rwwicRfn',lJ' Vfi .y . THlf SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1900. t rublUfiftl Dully, Ecfpt Sun!r. by The Trib une I'ublliblnR lompjny, t Fitly Cc-nti Month. I.IVY B. 1IICIIA11D, Kdltor. O. V. UYMll'.i:. Ili-slnns Minuter. New York Ofllcet 150 Nmu fit. 8. 8. VHF.r.LAND, Eole Agcn (or foreign AcIrcrtUInt. CnlcrrJ it the l'otomre it Scranton, r., Second C1m Mall Matter. When upscc will permit. The Tribune 1 ) rilad to print ihort letters from Iti trlenilj bearlnK on current topic, but l( rule l that thce mut be ulrtncei, lor publication, by the rltrr'a real names and the condition precedent to acceptance Is that all contilbutiona ahall be ubject to editorial revision. SCIINTON, JUNE 14, 1900. For Vice-President, CHARLES EMORY SMITH, OF PENNSYLVANIA. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. State. ContjrcMmcn-al-Lartrc rjALl'SIIA A. aUOW, ROtlRKT H. FOERDEr.KR. Auditor Ocwal-E. n. HARDCN'DCnCtl. Legislative. Tint Dlnlrlct-TIIOMAS J. MiYKOI.DS. 6econd W.trict-JOIIX frCHFUKK, Jit. Third nktrlct-CDWARD JAMKS, Jit. Fourth District I. A. 1'lllLDIN. Tho Philadelphia ward heelers who are attacking the postmaster general constitute so Insignificant a fraction of the Republican party In Philadel phia that tho national convention will bo unable to notice them. National Convention News. RECOGNIZING the largo in terest taken by the Republi cans of Northeastern Penn sylvania in tho proceedings of tho Philadelphia national conven tion, The Tribune has completed ar rangements which It Is believed will give Its readers as accurateand com prehensive Information ns will bo printed In any Interior Journal In the country. Wo shall have, of course, the regular news service of tho Associated Press, which on this occasion will bo care fully prepared by a large corps of the most experienced newspaper workers in American Journalism. Iiut as an in troductory feature to this conscientious narrative of the routine news of tho convention, we have entered Into an agreement with the New York Tribune whereby we shall receive, beginning on Sunday next and continuing until after the convention's adjournment, a duplicate copy each night of the spe cial summary of the dal's develop ments prepared by the chief political reporter of that superior Journal. ThH will constitute a vivid word picture in outline of the entire field at Philadel phia and coming from a veteran chron icler of convention phases whose ac quaintance with the interior workings of politic probably is not surpassed by that of anv other writer for the American press, it will, we trust, be welcome to our readeis. In addition, The Tribune has been nlloted desk privileges at the conven tion and will have present throughout the convention a staff representative to give special heed to Pennsylvania interests. These preparations should Insure a series of convention reports which will be well worth reading. Experiences at St. Louis have again demonstrated that it Is difficult to control an excited mob by the "please don't" policy. How to Save Roosevelt. UNDER THE heading: "West ern Delegates to the Repub lican Convention Should Vote Against Roosevelt for Vice President," tho editor of the Chicago Times-Herald, Mr. H. H. Kohlsaat, charges that there exists a well-developed conspiracy among New York Republican politicians to nominate Governor Roosevelt for vice president at Philadelphia. Mr. Kohl saat asserts: "Their desire to thrust this honor upon him Is not inspired by loyalty to him but by the wish to get rid of him. Ills honesty Is too strenuous for their style of politics. Governor Roosevelt Is an ever Irritating thorn in the side of the Republican machine of New York. He was forced upon it by the popular demand which followed his return from Cuba two years ago. He was only accepted by Boss Piatt un der the Impression that when onco elected he could be molded to the wishes of the state machine. Senator Piatt believed that he could either de stroy a troublesome popular idol or secure a subservient auxiliary by his powerful friendship. But ho has been balked In both. He has been able to fret and check tho governor In many of his policies. Hut he has not been able to seduce Governor Roosevelt to his schemes or to break tho popular sentiment that sustains nn honest ofilcial walking fearlessly amid traps and pitfalls set by party associates. "Allied with Senator Piatt in his con spiracy to get rid of Governor Roose velt are the vast corporato interests oftNew York city which prefer a cow ard, a knave or a fool as chief magis trate at Albany to a man Inaccessible to th'ff liffluenco of fear, corruption or cajolery. His plan for reaching tho vast profits of corporations for' taxa tion purposes, his plea for publicity as 'the cure for Improper combinations of capital, have arrayed against him the opposition of the New York news papers which are edited from the counting rooms of corporations and trusts. The people of New 'York Btate know these things and they respect, admire and will re-elect Governor Roosevelt for the enemies he has made If those enemies du vioj succeed In shunting him off onto tho vice-presidential track. It therefore becomes a national question whether tho Repub licans 'of, the country at largo will as sist,' In the consummation of a well defined conspiracy to deprive New York state of a governor It needs by nominating Theodore Roosevelt to an office where he Is not needed and for which he Is not qualified." We do not know what foundation Mrt Kohlsaat has for his assertions. That he Is sincere we do not doubt. But It la clear . that It would bo an outrage on tho part of tho Philadel phia convention to nomlnato Colonel Roosevelt for an offlcQ he docs not want and says ho would under no cir cumstances accept. It would be an exhibition of gross unfairness to tho numerous other excellent Republicans who have been named for this place and who are not running away from tho possibility of being chosen. "Western delegates," continues Mr. Kohlsaat, "must go to Philadelphia deaf to every specious plea that calls for such a cowardly surrender to the malevolent forces In New York poli tics. They must be prepared to resist every attempt of chicanery and senti ment to stampede tho convention Into nominating a man for vice president against his will In order to remove him from an oillco where he blocks the schemes of the enemies of good gov ernment and official honesty." Tho best way for them to emphasize this resistance would be to agree to vote for the (best candidate before tho convention for vice presidential honors, who Is Charles Emory Smith. He is fit to be president; and If nom inated he would accept. The Philadelphia Times Is kept buy these days declining the presidential nomination for Admiral Schley, but we do not hear much upon tho subject from other sources. Flag Day. o NE HUNDRED and twenty- three years ago today the American flag ns designed by Betsy Ross was adopted by the continental congress, sitting In Philadelphia. At that time It repre sented only the hope of nationhood, a hope made doubtful by the presence on American soil of latge nnd continu ally increasing forces of British tioops sent for the purpose of stamping out tho Insurrection, ns well ns by the in difference or active opposition of large numbers of well-to-do colonists loyal to the standard and cause of King George III. Tho battle for independence won, there still was doubt as to whether the newly created lepublle would live and thtlve or degenerate into u group of warring states, soon to be wiped out by the invasion of a foreign enemy. As late as 1811 there wast a large ele ment of American citizens of high per sonal worth and better than the aver age scholarship who expiehsSed grave doubts as to the success of the tepub 11c and some of them actively In trigued to bring about a condition of affairs which would culminate In the restoration of the royal standard of Great Britain. This element was strongest In Boston and, Interesting to relate, Included some of the ances tors of the present Boston group of "antl-lmperlnllsts" who want the American flag lowered at Manila and tho ragged symbol of Agulnaldo's brigand dictatorship raised In Its stead. To this day wo occasionally hear from men who ptofess to have serious doubts concerning the destiny of this nation, despite the fact that its de velopment has been the amazing and overshadowing fact in the history of the nineteenth century. Tho doubters are lelativcly few, however, as com pared with their proto-types in the forepart of the century; and their psychological processes point to similar causes, such as Impaired digestion, a poorly working liver or a brain that has been petmitted to go to seed. The flag designed by Betsy Ross, aug mented bv the new stars that have been born In tho course of the na tion's expansion, now salutes the breeze from San Juan on the east to Manila on the west-to-onst; it floats over nearly 80,000,000 full-fledged Americans nnd over 10,000,000 fledg lings; and it doesn't take an Inspired vision to foresee the dav when it will float over Canada on the North, over Mexico on the South, and be iegardn.1 by tho Central and South Amoiican republics as at their disposal In case of need. In view of the past, how silly is the present outcry against expansion! Chairman Jones reports fchat the Democratic issues have preserved through the past winter in pretty good condition. Naturally; they have been embalmed. The Plight of China. I N CHINA, an army In the mod ern sense, is not deemed neces sary. Foreign military students who have traveled In China ex press the belief that the average Chlanman has many of tho qualities of a good soldier. He is loyal, eioclla and, except when Influenced by super stition, brave. He can t-uitnln himself on chean food and endu -es hardships and fatigue well and uncomplainingly. Admiral Dewey's tribute to the Chi nese who served on bonul the Ameri can Ileet during the battle of Manila is remembered. They were not In chnige of the fighting machinery, but they lid other necessary work quietly and with out panic while tho guns were roar ing and the shells exploding Among tho 400,000.000 Inhabitants of China are millions of men capable of being con verted into fair private soldiers. Under experienced and competent olllcers and with improved equipments they would constitute a military force to bu reck oned with. But In China the Idea of maintain ing a well equipped army has never been papular. A crude native police force exists but with such defects of organization and equipment as to bu of little vnlue In an emergency. It hab sufficed to quell small uprisings In de tached localities, but time and again has been utterly powerless against or ganized mobs. The present frightful condition of affairs In tho Chinese em pire is not yet clear In detail to read ers of the fragmentary cable dis patches, btt enough Is known to show how heloless a government is which has no army for such emergencies. Out of it all will no doubt come progress In tho direction of modern civilization. This Is too clearly a matter of destiny to be doubted. The old Is contending with the new in China and this will mean disturbance and unrest for years. But the new Is bound to win In tho end. The opening of large portions of China to railroads assures this. Other Improvements will follow. It la for tunate for American Interests In China that American possession of the Phil ippines gives us better means for their protection than would have existed two years ago. No one seems to have listened when China called a halt, The Philippine Plank. A CCO RE man, of the CCORDINO to Walter Well- the Philippine plank the platform to be sub mitted by the administra tion leaders to the Philadelphia con vention was the only one In the draft ing of which noteworthy differences of opinion developed. Some favored the withholding of any announcement of political policy beyond the execu tion of the work Immediately In hand, others advocated on explicit declara tion In favor of a permanent colonial establishment, resembling that of Great Btltaln. Neither prevailed. A middle ground was decided upon. Says Mr. Wellman: "After citing the clear title of sov ereignty obtained by the United States in the most honorable of ways, In dis charge of a great national duty, the plank declares that the Philippines should be held, that local self-government should be accorded the people nt? rapidly as they can assimilate it, and that by this method of building up free institutions from the bottom, from the township or municipal units, autonomous government for -the var ious provinces and ultimately tho archipelago as a whole shall be In stituted, the United States to be the Judge of when the people arc ready to nssume tills responsibility. This frank declaration of the purpose of the Republican party will enable tho peo ple of the United States to know pre cisely what they are voting for when they cast their ballots for McKlnley and a Republican congress. More over, it will serve ns notice to the people of the Philippines as to Just what they may expect If the Republi can party remains in power contin ued American sovereignty looking toward the education and uplifting of n rudo people ae rapidly ns possible to the estate of self-government under a complete local autonomy." In view of the impression fostered In the Philippines that not until after the presidential election will the Fili pinos know their fate, it is manifestly advisable to have the issue fully and frankly met by both the big parties. A Republican declaration as suggested noove would take a good deal of the wind out of the sails of botlMGeneral Agulnaldo and Colonel Bryan. The governor of Idaho who, when the Coeur d'Aleno mine strike culminated In the destruction of property by dy namlta nnd utter anarchy in Shoshone county, suppressed the rioters by the vigorous use of troops, has been re nominated by the Idaho Democrats. Thus is another great Bryan bugaboo disposed of. As nn exponent of party tegularity, Bryan cannot go back on Governor Stcunenberg. A Leech Like, Minn., Indian has been arrested for calling himself the Messiah. The citizens of tho frontier cannot bannish the suspicion that the noble red man Is most dangerous when he becomes religious. No Real Need For Endowed N?u)spapers. From the JCew ork.Sun. THIS LETTE of Nnshvlllle tendency to HIS LETTER from a gentleman e, Illustrates a present run philanthropy into the ground: "Practical newspaper men of this city have decided to found nnd es tablish a dally newspaper to be given away free to the poore- classes, who are unable to pay for a dally paper. Parties of means will pay for their subscriptions, as is the usual custom. In the advance of civilization, the governments and philanthropists, which have provided free schools for the poorer children, will furnish frcn newspapers to j'he poor'er parents. Tho progressive dally newspaper is now the gieatest educator of the world and has left the college and tho pulpit far in the rear. The dally newspaper of the future will be nn endowed newspaper. Men who now glvo millions to colleges and churches will teallze that their money will bring more and better results by the establishment of daily newspapers to be distributed free to the poorer citi zens. It is Intended to secure an endowment for the Noshvlllo experi ment from whatever sources it may be contributed. To make It a Chris tian daily n chapter from the Bible will be published. The other part will be devotJ to all the news and such matter as the editor deems timely for tho good of the citizen. Contribu tions of any amount are earnestly asked from nil persons to establish the Journal. The cheapest article produced in the world Is now the dally newspaper. Not even the direst poverty need de prive Itself the pleasure and prlvlj lego of rending a dally newspaper: and actually there Is no poverty which -sniffers from the deprivation unless voluntarily or because It has no de sire for reading or ability to read. If papers were "endowed" and given away, their circulation mlghtobo some what more than It Is now, but the) would be far less read and less es teemed, and thus would be less useful to "tho poorer classes," For genera tions religious tracts have been given awuy by the million, but the only usoful purpose they serve at present Is to provide waste paper from which to manufacture new paper. At this time newspapers and printed books, more especially tho great treasures of our literature upon which copyright has expired, are obtainable at prices that bring -them easily within the reach of the poorest. ??Q man qr wo man or child desiring good reading is now debarred from It by poverty. In tlio old days the nppetite could not be gratified except at tho cost of some elf-sacrlflce, and frequently it was great; yet that necessity brought with it advantages, for It nrade the read ing more prized and caused It to bo more thorough. Now, so cheap is the lw-st literature that, except for books of reference and special works, public libraries have become lurgely unnec essary. "The poorer classes?" Who are they? Some people are poorer than others, but In this country there are yr ififiNKL? m jKP fff 4ttttttttLtttttttttBLlPK jijSMattBT "j'aWaBaaW GENERAL ANDRE, FRANCE'S NEW WAR LORD. no "poorer classes" people fixed In a condition of poverty. The Metropoli tan Opera House Is filled with people who might once have been so de scribed. This country started poor. From the first, the number of rich people who have come over to settle In it has always been relatively In significant. Were there any aboard tho Mayflower? Are there any on tho Immigrant steamers which aro now coming In? Were there any nmong the flftesn to twenty million of immi grants who came to our shores dur ing this century up to th beginning of the present year? A newspaper which Is wanted by tho people and therefore will be read by them, needs no endowment. Such need In it would be convincing evi dence, complete demonstration, that It was not wanted,' nnd that there would be no use in giving l,t away. Tho old proverb that you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink, applies to the rending of news papers. Because you give them away you will not get people to rend them, or prevent them from buying and reading papers they wfvnf, and you will do them no good. Nor Is there any probability that "practical, brainy and trained newspaper men" could get any nearer to the "Ideal or Christian dally" than do our present newspap ers. Already these are "for the good of the citizen," with exceptions so few that the disreputable names oc cur at once to everybody. No pro fession has a higher ethical standatd than the newspaper business ns it is. Publish a chapter of the Bible every day! Suppose you put in one of the chapters pronounced false or spur ious by the theological seminaries; and what would Dr. Btiggs, Dr. Mc Olffert, Dr. Lyman Abbott, Bishop Potter and their school say if you did not accompany the chapter with tho explanation that it was fallible hu man literature only? Besides, what Is the use of publishing what the people will not rend or whlrh, wishing to read, they can get elsewhere free as water? o Contributions to endow tho Nash ville free newspaper are "earnestly asked," but we are compelled to say that whoever should make such n contribution would throw away his money. COLLEGE TRAINING. From the Indlampolis Prcs. At this commencement Ro.unn one cannot help noting hnw larpc a proiwrllon of the Rrailinteq are young women. In the hluh school the pro portion usually runs as much ns two to one, while In the higher institutions of ldinlnir tint hae more or less recently hecome coeducational, tho number of joung women Is rnpldly increas ing, ft is uood to sec joung uniurn thor oughly educated; it would be better if the num ber of joung men pursuing hlRi.tr education were increasing in like proportion. o The day Is patt when a olhgo education Is apt to make a coYcomh of a oung man; unt erslty degrees are too common for thit. And there are adantages the loss of which is not entirely made up by getting a boy launched early In business. It may be of omc help in the mere matter of money-miking to take a boy from school nnd put him to work, but, In lcw of the modern changes in educational work, this Is doubtful. The npid growth of tuhimal schools has made it po-.ib!e for a boy to learn in school practically cerjthlng that be could learn by experience In actual work, and lcam It In better fashion, while he also has oppor tunity to learn much that he would neer lur'n by experience. Ktery man's experience, is nar row; the Meld of education is wide. The boy that (roes to college or to a higher technical school obtains a broader vision of the fr $ $ fc'fc & iV h & 4s CALENDARS ewtyeear. An opportunity to secure exclusive patterns and first choice. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO r I 4 Tinted Baclcs X Hangers 0 SIZCS Colortype Backs $ White Backs 0 Gold Embossed Mounted Photographs Half-Tones 6 185 Lithographs OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Prices From $12 At 1HE 1RIBUNE lias exclusive control ot me unesi line 01 . T Calendars ever exhibited in Scranton. It is early yet to think THE TRIBUNE has exclusive control of the finest line ol V of 1901, but It is necessary to $ work here outlined. The full , 1Mb iKiuuNii oince anu is now quickly, and no design will 4 customer. TEE TRIBUNE, Washington Avenue. eg NOTICE Orders taken now for Decemtsr delivery, $.? . $.'.. tg. .g. ft ft ft $.. cf. .$. ft world than the one that is put in the tread mill of routine work to l'arn one thing only. lie is taught to read more widely and to think more dieplj. He is almost certain to take up collateral studies tint carry him into new fields of Inquiry ami bring him new Ideas and new ideals. And Ideals are great realities in life. lh.it college or school Is a rare exception which does not endenor to irculeale in Its stulents higher lelecls of ilticn-.hlp, of patriotism and of moral strength and marliness than they are apt to acquire If brought Into dally contact with tho petty meanness of competition In the bus inews world before they are old enough to tee Chun in their tiue piopoition. Many a costlj college education is thrown away of course. This is but natural, since the college training frequently falls to the lot of a boy whose ambition is not stirred by tho neces sity of earning a llclihood There are plenty of weak characters that cannot stand the possession of money; but they would fail elsewhere, Jun as they do at college. Other things being equal, the boy is better for a thorough education and stands a better chance in the world for haUng it. NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE. In 1503 there were WOO books published in Germiny, against 13,200 in France, 7,200 in Oreat ltiltaln and fl.SOO in the United Slates. len Hall imhlMlccl 0.500. Out of the 2.",li00,OX) our which 17 women in England Ime csciclsed testamentary powers elurlng the last eight Jears, J13,tM),000 has been bequeathed to charity. A mammoth tug Is I clng built to crush ice en the "Soo riccr. It will be 115 feet long, 'JO feet wide, and plough through 1J inches of solid ice at sit miles an hour. 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