THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 169a.
tail and Weekly. X Sunday Edition.
rtbtkbed M Scranton, P-, by Ttw Trtbuue rub
ibaiuf Company.
I. M. RIPPLE, mb Thm.
LIVV . RICHARD, Cairo.
Y. W. DAVIS. Muhii
W. W. V0UN0.8, As. Mam',
I'ew York Office: Tribune Building, Frank 8.
Umy, Manager,
USTIBIO AT THE TOSTOrriCl AT scrahtoh. rA.
6ICCND-CLA8a MAIL UATTIIt
SCRANTON, SEPTEMBER 16, 1S96.
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
NATIONAL.
Freslle.nt-WILLIAM M KINLET.
Vice President QAKRET A. HOBART.
STATE.
Congressmen - at - Large OALVSHA A.
UROW, SAMUEL A. DAVENPORT.
COUNTY'.
Congress-WILLIAM CON'N'EIU
Commlssloners-S. V. ROBERTS. GILES
ROUEUTS.
Auultors-A. E. KIEFER. FRED L.
WARD.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate. 21st nistrlet-COt,. W. J. SCOTT.
Kepresentntlve. iHt District JOHN It.
FARM; 2il District A. T. CONNKLL;
3J Distriet-DU. N. C MACKEY.
The nomination yesterday by First
district Republicans of Representative
Farr for a fourth consecutive term
brings to an end one of the most ani
mated pre-conventlon legislative con
tests In the history of the county. Mr.
Farr enjoyed the advantage of a di
vided opposition. Including two candi
dates from the Providence portion of
the district, a territory which had
strong gcoKi'aiihleal claim to the nom
ination. He Is also understood to have
received outside assistance, The suc
cessful competitor possesses experience
and ability and hi election will assure
to the district an alert safeguarding
of Its legislative Interests.
Business-like County Commissioners
Open confession Is good for the soul.
Says the Wilkes-Rarre Record: "What
we r.eod is a little of the spirit and
energy that actuates our neighbors in
Lackawanna. It boenine apparent to
the officials of that county that cer
tain changes and improvements In
their court house were necessary.
Plans were perfected, close estimates
made and the conclusion reached that
an expenditure of $03,000 would accom
plish what was needed. T.onds were
authorized to bo Issued and the work
Is now under way. Before many
months Lackawanna will have a per
fect court house that will require no
further Improvements or enlargement
for n generation." Meanwhile Luzerne,
with nearly twice our population and
court business, has to put up with a
rcurt house thirty years behind the
times.
The fact teaches a moral. It will
be remembered that the commissioners
of Lucerne county made a great
splurge some time ago In the matter of
a new county building. They bought
plans for one which was to cost half
a million dollars, and had these plans
printed with eulogistic comment In half
a dozen newspapers. Then came the
question of a site and before an agree
ment could be reached on that point
grave irregularities were exposed. In
the earlier negotiations, the hard times
cry was raised and Luzerne's new
court house went glimmering. The
fiasco, however, was due more directly
to Incompetency in the commissioners'
ofllce than to any other single cause,
and therein lies the moral.
Luzerne county In recent years has
paid scant attention to the character
fit her commissioners and the result Is
that her administrative affairs exhibit
numerous evidences ot shlptthod and
cureless management. Lackawanna
co;:nty, on the other hand, has estab
lished and maintained in that Import
ant ofiice a high standard of fitness,
and the result Is that this county ranks
imong the very foremost count'es of
the state in the efficiency and economy
cf Its fiscal administration. The fact
that we are getting an improved court
house Is only one in many Items of
improvement which adorn the record of
the present board of commissioners;
ar.d in renominating the Republican
members of that board, Messrs. Rob
erts and Roberts, It is certain that the
Republicans of the county have made
no mistake.
If Mark Hanna were the bold, bad
man they say he is, he would help to
pay Tillman's expenses.
Under the Gold Standard.
"The gold standard has prevailed in
this country since 1853 with the excep
tion of the years from 1802 to 1S79, when
the paper currency which the exigencies
of the war forced upon us prevailed.
The act of 1873 followed In the line of
the act of 1833 and It omitted the silver
dollar from the coinage of the United
States because standard dollars had
ceased to be circulating coins. Under
the gold standard the country has pros
pered. Since 1873 the public debt has
been reduced from t,710,000,000 to $71G,
000,000 and the interest charge thereon
has been reduced from 96,000,000 to
000,000. The deposits in saving funds
have Increased from $1,100,000,000 to $1,
800,000,000. The average yearly wages
paid to laborers In manufacturing and
mechanical employment have Increased
from $347 to $445 per capita. 'The aver
age of wages, taking 100 in 1860 as a
baslB, have gone up from 166 to 168. The
avtrat prices of all that the labor
ing man buys has fallen from 119 to 96
and the average purchasing power of
wages has Increased from 138 to 175.'
"In 1873, with a population of less than
43,000,000, there was In circulation In
the United States, $18.04 per capita. In
1895, with a population of 70,000,000 the
per capita circulation was $22.96. be
fore 1873 there had been coined in the
United States but little more than 8,
000.000 of sliver dollars and $136,000,090
of subsidiary silver. Since 1873 there
have been coined 35,000.000 of trade dol
lars; 378,000,000 of standard silver dol
lars, and $S6,000,000 of subsidiary silver,
and the government has purchased and
now holds more than 168,000,000 ounces of
silver. If since 1873, the Interests of the
people have suifered It would not be be
cause ot either the contraction of the
currency, or because of the failure to
supply more than all the silver that the
country should want, for it is the fact
that, even with the Inducement of free
transportation from the treasury, the
government has never been able to
force more than 67,000,000 of sliver dol
lars Into circulation at any orte time."
From a Recent Speech by C. Stuart Pat
terson. The Maine victory naturally grows
-with age. It Includes the carrying of
every county In the state, the election
of every county officer, the carrying of
every state senatorial district and the
seating of 145 out of 151 members of the
state house of repcresentatlves. No
wonder Joo Manley smiled.
As to a College Education.
An Inquiry recently completed by
Professor William M. filoane of the
family, and James W. Alexander of
the board ot trustees of Princeton uni
versity fhods Interesting light on the
cost of n college education. It discloses
Willi reference to Princeton that while
it would be possible for a self-denying
youth to meet eery necessary expense
out ct an allowance of $300 a year yet
the average expenditure Is rather over
$000 than under, and rises In special in
stances as high as the indiscretion of
wealthy parents Is willing to permit.
The average expense at Tale and Har
vard we believe mounts even higher
than this, reaching In round numbers
nearer $700 than $M0 a year. In the
western colleges, like the university of
'Wisconsin and Ann Arbor, It falls to a
lower figure, but the tendency all over
the country Is toward nn Increased ex
penditure by undergraduates. This In
crease may not and probably does not
rest on any actual enlargement of nec
essary expenses, but It U In evidence
Just the same and Is a fact to be reck
oned with.
The question naturally suggests It
self, Do college educations pny? This
no doubt Is a hackneyed theme, but
experience shows it Is never devoid of
Interest. A great deal might be said
on both sides; far too much to be sum
marised in the present limited space.
We purpose, however, to venture one
dogmatic ussertion: that no Scranton
parent whose son shall complete with
care the course of instruction about to
be adopted In the local high school need
feel greatly downcast If circumstances
should at the expiration of that term
of study deprive the youth of a regular
collegiate course. It Is probable that
a college course supplementary to a
good training In the public schools
would do no hnrm in any case, and In
some casts might actually do much
good. Hut one thing is certain: the
pupil who hns the right kind of stuff
in him won't absolutely need the col
lege course to make a man of him, and
the pupil who hasn't the right kind of
stuff in him can't, as the case stands,
get it put Into him in any college In
the land.
To all mles there are conspicuous ex
ceptions, yet we sometimes wonder If
It isn't the rule that more than half the
money spent by purents In putting sons
through college Is to all practical pur
poses wasted. By this remark we do
not wish to Imply that even a poor col
lege education Is not better than none
at all; but is the Instruction which the
average graduate obtains during his
four or five years' jojourn within uni
versity precincts worth In any fair es
timate of lis subsequent value the time
a:id money which It costs? There Is in
the September Cosmopolitan a sugges
tive article touching this subject. In
It the editor of that magazine rather
frankly laughs at the Inutility of most
collegiate Instruction (and by inutility
he does not mean so much commercial
09 social worthlessness). The arraign
ment he makes is In our Judgment Just.
The room for Improvement In methods
and purposes of higher education Is
ample. We nre by no means getting
from our colleges all or even half of
what they ought to give to us; or what
they must one day give if they would
retain public confidence.
If the city of Scranton will not of its
own volition put West Market street In
proper condition, as it Is by contract
obligated to do. It ought to be made to
do so by law. In its present contention
all fair-minded onlookers must admit
that the Turnpike company has the
common sense end of the argument.
Straws.
On Tuesday and Wednesday of last
week the Des Moines Capital took a
poll of the passengers on each rail
way train leaving that city. This Is
the list for Tuesday:
Chicago A Northwestern, Jewell Junc
tion to Ames, McKinley, U; Bryan. 28:
Palmer, 1.
Rock Island No. 3 from the west, McKin
ley, 83; Bryan, 31; Palmer, 7.
Des Moines, Northern & Western train
arriving at 5.50, McKinley, 91; Bryan, 34;
Levering, 2.
Chicago Northwestern morning train
Into Des Moines from Eagle Grave, Mc
Kinley, 128; Bryan, 25; Palmer, 1; doubt
ful, 1. This was a train load of represen
tative farmers.
Rock Island train from Grand Junction
to Des Moines, McKinley, 06; Bryan, 2;
Palmer, 4; noncommittal, 4.
Rock Island excursion train polled be.
Dollars
"You may make me take a silver dollar for a debt, but if I
have bought my goods at gold prices you cannot make me give
as many yards of cloth for a silver dollar as 1 have been in the
habit of giving for a gold one. . If I have a gold dollar in this
hand and a silver one in that, and you declare they are equal,
and I can take that gold dollar to a bullion broker and get two
dollars for it, I know it is lie. They can say that ten muskrat
skins are equal to one beaver skin, but that doesn't make it so;
the fur trader fixes that question." Benjamin Harrison.
tween Wlnterset and Indlanola, McKinley,
luB; Bryan, 25; noncommittal, 3; Levering,
1.
Des Moines, Northern & Western from
Fonda, McKinley, Bryan, ; Palmer,
4; undecided 10. The ladies voted as fol
lows: McKinley, S2; Bryan, 15; Palmer, 1;
not voting, 32.
Keokuk & Western from Wayne and
Decatur counties, excursion train, McKin
ley, 1(13; Bryan, 83; Palmer. 6.
Rock Island from Brooklyn, McKinley,
117: Bryan. 50.
Chicago Great Western, Inbound, MKIn.
ley, 31; Bryan,
Fair trnlns from Atlantic, McKinley, 154;
Bryan, 51; Palmer, S; undecided, 6.
Chicago & Northwestern, McKinley, CO;
Bryan, lis.
Des Moines, Northern & Western from
Adel, McKinley, 77: Bryan, 25; Palmer, 1,
Rock Island, Inbound, McKinley, 152;
Bryan, 50; scattering, 0.
Rock Island In from Colfax, McKinley,
175: Bryan, 25.
Chicago & Northwestern In from Ha
warden, McKinley, 131; Bryan, 24; Palmer,
7.
Iowa Central car, McKinley, 33;-Bryan,
11; Palmer, 3; Levering, 1.
This is the Wednesday list:
Northwestern, Kngle Grove to Des
Moines, McKinley, 131; Bryan, 21; Palmer,
7.
Des Moines Northern and Western,
from Fonda. McKinley, 131; Bryan, 43.
Chicago, Burlington Sc Qulney, fromAl
bln. McKinley, 25u; Bryan, ll.
Des Moines Northern & Western, from
Boone. McKinley, lit; Bryan, 30; doubt
ful. 7.
Atlantic to Des Moines, morning train,
McKinley, 151; Bryan, 54: Palmer, 8.
Northwestern, McKinley, 231; Bryan, 74;
Palmer, 7; doubtful, 15.
Polk City freight, one caboose, McKin
ley, 24: Bryan, 2.
Keokuk and Deg Moines, McKinley, 1S5;
Bryan, 110; Palmer. 8; Levering, 1.
Coon Rapids to Des Moines, McKinley,
91: Bryan. 34: doubtful. 5.
Ilerndon to Des Moines, McKinley, 131;
Brvan 43; doubtful, 8.
Fonda to Des Moines, McKinley, 229;
Bryan, 71; Pulmer, 7: doubtful, 10.
Chicago, Rock Island Pacific, from
Stuart to Des Moines, McKinley, 70; Bry
an, 39.
Wlnterset Branch, McKinley, 125; Bryan,
5; Palmer, 1.
Straws such as these (and such as
Vermont and Maine) show which way
the wind blows.
The death of young William Egbert,
of Old Forge, at Wilkes-ISarre Mondny
night seems to have been due very
largely to careless management on the
part of the Wilkes-Harre and Wyo
ming Valley Traction company. That
company permitted an overcrowded
car to enter a switch without taking
precaution to keeps its passengers out
of the way of the cars going In the op
posite direction. The result Is a death
and a probable suit for damages. In
many cities the law requires cars pass
ing each other on parallel tracks to be
provided with bars on the Inner side,
so ns to keep the passengers out of
harm's reach. Such a rule should ob
tain everywhere.
It Is to be hoped for the public's sake
that on early adjustment will be reached
of the Monroe avenue paving difficulty.
Had councils accepted the Rarber bid
it would have spared the city a good
deal of needless anxiety and, possibly,
expense. There Is nothing so cheap as
the best.
It Isn't difficult to guess where public
sentiment will locate when Professor
McCloskey takes legal measures to col
lect his salary as a regularly employed
member of the high school faculty. We
have yet to find a man who Justifies the
method of his throwing down.
The secret of Billy Sheehan's 6udden
repugnance to Hryanlsm doubtless
arises more than anything else from
the fact that Sheehan sees that Bryan
Ism won't win.
There are many of the elements of
Action in the latest dynamite plot. It
Is a story that reads well, but also one
that has to be taken with liberal al
lowances. Not the IcaBt interesting feature of
the Maine returns Is the fact that sound
money Democrats sensibly declined to
shoot their ballots in the air.
The Traction company evidently real
izes In reference to Washington avenue
that early possession Is quite as good
as nine points In law.
The Wanamaker campaign appears
to be costing lots of money. But still,
It gathers in a legislative district, now
and then.
It is sadly true that the Scranton
ball club is very much down this year,
but look out for It some other year.
Senator Hill, in addition to being a
Democrat, seems determined also to
become a clam.
Sewall needn't take it . as personal.
'Twas the Chicago platform that did it.
One can now understand why Bryan
was kept out of Maine.
It appears yet to be "the enemy's
country."
ROSE FANCIES.
I know a garden full of roses
In a hollow, by the sea;
Where the soft west wind reposes
And the murmur of the bee
Lulls one to a dreamy sweetness
Full af fancies, vague and free.
Ard the fancy that possesses
All my heart, this summer hour,
Is that one fair presence blesses
Every leaf and bud and flower.
Giving life in Its completeness
To thU happy hidden bower.
If I seek her, will she vanish
As a star that fades at dawn.
As a mist that sunbeams banish
As a dream that dies with morn?
Should I win her by my fleetnessT
Should I wait and Blgh forlorn?
Patience! Love must learn discreetness.
There's no'rose without a thorn.
e.M Alan Qaiette.
in Trade.
Ca&se of the Split
in Pike Coiinfy
Written Prior to the Election In Maine.
From the Washington Post.
Beaver Dam,
Pike Co., Ohio, Sep. Ten, 9slx.
Edltur Post Deer Sur: I rite to tell yu
greevug news this time. There Is dlsrup.
shun In the ranks uv the wunct yunlled
Popocrasy, an' Pike Kounty Stan's totter
In' on tho verge uv u turrlbal katastrofy.
No longer kin we inskribe on our ban
ners the proud lejend "Cnyted We etan',"
fer such wud be prevarykashun, not to
say a lie.
The truble orixlnallv rlz when ole Bill
Hardflste, which, ez I hev previous wrote
yu, is wun uv the leadin' Dimmykrats uv
the kounty, an' fer whose vote an' voice
all partees hez bin wurkln' since the
nomynushuns, anounsed thet he 'lowed
to vote fer Palmer. Ole Bll wuz a Yunun
soljer Jurln" the war. an' he admitted
thet he didn't like to vote fer Buckncr
very well, still he 'lowed thet by sur.
rendcrin' Fort Donelson without mutch
trubble Buckner hed dun the Fedyerals
a grate survis an'. proved hisself more nv
a Yunun man than a Confederit. Ess he
wuz In front thet time an' didn't keer
mutch about flghtin' fer the fort anny
way, he 'lowed thet he owed Buckner
sumthin' fer surrendern so prompt an'
cheerful like, on' tho leest he cud do
muz to vote fer him fer vlce-nresydent.
Beln' a hard-shell Demmykrat uv the
Tomas jelTerson tlpe. Ole Bill tuk it pur-
ty hard thet tho Popyllsts hud komblne
on Bryan. He 'lowed thet Sewall. belli"
a bizness man ef he wuz a free sllverlte,
cud hoi' Bryan level an' keep him frum
rulnin' uv the kuntry, but w'en It kum
to Tom Watson ho kicked eleen over the
treses on swore he wudn't hev no Popy
llzm in hiz, not ef he knowed hisself.
The truth uv the matter lz thet Bill
Hardflste hez bin kerruptcd by tu muteh
mutiny. He owns sum bank an' ralerodc
stock, besides the stock on hlz farm. This
hez worked an evil infloonce on hiz mind,
an' frum a broad-gaged, free-handed man
ho hez beeuin a grnspln' gol'bug an' a
ennemy uv tho pore, downtrodden masses
whiten needs sum uv the munny he hez
got.
When Bill Hardflsto kem tu this sek
shun he wuz pore ez they make 'em. I
kin remember when ho wuz glad enuff
to help out In harves' time on ml father's
farm. Now he's so rltch he wears store
cloze evry day, an' hlz darters hez a plan
ner an' a hoes un' bugwy all to thelrsulves,
He sez he urned ilz munny bl hard wurk
an' ekonomy, an' thet I might hev bin
jest as well off ef I hed tended to m
bizness lnsted uv uther peples' whltch
shows thet ho haln t got no Idee uv sakrl
flsen hisself for the publick wellfnir, like
I bin doln' all ml life. There ain't an of-
flco In the kounty thet I hain't run fer
sum time er another, an thet's all the
thanks I git havln' a blotcd bon-holler
like Kill Hardflsto throw ml misforchunes
In ml teth an' as mutch ez call me a
good-fer-nuthin' lofer to ml face. That's
the arrogants uv wolth!
I wudn't a-mlnded hlz desertln' hlz par
ty an nillin down tu worship the golden
calf it wusn't no more'n I expeckted uv
him, but Curnel Ad Nauseam tuk me to
task fer It ez if it wuz ml fault.
"It's all yuro konfounded Popyllst doek
trlnes," sez he to me, Insultln' like. " 'Stld
o' galnln' votes bl kombmln' with you, we
lose a good man like Hardflste, who kin
karry hat the kounty with him. What'd
you ever put up Tom Watson fer? Ain't
the Demokrasy dun enult fer ye? Didn't
we swaller free sliver, nn' make believe
we liked It? Ain't Bryan an' Sewall good
enuff fer you? What'd ye want tu put
up thet pore whlto Watson, fer?
"Bryan's nil rite," sez I firmly, "but
tho masses ain't satlsfyed with Sewall,
Ho pertends tu be a silver man, but we
hev a susplshun thet he iz a wulf mas
keradln' In sheepskin. His sllvur rament
kuvcrs tho 'hart uv a Shylock.
I sed this reel loud nn' orytorlcal like.
fer ther wuz a krowd of Happy Hollar
fellers aroun the grosery nn' they nlr
Popyllsts tu a man, bein' all pore farmers
like mlself. They Infted an cheered, fer
they dliln t like tu heer the Curnel call
Walson a "pore white.". Sum uv them
kame frum the mountains uv Kalntucky,
an' they konsider the Curnel a little too
mutch uv an arystokrat annyway. So
they cheered me.
"What do you meen, suh?" sez the Cur.
nel, swellin' up like a turkey gobbeler.
"Capt. Sewall I believe he Is a Captain,
hevln' built an' run a good many boats
In hlz time (.'apt. Sewall Is a Yankee, It
Is tru, but we hev burled all the any
mostties uv the bludy past; I ferglve him
ef he tit ag'ln' mo nn' mi people In the lute
unpleasantness" (The ole liar never seen
a, gun endurln' the war, beln' a refugee
frum Kalntucky).
"An' he hez a good dcel uv munny,'
added the Curnel.
"Thet's Jest the pint," sez I, "Ho hez
a good deel uv munny, an he keeps It.
He's a plutykrat an' a banker, a ralerodo
king, an' a ship-bllder. We cud ferglve
him these faults cf he wood divide, but
w'at's the good uv nomynatln' a mlllyun-
ii re ef he don't shell out fer eampane
xpenses? Yu an' me Is responsyblu fer a
big licker bill at this grosery, all to help
eleek him, but do yu reckon Sewall's goin'
to help pay It? I rlt him about It more'n
two weeks ago. Hez he responded? Not
on yure life," sez I. "He's rid free on
his ralerodes an' ships so long thet now
he wants a free pass to the vlce-presy-densy,
an' h xpecks us pore pcple to pay
the frnte! Shall we do It?" sez I. "Shall
we boost this proud plutycrat Into tho
rheermanshlp uv that Millyunalr's Club,
the 1'nited States Senate- man who Is
too stingy to stun' treto to hlz faithful
supporters?"
At this orytorlknl kllmax the Happy
Holler krowd yelled "No! No!" I knowed
Jest where to tuch their sensybllltles, an'
1 reckon I kinder s'prized the Curnel with
ml orytor'kal talent. I tell yu I hain't
bin our praktisln' behln' the barn un'
scarin' all the hens off'n their nests the
past three munths fer nuthln.
"Oh, Sewall's all right, ef he iz kinder
clost," sez the Curnel, sorter molllfyin'
his tone, as he seen he wuz glttln' the
worst ns it. "We needed him to bring
tho East Into line, an' he'll tap his bar'l
"long 'bout hard-elder time."
"Will he?" sez I, returnln' to the charge.
"An' In the meenwhile hlz supporters hez
to go thursty,' sez I, skornful. "An' kin
he bring the East Inter line? Did ho
bring Vermount Inter line? Kin he carry
hlz own state? Kin he carry hlz own
kounty? Kin he carry his own fambly?"
Yu see I hed bin reedln' Tom Watson's
speech onlieknownst to tho Curnel. an' I
wuz loded fer him clean up to the muzzle.
An' I let h'm have It hot.
"W'at do you reckon Sewall's goln' to
carry with hlz own son makln' speeches
nuin him?" soz I.
"Look-a-herc." sez the Curnel. "Didn't
we 'gree to fuse our parteos in this hyer
kounty, an' now you're baekeappln' wun
uv our knndidntcs."
"Won uv yore kandldates, Curnel!,"
says I. "Yu've fixed this thing mity slick
komblnlng with us Popyllsts fer to git
our voles to eleek yore men an then
whpre do we kum In? We let you nomi
nate the hed uv the ticket, contentln
ourselves with the tale. Now you want
to cut the tale, too. Tom Watson, ain't
R-ot mucin munny, but he's a talker, an'
he repprysents the Popyllsts."
"That's all right," sez the Curnel.
"We'll make him Postmaster Gineral, or
sumthin, where he hez plenty uv offices
GOLDSMITH'S
Scotch
For Ladies' Tailor Hade Suits. The
very latest for Fall and Winter,
1896. We have just opened them
up and will be pleased to show them
to our customers.
Cloak Department
Special Offering of 12-inch Fur Collarettes,
made of the best Electric Seal and trimmed
with Chinchilla; a regular $10.00 article.
Our Price, While They Last $&M
They say we are crazy, selling such Suits, Overcoats and Pants
at such low prices. Well, let us be crazy. Craziness has been our suc
cess. Therefore we continue to be crazy.
GREAT EASTERN
tu divide among hlz frends, but there
katn't be two vlce-presydents, ye know."
"No," sez I, "There kain't, an' the bes'
man oughter be the kundldnte, I tell yu
rile here, Curnel, Suwnll hez got to do
sumthin' fer hlz supporters, er cum down
oft n the ticket. We Popyllsts frum prln
syple, kuln't support a mlllyunalr rale
rode an' bank presydent, 'thout there's
sumthin' in It fur us. Sewall's day of
grace Is passln', an' he hain't Improvln'
It. He's on protmwhua now, but ef he
don't carry Maine nex' Monday, he'll
hev to cum down off'n the ticket an' give
Watson a show!"
"What's Watson dun," sez the Curnel,
contempshus.
"He carried Arkansas," sez I.
"No he didn't," sez tho Curnel. "The
reg'lar Demockracy carried Arkansas, and
tho Popyllsts wuz snowed under. They
don't amount to shucks, nohow," sez he.
"That's all rite," ecz I. "Yu wuz
mighty anxus to fuse with us a few weeks
ago. only you re mad now Kause yu KRin i
swalicr us bodaclously. What's Uryan
but a. Popyllst? What's free silver but
Populist? Wasn't you glad us the chanst
to riuo into onis uuiu on tne oacK uv tne
Popyllst vote, an' now yu grudge yor
beast a feed at the public crib.'
I poured Into him so hot thet he Invited
us all to hev a drink, jest to shet me up.
But ml dander lz up, an' I'm layin' fer
him, becuz I lerned private thet he hed
promlst the Beaver Dam pos-otlls tu Hank
Baker In case Bryan wuz eleckted, an'
on strength uv f Uci promise he's holdin'
Hank up fer the drinks at the grosery.
I notiscd thet he never paid a cent, an"
hez been full mos' uv the time. Now, wile
I am a frend uv tho peple, a pattryot, an'
Popyllst from prins pal, I am also a prak.
tlkal polytlshun, n' I'm rite here to
Btate thet unless I git a promise us the
Beaver Dam pos'-oflls In ritln', Pll throw
the Happy Holler vote to McKinley.
Them's my ultimatum. Yours trooly.
Tobo Busby.
MB. POWDER LY'8 ATTITUDE.
From the Carbondale Herald.
There are a number of persons In this
city, tho old home of Hon. T. V. Powderly,
who consider it a reflection on his honesty
'that he now favors tho gold standard.
Wo do not know that Mr. Powderly ever
favored anything else, but If he did he has
tho same right to change as the Demo
crats who last June favored the gold
standard and now are out for stiver. In
April the Pennsylvania Democracy in con
vention assembled declared themselves
unalterably In favor of a gold standard.
Every mother's son of the set who now
abuse Mr. Powderly were then In favor of
gold. They exercised the right of chang
ing their mind. Why not give to Mr.
Powderly tho same right? The only dif
ference Is that they changed because they
think It necessary to subscribe to every
thing that the Democratkvjiarty says. If
the Chicago platform dec"kired that the
moon Is made of green cheese, these men
would deem It necessary for their salva
tion to believe the same. Mr. Powderly,
If he changed at all, did It on principle.
Of course there are many honest men
among the silver Democrats, who think
they have excellent reasons for having
abandoned tho early faith of the party.
But these honest men are not the ones
who abuse every person who does not be
lieve as they do. Having changed them
selves for honest reasons, they arc able
to understand that others who believe not
as they do, may be honest, too.
COMMOX SENSE CONDENSED.
From a speech by Frank S. Black, Repub
lican Cundldate for Governor of Now
York.
In reference to silver, permit me to say
only a word. Don't voto to coin that
which you have not. That Is all there is
in this situation. There Is not in this
country one solitary cent or dollar's
worth of bullion which you can have
coined Into money. There Is not a dol
lar's worth of bullion In this state, there
Is not a dollar In any state, barring five or
six. These live or six have a total popu
lation of less than tho city of New York,
and these small states, representing smnll
Interests, ask you and Pennsylvania and
Ohio and Illinois and Massachusetts and
Maine and nil of the great common
wealths ef this country to take the bullion
of that little population from that little
territory and make It worth 100 cents for
their fifty-three. This la what free coin
age means, and this Is what they ask you
Frieze
SUIT AND PANTS CO.,
FINE TAILORING AT POPULAR
to adopt as the policy of the American
people In this coming election. I say to
you It is a mistake. It is the worst mis
take you are asked to commit and you will
rind It out If you commit It this fall. I Bay
to you, consider this question. Think
yourselves, don't listen altogether to what
other people say, and let It be settled not
by your partisanship, but by your cltlzen
Bhlp, and you will make no error.
OPEN THE MILLS.
From the American Economist.
Wheat In IS90 was ninety-eight cents;
times wore good and we were able to con
sume asi, 000,000 bushels. In 1SH times
were out of Joint and we exported forty
onu per cent, of our wheat because our
people were able to buy and consume
only 231,0OO,UJO bushels, showing a loss of
power among our people, who were out of
employment, to consume 150,000,000 bushels
compared with Is:), and that additional
amount was forced abroad into cheap la
bor markets known ns "the markets of
the world." This naturally forced prices
down. As with wheat so with other prod
ucts of the farm. Lessened employment
of labor has decreased the capacity of the
home markot to absorb them. This Is
where reduced duties and Increased Im
ports of foregn goods tell on tho farmer
and the worklngman alike. Give Ameri
can manufacturers and farmers adequate
protection and the mills will be running
full time again, there will be employment
for labjor, money now lying Idle will be
put Into new enterprises and paid out as
wages, and the farmer will find a ready
demand at paying prices for his products.
TAFFY VS. FACT.
From tho Connellsvllle Courier,
Billy Bryan's speeches drip with unc
tuous love for "the common people." The
common people get the taffy and the mil
lionaire mine owners get the usufruct
LIGHTNING
FRUIT JARS
All good housekeepers
use Lightning Jars.
Why? Because they open
and close easy, and are
perfect sealers. The re
sult is they never lose a
can of fruit.
THE
illi
LIMITED.
in UCKAWArM AVE.
SCHOOL OP THE
LACKAWANNA
All Books and Hnppllei nwd at the
Above School
Publisher's Wholesale
Publisher's Introductory
BEI0LE1N. THE BOOKMAN
437 Spruce St., Opp.The Ceaunoa wealth.
BAZAAR.
429
Lackawanna
PRICES.
As your needs suggests snything la the
way of btntitrny, fclmi iicV or 010
Supplies, and when your list Is fall bring
it in and will surprise yoa with the
novelties we receive daily. We also carry
very neat Una of Calling Cards and Wed
ding Invitation! at a moderate pricj.
1 SI.
Stationers and Engravers,
HOTEL JERMYN BUILDINCL
CONRAD
IS SHOWING HIS
FALL HATS
GOOD HATS
Never So Cheap.
CHEAP HATS
Never So Good.
305 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
Houses for Sale and for Rent
If you contemplate purchasing or leas
Ing a house, or want to Invest In a lot.
see the lists of desirable property no
page a el Iks Trlbaae.
' '
MITE
IT 00 WN-
I