THE SCU ANTON TttlBUJsiS-MOJJnAr MOHXIXG, NOVEMBER 0. lSHft. 0c crouton CriBum iMUftDd Weekly. So Sunday urawo. Published at Scrantoa. Pa., by Tba Tribune PublUolnf company- Kw York Office: Tribune Bulldlni, Flank dray. Manager. UTWIO T TBI rOSTOmo! AT 9CRAHT0H. PA,. 8ICOND-CLA8I MAIL MATTia, SCRANTON. NOVEMBER 9. 1898. There ia this consolation: It President Cleveland doesn't do his duty toward Cuba, President McKlnley will. The First Step. Asked on Saturday as to the first step in the Republican programme af ter March 4. Senator Sherman saiu "An extra session of tho Fifty-fifth congress will be convened by President McKlnley shortly after his lnausura tlon. and the revenue question will be taken up and legislation passed that will provide ample receipts for the needs of the government, and give a reasonable protection to American in dustry." In elaboration of this pro phecy he predicted a thorough revision of the Wilson bill, not necessarily with a view to generally higher duties but mainly to correct gross Inequalities and blunders, and especially to sub stitute specific for ad valorem duties, He also Intimated the probability of a restoration of the reciprocity feature which the Wilson bill very Injudicious ly abandoned. To this programme we do not see how there can be any fair objection. It will not disturb business, for the aim pie reason that any changes which would be made under Republican aus pices would necessarily be in the di rectlon of more systematic and eqult able protection to American Interests, No legitimate Interest, therefore, need fear punitive or retaliatory action, such as was taken In more than one sche dule of the Wilson bill. No American business man in the enjoyment of hon est advantages need expect to suffer loss from the proposed readjustment; if anything, the reasonable expecta tlon would point to additional security, Consequently there will be none of the dread !n connection with this revision which made so disastrous the work of the Fifty-third congress when It for mulated the present tariff law; and the smooth tenor of commercial enterprise would be maintained unbroken. The common sense of the country has plainly called for an adjustment of the federal revenues to fit the nation's ex penses. This has been promised by the Republican party and that parly may be relied upon at the earliest possible moment to redeem its pledge. Chairman Hanna Is rlsht. The cam palgn of education should know no stopB. An Unexampled Chance. The demeanor of Major McKlnley both before and since the election has been all that his admirers could wish If it was calm and kindly and be- nignaat during the turmoil of the cam paign, it Is quiet dignity and resolute common sense personified at this 1110 ment; and It is safe to say that public appreciation of it Is Increasing at a more uniform rate than has been true of any president-elect within the me mory of the present generation. The testimony of those who have kept watch upon Major McKlnley movements since tho St. Louis nomi nation especially the newspaper cor respondents at Canton, who are not as a rule hero-worshippers and who do not find it difficult to differentiate true greatness of character from theatric pose and pretence is unvarying to the effect that he is today as truly cour teous, even-tempered and unaffected as he was before the mantle of leader ship or the honor of triumphal election was placed upon him. Visitors to Can ton, Including many celebrated Europ eans, go away surprised at his self contained simplicity and entire ab sence of vanity or conceit; and the one little circumstance of his declining to depart from Canton for any formal oc casion until his journey to .be inaug urated puts this phase of his well balanced character into happy relief. Here, we may be sure, is no mere popinjay eager for the strut, and no Iceberg chilled in his own self-righteousness. Here is a Mmple and kindly man, so strong in the graces of his ripened manhood as to need 110 showy appendages, and no Incidental pomp, and so well pleased with his fellow men as not to insult them with whole pale suspicion, Kvery circumstance connected with the candidacy and the election of Wil liam McKlnley tends to tho reassur ance of his countrymen and makes for re-established confidence. His induc tion Into office will be accompanied by a larger support from press and people than has been enjoyed by any presi dent In modern times. With unbond ed authority and complete responsibili ty In every branch of the federal gov ernment, the Republican party on and after March 4 next will be In a posi tion better than ever before to prove its title to the suffrage of the people. With discreet use of this unprecedented chance It may be reserved for Presi dent McKlnley to lay the foundations of thirty or forty years of unbroken Republican administration. The op portunity Is inspiring and we believe that It will be met. McKlnley came up to Cook county with 75,000 majority. That Is how the country districts In Illinois went for Bryan. Pay Your Debts. It would be manifestly absurd to ex pect the election of McKlnley to exert the effect of magic upon the business community. Outside of story books and quack ad vertisements miracles no longer are wrought In this prosaic, work-a-day world. But It cannot have escaped In telligent observation that since Tues day's demonstration of the nation's continued sanity and conscience, there has been a very noticeable Increase In confidence and hopefulness, and It has shown Itself In signs which clearty point to a speedy coming of bettered business conditions. It will be some little time at best before this Improved tone can work Itself out In Individual manifestations. Tha tonic h&a btea administered ana In due season we shall see its personal effects. In the meantime, each citizen can do his share toward hastening the anticipated recovery. Tho hoarded sav Ings no longer need fear investment, The Idle fund can now In confidence seek borrowers. Suspended enterprises can resume the fulfilment of deferred plans. The timid small debtor cannot longer justify his refusal to pay his Just debts. The freeing of money to do Its accustomed work is doubly neces sary In view of past stringency, and in sight of inevitable coming prosperity There is gross Inconsistency in the con duct of the business man who after voting for sound money fails to obey the logic of that vote by exhibiting the confidence and the honesty which were the vaunted purposes of his ballot. The bane of business during the past few months of agitation and dread has been poor collections. No branch o! commerce has escaped this pinch. The man. therefore, who owes a hill an pays it is a public benefactor. Let the bill be big or small, the sooner It is paid the sooner can its creditor in turn discharge his obligations and thus set the currents of long locked-up money In invigorating circulation. To pay these incurred debts is an obligation not alone to the Immediate creditor, It is a debt owed to the whole community The man who fights to save his coun- try's flag in time of martial peril is not more of a hero than is the man who, by doing his best to pay his debts, makes possible the prosperity and the progress of his country in the quieter times of peace. Saturday's jollification was an ex cellent thing in its way, but Republi cans can have a uerpetual Jubilee if they will live up to last Tuesday's In spiring lesson. flcKinley Interprets the Result. "The people In their majesty, Ignor ing party lines, have declared their de testation of repudiation and dishonor in whatever specious guise they may be presented. They have, with the same mighty power, affirmed their Oe votlon to law and order and their un devlating respect for justice and the courts. They have maintained their unfaltering determination to support and uphold the constituted authorities of the country, and have thereby given new vigor and strength to our free In stitutluns. They have, Indeed, nge.in consecrated themselves to country end baptised the cherished ordinances of free government with the new and holy patriotism. "The victory Is not to party or sec tlon, but of and for the whole Ameri can people. Not the least of the trl uinphs of the election is tho oblitera tion of sectional lines In the Republic, We have demonstrated to tho world thnt we are a reunited people In pur pose as In name. We have manifested in the great cause the spirit of frater nlty and brotherhood that should al ways characterize our common and equal citizenship, and have proven conclusively that, In a country of equal privileges and equal opportunity, the Insidious doctrine of hate, or of class or sectional distinctions, cannot pre vail. "Let us, as Americans, straightway devote ourselves to the upbuilding of America, to the peace, honor and glory of our common country. Party dissen sions should no longer divide or ruck the public mind; nor the zeal or tem per of either side deter any citizen from patriotic devotion to tho good of all." From the Letter of the Presldent-Elect to Chairman Hanna. Pay your debts promptly, and Amerl cans can have prosperity "without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation." Let Protection Begin at Home. The letter which we printed on Sat urday from the president of the Scran ton Central Labor Union in relation to the wisdom of letting Protection like charity, begin at home strikes at a Very serious local evil. It Is not only true that a great many business men In this city thoughtlessly let to outside contractors contracts for work which might better be given to local contractors who will in turn employ and keep at home all or most of the money involved in the transaction, but it is also true that well-to-do Scrantonians as a class are more prone than the residents of any other similar city of which we know to do their buying of groceries, clothing, furniture and miscel laneous provisions In New York or Philadelphia, leaving the home dealers dependent very largely upon the trade which cannot afford carfare to the lar ger cities. It Is possible that' this habit of for eign buying was contracted when Scranton was a small village, with limited shopping facilities, and has sur vived, as habits often do, beyond the period of its Justification. In any event, it is a bad custom, which cannot be too soon abandoned. There Is to day no article In the list of human necessities which cannot be bought or contracted for In Scranton at a moderate price. In many cases, the article, from raw material to finish ed product, can be made here, and when the local buyer can encourage home Industry by giving to Its product the preference and neslects to do so, he commits an offence very little different In moral turpitude from that of the man who during war, betrays his city Into the hands of the enemy. Even when the home article costs a trifle more than the foreign-made ar ticle, It Is wisdom to prefer it. The home-made article means money In home circulation. That means profits In all lines of home business. It means that the man who is willing to pay more for a home-made product than for a foreign-made product will as a direct result of that far-sighted policy Boon have more money with which to do the paying. If a high price means a high wage, a busy mill, and a pros perous community, It Is not necessar ily a dear price. The cheapest price may be the dearest If It takes money out of circulation where It will benefit our friends and neighbors and sends It away off to some disease-breeding sweatshop In a big city. We suspect that much of this foreign hiring and buying originates In sheer thoughtlessness. We do not, for in stance, believe that any Scfantontan serlousljr Imagines a good carriage or bicycle or stove or undershirt cannot be made In this city. The reason why he aends his ordesa for these and eiml lur articles to New Turk or Boston or Chlcaero Is nartlv. nerhmm. because the dealer in these places advertises more extensively and to better effect than the local dealer does, and partly because he does not stop to figure out how the sending of his money away in that manner means in the tons run just so much li-ss bURlnms for his own etoro or mill or mine. More skilful and persistent advertising by homo mer chants in rhnnnwla lhnr ronah the no tlce of these out-of-town buyers would doubtless do something to cure the evil complained of; but more desirable even than that is an acitatlnn of the econo mic advantages of Protection to home industries such as will cause those who believe in that doctrine to put It Into more systematic dally practice. By the accidental omission Satur day of a paragraph from Major Rust' article on the Moqul Indians, due credit was not given as It should have been to the Chicago Inter-Ocean, In which paper most of the article had already appeared. The' article was, however. revised and augmented by the author prior to its appearance Saturday. The True Liberal Party. We have spoken during the recent campaign of the Detroit Tribune as one of the ablest and fairest newspapers advocating free coinage. It remained almost alone on its side In maintain ing throughout the canvass an Imper sonol and argumentative tone. Its owner, Hon. James E. Scripps, assist ed at the foundation of the Republican party and left that organization only when he found himself unable to In dorse its attitude on the financial Issue as expressed at St. Louis. We have read with Interest the view which Mr, Scripps' paper has taken of the futuro of the political parties in this country in the light of the recent election, and It Is possible that that view will be of Interest to our readers also. After re viewing the past differentiation of the leading political organizations the De troit paper says; Undoubtedly the effect of this year's campaign will be the crystallisation of a Kirui uuei-ui party, wmcn win mciuue in Its ranks the' great majority of those who supported tho silver ticket on Tuesday last. The prlnuiijles crudely exptsseu in the Chicago platform will be recast to better adapt them to the average senti ment, and the mistakes and misfortunes of the Republican party, which has now definitely assumed the place of tho con servative party of the country, will be takvn advantage of to carry the new party Into power, perhaps In 1900. It will of course, bo bimetallic and opposed to trusts and will stand for tho broadest liberty to the citizen consistent with pro tection to all. It will be a wholesome check on tho Republican party and upon tho encroachments of corporate and un warranted civil power. Whether It will triumph In 1900 will depend on how conservative In the strict sense of thu word the Republican party may show it self in the next four years. No doubt 10 wise and liberal a policy might be adopt ed that the new Democracy would bo dis armed altogether, but that Is hardly to bo expected. Why Is It "hardly to be expected"? Mr. Scripps, Senator Teller and other Republicans left their party because they believed that free coinage alone would insure a return of general pros perity. If prosperity returns without free coinage, will they bo so unfair as to decline to recognize It? Will they prefer tho means to the end, or will they, as honest and candid men, hold themselves In readiness to be con vlnced by results, no matter what their preconceived theories may have been? To speak of the Popocracy which Bryan led as a liberal party Is an euphemism. True liberalism Is essen tially constructive; the "liberalism" of the Chicago platform was essen tially destructive. In the real sense in which the term is used in designating political movements the Republican party Is the only liberal party In Amer ican politics. That under its adminis tration many members of society have grown rich and powerful does not necessarily slgnlfiy that it, also, has grown aristocratic. No political party can prevent the accumulation of wealth unless it follows the Democratic plan of keeping all persons poor. So long as the Republican party governs to the end that all persons may have a fair and equal chance In life, it re mains a liberal party, a party of and for honest people. It will not have any other aim under the administration of William McKinley. It will not stoop to the role of pan der to the lusts and prejudices of the moli, and the party which does will get whipped Just as surely as the Popo cracy got whipped last Tuesday; but It will be true to the interests of the honest and Industrious poor; it will keep ever In mind the welfare of what are known as the common people, and if It doesn't It will itself get trounced at the next presidential election. Of these things we are certain. It Is recalled, in view of tho celerity with which the result of last Tuesday's election was made known all over the country, that fifty-two and one-half years ago a colony of Whigs living on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, after waiting all winter for news of the elec tlon in 18-14, celebrated on the 4th of March, 1845, the presumed inauguration of Henry Clay. Yet we of today get Impatient over a minute's delay. The Lebanon Dally News, one of the best inland papers In the state, has re duced its subscription price to one cent per copy. It is well worth double the money. The News, by the way, did a unique thing the day after election. In celebration of the victory for sound money It came out on gold-colored paper. The tipxt thing on the programme will be the election of a United States senator. The legislative selections In Philadelphia appear to have given the Wanamaker boom an unexpected jolt. Hawaii will be the first to come In; then Cuba; and then, In good season, the dominion of Canada and the Brit ish" ' Northwest. They will not be grabbed; they will come begging. Senator Quay assures a reporter that he doesn't expect to be asked to enter McKlnley's cabinet. But In politics, you know, it Is often the unexpected that happens. The woman In Utah who beat her husband for state senator can truly affirm that the hand which rocks the cradle Is the hand which rules the state. . With the Poets, After the Fight. A stands for AltgeU, oft-tempted to aeold; B Is for Uryan, an orator bold; 0 Is for Ooxey. a long-distance tourist; D stands for Debs, the famed amateur jurist; E la for Kcliles, who made a few speeches; F Is for Finance; that's tho branch that he teaches; G Is for "Graver," whose smile la so pleasant; II is for Hill, who applauds him at pres ent; 1 Indiana, where "Ben" does reside; J stunds for Jones, who went out with ie tide; K means Kentucky, with Ire deeply stirred; L Mrs. Lease, who will have the last word: M McKlnley, whose triumph has come; N is Napoleon, who looked like him, some; O is Ohio, the president state; P Is for Populist, slighted by fate; Q stands for Ouay, known for shrewd calculations; R is Republic, the ttrst among nations; S stands for Silver, whose forces wore routed; T Is for Tillman, who pitchforked and pouted; 1 Is the Union a few sought to question; V Is the; Venom which wrought Indiges tion; W U Watson, with tin-horn and drum; X means, the "ray" from the good tlmeg to come; Y Is the Yearning for things that are not. Which, when Industry prospers, Is quickly forgot. And Z brings to mind how a clan sees its hero, In one day, slide down from one hundred to Zero. Washington Star. o HIS RISE AND FALL: Chapter I. Spoke a bit; Appreciation; Made a hit; Nomination. Chapter II. Spoke again: Great elation; Took a train. Crossed the natlop Chanter III. Speeches grew; Clrcumvolatlon Great ndo; Confabulation Chapter IV All the while Much bomhnlatlon; Headgear style Of conversation. Chapter V. Silver shrieks With variation; Roused the freak's Auxilation. Chapter VI Country sore: Discommendation; Wants no more Equivocation. Chapter VII. Tuesday night. Retaliation; Out of slKht, Annihilation. Baltimore News. o BRYAN'S SOLILOQUY: Farewell, a long farewell, to all my great ness! This Is my state of mind; early I put forth The tender leave of hope; In July, blos somed And hnve flung my flowers of oratory tmc-K about me; Cut Tuesday came a frost, a killing frost. And when I thouuht, poor foolish man, full surely Free coinage was a-comlng, nipped my root And then I fell, confound It. I have pad. died Like little naked boys that swim on blad ders. For many weeks about a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth; my high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me Weary and hoarse with speaking to the mercy Of the rude mob that will for long deride me; That too large a place I'd fain have rat tled round In, And that I tried -and couldn't. Oh, how wretched Is that Door man that strives for an election. There Is, betwixt -the chair I did aspire to And simple nomination, more wlndwork And more cash blown In than the whole thing1 amounts to; And when I fell I fell like thunder! Never to run again If I know It. Tlmea-Herald. o HIS PREFERENCE: His Populistlc whiskers were half a yard In length; His vanity Imagined them a mark of men tal strencth. He championed Free Silver, and the cause of Gold decried; But, oh! bitter disappointment, one day ho up and died. He refused to go to Heaven. If the plain truth must be told, Twas because he heard it stated that the streets were paved with Gold. In a place so plutocratic his proud soul coiipt never dwell. So he's shouting now "10 to 1" to a march ing club In . Philadelphia Record. TIIIKTEEX UOOD ltl'LES. "Penn," in Philadelphia Bulletin. Years ago. when William V. McKean was the guiding head of the Ledger, he had a set of rules, or maxims, for his sub ordinates which he rigidly enforced. I cannot recall them all, but the principal ones were pretty nearly as follows: A newspaper to be trusted and respected must give trustworthy Information and counsel. It Is a serious thing to mislead the people. Understate your case rather than over state It. There Is a wide gap between accusation and cuilt. . Have a sure voncher for every state ment, but particularly for censure. Deal gently with weak and helpless offenders. Never proceed on mere heresay. Rumor Is only an Index to be followed up by In quiry. Retter be right than quickest with "the news" which may be false. Had enough to be late, but worse to be wrong. Don't say you know when you have only heard. Before making up Judgment on a case. remember that there are at least two sides, anil thnt If you are to decide, you must know both. Go to first hands for your Information; If yon cannot, get as near original sources as you can. Never Bdd fuel to the lire or popular excitement. Uphold the authorities In maintaining public order. Rectify wrongs through the law. Nearly always there Is law enough. It Is the failure to enforce it that makes most mlscnier. All nersons have equal rlRhts In the eourt of conscience as well as the courts of law. " This Is a good chart to sail by. I think that many more tewspapcrs sail by It now than when It was promulgated by the honest old editor who drew It up. 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