THE SCBANTOST TRIBUNE TUESDAY MOUSING, - JANUAKY 21, 1896 Z$t gcxanton Zxi&m ten aad Weekly. N Sunday HlUeo. ruaUsaed M actante. P, ay Ins Trlbus Pat- ItohlfW OoeapejIT. 5sw Tick Osact: Trlboae Bullaln. Truk a Orey, eiaaafer. K. HINaSBURV. hw mi (! Mm. I. N. RIPPLC. ' a Thu. LIVY . MICHAMO. Kama. W. DAVIS. eVeiasee Humh. . W. VOUNO. tn. Nam' mm AT m rorrorrica at nuiiM. .. a uoomd-olam mail Mania, 'meter Ia" Um Noacalaat jeareal to ad'ar tlawe, rata Ta HraA re Taiauaa aa tbe bal adTertltia atediuia la Northaasisra jreansyW- BaV -Ynaiesr iu- aaewa. raa Wskklt TmairWK, leaned Evtrr atnrday, OaatalDi Twelve Handaeme Paaea, with an Abua- aaca or Haw, rimea, aaa wtu-avinea Maw Ian. Far Tkoaa Wha FauinAt Tmke Tub DaILV Tbibvkb, the Weekly la HecooaBuwded a tha Mel aaxfaia uoiaf. uaiy si a I ear, u ainaia Tatauaa Is to Sal Dally at taa D., L. and W Btatloa at Hobokea. SCRANTON. JANUARY 21. 1896. REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET. For Mayor-E. II. RIPPLE. For Troaaurer-DAMhL WILLIAMS. hot Control lcr-1-. J. W ID.M AVER. 1 or Asaaasora-CIIARI.EM I'OWI.EK. ciimsr i icki s. WILLIAM IUWSOX. Election Day, I cb. 18. It is evident now why the Scranton Republican refused, n couple of months ago, to join The Tribune In pledging its HUDDort to the Republican city ticket. The Republican tall won't wag unlesa it can wag the dog. A Time lor Prompt Generosity. Those who are devoting their time and money to the task of collecting funds fop a new Home for tho Friend less are not actuated by selfish mo tives. They probably will never need the Home's help, nor will their descend ants. The project rests wholly upon a philanthropic basis, and upon that basis It appeals to the generous-hearted men and women of Scranton and Its vicinity, regardless of sectarian lines. A sudden fire has given public warn ing that the old Home on Adams ave nue, In addition to being unsuitable in other respects. Is not safe. Advantage should be taken of this warning to rem edy the defects which it renders newly conspicuous. A second fire might not prove more damaging than the first, but there Is no certainty on this point. It might, for all that can be said now, result in the sacrifice of many human lives. As a cold-blooded proposition, the good people of Scranton would prob ably not care deliberately to doom the little waifs whom the Home has taken within Its shelter to the cruelty of a wholesale cremation; and yet If the new Home be not now built, this may be the ultimate consequence. In the belief that It Is only necessary to keep this subject fairly and steadily before the community to secure from that community the necessary contri butions. The Tribune proposes to let no occasion slip to bring the matter for ward. In a large degree the pride of the city is at stake. If It should go forth that this prosperous and growing municipality was too careless of Its friendless poor to house them In a suf ficient fire-proof building, the effect up on the city's future might be anything but flattering. It is a time for prompt generosity; for cash, and that quickly. Republicans who are not willing to abide the fair Issue of their party's primaries and conventions should not try to impugn the honesty of those who are. They cannot succeed in such an attempt, and the effort only brings down disfavor upon themselves. Why Cuba U Not Recognized. A new explanation of the unwilling ness of this government to accord bel ligerent rights to the Cuban revolution ists is advanced by William E. Curtis, Washington correspondent of the Chi cago Record. It is that the principal leaders of the revolution and the officials oi ine provisional government or tUDg are either citizens of the United States or of other countries than Cuba. Mr. Curtis makes a list of those Cuban bel ligerents who have at various times be come naturalized In this country and who have not yet renounced their al legiance to the United States. It In cludes Salvador C. Battencourt, the president of the Cuban republic; Rafael Portuondo, its minister of foreign af fairs; Thomas Estrada Palma, Its min ister to Washington, and Mr. Quesada, his secretary. Carlos Roloff, the Cuban secretary of war, is said to be a citizen of Poland; Maximo Gomes, the gener-al-in-ehtef of the Cuban army, a citlr sen of Santo Domingo and Jose Maceo, his first lieutenant, an exile from Porto Rico. Mr. Curtis adds: While there Is no law expressly prohibit ing a citizen of this country from holding office under a foreign ruler, the president would never receive or formally recog nise a fellow-cltlsen In the rapacity of en voy extraordinary and minister plenipo tentiary from" another government, even under ordinary rlrcumRtance. There are, however, several sections In. the re vised statutes which might be applied to prohibit the Cubans who have taken out naturalization papers in this country from assuming, under existing circumstances, the duties and powers of the offices to which they have been chosen by their fellow-patriots. There Is no doubt that the president might And plenty or author ity to order their arrest and Imprisonment If they should return to the United State. But, while there i no intention on the part of the government to Interfere with them, Mr. Palma has been Informed by the sec retary of state that for the reasons stated the president cannot recognize or even re ceive him as the diplomatic agent of the revolutionists. The mere fart of their citizenship In this country, although It Is well understood to have been acquired In order to afford them the protection of our flag In case they get into trouble with the Spanish authorities, seriously compli cates the Cuban situation. The president could recognize the belligerent rights of the revolutionists a great deal more read ily if their leaders were citizens of Spain. In fact, the government of Spain hat a good claim against us because of their hos tile conduct and their destruction of prop arty. .-: - , . While these grounds, If true, justify the president's course, It Is strange' that he does not corvey an unofficial mes sage of sympathy to the Cuban patri ots, and give them a broad hint that 1( they will comply with International law, by choosing as their officers men who are not citizens of the United States, he will, in obedience to the overwhelm ing sentiment of his countrymen.a.fcord them the desired recognition. An op pressed people fighting for their very lives are to be pardoned for non-observance of some of the more punctilious requirements of International Inter course. We can look back to our own revolution and find a broad parallel to their condition. It should never be said that the republic of the United States wished to employ microscopical tests before according an official expression of its people's good will to men in an op pressed neighboring land who seek to do for their families and for their pos terity what the fathers of the American revolution did for thelr's. Good words for the Home for the Friendless are appreciated; but it needs to be remembered that good words alone will pay for very little carpenters' work. The Call of Duty. Since this journal's establishment It has advocated Republican principles and supported Republican candidates not fitfully, when the mood pleased; but uniformly and with the best energy at its command. It has more than once during Its career, had to decide whether It would support distasteful candidates or, by withholding Its sup port, sow the seed of party dissension and encourage the political opposition. It has decided always In the affirma tive, believing that principles are In variably superior to men; and that principles cannot triumph when the men who believe In them split them selves ui into wrangling factions, and then steadily refuse, the one to support the other. The Republican party In the city of Scranton is today face to face with the question whether it will permit the Jealousy of one or two disappointed leaders to cause it to waver from the straight pathway of party duty. It Is face to face with the question whether, upon the eve of a presidential contest which promises to settle the chief no. tional issues for a quarter of a century to come, it will allow itself even to con sider a course of party recreancy which might, If followed out, turn over the whole city government to the Dem ocracy and to this extent Jeopard the chances of a wholesome Republican victory next November. It is profitless now to discuss what Mr. Connell or any other gentleman aid a dozen years ago, or to delve back with the hand of misrepresentation Into any other chapter of ancient political history. The question today before the Republicans of this community is whether a regularly nominated Re publican municipal ticket, having be hind It the indorsement of a large ma jority of the Republican voters of the city, as fairly expressed at the party primaries, and bearing upon its face the indisputable fact that it is a ticket of exceptional personal ability, courage and manliness, shall or shall not be ac corded the support from all professed Republicans which they would be quick to demand if they themselves were the party nominees. This is the question, and we propose to press it home. For the first time in Its history, the Scranton Republican, beginning' by stealth until emboldened Into open treachery, has trained Its guns on the fairly-nominated and personally Irre proachable local nominees, of the party whose name it bears. We therefore present to Its readers the question whether they are willing, as Republi cans, to sustain such a course of party disloyalty. Can they approve, by vote or otherwise, a line of political policy which would, if followed by them to its logical conclusions, lead directly to party dissolution? Are they ready to apply the knife to the vitals of Republi canism In this city merely because Mr. Scranton, or any other Individual lead er, failed at the recent primaries to have hla particular way? If there yet remains In the minds of any honest Republican voter the thought that there is substantial truiu in the one-sided cries of fraud at the recent primaries, let him remember that the courts are still open, and that failure to appeal to them is equivalent to a confession of false representations. But even if it were shown, In open court, that there were minor irregu larities on both sides at the primaries on Jan. 4, does any honest Republican suppose that Ripple, Williams or . id mayer planned fraud, knew of fraud or sanctioned fraud? Does any sane citizen believe for an Instant that these gentlemen were not the fair choice of a clear majority of the bona fide Re publican voters of this city, or that they are not now fully entitled to the fealty of every one of those voters? We are not In any alarm over the ex pected treachery of Mr. Scranton's newspaper, which months ago pro claimed its Intention when It hoisted the label of Mugwumpery to Its mast head. But we believe that a time has been reached in the progress of Its de sertion of the party that has so long supported It, when the common sense of the party masses should vigorously assert Itself. If the Republican wishes to go over bag and baggage to the Dem ocracy, whose campaign it is now try ing to invigorate, let it do so and be welcome. In that case no one could of fer a word of objection. Such a course would be at once manly, fair and can did. But whatever attitude it may wish to assume In this campaign, let the Republicans of Scranton remem ber that this is a presidential year, when every Republican will b,e expect ed to do bis honest duty. The political year which brings such responsibility with It does not call for Inauguration with a Republican defeat. , Since 1890, according; to the Indepen dent, there has been an Increase of churches in the United States ' to the number oX 19,004; an increase of pas- tors to that of 16,000, and an Increase of communicants to that of 3.".o0.000. This Increase is more rapid than the increase in population; ttaeevfore It bt tokens a net growth or the rcliclous spirit. But the room for growth is yet ample. Another International Exposition. A committee of the Washington board of trade to which was referred the question whether It would be desirable to try to organize, ut the national cap ital in laoo. an inter-state and Interna tional exposition, to murk the birth of the new century and the beginning of the second century of the national government with Its home nt Washing ton, has reported strongly in favor of tho proposition. This report held, according to the Star, that the exposition "Bhould be maintained by the national govern ment.as the time has passed when the government should go into 'the travel ing show business' by carting its exhib its all over the country. Washington Is the natural and proper place for holding any such affair, and if it were held there it would result in great ben efit both to Washington and to the United State. Not only would the dif ferent states put up bulldinns for per manent exhibits of their manufactures and resources, but the chances are that all the ulster republics on the western hemisphere would fall Into line and take advantage of the opportunity pre sented to them to maintain permanent exhibits at the capital of the grandest country that has ever existed under a republican form of government. ' The success, within three years of each other, of two such great enter prises as the Chicago World's fair and the Atlanta exposition will undoubted ly give nn impetus to the exposition mania. The present proposition offers better recommendations than most proposals of Its kind, because it would. if successful, result In a very desirable extension of human knowledge as to tho success which representative gov ernment has attained In the United States. An International exhibition at the capital of the pioneer American re public would possess educational value in this respect not true of any possible exhibition in any other place. For this reason the Washington idea looks un usually inviting, despite the fact that as a general principle trio exposition business has of late years been over done. Suppose Englandtaking advantage of Spain's impecunloslty, snouiu uuy Cuba. Does any sane American suppose that this government would not have reason to object.? Mr. Cleveland's reported willingness to recognize the Cuban belligerents needs for its confirmation only a few bold strokes of the pen. The fact that the London Globe does not approve the Davis restatement of the Monroe doctrine will not excite un controllable surprise. . . Loval Republicans of Scranton win not try to begin this presidential year with a party defeat. POLITICAL POINTS. One of the indicators i olnt ng ( to the fu ture of Republicanism In Irglnla Is the n,..n.iii,.n that the Uenulillcans of that Lit,.iu nnn.iniitK Oenoral James A. Walker Vi... c.nerul Wulker was violent secessionist and was me iasi com mander of the famous "Stonewall Brig ade" In the Confederate army. He out loose from the Democratic .party some yeiirs ago ami allied himself with the Ke- publlcaiiH. A me " - member of congress, the only Kepub can i n.- vi.irinlii .lplciratlon. It is bclievil he could be elected by reason of his great personal popularity, it is a mri noi Beu erally known that tlio Hepuhlicnn party In Virginia Is very largely composed of ex Confederates, and the prliicipul strength of the parly Is in the so-culled white coun ties, not the negro districts. The result of the' Republican delegate elections In Luzerne county on Saturday Indicate that Hon. John Lelsenrlng will be elected a delegate to the national con vention without opposition. The candi dates for the Second district delegate are Hon. Theodore Hart, of Pittston; Colonel William Harvey and Morgan It. Morgans, of W'llkes-Barre. Neither of the three has probably secured a majority of the dele gates, but Air. Morgans will probably be the first to drop out. He may have enough delegates to decide between Hart and Har vey, If he can control them. Hon. Charles A. Miner will be endorsed for dclegate-at-lurge and ex-Postmaster Wilde, of Hazlo ton, for presidential elector. At least that Is now the understanding, and is apparent ly satisfactory to every one. There is no longer any doubt that Speak er Reed will have the support of all the delegations from the eastern states in the natiunal convention for the presidency. The Hppea ranee In the field of Senator elect Koraker. or Ohio, as a candidate for president, is believed to oe in the interest of Speaker Reed at the expense of (lover nor McKlnley. The greater politicians of the country are nearly all working for Reed, cither openly or under the surface. The fact that Senator Quay has declared he would not accept the presidential nom ination If tendered him on a silver platter seems not to have been accepted as final by some of the Republicans in Philadel phia, for in one congressional district the convention Instructed the delegates to sup port Colonel Quay. They probably think he did not mean what he said. If the Populists nominate Governor Alt geld for president he will be certain to re ceive the votes of at least 00 persons In Illinois that Is the 401) crlmnals he has pardoned and released from the peniten tiaries of that staCe the past year. -!:- The Republicans In the Maryland legis lature apjiear to be unable to agree on a candidate for United States senator. It is hoped there will not be a repetition of the Delaware nonsense which resulted In a failure to elect a senator. Ill Governor McKlnley appears to he the first choice of the Republicans of Wiscon sin for the .presidency. It was supposed that Senator Allison would have the call In that state, but McKlnley'g boom is on top. ( Colonel Walker, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, will probably be the Republican candidate for governor of Indiana this year, and his election Is considered certain. PRACTICAL CHARITY. From the Pittston Gazette. It has been estimated that there are In Luzerne and Lackawanna counties In the neighborhood of 80,000 people men, wo men ana children who do not speak the English language, and who have not be come citizens In the full sense of the term. They have come here from foreign coun tries In such large numbers that the com munity has been unable to assimilate them, as usually is done with the compar atively small number who come to us from the English speaking countries of Europe. Many of the Italians, Poles and Huns gather into communities by themselves and make no pretense of educating them selves in the language and customs of tne people among whom have come to dwell. The result Is not only detrimental to the progress of the community, but also to tne welfare or the foreigners. The question as to the best method of dealing with these people is a most Important one, and should receive more attention than it does. The field Is wide, and It has been demonstrated that the work of transform ing these people Into educated American citizens, capable and detlrous of taking art in public affairs, is practicable tn fact, profitable Take, for example, the work that has been accomplished through the effort or a li:U? Italian mission m our own community. This has been in operation but a comparatively short time. but the managers had the wisdom to put into service a man acquainted with the lawtuage and customs of the peoplo whom it van sought to reach, and tha result has been successful beyond expetattona. . At least one of our churches now has quite a respectable Italian membership, and the people who are thus brought under the in fluence of the church and or good tociety cannot but wort: much good among their fellows, o that the results are far reach ing. Then there Is tl. v' ' .. . nee of the r.chool. It Is said by thoee en;aud In public school work that the children of the foreigners under consideration who attend the pub lic schools are cs a rule bright and deslr. ous df learning English and the other studies. The trouble is. only a very few of them attend the pub!io schools. Most of them work and many others are too vounir to attend the nubile schools. Vrl vale schools, therefore, are needed, and while a few of these are In operation, those Interested In religious work would doubtless find here a Held for further work If they but Investigate the subject. Some time since the l,ackawanna presbytery uuaolntcd' Rev. Dr. Lo-jan, of Scranton, us a speclul mlss'onury to work among the foreigners within t he presbytery. His work U undur the direction of tha ex ecutive committee of the presbytery, and nlthomrh the financial mean at his com mnnd have been rnther limited, amounting last year to only JtSO. it Is evident that he feels encouraged in his work and that he regards the possibilities us ureal. In a recent address' in Scranton Dr. l-o gau cited, as an example of what is being accomplished ulong the line of education among the foreigners, an incident of nine teen little Slovaks at I'eckville, who, be ginning In a kindergarten without know ing a word of English, were In six weeks taught to sing and pray understandinaly In our language. He regards such things ns significant, and they are. It would seem to us that the Meld Is a broad one, and th.it wider interest should be taken in It by the leaders of religious work. Only by educating the children can we hope to save our foreign population from the un healthful sanitary and moral atmosphere In which they now dwell. AN OUTSIDE VIEW. From the Buffalo News. One side of Senator Quay's life Is well known; that is the aggressive, hard working, never-let-up phase of his chur acter, but tho Intellect mil Hide has ben lost sight of by many who know him per sonally and regurd him as a brilliant leader so far as tnctics go. Quay Is probably one of the best read men In the Keystone state. He 1m a student, keeps In touch with current literature, Is up In Norwegian mythology, is a good Egypt ologlst and can quote you from Rudyard Kipling's jungle stories, lie has a libra ry of rare books and rends history for re creation, as our own Judge Daniels reads law books instead of going to the theater. Quay can bo temperate or intemperate, as you desire. He can be a mild Indulger or strictly temperate, as he may desire. All through his fight with the Magee-Mur- tln combine 'be did not touch a glass of anything stronger than water, and tho re. suit shows ithat his head and mind were clear all the time. TOLD BY THE STARS. Dally llorosoopo Drawn by Ajaeehus, The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabe cast: 3.10 a. m., for Tuesday, Jan. 21, U 3 3K There will be a suspicion in the mind of a child born on this day that Mr. Scran ton does not Intend to play In Republi canism's back yard anymore. Mr. Guernsey's hesitancy seems to Indi cate that ho regards yesterday's nomina tion In the light of nn invitation to accom pany Mr. lialley on the second fiddle. There Is nothing that so aptly Illustrates the resonunce of vacuum as the noise made uy a man wno imagines mat he is bigger than his party. Ajacchus Advlca. Avoid joining an alleged movement in the Interest of reform, that ha its ban ner decorated with skull and cross-bones. Never pull chestnuts out of the fire at the request of a politician with Unument on his heud. HILL & CONNELL, 131 AND 133 N. WASHINGTON AVE. Builders AND Makers OF AND OFFICE SUPPLIES 131 AND 133 K. WASHINGTON AVE. 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 arc in need ol anything in our line it will pay you to visit our store. FERBER. OWLET CO., LIMITED. Fine China, Crockery, Cut Glass, Lamps and House Furnishing Goods. 423 LACUWANHA AVERUL GOLDSMITH'S The Greatest Wonder of the Age. Genuine Oil Paintings Free. For one week, commencing Monday, January 20, Mr. F. Matzow', the champion lightning artist of tha world, will piint genuine oil painting? in our large center show window in from ten to fifteen minutes and produce effects that would require as many hours in the hands of any other artist. These paintings we will GIVE AWAY FREE WITH EVERY $1.00 PURCHASE THIS WEEK With a small additional charge for frames. All frames furnished at wholesale prices. This is the chance of a lifetime to secure a genuine oil painting tree. This is a matter of double interest because our great January Clearing Sale is now in progress. Everybody knows that we have cut big slices from the prices throughout the entire store, and the salo will last only until Thursday, January 23. Every Street Car Stoos at ra H i?n n (s "nf3 13 1 1 J k &u NJ U aa U 1' ti SHOE SiLLE, m m aaaaaaaW Ik WW B U amy m M M , aaaaaaaaaaBaaa a' Which commences today, will long be remembered by the people of this city. No fake or bogus sale, but a Genuine Cut-Price Sale, to clean out the store to make improvements. WE QUOTE YOU A FEW RRICES Children's Shoes that Misses' Shoes that were $1.25, $1.50 and $2 now.. Boys' Shoes that were $1.50 and $2 now ... Women's Shoes that were $1.50 and $2 now Women's Shoes that were $2.75 and $3 now Women's Shoes that were $1, all kinds, styles and widths, Men's Shoes that were $5 aud $G.50 now Men's Shoes that were $3 and $4 now Men's Shoes that were $2 and $2.50 now This same cut is made in every pair of shoes in stock, and will be strictly cash. Watch BANISTER'S, Corner Lackawanna and THE LAST MINUTE, lust viien you need a given 4 t article and are in a hurry for it, is not the time to buy. Look around your office and see what - you will need soon in the wav of Paper, Blank Books, Letter Files, Type writer Jt'aper, ink, rens, or anything in the way of office supplies, and give us your order now. Then j'ou will never be entirely out of stock, REYNOLDS BROS. Stationers, 317 LAdUWANNA 1VE. OYSTERS W an Hmdqtuirteri for Orator and rabaodUDg tb Celebrated Duck Rivers, Lynn Havens, Keyports, Mill Ponds; also Shrews bury, Rockaways, Maurice River Coves, Western Shores and Blue Points. "We makaa Specialty of dalirtrlni Bin Point" on half ahall In carriers. PIERCE'S MARKET, PEN N AYE THAT WONDERFUL OaJI aad m ihM PlaMl m4 mm Am m nd-hand Piaaoa wo bar Uka ta sabaag GUERNSEY BROTHERS; mm MnairawwcBEn MAEflOS were $1, $1.25 and $1.50 now. this space for new "ads" and Hold Still! And get your picture took with one of them er pocket Kodaks froni FLOREY'S. 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 UNDERWEAR FOR MEN. Comfortable Conyenient. Sold Only. LOUIS CONRAD, HATTER AND FURNISHER. 305 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. 326 Washington Ate., SCRANTON, PA. TELEPHONE 555. ilYLIfl II H BAZAAR the Door. CJ8c to 88c .....78c. 08c und $1.28 $1.08 and $1.28 98c and $1.38 $1.88 and $1.98 now $2.48 $3,48 and $3.98 $2.18 and $2.48 $1.28 and $1.78 all are new, cleau goods. Said prices. Wyoming Avenues Only A Few Left But we will sell that few at cost Tbcy are t t and we want to close thein out before inventory. If you need a Heater don't miss this chance. FOOTE S SHEAR CO. 119 WASHINGTON AVENUE. REMOVAL On April 1 Will Remove to Coal Exchange- Building, Wyoming Avenue. ALL POTTERY, CHINA, GLASS, CLOCKS, TABLES AND LAMPS WILL BE SOLD AT COST. 307 LACKAWANNA AVE. ON THE LINE OF THE ' lllfi PACIFIC n aro located tb flnent Ashing aad hunting groradu In the world. Deacrtptlra book oa ppliratlnn. Tirkata Xn all point la Main Cunnda and Maritime) Province. Minneapolis. ' ft 1'anl. Canadian and United State Hortfcv meats, Vancouver, beattlt Taeonta. Portland, Or. Han Krancieoo. First-Class Sleeping and Dining Can attached to all tbruaarh trains. Tourist enr folly fitted with bedding, mrtains aad ap Lilly adapted to want of families mar be b.i4 with aecood-elsas ticket. Rate always lass thaa Tia other lias. For fail intern time taUlea, te an application to K. V. SKlAilMER. Q. 153 BROADWAY, NEW TOM. ill SR MERCEkEAU 4 CONNELL