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THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1898.
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BCRANTON, SEPTEMBER 2. 1898.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
STATE.
Oovernor-WILLIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant Governor J. I. S. UOBIN.
Secretary of Internal Affairs JAMES V.
LATTA.
JudRes of Superior Court-V. W. I'OU-
TER, W. D. TORTER.
Congressmen - at Large SAMUEL, A,
DAVENPORT, QALL'SHA A. GROW.
COUNTY.
Congres'-WILLIAM CONNEI.L.
Jbdge-K W. QUNfaTER.
Coroner-JOHN J. ROBERTS, M. D.
feurveyor-GEORQK E. STEVENSON.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate.
Twentieth Dlst.-JAMES C. VAL'GHAN.
House.
Tlrst DIstrlct-JOllN R. FARR
Second Dlstrlet-JOHN J. SCHEUER, JK
Third Dlstrlct-N. C. MACKEY.
Fourth Distrlct-JOHN V. REYNOLDS.
COLONEL STONE'S PLATFORM.
It ulll be my purpote when eleolnd to
eo conduct mjscir ns to win the respect
nnd pood will of thoo who have opposed
me as well ns thoso who have given mo
thcr support I rrlall be the governor
of the whole peopli of the Bute Abuses
have undoubtedly grown up In the legis
lature whlth are neither the fault of one
party nor the other, but rather the
growth of custom Unnecessary Investi
gations have been authorized b commit
tees, resultli g In unneccrj-arv expense to
the state, It will bo my cure and pur
ple to correct these nnd other clls In so
far as I have the powr. It will be my
purpose while governor of PennsUanIa,
ns It f.as been ins purpose In the public
posltl ins that I havo hold, with God's
help, to discharge mv wholo ttut. The
people nie greater than the parties o
which tlinv belong. 1 nm only Jealous of
their faor I shall only attempt to win
their approval and my experience has,
taught me that that can best be done by
an honest modest, dally dl-crntifio of
public duty.
"Ve lieltntp to believe that there are
officers In the Thirteenth regiment
who, In order to protons their own sal
aries would doom the men in their
commands to needless detention in
fcvor-strlcken camps. We prefer to
look upon all Insinuations to this ef
fect as illusions of superheated imagi
nations. Rut if theie be In the Thir
teenth such offlcers we hoieby advise
them, when leleased from bervice, not
to return to Scranton.
The Main Point at Issue.
Interest in a personal controersy
between John Wanamaker and State
Chairman Elkln is not general: never
theless it must be confessed that the
unmasking of Wanamaker's hypociisy
by Elkln was deliberately provoked
nnd thoroughly deserved. The effron
tery of Wanamaker in complaining of
the check book in politics merited the
references by Elkln to Wanamaker's
own notorious experiences in political
financiering, and his falke charges rel
ntlve to state taxation and records
had to be exposed in their true light.
But, after all, the main issue is imper
sonal and personalities, however
eplcy, are to be deplored.
Simmered down, the question Is, "Is
the Republican party worthy to be
continued in control of the admlnistia
tion of the commonwealth's affuirs?"
In answering that question it is not
only Incumbent upon critics of Re
publican administration to pick flaws
nnd find fault but to propote specific
and definite impiovement. 'Sllngring
mud at Quay will not contribute to
superior results on capitol hill, Ilarils
burg. Making chagrined faces at the
"machine" will not correct evils that
exist. What have Wanamlter and his
crowd to offer In addition to their fac
tional Jaundlre and gtudge-vcntlng?
Who is their candidate? What Is his
platform?
Colonel Stone, the Republican can
didate for governor, has pledged him
fcclf, as quoted elsewhere, to correct, if
elected, so far as lies within his power,
extravagances and waste of public
money and Jobbery in legislation. Is
he a man of his word? Ills nelghbois
all say so. Even Wanamaker
throughout his fight has borne testi
mony to the cleanliness of Stone's per
sonal character and to his good recoid
in public service. This being true, de
feating Stone would not avail. Stone
Is certainly as fit to be governor ns
Jenks and more fit for executive je-
Won6lbllitles than the zealous but
fanatical Dr. Swallow.
Is the legiblature do bo cleaned?
Very well. Let the voters of the various
districts be informed as to the candi
dates' records. But don't, if honest,
try to fake and fool the public Into be
lieving that the only virtue possible in
a Pennsylvania legislature is that
which Is nominated and elected by
Wanamaker money. A conspiracy to
deceive the people Is as bad as an al
leged one to rob them. When Mr.
Wanamaker ventures so Jauntily into
attacks upon others hf should look to
it that his own house is in oider nnd
that his motives will Invite public con
fidence. Thus far wo have had from the op
position mainly generalities and vitu
peration. If they have facts to pre.
tnt let them open up; the Republican
party ie ready.
James Greenwood, an ingenious Eng
lishman, thinks the czar published that
peace circular on purpose to embarrass
those Americans who want their coun
try to have a larger army and navy.
Nonsense, of course. No czar can pre
vent us from insuring our expanding
future.
General Wood's reconstruction of the
Santiago school system has been one
of the most effective moves In the in
terest of better government for fiee
Cuba. "Gener.ajjWood has cut down
needless expenses In the conduct of
the- system and has increased the sal
orles of the teachers and others actu
ally engaged in educational work. The
course of the military governor pt
Santiago is an object lesson that can
be studied with profit much nearer
home by those supposed to be engaged
In promoting educational Interests.
Nervous cdltorlnl writers who are
worrying about Agulnaldo the terrible,
should recollect that Admiral Dewey is
still on the scene toady to take Agulu
uldo out to the woodshed whenever
necessary.
Shame Piled on Shame.
The suicide of Lieutenant Colonel
Henry of the Intelligence department
of the Trench army, following his con
fession that ho forged the letter which
the French government had put In evi
dence ns an alleged corroboration of
the guilt of Captain Alfred Dreyfus,
now bervlng a term of life Imprison
ment upon a penal Island upon secret
conviction of having sold government
war plans to the representative of a
foreign nation, re-opens the worst
scandal In French history.
Dreyfus, a Jew, was tried four years
ago by a military court behind closed
doors nnd convicted upon the strength
of a single document alleged to have
been written by himself. Ills
previous military record had been
good, he was independently rich and
no motive for treason could bo Imng
lned His friends claimed he was sac
rificed to screen somebody higher In
authority.for the reason that.bolng n
Jew, public opinion could easily be
turned against him: and their claim
was strengthened by the ridiculous sen
sitiveness of his military superiors,
who rfused to make public the
grounds foi their action and Insisted
in challenging nil persons who de
clined to accept their word on the
subject elimination and recrimina
tion followed, culminating In the ac
cusations of M. Zola and his sensa
tional trial, which are fresh in the pub
lic memory. And now comes the de
nouement of Henry's confession and
suicide, that removes what little doubt
there had been among Impartial ob
servors of Dreyfus' Innocence nnd the
infamy of the conspiiacy against him.
The prejudice, passion and Idiotic
idolatry of mllitaiy forms which
this case has revealed has put upon
the French nation an Ineffaceable
stain. The incident throws Into hor
rible relief the fundamental Inability
of the Latin race to appreciate the
first requisite of Justice an opening
pitting of accuser nnd accused be
fore an unbiased Jury of their peers.
Institutions which permit buch mon
strous mockeries of Justice have In
them the sure beeds of quick decay
and wo bhall not be surprised If the
throat-cutting of the forger Henry will
bound the dsath rattle of the French
republic.
The Philadelphia papers show curi
ous one-sldedness In their treatment of
John Wanamaker. Everything he
sajs they print in full. Jteplios to him
such as that of State Chalimun Elkln
(which was a public document of real
interest) they either emasculate by
abridgement or suppress altogether.
We make an exception In behalf of the
Philadelphia Inquirer, which, at laigi
pecuniary sacrifice has refused to per
mit Mr. Wanamaker's ndvei Using de
partment to dictate Its editorial policy.
The America Cup.
Tho committee of the Royal Ulster
Yacht club, who arrled in this coun
try yesterday, with Sir Thomas
Upton's challenge for the America cup,
will be assured a coidlal welcome. The
members of the committee are all prac
tical yachtsmen. They are the bearers
of no terms or stipulations. They are
prepared to accept the conditions which
tho New York Yacht club deems It
necessary and advisable to enforce, nnd
are prepared, on behalf of Sir Thomas,
to abide by them. Tho new yacht has
not yet been designed, much less laid
on the stocks; but once the challenge
Is accepted and the agreement ratified,
the Shamrock will not take long in
construction.
Irishmen are naturally highly elated
over this challenge. Although Lord
Dunraven Is an Irishman, he did not
so to speak race under the national
colors, and his performance vas not
altogether creditable to him n3 a
sportsman or even as a gentleman. He
expected to win, and because he did
not he was chagrined and disappointed,
and took no pains to conceal his anger.
Indeed he behaved altogether In such
a boorish manner towards the coun
try whoso guest ho was that he all
but dislocated International yacht rac
ing. Lieutenant Henn, whoso yacht
was so badly beaten a few years before
the Dunraven fiasco, was also an Irish
man. The lleutennnt did not, however,
build his yacht specially to win the
American cup. Ho belonged to tho
British navy and practically made his
vacht his home. Although the Amer
ican cup has never been carried to the
"distressful country," Sir Thomas Lip
ton's challenge Is not the first that has
arrived from tho green shores of Erin.
Sir Thomas Is taking particular pains
to assure American sportsmen that he
fully nnd entirely confides in their dis
cretion, fair play and honorable deal
ing and It Is to be hoped he will not
have icason to modify this favorable
opinion.
The relations which exist, and havo
always existed, between the United
States and Ireland have been of
so peculiar nnd Intimate a char
acter that there are few Americans
at tho present moment who would feel,
by anticipation, much disappointment
If the Shamrock came In ahead of her
Yankee competitor. Should It happen
so, tho rejoicing will not be less en
thusiastic here than It will be ncross
the Atlantic. If we do loose, all we
will have to say is, "Well, as wo hae
lost, wo are better pleased that tho
cup has gone to Paddy's land than to
any other spot across the Atlantic."
If we win, we shall take our good for
tune with the rather chastening assur
ance that there are some millions of
our fellow citizens who would in one
way or another have been ns well
pleased had we lost. Of courso when
the day of trial draws near, the In
tensity of nntlonal feeling will become
more accentuated. But it never can
be to such an extent, or in any way
approaching the personnl nnd national
antipathy which the Dunraven Inci
dent engendered.
Sir Thomas I.lptnn Is a typical man
of the people. What he li, ht mads
himself. Ho Is the architect of his own
fortune, and an enotmous one It Is.
Admiral Dewey has wisely conclud
ed that ho can best serve his country
by postponing the ovations nnd remain
ing at Manila. If Dewey continues to
hang up the 'phono whenever his long
distance advisors attempt to talk, he
will doubtless have no trouble In deal
ing with the perplexing question of
the far cast,
Colonel Roosevelt's gubernatorial
boom continues to grow with some
thing of the rapidity of Jonah's gourd.
All that It needs to become unanimous
is for the colonel, as soon as ho re
ceives his military discharge, to make
public his real opinion of Alger.
Letters from Manila tell how Dewey
handled Agulnaldo before Metrltt
came. He simply laid the law down
tothe insurgent leader and gave him
no chance to talk back. With all his
diplomacy Dewey evidently has no
shortage of back bone.
Not one of the 3003 cases of Illness
from trichinae reported In tho past
fifteen years In Prussia hns ever been
ttaced to the consumption of Amerl
rnn pork. Cermany's prejudice against
our food products Is wholly artificial.
Spain may soon have tho opportun
ity to return the compliment to Tiancc
In the matter of sympathy for pro
found grief. If Dreyfus returns from
Devil's Island something will bo to
pay In France.
Hobson says If the navy department
won't let him try to save tho Cristobal
Colon he will call for public subscrip
tions, to carry on the work. If he does
he, will get them. Tho Colon must be
raised.
Tho latest steel rail pool consists of
the consolidation of the vnilous mills
under one mammoth company capital
ized at $200,000,000. This pool evidently
means business.
In President Eliot's opinion tho war
with Spain proved the Irresistible su
periority of individual training. Yes,
and the need of skilled workmen In
public offlco.
.
The general ovation to the War de
partment will probably continue aa
long as the visible supply of ancient
eggs holds out.
m
Probably no one at this time better
appreciates tho remarks of General
Sherman on war than Mr. Alger's "re
concenttadoes." Carl Schurz has wired his approval
of the peace dream of tho czar of Rus
sia. How relieved the czar must teel!
TOLD BY THE STAItS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cabt: 4 00 u. m. for Friday,
Sept. 2, 1S0S.
& &
A child born on this day will notice
that summer still lingers in tho lap of
autumn.
"Spring has gone1 tho summer Is end
ed," and still there aro somo people out
of jail whom the board of trade prom
ised to incarcerate
Many a smart oung man who knows
moro than his father or mother can often
gain wisdom in contact with tho shell
eSamc.
Tho whltc-wlnKcd dove of peaco about
City Hall Isn't larger than a sparrow at
present.
Major Stlllwell probably ftod not know
that Farmer Van Scoten was loaded.
It begins to look as though even Sjlvcs
ter Scovel would be vindicated.
Ajacchus' Advice.
Men of talent and executive ability will
do well to remain In town for a few
vcek. A candidate for mavor Is soon to
be selected.
CANDIDATE STONE
ON STATE ISSUES
Concluded from Pago 1.
ticular has tho Republican party been
unmindful of tho lights of the people
of Pennsylvania? They took a bank
rupt state, forty mlllon dollais in debt.
They now exhibit it to you with that
Indebtedness reduced to very little
more than one million dollars, and with
the state dlsbmslng more than half of
the money received fiom corporations
among the counties of the state, thus
lifting tho burdens of the people And
In addition to that it has taken off your
taxes. But, oh! they say, we helped In
put to do this. This state has not
been entirely under Democratic con
trol since we came Into possession In
1SC1. If the Republican party Is to bo
charged with all the mistakes and
wrongs of Individuals, let our critics bo
fair, let them be manly, let them be
honest nnd give tho party credit for
the good it has done. But you hear no
mention made of the wise legislation
enacted by the Republican party In
Pennsylvania. Not a dollar has been
lost to the state In all these years. Not
a dollar collected from lands of tho
btate. Not a dollar collected from
trades, occupations, professions. Not a
dollar collected from the farm, from
horses and cattle; but collected almost
entirely from corporations, and moie
than half returned to tho counties of
the state. These wise laws, so bene
fldal to tho people of our state, nto
entrely Incompatible with tho purposes
of any man influencing or controlling
the party to loot the state and divert
the funds. I have not yet heard of a
single cumplalnt made by any one
against any legislation in the Inst leg
tslature or in nny former legislature,
that has become a law. But they say
the last legislature tried to pass a num
ber of laws that were wrong. The com
plaint Is not that thev did pass bad
laws, nr that they did not pass good
laws, but that some of them tried to
pass bad laws. I nm not here as the
champion or defender of the last legls.
lature or of any other legislature. I
nm here to tell the truth and to de
nounce as unfair and unrepubllcnn the
attempt that is being made to preju
dice honest men against tho Republi
can party by thoso who hope to bene
fit themselves by so doing
THE LAST LEGISLATURE
Let us get at tho milk In the cocoa
nut. Let us got at the facts. Let us
review tho So-called crimes of the last
legislature. Let us see If anything has
beeen done that would Justify any man
In voting against tho Republcan party.
Let us etnrt out then with a correct
statement or definition of the position
of our critics in this, namely, that the
compalnts against tho last legislature
aro not based upon bad laws that were
passed or on good laws that were not
passed, but upon the attempt of cer
tain members of the legislature to pass
bad laws. This complaint might fol
low every, legislative body that ever
existed. Instead of giving tho party
which had the governor, the senate and
the house credit with the defeat of
laws which were bud or objectionable,
they seek to hold the party responsible
for bills Introduced and started on their
passage and passed In part but finally
defeated by either body or vetoed by
tho governor. They charge the party
with the birth of n bill which they
claim is bad and glvo It no credit for
Its death.
We as a party aro rorponslble only
lor tho laws which the party enncted,
nnd are not responsible for tho bills
that are Introduced. In congress thou
sands of bills aro Introduced, somo of
them reported by committees, some of
them pnsslng cither one body or tho
other, that never betome laws, and the
most unreasonable Democrat or the
wildest Populist has never charged our
party with legislation that was never
enacted. I am not here to defend leg
islation that fell by the wavslde in Its
progress through the last legislature
I am not called upon to do so, neither
is unv man on our ticket. I am here
only to defend the Republican party
against chaigcs groundless, false and
unfair.
DOWNED THE LEXOW BILL.
Take the Lexow Expense bill, about
which there was so much criticism.
This bill was made by a committee
appointed by the senate of 1895. The
committee was composed entirely of
senators. Its Investigations were held
between 1S93 nnd 1897. It was not a
joint committee. In the legislature of
1897 It made Its teport and rendered a
bill for Its expenses. This bill covered
some sixty to sixty-five thousand dol
lars. It was thought by many people
to be unreasonable In its nmount. It
was a senate committee. The expenses
were made by that committee. The
bill passed the senate, but never passed
mo house. Had It been n measure for
which the Republican party was re
sponsible, had the action been the ac
tion of the Republican party, If the
lenders of the party had passed that
bill through the house and the gover
nor had signed It, our critics might
Justly complain. But It did not become
a law. It was defeated by Republi
cans, and In the senate It was passed
by votes of Republicans and Demo
crats uniting. I pause for a moment to
Inquire If any reason exists In the his
tory of the Lexow bill why the Re
publican ticket should not be elected?
Are we as a party blamed because wo
did not pass the bill? Do our critics
complain because the Lexow bill was
defeated and never came before the
governor? Thus you see that all com
plaints regnrdlng tho Lexow Expense
bill aro aimed at .1 measure that never
became a law, but was defeated and
killed by Republicans.
DEFINES HIS DUTIES.
I am a candidate for governor. It Is
my firm purpose, If elected, to disap
point my critics and discharge my duty
faithfully to the people of Pennsylva
nia. But I cannot undertake, if elected,
to guarantee that no objectionable bills
pass either the house or the senate, or
that they shall not be Introduced. All
that I feel called upon to assume and
promise the people of Pennsjlvanla is,
that If bills that in themselves aro ob
jectionable shall be Introduced, and
shall pass either or both houses all
that 1 can promise Is that they will
not pass me. I presume such bills may
be Introduced and they may be passed.
Not that I havo any knowledge of any
such expected bills, but I have ob
served legislative bodies sufficiently to
convince me that objectionable bills are
introduced and ofttlmes make head
way in legislative bodies.
Our critics complain of the expense
bills of Investigating committees. Sev
eral committees were appointed to In
vestigate the treasury, the condition of
the miners In the anthracite regions,
the condition of miners in tho bitumin
ous coal regions, the cause and origin
of the Capitol fire, abuses in the state
prisons, to investigate the chnrces of
bribery In the child's insurance bills,
the oleomargarine Investigation and
other committees. Theso committees
were appointed by joint resolution
Each resolution required to be passed
through both houses and to have the
approval of the governor.
THE GOVERNOR MIGHT HESITATE
It seems to me that after the experi
ence of these Investigating committees,
with a better knowledge concerning
them and with a belief that many com
mittees are nppolnted to conduct In
vestigations that are wholly unneces
sary, that tho man who shall perform
tho duties of governor during the next
session of the legislature might very
properly hesltntc before giving his ap
proval to committees of investigation
unless there was great abuse and
wrong, and a demand for a better
knowledge to shape legislation to cor
rect tho abuse nnd wiong. Whatever
criticism has been or that can bo made
over the expenses made by Investigat
ing committees must necessarily find
a lodgment only against the individ
uals who tendered such exnense ac
counts, and ennnot In any way, shape
or form be charged against the Repub
lican party, or even be a subject of
criticism against It.
For other bills Introduced nnd In part
passed, but never becoming laws, we
are criticised. Theso bills were pre
vented from becoming laws by Repub
llcans, nnd, instead of being subject to
criticism, the Republican party should
be ci edited with the failure of these
bills to becomo laws. If one Republi
can Introduces a bad bill, which meets
its defeat at tho hands of another Re
publican member, or at the hands of
a Republican governor, If the party Is
charged w 1th the Introduction of the
bill, it should also be credited with its
defeat. If it Is charged with Its birth
Ifshould be credited with its death.
THEY AIR WRONG-DOING.
One of the great reasons why tho Re
publican party maintains Its supremncy
so long In Pennsylvania Is that all
wrong-doing finds publicity In time to
prevent its success and finds it Inside
the Republican party. Wo do not al
ways agree In our party. Thero aro
many Issues and disputes, many criti
cisms and complaints, but this fact
only inures to better government nnd
cleaner politics Inside the party.
But while our critics are denouncing
the last legislature and Republican
leaders as responsible for the individ
ual acts of members of the last legls
latute, why do not they. In Justice, in
honesty and In fairness, glvo them
credit with tho good done also? But
from the time tho first criticism ap
peared up to this moment tho people
havo been told that the last legisla
ture was wholly bad and that there
was no good In It. And yet an examin
ation of the pamphlet laws of 1897 im
presses the observer with the fact that
thero was much good legislation passed
by that body. I havo not tlmo here to
enumerate all the good laws passed by
It, hut I will call your attention to
somo of them. It passed tho Forestry
bill to protect the forests of Pennsyl
vania, It passed a law compelling
banks having deposits of the state to
pay interest thereon, so that not a
dollar of your public money lies In any
bank without contributing Its share to
tho Interest fund of more than $60,000
which the state will receive every year
from this source. Our critics say that
banks have had state deposits and that
a laige amount of Interest should have
been collected and paid Into tho state
treasury, and yet not one of our critics
has had the fairness to stand up be
fore an audlenco In Pennsylvania nnd
glvo tho party credit for passing the
first law ever passed In Pennsylvania
compelling theso banks to pay Interest
on state funds. Whatever complaint
ever existed or that might havo been
properly alleged because of the failure
of the passage of a law of this kind
does not hold good now. The party
had remedied tho matter without the
help of the critics. Hereafter the banks
holding state funds must pay interest
to the state. This law was passed by
a Republican house, Republican uen-
GMSMOTS
Bargain
The purchasing power of dollars and dimes will be great here today;
lira Basement
5 ccut Crash Toweling, 3 cents.
5 cent Light aud Dark Calicoes, 3 cents.
6 cent Best Standard Calicoes, 4 cents.
The best quality Apron Ginghams, 4 cents.'
io cent Omar Twilled Suitings, 4 1-2 cents.
The balance of Best Dress Ginghams, 5 cents.
r;o cent Summer Blankets, Grey, 35 cents a pair.
6o cent Summer Blankets, 10-4 size, Grey and White, 42 cents a pair;
Summer and Winter Comfortables from 29 cents upward.
Maie Floor.
Ladies' Fast Black Seamless Hose, 9 cents a pair or 3 pairs for 25 cents.1
Ladies Russet Hose, 25 cent quality, 15 cents a pair, ' '
Ladies' 0 cent Silk Gloves, tomorrow 25 cents.
Ladies $1 Finest Silk Gloves, tomorrow 49 cents.
Second Floor.
Ladies Best Percale Wrappers, the $1.00 kind, at 69 cents
Ladies' Duck and Pique Suits and Skirts at half price.
Drapery Departmeetc
7 cent Cream Curtain Scrim, 4 cents.
10 cent Figured Silkolines, 5 cents.
15 cent Silkolines, new patterns, 10 cents.
18 cent Scotch Lappet, 56 inches wide, 12 1-2 cents.'
15 cent Embroidered Muslin, 10 cents.
Window Shades, with fringe, the 20 cent kind, at 12 1-2 cents."
Best Opaque Shades, with linen fringe, the 50 cent kind, at 25 cents.
Always Busy
SCHOOL SHOES
AND
FALL FOOTWEAR
For Every Member of tho Family.
lewis, RelUy & Bavles,
114 AND 110 WYOMING AVENUE.
ate and signed by a Republican gov
ernor. Tho last legislature passed laws
regulating the employment and provid
ing for tho health and safety of men,
women nnd children employed In manu
facturing establishments, renovating
works, printing ofllces and cigar and
cigarette factoiles, which act wns
aimed at the "Sweat Shops" of the
laige cities, and ai a wise and proper
law. It passed a law preventing the
publication of Immoral writings or lit
erature. It passed a law authorizing
boroughs to mnke appropriations for
free libraries. It passed a law to pre
vent the spread of diseases among
horses and cattle; a law prohibiting
tho discharge of soldiers fr'om public
positions In the state: a law to protect
employes of corporations in their right
to form, belong to and Join labor or
ganizations; a law to prohibit the adul
teration of milk, cream and cheese: a
law preventing penitentiaries and other
penal institutions from using machin
ery for the manufacturing of articles
Inside tho Institution so as to take
away the competition between machine
made goods by criminal labor and hand
made goods by honest labor: a law
authorizing labor claimants to tako
Joint appeals; a law prohibiting mine
oillclals from soliciting contributions
from their emplojes; a law preventing
superintendents and other officials of
Jails, penitentiaries, etc., from employ
ing more than B per cent, of the In
mates In making brooms, brushes, etc ,
and not more than 10 per cent. In the
manufactuie of all other goods except
mats and matting. In which only 20
per cent, of the Inmates can be em
ployed; a law to protect the people
against quackery In medicine. It passed
a law making eight hours a day's work
by employes of tho stato and munici
pal corporations.
CRITICS DON'T MENTION BENE
FITS. Theso laws arc not complained of
They are not criticised, neither are
they mentioned. Many other good and
wholesome laws were passed by the
last legislature, but tho Republican
party Is criticised not because of the
laws It did pass, not because of the
laws It did not pass, but because of
some bills Introduced by Individuals
that did not pass. It seems to me that
such arguments are a reflection upon
tho Intelligence of tho people of Penn
sylvania. And when ou come to get
nt tho real complaints of our critics
they grow out of and exist because of
tho personal animosity which tome
members of our party seem to havo
against other members of our party.
There have been grievances no doubt.
Thero havo been disappointments no
doubt. But they arc personal and in
dividual. Are the people ready to make
the grievances of individuals their own
grievances? Are they ready to over
throw the party which has blazed the
path of prosperity In the state and In
tho nation because some member of
the party has an Individual grievance
against some other member of the
party? It is claimed that we havo
members in our party so potent and so
powerful that they aro responsible for
the acts of the party. I do not admit
this. I claim that the Republican party
In Pennsylvania la greater than any
nan in it. It Is a party of the people.
It is the people's party. No one man
can stem the tide of Republican swny
nor impede Republican thought, Tho
time has not come with the people of
Pennsylvania when In order to kill one
man In tho Republican party, wo must
slaughter the party.
yi
Friday,
HILL & CORNELL
121 N. Washington Ave.
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
In buying a brass Beditead, be iura that
fon get ths beat. Our brass Bedsteads ars
all made with seamleti brat tublnj ad
frame work Is all of steel.
They cost no mors thaa many bedsteads
made of ths open seamless tubing. Every
bedstead Is highly finished and laequered
under a peculiar method, nothing; ever hav
ing been produced to equal It. Oar new
Spring Patterns ars now on exhibition.
HSU &
CoeeeEl
At 121
North Washington
Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
S,
Tyyewriters9 Supplies,
Letter Presses,
tie largest lias of
supplies aM sta
ll E E Peaia,
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and
Engravers,
IIOTEh JEItMYN BUILDING.
130 Wyomlnj Avenue.
HAViiAB CHINA.
nn3
DSeeer Sets
New, Beautiful Patterns,
just opened. Special
Prices on same,
$29,5
TEE CLEIONS, MM,
'MALLEY CO.
432 Lacka wanna Avenus
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BAZAAt
ITS
LEI'S
New Fall
Our First Delivery of
"Choke
Dress
Fabrics"
in Black and Colors for
early Fall wear is just
brought forward aud wo
invite you to an inspect
ion of the same, feeling
sure that after looking
them over, you will con
sider it time well spent.
We duplicate nothing
that is shown in Exclu
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make no mistake in mak
ing a selection now as
our present line contains
many choice things that
could not be had later on.
Black and Colored
Velours, ieagalties,
Tweeds, Ctoevlots, etc,
in Bayedere and other effects
promise to be among the
leading materials for the sea
son and all of them are here
largely represented.
Also some very desirable
numbers in New Fall Silks
all in exclusive Waist Pat
terns just opened.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Ueoeral Agent for tUo Wyomlai
District for
Mining, Blasting. Sporting, Bmokelall
nnd the Ilepauno Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
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THO FOim
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