THE SCRAXTOK TRIBUNE 'A'EDNESD AY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2 (i, 189C. t (kt&nton CriBune BaByaaa Weakly. Ss aunaay EalUoo. ft PuMlaaea M taMn, !., by The THbane Fab- UaBUU Company. Kew Task eti WNm BalMlnc Toms B. tay, Manager. t. P. RINMBUIIV. Para. m l Mm. C. M. RIPPLC. Tmm. UVY . NICHANO. Cam. V. W. DAVIS. Miami. W. W. VOUWI. Am. mgw At m rosTDCTsn at scftaatoa. .. MWMUM Kllli UA1TU, Printers Ink," the tscofnlmd Journal tor e4tr Ikwn, nlaTii cn&siTs.r Tnmimnas ths tmt ssWartlstag astdlun In Northeastern renasrivar ate. "MntM Ink" knows. Tan WniiT Tainan-. Iwitd Ercrr Saturday, Contains Tel Handsoms Pasts, with an Ahuii ance of Nmvs, Fiction. and Well-Edited Jllaccl huijr. Tot Tbom Who Cannot Tk Tn Daii.x Tainraa, to Weekly I tocomauended as the Boot lupta Uolnf. Only 11 You. in Advance. IB Tninnaa to ibr Bole Polly nt tas D, L. end W btntlau at Bobokoa. BCRANTON, FEBRUARY it, The Tribune Is the only Repub lican Dally In Lackawanna County. In one respect current rumor Is doubtless correct. Mr, Scranton's only hope for a renomlnatlon rests with the Democrats. Spurious Economy. No word is quite so badly abused these days as the word "economy." FoT'economy's sake, the routine appro priation bills in tho present houso at Washington are being cut in many In stances far below the actual needs of the g-overnment service, not to speuk of desired Improvements Incidental to a growing population with Its enlarging volume of public business. ThlH Is done In obedience to orders. Speaker Reed, It Is Bulil, wants this house to make a record, not for liberality toward plain public needs, but for "economy." He remembers the howl made concerning the "billion dollar" congress, and, not withstanding that this has grown to be a "billion dollar" country, he pro poses to cut expenditures to the lowest possible notch, In the hope that the sen ate will assume the responsibility of putting the figures up to a reasonable basis. The city of Scranton has Been a speci men of this bogun economy, on a small er scale. In the recent deliberations of the estimates committee of councils. The Tribune yesterday gave u list of valuable and urgently needed Improve ments which have fallen by the way side because of the estimates commit tee's desire to make receipts and ex penditures tully. Some of these Im provementsnotably the Spruce street new pavlnff item, separate cells fur wo men prisoners, a paid Ore department and the proposed additions to Nay Aug park are of such Importance to the city that It were better to Increase for a time the city debt than to defer them Indefinitely. In comparison with the benefits which would accrue from the appropriation of sufficient money for these Improvements the slight Increase In the tax rate Incident thereto would not be felt by the average taxpayer. Hut "economy," false economy, has car ried the day; and the city's develop ment Is correspondingly retarded. We believe the time Is auspicious for the Inauguration of a more broad gauged policy both locally and at Wash ington. It Is our notion that the people are willing to pay a reasonable price for & good quality of municipal and na tional service, and that they are far more likely to approve a- policy which accorda recognition to this willingness than one which saves at the spigot to Waste at the bunghole. Does even the distant Wllkes-Barre News-Dealer begin to see the Bmall fac tional politics now on Up In the Lacka wanna president judgeship? The Next War Cloud. That sooner or later Japan will war With Russia for tho mastery In that portion of the orient where Russian In fluence Is now specially aggressive has long been predicted by students of In ternational politics, and It Is rapidly receiving symptomatic confirmation. The bitterness of Japan toward Ilussla for its action at the close of Japan's recent war with China, In limiting the scope of Japan's Indemnity Is readily remembered. We quoted, at the time, some comments made by a hltfh Jap anese official to Colonel Cockerlll, which showed that the quick-witted inhab itants of the mikado's realm had taken doeply to heart this alleged breach of faith by the government of the czar, which had previously been counted among Japan's friends and posslblo al lies. It was then said that Japan would not forest the treachery, but would prepare to avenge it In due season. Suggestive fulfilment of part of these predictions comes in the news that the mikado and his ministers, in outlining the Imperial policy for the next decade, place greatest stress on an enlarge ment of the army and the navy, Ieav lng internal and industrial Improve ments almost entirely in abeyance. The army Is to be increased by the ad dition of three new divisions, giving it a peace footing of more than 300,000 men; and the effectual strength of the navy is to be multiplied by five. For ten years, J8.000.000 a year willbe spent on preparations for war. In addition, $80,000,000 of the indemnity received ' from China is to be applied to the wip ing out of the present war debt, and the remainder, about $40,000,000, will be applied on the new army and navy, notwithstanding the enlargements pro vided for in the regular budget. .This redoubling of the military en ergies of the Japanese may or may not have a war with Russia as Its Incen tive; but it is of "interest to note that In the recent Corean revolt, the handi work of Russia's relentless, diplomacy is more than suspectud. Japan claims Corea, but in deference, to native rest lessness promised certain reforms. It Is charged that while Russia, with one hand, tried to goad Japan to a fulfil ment of those promises, she, with the other hand, secretly threw obstacles In the way. Advices received by the state dciat'tment at Washington ar to the effect that in Japan the feeliiitr In fuvor of hostilities with Kufsla runs dangerously h!h. and Instruction!! are said to have been sent out by Secretary Olney admonishing American uriU-luU In Japan and Corea to act with extra circumspection. Should war arise be tween these two powerful nations for modern Japan, as recent events have shown. Is a host to be reckoned with it would not only prove mi interesting test of supremacy; It would be HUcly to delay for many years that oriental, and particularly that Japanese com petition, of which many American man ufacturers profess to stand In fenr. Colonel Huff's voluntary retirement from tho field as a competitor for the nomination for coii!?ressni:in-at-larK3 will lie likely to Invest with unexpect ed Interest the tuxt stute convention, which, by the way. senator Quay will attt'iid. Colonel llutr strode Into his present lmnoni over the prostrate f nia of Major Mi-Dowell; and hla retirement In atnte season U doubtless for the purpose of avoiding a repetition vt his tory, with himself playing the political corpse. As to Harmony. ' There are two kinds of harmony. One kind Is Illustrated when honest men who have honestly differed get to gether like men and bury the hatchet. That is the kind which Is needed among the Republicans of Scranton, and it Is the kind which, so far as the great rank and flic of the party is concerned, will yet prevail. The other kind has to do with de liberate, wilful and Inexcusable party traitors, bargain-and-sale Republicans with neither conscience nor character. This kind of harmony uses a club und secures peace by driving the assassins out of camp. Roth kinds of harmony arc necessary to u. wise reorganization of the local Republican column, and neither will be wanting, tlood morning! A national congress of mediation and arbitration, to turn men's thoughts away front war, is proposed. The ob ject Is a good one; but the Bethlehem Iron company w ill continue, as hereto fore, to turn out armor plate. Democratic Rainbow Chasing. It is apparent from developments at Washington that the administration will from now on employ ltn utmost power to force the Democratic party at the Chicago convention to come out flat-footed for gold monometallism. This Is foreshadowed in the announce ment made by Secretary Carlisle, after a conference held on Monday with lead ing New York bankers, that If the Democracy hopes to retain the support, moral and financial, of the business cle ment of the country, it must declare un equivocally for "sound money" und of fer neither truce nor compromise to the free coinage winff. In that he unques tionably speaks for the president, and along that line will the administra tion forces without doubt array them selves. Tho only possible effect of such a policy will be to split the Democratic party In twain. It will not threaten, it will accelerate Republican supremacy. The position of the Republican party on this issue was well defined at Minne apolis four years ago, and it will not vary at St. Louis. The Republican party believes in sound money, and enough of It to run the government without going In debt. It haa no nar row prejudice against silver. On the contrary, it will do Its best to secure a restoration of silver to Its old-time plane of legal equality with gold, by means tf an International agreement. But first and above all, it will de mand that the tariff shall be so adjust ed as to swing the balance of trade once more In our favor, and when that shall be accomplished, and the govern ment put on a self-sustaining basis, it will be time to consider changes in the currency system. When we consider the enormous losses which the Democratic party has Inflicted on the country the aggregate of which Is not less than twice the entire cost of the civil war there Is something grotesquely Impudent In its attempt to pose for the applause of the business element. Does It think that it can march over the grave of Amer ican prosperity to a new lease of de structive power? Has it the effrontery to Imaglno that in the face of its dem onstrated Incapacity to handle the tar iff question it can beguile the voters of the nation Into conlldlng to its ineffi cient and unsafe hands the settlement of a question so complex, so dlftlcult and so little understood as is the cur rency question? No, no. One dose of Democratic bungling la enough, for a generation to come. Mr. Mugee, of Allegheny, intimates that the? yuay boom Is merely a toy. Just the name, we observe that the amiable Christopher carefully keeps out of range of its business end. No Dearth of CJood Men. Some of the Journals in this section favorable to Major McKlnley are dis posed to become excited over the candi dacy of Senator Quay. They appear to think that the Ohio man tihould be ac corded the next nomination by unani mous consent. Of course this Is be cause they greatly admire ex-Governor McKlnley and do not specially admire Senutor Quay. Yet upon what claim ought the former to be preferred to the latter, or. In fact, to any of the other gentlemen who are contesting with him for the honors of national leadership? We will leave personal considerations aside, merely remarking that while Ma jor McKlnley Is one of the cleanest and most gentlemanly men In public life, he Is not the only cleun man nor the only gentlemanly man among the Republi can presidential candidates. Is It because he is the foremost pro tectionist of his day? That would seem to point to his return to congress, where tariff bills ure framed, rather than to his Installation In. the white house, the duties of which are executive rather than legislative. Quay, as a manager of men, would be ten-fold more at home in the presidential chair than McKln ley. Besides, he has a wider range of Information and could come Into touch with the people at more points than could Major McKlnley. whose public life has been devoted to the study of a specialty, at the expense of many other subjects of equal complexity and nearly equal importance. What Is true of Quay In tlu-se res;ects is true also of Heed, of Cullom. and of Allison. Kit her of these would represent a more varied equipment than Major McKlnley, and either would equally command the party strength. The Tribune would support Major McKlnley for president with unbound ed enthusiasm, for It regards him as a signally high type of the patriotic. In tellectual citizenship of the land. That he Is a man of courage has been proved by the unswerving firmnens with which he has stood by the protective prin ciple ut times when the political skies looked dark and ominous. His per sonal worth as a friend and neighbor Is beyond aspersion, ile la also a man who recognises the necessity of organi sation In politics und appreciates the claims of those who sustain the heat und burden of political conflict. We, therefore, have no wish to disparage him in the least. But we beg leave to suggest thnt ho is only one of Republi canism's good men. There are others others equally brave, equally clean, equally worthy und equally grateful for service rendered; others whose nomination would justify equal confi dence und command equal enthusiasm. The editor of the Mitchell, S. D.. Mail became so abusive of leading citizens that his office was wrecked by a mob and he was notified to leave the region. It Is fortunate for Joseph A. Scranton that his newspaper la exempt from wild western justice. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Tribune Bureau, Elj Fourteenth street, N. V., Washington, Feb. 2o. The fact that three members of iho JViuuiylvanla delegation In congress de clined to join their colleagues in a lctt -r urging Senator Quay to become u enn ultlatu for the Republican, preslder.th.l nomination doesn't injure tho senator's chances. All of these gentlemen had (Too I reason for withholding their signature-. (.'oiiKressman TJalzell'B personal ami po HHval hatred for Senator Quay was his principal reason for not endorsing him. Mr. iJalzell ulso rays that he is commit ted to fried for president. The real nig ger in the wood pile, I suspect, Is Chris Magee, who owns the little I'lttshurg eoi e rMttmiui body and breeches. Poor Pul- zoll occupies tile same relation to Mugca thai Tom IMutt did to Koscoe Conkllng when they both resigned their seats in tlie l'tilted States senate. It is only a case of ".Me 1ao" with Ualzell. It was dlflurent with ConKressiuau-at-l.anre Huff. He has no political master to tell hlin what to do. It was purely a mut ter of right or wrong with Colonel llurf. His conscience would not permit him to do a thing which, on Its face, looked like hypocrisy. I.Ike many others. Colonel Hurt opposed Senator Quay last kunnn. r from principle. Ile bolieved then and ho believes now that the Junior senator has had enough political honors, and it he had signed that lotter, insplned by Senator Quay's friends if not himself, Oolwitl Hun' would have committed an act which his conscience forbids him to do. Ifiirln his two terms In congress Colonel H 'Jit has endeavored to sorvo his constituent to the best or 'his ability. He has worked early and late to further the interests of those who eent him to congress, and if lie Is to be turnrd down because he refuses to do whnt ho considers would bo contrary 1o the dictates of his own conscience Ine people whom he has represented so faith fully nnd well will be tn loser linn noi Colonel Hurt'. There are other men In tho Pennsylvania delegation who car be spared mors easily than Colon?! Ilul, He is sincere in everything. When ho does anything It Is because he bolievos it to re right, and not because his party demands it or because It would prolong hit polltUnl life. I write this of Colonel Huff from my personal knowledgeof and acquainted with him. In politics the same as in bu:i!ie Colonel Huff Is a man of his word. Ife is upright and honest In all of his dealings. Once more allow me to say that his consti tuents will be the losers by his exit from conicress anil not Colonel Hun. Congressman Slahle, the third member who declined to endorse Quay, represents a district where the line between the sen ator and the combine Is closely drawn. He has friends in both factions, and to sava his own bacon he Is trying to perform th difficult feat of riding two horses, eich ifolna; In opposite directions at one time, Brother Stable is liable to rail of! both steeds and get run over. This Is no time for play. It Is a case of stand up to tno rack and eat either Quay or combine fod der. II !! II A number of congressmen were discus lng presidential candidates, particularly Ueed and McKlnley. "Gentlemen, Heed will clean Mm up." said .McLaurln, of South Carolina: "it Is not a questioi of free trade and protection. It Is hanl- shakine that Is the issue. McKinlry doesn't shake hands like an American. Oahn Smith, a Republican from South Carolina, told me the other day that he mot .McKlnley in Chicago, and wneti was Introduced McKlnley stood on his toes, raised his hund above his liejd. gave him the tips of his fingers, and danced the can-can. When he camo to Washington Gabe called at the cipltol and went to see Reed, ami got a nearly, om fashioned American handshake, wl'.li th hand below the waistband. Now," raid .YU-Latirin. "our people are Americans. The rich girls ar all marrying Bnilsn nriuinornts. and the Cleveland admltiis- irniirm hiiH niloDted the British sytem of finances: but we will at least preserve the American system of shaking ham's With Ueed we would he safe; he Is loo big to stand on his toes and dance the can-can. and If he raised his hand abov his huad nobody could reach it." II II 1 1 It looks now as though there will be no financial legislation passed at the present session, and the wiseacres nave u mat congress adjourns without passing a re lief mea.sure President Cleveland will call an extra session. i: ii ii Congressman Ltlstnrliig. who has been laid up with a Revere cold and throat trou verul davs was at the c-ioilol .Mondav. He Is yet far from a well inui Th. health of the member from the Klf- enth district Is reported oxrellu.u. lie looks hearty and weal a broad and sig nificant smile since Tuesday last. ti ii II Tim custom of reading Washington's farewell address In the senate on ash inmn' hlrthdav was inaugurate i u, il. when he was president pro tern of the senate. He was a splendid r9.ir.i-. ami cave the famous sentence a sonorous emphasis. Senator ilandeMon was. also a good elocutionist. :u: last year when Senator Martin, of Kansas, attempt ed the role of reader, the ctlebratio.i was nnl a onnsniCUOUS SUCCeSS. O.l B.tllllU a.,ooi. Vwt who Is alwnya e-irn est, always patriotic, and alwuy In good voice. Invested Washington's words Willi becoming uigntiy. II II II The suicide of ex-Conressmim M. IX Itarter, of Ohio, was a preat mrpris? well as a shock to his many menus i Washington. .Mr. Harter was an excep; ii.oinllv nonular member of ootiK'ess am was the last man on earth whom anybody wmiiil vor susoeot of taking nis own ine. n. 'hod overvalue to live for. He was .., I hia domestic life was as pleasan as any man s. 1 knew him well and hn was one of the most charming companions I ever met. u ii II Vice-President Stevenson tolls a good story on himself. He was on his way to Alaska last summer, wnen a. nwi'i was given him In one of the cUies of the far northwest. Ha inaa snaaea uuuu with several hundred people when a lit' tie old ludy came alonj. She ljokei at him with u iju.-zloiU air. "Ale you the vice-president of the I'niieJ Sta:?" she linully aski-d. "I have thi.t honor," a!J Mr. tf'evor. ton. nioile-'tly. Well." said the oU Inly, with a UuMkih hake of her head. "I wonldn t have thought it; 1 wouldn't have thought It. II II It ' . . Nora Jane Singer, of Carbor.d.tte, ha ben u run to J an oriKinal pension. 11 11 II . ,. John Power O'Connor, of the Truth, s gpetMinK a few days In Walilnaion. W. K. U. LOOK Ot T HiK Ol AY. rom the Klmira Advertiser. Governor Morton's friends must nr.t mnko the mistake of looking upon Quay's ramlldiioy as a mere demonstration. Sen ior Quay Is the most skillful po'.ltlctu K0.ior.il In tho Republican party. He makes friends of all the men w'.iom he meets. Vie 1h not only n keen organiser ml praoti."l lioKilrli'n, but he 13 a broad nilmU.il. qualified, polished gelitletivin. lie lias had Ions experience in pnrty nifals. lie Is an intense American, luftlly patriot ic. His DKirresslve partlsannhlii has ex posii him to the most outrageous misrep resentation on tho unit of his polltlc.il enemies. Iioth In Ms party and out of his nartv. He has boon abused ami mlsrepre- entwd as few men have been uouseu ana mlir.riri-M tfii hu thrnueh it all the uon' ut.ir has ren.iiae.l calm and quiet and relf- bussesseil. There Is somethtiiir uooux tmn wiuon nttraoti tne aggressive epulis m he party. Ho will hold to hlm.iolf the ?:une kind of men whose devotion throuKil no many years kept IUnine such o strong factor In the HepuMIcan party. I he pir ty workers nnd the party builders all hrouuh the I nltud States know Senator Quay, and they applaud him. they im.kea hero of him: and It will be wen lor ma managers of Governor Morton's campaign to keep an eye on the silent hero o. cua ver county. WK1.1, DIDN'T II F. ? From the Wilkes-Barre News-Dealfr. The Scranton Trfhun? quotes gleefully from those of Its Royubllcan contempo raries throughout the iMate who nr? o: the opinion thnt Congressman Scranton tilled the Kcpucilcali House iiwii on ins shoulders In the recent election. IT LOOKS THAT WAV. From the WilkJS-liarre Newi-Dealcr. Is Judge Arehbald the power behind f ongreSMnau Jo.j Scranton' thronu? Tin: cATiioui-: hay. There's another new Invention Which these sclentiilu crimps Discovered. Just to help along old Satan and Ills imps; It Is worse, than all the others They have brought out in our day. And the name of this new demon la the. cathode ray. With this nw-fangled lightning They can look a man rli?ht through, And can see what he is thinking. Tell you what he wants to do. Count the money in his pocket; Then with laughter they will bray When they only find a nickel With their cathode ray. Just suppose you have a dollar And you start out for a feed; But you meet that bill collector Who Is w ont with you to plead; You have stood him off so often That you think 'twill bo but play , But tho fellow finds that dollar With his cathode rsy. From the street the gossips watch you When your house is in . whin, And your wife through three partitions Sees you kiss the nireu cin, Sh In linger chides you for it. Then you get a gun and pray For a shot t the Inventor Of that cathode ray. Orlo. I-. Dobson in Rochester fnlon HILL & CONNELL 131 AND 133 N. WASHINGTON ftUL Builders . AND Makers OF T 131 m 33 B. WCSHiNGTOil AVE. Something New. . . . . For Permanent Decoration. Also a fine line of Jardinieres. THE 432 UCUWIRNI AVENUE. Tin r AND OFFICE SUPPLIES mi rum in in itii Cloak SUITS AND SEPARATE SKIRTS Advance Styles now daily arriving. We have taken great pains to have every garment correct in shape, fulness, workmanship and materials. You will find some of our Skirts to measure 6 1-2 yards around. Your inspection is kindly asked. Dress Trimmings and Buttons. Just opened a great many Novelties which are worthy of your attention. Every Street Car Stops at the THERE anister's THINK OF IT! All our Men's and Ladies' Shoes that were $6.00, now $3.98. All our $4.00 Shoes now $2.48. All our $3.50 Shoes now $2.28. All our $2.50 Shoes now $1.78. All our $2.00 Shoes now $1.38. All our $1.50 Shoes now $1.08. Is It Ail) Wonder Our Store Is Full or Shoe Buy ers All the Time ? BANISTERS, 5tafioD?ry Tbat Isn't Stationary. Nothing stands still at our establiMh nieut. It very rarely happens that wo raise prices, but as to lowering them well, Jut call around and see us, and we think wc can interest you. W'e are now locatud in the HOTELJERMVH BUILD'G WYOMING AVENUE REYNOLDS BROS., Stationers and Engravsrs, OYSTEHS W are Headquarters (or Oyater. and ars handling tbe Celebrated Duck Rivers, Lynn Havens, Kcyports, Mill Pouds; also Shrews . bury, Rockaways, Alam loj River Coves, Western fchorcs and Blue Points. BTW. make a FpvciaKy at dellvorlnj bias Point on half alivll iu carriers. PIERCE'S MARKET, PENN AVE $25,000 WORTH OF flust be sold in thirty days. Call and see our prices. 21a 1, Lacka. - Ave, AND ..... Department IS NO HALF WAY BUSINESS Shoe But a great houseful or Good Shoes that must be sold. Our object makes us reckless in the sacrifice of prices. Lackawanna and Bicycle Repairing. In a short time the riding season will open. Then we will iret our wheel out and And that It wants some repairing. We would suggest that you look It over now and If it needs anything done, such as nickel plating or enameling, have It done now before you need It. We are In shape to do ttrst-clasa work. If you have no bicycle call and see It has no Imitations; original. everything Is . a FLOREY 222 Wyoming Avenui Y. M. C A. BUILDING. 326 Washington Ava, SCRANTON, PA. TELEPHONE 555. is of " SPRING STYLES. 305 LACKAWANNA AVE. mil in it, BAZAAR. Door. ABOUT Sale .Children's Shoes for 58c. and 68c. that are worth from 75c. to $1.00. Misses' Shoes at 88c. that were $1.25. Boys' and Youths' Shoes at $1.08 and $1.18 that were $1.50 and $1.75. And Other Bargains Too Numerous to Mention. Come and Con Tince Yourselt Wyoming Avenues. The Cleveland Has more imitations than any other wheel on the market. YOU WANT THE BEST. COME AND SEE IT. 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