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THE SCRANTOX TRIBUNE-MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1899.
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Satuidny's Instructive Piimaiies.
The political battle In Lancaster
county which U'.iched a decision at
Saturday's primaries was fought di
rectly and wholly up the Quay and anti-Quay
issue Nothing else entered
Into th- I'uiitohl The Quay forces
were led by Secretary ot the Common
wealth OreNt, the antl-Quav forces
ueio led by n variety of Republicans
natlM- and Imported, anions them
John Dalzull, Ucnoial Knontz, fenntor
Plliin and ev-Senatoi Knuffiunn, and
the issue sepnratiiit; them was whether
Quny should be continued or deposed
ni the contiolllni: factor In I'oiinsvl
Minia politico. Senator i:hy, of Lan-
itr, now voting- at HarrlsburR tor
Quay, had announced that If his con
stituents at hr iithiwrW should
cIioom a nmjnrltj of antl-Quuy dele
salef. to the slate convention lie would
itittinict H uf a vute of Instructions
t diop Quay and oast lilf oto in the
joint .istrn,blv foi smut? other Uepub
lit an for I'lilted States senator, and
around this i.uiviiincenieiit the thick of
iIim battle ins d.
l.tiurnitt.' county "n.is the Ciawford
county pjbteni. tho .uting is open and
dliect. A faiici tst way never made,
and the j"ult Is !sni(lcint Not onlj
was, ccry Quav delegate el, ted. but
the lmtx.iln -nu,itcr bolters wffn vvhlp
peil out their boots in r-.'oij olty
and borouprh and In almost every tow n
shlp In the county. The Phlludolphia
l'r.ssf which has ljd tli anti-Quay
tlsht, admits that the Quay men polled
two-thirds ot the total vote and tint
i heir vktory litis no parallel for com
pleteness In the political hlstoiy of the
lounty. On the same day in I3utlr
county, the Quay men won a similar
vlclorj, electing their two delegates
to the state convention and capturing
SO per cent, of the county committee.
in Satm day Montour county also
(hnc a Quay delegate. Of the coun
ties which have held piiniarlcs since
the caucus-bolting minority at llarrls
burg deadlocked the legislature on the
t-enatorship by declining to recognize
the majoilty's tight to rule, Senator
Quay has lost one Lebanon and cai
lied six Indiana. I'lilon, Rlalr, War-
ion, Lancaster and Butler. His loss of
Lebanon was a distinct reverse, but his
i jpturu of Hlair and Wniion waH more
than an offset, and It shows conclu
sive! v that as the light on him now
stands the party masses are with him
and against the bolters.
The opposition to Quay has been
-Inewdly planned. The Idru of Ini
pii iting him In a cooked-tip ulmlnal
Pi'Ki-edlng while hired newspapers and
t-l'i akcrs poisoned public opinion
itulnst him and men like Senator Mar
i n. themselves creatines of paity ieg
ulailty, at the last minute bioke faith
b lef uIng to enter the senatorial cau-
us lepiOEented a perfection of cun
ning, w hich, when lav Ishly backed
l'.v money, fed by miscellaneous disap
pointment1, over patronage and sup
pmied by the well-meaning but nils
guided moral element which had nit
lullj been deceived by nriu-Qiniy fiction
untillthadcomeslncerelyto believe that
Quay in politics was llrst cousin of the
devil, has proved tetnpoiailly effective.
It accomplished the Immediate pur
pose of deadlocking the legislature and
putting fewer than blxty membeis of
ihe Joint assembly In a position to defy
double theli ntrnbei Yet as time
vnt op, the malignity, deception and
h.vpneilsy of this political Insuirectlon
ciadu.illy became apparent to the plain
ipopie of the commonwealth and the
1'iiniailes aie beginning to recoid their
irvised opinions of it
if a paity mujouty In tegulai caucus
Mcsembled has no power to bind paity
nit mbei ship together the patty inashei
iiiaj well ask themselves what patty
iiiganlzatiou Is for If the tall Is to
be permitted nnd encouiagod to wag
the dog, why bother to have a dog?
s these points are duly consldeied
throughout tho state and weighed
alongside, the lesponsiblllty which l
upon the boilers at Harrlsburg foi hav-
ng In effect sold out their patty to
the Democratic opposition, it is not
stupllHlng but lather Inevitable that
tin 10 should be a groundsvvell of re.
ution In fnvoi of the much abuned but
still unconquercd leudei. Matthew
Stanley Quay.
At this late thins piomlse to bo
closed up at Manila so us to permit
Admiral Dewey to com home in tlm
o see snow again.
No Tenable Middle Couue.
The situation piesented in the ie
fusal of the ehalunan of the executive
committee of the Cuban mllltury as
sembly to deliver over to Oeneial
Biooke the muster rolls of the Cuban
insurgent army to that the United
States may proceed to divide tiinong
those entitled to It the 3,000,000 in cash
now lying on board the transpoit Hurn
slde In Havana harbor ought not to be
dlfllcult to handle. All that it calls for
Is a detail of American soldiers to pro
ceed to the place where, these i oils are
kept and to lake possession of them by
foice If necessary.
On ItB merits tho case stands thus:
A force of natives, about 13.0 stiong,
Is In arms uvvaltlns the chance to dis
band. Their representative command
ers havo cordially accepted the offer of
the president of the United States to
divide among these Insurgent soldleis
$3,000,000 aB u good-will gift for tha
puiposo of stinting them In the ways
of peaceful lildusti.v; and t i the best
of our knowledge the majority of the.
i men themselves nie eager to lay down
their aims, accept this donation and go
to woik for their Island's l construc
tion. A gathering of Cuban politicians
calling Itself the military assembly has
seiuied possession of the nnny rolls
and will not penult theso to be used by
neneral Hrooke unless ho lit St recog
nizes Its authority to act In behalf of
the at my. Hrooke has lecognlzed no
Cuban organization In this matter, but
has treated with the Insurgent com
manders ns Individuals. If It were not
for the larger Interests of the Island,
which demand a speedy disarmament
of nil ofllcially unrecognized armed
bands of men, ho could with good grace
start the Binnsldo with Its $3,000,000
cargo back to the United States .and
notify the Cuban kickers that Inas
much as they don't appear to want the
president's gift It will not be forced
upon them.
This course Is not feasible under tho
existing circumstances for the obvious
icason that peaceful disarmament Is
immediately essential; henco tho neces
sity lor going ahead with the oilglnal
programme In spite of the so-called
assembly. If any of Its officers or niom
bois obstructs the government ho
should be treated ns any other dis
turber of tho peace and put In Jail. It
thov concertedly lesist tho sovereignty
of tho United States in tho execution
of Its programme of pacification nnd
reconstruction they should bo put down
with ililes if necessary. There cannot
be two hends to the Cuban body politic
and until we vacate wo should gov cm.
There Is no tenable middle course.
The Tribune wishes to acknowledge
the courtesv of Messrs. Uanett and
Jordan of the Truth nnd J. A. Scran
ton & Son of the Republican In offering
piess facilities during the temporal y
disability of Its own press
A Pessimistic Doctcu.
The Itev. Di. Joseph May, pastor of
the First Unitarian rh.trch of Philadel
phia, I', wa fear, suffoilng fiom n fit
of melancholia, else he would not on
Friday last have declared at a public
meeting: "The great danger before our
country which would seem to bo im
minent Is militarism. If this danger
should not be averted I should havo
no confidence whatever in the perman
ent endurance of the lepubllc.in insti
tutions which are our glory and In
which the progress of humnnlty seems
to consist. Although the present looks
very dnik In that our nation is en
gaged In the meanest aggressive war a
civilized nation was ever led Into, J
think we find in the sober Judgment of
our pen .t. n creative force that is go
ing to defend us from the evils that
appear to hang befoie us so lowering
1. I havo an underlying hope that the
war system Is veiy near Its end, and
that another half century may seo
possibly Its overthrow among the na
tions of the world."
The occasion which elicited the fore
going spasm was an assemblage of
eminent ciermen, professional men
and others convened tn Philadelphia
for tho purpose of approving the ac
ceptance by the United States of the
Imitation of the czar of Itussla to an
International conference to consider
the subject of disarmament, and cx
picsslng the opinion that our repie
sentatlve at the conference should ad
vocate the establishment of a pei man
cut tribunal of aibltratlon for the set
tlement of International disputes. The
meeting otherwise was a splendid one,
resulting in wlso and helpful discus
sir u along the lines of the opening ad
diess of Its presiding officer. Judge
Ashman, who said: "The men of tlw
comirg centurv will demand something
beside platitudes. They will ask as we
nip beginning to ask, 'Whv, If courts
of law are competent to adjust dlffet
ences between Individuals and between
states, are they not adequate for set
tling disputes between nations?" What
the people of the United States and of
Great Hrltain at least, demand. Is the
establishment of a peimanent Interna
tional couit, with Judges holding a life
ttnuie, whoso juiUdlctlnu shall em
In ace all matters of Intel national con
tioveisy and whose deciecs shall be
binding upon the nations who shall lu
parties "
It Is a great pity that the Just cause
of pearetul arbitration has to be hin
dered before public opinion by tho
watery bloodcdnes.? ot enibauassln?
champions like the pessimistic Dr. May.
Until the Oti3es seem to bo light
smart llchteis, as It weie.
Abnoimal nnd Daugeious.
We take from tho New Yoik Sun the
appended Interesting opinion with
which we do not agiee.
Mot suulble inm who stuuy Hit sub
ject of trusts lntcWgentl must piesently
pel reive that tnc opposition to tliem Is
chleflj In the nensiupuis. A great p.ut
of tho picss apparently thinks It soils
pupers by bowling .igulnst ttiits. mid not
howling the tiulh. I'm the lest tho oppo
sition W tnndo up of n few statesmen In
stross for pait planks, and of piofes
flonal blackmail- r. In all oui ob.
tcrvutlon of trusts vt have known but
two kinds of ussioilt made on tin in. The
commonest was that hmlgntiU by Wall
street stock Jobbers foi tnu effect It
might produce upan the prices ot a tiust
stock In the maikit, and the less fre
quent but equally familiar, was that of
tho blackmallei. This last divides eusllv
Into two, the blackmailer who has not
been taken Into u tiust, or who has failed
to sell out to a trust, and the black
mailer who owns a hungry newspapc.
If our caustic contemporaty should
think twice It would perceive that by
Its admission of the populailly of antl
tiust literature It gives its case away.
Unless tho great mass of people wore
disposed to view with suspicion, dis
trust and fear the centralization of
authoilty which enables a few men sit
ting In secret conclave to control arbl
tiarily, at least for n time, both tho
production and pi Ice of articles of gen
eral necessity nnd the pay of the men
employed in that production, owners
of "hungry newspapers" would find
scant satisfaction In "howling against
irusts," since even In the case of hun
gry newspapers It costs money to howl
thiougti the medium of type. Ink and
paper, nor would party planks In de
nunciation of tiusts be effective In
catching votes.
The simple fact Is that autoctacy In
nny form Is against the spirit of this
democratic age. Men born to theotct
lcally equal lights nnd pilvileges oh
Ject to whatever tends to enslave then;,
Sometlmos they put tne blame wharo
It cloeinot bcloiigtind denounce trusts
nnd corporations when they ought to
eiisuia their own want of tilt If t. fin
gallty, temperance nnd welf-denlal or
their own lack of business slnewdness
nnd sngaclt. Hut In the case of trusts
they see so plainly signs of the possible
nbllse of tho abnormal powu enjojed
bytho managers of trusts and tecognlze
so clearly the desliablllty of n fiee play
of competition In business, both as a
stimulus to enlei prise nnd ns n check
upon cxtoitlon, that they ate con
scious ot being fully Justified In hold
ing to strict account nil who have to
do with tho granting of charter rights
for the facilitation of Industry nnd
trade.
With Its issue of ycsteiday the free
Press passed Into tho control of u new
company consisting of John W. Klrby
ns manager, V. H. Hurflleh, treasurer,
and John I. Heamlsh, advertising man
ager. P. M. Oreei, nn Industrious and
capable Journalist, has been employed
ns editor nnd C. H. Derby, well known
In local uewspnper circles, as city edi
tor. Under Its new management tho
Free Press promises to be clean, enter
prising and Independent, n programme
that ought to win. Wo wish it success.
An American photographer has been
badly used by n lot of Filipinos whose
pot traits he attempted to add to his
art collection. There are people on this
side of the water who would like to see
some of the kodak fiends treated In a
Hlmltat manner.
Pi of. Wood, of Winconsln, has In
vented a machine for photographing
sound waves, but It Is probable that the
leal beauty of the thing will never be
nppieclated until It has been focused
upon one of Colonel Uryan's cunency
speeches.
Governor lloosevelt has no rebel va
tlon In his condemnation of rotten beef
and we wish he were secretary of war
to take enro of the rotten officials and
conti actors responsible for Its foisting
upon the army.
Id flonor of Oiip "
First Expansion.
I'lom the, Tlmcs-IIeinld
nN TIIESn ilnvs nf .,..,. i .
Hlan, when hl'ftory i, cited to sup
port both s'des of the roritini-..rui.
U srov.ing out Of the lesnli nf th
wni with Spain, the pioposltlon t , com
memorate the centennial of lb pur
chase by Thomas Jeff ei son of the Lou
isiana terutory is invested wPh more
than ordliuiy interest. The purchase
of the Louisiana teiritoiy of Uona
paite in 1S0J for 15,noo,000 has been
refeired to by expansionists In the
controversies of the p.a3t few months
tiftcner than nny other event In the
history of ot.r teuitorlal development.
Although the purchase Involved the
annexation of contiguous territory, it
Is recalled that th propofltlon to ac
quire It developed btroiu; opposition,
principally i-pon the question of our
ability to rovein and assimilate the
natives of the territory.
o
To a lountiy cmnptlslntr 327,Sti
square miles of aro.a the Louisiana pur
chase added 1.171.9.51 square miles, ex
tending Horn the Mississippi to the
llockv mountains nnd fiom the Gulf of
Mexico to the Canadian line, with the
dlstiict of N.w Oileans on the eastern
side of tho Mississippi. Within this
i-glon there niv now, In whole, or In
pait, twelve states and two territories,
embracing some of the i Idlest and
most productive land In our national
domain. Of course the antl-expanlon-Ists
of 1S01 weie agieed on the propo
sition that we had no need of this ter
iltoiy, and that $lr.,000,000 three
fouiths of wtat wo paid for tho Phil
ippines was an exorbitant price to pay
I'tance for ending It to the govern
ment. In the light of the marvelous
agricultural development of this va-U
area under AngloSaxon thiift and in
dustiy the opposition to this put chase
now seems pitifully short-sighted and
unwise. Last year's corn crop of the
state of Iowa alone, which state was
part of the Louisiana purchase, would
pay the cost of the entlte Louisiana
territory eight times over, while tln
wheat crop of Kansas for the same year
Is valued at twice the pui chase price.
o
As the acquisition ot the Louisiana
territory was tho first great step in
national expansion, and was one of the
lour greatest events In the nnnaN of
the lepubllc, It Is in eveiy wiiy worthy
of national obseivanco by means of a
World's fair as now proposed by the
enterprilng citizens of St. Louis. As
Missouil ranks flrut in population
among the states embiaced In tho
Louisiana iprIoii, anil contains tlu
ptlnclpal cltv. It Is eminently fitting
that the exposition should be held In
that Mate. The success ot the Tians
Mlsslsippl exposition at Omaha, fur
nishes some idea of what the vast re
gion embraced In the Louisiana pur
chase could get together In the wa
of a colossal display of the products
ot western renins and lndu.-.tr.
THE OUTCAST.
I
Strans.o dicains of what 1 used to be
And what I di earned I would be, swim
Heforo my vision, faint and dim
As mlly distances we see
In pictured scciio of falry-lnnds;
And ever on, with empty hands.
And ejes that over lie to tnc,
And smiles that no one undoi-stands,
I giopo adown my dtttlny.
II
Sonio say I waver when 1 walk
Along tho ciowded thoroughfares,
And some leer In my ees, and tulk
Of dullness, when I see 111 theirs
Like fishes' ejes. nllve or dead
Hut surfaces of vacancy
Ulank disks that never seem to see
Hat glint and glow and glaie Instciul.
HI
The ranged shawl I wear Is wet
With driving drlppliu; laltis, und jet
It seems a rojal raiment, wheie,
Through twisted tonents ot my hair,
1 see rare gems that gleam and shine
Like Jewels in h stream of wine.
Tho gaping shoes that clothe m.v feet
Aro golden sandals, and the snrinu
Where courtiers grovel ami repeat
Vain prayers, and wheie In Joy thereat,
A fulr prim's doffs his plumed hat.
And kneels, and names mo all things
sweet
IV.
Sometimes the sun shines, and the lull
Of winter noon Is like a tune
The stars might twinklo to the moon
If night wore white and beautiful
For when the clangor ot tho town.
And strife of truffle soften down,
The wakeful hungwr that I nurse,
In listening, forgets to curse,
Until ah, Joy! with drooping head
I drowse, und dream that I nm dead
And bulled safe beyond their eyes
Who either pity or dsplse.
Janica Whlttomb Hlley.
NKWS AND COMMENT.
The iittiichinelit between a ioiim kntloils
editor nnd his ncwsiupcr Is not unlike
the lovo of a parent for his cull J. As an
illustration lliu Clilcuso llniw-llerfiiil
tells this Incident In the life or the line
Joseph Meillll- As I' Well Miami. Ml
Mrcllll's lir.ii 1 1 1, lnm Inlrrfrrml with Ids
constant ptesence at the Tribune olllte.1
for several eurs h was curicntlv m
morcd that he had mown weiiry of tho
burden of bis eilltoishln and was Pie-
puled to sell his Interest, settle his af
fnlrs In Chicago and retire to the gentler
climate of Houthcin California. Negotia
tions wero accoidingly opened with Mr
Medlll by u gentleman ilesltoui of pur
dinning his Interest In the Tribune. Mr.
Medlll entertained tho proposition to sell,
but hnlted ns to tho price, upon which
a matter of some $230,ei0O separated the
parties. Finally they came to ternu on
llgures not far from n lound $2,000,000 for
Sir. McdlU's controlling Interest In tho
Tribune. Uverythlns was In readiness to
closo tho transaction and tho check to
bind It was In Mr. Media's hands. Hut
the touch of the check seemed to cnuso
tin Instant revulsion In tho nged editor's
feelings. Ho se fined to lcnllzo that 'ha
Trlbuno was scmcthlng more to him than
tho cold dollars he hud set upon It "I
can't do It," he said. "Take back your
check. 1 cun't part with tho Tilbuno.
You niltiit as vvll ask me to sell my
child."
So the negotiations were broken off r.nd
Mr. Medlll contl.nitd to be the guid
ing spirit of the Chicago Tribune until
his death.
Under a rule adopted bv the navv de
partment In naming new vessels battle
ships are given the names of stales. Wj
havo now In the navy tho battleships
Iown, Indiana, Massachuretts, Oicgon and
Texas. The ships of this class under
construction have been given tho names
of Kenrsurge, Kentucky, Illinois Ala
bimii, Wisconsin Maine, Missouri and
Ohio. Tho Inst three havo Just been con
tracted for nnd were authotlsied by tho
navv appropriation act for the curient
ear The three battleships authorized
nt the last session, and tho consltuctiin
of which Is llkclj to be delajed until fur
ther nctlon can be had by congress In re
gard to armor plate, will bo the hugost
vessels of tho navy, nnd will have a dls.
placement of at least 1.1,000 tons. No steps
bavo yet been taken for giving them
names, nnd It Is suggested by the Wash
ing correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledcgr that a movement should be start
ed In Pcnnsjlvanla to havo one of them
named for the great Kevstone state. "It
seems fitting," says he, "that one of theso
battleships should bear tho name of tho
state from whose resources piactlcally
all of tho materials that enter Into the
construction of modern war ships aro
supplied nnd fabricated, and within
whoso gcogrnphlc.il limits the gi eater
number of tho vessels constituting tho
now navy wero built."
The now law In Kansis which pioviries
that uncollectible Judgments obtained
against llrms, corporations oi Individuals
on behalf of the state shall bo sold ct
public auction has r.ot, according to tho
Philadelphia Record, proved' very suc
cessful In Its operation. In Cowley coun
tj the other dav such n sale brought J-MO,
and tho bill for advertising whs $1,iW,
leaving the tnxpa:.cr.s out ot pocket Just
$1 2M "When a Pop takes his hand from
tho plow," observes ono of tho state pa
peis, "and puts It to the statute book
the weeds of folly are almost sine to
choke out the seeds of Justice nnd com
mon sense "
It appears from a tabular statement of
the Internal revenue bureau tint the to
tal iccepts under tho war-tax law up to
February 1, uyi, amounted to $02,012,191.
The dlstiibutlon of tho tax was as fol
lows: For stamps on checks, documents,
and patent medicines, $2t5,.W.I10: beer. 41U-
0SI.40U; special taxes, $1,21S,S07, cigars r.nd
cigarettes-, J2 502.03S; tobacco nnd snuff,
$s,iG2.C2I; Inheritances, $25W31; excise tax,
$3S0,271 This indicates an annual revenue
of upward ot $UW,0OO,O0O from the war tax.
John Shei man's first vUlt to Washing
ton was made In December. 1SIG, when
ho was 21 cMrs old. Washington then
had S0.UXI Inhabitants. Ml. Sherman rode
In a stsge coach from Mansfield, O.. tn
the national road south of Newark and
thence over that load by stago to Ciim
beilfind. Md. From Cumberland ho rode
to Hnltlmoro and subsequently to Wash
ington in steam cars, tho Journey by rati
taking the gieater part of two days, and
the entire Journey nearly a we k.
Pi ofesor James Dewai, of London who
discovered tho process by which air can
bo liquefied and thus made pos-lblu the
wondeiful expeilments upon which Pro
fessor Trlpler K now engaged, will soon
leceive thiough the American embassy
tho first gold medal ever awarded bv the
Smithsonian Institution. The medal Is
threo Inches In diameter and Its bullion
value Is niore than $3').
Tuikey has been engaged In war thlrtv
eight !,i'.irs of the present century con
siderably more than one-third of the time
Spain comes next, with thirty-oiio jeais
ot war: Franco has had tw cut j -seven
j ears: Hussla, twenty-foui ; ltalj twentj
thrie, llngland, twenty-one: Austria, ,ov
tiitccn, Holland, tourteon. Uornian,
thirteen: Sweden, ten. Portugal, ten,
Dcnmuik, nine
O.abishu A CJiow', although thie
months joungcr than John Sherman, en
tercd congress four tnrs ahead of the
great Ohio llnancler and hid ho beta
kept there would doubtless have equalled
or excelled Sherman at every point. In
natuial ability ho Is easily Sherman's
equal.
THE PRIVACY OF TELEGRAMS.
From the Philadelphia Ledger
A great mass of business will pit n
upon the Pennsylvania l(gllatuie In the
closing dajs of the session. Attention
has been diverted from the ordlnaiy woil.
of the body by the Inteusl attaching to
tho election of a United Stutes senator
and to the bribery Investigation, and
there Is Imminent danger that unwN,.
and pernicious legislation may 1l pass 1
Unless members give private studj to th
bills to be voted upon crude laws an
suro to bo enacted, tor little or no time
can be spared toi exhaustive and in
foimlng public debate upon nianj pend
ing measures. Under the modern rtilus
ot proceduto In most of our legislatures
full discussion of debatable bills Is hm il
ly possible. Pluuslbl and specious ie i.
uons will bo advanced for the passage el
certain bills which would work very mum
moio harm lluin good, and should, thete
fore, be defeated as it matter of sound
public pollcv.
o
Leglslatois mo needed who can dis
cover tho ultimate effect and far leach
ing lnllucnco of proposed statutes and
detect the Insidious public wrong whicn
links In Innocent looking bills. Som
times tho brlelest bills reverse, uml air
Intended to iovcic, well settled law as
decided hi the comts, or to ovirthiou
long established stututo Inw nbviouslv
ntcisaiy to safeguard pioperiv oi the
rights of the citizen. If a. bill Is llkeh io
work moie Injury than bencllt io the pu -He,
It deserves defeat, whatever nn In
genious special pleader may sa in lu b -half.
Some sprclal motive, some personal
or class Interest. U tn tho background of
many bills. Tho vigilant repiesentatlve
by a little inquiry cun discover wheth r
the pubtlo will bo benefited by the mcHR
uro. If It be of doubtful expedient v the
public should bo given tho benefit of Hie
doubt, for legislation not elearb needed
cannot be otherwise- than Ill-advised and
harmful.
u
Among tho specious bills before the les
Ulaturo which should be defeated Is
house bill No. 13. piactlcallj removing pri
vacy from telegraphic coirespondence.
House bill No. ID 1ms passed In tho huuse
It provides thut prosecutors and chlofs
of pollco shall havo power to cxnmtno
teleeams on (lie In telegraph olllces when
thero U a "suspicion" thut tho messages
lefer to green good, gambling or other
Illegal business, ,'lhe bill permits ofllccu
to invade tho privacy of telegrams, np-
parcntly on the mrro theory that they
havo reference to the ctlmes nunicd, with
out using the methods now authorized
bj law to mnko telegrams evidence In
legal proceedings It Is Infinitely mole
Important that tho privacy of corre
spondence by telcKtaph should bo mvio
lntit than that "gamblers," "gieen goods '
men or other criminals suspected of send
ing or receiving telegrnphlo messages re.
ferrlng to their ttnnsiirtlonH should be de
tected by peering Inlo the files of the
telegraph olllces. This Is a dangerous
iiuthorltj to be given nn pollco oillelal.
and Is sure to bo opnreslvel exercised.
From the published outllno of the bill It
nppears that the olllclals to be clothed
with this extraordinary power can net
upon tho vaguest suspicion that mesnnert
bearing upon criminal business nro to
bo found In this or that telegraph olllce.
Telegraphic correspondence has been sed.
ulously guarded hitherto by drastic
penal statutes, nnd tcasonahte provision
exists to secure Its disclosure If of ma
terial lniportnnce In court, without con
stituting police olllcers ole Judges ns to
whether secrecy should be icmnvcd from
dispatches.
o
The license proposed to be given to
prosecutors or chiefs of police, or to other
persons, to seach telegiaph olllces on sus
picion or upon the mere alienation that
they suspect that evidence of crime would
be thereby discoverable. Is fntlit lv too
much power to bo given to any Individual.
It would bo gilevotisly abustd in tho
name of law.
JOVIALITIES.
Uoj Papa, who wns the first weather
prophet.' Papa Ananias Crlpt.
"You weie on jour beat when this
riot, occurred?" asked the attorney. "No,
sor," replied tho policeman; "I wns cm
the neck ave the spalpeen In tho dock,
cr 'miner." Philadelphia North Ameil
cau. Hates That nephew of jours cilled me
blackguard. Yates Jus-t like Hen; no
tact about tlu boy. 1 ve nlvvajs told
him that the truth was not to be spoken
on nil occasions. Hoston Tianscrlpt.
A Helping Hand Aunt llairlet hns
written letters to Gtneinl Ungan und
Congressman Iloberts." "In the name of
sense, what for?" "She wutits them to
Join her Don't-Worry Club." Hi ooklj n
Life.
As It Seems Mis. Hoon (looking up
from her reading) "Tho Chinese Invent
ed gun powder." Mr. Hoon Yes; but It
was so many years ago that they havo
long since forgotten what it was for
Puck.
Justice What have mi to snv tn an-1
swer to the charge nf steallm, this man a
plank wnlk? The Accuseel 1 took It by
advico of my physician, "yer honor. Ho
told me to take a long walk every dav.
This was tho first long walk I saw to-j
(la, ana oi com so i toosc it. uosion
Transcript.
"My dear," said a repentant husband
to his wife, "If I ever used any unkind
words to ion, I take them nil back"
"No. you won't. I know you. You
want to use them nil over again," she
replied. Peal son's Wcckl.
Papa Seo the spider, my boy. spinning
his web Is It not wonderful? Do you re
flect, try ns he may, no man could spin
that web? Johnny What of It.' Seo me
spin this top' Do you reflect that, try
ns he may, no spider could spin this
top? Household Words.
Johnny," said a teacher to u South
Side grocoryman's C-j ear-old, "a lie can
bo acted as well as told. Now, If jour
father would put sand In his sugar and
sell It ho would bo acting a He and doing
verj- wrong." "That's what mother told
him." said Johnny, impetuously, "and ho
said ho didn't care." Columbus Journal.
"He Isn't exactly what I'd call an In
sincere man, ' lemarked Mr. Hlykns, "and
ho wants you to llko him. Hut" "Yes,"
said tho person who is always eager to
luar bad news about human nature,
"Will, he's tho sort of man who will find
out what time you aio sure to bo loo
busy to leave before ho takes chances
on "asking ou out to lunch." Washing
ton Star.
and
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mace
LVI.OESr ASSORTMENT OK HANOI;
IN TIIU CITY.
PlymWmiff
Tloiniiinii
and
GURSTER k FORSYTH,
325 and 327
PENN AVENUE.
IimIIMCS
LW"" &&- '- ""
1 suttcrcd greatly from luer mid kidney oomplaiu., I had frUhtful pnliiln m luek iiad
would liavu toett down nearly nil the time Itheiimitlsm tmd cur oonr lu my jiij iirldntj
nnd n-ilnlnstuiu I could uot dee;, und In llin mutningvrhon I r.nuotawo.k I wasOftuh'K and
disheartened n nm ono rould b 1 Inol duftoiel 101 t ir with on of tlionn-ai eminent
phitkiuuain Brooklyn IW ihimjiIuccI modioli! uiier mi-Ir lr.c,i ikim u.y money oncli time,
of courf. Unulii) HuK'W.ilktnsnlouBtlioitrect I pir'od ti" lie Sli Land uul liuvlnr thu
tlmojust then to rend it f pur it lu my ticket It u fall of ti-stUioiil.iU la ihe ertliurj uf
ItlpaiiaTalulii As I rt-iil irMiiuomtl nftrr testimonial. I c-uuc atom teur.il ;lit fitted
mycase. Dinin IMaild, 1 umcolnn 1 1 trvmmuof Uu-"' ililiw Tl'fl nro Jiiitt wli-.t I need.
That ulebt I uoimhtu box.5-c.tnt lUf, itml hcim ilu ir i-i I'lnt ww ilwi't ten mniiihaaRo.
I gradually improved und no,ui forlj .seven, niter luwiu lived u nrulty hard lite. I am
lntha rery beitcf hiMltli. , , ,, .,.,., . u i
Jly liver and kldueia ui o In ifood tli ipc and ncwr i- ul'r nionl ill I rrcritt ilioTobak's
forniyimuroic.neiil Tliey dvod me upr.ll rlulit wiif.i I ill uil'it tln-i; . u.j lellel foi i ic
The other du I met my nit dormr. He bau toM iw on ni liv vMi f I ell I not trthrrfed
earo of mvself I would bo dead vutbin a car lie ..etel mo vi't'i ' llullno, mu you not
dead vet!"
"So," Inald "I'll Hie to cut ihe chicken ihv cratches over jour nrnve
1 havo never seen lilniblncc .... ,,...
Oiirdriver thero lioli nw tukes them coniinun!l hIuci Irci ommtujj I them. Hr ised
to sillier ten Ibli vlth rheumatljm. Ho CAiuelu here ono d with critiie. I don't kuo
howhostoodii Ills condition was someihltivuwful Ibe-c l'uuulca have c uitd him. His
vv bolo family takes them, ho telU mo They think the world f them.
A printing Ink salesman wbocoiuoa in hcrualao tukes lliem fortcmlnuuptho ajutctn und
IccpliiK bis stomach In tooil working order Ucjfayaii'jiluut! t.m equal tbcm
'by, my little boy and Klrl, tha them pb 1.' cm tint nap n then, take them They
were troubled I ih worms, both of them. The Utile nlrl wuaiuiiurybi.d waj. Iltr face was
sharp and pinched lookinic Wanted to sit mound the brute and ic cr i'o out Alwuya felt
tlrod Hothof them nto too much cnrdv.nnd jou know thr.t'H jul tha thlntt to help tho
worms. Well, 1 started Klvlnc them 'inbulc. I broko one Tabulc Into a towderfonn und
dissolved lila water I gave each of them thut do c throe 1 1 nun n day. Tho result vou can
ece for yourself Thoworm iru till cono novi.ond thu children nre as htnttby us I would
wUh them to he 'ihey want to bo out of doors uln. he time non.optrlilljr tho little clrl. 1
can't keep her In. llati win, bless jou, lean t rI" tin u oncut It n oidj lit iduht I
Bald to mother, wo abull huvo to husllo uiound now D Rtt enousu togctlitr to feed thusu
children.
Vnewityla parLet rontstnlor tki RirAKi Tisnci In a paper carton (without rUillino for Ml at Nimi
dnitf itnrfd rov vivs ccnts Thu Ui irluM Mrt ! lntsniti furt.iflpo 'ul tha wnimlil on dczea
of the flvpent ilrtnnn (1A) tNi- mii Ix lrn.1 liy iHitli br t'id.nv rri elf lit ,em ti ll uirASs c'iumual
I'oarAMT, No. iopruri'triHt.Ne,v Vurt orartultiirton ctiw iaplcmo till U ?ut Cor live rnta. UirAws
TAjitUJUULyklbO bvbadct kiovcu, cner.il toukixxr,i.cwa bfruti an4 t U'49r .iMrim jiai barLcr slMp.
o
did
Laiiups
We have a number
that we will close out
AT COST
This is a chance to get a
good lamp for little money.
tie ciEioK mm
(HMJLiEY GO.
-It!'.! Lnckiiwaunn Avemia
Lewis, Reilly
ALWAYS BUSY.
The march of
honest progress
w51l ever in
crease; O ti r
Shoesfor Spring
are FIT to
march the earth
Lewis, Reilly k Bavlss,
114-116 Wyoming Ave.
nttniw
WRIT Li IT DOWN
As oui needs sugge-os nn thins i'i ibe
olllce and htutloner lino and wln.ii jour
list Is full bring It to us and wo will Mir-prls'-
you with the novelties wo havo ic
celvcd lu up-to-date supplies foi jour ol
llce We have evci thing In the Ulank
Hook line, I'lHns Cabinets Document
11m .111 l)Aulnl Cnnlno T!n fill w nnd tllfi
laiscs't assortment of Hok stationery In
the Cltv. Whltii.B's Wcilirewood Hlue. the
very iaiei ciuur 111 uu pi.u m -iuvn
Reynolds Bros
STATION L'RS uml KXOR AVERS
1 ;q Wyoming Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
book
Medio!
ni;at. ih'kaulh boou hindino
is what you HLVbivr: ir you
LHAi; YOUIt OltUllIt WITH THH
TRIBUNE B1NDUKY.
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Wife
VifefeS!52a
-s3pj Up
- -er rz
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TT 1Y TT IP " 7 9 rO
. Ji I lb ID II U
tafaets9
and
CIhMdree95
Department r
Our Spring Opening of
i
Takes place this week, com
mencing on Monday, and we
invite every interested party
to attend the
Finest Display
of this particular line of
goods ever placed on sale by
us. The daintiest things im
aginable are here for your in
spection in Silk, Silk Mull,
ChifFon, Straw, Lawn, Etc.,
and in prices ranging from
25c to $12.00 each.
Our line of
Maflls' Img Cloaks
Is not surpassed by any es
tablishment and comprises
garments in Silk, Cashmere
and Bedford Cord, and the
prices range from $2.00 to
$15.00.
In Infants' Long and Short
Nainsook and Fine L,awn
Dresses we carry a very ex
tensive assortment.
New line of Babies' Fine
Flannel and Knit Sacques
and Jackets, Knit Bootees,
Etc., Etc. in fact, every
perquisite that a "Baby De
partment " is expected to
supply and all at popular
prices,
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Tur MotiFn.v H utDvRB Kronr.
Keep your nose on the
grindstone. Be alive to
what is going on around
you. Live buyers are
Liking advantage of our
offer of
HicWfr-Platcd Trays
For 15 cents each
FOQTE & SIMft CO.
no w.vsniorov avji
The Hunt &
CoirnjnieDE Co.
heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
and Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
iM iKlwmn Avenue
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Ocutiui Acenl lor tnd Wyoming
ImtrlcJ-
iliUInu, Wauling, Sportlnt, mokalall
und lliu Itcpnuno Chemio-i.
Luiupuny i
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
fculety Kuse, Oins mid Uvploden
r.gom Hit t'oniiell Ilulldln;.
no m ut ox
AailNOIhH
jiios roKH
joii.Mi.fMirii.vioN
VI. U MULUUA.N.
Pltlsta
Plymouth
WIlUes-liM"
and
Cloaks
lilt
Duroirs
POIH.