THE SORANTON" TRIBUNE-FRIDAY MORNTNGr, JUNE ll, 1897. Clje taanfon fcrfBune III!) ml Weekly. No Sunitsy Button. Dy The Tribune Publishing Company. WILLIAM CONNELL, President. Yeik Ittprmcntstlve: FnANK onAY ea. Room 4 Tribune IlulMlmr, New York Cl'r. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ! , Dally go cents a month! Weekly $1.00 a year 1MIRID AT TH rOSTOmOJ AT 8CRANT0K. PA.. AS . ttCOND-CLASSIIAILMATTkR. TEN PAGES. SCItANTON, JUNE 11. 1897. If Senator Quay's presence tit liar rlsburg will h'ave the effect of pull lnpr the legislature together so as to stop extravagance and give Intelligent heed to real state needs, then by all means let him make the Journey. Good guidance Is clearly essential. Baby Play. As Indicative of a line of action which wan to have been expected of certain elements In the legislature but which Is an evasion of the Issue raised In Governor Hastings' recent message, the following from the Philadelphia Inquirer Is Interesting: Apparently thq legislature Is going to take tHW govcrnorat his word and reduce expendJtUrcs to exUUng Tovenues. Th'e menn that there. 'will not be a dollar for any of tho many hospitals, colleges and other charitable Institutions which havo so long relied on tho state, bounty for aid In carrying on their Important and neces sary work. It means that the state In stitutions will suffer, that the criminals, Insane and unfortunate. Instead of having that extra provision that has become so necessary, will have to do with even Imb than they now have. Thli is far from sat isfactory. The necd'of aid for these insti tutions was never greater than now. The hard times of the past four years havo greatly out down private benefactions, be cause donors are not able to continue their former gifts, no matter how much they would llko to do so. The responsi bility for this will rest with the governor. The foregoing excerpt, It will be no ticed, assumes that the only place In which retrenchment Is possible Is In the appropriations to charity and phil anthropy. The chairman of the house committee on appropriations, Mr. Mar shall, Is quoted In an Interview as say ing virtually the same thing. The governor evidently holds a different opinion; for In his recent communica tion to the legislature he says: "Our public schools must be sustained, our penal Institutions provided for, and the unfortunate In mind and body, whom we have always with us, must receive our shelternlg care. THERE IS MONEY roit ALL "-THESE IF WISELY ADMINISTERED." If the legislature now In session had from the first made manifest an en deavor to limit its miscellaneous bills calling for the appropriation of money to the very least sum3 consistent with effective government; If after the new cnpltol fire, for example, It had In the first Instance phown a disposition to study economy as well as architectural display; If In its jovlng commissions, Investigating committees and election contests, It had kept within tho bounds which' would have restrained the ex penditures of a private enterprise dur ing a season of diminished revenues, then the assertion by it that the only place where retrenchment Is possible Is In tho state's gifts to philanthropy would have obtained the credence of the public, and there would be some ground for It to try to throw tha re sponsibility for a threatened stoppage of charltnble appropriations upon the governor. As it Is, with'- the public In full possession of Its record regard ing these matters, tho threat to cut off our eleemosynary Institutions with out a shilling sounds puerile, and there Is not a, man in either branch of the legislature who would dare to vote to put It Into execution. We commend to the gentlemen in the legislative department at Harrisburg the remark of the Philadelphia Times that "on any Issue of economy that may arise between the legislature and the executive, th'e people of every par ty and every faction will be overwhelm ingly on the side of the governor." That. Journal crystallizes a pertinent truth when It speaks of "severe econ omy" as "Indispensable at thl3 time." The governor has not recommended the crippling of the state service; he has simply called a halt on deliberate or careless legislative extravagance; and the people on this issue are with him. The sugar trust may be able to cap ture a senator here and there, but It missed Its mark when It expected to take captive the entire Republican party. A Question. The Toronto Globe on Wednesday Is sued its Jubilee number, a twenty-eight page supplement, with illuminated cov er and a wealth of pictorial and his torical contents probably never sur passed by a Canadian publication. There were portraits in half-tone o! the Queen, the royal family and the colonial governors and parliamentary leaders of the Biltish empire; and final ly, there were group porttalts of "the dominion ministry and of the separate provincial cabinets, together with a thorough exposition of Canadian his tory, resources and attractions. From the Journalistic standpoint this brilliant piece of workmanship, flne In all Its phases, compels our un qualified admiration. It may well be taken as colonial Journalism's best of fering to tho Jubilee. Yet the political reflection will arise that there Is a certain amount of Incongruity In the making of so much fuss In Toronto over a commemoration which Is to cul minate In far-off London, and which, all sentiment aside, will, so far as Canada Is concerned, 'represent only generous taxation, not, Indeed, as in an earlier American case, without repre sentation, .but certainly without ade quate benefit- With no wish to detract In the slightest from the festivity of the Eng lish celebration nor with a thought Qther than complimentary to the mag nificent empire which views In this kindly demonstration an unparalleled certification of successful colonization tou&hlng every shore and spanning ev )lry sga we cannot repress the Inquiry whether the. really smart-people In the dominion north of us the people like those whoso ability, enterprise iund clear comprehension of visible facts show through every Issue of tho To ronto Globe do not, In tho recesses of their consciousness, have moments of doubt as to whether Canada as one of the tails to a good natured but still rather superfluous monarchical kite- Is fulfilling In all respects the most dig nified. destiny under itho sun. That Englishmen and the sons of Englishmen should rejoice In the Jubl lco of England's queen Is natural and creditable. But have Canadians the same reason to? m When Aldrlch saw thoso Quay amendments he weakened. When It comes to tariff matters and appoint ments tho senior senator from Penn sylvania doesn't have to take a back scat for anybody. The Interest BUI a Law. By Its enactment of the Stewart In terest bill the legislature has brought to nn end one fruitful cause of com print, In this state. While under the former system of keeping tho state treasurer under bonds ample to pro tect th'e state against loss there has not been sacrifice of the common wealth's balances, It has been argued with evident truth that the mere safe1 keeping of the principal of state moneys on deposit was not all that the people have a right to expect. If tho banks In Philadelphia and Pittsburg nro willing to pay Interest on city de posits, a case Is Immediately establish ed why Interest convertible Into the state's own account should be required on state balances In bank. The bill which on Wednesday went to the governor secures to the state 2 per cent. Interest on the dally ex changes of the treasury In the scatter ed banks that take small sums from the commonwealth for deposit, and 1 per cent. Interest on the balances In the clx main depositaries where the bulk of the treasury business Is transacted. This arrangement represents a com promise between the faction which wanted all funds to bear 2 per cent. Interest and that which opposed the whole theory of Interest on state "bal ances; but It is reasonable and fair, and will undoubtedly satisfy public opinion. While 0. good deal of the hue and cry over this matter has been the artificial handiwork of politicians at war, and while It has not been proved that the finances of the state, so far as the treasurer's office Is concerned, have been conducted with more waste or carelessness than are Inevitable under the conditions of popular government, yet It Is well to have the clamor stilled and to secure to the state, at this time of diminished revenues, the In come which this Interest bill, will af ford. It Is too much to hbpo that the factional backbiting of the past few years will now cease; but If It will henceforth chose some new subject of wrangling and leave the good name of the treasury unbedaubed, n substantial benefit will hav? been gained. An excellent opportunity for guess work is supplied by tho closing of the Knorr-Wlntersteen trial. The one sure verdict, however, Is that Knorr be longs behind the bars. The One Inevitable Result. The article elsewhere reprinted from tho New York Sun giving the views of the London National Review upon the duty of tho United States toward Cuba Is instructive. This representative or gan of British public opinion takes the flat position that since the government at Washington, by means of the Mon roe doctrine, has forbidden the Inter vention of disinterested European powers in Cuba, In the behalf of hu manity, It must Itself accept this re sponsibility or be discredited. One other point In the London pa per's article Is Interesting. After mar veling at the moderation of the United States under circumstances In Cuba which compelled the withholding of the names of consuls reporting to the state department, lest these consuls should be mobbed by the Spanish, the Review very truthfully Intimates that It would be difficult to reconcile Englishmen to J such a situation. We hear much from Washington at present from unnamed cabinet officers and persons "high In authority" to the vague effect that President McKlnley has not yet begun to formulate a Cuban policy, and that under no circumstances does he contemplate the necessity of having to proceed beyond the peaceful processes of diplomatic negotiation with Spain. These smooth-sounding Interviews will do to take the edge off the Immediate situation and allay the anxiety of the commercial element; but any man acquainted with the his tory of the Cuban problem must by this time realize that soft soap will not work out the final solution. There is one end and only one end to expect and to prepare for. It may be leached soon or It may be long defer red, but when it does come It will take the form of force. Spain has got to be forced to let go the throat of Cuba and the United States Is the power which must do the forcing. You can wink and blink at this ugly fact as much as you please, but there It Is, and there It will remain. All the mushy negotia tion which shall Intervene will be sim ply the manoeuver for position which precedes the final encounter. McKlnley's election saw the first cleft In the solid south; and It looks as If McKlnley's administration would achieve the honor of Its complete dls- Integration. The Passing of Parkhurst. The formal announcement by Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst from his pul pit of his withdrawal from the posi tion of public reformer, save In so far as such a position Is Involved In his pastoral relation; In other words, the relinquishment by him of the custo dianship of publlo morals Involved In hla active presidency over the New York society for the suppression of vice, offers occasion for a brief word In estimate of his career. Dr. Parkhurst, we believe, was and Is sincere. He Is, for zeal, a man among ten thoutund. When he went out to the attack upon Tammany It meapt a fight, and In fights some ugly weapons must be used. He used some. It Is still ppen to question whetner he did not make a mistake In the choice of his -weapons. The "going Jnto hell for evidence," as ho expressed It, be fitted better a detective than a Chris tian minister, and tho participation in orgies with nude women, albeit under taken with a righteous Intent, set fire to vicious Imaginations and wrought great harm perhaps more harm than good. Still, Dr. Parkhurst gripped fast to his victim, and, through thick and thin, bulldog-like, held on until he land ed the culprit where he wanted him. Charles H. Parkhurst, at Infinite cost to himself, made It posslblo for the big city of New York to have one brief spasm of virtue, and If then he had stopped It would have been well. But he kept on. The spasm over, the par oxysm spent, vice and evil opened again at the old stand; Dr. Parkhurst tiled to repeat the attack, but It was burnt powder and the community rassed him by. It Is not Parkhurst's fault that his crusade ended In wreck and chaos. He did his part nobly. None In our day has done more brave ly, more daringly, more recklessly. The episode simply shows that the con tract of municipal purification Is Im possible of fulfilment until the good people are willing to work at It day through and night through, year In and year out, until it Is done. If the controllershlp law In counties like Luzerne shall be Interpreted to put Into the controller's discretion all let ting of contracts exceeding $160 In amount, what Is the uso of electing three county commissioners and pay ing them men's salaries to do merely boys' work? The Interposition of the New York police In tho Maher- Sharkey fight was clearly Justified If the published re ports of th'at fistic affair tell the truth. The law legalizing' boxing exhibitions was never Intended to cover the use of nominal gloves for knock-out pur poses. And now tho London National Re view calls 'Squire Smalley's contribu tions to the London Times "drivelling rubbish" and asks the Thunderer to "mitigate the blind ferocity of Its rep resentative In New York." Surqly here Is a casus belli. Mr. Calhoun's generous tribute to the sturdy and considerate Americanism of Consul General Lee's services In Cu ba simply confirms earlier Impressions. If you want to see a welcome, wait until Lee comes h'omel Ex-Secretary Carlisle has formed a law paitnershlp In New York, and therefore will be' In position to chirp to the Cleveland cuckoo chorus every time tho sage of Princeton needs a political ballet. Brazil has tried the government own ership of railroads and found It decep tive. Next! How Englishmen , Regard Weylerism From the New York Sun. In tho June. number of tho London Na tional Review, which represents more faithfully than any other English periodi cal tha views of the present Conservative government, tho editor discusses ut some length tho Cuban question. This, ho does, not because the present deplorable condi tion of Cuba or the future disposition of the island materially affects any British interest; but in the name of humanity, civilization, and decency he protests agulnst the further toleration by tho United States of the Inhuman methods of warfaro practiced by Weyler, not only with tho connivance but with the dellant approval of the Madrid authorities. He holds that it Is for the United States alone to Interpose, since 'they havo repeatedly warned European governmenta i.ot to meddle with the Queen of the Antilles. The National Review Is alive to the sin cerity and fervor of the agitation In this country for the deliverance of Cuba. It is compared for depth and Intensity to the Armenian agitation which convulsed Eng land last autumn, and Is pronounced Infi nitely moro disinterested than was tho Greek passion to liberate Crete. The fact Is noted that Cuba Is the same distance from Florida that Ireland is from Wales, or that Crete Is frcm Greece. The Review recalls with Indignation that when con scientious Americans ask, "How are we discharging the responsibilities which wo assumed when we bade Europe hold aloof?" they have been told "You mustn't speak too loud, or your consuls In Cuba will be atsasjtrated." Such an answer would certainly not have the effect of pacifying Englishmen under similar cir cumstances. To this British observer, who has been at great pains to acquaint himself with tho facts, It seems clear that, even If a miracle happened, und Spain at the elev enth hour triumphed over tho Insurrec tion, the island would be irretrievably ruined. It Is pointed out that Cuba wouM be saddled with a debt, the inter est on which would be $30,000,000 per an num, and with an army of occupation numbering, at least, 100.000 men, which, even under honest administration, would cost $75,000,000 annually; In fine, with oth er expenses, the total budget of tho Island would be over $100,000,000, for Cuba can expect no assistance from the mother country, which will have to repudiate her own obligations In any case. How would It be possible for the Island to sustain such a burden, seeing that It has never been able under the most favorable condi tions to produco more than $30,000,000 a year In fixes, and iho war has utterly de stroyed Its resources? As for the now reiterated promise of reforms, this is rec ognized by the National Review, no less than by all Intelligent Americans, as a mere ruse. SCANDAL AVERTED. From tho Philadelphia Press. TheRepubllcan senate caucus has ex hilarated Republicans end encouraged good men of all parties throughout the country. It relieves1 the party from the danger and odium of a sugar scandal and It assures the early completion of (tho tjarlfl legislation. Ever sln the sugar schedule was reported In the sen ate a cloud has hung over tho prospect. The complete abandonment of that sched ule both In ills principle and In its sub stance removes the most serious obstacle In tho pathway of tho bill and opens the way to rapid action and early settle ment. This gratifying result Is a triumph of earnest and outspoken publlo discussion. Whether the senate would have ac quiesced In the committee's sohedule If there had been no general protest, Is un certain; but what Is to Its credit la that U has promptly heeded the remonstrances and effectively killed the provision which the sugar trust desired. The action of a Republican committee did not of Itself command the assent of Republicans. They refused to accept a questionable measure from that eource un9ooner than from any other source. 1 ty treated It abso lutely upon s merits without regard to Its origin, and their objections have com pelled Its abandonment. The schedule as adopted by the caucus Is substantially the house provision. The difference Is not one of principle or meth od, but aolely one of rote at a single point and It ! a small difference. The differ- entail In favor of the refiners Is about one-ilxtecnth larger. It may give them a little more protection than they need In the judgment of thoso most conver sant with tho question It does give them an excess. But whether too much or not, it in an honest figure given with honest motives and bearing honcvt scrutiny. It was proposed by Senator Bpooner, whose attitude and relations on this subject are Irreproachable, and Us prompt and unani mous acceptance by the caucus speaks well for tho spirit and purposo of the Re publican senators If It Is a lltt'jo too high It may safely be left to be fought out In the conference commltteo with the representatives of tho house. Whether It shall stand or whether the lower) houso fraction shall bo finally adopted, tho action will be such as the pco. pie can understand and It, will be free from opprobrium. The new scnedule scaU ters the whole pestilent brood of ad val orem duties. It renounces and repudiates tho complex system of compound rates and returns to the simple. Intelligible and Just basis of specific duties. It obliterates the chance of undervaluation frauds and strips tho mask off from any scheme of concealed protection. The measure of duty will bo open and undisguised and tho government will know Just what It can count upon, and tho people will under stand Just what they are paying. We count this as the best day's work that has been dbno since the tariff bill left the house. It dlspo'.s the spectre or another sugar scandal which Republicans havo feared, and It vindicates the Integ rity and rectitude with which the party can deal with a question' fraught with corruption and danger. The resolution of Iho senators to stand together pre pares the way for an early conclusion. There will doubtless be provisions in the bill to which objection can fairly be mado. But they will not have tho taint of cor ruption, end differences of detail can well bo overlooked In a measure generally ac ceptable and can well be subordinated to the advantage of a prompt settlement. TAUGHT BY fcXFEMENCE. From the Allegheny Record. The action of Brazil In abandoning fctato ownership of railroads must attract at tention of all students of socialism. Tho attempt of tho Brazilian government to make the railroads profitable has not been successful financlallly, and it has re cently offered to lease tho entire sys successful financially, and It has re. sponsible company that would pay a bonus of $70,000,000, this banue to cover the rental of the tracks, rolling stock and othr properly pertaining to tho railways for a term of fifty years, to be accom panied by guarantees to restore the prop erty In good order at the end of that pe riod. No further obligation Is incurred, except the ordinary taxes. Two syndi catesone composed of German capital ists, in which Henry Krupp, the gun man ufactuier, was prominent, and '.he other of English bankers who already havo large Interests In Brazil and other South American companies presented Informal proposals which, however, did not comply with tho conditions, and were not con sidered by the authorities. Some of tho Brazilian roads which used to pay divi dends before tho government took con trol began to run behind almost Imme diately upon the assumption of govern ment ownership. Thus tho Central rail road, which formerly paid a 9 per cent, dividend, has been costing tho govern ment $2,000,000 of $3,000,000 more than it earned. This is true In measure of the other roads. THE FOOL AND HIS HIKE. From the Philadelphia Press. There Is no disposition to decry the bi cycle. It Is an improvement in the meth ods of locomotion which has come to stay until something better is Invented. As a means for healthful exercise and for get ting about It Is so long an advance over old methods that It is likely to hold its own for many years. But there Is a vust difference between a reasonable, watch ful man or woman on a bicycle and a fool on a bike. The former has some sensible object in view, either exercise, general pleasure or business, but the latter ex ists simply to astonish peoplo at the risks he can run and tho number of persons he can Just scrape running over; and some times he falls to escape the latter. Tho latest fad of a fool on a bike is to rldo "hands off." This, of course, increases the risk to both rider and pedestrian and makes It so much "funnier" for the for mer. If an accident occurs, why that Is tho lookout of any one except the fool on a bike. THE WORM TUliaS. From the Times-Herald. Ambrose Biercc, the California war horse, appears to havo been fouled by somo careless book reviewer, for ho sweetly remarks that "the regulation book-whacker Is the anile, lnsulsc, nuga clous and hebett dlnous fabrication of somo celestial futllltarlan who, sleeping through tho six days of creation, awoke to a sluggish activity on tho seventh, grabbed tho first gob of mud that came to hand, fashioned It Into an amorphous Thing, and finding all existing beasts bud. Ject to Man bespoke for It a. narrow do minion over the tardy mule." Now, will the critics be goodl A PANGEKOUS POLICY. From the Washington Post. There Is not a politician of any party in congress, there Is ndt a newspaper man who Is In contact with congressmen, there is no man onywhero who has a linger on the public pulse who does not believe that any party, going to the peoplo on a platform demanding the retirement of the greenbacks, would be overwhelmingly defeated. And that defeat would bring In the party that stands for free silver, as well as Its ally that stands for unlim ited Jssucs of paper currency. TAiurr rmsT; cuha next. From the Washington Star. The situation In Its proper analysis Is simple. With the tariff bill out of the way, the case of Cuba will stand In Its Just relation to American interests and sympathies. TOLD BY THE STARS. Daily Horoscope Drawn by AJncchus, Tho Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabo Cast: 3.-6 a. m., for Friday, June 11, 1S87. M 3 It will be apparent to a child born on this day that the sanitary officer will need a rubber neck If he keeps track of all the dirty people of Scranton this sum mer. The man who leans against tho aver age bar In contemplation of the "free lunch" taketh his stomach In his hand so to (peak. A cow-beU on a bicycle may generally be taken as an Indication that the rider has hoofs. When a real estate boomer begins to tell what a pleasant country this Is It makes one want to live foverer. 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