,nv TUB 8UKANTO K" TB1BUNJS-3T11IDAY MORNING, APRIL 0, 1897. ' T V- - " I I'tllytiiMl Wctkly. No Sutitlar Edition. Published at Scranton, Pi., by The Tribune Publishing Company. J VctkllfprmtBtattTc: VHANK & OllAY CO. Iloom K Trlhnne imndlnc, New York CltT. istirid at mi roaTorrici at scrhntos. r-f. as 81COWP-CLA88 MAIL HATTER. The Tribune rerMrra over h Hpeclnl vrlro leading Into ltd otnootbe complotn report of tbo AMorlatCHl rrmi tho Rrciitrst now col lecting orgnnlrnllnn In tlio world. Tho Trlbuno wm the first iicwBpiipcr In North eastern rounsylvnnln to contract for thin .tervlco. SCHANTON, APRIL- D, 1S97. Senator Halo drnls that ho Is tho ngent of Spain. Of courso ho Is not that, because nn npent works for pay. The senator from Maine might be more nccurately described as a Spanish volunteer. Judgment may determine; ' and If ever a time were opportune for tho granting of belligerent rights to the Intrepid In surgents of Cuba that time Is now. Tho selection by the "Wyoming con ference of Ilev. 3 B. Sweet as Its secre tary offers a slight evidence of tho es teem In which this earnest and amiable clergyman Is held by his brethren of the cloth. It also puts a, compliment whero it Is thoroughly deserved. Stand by tho Platform. Senator Quay Is correct In the view that tho people of Pennsylvania de elre the Republican pledges of reform to bo redeemed In legislation, fully, falrlv nnd In cood faith. Those lieu tenants or professed friends of his who are trying to block the way do not only serious Injury to their party, but also work damage to the power and pres tige of the senator himself. The language of the state platform Is clear and specific. As penned by tho senator, It offers Itself as a, model of lucid composition no less than as nn accurate Interpretation of the best civic aspiration of the tlmo, "We de cry," It says, "the growing use of money In politics nn'd the corporate control of legislatures, municipal coun cils, political primaries nnd elections, nnd favor the enactment of legislation nnd the enforcement of laws to correct such abuses. "Wo earnestly Insist upon a form of civil service which will prevent the en slavement of public officers and em ployes and the compelling of those ap pointed to preserve the peace to con fine themselves to their duties: which will Insure absolute freedom and falr r.ess In bestowing state and county and municipal contracts, and will punish any form of favoritism in granting them; which will forbid the grant of Exclusive franchises to deal In DUbllo r.ccei'altles, comforts, conveyances and canltary requirements; and will Insure the tecognltlon of ability and fidelity to the public service, keeping service to the country ever foremost, when ac oimrarled by ability and fitness, "We demand that public office shall be for public benefit, and its term In subordinate positions shall be during good behavior. No public employe or otllcer should bo permitted to influence primaries or elections, nor upon any pretense be assessed upon his salary, nnd all unnecessary positions and sala ries should be abolished and expendi tures and taxation reduced. There should be uniform valuation of prop erty for public purposes, corporations enjoying public privileges should pay for them, and schools should be di vorced from politics and kept abrolute ly free from jrolltlcal lnlluence and control." To defeat legislation framed to fulfil these pledges would Involve the present assembly In a charge of Insincerity and dishonest purpose that could not be re futed. Republican doctrine, indorsed by two state conventions, cannot bo Ig nored by a Republican legislature with out incurring consequences too serious to be disregarded. Jt would be culp able In any element among the major ity at Harrisburg to shirk this respon sibility, but it would be doubly perilous and Inexcusable for the friends of Sena tor Quay to do so and thus verify the predictions of his enemies that his re form plank was nothing but humbug. "Face front to duty" should be the cry at Harrisburg. Too long has duty been tobooed. Says Brother Ilryan: "Elections do not settle questions. Experience does." Wouldn't It be well to wait for a fair application of this test to the Dlngley bill? Gossip at the Capital Speaker Reed and Ills Critics. Iiollcd down, Speaker Reed's reply to the kickers In the house Is: "If you don't like my style, appeal," Of courso his actual words are more diplomatic than this, Tho language which ho em ploys Is moderated to a softer tone: but that Is Its substance, and It Is a sensible view to take, too. Replying to Jerry Simpson tho speak er on Wednesday said: "The chair Is sorry to see that any gentleman In the house has lent himself to the sugges tions which uro sometimes made out sldo of the house with regard to the power of the occupant of the chair. It la a power that Is given to him by the house for Us purposes, and Its pur poses alone, not for any seltlsh purpose, not for him to carry out any personal desires or designs of his own, but to carry' out the wishes of Wz house as he understands them, after a faithful and conscientious examination of the sub ject. If the house thinks that any oc cupant of the chair Is not carrying out his wishes, Is not acting as Its repre sentative, the remedy Is In the hands of tho house at any time, and the chair cheerfully welcomes any action on tho part of the house, whose representative he Is." In theory It Is pleasant to contem plate the possibility of assembling a body of nearly 400 men representing dif ferent parties, sections, Interests and eccentricities, and capable of moving smoothly, without leadership and on the most Insensible lines of voluntary concert, to a desirable end. In a per fect democracy, where tho represen tatives of the people ure all constructed on the millennial plan, such a congress could easily be elected, and, once elect ed, would perpetuate Itself, under mere ly nominal presiding control, a thing of beauty and a. Joy forever. Hut such a possibility In this flawful world, and especially In view of tho conditions now presented In American politics, belongs rathsr to the domain of Iridescent dreams than within the province of expected or probablo nchievempnts. Wherever there Is pro gress worthy cf the name there must be direction, and that direction Is llkell ost to bo effective w hen It Is resolute and definite In aim. We can readily sec how in the hands of a dishonest man th vast powers appertaining to the speakerrhlp mlcht bo wrested to uses of Intolerable Infamy and injustice. But such a risk. Inevitable where ma jorities govern. Is an economical price to pay for the unquestionable advan tages of discipline, system and progress in legislation. It has become the custom for the champions of one branch of congress to claim for that branch a monopoly of merit and to foist upon the other chamber an unearned Increment of faultlness. It is possible that Senator Hoar, when attacking the present speakership, fell into this unfairness. Tho words of Mr. Reed, as quoted above, present a sufficient answer; but If fur ther vindication were desirable It could be cited In the obvious satisfaction of the country with the tenor of his sway. As between chaos and absolutism, the latter is always preferable; but In the case of Speaker Reed, what critics call czai rule Is simply tho strength of a brain and a will that would dominate at any time in any company. Tho Railway Age professes to seo in its perspective 17,500 miles of con templated new railway In the United States which will soon need ties and rails. We trust that this roseate fore cast has substantial foundation. We could name a place where Its realiza tion would be most welcome. Special to Tho Tribune. Washington, April 8. When Thomas C. Piatt resigned his scut In tho United States senate because President Clartleld refused to allow his colleague, tho late Itoscoo Conkllng and himself to control nil the federal patronage In Now York, :io learned a lesson In prnctlcut politics which ho has never forgotten. In those days both hoand Conkllng believed In tho narrow policy of either ruling or ruining. When they discovered that they could not rule Mr. Garfield nnd his secretary of Btate, tho lato Jnmcs G. Ulnlnr, they resolved to ruin both of them politically If possible. Their first effort to ruin Garfield and Blaine, however, proved disastrous to themselves, ns everybody nt all fumlllar w(th political history well knows. To show their contempt for President Oar flckl and his administration tho two New York senators resigned their scats In the upper branch of congress. They then ap pealed to tho legislature of their stato for re-election and o. vindication of their course. This Is whero they overesti mated their power In New York state pol itics. Instead of being re-elected with out opposition, as. they had confidently hoped to be, they were defeated, aarllcld and Blaine were vindicated and Conkllng and Piatt soon dropped Into political ob livion for a time, - . Four years later, however, when Ulalne was the Republican nominee for president, they had their revcnge.Polltlcal history tolls us that If It had not been for Messrs. Conkllng nnd Piatt tho "Magnetic Man from Malno" would have been elected president Instead of tho "Man of Destiny from Buffalo." Conkllng never afterwardc took any active Interest In politics. Ho was satisfied with defeating one of tho men who had four years previously dlrven him out of political power, Mr. Plntt, however, was not so easily satisfied. Ho remained tho same aggressive lighter, nnd today Is tho sole master of the Rpubllcan party In New York. He has changed his tactics, however, to some extent. Ho Is moro of a diplomat than ho was fif teen or twenty years ago. He now known when his head Is up against a brick wall. Then ho didn't. To verify this statement all that is necessary is to tell of the meth ods now pursued by Mr. Piatt. For In stance, Mr. Piatt was oposcd to the ap pointment of Andrew D. White, of New York, to bo ambassador to Germany, but when he found that President McKlnley was determined to nominate him, the New York senator, at the very last min ute, acquiesced and the credit of the ap pointment, therefore, went to him. Sen ator Piatt also opposed the appointment of "Teddy" Roosevelt as assistant secre tary of the nuvy. He went so far as to endorse a Pennsylvanlan, Henry W. Ray mond, for tho place, and Intimated to tho president that ho would oppose Roosevelt's nomination when It came up In the sen ato for confirmation. At the last min ute, however, as In the case of White, Mr. Piatt agreed to Roosevelt's appointment. It was with tho understanding, however, that ho is to bo allowed to name the tat ter's successor as police commissioner of New York. During the Harrison administration, when ex-Senator Warner Miller and Mr. Piatt were fighting each other for supre macy In Now York, an agreement was reached by which the federal patronage in that state was to bo equally divided be tween these rival leaders. As fast, how ever, as tbo appointments were mado it was discovered that they were all cred ited to Mr. Piatt and nono to Mr. Miller. Finally, tho latter became very much an noyed and Irritated over tho glory and tho patronage which seemed to be escaping him. Upon making inquiry he found that the agreement had been scrupulously ob served, but that Mr. Piatt, when ho learned that a Miller man was to bo ap pointed, at onco added his endorsement, and to him went tho credit. If Miller had been as smart as Piatt ho would hnve added his name to the applications filed by his opponent's friends, and he, too, would havo shared In all tho g'.ory. momentary eddies rather than a settled current. t Tho result In Chicago has no broad po litical meaning. It Indicates chiefly only local dissatisfaction or tho caprice of a dis jointed nnd mercurial peoplo. It was a protest against a local machine It was also something of inero personal Impulse nnd of disposition nmong n foreign and heterogeneous people townrds free and loose municipal rule. Broad national Issues played very little part. That bat tlo was fought In November and, having been settled, tho peoplo felt free to fol low their own bent In local affairs. Very much the same thing Is truo of tho elec tions In other cllles. It Is not so much a reaction from last November ns It Is a relaxation from tho severe national strain nnd a go-as-you-please spirit In city administration. It Is doubtlesi true that the disappoint ment nt the delay In tho return of good times contributed to the general success of tho opposition. This disappointment was Inevitable, and tho somewhat vola tile temper of tho American voter Is shown In Its unreasoning expression. Men nrc weary of the long depression and par nlysls. Some of them unreflectingly ex pected tho fruits of the election to como nt once. They did not stop to consider that prosperity will return, not became of tho election Itself, but because of the policies to which tho election opened tho way, and that these policies are em bodied In legislation and administration not yet consummated. They do not real ize that a sick man cannot leap from his bod of illness and at once begin to run, and their Impatience finds expression in this ebullition. But it la not alarming bo cause It Is only transient and duo to tem porary causes. If good times como with the completion of the legislation now be ing perfected the present disappointment will vanish nnd thero will bo a reaction from the so-called reaction. Tho real drift Is therefore n question of tho futuro and not of tho present. Tho manifestations of the moment have no lasting significance. They nro only tho expression of nn ephemeral Impulse, and whether they shall contlnuo will depend upon whether the uncertain conditions continue. Aside from this demonstration of Impatience, there Is tho natural oscil lation which almost Invariably follows a sweeping triumph. Tho people fought out the battle on tho great national Issues. They averted threatening dangers nnd fixed tho policy of the government for four years to come. With tho assurance of that settlement they are left free to fol low their own Inclinations In local affairs, and they havo done so with thnt Independ ence which is quite common with the American people. If thero Is any other Indication In tho election than those al ready sugested, It Is a protest against boss and machine domination. In several of the lornlttles this domination had as sumed offensive form, and tho people, having mado themselves M-curo on tho main Issues, felt free to strike. It Is claimed by tho opponents of protection that these elections signify a protest against the pending tariff legislation. Thero Is nothing whatever to sustain such a claim, nnd, on the contrary, it Is op posed to reason. The real explanation Is continued restlvcness under ndverso bus iness conditions nnd freedom In local nf- fatrs, and the real lesson Is to complete ns speedily nil possible tho legislation which will restore confidence nnd pros perity nnd to frown upon the. arbitrary and arrogant machine domination which excites popular resentment. Shrewd. "Doctor," said tho sick man, who Is painfully shrewd, "I haven't a dollar to leave to posterity; not n square Inch cf real estato nor a scrap of personal prop erty." "I don't qulto seo how that con cerns me." "I dunno that It does In par ticular. Only I was hopln' that I'd get well right soon so's to hustle around and earn money to pay your bill." Wash ington Star. "hT GS.St, BAZAAR. s:p:ecj.zl:l ktoxice. 1 601 01 1 HE CI1II IB Wc find otlier Hues of goods crowding us so much tli.it it is necessary to give them more room. (Therefore, have decided that the Carpets must go. We have about $20,000 worth of Carpets, Oil Cloths and Mattings on hand, all new and choice stock and every yard must be sold off as soon as possible. This Great Clos ing Out Sale comes just in the nick of time, when carpets and other Floor coverings aro needed. Besides, the new Tariff bill before Congress will nearly double the price of these goods. So now is your time to come here and save big money. As soon as the Carpet stock has been disposed of, our Curtain and Drapery Depart ment will be greatly enlarged and continued on a more extensive scale than ever before. Thanking the public for the generous patronage bestowed upon Carpet Department during its existence, and promising to reward our patrons by supplying their present wants in this Hue while the stock lasts at a saving to them of from 25 to 50 per cent. We remain your obedient servants, GOLDSMITH BROS. & CO. Awnings of Every Description We are fully equipped to execute orders for Awnings ior Hotels, Public Buildings, and Private Residences in the best and most workmanship manner. The new Awnings upon the Board of Trade Building were made and put up by us, and whicli are a specimen of our work in the Awning line. BICYCLE Recognize Cuban Belligerency. Why should not congress ndopt tlie Morgan resolution In reference to the Cuban insurrection? That instrument reads: Resolved, By the senate and houso of representatives, that a condition of public war exists between tho government of Spain and the government proclaimed and for some time maintained by force of arms by the peoplo of Cuba, nnd that tho United States of America shall main tain a strict neutrality between the con tending powers, according to each all the rights of 'belligerents In tho ports and territory of tho United States. It will bo noticed that this resolution commits this government to no aggres sive policy whatever but simply recog nizes by law a condition already known to exlBt In fact. The effect of Its pass age would be to absolve the United States authorities from the unpleasant necessity of doing police duty in Spain's behalf and free our citizens to forward such arms and munitions of war to tho Insurgent forces as their sym pathies might dictate. The one disad vantage which such a policy would en tall Is nominal rather tnan actual; it would release Spain from the legal ob ligation to compensate Americans for property sacrificed during the Cuban war. We call this merely a nominal disadvantage for tho reason that In demnification from Spain Is entirely out of tho question as It Is. The right to claim Indemnity from Spain Is now our's by forms of law, but It Is one thing to present a claim to a bankrupt treasury and quite another thing to get It paid. The representation Is made that this resolution has no chance to pass the house, not because a largo majority of the members of that body do not favor It most heartily, but because It Is coun ter to the opinions of Speaker need. This Is a common accusation nowadays, but we doubt If It is founded on truth. Whatever his personal Ideas may be as to the probability of Cuba gaining her freedom, the speaker Is surely too good an American to entertain any sympa thy for Spain or to wish to oppose a personal opinion arbitrarily against tho will of the body over whose delibera tions he presides. Having cleared the calendar of the tariff bill the way Is now open for tho house to receive such a resolution and to pasB upon it as Its Governor PIngree refuses to recognize defeat. But It Is Inevitable that he must sooner or later make Its acquaint ance, and now Is a good time to get ready. He may learn something from adversity if he looks It full In the face. It Is some consolation to observe that If Pennsylvania didn't get a represen tation In the cabinet nor among the ambassadors, sho Is beginning to fig ure prominently In the distribution of the et cetera. m The Illinois legislature, In evincing a disposition to abolish department stores, no doubt reflects the unrest of the average small store owner; but where can the law draw a fair line? Built Like a (( 3 Barker" Scale. 75.00. S MANUFACTURED BY S. Q. BARKER & SON, Scranton, Pa. SALESROOM: Board of Trada Building, Linden Street, Court House Square, W. E. BITTENBENDER, WILLIS A. KEMMERER, Bicycle Managers. A. BITTENBENDEB. J. M. KE3MERER. It Is noticed that while the architects of the Palmer and Buckner ticket are not exactly clamoring for otllce they aro looking on In a manner that tells Its own sad story. It Is a sad sight to witness so many patriots not simply willing but anxious to get Into our "Ul-pald" consular ser vice. A knave cannot escape under the present libel law; he can only squirm and twist and create unnecessary trouble. We see no alternative for the late Mr. Corbett but to go Into training for a baso ball umpire's position. One way for some wheelmen to popu larize good roads Is not to assume to own them, THE IUONV OF TATE. Ho had fought In many a battle and es caped without n. wound. He had met stampeded cattle and had bravely held his ground: Ho had hunted In Montana and been snowbound on the plain, And ho'd sojourned In Havana when the plague was raising Cain. Ho hod crossed tho stormy ocean many times without mishap; He'd recovered from a potion fixed up by a Jealous Jap, Ho had been a reckless rover from tho moment of his birth. And had traveled almost over every por , tlon of the earth. Ho oncountered every danger that you'vo over read about; He had been a Texas ranger and a reck less army scout. But the moral, If there's any, In this humble little tale. Is that he died from stepping on an an cient rusty nail. Cleveland Leader, Tho selection of Theodoro Roosevelt to bo assistant secretary of the navy may bo a very wlso one as far as performing the duties of the olllce is concerned, but If ho does not kick up a rumpus In that de partment before ho has been thero threo months It will be a great disappointment to tho peoplo who know him best. Mr. Itoosovelt, when a civil service commis sioner In this city, and a pollco commis sioner In New York, established a reputa tion as a troublo maker. He is a man who will not permit things about him to rim smoothly. He Is not only lacking In diplo macy, but Is fond of rows, and If ho has not changed his disposition he will Involve tho department In no end of snarls. When he was a member of tho civil service com mission ho was never happier than when engaged In a quarrel of some kind. Ho hadnotbeen a member of that commission very long when ho got Into a tow with President Harrison, the man who had np pointed him. It was over a postmaster somewhere In tho west who had violated tho civil service law In some Might man ner. Mr. Roosevelt mado up his mind that he must havo that official's scalp, and recommended his Immediate removal. Tho postmaster had only a short tlmo pre viously been appointed by l'resklent Har rison. Ho was a good Republican besides being a man of splendid business quali fications, and tho piesldent did not want to remove him for such a trivial cause. Commissioner Roosevelt, when asked to withdraw his recommendation of removal, said to tho president: "Why, what do I caro about tho polltlrs of an officeholder? This man has vio lated tho civil service law and ho must bo removed." President Harrison remonstrated with Mr. Roosevelt, but It was not until after their official as well as their personal re lations were severely strained, and col umns had been written and published in the newspapers, that tho latter withdrew hU recommendation of removal. It turned out that tho postmaster had not wilfully violated the civil service law, and he nr terwards proved to bo a most efficient of ficial. President McKlnley and Secretary Long do not know what troublo there may bo In store for them with Mr. Roosevelt In tho important position of assistant secre tary of the navy. Let us hope, for their sake nt least, thnt his disposition to meet troublo moro than half way has changed. Fourth Afcslstant Postmaster General Brlstow has ruled that all applicants for offices of tho fourth-class must have tho endorsement of a majority of tho patrons of the offices to which they aspire as well as tho backing of tho member of congrebs of the district In which they aro located. Nearly 90,000 applications for office havo been received at the postoffice department since the change of administration. ThU number, however. Is said to bo consider ably le'ss than In tho same length of tlmo four years ago. All tho papers havo been recorded nnd classified, and tho cases made up to date, At tho Interior depart ment over 1,000 applications for presiden tial positions have been recorded. Sweeping reduction In nil lines to snvo moving stock, on account of extensive alter ations on our first and becond floors. Now is tho tlmo to buy China, Glassware, Bric-a-Brnc, Lamps, Silverware, ami Household Goods, Cheap Kconomlenl housekeepers will do veil to attend this hale. Two 15-feet lllack Wnliitit Counters nnd 120 feet of good shelving tor sale cheap. THE demons, Ferber, O'Malley Co., 422 Lackawanna Avenue. THE RECENT ELECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Press. It Is as easy to exaggerate as It is to underrate the Importance of the western municipal elections. It would bo a mis take either to magnify their significance or to be Indifferent to their Indications, They are not without their suggestion, but they do not Import a broad and sweep ing political reaction, as Is claimed In some quarters. If tho opponents of Re publicanism can derive any comfort from them they aro welcome to It. Republl cans themselves will regard them with no serious apprehension for they signify only Co j WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN WAGONMAKERS' AND BLACKSMITHS' SUPPLIES. HEADQUARTERS FOR If avn ifir lluiul III i n v 0 126 and 128 Franklin Avenue Stationery That Isn't Stationary Nothing stands still at our establish ment. It very rarely haprens that wi raise tho price, but as to lowering them well, Just call around and we think w can lnterst you with our completo Unci of stationery, engraving, blank books one general office supplies. We also rarrj a complete lino of typewriters' supplies Reynolds Bros., 139 Yyoming Aventu, HOTEL JERMVN BUILDlNd. 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