THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1000.
(Je acranon ri6tme
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LIVY S. IUCHAnD, Editor.
O. V. BYXUEIJ, IJuslrcss Manager.
Now York Office: 150 Nassau St.
S. S. VrtKni-AND,
Sole Agent for Foreign Advertising.
Entered at the PostoiTIca nt Scr.inton,
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s always glad to print short letters from
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publication, by tho writer's real name;
and the condition precedent to acceptance
Is that all contributions shall bo subject
to editorial revision.
SCUANTON. APUILi 2, 1300.
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STATE CONVENTION CALL.
To tho Republican Electors of 1'cnnnyl.
unla:
1 um dliccted by tho Ilepubllcun stnto
committee to announce that tho Repub
licans of 1'ennsylvnnla, by their duly
chosen representatUcs, will meet In ton
entlon at tho opeiu house, In tho city ot
llarrlsburg, on WedncFtlny, April 25, 1900.
at 10.30 o'clock a. m for tho puipopo of
nominating candidates for tho following
offices, tc wit:
One person for tho office of auditor gen.
crnl.
Two persons for tho office of congress-ninn-at-nrge.
Thirty-two persons (four-nt-laije) for
pi evidential electors, and to chooso eight
delegates and eight nltcrnatcB-nt-laigo
to tho Hcpubllcan natlon.il convention to
bo held In Philadelphia on Tuesday, tho
nineteenth day of June next, and for tho
transaction of such other business as
may bo piesented.
In accordance with the rule adopted at
the state convention held in Hnrrlsburg
on August 21th, last, tho repicscntntlon
In the stato convention will bo based on
tho voto polled nt the last presidential
election. Under this rule erch legislative
district Is entitled to ono delegate for
every two thousand votes cast for the
presidential electors, in 1S06, and an addi
tlonal delegate for every fraction of
two thousand votes polled In excess ot
one thousand. Each district U entitled
to the same number of delegates ai rep
resented It In the convention of IS'iS.
By order of tho Republican state com
mittee. Frank Recdcr, Chairman.
V. R. Andrews, C. E. Voorhces, Secretaries.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
Legislature.
First DIstrlct-THOMAS J.
NOMDS.
Second Dlstrlct-JOIIN SCHEUER, JR.
REY.
A' sturdy and Incorruptible citizen,
whose life-work piesents nn Inspiring
object lerson to every student of It,
passed away yesterday when Benja
min Hughes was summoned to Ills eter
nal rest. He was a ma&slvo man, big
in body, bis in brain, blp in virtue,
courage and kindness of heart. Self
educated, self-promoted, he represented
signally the opportunities of our coun
try and the principles neces&ary to in
sure success in it. Let tho youth ot
our day profit by tho lessons of hl3
stimulating example.
The Grand Jury's Work.
IT IS MUCH easier to walk around
a. disagreeable duly than to wade
through it. A good many per
sons connected with the adminis
tration of justice In this portion of the
commonwealth have fallen Into the
bad habit of stepping out of the way
of unpleasant tasks which, aie not ab
solutely unavoidable, and the example
of the recent grand jury in taking tho
direct course right Into the heart of
its obligations to the public is both
timely and wholesome. It should stim
ulate to renewed vigilance and activi
ty every process of law enforcement.
We will not discuss the Indictments
presented by the grand Jury further
than to say it is a thousand pities that
a large number of men notoilously
active for years past In councllmanic
negotiations that looked suspicious
could not hae been included in the
list maiked for trial. The grand jury,
of course, could not Indict without a
showing of direct evidence enough to
raise a reasonable suspicion of guilt.
Mere guess work and hearsay would
not suffice. This rule saved tcoies of
persons at various times active In mu
nicipal affairs who, without visible
means of support, have toiled not,
neither have they spun, yet Solomon
In all his glory could not have held a
candle to them In the matter of lux
urious living. As to the men indicted,
they ate entitled to a suspension of
Judgment while the case against them
is in process of Judicial determination.
As to the grand Jury's general re
port, one portion of it cannot be too
strongly emphasized. "We find," says
the honorable Jury, "that a condition
exists In this community which to all
light-minded citizens must be appall
ing. Its correction demands the earn
est and Intelligent effort ot all public
officials; the task Is so great that In
Jts performance the officers of the law
should receive the active co-oporatlon
of all public spirited citizens who have
the welfare of, the community at
lieart." Pr6tfeeutlons now and then of
'particular men believed to have gone
astray oMo have led others from virtu
bus path? ha,yQ exemplary value, but to
be effective they must be reinforced by
an.asseited public sentiment In favor
St honest government which will not
Jurtllsh'-a field' already ploughed, har
0Uj3d.juifl fertilized for the raising of
-ioodle methods.
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! IV!,iu,.1Js f!n Allegheny indicate that
.the Ion. yilllam II. Andrews Is not
"lo sit in' the next legislature of Penn
sylvania., The commonwealth will
strlye to bear up.
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Z . ., . The Plain rioral.
. TTTV113 M0ST unfortunate clt-
I cumstnnco that can befall
JL 'a public ofllclal is to be
'surrounded by untiustwot-
lhyor dlshoneqt. advl3ers. The grand
Juj4li-rfr"rt 'concerning the slot mu-
chines Tenders It pretty plain that May-
'or Mor was at one time an object ot
pursuit by such a gran. That he knew
"fit their untrustworthiness wo do not,
Relieve; for u time they seem to have
Joojet. hjni ns.they had fooled others.
line ftUMjJay.fcr the mayor, he has
Awakfcned Jto his' peril In time. There
"U$ii!Jh.tho.cltv llal1 anv nnnjr-er-on'orconspitacy
of parasites which
hus reason, Jo suppose that the .mayor
lacks 'a mind of his own. Ho has as
JeiJ.hJs Vdspendenc He has put
his foot down for decent government.
What ho needs next is tho moral back
ing of public sentiment while ho clean
out tho men who would have betrayed
him and wields the snickersnee on tho
subordinates who nppeur to have trat
llcked In their fnncled "pull."
. This Is tho plain morul of tho slot
machine episode.
The prompt success which has at
tended tho movement to secure a
branch poBt office for the greater con
venience of the 40,000 people inhabit
ing the West Side will bo very gratify
ing to its piomoteis und tho public
generally. If success shnll also attend
the effort to secure rural fice dellvety
of mall In Lackawanna county the
congressman from ths district will
have additional teason to feel pleased,
Admit Quay or Reject Him.
f ipHIS IS the week In which tho
m-naie is expected to renew
JL. Its consldcratlonof the ques
tion of admitting Colonel
Quay upon appointment by tho gover
nor of Pennsylvania. The agreement
calls for continuous consideration until
the arguments pro and con have been
exhausted and a decisive vote hus been
taken.
The opponents of Quay's admission
must realize that to delay a vote in a
spirit ot factionalism cannot improve
their status In the geneirii estimation
of the public. The commonwealth of
Pennsylvania Is injured by such delay
far mote than Colonel Quay is. If he
is deprived of a chance to have his
appointment voted upon it can not be
said by his opponents that the senate
tent its welcht to their view of his
case: the only thing which that con
tingency would Indicate Is that the sen
ate had shirked its duty.
Tho issue is simple. Either Gover
nor Stone's appointment of a senator
to serve ad interim Is valid or it is not.
The question ot Its validity cannot be
answered without a vote. To withhold
a voto 13 to leave the matter unsettled,
and to deprive the state of its consti
tutional right to full representation In
the senate. Obviously It Is an issue ot
the highest piivllege, and as such Is
justly entitled to a speedy decision.
Let the senate do its duty.
The statement of Governor General
Davis of Puerto Rico that until a civil
government is organized a tariff for
revenue Is absolutely necessary to keep
the wheels of government moving- on
account of the present inability of the
povcity-strlcken masses to bear direct
taxes cuts another big lot of scaffold
ing from under the false pretences of
tho opposition.
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To Try Again.
FRIENDS OF postal reform will
bo glad to learn that another
effort will bo made to pass
the Loud bill. It lias been
amended in committee and again re
ported to the house, this time doing
away simply with the right of publish
ers of books or reprints of books to call
their Issues peilodicals and get the
cent-a-pound rate, and suspending tho
prU liege whereby unsold periodicals
are now returned at the pound rate.
In this foim theio can bo no shadow
of just excuse for opposition to the bill
nmong congressmen who believe that
tho cent-a-pound rate should bo re
stricted to actual nowspapeis and peri
odicals having contents In the natuiu
of news and timely Instruction.
"This bill," as the Washington cor
respondence of the Philadelphia Pi ess
explains, "cuts off tho shameful abuse
ana evasion of existing law under
which books, If not bound, ate sent
through the malls ut the rate of one
cent a pound, when It costs the gov
ernment, according to Mr. Loud, over
sixteen cents a pound to handle these
books. The government pays the rail
road companies for the transposition
of these books eight cents per pound,
to say nothing of the cost of handling
them, and then publishers pay the gov
ernment only one cent a pound. There
Is no pretense that these books are
newspapers or periodicals within th
meaning of the statute. They fltst
were allowed to circulate In this way
under an opinion given by an attorney
general a great many years ago. Books
Issued fifteen yeais ago are now belnjr
tiiculated in vast quantities as alleged
'back numbeis' of periodicals, though
these 'back numbers' weie pilnted
within a few weeks. As the law now
stands the books are started out fiom
one city and sent to another, where
they are put on sale, and then what Is
left is shipped to another city, and so
they are kept going all over the coun
try fiom point to point, and every time
they are shipped tho government loses,
nccordlng to Mr. Loud, fifteen cents a
pound on them, and It nctually paya
tho railroad companies seven cent3 i
pound mote for transpoitatlon than u
tecelves In postage. It Is amazing that
this scandalous abuse should have re
ceived the support ot a single member
of congress.
"The other abuse aimed at In the bill
is so shameful that it Is not believed
that any man would be bold enough to
got up in congress and Justify his vote
In favor of It. As the law now stands,
under a special act passed slx years
ago, news companies are allowed to
send icturnsecond-class mattcrthrough
the malls at three cents a pound less
than the publishers. This gives the
news companies a monopoly and forces
the publlsheis to do business with the
news companies, which catry tho
papers for the publishers and charge
them a cent or moio a pound foi post
age moie than tho news company pay3
the government, thus making a profit
out ot the gos'ernment, while the gov
ernment loses seven cents on each
pound cairled In payment to the rail
road companies alone. No more shame
ful wrong was ever perpetrated than
this law which gives this special sub.
sidy to the news companies. The pub
Ushers of books and th'o news com
panies have furnished tho money here
tofore to defeat tho bills to remedy the
abuses In second-class mall matter. By
wholesale misrepresentation they have
misled publishers of country news
pnpers Into helping them. But as this
bill does not affect anybody except tho
publishers of books and tho news com
panies, thero will be no excuse for any
honest member of congress to vote
against it."
Tho Loud bill should have passed In
Its earlier form. This time Its passage
should bo demanded by public sentiment.
On Thutsdny of this week the Demo
crats party In Pennsylvania will go
through tho motions of holding a state
convention. It will bo only tho sem
blance of a deliberative body. Colonel
Guftey will tell it what to do and it
will do as Guftey says. Incidentally
It will accuse the Republican party of
being boss-ridden.
The man who declared martial law in
tho Coeur d'Aleno mining district who
built the "bull pen" and who impris
oned sttlkers In It until they would
give written guaranties of good be
havior was tho Democratic governor ot
Idaho. This Is a detail tho Democratic
flrc-eatets do not care to dwell on.
Ono of the men nominated Saurday
In Pittsburg for legislative honors is
the well-known newspaper man, cam
paign orator and jolly good fellow,
Colonel Henry Hall. He Is an "Insur
gent" but a good one.
The opinions of Grover Cleveland on
public questions are frequently wrong,
but In the matter of the Hay-Paunce-foto
canal tieaty he Is everlastingly
light.
Secret of German
Maritime Growth
Special lo tho Scranton Tribune.
WaFhlrgton, April 1. What Germany Is
accomplishing In tho way of building up
her merchant marine Is cliKPiissed most
Intel Cbtlngly In an editorial In tho Liver
pool Jourral of Commerco of March 3.
Tho congress of the United States Is soon
to discuss a bill for the building up of
American shipping, in view of the possi
ble passago of which foreign methods, na
legal ded by fuielgii newspapers, are of
timely Interest and Instruction to tho
American people.
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Tho Liverpool Journal 'ot Commerce, In
tho editorial In question, significantly
entitled "Get man Competition," points
out that Germany Is evidently deter
mined to take a hand In ocean carrying;
that brand new German fleets ore sup
plied wherever world's trade openings are
possible; that tho patriotic German tax
paer beais the cost without n murmur,
and that the emperor and the govern
ment, by woid ot praise and encourage
ment, stimulate thonu'tlonal zeal whenecr
It appears to fhwr. All of this, says the
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, adver
tises tho growth of German commerce
and shipping. No opportunity Is lost
sight of to lot the world know of Ger
many's growth; the highest otllclals sclzo
any occasion to advertise lo the world,
as did the emperor at the launching of
tho Dcutschland the other day, what Ger
many means to bo as a marltlmo power.
Even accidents to Guman steamships
afford opportunity to exploit the glory of
her marine, by honoilng and medalllng
of her "heroes of tho sea."
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"Within thirty jears," said Count Von
Bulow nt the launching of tho Deutsch
1 ind, "Germany has increased the ton
uago of her mercantile maiino quite 111'
teen fold." In tho same time American
i hipping in the foreign trade has declined
just one-half. Until tho British White
Star Liner Oceanic was launched, Ger
many had the largest ship afloat, says
this Liverpool newspaper, and oven now
her ships hold tho blue ilbbon for speed.
Tho rcvlv.il of Geiman shipping is due
to tho genius of Blsinnick, says tho Liv
erpool Journal of Commerce. It con
tinues: "Consequent on a memorandum eman
ating fiom that famous statesman, a
subsidy was provided for tho North Ger
man Lloyd company. Subsidies, In the
opinion ot an uniead controversialist ex
pressed In n morning half-penny paper,
are granted for the sole purpose of pass
ing Into the pockets of a few millionaires
posing ns patriots. Nothing can bo fur
ther from tho truth. They help to start
a lino of ssels which would not other
wise como Into being, and thus carry the
nation's flag to places whero hitherto It
had been but a name. Unless some such
assistance wore, given bj the nation there
could not be a trado can led on at all to
certain parts ot tho eniplie."
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This newspaper points out other way.
by which tho growth of German ship
building was aided, beginning In 15S5, ono
being by placing all shipbuilding mate
rials on tho free list. This the United
States al-r did not era! years ago. In re
spect of shlpluilldlng for tho foreign trade.
Moreover, this British journal continues,
shipbuilding materials nro carried at re
duced rates on Get man government
owned railroads. Not alono tho German
millionaire, but tho German peoplo in
general, says this journal, aro deter
mined upon having a home-built mer
chant marine of their own. This news
paper thus concludes Its editorial:
"Tho Increaso In valuable shipbuilding
plant In German yards has verged on the
marvellous. At tho same tlmo tho Iron
and steel Industries aro attaining to
gi eater prollclency owing to tho Increased
demand for shipbuilding material; and
tho day Is not far distant when tho mer
chant ships and war vessels of Kaiser
Wllhelm will bo fashioned at home ot
material all 'made In Germany.' Legisla
tion and advertisement by high authori
ties have not dono all under the head
of ndvnnco In tho numbers and tonnago
of Germnn ships. Nevertheless no other
country has dono so much for Its ship
builders and shipowners In order to fos
ter a catlsfactoiy mercantile marine to
compete In tho markets of the world.
V bother tho subsidy-fed German shipping
will hold its own Is hidden from U3 In lha
womb ot the future, but it is certainly
pi shine forward at tho present time."
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Considering that, during the last half
contury, British steamships have re
ceived In subsidies for carrying British
mulls 2TiO,000,OO0, and that British steam
ships aro more numtrous thin the steam
ships of r.U other nations combined, the
concern of British commercial and marl
tlmo Jouriials oer Germany's rapid mari
time and commercial growth U not surprising.
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Spring is budding into Summer. Easter is but two weeks
away. So it is that Fashion sets the date for this marvelous show
of Millinery beauty.
Wednesday, April the 4th
Thiuirsday9 April the gth
Friday, April the 6th
It is an exhibition worthy of the store. The box of style was filled wherever fashion-beauty
blooms. Whatever of artistic Millinery beauty has emanated, from London on the North to Italy on the
South, finds expression in the collection. Here, in an hour, you see more in variety of style and
representative Parisian Millinery beauty, than you would see in a day's travel for many miles around.
As London leads the world in smart Outing Hats, so you see them first here. Mourning Hats
from Mangin-Maurice define all that is clever originality in comely black. Pauline Gaspard, of Paris,
caters to the little folks, and they and their mothers will like the shqw.
Millinery never attained a higher standard of
true beauty than it shows this season. The best
of all arts has been applied. Neither grotesquery
nor eccentricity has any place. Every touch is for
beauty, harmony, grace and becomingness.
We have never had more nor finer hats than
will be shown during our Opening Days. It is
the most distinguished collection that Scranton has
ever seen. The whole store thrills with the in
spiration of the highest artistic beauty from two
continents.
This is your invitation, and your friends' invi
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A Large Stock to Select
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121 N. Washington Ave.,
HCS.
Teachers and superintendents de
siring for class use in picture study,
something that is substantial and
inexpensive will find these beautiful
new reproductions of great value.
We have 100 different subjects to
select from. The prices are very
reasonable and the assortment is
complete.
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With this book the simple act of
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letter head can be used ana a copy
produced from pencil or any kind
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filled, extra fillers can be purchased
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" 1 live on a farm and keep house for my papa," say's a young woman living1 in
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