rtr THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1900. & CHAIRMAN WOLCOTT'S OPENING ADDRESS A MASTERLY BEVIEW OF NA TIONAL EVENTS. The Attention of tho Hoarers Di rected to the Substantial Evidence of tho Benefits of Republicanism. Glimpse at Events Marking tho Romarkablo Progross of tho Coun ty from Poverty to Prosperity Un der tho Leadership of William Mc Klnloy Various Problems of Na tional Interest Discussed. Philadelphia, Juno 19. Senator Wol cott. of Colorado, temporary chair man, addressed the convention upon the Issues of national Interest, and his speech, the recognized keynote, re ceived close attention throughout. Ho said: Since the first party convention In these United States, there was never one gathered together under such hopeful and auspicious circumstances as those which surround us today. United, proUd of tho achievements of the past four years, our country pros perous and happy, with nothing to re gret and naught to make us ashamed, with a record spotless and clean, tho Republican party stands facing the dawn, confident that the ticket It shall present will command public approval, and that In the declaration of Its prin ciples and Its purposes, It will voice the aspirations and hopes of the vu3t majority of American freemen. We need "no omen hut our country's cause;" yet there Is significance In the fact that the convention Is assembled In this hostorlc and beautiful city, where wo llrst assumed territorial re sponsibilities, when our fathers, a cen tury nnd a quarter ago, promulgated the Immortal Declaration of lndepen den T' spirit of justice and liberty that anliriated them found voice three quarters of a century later In this same city of Hrotherly Love, when Fremont led the forlorn hope of united patriots who laid here tho foundations of our party and put human freedom as Its corner-stone. It compelled our oars to listen to the cry of suffering across tho shallow waters of the Ouir two years ago. While wo observe the law of na tions and maintain that neutrality which wo owe to a great and friendly government, tho same spirit lives today in the genuine feeling of sympathy we cherish for the brave men now. light ing for their homes In the. veldts of South Africa. It prompts us In our determination to give the dusky races of tho Philippines the blessings of good government and republican Institu tions, and Jlnds voice in our Indignant protest against the vollent suppression of the rights of the colored man In the south. That spirit will survive In the breasts of patriotic men as long as tho nation endures; and the events of the past have taught us that It can find its fair and free and full expres sion only In tho principles and policy of the Republican party. FIRST PLEASANT DUTY. The first pleasant duty of this great convention, as well as Its instinctive impulse, Is to send a message of affec tionate greeting to our leader and our country's President, William McKIn ley. In nil that pertains to our wel faro In times ol peace, his genius has directed us. lie lias shown an unerr ing mastery of the economic problems which confront us, and has. guided us out of the slough of financial disaster, Impaired credit and commercial stag nation, up to the high and safe ground of national prosperity and financial stability. Through the delicate and trying events of the late war ho stood firm, courageous and conservative, and under his leadership we have emerged triumphant, our national honor untarnished, our credit unas sallcd, and the equal devotion of every section of our common country to the weltaro of the republic cemented for ever. Never In the memory of this gen eration has there stood at the head of the government a truer patriot, a wiser or more courageous leader, or a better example of the highest type of Ameri can manhood. The victories of peace and the victories of war are alike In scribed upon his banner. Those of us whoso pleasure and whose duty have called us from time to time Into his presence, know how freely he has spent and been spent In his country's service; but tho same vigorous man hood and clear and patriotic vision ani mate him as of old, and give us con fidence and trust for the future of oui republic, because his hand will guldt us, and his genius direct. DEMOCRACY AND DISASTER. When Mr. McKlnley became presi dent he took the reins of government after four years of Democratic admin istration. For the first time In more than a generation Democracy had full sway, with both houses of congress In party accord with tho executive. No summary of the unmerciful disasters of those four years can convey an Idea of a tithe of the ruin they wrought. More than 170 National banks closed their doors, with liabilities reaching 70 millions, wool and all farm products which tariffs could affect, lost tens of millions In value; farm mortgages were foreclosed by thousands through out the great West; our agricultural exports shrunk In value; the balance of trade which had been In our favor turned ruinously against us; the Na tional treasury was depleted of Its gold reserve; our government bonds were sold to syndicates at far below their market value before or since, nnd our steadily declining revenues were insufficient to meet the neces sary expenses of conducting the gov ernment. If capital alone had suf fered, the loss would have been great, but not Irremediable. Unfortunately, those who rely upon their dally labor for their sustenance, and their families dependent upon them, constituting the great mass of the American people, were made to feel heaviest this burden of disaster. Nearly one-third of tho laboring population of the United States were thrown out of employment and men by thousands, able and will ing to labor, walked the highways of the land clamoring for work or food. Four years of commercial misfor tune enabled our Industries to meet, In a measure, these changed and de pressed conditions, but when Presi dent McKlnley was inaugurated the country was In a state more deplora ble than had existed for u generation. DIFFICULTIES FACED. Facing these difficulties, the presi dent, Immediately upon his Inaugu ration convened congress in extra ses sion, and In a message of force and lucidity, summarized tho legislation es sential to our. National prosperity. The Industrial history of the United States for tho past four yeara Is ihe tribute to tho wisdom of his Judgment. It la quickly epitomized. Tho tariff measuro under which we are now conducting business was pre ceded by an unusual volume of Im portations based upon common knowl edge that certain duties were to bo raised; the bill met tins popular de mand that duties on many of the ne cessaries of life should be lowered and not raised; advances In Invention and now trade conditions made it unneces sary and unwise to revert to tho higher tariff provisions of the law of 1S90; tho Increases in tho revenue provisions vere slight. Yet, notwithstanding all these facts, tending to reduce In come, tho revenues from the Dlngley U marched steadily upwards, until soon our normal Income exceeded our normal expenditure, and we passed from a condition of threatened In solvency to ono of National solvency. This tells but a small fraction of tho story. Under tho wise provisions of our tariff laws and tho encourage ment afforded to capital by a renewal of public confidence, trade commenced to revive. The looms were no longer silent and the mills deserted; rail ways earnings Increased, merchants and banks resumed business, labor found employment at fair wages, our exports Increased, and the sunshine of hope again Illumined tho land. Tho figures that illustrate the growing prosperity of the four years of Re publican administration well nigh stagger belief. There Isn't nn ldlo mill In tho country today. The mort gages on Western farms have been paid by the tens of thousands, nnd our farmers nre contented and pros perous. Our exports have reached enormous figures; for the last twelve months our exports of merchandise will exceed our imports by G50 millions of dollars. Our manufactured articles are finding a market all over the world nnd In constantly increasing volume. We are rapidly taking our place ns ono of tho great creditor na- tions of the world. Above nnd be yond all, there is no man who labors with his hands, In all our broad do main, who eannnot find work, and the scale of wages was never in our his tory as high as now. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. For half a century the Hawaiian Islands, a menace to the long line of coast which skirts our Pacific slope, have been knocking for admission as part of our territory, and during that period the publicly expressed opinion of both political parties favored their annexation. Four times have they been occupied by European powers, and as often have wo compelled their abandonment because it was essential that they should never be occupied by any foreign power. Finally, after years of mlsgovernment by native rul ers, the gallant descendants of Ameri can merchants and missionaries made proffer again of these valuable pos sessions to this country, asking only to como under our tlag and dominion. A Democratic president repudiated the offer, and sought to assist in restoring the former corrupt and oppressive ruler. It was left for this administra tion to make them a part of American territory. They are on the way to our Islands In the southern seas; every In stinct of self-protection should have prompted our quick acceptance of their sovereignty, and yet they were ac quired in spite of the bitter opposition of almost every Democrat In congress. Whenever a Republican administra tion Is In power there Is constant talk of trusts. The reason Isn't far to seek. Aggregations and combinations of capital find their only encouragement In prosperous days and widening com merce. Democratlo administration In this country has universally meant In dustrial stagnation nnd commercial depression, when capital seeks a hid ing place Instead of Investment. The Republican party has always main tained that any combination having for its purpose the cornerlng'of a mar ket or the raising or controlling of the price of the necessaries of life was unlawful and should bo punished, nnd a commission appointed by the presi dent under act of congress has made careful Investigation and will soon present a full report of the best meth od of dealing with this intricate ques tion. Wo shall meet It in some effi cient way, and as a party, shall have the courage to protect every class of our citizens. There was never a better time to deal with It than now, when there Isn't In this broad land a man willing to work who doesn't find em ployment at fair wages, and when the clamor of the agitator who seeks con fiscation and not regulation, falls on dead ears and finds no response from the artisans In our busy workshops. THE CURRENCY QUESTION. The campaign four years ago was fought on the currency question. The Popullstlc Democracy Insisted that tho United States alone should embark on the tree coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1 without waiting the con currence of any other nation. The Re publican party Insisted that the ques tion of bimetallism was International, and that until It should be settled un der agreement with the leading com mercial nations of tho world, gold should continue to be the standard of value In these United States. Upon that Issue we triumphed. In accord ance with the pledge of the party an honest effort wns made to reach some International solution of the question. The effort failed of accomplishment. The mints of the countries of Europe were open for the coinage of gold alone. The vnst discoveries of Alaska, South Africa, and the states of our own country, have furnished a stead ily Increasing volume of gold, and, with the recent European action, have demonstrated that the question Is one calling for International action by all the great countries of the world, and. If ever entered Into, must be by such concurrent action of the leading com mercial nations as shall secure per manence of relative value to the two metals. Meanwhile we follow the path of safety. As we grow year by year more firmly established as a creditor nation, the question concerns us less and other countries more. No Impair ment of national credit can bo con templated by an honorable nation. We have made advances enough; this country can better afford than any other to enter upon the contest for commercial supremacy with gold as its standard, and for us tho time has come to glvo fair notice to the world that we, too, make gold our standard nnd redeem our obligations In that metal. Fr twelve years the platforms of the party have declared In favor of the use of gold and silver as money. The logic of recent events, together with the attempt of the Democracy to drag down the question from Its Inter national character, to associate It with every vagary of Populism and Social ism, nnd to drive this country into an alliance with Mexico and China, as an exclusively silver using country, has impelled our people to this settlement of this problem, and the recent action of congress has eliminated tho danger wnicn its further agitation menaced. WAR REVENUE RELIEF. There Is more to follow this sum mary of a few of tho leading meas ures passed by a Republican congress and approved by a Republican presi dent. Beforo the expiration of Mr. McKlnley's first term, wo shall have passed a law relieving certain arti cles from a portion at least of tho burdens they now carry because of the War Revenue act, and meanwhile we have, out of surplus revenues, al ready paid and called In for cancella tion 43 millions of outstanding bonds. Sr.NATOtt K. O. WOIX'OTl'. Tho coming winter will see enacted into law, legislation which shall re vivify and upbuild our ocean merchant mnrlnc, and cnnblo us to competo on fair terms with tho subsidized shlp3 of foreign nations which now so large ly monopolize the carriage of Ameri can goods. And abovo all, wo shall, having then beforo us tho report of the able commission now ascertaining the most favorable route, pass a law under which we shall build and oper-, ntc as property of the United States, under exclusive American dominion and control, a ship canal connecting the Atlantic and tho Pacific. Through it In tlmo of peace tho commerco ot tho world shall pa3S. If we shall be unhappily engaged In war, the canal shall carry our worships and shall excludo those of the enemy, and un der conditions which shall violate no treaty stipulations. This Is the brief account of our stew ardship for four years. During a por tion of thnt period we were involved In a war that for a time paralyzed business nnd commerce, and would have taxed heavily the resources and credit of any other country than our; and for the past year or more we have been employing nn army of some EO.000 men In suppressing nn Insurrection against our authority s.ouu miles nway. No Industry has felt tho strain of these extraordinary expenses, nor have they affected tho generM sum of our prosperity. More than that, tho condi tions resulting from the legislation of the past four yeara have obliterated every Issue that was raised during tho last campaign. The Democracy, hav ing, therefore, to find somo rallying ciy. Reek It in the results of our lato war with Spain, and upon that ques tion, as upon nil others, wo stand ready to meet them In tho open. STILL SOUOHT PEACE. During the weeks nnd months pre ceding tho outbreak of hostilities with Spain, tho president ot tho United States, who knew by personal exper ience on many a battle-field something of the horrors of war, and who real ized tho expense nnd suffering which war entailed, stood firmly upon the ground that a peaceful solution could be found. And when that nwful oc currence took place In the harbor of Havana and a hot frenzy of Indigna tion swept over our people, and ti conflict seemed inevitable, he faced popular clamor and heated counsels, and still believed that the wrongs of Cuba could be remedied and redressed without an appeal to tho arbitrament of war. The folly of Spain nnd tho indigna tion of the American people forbade a peaceful solution. Then the presi dent, seconded by n Republican con gress, beforo a gun was fired, declared to the world the lofty and unselfishj motives that alono actuated the na tion. No man now, or In the cen turies to come, when history, which alone "triumphs over time," recounts the marvelous story of the war which changed tho map of the world, shall ever truthfully say that this Republic was animated by any but tho noblest purposes. Recorded time tells of no such war, for It was fought, with bloody sacrifice, by a great and free republic for the freedom of another race, while Its own liberties were un assalled. This Is not tho time or tho occasion to dwell upon tho Incidents of the war, crowded with successive victories and Illumined with countless examples of individual bravery and gallant con duct. Its living heroes are honored by a generous country; its dead have en nobled the race, and will live forever In the hearts of a grateful people. Throughout all Its anxious days the president, commander-in-chief of our armies and our navies, planned and directed with unerring hand. His wise diplomacy saved us from threatened International complications. From the commencement of hostilities until their close the conduct of tho war was un assailable, and the paltry crtlclsms of two years ago are already burled In the limbo of oblivion. THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM. In August, 1S9S, a preliminary proto col was executed at Washington, fol lowed by the sessions of the peace commissioners of the United States and Spain, In Paris, commencing in Octobei of that year. Public Interest In this country concerning these nego tiations was Intense. Until our sol diers and sailors had landed at Manila we had known little of the conditions of the people ot the Philippines. We soon ascertained that the cruelties and oppressions existing In Cuba were mild compared with the treatment to which eight millions of people in those Is lands were subjected. We realized that If we relinquished the archipelago to Spain we consigned Its Inhabitants again to a condition worso than slav ery, worse than barbarism. We had put our hands to tho plough, and every instinct of honor and humanity for bade us to turn back, A universal demand arose from all over tho coun try that we should retain our hold up on these Islands, afford their people the protection of our laws, lift them out of their unfortunate condition, and fit them, if poslsble, for self-government. Any agreement by our com missioners to give back the Philip pines to Spain, reserving for ourselves an Island or a coaling station, -would have aroused a universal national In dignation, and would never have been ratified by the representatives of the people. No man saw this so clearly as did the president. In his advices to the commissioners he told them It was Im perative that we should be governed only by motives that should exalt the nation; that territorial expansion was our least concern, but that, whatever else was done, the people of the Philip pines must bo liberated from Snanlsh domination, and he reached this view solely through considerations of duty and humanity. The American com missioners, men of differing political faiths, reached a unanimous conclu sion. The treaty of Paris was ratified by the vote of two- thirds of the sen ate, and the territory we acquired un der It beenmo lawful and legal pos sessions of the United States. The responsibility for the war rested chief ly upon the Republican party, and that party avows tho wisdom of the treaty and declares It to be tho policy of the partv to adhere to Its terms and to accyrt the responsibilities It Imposed. AS TO PORTO RICO. We assumed dominion of Porto Rico, Cuba and tho Philippines for reasons differing as to each of them. We took to ourselves the little Is land of Porto Rico because It lay un der the shadow of our own shores, and because its continued occupancy by Spain or by any foreign govern ment would be a constant menace to the states and to that great lnter oceanlc waterway'whleh we shall build and own and operate as an American canal. We found it Impoverished by years of colonial mlsgovernment and without any system of revenue laws. Soon after the peace Its peoplo were further stricken by flood and famine. Wo assumed towards them every obli gation which sympathy and friendship could prompt. We contributed us u na tion largo sums of money to amelior ate their condition and to enable them to plant and garner their crops. Then wo said to them, We shall give you a Just and equitable form of free gov- ernmeni, wun power to manage your home affairs. Until you shall devise proper and efficient methods of revenue and taxation, your needed funds shall be raised as follows; You shall pay upon your Imports 15 per cent, of the present tariff rate governing lmporta, tions Into the United States, which means an average duty of about 7 per cent. All the necessaries of life and building materials for the struc tures you need shall be free. On the 1st day of March, 1902, all these duties shall cease In any event, nnd shall cease sooner If before that time you can arrange for the needed revenues ot tho island. Tho recommendations of tho presi dent were fully and satisfactorily compiled with; tho people of Uio Is land nre content, the vnst mass ot tho American peoplo approve, nnd we have avoided precedents that might vox us when we come to deal with tho prob lems that finally await us In the es tablishment of our permanent relations towards tho people ot tho Philippine Islands, CONSTITUTION AND FLAG. There has been much discussion dur ing the past few months In respect to tho extent of tho power of this country to deal with Porto Rico and our other possessions, and It has been frequently contended by tho De mocracy that as soon as wo becamo tho owners ot any of these Islands the Constitution of the United Sntes at once extended over them, or In tho orntorlcal but misleading phrase, "The Constitution follows tho Flag." Tho argument Is specious, but It will not bonr Investigation. Tho same question wns raised In 1S03, at the tlmo of tho Louisiana purchase, and the doctrine then established by congress that we could acquire foreign soil by purchase, that congress had the right to estab lish there such government ns It saw fit, and that the Constitution did not of Its own force extend over such terri tory. Tho doctrine was never question ed until In Calhoun's time It was sought to be denied In the efforts to extend human slavery Into tho territories. Tho Supreme court of the United States has more than once determined the question, and the contention con cerning it now by our opponents is not because anybody believes that tho laws wo have enacted for the govern ment ot tho island nre unjust, but in order to embarrass tho administration In dealing effectively with our new nossexrions. The flag went to Mexico In ISIS, the Constitution did not. Tho flag went to Cuba and was carried Into Santiago, and Is there yet. But our Constitution not only Is not there, but we are busy encouraging Cuba to prepare a constitution of her own. When any portion of our territory bo comes a sovereign state, then Is our Constitution Its corner-stone. In tho territory of the United States not in cluded within stale boundaries oon civm alone determines tho extent to which the provisions of the Constitu tion extend. When we took posessslon at tho dose of the war we found tho con ditions existing In Cuba to bo deplor able. Under the conservative nnd wise management of Generals Urooko and Wood vnst improvements have been effected, nnd we have given tho peo ple the first good government they have ever known. We found Its cities beds of prstilenco. We have stamped out yellow fever and made Havana as healthy a city ns exists at that lati tude. We took Its starving reconccn trados who had survived the war, and its other poverty-stricken peoplo, and fed and clothed them. Wo organized a public school system, and have everywhere established law and order. This had first to be done. Then fol lowed a compliance of tho terms 'ot the treaty which gave the Spanish In habitants until April 11th to determine whether or not they would register as citizens of preserve their allegiance to Spain, Meanwhile a careful census of the island was mad. Then came the fixing of the qualifications for tho right of suffrage, which were fairly be.stowed. The Island was divided into municipalities and the registration pro vided for. And last ieek munUipnl elections were held nil through the Is land, as the first and preliminary stpp toward the establishment of a national government and tho adoption of a constitution. CUBAN POSTAL FRAUDS. And In this connection it Is flttlntj to say that tho peculations and frauds committed In Cuba by subordinate offi cials have made every American blush with shame, and until the Inst of the guilty men is arrested and convicted and sentenced that shame will know no abatement. It Is no more to be charged to the party than would a theft by a trusted employe be charged against the character of tho mer chant who employed him. The narty that shields and protects dishonest oillclals forfeits public confidence, not tho party that exposes and punishes them. Tho Republican party has been rarely the victim of mlsplncud confi dence In Its officials. In this Instance the appointments were made with the greatest care, many of them from tho classified service. Whenever fraud has been discovered the guilty have been pursued unsparingly and with the greatest publicity. So has It been with these thieving postolllco officials, so has It been always. AVe are dealing with Cuba In a spir it not only of fairness but of gener osity and of nbsolute unselfishness, nnd whenever the Inhabitants of that Island evince nnd declare their ability to take over Its government and con trol, that day they shall receive It; and until then wo shall continue to ad minister :ts affairs under a rule salu tary and satisfactory to all good citi zens in Cuba, and creditable to tho administration at Washington under whose orders the government Is con ducted. OUR COLONIES. We have never coveted tho posses sions of foreign principalities and land lust Is unknown among us, Vo would fight to the death to protect that which is rightfully ours; to a,venge a wrong sought to bo perpetrated upon us, and to guard this hemisphere from any at tempt by foreign powers to further ex tend their rule over its soil. The future of nations, however, like the future of man, Is hid from mortal vision, nnd, no more than man may a nation chooso Its own duties. When this war ended and we faced our vic tory in all Its completeness, we found eight millions of people living upon uncounted Islands delivered into our hnnds. Abandonment of them would be confession Mint while tho oppression by Spnln of a million nnd a half ot Cubans demanded our armed Interfer ence, greater barbarity and cruelty to millions ot Filipinos, less able to pro tect themselves, was a subject of no concern to us. No civilized nation In 'the world, no Christian nation, could have turned these peoplo back to Spain Our commissioners, when they Insisted upon our retention of the Phil ippines, voiced the sentiments nnd wishes of the American people; nnd this nation has assumed with open eyes nnd with full realization of the difficulties which may be encountered; the grave responsibilities Imposed upon us by tho trenty of Paris. We are told that tho Islands nro rich In all tho products of the tropics, In mineral wealth, and in the possibil ities of their futuro development. So much the better. But If they were as barren as tho Libyan desert, wo would have taken them Just tho same. ORDER WILL BE ESTABLISHED. We haven't been there long, but long enough to reach two conclusions: One is, that the first thing wo intend doing is to suppress the Tagal insur rection and to establish law and order throughout tho archipelago. That Is tho first thing we shall do. And tho last, tno very last, thing we intend do ing, Is to consider, even for a moment, the question of giving up or of aban doning theso Islands. AVe are actually owners of the Philip pines by an undisputed and indubitable title. AVe are there as tho necessary and logical outcome of our victory over Spain. Thero aro upwards of a thousand Islands sprinkled upon that Southern sea, peopled by moro than eighty tribes of differing race and language, and having absolutely noth ing In common with each other. Most of theso tribes welcome our coming and nre grateful for our protection. Tho Tagal trlbo, hostile not only to us out to most ot tne native tribes, are In Insurrection against our authority. They have neither a government nor tho capacity to conduct one, and aro watdnce a. predatory mierllla waxfara jJpnHHHMHHnmHHMi terns and tailoring you would then be convinced of the better values you get here than elsewhere. 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Tho Semlnoles, natives of tho soil, brave, resolute, having far greater Intelligence and character than the Tagals, disputed our possession. AVe sent Andrew Jackson down to fight them, and it took us twenty-one years to subdue them and send what was left of them west of the Mississippi. If the "Antl-everythlngs" had lived then, '.hey would I suppose, have urged us to turn over Florida tr Osceola, the Agulnaldo of the Serr jles! AVould you, after the war w Mexico and the Gadsden purchas ,ave given the great area south and vest of tho Ar kansas to the red Apache? Not so did our fathers construe their duty, and as they built, so shall we, their sons. Meanwhile, American enterprise and ingenuity and push may be depended upon to develop the resources of tho islands, and makei them an added source of wealth to our country. The wise statesmanship of the president and our able secretary of state has al ready brought from the countries of Kurope a recognition of our right to share In the vast commercial advant ages which will follow the opening of the Chinese Empire to foreign trade: the Nlcaraguan canal will be soon con structed; Hawaii, with its valuablb harbor. Is ours; we possess the best of the Samonn Islands, with Its mag nificent roadway; the Philippines are almost at the door of China, and If counsels of fear do not prevail, this generation will see the American na tion girdling half the glouo with Us flag, extending Its foreign commerce to the uttermost parts of the earth, and taking its place among the great world-nations, a power for good, for peace, and for righteousness. QUESTION FOR VOTES. Never since '61, when the voters of the country were called upon to deter mine whether tho efforts of Abraham Lincoln to preserve the Union should bo continued, or whether they should bo nbandoned and other measures at tempted, have questions so vltul been presented to tho American people for settlement. Their decision must deter mine the maintenance or tho degre datlon of both our national credit and oTir national honor. A Democratlo president could pnralyzo tho operation of tho new currency law as effectively as If it were wiped from our statute hooks. A Democratlo victory would in fuse new life into tho Tagal Insurrec tion, cost us tho lives of thousands of our gallant army in the Philippines, impair or destroy our prestige, If not our power, in tho Islands, mnko us a byword among tho other great nations of tho world, and obliterate our In iluenco in tho settlement of the vltul questions certain to nrlso when China shall bo opened to foreign commerco, Tlieio Is little room for fear, Tho farmer and tho artisan In their day ot prosperity still remember the impov erishment and blight of Democracy, and tho Chicago platform has no al lurements for them. Our National honor Is equally secure. Tho American peoplo aro neither pol troons nor pessimists, and tho'y will not slgnallzo tho dawn of tho new cen tum by tho surrender of either con victions or territory. Every soldier back from the Islands, nnd they nro In almost every hamlet In the land, re turns an advocate of their retention. Our dead are burled along tho sands of Luzon, and on its soil no foreign (lag ehall over salute tho dawn. THE NEW CENTUKY. AVe stand at the dawn of tho new 1 century, uciure ji bhuh mwo reacneu Its meridian tho youngest here will Style and In These Ready Our clothes have become famous in this city for the character that dis tinctly separates it from the ordinary kind and sets it in the custom tailor class. The permanent fitting qual ties are not found in most ready-made clothes. But in these readv-to-wear suits the most perfectly cut patterns have been used; the right kind of tailoring has followed the designer's plans one without the other would fail in its purpose. If you could see how exacting we are about our 'pat ReadyfoWear Siiifs flf Tutelve Dollars At this price you can find almost any shade or pat tern of cloth you may wish. There are some beautiful patterns of silk mixed worsteds that have just arrived from the tailor's. There are about fifty pat terns displayed in our Penn Avenue show win- dows at M In Our Men's Furnishing Dept. French Madras Shirts strictly woven colors, all the newest things ' . ,1 can be found here OC 311(1 pl Underwear the famous French "Bon Bon" with that silky smooth fin- Cft ish, regular made , JmJC ter. Brothers, Scranton's Leading Outfitters. have passed beyond this life or beyond tho sphere of usefulness. New recruits will step Into the ranks as wo fall out. This very year thousands of young men will for the first time ex ercise tho right of citizenship and cast their ballots at the national election. Tho safety of this Republic must ever rest In "the courage of young hearts and the vigor of a noble manhood." Youth is buoyant and hopeful. No snarling criticism, or gospel of a little America, or prophecy of despair, will find response from hearts that beat full and strong with courage and with faith, and whose creed It Is that "God's In His heaven, All's right with tho world." Whatever else in the past has suffered change or decay, the Republican party which for forty years has been identi fied with everything ennobling and up lifting In our history, was never as vital, as virile, and as vigorous as to day. And the herltnge we shall trans mit to the new century, to tho coming generation and to their children, and to their children's children, shall be a record clean and untarnished, an un quenchable faith In free Institutions, an unalterable belief In tho patriotism of the people, and an undying love of liberty and ot country. MICE ARE MUSICAL. Singing Often Attributed to Birds Is Done by Them. It is well known to scientists that the common house mouse has a song not unlike that of some birds. Occa sionally gifted Individuals are found that fill our closets or cellar with mid night music that a canary might bo proud of. Yet further Investigations have shown thnt the common deer mouse of the eastern woods also Is a gifted vocalist, says a writer in Scrlb ners. Now, nny cowboy on the upland plains will tell you that at night, when sleeping out, ho has often heard the most curious strains of blrdy music In his half-awakening hours a soft, sweet, twittering song, with trills and deeper notes, and if he thought about It at all he set It down to some small bird singing in Its dreams, or accepted his comrado's explanatory explanation that It was ono of those "prnlrlo night ingales." Hut what that was ho didn't trouble himself to .know. I have often heard tho strange night song, but not being able to trace It home, I set It down to somo llttlo bird that was too happy to express it all In daylight hours. Several tlmej at night I overheard from my captive a long-drawn note, before It dawned on me that this was tho samo voice as that that often sings to tho rising moon. I did not really hear Mm sing, I am sorry to say. I have no final proof. My cap tive was not seeking to nmuso mo. Indeed, his attitude toward me from first to last wnH ono of unbending scorn. I ffin only say I think, and hope, that It was the samo voice. Itut my allegiance Is duo to scant science. Oh! why didn't I take tho other trail? for then I should have been able to announce here, as now I do not daro to, that 'the sweet night singer of tho plains nnd tho plush-clad fairy that nightly danced about my door aro tho same. Conspicuous Bravory. "How did your friend get liU tltlo ol 'Col onelf " "By conspicuous bravery, sir." "Was ho In the armyj" "No, sir. Ho was a judge Id a Kentucky eke j tlon."-Wasulnfiton Stir, Perfect Fit - to - Wear Suits. B R?ady-foWear Siiifs flf Fifteen Dollars Every new pattern of cloth that the custom tail or shoys this season is here, and the very newest fads will be found' in these i? Suits. Made up ready to wear. You can see just how the color and pattern of cloth suits you. They are displayed in our $JJ Lacka. Ave. window... LiST OF NAMES OF DELEGATES Concluded from Page 3. J 8th Dist. W. C. Forbes Harry Harril 0th DM.-J. O. Hornbcrger J. Y. HarrU Wm. White- L. A.'Whlting 10th DM. Hy. C. Ferguson U. O. HelHt: 11th DM. C. C. ilrewster Dave Abner 12th Dist. C. C. Drake W. a. Robinson 13th Dist. J. 0. Lowdon C. K. McDowell Ti:N.isr.i:. At-I.arBo.-H. A. Mrnn 11. T. Campbell J. C. Napier James Jetlrlei At-Large. Ml. II. iibon 1". V, Itrown C. N. Tillman J. C. McCall UTAH. At-T.arge. J. G. McCullough ...Hfnry C. llatei Udwanl Wells Irvant M. lteed W Dist. W. N. I'latt .".... K. -V. Drows 2d Dist. W. 11. Slack E. JI. Dartlett VIIK1INIA. At-Iarge. Park Airncw .Tames A. Walker Jamrd 1). I! rally S. Urown Alk'l 1st Dist. O. fi. Smlthers S. u. 1'ltrt 2d I)it. O. K. Ilowden W. C. Holland 3d 'Jist. 51. Treat J. It. Pollard 4th DM. It. T. Thorp A. W. Harris Jth Dist. Charles 1'. Smith V. M. Sowder Cth Dist. S. i;. 1'ionl J. C. Carton 7th Dist. C. II. (Jihbens C. A. Jloor MhDist. 11. W. Kamlck It. It. Horner (Hh Dist. S. 1 Lindsay J. 1'. ulllraplt 10th Dist. V. O. 1'ranUln C. V. Nals WAfsllI.NCTO.V. AM.arge. K. C. Ncwfoldtr ..Herbert S. Connoi J. M. Ashton L. II. Simm( O. 11. IlaU-r Led Ankenej 1 J. 11 a Held J,-, li. Coffla - vi:st VlltOISIA. At-Large. George W. Curtin A. II, Gramr J. ):. Damn 11, It. Fljru 1st Dist. Jr. Horkhelmer V. X. O'llrlcl S DM. S. J. I'oruian J. D. Itiggt 3d Dist. P. Goodwill M. J. Simmi 4th Dist. W. w. Monroo L M. Campbell WISCONSIN. At-I.arge. .Toscph P. Treat. ..II. Ausurt I.uedkJ James II. Stout Isaac htephlnsol 1st Dist. J. O. lteynolda J. Hoskini 2d Dist. G. J. Kispert A. A. l'ort 3d Dist. S. W. Itcesc J. H, Ilaneiofl 4th Dist. W. II. Stephens 1!. I,eldorsdor( f tli Dist. J. A. Dennett K. Kickert mh Dist. H. G. Nash H. A. Wlnslow 7th Dist. L. Wlilthce J. T. Hornet fcth Dist. I'cter It. Thorn Ceorgo h. ltogen 0th Dist. W. Alexander U. V. Datii 10th Dist. II. I.. MiCoimlcl: J. T. Murphj WYOMING. AtLarge. r. 11. Warren C. P. Clarl T. W. Mondell D. Ilichardl 1st Dist. J. I,. Tirry G. II. Gebe( AltlZONA. AM.arge. Charles H. Akem ..Charles II. DraVi John W. Darlington.... 1'rank Dysarj J. L. Ilubbell J. A. Vail OKLAHOMA. At-Large. D. T. Kljnn ,. II. C. Thompsej Joseph W. McNeil ,...J. C. Trinslo G. C. Ilaker John It. Tatl W, J, Trench. INDIAN TLilltlTOnY. At-Large 1'llney Sopor II. J, Fannlt O. M. Campbell 0. I.. LonJ W, McWilliams Amos l'arklnsoj ALASKA. At-Large. William Grant ...'.....John 0. Frtaf John G. Held It. J. WlllU NUW MEXICO, At-Large. Miguel A. Otero ...Juan Sanastevai 1 A. Hiihbcll H. L. Itomerf E. A. Cihoun Abraa Abevlti Partly True, "It's lovo that makes tho world go 'round, said Lovelace, ecstatically, "At least, it makes tho head swim occasion idly," commented gawdlclt New .York Prcs, m '"frMbJ d&kiL,. - &'jLJtii& .,t, IissWasi vU, dw .-iHki AJfc..llUilMJ..i. ' Ht " tH2b uJUjkaLUtr, -j. . .
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