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SCRANTON, MARCH 21. ISM.
Tfct Tribune la tho only Republican
dally la Laekawaana County.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
fo the Republican electors of Pennsylva
nia. The Republican of Pennsylvania, hy
ihelr duly chosen representatives, will
meet In state convention Thursday. April
it. 1S96, at ID o'clock a. m., In the opera
house, city of Harrlsburg. for the pur
pose of nominating- two candidates for
representatlve-at-laree In congress and
thirty-two candidates for presidential
electors, the selection of eight delegates-t-large
tu the Republican national con
vention, and for the transaction of u n
ether business as may be presented.
By order of the state committee.
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Attest:- cli.iTf.wn.
Jere B. R?r,
W. It. AndiMtV.
ftcrsi'1'.
Our excellent neighbor, the Wllkcs
Barre Record, is of the opinion that Ui
people of Pennsylvania do not want
one-man power in tholr state politic.
Ha the Record so quickly forgotten
the verdict of last summer?
Devoid of Shame.
We reproduce in another column the
charge of theft preferred by this paper
on Thursday morning against tho
Scranton Republican (Dem.) and ulao
its reply. It will be seen that the Re
publican (Dem.) admits that it stole,
without credit, a piece of literary prop
erty for which The Tribune had duly
pnLl $25 In cash: but attempts to de
rend the theft upon the pica thnt Miss
Jones' admirable story needed all pos
sible publicity. That plea does not ex
cuse the withholding of credit.
Vnder the conditions of the contest
conditions which were publicly an
nounced weeks In advance the suc
cessful prise story was to become The
Tribune's property. Just as much its
own as a desk, a type case or a print
ing press for which it had paid the stip
ulated price. Had the Republican
(Dem. stolen one of these three last
mentioned articles, Its proprietors, we
repeat, could have been lodged In Jull
as common felons. As it was, they
stole $2i worth of our literary prop
erty and now boldly glory In the theft.
Common decency among publishers
requires that when an article Is re
printed from one paper Into another,
due credit shall be given. The Repub
lican (Dem.) gave no credit to The
Tribune, "but simply stole our article, as
audaciously and with as little sense of
shame as the pickpocket exhibits when
he fllchea a purse In a public assembly.
We do not believe that Miss Jones'
friends care for the Impudent atten
tions of a paper which stands self-convicted
and unrepentent of deliberate
pilfering.
Signs multiply that the successor of
J. Donald Cameron may, if the ma
chin ran make it without too great a
struggle, be no less a personage than
the Hon. J. Donnld Cameron himself.
Great Britain Rounded Up.
Notwithstanding a number of evasive
partial denials, it Is generally under
stood that the United States commis
sion recently appointed to ascertain
the facts concerning the boundary dis
pute between Venezuela and British
Guiana has Informally reached Its de
cision, which Is adverse to Great Brit
ain. Unless new facts are presented,
the formal report will. It Is said, up
hold In Its entirety the Venezuelan con
tention. It Is asserted by Walter Wellman in
his Washington correspondence to the
Chicago Times-Herald that Lord Salis
bury, anticipating such a decision, some
weeks ago showed a disposition to at
tempt settlement of the Venezuelan dif
ficulty by negotiation with the United
States. He has already endeavored to
make terms with Venezuela cm a money
basis, and failed. President Crespo re
jecting his proposition. "Lord Halls
bury" according to Mr. Wellman, "then
intimated to this government his will
ingness to permit the dispute to go to
arbitration, so far as the boundary line
Is concerned, but Insisted that the ques
tion as to what was to become of the In
terests of British settlers in the dis
puted territory, and what Is known as
'the settled district,' was to be left as a
subject of future discussion. This pro
posal was not formal, but would have
become so Immediately upon its accept
ance by President Cleveland.
"It was not accepted, however. Presi
dent Cleveland and Secretary Olney de
clined to recommend to Venezuela any
plan of arbitration which did not In
clude the whole subject and provide for
settlement of all the points at Issue.
This government replied with a sugges
tion that Great Britain agree to place
before the arbitration tribunal the
whole question, so that In case the ver
dict should be against England the set
tiers and miners now operating under
'license from the British crown would
oecome suojeci to ine laws oi Venezu
ela. President Cleveland was firm In
his Insistence that If the territory right
fully belonged to Venezuela all licenses,
privileges and control belonged to her
also. To the suggestion that the United
States would recommend arbitration on
these terms. Lord Salisbury has as yet
made no reply. Unofficial Intimations,
however, come to this government that
England expects ultimately to submit
the question to arbitration, the only
obstacle In the way being as to the dis
position of the British settlers In case
the decision should be adverse to the
English claim." '
England's dilemma Is no doubt per
plexing, but It comes as a logical conse
quence of a prolonged career of upjoi
tiiiable aggression and deliberate over
stepping of legal rights, and v.-lll there
fore excite no commiseration. The man
who makes a practice of stealing other
men's land must not complain If at
come stage In his activity as a "squat
ter" he is summarily halted and exped
itiously dispossessed. England holds
Egypt today In violation of a solemn
promise. Her occupation of India uvA
South Africa are founded on gross vlo.
la Hons of faith and the wrecks of prom
ises broken as toon as made. There is
almost no uupre-empted spot of value
on the globe which England has not
sought at one time or another to ad J
to her Increasing collection of dishon
estly gotten territorial odds and ends.
If her Angers get burned In the vailey
of the Orinoco It Is her fault alone, ar.d
she need expect no sympathy.
There Is every probability, It Is said,
that the next legislature will again
shirk the duty of reapportionment. Can
dldates, therefore, should be pledged by
the people to obey the constitution's
mandate in this respect. Let us have
no more equivocation.
The Censuring of Bayard.
The passage by the houso of a vote of
censure on Ambassador Bayard was in
evltable If we consider that the people
of the l lllted States are the rulers of
this land. Bayard's speech at Edin
burgh was more than an Indiscretion,
It was different from a slip of the
tongue or a lapse of rhetoric. It was
an unprovoked insult upon the over
whelming majority of Bayard's consti
tuents and employers, asserted with de
liberation and defiantly reiterated.
A man of self-respect, representing
his countrymen abroad, would consider
that his duty left no room for partisan
utllliutlun or prejudice, and that as the
spokesman of, the United States he
should always stand for his country,
light or wrong. It is not his duty to
di-llver lectures on political questions
that divide his fellow-cltlzens, much
less to set up as an authority on econo
mic morals. His whole function will
have been performed when he shall
have acted for his government in its
dealings with the country to which he Is
accredited and shall, In a social capac
ity, have personified the friendliness
and hospitality common among diplo
matists. Mr. Bayard's violation of the proprie
ties In his Edinburgh address was the
more culpable when tho fact Is con
sidered that he was himself once a
secretary of state and had had abund
ant opportunity in that high position
to learn the value and the wisdom of
discretion. What might have been par
doned In a less experienced man be
came, In him, a doubly grievous offense,
and from his very eminence reflected
with special seriousness upon the repu
tation of our people In foreign la.nds.
A man with a fine sense of honor, hav
ing been arraigned on such a charge,
would not wish to embarrass his coun
try by continuing to serve it; a presi
dent alive to his responsibilities would
not permit him to continue to disgrace
it before the world.
' But this is a Democratic administra
tion, and presumably -needs allowances.
Ex-Governor Campbell, of Ohio, says
he is prepared to vote for any Demo
rrat on any platform if thereby he can
reunite and relnvlgorate the Democratic
party. The ex-governor's partisanship
comes very near being asinine.
Civil Service Reform.
Announcement Is made, that Presi
dent Cleveland has decided, with the
advice and approval of his cabinet,
soon to Issue an order placing within
the scope of the civil service law all
of those offices In the service of the gov
ernment which are not filled by presi
dential appointment subject to rati
fication or rejection by the senate. If
this is done, the next president will be
freed from much of the hitherto cus
tomary Importunities of the spoilsmen;
and the working forces of government
employes In the various departments
will, broadly rpeaklng, be placed upon
a merit rather than a " "fluence" basis,
the same as employes of private firms
or corporations.
The branches of government work
which would be affected by such an
order are the mint service, a great num
ber of excepted offices in the customs
and internal revenue service", all of the
Indian agency service below the head
positions, and all the places In the In
dian school service, the Interstate com
merce clerical force, tho clerical forces
In the navy yards, and a host of small
groups and classes that are very rare
ly thought of, and which have been so
far overlooked by the advocates of civil
service reform. In addition, the order
will apply to chiefs of divisions, chief
clerks of bureaus, and all kinds of spe
cial agents and examiners.
The rapidity with which the Ameri
can people have been converted to a
belief In vyi service reform Is one of
the singular circumstances of modern
history. Less than one generation ago,
the small group of advanced thinkers
who proclaimed the exact reverse of the
Jacksonlan postulate that "to the vic
tors belong the spoils," contending that
a dollar of public money should be as
carefully expended as a dollar of pri
vate money, and along the same gen
eral lines that safeguard private ex
penditure for labor, were almost unan
imously derided by an amused press
as "Idealists," "visionaries," "Chinese
reformers" and "man-mllllners." One
cannot turn to the llles of a prominent
representative newspaper of the hal
cyon period of Beecher," Carl Srliurz
and George William Curtis without
finding almost Infinite amusement In
the excess of indignation, sarcasm and
scorn with which their "new-fangled
doctrine" was greeted. Yet today,
within less than a score of years, civil
service reform Is a fact so well fixed
In public estfcm and favor that hard
ly one man In a hundred dare openly,
discredit It and no political party,
whatever its politicians secretly think,
would think of formulating a national
platform without incorporating In It
a plank pledging fealty to the merit
system. .
No doubt Mr. Cleveland's promised
order would give offense to the politi
cal soldiers of fortune who arc building
gorgeous castles in Spain upon the
strength of the patronage to be ad
ministered by the next prcrldent. Tet
If tho truth were Known, Mr. Cleve
land could not do hl3 successor a great
er favor than to llbera't him from the
traditional thralldom of a president
whejie administration by marking a
change of parties throws open the
floodgates of spollsur.tlng and
v. net lies every visitor's iace with the
cxpectsiiun of execullvo favor. Such
a liberation would lt-ava the chief mus
iurnto cf th'f (rreatert r.atiou free to
do something more important for his
country and lt.i destiny than merely to
spend his waking hours In peddling out
otlicej, and his sleeping ones in worry
Ins over factional perils and. clashing
personal ambitions.
Tho Cripple Creek, Cola., Morning
Journal resents very bitterly President
Cleveland's recent Intlmutlun before the
New Tork presbytery that more mis
sionaries in the west would bo a proflt-
able Investment. It suggests that a
corps of missionaries is needed as bed
ly In Washington as in any other lo
cality, and follows this assertion up
by severe specifications of alleged lapses
by Mr. Cleveland himself from the
straight line of moral rectitude. These
charges are old ones, no longer believed
or If believed, no longer held against the
president, who, though he were, in his
individual capacity, the meanest man
on earth, is yet entitled, while In his
present position, to respectful consid
eratlon. The Journal concludws a vil
lalnous article with the statement that
"the west does not need missionaries;"
but Its article shows on Its face that
the west does.
The letter of Rev. C. A. McGee, pub
lished on another page, and appealing
to the people of Scranton to aid the
congregation of the Howard Place
African Methodist Episcopal church to
secure a suitable location and a more
commodious church building, is worthy
of generous consideration. The excel
lent work which Is being done for hu
manity and morals by this congrega
tion Is now hampered by Insufficient
church accommodations. A very little
aid from each friend of religious prog
ress in Scranton would do much to ex
tend Its usefulness. Let us hope that
Rev. Mr. McGee's appeal will not fall
on indifferent ears.
And now comes a "Greater Troy" pro
ject to consolidate Green Island, Lans
Ingburgh and part of Brunswick with
Troy, making tho sum a larger city
than Albany or Syracuse. When will
destiny bring forward a really Greater
Scranton?
HOW A CONVICTED SNEAK-TIIIEF TRIES
TO ANSWER A DIRECT CHARGE OP
STEALING.
From The Tribune,
of March IS:
In the conditions
governing The Trib
une's offer, of a fc'5
rush prize for th
best original shoVt
story, the BUucesrf
ful manuscript was
to become our exclu
sive property. These
conditions were ac
cepted ty the man
agement of the eis
teddfod und were
duly respected by !t.
But the Scranton
Republican (Demj,
thinking to be
smart, held back Its
edition yesterday
morning until The
Tribune had been
printed, and then
stole the story
bodily from thm
paper without a
syllable of credit,
serving It to it
readers several
hours after The
Tribune had been
delivered.
Had the responsi
ble managers of the
Republican stolen
worth of our
type, furniture or
Prom the Republi
can (uem.t, or
March 20:
The dear Scranton
Tribune fairly torn
a puyglon Into tat
ters yesterday be
cause the Republi
can saw tit to incor
porate the prize
story ' written y
Miss Sarah A. Jones
Into Its report of the
eisteddfod. Our
snarling contempo
rary, having pos
session of the man
uscript, pursued Its
usual selfish and
narrow policy, re
fusing all other
Scranton papers ac
cess to the am,
excusing its mean
ness with the plei
that as it offered tho
prize, the story be
came lis private
property. We will
not waste words In
arguing this point;
certain It is, that
after the story was
published in The
Tribune it became
publii! property, In
a small wuy, it is
true, and tiny paper
other tangible pro
nun a ngnt to pub
erty, they could llsh the same in its
have been arrested report of the pro
ami put behind Iron ccedlngs of the els
bars. As It Is. the teddfod. That is
story not having whut the Republican
been copyrighted, did. giving the nu
Ihey have stolen $'.'3 thor the credit duo
worth of our liter- her, which was all
ary property and ore that was necessary.
Immune from j.rosf:-, Rut the fact that
eution. The only rc- the Republican pre
dress open to us is to settled the story to
set them before the its readers the same
public IIS elf-COII- lllornlnir thnt it nn.
vlctvd sneak thieves. 'peared in The Triu-
e do not believe , une. caused that
that many of the journal excruciating
readers of that pa- pain. The old grin
per, when l h e s e; ny nVw into a terrl
facts are known, will ble rug and poured
care to stand in the forth a torrent of
light of receivers of Billingsgate that
stolen goods. would have put a
The action of the I i s h-m o n g e r to
Republican has lust- blush. It was really
ly excited the Indlgt i amusing, the wav
nation of the Welsh the poor thing took
people of Scranton. on, and we presume
who aim to keep the few readers It
their eisteddfodlc has really enjoyed
annul free from the its senseless bluster,
runtumlnaltiig pres-l (n n!l f erioitsness,
ence of plagiarists however, the Repub
and pilferers, and llcan disapproves nf
who have In this In- the mean treatment
stance been meanly
Imposed upon.
which The TrlburtH
anvlous to uc
ciirj Miss Jon'-'S.
The young woman
had taken the pain
I tu write a very cred
itable story, una it
was justly due to
her that the sam? ba
given us wi le publ
ication as pojsibl";
i yet The Tribune fol
llowinir out Its well-
known dog-in-the-manger
policy,
claimed the product
of the lady's tul?nt
us its . exclusive
i property and would
nave common tna
nerufsl to the few
hundred persons
whose names ni.
pear Mpon its sub-,
seiiptloii books. The
Republican thought
it but a proper rec
ognition o" tho la
dy's renins t3 g!v-
her story generous
clrctt'silon which,
but for tli!s paper. It
would net have ob
tained. We know
we did Miss Jones
and her friends a
'renl service by pub
lishing iter story and
Hint Is what Wij
nimel nt. There Is
none nf that narrow,
contracted niean
nes which clinrje
ter'.ses our contem
porary, eboilt l;i;
fiper. And hero
the muttcr,drops.
A Son-ln-l.nw, for Instance.
From the Harrlsburs fa It-lot.
The only atmnrsnt use for n mlllturv
post near Scranton Is to enable some
body to soldier on the government. ,
Alt
13 that The Tribune? .
It h: '
I want to insert a rort "ad."
AH right. What is It.
It's to to In tho want eoNrr.n.
Yes.
1 desire to advertise tor a ecconil-h.ind
electric fan.
What do you want cf an electric fen
nt in s iimo or y;ui v
TA a'Klst me in ko ylag coal.
V list's tha niatterT
I'm a police cap.uln possibility.
JC-s-a-liiig!
Hello! Is that t'.ie editorial room?
Y es. whird hid ou?
At the hou?e. Are a!l the boiler pluUj
in :
Yes.
City hall echoes and Lord Hyrca's way
fide notes?
Yes.
Lute r.tvi clipped from t'le first edition
of The Tribune?
es.
All right. L:t the ntem utart. We'll
mnke a blur,' ut a newspaper, uryr.oiv.
fc-I-S-litii!
. OLTJ GUOWIXG l'ltF-SintNT.
W. E. Curtis, In Chisago flcoi-d.
The preside: t of the United Stat" h,!"
Just bsen curveyed for n new suit of
lll.hlirs WJl.l'H Wl.l Wll runt tuiu tWIt
absorb nlna ytrda of cloth thlry Inches
wide, or sixty-seven and one-half squar;
feet of -cHth. An examination of tho
uuuivi ill ue iftuur pnona intit iuo ;.u
pcrllciul dimensions of tho president arc
gradually tiicretulng, particularly his cir
cumference. The following is an umc!'t
statement of his mmsurem"nU In the
turlntt of H'm and snrltiK of tO'i:
U9Z.
Waist 5!Vi
Around hips FiS'a
iH'g Inside ;....)
Thigh
Chest Mi
Arm Intldu lil?4
1M
w
W
so
W'i
A SUNS! III. ! Sl GliHSTIOV.
From the I'lttston (iar.etle.
Protesting against the consummation cf
n rumored arntnvement to attain nl.ic,
Senator W. 11. Andrews ut the head of the
lcepuMiican state comm. tine, I lie scranton
Tribune expresses doubt as to the en
dorsement of this scheme by Mr. Quay,
as has been alleged, uud vigorously advo
cates the election to the chairmanship of
"a clean und tiled man like ex-l.ieutoti-ant
Governor Wattes." This suggestion
comes from various ipiarters and will be
heartily sustained by the delegate from
the northeastern part of the state In next
month's convention ut liarrtsburg,
sin-: answhimiii NO.
She answered no yet why despair?
'Twas on the day of Cupid's fulr.
When lovers toss tu win or lose, ,
To mnke their entrance or adieus
In spirits light and debonair.
Yet, though I boasted not to care,
I knew 'twas more than life could bear
If through fair love's uncertain muse
She answered no.
In truth, I loved beyond compare.
And all my soul was in my prayer:
" 'Tls thee, dear love, that I would
choose!
If I should ask. wouldst thou refuse?"
In accents soft, with blushus rare.
She answered, "No."
Clifford Howard, in Munsey's.
HILL & GONNELL
131 AND K3 N. WASHINGTON ML
Builders
AND
Makers
OF
AND
OFFICE
SUPPLIES
13! AID 33 N. WASHINGTON AVE.
Something
New.
si
111 R
For Permanent Decoration.
Also a line line of JarJinieres.
THE
il (IE OWE!
Lenten
Stationery
, Large Assortment,
Newest Styles.
if
BEiOLEMAN. THE ' EGGKMAN,
437 Srrv.ce St., Orp. "The Commonwesltb."
As choice a selection of fabrics as you ever saw. Neat,
tasteful, substantial patterns. High novelties for those
that want highest style land exclusiveness, and the pretty
stylish fabrics vou always sret at modest nrices.
See our window for Full Dress Patterns at
A
T TH
In all the years of our Silk business we never saw such
handsome Silken Fabrics as are now crowding our shelves
and counters. Oriental Patterns in their wealth of bizarre
colorings. Dainty warp-printed effects in subdued shad
ings, and we might ramble oh for; an hour,
Take a look at the new arrival of Warp Prints, 23 inch,
es wide, at T Cents.
And another
THE
WOn Monday, March 23d, we start in to make the imDrovements In our
store room and the store will be dosed until Saturday, March 28th.
Promptness on your part means dollars in your, pocket. We are going
through the stock and marking prices on goods so low you will wonder at It.
WE INTEND TO MARE THIS THE BANNER WEEK OF OUR GREAT SHOE SALE.
Don't wait until the
larger assortment to select
BANISTER'S,
5fatioD?py
That Isn't Stationary.
Nothing stands still at our establish-
ment. 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
HOTEL JERIYN BUfLB'G
WYOMING AVENUE.
REYNOLDS BROS.,
Stationers and Engravers.
OYSTERS
V sra Kssd.irurtcrs fur Oysters and
re taudilun tho
Celebrated Duck Rivera,
Lyim Haven, Key ports,
Mill Ponds; also Shrews
bury, Uoekuways, Maurice
Itiver Cov?a, VV'vstera
Shores and liluo Points.
MPW miko a t p"ci.lty o( V!1t!-Idj
Line Puluts on hull .livil In carrier
PIERCE'S MARKET, PESN AYE
$25,003 WORTH Or
III ORGANS
nust bs sold in thirty
days. Call and S2&
our prices.
1, Lacks, Ave,
..,-,. "-'" ' ' " 1 1 . "".S4 W s i ssaw i i.
ww h nil n jj r fi-",
rics lor Spring
SBLKS
choice lot of 27 inches wide at
LAST WEEK OF
AT
last day, but come early
from.
Lackawanna 2
IS IS 08E OF
COIAD'S
SPRING STYLES.
305 LACKAWANNA AVE.
ULSTERS
' AND
OVERCOATS
ALSO
MEN'S AND BOYS' SUITS
AT
Greatly Reduced Prices.
111 LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Corner i'ra'nklln Avnu.
11
Hi CO.,
; 328 Washington Av8.;
t' SCRANTON, PA,
MERCHANT TAILORING
V
' t prlnz ntiSnuitner, from S'JOup. Trousar
liiKs ucd (J.'yii'ukts, Inrnik'U BUd dODicstio
lul.rics, madf to nrdt-r lo salt th mast tj
tulloui In (jrli'o, tl. uud w..rkman?lilp.
D. BECft. 337 Mams An.
SHOE SALE
in the week and have the
Wyoming Avoriuos.
OK 61ISS SI USE
1 HI 1 SAIL
Must Be Sold
Before We Remove
To our new store, No.
130 Wyoming avenue,
Coal Exchange, April
1st. Price no considera
tion, THE
TRADERS
RATIONAL BANK OF SCRANTON.
ORGANIZED 1890.
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
$250,000
40,000
JOHN T. PORTER. President.
W. W. WATSON, Vict PresMeot.
F. L. PHILLIPS, Cashier.
DIRECTORS,
tsmnel Finos, James M. Krerhart. IrTtng
A. Klncb, fierce B. Fiuley. Joseph J. Jermyn,
M. 8. Kemerer, Charles Y. Matthew. John T.
Porter, W. W. Watsou, Charles, Schlager, L.
W. Mors. ;
INTEREST PAID ONTIHE
DEPOSITS.
This Lank lnvltei the oatronu-e of business
men and firms generally.
AYLESWORTH'5
MEAT MARKET
The Finest In the City
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