THE SCnANTOST TRIBUNE-TUESDAY MORNING-, JUNE 8, 18J)7. (5e Jkranfon CviBune I til) sml Weekly. No SumUy ttlltlon. By The Tribune Publishing Company. WILLIAM CONNELL, l'rcslcienU . w York IttpmenUttve: FltANK 8. OKAY 00 Room 4VTrlbtinpullHi)(r, Nenr.Yorlc Htr. SUBSCRIPTION PRICBl Dally go cents a month. Weekly Ji.oo a year. IMIRtD AT Till rosTornci AT BCnANTOH. M., AS CICOND-CLABS MAIL MATTIR. TEN PAGES. BCRANTONI. JUNE 8, 1897. With two papers In Scrunton and one In Wllkes-Harro each clalmlns the largest circulation outside of Philadel phia and Pittsburg, the ch'ance tor an argument multiplies beautifully. Of Interest to All. , It Is doubtful If the average reader of American nev3paperH yet appreci ates the magnitude of the municipal task to which the first mayor of Great er New York, who Is to be elected this fall, will' have ro address .himself. Figures benrlng on this subject have been printed In a hap-hazard fashion from time, to time; but they need to be recapitulated at frequent Intervals If the significance of the next Gotham mayoralty campaign shall properly be comprehended "In advance. Bear In nilnd that this mayor, who ever he shall be, will for four years rule over 4,000,000 citizens much more; absolutely, as regards city matters, than many n sovereign In Europe rules over hl subjects; that he will have a guiding voice and hand In the ex penditure of $61,250,000 annually, or $245,000,000 during his term of ofllce; that his patronage power Is greater than a governor's, covering In direct Appointments 223 places each worth from $15,000 down to $1,000 a year, and Indirectly covering the entire pub lic service of the giant city; and that on ordinary measures his veto will prevail unless opposed by a two thirds vote of both branches of the city legislature, while In the rase of a measure which appropriates money, grants a franchise or levies a tax or an assessment, the vsto power can be nullified only by a five-sixths vote. In other words, the next mayor of New Yoik will constitute virtually the government of New York. His supervisory powers over the various executive departments ore so arranged under the charter that, to employ an expressive phrase, what he shall say will "go." .In plain words, In their mayor the citizens of the metropolis ,111, knowingly or not, elect their ad ministration; he will be Its unerring Index. The question arises, What kind of a mayor do they want? One weak of will, Infirm In purpose, Ignorant of hi duties and easily swayed; or one trained In the service of the munici pality, honest in character and con victions, loyal to the people's true In terests and abreast with the best sen timent of his time? This Is an in teresting and Important inquiry. It Is assured already that Tammany will have a candidate Tammany, of whom the New York Sun, for long Its great apologist, now frankly says that it is "the advocate of repudiation and law lessness, the debasement of the cur rency, dishonesty, business ruin, a de graded Judiciary, and the destruction cf civilization." Against Tammany will be pitted whom? May the best of auspices attend the seventeenth annual encampment at Towanda, beginning today, of the Pennsylvania division of the Sons of Veterans. The veterans' sons will soon have to take the veterans' places; and It Is fit that they should be well schooled In patriotism for the Inevit able substitution. Enemies of Order. The Urbana lynching episode was simply an ebullition of that swift ven geance for atrocious crime against the person which in all civilizations has been wont, at times, to burst the con ventions and leap madly to Its satis faction. It was Inexcusably savage and barbaric; It puts a stain of magni tude upon the community, tho state nnd the nation; but It was a natural sequel of the horrible crime which called It forth a crime for which the cooler processes of the more elderly courts afford no adequate punishment. If we are to have a stop to 'the lynch ing of the assailants of women we must have In place of lynching a formal penalty appropriate to the of. fense, and there must be among the people a well-diffused confidence that when the offence In question Is com mitted tho legal penalty will bo uner ringly and speedily exacted. It Is the lack of certainty, the absence of con fidence on this point, which today makes possible even In well-established communities the horrible spectre of Judge Lynch. Again, the courts weaken their hold upon popular respect by Interminable and ridiculous facilities for the delay ing of Justlco. The Washington Star oi oortunely cites an instance in the Pui-rant case, In California. "That Dur rant," as It says, "is guilty of the crime charged against him; that he murdered an unfortunate girl and hid her body in a church loft has been clearly established before a Jury, and their finding Indorsed by a court of competent Jurisdiction. The governor of the state has had the case before him en an appeal for pardon. lie Is a law yer, and he examined It carefully. But he declined to Interfere with tho exe cution o' a Just sentence. Seveial years had gone by, and at last, when every local device had ben exhausted by Dun ant's attorneys to defeat the car rying out of the sentence, they decid ed upon this last resort, and so will bring the case to the Supreme court This works a respite, and Durrunt will get nt least six months moto time. Unfortunately, the records of our pro cedure In criminal cases are full of this sort or thing. It Is urged, of course, that where life is at stake an ac cused man should have every chance to present his case. No Issue Is fairly to be taken with that contention, But whero a full and fair trial has been hod, and competent lawyers have repre sented the accused and brought out ovcry point In his favor, and a verdict of guilty Is then pronounced, tlio sent ence of the court should be promptly executed, These specious picas and de lays, founded frequently upon points' against which, the Supreme court has already decided, serve only ends that mock the proper administration of Jus tice." No Intelligent man can have delib erate Indorsement for lynching under any circumstances. There does not need to be maudlin sympathy for tho guilty wretch thus rudely sent to his doom In order to make out a case against .the whole shocking piactlce of mob executions. Wholly eliminating tho prisoner from the problem, the fact remains that the community' which permits the mob spirit to dom inate over the orderly processes of peace works expensive Injury upon Itself and merits sharp criticism and reprimand. But It, Is not to be forgot ten that the lynchers move quickly and in patslon, and to some extent often win our sympathy; whereas, the men who block and harrass the processes of our regular courts with their eternal quibbles and technicalities move coolly, deliberately and often simply for a fee. We are willing on this basis to submit the question, "Which class constitutes the crater menace to society?" No enactment can pass muster which attempts to abridge the right of con tract. The Weller bill attempts this, and that Is why that bill, though It has been signed by the governor, will collapse when taken for review Into thr Supreme court. m Entitled to Thanks. The plan of John R, Dos Passos, of New York, for the creation of a vast mortgage loan company under a chart er from congress, for the purpose of carrying cheap banking facilities to the disaffected farmers of the south and west, has as yet gone no further than the academic stage. It has evoked a lively discussion among political economists and brought down upon Itself a considerable volume of criti cism, most of which Mr. Dos Passos pionounces unfair; but there appears to be no frantic eagerness on the part of financiers or cpngressmen to seek Identification with the project. This Is the more curious after we learn from the Springfield Republican that the system of loaning upon land by means of companies issuing trans ferable securities is In vogue in one form or another in nearly every coun try of Europe. The Credit Fonder of France, with Its assets of more than 3,000,000,000 francs, Is one of the most conspicuous examples. The national bank of Austria-Hungary has a mort gage loan department which had out standing at the clote of 1896, 84,257 bonds, representing a face value of 123,483,400 florins ($50,000,000). The bank of Russia has recently established a mortgage loan department and makes advances also to the farmers upon their growing crops. The process of man agement of these corporations Is usual ly to grant a loan amounting to not more than 50 per cent, of the ascer tained value of the property. The loan Is represented by mortgage bonds, sus tained by the general credit of the company, which are placed upon the market like other negotiable securities. The loan In cash to the owner of the land Is sometimes paid directly by the bank or credit corporation and is some times obtained by the sale of the bonds issued to him. The Austrian plan was originally to leave it to the borrower to float the bonds, but the national bank now assumes this function for a small commission and the bonds are regularly quoted on the stock iy. chantrp.i. Tho fnrmpp rtr lnnrl nwnaf la thus able to obtain credit for a longer or shorter term as easily as the owner of more moveable property. Hundreds of millions of dollars In these 'bonds are afloat on the Austrian, German and Paris markets and have contribut ed greatly to benefit the rural com munity. It was Herbert Spencer, if we re member correctly, who once declared that every reform had to pass through three stages; first, Indifference; next, violent opposition; and then, accept ance. Tho proposition of Mr, Dos Pas sos has not yet emerged from the first of these stages, but we suspect that It soon will. Whether it will also survlvo violent opposition is another question; but we are Inclined to be lieve that there is enough of merit In the suggestion to Insure for It, In some form, an eventual trial. At all events, the originator of It Is entitled to thanks for his ingenuity, his true conception of the reason why Populism and similar manias are go contagious in the west ern nnd southern states, and for his bravery in daring to propose a serious attempt to remove these dangerous de lusions from the political equations of tho future. Speaking to an Interviewer on the subject of wealth, Secretary of the Tieasury Gage say3: "I respect the man who Is able to make a moderate competency, who does his part in all tho avenues of life, who educates his children and dies leaving enough for his widow, but not enough to raise a monument. Such men get too little credit In this life." Such men are the real salt' of the earth. Secretary Sherman will be sustained In his efforts to weed out fraudulent naturalizations. This country does not want to be used as a cat's paw by for eign adventurers. At tho same time, those who, by naturalization, become citizens In earnest are entitled to pro tection wherever they go, to the fullest extent of American resources If nec essary. The Elmlra Advertiser is about to dedicate a new Hoe press of the type of that now In The Tribune press room, nnd expects soon to adopt the twelve page form. The Advertiser Is an ex cellent paper and Its success has been well deserved. Tho Philadelphia Inquirer Is striving hard to live up to Senator Quay's defi nition of It. It is possible that nt some distant day toa In small quantity may be succepsfully grown In Southern portions of the United States; but the fact remains that a. tax on imported tea la a tax on a pubflc necessity and Is to be defended only upon tho pica that ex ceptional revenue conditions require Ub Imposition. ' Mr. Calhoun has returned and will not talk; but his secretary will. The latter Intimates that the Cuban com missioner heard" both sides, which leaves the mystery still mysterious. An lncreaso' In loans In New York city amounting to $4,409,000 In one week the week ended Saturday Is an Interesting business "straw." It shows that contldence Is returning. By keeping Weyler In Cuba tho queen regent of Spain will simply hasten tho day of our Inevitable Intervention. Weylerism Is something that Ameri canism cannot stand. France will help us to negotiate for International bimetallism; but until the Rothschilds permit England to say yes, the overture will have to travel an up-hill road. It Is worthy of note that at the parting of the ways, Thomas Dolan, of Philadelphia, prefers McKlniey nnd prosperity to Mr. Wanamaker and the blues. Lot us now hope, In tho Interest of the county's good name, that the last has been heard of Cornelius Smith's attack upon our bench and bar. If Mr. Finn did not use the abusive language recently credited to him In a public print, and wishes to disclaim It, why not do so openly? Gossip at the Capital Special Correspondence, of The Tribune. Washington, June 7. The first gun In tho next Republican gubernatorial campaign In Pennsylvania will b" flred Immediately after the meet ing c Uie state convention this year, by Colon William A. Stone, of Allegheny. In fact, he Is tho only candidate for that high honor who has dono any firing tit all thus far. A few weeks ago he ttred a shot or two at Reading, when the state encampment of the American Protective association was held in that city. Tho other candidates are still In ambush, but are expected to get out Into the open Held soon after Colonel Stone's real gun Is fired and the battle Is on In earnest. It la expected that there will be lively firing all along the line before the leaves begin falling this year, and the campaign will naturally Increase In bitterness until the last gun Is tired next summer, when tho general with the largest number of delegates dangling at his belt will be de clared the winner. At this distance It Is rather dlfllcult to prophesy who will bo the hero of tho coming skirmish between the Republican forces. Tho friends of the big Allegheny con gressman, of course, are full of hope, and expect to see him win the fight easily. There are others, however, who are Just as confident that he will not win. The re sult of tho battle depends largely upon what position Senator Quay takes. Colo nel Stone's friends In Washington, as well as throughout the state of Pennsylvania, are claiming that the "Old Man's" choice Is the Allegheny congressman. Other Re publicans deny this assertion. They say that Senator Quay cannot afford to take a hand In the gubernatorial fight for the reason that It might endanger his ro-elec-tlon to he senate. A legislature which will choose his successor In the United States senate will be chosen at the same time the governor Is elected. From the looks of things thus far In advance of the gubernatorial nomination there will be several candidates from all parts of the state for that honor. Some of the can didates already mentioned will doubt less bo able to capture a good many dele gates enough, possibly, to prevent Col onel Stone's nomination If they can com bine on any particular candidate, in making their light for gubernatorial dele gates many of their friends will naturally be nominated for tho legislature. If Sen ator Quay should become Involved In the family row over the gubernatorial nomi nation, he Is bound to make enemies which may eventually defeat his re-election to tho senate. For this reason the friends of tho senator hope he will keep his hands out of the gubernatorial fight. It Is also argued by some Republicans who think more of party than they do of factional success, that If Senator Quay should force any particular candidate on the convention it will result In a bolt which may finally end In tho defeat of the Republican candidate for governor, Just as In 1890. Of course, such an event Is scarcely among the possibilities next year, but It Is nevertheless a contingency which might arise. For forehandedness Secretary of the Commonwealth Reeder Is certainly enti tled to passing 1'otice. At present ho holds tho best paying political position In Pennsylvania. His office Is not elective, and the people have little or nothing much to say about his appointment. Tho of fice ivhlch ho now holds is worth between $15,000 and J2O.0U0 per year nearly. If not altogether, double that paid the chief ex ecutlve, through whom the appointment Is made. General Reeder knows a good thing when he sees It, and Is believed to want more of It. Not many weeks ago he visited Senator Quay In Washington with a vlow of securing the latter's Influence for his reappointment as secretary of the commonwealth under the next Republi can governor. It is understood that Sen ator Quay didn't give General Reeder any particular satisfaction. The Japanese minister In Washington Is at great pains to state that his govern ment has no Intention of getting Into a war with Hawaii over tho refusal of the little republic to admit to the Islands the riff-raff of tho population of the Japa nese empire. His eagerness to pvduce this Impression causes diplomats to smile, for It seems to bo understood that It was the orlgnal Intention of Japan to provoke a war with Hawaii and forcibly occupy the Islands. Tho United States, however, stands In a position which would almost Inevitably draw this government Into any such affair, a fact well known to Presi dent Dole when he defiantly told the Jap anese minister at Honolulu to go back home and tell his emperor to do his worst if he did not liko the Hawaiian Immigra tion laws. This Is not the first time that President Dole has assumed a warlike attitude In dealing with nations that could swallow his republic at a bite. It is a part of the unwritten and hitherto untold history of the eaily negotiations between tho Cleveland administration and tha young Hawaiian republic that President Dole refused positively to receive an of ficial visit from Minister Willis when that ofilclal first went to Honolulu armed with Instructions looking to the rein statement of Queen Lll and the re-estab-llBhment of the monarchlal government, and ho bluntly told Willis that If he (Wil li) Insltted on reading tho Cleveland In structions it-would lead to a declaration of war against the United States, President Dole'r-ad received tccret In formation a few hours before Minister Willis' visit as to what ho might expect, and he was prepared for the emergency. Frank Hastings, the Hawaiian secretary, whoso funeral occurred In Washington yesterday, 1s said to have paid $1,000 foi the Information which he conveyed to President Dole. Mr. Dole fully under stands that In oent of any such declara tion he would have plenty of backing. The result was that WIl'Js decided to wait for further Instructions from Washington before acting, and the delay resulted In the most sensational Incident of the Cleveland administration, tho history of which Is fully known. The Inside story, however, of what caused tho delay has been one of the carefully guarded secrets of the Cleveland administration. The 'ad ministration of the Hawaiian republic has nerve altogether out of proportion to the size of tho country, but It seems to be of an effective quality. CURRENCY REFORM. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger, i It Is reported In Washington that Im mediately after tho passage of tho tariff bill the Republican managers, acting ln accordance with the wishes of the ad ministration, will pass an act providing for tho appointment of a currency com mission charged with the duty of Investi gating the condition of our currency, and of suggesting recommendations for Its Improvements. This Is probably what Secretary Cage leferrcd to 'In his Cin cinnati speech when ho said that In good time the administration would take ac tion to obey the mandate of the people for tronest money and sound finances. Although the work of such a commission would bo of great Importance and would Involve tho exercleo of a high degree of financial skill andwlsdom, It would not requtre a great deal of time, for It has been done already by the ablest finan ciers In the country. During tho last political campaign the currency question was very fully dis cussed by men of great ability. The ex isting currency laws have been minutely considered by men of all political parties. If congress should authorize the presi dent to appoint a currency commission he could select sound money advocates, Democrats and Republicans who havo already fully considered tho question, and aro so familiar with It that they could report upon it within a month. They could certainly have an exhaustive report prepared for presentation to congresRi when it reassembles In De cember, when thero will be no excuse for any further delay In dealing with this Important subject. It Is quite practic able, without in tho least diturblng the security of the present national bank system, to make It moro serviceable to email communities unable to take ad vantage of the present banking laws, and thus to provide a better distribution of currency than now exists. It Is also possible to make the volumo of currency more surely responsive to the demands of business, so as to guard against stringency on tho one hand or Inflation on the other. The remedies that have been proposed are not In the nature of experi ments, but aro of approved value In the experience of Canada and Scotland. The chief duty of a curreny commis sion, If one should be appointed, would be tho prepartlon of a succinct report on the subect In such clear form that all tho people could understand It. The material is ready at hand; what Is most needed Is tho arrangement of tho material In form to be read by all men and Its condensa tion Into small spate. Tho currency question Is not as obscure In Itself as some masters of finance have made It by their prolixity, and the commission ought to endeavor to simplify the subject so as to convince not only congressmen but their constituents of the value of their recommendations. The "campaign of education" accomplished a great work In convincing a very large majority of American voters that their Interests would suffer If the basis of the country's financial system should be disturbed; but there remains much to be done In educating the people to support a safer and more elastic system of currency than we now have. That Is tho proper work of a currency commission. BUSINESS IS IMPROVING. From the Philadelphia Times. Thero Is no boom In any channel of commerce, lnduitry or trade, but there Is a steady and substantial Improvement In the business Interests of the country. The Important statement was made on Satur day, by the weekly financial reviews of trade, that the volume of business trans acted Is now larger than It was in 182, the year of tho greatest prosperity, but business Is done on a different basis. There Is little speculative Interest, visible and all Is dono on the closest margins, but It shows that business Is growing, that con sumption Is Increasing, and that we are gradually emerging from the severe de pression of the last threo years. Another very gratifying sign of Im provement In business Is that the present Increase of money In circulation over this time last year Is $138,148,612. The total amount in circulation is now $1,6M,733 S3, and we have rarely exceeded that figure. Tho Increase of money In circulation means tho logical and substantial in crease of business and Industry In all their varied channels. It means that business Is moving; that It Is advancing; that there Is greater employment, and It Is moving so slowly and safely that It seems certain to endure. While there Is nothing In the present conditions that promises anything ap proaching a speculative tide. It Is evident that the business of the country Is grow ing better every day, and that this great nation Is advancing on the safe lines of prosperity. AX INVALUAULE ALLY. From the Globe-Democrat. It has fallen to Thomas B Reed to ren der vital assistance to three presidents In the execution of their policies. In the whole history of the government there Is no other service which parallels this. Aa speaker of tha Fifty-first congress with Its close majority, Mr. Reed prevented a free coinage bill from reaching President Harrison, much to the latter's satisfac tion, nfter the senate had committed Itself. As the leader of the Republicans of the house, Mr. Reed enabled President Cleve land to carry out his earnest desire to re peal the Sherman silver-purchasing act. And more recently the power of his In dividuality has enabled President McKln iey to delay the belligerency resolution until he can formulate fully his Cuban policy. Three administrations Mr. Reed has put under the deep obligations to him, while at the same time carrying out his own views of what the public weal de manded. WHO'S AritAID IN THE DARK. "Oh, not I," said the owl, And he gavo a great scowl, And he wiped his eye And fluffed his Jowl, "Tu whoo!" Said the dog: "I bark Out loud In the dark, Uoo-oo!" Said the cat: "Ml-ewl I'll scratch anyone who 'Dare say that I do Feel afraid, Ml-ew!" 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