THE SCRA'NTOIn TRIBUNE -W-EDTSl ESDAY MORNlNGr, FEBRUARY 10, 1S07. 1'nlly mill Weekly. No Sunday Kdltlon. Published nt Scranton, I'n., Iy The Tribune Publishing Company. J'ew York lteprdontntlvp! 1'HANK a QUAY CO., Itooin43, Trlbuno nulldlng, New York City. I ' ' ISTIIIID AT T1IR r03T0mCE AT SOIUNTOH, PA., AS BIC0ND-CJ.AB3 MAIL MATTItR. SUHANTON, FKHllUAUY 10, 1S97. When the United States senate be gins to pass bills over President Cleve land's veto In the proportion ot 57 votes to 1, It looks as If it were high time for a change In the white house. Set n High Standard. The representations which are made In published newspaper correspondence from Cunton relative to Major McKin ley's Intentions with reference to the diplomatic und consular service during his administration will certainly re ceive public approval. It Is announced, for example, and apparently by author ity, that most of the missions and con sulates will be filled slowly and only after the most careful consideration of applicants. "Of course," says one dispatch, "there will be a few uppolntments from time to time, but there Is every reason to believe that while Major McKinley in tends to fill the olllces with Republi cans, he does not expect to demoralize the service by turning out till the pres ent Incumbents within sixty days after his Inauguration and supplying the places with new men. It Is Ills purpose to 1111 every vacancy by appointing- a man who is equally or more competent than the ofllcer whom ho succeeds. Major McKlnley's wide experience in public life and his vast acquaintance In business and commercial circles cause him to believe that there are plenty of good men in the Republican party to 1111 all the foreign posts which ho will have at his disposal in a manner tho roughly satisfactory to himself and to the country. He proposes to sift and examine the applicants for consular positions until In each Instance he nnds the right man for the place. "It is the ambition of the president elect above all other things to advance the business Interests of this country, ex'pand our foreign markets and con tribute to the substantial restoration of abundant but normal prosperity. No man will be considered for an appoint ment of the slightest consequence who is not believed to be willing und ablp to do something to increase the de mand for American products abroad. Major McKinley wants gentlemen In the foreign countries and wants men of education and culture who will In their bearing und olllclal deeds exem plify the best type of American citi zenship. He will have no use f or drones, or rich idlers who hope to be come loungers about foreign capitals. No president-elect has ever been ani mated by higher or more patriotic pur poses in respect to his foreign appoint ments than Major McKinley, and it Is plain that he will spare no pains to bring the diplomatic nnd consular ser vice up to the high standard of excel lence and elllclency which he has set for it." Such a programme cannot fall to commend Itselt to the good Judgment of the people. The former idea that diplomatic and consular ollices were legitimate and proper means whereby to send out of the country political place-beggara who made themselves a standing nuisance while In it has ceased to impress with favor that portion of the public whoso favor Is most desir able. Our foreign representation, to be of value ut all, must be of a character to compare favorably with that of other countries. It Is well worth this govern ment's while to take pains to make as good an Impression at foreign capitals as is possible with the diplomatic raw material at hand. It will take 31 adverse votes to defeat the ratification of the arbitration treaty. Are there that many barbarians in the senate? The American Hojj Vindicated. The American hog has received a magnificent vindication in Prussia, the details of which, as given in a special dispatch to the Staats Zeitung, make interesting reading. It will be remem bered that American meats have long been subjected to olllclal slander in Prussia, the claim being made that their certification at ports of export could not be depended upon to guaran tee purity. This has been especially true of American pork exports, which have so often been maligned with out foundation that about a year ago the American embassy in Berlin decided to have the merits of the case determined once for all, It insisted that in future In every ac cusation of trichina advanced by the Prussian government the report should be accompanied by the registry number of the health certincate, in order that the American exporter and meat In spector at fault might be ascertained and punished. The Prussian govern ment for a long time refused to agree to this demand, by which the Ameri can government hoped to put an end to the groundless German complaints, but it promised last spring to look Into the matter more carefully. The Prus sian Minister of the Interior gave orders then to all district presidents, that in nil cases where trichinae were found in American pork all the details of the case, as well as the numbers on tho American health certificate, were to be reported, in order to make it possible for the American government to take proceedings against the guilty exporter nnd Inspecting officials. Reports from the thirty-three district presidents of the Prussian monarchy have now been received at the Ministry of the Interior. They have, It is said, greatly disap pointed all those In Prussia and In tho rest of Germany who hoped to demon strate that the complaints ho often made about the qualities of American pork were fully proved. From only nve of the thirty-three districts aro there notifications of trichinae in American meat. But, contrary to the minister's Instructions, these notifications nra not accompanied by the proofs necessary to show the American orlsln of tho sus pected meat; they all ar$ unimportant, and In no single Instance do they point to any dangerous characteristic in the American pork. This puts tho shoo on the other foot and leaves upon Prussia the responsi bility for deliberate misrepresentation. She tmiHt now either lift the embargo and offer apology or stand convicted before the world of malicious falsifica tion persisted In at the expense ot the large number of her citizens to whom meat products from America are a de sirable and an almost indispensable food. "The principle on which the foreign relations committee has evidently acted Is," says the Sun, "that, with the ma chinery of arbitration once provided, nothing will be easier than to extend ItR operation as experience may war rant, or by special agreement; whereas disaster mlaht result from careless or experimental submissions of questions which ought never to go to arbitration." This principle of course Is wise. Rut did not the Sun for weeks fight the underlying Idea of arbitration ns a "sham" and "humbug?" Suppose the senate, acting on Its advice, had re jected the whole treaty. Would not civilization have thereby sustnlned a great loss? We think it would. Civil Service Facts. Some facts from the thirteenth an nual report of the national civil service commission covering the past nscal year will bo of interest to the faithful nt this especial moment of political ex pectancy. The total aproxlmate number of posi tions in the civil branch of the govern ment is 1S7.717. Of these 87,107 are in the classined service and IH.GIO un classified. Of those not yet classined, CC.725 are postmasters of the fourth class. Of those remaining In the classi fiable, but uiielassed group, many will be transfened to the classified service by the action of the rules. The aggre gate compensation paid In the execu tive civil service of the United States during the last nscal year was approx imately $100,000,000. As to tenure of ofllce, the report says our administrative system now pre sents the anomaly oNfllllng certain In ferior positions by the test of merit and changing every four years the higher positions; like collectors of cus toms and Internal revenue, postmasters and chiefs of bureaus, In which the lar gestcapaclty and longest experience are required, and thus frequently subject ing subordinates to Inexperienced and Incompetent superior?, to the demoral ization ot the public service. The gradual increase in the) number ot presidential olllces, it is nsserted, is bound to force a change in the method of lining them. There are now nearly 10,000 persons In the public service com missioned by the president, and this number is growing every year. At this rate of Increase, says the report, in a few years it will be physically Impos sible for the president and cabinet olll cers to examine the papers and hear arguments nnd complaints relating; to the large number of persons to be com missioned, and the repeal of the four years tenure laws will be asbolutely necessary. The whole number ot persons exam ined for the live branches of the classi ned service during the year ended June 30, 1S9C, was 31.2S0, or whom 20,193 passed and 10,787 fniled to pass. The whole number of appointments was B.0S4, ai increase of 292 over the pre vious year. Thus it appears that even under the "merit" system many are called but few are chosen, and the 'best plan for any desprvins: person who wants to get on in the world is to sur render the Idea of filling a minor public ofllce and strike out boldly for private employment. According to the testimony of the of ficials of the so-called sugar trust, that trust has lowered prices and raised wages. Rut suppose It should take It into its head to do the opposite. What then? Pass the Torrey Bill. The Chamber of Commerce of the state of New York, In passing upon the Torrey bill, which Is now before the senate at Washington, said: "The bill protects from undue severity the hon est man who is overtaken by financial misfortune and who Is anxious to make reparation to the extent of his ability In the judgment of his business peers or the court of legal jurisdiction. It visits with punishment the dishonest debtor, who seeks by collusion or fraud or in any other way to impose upon or mystify his creditors. It is Inexpensive of operation and easily understood and must rapidly arrive at results." This finding is approved by represen tative bodies of business men in every section nnd state in the Union and by Individual merchants and bankers of whose Integrity there cannot be suc cessful question. Such an indorse ment by the class most interested ought to have weight In the senate. The one danger to the Torrey bill Is the Bailey bill, which Is also pending In the sen ate. The Torrdy bill prosifies both for voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy and Is clear in its distinctions between the two; the Bailey bill provides for voluntary bankruptcy only. The ob jections to the latter bill are lucidly set forth by Senator Shoim, of Idaho, who says; All debtors are properly divided Into two classes: The one Is composed of those who are in debt and have nothing, and so fur as their legislative friends have, spoken for them they simply want a dis charge In bankruptcy. 1 am heirtlly in sympathy with this rluse of d-'ois, and 1 therefore want to give them i.jt simply u discharge In bankruptcy but to place them in a position which will enable them upon seeming their discharge to do some thing for themselves. Let mo illustrate. Suppose a temporary voluntary law should be passed, and tho unfortunato should get a discharge under it and then apply lor a loan of money, or to purchase goods upon credit; tho llrnis having tho money or tho goods would simply decline to give the credit because such debtor, upon ob taining them, might, under the same law, secure a second discharge and thus de fraud his benefactors. Hence, sueh a law Is not really all that is demanded for sueh a class of debtois. Tho other class of debtors is composed ot those who owe debts but at tlio same time have property and must have a continuation of credit or they will be compelled to fall. Tho ad vocates of a purely voluntary law do not seem to have ever considered tho neces sities of this class of debtors, which is probably larger than the other class of which I have spoken. If a purely volun tary law should be passed, under which creditors would have no rights, this cluss of debtors would, to a large extent, be re fused a continuation of credit because, under tho provisions of such law, they might without let or hindrance on tho part of their creditors deliberately prepare for and go Into bankruptcy, securo a discharge and go on In business with their 111 gotten nnlns. If n complete law shall be passed, ns 1 confidently believe It will he, both classes of debtors will be greatly bentlHcd, because Instead of ruining their credit It will extend It. Htich a law will fully protect the lights of creditors, pro vent them from entering upon selfish struggles as they now do with grent fliinti clnl losses to themselvop, nnd at the same time secure for them their every equltablo right. The Torrey bill Is a "complete" bill; It should be pnssed. The Albany correspondents have dis covered that Louis F. Payn, whoso ap pointment as Insurance superintendent made such a commotion, proposes to un cover groat abuses In the department over which ho Is to preside, and Is likely to turn the tables on his recent rovllcrs. Stranger tilings have hap pened. The howl against Payn bore many symptoms of having been raised for an ulterior purpose. The Cuban Junta In the United States, at a meeting held last Saturday In New York, decided by a unanimous vote against the receiving or countenancing of any overtures from the Spanish gov ernment short of such as might be based upon the Idea of the total Independence of Cuba. Now what will Cleveland do? Wouldn't this government have been In a nice boat It It had followed Ol ney's plan of agreeing for Spain's sake to Guarantee the bogus "reforms" which Cubans are unanimously reject ing? Now that congress has come to a fair understanding with reference to the further restriction of Immigration, let the president get ready to apply his signature. The impression Is fast gaining ground that our costly new navy Is lit only for dry land. We trust that this suspicion will be removed. The McKinley Idea ot a foreign ap pointment, In other words, Is that it means not banishment but business. STATE LEGISLATIVE TOPICS. Senator Sam l0sch hns a bill which, If passed, will mix matters up in regal stylo. The provisions of the 1)111 apply to the en tire state, and aim to regulate the price of gas, electric lighting and water furnished by corporations other than municipalities, and to compel the observance of rules for tho protection of life, especially In the construction of dams by water companies. A state Board of Gas, Klectrlc Light and Water commissioners, to consist of three m'embers, is to be appointed by the gover nor for a term of live years, one of whom Is to be of the minority parly. No person can hold a position on the board who is connected in any way with any gas or electric light or water corporation, or who owns stock or bonds therein. The ofllce of the board Is to be in Harrlsburg, with branch olllces In Philadelphia and Pitts burg. It Is to have general supervision of all corporations dealing in water, gaa and electricity and Is to examine the same and keep Informed ns the condition and the manner In which they are operated for the security and accommodation of tho public and of their compliance with the provisions ot their charter and of tho law. They may enter the premises ot corpora tions nnd examine books, papers, etc. They are to be given the satno right to compel the attendance of witnesses for their own Information as a court or rec ord. Every corporation Is compelled to furnish tho board with the rates charged by them to customers, nnd shall furnish copies of all contracts and agreements en tered Into with any corporation and Indi vidual. The board may Investigate the quantity, quality nnd price of gas, water and electricity upon tho request of the local authorities expressed by the local 'authorities, or upon complaint in writing of twenty customers in a town of less than 10,000 inhabitants, or of fifty custo mers, if operated in a town or city of over 10,000. Upon the commissioners' own volition they may Investigate the con struction of nil sueh works, partlcuiaily those of water companies. After a hear ing the board may order any reduction In the price of gas, water or electricity, or any improvement in the quality, quanti ty or service thereof. There Is a proviso whleh says that no reduction shall be mado In prices so as to produce less than a profit of 10 per cent, on the capital ac tually expended. No gas, water or electric light corporation shall construct a sys tem In any town, village or city In wnlon a corporation, at the present time operates a similar system without obtaining, in ad dition to the other legal consents, tho writ ten consent of this board to construct and operate such a system. The annual sal ary of the chairman ot the board is fixed at $,"i,000, and that of the other members of the board at $1,500, nnd the secretary, who Is appointed by the board, $.3,fi00. The board may expend $30,0110 annually for lis expenses, books, stationery, etc. The to tal expenses of tho board are to bo borne by tho corporations involved. The audi tor general is to look after this by assess ing each corporation Its share according to Its net Income. The provisions of the bill do not apply to gns, electric light or water works corporations constructed or operated by a municipality. The new revenue bill Introduced by Rep resentative Bliss Imposes these additional taxes, all of which shall be retained in the state treasury for the use of the com monwealth: One mill on personal prop erty, except public loans liable to taxa tion under the act of 1SS9-D1; one mill on the nctual value of all capital stock and gross receipts subject to taxation under these acts; 2 per cent, on the gross re ceipts of every character and description received from business done within the commonwealth during the next three years by Insurance companies of other states and foreign governments subject to the act of 1SS9; one mill on tho par value or nctunl value of the shares of all banks, savings Institutions and national banks subject to tho acts of 1SS9-91: 1 per cent, on all'annunl net earnings or Incomes sub ject to the act of 1SS9; $1 on every $100 of the clear value of every estate subject to the act ot US7. The proposed act shall continue In force until Jan. 1, 1900, and no longer, except ns to those taxes which shall become duo before that time, but shall not have been collected at that time, as to which it shall continue In force until all of sueh taxes shall have been collected and paid into the state treasury. All of tho taxes mentioned In the proposed law shall be fn addition to nny and all taxes now Imposed by act of assembly and noth ing contained in tho bill shall alter, amend or In any manner affect any ex isting law, except by Increasing the amount of the taxes to be Increased and collected for the use of tho common wealth. Mr. BHhs' estlmnto of Increased receipts undor tho proposed tax law based on tho taxes realized In 1S93 follows: Per sonal property. S501.9SI; corporation loans, $20j,D93; capital stock, $707,MS; premiums on foreign fire Insurance companies, $5ia, C1G; bank stock, $100,000; gross receipts of transportation companies, $71,818; net earning of corporations, $27,700; collateral Inheritances, $200,000; total $2,391,271. i Dr. J. T, Rothrock, tiro head ot tho Forestry commission, was tho severest sufferer from tho capitol lire. He has spent his life gathering data about tho forests, taking tho temperature In differ ent parts of tho state, noting tho depth and volume of water in streams before and after tho timber was removed, the causes of Hoods, securing photographs ot wooded country and the denuded sections swept by ono of tho terrlblo tires that do so much - 1 damago annually, valuable slides showing forest conditions and the work of confla gration, whleh were used for stereoptlcon Views In his lectures, All this irintcrlnl Is gone, destroyed by the fire, nnd the worst of It Is It can never be replaced, nnd It can not be measured by motley. Another at tempt will be made to pass n forestry bill this winter. Representative Hood 1ms Introduced a bill In the Missouri leglsltittiro which Is designed to restrict flirtation. It prohib its rnllrond conductors, brnkemen, and other employes from Intruding attention and conversation upon female passengers on any pretext whatsoever." The pcnulty prescribed is $25 for eneh offense, one-halt of which Is to go to the Informer and the other half to the county In which the of feiisn Is committed. The foregoing Is rc fpeetfully submitted to the wise men nt Harrlsburg. Here is n suggestion for some energetic solon at Harrlsburg; Representative Sut ton, of the Indiana legislature, hns fa thered a bill to require hotels to print menu cards In the Kngllsh language. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. Maurice U Muhleman, deputy assist ant United States treasurer, has taken advantage of the recent widespread Inter est In currency topics to piepare a re vised edition of his book on the "Monetary Systems of the- World," and thereby has performed a useful service. The volume piesents u careful and authoritative study of present currency systems and statis tical Information relative to thfc volume of the world's money, with abstracts of various plans proposed tor the solution of the currency pioblem In the United States. Tho American statistics In this edition have been brought down to tho close of the last llscal year (Juno 30, 1S9G) and the sta tlstlis of other countries to dates as nearly corresponding thereto as possible. The book Is a veritable encyclopedia of finan cial facts, so carefully edited and Indexed that one can llnd in a moment the Infor mation to which he wishes to refer. Wo can recommend tho volume to all persons who wish to put themselves In nn attitude to discuss financial problems knowingly. (Cloth, 239 pp., $2, published at IS!) Broad way, New York, by Charles H. Nlcol. An Interesting nttempt to Idealize tho noble red man furnishes tho Inspiration for half a dozen quite out-of-the-ordlnury tales by Vomer 'A. Heed, which are pub lished In u handsomely Illustrated volume under tho appropriate title, "Lo-To-Kiih Mr. Reed has In the course of an extended acquaintance with the Ute Indians reached the conclusion that tho superna tural Is as much a factor in the thoughts and lives of the copper-skinned savages ns It Is among the moro civilized palo faces, and so he gives us weird stories of Indian hypnotism, clairvoyance, and other phases of the occult that make tho red man out a good deal moro of a student nnd a philosopher than has generally been sus pected. Whether this effort will carry conviction In an ethnological sense may bo doubted, but as fiction It Is wholly fresh, picturesque and interstlng. (Cloth, 230 pp., $1; published at 2j Park Place, New York, by tho Continental Pub. Co. "Mcl.eod of the Camerons," by M. Ham ilton, forming No. 207 of Appletons' Town and Country library, Is a powerfully drawn study of hereditary Insanity. Mcl.eod, the central figure. Is a Scotch soldier, of admirable qualities both mental, moral and physical, but doomed by nature to enact a tragic role. He dare not marry the woman he loves because in his veins he carries tho blight of inherited predis position to madness, and at tho last, a victim of forces beyond his control, he leaps from a ship Into the sea and ends the struggle against his evil destiny. This Is but a sketch of the theme of a novel that has In it some of the strongest de scriptions, brightest und most natural dia logue, and keenest Insight Into human na ture of tile books that we have lately read. It Is from Its nature a somber story, deal ing mainly with the shadows of life, but for all that It Is well worth reading. In the same library appears "Arrested," a novel along conventional lines by Esmo Stuart. In "Tho Fault ot One" (published by the I.lpplncotts) Kfllu Adelaide Rowlands gives a spirited if not an Important pic ture of a good-hearted man In the process of being buncoed into marriage with a clever adventuress, who deftly plays on his sympathies until she lands him, tires of him, proceeds to elope with a moro fascinating fellow and is restributlvely and very conveniently drowned on tho way, leaving the model husband freo to contract a more pleasing alliance. The first number of the American edition of The Expositor has appeared under the editorial uusplees of Rev. Br. Cuthbert Hall and In the business direction of Dodd, Mead & Co. The Expositor Is a theological magazine Issued simultaneous ly in England and America, the Kngllsh edition being In charge of Rev. W. Robert son Nlcoll, who also edits tho English Bookman. Of the nine principal papers In the number before us, all are contribut ed by Europeans, Including such eminent theologians as tho bishop of Derry, Prin cipal Falrbalrn, Professor Chcynu and Professor Konlg, but In the department of book reviews, which occupies one-fourth of the magazine. American brains comes out conspicuously. These reviews are by Professors Stevens, of Vale; Ely, of WIs, consln, Brown, of Union, and Fisher, o'f Yale, and hy the American editor, Dr. Hall. The Expositor will undoubtedly prove of Interest and value to students of theology of all shades of predilection and belief. In Its February Issue the Home Maga zine makes announcement that while it wishes to retain a general circulation and to do so will cater to miscellaneous tastes, it will In future aim to be especially a magazine for commercial travelers, and a kind of literary clearing house for the bright anecdotes and snappy Ideas of tho grand American army of trade mission aries, Tho purpose has merit in it. "Ev'ry Month," the "woman's magazine of literature and music," presents for Feb ruary a more than ordinarily Interesting nnd varied array of contents. Its vocal and instriimental music selections are al ways tuneful; Its portraits of persons of note aro timely and up to date and there is much In the accompanying letter text, not to speak of the fashion cuts, to In tel est women. A citation of some of the subjects men tioned on tho title pnge of Ounton's maga, zlne for February will perhaps be the fair est way to Indicate that number's merit "Practical Versus Metaphysical Econom ies" Is a plea for common sense In eco nomic discussion; "The Decline of Cob denlsm" is a recognition of the fact that freo trado In England Is becoming obso lete; "Walker's Contributions to Econom ics" Is a Just appreciation of tho public services of tho Into Francis A. Walker; "An Indictment of Organized Charities" objects to the tendency to mako of chari ty distribution a moro or less mechanical science, which does not study to prevent but merely to allevlato distress; and In "Tho Convict Labor Problem1' ways nnd means are pointed out to keep convicts busy without serious lnj'y to free labor. The number as a whole Is an exceptionally strong one. r "Hypnotism nnd Its Practical Relation to Crime and tho CourtB" Is the title of a paper In the February number ot The Hypnotic Magazine which would repay perusal. It Is hy Clark Bell, tho editor of the Medleo-Legal Journal, and It masses together In brief compass a good deal ot expert testimony on the subject In ques tion. SCANDAL NOT WANTI5I). From tho Sunday Xews. To friends desirous of helping mnke tho columns of tho Sunday News Inter esting, wo say: llrlng us all thu facts and all the gossip you can; real facts and kindly gossip; Information to prove that all tho people are not bad, or anx ious to revel In reading of others' bad ness. Pleasant things, humorous things, supplementing tho legitimate news of the day, will suffice the dealres of tho Intol running off the track could not create or consternation than that we will hold during the first three days of this week---Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Every Ladies' and Misses' Jacket upon our racks and tables, about 300 in number, your choice, Many of these garments are of the very best,. silk lined throughout, and formerly sold at $12.00 to $15.00. Those that come first will be served best and those that come last will get three and four times the worth' of their money. $ggOur Great Sale of 2,000 dozen Ladies', Misses' and Children's Underwear now in motion. Every garment on sale is the most convincing argument of their sterling La S3 TSj r manufacturers of the CAPACITY 100,000 gent and manly reader who, we lirmly be lieve, Is sufficiently numerous In this vi cinity to provide the newspaper that deals In nothing else an adequately protltablo patronage. TOLD BY THE STARS. Daily Horoscope Drawn by AJncchus The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabe cast: '!.'! a. in., for Wednes day, Feb. 10, 1SSI7. A child born on this day will notice that tho councllmanlc pruning knife has a dou bio blade. It begins to look ns though some of tho new poor board candidates would bo obliged to file nomination papers. If a paid lire department is tho only thing lacking for an available capitol city, Scranton could furnish one in about fifteen minutes. It will bo useless hereafter for one to nttempt suicide In a Scranton drug store by any other than the cigarette method. It is evident that the young ladles of tho Freeman factory uro not "overall" their troubles yet. AjncclNis' Advice. Do not take on superfluous airs At an unexpected catch; You may not be the only bulb Within the onion patch. how 111: kicks. In winter, when the cold winds blow, Man kicks. He doesn't like the Ice and snow; Ho hates to sec the mercury go To zero; if it falls below, He kicks Oh, how he kicks! In summer, when tho slzzards slzz, Ma-i kicks. He groans, "Great Scott! how hot it is!" As If no misery equaled his. Then, as ho wipes his streaming phiz, He kicks Oh, how he kicks! And so it is, If cold or hot, Man kicks. 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