THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MOND AY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1900. 0e cra..f;on CriBimc published miiy, Eitwpt Sunday, iy Tlie,,Tr!!" une Publishing Company, at Kitty Cents Month. MVY B. HiriIAHP, Kdltfr, O. F. llYMlKi:, Dmlnrsj Manager. New York Office: 110 Nassau 5,,... . .. a. . viu:r.t,Asn, Solo Ascnt for Foreign Advertising. Entered at the 1'oslofflee at Scranton, Second-Class Mall Matter. Pa,, as When spare will permit, The Tribune Is always ftlad to print (short letters (rom Its friends bear. Ins on current topics, but Its rule In that these must be signed, for publication, by the writers leal name1, and the condition precedent to ac ceptance 1 that all contributions shall be subject to editorial rctlslon. SCHANTON, SEPTEMBER 10. 1900. EEPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. National. Presldcnt-WILLIAM McKIKM'.Y. . Vfic-rnaidciit-TiaoUOHU roosevelt. Stater Concrei'menat-tarce-nf.URHA A. GROW, ROPKRT II, FOERDKRKR. Auditor Ocnerat-K. D. HARDnSOF.Uail. County. Conitrew WIt.U M CONNF.f.t,. .turltrr OKORfir. M. WATSON. Sheriff JOHN II. ITM-OWA Trismrer- .1. A. SCR ANTON'. 1'lstrirt Attorney WII.I.IAV II. l.KWIS. l'rotbcnotar.t --.toils' COl'KI.ANl). Clerk of Courts THOMAS P. DAXIIXS. Ilec-ordcr of Deeds i:IIL IIONN. Hester of Wills-W. K. RIXK. Jury Conimlssloncr-KIlWAUU II. STUROES. Legislature. First District THOMAS J. Rr.Y.N'OI.DS. Second District JOHN SCIIEUF.R. JR. Third Wstrlct-KIWAlin JAMI'.S, Jit. Fourth Diatrict-P. A, PIIIMll.V. "If there Is any one who believes the gold standard is a good thing, or that It must be maintained, I warn him not to cast his vote for me, because I promise him It will not be maintained in this country longer than I am able to get rid of it." William Jennings Bryan in a Speech at Knoxvllle, Tenn., Deliv ered Sept. 16, 1800. The Strike Question. " V "IIB DECISION at Indianapo r lis of the executive board of tho United Mine Workers of America, promulgated yesterday, not to order a general strike of anthracite mine workers at. present, Is one which does credit to tho executive board's prudence and In telligence. A strike could have done only harm, and at infinite cost to every Interest concerned. But the necessities of the, commu nity require more than a postpone ment calculated to hold the Damo clean sword of uncertainty suspended over the heads of all the people of Northeastern Pennsylvania by n hair. IJiislness needs the prompt removal of ntl threats of Interruption. Scranton this morning salutes tho country at largo proud of tho fact that there are only thirty-one other Ameri can cities larger than It Is. Ten years hence Scranton expects to be much nearer the top. m The Letter of Acceptance. THAT THE QUESTION of dis placing tho existing gold standard and substituting free silver coinage at 10 to 1, whether regarded as the "paramount iHsue" or not. Is an Immediate issue ot the pending campaign and one fraught with Immeasurable possibil ities ot weal or woe Is made clear In the forepart of the president's letter nf acceptance. Read carefully his grouping ot the money planks In the three platforms upon which Mr. Bryan Is running for the presidency and see if the believer In sound money has any light to take chances. But It Is the president's exhaustive treatment of the Philippine problem that will command the greatest Inter est, for the reason that much of tli" Information presented by him from oillclal sources Is new to the majority nf the people, and very important In Its healing upun the policy he has pur sued. Read especially his Instructions to tho peace commissioners, to the first Philippine commission and to the pres ent Philippine commission; and note especially the extract from the latter body's latest report. We will not now undertake any abridgement of this vital portion of the chief executive's epistle: It Is the duty of every honest citizen to read tho whole document for hlmsislf. Those who shall do this will not be disappointed. Republican defeat can only coine through Republican overcotilldence. If It should come through that cause the losers will deserve no sympathy. An American Sea. (From a Itumt Spcnh h Hun. ;jluh.i A. ffrow.) I HAVE NEVER had nnv fears for the futui-J of the Republic by reason of the expansion of Its territory aad the extension ot-lts free Institutions. Pending the j openly of the Missouri compromise In congress In 1851, I then suld relative tocxpan?Ioh! Yfho abrvs that the territorial expansion of ilir Tli'puldic will not continue until it lovua Ihccrvhgtt'.'icTitliirnt? It is one of tho Incident of ur position, resulting from the habits ot uur people and the character of hurroundlng na tionalities. While the pioneer spirit presses on Into, till, trililciness, snatching new areas from the, wild -liat and bequeathing them a legacy to uillr.ed inin, it is in vain you attempt to stay lits progress h; meridian lines or lexis 1 stive enactments. The habits of Ida life and the prompting of his nature are stronger than tliRr Hut or mountain bairtcrs ot nations. Whui he has corned the whole continent with the abodes of civilized life, seklnj the standard if the Republic, he will bear It, with the spirit and genius of free institutions, across the mighty deep to regenerate old djnastles and Breathe new we Into decaying empire. This, no m-ittcr what may be the views of statesmen or the policy ol legUljtlon, Is our mUMon, our manifest destiny. For energy, intelligence, and superior cntriprlse are destiny, ami wherever attempts to stay it may be borne down by the tide, but he can not change the current. These words, uttered In no spirit of prophecy, nnd which at the time were only a-.plaln statement of tho char acteristics of the American people and tho surrouridlng conditions of na tional existence today, ore, by the fortunes of war, prophecy fulfilled. Rut what prophetic her. can pTerco tha veil of the now overhanging fu ture? The Atlantic ocean, rolling be tween two mjghty hemispheres. Is a German, French and English sea. Rut the raclflo ocean, wjth utmost twice the area of waters, washing tho shores nf nationalities containing two thirds ot the population of tho globe, Is henceforth to he an American sea, covered with American ships laden with tho products of Amcrlcon In dustry. The commerce) of hnlt the world, realizing tho dream nf Colum bus, will bo westward to find tho In dies. England, facing enstwnrd, carrying her Magna Oliartn nf personal rights and nil her great Institutions of civil and religious liberty, and tho United States of America, first-born of these Institutions, facing westward, carry ing the same Institutions, with tho practical experience of over a hun dred years In self-government, will some day meet in the far-oft Orient, having bolted the glone with Institu tions of civil nnd religious liberty and constitutional free government for all mankind. The white man can never lay down his burden so long ns oppression and national Injustice and wrong exist amon the children of men. Nations, like Individuals, owe something to n common humanity, for they nro tho trustees of civilization. It Is ordained In the retribution of that overruling Providence which controls In tho af fairs ot men that nations can not shirk their responsibilities to liberty and humanity when cast upon them, In the course of human events, without bitter retributions soon or late In na tional disasters. The ships will part the unknown sea, The march of thf.iiRbt will reach tho strand, The onward wave of destiny Will change the features of the land. No matter what mask It wears, re member that Democracy means free trade, free silver and panic. A Note of Warning. R EPUBLICANS would do well to give heed to some thoughts advanced by Unit ed States Appraiser Wilbur F. Wakeman, of New York city, in a recent interview with tho New York Tlme3. "I disagree," said Mr. 'Wakcman, "with tho optimistic opinions ex pressed by many Republicans as to tho outlook of the presidential cam paign. The Republican party enters the race with the ternblo handicap of Imperialistic Democratic disfranchise ment. Thirteen of the Southern states have an electoral vote of 142. By un fair registration and election laws and methods the vote of these thirteen states Is practically counted today, for It makes no difference how many votes may bo cast for McKlnley and Roose velt, these thirteen states will be counted for Mr. Bryan. There are 417 votes In the Electoral College. Thus there are 803 electoral votes which will be counted according to the honest vote in tho respective states. We thus enter tho race as follows: McKlnley and Roosevelt necessary to a choice 2i Bryan nnd Stevenson (handicap 142) necessary to get S2 "Over a period of years tho Demo cratic party of the South has gradu ally adopted such registration and election laws and methods that a Re publican victory Is Impossible in that section, and since 1S9G laws for Demo cratic control have been added In Mis souri, Kentucky and North Carolina. In addition to the Imperialistic Demo cratic disfranchisement Handicap, how forcotful we are! In 1S02 we had an unexampled period of prosperity. Tho public debt had reached Its lowest point since the war of tho rebellion. National, commercial nnd Individual prosperity prevailed, and yet after the splendid administration of Mr. Harri son tho Republican party suffered one of the most disastrous defeats In its history. In the spring of 1S0G every one was saying that there was no question about the success of Presi dent McKlnley. All kinds of odds were offered on the streets as to Mr. Mc Klnley's nomination and election, and yet less than 25,000 votes properly dis tributed throughout tho Union would have elected Mr. Bryan to the presi dency. "At that time Tammany and the New York state Democracy were, to say the least, lukewarm, and yet upon Mnnhattnn Island Mr. Bryan received over 135,000 votes. When I saw that Republican procession going up Fifth avenue Just before the election In 1S9G It seemed to me that Mr. Bryan's vote would bo Insignificant In this city, but It was not. We ngaln have tho most aggressive Free-Trade member ot the Ways and Means committee which frnmed the Wilson bill as the candi date of Democracy. We again have William McKlnley, the chairman of the Ways und Means committee of tho Fifty-first congress and uuthor of the McKlnley bill, as the Republican can didate. In IMG Republican mayors pre sided over all great cities In New York state. Today Democratic mayors pre side over most of tho groat cities of New York state. Tammany nnd tho Hill Democracy, Indifferent In 1S06, arc, both In lino and active for tho Demo cratic ticket. With tho enormous In fluence of Democratic mayors and tho Democratic machinery In line Ave must expect a great falling off In our vote In the great cities of New York. Thero is danger ahead!" The dancer can bo nverted with proper effort. But It will not disap pear by reason of Republican over confidence. Today's election In Maine ought to prove Instructive. Four years ago tho Republican plurality was 48,000. This Included the whole Republican strength reinforced by a large percentage of tho sound money Democracy, This year, Maine's biggest Republican, Tom Reed, has sulked, tho sound money Demo crats appear to be hedging toward Bryan, tho Democratic workers have had an abundance of money and tha Republican managers profess to ex pect hardly as much as half the plur ality recorded In 1S3G. Wo shall see what we shall sec. Doubling tho present liquor license fee, a result to follow Bcranton's pro motion Into the second class of cities, will mean halving the. licensed places and doubling the speakeasies. The license tee Is too high already, A lower fee and a better enforcement would swell the revenues and promote the peace. "Neither In the Philippines nor else where will the cause of human liberty look for its champion to a party whose only hope of obtaining power lies In the suppression of human rights and In nit organized conspiracy to nullify the guaranties with which the Con stitution endeavors to surround the citizen. Krom thousands of polling places In this election, In which tho Democratic party Is so much concerned about 'the consent of the governed,' the negro citizen will bo excluded by laws so contrived as to ken out tho negro Republican while admitting tho white Democrat, though both present themselves with similar Qualifications, except as to color. Tho party which will not allow the Constitution to follow the Hag through the Carolina, through Mississippi and TexaB, has no occasion to distress Itself about the Constitution's Journey 4,000 miles across the ocean." New York Republican Platform. In declaring his Intention with a wry face to support Bryan, ex-Secretary Olncy makes a lot of absurd charges against "McKlnleylsm," chief ot which Is that McKlnley Is a "syndicated president," whatever that means. Mr. Olnoy evidently forgets the kind of president Mr. Cleveland was. Tho average speed of tho new ocean liner, tho Deutschl-nd, with 33,000 horse power fed by COO tons of coal dally, equals that of tho transcontinental ex press trains and tho average human cargo exceeds 1,500 souls. For ship building Germany holds the palm. Under the existing second class city act the mayor Is a puppet set up and fed by councils and devoid of power. Wo doubt that such a type ot munici pal executive will ever fulfill the re quirements of a community like Scran ton. A new ofllce building Is to be erected in Now York city thirty stories high nnd Is to bo equipped with a refriger ator plant sufllclent to serve every ten ant with lco water and cold air as de manded. Next! President M'Kinley's Letter of Acceptance Concluded from Page 2.) whoever he may be, to uphold that sovereignty ana u it be attacked to suppress its asailant9. Would our political adversaries do less? As to Independence. It has been asserted that there would bate been no fighting in the Philippines if congress had declared its purposa to give independence to the Tagal Insurgents. The Insurgents did not wait for the action of congress. They assumed the oUVnsfte, they opened fire on our army. Those uho assert our responsibility for the be ginning of the conflict have forgotten that be fore the treaty was ratified In the senate, and while it was being debated In that body, and while the Hacon resolution was under discus sion, on Feb. 4, IKK), the insurgents attacked the American army, after being previously ad vUed that the American forces were under or ders not to fire upon them except in defence. The papers found in the recently captured" archive of tho insurgents demonstrate that this attack had been carefully planned for weeks before it occurred. Their unprovoked assault upon our soldier at a time when the senate was deliberating upon the treaty shows that no ac tion on our part except surrender and aband onment would have prevented the fighting and leaves no doubt in any fair mind r.f where the responsibility rests for the shedding of American blood. Purpose Declared. With all Hie exaggerated phrase-making of this electoral contest, we are in danger of being diverted from the real contention. We are in agreement with ail of those who supported the war with Spain, and also witii those who coun ted the ratification of too treaty of peace. Upon these two great cs.entl.il steps there can lie no i'suc. nnd out of thero came all ot our responsibilities. If others would shirk the obli gations Imposed by tho war and the treaty, ue must decline to act further with them and litre the i-sue was made, ft is our purpose to cstablUh in the Philippines a government suit able to the wants and conditloas of the Inhabit ants and to prepare them for self-government, and to glc them seltt-goveinment when they arc ready for it und as rapidly as they are ready for it. That I am aiming to do under my constitutional authority, and will continue to do until congress shall determine the political status nf the inhabitants of the archipelago. Are our opponents against the treaty? If so, they must be reminded that It could not haie been ratified in the senate hut for their assist ance. The senate which ratified the treaty and congress which added Its sanction by a large appropriation, comprised senators and repre sentatives of the people of all parties. Would our opponents surrender to the insur gents, abandon our sovereignty or cede it to them? If that be not their purpose, then it should be promptly disclaimed, for only evil can result from the hopes ulsed by our oppon ents In the minds of the Filipinos, that with their success at tho polls in November there will be a withdrawal of our army and of American sovereignty over ,he arrhlpelsgo; the complete independence of the Tagalog people rccognited and the powers of gocrnment over all the other peoples of the archipelago con ferieil upon the Tagalog leaders. The effect of a belief in the minds of the ly surgents that this will be done has aliendy pro longed the rebellion and Increases the neces sity for the continuance of a large army. It Is now delaying full peace in the archipelago nnd tho establishment of civil governments, and lias Inlhieneed many of the Insurgents against iieiepting the liberal terms of amnesty ofleied by (iencral Mac-Arthur under my direction. Hut for these false hopes, a considerable reduction could have been had in our military establish ment in the Philippines, and the realisation ot a stable gotcrnment would be already at hand. TUB AMKMCAN l'KOPLE AltH ASKF.D BY OUIt OPPONKNTS TO YIKI.D T1IK FOVF.R- MONTY OF T1IK UNITED STATF.S IN TIIU lMIlUPPINF.S TO A SMALL FRACTION OF Till: POPULATION, A SIMU.K TniDB OUT OF EIGHTY Oil MOItC INHADITINO TIIF. AitrillPKLAfJO. A FACTION WHICH WAN TONLY ATTACKKD TUB AMERICAN TROOPS IN MANILA WHILE IN lUGHTFt'L POSSES. HON UNDER THE PROTOCOL WITH SPAIN. AWA1TINO TIIF. RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY OF PEACE DY THE SENATE, AWD WHICH HAS SINCE 11EEN IN ACTIVE, OPEN RKI1ELL10N AOAINST THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE ASKED TO TnANSFEn OUR SOV. ERKICINTY TO A SMALL MINORITY IN THE ISLANDS WITHOUT CONSULTING TIlB MA JORITY AND TO ABANDON THE LARGEST tOHTION OP THE 1'OrULATION, WHICH HAS 11EEN LOYAL TO US, TO THE CRUELTIES OF THE GUERILLA INSURGENT RANDS. MORE THAN THIS, WE ARE ASKED TO PROTECT THIS MINORITY IN ESTABLISHING A GOV ERNMENT AND TO THIS END REPRESS ALL OPPOSITION OF THE MAJORITY. WE ARE REQUIRED TO SET UP A STABLE GOVERN MENT IN THE INTEREST OF THOSE WHO HAVE ASSAILED OUR SOVEREIGNTY AND FIRED UPON OUIt SOLDIERS. AND THEN MAINTAIN IT AT ANY COST OR SACRIFICE AGAINST' ITB ENEMIES WITHIN AND AGAINST THOSE HAVING AMUITIOUS DESIGNS FROM WITHOUT, THIS WOULD REQUIRE AN ARMY AND NAVY FAR LARGER THAN IS NOW MAIN. TA1NED IN THE PHILIPPINES AND STILL MORE IN F.XCESS OF WHAT WILL DK NEC. ESSAUY WITH THE FULL RECOGNITION OF OUR SOVEREIGNTY. A MILITARY SUPPORT OF AUTHORITY NOT OUR OWN. AS THUS PROPOSED, IS THE VERY ESSENCE OF MIL OCR OITOVENTS IN TUm PLATFORM OPPOSE, BUT WHICH BY TIIEIlt POLICY WOULD OF NECESSITY BE ESTAB LISHED IN ITS MOST OFFENSIVE TORM. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL NOT MAKE THE MURDERERS OF OUR SOLDIERS THE AGENTS OF THE REPUBLIC- TO CONVEY THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY AND ORDER TO TIIF. PHILIPPINES. THEY WILL NOT MAKE THEM THE BUILDERS OF THE NEW COMMO.V WEALTH. SUCH A COURSE WOULD BE A BETRAYAL OF OUR SACRED OBLIGATIONS TO THE PEACEFUL FILIPINOS, AND WOULD PLACE AT THE MERCY OF DANGEROUS ADVENTURERS THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF THE NATIVES AND FOREIGNERS. It would make powlble and easy the com mission of tuch atrocities as were aecretly planned, to be executed on tho 22d ol February, 13W, Ir. the city ot Manila, when only the vigilance of our army prevented the attempt, to assassinate our soldiers and all foreigners and pillage and destroy the city and IU surroundings. In short, the priiositlon ol those opposed to us la to continue all the obligations In the Phil ippines which now rest upon the government, only changing the relation from principat, which now exists, to that of surety. Our responsibility Is to remain, hut our power Is to be diminished. Our obligation Is to be no less, but our title ll to be surrendered to another power, which Is without experience or training, or the ability to maintain a stable covrrnmrnt at home and ab solutely helpless to perform lta International obligations with the rest of the world. To this we are opposed. We should not yield our title while our obllgstlons last. In the language of our platform, "Our authority should not be les than our responsibility," nnd our present re sponsibility is to establish our authority In every part of tho Islands. The Protectorate Idea. No government can so certainly preservo the pence, restore public order, establish law, Jus tice and atablc conditions as ours. Neither con gress nor the executive can est i'iIWi l stable government in these islands r iur right of oerctgnty, our auth da-f. And this we nre doing. We could not do it as a proi .or so completely or so successfully a - doing It now. As the tovercign power .an Initiate action and shape means to ends, and guide, the Filipinos to tclf-devclopmcnt and self-government. As a protectorate power we could not Initiate action, but would be compelled to fol low and uphold a people with no capacity yet to go alone. In tho one case we can protect both ourselves and the Filipinos from being In vcrtvttrt In dangerous complications', In the other wc could not protect even the Filipinos until after their trouble had come. Besides, if wo cannot establish any government ol our own without the consent of the gorned as our op ponents contend then we could nt establish a stable goernmct for them or make ours a pro tectorate without the like consent, and neither the majority of the people or a minority of tha people have Invited us to assume It. We could not maintain a protectorate even with the consent of the governed wthout giving provoca tion for cor.fl.cts and possibly costly wars. Our rights in the Philippines are now free from out aide interference and will continue In our pres ent relation. They would not be thus free in any other relation. We will not give up our own to guarantee another sovereignty. Sufficiency of Title. Our title Is good. Our peace commissioners lwlicvcd they were lecehing a good title when they concluded the treaty. Tie executive be lived it was a good title when he submitted it to the senate of the United States for its rati flcatlon. The senate believed it was a good title when they gave it their constitutional assent, and the congress seems not to have doubted Ita completeness when they appropriated twenty million dollars provided by the tresty. If any who favored its ratification believed it gave m a bad title, they were not alnccrc. Our title Is practically Identical with that under which we bold our territory acquired since tho beginning of the government, nnd under which we- havel exercised iuu sovereignly una csiamisiieu ku emment for the inhabitants. It Is worthy of note that no one outside of the United States disputes the fullness and integrity of the cession. What then is the real issue on this subject? Whether It U paramount to any other or not, it is whether wo shall be respon sible for the government of the Philippines with the sovereignty and authority which enables lis to guide them to regulated liberty, law, safety and progresH, or whether wc shall be responsi ble for the forcible and arbitrary government of a minority without sovereignty and authority on our part, and with onlj" the embarrassment of r protectorate which draws us into their troubles without the power of preventing them. There were those who two years ago were rushing us en to war with Spain who arc unwill ing now to accept Its clear consequence, as there arc those among us who advocated the ratifica tion of the treaty of peace, but now protest against its obligations. Nations which go (o war must be prepared to accept ita resultant obligations, and when they make treaties must keep them. "Imperialism." Those who profess to distrust the liberal and honorable purposes of the administration In its treatment of the Philippines are not Justified. Imperialism has no place In Its creed or conduct. Freedom is a rock upon which tho Republican party was builded and now rests. Liberty is the great Republican doctrine for which the pco pie went to war nnd for which a million Uvea were offered and billions ot dollars were ex pended to make it a lawful legacy of all with out the consent of master or slaic. THERE IS A STRAIN OF ILL-CONCEALED HYPOCRISY IN THE ANXIETY TO EXTEND THE CONST! TUTIONAL GUARANTEES TO THE PHILIP PINES. WHILE THEIR NULLIFICATION IS OPENLY ADVOCATED AT HOME. Our oppo nent may distrust themselves but ttiey nave no right to discredit the good faith and patriotism of the majority of the people, who are op. posed to them; they may fear the worst form of Imperialism with the helpless Filipinos in their hands; but If they do, It is because they have parted with the spirit and faith of the fathers and have lost the virility of the found ers of the party which they profess to repre sent. The Republican party does not have lo assert Its devotion to the Declaration of Independence. That immortal instrument of tiie fathers re ma:ncd unexecuted until the people under the lead ot the Republican party In the awful clash of battle turned Its promises into fulfillment. It wrote into the con-itltutlon the amendments guar anteclng political equality to American citizen ship and It has never bioken them or coun selled others In breaking them. It will not be guided in Its conduct by one set of principles at home and another set in the new territory be longing to the United States. If our epponents would only practice as well as preach the doc trine of Abraham Lincoln, there would be no fear tor the safety of our Institutions at home or their rightful Influence in any territory ocr whlrh our flag floats. Empire has been expelled from Porto Rico and the Philippines by American freemen. The flag of the republic now floats over these Islands as ALWAYS BUSY. Tou are Invited to our eleventh annual tale ol school shoes. Lewis&ReiMy Established tSbS. Wholesale and Retail. GiM00L NOES an emblem ot rightful sovereignty. Will the re public stay and dispense to their 'inhabitant the blesslnga of liberty, education and Iree ln slltutlons, or steal away, leavinc them (o an archy or Imperialism? The American Question. The American question la between duty and desertion the American ycrdlct - will be for duty and against desertion; for the republic, against both nnaichy and Imperialism. As to China. The country has been fully advised of the purposes of the United States In China, and they wilt be faithfully adhered to as already de fined. The nation Is fill'-d with gratitude that the lit tie band, among them many ol our own blood, who fer two months have "icen subjected to pri vations and peril by the attacks of pitiless hordes at the Chinese capital, exhibiting supreme cour age In the face of despair, have been enabled by God's favor tc. greet their rescuers and find shel ter under their own flag. The people not alone of this land hut of all land have watclntd and prayed thiough the ter rible aire nnd protracted agony of the helpless sufferer In Pekln, and white at limes the dark tidings seemed to make nil hope vain, the res cuers never faltered in the heroic fulfillment of their noble task. We are gtatrtul to our own soldiers nnd sail ors and marines, and to all the brave men who though assembled under many standards repre senting peoples and races strangers In country and speech were yet united In tho sacred mission of carrying succor to the besieged, with a sue cess that Is now the cause of a worlds rejoicing. A Reunited Country. Not only have we reason for thanksgiving for our material blessings, but we should rejoice In the complete unillci tlon of the people of all sections of our country, that has so happily de veloped in the last few years and made for us a more pcifcct union. The obliteration of all differences, the common devotion to the flag and the common sacrifice for itJ honor, so conspicuously shown by the men ot the north and south In tho Spanish war, have so strengthened the ties Of friendship and mutual respect that nothing can ever again dlilde ns. The nation faces the new century gratefully and hopefully, with Increasing love of country, with firm faith in Its free institutions, and with high resolve that they "shall not per bill from the earth," Very respectfully yours, William McKlnley. TRUE AS GOSPEL. From a Statement by T. C. Piatt. The marvellous achievements of the present administration afford ample proof to the Intel llFcnt voters of all parties that a change In cur chief magistracy Is entirely uncalled for. Every Important act of our present admlnlstr.'.lon bears"1 the unqualified approval of thoutfhtiul citizens of every section and sect. nercereao c& Comiraell JEWELERS Temporarily at 139 PENN AVE. CONTINUED Jewelry, Silverwear, Etc Not Damaged Our full force of workmen at work again, as usual. Watch Repairing and all kinds Jewel ry Repairing and Engraving done promptly. SSrt x . llM.JCCviiilLJC rs a 1 3K -?0 "' r J WT ? 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We make a specialty of visiting cards and monogram stationery. ReyeoldsBros Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building. t '-r"NeVjT'Ve:!J ,'fiv -HWiii.r- v. ;0 I sw 7 -" - 1 .4 - . TrVhlnSZi ---'- J -V" 7's ) f lis t: ",'..i ana neignoors. iiicy Thev are the best thing cfnmnrrt .fltTie SaV tllC them. Utners say so, too 111 not caices. s Chemical Oft, pucgeu tor Us wrt RtTAMfl oo Uut packs. Accept to sxib.tituu.j m I FINLEY'S SSSSImsm MMish UJ(IMU IL ; -v 5UJ i 00XX0000XxX006 RULES OF THE CONTEST The special rewards will ba glen to the pciforu securing the largest number ef points. Tolnts wilt be credited to contestinli securlnc new sulwcrlberi to the Scranton 'irlbune as follows: Points. One Months' Subscription. ..$ .50 1 Three Months' Subscription.. 1.25 3 Six Months' Subscription.... 2.50 6 One Year's Subscription .... 6.00 12 The contestant with the highest Dum ber ofpolnts will be ghen a choice from the list of scial rewards; the contestant with the second highest number of points will be (riven a choice of tht re maining rewards, and so on through the list. r.ich contestant falling to secure a epeiial reward will be given 10 per cent, ot all money he or she turns in. All nubscriptlons must In paid In ad vance. Only new subscribers will be counted. Renewals by persons already on our subscription list will not be credited. No transfers can be made after credit has once been given. All subscriptions, and the cash to pay for same, must he handed in at The Tribune office within the week In which they are secured, so that papers may be sent to the subscribers at once. Subscriptions must be written on blanks, which can be secured at The Tribune offke ,or will be sent by mail. The contest will close promptly at S o'clock Saturday evening, September 20, 10OO. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO open today in our i.ooo yards n P For Waists, Dress ingSacques or House Garment of any de scription that are the equal of a French Flannel in looks at one-fourth the price. The line comprises a most exquisite as sortment of choice patterns, as well as all the desirabl e shades in plain and colors absolutely fast. 510-512 Goods DC- pirtieit r '
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