r4 TIIE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY. MAY 27, 1898. Zfy bitcixitox CriBune I'ubltibed Dally, Except Sunday, by the Tribune Publishing Company, ut rlfty Cenu n Month. The Tribune's telegraphic ncw3 is from three to five hours fresher than that of any Philadelphia or New York paper circulated in its field. Those papers go to press at midnight; The Tribune receives news up to 3 a. m. and sometimes later. All the news in The Trib une while it is new. New York Offlce: lftO Noiiau .St., S. H VREELAND, Bole Agent for Foreign Advertising. rNTKHKD AT THB rOSTOFFICK AT SCHANTON, I' A., AS BECOND-OLA83 MAIL MATTEIl. TEN PAGES. SCRANTON, MAY 27, 1803. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Legislative. First Dlstrlct-JOHN R. FARK. Tt will bo observed that Tho Tribune's dally correspondence from ramp 13 ful filling the predictions we made for It. The European View. In the May number of the Cosmopolls M. Francois de PreFfieime, a French Journalist of acuteneso and renown, considers our war with Spain from a htandpoint that should Interest us. since it is the -point of view held by many thoughtful and conscientious European olfoervers. It alms to be fair and avoids lneultlnjr us but annot avoid tho tone of cynicism. This war appears to M de Pressense as "one of those explosions of sym pathy bo dear to the Christianity of to day," in which "Interest Is subtly wedded to the most disinterested ideal Ism." Though our enthusiasm for Cu ban freedom may perhaps be Inspired to some extent (why should It not?) by "unpaid bills and interrupted trade," he think) It would bo well to remember that Armenia, Greece and Crete were not altogether without their monetary backers who had something to do with the outbreak of sympathy in their be half; and that "with this lamentable fiasco of our own hypocritical philan thropy before our eyes, we have no right to condemn the bellicose nnd ag gressive humanltarianlejin of the Amer ican Jingo " M. de Pressonse cordially praises the wise, patient and well-poised attitude of President MoKlnley, recognizes our military and naval superiority, scouts the Idea of effective Intervention unless at our Invitation, and says as to the proper course of France: "I under stand, and even share in, a certain In stinctive sympathy with Spain; but my reason and my conscience warn me not to range myself like a fool under the flag of a nation that has lost Its colonial patrimony, and which lives rather on the glorious recollections, of a glorious paet than on the actualities of a wretched present. After all, our first duty Is to ourselves. Let us be Frenchmen, Frenchmen of today, be fore being Spaniards, nnd let us leave It to Providence to deal with a con flict which Is no business of ours." Neverthele this foreign critic can not resist the opportunity to throw one stone at us. Grave accusations as to the origin and sustenance of the Cuban war of Independence can, he thinks, be brought against tho United States. Creoles huve neither the lgor nor the money to carry on so arduous a strug gle unassisted. "It has been on the soil of tho great republic that Insur rectionary commlttee have been formed, that expeditions have been tit ted out. that provisions and ammuni tion have been collected. It Is from the ports of tho American littoral that bands of filibusters have started to land in i'um. nnd to fmm tho nur.'cus of tho revoluti3iia:y nrmy. ly iho side of the Junta, a shadow of govern ment residing In Now Tork. there has been the Incessant nctlon of a syndicate of business men. The ulmlghty dollar letains Its eupremaey even In lealrns that one would have thought beyci.d Its e.omln'on." M. de Prepense evidently forgftB that Paris, too, has its Cuban Junta, not leas nctlve In helping along the Gomez Insurrection than Is the Junta In New York, and that neither In the United State nor In France can a law be enacted or enforced which would make It possible for public sym pathy for a revolt against tranny to b repiessed or for the agents of that revolt to bo Imprisoned or banished on mere suspicion of law-breaklng. When a law of neutrality has been broken In this country tho offenders, m soon as caught, have been punished. "When thero was suspicion that such a fracture of tho law was being planned, our authorities took duo precaution to prevent It. No government based on Justice could do more. The United States needs Porto nico In her future business. Ditto Hawaii. A Career for Woman. Tho Scranton Freo Kindergarten As sociation was organized In 1893, Its pur pose being to establish free klndergnr tens for the mental, moral and physical training of poor and neglected children In this city nnd vicinity nnd to main tain a normal training class. Bo close. ly Identified aro these two interests that neither can do its best work, or indeed exist, without the other. Thero are no redeeming Influences for hun dieds of our children outside tho kln deigMrion. Through our normal train ing class bv thn maana of a hrnad and 9 thorough preparation It Is hoped to educate these children Into a lovo for "God nnd Homo nnd Native J-nnd." flcrnnjon should not be behind other cities of Its rIzq In the educational advantages It affords. Our board of control having recently become con vinced of the necessity for kindergar tens In our public schools as supply ing tho fundamental step In educa tion, have malc a small appropriation for the purpose which will, undoubted ly, bf Increased year by year until nil parts of tho city arc provided for. Thlt will naturally create a demand for thoroughly trained klndergartners. Tho Free Klndergnrten Association pro poses o re-orgnnlzo Its training school In September, 1838, with a two yenrs' course of study and a corps of Instruc tors which will place It on a oar with first class kindergarten training schools In other larco rltlei. Applicants for admission to the training class must present n college or high school diploma or a certificate of an advanced course In n secondary school. A knowledge of music nnd nn ability to sing are very essential. A sincere love for children nnd a deep Interest In klndcr rarten work arc necessary to success. Great stress is laid upon health, per sonality and refinement. No other work Is more In need of broad nnd gen eral culture. In developing nil of her rcsomces In cultivating her powers of mind, body nnd soul. In appealing strongly to all that Is highest rnd het In her woman hood, tho studv of the theory nnd practice1 of Fioebel's principles In a kindergarten course Is invnluahlo to every jung woman ns a means of pelf improvement nnd preparation for life. The Daughters' of the Revolution at Cleveland at a meeting the other day resolved to postpone a contemplated boycott on French millinery. They have mnde thlq decision fearing that a boycott on Parisian bonnets might cause new complications nnd embanas the government. And yet there' are persono who say that woman dops not possess sufficient knowledge of nffalis of state to enable her to vote In telligently. Edward Uellamy. The death of Mr. Edward nellamy nt the comparatively early age of forty-nine jours Is a loss to American llteraturo and Journa"sm In no ordi nary senst Bellamy possessed the highest nnd rarest of Intellectual gifts, the gift of puie and exalted Idealism. He took man out of his sordid environ ment, out of his selfish existence for self, and placed him In a high mountain which looked out upon a bioad Inheri tance where there existed n unity of peace, love nnd universal brotherhood. The mental, analytlcnl and Imagina tive qualities which enabled Hellamy to create those altruistic scenes in "Looking Backward," which nie tei ravlshlriK in their harmonious com pleteness of detail, have fallen to few men. Sir Thomas More presented thre'e hundred years ngo a pletuie of univer sal brotherhood In his "Utopia," whloh has been the model of all subsequent efforts In the same direction. Literary Utopias have not been wanting In any generation. To Plato's "Republic" wo owe tho original conception of a fic titious commonwealth It won the first systematic effort to develop an Ideal form of government. Plato's "Repub lic" was purely political. The sacri fice of the Individual for the good of the state was tho ruthless logic of Its constitution. Sir Thomas More's "Utopia" like Bellamy's "Looking Backward" was the exaltation of tho Individual In the annihilation of the politico-economic condition of society In its material and competitive aspects. No one who has read "Looking Back ward" will easily forget the entranc ing scenes of Industrial and social co operaton which it eonjured up It was llke walking in a pleasant dieam, amid slvnn cottages, charming pleas antries, rustic bowers, rippling brooks nnd unalloyed Innocence. The white heat of the competitive struggle' for a bare existence, the nvnrIcIousnes of the few and the headlong folly of the many, the rush anel grind of the cog wheels of Industrial life were shut out from Its elyslnn repose. Rassalas In the Happy Valley hael everything to satisfy tho Instinctive craving of his nature but freedom; even this was not eliminated from Mr. Bellamy's pnr ndlse. How far literary works like "Look ing Backward" tend to exalt the moral and material well being of human ity It Is of course Impossible to bay. Dr. Johnson wrote "Rashalas In the Happy Valley" to pay the expens-es of his mother's funeral. Bellamj's "Look ing Backward" Is an adapattlon of Ras. salaa" existence In his happy vulley to one of our own timet), If we could be transplanted to tho earthly paradise where tho unfortunate- Uastern prince found life Intoleiably burdensome with all Its desires satisfied. Humani tarians who wTlte In this strain nie saturated consciously or unconsciously with Rosseau'H Idealism of the natural man, what he had been In a mate of nature, and what he would bo when relieved of the unnatural and artifi cial restraints which are placed upon his developement through the stress of moelern Industrialism. That Hdward Bellamy behoved In the possibility of the acconrnllshment of his Idealisms, we cannot doubt. Only a man Imbued with a belief In tho practical fiultlon of tho pseudo-economlo theories which he scattered broadcust could attract such attention and hold It. If It Is true that the emperor of Ger many purchased ten thousand copies of "Looking Backwnrd" and distributed thorn among those whom he thought their perusal was most likely to affect, there Is nothing strange In that "Looking Backward" 1b a prose poem, which like nil good poetry responds to an Instinctive craving of our eubjoc tlve consciousness and temporarily satisfies it. No book of the present century with such a socialistic basis has done less to propagate the tenets of socialism. It described an Ideal city, In tho midst of the material world, and the reader took "Looking Back ward" In hand as ho might tnka a Badecker, to traverse the highways and byways of this phantasmal place, so unlike) anything ho knew. As a lonrnallst Vdwnrrt Tlollamv yrm oriel. nal, graceful and Imaginative. Had ho lived ho would havo made tho New Nation no unworthy contemporary of Ita vcnerablo and erratlo namesake. As a product of American Journalism, It may well feel proud of tho life nnd work of Edward Bellamy. The landing places of tho battleship Oregon nt Florida must have been "Jupiter Pluvlus," of course. 'Tho Curso of dold." The woes of the group of nctors who nttempted tinder contract with a free silver syndicate to exemplify "The Curse of Gold" In Western towns has recently been nttrnctlng considerable attention In histrionic and political cir cle". The unfortunates were known as the American Drama company and had been organized by a free silver faction of the Democratic party nt Washington. Hv the proper presentation of a play called "Tho Curso of Gold" It was ex pected that the company would work up a freo silver sentiment which would make the services of campaign orators unnecessary. The cntorpilso started out with a characteristic flourish, but It came to grief In Cincinnati. Tho company was unablo to present the "Curse of Gold" In a manner that would allure a suffic ient eiuantlty of silver from the public to pay expenses, and the actresses and actors were stranded In that city. The s.vndlcato that started tho company on the road failed to come to tho rescue and the unfortunate Thespians were obliged to get back to New York as best they coulel. Ilffotts on the part of those interested' have thus far been powerless to Induce the politicians to come to tho relief of the dramatic peo ple ami settle back salatlcs, and many of the profession therefore havo lost faith In the theories of tho free siHcr Demociacy, Is this Incident ptophetic of the doom of the silver movement? If it be true that tho Cuban Insurgent army Is smaller than jepresented, the greater should be Its glory for tho re sistance It has maintained. It Hi be comes anv American to sneer at foes of tyranny. Speaker Reed may not personally favor Hawaiian annexation but he will not use the power of his office In nn at tempt to throttle the will of the house. There need be no fear on that score. Those who scout 'he capability of the Cubans for self-government forget that even Americans after more than a cen tury of study, haven't learned the les son any too well. And now a circulation war has bro ken out in WUkes-Barre. We- feared the Scranton scrap would prove Infec tious. - What would it profit Senator Quay If he should gain a governor and lose his own scat in the senate? By the vay, has the "Gussic" landed nny where yet' The Suggestion of Another Alliance Prank Leo In tho Times-Herald. EVBN more formidable than the mueh-dlse.us.sed Anglo-American al liance would be one between tho United States und Russia. It might be an lr congruous partnership, this union of czar and republic, but It vvojld bo ono that would make ull Huropo quull. It would also bo a strong factor In tho promotion of pe.u-e. It would be an an nemncement to the world that It should obey the dictates of tho two nations or sturve. For starvation would bo tho fate of nny nation that would dnre to oppose It. And food Is a most powerful factor In tho internal policy of states. You may tax or tob tho peasant to tult ourself, but when vuu mako him pay twico as much for his food or deprive him of it j 011 incite revolution. Men with empty stomachs do not think of fight ing foreign toes They complain of their government. The effect of staivatlon is seen In tho distress and famine now ex isting In p.uts of Europe and the riots that have been fteciuent since tho Spanish-American war. o Tho United States and Russia occupy a position unique among the great powers eif the world. They not alono produce enough food for their own needs, but all of the rest of the world buy from them. The pialrlcs of the United States and tho Russian steppes ripen vast crops of grain that aro exported to every clime. According to the figures of tho eminent statistician. .Maurice a. Mulhall, tho nmuunt of wheat exported by the prin cipal countiles of tho world during tho ears of liil to 1VG averaged as follows: From Tons U S 4,170000 Russia 2,0Kl,0O0 River Plate.. l.OIO.ono India 500,000 From Tons. Roumanla ....730,000 Canada 210,000 Austria 150,000 Of these total shipments of 9.4W.O00 tons it will bo seen that tho United States and Russia together ship G.470,000 tons, or con siderably more thun two-thhds of tho total. o All of the other countries are moro or less depende'iit upon these two favored nations for their supply. Tho olllclal tlg-iiri-rt 'n the luust UiltUh Statistical Ab stract, for Instance, show that of tho wheat Imported Into the United Kingdom during tho jeur lSU there was bought from Russia 17,211 f.0O hundredweight, and from the United States 30.C91 000 hundted weight Tho total imports of tho United Kingdom for that year wero 70,025.9!0 hun dreelw eight, and the aggregate from Rus sia and the United States was 47,93U,W)0 hundre'dvv eight or id per cent, of the to tal. How Inadequately her colonies suf fice to supply Gieat Britain's needs Is shovwi by the fact that she Imported but 2,112,940 hundredweight from India and CG00 hundredweight from Australasia. In time of war even this supply, meager ns It Is, would be imperiled, as well as that fiom Argentina, should Russia and the United S'ates chooso to consider food contraband of war. o Mulhall has laid down tho law that ns gards tho capability of u country for supporting population. It may bo said that ns a rule tho number of Inhabitants per ncre should not exceed half tho number of acres In the productive area. That Is to say, for every 100 tilled acres not moro than 50 souls. Tho fallowing table shows that there ure seven European countries that uro overpopulatcd Belgium, Eng land, Holland Scotland, Italy, Germany nnd Switzerland: Inhabitants per 100 productive acres: United States 10 Switzerland 53 Russia 2! Germany f.'i Ireland DO Italy CO Denmark 3.1 Hcotland M Spain Holland in Sweden 10 Kngland 112 Franco I3.1lellum US Austria 50 1 Though rraree has only forty-threo In habitant Tier 100 acres, tha Uuth U that It Is forced to Import no Inconsiderable portion of Its food supply. o Tho ordinary production of grain of oil kinds In the various countries Is as fol lows, In millions of bushels:. United StatcB ..3.575 Russia 2,13) Total D.M5 United Kingdom 101 Franco 721 Germany U2 Austria 7S0 All others 1,120 Total 3.(13 Tn rntialrlcrln et.ta tnltla tt mttat tin hnrnn In mind that 6,095,000,000 bushels of grain B to feed 205,000,000 people, while tho 3, 013.000,000 Is to feed all of tho rest of the world, and, excluding Africa nnd tho Aslntio rice caters, that means iOO.UOO.OOO people. No one has discovered as yet a better nrgument with which to appeal to a man than one that nffects his stomach. A man will do pretty much nnythlng befoto ho will starve. An alllanco between tho United States and Russia would moan that the rest of tho world must como to terms or starve. REMEMBER ! From tho Philadelphia Bulletin. JTho first nomination of James A. Beav er" for governor was made in tho face of a strong protest against placing on the tlekct a slated candidate, nnd General Beaver was defeated by moro than 43.000 plurality. Tho nomination of Gcorgo W. Delamater Tor governor was forced upon tho Republican party, despite tho earnest and long-continued representations of Re publicans that ho could not and bhould not bo elected; and Delamater was de feated by 16,000 plurality. But the pro tests which wero entered In advance of the convention against the nomination of Heaver and of Delamater wero by no means so numerous, so widespread and f-o forclblo in either case as those vvhlcn have been entered this enr ugalnst the nomination of William A. Stone. o Thero has never been In tho history of the Republican party In Pennsylvania nn opposition among the peoplo In tho courso of a nominating canvass so earnest nnd so deep-seated ns that which tha Repub lican leaders are witnessing today all over tho state against the nomination of Colonel Stone. What reason is there for believing that It will not be followed by consequences still moro disastrous to the Republican party than those which at tended tho Beaver nnd tho Delamater year If Colonel Stono shall be put upon tho ticket? o The delegates to the state convention nre ull presumably In favor of the main tenance and success of the Republican party as their first consideration, and tho practical question for them to decide Is whether tho nomination of a candidate who Is the object of Intense opposition In tho party, and whoso candidacy would possibly Invite a disruption of the party. Is wise, expedient and timelv. Only blind or selfish stubbornness or a willingness to hazard the chances of partv success !n order to accomplish simply personal pur poses would persist In a disregard of the plainest slgnsof the times Are all of Sen ator Quay's followers willing to take these chances and force tho party Into a doubt ful and, moro likely, n losing compalgn, when it Is easily possible to find any ono of a scoro of available candidates who would command party unity? fl it should be remembered that tho threatened opposition this year does not ccmo from chronic kickers, but that It represents nn active discontent In tho wholo rank and file of the party, nnd that no very great exertion would be required to stir It up Into the proportions of a revolutloniry movement. Senator Quiy and his friends have had ample warn ing of what may be expected In the event of their forcing the nomination of Stone. Iho question is not whether Stono Is a competent man or whether he deserves this opposition It Is whether he ought to bo nominated when ho would be tho weakest candidate whom tho convention could name, nnd when It Is obvious, also, that he could not bo nominated without the active co-operation of tho party or ganization In adopting the pressuro of machine methods upon unwilling dele gates. o Let us have next week not a Stono con vention nor a Quay convention, but a Re publican convention. Let us have a con vention which will study how to avoid and not to Invito disaster. Let the dele gates In considering the most peril jus situation which tho Republican party In this state lias yet been called upon to faco act In accord with tho dictates of ordinary prudence and their knowlcdgo of tho bcntlment of tho people In that event a nomination for governor will be made which will unlto and not disrupt the Republican party. Remember 1SS2 and 1S30! TIIE WAR AS AN EUUCATOli. New Orleans Times-Democrat. Every process of our national thought and action has been maivellously eiulck ened, just as tho Roman Intellect was fired when Rome was expanded from a municipality Into an empire. We havo sometimes forgotten that nations are not great brcausa they are rich, and that. In the eternal order of things, they can only be permanently rich because they aro great. The lesson will not be forgotten In our time. The real basis of our abound ing prosperity In recent years must bo found In the limitless devotion with which millions of Americans. In the four terrible yeirs, laid everything on tho al tar of their political principles Now onco more the foundation of our national lifo Is to be widened nnd strengthened, not by war between brother nnd brother, but between tho reunited nation nnd a power that stands for all the most re actionary methods mid policies of tho Bourbon sehool of thought and action. HCRANTON'S ni'.HT Ol' HONOR rrm tho Vllkes-I5arro Record. The people of Scranton aro raising a largo fund for tho relief of tho families of thofce who aro serving tho country In tho army Bcranton always appears to advantage when work of that kind be comes necessary. There Is no denying the fact that tho city of tho Lacka wanna contains a large number of very liberal-hearted and open-handed wealthy men who como right to tho front every time n worthy cause appeals. They give not only liberally, but cheerfully and promptly CHINA and We havo Just received another bulk car load of White and Decorated China and Porcelains, and can now show you the latest designs and decorations in Dinner, Tea and Toilet Gets at prices that can only be made when goods are bought In largo quantities and direct from tho manufacturer. TIE CiEMQNS, FEIM, (MAULEY m, GOLDSMITH Extra Special for Friday, May, 27o le Basement Five cases of beautiful Challies light and dark grounds just what you have been looking for the entire season and couldn't get until now, There are eight different styles one as pretty as the other and colors perfectly last, Price, 3 ceets0 for tie Day Only. ioo pieces of Cotton Towelling Crash, Price, n2 ceets0 For tk Bay Only. Two cases of the prettiest Lawns shown this season, Many price cits in Lewis, Reilly & OsLvieSo ALWAYS BUSY. THE 5ALE 15 ON. SUMMER rOOTWKAU IT IS NO FEAT TO Fl'i OUR FKET IN OUR bTOH. WIS ARE FITTERS OK FEUr. Lewis, Reilly k iavles, 111 AND 116 WYOMING AVENUE. MEL & COMELL 121 N. Washington Ave. BRASS BEDSTEADS. lnbuylnz a brass nedstsid, be Fnre that you set tho best. Our brasj Iledsteads aro all made with seamless bras tubln; und frame work Is all of steel. They cost uo moro than many boSsteads mode of the open seamless tublns. Every bedstoad Is hljhly finished and lncqusrol under a peculiar method, uotblns over hav. lng been produced to equal It. Our new Spring I'atterns aro now on exhibition. & Coeeell At 121 North Washington Avenui. Scranton, Pa. FOOTE & SHEAR CO. SPECIAL SALE. SPECIAL PRICES. For a few days only on OALVAN1ZED ASH CA.N8, GALVANIZED CAIIUAGK OAN3 Articles shown In store window marltedln plain Ugures, . !.. j..-.. . i-' 7 '-'j'. L r TriiTiT Wmm FOOTE & SHEAR CD., il N. Waehlncton uv J. u&a Price, 4 cent every ctepartiot, for tie The Closer You examine tliein the better you will like them. Taalor Hade at Ready Hade Prices. Perfect Fit or No Sale. Step in and see what we have. We know we can please you. Everybody buys at the same price. Boyle & MnuckloWc 436 and The announcement of a SPECIAL SALE In these lines, Is suOlrlent to make business boc::i on any ordinary occasion, but when vve say 'this U no o.-dlnary occasion," and thit dm lng the coming week wo v.lll brlnff to the front theEST AN1 J1KIOHTKST as sorted stock of everything that cennes under the "heuulno" of Wash Goods ever brought to thli city, vve are not departing from tho truth. A Special Sale of Ten lays Mratlon will make these 'iapjftments the Cen ter of Attraction, nnl a visit to cither will well repay you, If onlv to see what aio really tho Coirect Things to ba worn in Summer Fabrics. For a real Warm Weather Die&s, Or gandies naturally will claim tirst place, and our collection of choice things never equalled what wo are now show ing. We have them In tho most exclu sive designs". The same can ho said as to our un limited aesortment ot Fine, Plain and Fancy PJuqes, Dimities, Scotch Ginghams, Madras Cloth. Cheviots, etc. And our prices you will always find In keeping with the equality. i Umbrellas recovered wlillo you wait. We also do repairing on short notice. Telephone, No. 3,102. i 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE FINLEY'S wasl Girts Wiite Gills BAZAAR. For the Say Only. day only. LACKAWANNA AVENUE PATRIOTIC STATIONERY Beautiful Dies of American and Cuba Flags Novelties Up to the Hlraute Stationery and Desk Supplies OK Every Description. With nil purcbasoi amounting to fifty coat's or over va wilt resent ono of tho Latest Maps of "Cuba" Bargains to tmt, R.eyeoldBro5 UrATlONEIW AND ENGRAVER HOTEL JEKMVN BUILDING. 130 Wyoming Avenns. We carry tho I&rgadt Has of olllce suppllei In Norlheastcastern Pennsylvania. HENRY BELIN, JR., General Acent Tor the VVyomlai District fj.- DUPOIT illnlnc, Blastlnsr, Rportlnjr, Smoko.oji und Uia lUpauno C'heimci. Company IH EXPLOSIVES. fcafety Ciua, Caps nnd Eploderi Itooru lui Council Uullilln:, Scrautoa. AUE.NCIL4 TIIO, KOItt), JOHN 11. SMITH .. SON, . E. MULLIGAN, ritnton Plymouth Wllkes-Uarrj fill. PLEASANT a AT RETAIL. Coal of tho best quality for domestlo usw and of all elzea. Including Uuckwheat and Ulrdseye, delivered In any part of th city, at the lowest price. Orders received at tho office, first floor, Commonwealth building, room No. C; telcphono No. 2C21 or at the mine, tele phone No. 272. will be promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at tha mine. WM. T. SI roica. GOAL
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