Wiri4jl-i,tt1 mp Sgj,- .$ WWH19wi tW:V"Vr " - T " - " nr " WVlrp ,W4't ."" i V W(Pirt ' t TrtiSTft'7'5'" ' m,'s,fvv f iwt'J'r'jfcJF",-,4'"' "j- rf-mfi " wm - v3 THE 80RANTON TRIBUNE- SATURDAY lOttNTNGK SEPTEMBER 11, 183T. (Se jScranfon CriBune Xtll) snd Weekly. No Bandar Edition. By The Tribune Publishing Componjr. WILLIAM CONNELL, lTMlilont SUUSCRIPTION I'KICEl Dally 50 cents a month, W eckly Ji.oo o year. 1MIRID AT THf rOSTOrrmi AT SCRANTO.t. PA.. A3 tlCOND-CtASS MAIL UATTXIL TWELVE PAGES, SCRANTON, SEPTEMBER 11, lSDT THE REPUBLICAN TICKET. , Stutc. Btalo Treasuri'r-J. S. BEACOM, of WeBtmorfclnr.d. Auditor General-LEVI G. M'CAULEY, of Chester. County Sherlff-CLARENCE C FRYOR, of Scranton. District Attorn'y-JOHN n. JONES, of Blakely. Prothonotary JOHN COFELAND, of Carbondalo. Treasurer-V. S. LANGSTAFF, of Soran ton. Clerk of tho Courts THOMAS P. DAN IELS, of Scranton. Recorder - CHARLES HUESTER, of Scranton. ReBlBter WILLIAM K. BECK, of Slos cou. Jury Commissioner -CHARLES WIG GINS, of Scrantcn. Election day, November 2. The circulation of tho Truth Is more than ten thousand copies every day Kreater than that of the Scranton Trio tine. Scranton Truth. If tho esteemed Truth can prove thnt there has 1ecn a week In 1897 durlnp which Its paid circulation has nvernRed C.OOO copies dally The Trihune will muke Its editor a present of a, fine red apple. Cleanse the Civil Service. Tho announcement that at the ap proaching session of congress a con certed and final attack will bo made by opponents of the examination sys tem upon the curious thlnff called by courtesy civil service "reform" is In teresting but not unexpected. Sooner or later this Issue had to come up and an end be made of the shamming which both parties have lonjr been practicing in deference to tho unenllRhtenment of the multitude concerning the actual op eration of the civil service laws. Study of the civil' service "reform" system at close range does away with many of the predilections which are acquired in favor of that system by those who derive their knowledge of the subject principally from the theoretical discussions and eulogies printed In the ftlugwump magazines. What Is catch ily called the merit system is seen to be, In fact, about as little endowed with substantial merit as could well be; dis covery is made that absurd examina tions involving mainly memory tests form one of the least effective of pos sible means of discovering in the candi date for federal employment qualities such as are most desirable in the civil service; and back of these structural defects in the system Itself Is discern ible a tangled mass of fraud, strategy and deception In the system's applica tion sufllclent to dl&gust the honest student and cause him to prefer to such ramified humbuggery the frank and nlwe-board spoils syestem.be Its faults whatever they may. This being the cold fact as dis tinguished from the theatrical pretence with reference to this matter, and it being moreover true that nine members of consress and heads of departments out of every ten secretly curse the day which made them parties to the civil service reform humbug and long to breathe an atmosphere cleared of false representation and studied deception, there appears to be no convincing rea son why the effort should not be made at the forthcoming session, either to se cure substantial modification of the civil service laws in the interest of political and private decency, or, falling that, to wipe out the whole hypocritical business and begin anew. At thic rate Mulberry street will more likely be paved with disappoint ments. The New Capitol Wrangle. Unless there are material facts of vhlch th'e public has not yet got pos session, the case presented by the gov ernor in the matter of the acceptance of plans for the new capltol at Harris burg will receive practically unanimous popular indorsement. Ills side of the controversy offers a clean bill of health. It vas he who In the first place halted tin.- tendency of the legislature to In volve tho commonwealth' in lavish ex pense and delay in the construction of the new building; It was he who insist ed that the total new cost should not exceed $500,000 and it was he who finally applied the prod which resulted In a hastening of the work of sccuiins for examination competitive designs. Eight of these designs having been approved by expert architects as feasi ble and desirable within the expense limit previously agreed upon, the posi tion of the Kovernor that one of these eight plans should be chosen and tho commencement of construction work expedited so that thf completed capltol may be in readiness for use by the next legislature, is self-ovldently sensible and wis?, while the attitude of the other members of the now capltol commission In demanding new plans seems calcu lated only to spcure delay. If It be true, as hub been hinted, that the Intent of thoso who favor delay is to secure from the next legislature and governor Im portant extensions ot tho capItol's original scope, with corresponding In crease of the money to be expended, It may ns well be understood first as last that this expectation will not be leal l.d. Tho expression of public opinion In favor of economy and honesty in this work has already been emphatic, but if there shall be provocation of further emphasis it will bo forthcoming. In view of strategic considerations no 1ps than of those of fundamental pro priety and fair-deallnir H seems to us that those members of the commission who havn gone counter to the governor ha'o elected to occupy unfortunate ground. If It shall appear that they rep lescnt the Quay position then it will be thn senior snator who will again, us has so frequently besn true In the past, buffer becausp of tha mistakes of frlendH. His attitude', -we 'foci sure, la not of the chlp-an-h,o,uld,er !l,nd, and it u, . l,i Is unfair toihlm to have wronfr Impres sions created hy lieutenants acting ml tnkcnly on their own responsibility. Speculation In wheat evidently over did Itself and like the frog that sought to puff up as big as an elephant It broke and went to pieces. But legiti mate and bona fide trading in wheat has yet to record Its maximum price, and a dollar will not bound it nor even $1.10. i . , The Lattlmer R'ot In view of the bloodshed yesterday near Lattlmer, the authentic details of which are Insufficiently known at this writing to warrant specific Judgment, certain general truths may with pro priety be affirmed. (1) The right of employes to quit work nt will, except when bound by contrnct, is Indisputable. (2) The right of men who elect to quit work to persuade comrades In toll also to quit Is equally clear. (3) Strikers have no right to trespass on property entrance to which has been forbidden them. (4) The officers of the law are to bo upheld In their efforts to prevent a vio lation of the law and tho law's suprem acy is of the utmost Importance. Prudent worklngmen will deplore the substitution of brute force for reason; but when the blind force of a frenzied mob Is pitted against tho organized forces of law and order, sane sympathy must be with the latter. Much better In every respect has been the conduct of the bituminous strikers In avoiding lawlessness and In relying upon the public's sense of fair play to secure for their cause Just treatment. "Resolved, That the platform adopted at tho National convention of Democ racy In 1896 be endorsed fully and without reserve." Plank Second in the Platform of tho Lackawanna Democ racy, adopted Aug. 21, 1S97. Marriage and Divorce. A group of men and women In Boston are trying to establish in that city a branch of the English Legitimation league. The object of this league Is to ubollsh the manlage ceremony and sub. stltute for It a contract dissoluble at will, by which the man and the woman shall agree to live together as husband and wife and to tecognlze as legitimate any children that may be born of the union. The president of the Boston branch, Oswald Dawson, explains his views as follows: I disbelieve in the promise for life. 1 don't believe that tho Ftate has any con cern In the relations of the sexes, In the first place, und, in the second place, I don't consider, even If it were right for tho sta'e to lt.terfere, that It should make tho contrnct blrdlng for life. If the state made, divorce as easy as marriage and as inexpensive, then I don't think I should say that I objected to the Institution of marriage. 1 don't expect to bo popular In this generation, nor do I expect that legislatures will recognize us in this gen eration. I am not s-o much attempting to alter the lrw at present as to ilpen public opinion in the matter until it Is tlmo to move. Mr. Dawson's modesty is In refresh ing contiast with the proverbial 'ego tism of reformers of his type. But modesty In the proponent of such a doctrine will not Insure Its acceptance by any considerable number of people. The Institution of marriage Is not an accident but an evolution; It exists be cause the experience of centuries proves It to be the most stable and beneficent safeguard of the domestic relations. That It Is occasionally abused; that the legal permanence of wedlock Is often made the instrument of cruelty and tyranny on tho part of those Joined together by marriage does not argue that the institution is de fective in Itself; for these cases are merely the inevitable exceptions to a rule of happy and wholesome life unions. They point to the need, not of the abolition of marriage, but to the intelligent adjustment of legislation governing divorce. We condemn hasty and easy divorces, but believe that it would be to the In terest of societv to admit as sufficient ground for the nullification of the mar riage contract any clearly proved and long-continued conduct by either party to that contract calculated to render the union one of hatred, suspicion or misery. There Is room In a number of our states for an intelligent broaden ing of the function of divorce, just as in a few other states there is need of an equally intelligent contraction of it. As a general proposition It may with propriety be affirmed that It Is not the duty of the state through legislation to compel couples to live together whose only tie is the tie of tho mar riage certificate; for in Buch cases the sanctity which should characterize family life cannot be maintained and the sure result will be not only un happlness to parents but Injustice to children. Reformer Sweeney has this consola tion. Common council may sit down hard on his committee report, but It cannot prevent him from making re form a personal practice. Postal Savings Bank. Tho widespread and widening i.fj'ta tlon for postal savings banks, although chiefly the creation of one enterpris ing Chicago Journalist, Mr. Lawson, owner and publisher of tho Record, has already enlisted the tongues and pens of many senators and representatives who will work next winter for definite legislation on the subject. One of the most prominent of these is Senator Mason, of Illinois, who in tho September Issue of the magazine called New Time condenses some of the arguments In fa vor of these institutions of the people. Flrht as to tho need of postal savings banks Senator Mason recalls tho sta tistics collected by Postmaster General Wannmaker, which show that the average distance of savings banks from postoffices Is ten miles In New Eng land, twenty-flve miles In tho Middle states, thlrty-three miles In the South em states, twenty-six miles In tho Western states and fifty-two miles In ths Pacific states. These distances he contends are practically prohlbltlvo to a largu proportion of Americans, and It may, he thinks, bo safely asserted that fully DO per cent, of tho popula tion of tho United States lives twenty flvo miles or more from a bank. It Is this in the senator's opinion that cauoes the hoarding of wealth which with draws much of the circulating medium from the purpose for which It Is In tended, and this drain Is a vital cause of the scarcity of money of which there Is much complaint. Again, postal savings banks offer new facilities for those who need the great est encouragement to thrift those who would deposit small sums. Most pri vate savings banks do not caro to bo bothered with Individual deposits under $10, and national banks offer no in ducement to depositors whoso accounts are below $100; but the contemplated scheme of postal savings would make every penny count and extend nn In centive to all classes In tho community to economize In tho thousand and one little, directions that go to make up the difference between failure and success. Then ns to safety Senator Mason points out thnt since the organization of the first national bank, according to Comp troller Eckles' last report, 330 nation al banks hnve failed, and tho average percentage paid to their depositors was 75. Dining the same period 1,234, or four times ns many other banks failed, and the depositors In them got less than half their money lack. "But," snys he, "suppose the government It self undertook the caro of the savings ot tho mnsfes? 'Whoever hcord of tho government falling? The very Idea Is sufficient to cause a smile by Its pre posterousnoss." In conclusion the senator offers as the sircat moral and economic reason for the speedy establishment of gov ernment postal savings banks the fact that "each man or woman who linn a dollar In the hands of the government becomes a cash, stockholder in tho grandest corporation in the world, the United States of America," and ho might hnve added, derives from the fact of such lelntlonshlp a new con cern In tho welfare of tho government nnd an added incentive to the prompt and faithful performance of civic du ties. "What would It profit the New York non-partisans If as a consequence of their prevlousnes-s Tammany should again capture control of the city? That seems Just now to be Tammany's destined good luck a gift of power bo cause of the unreasonableness of the Platt-hating Mugwumps. Suppose, Commodore Singerly, that the nominees of the Reading conven tion could be elected. Would you, as a business man, trust them on the Read ing platform or feel safe with the In fluences that won at Reading domi nant nt Harrlsburg? Here is a fair question; let us have a frank answer. Misfortunes never come singly. Tho New Castle, Col., train wreck Is the third seilous casualty of its kind with in the week; and being the third, the cycle presumably is completed and travel will for an interval be safe. Deputy Attorney General Elkln's re tirement adds another to tho list of vic tims of the governor's now active snick ersnee. What his offence is we do not know, but in due time the facts on both sides will doubtless be made public. The story that friends of Queen Lll have formed a plot to kidnap Senators Quay and Morgan should they visit Hawaii offers itself as a refreshing variation in midsummer romance. Film Hammers during the next few weeks had better avoid the executive mansion at Harrlsburg. It Is full of dynamite. THE KLONDIKE GOLD BUG. I'ditorinl nnd Xows Dismal Dlngman, of Hurricane Pass, an nounces that he Intends to locato in Klon dike and open a coffin factory. Some doubts have been cast upon the financial success of the venture by the skeptical citizens of camp. We will state, however, that the "Bus" office will furnish occu pation for Dltmal for several days at least un'.vss certain residents at once re frain from the habit of kicking our col lector In a brutal manner when he po litely asks them to pay what they owo U3 on subscilptlon. So long as Mlkey Moran served In capacity of collector there was no objection to an occasional exhibition of playiulness on part of a subscriber with a low stock of nuggets; but when the editor Is forced to make a personal ap peal he does net propose to act as door ma for every mule-hoofed black-leg who may imagine that we are running the "Bug" for our health and an occasional theater pass. Colonel Neversoak Johnson, an eastern capitalist and Inventor, has taken rooms at Slatter's pavllllon annex and will spend the next month In our midst look ing for something to develop. In case tho colonel falls to organize 'his stock company for tho purpose of Illuminating Chilkoot pass with aceytallno gas. It is piobable tnat ho will accept a tempting offer from Mr. Siatter to carve tho ham used in the sandwiches that are sold on the pavllllon lunoh counter. TOLD BY THE STARS. Dnily Horoscope Drawn by Ajncchtis, Tim Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabe Oast: 4.06 a. m., for Saturday, September 11, 1S97. & & A child born on this day will notlco that the fellows who fall to get a largo slice of the watermelon often make the biggest kind of a howl for reform in cutting tho fruit. If we were all as charitable as we would llko others to bo this world would be a paradise. Thus far the peach crop nas mnUe an excellent showing for the usual failure. Tho present weather causeth the oyster to perspire in his shell. Ajitcchus' Advico. Leave your overcoat In pawn for un other day. THE ARCTIC DISEASE. From tho Rochester Herald. Tho announced determination of Walter Wcllman to make another attempt to leach the North Pole Is a reminder thmt when tho lovo of Aictlc exploration takes possession of a man It usually beconus an uncontrollable passion. Nobody un derstands better than Mr, Wcllman tho difficulties, dangers and hardships of this strange pursuit, and few people have bet ter reason than he for withstanding Its temptations. Ho Is a trained Journalist, and fond of his profession. Ho has beon one of the most versatile and gifted of tho oiblo iorp of Washington corre spondents, an,d his work for tho Chicago-Times-Herald and other leading newspa pers must have yielded him a handjomo annual revenue. But even while he was so comfortably and, one would think, con genially situated, tho Arctlo fever again seized Mr. Wellman lu Its grasp. He has Just returned from Norwuy, and ho states that ho has completed arrangements for another Polar expedition on which ho will set out next spring. o Wcllman's plan for finding the Pole Is elmllar to that of Lieutenant Peary, lie will sail from Norway, and after reach ing terra flrma will proceed north by easy Biases, establishing supply stations at convenient points. If the Polar pro- oiem is ever solved, it Mil DC uy fume practical plan of this nature, a plan characterized by prudences as well ns dar ing. The precautions attending Its exe cution can best be likened to those of tho commander of an army which Is pene trating hostllo territory. He keeps his base of supplies protected and tils line of communication open with a view to pos sible retreat, and that Is precisely what both Peary and Wc'.lman Intend to do. Theso buslncss-llke provisions against dis aster deprive Arctic exploration of some of It's romance, but they Increase its po tentiality of success. In order to accom plish his purpose, Mr. Wcllman will have to exile himself from civilization for more than two years, and encounter risks that can be only faintly conjectured. Truly, tho ambition to icach the Polo Is a mar velous disease. Civil Service Is . To Be Assailed Washington Letter In Pittsburg Times. Tho Supreme court ot tho United States will decide ere long the validity of tho present civil service system. Thero has been so much contention over the exist ing civil service laws that President Mc Klnley is determined to settle once for nil tho question of tho constitutionality of nil existing laws affecting the civil ser vice commission. Attorney General Mc Konna has determined that tho case of Woods, the superintendent of the railway mall service, stationed at Louisville, who seeka to enjoin Postmaster General Gary and First Assistant Postmaster Geneicl Heath from icmovlng him from office, shall bo taken up to the Supreme court. The case comes up In 'the local court next Saturday. In the event that the case goes against the government, It will bo taken at once to the Supreme court. Should tho government win Its case, then on tho first occasion of a defeat in a similar case, nn appeal will be taken and nn opinion sought from the final tribunal ot this country. The administration Is anxious to know the exact legal status of the present civil servlco laws, becauso It is well known here that the entire civil service system will meet, at the next session of congress, Its supreme battle for existence. It need not be denied that a most formidable at tempt will be mado In the house to re peal tho present civil service laws, or, falling In the entire repeal of all the laws, to make essential modifications In the existing rules. Heretofore tho civil ser vice system has gone through a sham battle every year when the appropriation for paying .the expenses of the commls slon cume up in the house. Members have made tierce speeches against the system, Intended solely for .home con sumption. A motion to strike out tho appropriation and thus cripple the com mission has always rallied a strong vote when tho bill Is In committee of the whole, because then thero Is no record made of tho members vote. But a3 soon as the same motion reaches the house, and the threat Is made that tho vote shall be taken by ayes and nays, the opposition always dwindles down to nothing, and the spoilsmen have been :n ariably defeated. o But at the next session there will be a light against the system at the very open ing. Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio, will prob ably bo In command of tho antl-clvll scr lco forces. Innumerable bills will be In troduced, looking to tho repeal or the crippling of the system. Speaker Reed Is a staunch friend of civil service, and the civil service committee Is made, up cf equally consistent civil service reformers. Hence, the purpose of the speaker and of tho committee would be to plgeon-holo all such bills, and thus prevent action. But this will hardly be possible, for the speaker will find It difficult to suppress a bill which Is urged upon Mm by so many members of his own party. General Gros venor believes that ho will have nearly ICO Republicans who will sustain him in his demand for action on an antl-clvll servlco bill. He will have the entire Re publican force In the Ohio, the Indiana and the Illinois delegations. He will Siave all the Republicans from the South, with the possible exception of one or two mem beis from Maryland. At the coming fall elections, Maryland will put to a popular vote an amendment to tho constitution introducing tho civil service system in all state and municipal offices. It is a foregone condition that the amendment will be defeated by an overwhelming vote, neither of the two parties having Indorsed It at their recent convention. Accordingly, at least four out of the six Maryland Republicans lu the house will feel themselves free to vote for an antl clvll sen ice bill. Then there will be men-Jbers from Northern, Western and Pacific states who will rally around Gen eral Grosvenor's standard. Should he succeed In getting any bill antagonistic to the civil service system before the house he can count, of course, on the solid support of the Democrats, and it will thus be seen that If once the bill comes out of committee its defeat is well- nign impossiDie. o A majority of the senate has always been opposed to the clll service system, and only a protracted and determined filibuster could defeat the house bill In the upper body. Should It pass and President McKlnley veto the bill, only the most determined application of party discipline -would prevent the passage of tho bill in the house over the veto. It is becauso President Mcdvlnley recognizes the possibility that ho may be confront ed with tho situation thus outlined that he desires an opinion from the Supreme court of tho Unlttd Sta.tes on the exist ing laws. LACKAWANNA'S CANDIDATE. From the Wllkes-Barro Times. It begins to look as though Congress, man Connell, of Dackaanna, Is a conal date In earnest for gubernatorial honors. Friends of some of the other candidates who have been reckoning on a divided delegation from Lackawanna, to the stute convention, will probobly llnd that they have miscalculated. Mr. Connell would make a Btrong candidate. Ho is a self made man, with a largo and varied busi ness experience. His successful manage ment of many largo corporations In va rious lines of business proves him to be a man of high intelligence and line execu tive ability. His connections with the leading Industries of Scranton and with many other Institutions In other parts of Pennsylvania, have given him a wide and Influential acquaintanceship throughout tho stuto which will bo exceedingly val uable in a close contest. Ho has mado an excellent record In congress and has shown an aptitude for the shrewd skill In politics which will make him a formid able competitor for the other candldatts. Clean cut, fearless and aggressive, loyal und appreciative, he binds his friends to himself as with Iron bands. He Is no less positive with his enemies. No no 7 ,UerQitnliflcd. From tho Carl: .idale Leader. The action of tho Republican county convention last Tuesday renders It cer tain that this county will have a candi date fqr gubernatorial honors next year. As to the gubernatorial candidate pro posed, there is no one better qualified than Mr. Council, His rise In political life, being now the foremost Republican In this part of tho state, has been rapid In recent years; and it is not the result of fortuitous clrcumrtance by any means, lis has long been known as a man of af fairs, possessing tho qualities of a leader In business enterprises; a clear head, a generous heart and a hand ready to hi lip the deserving. Judging fiom the work done by his numeicus political friends In the past, It will not bo sui prising if Mr, Council's namo 1h found In tho lead or the candidates for governor when Ihe state convention of H95 rhall assemble to select the standard bearer of that cam paign. Every citizen of Lackawanna without regard to party will naturally feel a pride In having a governor of the state within Its bounds; more especially chnuld the choice fall on one so worthy of It. GOIM nn THE f ME IF PRKPEMT! So long looked for, so earnestly hoped for, has reached us at last. Times are bet ter. Reports from all over the country tell us of work being resumed. The farmer will get good prices for his produce, everybody is hopetul and confident of the fu ture. All this means more dry goods money to spend. How to spend it and where to spend it to the best advantage, are questions that we shall answer in these col umns and over our counters to your entire satisfaction. w $M JU uu Is strongly appealed to in the following lots. Met an importer who needed money; that explains the difference between the value and the price. Good time to stock up, because you will pay double the price after they are gone. 200 dozen 5calloped Embroidered and Hemstitched Handkerchie-Js. Sale price 30 cents, or 3 for 25 cents 300 dozen of very choice Swiss Embroidered Handkerchiefs, the regular 25 cent kind. Sale price 124 cents 300 dozen of the very finest 5wiss Embroidered, also Lace Inserted 3-Iandker-chiefs in the newest designs, value 50 cents. Sale price 25 cents You are welcome to as few or as many of them as you want. TTS H m of FIN OOOD In addition to our ad vance line advertised last week, the balance of our extensive IFALL IIPfMAIJlNS are just to hand, and will be on exhibition during the next ten days. It is needless to enumerate the many different styles, as nearly every NEW and DESIRABLE weave is rep resented, All our "Fine Pattern Suits," as usual, are exclusive. An un usually attractive line of "Roman Stripes," Checks" and Clan Tar tan silks for DRESS WAISTS 530 and 532 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Jardlieierei AND Pedestals See our new 'line of Celebrated Dlekem Ware; alto Austrian, Wedgewoodi Japanese and other Imported wares. Fere Dishei In many decorations and prices to suit Common Clay Flower Pots, from 3 in. to 36 in. for replanting use. We give exchange stamps. TIE CLEMONS, FEIMR, WALIEY CO., 422 Lacka. Ave. NLEY'S DRESS -JHi Is)-; MIKERMiFEOIlOI! fr Before Buy leg Fall And Wieter Clothie ! I 1 i 1 I See our line now arriving. 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Coal of the best quality for domestlo us and of all sizes, including Buckwheat and Blrdseye, delivered In any part of the city, at the lowest tfrlca ( Orders received at the Office, 'first floor, Commonwealth building, ro,pm No J telephone No. 202-t or at the mine, te' phone No. 272, will be promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at the mine. L L SI -V 10! :: Duroirs roiDEi.
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