THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1899. C?c 5cranfcm CriBune I 'nMHiml nltr. K3pt Him'' by Ihn ibunol'ultlUIilne Company, at I Iftjr Cenli Tribu s Month. Ntm YorkOlllce! lt0 Nnmnu SU H.H. VIlKKI,ANt fcole Acent lor Foreign AdverlUIn?. imbihi ATTitnrosroFrtCB at ficnAirrow, TA., A8 SECOND-CLASS M AIL U ATTKR. SCIIANTON, FliBIlUAIty 13, 1893. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Mnyor-JAMUS MOllt. Treasurer-TllOMAS 11. HROOIvS. Controller-V. J. W1DMAYEH. Bchool Dlrectots JOHN COUUIkH Monnis, ononan n. smiiiES. AsvMors-lNVItAM JONHS, I'lllUP IUNSLAND. C. S roWLKR. Election Day-February 21. Itcccnt events havo again EtiBRfStcd tho iiec.l of a paid lire department in Hcranton. Tho conflagration of Satur day morning fully demonstrated that material for a tlrst-flnns paid fire de partment can be obtained right here In J-'etnnton and It is a disgrace to the flty that lli'W bravo men arc allowed to rNk their live without remunera tion In the work of protecting property. For City Controller. Under the law the powers of tho city controller are nlmost absolute within the ppheic of hla duties. lie Is the witch dog of the city treasuty; not a dollar of cltv funds can be paid out ex cept upon his Indorsement. "While It lm not hitherto been the custom of rontiolleis In this city to go far behind tho face of Hi" bills and vouchors sub mitted fur their examination, yet if the couti oiler should suopect crookednes or extravagance in u given direction his authority would be ample to bring out Iho facts and protect the city ngalnst loss. The value of tho olllce to tho community depends entirely upon tho c haracter, ability and experience ot the man In it. The Uepubllcun party offers for this position in the person of Fred J. Wiil- maycr a highly respected business man Mho. in addition to his personal quail tlcatlons, Ii'cludii'B shrewd good judg ment, untpjchttoned integrity and firm ness ot character, has the marked ad vantage of practical familiarity with tho requirements of the office. Ills three years' iormer term of service aa controller was in tho nature of special prepaiation. IJmlng that period tho administration of the municipal gov ernment was on a higher plane than It has been since, and tho need of lgll unce In the controller's olllce was not ro marked, yet there was not a mo ment that air. Wldmayer did not keep his eyes open. lie made sure of every item of expenditure that ho approved and no kind of outside irfluence could swerve him a hair's breadth. The condition of the city government at this time will make extraordinary demand upon the next controller. If the abuses under which tho city stag gers are to bo corrected and virtual bankruptcy averted, there must be at the safety valve during tho next three years a man of clear mind, ripe experi ence and Inflexible back bone. Such a man is Fred J. Wldmayer. A bill to put a rtale tax on beer has appealed at Harrlsburg. It will doubtless disappear With equal sud denness. Unanswerable. Says Whitalaw Held, discussing the work of tho Paris peaco commission "Tho only complaint one hears about it is that we did our duty too well that in fact wo mado peace on terms too favorable to our own country. In all tho pending discussion there teem'" to bo no other complaint, on no other point Is the ttcaty h.iid by any one to be seilousrly dofectle." This com plaint may Influence a few nervous fellow-citizens but it is not calculated to make a deep Impression upon tho com mon bouse of the country. Mr. Hold's defence of the commission's woik, glv n In Ills speech bofoio the Iotos club of New York on Satin day evening, was not neccfcsary but it Is interesting. For example: "It loyally carried out tho attitude ot congress as to Cuba. It enforced the enunciation of Spanish sovereignty tlieie, but. In spite of the most earnest Spanish efforts,, it refused to accept Amciiean sovereignty. It loaded neith er out selves nor the Cubans with tho bo-called Cuban debts, Incurred by Spain In the r fforts to subdue them. It Involved us In no computations, either In the West Indies or in tho east, as to contracts or claims or religious estab lishments. It dealt liberally with a fallen foe, giving him a generous lump Hum that more than covered any legiti mate debts or expenditures for pacific lmpnncmontE; assuming the burden of just claims against him by our own peoplo; cairylng back the nrmlcs sur lendered on the other side of tho world U our own cost; returning their arms; even restoring them their artillery, in cluding heavy ordjiance in field fortifi cations, munitions of war and the very cattle that dragged their caissons. It necured alike for Cubans and Flllplnoa tho release of political prisoners. It scrupulously reserved for congress the power of determining the political Ftat us of the Inhabitants of our new pos sessions. It declared on behalf of tho most protectionist country in tho world for the policy of the open door within tho Asiatic sphere of Its Influence. "With all this tho senate and tho country seemed content. Hut the treaty tefused to return to Spanish rule one foot of territory over which that rule had been broken by the triumphs or our arms. Were wo to be reproached for thnt? Should tho senato have told us, 'ou oveidld this business: you looked after the Interests of vour own country too thoroughly. You ought to havo abandoned the great archipelago which the fortunes of war had placed at your country's disposal. You aro not exactly unfaithful servants; you are too blindly, unswervingly faithful. You haven't seized an opportunity to run away from soma distant results of the war Into which congress plunged the country before dreaming how far It might spread, You haven't dodged for us the responsibilities we Incurrpd' After breaking the only organized gov ernment In the Philippine archipelago, tho only security for life and property, native nnd foreign, In great commercial centres like Manila, Hollo and Ccbu, against honks of uncivilized pagans and Mohomotan Malays, should wc i then sotittlo out und leave them to their fato? A band of old-tlmo Norse pirates, used to swooping down on a capital, capturing Its rulers, seizing Its treasuie, burning the town, abandon ing the people to domestic disorder and foreign spoliation, nnd promptly call ing off for another piratical foray; a band of pirates, tired to that sort of thing, might, no doubt, havo left Ma nila to bo sacked by tho Insurgents, and might have fled from the Philip pines. Wo did not think a self-respecting, civilized, responsible Christian power could." Put In this light, tho case for tho commission is unanswerable. Failure to provide a place in tho line ot tho Garcia funeral cortege for tho Cubnn guard of honor and tho escort of Cuban troops has caused an es tranged feeling to prevail in Havana between the Americans and the na tives. Many of the best Cubans have taken scilous umbrage at this affront and It is difficult to blame them. Gen eral Garcia was the greatest Cuban of his time; his funeral was peculiarly u Cuban ceremony and General Brooke had no moral right to monopolize tha occasion for a spectncular display of American military force. One or two more mistakes of this kind will destroy his usefulness in Cuba and necessitate the selection In his stead of a man of tact nnd talent, like General Wilson or General Wood. A Battle Royal. Persons familiar with auch matters say the court of Inquiry called to in estlgate tho embalmed beet scandal will be in session for several months. So much tho better if thnt time shall bo required to get to the bottom of this case. Thoroughness Is far preferable to haste. The country demand and tho professional honor of tho eminent soldleis constituting this respected tri bunal requires the development of all the facts. The civilian commission of inquiry which has just concluded its labors had no standing In military circles because it was not provided for by law and did not have power to enforce its alleged Jurisdiction. But the court of Inquiry created by the president on Feb. 3 Is a body which every soldier is bound to respect. It is regular and lawful and it has plenary powers. There Is no secret of camp or battle lint which It cannot probe and conquer if It will. In the line of military duty its present assignment is of the utmost Import ance, since upon Its Investigations, de liberations and conclusions tho whole future of the American army depends. Let us bear in mind the nature of the case. It Is affirmed by the conoral In com mand of the army that among the foods supplied to the soldiers of the nation duiing the war with Spain were meats In large quantity utterly unfit for human ue. lie affirms that some of these meat.i weie doctored with chem icals until they were poisonous as an army latlon, while others were stile Mires from which prartlcally all tho nutilment hnd been extracted, in this nfllrmatlon ho is coiroborated by a host of witnesses who saw and tried to eat the meat. Denial is made by conti act ors, politicians and pu.'onul enemies, and tho crv Is raised that no matter what kind of meat was palmed off ou our suffering troops, nothing should bo said about it lest our export trade be Injured. There has been a lot of silly mud throwing ut General Miles tending to discredit him as u witness in those premlHos and to convict him of un worthy motives iu bunging these charges to the knowledge of the pub lic, but the people haw not peimltted it to obscure in tholt minds the Im portance of ascertaining, first of all, whether what Miles sas Is or Is not true. If it is not true, his finish Is not n matter of uncertainty. IIo will bo kicked out of tho unlfoim so quickly that ho will not know what stiuck him. But It It ls true; if thcio is even ap proximate truth in It, then not Miles, but the contractors who gold this stuff to the government nnd the politicians or war department officials who bought It on the government's behalf w 111 havo to toe the chalk mark and explain It Is not supposablc of any honest man holding an office In gift from the peoplo that In his mind the welfare of the export trade is held to be of greater alue than the welfare of the men fighting In tropic lands the battles of their country. This being true, the court of inquiry will consider the situ ation of the soldier first nnd leave the export trade to sustain itself on Its own merits. The prospective new librarian of congress. Representative Samuel ,T. Barrows, of Massachusetts, when young, was a messenger boy, a tele grapher, a stenogiapher and a re pot ter. Later ho was a theological student and war correspondent, and subsequently he occupied a Boston pulpit and the editorial chair of a denominational paper, being success ful in each calling, finally landing in congress. Such a career is a pretty good recommendation. The Democratic senators who have banded together to fight the army re organization bill are welcome to all the glory they can get out of such a course. Public sentiment demands that tho president who conducted bo successfully the amazingly triumphant war with Spain shall have put In his hands tho means to discharge its rec ognized and ratlfiodresponslbllltlesand tho party or tho public servant who would rob him ot his power simply compotes a dishonorable obituary. It is good but not unexpected news that the government has decided to modify the regulations governing the admission of travelers' personal effects through tho New York custom house. Thoso regulations in their original form could not stand in any country hav ing freo government nnd a self tespectlng citizenship. Has hysteria usurped tho place of reason In the editorial sanctum of tho Chicago Times-Herald? That Journal's shrieking appeal to the- government at Washington to buy oft tho Malay trait- or, Agulnnldo, with an ofllce would bo ludicrous if coming from a leas Im- portnnt source, Tho only office this in state, Incendiary nnd sneak is lit for Is tho custodianship of a coilln. The oldest Inhabitant is convinced that there must have been something wrong with tho thermometers during tho past few dayo. The army "embalmed beef" is prob ably like butter coloring material, harmless if taken In smalt doses. As.botween Agulnaldo and Jack Frost the Americans at Manila are probably to be congratulated. Gomez has reached Havana. Now let tho spheres move oil TOLD BY THE BTAR3. Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus, The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabo Cast: 4.03 a. m., for Monday, Febiuaiy 13, ISM. & & A child born on this day w ill notice that the ex-ofllco holder who novcr expects re-election makes the most active and sincere reformer; Persons not too lazy to take exercise, will notlco a chango for the better In tho temperature. Tho present definition for mercy seems to apply to tho guilty only. It Is soldom that mercy Is accorded tho Innocent. Tho man who cuts no Ice those days is not taking advantage of his surroundings. Definitions Price Something that depends entirely upon tho depth of a man's conscience. Luck That which baffled many a man In the catch-as-catch-can struggle with fortune. Hope That which prompts man to fig ure a bad account in his colmun of as sets. The Reclaiming of Arid Land Spcii.il CoiicsptiiHlenco of Tho Tribune. Woshlngton, I'cb. 12. A now nnd dls tllitt policy la being stiongly advoiated. for giving to tho arid states and tturlto rles which have no harbors of great nav igable rivers, their proportion of the ex penditures under the rler nnd harLor bill. Tho senate commltteo on commerce bus Just hcai d arguments In lavor of tho construction of a comprehensive sys tem of storage reservoirs In tho urld west as a part of tho established na tional policy of Internal Improvements, us urged by the national lrugatlon con gress and recommended In a report of Colonel II. M. Chittenden, of tho engi neer corps on reservoirs in Colorudo and Wyoming. o Senator Carter, of Mont mi, addressed the committee in behalf of his proposed amendment appropilatlng $5,000,lQ for tho construction of a, sjstem of reservoirs in ull the a! Id states and territories, this being the proportion of the entlio rior and harbor appropriation which tho Chit tenden leport suggests should be devoted tn this purpose. The senator uiged that such a policy would store at the head waters of the Missouri and Its tributar ies in great natuial rcsmolr sites, tho ry waters which now go down to do destruction on tho llsers far below. Then the reserve could be Utawn from tlieso lesenolis, when needed in tho dry season for irrigation nnd navigation ard bo be rlUcs preventing trtmenUoua dam lge from erosion and overflow, would rnlse Ilia .atir for navigation, find irrlgntc and re rlilm vjyt uie.is of I. rtilo lands, now liv and wortlib ,s, but which, unlet Irri gate n, would sii port i rtene ard prou povjiis population. "Suth a policy," ho -.lid, "would lastly brut-fit .ill btctloiu of tho country. A new market would bo ciotted for ta nTn manufacturers in theso western tornmunltlfs, while tho agricultural pioduetlons of the western "Kinds would not come Into competition with those of the east but would be ab soi bed by tho wipidly growing tlemands of the Aslntlc trade for western farn. products A new empire in the west would be created by riving to the country the wealth that would como from the bcnellclnl U-e of thcp witors, which now go to waste in tho tlcn.i seasons and causa only damage and destruction.' - o Crnutor Warn n of Wyoming, through whosr elTirls tin- Chittenden report was made, iireued In favor of tho project, stitlng tint ho had submitted an amend ment to the river nnd harbor bill provid ing rprelfleallv for the construction of rtervoit in Wyoming und Colorado, but that ho earnestly advocated the adop tion of the broid policy of the construc tion of ix romiuchenslve svstem of res ervolis In all the aild states und terri tories, believing that It would bo a sound national policy and it suit In enormous national be.ietlts. "Such a system," Senator Warren sild "would not only thickly settle great nreas of the west when now are nothing but stock ranges or deseits. but It would do vastly moro. The girat west Is now adding untold mill ions fiom her mines to tho nation's wealth rath J tar, but there are great mineral drpoiiits which as jet havo not been profitably worked incident to the lack of transportation facilities and tho hlfch cost of living In many of tho min ing regions. Create densn agricultural population in these mining states," ho said, "by making tho waters available for Irrigation, una you wouia cheapen food and compel transportation facilities, with tho result that there would bo an enoimous increaso In tho output of tha mines, which would bo exchanged for supplies of manufactured articles from eastern factories." Georgo II. Maxwell, of California, rep resenting tho national Irrigation con gress, wns also heard In advocacy of tho policy. IIo urged that the broad ques tion was whether the gteat region known ns Arid America, which would, If re claimed, sustain a greater population than thero Is now in tho whole Unltea States, should remain n desert forever, or should bo transformed into prosperous communities by conserving tho flood wa ters for beneficial use. Mr. Maxwell showed that the experience of irrigated countries has been that whero the waters wero taken out of tho streams and car ried through a system of irrigating canals the soil after a period of years becomes permanently saturated with wa ter, and thereafter a very large proportion of tho water so used finds its way back into tho natuni stream chan nels. Tho result of this condition would bo that the enormous quan tities of water stored In winter under tho proposed policy would flow back Into tho streams after being used for Irriga tion and raise tho water for navigation at tho tlmo most needed for that purpose. In other words, this storage of water would, tn addition to furnishing irriga tion, act as a river regulator, prevent ing Hoods in winter and low water in summer. o Tho great flood of 1BS1 on tho Missouri, could havo been controlled, Mr. Max well stated, as shown by the government reports, by a storage reservoir capacity of C8 squaro miles In area and 31 feet deep. Tho Chittenden reservoirs provldo for 47 squaro miles, 31 feet deep at a coat of J2 500,000. Storage water In Colorado In the headwaters of tho Arkansas river would restore to IarsaB the waters di verted by Colorado appropriations, over which Intcr-stato litigation Is threaten Ins?, and storage on tho Flatto river would prevent tho Nebraska Irtlgators on thnt Btream from losing their supply from di versions n Colorado and Wyoming. Mr. Maxwell urged flnnllv that this policy went to tho root of a gieat evil and re moved tho cause of floods, whllo It saved the wat&rs, first for Irrigation nnd then for navigation. AMERICAN RAILROAD RATES From the Now York Sun. Not quite, but very nearly one-half of tho railroad mileage of tho world is in North Amcilca. If to tho railroad mlle ngo of North America bo added that of Brazil and Argentina In South America, 18,000 miles collectively, tho total will exceed tho mileage of nil tho rest ot tho world Buropo, Asia, Africa, Australia and tho other South American countries included. Moreover, railroad building Is being catrled on much moro rapidly In tho United States than eUowhcre, But it is not only in respect "of the extension of their rallrtad system that tho United States tako precedenco, for somo recent computations show that tho United States furnish to travelers and shippers tho best servlco at tho lowest cost. o In many states of tho country thero aro laws fixing tho maximum chargo for pass engers at 3 cents a mflo, whllo In somo European countries, notably Franco, tho nvcrago rato charged Is In excess of that figure. Tho minimum of somo Kuropean countries is higher than tho maximum allowed In tho United States. According to tho computations referred to, tho av orago rate charged for passenger servlco In the? United States is 2.15 cents a mile, and tho fact Is that In many eastern states whero railroad system havo been long established a rate of 1 cents a, mile Is tho general rule. It is southern and far western railroads chiefly which keep up the average rate. In Missouri, for instance, 4 cents a mile is a lawful charge, and in Arkansas tho maximum is 5 cents. Some Colorado railroads chargo 6 or 7 cents a mile, and 4 and 5 cents a mllo on local tmrTtc In tho south Is not unusual, but, taking tho country through, tho average rato, as stated, is 2.15 cents. In England, where tho me chanical obstacles in railroading aro comparatively few, tho avcrago rato Is 2.20 cents a mllo; In Belgium, a country in which thero aro practically no mechan ical obstacles, tho rate Is 2.25. In Ger many it 1b 3.01 cents, In Austria-Hungary it is 0.0", In France it Is 3.3G and In Spain It Is 4.C0. ci In no other country in tho world aro the facilities for passengers so many as In tho United States, and the increaso of theso facilities and conveniences Is con stant. On many western roads seats in chair cars, corresponding with parlor cars on eastern lines, are furnished gratuit ously. Tho sleeping car service Is moro general and better In the United States than in any other country, nnd light and heat, two essentials of up-to-dato rail road travel, nro better furnished hero than in any other country. Tho freight charges, too, estimated on tho basl3 of carrying a ton of freight a. mile, nro lower hero than In other coun tries. In England tho average rate Is 2 cents. In Belgium It is 1.C0, In France 1.5G and In Germany 1.35 cents. In tho United States It Is 0 97 cent, or less thnn 1 cent a mllo per ton of freight moved, taking the wholo country through. If tho average ot American freight rates was as high as it is in Germany tho peoplo of this country would hnvo paid tho rail ways last year about $3:0 000,000 moro than they did. If the rates had been as high as they are In England the people of this country would have paid tho railways about Jl-,0,000 000 more than they did. An Illustration of tho excellence of the ser vice on American railroads Is furnished by tho fact that although thp collections from freight nro larger in Europe than they aro In tho United States and tho number of passengers carried is material ly greater than In this country, tho ex pense of maintenance of American rail roads Is J100 0iX,000 moro In a year thin for thno operated In Europe. And tlv American railroad svstem Is Improving all tho time, the freight and passenger rates aro being reduced and the charac ter of the service given luxurious pass enger travel and quick freight Is bettor every year. RESPONSIBILITY. From Whltolaw Beld's Speech at tho Lotos Club Dinner. I was not one of thoso who wero eager to begin this war with Spain; but I pro ttst against uny attempt to ev.ido our Just responsibility In the position In which It has left us. Wo shall havo trouble In tho Philippines. So we shall have troublo In Cuba nnd In Porto Rfco. If wo dawdle, and hesitate, and lead them to think wo fear them nnd fear trouble, our troublo will be great. If on the otner hand wo grasp this nettlo ddnser, If wo net promptly, with Inexorable vigor, and with Justice, it may bo slight. But the graver the crisis tho platne- our duty. God give us courago to purify our politics and strengthen our gov-rnmont to meet thc3e new and grave duties. THE REMEDY. "I am In favor of giving tho Filipino? indt perderce," said ono debater. "So nrn I," answered tho other. "And I'm satisfied that tho United States con trols tho only tellable brand, and that if wo can get them to hold still and try It they will like It." Washington Star. WE IIAVK A NUMIIKUOP TINE 111 UUP! that we will close out AT COST This is a chance to get a good lamp for little money. TIE QUEI0N5, SIMM, 422 LaoUawuana Avanu and TTh urnace LARGEST ASSORTMENT OP IN TUB CITV. RAxac IPlliuiinnilbnini and Ttaeiog GUHSTER & FORSYTH, 325 and 327 PENN AVENUE laiges GMSM nn The 4th est extent, Of course another ten days will cause a depletion, and selling out of a great many arti cles, therefore it behooves those who have until this postponed their purchasing, inucii longer. ALWAYS MJSY. f?rii--N ir?iZjZ 13 Our Shces In quality nlways on top, al ways easy on your feet nnd very easy on your purse keep us "Always Busy." At tend our 25 days' sale. Lewis, Ecll y & iavlss, ma mm ii okix co. Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light "Wiring, Gas and Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 434 Lackawanna Araiie --Tr At I (-.--a 2"M 1 wluPSe'ft TfT It'll I " M.'St'J''' 5 -s'tr!j A business man of Toledo, 0 asserts that in his case dyspepsia was an inheritance, lie obtained his fust sup ply of R 'ipans from Chicago because he could not then find them in Toledo. Now the druggists there all have them, lie car ries one of the little packages with him all the time, nnd if he has that distressed feeling after a hearty meal, or a headache, he takes a Tabulc. " My wife also uses them," he writes, "and if my boy feels sick he asks for one." I 5n it:CjS. L m5AoiHiMal White Fair For the sale oi Underwear and Embroid eries continues with unabated vigor. There is no saying to our customers Just out of this lot or that lot, and, why did you not come sooner? because we prepared months ahead for the biggest sale that we have ever had and our expectations are being realized to the full not to delay WWik You cannot think, hard you try, of a no matter how more convenient and better equipped stationery store than ours. In addition to tho largest line of ofllce supplies in Northeastern Pennsylvania. "Wo havo Plank Books ot every description, Typewriters' Sup plies, Draughting Materials, Letter Pressc. Postal Scales, etc. We aro agents for Vidian's Mimeographs and supplies, and the famous Wernlckl Sec tional Book Cases. A complete lino of ICauftman's Cor poration Books In stock. Rey molds Bros STATIONERS an J ENGRAVERS 150 Wyoming Avenue. Tun Mnnmv llAimwAiits hTortii Good Iiint, properly applied adds much to the appearance of articles. We have Mouse Faints Carriage Mats Ml Enamels JMeycle Enamels Varaisties mi Yaralsl Stains A complete stock of Paint Brushes always on hand. JF0OIE & SffiEAft CO. 1JII WASHINGTON AVK. Tahules 1 ' " iii'iinwijm i in I )l fgf BAZAAI mmsm&ggh TTYT NLEf 3 IL 21 NOTIC EXTRAORDINARY. illss Fltraee E. TMtle, The Expert Demonstrator of Will fill a special one week's eugagemeut at our store com mencing MONDAY, February 23th, and ending February iStli. Miss Tuttle will be glad to explain the merits of this Celebrated Corset and give fittings, thus illustrating its superiority over others. Engagements can be made with Miss Tuttle by mail or telegraph. We desire to be distinctly understood that ladies will not be expected to purchase a Corset after a fitting is made nuless they so desire. aIer Majesty's Corset'' Is Not the Cheapest But the Best. "Her Majesty's Corset'' in Fit, Wear and Comfort is unsurpassed. It is worn by well dressed women. Endorsed by physicians and modistes, P. 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