'"Tr? iVnF THE SCRANTON TRIBTJNE-TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1900. rubh.iieel DilW, Kxcrpt .Sunday, Iiy The Trili ine robllihlnB Company, nt I'lfty Cents a Slonlh. nvr s. niciiAiin, iMitor. O. I'. UVMIKK. Iluslnrw Manager. Nut York OBlce! 150 Nassau St. H. S. VlllX.tiWD. Sole ARcnt for rorcleii Aducrtlslnjf. Kntered it Hie I'natofllc at Seranton, Vt., as Second Clan Mill Matter. When spare will penult, The Tribune Is al ways Rlail to print shnit lellm domrlts friends hearing on current tuple. Inn its uj' that throe must be slRtieel, lor pulillcstM. by tlie writer's real name; anil the rendition precedent to acceptance is that all rontiUmtions ahall be suliject tordltoilal revision. TEN PAGES. sciiANTox. aphuj 21, iooo. For Vice-president, CHARLES EMORY SMITH, OF PENNSYLVANIA. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Legislature. first Wstrict-TIIOM .1. HKYNOMW. eicond District .10IINT SL'UKimi, -IK. Third iMVrlct-KPW.MMI J.MS, Jit. fourth Dntrict-1'. A. I'lllMIIN The, Tribune's ramltdnte for vice liroslilpiit Is not the property of any fiictliiu. Ills Kopubllciinlstn la ay broad as the boundaries of Ills patty. lVnn sjlvimlu cmnot affoid to stand fur a smaller type. Renominate Grow. TIIK ltlUHT of any Itepubli ran In the coininoinvealtW to asplie to tlie otllro of eon gienHiiiiin at laige. an olllee, li the way. which will soon disappear Is not to be questioned; and If for Heo'raphic .it leasons the delegates from Philadelphia unite In the ado cae. of .1 1'hlladelphla eandldate, we bee no iuumiii why their action should be ciltlclsed. The connminlt.v which does not ark for lecognltlon In politics seldom lccelves It; anl out Philadel phia ft lends have long since oveicoine any congenital Inclinations tow aid ex cessive modesty. Hut It needs to be understood that the part at luige cannot accept a, Philadelphia candidacy If It Is to cause the b.icrillcp of that gninil old man of Puinsjlvanla Republicanism, Galusha A. Gtovv. Mr. (iiott, It is title, hap pens to live in the section of the com monwealth which Is also to supply the nominee for auditor general; but he belongs to the commonwealth at large, the sentiment which views In his can didacy a connecting link between the blith and the manhood of the Repub lican party Is as fit in in one portion of th state as It Is In nnothei ; In his case all considerations of geogiaphy can and should be dismissed. It Is true that Oalusha A. Glow lep resents and Is suppoi ted by no political machine; that he Is not In close touch with the men who make polities u business; that his only claim to con fiideiatlon Is the memoiles that he rep resents and the fidelity and ability of bis extraordlnai.v public sei vices. Yet theie is enough tespeet among the people for this venerable fatbci of Re publicanism to make It very impiudcnt for a younger geneiatlon of politicians to try to tin list him aside. The Press Is the name of a publica tion said to ln published In Ptttsbing nnu alleged to be opposed to Phailes Kmoiy Smith for vice piesldent. Wo do not -recall having ever hraid of the Pittsburg Press, but if theie Is such a paper and If it Is opposed to Sir. Smith th chance3 are that the fact Is to hi3 credit. The Quay Case. T HAS Hi:i:.V well said that In genious mii.ds can llnd abun dant constitutional giounds for itnv policy which can be pro posed. The case upon which the sen ate has agreed to vote ihl afternoon tit 4 o'eloi k has been ably and ex haustively aigued on both sides from i (institutional standpoints, with the K'sult that so far as Its constitutional aspects are concerned theie is as wide a dl vet genie of opinion a3 ever. Where doctois dlNigice It would bo useless for laymen to aigue. We theiofore waive this phase of the subject. Fiaukly icsognizlng the public's In ability to iigieo on the constitutional points Involved, pel haps theie is hope for a neater appioach to unanimity with tespeet to the common sense of the inattei. In thlr hope let us lecol lett the facts. The campaign of ltss In Pennsylvania, In which Stone inn for governor against Jeuks, Democrat, and Swallow, Prohibitionist, was es-Hi-ntlnlly a fight between the Quay and the anti-Quay elements of the Repub lican paity for control of tho paity organization, In conne-tlon with the governed bhlp a leglslatute-was elected, add li. those legislative districts where the anti-Quay men wete beaten at the ptmailes fusion with the Deinocints against the tegular Republican nom inees was attempted, and the light throughout was of a gucillla character, tor extinguish Quay from tho patty leadership. Stone won and the legulars elected a large majority of the Republican inpmbers.hip in the leglslatuie, but not a majority of all the members on Joint ballot. In putsuance if custom a party caucus was held, which was at tended by more thun two. thirds of tho Republican members of the gen eral assembly; and at this caucus' Sen-, ntor Quffy was nominated as the party candidate for senator to succeed him self. The defection of a baker's dozen of members claiming to be Republi cans but refusing tb abide the decision of the .Republican caucus threw the legislature Into a deadlock, which con tinued unbroken until adjournment. Following tho adjournment the caucus nominee was appointed by the gover nor. Collateral with this deadlock was u. manufactured prosecution of Colonel Quay in the courts of Philadelphia for alleged conspiracy to misuse the pub llo funds, . a pro.ijciitlon manifestly political In origin and'trfiSpliatlon and so timed us to supply the bolters with ui excuse for their refusal to enter the Republican caucus. This prosecution resulted In an acquittal but accom plished the teal purpose1 of Its nuthora In serving us a pretext for tho pre arranged deadlock.. The political question presented to the senate, therefore, Is whether a state Is to be deprived of represen tation by these mmns. The legisla ture of Pennsylvania having adjourned without fullllllng Its duty In respect to the election of it senator, a failure ilue wholly to tho factional manipula tion of n snutll fraction of its mem bet ship contrary to nil established party custom, must tho majority yield to this Insurgunt minority, the pennlty being a vacancy In the stato's- repre sentation until another legislature can be chosen by the people charged with icpalrlng the dereliction of Its prede cessor? Would not the giving by tho senate of assent to tho minority's at titude as t created in this case result In a multiplication of legislative dead locks by sorehead minority Intrigue and threaten continuous reduction in the membership of the senate? The authors of the llarrlsburg dead lock profess to fear that Quny's ad mission by appointment would tempt his fi lends to construct a deadlock of their own in the next legislative ses sion; they petcetvo that their vicious precedent invites retaliation In kind. Hut if Quny's friends were again in the majority, they would not need a deadlock; and If, on the other hand, they should be In a minority, tho very leawm now urged for Quay's admis sion, namely, that he Is the choice of the majority df his parly, would then bo nbxont and a second appeal to tho senate could not bo sustained. The whole question In its practical aspects hinges upon the right of n nia jotlty in a political party to act for the paity and to have Its action In dorsid. The cudeutlals of Quay have the lndoisement of a large majority of the Republican members of tho last leglslatuie: they tepicsent an Impreg nable case for party lcgularlty; and on this basis we hope to see him ad mitted today as a tebuke to tho ten dency of minority Intilgue to upset the fundamental republican principle of majoilty mle. Hoes the Pennsylvania organization wanJt. can it affoid, to proscribe Re publicanism of the caliber of Churles Emory Smith's? As Viewed at Washington. -rt Hn WASHINGTON Star yes I terday printed the follow- JL. Ing editorial In lcfcrence to duties Emoiy Smith in connection with the vlce-ptesldentlal nomination: "Still another suggestion going to show how admirable tho Held Is from which the Republicans may choose their candidate for ilcc-ptesldent Is that of Postmaster General Smith for second place with Mr. MeKInley. The suggestion is not new, the Star having bad the pleasure of making It several month ago, but with the approach of convention day it comes up afresh, and in many quuiteis It is the theme for compliment and approval. "Charles Hmory Smith tlchly deserves the applause which this mention of his name is calling out. He is a brilliant and exceptionally able man Ho ranks with the foremost Journalists of the Kngllslw oeaklng woild. He has filled a diplomatic post of Importance and difficulty with much success, and he is now filling an office which demands even n higher order of capacity. Ho Is, niorener, a valued and valuable ad visor of the president on questions in geneial. So that as a writer, speaker, diplomat, and executive he has shown qualities which have entitled him to distinction, and by the exercise of which ho has achieved distinction. "It Is supeifluous to say that Mr. Smith is a staunch Republican, and is In thorough sympathy with the admin- Istiatlon of which he Is so worthy and conspicuous a member. He has health and eneigy and aggressiveness, and as his party's candidate for the second highest olllee under the government he would make u canvass from which his paity would derive very great benefit. "The vlcc-piesldentlal nomination nt Philadelphia will be, and should be, made with caie. The president tie Hen es, and the good of tho patty re quites, that he be associated with a stiong man for second place. It Is no time for complimenting men, or for taking an unknown and undeveloped man on trust. It Is true that In the ease of Geneial Arthur the Republicans did that very thing and diew a. prize. Rut the point then was to conciliate Mr. Conkllng, who was threatening to sulk, und whose loss to the party would be eiy great. There Is nobody of Mr. Conkllng's force anywheio to be con ciliated nowvnnd so the party has only to consider the matter In connection w Ith the general necessities of the hour." A bioad, national, patriotic view of the question. Wo earnestly commend It to the Hatilsburg convention. Never has Pennsylvania had repre sentation on a Republican tnesldentlal ticket. Now Is the time to create u good precedent. Common Sense Vs. Parsimony. VIE DIJMAGOOIC attempt I of the Democratic! minority "' In congress to mnko cam paign thunder out of the fact that special expense allowances have been 'made out of the Cuban reve nues to the American army officers who have had to maintain expensive ofllclal establishments while engaged In administrative; work In Cuba will not only fall of Its immediate purpose but It ought to btlng out public war rant for a considerable Increase In those allowances, which aro now In most cases too small. Governor General Wood, for exam ple, drawn $7,500 pay from the United States as a major general of volun teers, und Is ullowed $7,1100 more from tho Cuban revenues for ofikiul ex penses, making $1C,000 In all yet If he were to keep up tho scaln of cxpon dlturcn for social and display purposes to which tho people of Cuba were ac customed during' the Spanish regime, ten times that amount would hardly suffice. Tho other recipients of extra allowances were General Ludlow, when, governor of Havana province, Major Hllss, the- collector of Cuban customs, and Major Ladd who has been acting as custodian of funds for the mllltnry administration. The entire sum thus allotted was only $10,000, or about what a wldc-awnko Spanish subordi nate would expect to steal, in one yenr if In a position to get his hands on anything valuable. Everybody who knows anything whatever about the Laths, race knows how necessary it la to use cxpenslvo forms and ceremonies In dealing with them, and how sensltlvo they nro to remissness in social courtesies or at tentions. General Wood ought to have $50,000 a year and It would bo economy In the long run to let him have It. Tho same. In proportl6n, Is true of his subordinates. We are in for this trop ical business for better or worse and must play the gamo according to native requirements: we can not ex pect tho Cubans to alter their natures and recast nil their traditions to fit the parsimony of tho average Demo cratic congressman when ho Is criti cizing something that a Republican administration has done. According to the Informal talk ot the senators who recently visited Cuba, the solution of the Cuban problem Is to let the Cubans have Independence until they get tired ot It, whereupon there will be a general demand for annexation. It Is easier to lead the Latin race than to dilve It. Gossip alleges that after Governor Roosevelt bus served another term In the executive mansion In Albany he will be nppolnted governor of the Philippines. The president could not make a better choice. Representative Landls of Indiana Informs tho Indianapolis Press that there Is not a Republican member of congress who would vote for the ship ping bill. Mr. Landls has a fine vein of humor. Labor troubles In Chicago threaten to make the coming Dewey parade brass bandless. The vindication of tho Duke d'Arcos bids fair to be most complete. In addition to the trouble caused by the Hoers, the British generals seem to have considerable to occupy their minds lighting among themselves. According to latest reports from Manila It will be necessary for the United States troops to kill General Plo del Pilar all over again. Charles Emory Smith has precisely the qualities which arc needed In the vice-presidency. He would make an Ideal candidate. m The present season of springtime proves enjoyable In spite of the Indi viduals who predict snow storms for May. m The sentiment for Charles Emory Smith 'for vice-president is not manu factured. It is spontaneous. He Is "not a candidate" but If his party calls, Chatles Emory Smith will obey. The sultan of Turkey continues to promise and build ships. A GREAT CONVENIENCE. Horn the Pittston Odette. t'onsressman ConnfU'e bill proidins for the erection of a new fcdiT.il couit district in this slate, to be known at the middle judicial dis trict, lias been iaoi.ibiy reported to the house ami will doubtlc!.s beccmc a law. The new dis trict will be attached to the Third United Mates ciuult. There arc now two judicial districts in the state, the Kastein and Western. Luzerne county is in the latter, and liticmtB arc fro cnicntlv compelled to bo to ritltburg to'attcnd the sessions of the fcdd.ll couiti. The new dis. trlct couit will be a Kioat convenience to the pioplc ot this section. THE BADGE OF CHIVALRY. A strenuous spirit born to thrall Of toll; A form rotiftti-iicnn, by labor chained To sunlit fields or cities crude Turmoil; An engine's side, in ship's deep hold, , Or loaded barcc or minor's cell; In all tho strife of nil the world, ( That (alls since man primeval fell. Erect he stands In all the lands Of earlli. UpriKht of soul, thouKh far tho coal, 1 hough crude the giant chlscltd form. No mirth Shall scorn or mock the homely mold, 1'or all the wraith and all the gold Hie men of earth h.ne ln.own or know Had birth from those Bloat knotted hands. Ills sign and badec of chivalry, - The hoc, The evthe and reaping bock, the flail, Tlie carl and lowlj humble beast; The flow Of running mill stream, hives ot bees, Cathedrals built of )niglit loss, And cleaiinss bared of tow 'ring trees Or smiling fens and flow'ring bogs. And seen In bands of girdling steel, Or smoke Fioni grimy foundries, tunneled hills; In singing anchor, lapping tails, Tho stroke 01 hammer, anvils ringing sweet; In pictured story, carved form, In masonry and paved street, Or battles won and breasted stoim. Magician liel surpassing power! Ills touch llrlngs forth the rainbow hues of God From dull plain stones near Nature's heart. Pan such In truth be called a ".Monstrous thing," "A "brother to the OxS" Can sting Of "Terror djimb" apply to him Whoso soul Is kin to "bcraphlmt" lie may not reach the wondrous heights Of lore, Nor hear angrllo deathless tongs, l'or they but follow whero he goes before; Anil speed their way wliat'ere they will, Ills patient spirit leads them still, Through valtrvs where the south wind blows Neath shining peak's eternal snows. For he who wields the lowly hoe, 1'orsooth, Is brother to the learned one Who searches through the ages gone l'or truth, The duller light wilnln his brain May need but touch of "Maglu Chance," To fling world-wide fits humble name On fhing wings of circumstance. William franklin Johnson, hi Pittaburg l)i pa I ill. PENROSE IN BEHALF OF MR. QUAY Concluded from Tagc 1.1 That this purpose to keep the senate full mu have been strong In the minds of the trainers of the constitution Is evident when we consider the Importance which they attached to the con stitution of the senate. Many conflicting theor. lej prevailed as to the manner In which tills branch of the natlonil legislature should bo constituted. Many suggestions were made and consldvicd. The senato was to bo chosen by the lirst branch of the leglslatuie; it was to be, chosen by the state legislature; It was to bo ulioten by the people; It was to be appointed by the president; It was to be choen from dis tricts throughout the union or to no npor. tlonel by the representatives after a census; the liower of iifinlnatlon vas to be given to tho state legislature; the stales were to be repre sented according to their Impoitance or In pro portion to their propertj ; or on a basis of C(tial representation of the states In the body. It vvas origlnilly supposed that the senate would be of nristcK ratio character; that It would be a re straint on tho excesses of democracy, and ton slit of perse ns of weallh and lnliucnce, with power nnd ability to icslst the cnercachmenls of the ciemtlve. It was supposed that Its dura tion would be for life; that theie should be a property quillfloatlon; und that many executive functions should bo slven it, such as tho ap pointment of ambassadors and Julges. when the wcrk bad been ccmpleted It wis found that there were crrtain purposes In the onstltutlon of the senate, which have been et forth, by Alexander tlunllton In five letters In "The Federalist." They were to conciliate the spirit of Independence In tlie several states by Kivlng each, however small, equal representation with every other, however large, In one branch o( the national government; to rreate a council qualified bv Its moderate slic and the expert ei co of IN members to advise and check the rresldcnt in the exercise of Ids power of op iwintlrg to office and concluding treaties; to furnish a ruttalnt nnd cluck upon the tjiancy and mutability In cplnicn of popular majorities represented more clrwely in the house of rcprc wntntlves; to provide a hedy of men less sub ject to frequent changes In membership and com paratively fiee frcm popular clamor, so that they might constitute an element of stability in the government of the nation, ci aiding it to malu tiin Its elaiaekr In the ejes of foreign states and to piescrvc a continuity of policy at homo and abioad; and, finalb, to establish a court proper for tho trhl of impeachment, a remedy necessary te. pievcnt the abuse of power by the executive. A seiator is tho repicseiitatlvc of tlie sovrielgnty of the state; he upitsonts the slate in Its political capacity. Its memuers in earlier times regarded themselves as a sort of congress ii! ambassadors from their respective stitri, and they were accustomed to refer for advice and instructions each to his state legislature. As a compromise between tho advocates of states' rights and states' sovereignty, the plan was finally determined on ot giving each senator oue vote and each state an cpnl representa tion. So strong was the final d.tcrmlmtlon lint the senate should consist of an equal representa tion of tlie states that it was piovided In Ai ti de V that "No stale, without Us consent, shall be de prived of its equal suffrage In the senate." Is it not clear, when we consider, therefore, the history of the evolution of tlie senate from out of the many diverse and contending theories into tlie form in which it was finally created, that the tramers of the Constitution intended to crcite what is the most important branch of the whole sjstem of our government a "or manent body existing as an intermediate link between the exceutlvo and the house of repre sentatives and preeminently an assurance of the contlnuanco and stability of our Institu tions? Work of the Senate. It Is hardly necessary to go into details as to the overwhelming importance of carrjlng out this paramount purpose of tlie trainers of the Constitution in having tho senate kept filled. No technicalities or subtleties should stand in tho way of consummating this essentially im portant end. Any doubts, if such exist, shoulJ be resolved In fivor of this object, tho import ance of which Is admitted by every oai, Tho work of a senator, cspeclallj from some of the larger state, is sufflclentlv arduous and burdensome to render It extremely desirable, in order that the public business of he state may bo properly expedited, that tho state should no represented by two senatois. The inconvenience to the members ot tills body incurred by such vacancies is considerable, because the mechanism o the senate in committee assignments and in ether matters pertaining to the conduct of Us business Is more or less disturbed. The equal representation solemnly guaranteed by the con stitution to each state is impciiled Even upon broader and wider ground It can be said that the people of every other state, of all tho United States, are interested in having, nnd are entitled to have, every slate in this union fully lepiesented upon the flooi of this body. It has been argued tint we can easily affoid to have ear after jear one or more slates but partially represented here, and that no serious or practical Inconvenience results. It has been maintained that In some wav it is ths fault of tlie state because the stale leglslatuie falls to elect, and that th" state should sulTer there for, as If no other patt of the country had any interest In maintaining the full iutegnt." of the senate. H might frequent!) happen that wheie a majority of tho people of tlie United States had declared on way upon a question and vrere entitled to be represented by a certain majority of senators to this body upon lint qiestlnn that the popular will might bo frus trated nnd nullified by tlie talluie of one, two or three lcgisl itures to elect. There have been several Important rates bear ing cut this statement Then- have been great questions settled bv this senate by a majority of one or two voles. Had the states represented bv tho senators in those small ma.'oiities been unipresentcil or but partially represented, these great questions would have been determined otherwise. The tariff of lStfi was eb felted ly the casting vole of (7enrpe M. Dallas, then vice piesldent. Tlie Impeachment of indnvv John sen was defeated bv one vote. Tin! force bill vvas defeated In tlie senile by one vote. This very question of tlie validity cf un exciutive ap pointment was determined in this renate in tlie Mantle cose bv a vote so dose il.a; but for a misunderstanding legarebnr certain pairs It might have been determined oth'T-'isi and exist todav ts a precedent in favor of tho present appoint ment. Other equally notable instances might bo cited. Members of Legislative Body. While a senator is primal ily a representative vt an organized political cunstltucm), repic tinting the government of a soveieign Hate and possessed with liUli executive functions, lie at the same time is a member of a legislative body, and, ns such, under broad Interpietatiou of tlie eludes and functions of -a member of such a body, represents after his entrance Into this senato not alone tho s,Utc which lias sent him here, but the people ot the United Slates; and lie has Imposed upon him the dut) to repiesent them conscientiously and faithfully; while .he people, also, have a right to look o him as v.cll as to their own lepresentatives and have an equal interest In having the senatorial posi tion filled. Vtlien wo contemplate the rapidity ot our growth and the vast population which will in the lifetime of many of us occupy our danain, the far-seeing statesman can not fill to icalizo the importance of exercising every precaution calculated to maintain unimpaired all of the co ordimta blanches of this government ts estab lished by tho constitution. It is somewhat remarkable, as I have already stated, upon a study of this question to develop tho fact that the progress of Interpretation of this provision of the constitution regarding the senate ot tlie United States has been continually in tho direction of a earrvlic out of this para mount purpose to which I have referred, and which must be obvious to all. Step by step this progress lias been met by the nairow, technical, and rc-actlonary spirit which has exhibited Itself in other branches of constitutional development, Every word In the two clauses above quoted has been Interpreted and even strained to cairy out this purpose' against opposition of this char acter. One ot the last points left for this reac tionary sentiment to contend over Is this ques tion of the validity of executive appointments. As wo proceed to interpret the meaning vt the constitutional piovlslons relative to the senate, let us also consider how these words havo been Interpreted with tho paramount object In vie of facilitating the election of senators and pro moting the purpose of maintaining tho Integrity o! flic senate. Two striking Instances are found In the very next words of tho clause. The very next words In cluuso l of section 3, coming after those already quoted and explained, namely, the vioids "chosen by the' legUlatuio thereof, for six years," have lven Interpreted not as their stiiet and literal meaning would Indi cate, but with a libcial, reasonable, an fair desire to carry out. the purpose of the constitu tion. If the narrow construction which Is ap plied by senators on tho other tide 6f the ques tion should be applied here and the literal ren dering of these words should be taken, the legis lature would have no authority to elect for a term of less than six years. Consequently, vvb to the legislature failed to elect a scnatdr prior In the expiration of a term, the term hiving com menced, they could not fill such a vacancy by election because the election would not be for six ) ears, but for a period less than six )ears; and doubtless It would be argued that the legis lature having failed in Its duty to protidi In advance for filling the otltce of senator In airpb time before he Lrglimtng of the term, the state should Incur the penalty for such ilellnqucney ly being unrepresented until a term camo rounl. Hut those who delight In technicalities and quib bles have hardly gone this far in appl)lng this rendering to these words. While literally oi.'y authorised to choose senators for a term of tlx )cars, legislatures continually choose senators for lesser periods of two, three, or four )car, or whatever! may be the balance of the sctijlu.'lal term for which they may elect, and thli dcinrt lire from a literal rendering of the coHtltuilon has been a proper Interpretation of the purpose of the constitution that the senate of the United States should be kept filled. The Second Instance. The second Instance found In the words re ferred to In clause 1, In ivhlch the literal mean ing ot the constitution has been still further strained In order that the election of senators migui, be facilitated, Is strlklnglv shown in the manner of choosing senators. The constitution declares that they shall lie chosen by the legis latures of the stales. It would seem dear from tills language that the requirements of the con stitution in regard to the election of senators would not be complied with unless Its members were elected by the legislatures of the several states in the same way that laws ore passed by the concurrent act of the two branches, approved by the executive, or at least by election's held separately in each Independent legislative clum ber. Dut the practice long prevailed, and vvas silently acquiesced In by tlie senate of electing Its members by Joint ballot of the two branches of a state legislature, in whldi the members constitute one aggregate body, ond fn which the less numerous branch is dissipated and lost In the larger. This practice has now been estab lished by tho act of congress of 1801, and while Its constitutionality lias been quest loned, for all practical purposes it is now too late to call Into question this mode of election. So far as most of the states aie concerned tills legislation by congress has been afllrmcd by state legislation; nevcitheless, as it is not competent for the members of a legislative assembly to do any ordinary act of legislation by proceeding In joint ballot, an election effected by tlie mem bers of the legislature in that manner cannot properly be said to lie the choice of the legisla ture. Perhaps there could be no greater cvidcn.-e from the point of iew of the senators upon the other side of this question of a strained nnd almost vlolitinp Interpretation of the eonstlt.i tlon, mane and acquiesced into facilitate tlie elec tion of senators that the senate may be kpt Wiled, than is afforded by this instance. Chan cellor Kent sa)s in his commentaries that if the question was a new one it might well be main tained "that when the constitution directed that the senators should be c.iosen by tho IokIsIiIiiip it meant'not the members of the legislature p"r capita, but the legislature in tlie true technical sense, being the two houses acting In their sepa rate organized capacities, with the ordinary con stitutional right of negative on each other's prj codlings" (Kent's v-ommentaries vol. 1, 2i5). The final words of cliuse 1 ot section 3 arc: "And each senator snail have ono xotc." Duty of Americans. The fact that the states of this union are here upon an equal basis Is one of tho striieing tea tires of the constitution of the senate. It Is an element for conservatism In the construction of our government, however much It night have been tlie result of a necessary compromise, l.very patriotic American, to whatever state he limy belong, should have an Interest and a piide in tho success ard welfare of each of (he splen did sovereign commonwealths that I'onstitute our union. No jealousy or cavil at tnls equal ity of representation should be felt. Those small states of the original thirteen which formed the government arc entitled to be here because they equally with tho other original states helped to achieve our independence and are entitled to maintain their paitncrsiili in this union, even if It can not be expected that they will ever, on account of ph)slcal conditions, again cope in actual equality with tlie larger commonwealths. Those rewer states, splendid i their size and in their fcitillty nnd possessing brilliant possl billtcs, while smaller In population at present than some ot the older commonwealths, nb'e piomlse of becoming at no distant day Hie scat of empire. At Hie sain.! time the fact can not be forsottcn that a state like I'enns)lv.inla, with some seven million people and with thirty representatives at the other ci', of the capltol, is here in this senate placed on an inequality with other stales which may have but one, or tluee representatives in the house. That such a penai.y should be Inflicted upon our people for no fault of theirs is unjust an I unsiiflcrable. To atttempt to assert that a stato must suffer in this way by partial representation simply becauso a state legislature, through causes absolutely be) ond the control xif the people of the state, and even be)ond the control of the legislature itself, failed to elect a senat',-, and that the state must therefoie go but partly iep resented. Is a proposition that will not be (de nted by practical men, however such refinement may delight the student and the lawjer; and the Inconvenience and the injustice become all the more intolerable when it is felt that the con. stitution has provideit anipla, means to Insure to Hie slate full representation. Great commu nities and gicat Interest will not long penult their rights to be frittered away and Imperiled by arguments of this character. To lie Continued. FURIITUR Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from. Hill & Connell 321 N. Washington Ave., JEVJEMTFS Horses and carriages are su perior to those of any other livery in the city. If you should desire to go ' for a drive during this delight ful period of weather, call tele phone 794, and Everett will send you a first-class outfit. EVERETT'S LIVERY, 238 Dlx Court. (Near City Hall.) IFFBE ALWAYS BUSY. SHOES FOrt SPIUNO, DASU nAU, SHOES, outi.no siions, TKN.NIS HI10K3, i risiuxa doots Lewis (&Reilly 114116 Wyomlne Avenue. For Wedding Presents? Yes, we have them, m Sterling Silver, Rich Cut Glass, Clocks, Etc. An interesting variety of the richest goods in America. Prices the low est guarantee perfect at MERCEREAU&COMELi 130 Wyoming Ave. Coal Exchange. The Hmnut & ' Coooell Coo Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 434 Lackawanna Avenue HENRY BEL1N, JR., OeueriU Agent for ttts Wyomtuj District j: DUM1T arrMMtniKin Ululng, masting, Sporting, .Siuoke'.eti unit the Kep.iuno Caoimca,. Co np.uiy's .HIGH EXPLOSIVES, tafcty l'use. Cnps nnd Ktplo Isri liooui lot Connoll llulldtu;. bcrautju. TIICS. FORD, - - nttston. JOHN D. SMITH & SON, - Plymouth. W. E. MULLIGAN. - WllkCB-Barrc M1M u iyuu iiujuua "Say, I'll take an oath that R'1-P'A'N'S saved my life. 41 1 was on a little racket for about thret or four weeks and the boys all had me dead. Well, say, I just dosed myself with R'I'P'A'N'S and you see me now. I eat four meals a day and never felt better in my life. " Everybody in this neighborhood can tell you that they thought I was good for a funeral before I commenced tak ing R'I'P'A'N'S. Now look at me. Don't look much like 1 am going to croak, do I ? " Well, I don't know the fellow that got up Ripans, but whoever he is he is entitled to a monument." A new st jl p.rket e ontalalnc in mro-i tisvus In a n&ner earton (without irlus) ts now for ulo at Mm rtnlir lorr vns rive ei.wTt This low pileM rott u inleuiatxl lor tb poor &nd the economical c)na doaen nt Itaa lira ecnt artons (IJtl tabilrai ran ll bad t'T mall by (duling furtu IrM cents to the lun CBSxieui. e"orr,Xo. J Spruce Htre-rt, New York, or a UnKlo artun(Trl tacui.es) lll In tent tor lira rent. Klrts Taupusi u7 slw Ui ItoJ ot giwr, central stor tkeeptrx, a scinu, and at Ujuor rtcrea sod Luber tfet. HNLEY' AaiaiMal all of praw Hosiery Our showing of Vine Hosiery !i tho most nttrncttvo In years, and It nilelltlon to staple lines, includei many orlRlnal and exclusive atylea elsewhere. In fine "Lace Stripes," "Droi Stitch." "Polka Dots" and "Em. liroldercd," cither In solid colors oi fancies, our line Is unsurpassed. Noto tho following specials: Good for this week. FOE WOMEN. At 25c Per Pair. Polka Dots, Illack. Blue and Hed Rtounds, with white dot. Fast Illack, full regular made with high spliced heel and doubla sole, also with white sole or whtto feet. At 35c a Pair, or 3 Pairs for $1.00. Extra fine Fast Black, n-hlte solo or white feet, and our regular BOc. line. Drop stitch Lisle In Black, new rteds and Purples, also In Laca Lisle. At 50c a Pair, Medium and llcrht weight In Cot ton and Lisle Thread. New colors In Laco effects. At 50c, 75c, $3.00, $1.25 up to $2.50 A specially handsome line at fancies both In Lisle Thread and Silk. 100 dozen Fast Black with whlto sole, full regular made1, our regular :'."c. quulity; during this sale, only 19c. At 25c, 35c and 50c. Special lino ot fancies, newest de signs In Stripes, Dots and Lact effects. 110-512 LACKAWANNA AYENUE THie Neostyle Duplicator oooooo It will print 2,ooo copies from one original writing, drawing or music, and 1,500 copies from any original writ ten on any typewriter. We are agents for the above and have one in use for the in spection of any one interested in duplicating machines. The Planetary Pencil Sharps ener, improved, The Star ' Paper Fastener, improved. We will put either in your office on trial for a fewdays. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Scranton, Pa. Wc carry the largest line of offlee supplies la S'crtlieastcin Penniylvanla. ; V
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