THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1900
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SCIIANTON, SEPTEMBER 3, 100Q.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
President W1M.I t McKINlXV. ...,
V'ce-lTesIdcnt-THrOllOHl, 110OSCV..LT.
Stato.
Conirrt ntnui st-I.aree (I.M.USHA
A. CltOW,
iioHiitr ii. KOEKDr.itrit. , .
Auditor Gtmral-C. U. lIAHDr.NDLUOH.
County.
Cnn.rre! Wit I.I M COSNKt.U
.'udto-r.roitun m. wvtson.
SbrriT I01IN II. IKI.I1WS.
Treasures .1. A. SCIIANTON.
Iitrlrt Attornev WIM.IAM H. LEWIS.
I'rothcnolnr. .HMIN COIT.I.ANI).
C'lrrk of Cowls 1IIOMVS 1 IlANir.LS.
Jlti order of Deeds MIL DONW
Iletftatef of Wills V. K. IIITK.
Jury Commissioner-EDWAHD II. STUltCbS.
Legislature.
Tlrst District TIIOMS J. lir.VKOI.nS.
s-unnd Ditriit .iniiN sainrnn. .lit.
Third )ltrirt I'tUVAIU) JAMKS, Jit.
Tourtli District 1'. A. PIIILIJIN.
The Indebtedness of the community
to Mr. O. S. Johnson for his tlmc'.v
contribution of $10,000 to the Y. M. C.
A. building fund, enabling the Immedi
ate prosecution of the construction of
the association's contemplated new
home, deserves to bo recoenlzed by
every one. It was a noble deed.
Thoughts lor Labor Day.
T
yiti: RETTING apart of spec
ial times tor tne display ny
organized labor of evi
dences of its progress Is in
accord with the spirit of our times,
which locognlzcs increasingly the In
tel dependence of nil classes lit the
community and appreciates that fair
pain by one Is real gain for all.
It tiiltes all kinds of people to make
a. woild and the broader-minded a
man Is the less he will bo Inclined to
think that any man or group of men,
whatever their work or station in life,
possesses a monopoly of good or bad
finalities. A lessson for both labor
and 'apltal to learn, and one worth
considering today, is that human na
ture is not determined wholly by the
contents of the pocketbook and that
ttue manhood Is tntltled to the
world's respect wherever found.
Wo are hearing n good deal Just now
about labor nnd capital, as if they
were on the point of going to war
with one another. It Is unfortunately
t.-tie, and why? Can any man doubt
that a principal reason is In mutual
misunderstandings? A committer of
minors waits on an operator. Dis
torted reports have Influenced In ad
vance the minds of both. Each has
a wrong Impression of the other. If
ono.therefore, is curt or snappish, the
other Is quick to take the same cue
and in a short time trouble develops
where a little patience and tact would
have smoothed everything out. There
are operators who, without provoca
tion, swear at their employes as If
they were so many dogs and no de
cent man, whatever his position In
life, can have anything but contempt
for such men. But these operators
are exceptions to the rule. On the
other hand, there are sometimes em
ployes who wear a chip, looking for
trouble, and these make a lot of mis
chief, but they, also, nro exceptions.
Care should bo taken not to Judge the
many by the few; not to fall Into
the unjust habit of calling all em
ployers scoundrels nnd robbers, Just
because they are employers, 'or of
considering that every wage-earner
who Joins a union in the hope of bet
tering his condition In life. Is there
fore a plotter of agitation and an ene
my of the man for whom he works.
Whatever tends to embitter the em
ployer und the employe, to make III
feeling between them, Is to be de
pleted as harmful, not only to both of
them, but nlso as hurtful to the gen
eral public, whose Interests call loudly
for peace; and he Is the best friend
of labor, as well as the best friend of
capital and the truest benefactor of his
race, who helps to remove Intervening
errors and to promote a harmonious
settlement of differences, man to man.
Theio is another thought worthy
of consideration at this time, a
thought which should make L,abor
Day one of tho proudest days In the
calendar. It Is that in America no
Iron bar of caste dooms the son of
a worklngman to follow In his father's
footsteps regardless of Inherent uptl
tudes qualifying him to rise In life.
,In the old world the rule Is that where
,you are born, there you must stay,
3jnd tho exceptions to It are few; but
In this free country, lu splto of all our
temporary woes, which ebb und flow
in every walk of life, harassing rich
and poor alike, tho grand fact temalns
true, notwithstanding what dema
gogues may say to the contrary, that
tho load" to promotion are open to
all, and ability, not circumstance of
bth, Is the password. Who are our
rising young men? Are they the
spoiled darlings of Inherited wealth or
the striving and ambitious children of
the poor? Take tho big men In this
very community. AVhero did they
como from? From palaces or cabins?
Labor's lot Is often hard; nobody
knows It batter than one who has
gono through tho mill. Inequalities
and injustices aro many and exas
perating; but that Is true in all voca
tions and stations. The laborsr works
Ipr his dally pay; his work Is hard
and his pay seems small. But when
the weary task Is over ho can go home
to his wife and children with tho con
solation that his responsibility for the
day Is ended; while often the anxieties
of his employer then only begin. If
It is not in the book of fate for him
, to change his place In life tho boy at
his flrosldo has an unbounded vista of
open opportunities, uoirm of which the
I lad will realize if he has good stuff In
him. Finally, labor as well as capi
tal must bo fair, tBmpfrato and Just;
let It bo otherwise and Invailably It
pays a penalty: for after nil, tho su
premo law of the land Is tho law laid
down In the Golden Rule.
Upon tho Mily fell vote at Knmaj Uty n ma
jority ol the l'ciinsvlvanla delegation suppottcil
the fne slher plank The Tlinia.
Tho Pennsylvania repiesentatlve on
the platform committee voted against
Bryan's free silver plank, and thu dele
gation ns n whole unanimously ndopt
cd the Pattlson resolution dodging an
explicit avowal, llenco It Is evident
that the Democracy of Pennsylvania Is
eager to forget Its free sllverlsh past.
This Is Hhown by Brother Lynett's
own paper, which, having In four years
been on both sides of that attention,
now tries to relegate the whole matter
to oblivion. Not convictions but tricks
to catch votes seem to bo tho chief
characteristic of the Bryanlzed Democ
racy. It strongly resembles opera
bouffe.
riunlclpal Repairs.
MANY MON1
Tribune de
of a Taxp
ANY MONTHS ago Tho
ellncd the need
Taxpayers' associa
tion In Scranton nnd it
naturally views with gratification the
announcement that Mr. John M. Kem
merer Intends to bring before the
board of trade tne question of the for
mation of one. This should have been
done years ago; It Is a policy which
has been advocated Insistently by this
paper, and now that Scranton Is like
ly soon to become a second-class city
necessitating a reconstruction of Its
machinery of government, tho time Is
ripe for seasonable and vigorous ef
forts to Introduce system, economy
and ordinary honesty Into tho transac
tion of tho city's business.
Tho men who run our city govern
ment aro neither ns good as they
should be nor as black as they have
been painted; most of them do as the
average man would do In the same
circumstances. Nothing Is to bo ac
complished for Improvement In
methods by simply calling names at
them. There has been, however, a
great deal of carelessness nnd confu
sion In tho doing of the city's busi
ness; precedents have arisen which
are extravagant, wasteful of time and
contrary to common sense; Peter has
been relentlessly robbed to pay Paul,
not so much because of 111 will toward
Peter as on the ground of convenience;
and by a familiar process of evolution
there has, amidst all this carelessness,
been a weakening of tho civic con
science of some of our ofllclals until
men who would scorn to do a dishonest
act in private life fall Into the vicious
habit of regarding tho public welfare
as a commodity of trade. Most of our
boodlers are men primarily of good
Intent gono wrong through public neg
lect. Honesty In some men can stand
alone and in others It has to be safe
guarded. Thero Is today nothing In
the city of Scranton calculated to bol
ster up the wavering honesty of the
public olllclal whose preference Is to
do the right thing, but who finds the
temptations to dishonesty to be very
numerous nnd effective and who goes
In the direction of the strongest pies
sure. A Taxpayers' association, If made up
of honest, earnest nnd experienced
men, not cranks or theorists, would
constitute a nucleus around which the
better impulses in municipal life could
rally. It would alford an organization
of tho reputable influences which now,
being disorganized, arc too often su
bordinate to the disreputable Influences.
It would amount to nothing If appro
priated to factional or selfish ends and
hence a great deal of Its usefulness
would depend upon the character of
the men at its head. But there are
plenty of good men of honest purpose
nnd horse sense who might be In
duced to look upon service ( f th s kind,
under existing and prospective condi
tions, as representing a public duty,
nnd It is to be hoped that these men
will be arrayed In lino for municipal
repairs.
A thorough Investigation of school
board methods may not como Immedi
ately In this town, but It Is bound to
come some time, and when It comes It
should be thorough.
Extravagance in Food.
EXPERIMENTS made
fessor Atwater of 1
university have es
ido by Pro-
Wesieyan
stabllshed
fiom a scientific standpoint
that the cheaper and as a rule coarser
food of the poor man's table Is richer
In nutritive qualities than tho daintier
viands of the rich. "Professor At
wator'a report," says a press dispatch,
"contains a scathlnir rebuke to the
manner of living among the wealthy
In that thero Is threo times ns much
food wasted as thero Is eaten. In gen
eral he finds that tho Amcilcan people
could get twice as nutritious food for
about half tho money that thev nro
now paying."
This Is notoriously true, nnd the
worst feature of It Is that no signs of
Improvement are visible. Gourmand
izlng Is a vice of Increasing magnitude.
Restaurants and hotels encourage It by
offering menus which for widespread
variety would put to blush the menus
of a court banquet in the time of
Queen Elizabeth or Louis XIV. Even
in the homes of people only moder
ately well to do the tendency Is away
from Intelligent economy In foods.
Where health and strength can best
be promoted by inexpensive nnd simple
preparations the fashion Is to strive
for complicated culinary effects, and
both digestion and pocketbook suffer
In coniequ'enei'. Although nutrition to
day Is ohcaper than ever before, the
"cost of living" Is higher, and the dif
ference represents more of social pride
or vanity than anything else.
Tho American peoplo inhabit a rich
land whoso nteouiccs are by no means
exhausted or even hulf-doveloped.
therefore they can, better than most
folks, stnnd the factor of expense; but
that Is not the worst factor. There Is
reason to fear that our women have
not the igoroti3 health and freedom
from bodily ailments that their grand
mothers had, and among men tho
prevalence of nervousness Is perhaps
as largely due ft overtaxing the digest
ive mechanism, with resultant damage
to the sympathetic nerves and poverty
of blood, as to changes In details of
their occupations growing out of modi-
fylng social conditions. He who Hers
tho vlcor of tho peasant child of
Europe nurtured on black bread nnd
sunshine may well doubt It petted and
pampered young Amcilca Is the prop6r
heir to tho Institutions our fathers
havo wrought.
. m
Vermont will vote tomorrow and It
will nfford on Interesting Index of
New England sentiment. It Is, of
com se, safely Republican and no
particular effort has Jieen made to
bring out a largo vote. The average
Republican plurality In tho past seven
presidential elections at the Beutem
ber poIIb Is 27.6G9 but the plurality on
tho vote for governor two years ago
was only 23,eT,9. If the plurality to
morrow Is between these figures it will
havo no particular significance: If be
low 23,809 It will Indicate Republican
defections; If In excess of 27,669 it will
lndlcato Republican accessions.
A disciple of Isaac Walton, who
angled in the vicinity of the Dela
ware Water Gap the other day, was
fined $30 for tnklnsr threo bass that
measured less than nine Inches In
length. It Is pleasing to note that
Scranton fishermen are In no danger of
similar punishment. They ore Beldom
on record us taking bass that weigh
less than three pounds each.
The espousal of Bryan's fine-lowering
candidacy by a veteran soldier and
patriot like Colonel Thomas Went
worth Hlgglnson only shows that hon
ored careers often end In hallucina
tion. Tho Chlneso minister In London Is
quoted as favoring the election of
Bryan. Maybe he thinks that with
Brvan In tho chair the killing of for
eigners In China would be unopposed.
Russia's Proposal
And Oiir Response
Prim the New York Sun.
w
II IIAVK IlKKOIti; US the text of the pro.
posal made by the St. Petersburg foiclgn
office to our state department and of the
reply which has not only been sent lo
I.umIj, but also communicated to Groat Britain,
Jpan, Prance, (iciminy, Italy and Austria,
named In the order of the importance of their
n-lation to the Far Eastern question. These
document! constitute the first definite step
which has been taken toward the solution of the
(Tdnro problem ail.co tho nscuc of the lega
tions. It will be cl nerved that the announcement of
the St. Petersburg gomnment's Intentions is
In no wise conditioned on the approval ol ary
othei power. It is, on the contrary, a posttbe
declaration of an imswcrUng purpose which la
tc be forthwith translated into accomplished
fact. The npiesrntathe of tho St. l'eteribiirg
foreign ofllie has Informed us that "Kussla has
directed tin HiHlin minister to retire with his
official personnel from I'ekln; that the Russian
Hoops will likewise bo withdrawn; and that,
when the uoernnient of China shall regain the
leins of goerninent, and afford an authoiily
with which the other powers' can deal, and shall
express a licsire to enter into negotiations the
llussian gowmtmmt will nlao mine a represen
tatle for that purpose." The gist of our reply
is contain! d In the following sentence: "Un
less there is such a general expression by the
powers In faor of continued occupation as to
modify the iews expressed by the government
of ltus.sl.1, and lead to a general agreement for
(ontinued occupation, we sliall give instruction,
lo the toinmandcisj of the American forces In
China to withdraw our troops from Pekln.'
o
We lepeat tint liussia has given not the
slUhU&t intimition that her own purpose will
be modified hy the evrs of liny other power;
(onequenlly, our reply mtht be construed ns a
d.fnlte ugieeinent to adopt ItussU's policy, so
far as the withdrawal of troops from Pekin is
concerned. To this cxlent co-operation will take
place without regard lo what the other powers
cincirred may think or do about the matter.
As a mattrr of fact, Y ranee will undoubtedly
pursue .1 couise in aceoid with that taken by
ltusiia nnd tho United States, and we presume
tint the same thing maj be said of Japan, pro
ided there 6hould be an understanding that no
further opposition wilt be made by Russia to
the mikado's oieupatlon of Cores. England has
not jet been heard from officially, but we do
not see how she can persist in keeping her
tioops at I'ekln, and thus cripple the power of
tho reigning dj nasty to re:torc order and ar
range satisfactoiy terms of peace, If she be
sincere in her professed desire of preserving
China's territorial integrity. If Kngland sides
with the four powers aboie named, it will be a
matter of indlfterenec what the German emperor
und his Italian and Austrian satellites may wish
to do, as they certainly would not be permitted
to thwart the concerted designs ol the flic other
powers.
o
Whit Is the significance of the poliey an
nounced bv liussia and accepted by the United
Slates? Its aim is identical with that which
Kngland and Trance had in vim' in lNiO, when,
although I'ekln was In their power, they care
fully refrained from touching the Forbidden
City; paid for everything which thctr soldieis
icquired when in the Chinese capital, and
evacuated tlie metropolis as soon as the terms
of a treaty could lie negotiated with Prince
Kung, the reprcsentatiie of tho Hmperor Hlen
fiiug, who had fled to Jehol, a remote place
among tho mountains bojond tho CJieac Wall.
The policy of forbearance was then adopted be
cause of a profound eoniictlon that It was ex
pedient to 'we the face," or, In other weirds,
preserve the prestige, of the reigning Manchu
el) nasty as far as possible; that cl) nasty being
the sole authority with which it seemed worth
while to treat, and the sole possessor of adminis
tratis machinery adequate to the enforcement
of treatj provisions. It was not that the tint-Is-ti
and Trench governments felt the slightest
sympathy for IlienfunT peronally; on the con
trary, trey believed him to have been an ar
ce-sorv before or after the fact to the treacher
ous capturing and brutal torturing of Sir llany
Taikr, ami other foicign diplomats. They be
lieved, however, that thev had adminljteri'd to
him u lcson so severe that, thereafter, he nnd
his successors could be trusted to fulfil treaty
obligation. 'Hie event Justllied their foiecait.
The seveiitj of the lesson broke the heart of
lllenfung, who died within a .sear, and it caused
the treaty concluded in 1500 to be kept tub
etantlall inviolate for foity jears.
Now, for those powers which are sincere and
not mendach us in their professed dc6lre ot
shielding thlni from further dismemberment
there are at this time stronger reasons for
adopting- the policy of forbiaraneo pursued in
1H0 than existed when that policy was formu
lated. In ISM, the Tabping rebellion had gone
on for seven eirs and had furnished evidence
tint the imperial government, unlets assisted
by foreigners, would piobibly be impotent to
suppress it. Tho head of the rebellion, a pro
fessed ClirUtisu, supported by Chiistlan con
verts, bad been crowned emperor at Nankin,
and was master of a considerable part of the
lj'.ver vulley of the YangUe. Uls dvnasty, had
he succeeded in founding one, must have been
progiesnive by virtue of the very circumstances
under which It had been evolved. Nevertheless,
the UrltUh and French governments, after a
careful study of the situation, and mindful of the
historical fact that no change In dj nasties in
China has been accomplished without far-reach
lug convulsions extending over a great tract o!
time, vveic convinced that by far the quickest
and surest way to restore order and assure the
observance ot treaties would be to discounten
ance the rebels and to leave the reigning ilanrhu
t),i nasty in possession of such dignity and an
tliority as it retained or could recover. It would
be ridiculous to compare the ill-armed gangs
ol Iloxers, who could have been suppressed in
a week but for the encouragement given them
by I'rlnce Tuan and other temporary favorites
of tho empress regent, with the wcll-organlsul
and multltullnous Tsl-plngs, who, almost err
tulnly, would have .overthrown the Manchu dj
nasty but for the assistance given to the latter
by American and r.ngllsh adventurers. The im
press regent has bad a lesson quite at severe as
that which was administered to her husband
llelnfung In 1SC0, and, if her dignity and au
thority b hot too seriously Impaired by tha
allies, she will have but to lift her finger to
subject her misleading advisers to condign pun
Ishment and to put a aummary end to tin Boser
uprising. We say the empress regent, because,
although the Emperor KwanR-au Is allll the
titular sovereign of China, and orders are is
sued In his name, yet, by a rescript put forth
by him In 1803, the active exercise of all Ills
powers was delegated to the empress dowager
in the capacity of regent, and the .alldlty of
that delegation has been rceognltcd by foreign
countries.
o
It Is a perception of tho wisdom ol refrain
ing from annihilating the prestige of the em
press regent In the eyea ol the Chinese people
which has caused the allied commanders at
I'ekln to prevent their troops from occupying
the Forbidden City, which contains the Imper
ial Palace. It is In pursuance of precisely the
same policy that Russia and the United States
will withdraw their soldiers from the Chinese
capital, It Is tho only policy which offcra o
much as the eembljnce of a promlso of a quick
and satisfactory solution of the complicated
Chlneso problem.
Why the Strike
Shoiild Be Averted
Prom the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A
MONO the anthracite newspapers thero Is not
a nctc of discord on the question ot the
threatened stilke In that region. Indeed,
it mlirht tairlv be said that the press of
tho entire Btate looks forward with apprehen
sion to the probability of a struggle between
the operators and the men. There aro rumors in
the territory immediately nrfected that the pros
pective lock-out was in reality planned by agents
of the bituminous Interests, which would of
l.eeesilty profit by a geucral suspension In the
anthracite rcgios, through an incieaso ot their
own kales and the widening of their own niai
kets. For it ts ti truth easily piovcd by an ap
peal lo the history ot such struggles in the
ei.thraolte territory, that there has never been
a prolonged strike there but that the soft coil
men stepped into fields not previously invaded
by them and held at least a large portion of
them thereafter. Throuiliout the Schuylkill and
Lebanon Valle.vs, portions o.' the state where an
thracite once was king, the dense smoke of bitu
minous coal issues because of the long strike ct
ferurteen years ago. Slilve as they would the
anthracite producers could rot regain the foot
hold they had before lint contest.
o
This then, the loss ot territory now held by
them, is one of the first reasons why the Inquirer
still hopes the moderation of the strike leaders
and the calm Judgment of the operators will yet
avert tho threatened rnlimity. The loss of a
market Is, alter nil, only another name for the
restriction of trade and this the anthracite peo
pie are now not In .1 position to Invite. Put
convincing as that reason Is It Is far from be
ing the only erne which should temper the de
liberations of those into whose hands the set
tlement of the question has fallen. The men
themselves will be the heaviest losers. Experi
ence has shown that even when they win a pro
longed struggle of this character they jet sus
tain a net loss never afterwards to be regained,
the meanwhile their wives and children are forc
ed to endure untold privations. Save to those
who were fortunate to husband savings for
many years, and the rtunber of these is not
lnrge, the close of every strike leaves them a
legacy of debt which must be paid or worn
thereafter like a yoke. And it is not only that
the well lack sufhclent food to sustain lite.
The sick are denied the necessary medicines
and sustenance and drop at appalling rates into
early graves.
Of the losses of the opeiators themselves It
is not necessary now to speak. They will be
enormous, but they will not alTect the health or
comfort of the operators or their families. Ilt.t
what of the business men, the merchants and
other dealers, who rely upon the Illinois trade
for their existence and who are consequently
bound to go to the vail when that stops? Men
of limited means themselves they must either
deny needy patrons the necessaries of lite or
allow their goods to gn without the slightest
assurance of receiving pajment for them All
building will be postponed, throwing earpenters,
masons lathers, etc., out ot woil: whirls ti ey
bad a right to expect, and thus further im
poverlshing the community. Industries which
were projected will be halted and many of those
already In operation will be foitunate to c.'eipe
collapse. And appalling as i this list of prob
abilities it does not for an Instant take Into
account the dire effei'ts of -.iolence which Is al
most etitain to ensue If the strike Is greatly
prolonged.
That the men have grievances is known from
one end of the staf to tne oilier, Jiei thc-e
grievances, it is only fair to fay, eight to be
remedied. If, however, the miners cannot at
this time obtain all they ask they ought to
effect n compromise upon some honorable bal.
THE AXLY OF AOUINALDO.
From the Rochester l'ost-Kxpiess.
In due time Mr. Bryan's speech will reach
Aguinaldo and the other leaders of the rebels
in Luzon. It will be very pleasant reading fot
th-m. The want precisely what Mr. Hrjan
wauls to give an independent government, nro
tected bj the auny and navy of the United
States. Mr. ilrvan virti'slly sa.vs to Agulnildo:
"If jou sunender now, while the Republicans
are In power in the I'nitcd S.tstc, your cau-c
is lost; therefore continue the struggle; go on
killing American soldlerB; keep on firing em the
Ftars and ftripes. and when I am inaugurated
president I will make it my business to se: tlsit
jou get what )ou want."
:o:
More than n jeir ago General Otis wrote:
"The only hope of the insurgent leaders is In
United States aid. They proclaim the near
overthrow of the prevent administration to be
followed by their Independence and iccognillon
by the United Mates This is the inllucnc;
which enables them to hold out."
Shortly before he was killed, General Law ton,
as gallant a toldier as ever fought under the
Rag of the Oreat Republic, wrote: "If I am
fhot by a Filipino bullet it might as well come
fiom, one of my own men, because I know from
observations confirmed by captured prisoners that
the continuance of fighting is chiefly due to re
poits that are sent out from America."
Theodore Rehwan, brlgadliT-general of volun
teers, after a lone cunpalgn in the Philippines,
raid In a letter to ihe adjutant-general of ou.
army: "In the main, the Insurgents rest their
hope for a revival of the Insurrection forces up i
(1) the supposed nees'ssity American tioops will
be under of nbindonlnf manv of their preset
positions owing to the impossibility ol supply
ing the latter during the wet season, and (Ji
upon the success of tho Democratic or anti es.
panslon party In the lomlng presidential cam
paign In the United States."
:o:
Lieutenant Rjan. formerly of the First Nelras
ka rrglmcnt and now cne of the officers of the
Forty-fifth I'nib'd States volunteers, rceentlj
wtoIc a letter to the Nebraska State Journal, in
which he asked. "Who holds the gun to the in
surgent's shoulder?" He answered the ques
tion himclf when he raid: "I note whst is and
abcut tho natives laving backing from outside
powers, but I urn sorry to fay the strongest
backing they have comes from the United Stales
The insurgents continue fighting because certain
traitors have by .peiches and acta given the
Filipinos to understand that if they Just hold cut
a little longer the nest presidential election will
bring a change of party and a withdrawal of
tioops. I have been told over and o.er by the
paeVful natives how the Insurgent soldiers rabbet
their homes, took their clothes and made th'in
work for them. Time and again I phk up in
surgent pipers with translations of speech
made at home against our government 1 we
some of them have been cheered by our fellow
countrymen, Surely such a chenr would be
music to a soldier dying on the field In Luront
Here we have a bullet for the ntmy In fiont
and bayonet for the knives that cieep up ;n
tho rear, but how can we reach those who stab
us in the back from home! When the fict U
settled that the states will uphold the comman
der in chief of thu ann.i then will the war he
ended. Hut Just so long ss thn Amriean pnpeis
repeat Ihwo Inmirecto speeches against 0111
commander and as long as they say he will nnt
be elected, lust so long will some robbing leader
hold a band of thieves around him In hopes the
American solJIer will be recalled."
And now- Mr. Rrysn, the candidate of the
democratic paity for president, by holding out
hopes of Independence to the Flllplnu and urg
ing them to rent I nu the fight till ho is presi
dent, dispels tho last Joiil-t that my have re
mained In tho mind of patriotic Democrat and
makes the altuitlon clear to all. He Is the
ally ol Aguinaldo.
There arc hundreds ot thousands of Democrat
In the United Stitrs who wilt not sustain Mr.
flryan In tho policy he has laid down. They
do not doubt the capacity of the American peo
ple to aolvo any problem that may be presented
to themi they are not afraid of meeting squarely
any situation that may Arise) they love then
country! they are proud of the capacity of their
countrjmen to govern wisely and well; and they
love their flag, hate those who fight against It,
and have nothing but contempt for those politi
cal leaders who adiotatc n policy of cowardly
aurrender to tho fortes of disorder.
THE BOXER'S FINISH.
Tho Itoxcr wimbled down the way
And gllggcred on the rocks,
And waggled with his inglctray
And then began to box.
Tlie Hoxcr met the foreign man,
Who freely gllgged him one
The glabber spiffed the Ingllspan,
Tho DoTcr's on the run.
Chicago Times-Herald.
ALWAYS BUSY.
Tou are Invited to our eleventh annual sale of
school shoes.
Lewis & Really
Established 1SS3. Wholesale and Itetall.
1114-336 Wyoming Ave.
ilercereaiui
& Connell
JEWELERS
Temporarily at
139 PENN AVE
CONTINUED
Jefelry, Sllverwear, Etc
Not lamaeo!
Our full force of
workmen at work
again, as usual.
Watch Repairing
and all kinds Jewel
ry Repairing and
Engraving done
promptly.
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At the end of the great Civil War there was many a poor
soldier who came out of the smoke ol battle without bruises, but
with broken health on account of the hardships u Inch he had gone
through. Many of those who had escaped the bullets were just
as badly wounded through stomach and digestive troubles
brought on by camp life. A Justice of the Peace for Luzerne
County, Pennsylvania, in relating his experience of years before,
recently said : " I served four years in the Civil War, and spent
ten months of that time in a Southern military prison in which,
ns is well known, the bill of fare was not high but rough, and
whJch deranged my stomach and bowels to such an extent that
I have been a continuous sufferer from indigestion and con
stipation ever since. I recently procured a box of Kipans
Tabules and gave them a trial and was both pleased and sur
prised to find I could eat the most hearty food without incon
venience, which I have not been able to do for thirty years. I
would not be without Ripans Tabules for many times theircost.
.... .i. r,.yV ,t eonuIrJnrTTue WTSks Tssuiss In s rrer carton (without itIcssi Is no foj sals at sons
A new stjlei p"' Sm rluliili A i Imiu lotenoort for ihe ior nnd I ho reonoml.!. one dozen
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Tie Scranton Trilbiise Offers Unusual Induce-
menls for Earnest Efforts 01 tlie fart
of Active Young Persons
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The Tribune aims 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 its 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, nnd in the cases of the two leading scholarships, The
Trlhnne will nnt nnlv nnv nil tuition chnrripf; hut will nlsn nnv tlir
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board of the fortunate winners during the life of the scholarship, 0
marina fnnr .inH thren VMfS resnectivelv. Y
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 (10) per cent, of all the money from subscrip
tions thev 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 Wjomlng Semi
nary (4 years) including tui
tion and board (1,000
2. Scholarship in Keystone Acad
emy (3 jears) including tui
tion and board Wl
8. Sohmer 6-H Piano, incladlng
stool and scarf (on exhibition
at J W. Guernsey's, 314
Washington avenue) 1S5
4. Course In Piano Itstruction at
Scranton Conservatory of Mu
sic 7S
C. Columbia Bicycle, Chalntess,
1000 model (on exhibition at
Conrad Brothers', 213 Wyo
ming avenue) 73
8. Scholarship in Scranton Business
College, commercial course... 00
7. Scholarship In Scranton Business
College, shorthand course .. 60
8. Solid Gold Watch, la.lv's or gen
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tleman s (on exhibition at Eu
gene Schimpff's, X17 Lacks-
wanna avenue)
0. Tele-l'hoto Cjcle Poco U. Cam
era, 4v5 (on exhibition at
the Grifiin Art company, ED9
Wyoming avenue)
40
J.u. i.aciy's Solid Gold Watch, or
Gentleman's Solid Silver
Watch (on exhibition at Bu
gene Schtmpfl's, 317 Lacka
wanna avenue) 30
S2.4T)
Kach contestant falling to secure one
of these special rewards will be given
ten (10) per cent, of all the money lie or
she turns in.
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If you haven't tho proper ofllce sup
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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.
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RULES OF THE CONTEST
The special rewards will be given to
the persons securing the 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' Subscription.. 1.2 3
SK Months' Subscription.,,, 2.60 6
One Year's Subscription .... 6.00 12
The contestant with the' highest num
ber of points will be given a choice from
the list of special rewards; the contestant
with the second highest number of
points will be given a choice of the re
maining rewards, and so on through the
list.
Each contcstsnt falling to secure a
special reward will be given 10 per cent,
of all money he or she turns in.
All subscriptions must ba paid in ad
vance. Only new subscribers will be counted.
Renewals by persons alreaely on our
subscription list will not be credited.
No transfers ran be made after credit
has once been given.
All subscriptions, and the cosh to pay
for same, must be handed in at The
Tribune oiHce within the week in whlefs
they are secured, so that papers may be
sent to the subscribers at once.
gulttcriptiont must be written on blanks,
which can be secured at The Tribune
office .or will be sent by mall.
The contest will close promptly at 8
o'cloi(. Saturday evening, September 29,
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Good
tayem
Will find our new line o!
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 Cheviot3, in
a full range of colors and
black.
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
rauge of colors, including
Silver and Oxford Greys,
Brown, Blue, Etc.
All the new numbers in our
"Guaranteed Black TafFeta"
rrom ig-inch to 27-incli wide
at lower prices than ever, to
open the season.
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