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It Is In order for Thomas Dolan to
leflne 'legitimate" campaign expendi
tures. Ours to Decide.
Says a dispatch from Madrid: "The
(Spanish Generals here agree that It Is
possible to reduce the Insurrection in
fuba to the three eastern provinces In
a few months with the forces now on
the Island, but they share the opinion
ef Central Weyler that complete ail
Bcatlon of the rest of the Island would
require a much longer time unless the
rebels should be convinced that the
rhancesof outside nsslstanee are sure to
Clinlnish In consequence of the Spanish
government coming to an understand
ing, even In an unofficial way, with the
I'nlted Statea to settle the Cuban ques
tion." In other words. It Is for the United
States government to say, by Its actions
In the premises, whether Cuba shall
. revert In bondage to Spain or continue
with hopefulness to fight for Indepen
dence. By Spain's own admissions, we
here In America hold within our hands
Cuba's destiny and can, If we will,
determine whether she shall he slave
or free. This Is what the foregoing
citation means, when read between the
lines.
For cur part we dissent from half
of this hypothesis. There Is no doubt
thnt the recognition by the United
Slates of the Independence of Cuba
would have the effect, within a compar
atively brief time after Its formal prom
ulgation, to bring to an end Spanish
vovereignty in the American hemi
sphere. It is, therefore, within our
power to make Cuba free, and that, too,
without overstepping by so much as a
hair's breadth the proprieties of diplo
macy. But It Is not so sure on the other
hand that even though our government,
Ignoring public opinion, should throw
Its Inlluence on the nli of Spain the
Cubans themselves would abandon
their struggle for liberty and yield
again to the Spanish yoke. They
would undoubtedly be discouraged, and
with reason. The disappointment of
their hope in practical American sym
pathy, the wrecking of their natural
expectation that the great republic to
which their little Island Is adjucent
would side with freedom rather than
tyranny and work within Its opportu
nity for their affranchisement rather
than for their re-enslavement, would hs
a weighty blow, and it might cause
them to give up the battle in sheer
despair. But somehow we doubt It.
Though few in numbers they have
shown themselves valiant In spirit; and
it would truly be an anomalous spec
tacle If at the close of the nineteenth
century, when on every hand we are
witnessing the spread of republican
ideas, there should be enacted almost
-within the shadow of American Insti
tutions, a relapse Into mediutvul politi
cal seml-barburism.
But it Is by no means settled, despite
the confident tone of the present chief
executive at Washington and of his
man Friday in the slate department
who has undertaken to browbeat con
gress, that the Interposition of the
United States will be aimed at the over
throw of Cuban hopes. Mr. Cleveland
has not yet converted Into a despotism
the position he Is soon to vacate; nor
has Secretary Olnoy succeeded In con
vincing the governing masse3 of his
felluw-countrymen that they must not
have a voice in American foreign af
fairs. Dr. Parkhurst declares that Tom
Piatt Is a more dangerous Individual
than the devil. Probably that Is why
the doctor, these days, Is concentrating
his energies on Piatt and giving Satan
something of a rest.
The Convention ol Judges.
From a practical standpoint only a
start was made at the Philadelphia
convention of judges toward court re
form. The distinguished Jurists who
assembled on Tuesday did little more
than to adjourn. But before they took
that step a discussion occurred which
disclosed considerable antagonism to
the lea of uniform court rules. Inas
much as uniformity In this particular
,wauld have to rest In the main upon the
consent of the Judges themselves, this
antagonism, unless It can be overcome,
will doubtless prove fatal to a greatly
needed forward step In our Judiciary.
Another subject of disagreement was
the rules suggested by the Pennsylva
nia Bar association to secure uniform
ity In the standard of legal education
and admission to the bar. Those rules
require that the applicant shall bp of
good moral character, shall have passed
an examination preliminary to regis
tration, whloh shall be the equivalent
of an examination to the freshman
class of a college In good standing, and
shall have pursued a three years' aca
demic course of legal study with ex
aminations In court. The contention of
a number of judges, among them Judge
Archbald, that this standard Is too
high will be received by the majority
of laymen with surprise.
Altogether it cannot be held that the
first effort to promote uniformity in
the Pennsylvania courts has been
crowned with success. Yet the effort
will go on and will doubtless eventually
succeed.
Georgia has now a new anti-trust
law which' forbids, with stringent pen
alties, all arrangements, contracts,
agreements, trusts or combinations
made with a view to lessen or which
may tend to lessen free competition in
the Importation, manufacture or sale
of any article or product. This meas
ure starts off bravely. We shall see
how It will fare.
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Bays the Philadelphia Public Ledger;
"The fathers of the republic contem
plated that the senate should operate
as a check upon the house, but their
anticipations have not been always
realised. Greater scandal has at
tached to the election of senators than
to that of representatives." If the
Ledger wishes to emphasise Its point
with a tlmWy illustration, let It tell
the truth about the present Wmiamuk
er movement.
Turn on the L'ght.
The arrest at Harifsburg last night
of E. A. Van Valkenburg, the official
dlsburser of the Wanamaker senatorial
campaign, will afford an opportunity
for a legal Investigation of the meth
ods employed by the managers of the
new "combine" In state politics.
We are informed that this arrest is
merely the precursor of a systematic
exposure of one of the most Impudent
conspiracies to purchase official posi
tion in the history of American politics.
Regardless of Its immediate effect upon
the senatorial struggle this exposure,
we are assured, will go on, until the
last vestige of false pretense shall be
stripped clean from off the conspiracy
In question.
Turn on the light. Let the band
Play.
A woman In Detroit, whose property
near a railroad was injured by soot
and cinders from the passing engines,
sued to recover damages, but her case
Vtas non-suited because she could not
specify which engines had done the
mischief. And yet our Judges wonder
why many people view their rulings In
such cases with a feeling akin to dis
trust. The Governor's Opportunity.
The suEgestlon In a Pittsburg paper
that Governor Hastings, being now free
from factional entanglements of uny
kind, can with exceptional propriety
hold the next legislature to the party's
reform pledges and fearlessly wield the
veto power on all schemes and Jobs,
is to the point. We do not wish to im
ply that he would under other circum
stances do less than this; but the op
portunity to present a determined front
in behalf of the public welfare is now
before him in uncommon distinctness,
and all the conditions appeur to be un
usually favorable for the success of
such a policy.
Two years ago when he undertook to
do his duty in a matter of vital public
moment, his motives were misinter
preted and he was temporarily checked.
A fuller understanding of his position
then has elicited the Indorsement of
many who at the time manifested an
tugonlsm. Today, although another
factional conflict Is In progress, he is
not a party to It and in him lies the
public's one hope that In the flushing
of the partisans sight may not be
wholly lost of the general public's In
terests. The people will look to him as
they would to a judge on a bench sit
ting before contending attorneys. While
the latter are special pleaders, it is his
function above all others to stand for
bioud and Impersonal Justice, and by
doing this he will best subserve both
the public's Interest and his own.
The position will undoubtedly be one
of great delicacy and trial; but Just
In proportion us its difficulties multiply
will credit come for mastering them.
Through faults not his own, the first
half of the governor's administration
has not fulfilled the measure of his
own early expectation; but a sturdy
performance of duty in the next six
months will swing the scales well In the
right direction. '
It is all figured out in Illinois that
Governor John R. Tanner Is to be the
next president after McKlnley. The
same condition prevails In Michigan
with reference to Governor Pingree;
and in New York there are signs of an
incipient presidential boom for Gov
ernor Frank Black. It strikes us that
these calculations, while Interesting,
are somewhat premature.
A Poor Bargain,
"I have no quarrel with any one,"
says Mr. Wanamaker, " and have not
been a party to any attuck made on
any Individual."
Yet for three months an organized
and salaried conspiracy of character
defamation has been In progress in
Pennsylvania aimed at Mr. Penrose
and participated In by men who of
fered as an excuse for libeling Pen
rose that they wished to elect Wana
maker. This has been known to Mr.
Wanamaker for not less than two
months; yet all that he can find time
to say in the premises Is the Ineffec
tive excuse that he has not In person
been guilty of circulating scandal, lie
does not attempt to shield his agents.
The evidence against them Is unan
swerable. Consequently he washes his
hands of the whole matter, thinking
thus to avoid responsibility. e mis
Judge the public temper If it will be
willing to acquit him so readily.
"I believe," adds Mr. Wanamaker,
"that the auditor general's department
needs reorganizing because of the large
discretion of the auditor general In ad
justing corporation taxes. I have rea
son to believe that many suffering In
dustries can be relieved after the In
vestigations that are likely to be called
for soon."
Here we gain a refreshing glimpse
at the colored gentleman In the Dolan
corporation syndicate's wood-pile.
They are gunning for the state treas
urer's office so they can have the plac
ing of the state funds: and they are
after the auditor-generalship so that
they can adjust corporation taxes to fit
the wishes of the corporation officials.
Mr. Wanamaker, in the guilelcssness
of his strictly commercial disposition,
seems to think It Is entirely within the
province of the corporations to band
together for the purpose of escaping
taxation, and that those who oppose
them are necessarily minions of boss
ism. Here, again, we think he mis
Judges public opinion. We challenge
him to put to a popular vote the ques
tion whether the corporations shall
have charge of the levying of taxes on
themselves.
The remainder of his Interview con
sists of a rambling attack on the po
litical organization which has brought
the Republican majority In Pennsylva
nia urt to the highest mark ever
reached In an American state. Fur
this effective force of trained regulars
he would substitute a council of cor
poration magnates, aiming to recoup
for campaign outlays by profitable ma
nipulation of the taxing power. It Is a
poor bargain, in which the stalwart
Republicanism of the commonwealth
will not invest.
Vigorous objection la sure to be made
in the next legislature to the payment,
out of the state funds, of the expenses
of the Andrews Lexow committee. The
committee was not authorized to ex
pend one dollar; but it has spent nearly
.".0.00, and it will seek to get reim
bursed by means of a special appropri
ation. Those who had the fun should
pay the piper. It was not a public enterprise.
Fair Play For Cameron.
The Republicans of Pennsylvania
have, at different times, been at vari
ance with their senior senator, Mr.
Cameron, on many points of party doc
trine and procedure; and some of them
have expressed their opposition to him
In language more forcible than ele
gant. These differences are now a mat
ter of history anil soon Mr. Cameron
himself, largely because of them, will
quit the state's service. It, therefore,
is not a bad time, following so much
censure, to Bay within the limits of
truth a few words of merited praise.
Perhaps in this connection we can
not deal more fairly with the subject
than to reprint the languuge of Senator
C. L. Mugee's Pittsburg Times a Jour
nal owned by a man who has repeated
ly crossed swords with Senator Camer
on and who certainly cannot be charged
with undue bias in his favor. Refer
ring to the charges which have been
placed in circulation In Washington in
order to minimize the effect of Mr.
Cameron's resolution recognizing the
independence of Cuba namely, that he
did not In person prepare the report
of the committee which he presented
to the senate in support of his resolu
tlon; and that he wus one of u coterie
of stock speculators who employed the
Cuban cause for personal profit the
Times says:
No one who knows Senator Cameron
will creilit any of these charges. What.
ever criticisms may be made upon his
public career, he has always been con
scientious mul has always had the courage
of his convictions. The very fact that he
Imperiled his political future by breaking
with his party on .the silver question
proves this. He may, as other members
of the senate and congress constantly lo,
have employed expert assistance in the
research necessary to collating the facts
stated In the report, but that he ullowed
any Interested persons, or paid attorneys
of one of the parties to the controversy
to make an argument to the senate and
to the country over hls shoulders, is a
statement that not only has no proof io
support It, but is a tnullclous fling thnt
will neither lie credited by his senatorial
colleagues nor by his friends In Pennsyl
vnnlu. As to the charge that he was actuated
In this matter by a design to reap profits
from the stock market, his whole public
life contradicts it. In all the years since
his name has been before the public, as a
twnntor and cabinet oHIcer, and with all
thu opportunities which he has enjoyed
to enrich himself by reason of his public
position, no one has been able to point to
a single act of his that warranted the be
lief that he was using his position fur per
sonal profit; and, amidst it II of the scan
dals that have Involved the names of so
many public men, his skirts have re
malned clear. Ho Is probably a much
poorer man than if he had remained out
of politics, and his case is quite a con
trast to that of those men who, without
known occupations or visible means of
support, grow rich In politics out of sal
aries that tlo not equal one-haK of their
annual expenditure.
To the extent of our knowledge of
Senator Cameron we can Indorse every
word of the foregoing defense, and can
add the belief that when history comes
to review his public career with Impar
tial pen It will find in his one con
spicuous virtue extenuation for many
mistakes of judgment. We refer to the
fact, as the Times puts it, that he
"has always had the courage of his con
victions." In politics of the small kind
convictions may be an embarrassment;
but It Is a serious incentive to dcttia
goglsni, that bane of free institutions,
when men In public station who have
convictions are set upon, merely for
having them, with misrepresentation,
ridicule and abuse, and driven either
to take refuge In Insincerity or in re
tirement. Without assuming to sit in
judgment upon Mr. Cameron's course,
we venture the Impersonal remark that
sober second thought will deplore much
of the procedure leading up to his polit
ical tuking-off.
THE NEXT CENTURY,
New York Letter, Pittsburg Times.
There has been a good deal of discussion
recently as to when the twentieth century
begins. Hut this has turned simply upon
a general question: Does a century begin
on the year tlate, when a change occurs
in the third figure of teh date tor exam
ple, does the eighteenth century begin
on Jan. 1, 17ii0, the nineteenth century on
Jan. 1, 18U0, und the twentieth century
on Jan. 1, IWKi? This point has now been
practically settled. The centuries cannot
rationally be reckoned In this way. Right,
ly speaking, the nineteenth century closes
on the last day of 1900, from which it re
ceives Ms name. The nineteenth century
began Just after midnight of Dec. 3!, 1W.HI,
It closes with midnight of Dec. 31. V.hli).
The twentieth century, therefore, begins
on Jan. 1, A. D. 1MI. Now. It Is pretty well
established by the unpleasant class of
people who deal in figures and who don't
care what long established principles they
overturn that, properly speaking, next
Friday will be Jan. 1, A. D. lltol. 'TIs no
lonxer a uqestion as to whether the twen
tieth century begins In three or in four
years from now. The point Is that the
twentieth century begin next Friday.
How Is this worked out?
Simply on the basis, which Is now ac
cepted by all careful chronologlsts, that
an error has been made In the date of
Christ's birth, so that In what Is ac
cepted as A. D. 1, or the first year of our
Lord, Chrlstt was. In point of fact, four
years old. He was actually born In the
year B. P. 5, or, In other words, in the
fifth year before rhrlst, before Himself!
That is the apparent mathematical para
dox which the acceptd cvhronology would
force r:on us.
How did the mistake occur? Very easily.
The Christian era has ItB epoch or point
of departure determined by the Gregorian
rule, viz.: "The years are denominated as
years current from the midnight between
Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 Immediately subsequent
to the chronological determination of the
event by Dlonyslus Exlguus." Now, ug
Dlonyslus, the obscure author of this
chronological scheme, lived in the begin,
nlng of the sixth rentury, there was no
exact determination of the epoch, and
it cannot therefore be so precisely for
mulate as other eras of less importance.
It Is generally agreed that the beginning
of the era should have been fixed four
years earlier, since (.'hrtet was born four
years earlier than the date now settled
on by the Christian calendar.
The proof lies In two main facts. One
Is the dtath of Herod the Great, which
Is known to have ocenred thirty-seven
years after he had been declared king by
the Romans. Now, this declaration took
place In A. IT. C. 714. The initials A. U. O.
ttand for annno urbli cono.Ho, the year
of the building of the city (by Romulus),
which was the epoch whence the Horn a in i
computed time. Add thirty-seven to 7U
and you net A. I'. C. 7M, which corre
sponds wi-th II. C. -I. It la obvious that
Hero.1 could not have died four years be
foro Christ. Further, we know ihut there
was un ecllpte of the moon on March 12,
11. C 4. on which night Herod ordered
some Jewish rabbis to be burned for urn
Intt their pupils to destroy his golden eagle,
and that he was dead before the Passover,
which .took place on April 11', II. C. 4.
Chr'lrt must.tl therefore, have been born
before February, H. 4. The i".th of He.
eember. U. C. a, would fulfill all historical
requirements.
Our present reckoning then Is just four
years In error. It might. Indeed, stem
that It Is five- instead of four, because the
Interval from a given date In II. ('. 5 to
the same In A. 1. 1, l five, years. But a
little thouuht will convince you that this
wouM be still nnother error, t'inlst, it
must be or.ee more remembered, was born
according to our reckoning. In the con
cluding days of the last year of the old
era, I. e., on Dec. 25, U. l 1. Now H.
I. 5 Is the fourth year before that, so
that If we could now revert to the correct
year of the nativity, the present year,
lttlti. world be !!-). I. e., the nineteenth
hundredth year after the birth of t'hilst.
At its io:e nlnt tenth centuries from that
event would be completed, and the twen
tleth century would commence with next
Friday, which would lie called Jan. 1, WH
The error, however, Is i.jt one that could
easily be remedied. Ncr, In view of the
Inconvenience which It would entail, is It
worth remedying. To take Just one sin
gle Instance, think how every reference
book, every history, and every Individual
memory would have to be pulled Just four
years forward. A world In which Ameri
ca was discovered in HWti, in which the
Muyutlwrr landed hi lf,4. and the Revo
lution broke out In 17S0, would not be the
same old world that we know and love.
ins oppoirri mty.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
It Is a wise saying of Aiexauder Dumas
that great griefs contain the germs of
their own consolation. This may have
Its application in the case of Governor
Hastings. The sudden extinction of his
senatorial aspirations, although he bears
It with dignified composure, has undoubt
edly been a bitter disappointment. He lias
fared badly In his faction alliances. His
support of the apportionment bill was a
plain requirement of duty imposed by his
nomination pledges. His attachment to
this Issue carried him into the state "com
blue" and eventually brought him in an
attitude of opposition to Senator Quay :n
a way which he had not Intended. The de
velopments of tho faction tttruggle reduced
the apportionment Issue to subordinate im
portance ami eventually placed the gov
ernor In a false position. Senator Quay's
overtures gave 111 in un opportunity to ex
tricate himself, but he did so with an en
ergy which landed hi in In the Quay camp.
He was the leading spokesman of Senator
Quay's presidential candidacy und was
largely Instrumental In making It such an
imposing demonstration us it was of S-n
ntor Quay's ascendency In his own unit.'
He wus regarded as Senator Quay's choice
for the succession to Cameron, and that
impression was very dlsiim t ut Hums
burg until Henator Quay himself went
there and wiped It out In the deft, effec
tual way In which hu performs such feut.
So once again the governor's combina
tions have resulted in failure.
Hut In his present state of political iso
lation there is this deep consolation. If
he has now no faction support he Is free
of faction obligations, lie la un abso
lutely Independent mun and he Is gover
nor of the great state of Pennsylvania,
With no ulterior purpose to serve nor
any personal ends to promote, what a
grand field remains open for the satis
faction of an honorable ambition. He can
devote himself with singleness of purpose
and untrammeled energies to the service
of the people of this commonwealth. He
can give a point and efficiency to re
form with n measure of opportunity be.
yond that of nny other man. Reform
promises are plentiful. He can wield a
powerful Influence in compelling the prac
tical fulfilment of those promises. If he
does not possess an Initiative in legisla
tion, nor enter into the faction councils
by which tho legislative programme Is
shaped, ho is governor of Pennsylvania
and wields the veto uxe, so that he can
not be ignored. He enn confront the fac
tion bosses with their responsibilities In
a way which will enable public opinion
to act effectively.
The coming session is Governor Hast
ings' opportunity. His course then will
decide whether his administration will
be known us a failure or will make Itself
Illustrious.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast, 1.3g a, m for Thursday,
Dec. 31, lSWi.
A child born on this day will have to
hustle If it has much fun in 1890.
Tho man who can look back at the last
3fi5 days and truthfully say that he Is sat
isfied with the manner in which the time
of each has been Improved, is almost good
enough to associate with Uncle John
Wanamaker,
Reports of numerous failures are not
always Indicative of !oor business. A
well-conducted failure Is often more profit
able than years of hard toll.
When used In connection with Cuban
war dispatches the word "pacified" un
doubtedly means "put to sleep."
The January thaw appears to have
been two days ahead of date.
Know flukes.
Good-bye! good-bye! to '90,
Its fleeting Joys and sorrow-Good-bye!
to many a wretched MX
That we'll forget tomorrow.
There Is Some thing Lacking
In the feast that provide for the inner
man alone thn eye'should be pleased, too.
Dainty Olay and tBeantif ul China are bait
the dinner, aJbrackjftl plat or chipped or mud-
dy alass haa la decreasing effect Our stock
of China and filassware give unlimited aropa
for tho exercise 6t cood taite. The iiuullty in
of the most Mperior ordur and the cost Is
very low.
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and artistic character, or bit) log for
tiK'ir own use.
Writing Desks.
Iiresing Tables.
Clievnl (jhiHAea,
Couches,
Kockers,
Keclining and Lasy Chuirs,
.Music Cabinets,
Parlor Cabinets and Tables,
Work Tables,
Curio Cases
Tea Tables,
VerniH Martin Cabinets,
Parlor and Fan;)' Inlaid Chairs,
(Jilt Kec.-rtion Chairs.
Parlor Suits In Gilt,
Pedestals,
Jardinieres,
Dook Cases.
Shaving Stands
all marked at moderate prices in plain
ligurcs.
HILL & CONNELL,
131 & 133 Washington Av3.
WOLF & VVENZEL,
S3i Linden., Opp. Court Home,
PRACTICAL TINNERS and PLUMBERS
Sole Agenta for Richardson -Boynton'l
Furnaces and Mange.
Ill'S 1 1!
B
Pa.
Branch 11.
IT
WONT
PAY
To carry Holiday Goods in stock
for twelve months in order to sell
them at a profit. Fickle fashion
may decree a change in form,
shape or style by that time. No,
we won't run the risk. What we
have left over
flUST GO.
A at r
1 19 Washington Avenue.
Oar Great Offer. Prices Re
duced on All Goods Suits and
Overcoats to order
$14.00.
Pants to Measure
$3.00.
GREAT ATLANTIC PANTS CO.,
Brh 319 Lacka Ave. Br;;h
CALL UP 3882)
H1L0NET OIL RND MSNOf IUNC
CO.
OFFICB AND WAREHOUSE,
Ml TO !( MERIDIAN STREET.
M. W. COLLINS, Manager.
DR. C. W. GREEN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Electrical Treatment Specially. Offices,
607, 60H and oov Mears Building,
SCRANTON, PA.
The most complete equipment of Electrical
tnacblaoe and appliances for medical use to ba
.OJnd In a pnysielan's office -outside of New
I ork. Medical and electrical treatment for
all cases smenable to either or both.
C. W. GREEN, M. D
007, cog and 609 Mcara Buildinr, Scranton.
Honrs-V a.m. to It 1 p.m.to5; 7.80 to
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