"t . WV ' wto- THE SCRANTON XRIBUNJ5-WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1899. I'lihll-itiPd Unity, Kici-pi Himiliiv. Iv lit 1 rllrtinorubllchlni; Comp.iny, at I'lft Oonli u.Month. t-K YorliOrrlce! IMi Nnmim HU, M. H. VUKKIiANI fcolo Af-cnt for Korelgn AilvertlMii7. IIIIKIIKI) AT T1IK rOSTOPFirK AT BCnANTO.V, I'A.i AS MtCOND-CI.ASS MAIL M ATTKrt. TEN PAGES. SCRANTON, WAT 3, 1809. "With its lionry-combcd pavements and soft coal sinoke, Scrunton Ih rapid ly tieconiln- n locality thnt cuniiot lie enjoyed as a residence oil, save In ln btances where hope sprlti-s eternal. The Eulo of Merit. The re-election yesterday of County SHperlntondent Taylor by n vote ho nearly unanimous as to amount to that was a result upon which the people of the county tiro to bo conKratulated. Sir. Taylor's tiRKrcsslve and Intelligent KuporvlElon of county educational In terests has been of a character fully to justify his retention In ofllee. Equally acceptable to the people Is the action of the Scrunton board of con trol In re-electlnB City Superintendent Howell without opposition. Sir. Howell has demonstrated under trylnp circum stances that he Is the man for the place. Under his direction the educa tional Interests of the city have been systematized and vitalized; worth and not pull has governed the employment nnd promotion of teachers and the en tire trend of city school work has been forward and upward. Good work Is nowhero more deserv ing of appreciative reward than In con nection with public Instruction. The good teacher and the good supervisor of teachers are alike Invaluable. 'When found they should bo retained In spite of politics or factional clashing. The continual rise In wages has left nothing before the calamity prophets but work. Too Previous. Having learned that Senator Quay and his friends were Inclining favor ably toward the candidacy of General Daniel McMurtrle Gregg for state treasurer, David Martin, tho Philadel phia Tress and other leaders and organs of tho recent "Insurgent" moe ment are trying by vociferous praise tn mark General Gregg ns their own. The nttempt is not likely to succeed. Gregg Is not the property of any fac tion. No man can own him. No man can boss him. Least of all would he identify himself with men dlslovnl to Republican organization or Implicated In the despicable recent conspiracy against Senator Quay. Gregg Is a sol dier, a stalwart and a man of honor. iPettlfoggers.pledge-breakeis and politi cal parasites belong to a category which he has no use for. General Gregg would make nn excel lent state treasurer and as a candidate would poll the party's united strength, with some Democratic votes besides. Ills nomination would close the breach In tho Republican party's ranks so far as that breach has been caused by honest differences of opinion and Judg ment, and It would doubtless pave the way to a certainly most desirable gen eral reconciliation. But If this result l to be brought about, David Martin, the Philadelphia Press and men and organs or their vindictive and en venomed kind had better not attempt to pose as its sponsors. Tho next state convention will be controlled, not by tho enemies but by the friends of the political leader whom they have hound ed and maligned beyond precedent or provocation, and not even General Gregg's high character nnd marked popularity could dominate a Quay con vention if used as pawns by insurgent plotters. The first rays of the dawn of peace liavo a bewildering effect on the orbs of the antl-imperlalist owls. ' That Agreement Concerning China. The official announcement that Eng land and Russia have signed an agree ment respecting their "spheres of In fluence" In China and that under the terms of their understanding the "open door" is to swing Inward for Ameri can imports on the same terms as any other Imports is one of the most sig nificant pieces of news which have, come over the wires In many a day. It Is Important In its direct slsnlll-t-uncc as bearing upon tho most omin ous International problem of tho age and It Is doubly important as tending to indicate that international arbitra tion or its equivalent namely, the set tlement of differences without recourse to war Is coming rapidly within the range of things not only possible but practicable. Unless all signs deceived, England nnd Russia were tin the brink of war when this agreement wns reached. Uy no other theory can wo account for tho unprecedented naval preparation' which England was making on tl'; one hand and for the equally extra ordinary military activities of the St. Petersburg government on the other, proceeding quietly but steadily right in the face of tho czar's pacific letter culling upon the great powers to dla urm. There is reason to bellevo that neither England nor Russia wanted war; certainly tho responsible rulers of those countries worked nlslit and day to prevent It. IJut the tension had become such as greatly to imperil tholr paclflo Intentions nnd tho completion of an agreement virtually conceding to England all that England had any moral right to expect comes us almot providential in Its timeliness. Russia will keep this treaty, becauso the moral sentiment of Chrlrtendom In be hind It; and after Its execution talk of disarmament will ueem less oath leal. The victory Is American as well cs lirlttsh. Of tho Interested pnrtle.i wo nro not sure that the United Stales is not, .ifjer all. the chief gainer. V,'o have had no part and wo win have no part In tho ford'jlo partition of China. That tincl-nit cmplri, tbrtugh Its more Intelligent oificia'.-j, reiwgnVes In America a gen H-.vi friend. There will not be folt toward us by the fa uie Iieneratlons of Chinese that aversion which goctt out to spoliator'., or that Instinctive reiuij-.i'inr-i whlc.i the lobbfd feel for the sons and riatn;!t'crs of the robbr.i. Tin- ..tn-rlMu people ciin uo Into Clilntt for trnds with a clean conscience. Ilia port'j of CHnu will ha keep open to us and, mor than that, the hearts of the Intelligent Chinese In the coming generations of China's reconstruct Ion will bo kept open, ulso, The characteristic Ingen uity of the American people will speed ily solve the commercial problems of this new theater of International com petition for business and, without fir ing a shot or hazarding a life on schi'ines of territorial conquest the American expansionists of the year, to bo will grow up Into the same primacy In the waters and lands of the North I'aelllc that they have already nc qulrii'l In the Western Atlantic and the Caribbean sea. The action of the councils by more than a two-thirds vote In directing the mayor to execute a now contract with the Uarbcr Asphalt company for the Immediate repairing of tho paved streets In accordance with the agree ment entered Into last year will be sustained by tho sober nnd responsible Judgment of tho people nnd will bo fully vindicated by time. Secretary Long's Answer to the Ad niinistiatlon's Cntlcs. A philosophic view of tho Philippine problem is taken by the secretary of the navy. In a speech delivered at Rosttm on Dewey day Mr. hong direct ed the attention of New England to the fact that no real difference In pol icy exists between the administration and Its critics. The difference Is main ly one of words. "In tho prosecution of the war," said he, "it is clear that as a military move ment, as proved by Its success, the tiling to do was to strike at Spain in the Philippine islands, and that having conquered her there, wo held th- Philippines as a result of the war. Per sonally, I should have been very glad if, as I said once before, that elephant had never been put upon our hands. Rut nt the end of the war tho Islands were In our hands. There wns nlniost a unanimity of agreement our beloved senator, Mr. Hoar, himself agreeing that these Islands should not be left In the hands of Spain. It is possible you may think otheiwise, but. I am clearly of the opinion that, going a step further, our government could not abandon these Islands at once, which would have been to leave them and all their property and Interests in n state of chaos. Indeed, that sepms to bo the final opinion of the recent meet ing In Tremont Temple, In which so many of our respect citizens partici pated; for, in reading the report of that meeting, I am very much struck with the utter divergence between the tone of the speeches there and the tone of the resolutions adopted. These resolutions expressly provide that be fore even entering upon the basis of recognition of the freedom and Inde pendence of the islands, there shall be proper guarantees of order and protec tion of property. Also that tho United States shall encourage nnd assist in the organization of government there, nnd not until this organization Is stable shall the United States recognize the Independence of the Filipinos, and oven then only gradually withdraw its mili tary and naval powers. In other words, tho minute that meeting came to commit Itself to a. definite policy, it adopted almost exactly the line wnleh the president expressed, for In stance, in his lloston speech, and which he has been consistently following. "One would think from what some nay that the president had gone out of his way to begin an nsrault nnd In vasion upon the Philippines. On the contrary, at the date to which I have referred, around that gieat rlty of Manila, where life and property were congregated and entitled to protection, Agulnaldo and his followers were mak ing their assault, shooting down our soldiers, creating riot nnd dlstut banco, endangering life nnd property, nctually lighting the torch nnd attempting to burn the city. I can nardly believe that even the critics of the administra tion approved of this at that time or that they approve of tho Filipinos tir ing on our flags of truce. And yet I can not help noticing that some of them hnve no word of sympathy for our soldiers and countrymen, who, in their lino of duty, were exposed to those dangers in and about Manila. They have no word of praise for the gallant Funslon. Yet when Horatlus won ettrnal fume by swimming the Tiber, lie was escaping from the foe; when the young Knnsan crossed the Rio Grande, it was to attack tho enemy nnd In the very teeth of (ho enemy's lire. Rut if .'omo atrocious slander is invented against the good conduct or humanity of our army, it is a source of delight to them." The cheery philosophy In Secretary l.ong'u nature shows forth In thesu words: "1 nm ono of those who be lieve In freedom of speech. There are occasions when tho&e In official posi tions a ro expected to bo reserved. Rut among tho people I thinlc criticism of those in power is often useful and good, even if not wholly warranted as well as prals-e. I have no doubt thnt It Is all vlfjht for those who do not like the way tlilngi nro run to pitch into those who run them. A hard name now and then or nu exaggerated term does no leal harm. It Is very much llko a debate In congress, whero two members of Unit august body seem to Hay each other and then shake hands when they meet outside nnd find tho cuticle unbroken. No great harm, I say, will bo done to long as the grent public makes tho proper discount. You certainly may bo sure of ono thing, that the administration Is Just as hu mane und just ns eager to do right as any man or woman in Massachusetts, and that Is the highest standard T know of on all this footstool. You may bo sure that It has not the leust Idea of putting any shackles or fetters on any Filipino, not so much us a cotton twine siring around his ankles. You may be sure that It is more eagor to stop bloodshed nnd secure peaco than you are, because It lias to bear the responsibility. You may bo sure that It will do everything It can to carry tho blessings of uur own civilization to these Islands of the sen, and that Its highest ambition will be fulfilled lr, throngl Its efforts, from oppression and darkness they shall como out Into the light of the new world and be sot upon the way to the enjoyment of tho same liberties, tho samo education, the same government, the same largo, gen erous happy life which Is now the heri tage of every American citizen in whatever part of the great American union he lives." If talk like this docs not make the antl-lmpcrlullsts ashamed of them selves, then their cuse is hopeless. In Sunday Journalism, especially In the Inland cities, the newspnper scape goat seems to bo one of tho necessary features of the printing establishment. The newspaper scapegoat Is gcnerallv an Inoffensive Individual who. whether guilty or not, has to take the drub bings that are administered, or the looks of annihilation that are given by those who have been assailed In print. Scranton has furnished some amusing instances of tho trials of tho scapegoat who suffers for tho sins of others, but ho Is continually getting In front of the enemy's guns nnd probably will do so to the end of the chapter. As In tho case of tho publisher of a hot-stuff paper who fell before tho onslaught o nn indignant councilman tho other day, the individual who seeks to punish nn offender Invariably selects the wrong man. The writer who brews the venom and dips his pen In gall, ns smiles of ghoulish glee Illumine his countenance with Satanic lustre, keeps In the back ground, while the scapegoat, lingering about tho firing line, takes the conse quences of tho satire of his associates. The troubles of the scapegoat should bo a warning to the nmbltlous who do sire to be editors and make things smoke where the proper fuel Is scarce. Tho Sons of tho Revolution at Detroit tho other day became enthusiastic and cabled congratulations to Adlmrnl Dewey. On account of heavy tolls Dewey will bo justified in answering by slow freight. And now a syndicate has been or ganized to control the American pea nut crop. Red lemonade Is about all that remains for the trust of tho fu ture. Recent events prove that Gentrul Luna. Is not so much so as his name would indicate. Oiba's Big Ne?d Is Public Schools. E. J. Gibson, In Philadelphia Press. ONE of tho greatest needs of Cuba is a public school system. Over 7fi per cent, of the population cun neither read nor write. The latest Spanish statistics on this subject give the percentage of the G2S.998 col ored people who could read or write as 11.7, and of the 1,102,089 whites as 35.1. Rut the best estimates make the popu lation of the island at the present time not much over l,000,000,exclud!ng Ameri cans, and as there was no effort In the last year of Spanish rule to keep up the few so-called public schools that previously existed, It is probable that the percentage of illiteracy nt the close of the war was much greater than ever before. Outside of the cities not 5 per cent, of the population can read or write. To expect such a population to maintain a republican form of govern ment is preposterous. o General Wood, the military governor of Santlagoprovince.wnsquiekto recog nize the great necessity for public schools, and he nppointed a commission to make a thorough investigation of the subject. In their report the commis sioners stnte that a general system of public Instruction was not undertaken until 1S12, or S28 years after the Spanish established themselves on the Island. Rut even then not much more was done than to issue decrees to which llttlo attention was paid. Captain General Concha, In lS,"0-9, was the first gover nor who really took any great Inter est In this matter. He made It obli gatory on the town councils to provide for tho support of the schools, nnd he established a normal school at Guana boca, under the direction of the church. Rut that normal school, inefficient as it was, closed tn 1S6S. In December, 1SS0, a decreo was issued providing for gratuitous primary instruction to those whom the parish priests certified were unable to pay; but nothing higher than this rudimentary Instruction was ever mude free and that was more In name than In fact. The teachers in all cases were Spanlnrds, and as the schools were under the direction of the priests, tlie supposed Interests of tho church were the first concern of the instruct ors. Christian doctrine nnd tho ele ments of sacred history were the chief things taught In the primary schools. Rut there were few of these school3 and the attendance was ridiculously small. This led to tho issuance of a decree in 1SS0, making it compulsory for all children, between the ages of fi und 9 years, to attend school. Rut like other wise decrees, It was never en forced. No schoolhouses were ever built on tho island and there was no school Inspection of any kind. o The commission In Its report to Gen eral Wood says: "Tho indifference, caprice, neglect and rapacity of the governing authorities left tho admir able promises of tho law without en forcement or application. Tho resources of the country were diverted to other ends, and the result was a mero shadow of an educational establishment, totally Inadequate In extent, and highly In efficient In operation, so fur ut least as tho primary and secondary schools were concerned. No sucli thing as a free public school In tho American mean ing exists or has existed In Cuba. So far as Is known, there is not a single building nor a foot of land In this prov ince owned by the people for school purposes, and not a slnglo dollar of endowment for any educational Institu tion." That was the result of nearly four centuries of Spanish rule. In 1S7S the governor general of tho Island In a public document, referring to tho col ored population, declared that "the sacred duty of teuehlng tho ignorant has been neglected for ngea in regard to this unfortunate race." o General Wood has made It his duty to establish public schools as rapidly as possible, and 'thero nro today, not withstanding the lack of revenues and the disordered state of things, more schools In operation In this province than ever beforo In tho history of tho Island. What has been done elsewhere on the Island hi not ensy to tell, as Governor General Urooko told mo In Havana that he hnil not yet had time to take up the matter, and had no gen eral report bearing on tho subject. It is n significant fact that a person can stand In ono place In tho suburbs of this city and see twenty or thirty well built block houses or "forts," ninny of them constructed of stone, and other fortifications costing millions of dellars and yet look In vnln for n single echool house. Tho same thing Is true, In i more ir less degree, of every city and town In tho Island. Tho Spanish pro gramme was that of expending enor mous millions of dollars f$rod front the people to keep them In virtual slav ery, but not a slnglo dollar for a solnol house. Tomas Estrada Palmn, In writing In 1R93 nbout tho terrible wrongs lnlllcted on Cuba by tho Spanish government said: "Docs tho government favor us more In the mutter of education? It Will suffice to state that only $132,001) aro assigned to public instruction in our splendid budget. It may bo noted 'that tho University of Havana Is a source of pecuniary profit to tho state. On the other hand, this Institution Is without laboratories, instruments, and even without water to carry on expel 1 ments. All the countries of America, excepting Rtillvln, nil of them, includ ing Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad nnd ttuadaloupe, whero the colored raco predominates, spend a great denl moro than the Cuban government for tho education of the people. On tho other hand, only Chile spends as much as Cuba for tho support of an army. In view of this, It Is easily explained why 70 per cent, of such an Intelligent i ml wideawake people as that of Cuba can not read and write. Tho most neces sary Instruction among us, tho mmt technical and Industrial, does not ex ist. The careers and professions most needed by modern civilization are i ot cultivated In Cuba. In order tn be come a topographer, a scientific agri culturist, nn electrician, nn lndiintrl.il or mechanical engineer, a railroad or mining engineer, the Cuban liar, to so to a foreign country. The !t!itt- In Cuba docs not support a slnglo public library." Spalnlsh statistics are of dougtful utility, owing to their lack of accuracy. Rut they are always certain to make the best showing possible. hi view ot thnt fact It is Interesting to r'ai that the official Spanish reports show of public and private schools In 1Ks7 ono for each 1,517 of population, whilo the official reports made to Great hru tain in 1893 show one school for every I.S00 persons. The Spanish report for 1S95 gave ono public school for every 1,800 of the Inhabitants, with the ex planatlon that 461 ot tho 910 puhllc schools were "Incomplete" that is, lit tle of anything was taught In them excepting "Christian doctrine and ,e ments of sacred history." Tho same official Spanish report gave the at tendance at all schools on the 'stand ns one for each twenty-live Inhabi tants. Even the school books ...?J, written and published In Spain, -i5 full of gross blunders, even misinfor mation being taught about the ,eo graphy of Cuba. There were at .10 beginning of the Insurrection In ho island In 1S93 only 449 "complete" public schools, even taking the Span ish view of "complete." The Spaniard? and Cubans, who were nble to do ;.i, sent their children to private schools or abroad to be educated, or employ. id competent tutors. o The infamous course of Spain toward Cuba may be gathered from the fact that for the seventeen years of peace preceding the outbreak in 1R93, the Cuban revenue averaged ?", 400.000 an nually. Less than one-half of 1 per cent, of that sum was set aside for public Instruction. Precisely three times ns much was paid out of the Island treasury to maintain the Roman Catholic church as was paid for the purpose of public instruction. Nearly seventy times as much was paid out of the treasury for military and naval purposes, and expenses Incident there to, as was paid out for public Instruc tion. Rut all that has been reversed. Cuba does not pay a cent today for military nnd naval purposes, and it does not pay a cent to maintain an established church. It has more pub lic schools than ever before' In Its his tory, and as soon as General Brooko takes up the subject and sufficient revenues are provided, the numbers ot these schools will be enormously in creased. . Moreover, the teachers will be competent to instruct, and the In struction will not be largely confined to sectarian religion, as that will be elim inated, but to reading, writing and the other necessary branches of a primary education, with advanced schools for those who wish to attend them. And the "schools will be free, nnd no fees will bo charged. Cuba today In such matters Is far ahead of anything ever known under Spanish rule,' and the good work hac only begun. A country demanding to be allowed to govern itself when it Is without a single public school house, or a slnsle bank, savings or otherwise. In which money can be placed at Interest, with out one public library, with no public charitable institutions worthy of men tion: devoid of public roads worthy of tho name; with only about 10 per cent, of the land at pressnt under cultiva tion; with interest rates varying from 10 to IS per cent.; with many of Its cities devoid ot pavements, niicl all ot them, excepting Havana, without sew ers, and few there; with a city of 40, 000 Inhabitants Puerto Principe with out a hotel; to say nothing of the fact that over 70 per cent, of tho popu lation can neither read nor write, seems to bo folly almost beyond conception. Rut that demand comes only from tho men who wnnt tho offices to continue for their own benefit tho iniquitous government -vvhlch Spain for centuries lnlllcted on the Island. The eagerness with which the people are studying the English language, even tho boot blacks on the stteets learning It from nuch ot their number as can nail, and tho rap id adoption of American buiinoss nielli, ods, and the anxiety shown to become Americans speak well for tho future. MUNICIPAL LIGHT TLANTS. Ilochester Post-Kxpiess. Commentlni; on the fact that a commit teo of tho common council ut Oranue, X. J., has Bono to Chumbersbiu'K. Pa., to "Inspect" a municipal ductile light plant thero with tho view of cstabllhhlng ono nt home, tho Rlectrleul Hevlow i: "It Is hoped that tho committee will have a good time but It is to be feared that they will be led astray by tho old fallacy of municipal ownership. One of tho reasons why town couiioIIh are misled Into exIraviiKant und daimcrouH experi ments III this direction." It anils. "U that It is so eusy to elective them it"iut technical mutters. It In reported tli.ii ill Orange council wus Informed by mi ' glncor that a plant could be built to sup ply their 301 full arcs at J.M n your each. Tlio present prlco Is $85." To expose tho absurdity of this engineer's figures, the Electrical Review cnlls attention to tho fact tlnit In Detroit, where municipal dec trio lighting Is cnnied on under the mott favorable conditions, the lighting com missioners themselves admit that each llfrlit costs JS.I.W. which excludes taxes ond Includes only n 3 per cent, deprecia tion. If a depreciation of 6 per cent, were allowed, a depreciation recognized by tho best authorities ns none too high, each lleht would cost ncnrly $100. In order to get tho low figures mentioned by the commissioners, they say: "The results, ntch ns they are, have been secured only by the. practice of the strictest economy and the rigid exclusion of nil thoie ele ments apt to Intrude. Into the adminis tration of public municipal affairs nnd which operate only to confound business principles nnd political expediency In perplexing entanglement." In not ono In a hundred cities in tho United States Is this entanglement avoided or ever likely to bo avoided. REXFORD'S, May 3, 1899. The attraction at this store is the downright Tightness of everything we sell : Right Goods, Right Prices. Right Styles. If any other jewelers in town are as busy as we are, we're glad of it, and the store not a month old. Dainty small ladies' watches. Ithe prices $5.00 to S75.00, one as reasonable as the other. 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