w THE SCRANTON TMBUJNE-TUESDAY, NOVEaiBER 7, 1899. (Se 5cwmfon $v8une PublUhed Dntly, Except Sunday, by Ths tribune rubllihlng Company, t Fifty Cent a Month. New York Office! 150 Nnsimu St., B. 8. VnEBLAND. Bole Agent for Foreign Advertising. Entered nt tbe roMofflce at Boronton. Pa., aa Bectnd-ClaBs Mall Matter. When paco will permit, The Tribune Is always glad to print short letter from Its frlcr.ds bearing on current topic out ltd rule Is that these must be signed, tor publication, by the writer' real name SCRANTON, NOVEMBER 7, 1809. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. State. Justice of the Supreme Court J. HAY BKOWN. of Lancaster. Judge of tho Superior Court JOHN I. MITCHELL, of Tlojja. State Trcasurcr-LIKUTENANT COL- ONHL JAMES E. BAHNETT, of Washington. County. Commlssloners-JOHN COUrtlEIt MOR HIS. of Scrnnton; JOHN PENMAN, of Olyphant. Audltors-WILLIAM E. JOHNS nnd ASA E. KIEI-'nil. both of Scranton. ELECTION TODAY. Correspondents nxo urged to use every endeavor to pet complete returns to The Tribune tonlRlit from every precinct In their territory at the carl lortt possible moment. The Tribune will be thnnkfttl to lt friends for volun tiered help In the collection or verifica tion of returns. Wnils from the Tombs. N THE PROCESS of letting them selves down ns Rel.tly as ponsIM. the men who have been exalting the Tnpnlog fiee booter, Apulnal do, ns u second Oeorge Washington iro now making faces at the members of the Philippine i,nmmmltlon. Beforo they knew for rc-taln Just what Ad miral Dewey's vleus were, they were heralding hi in a? one of their own num ber and Intimating very knowingly thnt something would drop when Dewey got home. In those days tho "antls" led In the applause whenever Dewey's name was mentioned, but things are different now. Carl Pcliurz rays Dewey stated an "untruth" vhen he said that no alli ance had been made with Agulnaldo. Wlnslow "Warren, chairman of the exe cutive committee of the Boston Antl Imperallst league, says the report of the Philippine commission was a "very pcod brief for the plaintiff"; in other words, that Schurman, Denby, Worces ter and Dewey deliberately made their report to order. Ervlng Wlnslow, sec retary of the league, calls the report an "administration document," which is true ennimh but not In the sense which he seeks to Imply. Senator Mason calls it "drear' rot"; and Edwin Burrlt Smith intimates that It was dis honestly drawn. The opinion of Seni tor Hoar has not beer published, but poor John Sherman U dragged Into the controversy with a muttering of dis satisfaction; and so the sequence goes down the melancholy line. Discussion of these comments Is un necessary. The public Is competent 'to draw Its own conclusions. Vote early. Vote the straight Repub lican ticket. Highway Robbery. ONE OF THE things which the Fifty-sixth congress should do Is to pass a law empower ing the Interstate Commerce commission to fix a maximum rate to govern the charges of the Pullman Palace Car company. Since that great corporation absoibed the Wagner com pany It is nbsoluteI In possession of the whole railway field and can dictate terms alike to railway managements and individual travelers. No trust ever organized was more completely without curb or check. The Philadelphia Press mentions an illustration of its methods which Is fa miliar to travelers. For a berth from New York to Syracuse, a distance of 300 miles.the Wagner company charged only $1.50, but the Pullman company, for a berth fiom Philadelphia to New York, only ninety miles, demands J2 nnd now that It has eliminated compe tition there will be nothing to prevent it from shoving Its demand up still higher, conscious thnt under existing conditions the convenience it denls In is a public necessity, for which the public can be made to pay whatever it has the nerve to1 charge. Enormous profits have been reaped by the Pullman company In n way that differs fiom the activities of the high nay lobber mainly in the fact that the Pullman corporation works within the otter of the law. If there is any moral difference, the comparison favors the toad agent, who does not make nny professions to respectability, but picks pockets openly and above board, often showing some measure of chivalry and fair dealing. It Is high time for con Kress to take In hand this matter of tho monopolistic traffic in the neces tary comforts of travel, and nrrange nenhs whereby the public will not be leld'up without limit or hope of re press. Make Democracy's defeat decisive, That Recent Prize Fight. "f RITICS OF Governor Roosevelt are now attacklns him be cause he did not order out tho ",; nillltla to prevent the recent irlze fight on Coney Island. Their ar jument Is. that the law against prize Jghtlng in New York state Is a state 'w .which the governor Bhould enforce. J3ut jf tho governor should have jasuri&d' the prerogatives of the sheriff In the manner indicated he would have laid (himself open to criticism equally is severe. Apart from the legal ques lon ns to whether the Jeffrles-Shar-tey battle constituted a violation of the law, which expressly permits box- nc contests with five-ounces gloves, uhejVUtempt to shoulder upon the gov ernor 'at Albuny a responsibility which eats uporitthtt inhabitants of tbe city f New York is neither fAlr nor credit ible. ,whWtl,0.people o' New York de- tided by -their ballots that they wanted 4 rarnmany Hall rule, .they knew full veil what that rule meant and they should not now enter the baby plen that It Is tho governor's placo to tnko them under his patcrnnl wing. They were informed thnt Tammnny ascend ency meant a "wide open" city, with vice given every privilege that It cared to pay for In pecuniary or political blackmail. They wore aware that the enthronement of Croker Implied thu casting oft of moral restraint and a carnival of alt the unholy elements In municipal pollution. This wns not merely asserted In campaign nppeals but established In bitter experience. The choice was made deliberately and the consequences should not ba shirked. It Is questionable If those who now censure Roosevelt would have approved had ho arbitrarily stopped the recent fight. There Is a surprising percentage o'f unconscious hypocrisy In tho general outcry against prize-fighting. People who can stomach foot ball have very little license to throw bricks at pugil ism. 1 Vote for Morris and Penman and for Johns and Klefer. Vote the straight Republican ticket. America at the Hague. A MOST INTERESTING fea ture of the North American Review of this month Is an examination of the proceed ings of tho recent pence conference at Tho Hague contributed by F. de Mar tens, of the Russian delegation and Soth Low of the delegation from the United States. These two papers nra In the nature of semi-official reports, the RusIan one outlining tho general scope nnd results of the conference nnd tho American one explaining more par ticularly tho attitude of the American delegation toward Its work. We deslro In this article to consider Mr. Low's paper more especially. As may be known by many of our renders, the disarmament portion of the conference's programme soon went by the board and attention was focussed upon certain more practicable problems, such us tho placing of new restrictions around warfare and tha facilitation of international nibltratlon. Tho real work of the conference crys talled In three conventions and. three declarations. The latter were: (1) A declaration prohibiting for five j ears the throwing of projectiles and explosives from balloons or by other analogous menns. To this the Ameri can delegation assented, partly because of the brief time limit and partly on account of the belief that use of bal loons in warfare, on account of their Instability, would unfaltly endanger non-combatants. (2) A declaration prohibiting the uso of projectiles having as their sole ob ject the diffusion of asphyxiating or deleterious gases. (3) A declaration prohibiting the uso of bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body, "such ns Jacketed bullets of which the Jacket does not entirely cover the core or has incisions In It." To the second and third of these dec larations the American delegation ob jected, for npparcntly good reasons. In asmuch ns there are no such piojectlles ns are mentioned in tho second declar ation the American reprf?entntlve3 at The Hague deemed It a piece of fool ishness to prohibit the hypothetical. Neither was It clear to them, Mr. Low explains, why shells which asphyx iate only should be foi bidden while shells which both explode and asphyx iate should be permitted. With regard to the third declaration Mr. Low ex plains at some length that It wasnlmei nt a particular bullet in use by a par ticular power (Great Brltcln); and when tho conference rerused to accept an amendment offered bj tho American delegation forbidding all bullets of an unnecessarily cruel character, an amendment which nfllrriied a principle rather than n detail, theio was left no alternative but to dissent. As to the general proposition that It is wise to curb the inventive spirit In its relation to warfare, M-. Low very properly re marks: "The fearful destructlveness of modern war is one very great restraint upon a resort to it. This is probably one of the reasons why, In America, It has never been thought wise to try to prevent the free application of In vention to the improvement of tha weapons and engines of war." The three conventions formulated at The Hague and signed by many of the powers subject to ratification In the or dlnary way were: (1) A convention for the pacific set tlement of International disputes. (2) A convention concerning the laws and customs of war on land. (3) A convention for the adaptation to mnrltlmo warfare of the principles of the Geneva conference. The second of these, which Is calcu lated to lessen the suffering of indi viduals nt the hands of armies in time of wnr, and to place limitations upon the action of Invading armies, was not signed by the United States, because It required careful examination by the proper authorities ns to Its details; the principle underlying it Is, however, heartily recommended. Tho third con vention was not signed nor recom mended, because tbe mixture of bad with good details raised a serious ques tion as to Its utility. V'e come now to the first and chief convention, the one aimed to do away aB far as possible with war. It divides into four parts: (l) A general pledge by the signatory powers to "employ all their efforts to assure the peaceful set tlement of International differences"; (2) an agreement as to mediation whereby powers drifting toward wnr may themselves ask for such good of fices from a friendly power or neutral powers may, at their discretion, tender such good offices and In no case Is such mediation to be considered an unfriend ly act (a special form of mediation pro posed by Mr. Holls of the American delegation and unanimously adopted permits each power In a dispute to pick a friendly power as Its second, these seconds to try to arrange matters like seconds In a duel); (3) a provision for disinterested International commissions of inquiry to ascertain the exact facts In cases of International dispute; and (4) the comprehensive scheme of a per manent International tribunal for the arbitration of differences which has already received ample explanation In , the Amarlcan cress; and to which re course Is voluntary; but whose award, once made, Is Imperious and final. This convention tho American delegation signed and It will come before the sen ate of the Fifty-sixth congress for ratification. It should bo added that at tho be ginning of the conference the American delegation caused to be placed on record a memorandum touching the question of disarmament which, while afllrmlnK tho general sympathy of the United Stntes In movements calculated to confer benefits upon mankind In other continents, declared the traditional po sition of the North American republic In respect of abstaining from Interfer ence with the domestlo concern of Eu rope and added these significant words: "The military and naval armaments of the United States are at present so small, relatively to the extent of ter ritory and to the number of tho popu lation, as well as In comparison with those of other nations, that their size can entail no additional burden of ex pense upon tho latter, nor can even form a subject of profitable mutual discussion." Sympathy for the "poor, oppressed Boers" may be well enough If expressed by those who have an unlimited supply to waste In a quiet way, but if the United States forgets that British Influ ence nlone saved us from disastrous European complications at the begin ning of the war with Srnln, we are in deed a nation of lugrates. An anonymous letter writer, who has caused a lot of trouble nt Reading, landed In Jail the other day. Tho anonymous letter writer Is almost as bad as the editor of a newppaper which ptlnts scandalous artlclei hinting at persons whoso names lire not men tioned. Both look best behind the burs. The Individual who can form any defi nite opinion of the situntlon In tho Transvaal from the pr-jaent dispatches received from the seat of war, must possess the gift of second sight. Admiral Dewey's Intimation that the fate of the nation does not depend upon one man looks like a dlrtcl slap at Hon. John Wanamaker. Great Britain now sees the folly of not loading up her transports during the first stages of the ultimatum busi ness. Colonel Barnett's tradur.ers are ex pected to experience trouble with cold feet this eve.ilng. Prove today that Lackawanna coun ty Is reliably Republican. All the election news, good or bad, In tomorrow's Tribune. This Is going to be a Republican day. HUMAN NATURE STUDIES As Seen by Others. Lewis Carroll, author of "Alice In Won derland," told with keen relish, says the Youth s Companion, of a rebuff glva.i 1:1m by a little girl who knew him only as a learned mathematician. "Hnvo you ever read 'Through tho Looking Glass?' " he naked her, expect ing an outburst of delight. "Oh dear, es'" bhe replied. "It Is even more stupid thun 'Alice In Wonder, land!' Don't you think so?" Wordsworth could not conceal his chagiln when ho heard that his neigh bors, the furmers, described him ns "a d.ift. Idle bpdy, who went moaning about the hills und hnd not wit enough to raise n Hold of oats." The following anecdote of Henry Clay was told by ono of his personal friends: While making the journey to Washing ton on tho Nutlonal road, just after his nomination as candidate for tho presi dency, he was travelling one stormy night, wrapped up in a hugo cloak, on tho back scat of the stugo coach, when two passengers entered. They were Ken tucklans, like himself. Ho fell asleep, and whon he awoko found them discuss ing his chances In the coming cam paign. "What did Henry Clay go into politics for?" said one. "Ho had a good bit of land; ho bad a keen eye for stock. It h had stuck to stock-raising ho'd hava been worth his fifty thousand. Hut now ho doesn't own a dollar" Not So Savage as He Looked. Many years ngo a number of Peoila Indians oiganlred a show company ana mado a tour of tho east. They wero most. ly half-breeds and all were thoroughly educated In Fngllsh, but It was stipu lated by tho management that they must talk only In their native tongue, and when they got en their war togs thoy looked bavage enough, Indeed. Among the company was Will Labadle, well known In Galena, says the Galena Ro. publican, and one evening ho was stand ing In the coirldor of nn Eastern hotel, dressed in his chief b robes and looking every Inch the savtgo man of fiction, when ho wtih approached by nn elegantly gowne-d lady, and the following conver sation ensued; "How-" "r:gh." "You big chief In y ur own country?" "Cgh." "You go to Washington to see great White Father?" "Ugh." "You cannot speak white man's tongue; you no speak Encllph?" "No, nuulnm. I icgret to say that I do not understand tho language." Tho poor woman was greatly surprlted and embarrascd, but perhaps not so much ns n bevy of gills on a later oc casion. In almost every town some of tho audience would remain behind to got a better view of the cwful savages. Ono night Labadle had taken Ms scat in tho orchestra box after tho show and fou or flvo young ladles who were stunning near commenced to comment on his per sonal appearance. "How would you like to kiss him?" suid ono of the maidens, with a titter. "Oh. girls! let's all do It Just to see how It would feci to kiss a real Indian!" exclaimed one more dar ing than tho rest, whereupon Labadle turned calmly to them nnd said: "Ladles, nothing would afford me morn pleasure than to give nu a prnctlcal Il lustration of the osculatory accomplish ments of tho red man." There was a chorus of little screams, a swish of sklrta and tho theater was empty. Dewey After the Manila Jay Battle. Admiral Dewey, In conversation with some Boston fi lends recently, says tho Globe, told an Interesting chap ter In his Manila experiences after he had destroyed the Spanish fleet. The battle Itself, he declared, was nothing, but It was after the battle had been fought nnd Spain's power on the sea destroyed, that his troubles com menced, "There were at that time," ho said, "thirteen ships of all ictlons In the bay? all of them, with the exception of lht British, vnfrlcndly, all of them offlceied by experienced men, all of them waton Ing for the slightest mistake that we might make. "The situation was full of complica tions. There were any number of dell- oooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooo 0 Watches, Rings, Jewelry, ooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooo I Sale Begins Tomorrow ooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooo 0 Tin --n) oooooooooooooooooooooooooo 00000000000000000000000000 Ornamental Ornamental Floors, such as we offer have been in use in Europe for generations. They are no ex periment, It is safe to consider that no out lay will so furnish and enrich a dwelling as these ornamental floors. They are cheaper than carpets. Floors laid and finished in best manner. Fine line of patterns to select from. Estimates furnished and all work guaranteed. Hill & Connell 121 N. Washington xVvo., Scranton, Pn, cnto questions coming up to be decided. Questions which ought to neve, been de cided by a lawyer well verbed In Inter national law, nnd not a tailor who know only such law as ho had been nblo to pick up, and whoso law library was ex tremely limited. "The situation at one time was such that It took almost tho entire tlmo of two officers to search the books to seo what we might do and what wo wero not allowed to do. Why," eald the ad miral, with an expressive gesture, "a good lawyer at that time, a man familiar with International law, would have been worth his weight In gold and diamonds and rubles." "And probably, If you had had a law yer on your staff," al(. one of his audi ence, "he would have made nny amount of trouble for you nnd tha government, which you avoided because you made common sense take the place of law." The Husband'a First Thought. Excitement Is often the cause of strange telegrams, as well as of other strange manifestations. A man who had boon one of the passengers on a shipwrecked vessel was rescued almost by a miracle, on arriving at a place from which ho could send a telerraphlc message, he for warded the following despatch to his OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO . . AUCTION SALE. ooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooo kWAkAAMAAAAANAAMAMAAAMAAAA We will close out at auction sale the entire stock of our two stores. Everything will be sold as rapidly as possible. We are going out of business we must get out as quickly as we can. Nothing will be reserved. The sale includes : Diamonds, Art Goods, Brk-a-Brac, Gentlemanly ushers will be on hand to conduct ladies to chairs reserved for them. Any article in either store may be called for and put up at auction sale at any time. The goods from our Wyoming avenue store will be sold at Lackawanna avenue store. The highest bidder gets the goods always. You can't afford to stay away. SALES DAILY, io TO 12 A. M. 2 TO 4 P. M. 7.30 TO 10 EVENING. Rexford u-iiwtutwi. vv iwmiinutvu, No matter how hard you try of a better place to buy your office sup plies and stationery than at our es tablishment. We carry our lines as near complete as possible. We cater for the up-to-date trade and if its a good thing in office wants we have it. We still put the planitarv pencil sharpener on trial in any offiice for ten days free of charge, Our line of Stationery and Engraved work is as dainty as ever and wish you to in spect our lines. Reynolds Bros STATIONERS an J BXGKAVEUi Scranton Pa. Lotlher Keller lIhe, cement, SEWER PIPE, Etc. nrd and Olllos West Lackawanna Ave,, SCRANTON, PA. brother: "I am navid. Try to break It to my wife." Youth's Companion. Justifiably Disappointed. "What's the trouble, WIUIeT" said Mrs. Polndextcr to her small son, who wns crying. "My klto won't fly," sobbd Willie, "ana I made It of fly-paper, too." Harpor'H Daxar. . 1 P,.ill IW Yra Cannot Think Silverware, Clocks, Etc., Etc., Etc. Aftermoomio S 0 0 0 s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 s C39 j. u v o a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 For Weddieg Preseotec The largest and finest As sortment of Sterling Silver-ware Prices ranging from $r.oo to $100.00. MERCEREAU k CWIEil 130 Wyoming Avenue. Heatflnig Stoves, RaogeSo Fmr maces, PlMmMing1 aod Tim lego G1WSTEIR k EOESYTi, K5-3 PENN AVENUE. INLEY'S N The of the Seasom A purchase of near ly 2,000 yards ena bles us to offer the greatest value in up-to-date silks that that have ever been brought to this city. The lengths vary from 5 to 15 yards each, and for com plete Dresses, Sepa rate Waists or Fine Wrap Linings, are the opportunity of a lifetime. They are arranged into 3 lots as follows AT 69c 88c $Ho2g worth worth worth $1.00. $1.25. $1.75 to $2.25 Sale Opens Saturday Morning. 5110and5!2 LACKAWANNA AVENUB Tub JIodeux IlAnnwAnn Sioai. New arrivals pat terns that will surely please you. If you want the best, come here. BOTE k SIEAE CO. 1 19 N. Washington Ave. The Hymt & Commell Co, Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. IM Lackawanna Aveau: HENRY BEL1N, JR., licuer.il Aceut for taj Wyuiuui Uii.lrlct.j- WPB1T D Allium;, lllaatlng.Hportln;, Hmolso'.w aud luo llopuuno UliemiM. Co.npivuy I HIGH EXPLOSIVES. tulety iMUe, Cup unit KxploJac. Itoout 401 Connell UulUluj. tioruuOa. fO Tl Tl Silk ScTh & Disks raws AUKNOIbil THOS. FOrtD. - - Plttiton. JOHN 13. SMITH & BON, Plymouth. W, E. MULLIGAN, . Wllkei-Uarre,
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