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THE SCRANTON TRIBUJSii-WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1899.
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SCUANTON, NOVF.MU13R 8. 1399.
Colonel Harnett's traduccrs nro
probably now willing to admit that It
wns all a Joke.
The Result.
IN VIEW of the complexity and
uncertainty of tho local returns
at the hour of writing, comment
and analysln are withheld. The
Keneral returns are not far different
from prevalent expectations. Ohio and
Kcntucky.the Important battle grounds,
appear to be safely Republican, but
Nebraska and Maryland are lost and
the llKht vote In other states causes
reduced majorities". The election of
Harnett in Pennsylvania, In view of
all the circumstances, can be con
strued In no other way than as a re
buko to the men who introduced per
sonal defamation Into tho canvass
HRalnst him. Hut for this factor hla
vote wou'd no doubt have been less.
Generally speaking, It Is tho old story
over ugiiln, of Republican "oft year"
apathy. It takes a hot fight to bring
nit the Republican party's mettle.
It Is always the Democrat residing
in Republican Htrongholds that has the
incut to say regarding a non-partisan
vontest.
Remember the flnine.
THE RELIEF has probably
never been abandoned by
the American people that
the mytttei-.v of the Malno
would one day be cleared tip. Interest
In the subject is revived by the an
nouncement In Havana dispatches
that additional information has recent
ly come Into" the possession of tho
authorities, who arc nbout to put their
bands upon the guilty parties.
This may or may not be accurate;
the authorities are properly non-committal;
but It seems reasonable that
American Intervention In Cuba, with
its control of every avenue of Informa
tion and power, would not fail to In
clude among Its purposes the most
persistent attempt to hunt down the
assassins of our noble battleship and
Its gallant crew. The guilt which
could plan nnd execute so infamous
a crime ns that cannot forever be hid
den; soner or later It Is bound to re
veal Itself. If the secret service of tho
United States government has not al
ready got hold of the threads of the
conspiracy the public can feel assured
that It is neglecting no opportunity to
aciilre this grasp, which, once ob
tained, will be followed up relentless
ly. Back of all the political conse
quences of the war with Spain, which
have probably meted out to tho Span
ish nation full punishment for the
mlsgovernment in whose shadow such
a crime could be conceived, there ilea
the great unsolved question of per
sonal responsibility; nnd. the officials of
the United States would be recraar.t
to every Instinct of humanity if they
should relax detective operations un
til this' personal guilt Is established
and answered for as befits Its ufpre
cedented enormity.
Farmer Creasy will doubtless hero
after keep off the grass on the
political Majuba Hill.
The Kaiser's Opportunity.
AS THE EMPEROR of
Oermany decided to aban
don the traditional insular-
Ism of continental policy so
maiked In tho earlier history of the
Utrnian confederation nnd to Identify
himself on the side of the great pro-Bi-cpkIvo
powers, Great Riltaln and tho
United States? Is the mighty intluetic-
of tho German empire hereafter to be
used, not hh a pawn In the l.nm Inn
games of the continental Intriguers,
but us a vital force In behalf of tha
world's highest civilization nlong broad
lines of international justice and fair
ldy? In other words, has the sue-ceisi-r
of Hlsmnrck at the helm of the
Gsrman ship of state decided at last
to discard o far as possible the franlc
and brutnl Machl.ivelllsm of tho Iron
Chancellor and substitute therefor aa
his chart nf action a doctrine of moral
responsibility not limited by his em
pire's immediate bounds?
These Interesting questions are sug
gested In pail by the announcement
thai an .amicable agreement has prae
tpa'l,y"been arrived at by Groat Rrlt
in, the, Unltetl States and Germany
.with respect to Samoa, (a most sur
prising evidence of mutual good will
wholly at variance with the spirit of
Tiiftt' negotiations upon thla subject);
hnj in part by the assertion by Walter
Wefnnn'.'ivho has again taken charge
of. the Washington correspondence for
the Chicago Times-llcrald, that these
three powers liavo not only agreed na
to Samoa, but havo extended this co
Incidence of policy to cover the great
prdblein of the future of China nnd aro
working, together along tho lines of u
thorough diplomatic accord In behalf
ojt4 the maintenance In all parts of
fjhlna of "the open door." This asier
ijon Is put forward by Mr. Wellman
with conildanco and In supporting it ho
evolve a most plausible theory, to wit;
Not' long ago England was wholly iso
lated.' Hlio stood alone, Amerlcu, for
nifrty looheU upon as a traditional enemy,
wua the flrat of England's new-found
friends. The rappruachement between
theso powers constituted a combination
of such iStTcngth that n third power wiu
attracted by it and knocked at tho door
Wf admittance. This was " Germany.
Tho Icalaor, who is showing strength and
steadiness of character predicted of him
by but few observers ten years ago, was
olwaJIsned with his alliances, Italy and
AUBtrltt-had fallen back to the rank of
Kbond'.Jfnot third Tate powerB, and the
drelbund was Ineffective In the world's
H
larger politics. Russia was friendly, hul
playing for Franco more than for Oer
many. That tho kaiser mado conscien
tious efforts to bring on n rappronchemorit
with France, cm effort to go with Russia
Into a combination which might revive
Napoleon's dream of tho continent united
against England, Is undoubted. Nor is It
doubted that ho wns In this attitude of
mind when Dswey at waiting at Manila
chafing under German annoyances, Rut
Trance, mad with hatred, dreaming of the
Ithlno and revanche, could not meet theso
overtures, and tho affaire Dreyfus was
the lait bitter drop In tho kaiser's cup.
Disgusted with Franco nnd not over well
pleased with Russia, ho turned his eyes
westward, Ho was In a natural and
prudent way seeking friends for Germany.
He wanted strong, trustworthy friends,
Russia's foreign policy Is consistently
mysterious; Franco Is ever erratic and
uncertain In nil things stivo her hatred for
Germnny. Rut In character England ond
America are steady nnd safe, their diplo
macy frank, thoroughly modern, nnd the
knlser saw them drawing gradually closer
together. He decided to approach them
both, nnd by both has ho been welcomed.
I was told In London thnt England had
an understanding with Germany, and on
account of It had b.sd no fears of Russian
or German help to France over Fashoda
nnd had none now In South Afrlcn Hero
In Washington I learn upon the highest
authority that there has been a slmllnr
entente existing between Germany and
the United States.
It needs to be understood, of course,
that so far as the United States Is
concerned there are no formal al
liances; simply a coincidence of policy
growing out of parallel Interests nnd
mutual respect. But that the emperor
of Germany has cast his lot with the
live forces In the world's future politics
nnd put behind him nnd his country
forever the unscrupulous lnsulnrtsm of
the Rlsmnrck era Is, If true, a fact of
momentous and nltogcther beneficent
significance, which Is ns greatly to his
credit ns n sovereign as In the long
run It must prove advantageous to his
subjects and to humanity at large.
The authorized announcement made nt
Rerlln yesterday regarding German
policy in China Is In tho nature of
confirmatory evidence that Mr. Well
man's Information Is correct.
The Filipino "cappers" in Pennsyl
vania have evidently been neglecting
their work.
The Arbitration Treaty.
IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED to
us thnt perhaps our statement
in yesterday's Tribune that the
method of arbitration arranged
by the recent peace conference has
been sufficiently explained in the
Amercnn pre,ss Is erroneous; and we
have been requested to review brlelly
the provisions of tho treaty on this
subject which will come before the
senate at Washington thin winter for
ratification or rejection. In com
pliance, we desire In tho first instance
to acknowledge indebtedness to F. do
Martens' paper In the North American
Review for many of the facts nbout
to bo stated; as was as to the admir
able paper by Hon. Seth Low.
As was said yesterday, the chief
treaty brought back by our delegation
to The Hague for consideration by our
senate Is entitled "a convention for tho
peaceful settlement of international
dNtiilt-s" and consists of four parts:
(1) a general agreement to settle dis
putes peaceably when possible; (2)
providing for good olllces and media
tion; (3) recommending international
commissions of Inquiry: and, (4), pro
viding n permanent tribunal of arbi
tration. The latter Is constituted in
the following manner: Within three
months after each signatory power
shall have ratified the treaty It will
name four persons or more of "recog
nized competency in questions of inter
national law and highly respected on
the ground of morals." The names of
thes -hall be entered upon tho records
of an International bureau to be estab
lished at The Hague and also com
municated to the signatory powers.
Tho bureau is to be established and
controlled by a permanent administra
tive council consisting of tho diplo
matic representatives of the signatory
powers accredited at tho Dutch capital,
together with the Dutch minister of
foreign affalis, who is its president ex
ofllclo. These various nominees aro to
form the eligible list from which pow
ers In dispute may select the Judges
beforo whom they may wish to appear
for the adjudication of their differen
ces. It Is at all times open to nations
In dispute to make special arrange
ments for arbitration. The court at
Tho Hague Is an optional recourse; but
once its good olllces aro accepted there
is no backing out.
Now as to the rules of procedure in
caso of nibltratlon. It powers In dis
pute cunnot ngree upon the odd arbi
trator, they are to ask a neutral pow
er to recommend one; if this does not
work, each power is to namo a neutral
power and theso neutral powers will
try to agree upon the odd nrbltrator.
Once the court Is organized, It will
proceed very much as nn American
appellate court. First there will be In
struction (thnt Is, production of records
and documents); and, next, dpbate, or
ns wo would say, argument. The court
decides upon nil questions of com
petency; is, In fact, the Judge of Its
own limitations; and renders its de
cision on points at issue by a majority
vote. Those decisions, being put In
writing, signed by each member of the
court and read In court, constitute the
decree In arbitration and by this de
cree the quarrel is adjusted definitely
and without appeal. An attempt by
the American delegation to provide for
a revision of decree within three
months, In the event of the discovery
of new evidence sufficient to Influence
the verdict, was defeated; but powers
In dispute may afterward modify nny
decree by special argeement between
themselves.
Objection In the senate to this treaty
Is likely to nrlse at three points more
especially. The first of these concerns
the section which recommends Inter
national commissions of Inquiry to as
certain tho facts as to matters In dis
pute. This will doubtless be opposed
as opening a door to foreign Inter
meddling; but the wording of tho sec
tion shows that a commission' of In
quiry can only be named at the request
of tho powers In dispute, hence If
either power objects there Is no In
termeddling, In the case of tho blow
ing up of the Maine, for example, an
International Investigation could not
have been forced against the will of
tho United States. In minor matters,
such as frontier Incidents, conflicting
testimony touching frictions at a dis
tance from the seats of the govern
ments concerned, otc, It Is conceivable
that neutral Investigation might prove
a welcome escape from prolonged dip
lomats wrangling between the power
Immediately Interested.
A second objection Is foreseen over
the article which rends that "the sig
natory powers consider It a duty, In
tho caBe when nn acute dlsputo threat
ens to break out between two or more
of them, to remind those powers that
the permanent court of arbitration Is
open to them." This was anticipated
by the American delegation which
sought to insert the qualifying elauna
"when circumstances will permit;"
and which, when that amendment
failed, put upon record the declaration
that "nothing In this convention shall
be so construed ns to require the
United States of America to depart
from Its traditional policy of not in
truding upon, Interfering with, or en
tangling Itself in, the political ques
tions or policy or internal administra
tion of any foreign itate; nor shall
anything contained In the said conven
tion bo construed to Imply a relinquish
ment by the United States of America
of Its traditional attitude toward pure
ly American questions."
The third and most serious objection
Is likely to arise over the rules of pro
cedure of tho permanent court; and
more especially over the lack of nny
opportunity to secure a revision of de
cree after the discovery of materially
Important new evidence. Tho treaty
nt this point impresses us ns defective
and seems to put an emphasis upon
first conclusions which Is more
European than American In Its signi
ficance. It Is conceivable, as between
the United States and a European power
er, that tho latter, wishing to get the
sanction of a decree oi court stamped
upon unjust claims, might, by Its su
perior diplomatic resources rapidly fix
up a case, provoke a dispute and rush
tho United States Into arbitration be
fore It had fully prepared its side of
the controversy; in which event the
lack of a chance for subsequent re
vision would permanently inflict In
justice If It did not directly contribute
to war. The history of our experiences
with European arbitration tribunals
in the past teaches that this Is no hy
pei critical imagining.
It Is unfortunate that a work other
wise so promising should In this one
detail fall short of obvious Justice. If
this defect should cause the treaty's
overthrow In the senate It will be n
new notification to whom It may con
cern that the United States, In Us
proper zeal to promote peace nnd good
will among the nations, is not to be
betrayed by European cunning Into an
Indiscretion.
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Each day seems to prove that it Is
easier for the Boers to whip the be
seiged Englishmen In war bulletins
than in actual battle.
Some of the candidates will at least
have tho satisfaction of knowing that
they were political "possibilities."
The South African dog-in-the-manger
will soon begin to cultivate an
appetite for hay.
Tho spring campaign will open to
day. STUDIES IN CRIME.
From tho Philadelphia Times.
There aro 83,320 prisoners in the United
States today occupying penitentiaries,
stnto prisons, county Jails and other
places of confinement. In uddltlon to
these there are 3,2b9 persons who aro
under Indictment to answer charges of
one or another description In the crim
inal courts who aro at liberty on bull,
while 5.G32 offenders against tho laws of
state or nation are fugitives from Justice,
whether in or out of the country no ono
knows. This Is a surprising number In
proportion to a population of 70,000.000
over 80,000. This means that over 1 1-3
per cent, of tho entire population of the
United States Is serving a term In Jail or
awaiting trial for somo crime either on
ball or a fugltlvo from a tardy Justice.
This Is an astonishing record. Yet the
United StntC3 has the best record of any
country In tho world In this respect. In
every other country the percentage Is
larger nnd tho number of fugitives par
ticularly CNCCiSlVC.
o
The offenses for which theso men aro
serving terms In the penitentiaries aro
many. They rnngo from murder on com
muted sentences to petty larceny. Forty
livo per cent, of all th sentences are
passed for crlmet against property, lar
ceny, burglar, forgery, all having for
their object monetary gain. There are
many crimes against tho person commit
ted for tho same cause, but it Is Impossi
ble to dlsassnciato thebo from others
having other objects in view. The whole
number of meneenary crimes can. there
fore, never be accurately determined.
The total number of crimes committed
ngnlnst the person, running tho wholo
gamut, from assault to murder, aro twen
ty per cent, of tho total crimes commit
ted In the country. Against tho society
nro twenty-five, per cent, of nil tho crimes
punished In the United States, bigamy,
felonious assault and slmllar.offenses fig
urlng prominently, while ten per cent, of
j tho crimes are miscellaneous ones which
ii is iuiif)MiMu iu clumsily, wuoiner sur
prising fact is that the proportion of fo.
male prisoners in tho United States held
for crimes against society Is ono to four,
or twenty-five per cent, of all criminals
so held. Tnls proportion Is the more re
markable when It Is found that of all
the prisoner In tho United States held for
every variety of cause but six per cent,
are women. The proportion of tho natives
to the foreign classes and to the colored
class among tho prisoners In tho United
States is Interesting. It Is surprising to
find that less th.in five per cent, of all
the prisoners aro colored. Foreigner
are much more numerous In the criminal
courts, thirty per cent, perhaps, whtlo
slxty-flvo per cent. Is represented by the
natives.
o
The study of dependent and defective
nnd delinquent classes always has an cle
ment of Interest. Take the Insane and
wo find that of the tho total Insane In the
United Stuteu seven per cent, are col
ored, twenty-elght per cent are foreigners
and sixty-five per cent natives. This, of
course, does not mean that the number
of Insano natives Is greater In propor
tion to tho population. Judged on this
fscoro the percentage of native Insane Is
smaller than In cither tho forelenera or
tho colored clahs. In sex there Is almost
no difference, the women outnumbering
the men so slightly Unit the difference Is
scarcely appreciable. In the pauper
classes we find the relation of classes
very different, Rut fifty per cent, of
the total number of paupers aro natives,
while forty-ono per cent, nro foreigners
Mid nine per cent, aro colored. Tile
women aro outnumbered by tho men In
tho asylums throughout the country by a
ratio of 41 to 66. Again the pcrcentago
of native paupers compared to entire
volume of class population Is smaller.
o
The study of society In these various
phases might be carried on Indefinitely
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dwelling as these ornamental floors.
They are cheaper than carpets.
Floors laid and finished in best
manner.
Fine line of patterns to select
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Estimates furnished and all work
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121 N. Washington Ave.,
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with profit. These few Instances will
serve to Illustrate the interesting fields it
opens up. Those who are Inclined to do
so can readily find the means to delve
deeply Into the subject. I.uck of space
forbids It here.
OUR FREE SCHOOLS.
Attorney General Blkln.
The great state of Now York, with two
and a half times as much available rev
enue as Pennsylvania, appropriates only
a little over half as much to the support
of her common schools. Pennsylvania
appropriates for educational purposes
twice as much as California; three times
as much as Texas; four times as much
as Indiana; flvo times as much as Mis
souri; six times as much as Michigan;
seven times as much ns Nebraska, the
home of thut great exponent of modern
Democracy, Mr. Bryan j eight times as
much as Alabama; nine times as much
as South Carolina, and ten times as much
as Kansas.
AMERICAN AMERICANS,
From the New York Sun,
There Is a great deal of talk about
Irish Americans, German Americans, Brit
ish Americans and what not, but the
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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,
BrJc-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.
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near complete as possible. We cater
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good thine; 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
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STATIONERS and KNUKAVER3.
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Americans that havo controlled and will
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American Americans, be they English,
Irish, German, Dutch, Italian, Scandlna
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A Bad Case,
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Prices ranging from $1.00
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ly 2,000 yards ena
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The lengths vary
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Wrap Linings, are
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They are arranged
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Sale Opens Saturday Morning.
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