THE SCR ANTON "TRIBUNE SATURDAY MOBNING, JTATICII 7, 189G. Zit (itxmtonZxiimt My and wmut. v soaJay wnm. P. kr Tn. TVGwaa PU- Ueatar Coaipanr. m, )UU. KMT f Hk f . P. RINaaURV, r-eee. ana Men. I. M. RIPPLf , Taaae. IWf . RICHARD. Kerrea. W. W. DAVIS. M.aa. W. W. VOOROR. Am. Inn I At TI fOtTOftWl AT KRABTOX. ., tOMD-OllS MAIL UATTUL I rrtnteiv Ilk," the ratorntied Journal I torn, ntM Tub Rtuaktoh Taini'SB u thbat adTOrttataf awdiuin In Noribaaatara 1'tnualva. ate. -J-rtalaie' Ink koowe. Kin Wmi.r Trimti.. Iarad Errry Patnrdr, CODIAlut Twalva Hauilaouia Pirn, with n Abuu AtLtmt of Num. Union, and Wrll-Kdllal Mtwrl tour, far Tboat Wee Cannot Tukc Tii Daily Taiauwa. Iba Wtaalr In ltrco-nmendad w the Seal Bargain Uolaf. Only fi a Vnl, in Adrauc. ' BH Tancxs It tor M Dallr at the D., L. end W letlon at Uetwlua. 8CRANT0N, MARCH . 189G. The Tribune la tlio only Bcpnbllcnn dally in Lackawanna County. REPUBLICAN STATE CON VENTION. To tUe Republican electors of Pennsylva nia. The liepublkans of Pennsylvania, by their iluly chosen rvprwiiUtlve. will meet In state convention Thursday. April 1. 1$, ut 10 oYloci: a. in., In the opera house, .Hy of Hurrlstmrg. for the l''" poa of noinlnatliiK two rundldutea for lepieHenliitlve-al-laise In oiwrcns mi J thirty-two randld.it. for im'Sldentlal eUvtois. the B.l.'.'llun of eight di-legutwl' ut-laiue t.i the Itepiiulh'aii liatlonnl n vntiu:i, ami tor the n un-action of s'li li other liusliieK a muy he ireeii!eJ. Hy order f Die state uimrltf e. .M. t. Jin,'. AtiM. i-Ji.i-i !.. J ere U. Hir.. W. K. Aiulr.ovl, Secr'Ui'Vx Americans have JI'.O.OOO.OOO Invested in Cuba. It is to their direct tntereBt to see Cuba well governed. Play Fair, Gentlemen. Another chapter hus been reached In the rata for the Republican presidential nomination in the Indignant outburst of a number of papers because one of the intimate friends of ex-Governor Mc Klnley, Mark llanna, of Clevelund. is reported to have eone unions promi nent manufacturers solicitinsr contribu tions to the McKlnley campaign fund. The papers which complain at this of course have no desire to see McKlnley nominated. Their aim is to prejudice the public mind with the belief that the solicitation of friendly contributions to a campaign fund involves some nefar ious violation of moral principle and screens some odious and repulsive plot. It occurs to us to say, not specially In the Interest of McKlnley but rather In behalf of truth, that this clamor rests on a pretty small foundation. There probably isn't a presidential can didate In the list who lias not accepted, either personally or through agents, contributions from friends for the part payment of the necessary and inevi table expenses of the preliminary can vass. Nor has any of these gentlemen felt any conscientious scruples on the subject. The practice in question is as old as politics itself, and has never be fore been regarded as unfair or illegiti mate. To rule it out would be to make It hereafter Impossible for any but a very rich man to seek the presidential nomination, since a poor one could not foot the unavoidable bills of the pre convention canvass, or take the risk of borrowing In the fucp of possible defeat. Among the present candidates, all but one are poor men. Quay Is a poor man, McKlnley Is a poor man, Allison Is not rich. Neither is Cullom, Tom Reed. Manderson nor Davis. The only one who could probably ufford to pay lila own bills without uskiiig a cent from friends is Governor Morton of New York. Yet nobody has suggested that he should be nominated for this reason alone. The manufacturers of this country owe a debt to William McKlnley, and so do all other Americans, for the bril liant part he hao taken In public life In championing the policy of protection, under which our nation was made pros perous beyond precedent. This is not saying that they do not owe something to other Republicans, also; especially to Quay and Reed and Allison, who in their way did much to formulate wise protective laws. It Is simply an at tempt to say that the outcry against McKinley'a supporters for doing open ly and above board what all the other, fellows are probably doing on the sly is a bit of unfair politics at which pub lic justice Is disposed to cry a halt. We join with the Times In wishing for Mayor-elect Bailey a fair show. Even at the best, his show Is likely to be a very lively circus. The Tramp Evil. ' General Bragg of Wisconsin fame, , thinks that the whipping post would be the proper remedy for the tramp nuisance. But the Chicago Times Herald fears that he leans toward "sickly sentimentality" and pluyfully suggests that shooting on sight would solve the tramp problem by Immedi ately eliminating the tramp. The subject of abating this evil does not look difficult, from a theoretical standpoint. Tramps being of two kinds, those who want to work but cannot get work to do, and those who could work but will not. It would seem that the first step In every community should be to assort the drones from the unfortunates and then apply to each the obvious remedy. Those who want work should be given a chance to earn their own livelihood by honest toil. Those who don't want work should be made to work, and so placed that their imprisonment would not be an Incentive to continued vagrancy. Certainly no greater mistake can be made than to foster the spirit of chron ic Idleness by promiscuous giving to all who solicit alms. The cltisen who offers a meal to the tramp without ex acting some equivalent In the form of labor, does society a grievous Injury. He simply clinches upon society an evil hard enough to shake off under - the most favorable circumstances. No tramp will be encouraged to habits of Industry by free gifts of food or cloth ing. And when Idleness hardens into crime, the giver of such unconditional aid will have difficulty In pleading not guilty to the charge of having been an accessory before the fact. The tramp evil can be reached Indi rectly by home missions and compul sory education. It can be reached by encouraging wealthy men In each com munity to invest their money In new home Industries, that will give whole some employment to surplus labor. It is likely to be aggravated rather than allayed by such ebullitions of popular prejudice and envy as that which late ly prevailed In this city under the guise of onti-Connellism. Suppose a European combination' were formed to try to keep down the Brewing Importance of the United States. How could It effect its pur pose? Protection and the South. Commenting upon the proud asser tion of the Charleston News and Cour ier that South Carolina now manufac tures four-fifths of its cotton crop, the Washington Post predicts a "gradual but thorough change of political faith in the Southern Democracy as a result of the remarkable growth of manufac tures In that section." It thinks that the people of South Carolina especially, "when they come to a clear under standing of the relation between pro tection and this great Industrial change; when they see that without protection this would be Impossible, that, reduced protection would be In jurious and free, trade absolutely de structive of this business, will become protectionists." They certainly will It they urn ullve to their own Interests; and huvlnir once become protectionist. It will be In order for them to k u logical Hten further uud become Re publican, in compliment to the party thut has stood by the principle of pro tection during Its most daiwrful hours. There Is more reason why the South should need protection than any other section. In the South, the manufactur ing Industry Is In Its Infancy. It needs all the protection that It can get. The established industries or the Notth, with their numerous perfected econo mies, could survive an outnlde com-, petition which would quickly send smaller and younger establishments into receivers' hands. The North, to be sure, needs protection, because when imports are abundant, productive cir cles take alarm and there is invariably a business stringency which lays a heavy hand upon every line of busi ness; but the North is far better able to weather a gale of this kind than the South is. Its banks huve more re serve capital, and it Is In all respects more solid. For this reason the South is doubly indebted to protection and should be doubly anxious to have that beneficent system re-established and maintained In all its integrity. It is palpably absurd that with Illim itable natural resources at Its very doors and labor both cheap and abund ant, the South should go on in the old way, sending its raw cotton to Eng land to be manufactured and then buy ing the manufactured product back from England, at a well-marked ad vance over the terms of the original transaction. This old way left the wages and the profit in England and kept the South impoverished. The new South will do her own manufacturing and will sell to England the woven fabrics, thus keeping the wages and the profits In the United States. When this period In the South's development is reached, the balance of Southern trade with England will be In the South's favor, gold will come In in stead of go out, and there will be less complaint among our Southern breth ren at the scarcity of the currency caused, as they assert, by the undue appreciation of gold. The key to the whole Southern problem Is protection. It will unlock the South's hidden rleheu, bring education and thrift where now are poverty and shlf tlessness, und grad ually weed out every lingering vestige of the economic fallacy of slavery. A Washington contemporary Inti mates that congressmen are displeased at the executive's freely displayed con tempt for the legislative branch. We should think they would be all of that. Reciprocity and the flitters. According to M. H. Davis, of Shelby, O., chairman of the executive commit tee of the National Millers' association, the 18,000 flour mills in the United States have a capacity sufficient to con sume in eight months of the year all the wheat grown In the country, despite which fact 100.000,000 bushels out of a total average crop of 400,000,000 bushels, are exported In grain form. Besides this export sum, 110,000,000 bushels are annually used for feed and seed, leaving 250,000,000 bushels to be manufactured Into flour In this country. The grind ing of this amount of wheat keeps the mills busy less than five months each year. Although they could grind 120, 000.000 barrels of Hour each year their present aggregate output Is only 6". 000.000 barrels, and this grist brings lit tle or lio profit. The milling trade, as Mr. Davis points out, is beginning to feel the Ill-effects of the Democracy's recent abrupt cancel ing of the reciprocity treaties negotiat ed during the Harrison administration. The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record, Mr. William E. Curtis, from whose Interview with Mr. Davis we glean the foregoing figures, adds from his own knowledge thut a large amount of flour was thrown back upon this country by the repeal of the reci procity treaties In 1S!4, which was fol lowed by a decided decline in prices, caused an Immense loss all around and threw out of employment not only a large number of millers, but men who make milling machinery and barrels and paper sacks. The transportation companies suffered also, as well as the farmers. The exports of flour to the countries with which reciprocity trea ties were made Increased from 2.250,750 barrels in 1891 to 3,253.176 barrels In 1894, and then in 1895 dropped back to 2,726,558 barrels. The exports to Cuba alone advanced from 114,447 to 662,248 barrels and dropped to 379,856 barrels when the treaties were revoked. The exports of flour to Porto Rico Increased from 127.9S3 barrels in 1891 to 200,813 bar rels In 1394 and then fell back to 118,517 barrels in 1895. The exports to Brasll Increased from 722.369 barrels In 1891 to 920,869 in 1894. and fell to 775,426 In 1S95. Under reciprocity the duty on flour In Cuba and Porto Rico was 87 cents a bar rel; since the reciprocity treaties were revoked It has been $4.16 a barrel. Mr. Davis says that this gives only a meager Idea of disastrous effects upon the milling Interests of the repealing of the reciprocity treaties. When our government Induced the neighboring nations to admit flour free, millers saw thut it would be greatly to their ad vantage and began to Increase their capacity and Invest large amounts of capital. The hopes they built up were, however, all destroyed when the trea ties were revoked, and they are now a great deal worse off than they were be fore. It la not surprising:, therefore, that among the advocates of the movement to restore reciprocity no class is more enthusiastic than the millers. They perceive that the whole problem of trade expansion, so far as their indus try Is concerned, is involved in the effort to secure preferential tariff advantages In the markets of Central and Southern America, whereby they shall be enabled to dispose of their surplus mocks at prices assuring; a moderate profit. The millers are not alone in this enthusiasm. There are few industries In this coun try which would not, in the long run, find substantial advantage In a policy of recirirocal treaties suen as the Har rison administration negotiated and the Cleveland administration brutally destroyed. The immediate cause of the Italian crisis was the summary defeat of an Italian general by a troop of African nntlves whom he hud planned to subdue and oppress. Had hi won Instead of lost, no doubt he would have been hon ored with a public tribute and u statue. The politics of the Italy of today reads very much like that of ancient Rome. Captious persons who charge the United States with having begun to meddle with foreign affairs ure mostly old men whose Ideas of politics were formed at a time when the scale of event In this country was primitively small. Enlarged powers bring with them enlarged responsibilities, and these dure not be shirked. The two senators from Maine appear to represent the positive and the nega tive poles of the current feeling for Cuba. Their names, too, are suggest ive; one as warm as a Frye and the other as cold as Hale. It one-half the reports are true, Ball ington Booth's new Salvation army seems likely to sweep the field. There will be general satisfaction should this be the result. The canvass for the Republican presi dential nomination should be conducted upon such a plane that, whoever wins, the St. Louis convention will leave no serious scars. Mr. Cleveland denies that he has yet made any authoritative announcement concerning his Intentions regarding Cuba, Well, the nation is listening. CI VEALL At'AIRSH0W. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. There seems to be a disposition among the tierce patlsans of some of tho Repub lican presidential candidates to attack other candidates. We have no sympathy whatever with such a thing. The fact thnt a dozen or fifteen names will be pre sented to the St. Louis convention Is some thing that the Republican party ounht to be proud of. It shows that the resources of the party are vast. Almost any state in the Union can supply a man who would rule over this great nation with Intelli gence, patriotism and acceptability. While the Democrats have produced I'at tlson an a real candidate, and while Hori zontal Hill Morrison and President Cleve lund are trying to make up their minds what to do about it, and while the lead ers of the Democratic party are going around with a dark lantern seeking a victim for their Chicago convention, the Republican party Is resplendent in en abundance of candidates. Cireat Is the Republican party! There wa a promise a few weeks uko that Heed and McKlnley would lie the main candidate before the Republican convention, with Allison In the back ground ready to benellt from a deadlock. Governor Morton, of New York, was the first to stir things up, and when "Tom" Piatt, who wus supposed to be for Reed, pledged his support to .Morton it was ac cepted ai sincere. This movement upset calculations to some extent. Then others came into notice. It soon became evident that Davla, of Minnesota, would like the nomination, Cullom, of Illinois, an nounced himself, und Anally Senutor Quny made a stir all over 'the Union by permit ting himself to become the candidate of Pennsylvania. There are now regularly entered In the Iit:t McKlnley, Reed, Quny, Allison, .Morton, Davis, Cullom, Spooner, of Wisconsin; Manderson, of Nebraska, and Kikins, of West Virginia. Here are ten names, and the lists are still open for such men as AlKer, of .Michigan, and Bradley, of Kentucky. In casting up the probabilities it may be conceded thut the nomination is likely to fall to one of Ave candidates. These live aro Quay, McKln ley, Reed, Allison and Morton. Any one of them would make a president of whom the country would be proud. Morton has been tried In the vice-presidency and as governor of New York. If anything can be urged against him It Is bis age. Re la a man of wealth and In telligence. He would shine in the white house. Allison, the favorite son of Iowa, is likewise a favorite everywhere. He is a tried and true statesman. Reed, the gallant and patriotic speaker of the house of representatives, hus made for him self a name which will live In I) Is lory. .McKlnley has Riven bis name to the tariff leglslatlonof a Republican administration. He will be known as the author of the Mc Kinley bill, althotitch us a matter of fact Senator Aldrlch, of Rhode Island. Mr. Ulalne and others had much to do with its construction, und it was due to Senator Quay that it Was passed. Quay, the po litical student, the omnivorous devourer of books, the leader In all great move ment in congress, bus been Indorsed most thoroughly by Pennsy Ivuniunj. and his position Is on of strength. He is the friend of all the other candidates, if Hlly one of them should be nominated he would leave no stone unturned to elect hUu. and there ! not one of them who would not In turn beseech him to take charge of the campaign. The attitude of St-nator Quay toward thes-'e candidates Is one of cordiality and we agree with blm entirely Hint every candidate should have a chance. We do not understand the hostility that lias cropped out here and there ugaLnst Mc Klnley. It l conceded today that Mc Klnley is In the lead. Naturally, there fore, the Held Is against him. Rut let us flKht tills contest out on high grounds. One of these five men Is almost certain to be nominated, and every Republican will want tomipport the nominee whoever he may be. It is a matter for congratula tion that the Republican party has ho many good candidates, and that for once at least It will not be neci-SHary to ca'ler to the local feellna: of what has been known as a doubtful state. The Republican par ty has a nation to choose from. R ran reward Pennsylvania for ita sturdy Re publicanism Junt as easily as It can select a candidate from some other statu hereto fore considered clone. ( p to Data Kansas Farmers. From the Atchison Globe, Nearly all the conlldenee men In the country have become bankrupt; the farm er hav learned their tricks, and business with confidence men la simply rulnoua. The confidence men make a miaiak In not working the wise nwn: no man is to easily .fleeced aa a wise man, like a bank er, lawyer or merchant. A REMARKABLE WILL. Few more singular wills have been read than that of Mrs. Jones, a wealthy Welsh lady who died a few weeeks ago. Mrs. Jones was the daughter of a former vicar of Llanrug, who, upon the death of her tlret husbhiid, West Indian merchant, returned home to live In Walrs. Here she soon attracted attention by her remark able Ideas. She went to live on a farm, her own property, where, although she was so rich, she did all the outdoor work herself, fed the cows, cleaned the stables, and groomed the horses. Boon she was married again to a farm laborer named Jones. When her will came to be read It waa found that she desired to be burled In the dreas the usoil to wear when hunting, her shoes und her eurriage were to be burnt on the day of the funeral, and all her horses six hi number were to be shot on the day after. All her prop ertyabout bO.oOo pounds was left to her husband conditionally upon hla carry in ? out the provisions of this extraordinary will. Well? Who wants The Tribune? An indignant citizen! How can we smooth your path of life? I have an article here on a crying evil that I wish you to ipubllsh. Hot Stutf? Well, I should say so! The newspapers of today huve no courage. None of you dare express u positive opinion: but 1 have tin article that mean busluesd. Does It go? Certainly. Wo will put It In with "Let ters from the Peo;,l." and sign your name to it. and lei you liavo all the credit Slfrn my name! Yes. Cluod heavens! no! Why. I would not get mixed In that row uud huve all of those fellows down on me for anything! .-z-z-lliii;! Exchange! I say! Hello! What iiutiibfr, please? till, never mind the number. I'm What number, pl-'use? You see I'm in a hurry What number? Riiiik it! What Slay! beauteous belnjc with a voice sweeter than new maple syrup ! I know not the number. Ai.Ui. ii tne to Mr. B;u:.'. (Sweetly) I'm afraid I oiar.not. You fee there are seventeen pollllc.'sns attached to him now, and each one wants to name a polite captain. 1 do not believe he can hold any moie. Z-z-z-IIiik! Hello! Is that Doctor Mud? Yes. Can you call around and see me this afternoon? Confined ro the house? Yes. What's the trouble? Acute dyspepsia. Ah! You've been cureless of your diet. Y'es. Have to cut ulmost anything now. Yon ee, my wife Is very busy. What Is she doing? Attending cooking school, X-x-z-lIng! HILL & CONNRLL 131 AND 133 N. WASHINGTON Ml Builders AND Makers OF AND OFFICE SUPPLIES 131 AND 133 H. WASHINGTON AVE. Something: New For Permanent Decoration. Also a fine line of Jardinieres. THE 422 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. Stirring Military Romanes Now Running In The Buffalo Hint tratcd Express. HI in funis ffl AW TO BEIDLEMAN. THE BOOKMAN, 437 Spruce St.. Opp. "The Commonwealth." I GOLOSnS Saturday frh rs n DBS II Ladies' Muslin Corset Covers, Children's Drawers, plain hem, three tucks, Children's Drawers; Hamburg edge, six tucks. Ladies' Drawers, Fruit of the Loom Cotton, Ladies' Night Gowns, all. sizes. Ladies' Gowns, 12 tucks, 2 . rows inserting, at Ladies' Empire Gowns, the latest, at All of the liner THERE aniste'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 Any Wonder Our Store Is Fall or Shoe Buy. ers AH the Time? BANISTER'S, Stalion?ry That Isn't Stationary. Nothing stands still at our establish meat. It very rarely happens that we raise prices, but as to lowering them well, Just call around and see us, and we think we can interest you. We are now located in the ILD'G WYOMING AVENUE REYNOLDS BROS., Stationers and Engravers. OYSTERS Wa ara Hasdqnartn tor OyataM and ara handling tha Celebrated Duck Rivera, Lynn Havens, Keyports, Mill Ponds; also Shrews bury, Rockaways, Maurice Klvcr Coves, Western Shores and Blue Points. rr-Wa maks a Hpaeialty of delirarinf Bin Polcta on half .hell la carrier PIERCE'S MARKET. PENN AYE $25,000 WORTH OF nust be sold In thirty days. Call and see our prices. 91.1 HOTEL JERHYNBD ORGANS 1 Lacks, An and CLOSDNC DAYS OF OUR m grades in the same proportion. IS NO HALF WAY BUSINESS Shoe But a great houseful of Good Shoos that mast be sold. Oar object makes us reckless in the sacrifice of prices. Lackawanna and IS IS I OF COIAD'S SPRING STYLES. 305 LACKAWANNA AVE. ULSTERS AND OVERCOATS ALSO HEN'S AND BOYS' SUITS AT Oreatly Reduced Prices. Ill LACKAWANNA AVENUE Corner Franklin Avtnut. 326 Washington Ave., SCRANTON, PA. TELEPHONE 55S. SHERIFF SSALB OFaflaK 1111 II CI! MERCHANT TAILORING Pprlnit and Bummer, from $20 up. 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