LACKAWANNA AVE.
PONT WAIT TOO LONG.
Previous to our Inventory wo have decided
to ciosh out wnai we nave on nana or
EDWIN C. BURT & CO.'S
LADIES' FINE SHOES,
Consisting of a well assorted line of band welts
and turns in rencn and American kid that
wnresold at t&VO, $6.3 J and t-00, C, mrk
Now reduced to 35
These Shoes are all In Dsrfeot condition.
Call early It you wlslt to take advantage of
The Lackawanna Store Association
LIMITED.
CORNER LACKA. AND JEFFERSON AVES.
OF
Fine selection of Ready
Made Clothing; , also
Clothes made to order at
the lowest prices. Perfect
f fit guaranteed at
B. LEHMAN & GO'S
III LACKAWANNA AVENUE,
Center Freaklln.
VSTERS
We are Headquarters for Oyster sad
are handling the
Celebrated Duek Rivera,
Lynn Havens. Keyports.
Mill Ponds; also Shrews
bury, Rockaways, Maurice
River 'Coves.' Weatarn
Shorea and Blue Points.
rrWesukes Rtestattr ef eeMvsriaf
. Irts Potatt ahatfatoanB earrler .
iOOD
OVERCOATS
m,!$us$iri ,
JSSELL
THE
NEW
WAY
YELSBACII LIGHT
Spuiillj Adapted for Retdlaf ud SralBt
iPinn
MllU
mi fen
Consu mea three (8) test of gas per
hour Md gives an efficiency of sixty
(80) candles.
Baring at least 83 per cant orw the
ordinary Tip Burners.
Call und See It.
INT CONNELL CO.,
434 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
nanufacturerV Agents.
THE SCRANTON
VITRIFIED BRICK TILE
MANUFACTURING CO.,
ha as as or
SHALE PAVING BRICK
AND BUILDING BRO
Oflieei 830 Washington Avenue.
Weckst May-Am. Pa, E. a W. V. K.
M. H. DALE,
General Sales Agent, Scranton, Pi
326 Washington Art,
SCRANTON, PA.
TELEPHONE 555.
WILLIAM & MILLAR,
Alderman 8th Ward, Scranton.
ROOMS 4 AND 8.
Oas and Water Co, luHdlne,'
COBMEE HOMIMQ ATE. AND CEKIEI SI
OFFICE HOCKS frost T. a n. o t p. bw j
0 hoar lnUrmlaakin for Siaw and sapper. )
PirtlCDlar Attention GlTento Collections
Prompt Settle t Oasrsat d.
YOURBUSINESS IS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITS!
Telephone No. 134,
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OUR SALE OP
Have Just a Few Left.
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