THE SCRANTON TBIBUNB-TUESDAY MORNIXQ, DECEMBER 24, 1895. Dsn? sad Weekly. No Sunday Edition. hiblaael at Sonntoo, Pm , by To Tribune Pub- ilshliie Company, few Yorfc Offloe: Tribune Building, Frank a Gray, Manager. g. M. RIPPLCi Sio'v nb Tnsas. LIVV RICHARD, Cdito. W. W. DAVIS. Busincss MNeta. W. W. YOUNG. Aev. Maaa'a. mniB it tbi rosTomoa at bcraktoh, fa.. MCOIID-OLAU " MATT1R. I Tenter Ink," the ncejrnlzorl Journal for adver tiatn, rates Thk ScnoiTo.v Taiuuaa the hwt adTtrtlilns medium In Northeastern IVubuj Wa nla. "JTIutere' Ink" knews. turn Wkxklt Tbiromr, Issned Every Saturday, Contain Twelve Hunrieonie Paxee, with an Abun dance of News, Fiction, and Well-Edited Miscel lany. For Thnee Who Cannot Take Thk Daily Tbibpkk, (he Weekly Is lteeommendetl ae Hie Beet Bargain Going. Only 11 a Year, in Advance. Tux Tbibdke la for Sale Dally at the D., L. and W BUtlon at Huboken. SCRANTON. DECEMBER 24. 1893. kF.PlIll.ICAN STATE CONVENTION. Headquarters Republican state commit tee, 1231 Walnut street. Philadelphia. Pa.. Dec. 12, 5893. To the Republican Electors of Pennsyl vania: The Republicans of Pennsylvania, by their duly chosen representatives, will meet In state convention, Thursday, April 23, ISSfl, at 10 o'clock a. m., In the Opera House, city of HarrlHburg-, for the pur pose of nominating two candidates for representatives at lurire In conRre:s and thirty-two candidates for presidential ele? tors, selecting eight delegates at lurge to the Republican national convention, and transacting such other business as may be presented. By order of the state committee, M. 8. Quay, Attest: Chairman. , Jere B. Rex, W. R. Andrews, Secretaries. Representation In this convention will be the same as In the last state conven tion. The retirement of Mr. Carl McKln Jiey from the general managership of the Lackawanna Iron and Stoel com pany Is a circumstance that will occa sion general regret. Mr. McKlnney's health, which for some time has not been good, has recently taken such a turn as to preclude his early resump tion of official duties and for thut rea son he has resigned. Mr. Henry W'eh rum will be his successor. An Invaluable Lesson. The developments of the past two or three days In the speculative markets show that In the present united effort of the American nation through Its con gress and Its president to secure defin ite and final recognition of the Monroe doctrine by Europe, "we Bhall have to sustain not only the brunt of Europe's awakened diplomacy but also the con centrated endeavor of European bank ing and brokerage Interests to discredit and prostrate the value of foreign-held American securities. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Monroe doctrine as a recognized prin ciple of Occidental colonization were worth this double burden and cost; and the American people will feel nothing but contempt for those denationalized automata of Wall .street who, at the first appearance of the' enemy's outrid ers, begin fo face toward Washington end set up a cowardly howl for Ameri can surrender. It Is, of course, unfortu nate that because of our long-continued carelessness In permitting the usurers of New Tork and London to gain the mas tery over our chief industries we should now be so poorly prepared to fortify our securities from this unjust attack. We are precisely in the position of the man n the fable who had put a viper In his bosom to warm it, and who, when the reptile was warmed, received not its gratitude but its fangs. We have fool ishly thought so little of our own finan cial and commercial independence that we have all but given it over as a free benefaction to our worst enemies and bitterest rivals; and now, at the first sign of possible trouble, they show their appreciation of our sympathy by combining to attempt our ruin. Tet, after all, it is well that this les son should have come before we, in our carelessness, had grown also helpless. The losses of. the moment, although painful, will in future days be recol lected no doubt with pleasure if they shall now teach the American people to depend upon, their country's illimit able resources and upon their own In domitable energy, rather than upon the uncertain favor of European money, lenders. We are confident that our fel low-countrymen can hold their own on any fair field of open competition; 1n the markets of trade and speculation as Well as upon fields of battle. The present set-back is due to. the onslaught's un expectedness, and not to their own In aptitude for defense. Let us hereafter sell our securities at home; and when we shall have sold in the home markets all that those mar kets will take, let us stop selling and If necessary make haste more slowly rather than to put ourselves once more at the mercy of the international pawn brokers of Lombard street, who, If they sometimes smile and fawn, can also rend and tear, and who never forget their pound of flesh. Patriotism, in Wall street's vocabu lary, Is evidently best Interpreted by the question, How much Is there In It? Carrying Concealed Weapons. The Scranton Truth recently con tained a thoughtful and wisely-directed editorial on the subject of "Disarming the Assassins." The article was ap parently prompted by the, great volume of capital crime that 1s sweeping through many sections of the country at this time. The Truth is right when It says that a very large proportion of these murders are attributable to the carrying of concealed deadly weapons by Irresponsible persons.7 As, nearly everybody knows, in this common wealth the carrying of concealed dead ly weapons is stringently prohibited by law, and severe penalties are provided (or Its Infringement It is needless to say that no law on our statute books Is more extensively violated than this, nor with greater Impunity. Consider ing the large number of men and boys who transgress this law and constant ly go armed, the number of cases that come Into the courts is surprisingly Bmall. There Is one remedy, which If ap plied rigorously, would greatly diminish the custom of carrying concealed deadly weapons. Constables and poflce offi cers constantly make arrests of men and boys for all manner of offenses, and we have It on the authority of an old officer, that more than seventy per cent, of those arrested have deadly weapons concealed on their persons. Every such person should. In addition to the offense for which he Is primarily arrested, be held on the charge o. car rying concealed deaoiy weapons. If this were done fewer of the rowdy ele ment In every community would be found with revolvers In their hip pock ets. The existing laws on the subject ttt carrying deadly weapons, in this state. aresufDctently stringent toanswerevery reasonable purpose, but the laws are not enforced, and might almost as well be repealed. There l:) only one way to enforce respect for and obedience to these laws, nnd that Is by prosecuting every person found carrying con cealed deadly weapons, unlens duly authorized by the proper authorities to do so. Let a policy be adopted that will make It hazardous to carry concealed weapons In a peaceable community and the practice now so common will bo greatly diminished. The result will ie fewer murders and serious woundings. Such a policy would have n specially wholesome effect upon the ignorant for eign element in the coal regions. In a recent light in one of the mining vil lages in this valley, In which fourteen persona engaged, not less than eleven drew revolvers. Every one of the eleven should have been arrested for carrying such weapons, and the full penalty of the law imposed. How many of the men and boys arrested for all kinds of offenses by our police are found with deadly weapons In their pockets? And how many of them are proceeded against for this offense? An answer to these questions suggests a practical remedy that should be applied for the evil complained of. The Washington Post nominates ex Presl'dent Harrison for chairman of the Venezuelan commission. The Tribune seconds the motion. Worth More Than Atoney. Squire Smalley.who, as American eorr respondent of the London Times, tells Englishmen that the people of this country do not support the president in his stand on the Monroe doctrine, now declares that we are $ 1, 000,000,000 poorer than we were before the president launched his message concerning Vene zuela, and wants to know what equiv alent we have gained for this expendi ture. Then he adds this interesting bit of special British pleading: In trying to make out what we have got or are likely to net In return for all these losses and the greater loss to cume, let us ueerpt for the moment the president's view admit that the Mon roe doctrine applies to the present bound ary dispute between llrltlsli Giilanu. and Vtneiuelu. The lilKhest authorities In the country on International and constitution al laws, with .Mr. James O, "urter, of New York, at their head, suy It does not. Hut let us admit that they are all wrong and that the president and Sir. Olney are bet ter lawyers than they, and that the presi dent Is right and all the great lawyers wrong on this (treat question of law; ad mit that wo have a right to Interfere be tween Knglanil and Venezuela; admit that we uro entitled to address to Groat Hritaln a. peremptory demand that Hhe should agree to arbitrate on all the territory claimed by Venexuela, Including that which she has in possession and to which she had acquired a prescriptive title by occupation during a period more than twice as long as that which the courts hold good as between private Individuals; admit that Knrland ought to have agreed to acceptr both arbitration and Mr. Olney's Monroe doctrine; admit that she need not resent either the tone of Sir. Olney's note or of the president's message, though both are unusunl, nor even the proposal for a mmlKBlon to determine h Mrltlsh boundary, without precedence though It be, and without warrant In International law or comity. Do any or all of these, admissions help us answer the question, what have we gained in return for our enormous losses and far more enormous losses In the uncertain future? Do we reallv think, after due reflection, that our safety and welfare and the maintenance of our form of government are, as the president says, dependent on our siiccnss'ul Interference In a boundary dispute In South America? A proper reply to the last question Is that we most assuredly do. If an 'Eu ropean power, lost of all Englnnd, may seize South American territory regard less of our protest, there Is nothing in logic to prevent such a power, or a combination of such powers, from seiz ing territory In Central America say Nicaragua, for Instance, and the path way of the Nicaragua canal or even In Mexico; and land thus seized could in time of trouble easily be fortified and used as the base of military operations against us. It was the fear of such consequences as these that first called forth the utterance by President Mon roe which is the foundation of the pres ent Contention with Lord Salisbury. Again, In 1864, the occupation of Mexico by Louis Napoleon caused Secretary Seward to make a vigorous reaffirma tion of this principle, with the result that the nephew of the great Napoleon rather precipitately drew back and left his dupe, the unfortunate Emperor Maximilian, to be captured by his ene mtes and shot. The present threatened forcible occupation by England of land on this hemisphere not as yet recog nized as rightfully belonging" to her does not, indeed. Immediately Jeopard the Integrity of the American republic; but It would. If permitted, violate a principle which Is a precious safeguard of that Integrity; and establish a pre cedent fatal to the Monroe doctrine's future maintenance. Ground thus lost could never be regained. Concede one infringement of a vital principle and you make possible any number of sub sequent violations. It may be true, as Mr. Smalley has stated, that the president's firm asser tion of an Invaluable American tradl tlon has Involved the speculative Inter ests of the country In a temporary period of excitement, the damage of which Is roughly estimated at $1,000,- 000,000. We do not believe that these figures are accurate, or that the present loss Is real and lasting; but even If the facts were at represented, are we to weigh national self respect In the scales against 11,000,000.000? Would Mr. Smal ley, as England's hired champion, ad vise England to do that? .There are some considerations worth more than money. National pride and honor are of that class. , The Philadelphia Inquirer Intimates that the reason why Congressmen Dal sell, Huff and Lelsenrlns did not re celve the committee appointments which they sought for at the hands of Speaker Heed was because they opposed Senator Quay in the recent state chair manship fight We do not believe that the present speaker was actuated by any such Ignoble motive as would ap pear from our Philadelphia contempo rary's Insinuation. The Inquirer, how ever, as the self assumed organ of Senator Quay, might well imitate the senator's own discretion in its refer ences to the lute unpleasantness and not sprinkle sand In a machine that rather needs lubrication. The Gamblers of Wall Street. A true word and a timely one is thus spoken by .the Chicago Journal: This is not a nation oi speculators. does not in any sense rely for hnppl n,.ss or seeurltv on the dallv Quotations of stocks on. Wall street. If the Knglish holders of American securities want to sell, now is their opportunity. Let them pile their stocks on our market until It breaks so low under the load that Ameri can gold will come from Its hiding plaee3 to Imv honest American stocks lor iu or a cents on the dollar. The vague possibili ty of u-r lines not rnh these stocks of one dime's worth of Intrinsic value. Kven war itself would on'v subject them to a tem porary cloud. The country is greater than Wall street, and it will cleave to me prui elnle of the Monroe doctrine bei-aus? It Is our country's doctrine nnd tends to the ultimate security of every, dollar's worth !n this p:nlc of forelen Investors. If this nunlc shall prove to the world that the Inst for gold in Ame'tca will niwavs lis suiinr dltiHti d to n nobler, broader national cubit It will be n cheap les"n. W'l'ut are ti'm hllny stocks to the fusing of a people's patriotism In the heat of a common desire? The proposition before the business men of New York city is this: They have In past years peddled American securities among foreign Investors who know little and care less about Ameri can institutions. Now that our rela tions with England are momentarily strained, some of these Investors, purtly In pique, partly In panic, want to un load. If the securities they hold have any Intrinsic worth, it ought to be a welcome opportunity for Americans to buy them back ugaln at less than their real Value. If not, there will be small pity for the loser. It need not be feared that any reputable American security will be permanently Injured by reason of a course of action at Washington necessary to the upholding of American institutions. The uttitude of the speculators In Wall street townrd the president and congress is Hellish and unmanly. It shows that they are poor guides to what constitutes a sound financial or a sound any other policy. They are gamblers, pure and simple. The pa triotism of the American people will not be subordinated to gamblers' greed for gain. Professor Woolsey of Yale now joins squire Mnauey, i,arry uou.tin anu Pulitzer In denouncing Cleveland's Venezuelun message. Tne pro-British copperheads ate rapidly getting to gether. It Is again mude plain, in spite of the Wall street organs and the Wall street economists, thut the genuine patriot ism of the country begins several feet west of Manhattan Island. The manner In which Maine fared In the distribution of the house chairman ships suggests that If Heed should be elected president It would pay for ti.e bone-hunters to move to Maine. In addition to the decline of Its securi ties. Wall street Itself has recently dropped several large points in popular favor. The country has no use for cow ards. Perhaps the present flurry will teach Americans that it does not pay to be too anxious to sell American securities to Englishmen. In view of all that he has done for It, Wall street's present repudiation of the president presents a vivid example of Ingratitude. It Is growing additionally plain that we cannot maintain an independent government on a deficit tariff. 1'OLITICAL POINTS. By a queer coincidence a dozen Pennsyl vania state senators found themselves In Washington on the same day lust week, and by another queer coincidence they all called on Senator yuay at the sume hour. What Is equally queer Is that all of them were Ke.oubllcan hold-over sen ators, and when the party leu tne vnu tnrlul mansion each of the dozen de dared that private business had taken him to Washington and it Just so hap pened that they met at the residence of the senator at the same hour. The skeptical correspondents say It was a pre-arranged afTair and that the object of the gathering was to discuss the Cameron succession. Senator Vaughan was among the number. :o: The Washington correspondent of the Wllkes-Uarre News-Denier lias Inter viewed Senator Uuay on the subject of the selection of Luzerne delegates to the national convention and reports the sen ator as declaring that he will permit the Republicans of that district to select their own delegates without interference from him. Such non-intervention will doubtless be appreciated by the Republicans of Lu zerne, Congressman "Jack" Robinson, of Dela ware county, announces- that he expects soon to visit this section of the state for the purpose of looking after his Interests as a candidate for t'nlted States senator. It has been Intimated rather pointedly that Congressman "Jack's" candidacy is to be worked In the Interest of J. Hay Itrown, of Lancaster, nnd that the for mer will be content to succeed himself in the house. Speaker Reed had a difficult task In forming the standing committers of the house, but he probably did the best he could under the circumstances. He pro v (led well for his colleagues from Maine giving each the chairmanship of an im- INTERNATIONAL LARGE TYPE BIBLES IN OUR WINDOW H mmbmmm fi ram- v- . ji - 4 PRICES WAY DOWN COME Beidleman the Bookman, 437 Sprue SlrMt. portant committee. Pennsylvania has not iuui.ii cum lur compiuiui diner, aluioUKn lioim ot tne members rtvtiveU rhuirmuu aliips mat are rvgarueil ui particularly u anuble. Orover Cleveland Is no longer the British Ueal of What an American . refluent ougat to be. It Kngiand hud tne naming uf in next chief magistrate of the I tilted States his name womj be l nomas Kram-ia liuy uid, the Delawme statesman who now misrepresents this great republic at the court of St. James. If the president only possessed the back-bone iu wall Mr. Bay ard what a round ot applause would fol low! Congress might just as well take the usual holiday recess. Slany of the sena tors and representatives have already gone heme and if the two houses remain in ses sion there win In any event b no quorum and nothing will be accomplished. The numbers might as well go lioine and rub up against some of llulr constituents un til atter the new year dawns. :o: The last special iueisuge of President Cleveland was a blunder us Is now ad mitttd even by many of his friends. Hut what could be expected from a president who has tor his tinancia) adviser a blun derer like John il. Carlisle? What thl. ad ministration and the country needs ul tills time is a secretary of the treasury who understands national flmtni'es. :o: Senator Quay is quoted as saying that he is strongly In favor o' representatives in congress being sent by their districts u deli-nutes to the Kemiblirun national con vention. If they desire the honor. We have intimate knowledge of one congressional district where this theory of Senator today's Is not concurred iu by the Repub licans. A prominent Scranton Democrat re murks: 'it will be time enough for the Democrats to look around for u candldut for mayor after the Repuljlicans shall have placed their ninn in the field." I'eiliaps they will Unu conclude that It is not worth while to have a candiiite. The R publican newspapers that credit Senator Quay with having dictated the committee appointments are not pavlm; Speaker Heed u very high compliment. Those who conceive the notion that .Mr. Rttd has no will of his own ure not very well acquainted with him. :o: A correspondent asks: "When does Lack awanna county elect the next common pleas judge?" Judge Ounster's term ex pires January. 1S!K1, and his successor will be electtd in November, 1SUS. Senator Allison's presidential hoom Is spreading over a good deal of western ter ritory and Is to lay In as good health as any of the other booms. An Expert. "When I was In India, said the man who had traveled, "the native thieves stole the sheets from under me whllel slept ami I never knew It." "Yes, nnd when I was In the northwest during the boom," said the man who will never admit that America can be out done, "I hud to sleep In a room where there were four real estate agents, nnd one of them rtole u porous plaster from my back without awakening me." In dianapolis Journal, Christmas Presents. HILL & CONNELL, 131 AND 133 N. WASHINGTON AVE. BASKETS BASKETS AT ? J 131 AND 33 N. WASHINGTON AVE. CHRISTMAS If you nro thlnUlnir i f buying a dinner rot br Christmas we huvo a lam selection iu tu Allowing m ikes : tiaviland & Co. Chas. Field Havitarl R, Dsiinieves & Co. L Sazorat & Co. Ail Limcga French China. Carlsbad China (German.) Qnondago China (American.) Maddox Porcelain. Wedgwood Porcelain. Furnival Porcelain. Powell & Bishop Porcelain All English inn dec We also have a lorse variety In American lorc-lmn and W. U. nols. 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They have no complicated p.irta to got oat of order and cnuae troub e: no valve; no spring; no mechanmin of any kind. Tbey do not soil the table cloth by drip or e.111. 'i hey make a moat valuable and useful Christmas ift. FOOTE & SHEAR CO. 119 WASHINGTON AVENUE. THAT WONDERFUL WEBEB Ton Is hud unly tithe WEBER OuAad see these Piano sad on tend Fuumn we hay Ukea ha exehaagw tar them. It'jERKSEY EF.OTfiERS, soeae fine sew G. E3. Great Clearing: Sale Of Slaughter Prices THE TWO OPEN EVENINGS. W'aare novr PREPARED FOR THE RUSH We are satlnMcd that onr effort this aaaon will nleasa better than ever. Nearly every article is worthy of mention. We load In all lines. WATCHES, CLOCKS DIAMONDS AND FINE JEWELRY, STERLING SILVER WARES AND NOVELTIES, CUT GLASS, ART PORCELAINS, BANQUET LAMPS, ETC. 18 Hold Still! And get j'our picture took with one of thein er pocket Kodaks irom FLOREY'S. They will take the picture of a candidate for a city office, ears and all. 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