THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-8ATUKDAY, APRIL 21, 1900. fubllsheel Pally, Kjeept Sunday, by TlreTrlli Une IMblUhlnK tAnnpsriy, t,r'lfty Cents a Month. MVY R. RICIIAnb, Keillor. O. K. I1YM1KK. nutlncn Manager. NeiVetk ofactt ICO Nassau :flt. ' Sole Agent for Foreign Advertising. ; i Entered at tlie l'ostofflee at Seranton, ft., as , r'ccorid-Class Mull Hatter. When space will permit. The Tribune Is ttaja glail to print short letters (rom Its friends bearing on current topics, but Its rule Is that 1'iesc must be signed, lor publication, by the Writer's real name: and the condition precedent to acceptance Is that all contributions-alull be subject to editorial revision. '""," SCrtANTON, APRIL. 21, 1900. TWELVE PAGES. For Vice-President, CHARLES EMORY SMITH, OF PENNSYLVANIA. EEPUBLIGAN NOMINATIONS. Legislature, l'iisl lilslrlit-TIIOMAS J. KKYSOMIS. Second lUstritt .JOHN f-CIIKIIKlt, .lit. Ihlrd DIstrlU-KmVAIlD JAMKS, J II. The nctlnn of the housp judiciary romuilttbc ycstcriliiyln K'portliiR favor ably IlcprcHcnlutlvc Council's bill cu ntltif: a middle Judicial district will bo Meleoirm news to the lnrge body of lltl pauts In this section who at present arc put lo Inconvenience by reason of fro-, quent cemipulbory attendance at the federal court when sitting In Pltts lutrjf. The 'hanees of the passage of this HtioriKly endorsed measure are thus muter Lilly brightened. Seniority Vs. Selection. Till: 8I3NTn military com mittee haw. we are Informed, materially amended the army rcnisunlzatlcm bill proposed liy Secretary Knot. Most of Its changes relate to details which outside of army circles trie unimportant: but ono change which lias been made In the Hoot bill .seems to us to be vital. V,'a refer ti the elimination of the pro vision which authorized making every third piomotlon lo the grade of colonel, lieutenant colonel and major in the line by selection. In favor of this elimination it was nigued that If a door were loft open to the politicians, future promotions In the army would be by "pull" and not by merit; hence the senate committee adhered to the present lulo of promo tion by seniority. Secretary Hoot, on the other hand, contended that it was "all wiong to Keep the ambitious, vig orous, enielent fellow down by a hide bound rule to the Mime level as the chump, the dull. Idle, indifferent fel low, who Is Just able to keen iir the army anJ avoid being tinned out on an examination. It is entliely reversing the whole principle on which the great ness and the elllclency of the Ameri can people have been built up to say that meritor ious conduct and zeal and energy and activity shall never be re warded." He proposed to put the se lection of men for promotion entirely in the hands of boards made up of ex perienced arrd hlgh-stundlng olllecis who could, he thought, be depended upon to see that Justice would be done. Tlie secretary's position in tills mat ter Is sound. If the army Is to become nn elllclent Institution It must allow the merit within Its ranks to Use above mediocrity. In no other way can the highest elllclency be assured. The Idea of sending warships to Tur key to collect what the sultan owes Is not entertained at the state depart ment In Washington for the reason, nceoidlng to the Washington Post, that faiich an action would be "resent ed by Hurope." There may by reasons why the waishlp Idea I.s yet prcma tine, but we will wager that fear of Huropean resentment Is not one of them. The Negro and the Ballot. HNATOU CHANDLEIt has In troduced a bill "for the pre trillion of the denial or the abridgement of the right of citizens of the United States to vote orr account of color." It provides that "any requliement of any qualification for suffrage, pi escribed by any state in Its constitution or laws which di rectly or Indirectly by express words or by any device or subterfuge Is made to apply In Its terms or In Its opera tion to the great body of the colored citizens of the sUute, while It is trot made to apply to the great body of the white citizens, is heieby declared to be unconstitutional, null, and Inopera tive." Other sections of the bill authorize colored citizens to vote ie garcllebs of race or of state restric tions. Colored citizens are also given the right of action for damages n train t icglstratlon boards icfuslng tliein the right to register. Senator Chandler says that he does not.Intend to press th bill at this time buW'nnts It recoided for future refer ence. In this decision ho Is wise. The Intent or the measure Is liieproachablo liul the ifiethods nre faulty. In the first place It Is not always practicable to 'say what constitutional or statu tory provisions for a lestrlctlng quali fication or qualifications upon the suf frage are specially meant for or ap plied exclusively to negroes. The North may have Its suspicions but congress cannot legislate on the basis of mere suspicions. Secondly. It Is not within the power of congress to take from a state the right to impose qualifications upon the nuffrage or to exempt any class of citizens from such qualifications. In this matter, with one proviso, t the state Is supreme: It must not discriminate. What, then, Is the lemedy for a con dition of affairs which gives to the vofer In some of our southern states a representation In congress equal to that of six, seven or ten voters In the North? Is it to attempt to force the southern people to accept uncondi tional negro domination? We doubt If there Is nny pacific method by which this could bo done, even If there were any considerable deslro to do It. The O belief that the abrupt bestowal of the suffrage upon the negro before he had had tiny fair opportunity to qualify himself for nn Intelligent exercise of the privilege was a mistake Is not de creasing: and If the states where Il literate whites and bla. ks together are In a dangerous majority' shall make and' enforce with faltnces educational or, property qualifications or both, with the Intent to keep away from the polls those not fitted to be there, ob jection crtnnot seriously arise. The objections which exist today are not nltned nt the principle of suffrage res triction but ut the unfnlr discrimina tions which it Is believed are Intended nnd practiced: dlscr rnlnatlons ns hos tile as was slavery to the genius of free Institutions. The remedy was well outlined In the Crumpncker bill which political timidi ty has held back for a season. Let the South restrict the suffrage ns It may please: but restrict Its represen tation In congress proportionally. Do not permit one vote south of the Ohio rlvev to have the weight of ten votes on the northern Bide. The honest and Intelligent element In the South can not take offense at a proposition which Is so manifestly fair as this Is. As for the other elements, let them howl. Oeneral Ruls Hlvern, who Is holding ofllce under General Wood, should not be In too great a hurry to llx a time when the United States must set up nn Independent republic In Cuba. He should recollect that that Is a matter as to which Uncle Snm lias also the right to an opinion. Qood for the Party. RKPUICSKNTATION is being made In certain quarters that the Introduction In the state convention on Wed nesday of a resolution presenting to the Philadelphia national convention the name of Charles Emory Smith as Pennsylvania's choice for the vice presidential nomination would provoke dissension. On this plea effort Is be ing made to prevent such Introduction. Provoke dissension? On what ground? There are certainly no per sonal grounds. We cannot think of a man In public life who has fewer per gonal enemies than Charles Emory Smith. There may be political disap pointments charged against him be cause ho Is postmaster general; these always exist where there are offices to fill. There, mny be resentment at the present tactics employed by the news paper of which Mr. Smith was former ly the editor; but If those who hold It are fair they must acquit him of res ponsibility. The day that ho took of fice under the administration of Wil liam McKlnley ho laid down his edi torship and gave to the American peo ple an undivided service. Do the Ilepubllcans of Pennsylvania want it to be said that because this or that Individual ofllce seeker did not get the postolllce in his town or be cause one or another politician has not concurred In all the contents of a cer tain factional organ tiro present op portunity to secure for this banner Hepublican commonwealth represen tation on the Hepublican national ticket is to be Ignored? Are the large Interests of the state and of the na tion, the history-making of the next four years, to bo regulated on the plane of petty prejudices and mis understandings or Is there to be a breadth of policy commensurate with the expansion of our new duties and responsibilities? Where is there another Pennsyl vania of national size against whose Indorsement by next Wednesday's convention the snme flimsy objections could not bo made? Every man worth anything has to take sides and by so doing give room for offense; but who among the prominent Hepubllcans of our state has In the various factional controversies of the unhappy past held' more consistently than Charles Emory Smith to the principles under discus sion as he viewed them and gone less Into bitter personalities? Where has theie been a pen or a voice moie scrupulously respectful of the lino which separates privileged criticism fioni personal vituperation and slan der? Provoke dissension? If just Indorse ment of the high Hepubllcanlsm of men like Charles Emory Smith, the eloquent orator, the accomplished dip lomatist, the wise administrator and clean and brilliant man of large public affairs. Is to threaten dissension In a Hepublican convention, then by an means let us have a little dissension. It will bo good for the party. There are still no signs on the hori zon that the McKlnley boom Is to be endangered by Admiral Dewey. Foreign flissions. r-IIAT A PHEJUDICE against I foreign missions exists very JL widely Is well known, and at no class of foreign mis sionaries Is It directed more earnestly than at the Christian men nnd women who nro striving to introduce the light of Christian civilization Into the great empire of China. Every little while there Is u riot In China In which a lot of property Is destroyed or a number of people are killed. If Americans are concerned, our state department has to Inquire into the matter, a deal of bother Is raised and then In some of our papers Is sure to appear a series of diatribes asalnst the missionaries, who aro blamed with stirring up all this fuss. The line of argument runs that the missionaries, having volun tarily entered Into the dangers of evanglllzatlon In that far-off strong hold of pagan superstitions, ought not to expect or to receive the protec tion of the United States government when, by the simple act of withdraw ing from Chlntse territory, they could avert all danger. Wo refer to this topic on this occa sion not to provoke a- controversy on a question of religion but us u. prefuco to a quotation which we wish to make from a speech delivered a few days ago ln Evansvtllc, Ind., by Colonel Chnrles Denby, for many years United States minister to China, nnd long the dean of the foreign representatives at Pekln. Colonel Denby knows as much of the affairs of China ns nny Ameri can living, and In the course of his Evansvllle Bpecch he took up the sub ject of the missionaries, and said: I made a study of missionary work In China. 1 look a man-of-war and visited almost every open ort In tho empire. I lived at l'ekln and knew that city. At cadi one of these plaees I lilted and Inspected every tnlsslorary station. At the schools .the scholais were arracd Iwfore me, and examined. 1 went through the mission ary hospitals, I attended sjnods and church cer vices. I saw the mlsslonarres In their homes. I saw them nil, Catholic and Protestant, and I liavc the some opinion of them all. They arc all doing good work; they merit all the support that philanthropy can glo them, t do not stint my commendation or bait or stammer about ork that ought to bo dona at home Instead, of abroad. I make n,o comparisons. I unqualifiedly, and In tho strongest language that tongue can utter, glte to these men and women who are lUIng nnd Hyltg in China and In the far U.ist my full and unadulterated commendation. In China tne missionaries arc the leaders in etcry charitable work. They glc to the ai tiles largely out of their scanty earnings, nnd they honestly administer the alms of others. When famine arrhes and It comes every jear or tho rivers Inundate the soil with never ceasing frequency, the missionary Is the first urn) the last to glc his time and labor to alleviate suffering. They nro the writers of books for the Chinese. The first graduates of the finest western colleges supply and practice surgery an unknown art among the Chinese. Ihey flglit the demon opium, About their re ligious work I have only this to say, that he who teaches Christianity teaches modern civ Dila tion. They have crowded schools and churches. They make converts many of them. There is backsliding in China as there is backsliding bercj but the general trend of progress goes on. Many of the achievements of modern China are due in part to missionary work. The merchants, the seamen, the diplomatists, and the consuls have done much to open lip China to com merce; but the mlsslorary has also done Ids share. Therein tomes In our worldly Interest the interest of the non-rellglous man, of the merchant, the carrier and the manufacturer. It must be admitted that civilization promotes trade that the more a nation becomes clvllired the greater are the wants of the people. Then, If the missionary promotes civilisation, he also promotes trade. When he opens a school he opens also a market. Inspired by holy real, he goes to countries that were never trod by the mere haul's foot; but the drummer follows on behind, and, soon, our textiles, our iron, our flour, our coal oil, nnd many other things are regularly bought by eager customers. To the missionary all these results are subsidiary to his holy purpose. Ills supreme object Is to eon vert the heathen, nnd the colleges, the schools, the doctors, nnd the iharlty arc but means toward this end: but they are noble means In which even the infidel nnd the unbeliever may well take a part. Thero ore riots In China. Yes, and there are riots here. Occasionally a good man or woman is killed by a mob; but let mo say with pleas ure, if not with pride, that during my stay of more than thirteen jcars in China no American was injured. Some of the missionary houses were burned down, but for these Injuries the Chinese government amply paid. I have talked to jou too long aliout my friends, the mission aries, but I have not said the half that I would like to say about them. The doctrine in this country is to tolerate but not to praise them. My doctrine is to tell, if I can, the simple truth about them, and when that is known tho cavil ing, the depreciation, the sneering, which too often accompany contents on missionary work will disappear; and they will stand before the world, as they ought to stand, as benefactors of the people among whom their lives are spent and forerunners of the commerce of the world. An opinion of this kind must have weight with Intelligent people. m Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio ex tols the recently adopted platform of the Pennsylvania Democracy as a model Instrument and commends It to the favorable consideration of tho Kansas City convention. We did not know that Governor Campbell was such a humorist. The Question of the Hour. (From the Towanda Reporter-Journal.) TT -T -rE AGREE with the Scran- ton Tribune that a great opportunity Is presented to the Republicans of Pennsylvania. The Republicans of the great Republican states have been un able to agree upon a candidate for the vice presidency. Pennsylvania has a distinguished citizen he Is not a can didate who would meet all the de mands of the ofllce and who Is, in the best sense of the word, available. If the Republicans at their convention next week shall with united voice pre sent the name of Charles Emory Smith for the place there is a strong probabil ity that he would be nominated by the national convention at Philadelphia In June. It Is a nomination that would unite factions In this state and would add strength everywhere to the ticket. Mr. Smith would nil the office with dig nity and conspicuous ability. He Is a Republican tried and true, a typical American, a clean and conscientious citizen, nd a statesman, whose wide experience, proved ability and con spicuous services aro a guaranty of his faithful and successful performance of all tho duties of the ofllce. He would bo an Ideal candidate. Will the Republicans of this great state rise to their opportunity? During the present complications arising from the failure of the sultan to settle tho bill of Indemnity promised the United States some time ago, the position of All Ferrough Bey, tho Turkish minister nt Washington, Is not ono liable to excite envy. All's reputa tion as a statesman will depend en tirely upon his ability to "stand oft" the collector. The Duke of Arcos Is to iccelve an other Invitation to Chicago, to a cele bration which takes place In August, ir nothing happened to Spain on tho date of the proposed celebration it Is ex pected that the minister will overtook tho Manila day Insult and enjoy some of our proverbial western hospitality. Queen Wllhelmlna has just given the Boer peace envoys a hearing at Tho Hague. In these days of general sus picion and turmoil, Wllhelmlna Is about tho only ruler who will listen to peace talk not backed by battleships. Good looking brunette models ought to do quite a lucrative business just now posing for yellow Journals as Puerto Rlcan society ladles who have been reduced to want by American rule. Among the captured Filipino docu ments Is ono In which Agulnaldo boasts that one Filipino soldier is equal to four American soldiers. In sprinting, yes, And now Admiral Dewey denies that he ever analyzed the Democrats. BADEN - .i,,,..", . ' k ,...,, lKv?fp r i , I k is J t t ;fY W... . - ., ....f& .V aLHHLLLLLHfciDJV aLLLLLLLLLLKV.... .11 ikBHBEnk i ' " - t, , . .--v Today all England Is anxiously awaiting news from AiafekliiR, where Colonel Baden Powell has so long been holding out against hinvy odds. The picture shown herewith is the best ever published of this British officer, whose braveness and sagacity have won for him the admiration of a nation. THE RICHARDSON CALENDAR. UNDER THIS heading tho New York Sun has presented In skeleton form the curious his tory of Hon. Jnmes D. Richard son's connection with American literature, as follows: Sept, 12, ISO.). Itlchardson, as chairman of the house committee on printing, rrporteil a bill, dran by himself, which contained a provision allowing the r-ale to private Individuals by the public printer of duplicate plates of government publications. Passed, with Mr. Ilingley'a amend ment making it illegal to cop)rlght any govern ment publication. June II, 16!)4. Richardson, as chairman of the house committee on printing, reported a resolu tion providing for an edition of 0,000 copies of a public document reprinting the messages and proclamations of all the presidents. Adopted. June, 1891, Ulchard-on, as nn historical en thusiast and public-spirited seivant of the peo ple, volunteered to look after the compilation of this document himself. June, 1894. Richardson procured 'the insertion of an amendment. In the senate, giving him "full power and discretion to do thU work for and on behalf of the committee." Adapted. Kcb. 22, 18'sl. Richardson winle a preface pub licly dedicating to his country the time and la bor he might spend on this compilation. April 11, 3800. Richardson announced the Im mediate apearancc of Volume I, of "Messages and Tapers," nnd offered a resolution providing for the distribution to senators nnd representatives ot their respective quotas. Asked what was to become of the fraction, or remainder of the edi tion, amounting ns then estimated to Goo sets, or over, Richardson replied tliat under the law the fraction would go to the superintendent of documents "to be by him distributed mainly upon orders of members of congress." April, 1890. Richardson procured at the sen ate end of the capltol the insertion of an amendment providing tint the friction of the edi tion should go "to the compiler," that is, to Richardson. Adopted. May 18, ISM. House adopted a resolution pnv vlding for an additional edition of 13,000 of ".Messages and Papers." Actual cost to govern ment estimated at 75, cents per volume. Rich ardson silent. May 22, 169fl. Resolution for 15.000 extra copies amended in senate so as to give the com piler the "fraction" again. May 11, 1897. Richardson besought congress to make Mm a gift of a duplicate set of the government plates, K-tlmatcd the actual cost of Bame at $1,200. Informed by Mr. Cannon that tho public printer's estimate of cost was $.1,t00, he replied that Mr. ('.union was probably right. Questioned about possible claim to cop right, Richardson replied tli.it nidi conj-right was ex plicitly prohibited by law. Congress voted the plates to Richardson. May, 1897. Richardson began to impress the legend, "Cop right, 1897. by James P. Richard son," upon the tucccsslve volumes of this pub lic document. April, 1899, or thereabouts. "Committee on distribution" begin to advertise "Messages and Papers" as a work of thrilling interest, author iied by tho government, and of such inirMnrc that a private publisher could not have pro duced it for less thin a million dollits. July I, 159'). ltl hard-on put to piess the tenth and last volume ot "!cs,-.ii-es and Papers," repeating his declaration that if the book "shall prove satisfactory to congress 'and the country, I will feci cniii,)ensut.il for rnv time and effort." August, 1899-Agenls of "Committee on dis tribution" bctin lo sell topples of Mevugcsj and Papon." at f'H a set, on the pretense that the government was behind the distribution of the work, and that sets were allotted as a mat ter of favor only lo selected persons, a few in each congress district, the edition of this govern- nirnt tttllilb .itintl li.ldnf lirfn ltmlliMl C.k I', iim " Jan. , It.., to Jan. 1, 1S9-:, M separate resolutions in congicss piovldlng Tor finlher edi tions of "Messages and Papers" of from 7,000 to C0.0OO copies for fiee distribution lo the people, wcr referred to Mr. Iticharo-nu's con.nuttee u printing and chloroformed there. ono was ever icxirlcd. Jan. M), 1900. Richardson's attrition was called In congress lo the fraudulent practices of the ajcnH of the "Coiiiinlttep on distribution." Richardson replied that he had nothing lo do with the sale of the work, flic! made a contract wlllr liarcus. "a man of high Chirac ter," by whlili lie, Richardson, received "a small toy alt." February, MOO. Richardson applied lo con gicss for permission "to compile, edit ami pub lish, without expense to the government, the stale papers and diplomatic correspondence of the late Confederate states." Permission granted. Such is the skeleton history of one of the most audaciously conceived and unscrupulously promoted schemes on record for the acquisition of a monopolistic' franchise nnd the exploitation of public llleiary propeily for private gain. The constant buidtn of Richardson's frequent "statements" ami "explanllons" has been that congress has Imposed rqioii him a work of tre mendous magnitude, in comparison Willi which the donation of a few fragment of editions, and a beggarly set of duplicate plates was hardly worth the mention. What he has actual! made out of tho Job is a matter of conjecture. Itlch ardson knows to a dollar, but wc don't. Let uj try a few ligi.rcs: Commercial value of "fragment" of (list government rdltlon of (1,000 sets, esti mated by Richardson's colleagues at from MO to 700 rets, at 110 a set: Meld ing at the minimum estimate a possible. 5,000 Same for the second government edition of 13,000 sets, the "fragment" also voted to compiler 5,000 Actual cost of production of duplicate plates, as estimated by public printer... 3,600 ".Small rojalt" of let us say $2 a set on let us say 20,000 copies of "Messages' and Papers" marketed by "Committee on distribution" , 40,000 Total to iircliardsoti lo dale $3l,C00 The Hon. James 1). Rlcliardson'a salary as a statesman during Hie entire period of six cars alnce ho went Into the business ot compiling government publications for private sale lias been less than tst0,000. Wc repeat that our es limate of his gains through literature at $5.1,000 is conjectural, and is advanced subject to cor rection by himself, If he sees fit to correct It. PERSONALITIES. The I'mprni of China hii a weakness for dia monds and wears them in spite of a Chinese law foihldding women lo wear jewels. The newly elected senator from California, Mr. RatKl, is an enthusiastic, garclniir, and lu pro duced two new varieties of ices. William II. Ilradbury, tho mlllloiialic Intel POWELL. owner of San 1'rancisco, amuses himself for an hour or more every clay by running the elevator in Ids hotel. Henry T. Plnek, the author of several well known liooks on evolution, is mal.liih' a study of the love sioiics ami popular talis of Japan. C.irolus Dunr alwajs smoVcj while painting a portrait, except, of course, when a lady is the sitter. He Vas that he finds the greatest In epilation in a pipe. Tho king and queen of Sweden will leave Swe den In April, proceeding first to Kngland to visit (Jueen Victoria, and later they will visit the Paris eeposltion. Lord Salisbury has an antipathy for tobacco smoke, and smoking Is strictly forbidden to guests in those apartments at Hatfield House which are occupied by his lordship. The London Sphere ir authority for the state ment that Colonel Vlllcbols cle Jlarcull, the Kiench adviser of the Doers, receives 230 Kruger sovereigns a month for bis Btrvices, or the equiv alent of $r,000 a ear. Marshall O. Wuggoner, of Toledo, 0., the noted convert from infidelity to Christianity, has at last burned his infidel library, which had the reputation of being one of the finest in the world. He had spent thousands ot dollars and traveled far and wida to collect it. Ceneral George M. Randall, who is visiting in Washington, will leave for Seattle at once, and on May 21 will sail for Alaska to take command of the new- military department of Alaska. A great deal ot work has been planned for him to do. Among other tilings two thousand miles of overhead nnd submarine telegraph line will be constructed. , Miss 1'annlo Davis, the celebrated pianist, docs not believe in devoting too much of the day to practicing. She sa.vs that more than four hours of tliis makes a pianist a machine and not an artist. Neither does she make even this a dally institution, for it is her invariable habit to frond at least two months of the year in abso lute Idleness. Representative Mercer, of N'ebr.islM, is a de votee to euchre and vers- seldom loses a game. The other evening In Washington, however, he did not win a game, and it was decided that he ought to be consoled with a booby prize. This consisted of a Phllippino baby made of raisins, figs and other fruits, with cloves for eyes. It was the first time he had been honored with a booby prize. TOLD BY THE STARS. Daily Horoscope Drawn by AJacchus, The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabe cast: 1.31 a. m., for Saturday, April 21, 1900. & SP A child horn on this dav will have a fondness for base ball and Ico cream soda. Almost every one Is eligible for record in the "blue book" containing names of people In Seranton who need spring medicine. The piesent peaceful relations between this city and Wilkes-Rarre are not expected to last loni, after the base ball season opens. Some men who would be failures as bank presidents make good bowlers. The unsuccessful genius Is alwas known as a crank. The most agreeable man sulTrrs in silence. Next to lioing born beautiful Is the ability to dress beautifully. AJacchus' Advice. Do not waste your time sighing for distinction and wealth. Wish for a million dollars and a contented mind. Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from. Hi ill & Connell 121 N. Washington Ave., EVERETTS Horses nnd carriages are su perior to those of any other livery in the city. 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