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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1900.
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LIVV H. mrilAllI, Miter
O. f. MYMI'.r', llulnn Manager.
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Stconrl Class Mill Matter.
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HEPUDLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
Preslrlrnt-Wim.W MrKlNf.KY.
Vice ltfiiltilt-l III OliOliK KWSEVI.LT.
State.
C'cncn srmen at-l are" -O M.f'lIA
enow,
hiji.mii li m-kiii'mimi. ..
Amlltrr Gerffal-K. U. IIAniJKMlERCH.
County.
Cnnu-rrM-Ulf MM TONST.t.L.
Jiirltrf CI fill'IK M WATfiOS.
"hfrlff-JOHN II I 11 LOW-.
Tr. outer-. I A. SC'IIASTON.
Hi-Mrt Mtftrnev-WM.MAM I!. I.KW13.
I'rr.thueolan .HillN fOIT.I.ANII
dirk fit riurta--ll!fiH P nWIELS.
Itnoulcr f.l prpilvrEMIL ItONW
lie leister c.f lli-V K. IIVC'K.
Jury Commissioner -r'liU'AKI) H. STUnOLS.
Leglslaturfi.
I'll -J lllattlrt TtlOMtS I III VN'OM).
f-ecnel I)i'rl(t- .tllll.S t ur.iTic, .in.
fhir'l IlLtrlrt -l:i)WItII .MMKS Jit.
Peuitti iJulri.t-I'. A. I'HII.IIIN.
I.I Hung f'hang hus succeeded In In
during tlit- power to watch enr-h other,
bu( It Is likely that thny will still ker-p
ftn iye on the- old man.
The Lesson of Labor Day.
1
-Vlli: IMPOSING pageantry
madf by the organized labor
of our city ond valley yes
terday was a source of genu
ine gratification to all classes of our
population and a magnificent testi
monial to tho HUbstantlal prosperity
prevalent In this region. It was a
demonstration of thrift, ingenuity and
enterprise which would not have been
possible under the panic: regime of
Democratic ascendancy five yearn ago.
It supplied ocular proof of the Ilepub
Ilran contention that under tho bene
ficent principles of Republican admin
istration every element participates In
the common advancement.
Yesterday's parade was a token of
what labor can do for Itself and for
the community by peaceful improve
ment of Its opportunities. These well
clad men who marched through our
streets and later distributed them
selves and their families among our
parks nnd other places of Innocent
recreation were not serfs bound down
by Inexorable conditions to a lot de
void of hope, but substantial Ameri
can freemen, owners of homos, patrons
of savings Institutions, active partici
pants In all the nffalrs of government
nnd heirs to opportunities for eelf
educatlon nnd self-ndvancemcnt the
Ifke of which nrn not to be found in
any other country In the world. Thta
Is not to say that they have no griev
ances or that tho limit of their Just
dues has been reached in every In
ftancc. It Is not to say that they
should not press forward along judic
ious linos for the righting of wrongs
and for the betterment of their con
dition, nut It Is to hay that reason,
mutton and conservatism are admir
able aids nnd that pension and preju
dice are to be avoid vl.
The inspiring spectacle of yesterday
was tho exhibit of labor at peace with
Itself anl wfh the world. It was a
marshaling of the forces of orderly In
dustry which won the respectful nnd
admiring iciignltlon of every be
holder. Very different Is the Kpectncle
"ben lnb"r Is In the throes of war.
Then in the home hunger and tears
and on the streets unrest if not vio
lence coiiRtltuto the ominous back,
ground. Is theie cause sufllclerit to
hir.ard the transition from yester
day's happy exhibit to the prlvntIou
fin-l perils of a general striko? Aio
the preparations such us to Insure
mmo gain than loss? Is the time aus
picious for the'terilble appeal to fouv"'
l.et labor tnke counsel oP wisdom and
prudence before it embarks on tho voy
age Nlileh hitherto has invariably
ended in shlpuii'ck.
Tlu opinion of Mr. Itockhlll us an
expert upon Chlnej-o alfalis is worthy
of the coiisldei-.itlon of uvery nation.
Roosevelt nnd Bryan.
Wi: TIU'ST that every
reader of tlieo word
will take the pains to
read attentively the two
speeches made at Chicago yesterday,
ono by f'oloncl Hryan, the other by
Colonel Koosevelt. For the benefit of
all, vc lepioduce those Kpeeches hi
full elsewhere lu this Issue and con
filler that they typify tho contrasts
between the two authors.
Mr. Hryan's speech from beginning
to -slid is an udrolt example of peisonal
sjicj('i plt-ndlng. It plays Ingeniously
upon the prevalent streak of socIalWrn
amongst many worklngmen; delicately
fans the Idea that they are a class
suffering from perullur and special
oIiujcm: Implies that capital is in some
fell conspiracy to do them political
haim; lehearses the stock arguments
In fas, or of the XJryanlzed Demo-1'opu-llstle:
party platform, and throughout
(uguests tho artful devices of an
ngler for vote.
Just the opposite Is the straightfor
ward tulk of Oovcrnor Roosevelt. He
floes not cotton to tho prejudices or to
tho erroneous notions of any group of
rltlzunu nor full Into theutrlc (lattery
for political effect. Ho offers good,
i hr.lt) sot no common sense, not shading
his rhotorlc to avoid absolute frank
n;s. Ho spunks his mind, clearly and
openly, as man to munj nnd his words
have a (iiiallty In them which will
ause thein to be recalled after the
temporary exigencies of this presiden
tial campaign shall have disappeared,
ind to bo pondered, no matter how u
particular election may go.
Roosevelt Is ft partisan; ho Is heart
sml soul'foi tho cause of his party
mid he puts tho whole of his super
iliunilunt enercy Into Its service; yet
iQinchow us you feud his Chicago
speech you feel that he would have
nnlcl tha mmo things In the same
direct, manly wny had there been no
contest for votes In which both he and
llryan have a personal ns well as a
general Interest. That Is the great
difference between the two men.
Notwithstanding the allegation that
the iace trouble In the South Is caused
by the bad negroes, the burden of reil
evidence goes to prove that It Is tho
ambitious colored men In nearly every
lnstnnce that are obliged to leave the
country. The South Is willing that th
nKro who Is content to pose ns tho
boast of burden shall remain; Its un
tlpathy Is directed wholly against tle
neijro with nn ambition to rlfe In life.
A Fair Test.
A FAIR TEST of tho economic
condition of any countty
Is to be had 'in tho statis
tics of IU business failures.
It Is Interesting to apply this test to
the United States under Democratic
and under Republican rule.
The records of Uradstreefa mercan
tile agency show that for the first six
months of 1S92 tho business failures of
tho country were 3.3M, with liabilities
of t56,535,521. In November of that
year the Democratic party was voted
Into power, and in March, 1893, took
charge of the country's tlnances. Tho
first six months of that year chowed
failures of 6, 2Vj In number, with liabili
ties of $70,000,000. All through the
Democratic free trade Wilson bill ad
ministration the number of failures
steadily increased until tho Mr-it fix
months of UDC, when they re.ich-d the
high water mark, viz.: ".OOJ, with lia
bilities of Jlo;,."1,.".,S"6. In No ember of
that year McKlnley prosperity was
voted In, and the number of falluies
steadily declined, until the first six
months of ltOO show only I Ss0 failures,
with liabilities of $60.0CJ.20S, the small
est number reported for eighteen years.
In the following tables are compare!
tho first six months of 1SDC, the last
year of the last Democratic adminis
tration, with the first six months of
1&00, the last year of President Mr
ICInley's present administration; this
compares the results of nearly four
years of both pollclcii on the business
nffalrs of the country;
KASTEItN' STATE?.
ism
KiOO
Ct
a
Maine
Now Ilimpihlre
Vinncnt
MafMchii''tt',
Kliode IfUtici
Connecticut
110
73
37
iV)
43
123
Total Eastern Mates ...
M
l,03t
WLSfl'ItN
nT.VTKS.
ir.
41
. . vn
173
37
11
Wfi.
1-0
37
"It
lr'7
ur,
I'll
7-)
ai
:7
Ohio
InilUnt .
Illinois .,
Mii,vn,ri ,
Mlchlzan
Kan iKi .,
K'ntufl.y
C'oloi ado
Total U'ectcrn states ...
:.m
xom mvi'STKu.v states,
ISM.
1-1
PIT
173
IU
lWl.
70
7'i
11.1
10
S
4
1.1
0
311
IMA
M7
l'ri
11
1,203
Wiicnnain ...
Minnesota. ...
Inwi
KebrusLa ....
South mi.ota
North DilvOta
Montana
Wjeinlng ....
VI
n
3
Total Northwestern itatei
74 i
MIDDLC
STATI'S.
IfiM.
l.ftYl
HO
VjT.I
10
New York ..
New Jersey
P-nnylvjiili
Delaware ...
Total .Middle tUtcS
l.MJ
SOITIIUH.V STATIC.
1S90.
TIj
131
SI
SO
:i
101
t:i
45
CT
107
su
r,s
23
1,101
1900.
as
;
Maryland
Virginia
West VircInU
North ('aroliui
South Carollm
t;inri.'lj
Plorldi
Alakima
Ml.l..lrd
Louisiana
T.-ka
Ti nncs,ee
AlklhU1
Jlit-trlct of ColmnliU
21
37
17
01
10
:v
1
47
121
70
61
s
311
VI0.
237
31
3
n
3t
0
Total Southern states....
r.vuno stvii:
3.
1H
B1-.
S3
'ii
101
u
Cdlfornh ..
Oiegori ....
Vwdl ....
Ut.ih
U.nlilnilou
Idaho
Total Pacific atiitcs TGI
TCIIRirOltll'S.
ISM.-
1K.
33
ii
70
VM
i,:m
ov
nvi
un
Sal
Arlrone
Indian Territory
"MA Mexico
AIjs'k.i
OUahoma
12
M
SI
1
5'1
63
U00.
Ol's
1.SU
2.020
711
1.101
7lil
Ml
Te,Ul
SUMMAUV.
I.Tlrrn ftntiM
Middlu ttati-s
Wiitein (tatt'i
N'nrlhi.estfrn ,,it
jvjuthMii ".talis ...
Paeiflx Mates
T( ii ilorici
Total-United Stntei .... 7.0W 1,1
The liabilities of those inlllng for tho
llrht sl months of tho two yearn com
pared are ns follows:
IVm. l'mo.
la.lrin Mates ll,2.ta,li 13,S'H,013
Mddln itjtes .' a.fSO.r.OJ S'l.TOI,.)'!
Vf-tem (-tstia S0,32,S.I U,n5,S33
N'rrtlmeftitn rtate ... 10,M",r,U 3.40O in
Southern states :I,8I7,02 iflnn
nuiir Ktatct ,i3i,iiTn ;,4uj,i-jii
Teiiitorlen rV!,fn0 2111
Totali JKCi.MS.dW feV),tl.2i)t
It will be noted that tho liabilities
of thoso falling In the Middle states
In the first six months of 1P00 wero
$3,516,207 lers thmi they wero In 1S96.
In the Western states they were $23,
007.043 less. In the Northwestern
states they were 57.1ElS.tlO lest. In tho
Southern states they were $3,840,103
less. In the Vaclflc states theie wero
53.21it.47C less. In tho torrltoiles they
were $3-il.!i3l I"ss, n grand total of $1G,
471.72S less than In ISOfl. Only In the
Eastern states were theio moro fail
ures this year than In H9S. In tho
east there was nn epldemlo of over
capitalization directly due to the pros
perity inaugurated by the McKlnley
administration and In the nature of
things some of tho Inllaters got
pinched. The condition of general busi
ness throughout tho Knstorn stntes,
outside of speculative centers, was
novcr more satisfactory than It Is to
day.
Roos?veIt and
Bryan a! Chicago
ConcIudM from Pane 1.
each Vnew tr,e 'c.ier better and both were cop
tent to be Ruided by the itrlct mini of Justice.
The citremr of society are realty not at far
apart ai they appear. Thoe who wotle for
M'atrei today may, under a good norernment,
b employers in a few yearn, and the sons of
tnoe nho are emplojers today miy In a short
time be dy latjercrs. Since no one can rare
osterity from the elt effects of a bad law,
II should ttthe for Irxlrlallon nhlch Mill pro
tect each cltlten In his rlrlit and in the enjoy
ment of the fruits of his own srenlus, Ids on
Industry and his own Intct-rlty.
It is of adiantaire to the rich as well as to the
poor thit the children of all l.ae an opjiortuiilty
to eectire an education; fur education widens
the individual's horizon, Inrrrases his capacity
for usefulness; multiplies his enJojTnents and
male's him in erery way mor serviceable to
aotlcty. Victor Hugo has described the mob
as the human race In mlery. Those ho are
cIPto-do hale a selflh interrnt, and should feel
a moral concern, in remotlni; despair from
every hnman breat. As misery Is lessened the
security of property Is lr.creaed; human life is
protected in proportion as Mpplnes Ls pro
moted. Why should the man who eats at a well
supplied tahle forg'.t the man whoe toll fur
nlshes the foodf Why should the man who
warms himself l,y the fire forieet thu man whose
lalmr in the forest or In the mine brings forth
the fuel? Why should the men clad in the best
products of the loom, forget the man whose
calloused hands make fine clothinj possible?
both the consumer and the producer are neces
sary, hut of the two the ruduccr tomes first
in point of time and In point of Importance.
Pt. lit the rosebud, blooming In beauty and
hcdhnB its frai-nmc on the air, despi1 the
root of the bu-h brcaue they come into actual
contact with th oilf Destroy the hud and
Pave tlm re.ots ami a second hud -n 111 appear
as beautiful and as Iraierant as the first; bit
destroy the roots and bud and bush sUU perish.
Mow can the uace earner secure that share of
the earth's bounties and the irosernmcnt's pro
tertlon whirh he drscrvesf The associations
formed by the vrorkingmen haie been produc
ts c of much (rood,
Tho Labor Organization.
The labor orsanlatlon as wo now find it Is
the product of Industrial conditions. The in
dlWdtial found himelf at a disadvantage when
tleallm; with the certiorate emplojer, and the
organisation not only enables him to contend
for Ins rlthts upon terms more nearly eo,ual, but
It stlinulatt-s him to tudy and understand tha
conditions which suiround him.
Tho labor organization has been foremost in
adiocating the reforms which have already been
secured. Stwral sears ago the secret ballot
was demanded bv the waire earners for their own
protection. That billot has been obtained, ond
tliroui'li its operations those who toll for In
dividuals or corporations arc able to protect
their political riitnts and to use tnc ballots ac
cording to their own judgment. This is a
lona step In adiance.
The labor organization has done much to lessen
the eslls of child labor. No one can sisit the
factories where children are emplojed without
contemplating the crime which Is being per
petrated upon posterity. If there is any tem
porary economic adiantage in the employment of
children of tender age, it is in-lgniflcant when
measured asrain-t the permanent injury done to
prirtit and future (fenerations To rob a child
of Itx Fchool dais Is bad enough, but to bend
its biel. by a load for which only the adult
is fitted is esm worse.
Hip lah-r organization 1ms also contributed
toward the shortening of the hours of toil, and
it should not cease its efforts until .he eight
hour day is ff cured Approximately one-third
of the twenty-fnur hours must lie glien to sleep;
If another third of the day is deioted to manual
Inbor, only eight hours are left for eatlnt, for
going to and from the place of work, for the
reading of current news, fur mental improve
mint, recreation, social intercourse and domes
tic life. Mtiri the hours otiupicd in eating and
traiel cannot be encroached upon, eiery hour
added to the rUy's labor must be taken from
liio time ihsotid to intellectual development,
recreation and the fanilli.
I he lalwr organization has been a cnnsintcnr
atid per-di-tcnt adioeato of the doctrine of aibi
ration, although it is dllfieult to iff why the
hiirdin of this refonn ehoiiM Im thrown upon
tho hborlnj, man. Surely tho emplojer, if the
would tnke a comprehensive view of his own
intinsti, would be as much benifited by srhi
tratlon at the emploje, and because evij pro
luligei' contest betwen labor anil capital billy's
interrupts n to business anl pecuniary Io-.s to
tiiosc who arc in no w.iv re-ipnsible for the dis
ugrement, Eoclety in general Is een moic Inter-r--te-d
thin employers or employes Tii- di-Mre
f'r Jil-ticc- is so tints crs.il tint the publiL cin
lie depended upon to support the' finding of an
iuiparti-il boa id of atbitration ns certainly as
it i in to niip'rt the autre. -fill con(enUnt in
a Ira suit. 'I he court of ath, tratlon is one ot
the crt, unties of the future, and whin it is se-
eurrd and perfietid, we hliill wonder wliy its
coming was dclajcd so long.
Menace of the Black List.
The, black list, by means of which employers
combine, to deprive the disclnrged workman of
rc-emplojinint. is o.ie of the more recent nidi-
acis to the laboring; man. The indcpctidi-n'-e. of
the wugc earner decreases as the difhcultv of
obtaining cinplojmcnt Inrrias. e, and the e-Ullil
workman whose life liai been Fpent in acquiring
clllclcury In a certain trade or occupation, be
conns pr.utii ill the cluttil of Ilia emplojer if
eeiiy opportunity to make ie of his epcri"neo
Is clo-.fd b agreerui nt betwein implov.r
The laboring man Is al.o Interested in leisis
tation prohibiting orimtal Imudgratlon. It is
unfair to tlic American workman, who is the
foii.datlon of the nation's wraith In time of
pi.uo and its defen-e in time of war, to suhjoet
Mm to the danger of Ir.ving his ocuiiMion
glicn to an oriental labonr, oflen brousnt in
by euntiact, who has no pennnnent interest In
our government. If the Asiatics come here, work
for a few jrirs, live on a lowor scale, and then
carry home the net proceeds of their toil, the
drain upon our money supply will be similar to
that ran-ied by landloriil-m in other cct,i tries.
The political objections to oriT' il liis-r arc
krareel) less wenghty than the c-onomlo opcj.
Itace nri-judice cannot bo dleregnrded, and we
have n-cii how, in every industrial depression,
ri.ro animosities result In riot anl bloodshed.
We cam., it alford to brinv Into this c-ourlry
thoso who cannot amalgamate witii our people.
The Injunction Evil.
llio attempt to use the Injunction of a court
to deprive' the laboring man of trial by jury
ihould alarm all our people, for while the wage,
curlier I- the first to feel its edicts, tho prin
ciple which underlies government by Injunction
Is f.ir-reichlng tint no one can hope to escape
iilthtuitrl). The thing forbidden by an injunc
tion would without the Injunction be cither legal
or lib gal. If it wuuld be legal, the judge
iiMirps the funt tion of the lcllature when lie
fiiibid it. It it would lio illegal the Injunction
of the court is unnecessary, for any one v. ho
violates the law can, upon conviction, Tie mule
to mtTer the penalties prcstrlKd for such vio.
hi ion. The meanest thief and tho most brutal
inurdiiei aie intltlid to trial by Jury; why
ehotild this li.ht be denliil the laboring man?
Thoso who eppi 'e (,-oicrnment bv Injunction arc
not In taiur of lawlc-Muiiw; they are, on the
fMiitiaiy, the best friends of law and Older. They
ilcny the right of any man to vlolite the law In
on effort to advance hi own intir,Hts, but they
iiiilst that it is inconsistent with our Ideas c(
government and dangerous to all elates to In
vrst any Judgii with the three-fold power, first,
to mike the laws; second, to brin -u-cimtion
ugaln-.t thoke ehartied with the violation of Hie
lav.r, and, third, to sit In judsment upon the
cue. tioverumtnt by Injunction Is so li'l'fciiil
bio and tho unti-lnjunctioii bill, endorsed by the
( hli-ago platform, pa.sed the senate without a
via and liaj vote being demanded, and sine
that time no party platform has speeliliaily
endorsed government by injunction and no prom
Ine nt m-nilier of any party has entered ujKin a
elifcibc of the s)kte-m; anil jet corjioiate Infln
rnee is so i,tronj that it ha thus far been Im
possible to sic-uru any remedial legMatlon. 'I his
fact that United States senators are c lee ted I,)
leirlnlatures rather than by the people dlrc-itly
lewins tne laboring mans Innuencii in aecuilui;
favorable federal legislation, When the action
of a political e-onvrntlon must be submitted to
the vol era for ratification at the lulls, the con
ventlon Is constrained to nominate a candidate
acceptable to the people; but when a senator is
chosen by a k-glslaturo thu Individual voter Is
far loss eonsidered. I'.ven when direct bribery
is not employed, the indirect Influence which cor
porations can eiert Is roaorted to, and more fre
c'ueutly still money ls secretly u.esl to aid legis
lative candidates In close cll.trlcts. Such obli
gallons are usually repaid In the i-aucus and, a.
a rule, the majority in the caucus controls the
psrty whirl has the selection ol the rcnator. If
this question was submitted to the Toters, the
majority In Isror ol tht selection ol senators by
direct Tote el the people would be overwhelm
ing, and yet partisanship has delayed the sdop
tlon of this amendment. The people aubnlt to
policies which they do not like rather than se
cure Improvement by change In psrty affiliations.
The laborinr man favors direct legUlatloti
wherever praitlcsble for the sains reason that he
favors the e-Jtctlon ol senafrs by popular ot.
Direct Lcfeislatlon.
Direct legislation brings the government nearer
to the voter. There is more virtus in the peo
ple than ever finds espresslon through their rep
resentatives. To bold that a representative can
act for tho people better than they tan set for
themselves, Is to assert that he is as much In
terested in the people as they arc In them
selves, and that hi wisdom Is greater than the
combined wisdom ot the majority ot the people.
Neither proposition Is sound. Most, if not all,
of the evils complained of in government, are
traceable to the fact that the representative, ol
the peorlo hia personal Interest at variance
with Interests of his constituency Corruption
In municipal, state and federal governments Is
due to the misrepresentation of the people by
public servants, who use their positions for pri
vate advantage. The people should have an op
portunity to vote on rublle questions when
thoe question can be submitted without too
great inconvenience and o-cpense. But the labor
Ing man is even interested in the proposition to
establish a labor bureau with a cabinet of
ficer at its head. Such a bureau would keep the
executive in constant touch with the wags
earners of tho country, and open tho way to the
redress ol their present and future grievances. If
labor is given a place In the president's ofiiclal
household, the man selected will necessarily lie
a worthy and trusted representative of the peo
ple for whom he speaks, ami his presence at
cabinet meetings will give to those who toll tor
their dally bread, a-mirance that their interests
will be properly guided.
Mr, Gompers, tho chief executive of the fed
eration of Labor, has, in his correspondence
with the secretary ot the treasury, so ably pre
sented tho laboring men's reasons for opposing a
gold standard and a national bank currency that
it is not necessary to discuss those questions at
this time.
The laboring man has abundant reason to fear
the trust. Charles K. Flint in a speech deliv.
cred In lloston, more than a year ago, in defense
of the trusts, frankly asserts tint one of tho ad
natarrr of these combinations is that "In case
of local strikes or fires the work goes on else
where, thus preventing seriou loss. I it
possible that any wae-earner can fail to sec how
completely the trusts places the employe at the
mercy of the employer?
Labor and Militarism.
The resolution: adopetd by various labor or
ganizations In condemnation of militarism and
ImtierlalUm iustllv ine In making a brief refer
ence to those questions. No class contributes
more than the laboring clos, In proportion to
its numbers, to the rank and flic of the army;
no class of the army, and no class is more men
aced by the existence of a large army. Xost of
the countries in Kurope which maintain large
military establishment. collect an Income tax
which adjusts tho burden of tho government to
the Income of the citizen. Here our federal
taxes arc largely collected upon consumption,
and while they are income taxes, in the hense
that they must be paid out of the Incomes of
tho people, jet the exaction are proportionate to
the income. The taxes upon consumption b'ar
heaviest upon the poor and lightest upon ths
rich and are, In fact, grade-d income taxes. Tho
per cent, collected decreasing as the income in
creases, If this nation adheres to the doctrine that
governments derive their just powers from the
consent of the governed, and tho people have
an easy and ready mean of correcting all ahuscs,
the government will not need to be supported by
a large permanent army for every citizen will bet
ready to defend such a government from attack.
The only domestic use for a large standing army
Is to suppress bj force the discontent which
bhould bo cured by legislation.
To support a permanent nrmj of 100,000 men
requires approximately one-half as much money
as Is annually expended for education In the
I'nlted States. How much cheaper it is to up
lift people by the gentle and peaceful process
of intellectual development than to blow them
up with powder and djnamitel
Imperialism involves a departure from princi
ples which were universallj accepted in this
country until within two jean ago. To know
that all men are created equal one needs not
the wisdom of a sage or the learning of the
kIiooI. It was declared to be a self evident
truth; it was evident to those whj pledged
their lives to the maintenance ol the Declaration
of Independence, and It is evident htill to those
who are not blinded bj the glammor of wealth
and the glittering promise of a colonial sjstem.
If all men are created equal and endowed with
Inallenible rights, It follows as a logical and a
necessary sequence that governments were In
stituted for the welfare of all and derive their
just imwem from the consent of the governed.
On the preservation of this doctrine our hopes
dipetid; if it Is ahinloned there is no founda
tion upon w...ch a government like ours can he
constructed Do not allow j-ourselvcs to be de
telved by those who question the capacity of this
people or that people for self government. Ma-cuulej-,
in his ei-.ay on John Hilton, points out
tho folly of attempting to prepare people for
self gnicrnment. He said;
'Many politician of our time ore in the
habit of laving it down as a self-evident propo
sition that no people ought to bo free until
they aie fit to u-e their freedom. The maxim
Is worthy the fool of the old story who
resolved not to go Into the- water until he bad
learned to swim. If nun are to wait for liberty
until they Uccmc wise and good in slavery,
they may Indeed wait forever."
What Lincoln Said.
When I siy that thoe who distrust the cap
acity of the people for self-government tend
dlriclly toward monarchj-, I am only repeating
what Lincoln deliberately declared in his first
annual mc's'ige. He said;
"Monarchy itself is sometime hlnied at as a
possible refnj-e from the power of the people.
In my present position I could scarcely be Jus
tified were I to omit raising a warning voice
against the approach of returning clespotlsin.
It is not needed nor fitting here that a gen
eral argument shou.u be made in favor of popu
lar liiitltutlons; hit. there is one point, with
it connection not so haeknejed a most oth
ers, to wnuh I a-k brief attention. It is the
cfTnrt to place capital on an equil footliu
with, if not above labor, in the structure of
government. No men living are more wonhv to
be trusted than those who toll up from pov
erty; none !ms inclined to take or toiu li
aught which they hive not hon'Stly earned. Let
hem beware of surrendering a political power
which they already possets and which, if sur
rendered, will surely be used lei close the door
of advancement against such as they, and to fix
new disabilities and burdens upon them till
all of liberty shall be lo.t."
The warning Is even more needed now than
it was forty jear ago. The army and navy
Journal In already ju.llfjlno; tho rolonlal Idea,
and deelinng tint fate has decreed for us u
destiny in which an imperial exectitlie fne
from the restraints of a written constitution,
will govern subjects according to hi own pleas
ure. The rnlted States Investors' ltevlevv, pub
lished at llosfon, in its Issue of July 23, sajs;
The Greatest Evil.
'Only a blind person can fxll to see tnat
transformations of one kind or another are In
store .or our race; hence the folly f asserting
that tho policy of this country which is des
tined to play ruth a leading part In human
affairs of the future, shall bo governed for
the most part by political maxims littered inijrr
than a hundred J ears ago. The greatest evil
which now confront this republic I the clam
or raised by a certain faction for n settlement
of our problem of state by Just siuh a method
as we have been deprecating. Considerably
more than a centurr ago a certain notable dec
laration was made In this country to the ctft
that all men ought to be free and Independent.
'1ms Is merely a generalization of the 1'rencli
school ol Voltaire and the encyelopediasts. It
is a dictum ausolutely lacking foundation In
history and Incapable of syllogistic justtncation.
It was, however, a handj phrase for us to
employ when assirtlng our right to break away
from the mother country; It suited the ex
igencies of our situation in 17. U admirably,
though In Itself but a bit of sublimated deina
gogtsm. Tho declaration was a serviceable
mean to the end thot was at that time de
sired. To bring forward this declaration In this
jear, 1W0, In connection with our treatment
of the Filipinos ami th.i Cubans, is as gross an
absurdity as ever was practiced. To do so Is
to oiler an Intuit to the Intelligence of the
people who first subscribed to the declaration
in question."
Strength of Labor Vote.
Hut why quote from newspapers as to what
may be done hereafter in the pretenve ol a law
already enacted which makes subject of the
Porto nicani withdraws from tliem the guar
antees of the constitution, and asserts the power
of the president and congress to govern them
without their consent and tsx them without
representation a power as tisillmlteel and tj
rannlcal as wa ever asserted or exercised by
any ruler in all ...e history of the human race.
Thl doctrine ha not yet been approved by
wis people; it furnishes the supreme question
of tne present campaign. In the presence of
these perils the laboring man hat a responsibil
ity commensurate with his opportunity. With
out a large percentage of the, laboring vote
no party ran win an election In the United
States. The men who work for wages can, by
throwing their votes on the one side or the
other, determine the policy of this country.
They need not mxrch in parades; they need
not adorn themselves with the insignia of any
party, but on election day their silent ballots
can shape tho destiny of this cation, and either
bring the government back to its ancient land
mark or turn it Into the pathway followed by
empires of the old world.
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meats for Earnest Efforts on the Part
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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, 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 (10) 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 tne
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.
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4. Course in Piano Iietructlon at
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1000 model (on evldbitinn at
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Collcite, commercial course... 60
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College, shorthand course .. 60
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$2,410
Each contestant falllns to secure one
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ten (10) rer cent, of all the money lie or
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The special rewards will be given to
the persons securing the largest number
of points.
Points will be credited to contestants
securitif: new subscribers to the Scranton
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Polats.
One Months' Subscription... $ .CO 1
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the list of sperisl reward; the contestant
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maining rewards, and so on through tha
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oi an money ne or sne turna in.
All subscriptions must be paid in ad
vance.
Only new suliacrlbcni will be counted,
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No transfers can be made after credit
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for same, mint be handed in at The
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they are secured, so that papers may be
sent to the subscribers at once.
SuIcriptiOns must be written on blanks,
which can he secured at The Tribune
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The contest will close promptly at i
o'clock Saturday evening, September 29,
1900.
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