'"HUpsr- '4 THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1900. " n4 r 5e Scrarifon n6ime t'uMlshcd milr. Trrfrt Smi'lay. 'T The Trth )e fublKlilmt lWpiy, ' 1"y CtnM a Moiitli. irpe ri MVY S. HICHAM), Kdllor. O. 'Y. UVXIll.i:, tlufclncM Jlanjcer. New York Office! 150 Nassiu St. h. s. vnrer.Asn, Eolo Accnt for rorelcn Advertising. ifntcrcd t the IVwtofflce t Scrjnton, Ta., tl Second-Class Mill Mttcr. IVIim spice will permit. The Trflmn Is wars clad to print rhnrt lclttrs from Its frlrndj tcrlni: en cuitcnt topics, Init Its rule Is tnst thffc mint be slRned, for publication, liy tli nritcr'n real namoj nd the- condition precedent to scceptanro Is ttiat alt rontlibutlonj shall bo mliject to editorial revision. TEN PAGES. SCUANTOX, JUNK 27, 1900. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. National. rrtlricnt-WI!.T.I.VM McKINM'.Y. Ylce-l'rnld(nt-1lli:OI)Olli: HOOSCVKLT. Stale. Concresmen-aM.ar(!" fl VT.USH.V A CROW, hohkrt ii rni:nni:iiKR. Auditor (Icncral-K. II. IIAI(I)t:NDEIlG!!, County. ConcreK- 11,1,1 M COWKI.L. .iiidup-(ii:oitp,i: m tmiv. Sheriff JOHN II. 1-KM.OWS. Treasurer .1. A. M"H NTON. District Attoinpy-UIM.IVM II. IXWIS. I'rntlmiioljr) .U)IN COI'iil.ASD. (.'Ink r,t Courts TlinMXb P. MN'IIXS. Ilfroplrr of llooda-llMIt, HOSV ilfKllcr of Ullli-W. K. IllX'K. Jury Commissioner I.IIWAIII) II. STL'ROLS. Legislative. first IH.trUt TIIOlS ,1. REYNOLDS. Second Dutrlrt .101IX SCIII'.lTIt, Jli. Third hi-tric t CDWAItl) JAMKS J 11. Fourth District 1'. A. l'HII.RI.N. The insuigent papers tiro divided as to whether or not National Chairman Hnnnn urged Senator Magee to stand for party regularity In Pennsylvania this year. Some accept as true the report that ho did; otheis nssert that he did not. AVhother he did or didn't, it Is what the Republicans of Pennsyl vania are going to do. Free the Abinjrton Turnpike. ""TVJK ORGANIZATION of ln- torporated companies of in- JL dividual capitalists for the construction of toll road ways intended to bo operated for profit vas a fiutuic of the early life of American suburban nnd rural com munities, when township nnd county governments had more work to do than they bad means with which to do It. These toll-collecting turnpike com panies were In their day an undoubted public convenience and a large, albeit selfish, contributor to the development of our agricultural resources, The uverage farmer, being full of human nature, was wont to grumble ns the toll gate man levied upon his stock of small change; but If the farmer had not bad a substantial roadbed upon which he could hall his produce to market and bring back easily the articles of necessity which he had to buy in town, his larm would lmo been of little usefulness to him and he would 1 nrdly hae had the where withal ever, to pay tot!. The Piovldence nnd Abington Turn pike company In particular, the only one of its kind which has exclusive control ocr one of the chief gateways into Scranton. has been of Incalculable public bun-tit during the nearly half century of Its existence. Whatever complaints have nilsen in the course of tts thniglng of toll upon the main thoioughftue connecting this populous community with the ono near-by truck farming and green crop producing ter ritory, the larger view of Its relation ship to the community's development must recognize n moiul obligation. When the toad was built it reptoseuted a public spirited hazard which might as easily have pioved llnanclally dis- astious as It did prove In the long inn fltiaucla'h pioiltable to those who 'risked t' clr money in its construction. It should for this reason always bo held In respectful recollection as ono of the fnctcii." In Sci .niton's upbuilding. Iiut at the same time, the day of its acceptability to public opinion has gone by. The conditions of Its blrtn have been outgrown. Private control of turnpike roads and bridges which are es?enllal to every day public ac tivities and not in the category of pleasure drive luxuries has ceased to commend itself to the pievalent Judg ment of the period. The people In creasingly clamor to own the great avenues of transportation. They want especially to take down the toll gates and open wide the privileges now held in fee. They look upon privnte owner ship of dirt roads more particularly as a mtlsanco rather than a benefit and wli'Io the view may be hasty and unjust, its widespread diffusion is un questionable. In the light of these considerations, which nro of Inci easing importance and urgency, It Is well that an effort Is to bo made to secure the condemnation of the Abington turn pike. No honest citizen can wish to take, unfair advantage of the company in any way: but the day of the toll road having gone by, It must yield gracefully to influences beyond Its power of resistance. The fears that the nepublle.in plat form would not suit Mr. Bryan huve jeon verified. The Boer Envoys' Appeal. y-TpIIK BOKIl envoys exhibit I child-like simplicity In ns- 'JL sorting that if the United Stater would ofllclally ex tend Its moral support to their South African countrymen Gie.it Britain would lay down and Boer independ ence would bo recognized. The asser tion is as preposterous us Is the hope that It expresses. In thu first place It remains to be proved that u majoilty of tho Inhabitants ot the United States who have arrived at years of discre tion and have devoted time to study of tho South African problem feel Inclined to extend moral support tfl tho Boer cause. That there Is In this country a widespread sympathetic feeling for tho Boers which ijoes out to them irrespective of the merits of the controversy and largely for tho reason that England is big while her adversaries are little is undeniable; but .this Is nqt moral auppoit. It is mere" sentimentality. Moral support presupposes tliut the cause which It espouses Is Just nncl righteous; other wise It would become Immoral sup port. How many who Imvo liiqulru.l diligently Into the Tacts ot the Souilt African matter can conscientiously say of the lloer cause that it Is just nud righteous? Hut even if the educated public opln Idn of this country wer overwhelm ingly Inclined to extend moral support to the liurirhtrs the fact remains that It could not be done In nn olllclal man ner without Rotating every principle of International law and entailing con sequences Incalculably more disastrous to ouisolvcs than to the Hrltlsh. nt whom It would bo aimed. There Is not a power In Kuropo, If we except Kng land.that would not welcome the prece dent of American Intervention In an affair as to which we have absolutely no direct concern, and for one purpose only the purpose of concerted retalia tion. Our Monroe doctrine is an aggra vation to continental Kuropo. especial ly to the nations which deslte to plant colonics in South, America. Hut so Ions? as wo keep out of Kurope's quarrels, Kuropo cannot with good grace pick ono with us. It would bo Kurope's coveted opportunity If our authorities should be (short-sighted enough to alienate our ono friend on the other side by bumptious Intermeddling with the South African war. The Iloers are getting what they electioneered for and the American peoplei while they may pity, cannot help them. The Boers must mako terms with Kncland. Their cause Is hopeless If it depends upon American intervention. Dr. Swallow Is also said to bo pre pared for nny emergency. The Food Problem. A1 N INTERESTING topic of warm-wenther speculation Is formulated by a contributor to tho Philadelphia Press, who lays down the proposition that it laigo part of tho suicides, crimes and miscellaneous deviltry of tho per iod is traceable to the fact that peo ple nowadays cat the wrong kind of food. Wo cannot do better thnn to give his Ideas In his own words: "A great French bdentlst said that the greatness of a nation depended more upon the kind of bread eaten than upon education, for tho natural icason that the education depended upon tho brain fonnatlon, which de pended upon tho nutrition. Now If the bread of a nation is depleted so as not to contain the brain-forming phos phates, 11 is not surprising that the brains of people sutfer for lack of tho nourishment of which they have been deprived. This Is n most Important national question, not only on account of Its bearing upon the health of the community, but Its relation to tho growing youth of the country, that ni c rendered incapable of growing their bones and teeth or developing their brains as they would be able to do wcic nouually constituted food provided for their use. "If the blood Is the life and It de pends upon tho normality (I. e., the perfect constitution) of the food and as each constituent of tho blood Is absolutely essential to tho normal composition nnd action of the blood then how impottant it is that the children nt least should be provided with suitable, nutritious food so that they may develop normally constituted bodies (not only free from disease, but able to resist it), with strong vital organs to live and normally consti tuted skulls, capable of accommodat ing large and powerful brains, in-' stead of tho degenerate types bo fre quently seen, with defective sight, weak nerves and dyspeptic bodies, the primary and sole cause of which is the fashionable folly of preferring whiteness, llneness and lightness in the foods instead of darkness of color, coarseness of texture and solidity of composition so essential to solidity of body and bialn. The two great scourges of the past century nic tho deficiency of llmc-foiming material In the food to form the bones and teeth and the lack of brain-forming phos phates to build up and sustain the brain in a normal condition, the want of which latter Is the primary cause of insanity which leads to suicides. There ( nn be no doubt about the fact that Insanity Is on the Increase, as It has Increased (according to tho most reliable statistics) 600 per cent, to 100 per cent. Increase of the population, nnd It ran be scientifically demon strated that the absence of brain forming materials In the daily food Is the only way to account for It. "Thete is one simple nnd most eillcn cious remedy within the reach of ull that will not only prevent sickness, disease, vice, crime, Insanity and pic niuture death, but lender life truly worth the living, and that Is conform ity to the natuial laws of dietetics ob setved by our ancestors and for FiOOO years before tho Christian era. The finest men and women In America nre imported or descendants of Imported men and women from Ireland; nnd why? Becnuso their very poverty has safe-guarded their health. Their plain, simple food renders 'the Irish, on their nutlo heath, always healthy, wlso and witty, over ready to dance a jig or sing a ditty.' If Americans wish to regenerate themselves nnd nirest this great tendency to Insanity and sui cide, they must live simply, ns thel" Irish friends will tell them how. Un fortunately, however, when foreigners como to this country they do not get the kind ot food that sustains their bodies and brains or tho kind of cook ins that conduces to health and long evity." There Js more truth than poetry in the foregoing. "Wit Ting Fang, the Chinese minis ter at Washington, is undoubtedly sin cere in tho deslro for peaco nnd good order, but President McKlnley has wisely concluded that Wu Is a very small part of the main show. Tho announcement that five new bat tleships nto to be built for the United States would be received with pardon able prldo but for tho fact that tho navy has not a sufficient number of men at present to man the vessels nl reudy constructed. It would bo well U the Government, .vhile engaged in ship building, could also formulate In ducements calculated to attract more men to this branch of tho service. An Itictea3c in pay would probably prove the most effective. The Philadelphia North Amerlcnn has assumed the tnBk of supplying a running mate for 'William Jennings Brynn. The good material, however, all shows a disposition to remain in the woods. To thp world at large it looks ns though tho New i'ork reporters are wasting too much valuable space these days In reducing Mr. Croker's thoughts to print each day. Oom Paul Is evidently delaying peace In order to give the Boer envoys time to ofllclnlly return with tho resolu tions of sympathy gathered in tho United States. Montana people state that Mr. Clark nnd Mr. Daly are telling the truth about eaclv other, but are of the opin ion that Mr. Daly has the largest task to complete. m In addition to other difllcultles, Mr. Brynn Is liable to be confronted by dollar wheat before tho campaign is over. The signal flags manage to keep within a day or two of the weather. The Birth of the Republican Party Hon. fialuslu A. Grow, In the Philadelphia Press. ENDUR1.NO political parties in free election Coernmcnts aie not the trioutli of a day. They aic the result of conllictinif opinion tluough periods, lonu or short, on r;rac questions of public concern. The legislate c oents which were the Immediate inccnlhe to the formation of the Republican party were of deep and far reaching minll'icance. 'I hey pieiv out of tho conflicting sentiment as to the existence and citcnMon of free and slaie labor institu tions in our country. On Dec. 14, 1S5.1, Senator Dndite, of W'i.-comin, introduced a bill for the organlration of tho teiiitnry of Nebraska, tha same in form as the ono that passed the home of representatives in the previous congress. This bill was referred to the committee on territories of which Scintor Douglas was chairman. On Jan. 4, ISjI, Mr. DouRlas reported this bill back to the senate. Jt provided for only one territory, that of Nebraska, On Jan. 2.1, 1P3I, Mr. Douslas reported a sub- ftltulo for the Nebraska bill when the latter was taken up for consideration. This substitute provided for the oipanizatlon of two territories, Nebra-ka and Kansis. It further provided tor the repeal ot tho act of March (i. 1SJ0, known as the "Missouri Compromise" which prohibited slavery in all tho Louisiana Purchase north of 30.30 north latitude, which wa the southern bound iry line of the state of Missouri. The bill providing for the two territories ami for the repeal ot the "Missouri Compromise" was framed at the Instance and earnest solicitation ot the achocatos of slavery ettenslon. In the hWory of tho framing and the introduction of this substitute is contained the germs that later dev eloped into tho organization of the Republi can parly. A few dajs afler Senator Douglas had reported the first Nebraska bill from the committee on on territories I was a guest at a small private mid-chy dinner pirt) at the residence of Tost master (ieneral Campbell, then a member of l'rcbldcnt Pierce's cabinet. Senator Doughs, Senator Slidcll, and two other gentlemen were the onlj guests. Afler dinner Senators Douglas and hlldell took seats together at one side of the room a short distance from Judge Campbell and m.i rl( and engaged in earnest conversation, not In loud tones, et sufficiently loud to be easily beard by the judge and mikclf. One of fclldcll's very earnest remarks vws, "You ought to mike two teiritoiies and repeil the Missouri Compromise." Si dajs thereafter, Mr. Doug las reported the substitute bill containing pro. visions for two territories, Nebraska and Kan-u, and repeal of the Missouri Compromise. This bill became a law on May SO, 151. (Jreat ex citement prevailed in congress over this act for the extension of slavery. o After the Nebraska bill had been reported. Senator Douglas, John C. Breckinridge and Philip Phillip, of Alabama, went to the white house to see President Pieue about including the repeal of the Missouri Compromise in the territorial Mil. The proposition was exceedingly popular in the south. The only question with these gen tlemen was as to political pollej. , President Pierce was in sjmpalhy with them, or so ex pressed himself. Senator Douglas suggested that Pierce wiilc down in pencil the phraseology he thought pioper In put in tho bill. The senator was sharp, a little supiclous and desired to com. inlt President Pierce In a manner which the lat ter would have to stand by. The president wrote clown the provision which wjs afterward incor poiatcd in the bill providing for the repeal of me Missouri Compromise. Senator Douglas took this pencil manuscript with him and as the party rose to go President Pierce said to them: "llefore joii do anything, sec Marcy." Mr. Many at that time was I'ieice's secretary of slate. Douglas and the rest of the delegation ptoinlsed they would see the secretary and did call at the department, but Mr. Marry was out. A clay or two afterward Douglas introduced tho Mil containing the repeal in words as President Pierce had written them. It is a matter of history that Secretary Marey was not in entire sympathy with the adminis tration on the repeal. At a consultation of his friends as to whether he should leave the cabi net on account of the president's adtocacy of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, it was decided that Mr. Marcy should not resign. Their decision was not altogether disinterested, as his retirement would have left them without a friend in Hie cabinet, and there was too much patron ago In the state of New York for them to glte up for a political principle. Had Secretary Mircy lelired from President Pierce's cabinet on this question he probably would have been the nominee of the Republican party in ISM instead of (ieneial Fremont. It is also extremely prob able that had he been nominated he would haie hold the old conservative business element of the country which failed to go to l'rcmont. o The repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused great antagonism among the members of con gress who were opposed to the exteirslon of sla verj. llefore the Douglas bill was passed a meet ing of members of the senate and house who weie opposed to its provisions was held. Sena tor Solomon Poote, of Veimont, was chalnnan, and Iteuben II. I'enton. afterwards governor of New York, was made secretary, livery U'hlg member and one-half of the Democrats from the .vorlhern states were opposed to this Nebraska and Kansas bill and voted against it. This met ing of tongrcssment gave impetus to the opposi tion to the extensionof slavery. Immediately af ter the enactment of the bill into law, mass meetings were held all over the Northern states denoun-ing the repeal of the Missouil Compro mise and declaring against nny further exten sion of slavery, o The repeal of the Missouri compromise in the passage of the Nebraska bill dismembered Ilia old political parlies as the; existed picMoui to May 30, ISSt, and was tho prelude to the bloody drama In American history that ended a decado later at Appomattox. Indignation meetings be came general throughout the North, but on the Tth of June, ls5l, the initial step was taken which led to the formation of the Republican party. On that date a laige mass meeting com posed of citizens lwlcnglug to all parties was held In the city of Detroit, Mich. Tho old wr hor.e, Xich Chandlei, was present, as weie man) others who afterwards became prominent in the party and in national affairs. 'I his meeting de nounced tho repeal of tho Missouri compromise and suggested the calling of a state convention of all cltkrnj opposed to the ettenslon of sla very. In response to tho suggestion cf tho Detroit mass meeting a call was published cm the '.Mill of June "for a convention of the people of 'Michigan without distinction nt party, to semble at Jackson on July Cth. to take such measures as shall be thought best to concentrate popular sentiment of tho state against the en croachment of the slavery power." The con vention assembled at Jackson on July 0 and as there was no hall large enough to accommodate: the citizens tho meeting was held In a grove of oaks and In consequence the meeting place of that convention Is known as "L'nder-the Oiks." At this meeting Chandler was one of the speak ers. He expiessed the condition ot oUalis that then prevailed everywhere In ttic following sen tence: "Misfortunes make slrange bedfellows. I sec before mo Whigs, Dcmociats and Free Soilers, alt mingling together to irbuke u great wrong." It was at this meeting that the name "Republican" was adopted for the new parly whose cardinal principle was to be no further extension of slavery. Horace CJrccley had sug gested the name of "Democratic-Republican." Hut the convention at "L'nder-the Oaks" omit, ted the word "Democratic" and It was every where conceded that "Republican" would be a good name. o A strong reason was that the parly of Jeffer son dutlng his administration was called "Re publican" and as the luvv parly was lo adopt his policy of slavery prohibition in the terri tories the name "Republican" would be a pio per and most fitting one for the n6vv party. The new party made itself felt at once, for In the election of members of congress In the fall of lNil the Democratic party failed to secure a majority. Congress met in December, In'w, i,rd afler two months balloting finally elected ', 1'. Hanks of Massachusetts speaker. The first step toward a national organization was taken en January 17, ISM. On that date the chairman of the state Republican committees of Maine, Ver mont, Massachusetts, New York, Penns-lvaola, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin, Issued an address to the Republicans of the United Stales, Inviting them to meet in fcrmal con vention at Pittsburg, IVJfl, for the purpose of perfecting a national organization and providing for a national delegate convention of the Re publican party. The convention that met In pursuance of this call at Pittsburg, 1'cbruir.v '21, a pointed a national committee of '22, one from each state and tho District of Columbia. o This committee on Maich 27, lfjfl, Issued the following call: "To tho Tcople of the L'nlted States: The people of the United States without regard to past political differences or divisions who are opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, to the policy of the picocnt ad ministration, to the extension of slavery into the territories, and in favor of the admission of Kansas as a free slate, and of restoring the ac tion of the fediral government to the principles of Washington and Jefferson, arc invited by the national committee, appointed by the Pitlsliuig convention of tho 22d of I'chruaiy, 1SW, to send fiom each stale three delegates fioni cadi con gicssional district, six delegiles at large, to meet In Philadelphia the 17th clay of Juno nevt, tor the purpose of recommending candid ites to be supported for the offices of president and xice-ptcsident of the United Stales." That was a notable convention. It was attended by men Etrong in patriotism who were destined to be crmo conspicuous figures In national hMory. It is just It years since the meeting of tint first nitlonal convention of the Republican party. The convention nomlnited John C l'rcmont of California, who was little known In politics, but who had achieved popularity, especially among the jounger element, for his exploits and ndventuics In the West, Wlllhm L. Dajton, of New Jersey, was nominated for vice president. Pennsjlvanla bad a largo share in the proceed ings of tint convention and the platfoun was reported by David Wilmot of our state. The birthplace of the Republican parly In name and political formation as it has existed ever since was "Undcr-thc-Oaks" at Jackson, In the state of Michigan, July 0. 1S3I. Its flist president was the unletteied child of the plains, Abraham Lincoln, elected in November, IsOO. TOO MUCH "PRINCIPLE." Hdllor of The Tribune Sir: Referring to jour editorial in todav's Tribune captioned "American Patience" and speaking of the strike on the St. Louis rapid transit street car lines, jou ak the question, "When will public opinion demand the reference of all such differences to a court of arbiliallonf" Now, perhaps a court of arbitration could com pel both sides to tho controversy to submit their differences to arbitration, but it could not com pel them to abide by Its decision, for no couit or anj- other tribunal could compel an employer to pav more than he wished to pay. Nnr could it compel an emplove to work for less thin he wanted to work for. If il cniild do so this would not be "Free America." This strike has cost the strikers t.'i'JO.noO, the city. $.tno,noo. and tha street railway company, jl.mxi.Ooo, and why? Simply because, in my opinion, there his been too much importance put on the word we" call "principle." Too much is staked on this won!, both by emplovers and rmplovcs. For instance, nn emplovcr will deal with his employes as cm plojcs, but will not deal with them as union men, as a matter of piineiple. Again, cmploves will strike because the employer will not deal with them as a union. As a consequence theie is a strike that costs both sides, as well as the public, thousands upon thousands of dollars, all on account of the "principle involved." o It seems to me that both sides to such contro versies would show moic principle b using the word less and by Irving to come to some agree ment by using the good old rule of "Do unto others as jou would that ther should do to you " I am a union man, a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive i'.ngineeis, and I believe In unions, but I don't believe in staking too much on the word wc call "principle" when it comes to set tling labor disputes. It would have been much better for the St. Louis' Street Car compiny, as well as for the slrikeis and the public, if they had come to some agieement with their old cm plojcs, because the latter aic conversant with the work and can lundle me business of the com pany much belter than the three thousand new men they have hlied. It will take the company about one j car to "break in" the new men so they can do the business in proper shape ami by that time they will be organized into a union Just as the old ones were and the company will have tho same fight to fight over again. o Whenever there Is a strike we see more or less In the papers about compulsory education, but I have never jet seen a practical lueory advanced as to how It could be put in force. In my opin ion the newspapers could do more than any other agency in bringing together the emplovcr and employe so they would come to some agreement and settle their differences. If all papers would take the stand The Tribune took during the late anthracite coal miners' threatened strike, and be fair to both sides, there would not be one-hall 2 4 4 5 1901 CALENDAR, I it 4 An opportunity to secure exclusive patterns and first choice. X0XX0000 Tinted Backs X Hangers Colortype Backs White Backs Gold Embossed $ ym jjj Mounted Photocraohs 0 $ Half-Tones $ 14X22 Lithographs ooooooooooooooooo $12 THE TRIBUNE has exclusive control of the finest line ol Calendars ever exhibited in Scranton. It is early yet to think of 1901, but it is necessary to place orders early lor the class of work here outlined. The full line of samples is now ready at THE TRIBUNE office and Is now complete, but the best will go quickly, and no design will be ..duplicated for a second customer. ME TRIBUNE, Washington Avenue. NOTICE Orders taken now (or December delivery. 4 4 4 the strikes there have been, nut they won't eto It. Some take sides with the employers and some with the cmplojcii then they "pilch" Into ono another and work both the companies anil the men up to such a pilch that neither will "glvo in" any on account of the principle (J) In volved, when It they would do as The Tribune did and H)lnt out the loss, cost ami suffering caused by strikes to both patllca, it would lie the means of "cooling down" both parties and nine times out ot ten they would come to some amlc able agreement. J. V. Spence. Montrose, Pa., June 23. THE OUTCOME PLEASING. From the L'tlca, N. V., Press. Congrcsman Sherman arrived home from the Philadelphia convention jesterday. When asked for his impressions ot the icsult ot Its work he said: "I think the outcome of the convention Is pleasing, not to Republicans alone, but to all patriotic citizens. The platform, terse, clear, cllsllnct, emphatic, resounds with patriotism and bristles with Americanism. And the ticket it Is Ideal; nothing less. The forms, faces and characters of the candidates are familiar every where. It is surplussigc to speak of them. What tho action of the delegates In nominating the candidate for president would bo has been known for months, yes years. The desire that Governor Roosevelt should grace and strengthen tho national ticket by accepting a place thereon has long been universal. The desire was less strorg In our state than elsewhere because we wished him to continue to serve us In the executive chair. The sincerity of the come In asking not to be drafted for service on the national ticket, Is as certain as the North star. "The delegates In the convention, however, particularly from tho west, dared not rctoeot the governor's wishes In disregard of the known desire of the constltuereles which sent them lo Philadelphia. Mr. Roosevelt's nomination was not tho result of the wish or plan of any man or coterie of men: nor could that nomination be prevented bv the utmost efforts of other men. From the arrival of the first delegates in Philadelphia the tide set toward Roosevelt, and it was never stemmed until it swept him, unwill ing and resisting, into the xice-prfsldentlal nomi nation. This nomination will add strength, to a degree difficult now to clearly measure, In states other than New York and states where strength is more needed, I have never regarded New York .1 doubtful state on existing national Is sues. "We tan not but regret the loss of Mf. Roose velt's services in the stale, but I have long be lieved that the vice-presidency to him will not be a shelf, but rather a stepping stone, and that when the president shall have rounded out a second term, Theodore Roosevelt, with (he fuller equipment of this new service and with all his piesent mental and physical energy, is destined to serve the people of the nation in the highest trust in their gift." AN IMPORTANT SUMMONS. From the Susquehanna Transcript. Kditor Samuel P. More, of our esteemed con temporary, the (ireat Rend Plalndealer, who was "doing" New York, eras summoned home Satur day, post haste, owing to the presence of a cir cus in Hallstead. THE FRIENDLY HAND. When a man ain't got a cent, an" he's fcelln' kind o" blue. An the clouds hang dark an' heavy, an' won't let the sunshine through, It's a great thing, O, my brcthien, for a fellow Just to lay His hand upon vour shoulder in a friendly sort o' way. It makes a man feel curious; It makes the tear drops start, An' jou sort o" feel a flutter In the region ot the heart. You can't look up an meet his ejes; jou don't know- what to saj-, When his hand is on jour shoulder In a friendly sort o' wav. O, the world's a curious soit of compound, with its lionri' and its gall, Willi its aches and bitter crosses; but a good world, after all; An' a good (Joel must liavo made It leastways, that is what I say. When a hand rests on my shoulder In a friendly sort o" way. James Whitcomli Riley. 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Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware; 434 LaclOTaaia AveaiK HENRY BELIN, JR., CieuenU Accnt for lh3 Wyomlaj District j.- DUPOIT rarniwmKiD Mlnlnc, Wanting, Sportlns, SmoSels4i unci lLo Itoputino Uuejiic.. Coiupituy 4 HIGH EXPLOSIVES. tulcty Kuse. Cnpi nml i;cploa!icu Itooiu 101 Uomiell UulUla;. bcraut34. AUUNCItM THCS. FORD, - - Plttston. JOHN B. SMITH & SON. - Plymoutru W. E. MULLIGAN. - Wflkes-Earxeu raiB, $fiuwiw I - Z'SJ'" A middle-aged lady residing nrar .Shaipiburg, Ky., relates that it was while reading the local paper one day that she first saw an advertisement of Rip ans nnd "that advertisement," she says, in kpeaking of it, "hs indeed lirough. relief to me. For two years I had been a constant sufiercr from d)pepsia and felt that my case was bejond hope, After trying many remedies without success I had succumbed to tho last ing disease. Ripans Tabulcs saved mc, .ind orly those who hae been prey to painful digestive disorders and have been denied the luxuries which the table may afford cwi appreciate thesalue of even one Ripans Tabule." FINLEF Wash Waist Some Important Hcduct- It being an invariable rula with us to sell all waists the same season they are bought, ve make these reductions and give our customers the benefit while the season is at its best. For Oae Week I ckg Sat ink Offer. At 79c Onr full line of best cambric and percale waists, that have retailed so far this season at 9Sc, $1.00 and $1.15. At 98c Fine assortment of Percale) and Gingham Waists, reduced fiom $1,2 J. At $1.1 Good assortment of fine. Dimity Waists, marked down from $1.6 J. At $IIogO Best Scotch Madras Waists that are still good value a6 $i.gS to $2.25. We show a full line of Fine White Waists at the right prices. 510-512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE OOOOOOOOOOOCmOOOOO 6 TOITATUnWs? iiu v iia.ni fiiiu'iNO'; 0 CALLING CAEIS. P Are you interested in the above ? If so we invite you to call and see what we have in the latest and newest styles of Engrav ings. We have several new sizes to select from. REYNOLDS BROS , General Stationers gravers. and En- 0 Scranton Pa. A Hotel Jermyn Bids. Q 0 0 ooooooooooooooooo es Tab
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