-," h THE SCRAON" TRIBUinB-WEDNESDAY MORNING-, JUXY 1J, 1897. . ..Iilljsml vekljr. No Similar Edition, r . w ' " Ily'The Tribune Publlthlng Company. WILLtAM CONNELL, 1'resldonU VS. Vcik rtprwonlatlvii! niANK a anAY co, room Trlbnna Dullfllnc, Now York Cltr. SUBSCRIPTION PRICDI Dollv..! S" cent a month. Weekly $1.00 a year. IMIPED J.T Till rOSTOFTICB AT SCIUNTOH. PA.. AS CICOtW-CLABS UAIL MATTER. TEN PAGES. SCUANTON, JULY 14, 1S97. ;For the Thirteenth to carry off camp honors Is not a novelty, by nny means; hut tho fact that It Is dolnc It again at Gietna shows that It Is kccplnu Its hand In. . Let Us Have Peace. y?e trust that the reports of another break between Oovernor HastlnCT and Senator Quay are without substan tial foundation. That they are great ly exasperated Is not open to doubt. j"yheji thehf two eminent Itepubll tans fell out two years ago, a warfare was predicted which affected the com monwealth from centre to rlrcum ferenco ninil Imposed a tremendous strain upon the party's vitality. It Is Iho" belief of many, formed nfter a careful study of tho situation from gopd points of observation, tihnt that BtriiKBle could have been averted had the principals In It come together frankly. If there Is any friction now, theHeson o'f tho earlier mistake should bo heeded. " Tho Republican party In Pennsyl vania Is apparently Is Its own worst enemy. It ilnds It so easy to make away with tho I'opocratlo enemy that wtttm that Is done a surplus of pug nacity Is left unprovided for, and this usually works out In a factional row. Wo have had two of these rows In two years. True, the party majority hasn't suffered, for the enemy was sim ultaneously having troubles of Its own; buflne effects of the factionalism have outcropped In much vicious legislation and bad blood. We cannot expect the opposition always to favor us by re maining also at each other's throats. Our Judgment Is that the present talk of friction is emphasized for a purpose. There are possibly those who would like to get Quay and Hastings on the outs. Hut the best Republicanism these days Is that which considers the party's Interests first, and If this pre vails there will be no trouble. The best adjustment of the miners' strike which can be made as conditions stand Is being made at Washington by the men who are putting the finishing touches on the Dlngley bill. The Lehigh Valley Change. The retirement of Kllsha P. Wilbur from and the accession of Alfred Wal ter to the presidency of tho Lehigh Valley Railroad company fulfill predic tions that the accession of J. P. Morgan & Co. to the control of this valuable property would bo followed by a greater attention than has been paid In the rast to the needs and Interests of the anthracite coal trade. Mr. Wal ter, the new executive, has for the past thrpo years been In direct touch with tlin anthracite problem as man ager of the Coxe estate and president of the Coxe railroad; and this fact, coupled with Ills general experience and ability a3 a railway manager, pointed to him as belns peculiarly fit ted to put the new policy Into success ful nd Intelligent execution. The change comes 11s a welcome relief to Mr. Wilbur, whosa advanced years and multiplying outside Interests had for some time conveyed to his Judg ment the wisdom of an early retire ment. The splendid condition of the passenger and general freight traffic of the road and Its widespread popu larity attest the efllclency of his work as tho road's directing head and con stitute a record of which he may well bo proud. That some modifications of policy with reference to tho coal In terests were thought advisable Involves no reflection upon Mr. Wilbur, but Is rathf-r an Incident of a centralization of control over the coal carrying prop erties which was until recently deem ed an Impossibility. Too much one-horse politics and too little horse sense aro what Is the mat ter with our legislatures. Far Guards to Citizenship. No more Important matter presses for regulation In this state than the one Indicated In the resolutions of the Schuylkill county bar association print ed on another page. The protection of American citizenship by the Interposi tion of stringent safeguards In natural ization Is Imperative. We have got to face this fact sooner or later, and the sooner wo face It with decision, the better for ull concerned. The new nllen tax law has made citi zens jat hundreds', possibly thousands, of aliens In Pennsylvania who aro not fit for citizenship, and who will not value citizenship when they exercise It. It has done this because the different courts, with a few honorable excep tions,, havo heretofore been too timid or too negligent to carry out the spirit of our naturalization laws by making careful Inquiry Into the applicant's fitness. We all condemn Ignorance and venality at the polls and in the pro cessesr of government, yet here is a Judiciary that, in not less than two counties out of each three, makes little or no attempt to safeguard citizenship, but naturalizes every male alien that comesUIong. When an alien cannot get through tho bars In one county, all he has to do In many Instances Is to cross the county line and approach the courts of tho next county along tho lines of Its political bias, and a grant of citizenship Is assured. Such a low valuation of the naturalization functlqn should bo considered intol erable. Tho tlnio has corao for an Indignant public .sentiment to call a halt on this laxity. Tho requirements set forth In tho resolutions at Pottsvlllo aro none too drastic. If the man who seeks for sovereign-power and responsibility In this country Is not capable of pro paring himself to bo of usefulness to the country when made a citizen of It, then his petition for naturalization should be rejected and no tears shed. Tho Idea that we may with Impunity take Into civic fellowship every male specimen of the proper age that shows his face on Yankee soil belongs to a Period of our national history which long cro this we should havo out grown. - - McKlnley will bo renominated. That In already as plain ns anything In the future can be. But It will bo In response, not to the manoouvers of the politic ians, but to the demands of the people. Ho was before and will be again the pcoplo's candidate. The Detroit Convention. If there Is a force In connection with party government which thus far has labored toward public ends unselfishly and from a sense of duty, It Is the or ganization which Is now holding a na tional convention at Detroit, the Re publican league of clubs. As Individ uals Its members may have shown the aptitude for self-assertion which per vades politicians generally, but ns an organization the league has held fast to Its mission as a non-factional and non-dlctatorlal party auxiliary; has done with the enthusiasm of volunteers much of tho hard routine work of po litical organization and battle; and has taken Its reward In satisfaction at the triumph of Republican principles. During the national contest of last year It Is no exaggeration to say that the league was the most effective slngla Instrumentality In the hands of the party manogers. It offered Itself as a convenient and trustworthy vehicle for the distribution of literature; It ar langed for local meetings In all parts of the country; It conducted canvasses of doubtful territory and Indicated to the national committee weak places In the battle line; and finally on elec tion day Its vast membership was avallabletwlthout expense as a icserve force to man tho polls and see to the getting out of tho party vote. In other words. It proved Itself not an orna ment, as some had feaied might bo Its destiny, but a very valuable utility, to which every citizen is Indebted who believes In tho doctrines that Repub licanism represents. It Is especially worthy of note that the leacue leaders who successfully captained this great auxiliary force last fall are not today among the sup plicants for office at Washington. They are in the saddle, shaping the rank and file for the coming engagement nnd keeping their powder dry. It is pos sible that In such n fidelity to party Interests they are setting a valuable example to some of the older war horses who appear Just at present to care less for fight than feed. It has been well said that tho object of education should be to reduce the tuition fees In the school of experience; but we fear that too often It tends to incieose them. Two Celebrated Jturdcr Cases. Such murder cases as those of Gul densuppe In New York and Mrs. Ben ham In Batavla. throw a large doubt upon the proposition that civilization sufficiently clvlllzos. With tho facts In the former case the public hereabouts Is quite familiar, but the latter Is less known and may justify a brief review. Young Benham of Batavla is a banker who on August 4, 1S94, ran nway with Florence Tout, a IC-year-old heiress of Bvron. N. Y., and mnrrled her. On tho girl's part the marriage was undoubtedly one of love, for until her death she adored her husband; but on Bcnham's part cupidity seems to have been tho chief magnet. In the latter part of last December Mrs. Ben ham was taken violently sick, showing symptoms of poisoning. She died eight days later. In her stomach were found traces of prussic acid. It has developed since that Uenham purchased prussic acid nt about that time and seemed Interested In lt& toxic effect. The most sensational part of tho trial of Benham for the murder of his wife Is tho tes timony charging him with having for several months prolr to Mrs. Renham's death maintained relations of sus picious Intimacy with another woman, a Miss Wlard, who comes of a wealthy and prominent family. It Is shown that Renham repeatedly went driving with Miss Wlard, took journeys by rail with her Involving an absence of days and declared his wish to marry her if free. Miss Wlard has fled from the neigh borhood to avoid tho shame of being forced to testify In court; and yet it appears that while Mrs. Benham was alive she professed to be her friend. In the case of Thome and Mrs. Nnck we have two criminals of the lowest antecedents, who represent tho out and out brutaltsm In human nature. Mrs. Nack has for years been a prostitute and nn abortionist, and Thorne a "sport" nnd a tough. That they should put a low value on the life of a person whom they wished out of tho way Is not peculiar. But In the case of Ben ham and May Wlard we have two in dividuals coming from the most favor able surroundings, both persons of edu cation and ostensible refinement; tho one married to a woman who wor shipped him; the other pretending to be that woman's friend. Wealth, posi tion and leadership in business and social affairs called for from these two persons an exemplary life, yet they appear to have chosen the criminal path without a pang of compunction or regret; and their case Is probably typi cal of many others not made public by scandal or revealed crime. There is no particular need to mor alize upon these facts. They carry their own lesson. But Is there not something faulty In a system of education and social development which turns out smart products like Benham and May Wlard, without developing in them a perceptlblo sense of right and wrong? Governor Hastings evidently thinks he- is entitled to speak for himself. Killing the Egg-laying (loose. The state of Florida has evidently de termined to reduce the subject of state supervision of railways to a burlesque. An act recently passed by the Florida legislature, creating a State Railroad commission, confers powers upon the commission which are practically with out limit. It can fix rates, orderljhe construction of passenger Btatlong,nd has authority to regulate railway schedules, and to say at wh time trains must crrlve at ana depart from a given point. To the commission, which Is composed of a lawyer, a rail road man and a fnrmcr, must bo re ported every transaction mado In tho course of business, and books must bo kept open for their Inspection. The railroads aro nlso required to notify tho commission of every freo pass they Isruo and to whom. In short, tho com mission Is tho absolute arbiter of tho railroad business In Florida, leaving the owners but little more privilege than the paying of salaries, and even thnt privilege Is slightly trenched upon, because the companies arc required to report their salary list to tho com mission. It Is a reasonable Inference from this that In caso the commission found the salaries too high It would feel Itself Justified In suggesting a re duction. The absurdity of such a sweeping ex emplification of state socialism Is clearly pointed out by Robert P. Por ter In an article In the New York Mall and Express. "Railroads In Florida," says he, "need encouragement, not re straint. The volume of railroad busi ness In the state Is very small, the dis tance verv ureat, and there Is no through business. No traffic passenger or frelcht passes from one state Into another through Florida. There Is noth. Ing south or east of Florida to and from which traffic Is taken, conse quently the roads have to rely on local business, nnd, ns this Is small nnd much spread out, comparatively steep rates have to be charged to clear ex penses. If the idea of the Florida legis lature was to stop railroad building, th'elr object tuny bo said to bo attain ed. For tho outlook for building a rail road In a stnte whose commissioners prnctlcally take charge of the most Im portant function In connection with running them, namely, the fixing of rates, is not such as to offer any temp tation to capitalists to invest their money there." We should Imagine that this act would speedily fall down If brought for review before any honest court. For a man who Is on the verge of suppression It must be admitted that General AVeyler Is keeping a stiff upper "P. Why More Men Do Not Marry. From tha Providence Journal. Mrs. Kato Gannett Wells, who lias evidently made a study of the matter, tells us In tho North American Review why more men do not marry.They aro detened by tho bogle of-expense to be gin with. Our modern way of living Is so much more elaborate than that of a former generation, wo lncludo so many things In. our llct of necessities that our fathers nnd mothers regarded as luxuries, thnt It costs a great deal more to sup port a houiehoM than formerly. Hy gienic sclenco demands better sanitation, larger sleeping rooms, and a multitude of Improvements of which tho people of un earlier period did not Cream. TI19 social requirements of the average family aro Increasing every year, tho outlny for nmuse.nonts Is growing, tho popularity of outdoor sports constitutes an Impor tant drain. Most young men are nblo to get nlong comfortably on tho Income they have, hut they shrink from tho effort to make It do for two. They listen respect fully to the mnritnl enthusiasts who In sist that they will save moro money af ter they aro married, but decline to bo convinced by this argument. o Tho slimmer girl, according to Mrs. Wells, has un adverse itifluenco upon tho Inclination of most men to marry. "Sno fastens like a parnsite on the tender col lege youth and adores his fresh young ninn'Jness. She leads' htm a Jig In tho dance of hit feelings, too wary to accept moro thnn bonLcns, nnd ready tc hold him In leash as a brother when he runs to pcntlmsnt. Ono or two such experi ences teach him In turn, as ho grows old er, tho art of flirtatious fencing nnd of breaking otf In the middle of a declara tion. At tho end of n season his vnnity has not been hurt by n. refusal, and her conscience consoles htr for not having brought him to tho point." It Is only natural that after, a Utile of this the young man slrould lose something of his zebt for marriage, and prefer a "test of his emotions which will not culminate in the fixity of feeling ipqulsite for a wed ding." Tho summer girl, if wo are to bellevo Mis. Wells, has destroyed his ability to love but one person steadily. 0 The higher education which has now become so common, acts as a forcible de terrent In the tamo direction. It used to bo a custom among college graduates to announce their engagement on class day. Now many of them look forward to a lengthy course In a professional school, and to a subsequent struggle for a suit able Income. Hy tho time they feel they aro In a poslt'on to marry they have be como set in their bachelor ways, ovcr partlculnr about tho girl of their choice, perhaps, and moro Inclined to postpono thel wedding day. In a similar way club-llfo militates' against marriage. So many comforts may bo obtained at his club, and without tho worry Incident lo tho management of a house of his own, that many a man sees no need to change his condition. Ho likes tho trained obeis nnco of tho club attendants. Ha enjoys tho freedom he knows ho would bo com pelled to sacrifice If ho were to marry. "Club life provides that easy affluence, pors-onal Independence and gratification of tho palato which a fellow on a small salary can command as a bachelor, but which would bo Impossible If ho had a wife, even If both lived a la carte, that unsatisfactory process of mental jug gling by which two persons mako be Hove that each has had enough when both aro still hungry." o Theso and other considerations, says Mrs. Wells, deter many men from mar rying, but tho fn;t remains that muU men do marrj, and that when a man falla In lovo In what has coma to bo called tho old-fashioned way, ho usually asks tho woman to havo him. What sho is In clined to say about It is nnotner story. Mrs. Wells or some other observer might now proceed to tell us why tho numb5 of women who do not look forward to marriage ns their matter-of-course Uce tlny Is Increasing. TWO EMOTIONAL WO.IIUN. From tho Youth's Companion. If the men who become the objects of hero-worship could seo the evidence of tho feeling they Inspire tuey would pos sibly bo even more reconciled to leaving this sphcro for any other, better or worse. Sometimes they do know; and then they need to cxerclso abudant charity. An American who has lived much abroad sayH that ho wns present on 0110 occasion when a countrywoman of his own met n famous poet. She, saw the object of her Idolatry. Sho rushed for ward and Btruck nn attitude. "And Is It possible," sho cried dramat ically, "that I look upon Drowning?" Ono feels that Dr. Johnson, In tho same circumstances, would havo romarked grullly, "Don't bo a fool, madam!" Again, thoro aro times when pathos Is showered only upon tho dead. T. F. 811 leck says that on ono of hlH holiday ex cursions ho visited Mount Vernon, and thero In tho grounds ho camo upon a mtdd!-aeed lady kneeling before a building nt some dlstanco from tho mon ument. She was bathed In tears. Mr, 811 lick Walked up to her and asked her If she wcro In trouble. "No, sir," she said, "thank you very much. I am not In trouble, but my patrlotlo feelings overcome mo when ,1 gaze upon the tomb of tho Father of his. Country." . "I qulto understand," snld Mr. Sll leek, gently, "hut, my dear mndam, you have made a mlMnke. This Is not tho tomb of WnRhlngton. It Is over yonder. This Is Mm Icehouse" And drying her tears tho lady moved nwny, STANDS HY TIIIJ MINIMIS. Washington Special, Philadelphia Press. Representative William Council, cf Scranton, Is very much Interested In tho pi ogress of tho coal miners Ptrlko. He In a large operator himself, but In this contest e.xprcptcs sympathy with tho strikers. "Tho miners aro In the right," said Mr. Connell, this evening, to thfr Press correspondent. "The operators have al lowed themselves to enter Into such com petition as to reduce tho price of conl to a point at which they could not afford to pay tho miners fair nnd reasonable wages. There was only ono course open nnd thnt was for tho miners to strike. "The operutors should never havo al lowed the strlko to tako place. Their remedy was to keep tho prlco of coal at a figure which woul 1 Justify them In paying their miners reaionblo compensa tion. The reduction In tho price of coal Is not only a burden In the bituminous regions, but extendi to the anthracite ns well, as tho smaller sizes of hnrd coal, slack, etc., como Into competition with the bituminous. "I think tho miners are Justified In tak Ing the cour?o they hnvo. If they aro wlso and maintain nn orderly course I havo no doubt they will succeed." a sujn or iu:tti:k times. From tho Philadelphia Press. AVlth tho promise and the dawn of bet ter times comes tho proclamation of a big strike. They go together. In flush times strikes aro tho order of tho day, nnd prevent both employers nnd employed from mnklng the most of favorable op portunities. It was men who wcro mak ing $18 a. day thnt precipitated the dls nstrous Homestead stilke In 1S32. Cleve land's sect nd administration was almost freo from Mrlkes. Tho country had re pose, but It was tho repoo of death. When there aro no orders and no buyers, when mills nro silent, mines aro closed and thousands of worklngmen aro Idl9 the country has trouble enough, but it at least escapes protracted labor strikes. OVERDOING THE THING. From the Springfield Republican. Dr. Pearsons, who has given much to many colleges, states In a public uddress that he Is visited by collego presidents about once a day with the question, "Why don't you glvo something to us?" or "Can't you help 111 a llttlo further?" They fairly camp out In his ynrd, nnd send telegrams of congratulation on his birthdays, nnd watch his every move ment. The average college president of the day Is getting to bo known to every person of considerable means, and his coming Is ns much to bo expected ns that of tho book ngent. What effect this must havo on tho colleglato Instruction Is obvious. Kvery prejudice of the wealthy Is to bo consulted nnd every weakness considered. The professor must sit In tho class-room with one eyo al ways on tho sources of possible funds. CHOOSING PARTNERS. From tho Warren Mirror. A noso party Is tho latest. Holes nro cut In a sheet large enough to ndmlt a good-sized nose. Half of tho patty get behind It, and fcr a moment there Is a varying assortment of proboscises on ex hibition, ranging from turn-up pug to tho needle-pointed creation searcher. The outside party solects the nose, and tho owner thereof Is his partner for tho even ing. INFORMATION. From the Indianapolis Journal. "Iirlng me," said the geutlcmnn with tho Clan-na-Gael countenance, as ho pointed to tho lobster In the show window, "bring me wan av thlm Informers." "Why do you call them Informers, Casey?" asked his companion. "lledad, they wenr th' green to begin wld, nnd put on tho red coat as soon as they get Into hot water." THE WAITING ANGEL. A phantcm Dcatman touches on our shore. Hushed be our hearts, and sealed our lips In prayer; We did did not hear the dip of hl3 light oar, Yet know we, ho waits thero. No clanking chain, no beating of tho wave, No billow brenklng 'gainst tho rock bound shore; Ho patient stands and whispers: "O be brave! Nor fear the surges' roar." O dear beloved, thou must go alone. Alone, with this strange Boatman, on tho breast Of that mysterious River nyt e'en ono Who loves thee, o'er Its crest. May follow, and support thy wasted form, Or help to steady thy white, tender feet. Down toward tho brink of that swift stream unknown, This Pilot pale, to meet. We speechless stay, so powerless to aid, Though stretching empty hands Into the dark, To clasp thine own, yet know thou'rt un afraid To enter this close barque. And buffet tho cold waves of the 'wild deep; Thou who wast ever fondly cherished here. Lest sable Grief should o'er thy spirit creep, But cannot shield theo thero. From thy sick bed, thou must depart alone; Thy path Inscrutable we may not sec; Nor cans't thou tarry for our plaintive moin, Tho Rontman waits for theo. Alone! alone! out o'er tho starless sea! No ono to hnll theo crossing to you side. No voice to greet, till In Eternity, Thy soul Is glorified. Wo dumbly sit, and watch where thou hast Iain, All animate with Life's most precious wlr.e, To find a marble cist, chiseled by Pain Rut Heaven r.nd Peace are thine. Mary W. Carman, In Post-Express. 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