THE SCRANTON TlumXNJfi-MOJSDAr, .1AJSUAKV 16, 1890. (Se 5cranfon CrtBune Published Dally. Kscopt Kundar. bv the TrlbtinorubllJlilU! Company, at Kilty Cent n.MontU. New York omen: lf( Niiau M., H. . VltKKIiAND. Cole Agent for l'oreljrn Advertising. IMKII8D AT TtIK rOWOriMCB AT SCItANTON, VA., ADSICCOKlM.X.A3JMAtIaiATT3Ut. TEN PAGES. SCHANTON, JANUARY 16, 1S0D. The dlsclmrgc of the MonuBhatw from custody should n followed by oner Kclle nctloii against tho so-called do-ti-ctlvpa who uiYccti-d their falsi! iirrost. This Is necuKsitry as an example. Result of tho Primaries. Tho one great advantage about a popular form of Government Is that under It tho peoplf can ulwnyn ivet what they think they want and change It when they And out that they don't wlnt it. In the long run we suppose this will apply to the Crawford county pvstoni, which on Saturday put In nomination for mayor a man who. It has been alleged, was largely instiumrutal In placing In onice the present city administration. The Tri bune will, of course, support the nui J..iit cholc- of the party and it trusts that that choice will fultll the high ex pectations of the people w'ho made it. Th- remainder of the ticket is? Irre proachable. 1 1 Hi-natnr Quay Isn't talking as much as the Van A'alkenborg outtit, but It is noticeable that lie is slowly but surely corralling the necessary number of votes. Nelson Dingloy. Tin- areer of public usefulness and (llsilneiioti which tame to an end on Friday night by th" death of lion. Nel son Diugley presents many points of Interest and Instruction, it irf good i.treer to put before the minds of young men. It will do them good to contem plate it. Mr. Dingely's p.trunts were poor. Tluy tiled farming without much suc-ii'S!- and then took to tavern-keeping, combining with it the management of a inunlry store. As a boy Nelson Ding ley helped them as much as lie could and walked three miles, morning and night, to school. .Maine was not a tem perance stale In the later '10'. nor was the country tavern a place usually ihaiwlorlzeil by total abstinence, but oung llingley believed In keeping In toxicants out of liis own system as well as out of the systems of other people, and proved his faith by estab lishlng.wlien only Its years old, a sec tion of the Pallets of Temperance. The following year he taught a country nchool and in lSil entered college, from which he graduated in due course with honor. The remainder of Mr. Dingley's life story Is better known. A student of law soon Inclined to journalism, he be came in 156, when "1 years old, the proprietor and publisher of the Lewis ton Journal, then published us a. week ly. Of It he made a powerful political factor; partly because of the ability shown by him In its conduct and partly because he was a clean, conscientious ana sincere man, he was soon sent to represent his town in the Maine leg islature, of which he was a leader and, some years afterward speaker. He then was elected and re-elected gover nor, declining a third term: and when "William P. Frye, representing the Sec ond Maine district In congress, was made senator, Mr. Dlngley was chosen by a phenomenal majority to succeed him, and was returned term after term until his duath. The late chairman of the way and mean committee of tho house of rep resentatives tho post which involves paty leadership on the lloor of the house and is, in power and influence, the third highest position in our gov ernment, being Inferior to the speaker ship and tho presidency only was a birong partisan, who believed In Ke publicanlrim and in honorable loyalty to party organization and methods; in a purely political sense had little use for a. Democrat or a kicker; he car lled Into his public ideals and opin ions the lirmness and much of the Inflexibility of his Vurttan ancestry; but he was Invariably a courteous, considerate, hlgh-toneii Christian gen tleman, who had. It is said, not a sin gle perconal enemy in Washington and whose long service in congress, al though characterized bv exceptional in dustry, was untouched by .scandal or suspicion nf nny kind. Nelson Dlngley was not a natural g.-nius; ho was simply an ordinary man lifted by a clear conscience and a strong will to u plane of great cmln-oii.-o and usefulness. The man Is gone but not the lesson of Ills example. Anil. expansionists and others who vinit to bo on tho contrary sldo are offered an opportunity to ruih to the defense fl niummy beer and Genernl K.i q a n. The Biggest Ship Afloat. At ilelfast on Saturday the While Kt.ir line steamship Oceanic was launched, a fact notable for two rea sons. In the first placo this ship U 'low the largest craft atloat. Shu is 701 feet or nearly one-seventh of a mile Jong. OS feet beam, 11 feet depth of hold and 17,010 tons gross measure ment, with 10,000 horse-power engines and tho finest Interior equipment that human ingenuity can supply. Jn tho second place tho Oceanic, although doing most of its business with AmorJ. cans, will represent British capital anil ily the British flag, n circumstance by iij means to the credit of American enterprise. And this reminds us. t a meeting held two yearn ago in the suloon of tho United States mall steamship St. Paul the passengers then present, who represented evpry section of the United States and every politi cal party, adopted unanimously a pre amble und set of resolutions culling publio nttcntlon to the fuct that that tioblo ship, which has slncu done royal service for tho country in u llmo of war, was American throughout and urging Americans to tuko stops to call into bclnc more of such flno vessel! sailing under the American flag. Tho resolutions pledged those present "to unite In urging our citizens to support by their patronage, and our congress to nld by appropriate and liberal laws, the efforts of the American line to maintain a place in tho merchant ma rine of tho world; and, by legislative uctlon, to extend still further encour agement to our merchants in their efforts to recover our lost commercial supremacy (n tho carrying trade of tho oceans, putting an end to our present dependence upon ships of foreign na tions for tho carriage of the produc tions of our own country," properly holding that "both Notional pride and National interest demand that the hun dreds of millions of dollars yearly paid by tho people of the United States to foreign ships for ocean freights shall be paid to our own vessels, built and nuvlgated by our own citizens and fly Iiiff our own colors." There Is absolutely no sulllclent rea son why we should depend on England, Germany, France or any other foreign country for ocean transportation. Wo have the business to support American ships, we have good American ship yards to build thorn and we have some of the hardiest and shrewdest marin ers alloat to sail them. The one lack ing essential Is u system of govern ment subsidies adequate to put Ameri can capital into ship-building on terms of equality with competitive foreign capital. This lack the present congress Is expected to supply. Under existing law the district al tniney has tho right to make six times as many peremptory challenges' In the prosecution of a criminal case as has the legal representative of the defense. O'ut of n panel of 40 men he can arbi trarily stand aside it, while the defense can peiemptorlly challenge only 4. This virtually puts into tho hands of the district attorney the power, in a case Involving political, religious or race prejudices, cither to convict or to tie up a Jury regardless of the law and the evidence. Senator McCurrell's bill lighting' this obvious injustice is clear ly a move In the interest of fair play. Senator Gray's View. Good reading at this time is tho speech of Senator Gruv, of Delaware, Saturday night at Wilmington to the fcllow-citlzens who gave a banquet in honor of his service as a member of the Pails peace commission. Senator Grav went on this trillion a stout hearted anti-expansionist; the frame of mind in which he returns may best be described 111 his own wolds. Said he: "Wo are now in a crisis of our na tional history, and your hearts and mine, us patriotic citizens of this great country, are full of anxiety as to a proper settlement of the, momentous is sues which h.ive resulted from tho vyar with Spain. The acquisition of terri tory by tho United States was not one of the objects of the war, and wc sol emnly declared in the resolutions of congress that our only object in de manding the relinquishment of the sov ereignty of Cuba by Spain was not to hold it ourselves, except that we might pacify it and lit it for self government by its own people. Hut in this as in all else, 'Man proposes and God dis poses.' 1 ardently desired that we might escape the necessity of taking tho Philippine Islands, and assuming the burden that their taking will im pose upon us, and I know that tho president of the United States was equally anxious to the same end. nut it became apparent that without our seeking, unexpected conditions had been created, and out of those condi tions unquestionable duties had sprung, which could not be avoided or evaded by the United States. "Commodore Dewey had brought Agulnalilo back to Luzon, and by his leadership and the encouragement of the American fleet, the embers of the insurrection which had died out were rekindled Into a Hume, and the assist ance of the insurgent forces was gladly availed of by our commodore. It then came to the thought that in our s?t tlciucnt with Spain wj could not hon orably leave the inhabitants of those islands to tho tender mercies of their Spanish oppressors. I know that that situation appealed to the heart of your' president and that he believed he was representing American manhood and American character when he said, ns finally he did, that whatever became of those Islands and those people, It wiu not In our blood to hand them back to Spain. It was a feeling of this kind, I know, that animated the government of Mr. AlcKlnley in coming to this Im portant conclusion. "Ho said, nnd I know he felt, that whatever else might be the fate of these Islands and of this people, he could not put our country in tho at titude of deserting those whom wo had placed In n new position of antagonism to their rulers. On the other hand, if American sentiment did not justify tho return of those Islands to Spain, no more could It justify leaving them derelict In the Eastern ocean, the prey of tho first occupant and of European rapacity. It was thought best by tho president and his advisers to take thu cession of their sovereignty from Spain and hold it In trust, to l? administered in conformity to those high Ideals and liberty-loving traditions which animate and glorify the history of our coun try. That I sought In Purls by all hon orable means to escape this responsi bility does not matter now. It came to a point at last that we must either leave the Islands to Spain, take them as we did, or break off negotiations and como homo without a treaty of peace." Further along In his speech tho sen ator from Delaware said: "Without assuming for a moment any right to speak for the president, I think that I can assure you that he Is committed to no politics, calculated to discourage, much less strike down the liberty-loving people all over the world. I belong to a different political party, but I would bo false to my sense of justice and to that pride which I feel us an American, If I did not declaro my con fidence in tho patriotism and purity or principles of William McKlnlcy. Ho Is no usurper of power, no stranger to American institutions. Hut the solu tion of the problems which confront us Is not with tho president. When the treaty is ratified, no policy can ba adopted without the sanction of con gress and tlia whole American people will determine, through their represen tatives, what relations we shall sus tain to tho rhlllpplnes. Shall wo hold the sovereignty In trust for their peo ple, ns wo will do In Cuba, or shall we, with their consent, establish a pro tectorate over them, or govern them as we will the Island of Porlo Itlco? All these Important questions will properly como up for determination after the ratification of the treaty." It Is folly or crime to force their pre mature determination now. Tho launching at Klswlck, Eng., Sat urday of the American cruiser Albany served two purposes. It gave English public opinion an opportunity to show Its good will, which was Improved to tho limit, anil It drew nttcntlon to the necessity under which tho United States, the leading manufacturing na tion of the world, which builds war ships for Russia and Japan, had to scour the markets of Europe for ships to add to Its own navy. Fortunutely the Albany Is u good boat; In buying her .we get our money's worth, which Is more than can bo said of all the purchases made last spring when wo were arming for the war with Spain. A reduction In the rate of postage be tween Great Britain and Canada from 5 to 2 cents for letter postage went Into effect Jan. 1 and nlready the postal receipts in Canada for this kind of correspondence have doubled. The people generally want cheaper postage nnd they celebrate each reduction in cost by writing more letters. If con gress would force the railroads to car ry mall for the government ns chenply In proportion as they carry other ar ticles for private shippers we could tit once have penny letter postage. The burden of anti-expansionist trouble seems to be the thought of what might happen if this country was gov erned by a bloodthirsty despot instead of a wise.conservatlvo chief magistrate who Is prompted only by motives of hu manity in dealing with a helpless race unable at present to control Its own In tel csts. Hohson, too, is an expansionist. At Honolulu he recently said: "I bellevo that American citizenship will not be found unequal to any work that may fall to ittt lot. It will not even in tho face of dangers nnd obstacles shirk any of the duties It owes In the uplift ing of the human race." H Is scarcely to be expected that the Filipinos can be made to readily under stand tho situation when alleged states men at homo continue to wilfully or otherwise misconstrue the motives of tho administration In working for tho best interests of tho down-trodden races of the cast. A five-year-old "boy preacher" has been silenced In New York. It has heretofore been demonstrated that suc cess as a boy orator or preacher can seldom bo obtained under the age of forty. Agulnalilo has probably concluded to postpone his bonlire at Hollo. PORTO RONS' WOES Special CotrespunUenco of Associated Press. San Juan, Porto Itlco, Doc. 31. Tho Porto Klean business men Is of keen Intelligence and of quick perception. Ills relations in tho pas,t have been largely with old established and re liable European concerns and today he is making comparisons between the "pioneers of American commerce" who, with baggage and sample trunk, aro daily landing upon the shores of his island home, and tho business men or the continent whom he has known In tho past. The result or this keen scru tiny and comparison is not overwhelm ingly Tavorable to the American pion eer, It has. In fact, brought into life the old Spanish word "buscones." "Uuscar," to hunt, to seek, "buscones," hunters, seekers, adventurers, and some even say tho term means cheats and pllferciH. o The Porto Iticau Is hard to Tool. He cause his Island Is In a far away corn er or the West Indies, tho location of which has only lately become known to the majority of Americans not In schools, and because ho has lived quiet ly ut home and attended to the bus iness of pleasures of a community of tfomc eight hundred thousand people, he is none the less a pretty good judge of men and manners. Tho Americans who aro today In evidence upon this Island have been weighed and found wanting. Commercially we are making the same mistake here tnat wo have al ready made in another Latin-American country and that has bean to un derestimate tho intelligence, the per ception and the culture of the business men thereof. As the Porto Ttlcan is quick to detect the roughness, tho bad manners, the lack of courtesy, tho deceptions and the guile of some of his recent visi tors, so Is he equally quick to perceive contrary qualities in others among them. On tho first points ho Is per haps over sensitive and may be ald to rail In appreciation of tho rough diamond. On tho other hand there are qualities present In tho Anglo-Saxon gentlemen of breeding that aro as In comprehensible to the men of this cap ital as Is the Idea of cold nnd snow to the ignorant laborer of this tropical Island. In the beginning, the Porto Itican overestimated us, and part of the awak ening he Is now experiencing is a na tural reaction. In the beginning tho word American stood for all that wna best In the way or government, civil ization, advancement, education, man ners nnd commerce. Our country and Its Institutions were looked up to by the masses in a way that is difficult to understand today. Americans rresh from the States were regarded as al most superior beings; when we landed here before tho war tho islanders In vested vb with a glamor of tho won ders In Wash ncton and New York that we had but recently gazed upon. I, Anything and everything American was considered to be pre-eminently tho best of its kind. In the beginning our welcome was based upon these concep tions. It was thought that tho pass ing of Spain and the acceptaneo of the Stars und Stripes would carry with it some muglcal influence from the great country up north, auflKient In Itself to put an end to all that was unjust and wrong nnd to straighten out tho affairs of this unhappy Island with it fairy's wand. From this unreal mental ittltudo there has come the ennscquen- tal nwakenlng, which has been further ed nnd forced to the other extreme by tho representatives of tho United States who arb now In evidence In Porto Itlco. Tho misbehavior of tho American troops enme first, It was disappoint ing to discover that the saviours of tho country behaved with unmistakable rowdyism. This was hardly In accord ance with prccmcelved Ideas. Hut tho misdemeanors Becmed to continue, nnd although we round many staunch tlercnders, men and women, too, who said that Is was unfair to Judge an nrmy by tho nctlon of a few or Its sol dlcr and much more unjust to Judge a people by volunteer soldiers, recruit ed rrom the lower r.nd worst clusses; that .soldiers were on a campaign were never known for their gentle manners, that things would scon bo better, etc., tulk of our undisciplined troops pre vailed In the local papers and examples of their misdoings were printed and repeated by word or mouth. Some men realized that these actions wero In truth no fair criterion or a. people, euch men could perceive the seir-re-spectlng men in tho nrmy. In a way that was pathetic because of Its ill concealed dlsai polntment a well known local paper argued for fair Judgment nnd thorefralnlngrrom hasty and unjust general criticism. Tho educated natives saw tho matter In this light, but the majority did not; the majority Judged tho army and the country by the acts or a few and mal-rcputatlon or our soldiers grow apace. Tho pendulum swung back too far in the other direc tion this is a country and language of exaggerated words and the army got woree than It deserved. o Still, there was much truth In the many assertions. A gentlemen of tho writer's acquaintance, a SO years' res ident of Ponce and a man or culture, education and much knowledge or our country and Europe, said that ho had lived in Porto KIco during many troub led years and under many modes of ad ministration; that he had always avoid ed politics and attended quietly to his profession or doctor, and that during nil his residence hero lire had not eem ed impossible, but thut now It did. In tho past his family had always been able to attend mass, to walk on the plaza on a Sunday evening and to sit out on their porch, which Is on the second floor, without molestation or nny kind rrom nny one. Hut now that hlsdaughtcrs could not even sit nt their own windows without being suhjected to liuutlt, much less go on tho streets. Consequently his family were as pris oners within the walls of their home nnd it was his linn intention to remove himself and them to a country where such things did not prevail. The Por to Illcan Is no saint; far from it in deed, he has his rull share of faults and vices, but the rowdyiom of un controlled troops Is particularly dis tasteful and offensive to a peoplu who are at least gentle. . o People hero looked forward to a com mercial revival and an Inllux of Amer ican capital to follow the army; there were rose colored dreams as to what American business would do for the island. For these dreams wo aro not responsible. They were unreasonably exaggerated by tho islanders them selves und It is not our fault If we have not fulfilled their expectations. The capital will doutblcss como by means of loan and trust companies and the business revival is retarded by the existing tariff). Hut the islanders ex pected so much and today see so lit tle that his heart fails him and he cries: "My tinhapy country, what Is thy future?" He has seen a number of Americans, all anxious to exploit him for all he is worth, and this Instead of his dreams. He has been offered a varied assortment of cheap goods by loud speaking drummers, who have come down declining they would show the "dagos" how to hustle. Hecause of existing tariffs und uncertainity con cerning the money question the Porto Hlcnn hns bought sparingly, and the drummer has gone home, declaring that the island was no good. Heer, whiskey and tobacco sellers have been tho mot fortunate; some orders for these goods have been placed and Indefinite future contracts entered Into. But tho seek ers abound, looking for chances. They have found It difficult to obtalu advan tages from the government and they have found Porto rtlcans anxious to sell poor farms for good prices. Many havo gone back to the states In dis gust, othets are holding on, nlways waiting for some indefinite opportun ity. o This Is how the Porto Hlcan sees us, and he is a good judge of men and manners. This is tho outcome of his exaggerated hopes and he Is prone to whimper like a child. Flnst Impres sions aro lasting, shattered Idols arc slow In re-establishing themselves. Tho Porto Itlcnn had no tight to tho idol, but he set It up and today it Is crumb ling. To tho Porto lllean tho result of the last three months Is doubt. Doubt as to what future does really He before this country, doubt as to what the Americans can and will do for him. There is regret that wo did not laud to find him fighting the Span iard that they then might havo tho same claim to independence as has Cuba. Hose colored hopes gave tw a ringing welcome In the beginning, sor rowful doubt has stepped In nnd to day wo get only the welcome of our courtesy nnd good manners. NEWS AND COMMENT. Tho attention of Senator Morgan and other Nlcuraguan canal enthusiasts is called by W. U. Curtis to a canal In Egypt which for a period of more than 4,'W years has never ceased to fulfill Its purpose. It was built by tho govern ment under tho direction of Joseph, tho brother of Uenjamln, who was the son of Rachel and Jacob, who wus tho son of Isaac, who was tho sou of Abraham, who was tho chosen of the Lord. It Is known aB the Uahr Joussuf, and not only waters tho cntlro provinco of Fayoum, endowing it with fertility and supporting1 a largo population all theso centuries, but has been an Important aid to commerce. It leaves tho Nile at Alsut and runs al most parallel with It for 230 miles, until It gains an eminence as compared with tho river bed which enables It to turn west ward through a narrow pass seventeen feet nbovo tho mean level of tho river and a. district which Is olhcrwlso shut off from tha fertilising floods upon which all Kgypt depends. Ancient writers, such ns Herodotus, Strabo and Pliny, as well ns tho monkish legends, declaro that tho construction of this canal not only fur nlshcd a channel of navigation and Irri gation to an entire province, but moder ated tho climate so as to make It habit ablo for human beings. Oeneral Leopard Wood, the military commander ut Santiago, who arrived In Washington Holiday night, went to the white house reception about 10 o'clock. Ho was cjulckly ushered Into tho bluo room, where tho president wus tecelvhitr. As soon us he wus recognized, t?ays tho Washington Star, there wuh hearty hand-clapping, iho most unusual demon ttratlon ever seen on such an occasion. Uoth the president and Mrs, McKlnlcy greeted Oenral Wood In tho warmest manner, und Insisted on his Joining the receiving line. General Wood was tho CO LISMITI (Hninr YI' MJ IHJ.1L Jl II, The trade event of the year o 6 nrteeitl Is Now in Full When a whole store cuts loose from profits, when, in many instances it ignores cost, in its one great desire to reduce stock in a limited space of time, then, if that store is honest in its statements and intentions, the buying public is put into possession of a money saving opportuuity so great that they can ill afford to pass it lightly by. This store proposes for ten days to offer every dollar of its surplus seasonable merchandise, at such a reduction from regular prices that profits will hz wiped out, and on many items, cost will be lost sight of. We're honest about it; wc are in earnest about it; we mean to make this sale memorable. HsCome to the store aud see for yourselves. Goldsmith Bros0 & Coa ALWAYS BUSY, Stand more kicks than any other shoes made. Lewis, Eeilly & iavics, 111 AND 116 WYOMING AVENUfi. WE HAVE A N UMISER OV FINE 0DDLA1P8 that we will close out At Cost Tiiis is a chance to get a good lamp for little money; ME QLEiQNS, FEEBEE, WAIXEY CO, 422 Lackawanna Avouua Cold Room! Can be made comfortable If you use one of our Gas or Oil Radiators. Just what you need in cold weather. FOOTE k SiEAK CO. 110 WASHINGTON AVE. hero of tho evenlnsr. Congratulations wero rained upon htm by men In high of llclal life. It is susjresttd by a number of prominent men that consress voto Oeneral Wood a mcilul of honor for his distinguished services to tho country. It Is said that tho president may recom mend that congress take such action, A census of San Juan. 1'orto Ilico, has been made. The population Is given as 10,215, with 1.(00 houses. Of tho occu pants 9.000 aro males and 7.J15 oro fe males. Some two-story buildings hud as many as ') occupants. oui ul(fiC BOYS' MP Era) C Animal January Q For Holidays Mall & Connell, 321 Washington Avenue. Have an unusual Inrgo assort mont or Chairs and Rockers Srfpfion Ladies' Desks lnalltbawood,( Parlor Cabinets and Music Cabinets lu Mahogany nnd Vornls-Mnrtlu. AFEWCHOICn Pieces of Bric-a-Brac, Tabourettes, a iarge selection : Tables, in endless variety. HSU & Connell 323 Washington Ave. Various styles and bindings. The larg est assortment in the city to select from for office and pocket use. Reynolds Bros STATIONERS and ENGRAVERS, THE k COME!! CO, Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas and Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware; 434 iadOTaiM Avenue Manes Fir 1 899 BAZAAR $100,000 worth of Merchandise to select from. Sale cann Bloom HfftEY WtadlogUp Sale oo Fancy Silks To make a complete clearance on all lines that have been broken up by our holiday busi ness, we have arranged our entire stock, of Fancy Silks into four lines, as sorted as follows: Assortment 3 All of our Fancy Silks that are suitable for waist, petticoats, dress and coat linings, etc., etc., and worth from 85c to $i. Now Assortment 2 Everything in our stock of Fancv Silks worth from $1.00 to $140. Now 88c Assortment 3 All Fancy Silks ranging in price from S1.50 to $2.00. Now $1,00 Assortment 4 A few choice things in Fancy Brocades, etc., mostly in short lengths of from two to six yards each; were $2.50 to $3.50. Clos ing at $1.25 The first three lots are in lengths ranging from four yards to twelve and fifteen yards each, and we unhesi tatingly say that, so far as silk values are caucerned, this is an opportunity rarely to be met with. F I alley's 5H0and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE HENRY BEL1N, JR., lieuerul Ageut for tbs Wyomluj District fj. Milling, lllantln?, Sporttu;, Hmo'.co'.all uud I bo Ilopnuno UUoinlcii Company's HIGH EXPLOSIVES. kulety Vusa Cap mid lixploiori. Uooiu 101 Couuoll Uullilu.'. bvruutou. AUHNUlUii rum rom, rttutn JOHN a SMITH A ION, Dymoutl W. V. MULUU.IN, tvilkevllarri iiroirs raa
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