T"k AT THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, DECE3IBER 9, 1899. ()e Scnnfon &n8tme Publlshwl Dally, Exrcpt Sunday, by The Tribune PufollBhlng Company, at Fifty Cents a Month. New Tork Ofllces 150 Nn-wnn St.. B. 8. VHRRLAND, Goto Agent for Foreign Advertising. Entered at thfl Pontomrn nt Sornntoo. Ta., as Sect nd-Clas.i Mnll Matter. When cpnen wilt permit, The Trlhtmo Is Alwnyn Kind to print short letters finm Itn friends lienrlnir on current topi1" but Its rule Is that ihoso muil bo nlsned, for publication, by tho writer's real name. TWELVE PAGES. SCIIANTOX, DnCUMUEH 9. 1893. To put the right man In the right place when he Is known nnd available Ii the highest duty of statesmanship nnd this Is why, regntdless nt nrmy Jealousies. President Mc.Klnley will make Leonard Wood governor general of Cuba. Questions. WHY DOES the board of health permit the holding of public funerals 'n cases of death from .tlphtherla or Pcarlet fever? Why do parents ulio have cusps of those malignant diseases In their fami lies permit visitors to distribute tho germs thioughout the nelghboihood'.' Why is the simple pieenutlon of fu migation so frequently neglected nnd Infected bed clothing hung out on tho line to be whipped by euch passing hicrsu! until converted Into n publla peril? Why tire convalescent children sent to school before the attending physi cian has certified that danger of con tagion Is past? In order woids, why Is not radi cal action tuken to stamp out the two epidemics which have cursed Srrantnn lor more than u year; or nt ltast to minimize them by the enforcement of the common sanitary piccautlons? We don't know at this wilting wlieie the fault lies for the existing deplor able conditions, but wo Intend to find out. It is lepoited at Washington that tho president wishes to have both Samp son and Schley made vice-admirals. Before this Is done theio should Mist be a tevIMon of the naval lecords. Our Trade With the Tropics. p yllE COMMKIICIAI. posMblll- ties which await the troplc- H nl Island territories which have come Into closer rela tionship with tho United States during the past year, In supplying n perma nent and growing market In this coun try, are suggested by a compilation Just made by tho tieasuty bureau of statistics of tho Importation of tioplcal and sub-tiopical products Into the Tutted States during the ten month of the present year compared with that of the corresponding months) of the pre ceding year. They amount, ns the Washington Star shows, to the surpris ingly large sum of $2SO,000,000 during the 300 days In question, or an average of over n million dollars for each busi ness day of the year, showing that for the full year the total will reach moie than $300,000,000. This compilation, It Is proper to add, includes raw silk, tea and rice, and the small proportion of our sugar Impor tations which Is manufactured from beets; but even If these be omitted th' total which would be clearly entitled to be classed as tropical products would exceed $2."0,000,000 annually. Sugar, coffee, India rubber, fibers, tioplcal fruits, spices, gums, Indigo, dyewoods and cabinet woods form tno Important features of this laige Importation, and all of them articles for which the United States Is absolutely dependent, 1th tho possible exception of sugar, upon other paits of the world and for the present nt least for the large pro poition of our sugar. All of these articles can be produced and are now produced to a. gieater or less extent In the Islands In question. Sugar, as everybody knows, Is pio duced In large quantities in Cuba, Por to Rico, liawall and the Philippines. Of our sugar Importations In tho ten months just ended Cuba has furnished Cs3.000.000 pounds; other West Indies. rd4.000.000 pounds; the Hawaiian Islands, D34.OOO.O0O pounds; the Philip pine Islands, 50,u00.000 pounds, while the East Indies have in the present year furnished a larger shaic of our sugar Impoi tntlons than any other single part of the world, the total num ber of pounds from the East Indie alone for tho ten months ending with October 1.07S.007.54S out of n total of 3,7C7.75G,9S1 pounds. Coffee, of which our Importations nre growing constant ly and rapidly, amounting to about SIO.OCW.OOO pounds annually, as ugalnst an average of about 650,000,000 pounds In the earlier years of the decade, is successfully grown In all of the islands In question, and at one time was a veiy Important crop In Cuba as well as at present In Potto Hlco, Hawaii and the Philippines, oilier, qf which the Im portations In the piesent year will amount to 120,000,000 In value, can readily be grown In all of the Islands, the Philippines already supplying that most Important feature of our fiber Importations, mantla hemp , which alone In tne present year will amount to about $0 000.000 In value. While two or three of tho larger Items of our tropical and sub-tropical Imports, rubber, silk and tea, are not pioduced in nny considerable quanti ties In the glands In question at pres ent, experiments which have been made In those Islands, especially In tea and silk, Indicate at least that their pioductfcon Is possible and may provo entirely practicable with further e?: perlment. Even without these Items the list of importations of tropical pro ducts which it Is well known can bo produced In these Islands suggests tho possibility that fully $200,000,000, which th'e United States has been heretofore expending outside her own territory nnd population for products which her people must nave nd do not produce, can in no distant future bo distributed In these Islands In exchange for their supplies, whose production will doubt less be stimulated by the Introduction of American methods. capital nnd American Consul Oscar F. Williams, formerly of Scranton, has Just been welcomed homo from Manila by his fellow citi zens of llochester, N. V. Mr. Williams was nn Important llgure on the scene at the time that Manila was discovered by a laige portion of tho lnhnbltnnts'ot tho United States, and seems now In a fair way to be Instrumental In also locating llochester on the map. The Gem of the War. ONE OF ' commit Inns n OF THE members of tho lttee of Wnshlngton- ppolnted to arrange o. testimonial In behalf of Commander Ulehnrd Wulnwrlght has received from n gentleman well known in Scranton, Hon. Jnntcn T. Du Hols, United States consul at St. Onll, Swit zerland, the following Interesting let ter: "I send herewith my mite for the Walnwrlght sword fund. It Is tho right thing to do. I have hoard mili tary nnd nnvnl men In Euroiw say that Walnwright's exploit In that me morable day with tho Gloucester ranks high among the pluckiest nets In na val watfare. 1 have heard thcin say that It was the pluckiest thing of th; war. A majority of continental Eu iopc expected (of course they did not desire) tint the torpedo boat destioy ers of Spain would prove tetrlbly di stinct lo to our ainmrcd fleet, nnd when they learned that n pleasure acht armed with smalt cannon ami commanded by Wnlnwright, had rushed piomptly and boldly nt two of these Spanish terrors and had smashed them to helpless wrecks, quite as soon as the most fastidious patriot could wish, they were startled at tho possi bilities of Yankee pluck and prompt nis, and have been wondering how 11 happened ever since. That a pleasure yacht dated to f'ice two of these naval torroiH, from which Europe expected so much. Is still a mystery to them. Th.it the pleasure yacht actually de stroyed the destroyers is beyond their comprehension. Europe did not know as much about the American Jack be fore the war as It does now. Then he was known only ns n money-getter. Now ho is known as a fighter of the first class and fiist in ids class nt that. Nothing could bo more appropriate 'than u beautiful sword for the com mander of the Gloucester." This letter expresses exactly the be lief of all ho have Inquired Into the circumstances of Walnwrlght's ex traoidlnaty gallantry. About tho met Its of that iterformance 'there Is no haze of controversy or shadow of po litical strife. It shines out clear and bold, the chief gem In the constellation of gallant acts credited during the recent war to tho heroism of tho American navy. That Wainwilghb should be conspicuously rewarded goes without saying. Failure to comtnom ointe his bruvery would be a national disgiacc. m It has been noted that the most bit ter opposition to Congressman Rob erts comes from the northwest, wheie dlvoice laws are most lax. The action of the Mormon congressman In stick ing to three wives when a Dakota di vorce court offers such an easy way out of the difficulty Is probably looked upon ns a direct Insult to tho Institu tions of tho wheat belt. An Unprofitable Criticism. Y FAR THE MOST interest ing article in the Derembar number of the North Amer ican Review, considerad from an American standpoint, is the paper in which Hon. Perry Belmont! Indicates his theoretical dissatisfac tion with the enormou? authority and lntlucncn wielded nt this time by tho president of the United States. 5Ir. Belmont points out, v. 1th measurable accuracy, that the influence which Mr. MeKlnlcy can bring to bear upon pub lic uffalis Is greater than that of any predecessor In the executive olllce and supeiior to that of any contempoinry mler, whether emperor or czar. Not alone Is he the war lord over the newly acquired territory, holding 10,000,000 dependents In the hollow of his hand, but In consequence f the party sys tem nnd by vlituo cf the personal tact which has characterised his Inter course with tne legislative branch ho Is virtually the master of congress In the sense that his will and wish In the main shnpo its legislation. Thus It comes to pass, as Mr. B Imont mourn fully emphasizes, that the executive dominates the whole government and In effect nullifies tlw constitutional theory of perfect co-ordination be tween the executive, the legislative and the judicial functions. To this air. Belmont Is shrewd enough not to make objection becausj of the character of the executlve'3 acts per ee; he realizes that no hay Is to be harvested for the Pemocratle jackass bv mere mulish opposition to tho president's doctrines legaullnij expansion. His controversy is directed toward alarming people ns to tho the ory Involved. Can this lemain a pop ulnr government, ho Inquires In sub stance. If to any one man, however wise and noble, is delegated power not contemplated in tho constitution? And in tho eloquence of his emphPtlc nega tive It Is easy to perceive the anxiety to introduce n new Issue calculated to reunite and revivify the disintegrated Democracy. As an exnmplo of ingenious politics distinctly intellectual In character, Mr. Belmont's argument may be recom mended as well worthy of perusal. Wo do not remember to have teen recent ly from nny Democratic leader a moro adroit or sttuctural'y Interesting manoeuver to turn tho uppermost subject of publln debate and divert tho minds of tho people from contempla tion of Democracy's tccent mlstukes. This one nrtlclp alone, by reason of Its apparent dignity nnd undoubted ingenuity, would be sufficient to stamp Mr. Belmont as intellectually one of the liest enulpped Democrats of his time to enter upon the task of Demo cratic rehabilitation, not to say any thing concerning his other qualifica tions, somo of which nro more con crete and material. At the same time, we must In all candor express the belief that Mr. nelmont'H Is nn unprofitable criticism. Granting, as nil must, tho present magnitude of the executive power and tho great force of the presidential in itiative, which far exceeds the Idenls of the fathers, nre these prejudicial to the theory of republican govern ment; do they constitute a rubstaritlat mennce to tho gcnernl welfare? With regard to the present administration In particular we consider that answer Is unnecessary. Never were tho con ditions of tho public welfare more satisfactory. Never was pessimism moro still. Though unprecedented his power, equally extraordinary nto the Intelligence, tho tact rnd tho con pclenco with which President McKIn ley administers It In trust for the peo ple nnd most admirably responslvo Is he? to their manifested will. There Is no C7arshlp or peril of czarshlp here. But going beyond tho Indlvldunl ln stance, nnd considering the Abstract principle, how can nny American think that centralbatlon of power In tho hands of the executive Is likely to be u nerlouH or continuous menace to re publican Institutions so long as the executive shall at frequent Intervals account for his stewardship before the people' It must be borne In mind that the American pcopln have not breath ed for mor than four generations the consciousness of political freedom so vnlnly ns to bo likely not to notice n change In the atmosphere should ab solutism seek to nssort Itself beyond the spirit of the populnr will; and It must be equally renifmb"red that where free schools and a free press continually ventilate the ship of state there Is little chance for any cap tain to turn tyiant and retain his command. In all departments cf every day en deavor we have Illustrated tho econ omy of single-headed organization as compared with communal direction. The system must have a head, formal or Implied. Even congress Is helpless until taken In hand and led. When the head becomes swelled, common sense applies the lance: but not even In theory can Hon. Perry Belmont con vince a majoilty of his countrymen that one man power, when exercised benevolently nnd beneficially In tho Interest and as the trust of tho whole people, constitutes any peril tc an en lightened citizenship. At the present moment, It is so far from being a peril that In the Judgment of many It is lit erally the hope and salvation of the republic. Colone, Bryan's silence on tho presi dent's message is alarming. Can It bi that the Nebraska leader has deliber ately Ignored nn opportunity to UEi? The newspapers might better econo mize their energies in regard to the Quay case. It Is the senate which will settle that. Judging by the law of probabilities, news should soon come of the decisive battle of the Transvaal war. So long as Mr. Roberts Is not de barred from the lecture platform he need not despair. Brother Brigham Roberts is In dan ger of becoming known as a man with a grievance. The war power should establish a censorship over Billy Mason. HUMAN NATURE STUDIES. Lord Kitchener's Gallantry. While I was waiting for a cab In the Charing Cross railway station one day In August, a tialn rolled up, says a London correspondent of the New York Journal, and from one of the third class carriages stepped a girl whose face and bearing stamped her at once a stranger to London, and probably an American, for she wore a Fedora hat with a quill in It. She was hampered with a half a dozen pieces of hand luggage, and was unaware of the usefulness of the por ters that hover around the carriage doors In hopes of picking up a few pen nies. Tho girl looked up and down the long platform. She did not know which wny to turn. Then from across the wav came a tall, raw-boned, bronzed-faced man, with a drooping moustache and a pa'r of shoulders as broad as the back of a hansom. Removing his hat, he spoke to th girl, and asked her If there was any thing he could do to assist here. She blushed, and, opening her purse, took out a slip of paper, upon which was written an address In the west central part of the city. "And do you want to go there?" asked the man. "Yes. sir," replied the girl. "That will be very easy." He called a commissionaire nnd had the cab whistled for. He ordered the porter to throw the girl's hand luggage on top, nnd, re turning the paper to her, told tho cabby where to drive. Ho helped tho gltl Into tho hansom, nnd closed the two front doors over her skirt. She thanked him very sweetly, and the bronzed cheeks of the man took on the tinge of a blush. I had watched this little act of cour tesy from the gate of tho station with Mr. A. E. W. Mason, whose novel, "The Courtship of Maurice Buckler," met with such success In England a year ago. As tho cnb drove out through the carriage door, Mason said: "TTiat was very pretty, wasn't It?" "Yes," I replied. "I wonder who tho bionzed man was?" "Why. don't you know who lie is?" Inquired Mason, with some amaze ment. "That was Lord Kitchener, Sirdar of the Egyptian army, the man who took Khartoum." Making Him Whole. "It take3 the glorious old west to do business," said the man with the alli gator grip as ho boarded the train at St. Paul. "Wo of tho east nre not In It n little bit." "Anything to relate," queried ono of the passengers ns ho woke up. "Just a few words. I traveled from Now York to Chicago with a stavlug looklng girl. At Buffalo I was gone on her. At Detiolt wo wero engaged. I returned home, wrote her 320 love letters, and came out hete to get mar ried." "And what?" "She decided that she would marry another. Slio estimated the value of my time nt $500, the worth of my let tots at $300, and my broken heart tit $200, nnd drew me a check for tt thou sand dollars, nnd here It is. Gave her a tccelpt In full to dnte, kissed her good-by, nnd there you nre nnd here I mti. Theic's but one wny to do business, ond the west known nil about It. Ye3, check for a thousand, nnd how many of you gentlemen will smoke a Henry Clay at my expense?" Washington rod. Musical Silence. One evening Sir Arthur Sullivan went to see Rubinstein nt his house In London. The Russian composer asked his visitor to step out onto tho bal cony and rkoko a cigarette. They sat down, twisted their cigarettes and puffed tho blue clouds Into the air. After a long pause Sullivan observed: "You ate a great admirer of Beeth oven, I picsume?" "Yes," er.swered Rubinstein. "And Wagner?" "No," was the reply. That wns nil. Not nnolher word was spoken. They rocked themselves In their chairs nnd smoked away. After a long time Sullivan remarked: "I think It Is time for me to be go ing." "Don't say so," said Rubinstein. "Stay a bit longer; It is so nlci to talk to you." Sullivan remained, went on rocking himself and smoking into the small hours, when he at length got up and said "I must really bo off now ; I think We have chatted long enough." Itublnsti-ln diew out bis w.ttch and shook his head In blank astonishment. "llnlf-past two,' h" said. "Strang how quickly time tiles in pleasant company!" Collier's Weekly. Augustus Thomas' Retoit. Maurice B.irrymore's wit Is far famed, says tho New Yoik Wot Id. but a neat little witticism at his expense, hltheito unrecorded, was Augustus Thomas' laconic crltlsni of one of Barr more's plays. The celebrnted playwright had boon mercilessly picking flaws In the ac tor's drama until the good-natured "Barry" winced. "Oh, come, Gus!" he Interrupted, "don't be quite so hard if It's not an 'Alabama.' Just remember that I wrote it In a week." "Did you, Boiry?" retorted Thomas. "Then you must have loafed." His Farewell. A clergyman In the west country had two curutes, one a comparatively old man, the other very young. With tho former he had not been able to work agreeably, and, on being inlvted to accept another living, he accepted It nnd took the young curate with him. Naturally there was a farewell ser mon, and we can Imagine the feelings of tho curate who was to be left be hind when he heard the text given out: "Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder and wor ship." Spare Moments, SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY. A Good Substitute. Clara So that Gntrox girl didn't suc ceed in capturing a Lord after id!? Maude No; but she married u Baron, and they say liu gets nti drunk as a lord. St. Louis IVjit-DIypatch. Masculine Ignorance. "Julius, mv last winter's seal coat Is entirely too short." "Too short? Well, can't you sew a rut lie on It. or some of those bias bands you women are always talking about?" Detroit Tree Press. A Believer. Grepne Do you bellevo the first shall be the last? DeWItt Yes: my wife's conversation is first, last and all tho time. Cleveland Leader. Out in the Wilds. Hopwell Living In the country, now, I understand. What sort of a place Is it? Subbub I really don t know. It takes me so long to get homo that I never arrive till after daik. and J have to leave before daybreak to teach tho of flco on time. Philadelphia North Ameri can. THE GENTLEMAN FROM UTAH. For -The Tribune. I've got a doleful tale to tell That happened, so they say. To a gent who crossed the Rockies From Utah, far away. A gentleman with several wives, Who came to make our laws. And landed square in Washington, To plead the Mormon enuse. For. oil! he was a marrying man, When he landed on this shore. He could get a wife on the other side, , But ho wanted manv more. If one was worth possession, How much better It would be To have a half a bundled, Instead of only three. If she failed to sew his buttons on And dared to raise his Ire, By expecting In the morning He'd get up to make the fire, "Variety Is the spice of life." And he'd know Just what to do, Just wabble out and slam the door And call no number two. Should he chide her for her cooking, And she doesn't seem to bake The puddl'igs, beans, cookies Like "Mother used to make." Or. when she says, "Dear Mother Is coming here to tea," He can don his hat and ulster And go visit number three. Thei Is Uryun from Nebraska. Who savs "Sixteen to one." Is iiulto the better ratio Than even three to one. Hut this fine gent from Utah, Who also creased the sea. And broimht his heart nlontf with him Js Batlslled with three. They do not proffer hlni the seat Where Cannon sat before, Hut seven millions raise a howl And show him to tho door. C. H. Soter. Scranton, Dec. 7. Ltunther Keller LinE, CE1V1ENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. Tnrrt and OOIoj West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA. M areata! 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