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THE SCK ANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1898.
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BCRANTON, SEPTEMUEU 7, 1898.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
IA
STATE.
Govcrnor-WILLIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant Governor-J. P. S. UOBIN.
Secretary of Internal Affairs JAMES W.
LATTA.nInJ
Judges of Superior Court-W. W. POR
TER, W. D. PORTER.
Congressmen - at - Large SAMUEL A.
DAVENPORT, GALUSHA A. GROW.
COUNTY.
Congrcss-WILLIAM CONNELL.
Judge-l-F. W. GUNSTER.
Coroncr-JOHN J, ROBERTS, M. D.
Survoyor-GEORGE E. STEVENSON.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate.
Twentieth Dlst.-JAMES C. VAUGHAN.
House.
Tlrst Dlstrlct-JOHN R. FARR.
Second Dlstrlct-JOHN SCHEUER, JR.
Third Distrlct-N. C. MACKEY.
Fourth Dlstrlct-JOHN F. REYNOLDS.
COLONEL STONE'S PLATFORM.
It wilt be my purpose when elected to
eo conduct myself as to win tho respect
and rond will of those who have opposed
me as well as thoso who have given me
their support. I shall be the governor
of the whole peoplj of tho state. AbUMM
have undoubtedly grown up In the legis
lature which are neither tho fault of one
party nor tho other, but rather tho
growth of custom. Unnecessary Investi
gations hae been authorized by commit
tees, resultlrg in unneccrsary expense to
tho state. It will bo my cure and pur
pose to correct these and other evils In so
far as 1 hae the power. It will be my
purposo while governor of Pennsylvania,
ns It has been my purpose In tho public
positions that I have held, with God's
help, to dlschargo my whole duty. The
people arc greater than the parties o
which they belong. I am only jealous of
their favor. I shall only attempt to win
their npproval and my experience has
taught mo that that cm best be done by
an honest, modest, dally dHcbaigo of
public duty.
The state treasury has not lost a
dollar through defalcation since It
passed under Republican administra
tion. This is a hard fact which punc
tures a vast deal of flatulent accusa
tion. That Ice Fund.
The question is asked, and not with
out reason, why the people who cheer
fully pay a war tax to provide for war
expenses should also have to contri
bute money for the support of soldiers
In camp. There are those, for example,
who think that Uncle Sam, and not
privato beneficence, ought to provide
the soldier boys in fever-stricken
camps not only those who are sick
but thoso who, although not yet in
valided, are compelled in obedience to
government orders to swelter like in
mates of an inferno in stifling tents
with such a necessary article as ice in
this phenomenally hot weather.
We cannot answer this argument
nnd do not propose to try. The fact
is enough that the government does
not supply ice and that ice is impera
tively needed. At Camp Meade the
spirit of the Pennsylvania volunteers
who enlisted for war and have been
kept by the war department in the
background while far less efficient reg
iments were given early assignments
In the fighting corps is none too cheer
ful at this time nnd it is now doubly
wise for the friends of these volun
teers at home to raise no technical
objections but to contribute for their
comfort promptly and liberally.
We are gratified at yesterday's gen
erous response to the call for nn Ice
Fund for the Thirteenth; but we trust
that the contributions will continue.
All money thus raised will be put to
a noble use; if there should be more
than enough to purchase the required
amounts of ice there are many other
comforts and some essentials that can
be procured in addition. Go on with
the subscriptions!
The Spanish people, says a Madrid
dispatch, are apparently convinced
that Spain must accede to whatever
the United States demands. We con
gratulate them upon their new growth
of wisdom.
The Last Legislature.
"While our critics are denouncing
the last legislature and Republican
leaders as responsible for the Individ
ual acts of members of the last legis
lature, why do not they, in Justice,
in honesty and In fairness, give them
credit for the good done also? But
from tho time the first criticism ap
peared up to this moment tho people
have been told that tho last legisla
ture was wholly bad and that there
was no good In It. And yet an examina
tion of the pamphlet laws of 1S97 Im
presses tho observer with tho fact that
there was much good legislation passed
by that body. It passed the 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
the interest fund of more than $60,000
which the stato will receive every year
from this source. Our critics say that
banks have had stata deposits and that
a large amount dt interest should have
been collected nnd paid Into the state
treasury, and yet not one of our critics
has had the fairness to stand up be
fore an audience In Pennsylvania and
give the party credit for passing the
first law ever passed In Pennsylvania
compelling these banks to pay Interest
on state funds. Whatever complaint
ever existed or hat might haye been
properly alleged because of the failure
of the passage of a law of this kind
does not now hold good. The party
has remedied the matter without tho
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 sen
ate and signed by a Republican gover
nor. "The last legislature passed laws
regulating th employment and provid
ing for the health und safety of men,
women nnd children employed in man
ufacturing establishments, renovating
works, printing offices anil cigar and
cigarette factories, which net was
aimed at tho 'sweat shops' of tho
largo cities, nnd was a wise nnd proper
law. It passed a law preventing tho
publication of Immoral writings or lit
erature. It passed u law authorizing
boroughs to make appropriations for
free libraries. It passed n. law to pre
vent tho spread of diseases among
horses and cattle; rt law prohibiting
the discharge of sotdlers from public
positions In tho state; a law to protect
employes of corporations In their right
to form, belong to nnd Join labor or
ganizations; a law to prohibit tho adul
teration of milk, cream and cheese; a
law preventing penitentiaries and other
penal institutions from using machin
ery for tho manufacture of articles
inside the Institution so ns to take
away the competition between machine
made goods by criminal labor and hand
made good by honest labor; a law
authorizing labor claimants to tako
Joint appeals; a law prohibiting mine
nlllclals from soliciting contributions
from their employes; n law preventing
superintendents and other officials of
Jails, penitentiaries, etc., from employ
ing more than 5 per cent, of tho In
mates in making biooms, brushes, etc.,
and not more than 10 per cent, in the
manufacture of all other goods except
mats and matting, in which only 20
per cent, of the Inmates can be cm
ployed; a law to protect tho people
against quackery in medicine. It passed
a law making eight hours a day's work
by tho employes of the state and muni
cipal corporations.
"Th?se laws arc not complained of.
They are not criticised, neither are
they mentioned. Mnny other good nnd
wholesome laws were passed by the
last legislature, but the Republican
parly Is criticised not because of tho
laws it did pass, not because of tho
laws it did not pass, but because of
some bills introduced by individuals
that did not pass. It seems to rne that
such arguments arc a reflection upon
the intelligence of tho people of Penn
sylvania. And when you come to got
at the real complaints of our critics
they grow out of and exist because of
the tjcrsonal animosity which some
members of our party seem to have
against other members of our party.
There have been grievances no doubt.
There have 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 wnich has blazed tho
path of prosperity in the state and in
the nation because some member of
the party has an Individual grievance
against some other member of the par
ty?" From Hon. William A. Stone's
Speech at Williams' Grove.
The brief one-act tragedy to bo
known to future generations as our
war with Spain has been accompanied
by many odd, not to say exceptional
Incidents. Not unnoted among these
have been the violations of military
law by Inexperienced soldiers. From
tho outbreak of hostilities it has been
difficult for a vast portion of tho troops
to realize that an actual war was In
progress. Scarcely until the sick and
dying began to return from southern
camps did the country believe that the
army was not exempt from the in
evitable results of war. That tho men
themselves regarded it in a different
light from the real thing is frequently
Illustrated. Take the case of young
Behringer, of the Twelfth New York,
who took a census as to the views of
the regiment concerning further ser
vice. Suffering disgrace and severe
punishment for tho offense, he uttered
no complaint against the edict, yet
firmly declares that he had no Idea that
it was a breach of military regulations.
The officers became convinced that ho
had not meant to commit so serious a
fault and ho has finally been sent homo
on sick leave. The many Irregularities
and the lenient treatment which has
somewhat generally followed put a
more agreeable face on the stern front
of war and seem not to have greatly
disturbed the discipline.
General Gobln Is receiving great ova
tions at Camp Sherman, where he is
commander-in-chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic. The brave veteran of
many battles, whose appointment came
too late for him to distinguish himself
In tho war with Spain, this week stands
on a camp ground made familiar by
the presence of comrades who love nnd
honor him. Doubtless to him the tent
ed field, little indeed like that of wur
time, means more almost than the one
recently occupied with the remnant of
what was tho National Guard. May
he live long to enjoy the distinction of
commanding the Grand Army of the
Republic.
m
County fairs have received n. black
eye under tho recent construction ot
the revenue law. All county fair as
sociations must pay $10 and all other
shows in connection with the samo
must pay $10 each. In the case of the
defunct Lackawanna county falr.where
tho prize cow ate up the big pumpkin
and burst the entire combination, such
a tax would have meant ruin. For
tunately this year no such catastrophe
Is to be feared.
The papers say that General Shatter
took a dose of quinine Sunday night
supposed to size up with his own avoir
dupois. It was a forty grain dose, but
as the general still lives It Is possible
that the reports of the dose have grown
In proportion to the demand for news
from Montauk.
Ungland has evidently resolved that
the only way to shed light upon the
dark continent Is to close tho eyes of
as many Dervishes as possible.
Sir Herbert Kitchener Is the Dewey
of tho desert.
The death of Lieutenant Stacey at
Montauk ot typhoid fever opens anoth
er phase of the question as to whether
violent athletics do not weaken in
stead of strengthen the constitution.
Lieutenant Stacey was perhaps the
most famous foot ball player on the
West Point team. His sudden collapse
under the ravages of fever Is regarded
by many physicians as an argument
against the over physical training at
colleges. Not at fill infrequently cele
brated athletes have found upon pre
senting themselves for examination for
tnmy servlco thnt under no considera
tion would they bo recolvojl.
"It is claimed that wo have mem
bers In our party so potent nnd so
powerful that they are responsible for
tho nets of tho party. I do not admit
this. I claim that the Republican party
In Pennsylvania Is greater than any
man In It. It Is a party of the people.
It la the people's party. No one man
can stem the tide of Republican sway
nor impede Republican thought. Tho
time has not come with the people of
Pennsylvania when in order to kill one
man In the Republican party we must
slaughter the party." Colonel William
A. Stone.
If the citizens, of Now York are ns
patriotic as we think they are they will
demand the opportunity offered by a
parade to tender an ovntlon to tho
Rough Riders and other bravo soldiers
who fought before Santiago. The ob
jections of the secretary of war to such
a parade should not be allowed to tri
umph in this ense. Tho heroes of El
Caney should be asked to parade, If
not while in the service then ns soon as
they are out of It.
An Ice famine Is rendering the con
dition of New Yorkers more pitiable
In this heat. Ice went up from 3 a
ton to (10, and in some cases to $21
in one day, so the soldiers are not tho
only ones who suffer. There is a vast
difference, however, between being pro
tected by a roof or lying on a bleak
hillside with only a thin tent to keep
off tho burning rays of the sun.
Signs of good times abound. Indi
vidual deposits In national banks were
$232,000,000 or 14 per cent, larger on July
14 of this year than one year before;
bank clearings In August were 15 per
cent, better than In 1S97 and 23 per
cent, better than in 1892; and tho na
tional gold reserve is now at tho high
est point in its history. Let everybody
look cheerful.
The Venezuela scare during Cleve
land's administration had at least one
good effect. It caused an overhauling
of our naval matters, resulting in the
admirable system that showed up so
splendidly in tho war with Spain.
When an effort was then made to mod
ernize the army it was tabooed as un
necessary. We know better now.
Base ball is on tho wane, and it Is
probable that as a national sport it
will soon sink to the level of cock
fighting. The trouble seems to have
been a misunderstanding as to the
mission of thp players, whom many
believe should cultivate rowdyism rath
er than skill on the diamond.
Dr. Swallow labels himself "a farm
er's boy, a school teacher, nn editor
and a hunter of thieves." The doctor
ought to know his proper classifica
tion, but there is a shrewd suspicion
abroad that he has been steadily retro
grading since leaving his first condi
tion. Now that tho war is over, General
Pando tells how it might have been
prolonged if several things had hap
pened. If all Pando says is true the
public will probably be glad that he
kept quiet until it was all over.
The way In which royalty seems de
termined to exterminate itself prom
ises to put foreign anarchists out of a
Job. The Empress Frederick of Ger
many Is the latest to suffer a catas
trophe by a fall from her horse.
The cause which has to bo bolstered
up with falsehood and scandal lacks
the Intrinsic qualities of success, and
that is why nothing but disappoint
ment is in store for Wanamaker and
Swallow.
General Miles emerges from the war
with a clean record of uniformly good
work to his credit and with tho confi
dence of millions who have none In his
war department detractors.
Congressman Jerry Simpson deliv
ered a speech Saturday night which,
instead of making his audience vio
lently ill, had that unfortunate effect
on tho speaker himself.
With the return of the summer tour
ist golf will again claim attention as
a healthy autumn sport. There Is really
nothing objectlonablo about golf nsldo
from the golf suits.
General Kitchener's Irresistible cam
paign in the Soudan shows what an
army can do that is trained for its
special business and not made the foot
ball of politicians.
In his own good time William Mc
Klnley will unload Alger and remedy
Algerlsm, the bane of the army.
The shallow well is getting in its
work at Camp Black at tho rate of
twelve typhoid patients a day.
European nations will now be pleased
to hear what Queen Wilhelmlna thinks
about universal peace.
Tho British at Khartoum appear to
have remembered Gordon.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by AJacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabo Cast: 2.31 u, in., for Wednes
day, September 7, 1893.
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A child born on this day will notice
that there Is nothing the matter with the
backbone ot the hot wavo.
Osman Dlgnu has orcored tigaln. Os.
man's charmed life is drubtlcss due to
ability to show a clean pair of heels.
Alger's faco Is liable to take tho place
ot the Spaniard target in the shooting
gallery of tho future.
Contributors to the soldiers' Ice fund
no doubt feel like attaching a revenue
stamp to their offerings
Although the war Is over tho street
commissioner will please notice that there
Is a Trocha still maintained on Meridian
street.
General Shatter Is said to be the only
fat soldier left.
AJacchus' Advice.
Never let another man tell your fish
.story if you expect to become famous.
Trade Chances in
fh? West Indies.
THE Inteicst In tho business oppor
tunities offered in Cuba nnd Porta
Rico which Is felt by tho business
men of the United States Is shown
by tho large number of lettcra on
that subject now being received by the
treasury bunau of statistics. These
como from nil parts of tho country, but
especially from tho great manufacturing,
producing and business centers. The in
quiries are generally for statistics us to
the Imports Into thoso islands, tho pur
poso evidently being to determine tho
class of articles demunded and tho coun
tries from which tho bupplles navo been
drawn In the pest few years. This In
formation tho bureau of statistics has
been nblo to supply very fully, its flguns
showing in great detail tho articles Im
ported into those Islands from each of the
leading commercial nations during tho
pust decade.
o
In general terms It may bo Bald that
tho Imports Into Cuba and Porto Rico
have averaged about $00,000,000 a year
during the past decade. Of this about
one-half was from Spain, about one
third from tho United States, and the re
mainder from England, Germany, France
and other nations. This average of $00,
OuO.000 por annum Is probably consider
ably below tha normal consuming capac
ity of the islands, tho Imports ot tho pan
two or thrco years having been greatly
reduced because of tho war. Of this av
erage annual importation of $60,0o0,00u into
Cuba and Porto Rico about S5 per cent,
has gone to Cuba, about one-third, ar. In
dicated abdve, being from the United
States, oneS-half frcm Spain, and one
tenth frcm Great Britain. Tho large
percentaga of imports of Cuba and Porto
Rico which Spain was able to retain for
her owrt peoplo was due both to Spanish
Inllucnco nmong tho merchants and Im
porters, and to the discriminating tariff
In favor of goods coming from Spun.
Now that these Influences in favor of
Spanish merchandise are to bo removed
there Is nn especial Inte-ost In tho ques
tion of the class of articles which have In
tho past been Imported from Spain Into
these islands, and this Information the
figures ot the bureau of statistics supply
In detail.
o
Tho following tables show the chief ar
ticles exported to Cuba nnd Porto Rico
In 1S95 nnd 1S0G from Spain, the value be
ing given in Spnr.lsh pesetas, the value of
the peseta being 19.3 cents.
CUBA'S CHIEF IMPORTS FROM
SPAIN IN :S93 AND 1S96.
Articles. ISM. 1S96.
Bricks, tilings, etc 1,007.321 141,531
Earthen waro 7uS,833 3S9.106
Iron bars 909,742 SS3.E93
Firearms 4,014,030 9,301,100
OH and paints 7S2.765 CS7.', 10
Soap 3.307.3&0 3.170.Sl"5
Wax and stearlno 1,739,902 2,093.622
Flax and htmp, mfrs of. 5,5?2,909 3,700,OS7
Silk goods 533,140 371,030
Smoking paper 1,400,222 1,SS,C31
Packing papr 1.407,032 1,420,233
Wood, mfrs of 2,477,337 2.257.S40
Leather 370,ti29 551,777
Shoes, of leather 19,691,7(jO 17,2I9,'60
Butter 731,090 SM.f.fll
Rico C3S.C01 1.49I.1M
Corn 112,934 1.342.S13
Wheat flour 11,502,394 20.326.SS2
Beans 1,8J2,922 1,873,019
Onions, garlic and po
tatoes 1,020,799 1,203,113
Olives 942.90 GflS.82'5
Saffron 571,030 1,171.200
OH, common 5.197,403 3.310.21S
Wine, common 8,903,261 7,317,013
Preserved food 4,3,503 4,74?,3;i
Pressed meat 1,185,863 l,!iS!..'70
Soup pastes l,OS0,374 1,435,90)
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PORTO RICO' CHIEF IMPORTS FROM
SPAIN IN H93 AND 1S96.
Articles 1893. ISM.
Soap 1,004,215 l,23i,S!I
Wax nnd stearlno 404,177 701,378
Cctton, mfrs ot 7,331,639 12,439.707
Flax end hemp, mfrs of. no,290 812,912
Wool, mfrs of 2SS.2I2 4JS,0bS
Wood, mfrs of 420,(56 463,195
Shoe 4,731,400 5.3S0.740
Rico 1,775,3'I2 2,632.611
Wheat flour 577,976 473,183
Beans 444,214 451.266
Wlno 812,199 603,161
Preserved food and
pressed meat 733,027 Sll,'21
Sandals 12,400 3,601,380
Felt hats ., 183,620 $29,110
DUTY OE THE INSURGENTS.
From the Philadelphia Times.
The rebellion In both Cuba, and tho Phil
ippines w;as not only fully justified but it
was provoked by tho most heartless ex
actions nnd tlcndlsh punishment of the
Cubans and tho Phlllpplnos for daring to
make battlo for some measure of reform
in their local governments. They were
taxed far beyond their ability to pay.
They were punished by desolation of their
homes; by gybtematlc starvation and by
the reckless murder of men. women and
children. They wero battling for their
homes; for tho right to live, and for somo
volco in their own government, all of
which wero denied them.
o
Tho Intervention of tho United States
by war with Spain has won everything
for which the insurgents were battling,
unless it bo tho gratification of the Indi
vidual ambition of leaders. They are now
assured of absoluto freedom from unjust
taxation; from tho destruction of their
property; from interference with thjlr
industries; from being endangered in
either life or property and from tho piti
less mastery of tho priesthood in the
Philippines. They will have tho absolute
liberty of law; tho right to work for
themselves; to enjoy the fruits of their
labors; to liavo their homes and fields
protected; with absolute freedom In ro
liglon and in tho excrclso ot all legitimate,
duties of citizenship. They will bo ju.U
as free as the peoplo of the United State3,
unless they shall provo themselves un
fitted for the freedom won for them by
our army and navy.
o
There is every reason, therefore, why
tho Insurgents should be heartily subordi
nate to the military authority of the
United States in Porto Rico, Cuba and
the Philippines, as they will thereby gain
everything for which they have fought
so heroically for years past nnd male
bccrlflces rarely cxamplcd in tho history
of the struggles of man for tho rights of
man. if It wero possible to give abso
luto free government In Cuba by the Cu
bans we would gladly do it, but theie, as
In Porto Rico nnd the Philippines, It Is
not possible in the faco of the murderous
feuds which have long oxistod there to
assure peace and tho safety of person an!
property without this go eminent exer
cising Its military power until order shall
bo brought out ot anarchy. The insur
gents have tfcus won a complete victory
by the triumph ot our army and nav,
and we can have no purpose In organiz
ing governments for them beyond giving
them the best administrations with the
greatest possible freedom consistent with
common safety.
o
We have not only tho right to expert
the Insurgents of tho Spanish provinces to
bow cordially and absolutely to tho au
thority of tho United States In Porto
Rico, Cuba and the Philippines, but we
have the right to demand that they shall
do so and to enforce that demand if nec
essary. With this right Is inseparably
connocted the Imperious duty Imposed
upon this government to givo tranquility
and the most generous goernmcnt con
sistent with tho safety ot the people.
Every Just consideration should be glv-sn
the brave men in Cuba nnd the Philip
pines who have fought so gallantly to
free themselves from the oppressions of
Spain, but the government of these prov
inces for the present, and as long as may
be necessary, must be absolutely dictated
and enforced by the United States. The
Insurgents have won everything for
which they fought and our government
has Interposed simply to give them the
right to enjoy the full fruits of their
sacrifices.
GOLDSMrnrs
Forty Per Cent,
Under Apttaal Values
Is the story on the finest lot of Imported Hosiery that was
ever offered at such a sacrifice. This is a stocking value
that your own eyes will tell you that there is no mistake
as to its honesty.
79 dozen 40 guage high spliced heels and double toes,
colors ox blood and russet, sizes 8 to 10. Everybody who.
sees these hose will marvel at the stupendous bargain.
That they will move quickly goes without saying. No
better stocking was ever sold at 25 cents.
While they last,
Price, 15 Cents a pair.
Always Busy
SCHOOL SHOES
AND
FALL FOOTWEAR
For Every Member of the Family.
Lewis, Rely & Bavles,
114 AND 110 WYOMING AVENUE.
ACTION AND INTELLECT.
From the Chtccgo Record.
It would seem that Mr. Benjamin
KIdd's Idea that human progress Is not
primarily intellectual an Idea, clearly s-et
torth and strongly buttressed with facir
and reason In Mr. Kldd's rcmarkubu
book entitled "Social Evolution" has ..
fresh and convincing Illustration In til
developments springing from the Cuban
problem. Mind seldom or never bus btrn
1 pioneer forco In preparing the way tor
'ui great movements of the race. It has
r ventured far into tho futuro and been.
j U civilization on. Rather has mind
11 content to cccupy itstlf with obser-
itton and analysis of what already has
fen achieved.
o
This Is but another way of ssjlng that
theory lacks much of being tho world's
light and salvation. Man proposes and
God disposes,. Man dreams, bpeculates,
theorizes, dogmatizes; but his droams,
speculations, theories nnd dogmas are
like pins in a bowling alley before tho re
sistless force of social evolution. Even
tho most audacious thinkers now and
again aro compelled to acknowledge that
civilization outruns them, overwhelms
them and puts their most treasured phil
osophies to rout.
o
Mind was not tha pathfinder In the Cu
ban matter. Mind did not plan this Im
portant development in modern history,
nor does mind foresee Its consequences.
Cuba's freedom. Porto Rico's escape
from tyrany, the prospective liberation of
the Filipinos, our own radical change ot
national policy nono of these was duo to
tho Intellect of America, to tho reason
o' America, to America's interpretation
of nbteract Justice or international law.
Progress In this Instance, like similar
progress always, was the result of a kind
of i-pontutieous forward movement of so
ciety. 0
There Is no doubt that President Me
Klnley stood in awe ot what has hap
pened and wanted to avoid it If by any
possibility It could bo avoided. There also
Is no doubt that In his apprehension, In
his pronencss to keep close to the terra
flrma of precedent and principle, he had
tho sympathy of the best thought of tha
country. President Eliot, of Harvard, de
plored the nation's policy of Intervention,
and Professor Norton of the same Institu
te is even now depressed by the belief
that wo have made a tremendous mis
take. Mind hesitates, but society acts
and history is born. It is another In
stance of the stone rejected by the in
tellectual builders becoming the head of
the corner.
.
A GREAT CANVASS.
From the Elmlra Adveitiser.
Colonel Stone is making a great can
vass In Pennsylvania. He is on the stump
and meeting the enemy's arguments at
every point, besides pushing unanswer
able Republican arguments at them. The
hope of defeating him hr.s vanished Into
thin air already nnd every day shows
more clearly that his high character and
intellectual strength and splendid record
havo made him one of the most popular
of Pennsylvania statesmen.
THE BAND WAGON A DRAY.
From the Maryvllle Tribune.
The time will come when Willie Bryan
would cheerfully give up at least 75 per
cent, of the gate receipts if ho could re
call that Omaha speech In which ho so
emphatically opposed the retention ot the
Philippines. What Willie mistook for a
Undwagon has turned out to bo a dray,
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121 N. Washington Ave.
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