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dant of Nam, Fiction, and Well-Kdliwl Mtarel
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SCRANTON. JANUAUT 18, 1896.
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
Kor.Mnyor-E. II. RIPPLE.
lorTrcaauror-nAXIF.L WILLIAMS.
I or Controllor-K. J. W III.M AYKR.
For AssesaorB-aiARI.ES KOWI.KR.
CHRIST HCKl S,
WILLIAM DAWSON.
Election Day. Feb. 18.
The generous gift by Dr. B. H. Throop
Rnd family of $3,000 to the Home for the
Friendless deserves grateful acknowl
edgement In a public manner. Ex
amples like this should not be lost on
other Scrantonlans of benevolent Incli
nations. , ,.
Captain iloir'a Letter.
In his letter, elsewhere published, de
clining the Independent Republican
nomination proffered him January 7 In
Puller's hall. Captain Molr truthfully
says that "anything which looks like
disaffection or that would lead to dis
ruption Is to be deprecated, and what
ever augurs success for our party, either
national, state or local, It Is our duty
to further." The captain's observations
concerning practices at the recent pri
maries may be tinged with a partiality
which, while overlooking evils that He
close to hand, magnify those less near;
but there Is no gainsayal of the wisdom
of his precept and example touching
the duty of according loyal and earnest
support to the regularly nominated and
personally Irreproachable Republican
city ticket. His letter knocks a cherished
prop from under the local Democracy's
futile hope.
The report that the Andrews commit
tee contemplates paying a visit to
Scranton is very plausible. After their
discoveries In Philadelphia, the mem
bers of that committee must want to
get into a place where municipal affairs
ar conducted decently and fci order.
The Era of the Yawper.
TThlle there is no statutory law to
prevent Comptroller of the Currency
Kokels from going around the country
traducing a currency system which,
until Democratic stupidity had looted
the treasury and all but sacrificed the
publio revenues, gave better satisfac
tion than any other currency system
known to civilization, there ought to be
come restraining principle of official de
cency and Individual self respect to put
a check on his Incendiary harrangues.
Tf a long-haired eealot were to get up
before a crowd of boozy anarchists and
make such speeches as Eckels is making
these days before well-clad bankers
and opulent board of trade men, he
would promptly be taken in tow by the
police for disturbing the public peace,
and would be lucky to escape short of
thirty days in Jail. And yet the harm
which the zealot could do In unsettling
public confidence would be Infinitesimal
compared with the mischief which Is
being disseminated by the president of
the United States, the secretary of the
treasury and the comptroller of the
treasury In their excited campaign
against the stability of our public credit
and the good repute of our financial
system.
We address these remarks particu
larly to those who read the speech of
Senator John Sherman on the currency
question which we recently printed In
full. Readers of that unanswerable
address know where to place the re
sponsibility for the financial Ills which
have developed under the second dis
. pensatlon of Orover Clevelandism in
the national government; and they
know, too, why it Is that Messrs. Cleve
land, Carlisle and Eckels are so anxious
to make a scapegoat of the present
currency system by unloading upon It
the opprobrium which properly be
longs on their own shoulders because
of their active part in starving the
revenues and sacrificing the Industries
of the nation. That these fatuous
prophets of free trade and gold mono
metallism are self-deceived may be pos
sible; but none the less Is It an offense
against decency for them to use the
vast Influence of their official positions
to calumniate a currency which, until
they got Into office and began to destroy
the Income of the nation, answered every
need better 'than any other system
known to financiers.
This quixotic crusade of Mr. Cleveland
and his official colleagues Is the more
reprehensible In that It offers a direct
challenge for every other lantern-jawed
Don Quixote of finance to lift his lance
and charge upon the Imaginary giants
which In his diseased Imagination men
ace Miss Columbia's financial honor.
Thus Instead of peace and tranquility
Id the business world, Instead of that
unruffled calm which Is essential to the
orderly and profitable conduct' of com
mercewhich would make life worth
living under any currency system
we have instead a useless and danger
out and utterly unwarranted lashing
and churning of the waters, until timid
mariners on commercial seas are scared
and put back Into port, determined to
wait until the storm blows over. There
la' no field of inquiry so limited that it
4 aat offer verification of this asser
tion. The dangers of this vain agita
tion are everywhere In evidence. And
Vet In the face of the cautions to shut
up, the comptroller of the currency goes
his rounds ringing his alarm bell and
yawping-at the top of his voice that
things are rotten in Denmark.
Cannot congress get a gun?
Foraker will not betray McKlnley.
There need be no fear on that score.
Foraker is a fair fighter and an honest
mail. But If McKinlcy's chance goes
glimmering, there Is no reason why
Frraker should then throw his away,
too.
Jack Robinson's Letter.
The promised letter which was her
alded to make a sensation In connection
with the senatorial campaign in this
state has appeared, but the sensation is
Invisible. The letter Is from the pen
of the Irrepressible "Jack" Robinson,
and Is simply a suggestion to State
Chairman Quay that he "suggest to the
various chairmen of the Republican
county committees in the state the ad
visability of printing the names of all
tno candidates for the United States
senate so far as known, upon a separate
part of the ticket to be voted at. the
coming primaries, so that there may be
some indication as to the views of the
electors regarding their choice for this
Important position." This is suggest
ed In older "to save the state commit
t h from any criticism whatsoever as to
pn'-tlollty or bias toward any of the
candidates;" and the vote at the pri
maries need not. In Representative Rob
inson's opinion, be deemed mandatory
n:t simply declaratory, or in other
words, an Index to party preference.
Tin-re nro several objections to this
pioposltioti, one being that the pri
maries in Home counties have already
been held, and another being that the
p.ivty primaries uppn such occasions
at. thu choice of state delegates are
rauly attended by a majority of the
pnrty's electors. Yet even with those
disadvantages conceded, the proposi
tion presents several recommendations.
It vould at least give those electors
who want to express a direct prefer
ence at this early period In the sena
torial canvass an opportunity to do so;
and any' failure on the part of any
number of voters to Improve this op
rcitunlty could not in fairness be
charged up against the Republican
state oiganlzation. In such a test of
tarty sentiment, Lackawanna's candi
date, ex-Lieutenant Governor Watres,
would doubtless obtain the favorable
vct. of this county and section, and In
addition would receive a flattering
complimentary vote throughout the
Mate. It Is scarcely probable, though,
that any one candidacy would so far
preponderate as to close the field prior
H the assemblage of the next legislature.
Fope Leo would make an excellent
arbitrator of the Venezuelan-Guiana
dispute. His decision would Instantly
command respect for fairness and lm-,
partiality.
Another Senator Gone Wrong.
It appears to us that Senator Sewell,
of New Jersey, must either possess an
obtUBe understanding of American pub
lic sentiment or else Is disposed to gain
prominence by going counter to the
currents of popular opinion. In any
event, his speech Thursday In the sen
ate repudiating the Monroe doctrine
and assailing President Cleveland for
"pressing that doctrine beyond what
was originally contemplated," does him
no credit. It is well to have It under
stood from the beginning that if Mr.
Sewell Intends to take this attitude on
questions affecting our, nation's foreign
prestige and safety, he will do so not as
a representative nor with the approval
of the Republican party.
So far from pressing the Monroe doc
trine beyond what was originally con
templated, it Is a fact of common ac
ceptance that Messrs. Olney and Cleve
land have cut that doctrine squarely in
two and have thrown one-half of It
away. Whether they did this In Ignor
ance cf the full slgniicance of the orig
inal doctrine or as a concession to the
opposition can only be conjectured; but
there can, among reasoning men, be
very little question of the truthfulness
of the assertion that the original Mon
roe doctrine meant ,the prohibition,
blunt and flat, of the acquisition of fur
ther territory by European nations on
the American hemisphere, by any
n.tans whatever, forcible or pacific, so
long as such extension of European
control offered direct or prospective
menace to the supremacy of republican
Institutions on these twin continents,
and particularly threatened In what
ever degree the primacy of the parent
republic of the United States among
the governments of the New World.
The present executive and his secre
tary of state cut that doctrine in half,
we say, when they affirmed their will
ingness to assent to any territorial ex
tensions by European powers which did
not rest on force or coercion.
Under the Cleveland and Olney doc
trine, France, for instance could, with
our permission, have bought Mexico
thirty years ago although we would not
let her conquer It, and this notwith
standing that a French empire to the
south of us would be as grave a menace
to our peace and welfare whether origi
nating in conquest or In purchase.
Thus, instead of deserving censure for
having unduly extended the Monroe
principle, the present administration Is,
as a matter of fact, to be criticised for
having contracted It In a vital point,
fcuch criticism, however, should rest
not on tradition, but on present-day
common sense. We must admit that
we have very little reverence for mere
tradition. We do not care a farthing
fcr the 'Monroe doctrine because Mon
roe wrote It; we care for it because to
day It Is a grand and a saving princi
ple. Whatever Monroe may have had
In mind when, at Qulncy Adams' insti
gation, he propounded the message
which has made his name accidentally
immortal, that was a concern of his
contemporatles alone. We of today are
privileged to do our own Interpreting,
to make our own amendments, to lay
diwn, If necessary, our own canons.
It the Monroe doctrine should at any
time require a new infusion of twen
tieth century blood, we trust that the
government and the people of the Unit
ed States will be big enough and bold
enough to supply this need, without
undue delicacy. The past can take care
of itsel. It Is the future which we of
Lola da, uuat look out (or. Only., don't
let the Monroe doctrine be too much
abridged. It has already been nar
rowed more than is good for It.
If Comptroller Eckels would work
half as earnestly to build up public con
fidence as he Is now working; to tear It
down, he would deserve an increase In
pay.
Rockafel'e."s Case Again.
The esteemed Harrisburg- Patriot
does not concur In this Journal's view
of the case against Banker P. V. ISocku
feller. It remarks:
Kockafeller is e, criminal: aocial dis
tinctions make no rflfttrence In degrees
of crime ami should not In the punish
ment for it. Ho is sorry, perhaps, tiko
any other man who 1 found out, but he
la so little repentant that he still refuses
to tell what became of the money he em
bcsxleil even when he knew the bank
mint be closed In a few bourn. He has
aerved but a few months for the most gl
pan tic bank robbery known In this itato
In a long time. Why should there he
sympathy for him? Why shouM his
crime be extenuated? Why through him
should other dishonest men be encour
axed to steal the money of confiding
men? i
We do not think that our contempor
ary Is In full possession of the facts In
this case. It overlooks the circum
stance that Mr. Rocknfeller is an old
man, whose punishment has been and
Is being effected in ways other than by
mere imprisonment; that hln eullt con
sisted more of carelessness than of
cpfm'nal intent: and that the very fact
of his almost unprecedented downfall,
with its attendant lessons teaching he
fallacy of dishonesty, has quite as em
phatically discouraged "other dishon
est nen to steal" as would be true were
he to end all his remaining years In the
penitentiary. The disgrace of Im
prisonment has already been suffered
by him; further Imprisonment will not
augment It. The realspunlshment of a
man like Mr. Kockafeller will not pro
ceed from external sources, but from
within In the consciousness of the
wrong that he has wittingly or unwit
tingly afflicted. In the know ledge that
he has by that wrong sacrificed the
confidence and the respect of the com
munity which once delighted to do him
honor and In the recollection of the
eminence from which he has fallen.
These, if the man be of sound mind,
will constitute his real expiation; If he
be of unsound mind, the Jail fur htm
would be but a travesty on Justice.
Our plea for Rockafeller does not
arise from personal motives. "We never
bow the man. It rests wholly upon the
bo!ef that Justice, while It should be
Impartial, should also be discriminating
an'l merciful.
President Eliot's controversy with
Miss Susan B. Anthony, which has
elicited from the latter a savage de
nunciation of the Harvard executive,
reminds the public of his seemingly
constitutional habit of saying and do
ing unfortunate things. An instance of
this was shown the other day In a letter
which he wrote to the Chicago Times
Herald In reply to Its query whether
he was In favor of college educations
for Journalists. A dozen other men
equal to President Eliot in character
and Intelligence responded to this re
quest courteously and to the point; but
the executive head of Harvard univer
sity went out of his way to offer gratu
itous insult to the profession of Jour
nalism, of which he spoke In super
cilious terms of contempt. President
Eliot Is unquestionably a man of excep
tional ability and culture,' but he ap
pears to have an aggravated case of
bad liver. ,
The annual estimates which City
Controller Wldmayer has submitted to
councils for the coming fiscal year de
serve to be studied with attention, not
only by councllmen but also by the
public generally. That they will under
go the conventional paring In the Joint
estimates committee is to be expected,
thereby bringing the total approxi
mately within range of the estimated
revenues; but the public should be pre
pared, when this paring time comes,
to have an Intelligent voice In the loca
tion thereof. The shaving down last
year was reprehenslbly economical in
certain directions, and It will be, well
to guard this year against a repetition
of these prior mistakes.
It (s significant of the reserve
strength Inherent In the American peo
ple that when the crash In silver came,
the people of Colorado, Instead of giv
ing way to despair, went to work to
find new gold deposits, and succeeded
so well that their output of the yellow
metal Is now larger than their output
of silver was in silver's palmiest days.
It Is unfortunate that silver should be
so inequitably and unnaturally de
pressed, but the fact of Its depression
has at least served to show the world
that Americans can hold their own,
whatever the termsof the competition.
The Washington Post Is quite right
In reminding the Cleveland Leader that
if It wants to make votes for McKlnley
It should stop Insulting the Republican
leaders who exercise their legal right
of having preferences of their own. The
Leader's intolerance Is doubtless 'as
offensive to Major McKlnley as It Is to
every other decent Republican, nnd he
ought not to be held responsible for It;
but we fear that he will be unless his
silly Cleveland organ Is speedily muz
zled. . ,
Scrantonlans of all denominations
will be glad to learn from the treas
urer's annual report that St. Joseph's
society has rounded out a year of ex
cellent work with satisfactory financial
results at its close. The labors of this
society arc labors of the truest char
ity; and those who perform them can
not be too generously sustained by the
good people of the Lackawanna valley.
Chicago Is to be congratulated. She
will have the honor of witnessing the
nomination of the worst-licked presi
dential candidate In the history of
American politics.
The selection of Chicago Is doubtless
to be accounted for by the conjecture
that our Democratic friends were afraid
of Teddy Roosevelt.
PLEASANTRIES.
Still After Him.
, "Badger never had a bit of good luck
In his life, did he?"
"Ho, and after his death tils widow mar
lied a man who owed him $M0." Chicago
Record. .
-:!:-
The Poteney of Good Nat or.
"It's a good deal of work to keep this
tall of mine from getting twisted," said
the British Hon.
'You don't go about It In the right way,"
repjled the ttuiaUa bear, 'Xou ought to.
quit lashing- it nnd wag It once in i
while." WashiiiKion Bur.
XotSoliirfienlr.
"Bear ye one another's burdens,"
O.hkI mm leach la earnest tone;
And I he fact is we can lu-ft them
Much more lightly tl-an our own.
Chicago Hecord.
IN DOUBT.
W ith a compass and chart and some
works mathematical,
A book on liimnee cubed "The Story of
Coin."
Collection of 16-to-t tracts fanatical,
Bom of a pro;hct who tl Leila In Des
Moines:
With a New Vork World almanac captious
and rinlcal,
On money matters und Englishmen's
right.
With a great big barometer and a new
binnacle
Deeply engrossed I am working these
nights.
Working and poring unill I'm wildly de
- Ilrloua,
Looking for light till my reason ab
sconds. For I'm trying to learn throuch that mate
ho mysterious
How to proceed to buy "popular bonds."
Chicago Record.
Two of n Kind.
From the Buffalo News.
Papers near the line of Pennsylvania
and New York will have grat dliilouity
in keeping their readers straight in ref
erence to the dklK'.oas of the Judges
Woodward. I.u-ierne county. Pa., has a
Judge Wooii wmicI, an ornament to the
bench, art hi wan the prills of the bar
before he wa iiromuieil. New York, no
IcFs. takes m iilc In her JtidK Woodward,
whoye Icnal ability in his yotinwr day,
and he is not very ull now. attracted
the uttentlon of the Kntl?muu who after
ward became his father-in-law, JU'lke
barker.
Is the drnmntle editor in?
Yes. Who's talking? ,
Mr. Oilbrlde.
t, yes! The playwright. Author cf
"City Government." Anything new in the
drama?
Yes. I am about to write another play.
W'hut Is the subject?
1 expect to produce a combination of
the blood and thunder mid circus drama.
Hot Stuff ?
That's the idea, it will be fraught with
curtain chills and oratorical ginger.
Isn't It rather Ulmuult to Mini material
for such a drama?
I'Kiially. Hut I hope soon be In a posi
tion to secure characters for a circus
drama with menagerie thrown in.
How's that?
Haven't you heard that I am a candi
date for the common council?
Z-z-z-lIng!
a a
Hello! Exchange!
What number?
Kindly attach me to the figures oppo
site Mr. Uoland's name.
Hello!
Is that Christy?
it is. What do you want?
Can I get your opinion upon a meta
physical problem that
No! You cannot! I am busy trying to
solve a question of my own!
What Is It?
I'm endeavoring to determine whether or
not I've been indorsed!
Z-z-z-lIng!
a a a
Who calls?
This Is Mr. Bailey, the candidate.
Ah! yes. Good morning, James. What
can we do for you?
I would like to have you put an article
In the paper thanking the boys who ser
enaded me last night.
Was the band out?
No. It was. the . Rowing Association
Glee club. The music was vocal and was
beautifully rendered.
What did they sing?
Andy Bedford's original song: "It's the
Dollar They Want, and They Don't Want
You."
Z-s-s-ling!
HILL & CONNELL.
(31 AND 133 N. WASHINGTON AVE.
Builders
AND
Makers
OF
AND
OFFICE
SUPPLIES
Ql AID 133 N. WASHINGTON AVF
Bargains
We are now taking account of
stock. It will take the whole
month of January to go through
our five floors and weed out the
odds and ends that are left after
a year's business.
We intend to close them out
quick as possible to make room
.for new spring stock.
There will be some real bar
gains. If you are in need ol
anything in our line it will pay
you to visit our store.
LIMITED.
Fine China, Crockery,
Cut Glass, Lamps and
House Furnishing Goods.
422 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
GOLDSMITH'S
. ' i . .
Advance Styles
cJtist Received.
WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION,
Our January Clearing
Thursday, January 23.
nnil'T HIPP it in vml nisiiT ta
uuni iiiimii ir iuu whhi iu
BANISTER'S
SWOP eaTp
Which commences today, will long be remembered by the people of this city. No fate or
bogus sale, but a Genuine Cut-Price Sale, to clean out the store to make improvements.
WE QUOTE YOU A FEW PRICES
Children's Shoes that
Misses' Shoes that were
Boys' Shoes that were
Women's Shoes that were $1.50 and $2 now...
Women's Shoes that were $2.27 and $3 now..-.
Women's Shoes that were $4, all kinds, styles and widths,
Men s Shoes that were
Men's Shoes that were
Men's Shoes that were
This same cut is made in every pair of shoes in stock, and
will be strictly cash. Watch this space for new "ads" and prices.
BANISTER'S, Corner Lackawanna and Wyoming Avonuos
THE LAST MINUTE.
iust when you need a given
article and are in a hurry for
it, is not the time to bu)'.
Look around your office and
see what you will need soon
in the way of Paper, Blank
Books, Letter Files, Type
writer Paper, Ink, Pens, or
anything in the way of office
supplies, and give ns your
order now. Then you will
never be entirely out of stock.
REYNOLDS BROS.
317 LACKAWANNA AVE,
OYSTERS
Wa ara Headqturten (or OyaUn and
ra handling tha
Celebrated Duck Rivers.
Lynn Havens, Keyporte,
Mill Ponds; also Shrews
bury, Rockaways, Maurice
River Coves, Western
Shores and Blue Points.
If W maka a Kpeclilty of daltrarta
Bin Point on half .h.ll in carrier
PIERCE'S MARKET, PEN NAVE
THAT WONDERFUL
Tm b fMae rfr at WE BBR
PIAOT
OaH ana aa thaaa PUao aa4 m
m haia nam wa aa taaa ta
far than.
GUERNSEY BROTHERS,
WIT. Afta
SPRING
DRESS GOODS
were $1, $1.25 and $1.80 now..
$1.25, $1.50 and $2 now..
$1.50 and $2 now..
$5 and $6.50 now...
$3 and $1 now.
$2 and $2.50 now
Hold Still!
And get your picture took
with one of them er pocket
Kodaks front
FLOREYS.
They will take the picture
of a candidate for a city office,
ears and all. So your ears
will get in all right, too.
THE NEW
FOR
- HEN.
Comfortable
and
Convenient.
Sold
Only
LOUIS CONRAD,
HATTEB AND FURNISHER.
309 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
326 Washington An,
SCRANTON, PA.
TElXTHCUfiSS.
nil
in,
Sale will end
ninn iinnnu
millim.
....68c to 88o
.78c, 98c and $1.28
.$1.08 and $1.28
98e and $1.38
..$1.88 and $1.98
now.
$2.48
1.48 and $3.98
$2.18 and $2.48
....$1.28 and $1.78
all are new, clean goods.
Sale
Only
A Few Left
Bat we will sell that few at
cost They ars a
and we waot to close them out
before Inventory.
If you need a Heater
don't miss this chance
FOOTE SHEAR CO,
119 WASHINGTOI AVENUE.
On April 1 Will Remove to Gear
Exchange Building, Wycdng
Avenue.
ALL .
POTTERY, CHINA,
GLASS, CLOCKS,
TABLES AND LAMPS
WILL BE SOLD AT COST.
307 LACKAWANNA AVE.
ON THE LIRE OF THE !
IAN PACIFIC R'Y
ara located tba On rat flaMof ad hoatfa
tronBda in tba world. DaaortptVf'o koaka oa
application. Tickata tn all potata la Maiaat
Canada and M aritlma PrOTifteea, MlunaapaUa,
CI Paul. Canadian and Unltad StaXaa Nora
waata, Vancoarar. BaatUa, Taoonaa, fartlaaA
Or a.. Han Franetaoo. ,
First-Class Sleeping and Dining Cart
attached to alt throaich tralna. Tauriat aara
fully flttad with laadding, enrtaiaa and as
tally adapted to wanta of famUlaa aaar aa aa4
wits aacond-slaa Wckata. Bataa atwawa I
taaa la ottaar ltoaa. For fall laf ara
tlma UMaa, ate, an application ta
E. V. 8KKMN EFt, O.
tS3 I5PA0WIT, IE YOU.
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