TJftB SORANTOK TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY MORNINGr, MAY 12, 1807. 1 HI) sbd Weekly. No Bunda? Edition. I)y Tin Tribune Publishing Company. WILLtAM CONNELL, President. ! Ycik ItfjirewnlMIrt! FllANK A T.nAY 00 lloom !, Trlbitn nulMloar, New York Cttr. SUnSCKIPTION I'HICUt Dolly 30 cent a month. Weekly $1.00 a year. 1MIRID .AT IHB rOUTOmCJ A? KTWJTOH. PA. A3 r rcono-ciAca xa:l matter. TEN PAGES. scranton, may 12. iso7. "Tlic Last of tlio Druids," the story which won Tha Tribune prize of $23 in yesterday's eisteddfod, will bo print ed In nest Saturday's Tribune. A Suggestion. A poll by the Record ot the leading: citizens of Wllkcs-ltarre as to whether they favor or oppose tho surrender of that city's present charter, in order that the municipality may become a third-class one under the general act, discloses, In point of numbers, a divis ion of sentiment: but If the Rentlemen interviewed by the Record bo classi fied as to their familiarity with munic ipal government and definite ltnowl edege of tho points at issue, opponents of a change would win an easy decis ion. Of the twenty-one men whoso opin ions are expressed, thirteen oppose a change, seven favor It and one Is on the fence. Of the seven who favor a change, Judge Rhone Is tho only one whose opinion would carry weight umong students of municipal problems; and his main reason, In the light of Scianton's experiences with a thlrd cIqbs charter, appears decidedly humor ous. He wants a large council In or der to secure public equivalents for the bestowal of public franchises, his idea apparently being that a Traction com pany in search of a franchise would be powerless to arrive at Its own terms with a municipal legislature compris ing twice as many members as are now in the Wllkes-Uane council. It might lie well for the Judge to make a some what closer study of the third-class charter In practical operation before leaning too heavily on this hallucina tion. O f course an aroused community dominated by the best citizens can have Eood government under almost any conceivable system; but the fact remains that where municipal affairs are at a normal level It Is far better to have a system compactly lltted to thft needs of tho community than to have one which requires the community to be In many respects fitted to the sys tem. The Ideal form of city govern ment for communities like Wllkes Barre would have a single council, tvyo thlrds of the members of which should represent the city's varloua wards and tho other third be elected at large. The mayor would have absolute power over the municipal departments, save as to finances and accounts, and would exercise the right of veto covering both entire ordinances and separate Items or provisions; and a two-thirds vote would be required to nullify that veto. This would put the responsibility where it could be seen and felt; and if under euch a simple system the people should fall to roeelve satisfactory govern ment, they would at least possess the consolation of knowing that they them selves were to blame. Why doesn't Wllkes-Barre try to get a charter like that? Indiscriminate abuse of legislatures Is a very deplorable thing, and it is therefore doubly unfortunate when legislatures like that now In session at Harrlsburg do so much to Invite and to Justify It. (irowlng Tiresome. The appended excerpt from tho Pitts burg Dispatch of recent date Is a fair sample of the tommy rot which Is nowadays much too habitually foisted upon the unprotected readers of Amer ican newspapers: English Iron masters have become so alarmed at tho wonderful progress mado by tho Carnegie Steel company and other Pittsburg steel linns that they are making a desperate attempt to obtain control ot the Improved machinery now In use here'. Six English expert lion manufacturers, representing unlimited London capital, have Just completed a tour of investiga tion 1n this country, the most ot the tlmo being spent In Pittsburg. An effort wan mado to buy one of the CarnealeV most valuable patents, and negotiations nro now pending for the English rights. So far they havo been thwarted. Hear In mind that the foregoing Is only a mouthful, as it were, of the gush In question. There was a column of It altogether, with real facts introduced elmply wh'en available and convenient. Tho purport of the publication may be given in ona other illustration, which, as wo suspect,' lets ns into the secret of its infliction upon a defenceless peo ple. "The Englishmen," says the Dis patch, "were attracted to this country by tho enormous increase in the ex ports of iron and steel by American, and especially Pittsburg, firms. They viewed with considerable alarm the rapid advancement made in Improved machinery by the Carnegie Steel com rany, and saw that unless something could be done quickly tho Americans could easily undersell them in their pwn market." Now it would give us great Joy to be ablo to place implicit belief In nil this; to be able to take comfojt in the fact that tho pioneer makers of steel in the most highly developed country in, Eu rope had been so far left in the rear by American industrial and inventive genius and especially by the fabulous ly keen and shrewd and overmastering Carnegie company that their utter ex tinction before the Inroads of Yankee competition that is to say, Carnegie competition is merely a trivial ques tion of time. Such a prospect would cheer our Americanism, enthuso our mind and set tho tired pulses to leap ing In glee. Unhappily the cold facts tell a dif ferent story. They Inform us that de spite their persistent braggadocio the Carnegie" people are not at present do Jng any too much business right here at home, let alone being able to pay freight t.Q .Liverpool and parolyzo tho restive Briton In hla den. ,We, of course, wish they were; we should bo glad to nee them gobble In tho Iron nnil stel trade of the whole unlvcrso If thereby the profits could be transferred to American shores. Hut bluff Is one thing nnd truth Is another; ntid ba tweon the two we should like to havj tho latter cat an occasional run for its money. Apparently tho iintl-comblners of Philadelphia don't want a restoration of harmony In tho Republican party. "Well, If It exist throughout tho state, It will not mako so much difference what kind of a time they have in Philadelphia. Points In Ethics. It In alleged, without specification of names", that on the day prior to tho publication of the senate version ot th'e Dlngley bill threo senators conducted through a broker In Washington, n speculation In sugar stock that after tho publication of the sugar schedule netted them $30,000. Tho Incldcht In volves a question In tho ethics or olllce holding which Is of Interest. If these senators, assuming tho re port to be true, had any hand In fram ing the sugar schedulo In committee nnd then used their knowledge for per sonal gain, their guilt would require very little explanation. While It might not be possible to prove that they so adjusted the schedule -as to open an opportunity for successful speculation, the coincidence between the two parts of tho transaction would be such ns to put tho senators In Immediate con demnation before the bar of honest public opinion. Hut a moie subtle point Is disclosed if we assume, for sake of argument, that the senators In hand were In no degree instrumental In preparing the sugar schedule, but simply speculated In the sugar securities ns any other man In the habit of speculating would be likely to do upon the receipt of valtial le Information prior to its gen eral diffusion. Would such conduct be more censurable on the part of a man holding public olllce than on the part of a private citizen? The Importance of a determination of this point will nppear when the fact Is duly considered that, if report be true, "trading on tips" Is a practice of somewhat ample proportions among men in ofliclal position. We all know how a recent occupant of the presiden tial chair, after eight years of otllce holdlng during which time his aggre gate ofliclal Income did not exceed $400, 000, retired worth by popular estima tion $2,000,000 to $3,000,000, although at tho tlmo of his first election he was reputed to be a poor man. Of course It will not be said, either of Mr. Cleve land or of any other man who has held exalted position In our government, that he could be tempted away from his duty by opportunities for personal profit put before him by persons anx ious by such means to influence his official actions; yet It Is equally true that opportunities for rapid enrich ment more frequently beset senators nnd presidents than occur to those same men after the expiration of their terms of office; and It is a proper sub ject for public discussion whether the best results in government would not follow the enforcement of a rule ab solutely forbidding servants of the United States to speculate In stocks likely to be affected by their ofliclal duties. A rule of this kind, even though put into stringent law, would be powerless In the absence of a firm moral tone In public opinion. So long as deference is almost universally paid to wealth re gardless of the methods of its acquisi tion, there need be little expectation of Improvement In the average morale of men in ofliclal life. Controller Lloyd, of Luzerne, believ ing that the county Is paying more than is necessary for the maintenance of Its prisoners in the county Jail, re fuses to1 approve the warden's bill. In other words, Controller Lloyd considers that his individual opinion is final on the subject of county expense. Two or three battles In the courts may slightly modify his Ideas. The Outlook for Bimetallism. Superficially it may appear that the departure of acommlsslonwith author ity from congress and President Mc Klnley to negotiate with the principal governments of Europe for another In ternational monetary conference Is a begging of the question. Very natur ally the extreme silver men and the extreme gold men both assert that It la. The one class accuse the adminis tration of cowardice In hanging upon Europe's coat-tails when we ought, as they think, to act "without waiting for tho aid or consent of any other na tion"; and the other class, with equal narrowness, denominate the president a trimmer, disposed to play with the financial honor and credit of the coun try for political effect. That there Is Insincerity in the presi dent's action In this respect may well be doubted when we reflect that he Is simply In line with the traditional pol icy of his party as outlined In numerous stato and national platforms and ns in dorsed in congress and on tho stump by its recognized leaders ever since specie resumption. Cut for these pledges of conservative effort In the direction of bimetallism, made In the last national canvass In behalf of the Republican candidate, It is easy to be lieve that thousands of voters who, as It was, voted for McKlnley, would havo chanced the more radical and hazardous programme represented by tho candidacy of Bryan. At any event, the president cannot fairly be criticized for carrying out a promise to whose ex ecution he was solemnly nnd publicly committed. Whether that promise was wise or unwise, It was openly made and cannot without treachery be Ignored. As to whether this overture for In ternational concert In the re-establlsh-ment of bimetallism will or will not be successful, it Is to be noticed that prophecy Is largely governed by desire. The extreme gold advocates scout It as tho veriest nonsense, yet appear, nevertheless, to be greatly disturbed by the fact that It Is to be made. On the other hand, the ultra silverltes, while also trying to ridicule the move, take pains to assert that it Is their voting strength which has forced It, bo that If tho overture should succeed, they wll bo In a position to appropriate the credit. It Is clear, we think, from these sings that there Is at least a chance for tho assemblage ot another conference, but how largo a ono must bo left to Individual conjecture. Tho main point, after nil, Is that tho Republican party Is keeping Its word. The New York Evening Post Is grad ually working up a, grudge against McKlnley because ho does not dissolve tho enate, defy the leaders of his party and nt up a dynasty of his own. Evidently there Is no place short ot heaven wherein tho Evening Post could be real happy for any consider able length of time. Attempts to stampede Governor niack, of New York, by newspaper clamor supplemented by Mugwump oratory and Superior Persons' advice do not succeed worth a cent. It Is re freshing to see a governor with mod est bearing but ndnmantlne back bone. Perhaps if England had spent less money on military defences along the Canadian frontier and at other points In the vicinage of tho United States her overture for nn nrbltrntlon com pact with us would have been more successful. Evidently the Sultan of Turkey can smirk ami smite and be a villain still. Gossip at the Capital Special Correspondence of Tho Tribune. Washington, May 11. Chairman Dlngley. of the comraltteo on way und means, has been exceedingly OlFCrcet In his verbal utterances, to tho representatives of tho press, ot opinion upon tho senate version of the turllf, but ho Is Just beginning to find out that h has been offensively free In his criti cisms In the Journal, a paper owned and edited by him, and pubMshcd at Lewlstoii, Maine. It may be said that Mr. Dlngley cannot write all the "editorials" for his pnper whllo attending to his duties ut Washington, but no cne In congress or out of it here will bellevo that the distin guished chairman would permit any wicked partner, or any budding aspirant for editorial honors fiesh from the pine forests, to print one word In relation to the senate bill contrary to tho convic tions of Sir. Dlngley. Whether the chalr m.n writn. fVia thlnmt himself and for wards them by mn'l or telegraph, or ' i ... .. . ...t.... 1... nnnlllAr MlPfr aro accepted hero as tho orucular expres sions of tho chief of ways nnd means, though they be guarded with care, and ex pressive of the mildest form only of tho emotion that have shaken Mr. Dlnpley since hli great measure has been going through tho threshing machine of the sub committee of tlio committee on finance. These utterances have brought more than a little trouble to the soul of Mr. Dlngley. Friends of tho senate measure, and senators who merely stickle for the ordinary otlquetto that usually obtains be tween tho two bodice of congress, aro hauling Dlngley over tho coals for his significant utterances. In one article that Is thrust under his eyes by his critics he says sneertngly that tho r.lll had to bo modified to suit the Pcpulst, Senator Jones, before It could bo reported at all. As Mr. Jones Is as good a protectionist as air. Dlngley, and as good a Republican In ev erything except his view ot the silver problem, this Is thought to be a rather equivocal nnd distasteful outburst. When ho was called to account for It by a sena tor, Mr. Dlngley totok refuge behind the Impersonality of newspaper "editorials," Uut would not entirely disclaim respon slb"i!ty. In the article referred to Mr. Dlngley also speaks of "the vocal sen ate," to make more forcible the differ ence of that body from tho body of which Mr. Dlngley is a member. "Vocal" Is a very strong expression for to mild a man as Dlngley, But Sir. Dlngley docs not reem to have been disciplined by the criticisms of his first cautious words about the senate bill. Tie latest number of Ms paper to reach this city has raised a veritable tempest. Only a few copies aro taken here, but a few aro enough. They aro shown around tho entiro senate, and are widening rap Idly tho breach between tho two bodies which was already as wide as that be tween the Lords and Commons. In this last article Sir. Dingley starts out with tho sentence: 'It Is said that Pr.tsident S-Mvlnley Is much disappointed over the senate committee tariff bill." Senators ask who tho "It" Is who has "said" such a thing for President SIcICInley, who Is known to havo absolutely refused to say ono word that would seem to bo nn in terference with the right of congress to decldo tariff matters according to its own wisdom. Tho most remarkable utterance of Sir. Dlngley's paper, however, Is tho following and It has caused animated retorts from members of the committee on finance, and from senators generally on the Republi can sldo: "It Is learned that tho Repub lican senators have alteady outlined, in a general way, the plan which they will follow In passing tho bill, and that plan contemplates Its adoption by tho houso v.'lthout rcferenco to a conference com mittee. They will keep tho bill before the tenat constantly after it is called up for consideration on tho 18th Instant, and by beginning tho dally sessions at an early hour and continuing them at night, It will aim to complete the consideration of tho bill, If possible, beforo tho end of tho fiscal year. Tho bill will then bo sent to the house, nnd If a committee of con ference Is asked, the senato will decline to appoint one, and the house will thus bo forced to the necessity of uccepttng the eenato bill or prolonging tho contest In definitely, with tho possibility of having no bill at all. If such an exigency should arise, wo should again be confronted with the power of the senate not only to bunco the balance of the government, but also to defeat the will ot the people ns plainly expressed last November." Following this Is the assertion that tho bill Is drafted on British revenue line, that it was dictated by local interests, and that "tho sugar trust Is In powerful cvldenco in tho sugar schedules." Again, "If the senato sugar schedule Bhou'.d be come a law the profltB of the sugar trust, which, under tho Wilson-Gorman bill, havo been enormous, would bo doubled." This Is regarded here ns tho most rc markablo utteranco that ever emanated from a. member of the finance committee of ono body of congress In regard to the action of tho finance committee of the other body. In this case it Is tho chair man of tho finance committee of tho house, and it Is fairly assumed that through his paper he speaks after con sultation with his colleagues, and that his opinion Is tho opinion of tho Republican membership uf ways and means. It U in evitable that such utterances, assumed to bo with the knowledge not only of Chair man Dlngley. but also of tho Republicans of ways and means, must muko trouble, A senator who always knows what is In contemplation tells mo today tnat nothing ever said by members of one houso in ro. gard to the character or performances of tho other houso has created a feeling which compares In bitterness to that which has been aroused by the extraor dinary language ot Mr. Dlngley. This senator declares that at tho proper time Republican members of the senato will call attention to the matter. The chances are, however, that senators other than Re publican vll call attention to it at an im proper time. Clerk of the House McDowell was re lating to a srouo of congressmen tho ofher day his experience as a newspaper editor in order .to show tt.at men aro mt always making nn much nolw in tho world as they think they arc. "I had purchased a weekly paper In Franklin, Pa,," ald tho major, "and wus laboring under tho impression that I was molding tho publlo opinion of tho whole northwest section of Pennsyl vnnla, besides sending my name echoing down tho conldors of tlmo with a regu lar boom. I hnd my naino printed nt tho head ot the editorial page In largo type, also In several other place! in tho paper where It was likely to meet tho reader's, ryo. Coupled with mv nnmo was tlio statement that I was 'Editor nnd Pro prietor,' "Nothing occurred to disturb my dream of greatness ur disabuse my mind of tho Idea that few men were ns well known In that section of country ns I was until ono day a farmer constltiiont came In to renew his subscription. After paying hM $2 a yea- tho farmer turned to mo and said: 'Who's a-rur.nln' of this paper, nny how?' " 'Why, I nm,' I answered, pointing with great pi Mo to my namo at tho head of tho editorial column. " 'Cirent Scottt you don't say sol Why, I thought that John Burke was still n runnln' of It. As Burke had been dead for four yenrs, nnd hero wns one ot my principal subscribers who had reoog nlzed no change In tho paper in that time, I concluded that I had not mado the Imprecs on Journalism that I should have made. I sold tho paper next week and went Into pdltlcs." THE NEATEST AND BEST. From the WUkcs-Barro Ncws-Dcaler. Wo compliment the Scranton Tribune on putting out one of tho neatest print ed and typographically tho most present able Journal printed In that city of ex cellent newspapers. It Is in every way a credit to tho management. SHOULD NOT UK TOI.EKATED. From tho Springfield Republican. Tho Union generals In our civil war did not completely denude, or attempt to de nude, the farming regions of the south of their non-combatant Inhabitants and drlvo them Into some fortified northern city. Non-combatants are liable to have their property seized by Invading armies, but oven then the modern practlco Is to pay for It. But to drivo these people from their farms altogether and thus deprive them of their means of sustenanco is not countenanced tcday by civilized nations. It Is barbarous, Inhuman and should bo no moro winked at In Cuba than In Armenia or Crete. CUIJAN WAR NEWS. From the Philadelphia Ledger. When General Weyler sends dispatches declaring that a province has been paci fied, he means that he has mado It Impos sible for the pcoplo to live in their homes or cultivate the fields, and that ho baa gathered tho women and children in tho towns, whtro they aro starving to death. When the Insurgents send news of a vic tory, they mean that a small band has mado a successful raid into ono of tho "pacified" provinces and beaten some Isolated band of Spanish troops. NEEDS RECONSTRUCTION. From tho Wllkes-Barro Record. A short time ago tho street commis sioner ot Scranton was charged with of fenses of a scandalous and corrupt nature. Now tho chief of tho fire department is ac cused of offering bribes to city council men In the Interest of one of tho candi dates for city solicitor. It looks very much ns If Scranton was sadly In need of a reconstructed municipal government. OF COURSE IT IS. From the Washington Star. Tho United States Is still an advocate of arbitration as. against war In every case where arbitration Is consistent with self respect and good government. JACK'S LETTER TO IIOU. (David Skaats Woster, In tho Lotus.) Dear Bob: I am going to be married. But befoio saying more, I must write About something which weighs on my conscience. Of course, you remember that nlgl In tho carnival season at Venice, When we trained through that dampest of towns With that party of Jolly Venetians That at first wo mistook for the Browns? How, after the ball, I was married, In joke, to nn nngcl in black To that ghostly and dark-haired mar chesa. That madcap queen of tho pack? Her mask simply heightened the romance, And tho Joko seemed Immense, till I knpw That that rascally priest was a real one, Which mado mo uncommonly blue. For they said that the marriage was legal, And things took a serious shape, Till you got up a duel and killed me, To get me out of the scrape, And I took tho next steamer for Naples, And left my fair widow to fate; It's queer how her eyes come and haunt me, Whenever I'm thinking of Kate. I could kick myself well, when I think that , I played such an aslnlno role, And I pray that you'll bury tho secret Deen down In your innermost soul. For my Kato would make things rather lively For me, If sho over found out. And now I will tell in what manner Our llttlo affair camo about. We met on the steamer from Naples, Whence I sailed, as you know, for tho States; And at the table kind fortune had placed me In the chair which was opposlto Kate's. She's a friend of tho Browns, Bob, a beauty. With manners both arch and demure; And sho's tall, and her eyes, If you saw them, Would remind you of Venice, I'm sure. In the nook Just back of the wheel-house, Wo talked of things Joyous nnd grave. Saw the waters grow dark In tho twilight, And tho moon's silver bridge cross the wave. The ret Is tho usual story, Which no ono knows better than you. Wo'll bo married tonight, and I'll pause here, And write you somo more when we're through. POSTSCRIPT. Woll, It's done. Bob! and would you be llevo lt? Bhe knows all about that affair, And that was tho Browns' party great Caesar I They did us up brown, I declarol And I love her the moro (but this follows, Of course, when such cases arise), For I've married Just think my own widow, Jo rusalemll Yours, Jack Yangtze, Hie Beet e 437 Spruce Street, The Rotunda, Board of Trade Building' raiiSMiiiirs s OUR SUIT . DEPARTMENT Gives you an easy solution of a problem 3n Arithmetic: 7 yards Black Storm Serge at 50 cents $ 3.50 112 yards Changeable Silk at 50 cents 6.0q Cutting and Making 5:00 The Manufacturer's Profit 3.Q0 The Retailer's Usual Profit 4.00 Total ...$22.50 This, under ordinary circumstances, would be the price of a Ladies' Suit, silk lined throughout, which we are now offering at the most unbelievable price of 9.98. We can also sell you a M cVirf- fuller A wardo r . 1 ow j"" " of Serge, skirt fully 44 yards .w WAW .M'.V li. S Vl& up-to-date garment at $6. 73. lU'UU A few handsome Extra Suits, made of Tan Canvas Cloth, Taffeta lined Skirt, bound seams at $4.98. 25 Two-Toned Souffle Skirts in three colors, Yale Blue, Heliotrope and Green, a yards wide, bound seams, strictly tailor-made, well worth $5.00. We are offering them while they last at $2.98. t&gIf you have not taken adyantage of our Closing Out Carpet Sale, do so now whilst the stock is still large and selection ample. FIMLEY Certain!; We offer this week, to reduce stock, extraordi nary values in Curtains: 40 pairs Nottingham Laoe, 69c. a pair; from 85c. 30 pairs Nottingham Lace, SSc. a pair; from $1.10. 18 pairs Nottingham Lace, $1.15 a pair; from $1.37. 20 pairs Nottingham Lace, $1.33 a pair; from $1.76. 15 pairs Nottingham Lace, $1.65 a pair; from $2.00. 12 pairs Nottingham Lace, $1.95 a pairs from $2.30. 20 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white, $3.75 a pair; from SJ.50. 10 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white, $4.55 a pair; from $5.50. 12 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white, $5.60 a pair; from $6.25. 10 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white, $6.50 a pair; from $7.50. 10 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white, 8.37i a pair; from $lu.C0. 12 pairs Brussels Net, $5.50 a pair; from $6.75. 12 pairs Brussels Net, $6.75 a pair; from $7.85. 12 pairs Brussels Net, $7.75 a pair; from $&,25. 12 pairs Brussels Net, $8.50 a pair; from $10.00. 12 pairs Brussels Net,' $10.25 a pair; from $12.00. Also special prices on Tamboured Muslins. An inspection will convince you that it is to your in terest to purchase now. 510 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE iALE Swecpinu reduction In all lines to sava moving stock, on account of extensive alter ations on our first and second floors. Now is the time to buy China, Glassware, Bric-a-Brac, Lamps, Silverware, and House hold Goods, Cheap. Economical bouiekecpen will do well to attend this tale. Two 15-fCct niack Waluut Counters and ISO feet of good Shelving for sale cheap. Special Sale of Lace Alteration TIE CtEMONS, FEEBEE WALLEY Ca? 42a Lackawanna Avenue handsome Fly Front Reefer wlAn UnnA ,,fJt-1i T iit.t-i;..rv ""o": -L-iy a-iuul xvucicr wide, lined with Rustling IT TAKE A GOOD otHng Sharp to know whether the Nobby Clothes we sell in this store ready to wear are merchant tailor made or ready made. It's guess work. The style is equal to the fashion plate. It's got the dressy finish. It will cost you nothing to look them over. 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