ViiblMifxt Dilly.Exrent uundny. by the Tribune J'ubllstilng Company, nl 1 Iny Cents ft Month. Mirid at Tttr roiTornr at bhuhtox pk m tiroKD-ctina uait. uattir. SCHANTON, NOVKMUnit 25, 1S37. Newspaper discussion of the guber natorial problem In this state has evolved another name, that of Hon. Chnrles IJ. Wee, president Jutlga of the Supcilor court. We huve no knovvl edge as to whether Judu'p nice would accept the nomination for uovcrnor If It were proffered to him; but vo cor dially place on record our belief that he would ndorn the chief magistracy of the commonwealth no less accept ably to all honest men than he lias graced the bench. Thanksgiving tiny, 1 97 Hlesslngs upon the American people aie bountiful mid causes for devout thankfulness by them toward Almighty Ood on this dav and on all days are abundant to those who have the wit to pet eel ve and appreciate the truth. It Is, for example, a fact calling for gratitude, now and nlvvavs, that the comforts and opportunities open In thee United States to men and women of ability, character and thrift are un Mirpassed throughout civilization and hac not been surpassed at anv prior time In the woild'u refolded lilstgiy. It U lltetally tins In this country, as tuio today as ever before and likely to lemaln as Hue In the dais to come, that each American citizen, subject only to the limitations of nature, may If he wish Use to the ton-most level of his Ueervlng. by dint of his own effoiti and not stopped by uny barriers if government or of caste. The nation Is full nf men who have made gloat nnd hoimi able cniepis foi themselves f i om the humblest beginnings; Just ns it N beginning to be full of men who, having had equal opportunity for per sonal success, have wasted it and now tiy to blnme their failure upon others. It la cause for thankfulness today that theie Is one countiv on earth where ineilt has a flee and open path. At a time when mental nervousness and nioial lusterla, manifested In a thousand pessimistic channels, are en deavoring to conveit the less .success lul fiactlon of the population of this lepublle to the belief that Inequalities which ont among Its inhabitants In social losources and conditions ate the Jesuit, not laigel of Incut able inequal ities in human natute, but chiefly of a deliberate peiveislon of the tunctlou.s of government to the spoliation of the many for the enilchment of the few, It should occasion thankfulness among nil honest men that this insidious gos pel of 1 evolution Is making slow head way; that the underlying conscience of the people piompta them to meet such doctiines with model atlon and dlsctlmination, nnd that In the end, ns vo may perceive already, there will be a lighting of rlghtable public wrongs, but this peaceably nnd not with torch or bomb or sword. Theie am manv near and personal blessings for which Americans ought to be grateful on this day particulaily; but the facts which we huve named constitute a blessing of supremo sig nificance calling Into action the loft iest sentiments of a nation's reverence nnd thanksglv Ing. The "Washington Post speaks of a former and a hoping-to-be-next gover nor of Pennsylvania a3 Robert A. Pat tlson. And this Is fame! Not Yet Out of the Woods. An analvsls of the vote cast on Nov. 2 is made by the magazine called 'Money-' in a fashion not calculated to reassuio Republicans. It draws conipailtons between that vote nnd the vote eat In 1S9R, reducing both to percentiles, and the Infeience we shall soon pet eel ve. Summarizing Its reviw wo note first that In Greater New York, last year McKinley pulled about 49 per cent, of the totul vote and Bryan neailv 41 per cent. Hut notwithstanding Tam ma'iy's enoimous plurality this year tha vote for Van WU was a smaller percentago of the whole vote than Ikyan received. Inasmuch ns It Is pio pused by the Citizens' I'nlon element to keep up the fight on the legular Republican organization, dividing the forces who ,n 1SSG supported McKinley, th only Inference to be diavvn from this situation is that the next New Yoik city delegation In congress will i uveal n. Urge Democratic gain. In New York state. In the municipal elec tions, the Democrats upon the whole stood firm while the Kepubllcann split np, with the result thnt the majority of tho interior cities of that state, al though' Republican last year, have now gone over to tho party of free silver, strengthening it materially for the congressional battle next jear. In Pennsylvania Beacom cot only 4'i 3.' per cent of the total vote, ngnlnst 1)0 ys per cent, for McKlnlev. Title, in this state the Democratic percentage also fell from 2G.2S to Si.U, but much of this fall was due to the Swallow movement. Hero again we llnd tho gte-it bulk of the Democracy standing up for Biyanlsm while the sound money majority scatters its Hie. In Ohio tho leaction is even worse. Here the Re publican percentage drops from 51.86 to 50.28, while the Democratic ptreent ngp rises from ICil to 47, sufficient Huctuatlon to give the Ohio Democrats double their present representation in concress. In Nebraska tho Fuslonltes this year polled 52.51 per cnt. of the total vote ns against 5J.81 per cent, for Bryan last year, and the Republt can voto fell .01 per cent. In Iowa McKinley got 55 47 per rent of tho total voto while Shaw, tho Republican can didate for governor, thla year polled only 01 per cent., the Democratic per centage rlslner from 42.89 to 41. In New Jersey McKlnley's plurality of S7.CC-2 falls to 10,000. In Kentucky, the Dem ocrats roll 50.01 per cent, of the total vote s against 48.86 per cent, last year, nnd the Republican percentaae falls fium 48 02 to 43.21, and so on down tho list. Hpeaklng broadly, the Democracy almost uniformly holds Its own ns compared Willi the liiynn vote laHt year, while tho Republicans, thanks tu factionalism, Indlfforonco and sulking, fall far. behind tho voto cast for Mc Kinley. The coiieluslen which "Money" draws frcm these figures and from other fact of public notoriety Is tint the oppo nents of the ftce silver and flat mane dements repiosentrd sine' ISM by the Democt.-vy, If thev would letnln u woiklng majority In the Flfty-slxtlt congiess, hnd better begin to get to t'other ugnln, ns thev got together last vear. On this point It says "The free flllvei, theiiiy was adopted ns a cur illnnl plank of Democrncy 'n H5. It Is the expelletife of political life that a gteat ching' of policy upon the iart of any political paity is a change, not tor one campaign, but for a term of yrats or n whole geneinllcn. Hence It must be considered that the Democrat ic patty will for some icais to conie hold the plank adopted In 1896, either ns prlmuiy principle of party faith or ns a secondnty feature cf Its pollcv. Thus no in:.tt"r If the Democratic par ty should Fecure control of the ndmln Isti atlon upon some other Issue, tho fiee sllvr poll"y would still remain a feattuo of pattv pledge!', to be redeem ed when the party seemed politicnl power to fulfill them." Noticing an other fenttlle of the situation. ".Money" tlitfcts attention to the fnct that while the sound money loices have vli tunlly chopped their work of educating the people the ftee silver advocate continue to spread liuintuic liro.id cnt, and most of It llfunture In which nrsumer.t, such ns It Is, tnkes tho plarc of the wholesale denunciation and abuse that constituted In tho lori'llt piesid'mtlal campnlgn so laigo a part of the equipment of the sound money champions This view of tho situation mav be unnecessnilly grave but at nil events It can do Republicans no hum 'to lie on their guntd. They aie not yet out of the woods. During the past tluee months, un der the Dlngiey tailff, our exports as compaied with the same months ono vear ago, Increahed fiom $203,051,019 to $2J4,4S3,00, a gain which knocks tho spots off the fiee trad" theory that a ptotectlve tailff Is fatal to a growing export tiade Must Pace ths Consequences. The fctatemcuts in lefetenco to the president's Cuban policy w hlch appear In an apparently authorized Washing ton Interv lew published on our first page will, If verilled by the piesldent's message, measurably satisfy those friends of Cuba In this country who have had hard work to icpres" im patience at the seeming inertness of the admlnlstiatlon during a time when it had ample provocation to take a decided stand for humanity and llbeity In Cuba. The policy Indicated In this Intel view Is Incomplete and cannot be completed until by outright lccognltlon this gov ernment Indorses the asnlratlons and the achievements of the Cuban republi cans and does for them what It gladly did for the South Ameilcan tepubllcs who in similar manner nt an eailier clay wrested their fieodom from Spain. But the plea of Spain for temporal y delay pending the outcome of her ef forts to bribe and cajole the Cuban Insurgents into submission can be granted by congress the more readily because if the Cubans shall prove sus ceptible to such approaches thev will demonstiate their unvyorthlnesr of Rec ognition and can be left to their fate with contempt Instead of pity. On the other hand, If this last des perate effott of Spain .shall fall, as wo hope and believe It will, then can con gtess or the piesldent oi both In heaity conjunction scatter to tho four winds tho last vestiges of consldoi atlon for Spain and declare, with one accord, the recognition not simply of Cuban belligerency but of Cuban Independ ence. Spain, having failed to terror ize and coeice Cuba with Wevier. and to trick and beguile her with Blanco and Pando. will have left but one al ternative. Bankrupt, bullied and dls eiedlted, she will be compelled to give up her froverelgnty In the "ever faith ful isle" and to accoid to her long abused chlldten that freedom In hope of which they have already paid so dear a pi Ice. Under there ciicumstnnces, and upon the assumption that the course of the admlnlstiatlon has put sued the lines just Indicated, it Is not Impossible to leconclle Ameilcan public opinion to a brief delay, but It will need to be a brief one. In this swift uge humanity does not long stand still to let Ignor ance and tyranny, In death-bed peni tence, strive with palsied hands to push back the dial hands. Spain has lost Cuba through her ow n cilmlnal stupidity and sho must soon face and accept the inexoinble conse quences. Reports have been put In cliculation by Spanish agents at Washington that General Gomez is a boOdler who will soon sell the Cuban cause out. Ills record and actions belle tho charge, but oven if It were Hue, could ho deliv er tho goods' Virtue Not Negative. Apiopos of the Pilnceton Inn discus sion, which jet i ages, a Mr. Itltt writes to the Philadelphia 1'iesa with evident truthfulness that the modeiato Indulg ence mndo possible among students at Princeton by the presence of a tap room In the now-famous hostelry is utterly venial contmsted with the enormous dissipation nnd robust frollc someness characteristic of university life In most Kuiopenn 'vnislty cen teis He argues that the asceticism which would closo this Inn would sim ultaneously open the door to evils per haps twice as bad. And that, by the way, Is not a bad starting point for another thought. If tho so-called higher education which Is supposed to be Imparted by our univer sities Is Insuillclent to fortify the young men who seek It against, the tempta tions of so slight an evil as a can? fully conducted bar room, where only wines and malt liquors are sold, and these only to students who have en tered or passed the Junior year, can Its usefulness be Improved by the adop tlon of a policy which would still fur ther remove from the faculties tho op portunity to exercise a jestialnlng in lluenco over the students' amusements? As a matter of fact experience has demonstrated, over nnd over again, tho futility of the notion that virtue Is a negative quality, to bo pteserved by the throwing of thin drapery over temptations. Thousands of children have gone to the dogn Just because THESORANTON TRIBUTE ixirents nnd teachers kept them so much In Ignorance of the world and its evil ways that when nt last they had to battle with It they were soft mnrks, Tho cancellation of th license of Princeton Inn would not destroy the liquor traffic In Pilnceton: It would not save any Princeton student fiom hav ing nt same time In life to mnko up his mind whether to be abstinent or indulgent in the matter of Intoxicants; It would simply shove the danger per haps n little Into the background, cutis Ing no gain for temperanco and no victoiy for virtue but merely a slight re-aunngement of tho fnetois of the problem. , The wondoi Is that these obvious truths should nnywhete be doubted. ' henever the uovcrnments of Ku tope get ready to unite In n commercial war on tho United Ktaten they need not defer action In anv filso hope that the United States will got scaled and leg 'for mercy. If there Is ono coun try on eaith thnt could uftord to keep cool In face of such a combine It Is this. Oovernoi Plngroe's lecent mysteri ous visit to Venezuela Is explained In the assertion that for $10,000 he got hold of a 10,090,000 asphalt concession. Piesumably Plimree will soon bo ready to evolve as a Hist clsuu "bloated monopolist. Captain (Jonetnl Blanco 'has been autlmiized by the government nt Mad rid to sign a credit for 5100,000" to bo devoted to the relief of the starving pnclllcos of Cuba. Mo.iuuhilo Woyler Is wined and dined and feted in Spain. Boss Cioker has cauej it to be nu thoratlvely tisserted thit Senator IM Muiphy of Tioy is tho Democratic leadf r of tho Dntplro state. Naturally. Murphy's trrm hm not expired, while Hill's lint. It Is ofllclally announced nt Havana that Spain In one of the movinces of Cuba has successfully lepulsed an In stil gent army of seven. Lot de Lome lejoico! TOLD BY THE STARS. Daily Horoscope Dinwn by Ajncclms, I'll" Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabe cast: 1 IS a. m , for Thursday, Nov. 23. 197. & & A child bom on this day will give thnnks that Major Bailey hn only onu Hie depaitment to play with on cold nights. Pumpkin pies Are on the rise. Djspeptie ills a paviug Ye snow II ike lllea 'Neath leaden skies And football hair is waving. Unless some ono starts an election con test soon the Sunday papeis will bei obliged to adveitlso for flesh "howl" mute rial. It is a cold day for the business man who believes iii advertising on fence boaids only. The Ilandlev evocator turkey Fceins to bo stuffed Willi all manner of chestnuts. Ajnechiix' Advicu. Itcmember that Jamaica ginger and Inomn siltzcr aie two of the best after dinner Thanksgiving sauces. THE PRESERVATION OF NIAGARA. Roclii ster Democrat and Chronicle. The attempt to sicuie, by Internation al nmnmiiil, tin effectual protection against utilitarian defacement of the nat ural magnificence of tho great cataract of Nlngaia lias b en begun none too soon. Dining let wit j tars attention has been so stionglj diavvn to the ticmendous capabilities of the Nlagnia river as a souice of pnvvei that thero Is real, im minent dtingi r that, no long, so much of Its waters may be diverted from their nntmal channel thnt theie will bo left of Nlngaia Palls onl- a bare prcclplco with a few insignificant stteams of wnsto water trickling down its rocky face. o That the gleat natural dam across tho outlet of su h a tiemendous natural mill pond as that foimed by four of the great inland seas of tills continent should continue to lie regarded solely from tho aesthetic point of view, that power-peeking man should lnnalu content to In all this enormous power with Its nlmost il limitable possibilities of beneficent em plojme'iit run to waste, for tho s.iko of preserving intact the grandeur and beiuty of even the most magnlllcent of cataracts Is rarcely to lie either expect ed or ele-,iiel Noi N it to bo reasonably expected that the Canadian government, after citizens of the United States havo been allowed to diveit ns much as thej' "Watch for our IMolJclay Store: It will prove to be the best and cheapest place to buy. Holiday Book S B3bles, Booklets, Dia ries and Calendars. Mileman, Tie Bookman, 1:17 spiiucu KiiiKi:r. Artistic Statuettes. I ,M UOCinitS' OltOUI'S, l'ANCY HHON.r.D CHINA NOVKIniW, AND IIUIC-.V.llllAU from all parUof tbowoild. A wholo lot of pretty things for ChrlMnias Presents. BOOKS lie ilAij 'Wi.l TIE CLEMONS, FERBER, (MAilEY CO., 422 Lacka. Ave. - THURSDAY MORNTNGr, NOVEMBER So, 180T. needed for their use of tho wntcrs of the Niagara river, will nt tho request of tho United Stntes govornmenl, forblel an al ready nuthorired eompnny of citizens of Canada to utilize tho waterfall as a somco of power, which will be of Incal. clilnblo vnluo to the Dominion. o Hut tho aesthetic' point of view has Its merits and Its lights equnlly with tho utilitarian. Tho world cannot nfTord to allow this gloilous cntaract to bo re garded and treated solely ns a mill-dam, Tho destruction of this magnificent and Impreislvo natural wonder would cause a. Iosh for which tho tullcst pomllilo utilization of every .oot poundal of en ergy thnt can be drawn from this water fall could novcr compensate tho world. Tho utilitarian iden must not bo allowed to huvo Its way with Nlngara to the ruin of tho catatact, and that It will do so unless It Is held la check by author lt experience warns us. o It Is entirely possible to devise In le gnrd to Niagara n "moeltis Vivendi," that can bo strictly maintained by the Joint efforts of the United States and tho Dominion of Canada, between tho utili tarian and thu aesthetic. It is to securo tho devising nnd maintaining of such a "modus vlvendt" by tho two governments thnt Andrew 11 Oreen has boen author ised bv tho commissioners of tho New York state reservation nt Niagara. No better cholco of n man for tills work could havo been made, and that tho end In view will lia finally accomplished wo havo no doubt. IMM'Oim. Thero was a poor man oncej Who had a plcco to epiuk. He also had a plan In mluil Designed to aid the weak. All worldly goods, he snld. Hhoulil be apportioned bo That thero might be no weak, no strong, No loftj", and no low. Hut Portline smiled, nnd ho Hecamc a wealthy mm; Thereforo he had no more to say, And dropped his noble plan Cloveland Leader. TTTT 1LANEETS and COlEfMAMESo For this week we quote the following low prices: Cotton Blankets. 10-4 Columbia Hlankets E9o 11-4 Silver Queen Hlankets 7Co 11-4 Qloilana Blankets 98o 11-4 Arcadia Blankets 51 35 Mixed Blankets. llorders Kcd, nine. Pink and Lemon. 10-4 Kingston Blankets $1.75 10-1 Oxford Hlankets 1.9S 10-4 Welland Blankets 2.23 11-4 Oxford Blankets 2.4ri 11-4 Welland Blankets 2,75 All-Wool Blankets. (Also Crib and Cradle sires) Borders Blue, Pink, Brown, Bed and Lemon. 10-4 Tlos;a Blanket $3.2'. 10-4 Hero Blanket 4.00 10-4 Housekeepers' Cliolce Blanket. C.50 11-4 Oakland Blanket 3.23 11-4 Norwood Blanket 4 25 11-4 Nuska Blanket COO 1?-1 Housekeepers' Choice Blanket. 6.00 12-t Clold Medal Blanket C.75 13-4 Gold Medal Blanket 7.50 Our lino of California and Ulder Povvn Blankets Is always complete. Bobe and Wrapper Blankets (Bovor fdble), bioraded patterns for Ladles' Wrnppers.Gentlemen's Bath-Robes 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 Stationers. Engravers. REYH0L1DS BEOS,, JIOTUIiJEItMYXmilMJIXa, Have the Famous Planetary Pencil tn" Sharpener on exhi- bition. It is the 9 o only Sharpener p w which never breaks rjj a point and will a sharpen four dozen g pencils every day for yjj5 32 months without f any repairing. SCRANTON. Typewriters' Supplies. h R L k V , Draughting Materials. COLISlTffS O BAZAAR. Origieators amid Promoters of Friday After nooe Bargaie Salles Tie SecoM One to Take Mace FrSdlay Afternoon, November 2Uk "Truth Is Mighty and Will Prevail-notwithstanding the twitching and snarling of some of our would-be competitors on account of our having introduced the Hourly Bargain Sale. We will pursue the course mapped out by us, and as long as we keep faith with the public our store will be thronged with hundreds and thousands of shoppers. The attractive bargains offered last week drew out the largest crowd seen in Scranton's shopping mart in many a day. 0RX Sale No. i Begins Promptly at 2 O'Clock, And Last i Hour Only. Sale No. 2 Begins Promptly at 3 O'Clock, And Lasts 1 Hour Only. Sale No. 3 Begins Promptly at 4 O'Clock, And Lasts 1 Hour Only. 0vX Minsk inn the Air Always on the lookout for something new and attractive for our patrons, we have engaged (for a short stay) Professor C. H. R. Miller, the talented pianist and composer, of Springfield, Mass, who is now giving, free of charge, a series of brilliant piano recitals upon our second floor, from 2 to 5.30 p. m. daily Selections played are all of Professor Miller's own compositions and are on sale in the Underwear Department during his stay here. We will sell his sheet music at just one half the publisher's prices; 50-cent music for 25 cents,or 3 copies of different titles for 50c. Come everybody and hear this clever artist dash off his catchy two-steps, waltzes, galops, warbles, etc. They'll make you long for winter and a dancing programme. TMMSaVK The Whole Family Will Be Thankful in Our Shoes, "from 25c to $5.00; Lewis, Reilly & DavieSo Wholesale and Retail. Will Cloio All Uny Tlmnksglvlng. Ef vow draft HWt gel tie Hews, Compare St with amy and ler. W Will Offer n Bajemeot At 6c i case 27 inch Fleeced Wrapper Cloths. At 3c 2 cases of Dark Outing? Flannels. At Sc 2 cases Apron Ginghams. xecoinidl Floor At $2,49 Ladies' Seal Skin Plush Capes, silk lined, trimmed with Thibet Fur and full sweep. At 27c Opaque Window Shades with heavy Linen Fringe, mount ed on spring rollers, ready to hang, the regular 45 cent kind. At 29c A few Downalinc Cretonne Covered Cushions with ruffle. At 37c 50 small sized Smyrna Mats, any other day 49 cents. At 24c Ladies' Muslin Night Gowns of very good cotton nnd well made. At 48c 75 dozen Ladies' Muslin Gowns, all of the latest cut, beau tiful embroidery, generous in length and will cost you at any other time from 59 to 85 cents. Maim Floor At 25c Gents' Laundered Percale Shirts with collars, the regular 49 cent kind. At 30c Ladies' Fast Black Fleece Lined Hose At J2cpr Bleached lluck Towels, si7c 18x40. At 10c Ladies' Perspiration Proof Stockinette Dress Shields all sizes, the 18 cent kind. At 25c The best Iloutzdalc Shirting Flannel?. At 21c 25 pieces Dark Dress Novelties, 45 inches wide. 94 n M K Tempted! Boyle 416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. HENRY BEL1N, JR., Oenerul Agent for tlio Wyotnluj DUtrlitfJ." Mining, masting, Uportlnz, Hmokoleu nnd tlia lteiiiuio Chemical Coiupuny HM EXPLOSIVES, tftfety I'uie, Cap unci Uxplodari. Rooms si'j, oju m .jh Commonivealtti Uulldln;, Kcruutoa. DUP0ir8 PIIIEB. AOENCIUS. Tuna, mm), JOHMLBMU'llilSON II W.MLL.MUN I'lttKtOI) riyiuoiitt) W'llkoa-Ilurrj Beware of paying too little for your clothes; a form of economical extravagance which will cost you dear in the end. "Cheap" is the one argument ad vanced by four-fifths of those who want to sell you clothes. The market is literally flooded with so-called "Custom-made" clothes, backed up by advertising which is .in insult to the intelligence of the community. Don't be tempted by these offers, which your common sense should tell you will never be fulfilled. MuckloWc mi pleasant COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of the best quality for domestls uia and ot all ilzes, Including Buckwheat and Ulrdseye, delivered la any part ot the city at the Ion cat price Orders received at the Office, drat floor. Commonwealth building', room No telephone No. 2624 or at the mine, tele phono No. Z.2, will be promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at the mine. WM, 1 SI
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