rnitwwo'1 -wfi:rf.t' 4r THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1900. Published Dtltr. Incept 8inr!ay, lj TheTrib une Publishing Company. t rill) Ccnti 0W, MVY P ItlCIIAItt', IMIlcr O. 1'. nVMIKi:, lluslncss Mansgcr. New York Office: l.V Nassau St. F S. VREI'.f.AND, Sole Acnt tor Foreign Advertising. l.ntcrcd it the Postofllce at Scranton, Pi., u Second Class Mall Matter. When space will permit, The, Tribune Is always ulad to print short letters Imm Its friends bear. Ins on cuitent tcplcs, liut Its rule Is tlit these muit bo signed, lor publication, by llie writers leal niimo' and the condition precedert to ac ceptar.ro I that oil eonttibl.tloni (bill be subject to editorial rels!on. SCRANTON, AUGUST 31, 1900. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. National. Preslclcnt-WIMIAM McKINLPY. , V!ee-l'raleleiit-Tlll-OiKUIK HOOSEVrXT. Stnte. ConrMMnfnot-Lar-nI.t'SHA A. GROW, itor.cin ii. Kci:nur.iuit , . Ainlltrr Urncial-K. U. 1IAHDE.NBKKOII County. -I ('ongroi-v II.M sM rOXNHI.f.. .iuiii arnmn: ji watmin. fHicrM It'll V II I HMiMS. Tp inner -I A. K'ltANTOS. Plttrief Attoruev--vlU,l VU It I.KWIS. I'lr.tlioiiutnrt UHIV ( OI'CI.AM). ' ik (if rcnts-'IllOvl VS P llAini.8. tin order of lipids i:llli P.OVS-. itiritf p of witis-w. k nine. lmj C'oiniiiijIopir-i:iiWAWI O. RTl'ltOEa. Legislntuie. Pint Ilnfrlft THOMAS I. icT.YVOLnv. v, .mi tiiitiiit jiiii.n m iir;n:ii. jh. Ihlnl Di.tilrt PDWAIII) JWIKS, Jit loiuth lllst'let P. A I'lIll.DI.V ' The ptiz.K' of tlu campaign," nays an evchanjsv "Is what nryan would do If elected president." Setlously spcak lnr. one might as vvell try to llgure nut tho political Isbuea of 2301. Theru l not the lcat.t pioli.ihlllty that Mr. Ilrynn will ever he called upon to vo dcein any of his campaign promises. Trusts. ArJiAUJ OP" Its partj's freo sllvei planl;, which Its edi tor Inoffectuallv tried to squelch at the Kansas City i ointntion; and realizing how counter tJ the patritio temper of the people is Htyiin'H p:ei amount proposition to )Ull clown the (la,; in surrender to Afulunldo. fie unfortunate Tiniest irmkes a last vally on the subject of mists nnd challenges The Tribune to (INcuss that question. AVe nute brief ly in passing the fact that practically all the thief officials In Tammany are utockholdeis In an lee trust which en joys fat city contracts, doubtless as pan of the deal, and proceed to con sider t'le question in its broader as IT'ctc. As fur hack as the Fiftieth con gress the Pemoctats began to howl at the ti lists for political purposes. They appointed a fonnidable committee of Investigation which interrogated more than a hundted witnesses, but camo to no definite conclusion. In the Fifty second nnd Fifty-fourth congresses this vwis tepeated. Tho differ ence between Democratic prom ises and Republican performances Is strikingly Illustrated by the enact ment of tho measure known as the Sherman anti-trust law, which was enacted in 1800 by a Republican con gress and signed by a Republican president Uenjamin Harrison. Al though tho Democrats sneered at the bill, which they contended was Mm ply a piece of buncombe and would be only a dead letter, the recent de cisions of the Supreme court have hhown that It Is at least the only piece of legislation eer put upon tho statute books which has the semblance of row ci to contiol and prevent com binations In restialnt of production or commerce. Under this law the Supreme court of the United States, on the 21th day of October, 1808, held Illegal the Joint Ti.iflle association, an acreement en teied Into between some thirty-one dlffeient lailioad companies, and en joined Its further execution. Another well known case was the Addystone Tipe unci Steel company et al, vs. the United States. It was charged in the petition that the defendants, six cor porations who were engaged In the iiiiiniifnctuio, sale nnd transportation of iron pipe, entered into a combina tion, a ronspliacy, among themselves. by which they agreed that there should be no competition between them In anv of the states or teultoiles men tioned! In the agieement (comprising tame thlity-slx In all) In regard to the manufactuie and sale of cast-iron pipe. The action was undei taken for the purpose of obtaining an injunction per petually enjoining the defendants from further acting under or carrying on the combination alleged In tho petition to hao been entered into betewen them, on the giound that It wns. an Il legal and unlawful one, under the act above mentioned, and because it was in rcstialnt of commerce and trade among the states. Judge Taft of the Unffed StUes circuit court of appeals, now4 prttldont of tho Philippine com mission.,; jrendeied a decision holding theijgiepment to be Illegal nnd unlaw ful yna"er the anti-trust act. His de cisloji vas nfllrmed by the Supreme court Pfe. 4, 1800, thereby affirming the .'power of congress to deal with Il legal combinations of that nature, and proving beyond question the great value of the Sherman anti-trust act. Bat under tho constitution congress can only regulate Interstate commoiee. It ctinnot intei ferp with commerce or iginating and ending within state limits. In his message to congress on Dec-l, ISO?, President McKlnley called the .attention df that body to the llm ItatQta&ftMhp Sherman act and urged tho adaption o legislation In temedy. Yet -Jit the face of tho Democratic party's Inteimlttent clomor against trusts two say Intermittent, because It only yeJIs at them when it la look ing fjtart.yot.es: at other times It 1.1 hanij? In clove with them), when the Jtidl!ury committee of the house of teptesontatlves on June 1, 1900, brousht before that body a joint resolution pro viding for a constitutional amendment rvhlch should give congress power to regulate trusts wherever found, only Jve Democtats voted for It, while prac tically every Republican In (he house voted for the measure, but as it ro 4 ul red a . two-thirds vote tho Demo, rratsiwere strong enough to defeat It. Nor, was. this nil. During the lsst icsslon of' rmiurrcss, Senator Jones, of Arkansas, the chairman of tho Demo cratic) national committee, offered In the senate an amendment to the Porto Rlcan act providing for tho repayment of duties on articles Imported from Porto Rico since the occupancy by tho United States a proposition, which It was clcaily shown, would1 have result ed In tho payment of nbout $1,500,000 to the sugar trust; while Represen tative Richardson, tho leader of tho Democratic side ot the house and chairman of the Dcmocutlo congres sional committee, offered In that body a. resolution admlttlus freo of duty sugar from Porto Rico and Cuba, which, It Is conceded, would have been equivalent to presenting the tugnr trust with about $10,000,000 annually. The Democratic paity Is against trusts only for campaign purposes. One of the propositions before the American Uar association contem plates an effott to organize an In ternational bureau to tianslate and compare tho laws of the various coun tries nnd to use Us influence toward securing uniformity wherever possible. It Is an ambitious undertaking but, as President Mrtnderson well says, St lould not do harm and might do good. Tho nations nio rapidly coming lo ethcr, and this would help. History Repeating Itself. THU SIMILARITY between the Democratic attitude of today In respect to tho Phil ippines and tho attitude ot that party In 1SC1 when It declared the war for the preservation of the Union a failure and wanted to let the South go has been noted but certain Interesting details of lesemblanco are woith pointing out. For example, compare Rryun nt Indianapolis with Vallandlgham In congress In Januaiy, 1S63: I1KYAV. i VM.LANDIOIIAM We ninje cllies of llie History will record Filipino. Wlien we did that after ncnrlv O.lWi) ro we bad full knol-jciirs of folly ami wick kUo that they were oiln'ss in oil) lonn llelilfnj for tbilr own and adminlMrutkn of Im'epcnct-nce. t pub- Roernmint It wo.i lo nilt that hlitoiy fui-scrM.nl to Aintrlcin lAmoi no fc.implt ot statcmnaii'lilp In the turpitude uaer than nineteenth ccnturj of our. What rlttht lm" the Christian era lo tr e to force cur KOAern-tho grand epeiiinnt, incut upon them with on a mjIc tl.o mu,t out their content t Whocotlj ami glgnntic, of will 3iy that we nicceittlnR loo by foieo comminded lo civiliie nnd developing frater wlth iljnirr.lte nnd pio- tul affection by war. olytc witn the awjrd Love, not force, w.n the weapen cf the N'at nrone. Or, compaie the present Deinociatio candidate u Ith the Democratic mem bers of congiess who In 1S61 lolned to gether in a manifesto to the country Intended to embarrass and disrupt the administration of Abraham Lin coln: nit ax. DKMOCit vnr rov. Acaln-t us nro ar I fillKSSMr.N. raeil a eoiupatatlMf Onl two clashes of ennll but politically men are suppoitlni; the and financially powerful etocnmient those wo nmnliei who wouhliarc miklus money out pnifl t by lie publican of the war and tho r.id polielcs linperiillsuilfcil abolltionlts. We would be profitable to call upon this country Itio army coneracierH. it to inrow out ni power would bo firofltable to the fchlp c.wner, who vtmld carry lio nob iliers to the Philip the administration un der wlioie faior thev nru nctle in power ami cratif their unholy pines ami urine new Krecd and detestable (.oldlrrs luck. It would passion Wc call upon b rrofltablc to those tfie people to purtre the body politic of its un health element ami to substitute in public trusts Ju-t and broad uindtd, puie and lib eral men in place of railhals and eorrup tionists. who would folio upon the franchises It would be profitable to the of DchK whose salaries would be fixed here and paid oer there. Or, contiast with Bryan's recent speech at Lincoln, Neb., what Aug ust Belmont said In calling to order the Democratic national conven tion of 1SC1: mtYAX. nU.MO.NT. Tho ltepublicin party, pour jears of misrule today is not the repre-.b a factional, fanatical aentottce of human and corrupt pirty haie riKius. as ii ciaimcn io niuusnc our couniry m Is? forti jeara Jgn. I the sew of ruin. The want those about to cast result of such a calam their first ude to take itv as the re-election of these miestlons that Mr Lincoln must be tli pio upon t hem for utter illslntecratlon of solution and ask them-our whole political ami selwa: "What will thesocial system amidst result be!" We say bloodshed and anarchy, that llepubllcan sucies menaces the foundation of our pros, crnmont. "The Democrats," says the Chicago Inter-Ocean, "talked of 'Abo Lincoln's wai' then Just as they do of 'BUI McKlnley's wai' now. They called Lincoln 'King' nnd 'tyrant' for putting down secession lebellion, Just as they now call McKlnley 'Czar' and 'despot' for putting down tho Tagal rebellion. Thcv prated of 'consent of the gov erned' In the South then Just as they prate of It In Luzon now. The spirit of the Bryan Democracy today Is that of the VallandlL'ham Democracy In 1SG1. Not a spot on the leopatd has changed." Is this not tiue'.' In his nnnual address to tho Giand Army veterans, Commander-in-Chief Shaw strongly recommended changing Memorial Day to the last Sunday In May. "If this change Is mnde," he said, "It Is believed that the holy Sabbath day will preserve It from the desecrations which now laigely pervert its tender associations." The deslro to obviate these largely thoughtless desecrations Is shaied In every con derate American; but It may fairly be doubted If the change suggested would accomplish tho pmpose. Better light It out on tho present line to vic tory or defeut. m When 75,000,000 woll-to-do.cltlzen3 make up their minds to put sue a cer tain policy tho danger of successful teslstance Is Bmall. The United States can have Its way In China and secuto ample protection of Its rights and privileges If tho people of the United States will drop temporarily the petty squabbles of party politics and stand back of their president. The precedent established by thosa quarrelsome neighbors out In Alle gheny county who settled their difficul ties by means of a duel with lawn hoses may be recommended most cor dially. It cleanliness ts next to godli ness, flghtlns with hoses must be a venial sin. Tho persistence with which the New York politicians are pushing Tim Voodiuff for office Indicates that he Is either cxtraoidlnarlly popular or ex ceptionally generous In paying the freight. Mr. Bryan mid his friends are anx ious that tho Chinese policy of the government Hhall be declared at an early date, so as to allow them to get on tho other side before the close of tho presidential campaign. Last year, according to General Mandcrson, presld mt of tho American Bar nsseviatlon, thrt wore enacted In the Aarlous legislatures of the United States, 4,831 cenernl nnd 0,325 local, or a total of 14,160 laws. And of the lot how many nrs worth tho paper they arc printed on? What Richard Croket on the stump should say to young men lis to warn thetn to choso wputabla political as sociations and to stand for decency and honor In public lite. But how the crowd would snicker If Croker should say It. ' ' The numerous proposed remedies for tho Gobel law are liable In some In stances to prove worse than the Ills they are Intended to cuni. The light llstH of casualties fiom Manila at present ore discouraging to the avetage Democratic campaigner. Tho alarmists who failed to predict tho peach ciop out of the market have now attneked the oyster crop. First CenNiry of American Diplomacy Abstract from a Paper Head l.at "tight by John Ilasctt Moore before the American Par Association.) ACIIXTl'HY ind (Hiirter ago the thirteen United Colonlea were declared to possess, as Independent atates, "full power to lesy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce and do all other acta and things which Independent states may of right do." Durlns the period that has since elapsed there hue been crest mutations In the world's political and moral order. To those changes the I'nltctl States, as the exponent of the cause of freo government, free commerce and free seas, has largely contributed. The foundations of its foreiun policy were laid In the carl) days ot the lepubllc, by the great men who gave to the goeernment its origin.il form nnd purpose. Prior to 17SP, whan tin federal constitution went into effect, the United Mates had entered Into four teen treatiti, cohering a wide range of subjects, such ai peace end war, political alliance, pe cuniary loans, commercial Intercourse, and the lights of consuls. Among theii various stipula tions wo find provisions for liberty of conscience, the abolition of the disabilities of ellenr, the peaceful adjustment of international disputes, and the mitigation of the cil of war. Xot only, were some of these provisions in advance of the international law ef the time, but the proposals of the governments were in same rcspecta in advance of Its treaties. One of the great ob jects nt which it aimed was the abolition of the tstem ct d.scriminating duties then in vogue, and the breaking down of the narrow nnd short sighted policy under which the European powers sought to reserve to themselves an exclusive trad" with their several colonies. These objects, thought slowly accomplished wero in the end to a great extent attained, and particularly the abolition of discriminating dutlcj. o Soon after the organisation of permanent gov ernment under the constitution, there began the great struggle concerning neutrality, whose con cluding clnpter may be found only in the Treaty of Washington of 1S71 ami the aibltratlon at (lencva. This contest, which arose fn the early stages of the first general European war, growing out of the Trench revolution, was found to In volve both the maintenance of neutral rights and the performance ct neutral duties, nnd neither had ever been clearly and comprehensively de fined. It fell to the United States to define them and to place them on a permanent foundation. In tho correspondence that took dace In 1703, between Mr Jefferson, who was then secretary of state1, and Mr. Genet, the French minister; in the instructions issued in August of the same vcar, by Alexander Hamilton, secretiry of the treasury, to the collector of customs; and In the act of Congress of June fi, 17IH, passed on the recom mendation of the president, tho duties of neu trality were nt forth with a certalntv and pre cision never before a. tempted. This policy, which was thus inaugurated, and which has been con firmed by subsequent legislation and dlplomacv. Is acknowledged to have formed an epoch In the development of international law. The struggle for neutral rights originated In the sinie great Kuropcan conflict as the contro versy respecting neutral duties. Doth Great flritain ami France Issued belligerent orders ami decrees under which the commerce of neutrals was subjected to unendurable burdens. For the lorses thus suffered compensation was obtained from Great Pritaln, while with France there arose the state of limited war that rxisteil from 171)3 to 1600. But, after the breach of the Peace of Amiens, the depreciations on neutral commerce were renewed with increased violence. The Brit ish orders in council of 1R08 and 1807, and the decrees issued by Napoleon at Berlin and Milan in 1803 and W7, with their bald assertions of piper blockades and sweeping denials of the rights of neutrality, were met by the United States with protests of embargoes, with non-intercourse, and finally, In the case of Great Brit ain, which was complicated with tin question of Impressment, with war, while from France a considerable indemnity was afterwards obtained by treaty 1 lie pretensions against which the United Mates protested are no longer Justified on legal grounds. Paper blockades are universally condemned The right of neutrals to carry on t non-contraband trade with belligerents is ac knowledged. The claim of impressment h no longer asserted. With tho claim of impressment was associated the question of visitation and search on the high seas. The United Etates, while conceding the csisteiicc of thisrlght in time of war, denied it in time ot peace. In 1"3 this position was un animously affirmed ly . resolution of the senate. "After the rassace of this resolution." said Mr. I Fish, as secretary of state, on a certain occasion, "Great Britain formally recognized the princi- I pie thus announced, ami other maritime powers, and writers on international law. all assert it." W hile maintkining the freedom of the sca, the United States lias also contended for the free navigation of the natural channels by which they arc connected, huch was 1U position In the cuse of the Danish Pound Dues Heasonlng by analogy It lios applied the same principle to artificial channels. In 182(1 Mr, Clav, as see ictary of state, declared that if a cunal to unite the Atlantic and 1'acltlo oceans should ever be constructed, "the benefits of it ought not to be excliHivelj appropriated to any one nation, but should be extended to all parts of tho globe upon the payment of a Just compensation or reasonable tolls." The same piinciple was approved by the seratc in 1S3S and by the house in 1930, and was incorporated in the l h.vton-Bulwer treaty in 1850. It is embodied in the pending Hay.raunccloto treaty. It forms the basis o the treaty concluded at Constant!, nople in IMS, between the leading mailtimc powers of i'.urope. In relation to the Sue: canal. Ihe United states has also contended for the free navigation of international rivers, and has secured the insertion ot this principle iu sev eral ot Ha treaties. .-e While the ktru;gle (or neutial rights was In progress, the Spanish colonies in America, be gan one after another to declare their InJtn ptndencc. In this movement the United States Instinctively felt a deep concern, and in 1KM, President Monroe, moved by the apprehension that tl t powers forming the Holy Alliance would Intervene to restore the molted colo nlea to Fpain, declared, in his inuual message, that any attempt on the pat of the allied pov. era to extend their system to any por tion of this hemisphere would be considered "dangerous to our peace and safety," and that anv interposition by any F.uropcan powers in the aflulrs i.f the governments whose independence wc had acknowledged, for the pjrpoie ot op pressing then or controlling In any manner their destiny, could be viewed In no other light than sa "the manifestation J' an un friendly disposition toward tin UnittJ Blates." In the same message there u tinothir d-clira. tlun, made with refertnee to territorial dis putes on the noithwcst coast that "the American continents by the free and In dependent onditlou which they have at ruined and maintained aie henceforth not to be consldcrid is subjerts for future colonisation by any Kuropcan i.owen." Thene declarations, In- trrprctcd ai.d supported by the American ueople as K nrstest as-alnat the political Intervention ot Kurope ami the extension ot Furopean domln. Ion In this hemisphere, still stand as A guar sntce ot the Independence of governments and the freedom of commerce. o In the east, the United States liaa sought the preservation of the autonomy and territorial In tegrity ol the Independent governments there ex. ittlng Especially la this true of China ami Japan. The latter country has at length been emancipated. China, howeser, suggests an un certain future. The United Etalts bos lately obtained from the powers an angagement to ob serve throughout the empire the principle of commercial equality. Its policy In the grave crisis that has since arisen is cxpietsed In the. circular issued by Mr. Hay. secretary of state, on th Sd of July last, and ts "to seek a aolu tlon which may bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly powers by treaty and In ernatlonal law, and safeguard for the world the principle ef equal and Impartial trade with all parts ot the Chinese empire." As afteptlng the liberty ol In tho Individual, the United States lists, maintained In Its later di plontscy the principle of expatriation. Since ls7i, however, no treaty on the subject has been concluded. This fact may be explained not only by an unreadlncvs on the pare of saricus gov. crnments to accept a oompllance with the nat uralization laws of the United States as a suf fli lent act et expatriation, but also by the cxl gencies of military service and the numerous cases In which It has been alleged that the treaties were abused for the purpose ol evading mlltary duty. The United States hss contributed to the de velopment of the system ot extiadition. But, of still greater Importance Is the fact that the united states haa given weight of it example to the employment of International arbitration as a means of settling disputes not only as to the rights of Individuals but also u to the rights of nations It is universally admitted that the results of International arbltiatlon have been beneficent, and this opinion is attested by the efforts lately made to establish a permanent sys tem. o But In all the history of the diplomacy of the Unltetl States during the past hundred years, nothing is more striking than tho record of the national expansion. First Louisiana, then the Floridas, then Texas, next a hall of Oregon, soon aferwards California and Her Mexico, and later the Gadsden purchase, tho national advance (still continued. Distant Alaska, far reaching in its continental ami Insular dimensions, was added to the national domain; the Hawaiian Islands, long an object of specivl protection, were at length annexed; and Cuba, as the events of a century had foreshadowed, was detached from the Spanish crown, whllo by the same act all other Spanish islands in the West Indies, to gether with the !- lipplnea and Guam in the ractflc, were ceded to the United States. By a treaty since made, Germany and Great Britain renounce in ine favor of 'the United States all their rights of possession or Jurisdiction as to Tutuila and certain other islands In Samoa. The reoord o! the century lies before us. We survey It perhaps with exultation, but we should not forget Its graver meaning. With the growth of power and the extension of boun daries, there has come an Increase of national responsibilities. The manner In which we shall discharge them will be the test ef our virtue. Today, reviewing the achievements of a hundred years, we pay our tribute to the wisdom, the foresight, the lofty conceptions and generous policies of them men who gave to our diplomacy its first impulse. It remains for us to carry for. ward, as our predecessord have carried farward, the great work thus begun, to that at the close of another century the cause of free government, free commerce and free seas maj still find In tho United States a champion. AN UNPARALLELED RECOVERY From the New York Financier. August 8, 1690, marked the culmination of the 1SS0 panic in stock exchange circles. On that date prices went tumbling, business was demoralized, and conditions generally were the reverse of stable. ' What a contrast August 8, 1C00, presents In comparison. Probably the most signal Instance ot the chango is found in the peculiar signifi cance of an event which marked the fourth an niversary of the 1S9C financial collapse. On last Tucsdav, exactly four jcars later, the announce ment was made by the press that the United fctatts had been awarded one-half the British war loan of $50,000,000, and that the allotments on this aide of the water had been largely over subscribed. From the position of a nation which the world regarded with suspicion because of an attempt at repudiation, the United States has In a period so short as to seem to dato almost from yesterday, risen to tho dlguity of the foremost financial country In tire world. In the four years spanning the first rejection of the free silver doctrine the United States has made a progress beside which nil previous growth appears small. Kurope was glad to unload American securities on the market in 1S36; the United States lias been glad to buy them back ever aince. In the four years since ls96 American manufacturers and producers have conquered the world's markets; they have (old abroad one and one-hall thousand millions in commodities above what they have bought; they have forced an Import of gold the limit to which was only lessened by Furope's bid to retain portions at higher interest, and now with banks and treasury overflowing with the best money in the world, with prosperity above any thing dreamed ot in H96, the Umtcd Slates takes half of the JjO,000,1J forlegn bond issue, and would take it all If permitted. F.ngland Is not alone In turning to the United State for financial assistance. Itussla has placed a semi-public loan with American financial in stitutions, and German bonds are being adver tised in the public press. In the light ol facts like these It seems like a travesty on common scn'e to witmss the tpcctacle of a party f nlcring on a campaign with free silver as the trap and a foolish theory of colonial government as the bait. The rise in se curity prices over a long period U not gov erned b manipulation to that a comparison of quotations of August S, 18C0. and August 8, 1000, is really valuable In affording an illustration ot the change in sentiment since Mr. Bryan de clared the countrv to be on tho highroad to de struction. In order to show the relative range in HW, the highest prlcee of that year mc also recorded; Aug. 8. Highest. Cut. lS'W. 187J. prices Atcl.lson li 24 267 Canadian Southern 0'i 70 ii Chic, B. Ii M . um 12u' Missouri Pacific 13 S2V4 M'i Big Four 104 l 5S Delaware & Hudson lHVi IMtt 112 General Electric 20 Ui 111 Jersey Central S7& llW'i 1TOW lackavv-iina US 10l',s 17t lako 5-horo 13IU 201 2tye Imisville li N'asvlllc 37ti MNi TH, Manhattan 73i Will MU Missouri Pacific IS !- flHi Vew York Central 83 im4 U0i Korthern r-aeiflc. 1'rcf .... 10V4 81" 7ii Northwestern P5H 17.1 15 Omaha 30H 126i 110 Pad Be Mail lSVt fit SOW Feopie'a Gas 41 KV, in Beading &Yt 23 104 Hock Hhnd 40l 122H lOtTi St. l'aul MTi 130li n Sugar 95 152 121' Tobacco M 2293 OH. Union Pacific 4 81H 00 Weatern Union 71H C3Vi 70 Average 25 v 5IU 118 fH',4 For a country vlth a future as dark u reem4 - tho case in 1S9C, tin United States haa made i, rccaveiy unparalleled In history. POLITICAL HOME THRUSTS. MclClniry wishes to uphold tin severelgnty ot the United States ovei the Philippines. Bryan is committed to a piotectorate. Ihe for mer places both the responsibility and the protection In American hands. The latter would tob the United States of any power to curb the foolishness of the natives and yet coin init the United States to fight their quarrels, It would make the Tlllplnos the arbiters of the destiny of the United States. If the voters could forget history, refuse to learn In the hard school ot experience, prefer promises to deeds, be willing to tike chanoes en a wild experiment and want another .'lunge there would be some chanoe of the Nebraska candidate reaching the White House. , The paramount Interest of the people in this campaign Is to do nothing that will interfere with the general prosperity that is now en Joyed In all parts of the country. Even the Nebraska promlsrr does not promise to give bet ter times than at present enjoyed. Tti mllltarlflne whirl, ftia tlsmnrala haya been holding up as t menace to the repuhllo has made it possible for the government to at tempt the rescue of the American minister and American missionaries In China. The forty cars of harvesting machines, side tracked at Kansas City waiting to get Into the Kansas wheat fields, have finally Rot there. The Kansas City platfoftn couldn't stop them. The Democrats in the South protect the suf frngo of the illiterate white man and disfran chise tho educated colored man, and jet say It Is not a question of color. The ease with which Bryan leans from one paramount Issue to another Indicates that lie Is willing to paramount anything that will win voles. Mr. Bryan Is so strong on the consent ol the governed that he forced his own views on a convention without Its consent. ALWAYS DUST. Tou are invited to out eleventh annual sale ot school shoes. Lewis (&Reilly Established 15S8. Wholesale and Betail. E 14-136 Wyoming Ave. flercereaiui & Coneell JEWELERS Temporarily at 139 PENN AVE CONTINUED TT lilLXilW Jewelry, Silverwear, Etc M lamageol Our full force of workmen at work again, as usual. Watch Repairing and all kinds Jewel ry Repairing and Engraving done promptly. GH00L NOES Tn A TT YT M A z-s A jittj ILf A practical sportsman with humanitarian Instincts relates that on one occasion, in the forests of Maine, his catch "was so large that he gave way to much j enthusiasm which was added to by certain good spirits that, during; the excitement, escaped from a 1 1 pU$s bottle and took possession of him and his guide Before going to sleep that night, however, each man : swallowed a R-1-P-AS TABU IE V and in the morning neither had a touch of anything; like the headache that on previous occasions had pretty uniformly followed unusual success with rod and reel. 0OXO0OOO05f0 Extraordinary Contest Tie Scraitoii Tribune Offers Unusual Induce meets for Earnest Efforts on tie Fart of Active Ymng Persons The Tribune alms to largely increase its circulation during the next few months, it is the best and cleanest paper published in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and if it once finds its way into a family lis merits will enable it to remain permanently. In order to introduce it we seek the co-operation of ambitious, intelligent young men and women, and to gain their help have put into exe cution a plan that will Interest every one. We are going to give scholarships and other special re wards to the ten persons who will be most successful and attain the highest number of points in our Educational Contest. By schol arships we mean a full course of study, paying the tuition charges in each, and in the cases of the two leading scholarships, The Tribune will not only pay all tuition charges but will also pay the board of the fortunate winners during the life of the scholarship, covering four and three years respectively. In addition to the ten special rewards, and in order to com pensate those who may enter upon this work and not be success ful in obtaining one of these, The Tribune will give to every one who succeeds in obtaining subscribers under the terms of this contest ten (io) per cent, of all the money from subscrip tions they may succeed in winning for it All letters of inquiry should be addressed to "Editor of the Educational Contest, Scranton Tribune, Scranton, Pa." The Tribune will be pleased to answer any inquiries for additional in formation and urges those interested to write if in doubt on any point SPECIAL REWARDS. 1. Scholarship in Wyoming Semi nary (1 years) including tui tion and board $1,000 2. Scholarship In Keystone Acad emy (8 years) Including tui tion and board 501 3. Sohmer 6-U I'lano, incljdlng stool and scarf (on exhibition at J W. Guernsey's, 314 Washington avenue) S3 i. Course in 1'iano Itetructlon at Scranton Conservatory of Mu sic 75 5. Columbia Bicycle, Chalnles.1, 1000 model (on exhibition at Conrad Brothers', 243 Wyo ming avenue) 75 6. Scholarship In Scranton Business College, commercial course... CO 7. Scholarship In hcranton Business College, shorthand course .. CO 8. Solid Gold Watch, lady's or gen- tleman'H (oi, exhibition ut Fu gene Schimpfi's, 1117 Lacka wanna avenue) 50 0. Tele-I'hoto Cycle Toco B. Cam era, 4x5 (on exhibition at the Grifln Art company, 209 ") omintr avenue) Lady's Solid Gold Watch, or 40 10. Gentleman's Solid silver Watch (en exhibition at Fu gene S-cMmpfVs, 317 Lacka wanna avenue) 30 $2,439 Each contestant falling to secure one of these special rewards will be given ten (10) per cent, of all the money he or she turns In. X00O0XX00O00C "Don't Swear" If you haven't the proper office sup. piles. Come In and give us a trial. We have the largest and most com plete line of ofllce supplies in North eastern Pennsylvania. If it's a good thing, we have It. Wo make a specialty of visiting cards and monogram stationery. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building. fdoD fiLtsi 00XXXK)-s0 RULES OF THE CONTEST The special rewards will be given to the pcr-ons securing tho largest number of points. Points will be credited to contestants securing new subscribers to the Scranton Tribune as follows: Points. One Months' Subscription. ..$ .60 1 Three Months' 8utAerlption.. l.JJ S Hx Months' Subscription.... 2.50 6 One Year's Subscription .... 5.00 12 The contestant with the hlirhest ntim ber of noints will bo iziven a choice from m A nt V thA llsss aI etnAA si I tatsnipa tha Mvtiiadi asvl with the accond highest number of 0 points win ne given cnoice oi tne re maining rewards, and so on through the list. Each contestant falling- to secure it special reward will be given 10 per cent, of all money he or she turns in. All subscriptions must be paid in ad' vance. Only new subscribers will be counted. Renewals by persons already on our subscription list will not lie credited. No transfers can be made after credit has once been given. All subscriptions, and the caah to pay for same, mint be handed In at The Tribune oifice within the week In whlck they are secured, so that papers may be sent to the subscribers at once. Subscriptions must be written on blanks, which can he secured at The Tribune office ,or will be sent by mail. The contest will cloee promptly at 8 o'clock Saturday evening, September 29. 1000. 000X0000000 FINLEY- Good Buyers Will find our new line of Fall Cheviots, Camel's Hair, Pebble Cheviots, Vicunas, Whipcords, Armures, etc., etc., worth looking; over styles and price being cor rect. These in black only. Broadcloths, Venetians, Plaid and Stripe Back Cheviots, iu a full range of colors and black. Raimiette A new cloth which we now introduce, and which being thoroughly shrunk and spot less, will prove an excellent cloth for hard wear; in a good range of colors, including Silver and Oxford Greys( Brown, Blue, Etc. All the new numbers in our "Guaranteed Black Taffeta" from 19-iuch to 27-iuch wide at lower prices than ever, to open the season. 510-512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Early Dress
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