THE 8CBANT0W, TRIBUNE TUESDAY MOBNINO, JUM 23, 1896. Mbjea4 Weakly. rhladka at aera ntoa, ra, by The UahlM OumoulT. Gray, . . RINOaBUIIV, Fan. On'k Maa. . a. m. nipph.k, tmm. UVV . MICHAftO. faw.il. W. W. DAVIS, iwam MaaaMa. W. W. VOUNaS, Am. Mas t rosTarticm at scaajno M.. ai (BOOND-OLAS MAIL aafUA Ynatert' Imk." the rcunll Jeomat for a) tlMim. rat. Te n-mmi Tbisuks aa the bM MlTcrttolDf medium lu KortlMuuru Maoaiva, BUv "ntBten' Iiik" know, Turn WnxiT TsracMH. leaned Everv ftatnrter, Contains Twelve H.m.m. Pve, with an A him tan of News, rk-tinn, and 'Wrll-Kdltetl MImc kuiy. For Thus Who cannot Take Tun Daily Tmibuke. the Weekly Is Mecomniend! aa lb tot Kattaia Sola. Only 1 a Yaar, in Advance taTaiavaaIse8ale Pally at the D, laa4 W. Maiion at Habokea. SCRANTON. JUNE 23, 1S90. Iho Tribune I iho only Republican Icily la Lackawanna County. THE REPUBLICAN TICKET XATIO.VAI,. For I'residcn. WILLIAM McklNI.I.Y, of Ohio. Vor Vice-President, CAKI1ET A. UOU.tKT. of New Jersey. STATU. Congrckemen-at-Largc, GAl.l'SIIA A. GROW, of Susquehnnnu. SAMIEL A. DAVENfOKT, of trio. Mection I'uy, Nov. 3. THE KE1M liLICAN PLATFORM. I. TarliT. not only to (urninh ndcqu.ite revenue for the necessary expenses of ;"e government, but to protect American la iior from desradutlun lo the wane level of othr hind, a. Keciprocnl agreements for open market.-i and duserlmlnatir.K du ties In favor of the American merchant marine. 3. Maintenance of the existing tiold standard and opposition to free cuin uge of illver except by International agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world. 4. Pensions and preferences for veterans of the Union urmy. 6. A firm, vigorous and dlgnllied foreign policy "und all odr Interests in the western hemisphere carefully watched nd guarded." 6. The Hawaiian Islands to be controlled by the United States; the Nlcaraguan canal to be built; a naval sta tion In the' West Indies. 7. Protection of American citizens and property In Turkey. 8. Kcnssertion of the Monroe doctrine. Eventual withdrawal of European powers from this hemisphere anil union of nil English-speaking people on this continent. 9. The L'nlted States actively to use Influ ence to restore peace and give independ ence to Cuba. 10. Enlargement of the navy, defense of haruoru und seacoast. 11. Exclusion of illiterate and Immoral im migrants. 12. Keapproval of the civil ser vice law. 13. A five ballot and an honest count. 14, Condemnation of lynching, lu. Approval of national arbitration. 10. Ap proval of a free homestead law. IT. Ad mission of the remaining territories, rep resentation for Aluska and abolition of rarpet-bag federal oflleers. II. Sympathy with legitimate efforts to lessen Intemper ance, lu. Sympathetic reference to "the rights and interests of woman." Con densed by the Times-Herald. Speaking: about the "grand old Demo cracy's richness In honorable tradi tions," does Graver refer to Its "perfidy ititl dishonor"? The Currency Issue In Brief. An interesting catecnism nns ueon k. - .1 1. . - ni. i - m, . . , nose cuitor wrote tne nt. i.uuih pianit. It explains in few words why an abrupt change from the gold to Hie silver stand hrd In this country woula be disastrous. It also shows that while the Republi can party Is opposed to any radical experiment at a time when business by .reason of Democratic tariff blundering Is already depressed and excitable, It proposes nevertheless to keep the coun try's large amount of outstanding all- .mm n.d . . . r .... ,n I V.- .,1t .... J jwpii u y w wur luji ineniire ut Ha face value. This Is the catechism: Q. What Is the whol body of currency of the L'nlted States today? A. Paper, 8475,000,000; silver, till, 000,000; gold, IG12.0W, 000. Q. What Is the existing money stand ard of the country? A. Gold, by means of which nil the sliver and nil the paper ara worth 100 cents to tho dollar. Q. What would be the effect If we should abandon the existing gold r.tandard? A. All the gold would leave tho country In accord ance with the never questioned law that superior money will not remain In a country where an Inferior money Is the standard. Q . What nmnunt of money would be withdrawn from the country If the silver standard should be substituted for the gold (standard? A. Six hundred and twelve million dollars, contracting the currency to that amount and crippling tho country accordingly. Q. If tho silver Standard were substituted for the exist ing gold standard, what would bo the af fect on the $U10,CH),000 of silver now worth 100 cents to tho dollar? A. The entire quantity of silver dollars would be worth their weight In silver per ounce, which va ries from week to week like the price of wheat, and the Immediate effect would bo to reduce the (610,000,000 to 105,000,000, tho present value of silver per ounce in the coins, thus contracting the currency of the country to this additional amount, ' making a total contraction of 1917,000,000. Q. What would be the effect on the paper in our currency If we should substitute the silver standard for the existing irold stand, ard? A. The 1475,000,000 of paper, today worth lOOcenta to the dollar on the existing gold standard, would at once decline to CO vents In the dollar on the silver standard, based on the price of silver today, the Im mediate effect being to reduce the value of the paper now In the currency to 3237,000,. 009. . Q. By abandoning the existing gold standard for tho silver standard, what then would be tho first net result? A. Tho lots to the country of $1,154,000,000, every dollar of which is now worth 100 cents by reason of tho existing gold standard. Q. What do you deduce . from this? A, That we need all tho money we have and that we want every dollar to be worth v100 cents. Q. How can ivs keep all the money we have and keep every dellar worth 100 cents? A. Uy pre. serving the existing gold standard. . lust one thing heeds to be added to this discussion. Under present condi tions, because of', sliver's, declining value, It is costing us a (food deal of money' to keep our sliver and our 'gold at a, parity. But when we have. Inter national bimetallism this cost' will' no longer be feltt Its burden will be lifted, to the ebon ces of an early. Interna tlonal agreement, we recently quoted Senator Hoar, a Republican, to the effect that they were good, and we now Quote ex-Secretary Whitney, a "gold bug" Democrat Says he: "There has never been a time when the prospects of in ternational action favorable to the joint standard were at all as promising as the present moment. From the dis cussion of the last twenty years It has come to pass that among the persons in Europe who are trained, recognized scientists upon monetary and econo mic questions, scarcely one is not at the present moment advocating the desira bility of the Joint standard, as the real solution of the monetary diltk-uiliua the world. They are agreed upon the desirability of It. and that it Is entirely practicable. If established nnd main tained by agreement of the principal commercial nations. At the fienei.t moment (lormany. France. Italy, Aus tria, Holland. Belgium and the United Stales wish to co-operate for the estab lishment and maintenance' of the Juiut l standard by International agreement Great Ur'.taln has recently, within three months. In fact, made- a most im portant concession, tine has said: "We will do fur you as much as you can do for yourselves. Wo will make this great contribution to a bimetallic system. Wo will reopen the Indian mints. We will engage that they shall be kept open, and we shall therefore provide for n free coinage of silver within the limits of the British Emjlre for a population greater in number than the population of Ger many, France and America put to gether.' " We have, therefore, only to restore protection, re-induce public confidence and await, developments on that line; the silver problem will solve Itself. We confess we don't see how Como dore Slngerly is going to be able to for give ex-Secretary Whitney for saying International bimetallism is near when Brother Slngerly's tstlmable newspajwr lias been denouncing it day after day as a fatuous dream. . The Future of Mr. Piatt. A question which is causing a good deal of worrlment Just now among tho Republicans of New York state is whether It would be expedient at this time to attempt to deliver the party in tltat commonwealth from the unsatis factory sway of the Hon. Thomas Col lier Piatt. Under ordinary circum stances it is conceded that a factional fight during a presidential ticket would be very likely to embarrass the national nominees; and the retainers of Mr. Piatt are loud in their declarations that if the "antls" don't keep quiet "somebody" (dimbtlecs meaning McKlnley) "will get hurt." On the other hand, the desire among Empire state Republicans for a rid dance from the dictatorial ways of Mr. Piatt Is very general and very earnest at this particular time. Governor Mor ton feels that he has been buncoed, Warner Miller Is brandishing a good sized tomahawk, Chauncey Depew Is as near the point of a nevolt as he has ever been In his life. And worse than all this, there Is a widespread belief among the rank and file that by his recent abuse of Major McKlnley, Mr. Piatt made It impossible for himself, even though as a mutter of expediency he should now desire to turn In earnestly for the presidential ticket, to render trustworthy or effective service in the ensuing campaign. A great attempt Is being made by the Piatt papers to magnify the Tioga lead er's service In behalf of honest money. Mr. Piatt Is represented as having lit erally forced Mark Hanna to abandon his Intended tlnnnclnt straddle und ac cept, under Mr. Piatt's compulsion, the gold standard with the word "gold" underscored. Unfortunately for this attempted let-down, Mr. Kohlsaat dis tinctly staff s that he had himself writ ten the plunk in question fend secured Major McKinley's approval of it fully forty-eight hour3 before Mr. Piatt reached St. Louis, and that Its adoption with the full approval of McKinley's friends was never for a moment in doubt. We have an opinion that the best thing to do In a situation like the fore going Is to adopt herolo measures and take chances on the result. But It Is a question for New Yorkers themselves to answer. They hold Piatt's destiny In their keeping. o The Nicholson law, the validity of which has Just been upheld by the Su preme court of Indiana, couples with a local option clause the provisions that licensed saloons must not be connected with any other business; that bltllard tables shall not he In the same room with the bar; that blinds and screens Bhall not conceal saloon patrons from public scrutiny; that others than mem bers of the saloon-keeper's family shall not enter the saloon on days when the sale of intoxicants Is Interdicted. The law has been In force nearly a year, and within that time the number of saloons throughout Indiana has decreased 12 per cent, while the general average of the public morals Is said to have Im proved. In the last five years, during the first six months of each year, when the movement of specie Is at Its maximum, the total net amount of our gold ex ports has approximated $245,000,000. In other words we have in live years lost more than one-third of our entire avail able stock of free gold. Very evidently, the sooner the gold balance Is turned in our' favor the better. It wilt take a Kepubllcan administration to turn It Comodore Slngerly wants tire Demo crats to declare at Chicago for the sln gld gold) standard; the further contrac tion of our currency by the retirement and cancelation of the greenbacks and treasury notes; the repeal of the tax on tote and national bank with the au- tborisatioa of a state banking system under federal supervision; and a tariff for revenue only. We should say that such a declaration would be eminently satisfactory to Republicans. Aceordlng to the,esteemed Philadel phia Record, the proposition to advance anthracite coal prices In July "Is not based upon any other consideration than ability to enforce an extortion." Yes It Is. It is based upon the legiti mate need of getting a fair return upon a rapidly decreasing and an Irreparable product In England, a man may beat his wife If she deserts his firvslde and Is recap tured; but under the jury system In free America he can do even more than that He can shoot half a dosen per sons and get acquitted on the plea of emotional insanity. Representative Hnrtman, of Mon tana, (estimates that Senator Teller, If presented rs the choice of the united silver elements, would carry S(5 elector al votes. But this kind of chicken counting does not necessarily mean live poultry. It Is to be regretted that the plan for reapportioning the representation in Republican national conventions should have failed to carry at St. Louis. The proponed change was fair and desirable. It savored of cowardice not to make It. The latest foreign street railway mo tor uses compressed hot water and Is said to be both efficient and cheap. ' In Scranton, the most powerful Traction motor, at least In the vicinity of coun cils, Is said to be the legal tender. Afterwhlle maybe It will dawn on the Republican managers that the pro per place for national conventions and, as the situation now stands, the only proper place Is Chicago. Our Democratic friends might avoid tho silver Issue by nominating "Para mount" Blount at Chicago on the plat form: "Down with the American flag." We still thluk that the platform would have been quite as effective if it had consisted simply of the words "Sound money and the chance to earn it." AMERICA'S STRENGTH. From the Philadelphia Uucord. It is generally true that the citlsens or one country know practically but little of another country. Each country has an atmosphere, politically, financially and morally, of Its own, as well as traditions, habits of life and a point of view which must be learned and studied, if they ever can be learned and studied, without ac tually breathing the one or becoming per. serially cognizant of the other. Detached, naked facts are not to-be misleading. They need to be considered in relation to other facts and circumstances before their just weight and real significance can be ascertained. II II II A writer in the Nineteenth Century for June affords an Illustration of the truth of these remarks. In an article on "Amer ica as a Power" he endeavors to show how weak wa should be as a belligerent. We have no merchant marine! But In case of a war a merchant marine becomes the first and most vulnerable point of at. tack. In our latest war with England that power was seriously crippled by the rapid and surprising capture of her vessels. Our privateers haunted every sea, and produced veritable panics in the seats of British commerce. During the continu ance or this short war 2,500 vessels all told were captured from the British. It was the wholesale destruction of their shipping that led the commercial later ests or Great Britain to demand peace, and brought the war to a speedy close. No doubt a mercantile marine Is In peace a source of national wealth, and an in. terest that should be fostered; but In war It becomes a prey to a bold and enterpris ing enemy. Instead of being an element of helllirernt strensth. it Is an element of bel- llgerent weakness. The navy. Instead of being Tree to concentrate against the hos tile navy and the vulnerable points along tho hostile coasts. Is necessarily divided and detached to convoy merchantmen and guard the pathways of uommerco. II H II But our navy is Instgnlflcantl As con trusted with the British navy, yes; and In the war of 1812 It was still more Inslgnlf. leunt. At that time Great Britain has a thousand ships of war. and ours were so few that It was supposed they would seek security by remaining in port. Our coasts were to be blockaded and kept closed by the overwhelming naval superiority of the enemy; and yet our privateers scorned the blockade, and, quitting our own coasts, swarmed. In the Irish sea and the English channel. And our ships of war were vie. toilous In three-fourths of the naval en. gagements that were fought. Michael Scott, the author of "Tom Cringle's Log," who served In the war, and who cordially hated the Americans, writes thus as a result of his experience: "In the field or grappling in mortal combat on the blood- slippery quarterdeck of an enemy a ves. set n British soldier or tailor Is the bravest of the brave. No soldier or sailor of any other country, saving and excepting those damned Yankees, can stand against them," II II Tho United States have never been so strong at sea os now; and though their ships are camparatlvely few In number, yet In rase of war (which heaven fora fend!) we might confidently rely upon the hope that hey woull give as good an aecount of themselves as did their prede cessors In 1812. Moreover, pays the writer In the Nineteenth -Century, we have an army of. unemployed, which In ease of War would be immensely increased, tne ex perience of the country during our lot civil war was that tne ranks or tne un employed wero rapidly depleted to till tho ranks of the regiments going to the front. Not only our own unemployed but the Un employed of our northern neighbor, the Dominion of Canada, came forward to enlist for the war. Instead of war Increas. Ing the number of the unemployed, It em ploys them, and Immensely stimulates the demand for labor. Moreover, too, says this writer, we have an Immense alien population which affects our national solidity. We have not found this to be the rase. The aermttns, Scandinavians and Irish who have Immigrated to our shores are attracted to our country and Its institutions; and In the second genera tion they become assimilated With the na tive population and pnssossed of Its nsptra tlons and hopes, and would march with the same alacrity to tho defense of the common flag. Of other nationalities we have hot probably a greater proportion than have sought the shores of Great Britain; and wa havo no reason to tfbubt that In days of war, or days of disaster, they would bo true to the country that has sheltered and protected them. II II II Tlhs writer refers, among other things, to our unsound currency, and to our de pendence upon British markets, as' show ing "the weakness of America as a bel. llgerent." An unsound currency, whor. ever it exists, Is a misfortune and a thing to be remedied. It leaves untouched, how ever, the sources of national wealth; and when Its impediments and Inconveniences are. gotten rid of the rock of the nation's resources remains unimpaired, 'questions of currency are always serious, but their effects are not 'Vital, and when settled on a safe basis prosperity Is apt to revive with singular rapidity. As to eur depend eac upea the British saarket. It' a.ay be said that Great Britain is equally depend, ent upon us for the products teat supply It. In case of war no doubt she couid. In part, get them from other countries; but the vessels carrying them would at aU times be liable to capture, which would render the supply precarious. For eur part, war would create aa immense de mand for agricultural products oi r-u kinds, to supply the army and navy: and the causes that lost u our market would create another to take Its place. II II II Xothlra- la ao easy or to tempting aa to exaggerate prospective Ills. They seldom sre ao great as they are deMcteo; ana while ovate Is one of the blessings most to be denred. still war. with all its horrors, calls forth the heroism of a people, and, besides known resources, finds those that were not obviously at band. THE TRt'TH ABOUT HAMMOND. From the Tlmes.Herald. On tho whole, we think John Hays Ham mond received a good deal more sympathy than ho deserved and got of! much more easily than he could have expected. He gave a poor Imitation of a properly consti tuted American abroad plotting with out throat stock gamblers and pseudo-"lm-perlalists" for the subversion of a repub lic, and If he had been swiftly and Itnally hanged he would have had no more than his deserts. EXPRESSED IN 1'IUl'HES. From the Baltimore American. The difference between the administra tion of President Harrison and that of President Cleveland, ao far as the latter has gone. Is Ji5s.000.Otw while the, Cleve land administration has in three years Issued bonaa to the amount of $2S2,0U0,eJv. Thatthediffemnce between the two admin istrations will be at least tuvo.OOO.ouo by the end of Mr. Cleveland's term few will doubt. RIIYME8 OF THE DAY. No matter how your pulses stir, No matter what the stress, Your stomach Is the arbiter 'Twixt failure and success. Philadelphia Press. II II II The boy upon the dunce's seat A gleam or comfort now may catch; For well he knows that he could beat Professors In a swimming match. Washington Star. II I! II How foolish Is tho pessimist, Despondent and forlorn, Who always, when he gets a rose, Goes hunting for the thorn. The optimist has better sense; The charm of life he knows. He doesn't mind a scratch or two, ir he can get the rose. So do not be a pessimist, Cankered with discontent: The optimist has heaps of fun That doesn't cost a cent Bomervllle Journal, WE HAVE Everything io the Line of SWEATERS AND Bicycle Hose. Only the very best maker are repre reseoted in our line SPECIAL OFFER In Fine quality BICYLE HOSE, all sizes, 5o Cents Pair. Also a numberless variety in newest combinations of colors at $1, 1.50 and $2 Per Pair. SWEATERS. Light, weight Jerseys in Wool and Worsted, Plain and with sailor collars, in all solid colors, aad stripes, all at lowest prices. SPECIAL Mill 10 BICYCLE US. P. CHRI 41a SPRUCB STREBT, aog LACKAWANNA AVB. Hammocks All sizes, color and style, from 76s. to $3.50. Refrigerators Jewett's Patent Charconl rillcu, best nnd most economi cal in thd market. Freezers 1 The White Mountain freezes cream in 4 minutes. Baby Carriages Whitney's make, the best in the land; price, from $4.50 up wards. THE wm, m, fiiiiEi i. in Lackawanna avf. Celebrated Thomas Pens, FOR SALE BY PRATT'S, Washington Ave, PETERS, YORK & CO., lift $.' 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