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REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
l or Mayor-E. II. RIPPLE,
l or Treasurer DANIEL WILLIAMS,
l or Controllcr-F. J. WIDMAYEH.
I or Aticssora-CIIARLES FOWLER,
CHRIST HCKI S.
WILLIAM UAWMON.
Election Day, Feb. 18.
JuBt for pastime Imagine the howl
there would huve been from the Scran
ton Republican had Mulr been nonil
. nated and had The Tribune bolted!
Speed the Viaduct!
The cnrdlul Indorsement by the Hoard
of Trade of the new viaduct project Is
another gratifying proof of the gradual
Hubuldenre in Scranton of nectional
Jealosies and prejudice. The point
made by Mr. A. V. Plcknon that the
building; of this needeuVlmprovement
would prove as benelltialn tending to
solidify the city as In Bavins llfe'und
promoting the public convenience 1h
timely and forceful, and it will deserve
to bo carefully considered by the elec
tors when they vote on the proposition
of bonding the city for the viaduct's
construction.
The Tribune, in this matter as in all
other prudent projects of similar Intent,
stands for a Greater Scranton. It be
lieves that a benefit to any particular
section Is a benefit to all the sections,
and that the viaduct should be as much
a matter of concern to the South Slder
or to the resident of Sanderson Hill as
to the people of Hyde Vark or the North
End. Kvery year of mutual growth
Unds to bring these various parts of
the city together Into a symmetrical
whole. Every new Improvement which
facilitates safe Inter-communlcatlon Is
a bond of union, Indissoluble forever af
terward. In the case of the new bridges. It may
be years before the full measure of their
advantage will be made apparent; but
in the case-of the proposed viaduct the
benefit to result would appear Immei
dlately. No fair-minded Scrantonlan,
after a personal scrutiny of the present
danger to life and limb of the unpro
tected railroad crossings on uest
Lackawanna avenue, can truthfully
sny that a viaduct Is not needed. There
has. In fact, never been dissent to this
self-evident proposition. Whatever
past objection has been inspired by
faulty details in the plans for a via
duct has now been removed; and there
should therefore be substantial unanim
ity In speeding the amended project to
final consummation.
It Is currently reported that In the
massacre of Armenians at Marash, in
November last, the two head teachers
In the American academy were killed,
one being: flayed alive and then cut to
pieces. If this be true, what Is Olney
going to do about It?
An Excellent Opportunity.
There, is no truer index to a city's
character than the number and quality
of Its philanthropic institutions. A
stranger coming to Scranton today,
and observing that so beneflclent a
public charity as the Home for the
Friendless has been domiciled in a
meagre structure liable at any time to
destruction by Are would be Justified In
deducing conclusions uncomplimentary
to the city. ' ' .
It would be a deserved reproach
should such a visitor decide that a city
which exhibits on every hand so many
evidences of material prosperity as are
visible in this place, yet which Is con
tent that its homeless waifs should re
main In quarters where their lives are
continually and needlessly endangered,
is not the kind of city to which he
would care to remove his business or
his family.
ITp to within a few days 8cranton
could have at least have entered the
plea of a want of information touching
the unsatisfactorlness and the peril of
the present inadequate Home. But
henceforward such an excuse will no
longer excuse. A destructive Are, for
tunately unattended by loss of life, has
lately supplied an impressive warning.
The facts at last are known to all.
With them in mind, furthertlggardll
ness would simply be criminal.
So long as the state makes a practice
of aiding local charities In other por
tions of the commonwealth, It is proper
for Scranton to present Its case with
the- rest; 'but the recent 'refusal of
state aid for the Home for the Friend
less will not be without Its compensa
tions If It shall arouse the generous
minded men and women of the city to a
consciousness that, after all, their best
dependence is on their 'own pocket
books. The Home Is for the benefit of
Scranton, and Scfantonlana are con
sequently In honor bound to support It.
The opportunity for a voluntary recog
nition of that obligation is now -presented
In the present canvass for a
new building fund; and It should) un
der no circumstances be neglected. '
When President Cleveland, issued his
Venezuelan message, Republicans al
most without exception dropped jartl
Mhlam and applauded. New when
Senator Davis tries to put the Monroe
doctrine into official English, every
Democrat howls that It Is simply a re
publican trick. . The rule of non
partlsanlsm In foreign affairs evidently
will not work both ways.
.
Rally for the Party.
The only thing needed to convince any
doubtful Republican of his duty in the
present municipal campaign is to stop.
look apd. think. Common sense will do
tho rest.
This Is the beginning of a presidential
year a year which will afford the citi
zens of the United Htates their first
complete chance to make a change back
from the disastrous Democratic
"change" of 1S92. Suppose that In every
Republican city In the country a few of
the leaders of the minority faction at
the party primaries should, out of per
sonal desperation, try to incite the
party rank and file to bolt the regularly
chosen party nominees, giving as rea
sons fal.se statements of fact and gross
misrepresentations; and suppose fur
ther that a sufficient number of ite
publican voters should be deluded In
these cities Into deserting their party
candidates thus effecting the election
of Democrats eager to turn the
Influence of the city govern
ment over to the purposes of
the Democratic party does any re
flecting man Buppose that such a course
would not imperil If not wholly sacri
fice Republican chances for the presl
dency In the November elections? Does
any voter familiar with political cam
palgns Imagine that party ground lost
In February of a presidential year can
be regained before November of that
same year?
Let It be conceded that In each of
these cities, as in our own, there is a
vague feeling of unrest among certain
members of the party against the
recognized party leadership a feeling
which, without allowing credit for the
difficulties besetting that leadership In
Its efforts to perfect the party organiza
tion and to weed out long-standing evils
Inherited from discarded predecessors;
and without making any Judicial in
quiry Into the cunning accusations
which Inevitable malcontents, smarting
under exposed duplicity, are quick to
make and to circulate, but instead,
swallowing them blindly, Is rather dis
posed to resent leadership in any form
let us ask, is the eve ofsfo Important
a national campaign as the campaign of
1896 promises to be a fit time' for the
pulling down of a successful leadership
without the certainty that there is an
other suitable one Immediately ready
for the emergency? It was Abraham
Lincoln who counseled against "swap
ping horses In the middle of the
stream;" and his quaint remark con
densed a heap of shrewd common sense.
We have yet to hear of qny Republi
can in the city of Scranton who could
question the . ' ability, the Integ
rity or the high personal character
of the gentlemen on the present Re
publican city ticket. It Is everywhere
conceded that from Colonel Ripple down
the ticket is one of the best, If not the
best, ever offered by the Republicans
of the municipality for the public's In
dorsement; and nowhere Is It disputed
that this ticket. If elected, would give
to the citizens of Scranton, good, clean,
and progressive government. What,
then, Is the vague foundation upon
which any man claiming allegiance to
Republican principles can hesitate to
accord to this ticket his most cordial
support? The only ground yet men
tioned In print Is that it stands lor
"Connelllsm," or, In other wosds, that
It does not offer opportunities for tne
beating or throwing down of honest
Republican candidacies or for the stif
ling of honest party sentiment, as has
been done ere now. The Republican
party, In short. Is asked to contribute
to a Democratic victory, with its multi
plication of future Democratic re
sources; simply because a few men did
not, after a fair fight, succeed In their
recent "Independent" campaign.
A good deal might be said In this con
nection as to what "Connelllsm," so
called, has done for the city of Scran
ton In the way of diversifying its In
dustries, cleansing its politics and de
veloping Its educational and moral re
sources; but we deem that a subject
apart from the present purpose. Mr.
Connell is not now a candidate for of
fice, and his faults or his merits should
be kept out of the discussion until he
Is. Until concerning the gentlemen who
are the Republican candidates at this
time something more serious can be
produced In the way of public arraign
ment than the facts that they were
successful at the recent primaries, and
that they are friendly t clean and pro
gressive Republican local leadership,
the duty of loyal Republicans will be as
clear as the sun at mid-day. It will be
their duty to stand by their party, and
to lend no countenance to those who
would seduce them Into political treach
ery, with Its ugly back-ground of pos
sible Democratic triumph.
In substance the Philadelphia scrap
means that Quay got the oyster while
Martin with much effort retained me
shell.
. The Luzerne Convention. ..
After a spirited canvass the Repub
licans, of .Luzerne, county yesterday
chose Representative Lelsenring, and
Morgan R. Morgans,' of Wllkes-Barre,
as delegates to the St. Louis conven
tion, with Colonel William J. Harvey,
of Wilkes-Barre, and Theo. Hart, of
Plttston, as alternates. The choice of
Mr. Lelsenring was by acclamation;
that of Mr. Morgana was due to a
shrewd and quiet campaign aided at
Its close by the co-operation of friends
of Mr. Hart.
In point of party service. Mr. Hart
well deserved the honor for which he
unsuccessfully struggled; and his de
feat Is probably due to the fact that he
represented, In geography, a portion of
the county not strong enough to com
pete In the convention with the more
populous community of which Wilkei-
Barre is the inspirational center. That
Mr. Hart will accept his defeat lilillo
sophlcally and turn in, like a loyal, en
ergetic Republican, for party success
in the campaign to come. Is not open to
doubt. His Is a type of Republicanism
which does not measure party fealty
by personal opportunity or restrict Its
political activities to the selfish pas
time of trying to "get square" with
those who are fairly favored by the
fortunes of political warfare.
In live of the six legislative districts
of Luzerne county resolutions of In
struction were adopted on Monday fav
orable to the candidacy of Hon. Charles
A. Miner for delegate-at-lafge. In the
remaining district It was thought ad
visable to withhold formal instructions,
but there js little doubt that the dele
gates from that district will co-operate
with the other delegates from Luzerne
county In their endeavors to promote
the success of Mr. Miner's candidacy
The result of this unanimity Is sure
to be beneficial to the party's prospects
In Luzerne county, which Is evidently
destined to press closely upon Lacka
wanna In the race for Republican hon
OI'S.
The point In asking congress In so
many words to realfli m the Monroe doc
trine Is to prevent future- quibbling
When making out a case, either in law
or diplomacy, It is always worth while
to make out a good one. ,
A Home Illustration.
Mr. Rayard has entered, through the
secretary of state, an official defense of
his now celebrated Edinburgh speech
in which he arraigned the integrity of
a majority of his countrymen and cast
deliberate discredit upon the charac
ter of American legislators. The word
ing of his defense is curious. Ho says:
The address In question was delivered
bfore an Institution purely literary ami
scientific In its character and wholy un
connected with political parties, which
had honored two of my official prede
cphhois with similar Invitations, which
In both cases had been accented; sub
jects political In their nature, 'Democ
racy' and 'The Law of the Land, hatf.
Ing been respectively selected and treated
with distlnKUlsheil ability. No political
canvass was pending or auproacliliiK In
this country when my ailnress was made.
and no interference or anticipation in local
or party political concerns In this country
was therefore possible. The address con
sisted of my personal opinions upon gov
ernmental Institutions In neneral the
moral forces and tendencies which under
lie them and the governmental policies
which Bss!st In the conservation of free
dom of the Individual as an essential In
teger of human progress and of the per
manence of civilization. The Judgment
so delivered were formed by me after
careful deliberation; and. In their pre
sentation, sundry historical facts and ar
guments tending to sustain them were ad
vanced.
We think any fair-minded reader will
concur in the opinion that as an ex
planation this is the weakest effort on
record. That the ambassador of the
United States at a foreign court should
deem himself free, before, non-political
organizations in Intervals between
campaigns, to utter harrangues de
nunciatory of the people he represents
which even he Implies would be Im
proper before political bodies In cam
paign times, is about the worst case
of mental strabismus known to this
generation. Does Mr. Bayard mean to
say that a slander is any the less a
slander because launched, not In heat
or passion, but "after careful delibera
tion?" Suppose that Sir Julian Pauncefote,
while representing Her Majesty's gov
ernment in the United States, should,
before the Welsh Philosophical society
of Scranton, deliver himself of an ora
tion holding; up the English people to
scorn and libeling the members of the
British parliament. Would thnt be ex
cused by Lord Salisbury on the ground
that he could take exceptions to Sir
Julian's course only In case the speech
were made before a political body like,
say, the M. S. Quay club?
The next thing we know, Senator
Davis will be accused of trying to work
up a presidential boom. Ir that be his
purpose, he certainly Is moving shrewd
ly. '
THE DAVIS RESOLUTION.
The text of the concurrent resolution.
enunciating and reaffirming the Monroe
doctrine, which was reported to the t'nltel
States senate Monday by Senator Davis,
of Minnesota, in behalf of the committee
on foreign relations as the first step to-,
ward making the doctrine a formal declar
ation of the policy of the government, Is as
follows:
Resolved, By the senate, the house or
representatives concurring, that
Whereas, President Monroe, in his mes
sage to congress on Dec. 2, 1823, deemed it
proper to assert as a principle in which
the rights nnd Interests or tne i nueu
States are Involved, that the American
continents, by the free and Independent
conditions which they have assumed and
maintained, were thenceforth not to be
considered as subjects for future coloniza
tion by any European power; and
Whereas, President Monroe further de
clared In that message that the t'nltci!
States would consider any attempt by tho
nl'Ied powers of Europe to extend their
ftf ti cm I hp her
as dangerous to our peace and safety;
. ...o t.un.iK colonics nnd de
pendencies of any Kuropeun power we'
have not Interfered, and should not In
terfere; but that with the governments
who have declared their Independence nnd
maintained It, and whose independence
we have on great consideration and on
Just principles acknowledged, we could
not view any Interposition for the pur
pose of oppressing them, or controlling In
any other manner their destiny, by any
European power. In any other light than
as the manifestation of an unfriendly dis
position toward the I'nlted States: and
further reiterated in that message that it
Is Impossible that the allied powers should
extend their political system to any por
tion of either1 continent without endan
gering our peace and happiness; and,
"Whereas, The doctrine and policy so
proclaimed by President Monroe have
since been repeatedly asserted by the I'n't
ed States, by executive declaration and ac
tion upon occasions and exigencies simi
lar to the particular occasions and exi
gencies which caused them to be first an
nounced, and ha'-e been ever since th Hr
promulgation, and now are, the rightful
policy of the United States; therefore be
it
"Resolved, That the United States of
America reaffirms and eonllrms the doc
trine and principles promulgated by Presi
dent Monroe In his message of Dec. 2, 1KI,
and declares that It will BBsert and main
tain the doctrine and those principles, and
will regard any infringement thereof, and
particularly any attempt by any Euro
pean power to take or acquire any new or
additional territory on the American con
tinent, or any Island adjacent thereto, or
any right of sovereignty or dominion in
the same. In any case. or Instance as to
which the) United States shall deem such
attempt to be dangerous to Its peace or
safety, by or through force, purchase,
cesslop, occupation, pledge, colonisation,
protectorate, or by control of the ease
ment in any canal or any other means of
transit across the American Isthmus,
whether, under unfounded pretension of
right In cases of alleged boundary dis
putes, or under any other unfounded pre
tensions, as the manifestation of an -m-friendly
disposition toward the I'nlted
Mutes and as un lute: position which it
would be Impossible, In any form, for tne
United States to regard with Indifference."
Tin: ihuiu: EAST.
Never, O craven England, never more
Prate thou of generous effort, righteous
Him; . .
Betrayer of a people, know thy shame!
Summer hath passed, and autumn's
threshing floor
Been winnowed; winter at Armenia's
door
Snarls like a wolf; and still the sword
and flame
Sleep not; thou only sleepest; and the
same
Cry unto heaven ascends as heretofore.
And the red stream thou might'st have
stanched yet runs;
And o'er the earth there sounds no trunv
pet's tone
To shake the Ignoble torpor of thy sons;
But with Indifferent eyes thijy watch,
nnd see
Hill's regent sitting yonder, propped by
tnee,
Abdul, tne Damned, tilt his infernal
throne.
You In high places; you that drive the
steeds
Of empire; you that say unto our hosts,
"do thither," nnd tliey go. ami from our
coasts
Bid sail the squudrous, and they sail, their
Ulcus
Shaking the world; lo! from a lund that
pleuds
For mercy where no mercy Is. the ghosts
Look In upon you faltering nt your
posts
Upbraid you parleying while a people
bleeds
To death. What stays the thunder In
your hand.'
A fear for England? Can her pillared
lame
Only on fnlth forsworn securely stand.
On faith forsworn that murders babes
and men?
Are such the terms of glosy's tenure?
men
Kail -her accursed greatness, In God's
name!
Heaped in their ghastly graves they He
n a nroiina
Sickening o'er fields where others vainly
wail
For burial; and the butchers keep high
stati
In silken palaces of perfumed ease.
The panther of the desert, mulched with
l neap,
Is pitiful; beside their lust and hate
Eire and the plague-wind are compas
sionate. 'And soft the deadliest fangs of ravening
ieu.
How long shall they he borne? Is not
me ru;i
Of crime yet full? Doth devildom still
lack .
Some consummating crown that we hold
hack
The scourge, and In Chiist'B borders give
them room?
How long shall they be borne, O Eng
land? I'D.
Tempest of God, and sweep them to their
uum; wniiam Watson.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by AJaccbiia, The
Tribuno Astrolocer.
Astrolabe cast: 1.66 a. m for Wednesday,
5 S
To a eh'ld born on this dav it will be
evident that If the city assessors and
board of uppeals keep up their row with
present vigor, taxes will soon bo light
enough In Scranton to ullow a poor man
to own property.
The sound of the bass drum of DOlitlcal
discontent at present hath a muffled and
fur-off sound. ,
There Is something suggestive in tho
fact that the recent North End fish sensa
tion was caused by milk.
From present indications MuEwumo-
erculosls Is not liable to become an epl-
oemic in scranton.
Ajocchus' Advice.
Do not be alarmed at the present war
clouds. Remember how the Burke-Her-
ring investigation terminated.
HILL & CONNELL,
01 AND 133 II. WASHINGTON ML
Builders
AND
Makers
OF
AND
OFFICE
SUPPLIES
131 AND 133 N. WASHINGTON CVL
Bargains
We are now taking account of
stock. It will take the whole
month of January to go through
our five iloors 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 ot
, anything in our line it will pay
you to visit our store.
t' OMET 0.
LIMITED.
Fine China, Crockery,
Cut Glass, Lamps and
House Furnishing Goods.
422 UCMWMM AVEMIE.
GOLDSMITH'S
The Greatest
Genuine un Paintings Free.
For one week, commencing Monday, January 30, Mr. F. Matzow, the champion
lightning artist of tin world, will paint genuine oil paintings 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
CIVE AWAY FREE WITH EVERY $1.00 HE 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 enTTfe store, and the sale
will last only until Thursday,
Every Street Car Stoos at
BANISTIER'S
SHOE SALE,
Which commences today, will
bogus sale, but a Genuine Cut-Price Sale, to clean out the
WE QUOTE YOU A FENA PRICES
Children's Shoes that were $1, $1.23 and $1.50 now
Misses Shoes thut 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
Wome i's Shoes that were $4, all kinds, styles and widths,
Men's Shoes that were $3 and $6.50 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 this space for new "ads" and
BANISTER'S, Corner Lackawanna and
OVERWORK
Is sometimes due to defective materials
or tools. Many a man spends un
necessary time ta office work when be
might save care and doctors' bills if
he got proper office necessaries. For
these "proper necessaries" we are
right up to date. If you cannot call
on us, we shall be pleased to call on
you. n e do
SI
REYNOLDS BROS.
3.7 Lac;awfli'a ave.
After February 15 will
remove to Hotel Jermyn,
Wyoming Avenue.
OYSTERS
W arc Headqoartcrt tor Ojratr and
aro handling the
Celebrated Duck Rivers.
Lynn Havens, Keyports.
Mill Ponds; also Shrews
bury, Rockaways, Maurice
River Coves, Western
Shores and Blue Points.
KTWeguke a Kpaclalty of dcllrarini
Blue Point on half .hall in carriara.
PIERCE'S MARKET, PENN AVE
THAT WONDERFUL
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PIAM0
OaM aa4 aaa thaaa PlaavMi aa aaaaa Baa aa
oad-hani Ptaaoawa bat takaata axakaaf
(trtaaaa.
GUERNSEY BROTHERS,
Wja, Aft.
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Wonder of the
ft a ' av a m n
January 23.
long be remembered by the people of this citv. No fate or
Hold Still!
And get your picture took
with one. of them er pocket
Kodaks froni r
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 HEW
UNDERWEAR
FOR
MEN,
Comfortable
Convenient.
Sold
Only
LOUIS CONRAD,
HATTER AND FURNISHER.
305 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
326 Washington Ave.,
SCRANTON, PA.
TELEPHONE 555.
liny
hi 1.
toe.
n m
the Door.
store'to make improvements.
- 68c to 88c
78c, 98c uml $1.28
$1.08 and $1.28
8c and $1.38
$1.88 and $1.98
now $2.4S
$3,48 and $3.8 1
$2.18 and $2.48
-.$1.28 nnd $1.78
all are new, clean goods. Sala
prices.
Wyoming Avenues
Only '
A Few Left
But we will sell that few at
cost Tbej art . . . .
and we want to close them out
before inventory.
If you need a Heater
don't miss this chance.
FOOTE i SHEAR CO.
1.9 WASHINGTON AVENUE.
On April 1 Will Remove to Coal
Exchange Building, Wyoming
Avenue.
ALL
POTTERY, CHINA,
GLASS, CLOCKS,
TABLES AND LAMPS
W ILL BE SOLD AT COST.
307 LACKAWANNA AVE.
CN THE LINE OF THE '
CANADIAN PACIFIC U
are locatad tba flnoat flablng aad hnntina
ground In the world. UeaoriptlT bookaoa
application. Tickata to all pointa la Malna,
Canada and Maritime ProTlOcea, Mlanaapolia.
bt Paul. Canadian and Unttad Btatea Norta
weata, Vancouver, Beattle, Taeonia. Portland,
Ore.. Kan Francisco.
First-Class Sleeping and Dining Cars
attached to all through trains. Touriat ear
fully fitted with baUdinc, curtaina and ap a
tally adapted to wnnta of families may be bad
wita eecond claea tickets. Hates always tea
tliaa 1a otber lints. For fall luT or mattes,
time tables, etc. on application to
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