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TIIE SORAISTTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY MORNINO, NOVEMBER 1 C, 180T.
I (I!) Mid ceWlj. No Bundar I&lltlorr.
By llic Tribune Publishing Company.
WILLIAM CONNLLL, Preildont.
bLllbCKII'TION PRICIJi
Doll) 50 cent a month.
Mird at TnB rosTorrtrs at nrnA')T9i r.. At
trcOND CLASS WAIL WATTIO.
rchanton, novum unit ic. nor.
A reciprocity nrrnnRcment with Cnn
ailn, to lie acceptable to Anicrlcnns
must provide for a fnlr exchange of
concessions. The markets of Canada,
vlth only 5,000,000 buyers, are not worth
to American buslncs men one-half so
much ns the markets of the United
States, with their 70,000,000 bucr3,
v ould be worth to the Inisinepi Inter
ests of Canada. We are willing to
trade, but the trade must be even.
Senator Piatt's Defense.
Senator I'latt'.s statement on tho
Gieater New Yoik light, a ery Inade
quate summaiy of which was publish
f d in yestcrdaj's Tribune, makes Inter
esting reading. As a defense of the
Republican position In that mtmoiablo
Mruggle It BUlllces to satisfy eory man
who approaches tho matter Judicially
mid without bias.
Tho senator narrates In detail how
ltpcated oveituies by tli Republican
nrganlz.it Ion to the Low managers for
n union of foues ngalnst Tamman
well r-potttidlv i ejected and how the
.'Hl7ens' I'nlon platform of non-partl-i-anhlp
was suiill(d b tht-e manag
i'is with tho new interpretation that
the Republican p.ut had no lights In
tho enlarged ilt of New York which
an aiitl-Taniman candidate for mayor
of that city might to be willing to
agio to inspect. Continuing, the sen
ator .says:
Tho Hcpabllnn leaders ma this infi
ll tit clrnllcrrrtn without Mttcrnc-! or u
Mlillnicnt. Tin, foi nd no fuull with the
andklnlo whom the Citizens' Union
3lcl.ed out ii thr eiircslon 'if Its pur
loo and Idias. Thej do not now dim
that they tin it ug.udei nim ns prcclsel
the sort of man he Ins turned out lo
bo a. vain-glorious nlf-seikir, mT-qm-radlng
as a 1U publican but willing at an
tlmo 10 wn-ik the He publltuir ship on
tint ledge of his own rmbltlons Tlu Hp
publlcan leaders do not now ill n that
tiny wrro thin oppose 1 to the i.imll'lnc
tit Heth I.nw, but till) allow id llirlr op
position to tnki. ni ilellnite 01 Irritat
ing ihape. They slniplj Insisted tli.it the
Republican piny did line a Just und
iriev liable rilatlon to municipal nlfuirs,
that li did lu the rU'.it to nomlrin'o
nnd that it mut exeulsi thu tight,
that the Ipws and wisiies ot Its adher
ents were entitled to coiim li ration, and
thit thcro ought to hi a union bitwien
the Citizens' organlzitlon and the Itcpjb
Ilcnn party, but that it ousht to bo an
honorable, frit nil, equitable union, un
der tho tirms of whiih both should nae
:i .oleo in choosing eaudidatis and In dt -lining
policies. This was the exact Muto
of things up to the. tlnu when the Re
publican county ctitnmlttPt adopted Com
missioner Coins' resolution Uniting all an-ti-Tunimany
organisations into a confei-
nee, in order tint i di might he llxed
when they should all hold their nominat
ing contentions, -o tint nail conference
and harmonious action might be aMirtnl.
The Citizens' union refused to participate
In this conference, fratikl assigning as
its reason the fact that it wns committed
to tho "go-it-alone"" pollc Can any lion
ifct man, In the face of tint fact, chnrgo
the resuonslblim foi disunion upon tl.e
Republican part? noes not eer hon-
st man know th it if the Cltizons' Union
had gone Into the piopo-tcl i onferetire,
united action would lno been lmitalle?
Is It not pi tin enough that the Rcpubll
eaiis could not polbl hae broken up,
or hao allowed to bo hioktn up, a con
feiencp whlih the theincles had orig
inated? Up to this point Senator Piatt keeps
t aim: but bejond It he shows natural
If not altogether politic temper, con
tinuing. If it lie said that notwithstanding all
this It was still the supreme duty of tho
Republican convention to do un thing to
avoid tho unspeakable, calamity of the
hiKcens of Tammar Hall and that it
woa the part of duly nnd patriotism to
overlook both tho Indolence of the Cltl
in" Union nnd tin malice of the Re
1 ublloan fuitloniats who wtie prompting
nod encouraging it, the anwn Is tint
there Ik one calamity woim than the suc
i 'SK ot the Dfirroi r uh part in the clt
of New oik and that Is Its succe-s lit
the state nnd tie nation Ml Low, as
mayor of liiooMwi, had already defeat
til one Republli an i until latu for prtsl
dent. Ho did It bv tIcstroIng the Ite
publlcnn iiiganratiuir rot le-s than b his
personal trea nir to the candidate. He
jiroposed to ei.Mto here an abttoluto des
potism, unhllidi retl b am consli lint of
party rekponsibllit Noun tho less, us
i very one knows. th titers would h.ne
IipM tht Riimbllian party tllrntl re
hponnlble for hN nir int. Its organlzi
tion woultl h.ut been illurupuil, and It
would hu gone Into tht nest natlonil
ibinpalgn loath il down with populir pie J
udlcis, only to Und tho ma or whom Its
Mitea lnd eleetttl, the author of 1th mls
tortunis, hiniMlf con-wlrlm?, ns he had
done twico before, to cotnoleto Its ruin
I y the election of a Democratic president.
No party tdiould be fnlhe to Its principles
Tho fact that Mi Low was not tht man
for whom the ItrpuMIt an part could
aflord to be responsible wa shown by his
personal conduct throughout theeamas
It was bhowu wnen, afnr salng that he
would not allow hlmstlf to become tin
Instrument of tlisrtiptlo, , ho made himself
tho leader In the crime of preventing a
union. It was shown in Ids shameful
abuse of flenoral Tracy, tho man w ho
gne him his tlrst opportunities by gen
t rouslv retiring from the Held several
.vents ago: and It was shown when, after
the two nominations had been made, ho
i.r.fiiui ,1 rw Vi t o innntnrofu rnfneofl ff Vilrvt
i t't II"SV'4 If I inn lllit ( 1(1 h L ri Litiit u liit i
, overr to consider the proposition of rptlr
i lag Jointly with the Republican candidate,
nnd substituting some sucn man ns Sec
i tetary Cornelius N nilss or ox-Major
rrederick A iohroesler, either one of
whom could have been made tho leader
of a united, harmonlocs, and victorious
host. Tho fact th"t ho is the sort of man
who Is capable of this enormlt Is of itself
complete Justification of tho Republican
psrly's refusal to havo an thing to do
with him.
Tn conclusion tho senator says: "Tho
Republican defeat In Now York city
wasn local defeat. It had its causo In
local controversies. In tho state, nbovo
the Ilarlem tlver, tho Republican ma
jorities wore all that could be deslied.
The ehctlons tlnoughout tho country
proved hat Republican principles had
lost no latt of tho strong hold upon
the pcoph of which the lctory of 1S3C
gave mamlflcent evidence. The Re
publican t-ganlzatlon in New York,
nnd in tlre'city of New York, no loss
thnn In tht country districts. Is still
powerful, eanest, nnd dovotcd. In tho
nienaco of niuther Uryanlto campaign,
factional controversies will soon ho
forgotten and ltepublicans will bo Re
publicans again" Rut It is evident
from Mr. l'latt's letter that no quar
ter will bo shown to the prlmo movers
In tho Low campaign who tused the
conceited president of Cojumhla as a
pawn In a gamo to unhorse l'latt. The
redoubtable ThomaiAc. Is n lighter of
tho knock.dow.ri andV drag-out order.
L'lthcr hejr hls-cesjiVust he w pipped
to a finish. The outlook Is for a warm
time In Kmplro state politics, but In
this issue at least the sympathies of
all strnlKhHepubllcans will bo com
pletely w Itl.-Sonator l'latt.
While Quay Is busy conciliating liltt
factional nntasonlsts l'latt Is busy
throwing rhetorical vitriol nt his. It
will be Interesting to noto the relotlvo
efllcucy of tho two modes of treatment.
The President's Backbone.
The honor rr.ble I Iannis Tnlor, ex
inlrrlster to Simln, is credited in an in
terview, which ho disavows, with say
ing many severe things about the
American state department as nt pros,
ent conducted, among them the follow
ing: "At one of the most critical periods In
our hlstor.v we are absolute 1 without a
State ihpartmcnt At the henil of our
diplomatic nffalts is n pitiable old man,
so ItrcnpabN', so rccognlzedlv Incrpable,
th it even tl'o most Important of diplo
matic matters nro not so much as ie
ferred to him The chief assistant to the
r-pcrctnry of state, the man upon whose
shoulders nst nil tho weighty problems
of our lelatlorm with other nutlons, is a
man who knows nothing of our diplo
matic history ii man whose executive
nbitltv woultl be- overtaxed In the con
duit of n cross ro ids countiy stole a
innn who cannot even write good Rng
llsh Our diplomatic correspondence Is a
disgrace to us Our recent letters have
hcin as marly like stato documents as
a six-year-old schoolboy's pothooks and
hangers tire like Spincirlan penm inshlp,
nnd we feel tht- dlgrnce all the more
kttnlv, it makes us blush nil the more
riiddllv. when we realize that tho Span
lards are past masters in the nrt of dip
lomacv anil that tho Spanish t nil of the
corn spoii'Itnce Is a model of the mot
nt.irlv perft ct description We ik nations
Invariably develop tJie hist tllplom itlsts
Provident McKlnltv Is a Jelllish He
has no brckbont He posse s-cs the dig
nity of olllco and that Is nil lie Is weak,
viicitlatlng, uncertain He Is one thing
today and another thing tomorrow. If
we wait fot the administration to act
In the Cub in matter Wo will wait foi
tver. Our hope lies with congitss anil
with congrns alone."
Having repudiated this interview Jlr.
Tit lot escapes such eensuro ns would
properly follow ntr utterance like the
foregoing by .t man who had until tc
contly been In the diplomatic set lee
of this counti. Rut that any Aineii
ean, even an unprincipled newspaper
reporter, should hne Incentive to pub
lish uch words concerning our govern
ment Is to bo regretted, If only on the
scoto of natural depiavlty. AVhothor
tiut or false, the nsstitlons embodied
in this quotation should never havu
been made. American diplomacy has
enough burdens to bear of Its ow n
ct cation without adding to Its embar
rassment by the use of Insulting lan
guage from a homo source.
As a matter of truth. President Mc
Klnley has shown backbone of unex
pected proportions. In tho Cuban mat
ter he has withstood and apparently
still withstands the preponderating
sentiment of the counti which de
mands more aggiessdvo ,smpathy for
tho lighteous cause of the Insurgents
nnd less cottoning to disreputable
Spain. A position which most Ameri
cans legal d with scant tolerance he
has held with consistent firmness In
tho face of great pressure; and if In
the end his course shall bo crowned
by acceptable results the credit due
to him will be of the utmost magni
tude. Tho iccelpts of tho Yale Athletic as
sociation last jear weto near $,'0,000.
What Yale's oung men icceived in
mind culture has not been computed,
but evidently it Is of minor inteiest.
The Kindergarten Movement.
During tho last session of our state
legislature a kindergarten bill was in
troduced by Senator Vaughan, and,
hugely thiough the efforts of tho Pico
Kindergarten associations hero and In
Pittsburg its passage was secured. Hy
Its provisions local school boards were
empowered to appropriate public mono
from the general fund for educational
purposes, for the establishment of kin
dergartens In connection with public
schools, al'o, where practicable, to co
operate with tegulatly organized Treo
Kindergarten associations with the
same end In view.
Of tho value of the kindergarten ns
a philanthropic measure .specially
needed nninnu' tho foreign population
of this alley tho public needs not to
be convinced, for it has been seen to
lnlng with it tiuly a now leaven, ties,
tlned, under right conditions, to leaven
tho whole lump of society with Its
teachings of brotherly love, co-opern-tlon,
law and order by nctual practice
each tlav In the kindergarten. Its
place as the fundamental step In edu
cation has been conceded during tho
past few oars by nil enlightened peo
ple', nnd city after cltv all over tho
United States has demonstrated Its
faith in it by the adoption or it as a
regular part of tho public school sys
tem In our own state Philadelphia
has orre hundred public kindergartens,
Pittsburg and Allegheny twentj.Scian
torr none! True, we havo recently
built and equipped nt great expense a
beautiful High school building, the
necessary outlay In this caso being
given as sufllclent reason for delay In
establishing public kindergartens. Rut
can we, as an intelligent people, afford
to put up buildings so magnificent for
the older bcholars who aro In reality
a small percentage of the school popu
lation, absorbing at the samo tlmo so
largo a proportion of tho very best
teaching force und .so large a part of
the school funds, and neglect tho klrr
dergarten which should reach every
little child Irr the city at the vorv ngo
when his mind Is in the most plastic
stato and when his future Is being
made or marred?
The Tree Kindergarten association
of Scranton has asked the privilege of
co operation with tho hoard of control,
and, with the grant of tho use of ono
of its rooms irr any of Its school build
ings, aetoes to carry on u Kindergar
ten, that tho value of It as a moral and
Intellectual force may ho demonstrated
and u beginning bo made. Is It tho
sentiment of the community that this
request bo granted?
It is reported that President McKln
lcy will recommend in his messago to
congress that tho greenbacks when re
deemed shall only lie reissued In ex
change for gold. That would Instantly
cut tho "endless chain" and rave all
concerned nn Inflrrltitle of bother.
nenoml CJornez has officially Informed
President McKInley that tile Cuban In
surgents want unconditional liberty or
nothing Spain Is evidently 'edging up
to the Inevitable.
The least worried man of all those dl
rectlv Intel ested In tire Ohio senatorial
llpht Is Mark llnnna. Ho has met
bluffers before.
Hlcctornl Defects.
In the course of irn cuticle In the
Forum pointing out what he conceives
to be serious defects In tho present
vstonr of electing a president an 1
vice-president tx-Secrclary Carlisle Is
particularly severe In criticizing the
method in vogue of choosing presiden
tial electors Under the constitution
the manner of tho choice of electors Is
a matter exclusively for determination
bv the legislatures of the sevet.al states
There Is no check, therefore, upon tho
wl lest divergence in the manner which
might be employed by tho different
states in making this choice.
For example the legislature of Ohio
Is ftco nt nny time to make Ohio's
presidential electors appointive by the
governor. The legislature of Pennsyl
vania might with equal Impunity place
the choosing of the Pennsylvania, elec
tors in the power of the tenlor United
States senator front thlsj state. And
the legislature ot New York could nt
the same time requite the Empire state
electors to be ehoen by congressional
districts save the two clectors-at-large,
who In such an event would have to be
elected as wo now elect eongicssmon-at-large,
by n popular vote of the en
tire state Cartylng tho point further,
the Indiana legislature could meet In
peclal session to choose InJlnna's elec
tors by a majority vote on Joint ballot,
and Illinois could adopt the method
pow in gpiiernl vogue, of a direct elec
tion t f all the state's editors by popu
lar vote In other words, Irr live adjoin
ing stntes there could be live wnS, no
two nlike, of choosing the men whose
voles In tho electoral college would de
ter mlri" the succession to the presi
dency and vlce-presitlency. And If In
Ohio the governor should ho a Demo-
ci it while the majority of tho popular
vote was Republican, or If In Pennsyl
vania tho senior United States senator
should Income a Prohibitionist, or If
the lcglslittno cf Indiana on Joint bal
lot, thanks to a geiimnnder, should
differ widely In politics from tho ma
jority of thp popular vote, the possibili
ty of electing as president nnd vice
pi esident of the United Slates, men un
acceptable to a large maiorltv of tho
qualified voters would, under tho con
tingency we havo Imagined, become
even larger than now.
Ct course these discrepancies have
never existed at one time, except In the
case of one or two states which have
nt dlffetent times tried the experiment
ot electing presidential electors by con-
gicrlonnl dlstilct Rut there Is no
fundamental law to prevent their exist
ence at any time, Insuring Inconceiv
able confusion In the election of a pres
ident We have uniformity now only
by common consent. Rut Is the pres
ent plan tho best plan? Would It not
be better If all the states by simultan
eous legislative enactment should sub
stitute for tho piesont method of di
rect vote on stnto ballots the choice of
presidential electors by congressional
districts? Then the patty which car
ried congress would also elect a. presi
dent of the same political faith and the
executlv nnd legllntlv branches
would b" pertain to be Irr accord during
nt least tho fltst half of each adminis
tration. It Is a proposition worthy at
least of academic consideration.
It l.s roooited that tno now Ameri
can consul to Cardiff, D. T. Phillips,
has been getting Into disfavor at his
post of duty by indlscieet talking. If
this be true, moro's tho pity that the
appointment did not go to a discreet
and thoroughly wot thy man like Hon.
John T. Williams.
I.lanco, it seems, is willing that tho
Cubans shall entry weapons If they will
Hist obtain lis permission. They will
obtain that and much more ere spring.
TOLD DY THE STARS.
Dnrlj Horoscope' Drawn by Air.cchus,
Thu Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast. 1 13 a. m.. for Tuesday,
Nov lb, 1W7.
A chllil born on this da will notice that
"Hn.s been' txamplcs about us illustrate
tho tact that great in 'a often shrinks moro
rapidly than a him 1-me-dow n suit in n
rain storm
Charlio Schatlt looks as lamb-like as a
magic lantern portrait of Mayor Bailey
when discussing-polities, but certain Dem
ocrats will It am to their sorrow that a
keen Hcalpltrg-knifc rests In his bout-leg
Just tho samo
If It Is true that every man exists tn a
v arid of his own, romo fellows must llvo
In cramped quartets
Tho wind bus leparted from tho tiro of
the blcyclo trade for tho present season.
Tho crop of election contests seems to
havo failed this vcar.
Alacchus' Advice.
Tho man who 13 afraid of his shadow
should Invariably keep out of politics
and church choirs.
tiu: chazi: ron athletics.
Prom tho Syracuse Post.
Tho truth of the matter Is that mod
ern college athletics bus become a crarr.
Tho largo Institutions Uko Yale. Harvuid,
Princeton and University of Pennsylva
nia spend small fortunes every ear tn
developing nthletes to tho point of pro
fessional fitness fur tho different con
tests in which they engage Tho aver
ngo student who Is not brond-chested.
strong-limbed and In lino physical condi
tion, and Is. therefore. Irr nil tho moro
need of phslcnl training, Is not the man
who Is selected for tho foot ball eleven, or
u seat In tho 'vntslty boat, or a position
on the ball nine. The men who are given
tho thorough training for the hi various
team positions an- tho men who least of
all need It College athletics, to bo of
general advantage, should take In all
colli go men Tho sport should be such
that tho weak ns well as tho strong can
engage In It Tho stimulus and excite
ment of tho athletic Held should ho tils
trlhutcd through, tho cntlro student body
and not bo Ptijotd b the select fow who
paBB the critical tests of tiro coach nnd
tho trainer us tho Attest men for tho va
rious teams Athletics in tho larger uni
versities today Is In dungcr of over
shadowing tho real purpose for which
young men go to college
a spli:ni)h itni'oitT.
Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. I wish to thank our paper for tho
splendid report It gavn of tho fourth
nnnlvorsary vt Ditnmoro conolavo of Hup.
tusophs on Nov. 10. I am
Respectfully yours.
J b Quick, chairman of committee.
Dun mo re, Nov. 13.
Work Ahead for the .
Nef Congress
Prom the Philadelphia Press.
Somo of tho members of congress who
havo reached Washington express the
opinion Unit tho coming session will bo
n short ami unimportant one. It Is dif
ficult to sco how they can reach that
conclusion, it Is true Hint tho commit
tees were appointed tit tho closo of tho
extra session and that tho turlft Is out
of tho wav. which menus a largo saving
In time. Hut there nro many important
questions to bo considered, and however
expeditious tho house may bo thcro
Is no prospect of preventing tho usual
waste of tlmo in tho sennto by dreary
speeches nnd tho reading of compositions
written for Incompetent senators by per
sons In their emplo
o
A number ot Importnut foreign ques
tions will eomo up for early considera
tion. Tho ri solution pnssed by tho sen
ate nt tho extra session, recognizing tho
belligerency of the Cuban Insurgents, Is
now before tho houso eotnmltteo on
foreign affairs. The president will
deal with this subject In his message
Hut tho party in national convention
declared that "tho government of tho
United States should nctlvcly use Its
Influence and good ofllces to restore
penco and give Independence to tho
Island." Cuba Is In a far worse con
dition now, with 1,000 persons dying
dally of starvation, than It was when
tho nntlonal convention adopted that
declaration. Spain's idea of autonomy
has hi err relected by Senor Qlberga nnd
other leading lonl autonomists In Cuba
as a snnre and a delusion It Is not prob
able that tho house will bo influenced by
newspaper declarations of friendship on
the part of tho Spanish ministry This
country Is not suing for Spain's friend
ship, but is asking for something like
Justlco for Cuba nnd for protection to
our own pcoplo nnd their rights. Unless
something takes place to chango tho
situation bitvveen now nnd tho time con
gress meets tho probabilities are that the
ppnato Cuban resolution will bo passed
b tho houso Rut that will not Involve
war with Spain.
n
Tho treaty for the annexation of Ha
waii Is now before the senate The ma
jority of tho Hnwnllan plantprs have en
tered Into a contract to sell their raw
sugar to anti-trust reflncrips although
trust refineries, under a contract that ex
pires on Jan 1, are now receiving that
sugnr. This change will make the greedy
sugar trust a more bitter opponent of
annexation than It Ini been whllo tring
to force tho planttrs to renew their con
tract with Sprcckils Tills will probably
causo dcla In the ratification of tho
treaty nnd may force the passage of a
joint resolution, which will require a
majority vote only to carry tho treaty
Into oftict Tht re will then be a struggle
over the form of government for Hawaii
o
At tho last session a resolution was
passed calling on the president for in
formation as to whether or not Denmark
desires to sell he r possessions in the
West India Islands It Is understood
that congress will be Informed that
Denmark Intends to dispose of her Islands
and that If tho United States does not
purchnso them two other greut nations,
probably Oeimari and England aro
anxious to bid Tho United States Is
MO badly In need of coaling stations In
tho West Indies, and it certainly cannot
afford to permit Germany or any other
European power to spcuro these islands.
This may prove a vtry Important topic.
Tho Nicaragua can il question, nlthnugh
of great importance will probably havo
to await a report from the commission
authorized nt tho last session, and which
for somo reason not easily understood
has not yet even silled for Nicaragua,
Tho sealing question will come up for
action, nnd unless Oreat Rrltaln becomes
a party to the arrangement with Rus
sia and Japan one of the numerous bills
Introduced to provide for tho destruction
of tho seals on tho Priblov islands. In
stead of allowing the young to be starved
to death, will probably bo pissed. Tho
news that tho catch this jear Is only
about half that of last ear shows how
rapidly tho Canadians nro exterminating
tho herd Other questions concerning
our relations with Canada and probably
somo reciprocity legislation will como up
for consideration.
o
Tho currency question will occupy a
good deal of time In tho senate nnd per
haps in the house. Tho president, ac
cording to various newspaper leports,
will recommend creating a bureau In tho
treisury In which notes redeemed In gold
will be held until pild out again in ex
change for gold, thus preventing "an end
less chain " Secretary Gage, unless ho
eh mgi s that part of his report already
printed, will makn much moro radical
recommendations lookliyr to the retire
ment of tho gieenbacks. These recom
mendations, In connection with the re
port of tho Wolcott bimetallic commis
sion, will furnish food enough for weeks
ot speeches In the senate Alrtady tho
versatile senator from New Hampshire
Mr Chandler, Is predicting that tho Dem
ocrats will control tho next congress,
nnd that Rryan will bo elected In l'mo
unless "something Is dono for silver."
Rut what can he done for tho 10 cent dol
lar Mr. Chandler nnd others who a year
ago predicted d illy that Mr McKInley
could not he nominated for president do
not say Tho genial New Hampshire
senator is as far wrong now ns lie was
then: but his signed newspaper articles
go to show what may bo expected when
it comes to currency legislation In tho
senate, pattlculirly In view of tho tlo
mand for legislation In tho direction of
making tho gold basis moro secure. Sec
retary Gago's proposition to Issuo gold
bonds when brought beforo tho silver
majority In tho sennto will bo Uko a red
rag In tho face of a bull.
o
Tho coast dpfenso question, tho ncccs
slt of more men for the navy and moio
artillerymen for tho army In eriW ta
man tho new ships and tho guns In tho
new forts, and tho armor plate question
In pirtlcular, will necessarily occupy
considerable time Tho adjustment of
tho Central Pacific railroad dtbt. tho
pooling and scalping bills, and other Im
portant railroad legislation will meet
with vigorous opposition. The immigra
tion question, tho bankruptcy bill and
tho measure to stop tho deficit in tho
postofllco department by excluding from
second class matter books and bogus
samplo copies aro all questions which
will Invito debate. In addition to all
these and tho regular appropriation bills
there will bo tho river nnd harbor bill,
which comes up at tho long sessions only
Tho pressure for renewing work 011 pub
lic improvements, which work was large
ly stopped under tho Clov eland adminis
tration, will bo very difficult to restriln
to lecltimnto limits In that work the
senate generally goes far beyond tho
safety line If tho sennto hud a rulo to
closo debato on nnv question tho session
might end in May, but there is small
probability of that under tho prcst nt
senate rules. As tho Republicans are pot
In control of tho senate they cannot di
rect Its work or assume for it party
responsibility.
V III'.N I A .U OLD.
Time, thou taskmaster, for each fair boon
Dost claim thy due, und claiming dost
destroy,
When tltou hast reaped tho cllow srain
of noon,
When thou hast culled tho bloom of
each Oung Jo,
When In tho i-ky Ambition's sun is sot,
And thou hast dimmed llopo's watching
star; too scon
Hast swept with dusk desires and dreams,
Time, et
Hold back ono grace, ono dear, enkind
ling power,
Tor that dense night and that unfolding
hour
When I noi old! Diminish or erase:
But, when 'tis dark, tires dead, I stripped
of bllsi,
With frosty breath on Memory's glass
corn's traco
Rut thla-alway-O Time, but this
The prayerful Imago of a mother's face.
Uostoir Transcript,
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Thanksgiving Linen
ri
Ibe Linen Department is one of our
Everybody knows that all table linens are imported, none
being made in this country. Consequently the new tariff
has raised the cost from 15 to 25 per cent. We anticipa
ted this great advance by laying in a large stock at the old
duty and will continue to sell them at low tariff prices:
Heavy Unbleached Table Damask, 54 inches wide, 25 cents.
Good Half Bleached Table Damask, 62 inches wide, 3D cents.
Good Half Bleached Table Damask, 2 yards wide, 40 cents.
Yery Fine Half Bleached Table Damask, 2 yards wide, 50 cents.
Fine Bleached Irish Table Linen, 65 Inches wide, 50 cents.
A special 68-inch Bleached Barnsley Damask, 75 cents.
Bleached 3-4 size Napkins, special lots at 90 cents, $1.00, $1.25 and $1150
Fringed Linen Damask 5ets, Table Cloth and Napkins, all sizes, from $2.50
upwards
Hemmed Hiick Towels, 30 cents, 124 cents and 5 cents
Special German Damask Towels, all linen, fancy borders, size 25x52, elsewhere
35 cents; our price 25 cents:
We have Napkins in all sizes to match nearly all our Ta
ble Linens.
T 1770fM
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41LJ
iiAMJEIS aid
C01FORTAMES.
For this week we quote the
following low prices:
Cotton Blankets.
10-4 Columbia Blankets COc
11-4 Silver Queen Blankets 7."c
11-4 Olorlana. Ulankets SSc
11-4 Arcadia Blankets $133
Mixed Blankets.
Borders Ited, Blue, Pink and Lemon.
10-4 Kingston Blankets $1.7 B
10-4 Oxford Blankets 1.9S
10-1 Welland Blankets 2 25
11-1 Oxford Blankets 2.4'5
11-1 Welland Blankets 275
All-Wool Blankets.
(Also Crib and Cradle sizes) Borders
Blue, Pink, Brown, Ited and Lemon.
10-4 Tioga Blanket $3 25
10-4 Hero Blanket 4 C9
10-4 Housekeepers' Choice Blanket. C.50
11-4 Oakland Blnnket 3.23
11-4 Norwood Blanket 4 23
11-4 Nuska Blanket GOO
1?-1 Housekeepers' Choice Blanket. COO
12-4 Clold Medal Blanket 6 73
13-4 Gold Medal Blanket 7.50
Our lino of California and i:ider
Dovvn Blankets Is always complete.
Kobe and Wrapper Blankets (Rever
sible), brocaded patterns for Ladles'
Wrappers.Gentlemcn's Bath-Bobes and
Smoking Jackets.
Comfortables.
Full size Comfortables,
both sides fancy at 98c, $1.50,
$2.25, $2.75, $3.25.
French Satiue Down Quilts
at $3.98; special price for this
week only.
Also a choice line of Silk
Comfortables.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Thaeks
gSvieg Day
Sim Be Here
We are offering a regu
lar 313-plece Havlland
China Dinner Set In five
different decorations for
$27.50.
Get one of these for
your Thanksgiving dinner
They are bargains.
ME GLEMQNS, FERBIER,
AltEY ca,
422 Lacka. Ave.
.A. IX &
-CjEo 5
10 use mi m .
OVERCOAT
But many Scrantonians as well as our friends through
out the country will. We are prepared to show the best
Hue of exclusive makes ever shown, ranging in price
from
$goO
Combining Style and workmanship. All are treated alike
and everybody buys at the same price.
Boyle &.
416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
Lew!s9 Rellly
& DavieSo
ALVAia UbS.
Harmless
Kicks
DON'T HUHT A C.OOD SIIOI- SUPPOSK
IT DID, WIS IIAVK LOT, THAT WII.I,
STAND OUr-DOOK .SPOUT KltOM 50c, UP.
bEn oun window display.
LEWIS JEILiYAVIES
11 1 AND 110 WYOMING AVE.
Stationers. Engravers.
REYNOLDS MS0
IIOTUI.Ji:itMYN PUILDINO,
Have the Famous
Plane tary Pencil
Sharpener on exhi- O
bitlon; It is the 3
o only Sharpener S
69 which never breaks ctj
X a point and will
sharpen four dozen -to
2 penc31s every day for
12 months without .w
any repairing.
139 Wyoming Ave,
SCRANTON.
Typewriters' Supplies.
Draughting Materials.
BAZAAR.
greatest strongholds.
Muclklow.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Cenoral Agent ror tho Wyomlnj
District for
HPHT'S
POWDER.
Mining, Hlnstlne, Kportlns. Smokeloil
ami tho Itcpiumo Cricuilcul
Company's
IH EXPLOSIVES,
fcnfety Fuie, Cups nnd KxplodoM.
Itoorm 'Ji-i, 213 and 211 Commouwealttr
liulldlng, Scranton.
AQKXCIKsJ
THOS I'ORD,
JOHN II. SMITH A SON
Ii V. MULLIGAN,
ritnton
Plymouth
WilUcs-llarra
II PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domestlo uaa
and of all sizes. Including Buckwheat and
Btrdseye, delivered In any part of the city;
at tho loweat price
Orders received at the Office, first floor.
Commonwealth building, room No 8 J
telephone No. 2624 or at the mine, tele
phono No. 272, will bo promptly attended
to. Dealers supplied ut tho mine.
WM. T. SI
There Is
No Reasonn
WHY Wi: SHOULD NOT SECURE YOU
TKYDU IP YOU AHi: LOOKING POK
N
Ml OR GAS HEATER
Wi; HAVU TIIU I OLLOWING KIND3J
Standard Oil Heaters (2 sizes.)
Majestic Oil Heaters (2 sizes.)
Oil Radiators, Blue and White
Flame, i, 2 and y Burners.
Banner Lamp Stoves.
Gas Radiators, nickel and bronza
finish.
VK AUi: 8AT1SPIUDTH AT A1TKR YOU
HAVU KXAMINI.D OUH OOOD3 AND
PIUCK8 WITH OTHKHS, YOUK 11USINKS8
WILL COML' OUlt WAY.
FOOTE & SHEAR CO,
110 Wailrlngton A,onua.