THE SCHANTON TTUBU-tfE-MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13. 1897. l'iilillhri1 Hilly, Kxrrnt Nuntlny. tiy tlio Trlbunn Publishing Company, nt Fifty cents Month. UimiD 11 tub renown at shunmx .. ai rrcoNc-ct.Aaa man, mattir. BCKANTON, DKCKMURIt 13. 1897. It Weylor Is the patriot Ills woids Imply, now Is his chance to glvo over to his country's ImnUrupt treasury the millions he Is credited with hav ing swlpod In Cuba. Teaching Us HanncrR. The Gorman Kaiser Is again quoted as having In an Informal wav made a putioulzlnf? and contemptuous nllus Ion to "Ami'i'lenn moddlesomeness," and the ncrepsltv of teaching Ameri cans manners. The remark may have been manufactured, or even It accur ately reported It may have meant nothing In particular. Hut the fact that In several European courts a sen timent of uneasiness at the broaden ing dimensions of American competi tion nnd political lnlluencc should be developing simultaneously, as may be perceived even from this distance, Is not altogether without significance. It f"llos closely the progress of our ex port trade, which, by the bye. was more than $i!,ono,noo larger last month than In November. loO: and It points nt least to the possibility that the sec ond century of the republic's existence may witness an Inevitable abandon ment of Washington's dream of a splendid Notation. In spite of their pioneuess to fickle ness and Impetuosity In mattei.'i of domestic concern It Is notably true that In foreign lelatlons the American people are Inclined to be conservative. Hnd Cuba been an Island eighty miles from the border of Germany and In such n relationship to that country as she Is toward us, who can doubt that Intervention would have been a mat ter of weeks or at latest of months? Had the request for annexation been made by Hawaii to Kngland or Prance, or Germany, who believes that either nation would have played fast atitl loose with It for more than live years and then, when It had to be answeied decis ively, one way or annther.put on the air of extraordinary gravity and proceeded to deliberate over It as If it were a Mib Jei't Involving well-nigh national life or death? Our foreign policy. In spite of the Mugwump cry to the contrary. Is the very antithesis of jingoism: it is tedious and hesitant nnd cautious to an extreme: u pollcv that by its very dilatorlness does much to command for us the opinion among more determined nations which Is revealed In the tone of the tiermnu emperor's little remark. It Is this very spirit of conservatism which, bcin:; mistaken for lack of na tional vitality, may some day induce an exasperated foreign power whom our people have fairly vanquished In the peaceful competitions of trade to resort to the indiscretion of trying to fetch us a ran on the Jaw. "to teach us manners." Then look out for trouble. It would be Interesting to know what Sagasta thinks about Secretary Gage's figures on the filibustering question. imminent Spanish Testimony. It appears from a tran.latlon in the Sun of some recent correspondence from Havana in HI Heraldo of Mad rid that Spain has at least one jour nalist worthy of the name. Senor Canalejas, Hi Heraldo's editor. This distinguished .Spaniard lately under took on his ov n motion to ascertain the exact condition of affairs in Cuba. With this purpose In view he first vis ited the I'nited Stales, sending homo to Madrid, through his secretary. Potior Salnt-Auliln. uncommonly fair and In telligent representations of American -entlment, and then he proceeded to Cuba, venturing as far from the Span ish strongholds in quest of Informa tion as he dured. A recent IsMie of Hi Heraldo gives some of the fruits of Senor Canalejas' observations. We quote from the translation In the Sun: "All that has been said about the de population of the country, the destruc tion of wealth, and the awful sufferings of the. Spanish soldiers, is nothing when compared with the dreadful truth. More distressing than unrthlnir that 1ms ii..n said are the rula of commerce, the fail ure of the next crop, the dearth of pro visions till over the Island, the ravages t epidemics, ami the dlro misery of the inhabitants in the principal cities and towns. The spectacle Is more sail when we recollect the optimistic Spanish pre dictions that have been uttered." About the Insurgents lie says: "They (.corn the pardons offend to them and reject au tonomy. They burn the sugar cane field", threaten the sugar estates, and concen trate their military forces In the moun tainous west. In the east. lu.000 well armed men maintain by force the civil organization of the so-called Hepubllc of Cuba. Our troops have not damaged them during two years, and that is their main argument for demanding from the Uni ted States the recognition of their bel ligerency." What will bo the result? This Spanish Journalist nnd former min ister does not dare to say. He only points to the fact that Uenera! Blanco's mis sion In the Island of Cuba Is "full of dilllcultlcs." "The situation." he adds, "Is so daik that It Is hard to foretell tho Issue." There can be little doubt that these ndml.slons are conservative in view of the subsequently reported victories of tho Cubans In the Held, which even the opanlsh authorities at Havana are compelled to confirm. It may be that tho purpose of Senor Canalejas in pre senting to Spanish readers for the first time the naked facts in the problem is to stir up a sentiment likely to rein force the Sugastu ministry with money and troops. On the other hand, he may aim simply to prepare the way for tho Liberal administration to con fess to tho Impossibility of holding Cuba nnd on that plea to open negotia tions for the Island's abandonment to tho Insurgents. Hut whatever tho mo tlve, tho fact Itself Is certainly signifi cant. It is nn eloquent testimonial to the vitality of tho Insurgent cause that an ex-minister of Spain nnd one of tho present premier's closest friends should publicly admit In correspondence to his own paper tho undiminished strength of tho Cuban Insurrection after nearly thieo years of the cost liest war that Spain has ever waged. Lieutenant Thomas J. Keith, of Com pany H, Twenty-sixth Indiana Volun teers, although u clergyman earning only $100 tr .year, has returned to the government $493.86 in ponslon money on the ground that ho la not morally entitled to It, having recovered from the nllmcnts upon which Its Issue was bnscd. lie says In hl.s letter to tho commissioner of pensions that ho knows of one l'resbyterlan elder who draws $3f) a month for alleged deaf ness while In charge of a long ills tunce telephone station, and adds: "Clod Judges natlojis thnt wink nt per jury nnd leward fraud." There ought to be a number of Keiths In each com munity. The battleship Kentucky, over vho.o foithcomlug clnlatenlne at Newport News so much fuss was recently made, will be the most powerful war craft afloat. In each of Its two turrets are two guns each with iv calibre of 111 Inches, nnd each capable of firing an explosive projectile tho size of nn aver age pumpkin u distance of 13 miles. Fifteen n-lnch quick-firing guns, twen ty G-pounder.i, six l-pounders and four machine guns complete the ship's death-dealing equipment, the most for midable of any yet devised. Spain, et al., will take notice. Deinngoglsm, The Philadelphia Times administers a scathing but Just rebuke to nn In considerate contemporary In the In terior of the state which had Intimated that undue Influences might be brought to bear In behalf of Sheriff Martin In the event that his cute should be ap pealed to the supreme court. It char acterizes such Insinuations not only as cowardly but also as vicious In their poisonous Influence upon Ignor ant classes In the population who, without the ability to think the matter out, accept at face vnlue what they hear In ilerofr.tlon of the coin ts unil are tlureby lietrayed Into ruinous mis conceptions of American government. rnqucstloimbly the Times is correct, but It could have gone even further. It could fairly have charged upon 'he spirit of demncoglsm the whole re sponsibility for the shooting ut Lattl tner as well as for many of the per manent Ills thnt allllet th' industtlal life of the American people. It wns deinagoglsm lonvinlns with chronic, unrest the pioneer miners that In the first place forced the early employers of labor In the nnthiaclto fields to con sider the experiment of Introducing a low grade of alien labor. Again It was dnmagoglsm which enabled this Im portation to be eilVcted that d'Tnn goglsm which In spread eagle heroics was wont not many years ago to con tend that America war the open asy lum for the oppressed of all nations and that the man who should dar? to pro pose a restriction and an Intelligent assorting of Immigration would be In effect a traitor to tlK fjlnrious princi ples of American liberty. Thantw to this stupid bombast, the foreign In pour kept up until the whole circle of Industry was disarranged, but still demagoglsm was not abashed. It u gain set to work, now to poison the old immigrants or their sons ngalnst the new, nnd anon to start fer mentation among tho alien classes Ihenis-elves. The discerning observer who has been brought into close range with tho bulk of tho rougher types of recent Immigration into ttu anthra cite region cannot have failed to note the pacific n'Kl honorable disposition of tho masses of these aliens when their Ignorance has not been worked upon by human fire brands for some ulterior purpjsu. Had the inevitable been accepted manfully by the com munities In which' thep- aliens settled, nnd Inlhmices been set to work upon the noweomets to lead them gradually Into unison with their .surroundings, it can scarcely be doubted that Instead of I.attlmers ami Homesteads we should even at this early day be well along toward the. assimilation of this now Irritant body of foreigners Into at least tranquil if not Intellectually ex alted citizenship. Hut demagogism as sumed the upper hnn.l: rare was turn ed against race, laborer against em ployer, tho Ignorant cltlz-n against the innjesty of the law and finally bullets had to bo tired to quell the llamlng spirit of Insurrection. It might be thought tht the mls chevlous work of demagogism, which is so conspicuously In evident , would cause the public some dav to turn a deaf ear to the demagogues. l!ut on the oth.T hand we have Harnum's word for it thnt the American people love to bo humbugged. It Is asserted thai a considerable ele ment among the bankers of New York city oppose thnt feature of Secretary Oage's currency reform plan which contemplates additional federal super vision and indorsement of bank note currency. It will bo a long time before the government will be permitted by public opinion to suspend this func tion. The National University Movement. Among the arguments ndvancd In behalf of the establishment, in Wash ington, of n genuine, national univer sity, as desired by Washington nnd tho enrly presidents, one alone is nmplo to clinch the project In public favor. It calls attention to tho fact that on an average of $3,000,000 is expended an nually by congress In maintaining fed eral depurnnients of scientific Inquiry thut could readily be grouped within the unlvorslty'H limits. Within reach' ns university nlds are tho congression al Ul.rarv. "the largest," says Mrs. Cal vin S. Hiice, "In the world, housed In the finest building for that purpose In the world: special libraries, the Smith sonian, with 230,000 volumes; a law library of 50,000 volumes, covering the jurisprudence of the civilized world; the naval observatory, which' may not rival the Lick or Yerkes In star-gazing appliances, but sufficient to tench thu whole science of astronomy; tho Na tional Museum, with Its twenty-two departments, each under n. curator, nnd a library of 20,000 volumes; horticul tural and agricultural departments: nnd the Corcoryn Art Gallery, with Its splendid endowment of a million dol lars, nnd Its classes of painting and drawing." Tho fact that 4,000 young American on nn nvcrngn go to Hurope each year to pursue In, tho Oerman or English universities post graduate courses of study for which there are Ifmulllclcnt facilities In their own country ndds an Incentive to tho present movement to supply tho deficiency and nt the same time to round out tho American system of free public Instruction which now pluses short of the evolution of a fully-educated citizenship. The no, tlonol convention of patriotic women having this movement In charge will nflemblo In Washington tomorrow and Its tin ee days' session will be observed with sympathetic Interest by nil who have nt heart the higher Interests of tho American republic. Hvcry person rejoices to learn that the funds recently reported as missing from the accounts of A. It. Spofford, tho veteran librarian of congress, havo been discovered In an old desk, amidst a confusion of letters nnd papers. Mr. Sporford may not bo n model of busi ness precision, but he Is a public ser vant whose long usefulness to this na tion nnd to civilization outweighs by far any habits of carelessness which he may havo acquired within a life-time given up to the study of books; and his entire vindication, while not surprising, h doubly gratifying In thu It promises to rcsloro to Mr. Spoffoid the savings which, at the time of the discovery of his apparent de ficit, he Insisted upon turning over to the government for its reimbutsument. It Is astonishing what a mnrked dif ference of opinion there Is between tho railway presidents and tho Interstate commerce .commissioners as to tho vitality of the present Interstate com meice net. The former seem to think that the latter are clothed with more power than Is desirable, notwithstand ing that the latter claim virtually to be helpless. It Is unlikely, however, that the railway lnlluencc will succeed in fooling any considerable number of the people. Hdltor Kohlsaat has Issued his ulti matum to congress. Unless It ndopts currency reform he declares thnt tho next house shall not bo ltepubllcan. This is a poor way to coax recalcit rants into line. Some Glimpses at Congress af Work. Special to The Scranton Tribune. Washington. Dec. 12. -The Kifty-tlfth congress of the United States Is again .n full blast, the wheels that move the ponderous machinery which grinds out the grists of federal legislation from time to time having been set In motion on Monday last by the Joint rapping of gavels In the hands of Thomas HracUett Heed, of Maine, and Garrett A. Ilobart. of New Jersey. The roll call revealed considerably more than a quorum of the membership of both branches of the fed eral legislature present, and ready to do IniMiicsx. Hotb chambers of the great capltoI building showed marked evidence of the skill and handlwoik of tho otllclal haberdasher, in tile bright new carpet lugs that greeted the eyes and the feet of the congressional wayfarer as he re turned to hix post of duty after an ab sence dating from the cloe of the extra ordinary session In July last. The smell of new paint which pervaded the capl tolcau atmosphere to a pronounced ex tent, seemed to have an enllvcnlnir rath er than depressing effect on the return ing pilgrims if the self-satisfied expres sion which spread Itself over their smil ing faces as they cordially greeted each other with hearty handshakes and pleas ant words of welcome, was any indication by which to Judge. o Taking the present congress ull in all. Democrats, Republicans, Populists. Silver men. Gold-bugs and Straddlers. they are a pretty Jolly lot of Intelligent men. There seems to be less sectional bitter ness and less factional friction In the present congress than in any other since the close of the war of the rebellion. There Is a disposition on the part of tho Lion Heed to lie down with tho little lamblike Confederate general.Jo Wheeler, of Alabama, and to allow the sockless statesman from "bleeding Kansas," the Hon. Jerry Simpson, to occupy a position at the foot of the bed provided lie keeps quiet and doesn't shock their sensibilities with a calamitous war whoop of despair. Hut Jerry Is a good fellow and every body likes him. He is not, by a large majority, the verdant hayseed that he is represented to he, but an intelligent, jolly and pleasant gentleman. During the extra session when Jerry was attack ing the rulings of Speaker Reed In re gard to the three days' adjournment matter, some disgusted member of the house said, "that about all the lower brunch of congress was doing at the time was treating the members to 'Tom and Jerry'." No formal action lias been taken by the leaders of the house as to the course of legislation In the near fu ture, although it sort of mutual under standing has been reached by which the appropriation bills shall be disposed of as fast as they arc ready for consid eration. When these are out of the way the bankruptcy bill will he given the first opportunity fur a hearing. This bill was framed by Mr. Henderson, or Iowa, and Is on the lines of the old Torrey bill, providing for both voluntary and In voluntary bankruptcy. o The committee on foreign affairs held Its 111 st meeting Friday, and outlined Its work by the appointment of sub commltties to deal with Cuban and Ha waiian alt'alis. What the general line of policy to be pursued In regard to these matters will be was not Indicated by tho chairman, Mr. llltt, of Illinois, tho time of tho committee being given to the ques tion of sealing in the Herlng sea. o Tho Democratic caucus which Is to bo held at an eaily date, Is believed to bo ostensibly for the purpose of making an Issue with the administration and tho speaker of tho bouse on the Cuoan ques tion. The leaders In this movement rea son from the standpoint that by their lde Insisting upon tho consideration of tho pro-Cuban resolution, the president and the speaker will oppose It. nnd there by make an issue before the country. They believe, with good reason, that the country is strongly In sympathy with the Cuban Insurgents, and that a large number of the Republicans in the houso havo similar sympathy. If therefore they can draw enough support Irom tho Republicans M(,. to Oefeat the speaker and tlin Republican managers, they can proilt by an attltudo of friendliness to the Cuban Insurgents, as against tho negative course of the administration, which they believe to be extremely un popular at tho present time. -o The Hawaiian situation appears to bo considerably mixed, as there Is much uncertainty as to there being two-thlrds of the senate lu favor of ratifying tho Hawaiian treaty. Yet It Is believed that u majority of the senate and tho houso uro In favor of annexation. Speaker Reed Is opposed to annexation, but not withstanding this fact, the prospects uro that even If the treaty falls of ratifica tion by the senate annexation will ulti mately be accomplished though the Joint action of the two houses and the presi dent. Various propositions In tho form of bills are befoie the house committee on foreign nffairs submitting plans of utuiexutlon. Mr. Sulzer. of New York, would make Hawaii a territory of tho 1'nltcd Stntes, annum Its debt or four million dollars and provide for five com missioners to formulate a plan of govern ment for the Island. Mr. Spalding rt Michigan, would mako It a stale, with iiiu representative In confess lor the present. o Indications point to u radio U onslaught on tho civil service when it it point is leached In the progress of leglslitlin Btulwurt Republicans In congress ami out of congress can never get over their chugrln and mortification regarding President McKlnley's action In endorsing and emphasizing the cele-ornted hog-order of Clevclund, by which every available place under tho government, which ut tho time was filled by Democrats, was at tho close of his administration completely covered In under a civil service blanket, uud that blanket nulled and rlvetd down by his successor In the presidential clinic. Iney think ho should have turned tho rascals out llrst, and then mndo every man subsequently appointed to the va cancy undergo n civil service cxnnilnn lloti. as originally contemplated by tho law. Until that Is done, legally, and nut liv extension of covering In tinier wit bout examlnatlon-thero will nlways In opposition to tho system, which will li carried Into the elections, as It ivm li the recent election In Maryland, by which n civil service amendment was srowed under by fifty thousand major ity 1 believe the divorcement of olllcla. Hioil. from politics will result In ultl irately creating and fostering a largo independent element that will gravitate tov.ard the party who offers tho greatest hope of rewatd. o There is some talk abroad today Indi cating Hint thero will bo an effort made to defeat the confirmation of commission f of Immigration, Hon. Terrenco V. i'owilerly. but the friends of Mr. How derly nn. prepared for the fight, and contldently predict that It will not bo suc cessful. Mr. 1'owdcrly has made too good a commissioner to be turned down solely on necount of personal differences in ills olllchil capacity with either or ganizations or individuals, and his ft lends don't propose to stand by nnd bco It done without n struggle. o Your representative from Lackawanna county, Hon. William Connell, Is prompt ly In Ids seat when tho ponderous ham mer of ofllclal authority, in tho hands of the only Tom Heed, descends with Its mighty force on the sounding-board of tr.o speaker's desk, precipitating In nn Instnnt a quietude so dense Hint you could cut it with a knife, while In it deep chesty tone, arising out of the gloom, a stagey, sepulchral voice can be hoard deliberately uttering these words: "The House will be In awdab." "Tho chaplain will offnb prnynh." Congress man Contuil Is here for business and not for fun. A man that works for him has no picnic. His restless nctlvlty and sys tematic business methods are thorough ly incorpoiated Into his legislative duties. He does differently from nine-tenths of the congressmen here in this particular. He does not make an olllce out of Ills bed room at the Shoreham hotel, nor does he use his little desk on the floor of the house, or his committee room like many members do, to transact business but on tho contrary, rents nn otllce In the best location In the city, convenient to nil the public departments, nnd there receives callers and does bis work. As I have the means of knowing. 1 can cer tify that not a deserving letter from a single constituent has remained unan swered, not a pension case has been re ceived that Is not Immediately recorded, and the action on such case In all Its stages communicated to the pension claimant us soon as received from the pension department. Various matters of legislation for tho benefit of his district are under contemplation with a view to their early Introduction In the house. Strnttan. HAS W'OX A IIICJIl I'LACIL From tho Diocesan Record. The Diocesan Record neglected to make any mention of The Tribune's Greater Scranton issue on November 27. It Is not too late, however, for us to say a word about our neighbor's enterprise. The Scranton Tribune has always been merit orious and has won a high place In the newspaper roll. The Greater Scran ton Issue was a credit to Tin; Tribune and showed how well they do their work In that olllce. , , A PRACTICAL TEST. From the Criterion. There Is only one satisfactory way to test the lighting qualities of a man-of-war, nnd that Is to shoot nt her before she leaves the stocks. Try her with the biggest guns. If she stands, launch her. If she goes to pieces charge tlte loss to the contractor. one to tiii: owing. You may talk ahout the tariff, and pro tection, and free trade, And party panaceas for oppressing hu man ills. And "Improving trade conditions," and tho boom that wheat has made, lint tho way to stir up business is to pay your little bills. If you owe tho grocer twenty, and ho owes the butcher ten, And live more to the coal man. and to the ice man five, Your payment of the twenty helps along three business men. And Hie payments they can mako in turn malje other people thrive. Idle money in your pocket doesn't do you any good; Unless your bills are all paid up In full it Isn't yours. Just pay up all you're able, as you wish that others would; That's the recipe for hard times that Invariably cures. If you pay what you owe others, others still can then pay you; It's tho circulating dollar that the pulse of business thrills. So set your money working, and then watch what it will do, For the way to stir up business Is to pay your little bills. -William H. Hills. In the Sun. 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