THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1899.
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TEN PAGES.
SUIMN'TON, .1ANUAHY 18. 189J.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
!Iiiu!-JA.Mi:s Molll
Truimitei-'llltlMAH It 11IIOOK8.
('(iiuioiut-i" .1 in.M wi:h
Hihool Dltcrtoi - K'lIN COI'Ulllll
Moitms. tuicmoi: 11. hiiiuks.
Ahmiois-iVI1.YM JONKS, IMlll.Il'
HIKtil.AM) r s ruwi.r.it.
i:iiLtiim iJ.u -iMuuirj :i.
Thegi xornnr' tocnmmcndntlon about
taxation, If mndu operative, would tost
l.u'knvwuiim about $1S,000 a venr but
for u county which has double tills
Mini to throw ova on a preposterous
lection colli it thin no doubt would
(iinbtltut u lnlnoi dt tail.
tTlio Republican. City Ticket.
liiinli'g tin nomination for mayor
ineiTiiliiB which thoto Is a dlffeienee
i,r opinion. tlK unmlelpil ticket yester
day certllled b the Republican city
i 'invention makes fnveu.iblo oompar
iboii with any whUli bus bout named In
tin jmst.
The nominee lir tlu Itcnsuter,
TholiiUH It. Mm ,'.., Is u i Kan, piofiies
sdvo nnc' triUlllE'l.v pn uliu JollIlK busi
ness man whi will tocolw nerv vote
In his own party and bundled won
from the emtio. tli? election 1" us
miipiI. liven the lleinnet.its admit us
imif h
I 'red .1. Wldmuyci fi 1 (ontiollei io
(.alls the llur tfcoKl tnudv b him In
this ollli mil bcrfoie and appeals
npimjlj to ptibllp npptei latlon. A
Mote honest, iirnet and const k'nllou"
olllelal nevi'i pet foot In the eltj hall.
The people wdl take pleauie In Invtt
Ii'c; blm to t.'tuin.
Kor siho'il illitvtois John ('outlet
Jlorrls and (".ootge If Shires picM'tit
n combination of lonjj experience in
i' liool mnttefH, pitt-onnl populntlty ;
vltli all elasm.s In the ennimiiult and
hi rind gauged Ideas which tin- Demo
iinti! lunnipl bent
I'Ptl 111 the Imtl.v contested tlllsglo
lot the iisscssotshlp nonilnatlons good
luck attended the pal';, nllowinjr an
ien diMilhiltlon o lionuis fioin the,
lnclal Mtandpoint and a thoroughly sit
Kfaetot' gelation on the eoiu of
h irncter and nblllt.v . Chai les S. Fow -in.
n most npabl olllelal, holds ovet
mil Ills new lolhnjjuts, Me.t. .Jones
and ISInslnnd, ate joung men who
ininiputid thi' lull innfldonco of their
lilem's and tlu public.
TIiIf ticket h-eni(- prodnstltifd to win
It Is evident that U.r. Id Mat tin
thought till owing Qnuv n an easier
g.imr.
Governor Stone's Inaugural.
The iiiniiEtit.il addiess nt (inveriini
Stone Is in keeping wltli Ills chaiaetet
It is not Uejed in high-strung ihetotle
nor made svnt-uionul by a piofulon
'I prornibe. On the contiiu.v it is
plain, unassuming and candid The.
'tatn s spending mute mono.v that It
t ikon In. The butdeti oi taxation Im
posed by the Mtnte Is alteadx ns heavy
as the taxed lutetests can well stand
Clow pconotn.v In details can do some
thing tow ntd btidKlliR the gap, but for
two jcats ut least then- will still be
inert of about JJ.OdunoO of extiu annual
iixeuue. I'nless the school appioprla
tion shall be t educed, which while it
might be light is not now fcahlblu. this
ixtin sum must be pi o tiled by miiiio
"-pecille mentis and the i;oeinoi tec
oiiillieniU that the poitlon ot the state
tux ttndei the Ac t of lS'.M which W now
divided among 1 lie counties about $.! -I'in.uOO
In loiind iiliiubetu--be lor two
'ills reiulned bj the tnte and applied
t" the extinculshment ot lt Heating
debt.
This would leniilie on the patt of the
c ountle-c a slight itutease in iount
tuxntioii for litis puiiod. I.ocalb,
l.aekawanna would lose Miniewhere
between Jifi.ooo and MS.000. and an
i xtui half mill would hau to be levied
to Buppl this cleflcleuc. It is u pios-
peet not nlens'ant to contemplate, but
'f the hehool uppioprliutlon wcte i ut
piaetlealU the same sum would hne
to be uilHt-d bj an Inc teased ey of
si hool tnx. so that the subject Is ns
la nail as It Is long. The county tax
iff I'M, In the goxcrnnt's opinion, the
nsirat wai out liom the piedlcatnent
In which tin commonwealth llnds
iuvlf: but If anybody can show an
easier wn 1 1 goveiuoi Is anxious to
hear riiuii him He siiuplv wants to
Keep the state fioin getting so deeply
Into the hole that Its ilnal rescue will
b fnt mote dlllleult and onetous than
Ptespnt toniedj
Ot. the othet topics compteliended
within the addiess Colonel Stone Is fair
and senhlblo without being dogmatic.
Ho doi'i not want itbeless leglslntlxe
Invuhtlgatioits nor padded pay lolls
and he will not npptove of any meas
uio whleh conies to him bearing tho
i-ar-maiks of Jobbeiy, but he recog
nies the iluhl of the legislature to
decide upon the numbci of Its own
employes and ho is not going to use
tho oppoi utilities ol hU oflke simply
to nmnufactuie tioubU. He is not n
tatagon of ittue and wisdom und
dues1 not ptetend to be. ho Is content
to try to do his dutv quietly and un
ostentatiously ftoni day to duy In such
light as hu can get to guldo and direct
him. It Is a piudent and a manly be
ginning. Tho display cf Spanish Hags still
caues piotest on part of the Cubans
of Havana. When tho now citizens of
freedom can be persuaded that tho
Spanish flag Is on this continent Is only
a sort of obltuury notice of opptes-rtloti
it Is likely that they will lognrd Its
appearance less seriously.
Mrs. ''man Horei, who gained fnnio
as the Inventor of. food for invalid
possessing list i Ifh stomoehs, In now
telling In the papera how tho laboring
man may supply htn table at tho coflt
of ?1S u week. With all due jiwpgct
to the talented lady's ability to cook,
ono ennnot hotp thlnklnp thnt she
would confer a gienter benefit on tli
laborlnw nuin If alio could tell him how
to secure the tIS n week.
The nrtlvltv of ox-Judge Umdon and
other Democrat In the sonntorlnl
troublcf of the Republican party Is, to
say the least, unusual
The Ballot for Senator.
The ballot for senator revealed few
nurprlses. If any nie meditated they
will be more likely to develop today on
joint ballot Senator Quay's ote ot Hi!
Is thtee mote than he tecehed In the
caucus and Ifi less tluili a majority of
the general assembly's total member
ship. It Is about the strength that lie
has claimed on the Hi si ballot and
about what the mote leasonable of his
adversaries conceded to hint. It 1 pos
sible that It the light wete long pin
ttacted a few of these suppotters might
fall away, but more than a bundled
of them aie Quny men to the end;
hence It Is easy to see that his follow -eis
can control the sltuntlon.
Hehlnd Quay stnnds the Folld He
public an otgnnlzatlon, the state nd
lnlulsliatlou and the pte"tlge of an un
lit oken tec cud of political victories
Agulnst hlni ate mussed u few nun
who oppose blm conscientiously and a
gieat many who me simply trvlng to
pnv off old scores. The opposition h'ts
been cemented by the bonds of mutual
hate, but It has In common nothing
else. It has no undhiiutcd leader. A
dozen men In It aspire to leap the
fi ults of it. Sooner oi later this chaotic
condition must geneuite fiictlon, the
hale which Is now aimed solely at Sen
ator Quay will be divided and the as
tute "tatestnati fioin Heaver, improv
ing his onooitunlty, will effect a tom
paiathely easy Nlctorv.
We see no icason whatever to doubt
that Matthew Stanley Quay will suc
ceed hlmsell.
It the com l mat Haling of his ft lend
H.igan Is ixaspetatlng to the secretaiv
of wax- he might simplify a tense situa
tion by politely retiring
, '
Gubernatorial Innovations,
liovcinoi IJoosevelt has not been In
ollc many days but he has alieadv
been In long enough to intioduce se-
et.il Intetestlng innovations. One of
these Is a weekly "cabinet meelim;" or
couieienie between himself and the
other elective olllcials In the stnte gov
ernment, called with a view of seem
ing unlfoimllv In policy and tor the
puriote of dhcusslng meauies of ad
ministration. The governor ol New
Yot k w Ishes to have a symmetrical ud
mlnistration and this is ceitainly a
practical way to got It.
Another change wt ought by the new
executive of the Ihuplre ttate is to
Hystomntlzt thotoughly his daily wotk
and to keep ut it with leliglous punc
tunlitv He leaches tin executive
chamber ptoinptly at ') o'clock oveiy
monilng, answets cniiespundcn"e from
U until 11 holds conieitnce with thu
nwspapn men between 11 and 11 1",
tecelvis vlsitots by mid under ple
at tnnged appointment until 1, takes a.
half-houi fot luncheon: devotes an
othet In let period to coiiespondence,
lesumts his eonfetenecs with the pub
lic until 4 o'clock, leeches assembly
men until 4 43. mid befoie going home
at 1 o'clock has another shoit session
with the newspapei men. Alter 3
o'clock the governor will not discuss
business or political alfcits of nnv
kind, but gives the lem.ilnder of the
day to his family and to social duties.
He woiks punctually rir.d without
spaiing himself and exacts the same
kind ol scivice fiom subordinates. Ho
takes peimnal supervision of n good
many things which hlthetto had been
left to tun themselves. Kor example,
he believes ill making daily Inspection
of public woik oil the new i apltol and
he does not Infenni tho contiactois In
advance as to the time of his corning
He watches details whet ever he goes,
and while he is not lo'-t in them he Is
as pal titular with tefeicnee to little
things as to big ones The coloted por
tei who said Itoosevelt was "a regular
euss for woikln'" described the situa
tion exactly If not elegantly.
It Is i ef i polling to VMitth the pio
giess oi such :i cnreei.
In other winds the new gownim will
let the galleilis alone and keep a
close audit on the box ofllte.
American Ship Building.
J'lubiibly one of the most beneficial
lesultsol theietent wai with Spain was
the Impetus given to meilcnn ship
building Pepoits published by the
Mmiue llevlew show that intensive
opiKitlons me iiidc i wav in tho n.er
ohnut marine as well In tb constiuc
tlon of battleship.! und crulseiK Ad
vice to the Itovliw fiom all patts of
the eountiy Indlcnte an aggtegate of
2C! vessels, valued at SCUli).!)').:, build
ing oi undei contract on .luuuaiy 1,
ISO .Men haul vessels number 201, ot
J.',4 Jltt tons, valued at $r.TGOti0i, and
wat vessels, 14G ISO tons displacement
and ",T.',lriO huise-powei, the i ontracl
pi lee of which, exclusive ot armor and
uiinnmcnt. Is $4-"l9 1'J.
Tho list ot naval vessels Inemded u
hittloi-hlp and cruiser building for
Russia lis well us the two tmlset.s
which mo Hearing completion for
Japan, all other vessels of war being
foi the United States. Tlieie aio nlno
battleships, thiee c ruKers, seventeen
totpedo boat desttoyets, twenty-one
toipedo boats, four monitors, one sub
unit luc bout, one tinlnlng uhlp and two
tug".
Of tho incichnnt ships i", valued
at $15,ai4,lU0 und of 17.',04C tons, nt
building on the sea coast; 2G valued at
52,07 1.OOW nnd of 71,000 tons, aro build
lug on tho lakes, and 23, of 10,776 tons,
valued at $80,000, aro building on
western ilvois. Following are tho
tabulated sumiwule.i:
Ships building or under conliact In
the United States, January, l&M:
Number Apmoxl-
of Ton. maie
Vessels, ntigp. aluo.
On tho en coast.lV. 17A0I1 J1WS1.WJ
Orcat Lakes .... 20 71.400 s.97l,uu0
AVestern rivers .. 21 10.77(5 ni.'.ooo
Totals 3tl 131,210 UMmi.iwo
Add to the nbovo list of merchant,
vessels flfty-olght voaaols of war, tha
ngsregate price of which, Inclusive of
armor nnd armament, Is 542,349,192;
displacement, 146,4tP tons, and horse
power, 372,15'); nnd It will ho seen thnt
tho start toward a revived Amerlcnn
merchant murine has already been
made'.
As the I.lbrnilmi of Congress John
niiHsel Young abundantly fulfilled tho
expectations of his friends and con
fused those who had tiltlclzcd his se
lection. In his death American jour
nalism, Ameilcali llterrttuie and the
national administrative service lose
severely.
Mote money by !I0 per cent, was be
queathed Inst year In lhiglnnd to char
itable putposes thnn ever before, nnd
no doubt the same can be said for our
own country. In other '.voids, the
woild Is growing bcttci.
If sotlotts trouble Is not roon encouu
teted at Hollo theie will bo genulno
grief In the edltotlat sanctums of the
mitl-pxpanslonlst mid "I told you so"
paper-).
Oeneinl Kagan's mouth Is very lnrge
but this time he bus certainly taught
his foot In It
Senator liepew will do much towmd
rostoilng tho old-time piestlge ot the
se tin to.
Oeneinl Tagnn Is now delioii3 of
posing as tho worm that turned.
Porto Rico Journalism.
Correspondence of the Associated J'rt3S
Sun Juan I'oito lllco, Jan. 2. Iho llto
nt a l'orto KIcan Journillst or editor, tli
tm to llito, bus been known in the past
i a cat cei mil of trials, vicissitudes
and dlsgustos Ihete was umpli reason
lor this opinion, and even today the edl
Icir of a local papc r Is subjected to peca
II u conditions and many illtllcultli s
l'olltlcs are and have hem the leasuii
oi being of almost tvny l'orto Winn
iicnspapet And polities in l'orto lllco
Have been pceullir They hive been on
trsts llllid with all sorts ol hitter p'Tsoi -ulltlej,
of lantor und squabbling, ccm
Hfls wheie plititlplc, plattoim and p.nlv
idi.i me lost and foigottin in the tight
n.utiist yom opponent ns h ptis,ui it
Is si Idom a politician would scetn to be
upposfii bicaiiMi ul the party principle
lie rcpipsipts, but because of the lascvl
.he blickcitard and the robber wh'ch he
Is nssirtecl to be So iipyvsp.ipi is spilt g
lino i xlstcntt with the main idea ot ut-
tiick oi defense, attacks always person il,
,li ft uses ngulnst the giotiiidless and bie-c
insinuations of men who aro no butter
than they should bo etc. This condi
tion ot affairs, as inn readily Mr seen,
.ens sufllcitiit to bilng excitement and
umtowinee into the lives of editors Con
pled with these normal and accepted cir
cumstances w is always the possibility ot
government Ititorfetpuce and the retalia
tion of oiir political opponent should he
isrpiid io power Hotli of these con
tingencies meant Impilsonment
ti
lt is said, and thu wiltir has loarne'l
tint many truthtul remarks ate male
in I'oito Illce notwithstanding the over
ate Ameirlcan's tendency to disbelieve
all tint is told him, it U said that
after the clc lions of last year, the
political Under who In spite of the tftoits
of Ills ln.inj opponents was elected to
power, impilsoiud every editor In San
.III ill city with the exception of two, one
being ti close peisoiinl friend and tho
other the editor of his own orran, as
well as evetj edltee In the whole Island
who hud been his enemy during the trou
bloils ckivs of his campaigning Theio is
no l'orto Itlcati editor of uny prominence
)i who hns been long engaged In Jour
mllsoi who Is not thnouthly lumillar
with the inside of pilsin walls 1'ippis
sptung up and g-cw with mushroom rup
Idltv until the editoi was haled to Ul,
thin they wele forgotten and today ex,.n
only In the recollection of the feailess
young editor who Is still partlculatly bit
ter usnlnst the man who sent him to
pilhllll.
o
The war was an especially tioublLel and
dangerous time tor journalists. As n
icsiilt of tht times and consequent ttou
bhs mnnv papers ceased to appear, lomc
for reasons of wlso discretion otheis for
linsons entirely bevond the powct nnJ
conttol of their editors. As soon as the
American fences took possession of Sin
loan, one after another of these Journals
resumed business, some with a few le
niaiks txplulnlng the reasons of their le
ct nt dlscontliuiance, others with u brief
outline ot future police and all with a
flowery we home to the lit w power In the
laud. I.dltots wcie feeling their way
imtli t the nivv conditions and wete an
xious to leain whit fieedom they would
enjov. The wilter vas approached lv
several and asked to explain the nieas
uie ol tho liberties mjoyed by tho piet,s
ol the I'tdted States.
o
It was not long befott the piess cf
Poi to lllco overstepped the liberty al
lowed by the military authoilty in the
land. Two pipe's in l'once published
spun lions and lying articles about the
Anietlc.in soldiers qtinrteicd In tint city.
This leidment was the Kltst Kentucky
They wcie not blameless In the matter,
tlit lr conduct was many things that It
should not have been, but they lid not
di serve the cilticsm mettd out to On m
bv the newspapers In question (ieiieril
lleniy , then c iimmnndei of the Ponce dis
trict, tailed tho edltuis of thesi two pa
pus to his piesence These men quickly
acknowletlgitl to him that their lciiiutk
about the holdieis w n not all true Tli n
Uuieiiil llenrv toltl the two ulltors some
thing about Kuitiiekiiiis anil ihelr cus
toins when at home. Ho exaggerated a
little, to be sure, but be had Ills good
reasons for so doing. He spoke of the
Kentiiekliins' objection to being slan
dered unci said they were a people -.1,0
often took the punishment of offenders
against the it itlonnl and state honor Into
the Ii own hands. Ho liu.Ideiitn.llv de
siilbrd i.iwhlde whips, told tium hew
they vveie ptejiateel and how they wete
soinetlmn used, spoke of the eltc ts of
being btattn by Hunt "It Is seldom a
mini dies from such a whipping, ' .-..del
the general "but ho is often ptctty well
dlsllgiueel " Uhen the general Kdd ho
was really sorry for the two editors Ho
offuetl to give them u guanl of regulars
for tlnlr protection, but they faintly an
swe'td they did not think it was neces
s.ny TlicAutNt morning one left the
country In a sloop lor St. 'Ihomus and
the other went Into hiding outside of the
city. Now th it the First Kentucky regi
ment has gone home, tho 1 itter lias
again been tun In Ponce
o
In llenirnl Henry's outline of jiolli v
ns expiessed In Ills two letters uddressed
,o tho homo seoretiiry and the hisul,.r
cabinet, ho said that new spap'ers would
not bo allowed to erltlilso the American
military government of Porto Itlco. It
so happened that n certain paper, called
Ul Pals, had letently done this und Gen
erni Henry bail tho dltor of PI l'tis
brought to the pal.tie. Tho funeral
then told him that such things could not
be and the editor promptly promised
never to do so agin. When tho Span
lards had to biln an editor to the povv-e-rs
for iiasons of winning or for utst
thiy tent to him a bhort nolo which le
quested him to cill ut his earliest oppor
tunity. This he never failed to do. Tho
notfi sent upon tluso occasions berun
with the otllclal's niiino followed by the
words "voso bus tnunos," which means
"kisses your hnnds " TIiuh: "Sonor
Ho and So, chief of police of tho loyal
town of St John tho Haptlst klssos your
hanels und will you come around to the
olllci) ns soon ns vmi havo thno?" Upon
receipt of such a note an editor was
likely to grow suddenly pale, but gem
finlly lit u cigarette and went to prison
with good grace, Tho American way of
dolntr this same thing is a Httla lewu
couitcous, pei haps, but under our rulo
there Is muoh lc?s chanco of confinement
within tho hour. Wo end a corporal'n
guard with an ntHcer In charge down to
the editor's ofllco; there nro n few words
ot oxptantton, "full In, forward mnrci"
and tho editor Is on bjt way to hav'e u
talk with the commanding general, The
editors, however, prefer the old Spanish
way, they object to being marched
through the city streets by soldiers even
If they aro not going to prison.
o
Tito article which caused the arrest
ilid a warning to the edltot ot :i pals s
glvui below. It was published on Nov
20: "Tho sltuntlon which today Is upon
us cannot Inrt much larger because It Is
unbearable! and Inexplicable. Wn are
lold thnt a military government was nec
essary to -maintain order and to protect
life und piepttty, and that while, this
military government existed, Porto lllco
would bo governed under her old laws
As u result there Is neither the one thing
nor tho other The disorder In Hie ad
ministration is on a pur with tho disor
der throughout tho land; ot e cnnnol with
security llvo peacefully In the country
Fotmeih wo had pevice today It does not
exist IJutnlngs, sacking nnd attacks
continue liven In this capital the resi
dence of all the American ofllcluls, then
Is hardly a day without Its shouting af
fray, ami then consequent closing of
doors and genrul dU order. Yesterday
there was a veritable battle In one of tin
city streets, during which some seventy
shots wero exchanged Is It possible
thnt theso things continue? Is tho au
thority so Impotint that It has not been
able to correct these wrongs? Govern
us bndlv as vou want, the discredit will
not fnll upon us hut upon v ourselves It
will fill upon the American government
who docs not knew how to control it
country as cultured, us Intelligent and
as rellned as Is Porto lllco. At least give
us some guirantee for the protection of
our lives unci property and nllow out
families to live tranquilly. This is tlu
least wo can ask of a government tint
pompously cume to save us."
o
It Is this kind of utlerlv raise, mis.
leading and malicious criticism to whl"h
(Jem nil Henry objects and which la
rightly will not tolc-ute fen one moment
OUR MERCHANT MARINE.
rrora the New York Sun.
In his Inst annual message to congress
President Me Klnlcy declared tint tin
great chnn.'es of the past vcat In on
lelntlons to Hawaii, the Antilles and lie
Philippines must le followed by core
r-pondlng thangis In our mrrltlrne policy
Regular and freniitnt steamship commu
nication, "eneouricd by the Unite u
States, under the Ameilcan 11a j, ' should
bo established he said, with the newt
acquired Islands Hpilu furnished to its
colonies steamship lines at a cost of
about t.'.OuU.wo annually anil "the I'nlti
States will not undert iko to do less
The value ot the merchant m trine as an
auxiliary In war Is iresh hi rcmern
brnriie, but apart from this the preside it
cotisidcied that "prompt, durable and lib
oral" legislation Irr aid of that marliu
was the plain duty of congress.
o
Abundant facts and flcmes In suppmi
of these views mav bo found in tho iitittu i
report of Mr C'h imberluin, the e im
mlssloner of navigation lie shows that
outslele of tho Great I.'ikes, which are
nearly shut oft bv Niagara Palls lrorr.
foreign competition, the foreign trade o'
our seaports for ls.17 was carried on In
i.2,1,32,419 tons of foieign shipping, count
lug nil tho entrances and cliaiances, nnc
only 7.243 Cij of Ametlcuii Within i
zone formed by a lino l,:u0 nautical mill -from
our coast trade between foiUi
ports and ouis was nearly evenly ill
vlded by 5 170 0(3 of American and r, 21".
iOJ of foreign shipping, but outside in
"oveisea" navigation we were left will
only 2 0bS,C3U tons against 27.41b.0JG toi
pign, In clearances to fmel,n pints mil
entrances from them
o
How shall this state of things be icin"
died'' The alternative lit Mr. Clnmbel
laln's opinion is between abindonlng
our time-honored policy so us to allow
foreign-built vissels to reglstei under
the American Hag and ship their ciow,
ubroad. and granting assistance to vs
sels built and owned hue. Our recent
utqulsltlt-ns of distant Islands make tlu
choice between these two policies a qu'"
tloti of the hour it Is true that vvi
liilhht aid American shipbuilding bv a
return to the old policy of ellscrlmln it
ing duties, and, In futt, a measure leu
this puipoo Is now pending in eongres
i.nt it h.is not. wo beliove. the unanlniou
support of Ainetlcun shipyards. It belru,
feaied tint, apart from its conflict with
existing tifitles. It might piovoke re
taliation. Those tnutles, too, bind us to
pay the same bounties on expoits ii
foreign as In domestic vessels, and on all
accounts i duty on ixpoits Is deemed un
practicable. Something may be g.ihu d
bv giving permanent statutory effect tn
the present executive oidei ristrlclinu.
trade between our continental ports and
Porto lllco to American vessels but lint
trade Is not yet large, while out vcsm I
aheady catty on eight-tenths or lli
walls tiado and her vessels anotln'i
tenth. Still, bringing Hawaii, like Pen to
lllco, under our established navigation
policy will, as Mr. Chamberlain notes
take us so much nearer the nnrkits nt
Asia and Australia. Germany and Kng
land may not like this policy, but it Is
simply an extension of our existing laws,
and it violates rro treaties. In the Cai lb
bean Sea, as in tho Paelllc. It will help
oui commerce beyond the newly ucqulreti
ports.
fl
it Is further suggested by the cornmU
slontr of navigation that we should be
Justified in inti easing the present annual
tonnugo tax of 20 cents per ton nt oui
ports, slnco n steamship which for Its
dozen trips pays onlv that sum at N
York, pays !"i cents at Humbuig. SI OS ut
l.lveipool and $1 2u at Ionduti. In tact
while our expenditures for maritime
safeguiids and harbor Impiovi men's
enormously etceeel those of any oth"i
nation amounting to lS,0"Oi0 annually
for tho past ten years, shipping has con
tributed birely 3 pel tent, to them, and
"our principal and most costly Improve
ments are directly for the benefit of for
eign shipping, which enjoys over four
fifths of our foreign canylng" At Gal
veston, for cxamnle we have laid out
$(i(XK)0i), where, slnco lxjrt, American
shipping in foreign tiade has decreased
from 17,000 tons of S.im while foreign
shipping has increased from 2M)fluO to
1,012,000 The new channel needs of New
York are largely duo to the increased slie
of steamships, and yet of tho fifty kugest
wo own but four Of course our bar hot
Improvements are made because they ill
icitly benefit this countn-, but Mr.
Chamberlain thinks that at least foreign
shipping should contributi a fairer share
tow ut d lighting our harbors and sea
coasts, now enstlng about J3(W0,(WO a year
and such additional revenue might be
some offet to shipbuilding subsidies.
But after constricting the other possi
bilities, Mr. Chamber lain s main rellutn'o
Is on government aid In a further devel
opment of tho policy of the set of nol
Our ikw uttltudo towaul tho worlds
commerce, as tho president says, makes
this whole question Impotent now. 'When
wo read In olllelal figures thnt excluding
Hawaii, our entiles and clearances In
trado with Oceanlcn and Asia showed a
decrease in American shipping fiom
23S1UO torrs In Ub0 to 2J1.I1S In 1W7, bit' tin
Increase In foreign shipping from 411.212
tons to 821.720. wo may well accept the
assertion that tho glowing trade of tho
Pacific Is slipping away from us. Wo
nro now at the parting of two ways nnd
congress must choose wisely bctwon
them.
AGUirTALDO.
rrom tho New York Sun.
The hero of the- nntl-lmperlallsts at
present is Agulnaldo, a semi-Spaniard
adventurer who seems to havo blaek
mailed tha Spmlsh authorities In tho
Philippines and vho Is now impudently
threatening to nnko war upon tho Unit
id States, although, according to tho
American consuls nt Dong Kong, Manila
und Blngnporo, he and his gang expressed
themselves a tow months ago as eutla-
GOLfiSM
PTIWTT
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wir iiiffKCMii
Alma
The trade event
of the year
Colored Dress Guttfc
18c Mixed Faucios, salo prico 12c
25c Fancies, salo prico 18c.
50c Wool I'laidi, salo prico 25c.
50c Covert Cloths, salo prico :J5c.
(55c Whipcords, sale prico 50c.
$1.00 Silk und Wool Novoltios, salo prico
ALWAYS M5Y.
Stand more kicks than
any other shoes made.
Lewis, Rcilly k Bavies,
114 AND 110 WYOMING AVENIM:.
'i: HAVi; A. NtMllfc.it Ol 1 INK
that we will close out
This is a chance to get a
good lamp for little money.
GLEiQHS, IFJERBiEE,
WAttlEY CO.
4'22 LneUawauni .Yveuu
'lid with the pun-met ot American gov
ernment In tho l'hllliiiiltu s
Carried bj a United States vessel to
tho I'hlllpplres, which have sduce been
i onriuerccl fronr Sii.iln by the army and
navy of the 1'nlted States he In trvlntf
to take advantage of the disordered con
dition ot the IslandK to t-et liluibclf up
ns a soveiclKn, lor Ills pietended republic
Is merely an attempt at uietatorslilp.
Ho Is the sort of cunning, unscrupulous,
fustlan-spoi t'liff und violent person that
appears so often In the Central Ameri
can republic's "I'rcielom' and "lntlo
pendence" in bin muiiih incun what no
can get and hold
lo does not i epic sent tho great nuns
of tho nutlves lie does not leptecnt.
according to our tonnuls, the m.ijoilty
of the moio proMpetous and intelligent
citizens who would ho tho taippott and
the hope of onv real effort at self-gov-l
anient In the Philippines, hat power
be attains will be attulned by force und
not bj the consent of the governed,
about which his svmpathlzris In tho
United Stater aro to delirious.
If good order and thp iclgn of l,iv nu
to bo maintained In the 1 hlllpplues; Il
the Islands .ire to ho protect! cl against
internal nnaichy and the conlllct of Jeal
ous raies, tho United Stutes must do tho
work or Homo other strong nation will.
Agulnuldo would; bo followed by a great
crop of Agulnaldos, nnd Fccurit and
piosperlty would be Impossible".
This strutting llttlo mongicl ptetetul
er, trlng to bully tho United Stnlca and
force his way to a povvei resting on no
fitness of tho governor or desire of tho
govcrtred, is greeted by tho uutl-lrnper-lallsts
uh u chatr.plou ot liberty, and tho
Mugwumps caper to his goldi n vvhl&tle!
LEMON ADr FOK GRIP.
Letter hi I'hllndelphia Pre'ss.
It may Inteieint jour readers and tho
publlo In General, to know thit during tho
great Inlluenz i epldemlo In I.oiiilnn in
1SS.9, the board of health of that city ad
vised tho public affected with tho disease
to mako an abundant uso of hot lniou
nde. Thu perspiration rained thereby
la In most casts uulllclcnt to relieve tho
out ui(fi)E
MYS' UuPE
ill
JtlPS
At Cost
pv
'IS. isL
rt
nuary
Jd
Today's Special Bullletnini,
Black tes
7,)C.
Mess tilings.
Tho Best Kid Cambrics, sale prico 2J5o
10-cent quality Tnfl'uta Lining, salo price
12-cBiit quality Tafl'eta Lining, salo prico
15-cont quality Tafl'eta Lining, salo prico
18-cont quality Tafl'eta Lining, salo prico
You cannot think, no mttter bow
hard you ti, of u more convenient
and better equipped stutlonery store
thatr ours, in addition lo the largest
line of otllce supplies In Northefterrr
Pennijlvanln. We have Rlank Hooks
of oveiy deseilptlon, Tyiiewrlters' Pup
piles, Utaughtiug Matorlals, Lettei
Presses. Postal Scales, etc. Wo are
agents for i:dlon's Mimeographs and
supplies, and the famous Wernlckl Sec
tional Hook Cases.
A complete line of Kauffman's Cor
poration Hooks In stock.
Reynolds Bros
STATIONERS and i'AT.RAVKRS,
1 50 Wyoming Avenue.
Cold
Rooms
Can be made
comfortable
If you use one of our
Gas or Oil Radiators.
Just what you need in
cold weather.
foote & mmt ca
JJLiI V AM1I.NOTON A II.
i
THE
iz CORNELL Ca
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Qns
and Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
434 Lacfeawaiia Arams
patient of severo colds and saves him
from taking refuge In uulnlne or other
drugs, which, oltlme, leave unpleasant
results. In bronchial tumble tho acid
of lemons nlbves the Irritation in tho
throat, acting at tho same tlmo as a
natural disinfectant. I'resh lemon Juice,
uvcu when diluted V'i sniull proportions
with water, will kill tie therein contained
cholera bacillus; hence, It is not surpiw
Ing that It will also destroy tho bo-called
lr.llucmza bacillus.
BAZAAR.
$100,000 worth of
Merchandise to
select from.
s-
leann
Sale
tools
A few piec Cropons, salo prica 20a
.'J5o Urocadod Wool and Mohair.salo prico 25o
y3o Storm und French Serges, salo prico 25o.
50c Figured Mohairs, salo prico .15o.
75o Figured Mohairs, salo pricu -IDc.
9Sc Black Cropons, sale prico G5c,
5c.
8c.
10c.
12c.
TTV
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Embroidery
Opeeleg
u
i
We will
Have
00
Exhibition
the
Finest
line
We
Have
Ever
howmio
SlOand 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
HENRY ESEL1N, JR.,
titucnu Agent for tha vVyomlaj
District fit
DUPONT
liluins, lllastlng, Mportln?, Bmo'.eo.oll
uud tlio Hep.umo CUomioa.
I outpany 4
Hid EXPLOSIVES,
alety Ktiio Caps and HxploJa.-v
llooui 101 Conuoll Uulldluj.
ftcrautJo.
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