'4 THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY. OCTOBER i. 1898. ; rf 0e ISctanfon n6une Published Daily, Kxcept Sunday, by the Tribune Publlsulnj Company, at Fifty Gents Month. Aew York Office: 1BO Noskau su, K a. VUU1SLANM, Cola Agent for foreign Advertising. IMFIIKD AT TUB I'OSTOrFtCB AT SCUANTON, PA., A8 SECOND-CLASS JtAIIjMATTKR. SCRANTON, OCTOBER. 4, 180S. REPUBLICAN NOAUNATIONS. BTATE. Governor-WILLIASI A. STONE. Lieutenant Oovernor-J. P. d. UOBIN. Secretary of Internal Affaiis-JAMLS W. LATTjV Judge of Superior Court-W. .W. 1'OR- TKR, W. D. POIlTCn. Congressmen - at - Large SAMUEL A. DAVENPORT, QALUSHA A. GROW. COUNTY. Congress-WILLIAM CONNELL. Judge F. W. OUNSTEH. Coroner-JOHN J. ROBERTS, M. D. Survcyor-OEOROE E. STEVENSON. LEGISLATIVE. Senate. Twentieth Dlst.-JAMES C. VAUGHAN. House. Tirst Dlstrlct-JOHN R. FARR. Second Dlstilct-JOHN SC11EUER. JR. Third Dlstrlct-N. C. MACKEY. Fourth Distrlct-JOHN F. REYNOLDS. COLONEL STONE'S PLATEOBM. It will be my purpose when elected to o conduct myself as to win the respect nnd Rood will of thOKO iho have opposed me as well ns those who havo given mo their EUpporl. I nhall bo the governor of the whole peopli of the state. Abuses have undoubtedly grown up In the legis lature which aro neither the fault of ono party nor the other, but rather (he growth of custom. Unnecessary Investi gations have been authorized by commit tees, resultlrg in unnecessary expense to the state. Jt will bo my care and pur pose to correct these and other evils In so far as I havo the power. It will be my purpose while governor of Pennsylvania, as It has been my purposo in the public rosltbns that I havo hold, with God's heln. to dlscharco my whole duty. Tho people aro greater than the parties o which they belong. I am only Jealous of their favor. I shall only attempt to win their npproval nnd my experience has taught mo that that can best be dono by an honest, modest, dally discharge of public duty. m Democratic criticism of Republican war management recalls what a horri ble botch tho Democrats made when they last tried to manage things on a peace basis. Concerning Heroes. Theodore Roosevelt Is not the only 'American now actively engaged in pol itics whose record contains much to stir the hearts of his patriotic country meifc Wo have a man In Pennsylvania whose military career, whose mag nificent statesmanship, wonderful sa gacity and matchless executive abil ity would go far to create as Intense an enthusiasm as is felt for the gal lant leader of the Hough Riders If prejudice were laid aside. We are a volatile people, quick t toss our hats in the air and cheer the hero of the hour quick to forget hire on the morrow, and to hasten in searclj of a new Idol. We put our hero on a pedestal for n day and say to him "Take care now. That's a slippery spot. If you can't keep on posing Just as you are: it you can't fasten tho gaze of all men upon you by a continuous performance, or if you do any thing that 'offends somebody, down you come." Then some other man steps along who knows a new trick or two, or perhaps he says to us: "That hero of sours is nn hero. What if he did risk his life for your homes? What if he did, by his mastery of men and affairs, save the nation at a perilous time? What if he hns given you a political prestige unexampled in your history? I could do a great deal better if I had the chance. He's a poor sort of a hero. You ought to know the things I've heard about him!" Oddly enough, the new man can al ways find listeners among us, even If we have been benefited by the hero of the day before and Is not long be fore we clamor for a change, and tho man who has been very secure In his footing on the pedestal of our fancy is ordered down by the mob, for after nil It is only a mob which will forget its one time benefactor. The Pennsylvania!) who deserves a lofty pedestal In the pride of not only the Republicans in this state, hut In the honor and respect of all patriotic citizen, Is Senator Quay. The chief attention Just now expended on him is not only undeserved criticism but the most malignant slander. Vllllflca tion, the fury of which Is almost un paralleled In history, Is nttacklng one who perhaps has done more than any other living man In the commonwealth to make this the great state It Is. Have the people of Pennsylvania forgotten certain passages In the record of Mat thew Stanley Quay, upon which Swal low, Wanamaker, Jenks & Co. aro oppressively reticent? If they have, a lew extracts reprinted In another col umn from an article In Yesterday's Philadelphia Inquirer may refresh their memoy. American women certainly can com mand considerable attention o.i both rides of the globe. Dr. Nancy Gull ford and Mrs. Botkln aro the stars at present. Chinese Veneration. The emperor of China may have com mitted suicide. It is doubtful. Pos sibly he has been experimented on by a native doctor who like all of his pro fession even to this day believes In -'empirical practice and holds that there are excellent tonlo virtues in such pleasant medicines its dried red-spotted lizards, eilk worm moths, tortoise shells and black dog's flesh, particular ly In elephant's skin as a great anti dote for poison. These, with many other remedies, too horrible In some cases to mention, are sanctioned by the medical board of Pekln. A favorite "cure" for rheumatism or dyspepsia ls to thrust n needle, sometimes heated, (sometimes cold, into the affected parts. The disadvantage of this system or surgery particularly In the latter dis ease may, be Imagined, Perhups the recent emperor may have undergone this treatment. At any rnto ho Is a horrible example of the results of pet ticoat government, Tho devotion of the Chinese to an cestry Is rcmatkable, but It does not scent to work In the obvorsc fanhlon. There Is no special rcHpcct shown to posterity or to those standing In the relationship of nephew If ono Is to Judge by the example of tho dowager empress of the present time. There can be no discounting tho fact that Chlnc-to justice, ns regards duty to parents, Is thorough. A gentleman who has spent much time In travel relates nn Instance of the punishment of an unflllal son which certainly leaves nothing to be desired a3 to completeness. The man had killed his father In a lit of rage while at work In the field. Tho crime shocked the entire district. The murderer was beheaded after being tortured. Then his mother was beheaded for having ouch a bad son. Next his brother was killed. Then his teacher was brought up and stran gled for not giving better instructions, Then the nearest neighbors on each side of the murderer's homo were de stroyed. Ills house was burned and, not satisfied with this, the order was given that the soil on the premises to the depth of several Inches vhould bo removed. Finally the sheriff of the district was banished to a far province for having nllowed such n crime to take place under his Jurisdiction. The veneration for rulers, parents nnd elder members of the family has ns much to do with the present crisis In China ns hns the shrewd political genius of the bad old woman who is ruling affairs with such a high hand. Philadelphia's school system Is in a bad way. There Is a clamorous ap peal for more buildings for the 8,000 children unable to find room, while an epidemic of dlptherla seems to bo de pleting the attendance Cf those fortu nate enough to gain admission. The Bough Biders. If Candidate Roosevelt needs any campaign documents he should exploit Jacob nils' article In the October Out look on The Rough Riders. It Is a marvelous tribute to a bravo man and his followers who loved him almost to Idolatry. No patriotic American can read the romantic tale of Teddy and hla men without strong emotion. The brief history of this strnnge aggrega tion of matctlal for war Is one that will bear enlarging upon extensively and Mr. nils' chapter deserves a ptom Inent place tt eating ns It does the regi ment fiom many sides and giving glimpses not only of its famous leader, but of others, for Instance Chap lain Urown who defended his western boys In tho somewhat startling statement "Why when a man cheats at cards he ought to be shot!" and the other preacher who, whfn shrapnel wan riving about his head, serenely went on breaking beans for coffee with the butt of his revolver; the full blooded Pawnee Indian who suddenly emitted nn "ungodly war whoop while going up San Juan hill that must have scared tho Spanlanis moro than the charge," the Jew, rec ommended by his colonel for promo tion for bravery, to the colored soldier, wounded nnd bleeding to death, but by whom waited a Rough Rider with his finger on thp artery, when his own heart was breaking with longing to fly (,n to the battle then In progress. "He done that to me" said tho dark-skinned trooper. "He did, and stayed by me an hour and a half, and me only a nlg- gah!" It Is a story for the people of the present to read when they grow pes simistic about the future of this coun try nnd for the boys of future genera tions tc pore over with pride and en thusiasm. An exchange announces with gravity that "Roosevelt was not Piatt's man" Certainly not. In this case Piatt teems to have been Roosevelt's man. Beliglon on the Wnne. Rev. Dr. De Costa, of the church of St. John the Evangelist in New York, declares that )ellglon Is dying out and that sectarianism is the cause of Its decline. He nsserts that, morally, de nomlnatlonallsm has not saved the pto ple, and that Christianity is ignored by the masses. Whit wo need, ho says, is a combination of all exlsltlng bodies animated with one thought and one spit It. The revermd gentleman seems to forget that, up to date, people have not ben actuatd by one spirit nnd one thought, becausj they are so variously constructed, morally and mentally, that one road to heaven is not the acme of their desires. It Is not nt all probable that tho time will arrive before the actual mlllenlum when they will agree upon the partic ular road that should be taken to the other country. The fences betwjen the sectH aro lower than they ever have been since denominations existed and there Is a better understanding of each other, but the great Protestant denom ination of the world to which Dr. De Costa refers, are not losing ground and there are few ChUsttans pessim istic enough to accept his gloomy view of the present day religion. General Shatter claims that the at tacks of tho "yellow press" upon him self and the administration are "simply outrageous," and intimates that they have been prompted by spite, It Is pre cumed that Shaffer's conclusion to no tice newspaper criticism may have been prompted by the success of Gen eral Wood at Santiago, who has thU9 far conducted affairs to the entire catls factlon of "yellow" Journals. Mrs. Elizabeth White, of Cincinnati, In an octogenerlaik with a history. She has shaken hands with all tho presi dents of the United States from General Jacltfon down, and also placed tint laurel wreath on the brow of Lafayette when tho French general visited America the last time, Mrs. White Is now nwaitlng un opportunity to kiss Habson. This Is a great state. Tho Mormons aro holding a convention In Chambers burg nnd assert that they are receiv ing large accessions to their faith, Swallow is addressing meetings in va rious places assuring the people that he will be elected. JenkB declare U another quarter that the Democrats will wnete votes on Swallow as he lmsn't any show. While Mr. Wana maker somewhere else Insists that to defeat Colonel Stone does not mean to o'clcat the Republican patty In this state. Somebody Is mistaken. When the Citizens' unton was organ ized In New York city Its expressed In tention was to confine Its activities wholly to municipal affairs; but swell Ins ambition now tempts It to pastures larger and It proposes to nominate an Independent state ticket. We dare say the Wanamaker malcontents In this stats who now advocate fusion In spots will eventually follow the same ex ample nnd set up as a sepaiate and distinct political party. That Is the only way in which Its leaders can gratify their piisslun to lead. The excursion to CampvMende, for which arrangements aro being made, will probably be the only opportunity that our citizens will have to visit the members of the Thirteenth regi ment prior to the departure of tho boy3 for Cuba. Tho profits of the trip on Saturday next will be devoted to regimental supplies, and It is probable that a largu numbqr of our citizens will embrace this chance to enjoy a pleas urable outing and assist In a noble wotk at the same time. Today the last scene In the drama of Dr. John Hall's career will be enact ed as tho body of the gteat divine of Presbyterlanlsm Is laid away In Woodlawn cemetery. Tho religious world Is poorer for hlsleavlng It, and there aro probably few preachers liv ing who will cloro their ministry be queathing such a legacy to tho chinch as has this man of Cod. The 3,000 cases of fever reported In the Klondike show that the disease Is not climatic. Whether at the equator or the poles, a diet of bacon and dis regard of sanitary laws Invariably are followed by serious results. An honest count In New York would undoubtedly show an overwhelming' Republican majority. It remains to make certain that Tammany cannot prevent an honest count. China appears to be the reverso ex ample of the benefits of home rule. Th? Position of Col. Roosevelt. From the Washington Slur. EVERY' one who knows Roosevelt wondeis what there will be left for Piatt after the fight In New York has been won. It Is not at all certain that In adopting Roosevelt as the machine candidate for governor of New York Piatt will bo able to use him for machine purposes. Piatt would ptobahly not have had Roosevelt nom inated If ho could well have helped himself. The Rough Rider is very In dependent, and has some decided no tion of reform which he has the cour age to put Into practical application. The designation of "Piatt's man" will not fit on him. Roosevelt is much at home when he gets In the saddle, and he probably will not let Piatt lead the horse. Some people are speculating as to whsthcr the nomination of Roosevelt does not mark the decline of the power of Piatt. In some respects Piatt Is a much more clover leader than Mr. Quay, who la mnklng a fight to retain his power in Pennsjlvanla. Flatt Is clever enough sometimes to accept what he cannot pt event, and In doing what he must to try to make It appear that he willed It so. Roosevelt was nominated as Piatt's candidate, but It is safe enough to say that he will not be Piatt's governor If he is elected. He Is un extraordinary character. His career ns police commissioner of New York made Piatt's back teeth clatter. Ho Is the sort of man who has always given a shock to Piatt's nerv ous syfctem. Feeding the machine with him is like putting a file Into a sausage grinder. There Is a sort of humor In his pcrversenpss when he is put in a place where he Is expected to serve some eelfish interest, the sort of humor that Is suggested by the thought of a hungry man ttylng to eat hardtack without any teeth, Is what was wit nessed dally here when he was civil service commissioner and members of his own party were trying to get past him some Ingenious scheme for the evasion of the law that limited their patronage. Even the president him self was once suspected of being a vic tim of this quaint humor. He gave Harrison many uneasy moments while trifling with the delicate sensibilities who wanted "llttlo things dono for tho good of the party," not that the presi dent was lacking in sympathy with civil service reform, but on account of the peculiar delight Roosevelt used to take In rubbing fie reform in just on the tenderest spots of the party cuti cle. It seems strange for such a man to bo selected as Piatt's candidate for anything. It is not less paradoxical to see men who during the past two sessions of this congress were restrain ed with very great difficulty from enacting anti-civil service reform laws and who never lost an opportunity to denounce the civil service law now throwing up their hats for tho man who, above all others, Is the champion of the civil service reform principle and has done more than any other man to Irritate, embarrass and anger the men who "would like a little natron age for tho party's sake," It is being asked, what chance is there with such a man for those workers In Now York who would make profit out of politics; what bond of sympathy can there bo between him and PlattV It would not be at all consistent with his disposition for Roosevelt to do anything that Piatt may want him to after he becomes governor ot New York, and he ran bo depended on to be strlctlv independent. In tho approach of the war with Spain Roosevelt ecented tho battle long before the president or any member of his cabinet could bo brought to believe that war wns Inevitable. The first of ficial war preparations were made by him far in udvance of the administra tion's expectation of war. Threo months or moro before tho wur Roose velt, who had earnestly been working to that end for a Icng while, succeeded In having rhlpped to Dewey a largo amount of ammunition and supplies. Thesa shipments were in excess of the needs In time of peace, and the assist ant 'secretary had n great deal of trou bla about having them sent. Ho was allowed to have his way, nnd it was largely to get rid of his Importunities and to avoid the difficulty, of combat- Ins his arguments of precaution that th shipments were made. Rut for these supplies having been sent so far In advance of the known need Dewey's victory would have been Impossible. To Itoosevolt's effort is largely due tho efficiency of the gunnery In our navy. Through his efforts the system of promotion nmonE tho "Jacklcs" was changed so as to make tho only road to advancement through proficiency in gunnery. Defore that a tar might get to be chief gunner or yeoman or get any of the advancements that tars ex pect through being efilclent as a car penter or from good general service, nnd no rewards were attached to effi ciency In gunnery. The result of the change was that all the sailors sought to perfect themselves In-gunnety. To facilitate this he gave orders to ubc ammunition freely for practice. This was a great extravagance which the department had not before indulged in, and there was a great deal of doubt and hesitation In the minds of many. When nn appropriation much larger than usual for ammunition was asked for members of the naval committee asked what It meant and what had be come of all the ammunition bought with the last year's apptoprlatlon. The official to whom these questions wore put refened the commlttco to Roosevelt. Roosevelt uns called bo fore the committee nnd was asked how it was that so much ammunition had been used when there was no war and no possible use for It. Evidently pome wUo representative thought ho had stiuclc a leak. Roosevelt Informed the committee that the ammunition had been shot off thrown away In practice, nnd that as a result he hid the best gunners of any navy In the world. There Is no one in congress now who will want to ask what became of that powder. If our gunners on shipboard want powder for practice they may have it for the asking. A LESSON OF EXPERIENCE. Prom tho TImes-llcrald. The unexpected call to send soldiers to Santiago found the government with no suitable transports for troops, and to this fact was largely duo tho horrors of tho returning ships loaded with sick and wounded. The malntnlnanco of garlsons In distant islands makes It necessary for the government In the futuro to havo regularly equipped troopships Instead of hastily picked up merchantmen and cat tle freight boats, us early In the war. The plans already mado Indicate that the troopships In future will have every reasonable provision for tho health and comfort of soldiers at sa. The Mobile, for example, will be lighted with elec tricity. It will have a large distilling apparatus to furnish pure water. There will bo ample refrigerator room to keep meat and vegetables fresh. Tho mess room of th men will be so arranged that the tables can be folded aalnbt the walls and tho room used as n gymnasium, tor which mnpose there will be proper ap paratus. The bunks will be supplied wttn mattresses as well ns blankets, and may be folded against the sides of the fchlp, uffordlng a roomy promenade, These quarters will be provided with bathrooms. The ship will be fitted with a hospital having boventy-slx cots. The hospital will havo a complete dispensary, an oper ating room and at least two bathrooms. There will be nn open-air promenade tor the men and awnings to protect Invallis while taking an airing. There will be accommodations for eighty-four ollleers and a bathrcom for about every twenty of them. Among the vessels to undergo this transformation are tho Michigan, Mississippi. Manitoba, Massachusetts and Mlnnewaska . The Obdam, Panama and Roumanla may also bo used. It Is the aim of tho government to have some or the finest troopships afloat and it has excellent boats among Its transports for that purpose. The troops who sail In these refitted ships will have little cause for complaint. THE BIGHT MAN. From the Philadelphia Record. General Lawton must be credited with tho possession of a superior quality ot diplomatic tact in having converted the Cuban Generals ttatcla nnd Castillo from skulkers In their tents Into active sup porters of his rule at Santiago. As tho military governor rf Eastern Cuba Gen eral Lawton Is evidently tho right man In the right place; and his success Is proof that there Is no lack of material In tho United States military service of which to mcko excellent administrator of foreign dependencies. There may be weighty reasons against the assumption by the Urlted Slates of the rcfponslblllty of ruling alien races, but our alleged in ability to adapt ourselves to the task or to produco qualified administrators is purely mythical. m A HYGIENIC HOME. My wlfo and I aro trying hard To live on healthful diet; Wo tead the food chart by the yard. And run our kitchen by it: We've banished from our bills ot fare All that such guides condemn; True hyslene Is all our care. As planned and taught by them. For breakfast coffee Is tabooed, Hot cakes and eees forbidden, And milk, stneo It Is oft Imbued With germs rirofuse, though hidden, Erend Is in" ' so Is steak; Submls Odtmeal i. we take, . And drink . .v. I ot. For dinner soup will never do. And oysters typhoid nourish; Salads, entrees and Ices, too. Are mere dyspeptic flourish; Potatoes (by tho last advice) Aro poisonous, we're told; Wo cat raw meat, chopped fine, with rice, And drink boiled water cold. For supper same professors teach TIs best to go without It, But since discretion's left to each, We take our cholco about It; On chicken, waffles, tea and cake, We are forbid to feed; But gluten wafers, cocoa (weak), And prunes, aro all wo need. It gileves us much our friends to view So reckless In their diet; Our wholesome menu wo pursue And beg of them to try It; But appetite's ungodly sway Their nature bo enthralls, We cannot get a guest to stay Within our healthful walls. -Tlt-Ults. 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