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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, JULY 11', 1898
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8CRANTON JUIiY 11, 1S98.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
STATU.
Govttnnr--WILLIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant Qcivcrnor-J. P. S. GOBIN.
Secretary of Internal Affnlrs-JAMES W.
LA1TA.
Jjdjie of Superior Court-W. V. rOR-
ter.
ConBreimU nt Larse SAMUEL A.
davenport, galusua a. grow.
legislative.
Snnntp.
Twentieth DUt.-JAMES C VAUGHAN.
Ho imp.
Tlret Distrlct-JOIIN II. PARR.
Fourth Dlstrlct-JOHN K. REYNOLD3.
COLOMU, HTONK'S I'lj.V'l TOKM
It will be my purpcto when elected to
po conduct mvrclf uv to win the icspcct
und ficod will of thoso who hao opposed
me ns well ns those who have glcn mo
their suppoit. I shall be tlio governor
of the whole rcople ot the slate. Abus.es
hae undoubtedly grewn up in tho lcela
laturo which ore neither tho fault of ono
party nor the other, but luthir thj
growth of cui-tem. I'rrccpssniy Investi
gations hae been authorized by commit
tees, resulting In unnecestmy epentc to
the state. It will he m enre and pur
pose to correct these and oUier evils In io
far as I hae the power. It will be my
purpose while goernor ot Pennsylvania,
as It has been tny purpose In tho public
positions that I hae held, with God's
help, to discharge my whole duty. The
people are greater than the parties to
which they belong. I am only Jealous of
their favor. I shall only attempt to win
their approval and my experience has
taught me that that tan bent be dono by
fin hdnest. modest, dally discharge of
public duty.
It Is poetic lustier, that tho oty flas
v.-hlth Cleveland mid Blount htuled
down In Honolulu fhe yens ago is to
he used next week In formally ratifying
Hawaii's annexation.
The Thirteenth Regiment.
Tho report which appeared in tha
Philadelphia Press on Fiidav that tlip
Thirteenth and nmo other icglments
vverp to proceed to Honolulu seems V
lme no other authoiity than the man
who wiote it. The offleeis In command
know nothing of such an older,
nor do they believe that suc'i a move
If. in contemplation. As a matter of
fact we io.juIip eiy few soldiers In
Haw-all. The natlo.s aie n-n meioly
unlet hut liUlily elated and genuinely
enthusiastic sIK.e comlnc under our
rlnq; Th executive authorities in tho
island can as well piesie peace an J
liann.ulllty theie now as at any time
since the establishment of the leiuabllc.
It Is quite pos-siblo that the Thirteenth
will net leave the country It their
services aio not lequited theie is no
i 'fisn-i why they should This will ho
n tli'appolntinent for the hos, but It is
on- tli.it must he borne in patilotlc
hllence.
An evening; eontempotaiy Inquires on
an averace oiue a ,eek why Mr. Con
nell due; not use his influence at Wash.
Inston to huve the Thliteenth regi
ment nut to tin front. It r,cer seems
to hae struck the e'lltrr of the Scran
ton Times, tl at Ml Council is not the
head of the ai ilciiaitnunt.noi thatihe
Thliti'anth Is only one of a huge num
ber of ipglments tit famp Alger and
nth"i places, all of which uto as much
entitled us It is to the tame consul
uation and have not ct leeched It.
Tii send all tho i;glnionts to the fiont
at urco would leuvo nonf- in riseive.
Up do not know that political dlbcilni-im-tion
has anvthlnq to Uo " It Ii tho
disposition ot the volunteer corps In the
war -ocretai's office. We heliee 't
has nut: but etcn If it had, ,c should
havo o.Npected our Populist contem
pt aiy to be ihe flibt In the field to de
nounce' suc'i un .Uioclous condition.
Wlitn this wai broke out there was
leasmi to belloe that it would entail
constrict able losses No onu can now
look back ut its com re without coon
perceiving that hnd we anothr coun
try to deal with than the lUciepit and
senile relic ot mediaeval monarchy and
modem barbailsm wo waged war
HKulnst, we should lime plenty o:
Ughtlnn on hand to engage tho Thli
teenth icslinent and every othr regi
ment that we could couMMiicntly mus
tor. That vvc are spared this necessity
should fill us with profound thankful
nesjWe shculd accept the fact In no
spirit of captious petulance. There aru
many men In the Thirteenth leglment
and In every other volunteer leglment
now in canu, who are sorely needed
at home, anil who. as Governor Ulaclc
had the courage and manliness to say,
should not have been permitted to leave
It. That much Is clear now. It was not
so obvious at the beginning of tho war
W?r Is not the plaything of nn Idle
hour. If tho Thliteenth regiment
comes home with peace, It will come
home with honor. It has done tho duty
asked of It; It could not do more.
Ifobson risked his life but fortunately
ban not lost his head.
The modern luxury and refined do
mestic conveniences on board ot these
great palatial steamships that carry
their thousands of passengers every
meek from one continent to another,
has so far obscured the ships' relative
Insignificance on the bosom of the
ocean that we aro apt to forget what
frail things they teally nre. Two
years ogo the German Lloyd steamer
Klbo went down In collision In the Eng
lish Channel, nnd although the loss of
life was ml no great nor the Incidents
attending It uo appalling as In the
eahe nf tho limit gogne, three hundred
passengers met ti wutery grave. Some
few mouths before tho Duncnrvnn
Castle, on her way ftom Cape Town to
London, was wiecked on the Island of
llratntit In tho North of France. In
which out of a total of four hundred
men, women nnd children, tho comple
ment of crow nnd passengers, only
right were rescued. Notwithstanding
tho utmost enre, risks In travel tire Inevitable.
General Miles has ofllclally advised
the army to be tempciute In the use of
Intoxicants. Tcmpciate It should be In
all things save hravety nnd cnduinnce.
"Colonels" and Colonels.
Theodore Roosevelt did not gradu
ate at West Point mllltaiy academy,
It Is true. He graduated from n ranch
In the western wilds which was In
finitely moie serviceable' to lilm ns the
leader of a troop of rough riders. He
graduated on the ntalrlcs, rifle In
hand. Buffalo 1)111 did not graduate
from West Point. Colonel Cody's
knowledge of the red man nnd his ways
may be said to he Instinctive, or In
stinctively acquired. It proved Invalu
able to our army in Its Indlnn wars.
No academic training could supply
this. Tho places of emolument or
lather of distinction given out by
President McKlnlov at tho beginning
of the war "to the sons of their fathers"
were asslcncd to young men, few in
number, whose special business capac
ity and commercial ttalnlnc were as
Indispensable at the head of a com
mlssarint, which had to be organized
out of comparatively small proportions
In a short time, ns was the special
knowledge in other directions of the
geneial ofTlccis In the field. If PiesI
dent McKlnley had appointed moie of
them, less initial mistakes would have
been committed.
"Colonel" Bryan has neither capacity
nor previous training to become a
rough rider, a scout, or a clerk. He Is
what he Is pleased to regard himself,
a political "colonel." The feather-bed
"colonels" of the Civil war lost us
more men than either charity or chlv
nliy allowed us to divulge. Theie are
more experienced commanders than
"Colonel" Br an who will have to stay
at homo, and who are saying nothing
about it.
Theie aie colonels and colonels. We
do not like to draw an invidious line
of denial katlon between the sheep and
the soats. This wnr should, however,
teach us a lesson. We must rely on
men who make mllltuiy life a pro
fession to orcnnlze, lead and di 111 our
troops. The days of Cinclnnatus aie
past. We may take soldieis fiom tho
plough, but we cannot thus take gen
erals. We may i.ilse an aimy as large
us that of Xei.xes and lose it ns easily
if wo alace our dependence on men
who are moie familiar with the ard
stlck than the saber, quick to detect
the thunder of the stump from afar
off and deaf to the loar of the can
nonade a few naces away. All the
haim we wish "Colonel" Biyim is that
he may die peaceably in bed after a
long life scent In a better cause than
championing 16 to 1.
Pando didn't got into Santiago, Gar
cia didn't shirk n flcht, the Cubans
didn't liehead pilsoiuis of war and
each story thus fur eii ciliated to the
discredit of the Cuban iusui gents has
subsequently been exploded but the
work of defamation will net case so
long as theie Is a chance left to worl;
up sontiment for Amcilcnn uppioprla
tion of Cuba.
Ritual in the Church of England.
The United States has nothing to do
oflicially with an form of icllglon.
Equality of privileges Is granted and
secured to all denominations luespect
Ive of the theological tenets which
they hold or tho ritualistic obseivances
which they piactlce. We nic political
ly Indiffeient to the faiths ot creeds
and chuiehes, so long as they main
tain ii code of moials in confoimlty
with the principles of our Constitu
tion and our laws. In this we aie un
like the nations of the Old Wotld, ex
cept the Bwlss republic. Prance, ra
tionalistic, republican Fiance, has Its
concordat with the Pope and endows
all religions alike that can lay claim
to conctete existence and a numeilcul
stnnding sufllclently large to obtain
utnclul iccognltlon. Germany, Austila,
Itul, Russia, Spain, Belgium, Holland.
Sweden and Norway and England have
all state endowed chuiehes or churches
holding ofliclal relations to tho state.
We have heie perfect religious equality
as we have perfect icllgious llheity.
We aie u deeply lellglous people
withal, grateful for tho providential
pi iv lieges that have been vouchsafed
to us in so many ways that have been
denied to other couiitiles. We believe
in the community of Clnlstlan fellow
ship and In the sciiptural Injunction
that ho who pieaches the gospel must
live on the voluntaiy lesouices of
Chilstlan duty.
Those who have watched closely tho
movements of religious life in England
have seen It expanding In one direc
tion with potentous speed. Evangelis
tic simplicity Is being superceded rap
idly by a ritualistic and lltuiglcal de
velopment wheh would have shocked
If not broken the hearts of the fathers
of tho Reformation. The Reformation
turned in great measure, in England
at all events, on the relation of the
church to tho Scriptures nnd Its re
lation to the stute. The church of
England, after the storm of the refor
mation had swept by. was found high
and dry on the Impregnable rock of
the Holy Scilptures, as Mr. Gladstone
put it. Tians-substantlatlon with its
ritualistic observances and sensuous
ceremonial accessories became In the
words of the Thlity-nlno Articles an
"Idolatious superstition" and so it re
mained within the oniclal purview of
the chuich of England for three hun
died years. The tiactarlan movement
which took rise In Oxford tovvaids the
middle of the century was not a rever
sion towards the doctilnes of the
Catholic chuich, although some of tho
more tiotablo leaders In that move
ment after Its failure did Join tho
chuich of Rome. It was rather a te
action ncalnrt the unsplrltual depend
ence of the church upon the- stale,
tho slmonlous and uneanonlcal sub
ordination of the church to paillamcnt
nry control. Incidentally It Involved
tho question of apostolic succession and
tegencratlon by baptism. A clergy
man of the church of England might
remain and may remain In orthodox
communion with It after denying tho
spliltunl efllcacy of thoso doctrines. To
the muss of the adheicnts of the
church of England, however, these
theological hah splittings were Incom
prehensible nnd they remained per
fectly Impassive throughout the Intel
lectual commotion which 13 known as
tho tractatlan movement.
Thpio Is a lecrudesccnce at the pres
ent day In England of lellglous phe
nomena which have been more or less
icmlttent for the best part of the nine
teenth century. Ritualism has never
quite lost its hold on a certain section
of the Anglican church. Theto has
alwajs been an evangelical party nnd
a high church party: the one Biblical
pure and simple; tho other grafting on
the pilvato Interpictatlon ot scrlpturo
patristic traditions. Rut the chuich of
England Is a state endowed Institution.
Any of Its cleigymcn who practices
ritualism mav be sent to Jail for con
tumely, although as a matter of fact
conviction is almost Impossible. That
section of political and religious senti
ment In England which is derisively
styled tho "Nonconformist conscience"
clamors for the disestablishment of the
church of England. It has not yet
gathered suflleient political momentum
to effect Its object, but the tendency
ot the tiniest points unmistakably In
that dliectlon. The Romanizing prac
tices of tho church of England do not
Imply that the conversion of Gicat
Biltaln to Catholicism Is at hand, or
that the altar will replace the lectern
ps the lectctn leplaccd the altar. No
such counter reformation is In pio
j re.ss or in contemplation. Rltuullsm
In the church of England Is a symp
tom simply of doctilunl unrest and dis
quietude. It signifies a profounder
spiritual Intensity; a earning after
higher Ideals; a more powerful, con
templative life with a dash of mediae
val superstition; a, more sacrosanct
ministry. It Is not a divergence from
Protestantism but a healthy mollifi
cation of Puiltanism and a restriction
of latitudinariauism.
La Bourgogne has been an unlucky
vessel since the time of her launching
thirteen jears ago. rinally she has
met the fats which she Inflicted on the
111 starred Alka whose patrscngers and
crew she sailed away from and left
to diown after foundeilng the bhlp.
This was not the lirs.t time that she
cnriled an ungullant freight. Such a
hideous disaster could not have hap
pened on a vessel of the Ameiican,
English or German line, for the ofll
ceis would have shot down the hoi do
of beasts that beat back weak women
nnd children to save their own lives.
Such a honlble catastrophe as the
memorable Bazaar Hie In Paris would
have been divested of many of Its re
puliivo features If other than French
gentlemen had been the chief actors
in the panic The chlvaliy of most
men would not have directed them to
rush out of the burning building tramp
ling women under their feet. In that
case as In the Bourgogne, few women
weie saved. It Is n pitiful icllection
on Fiench discipline and courage that
one woman alone of the hundreds on
the French liner Is alive today to tell
the tale of the most awful brutality on
record in the annals of civilization.
The nmoval of the foreman ef tho
custodiin's foice in tho oust ira house
at Baltlmoie is one that all patriotic
Americans will sanction. Frank Wlck
ham, the olllelal In question, in a posi
tion of tiust under the government,
was ippeatedly hcaii to curse tho
American ivival loices at Santiago, to
gether with Commodore Schley nnd
other ptomincnt commanders. Ho also
expressed himself as icgrotful that tho
Spaniards hnd been defeated and de
rided tho display of flags in the collcc
tcr's office. His prompt dismissal from
office, follov.'ig the investigation nf
rhaiges against him, is small retilbu
tion for a n an .ullty of such gioss
ingiatltude and disloyalty to the gov
ernment which employed him.
The Pittsburg Ilpatch says that the
Hawaiian resolution is the "entering
wedge for tho much-a'dvertised im
perial policy, for rehabilitating the in
stitution of slavery, for denjlng the
right of the governed to have a voice
In government aftalrs, for legislation
solely In the Interest of corrupt mer
ccnailes." Whew! No wonder mer
cury stajs at a hundred In the shade
most of tho tlmo in the Smoky City,
But tho Dispatch Is excited. It will
have more sense tome day.
While that steicotjpeia' strike in
Chicago suspended publication of the
dally papers and stopped advertising;
the big stores failed to do enough busi
ness to pay their gas bills. The moral
Is obvious.
General Miles is entirely correct In
his belief that the place for the com
manding geneial is at the front.
Cainaia Is oidered home. There Is
no pluce like It until Watson gets
there.
A U.VIt I'ltlMEIt.
A Is for Alphorbo, tho boy king of Spain;
a U for J.'Unco, and brief be his relgti;
U Is for Cuba, tho tyiatit.oppicsscd;
D Is fer Dowcj. with vlcti.ry blessed;
E la for England, most file-nclly of row
ers, r is for Fiance, whose aid is not ours;
G Is for Uoincz, so fierce In the fra,
II is for Hobfon, our hero today;
I Is for li.n.rgents, those bold rebel
hordes,
J Is for Jiiifcoes. all firing off words,
K Is for tho Kingdom that tlucutciu to
fall:
I. Is for I.lbcitj, best gift of all.
M Is for Maine, remembered. Indeed;
N Is for Navj, taking the leud;
O is for Oregcn, Imttleshlp gland;
P Is for Philippines, the fai .conquered
land;
Q Is tor Queen Christine, who battlo ub
hois; R Is for RIshltcuH and justified wars.
S Is for Sampson, an AUmlrul he,
T Is foi Torpedo, a terror at sei.
IT Is Unclo 8am, who gives tho big show,
V Is for Veide, what's thete wu don't
know.
W Is for Wciler, so cruel Hnd bold,
X is for Xeren, of war methods old.
Y Is for Yellow -fake lumois ot war.
'A is for the Zeal of our "Hip, hip. hut
ih!" -Lintlnnall Post,
Wiping Otif fhe
Policy Infamy
n PROI'OS of tho enactment of thft
A Novvlands tesolullons annexing
Ll Hawaii, the New York Sun prints
n tin interesting historical review of
tho movement thus crowned with
success. It sujh: Tho last obstacle o
tho extension of American sovereignty
over thise islunds bus been overcome.
The flag which the Cleveland Policy of
Infamy hauled down In April of ISM goes
up ngalp In July of 1VS. 'Iho America
of tho twentieth century has taken Its
first and most significant step toward the
giavo responsibilities nnd high rcwauls
of manifest destiny. The constant hope
of Tho Sun during the past five jears bus
been splendidly lcollzcd; nnd today the
names of four Republicans, two of them
UvliiK and two of them dead, two of them
presidents of the Vnllcd States, all of
them truo Amerlcrns, stnnd foith con
spicuously for honor and gratitude In the
celebration of this momentous national
event; James G. Blaine, John I.. Stevens,
Benjamin Hurrlsor. nnd William McKln
ley. o
To tho memory of Blaine, first of all,
tho just recognition that Is due. It Is
more than torty ears now slnco tho rar
seclng mind ft that great statesman and
great American began to concern Itself
with the question of Hawaiian annexa
tion. Mr. Blaine's personal friend In Au
gusta, Maine, the Hon. I.uther Sever
ance, whs appolrtcd by Zachary Taylor
as minister at Honolulu. Mr. Severunce
came back thoroughly convinced of tho
importance of tho Islands to us and a
firm believer that sooner or later they
would bo annexed. Mr. Severance, llko
his fellow townsmen, Mr. Hl.ilno and Mr.
Stevens, was u part owner of tho Ken
nebec Journal. Tho Hon. Edwin C. Bur
lelgh, of Maine, has iccently recalled Hie
circumstance that when Mr. Blalno be
came tho editor of that newspaper. In
1S5I, ho wroto for tho very tlrst number
pilntcd under his munagement a vigor
ous editorial article urging Hawaiian an
nexation. Ills partner nnd successor in
tho Kennebec Journal, John I.. Steven"!,
shared his conviction on this subject.
And when Benjamin Harrison became
president, and James G. Blaine serreta y
of state. Mr. Stevens was chocn for the
diplomatic mission to Hawaii. Theie, dur
ing tho wcll-remombercil events of the
l evolution of Januaiv, 1KB, ugalnst I.II
luoknlaul nnd tho monarch), this faith
ful and patriotic American and honst
man hoisted the flag which was pulWl
down by Paramount Blount, to tho shame
nnd disgust ot the American people and
tho everlasting disgrace of tho Cloveland
administration, after the treaty of an
nexation negotiated by Harrison had been
withdrawn from the senate of tho United
States bv Grover Cleveland. Was thre
a "conspiracy" to acquire Hawaii In 1S117
If so, Harrison nnd Blaine nnd Stcvns
were tho conspirators; and glory Is thelis
for the conception'
Late In November of 1M2 Mr. Stevens
had sent home from Honolulu to Augusta,
to his newspaper, tho Kennebec Journal,
an article on the subject of Hawaii In
i elation to national Interests In the Pa
cillc, which was so striking In Its state
ment of fuels, so acute in its pievlslon,
so manifestly prophetic In Its conclusions,
und so thoroughly Impregnated with In
telligent patriotism that The Sun then
called the attention of the country to it
as an Impresslvo warning that the time
was neat at hand when the question ot
tho ultimate possession of Hawaii must
be decided by the action or the apathy of
our government and people:
"The States and Tcirltotlcs which out
let on the vi.st Western ocean will some
day have n population of IM.lOO.OOO if
souls. The Pacific side of the American
republic, stretching fiom north Alaska to
south California, a coast lino of 4.M0
miles without Including tho 1,700 miles
of shore of I'uget Sound, Is to have a
development of ngrleultuial, lumber, lish
cries and mineral riches, out of which
will flow streams ot conunerco which
neither tho imagination nor cold figures
can well cover at the present time.
"In tho front of theso vast Pacific
States extends tho immer.so ocean of the
Pacific. Across this vast Paclflo plain
must bo for all tlmo tho water roads
along which will move tho commerce of
many hundreds ot millions of people. An
chored firmly between tho two gteat
oceans. America divides with Europo tho
commeieo of the Atlantic, Europo hav
ing tho advantage in numbers, position
and piestlge, But on tho great Western
ocean America can easily take the lead
and hold It securely against all competi
tors. To ilo this sho must Improvo her
opportunities. Sloth and cowardice nev
er win unythlng worth having. Time
waits neither for Individuals nor nations,
Success Is for thoso who dure.
"In this Immense area of water be
tween America and Asia aro Innumerablo
Islands, fo needful to tho futuro com
merco between the two great continents.
Tho most of these Islands are now
possessed by Bngland. Franco, and
Spain, Germany but iccently foirlng her
grasping hand into tho arena. Owing to
tho patriotic fidelity of the American Mis.
slonury board and its faithful agents, and
to thu watchfulness of American states
men fiom Dinlti Webster to those of t'lo
present time, the Hawaiian Islands havo
not passed under a Euiopenn flag.
Greedy, grouping, and sometimes insult
ing as have bepn our rivals us to Amer
ican Interests in these Islands, they aro
not yet lost to us, and tho business neces
sities and the sympathies of their citi
zens aro still with their American neigh
bors. It needs not the naval and mlll
taiy cpett to tell the Importance of
theto Islands to the United States They
ft out our coasts They aro sufficiently
near the gatowa)s of our rapldlv rising
Pacific cities to feel the pulse3 of Amer
ican enterprise and to contribute to
American prospetlty and power. It is to
repeat tho opinion of tho most intelli
gent commercial, naval, and mllltaiy
men to say that tho Hawaiian Islands
aro the key to the Noith Pacific. Coal
In sr stations, feeding places, aro Indls
pensible to Amerlcutt commerce on great
oceans. It Is tho xerlest folly to think
or to talk otherwise.
"Tho tlmo Is now when we must decldo
who shut! hold these Islands as a part
of their national teirltory. It Is not pos
sible for them to remain much longer
alone. Tholr people and the United States
will soon bo compelled by circumstances
and events to decldo whether the Ha
waiian Islands shall have unity, liberty,
und autonomy with the United States,
or becomo u colonial possession of n
European power. What Webster, Clay
ton and Murcy baw foity years ago, and
Seward, Fish, and Blalno and tho ad
ministrations they represented clearly
perceived, may now well bo considered
by tho American people.
"Their ultimate possession by tho Unit
ed States is of tho utmost Importance to
American commerco In the Pacific, whleh
piumlses vast development, If wisely
cared for nnd without too much delay.
Shall Americans sleep whllo others aro
iiwako to take from them these natural
iidvuntages? Tlmo and tldo wait neither
for men nor for nations."
o
Read now John L. Stevens' words of
flvo years ago, and consider them In
connection with subsequent events. With
In four months after this was written It
was tho privilege and joy of this wise,
honoiable, and disinterested patilot and
public) servant, acting for American In
teicsts In co-operation with the piesl
dent ot the United States nnd his sec
retary of Btute, to seo tho American Hug
Hying ngulnst tho blue sky above Hono
lulu, to declaie ofllclally an American
protectorate, and to know that a tteaty
of annexation was before our senate for
ratification, Within three months after
thut, It was his tcrrlblo disappointment
and humiliation to seo thut flag hauled
down by the order of un American pres
ident, thut protectorato abolished, and
that ticaty withdrawn In order that an
tgnorunt and brutal woman might bo ie
established upon the tin one of Hawaii.
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Brocaded Silk Parasols that were $1.98, reduced to $1.25.
Fancy Changeable Taffeta Parasols that were $2.98,
reduced to $1.98.
Chiffon and Two-Toned Silk Parasols that were $4. 98,
reduced to $2.98.
High-Class Novelty Parasols that were $7.08, reduced
to $4.98.
Hosiery Department
Special Sale of Ladies' Ox Blood and Russet Imported
Hose, very fine guage, high spliced heels and double soles,
regular price 25c, Sale Price, 17. cents
Ladies' Black Four-Thread Lisle Hose, Hermsdorf dye,
usually 40c, Sale Price, 25 cents
Lewis, Reilly
& OavieSo
ALWAYS BUSY.
Our Korrect 5hape Shoes
KOIt GKNTLKMEN. IIAVU MORE
riUEN'nSTHAN ANY OTHER
SHOES MADE.
lewis, Reilly & Mvies,
lit AND 110 WYOMING AVENUE.
Blaine was spared this spectacle. He had
died at AVashlnRton Just ono day before
news came of tho revolution nt Hono
lulu H.irrlon beheld the deed, but was
powerless. Stevens came home to die In
lt8 than twenty months, his last da)s
tendered miserable by the cruel and falo
accusations brouprht apalnst him by tho
defenders of tho Cleveland policy.
o
It Is proper, and perhaps It will bo
IntcrcHtlnff, to print now a private let
ter written to Tho Sun by Mr. Stevens
after ho had been unconstitutionally sup
planted by raramount Blount, and then
superncded legitimately by Minister Wil
lis. Tho date is at a time when Cleve
land and his ncents were dolnsr shame
ful work for Lllluoltalanl and tho mon
archy, but tho letter from Mr. Stevens
docs not refer to that infamy, but speaks
with courago nnd hopo of tho broader
national aspects of the question:
"I hope it will not seem prcsumlnc If
I express to )ou my slnccro apprecia
tion of tho Rbllit). thoroughness and wlsa
patriotism with which you maintain tho
American side of tho Hawaiian question.
Personally, I have tho strongest reasons
for expressing to jou a gratitude which
I shall chciish as long as this llfo lasts
for tho completeness of your vindication
of my course at Honolulu. Hut motives
and objects of your discussion of the
subject rlso far above any special regard
for persons and parties.
"So far as I am competent to Judge,
you have considered every essential fact
In tho problem, and havo met success
fully every objection to annexation with
signal lucidity, fairness and force. How
any Intelligent American, who has care
fully considered the relation of the North
Paclllo to tho vast futuro American In
terest In that grand ocean domain, can
bo Indifferent Into whose control shall
puss tho Hawaiian Islands, to )ou as to
mo Is profoundly astonishing. States
manship, civilization and humanity de
mand that those Islands shall at onco
and forever becomo territory of tho Unit
ed Stutes.
"Too many of tho New York newspa
pers do not jet seem to understand that
tho United States Is a great nation, and
that we cunnot rid ourselves of the re
sponsibilities of a great nation, If wo
would, Youts sincerely,
John I.. Stovcns.
"Augusta, Mc , July 23, 1SD3."
We had had previously no acquaintance
with Mr Stevens. In November, 1582, we
had no knowledge of Impending events
ot Honolulu, or of General Harrison's
Hawaiian policy Ilut at that tlmo Tho
Sun became a steadfast advocate of an
nexation; and It has remained such un
til annexation Is at last an accomplished
fact a fact accomplished In spite of
Cleveland and his policy of infumy: In
splto of four years of postponement on
account of tho clrcumstaneo of Cleve
land's presence In the White House;
and In uplto of the labored obstacles and
obstructions devised by tho timid, tho
hellish and the mercenary.
o
Tho polity of infamy Is finally defeat
ed, thanks most of all to William Mc
Klnley, tor whom foituno reserved tho
honor of achieving the work which nialuo
and Harrison and Stevens began. In tha
ciowdcd record of tho present admin
istration's services to tho country no
single fact will bo moro conspicuous in
history than the fact that It was 1'res
Ident McKlnley who insisted that tho
policy of infumy should bo overthrown,
und who overthrow it, securing thetcby
for this country the first accession of
territory since Seward's nnncxatloit of
Alaska, It is a great lctory of peace,
won In time of wur. It is the Initial btep
In tho orderly advance of American ex
pansion and development on the lines
marked out by destiny for the glorious
future that Is beforo this country. Would
that Illalne and Stevens could have lived
to seo tha flag go up onco more over
the beautiful Islands; this timo to fly
there foicvcr!
CL5. &-
HILL & COMIX
32! N. Washington Ave.
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
In buying a brass Bedstead, ba sure that
you get the belt. Our brai Bedi teads ars
all made with seamless brass tubing and
frame work Is all of steel.
They cost no mors than xnapy bedsteads
made of tha open seamiest tubtntr. Every
bedstead Is highly finished and laequerel
under a peculiar method, iiothlni ever hnv.
lng been produced to equal It. Our new
Spring Patterns are now on exhibition.
Hill
&
CoeoeH s
At 112!
orth Washington
i ATenua.
Scramton, Pa.
Reveomie
Cancellation
tamps
Made
to
Orden
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and
Engravers,
MOl'Eb JEUMYN BUtLDINQ
130 Wyoming Aveoin.
HAMMOCKS,
WATER COOLERS
AND
FILTERS,
WHITE .MOUNTAIN AND OHIO
AT 1IAHD I'A.V I'lllClM TO
SUIT THU TIMES.
CLEI0NS, EERBER,
WALLEY CO,
4U2 Lucluwauna Avcun
-prWFrf
BAZAAIt
FWLEY
Our Great July Sale
of Ladies' and Masses'
Fine Muslin Under-
wear opens today and
will continue for ten
days.
Tho stylo, quality of material an3
workmanship of our lino is too -well
known to need any comment furthe
than that W3 aro overstocked for this
timi of the year nnd have to maka
room for our Tall lines that will soon
be leady for delivery.
Every garment in stock lias lieen re
marked at reductions -varying from 1Q
to 23 jper cont. belov recular pries fon
this sale, which will positively last foil
In Ihe annexed list are several num
bers which we will discontinue and tho
price quoted barely cover the cost oj
materials.
One Lot Gowns, our regular OSc qual
ity ilurlns the sennon.
TO CLOSE OUT AT 60c.
Ono T.nt Gowns, nicely trimmed and
a good number for $1.25.
SALE PRICE 00a.
One Lot Gowns, extra sires and hand
somely trimmed, worth $1.50.
SALE PRICE $1.19.
Ono Lot Undei skirts, plain and sootl
quality muslin, tegular price 50c unci
6:e. SPECIAL PRICE 3flc and 49c.
One Lot Drawers, neat embroidery
trlmmci'. SPECIAL PRICE 23c.
One Lot Di'iwers, plpln tucked, extra,
quality, weie SOc nnd 63c,
SPECIAL PRICE TO CLOSE 29c.
Our elegant Hue of fiuq
Trimmed Corset Covers,
Chemise, Umbrella Drawers,
Night Dresses and Skirts ia
too numerous to mention,
but all are alike subject to
reductions for this sale only
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
Ueneial Agent for tha Wyomlaj
District far
iiraiT
Mining, Ulastlng.Hportlng, Hmoktlui
una tha Itcpauna Chemical
Company'
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
fcafety Puio. Capi and Exploders.
Room 401 Connell Uulldlnr-
Scrantoa.
AUKNCIKi
TH03, FORD,
JOHN H. SMITH ilCM
W. E. MULLICJA.V,
Muslin
Under-
war
Sale
POWDER.
Plttt
Plymouta
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