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THE SCRANTON TRIBUKE-SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1900.
ruhHshul Dully, Eiccpt 6unday, by Tlii Trib
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MVY 8. HICHAM', r.dltor.
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TWELVE PAGES.
SOUANTON, SKl'TKMUKH 2i, 1000.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
rcsldent-VII.I.lAM MoKlNI.r.V.
Ico-tTtaldcut-TIIEODOlU: HOOsf.! i.bT.
State.
fcmirre snnen nt-I arjre O M.t'MIA
cnov,
ItOIihllT II. Knr.jiur.iini. ,,
luJltor Uencral-K. U. lIAHUEMltltqil.
County.
Cointreau iVII.M M rON'M't.I..
,'lld,;. GI'OIKIi: l WATSON.
WierlrT JC'II.V II I KI.I.OW .
Trimcr r. A. KCIIAMTIN. ,.,
Ih'trlet Attorney Wit I.I M n. I.MW3.
1'ii.llioriotary JOHN I OPKI.AM)
flak of Courts 1IIOlS P DANI1.1.S.
Ilrci.riter of Herd, I'.MII. HOW.
-lister of Vllls-W. K. IIFCK. ,,...
July Commlssloner-EMVAlll) 11. STURChS.
Legislature.
first I)itrlrt THOMAS I. Itl'VXOI.D's.
f-erond District IOIIS scill'I'llll. .lit.
Third District IimVAKI) JAMKS, JH.
I'outth District I. A. l'lllLUlN.
"If there Is any one who believes
tho gold standard is a good thing,
or that it must bo maintained, I
warn him not to caht his vote for
me, because I promise him it will
not bo maintained in this country
longer than I am able to get rid of
it." William Jennings Bryan in a
Speech at Knoxvllle, Tcnn., Deliv
eied Sept. 1G, 1800.
" -
Probe to the Bottom,
TIIK KICKHNINO narrative
of municipal conniption dis
closed at' last i-vpnliiK's
lirarlnK bi'forc Aliloiiiuin
Fuller excites mingled pity and Indig
nation. For ox-.Mayor Halley, broken
In purse, he.ilth and reputation, there
will lio no demand for hoveilty. His
cast- calls rather for rhailty. He was
weak, he was tempted, and he fell.
Punishment has alieady ovei taken him.
For his temptets; for the men In and
out of public olllce who have been the
procurers of ofllclal prostitution and
the auctioneers of public rights, theie
must be an accounting without let up.
The Tribune supported the ten-year
street tepalr contniet. It believed and
believes that the principle li.-hlml that
contract ivni sound; that It offeied the
only piai'tleal assurance of continuous
and effective street lepalis. It regarded
the outciy against the IS.n ber comiiany
as having been insphed by disappoint
i'd competitors.
lint If the particular contract enteied
Into for the repair of our asphalted
streets was seemed by conuptlon and
fraud, it should be smashed Into smith
ereens nml a new one constructed at a
fair pi ice and with clean hands.
This city must be purged of tho bood
le r.
Mr. Hryan's fierce attack upon th"
starch trust looks like an effort to
divert public attention as far as pos
sible from Tamilian j; Ice.
Rational Comment on the Strike.
TN AOIIKKAIIU: contrast with
tho reeking effusions of yellow
JL journalism touching the stilke
Is the conseiv.ithe and Intelll
pent manner In which this subject Is
ticated In today's outlook. Its staff
coriespondent, Mr. .t'haiies II. Spahr,
long experienced In industrial Investi
gation, In a four-page letter from
llazletou. sets forth the more substan
tial of the actual grievances of In
dustrious nilneis and In the following
paiaqraph epitomizes the pivotal dif
ficulty, now, it Is hoped, in course of
modification:
The couilltt until In tho attitude taken by
the 1.1U10.11R lliiM', the men Know, own TJ per
irnt. of the anthracite Held-, and by iliirsintf
for tho shipment of luid co.il thico tunes as
mufli as railroad-, u.uilly thaw to ship sott
nidi, tho i oail m.iKi' It impossible fur ,mj of
the opctatois to Ki.mt their ompli..vo.s the an.
vatices howiht. 'J lie strike, tliirifnic, is a
Milko qjralint the extortion of the railroad. The
hard-tail roads eharire twice .is much for haul.
Ini; anthracite ai the tuft-coal iimiU charm- tr
(itlslit of all ilaips. Coal Is notoriously the
cheapest Llllil of fuUlit to handle. Tho dingo
for haullus .uithr.K'ili tould bo retimed ttne
lulf and still havo an I'xcrsslte margin. 'Ihs
itiluttlon of oi.e-lialf would mean TO tint a
ton to be divided bitwcin piudmeis and ton
turners.
Ill Its editorial comments upon the
strike, tho Outlook Is also sane and
sonslblo. It nlllrms thero principles
which embody incontrovertible truth:
I, 'Hie woil;in'iiuii's worst inciny Is he who
endeavors to priMiade litm to dishonor liiln-t If by
vlolatlm; lil-s f.icml ord or by cntrrtnK Inio .i
l.ilior war when he has no tausi'. '1 he inlmM
whu are woiUIiir for (,. II. MaiKle & Co. are
pratlltally without ,i crlriantr. They bate an
'asriciiH'nt Willi their niploera to atblti.ite any
liflcrentc whldi may nrle. The endiaor of
lit1. Mitchell to induto them to iolato tint
nSft'cmcnt and xa upon .1 stilKe when tlily 1ijh
no Krleanct' to be ridrewd is bad morals and
bail policj. It Is bad inuuN beiause it n-ck
to itlr up catiieltM strife bitwcui lupiiliurs in
a roniiD'in iindcrtaMlii:. and betau-c It a-Ki men
to lolatf.n solemn t ontr.it t nude to mcit jut
futli pxlirrndttt as tho prisint. It U bad policy
bc(nuo If itnplojcrs barn that he who trtats
Ids men will is Just as liable to a strike as hu
who treats thorn HI, and that nL'tfuiionh to
aibitratp aio blndiiu only on nnploytrs but
not on rmp!o.wd, all intinst to tirat mm will
nml all motbu to submit Issms to voluntary ar
bitration will be taken away.
II. The first and fundamental rlt;lit of labor
Is the right to ba In. This rlulit tin) state
ouylit to piotttt at nil hazards. It otiyht not
to leaie It to be protecttd by prlwta cntii
prise. To permit a coiporatlon to arm Its
ritaincra by raeailnj tlum In as deputies la to
Intlte to prhato war. This method always baa
lid to iolcnto and abvaja will. (iounior
Jtoosvclt, when the workeis at Croton Ham
were threatened by a mob, act an example which
we are idad to aco thero are indications tha
ptnernor of Pcnnsjhanla is Inclined to follow.
Willi the llrst threat of danger there ouuht to
be sent to tho icruo of dlstuibauco a body of
well-armed and wcll-drillel troops, In the pay
of the state and under the command of 'In
state, prepared to protect person and pioperty
fmrn ciery fonn of xlolence. Whenever and
vherfver the ritfht o any man to woik peateably
wlm ti lie will, for whom ho will, at what
vjSM he will, under what conditions he will,
H threatened, It should be protected not by
priwtcly npned fortps, but by the sttp. If
the twnu and ooudlllons on wlilili labor may
be carried on are to be determined nt all for
the Individual lilion-r, they must be determined
by the stale, not by an Irresponsible body whoso
idiots nie enforced by a mob.
III. 'Jhe mate may ell leaie controversies
bdween prbatf etnplojen and emploifd to be
ai'ttlVd prlutcly when no cieat public interest
are Invulicd. Hut when the londltlons are iuh
Hut the intrnst of the public Is dlrectl and
largely loiicerned, thf public tlitoinch Its prop
erly constituted otndals should hap thf power,
In Its own Interest, to Intervene and to deter
mine the controiersy. The community nuijht not
to be dependent for its fuel on the chinces of
a prliale war wacrd, for no one knows how"
long a time, between the mine-owner and the
mine-worker. Mi do not allow Individuals t
settle their cotdroverslcs by a duel; much less
niis'ht w-e to allow (treat bodlcn of men to seltlp
their tllsputis by a conflict which entails rls a
tlim and sntTerlnR on the entile community.
Tho state nniilit to proilde by liw compulsory
.irbltratlnn In all cases In which the community
has a direct and considerable Interest In the
peaceful adjustment of a labor controversy. It
uiikIiI to riipilrp the corporations to submit to
.1 court constituted for that purpose any com
plaints prcnted by or on behaif of its men;
and It Might to forbid men from combining In
cease work In order to enforce thf (r iIniiainK
in iae In width audi leital rcdnss of wroiKs
Is provided.
The crtllclsin l possible that the
foregoing view Is Ideal, not practical.
We see no reason to believe so. Courts
now pass on ipiestlons of life and
death. Human life frequently hangs
on n court's decision. Is a largely
mathematical question Involving at tho
most differences of only n few per cent,
between wages paid and claimed, and
the determination of n few facts as
to conditions In controversy, Impossi
ble of adjustment by a regularly con
stituted tribunal and possible of set
tlement only by that violent and de
"tiuctlve war measure, tho strike? In
other words, Is civilization a success
only in individual matters, but a
failure where the dispute assumes
magnitude of numbers? Those who
decry arbitration Invite the strike. It
Pi one thing or the other nnd of the
two certainly common sense teaches
that (he former Is preferable.
Hon. Adlal Stevenson displays good
taste in bis letter of acceptance to
tho Populists, In refrninins from mak
ing promises.
Croker and the Trusts.
A'
CCOUDINO TO Ilryanism's
right bower, the Honorable
Itlchard Croker, boss, of
New York, "one of tho
most encouraging signs of this great
political light is the intelligent ac
tivity of young men. They realize,"
the bead nf Tammany goes on to sav,
"that a continuance of Hie Kepubll
can policy means that their future
employment will depend on the will
of the tt lists. They must choose as
their master either Matk Hanna or
tho men he dominates on tho one
hand, or a government elected and
controlled by themselves on the other.
Trust gnxernment means non-employment,
distress, beggary and despair,
nnd will inevitably result In the loss
of our liberties. I advise all young
men, Irrespective of parly afllliations,
to lead, think, talk and net. It Is they
and they alone who are to decide
whether they xvIII live under a trust
controlled empire, or a republic found
ed on tne consent of a free people,"
Cnmlnp from one of the ptlnclpal
"liarcholiU rs in the Tammany Ice
tius-t, this will no doubt make a deep
Impression cm Intelligent young men
who lead and think. That combina
tion, It will be remembered, bought
Ice In Maine at vl.fif) a ton and re
tailed It in the tenement districts of
New York at 60 cents the 100 pounds,
equivalent to $12 a ton, double the
price of coal and six times the price
charged for Maine ire down in Sav
annah, fJa. Tho le.ison the Tammany
ice ttutt "ould charge Mich, highway
robbery prices was bernuse Tammany
controlled the docks of New York city
and would not let competing Ice come
in. For tho benefit of young men In
clined to read and think we reproduce
the names of certain high exemplars
of ilryanlsm who were stockholders
In the Tammany ice trust:
llobert . Van "iVjck, nnvor 10,17") shares.
AuKiiitus Van W.vck, brother of ma.vor, Pern
ocratle candidate fur governor, js'lS; Stvr Votk
number Kan-as City platform committee, and
author of the nntl-trn-t plank 7,000 shares,
.1. Pi rc;i ant Cram, dock commissioner.
(Juries P. Murphy, dotk commissioner.
John Whale n, corporation counsel, delcirs'c to
Kii.sas Citv convention.
II. S. Kearny, commissioner public buildings,
liu'htluir and supplies,
(ieortre V. lliawcr, park commissioner, Itrook
Ijn. liuulolnli GuKtronlieimer, president of coune'l.
Joseph I!. N'ewberner, judge general sessions.
Martin T. MoMahon, judge general aes-ions.
Ittilus II. Cowing, Judge general sessions.
Among the other members of the
judiciary either of the Coutt of Gen
eral Sessions or of the Supreme Court
whose names were found on the regis
ter of stockholders were the following
Democratic judges: ("leorge C. Isar
utt, Oeoige L. Inirrahnm, Jarres Fitz
gerald, II. A. Olldersleeve, Edgar L.
Turfman and Edward Patterson. But
more Illustrious names than theirs aro
to follow. Itlchard Croker, the Demo
cratic boss, who led the New York
delegation In the Kansas. City conven
tion nnd deputed Augustus Van vVyck
tv act as a member of the platform
committee, Is down for one thousand
shares, and the niwues of several mem
bers of his family also appear on the
list of stockholders-. John F. Carroll,
thp deputy boss, who t.ctf In Croker's
nb'onre. and who was also one of
thp delegates to the Kansas Citv con
vention, U down for lO.'.'fiO shares.
If "trust eoveriitnutit means non
employment, distress, beggary and
despair and will Inevitably result In
tho loss of our liberties" xvo advise
tho rending and thlnklnr young man
to think twice before voting to extend
Tammany control from New York to
Washington.
The experience of Mr. Michael
Davltt In the Tinnsvaal seems to be
nnother evidence that most of the lat
ter duy patriots look better at a dls
tunce. Expansion Inevitable.
(William M. bins, in the Sun.)
t
r
yiE SAME tendencies tint
nave maae us the greatest,
the richest, the most pro
gressive of modern states;
which have given our people
the highest average enlightenment and
the greatest general well-being; which
havo supplied us with all the means
and Instrumentalities of commerce
and manufacture, and nf facilities for
tho highest Intellectual life, now oblige
us to take part In tho great movement
of Christendom, which has been going
on for centuries for the civilization
of tho xvhole world: that Is to pay, for
extending the bottndailes of Christen
dom until the modern economic state
and the. International community of
states, governed by the principles of
modern International law, shall be co
teimlnoiis with the world.
If wo are to have any place In the
settlement of great questions which
must Immensely affect our ultimate
prosperity as a manufacturing and ex
porting nntlon, wo must accept the
responsibilities of our geographical and
economic place In tho world. Thero Is
no longer nny "Central Sea of Civiliza
tion," as the Mediterranean was from
the days of Homer to the days of
Dante. There are two great civilizing
sens, and the United States, und the
United Stntes alone, occupy the shores
of each, In the most favored one. The
Atlantic nnd Pacific have pre-deter-mlned
for us our place In the world.
Down to today our progress: has been
fashioned by the Atlantic. It has been
the "civilizing sea," ns the Mediter
ranean was before. Now the Pacific
becomes the active agent of civiliza
tion also. Wo felt It first on our west
ern coast. The Far East began to feel
Its Inlluence xvhen .Tpan opened her
doots to tho world. China cannot now
escape It. All of the 'Western nations
will be contributors to tho civilization
of the East. There will be the same
sort of action and re-actlon between
the United States and Asia In tho fu
ture ns there has been between the
United States and Europe In the past.
The taking of the Philippines, the as
suming of our proper position along
side the other nations In the Chinese
difficulty, nre only symptoms of a ten
dency which we can no more control
than wo can tho movement of tho
tides. Tho seas are our highways, and
America occupies a position with re
gard to them such as no other na
tion hns ever occupied. Both tho
Atlantic and Pacltlc are great Medi
terraneans, and we live on the shores
of each. We possess all the advan
tages of a great continental position
and all tho advantages of a great In
sular one. We are already the great
est continental power and wo possess
every facility for becoming the great
est sea power.
Were I to be asked what is the most
Important fact in our national history
since our birth as a nation, I should
say tho fact of gro.vth, or, as It Is
called today, expansion. As compared
with this, all other facts are second
ary and symptomatic only. The same
conditions which led to continental
expansion (now that the sea Is no
longer a limit, but a pathway) lead
to expansion beyond tho continent,
Just ns In the case of Alaska they led
to expansion beyond immediate con
tiguity. If we are to hold our own in
the world's market, to guarantee to
ourselves that outlet for .our manu
factured goods, without which we can
never realize the opportunities wo pos
sess In our wheat and cotton fields,
In our coal nnd Iron mines, In our tre
mendous tracts of grazing land, In our
capacity not only to produce the raw
material for the world but to manu
facture It for the world ns well we
must welcome and not repel expan
sion. If the taking of this position bo
Imperialism, which is the .strange name
that has been foisted upon It by the
men who are afraid of being called
jingoes, then I believe that, Instead
of driving votes away from, It will
have the effect of inevitably attract
ing votes toward the Republican par
ty. If this bo Imperialism, It Is a sort
of Imperialism of which tho American
people are not afraid, ajid the next
election will demonstrate that tho vast
majority of Americans are Imperialists
of this type.
"It Is not n theory that Mr. Bryan
would revolutionize our system of cur
rency It he could. It Is a certainty,
nnd all of the consequences that is,
disaster and ruin are known. As to
the consequences of what certain gen
tlemen see fit to call Imperialism, they
are theories, pure and simple. It xvlll
take the bread out of no one's mouth,
the shirt off no one's back. But if
Mr. Bryan be elected, his election
alone even though he has to wait for
a congress to carry out his will will
have all tho direful consequences of
panic. If there be those xvho do not
believe this, they have onlv to turn
ftiack to the summer of 1S9G to see
what may result from a simple fear
that our standard of value Is to be
disturbed. These antl-Imperlallstlc
gentlemen are quite wining to pay
the price of a panic for their theory.
Some of us, however, are like Bis
marck, and are willing- 'to sell our
theories extraordinarily cheap.' Above
all, we are not willing voluntarily to
run the risk of drowning In order to
escape the consequences of n pre
dicted shower. It will be time enough
to check Imperialism when It makes
some sign of vitality. Meanwhile It Is
net necessary to commit financial sui
cide throughout fear of It. Tho fact
Is that this Issue of Imperialism Is the
happy hunting ground of tho political
ly lonesome, who shudder nt tho lm
mltlgablllty of their predicament, nnd
seek almost any ground for revising
their apostasy of four years ago."
William M. Ivlns, In the Sun.
The courts of New Jersey have Just
lmpo;.ed sentences upon another lot
of ticket scalpers. The railroad ticket
broker, Ilka the dealer In oleomarKar
Ine, conducts business In a way that
makes conviction dilllcult In cases
where law Is volated, and ha Is also
Imbued with the Idea that nets against
or retjulatlnK his traffic are Infrlnp-e-ments
upon personal liberty. Prompt
measures, like those adopted In New
Jersey, will do much to suppress the
business, which Is monopolized at this
day principally by swindlers.
While Karl Id talks peace and prom
ises protection for nil, tho Dowager
Empress continues to lssuo instruc
tions to her followers to exterminate
foreigners. It Is, perhaps, Just as well
that the reduction In allied forces
should be postponed until tho ques
tlon as to who Is running tho. Chinese
government bus been settled.
Whero thero la a will to settle a
big strike thero Is uaunlly u. way.
Weekly Letter on
Mtinlcipal Affairs
XVII. MUNICIPAL HEALTH RE
SORT. GIIK.VT IllllTVI.S semis to hive cone mad on
the aubject of munlelpallratlon. Starting
In with the more practical of the public
utilities It apparently proposes to run tho
entire gamut of municipal possibilities before
resting on its laurels. Knoimotis sums of money
have already been Invested In water, gas, elec
tric lights, tramways and lodging house by the
muniilpalltles until It would conn tint the end
of the enterprise In this direction would soon be
reached. Hut the end is not Jet.
(llasgow Ins filled all America with t'toptan
Ideas as to how- the modem city should conduct
lis allalrs and has led all other Urltlsli cltlea
in the establishment of municipal plants. Hut
now the smaller tlty of Ilrlghton comes forwvnl
to share In (llasgow'a possibility, or probably,
to lead In the race. As a health resort it has
long been famous, but (or many jears past It hat
had strong competition, bo much so that tho
power of Its attractions seemed to be on Hie
wane. The munlclpillty as a corporation put its
shoulder to the whed, proposing: to once more
tur'n the tide of popuhrlty in Its favor, l'or
) cars It has been living on the glories of Its
past and Its naturil beauty and advantages, and
comparatively little effort has been made to
maintain the prestige of its undisputed popu
larity. For this reason some of the features
which have been tapable of development have
lcn almost wholly neglected. The most no
ticeable asset of this nature Is the aquarium.
'Hie iipi tiiuin was provisionally opened In ls72,
and was finally thrown open to the general public
in the following year. The scheme originated In
1RM in the mind of the city engineer, who had
visited Iloulogne and been greatly Impressed
with its mignlflccnt nrninrlum. He returned to
Ilrlghton with the idea thit a marine aquarium
might be constructed in Knglaud upon a scale
hitherto unattempted. The idea speedily took
Nbape, the vist popularity of Ilrlghton suggested
It as the best locality, and without delay a bill
was Introduced Into parliament to enable the
projectors to acquire the real estate necessary
to Its establishment. And the scheme was
launched, developed to a limited degree, but
never carried out on the grand scale in irked out
by its projectors. I'ntll rrecntly the property has
lain in this dormant condition, but still full ot
latent possibilities.
Now Ilrlghton sees her opportunity and Intends
to make the most of It. The boldness with which
tho municipality plunges Into any venture which
Is likely to Improve the status of the popular
health resort and which will help to attiaet
visitors from the busy metropolis and othir crowd
ed cltiis, has alua.vs been a noticeable feature
in the municipal life of brighten. It was a bold
stroke, for instance, on the pirt of the cor
poration to secure possession of that fmtistic
pavilion which fieorge IV erected In a moment
of extraiagance when It became vacant, and tho
lisps to which It his been put add not a little
to the attractions of the town. The corporation
has for ears past sunk huge sums of public
money the mere mention of the figures would
strike terror Into the hi arts of some timid
Americans in developing the paiades, the Ma
deira walks, and the promenades along the sea
shore, until at list the corporation his out
stripped seaside rivals all along toe coast in
thu matter of luxurious attractions for the visi
tor. Tills latest venture, then, is in keeping
with the progressive tendencies of a progressive
municipality.
For some time past the poor aquarium stocked
with all manner of good things In the (Ma line
has, somehow or other, come to be regarded as
a place to be left unv lilted. Whether It be
tint the entertainments provided are not of a
Milhclently high class character, or whether the
sea-iilo visitor his lot his Interest in things pis
cotorial, it Is difficult to decide; it Is sutllclcnt
to say tint the aquarium company was not sat
isfitd with the return on its capital and recently
the opportunity was seized of disposing; of the
undertaking, at a vtry fair price, to the munici
pality. As Ins already been Indicated, the coqoratlon
Ins lost no time in taking steps to restore the
popularity of the aquarium and thereby add to
Its own attractiveness. 01 course, the scheme
agreed upon Is )et in Its unbrjoiilc stages, and
months, inajbe years, will elapse before all the
details ate tilled In. Hut with the true American
instinct for getting the worth of its money, the
proposed plans are to be widely advertised and
the Impression given tint many of the features
will be among the attractions of the coming hca
son. It is suggested that In addition to the
aquirium the city should provide a winter gar
den, a concirt room, an Improved terrace and
e-i Inths. Opinion seems to lie divided, among
the city fathers, as to the wisdom of the last
proposal, for whereas some members are confident
that the mpiirium Kite the council could make
the finest sea water baths In the world, others,
more tnnid, point out that Ilrlghton Is already
provided with a municipal swimming bath, and
the lack of surtcss which has attended other
sea baths projicts In the town should have a ele
ternnt cflut upon the council. However, the
smill majority of the city fathers have set their
minds on nuinliipal sea baths and the develop
ment nf the largtr project, and for the prestnt
seems more likely to be tarried through.
With Ilarnum-llke enterprise It dwells upon the
spectacular side of tho scheme. It proposes to
show how the masses and the clissis tan be made
to enjoy the bene tits of this greit munlcipil phy
garden and jet not tontllct with cacli other. It
will be thrown open to the general public at
certain hours of the day, and at another period
opened only to tho "upper class,'" The price
of admlttinee will be graduated to tho several
poeketbooks represented by the patrons, and the
more sanguine of the projectors are already
counting up the profits which will accrue to the
munlclpalitj-.
It is proposed to expend f2,5()0 Immediately in
the development of designs, which will call for
an outlay of more than $1,000,0 during the next
twelve months. The best architects in Knglaud
will be brought into competition, through the
offer of large premiums, who will submit elabor
ate plans for the alteration and enlargement of
the old aquarium, so as to harmonize with the
larger scheme.
In addition to a well-slocked aquirium, there
is at the present time on the site a theater, organ,
shooting gallerv, billiard room, restaurant and
reading room. The whole building Is over 700
feet In length, and has an average width of 100
feet. The old building will be literally swal
lowed up by the larger and more magnificent
structure which will ultimately be erected upon
this site. The winter garden, the conceit hall
and the ball room will be fitted up with every
modern convenience which Inventive skill has
nude practicable, while the appointments of the
ball room, particularly, will ilval am thing of the
kind in I'.urope, for thai is one of the features
which will be set aside for the lise of the titled
classes onlj'. When completed this will be the
largest vinture of Its kind ever undertaken by a
munlclpalitj-, and its operation will be watched
with considerable Interest on both side of the
Atlantic.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by AJncclius,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast: 1.00 a. m., for Ritiirdaj-,
Sept. 20.
A child born on this day will notice that
convincing oratory Is not always of tho kind
that jars one's car drums,
Mr. Hrjan thinks that something more than
a full dinner pail Is neuled. So does the In
dividual who "rushes Iho prowler."
Man's long face Is no indication of a troubl'
aotno conscience. He miy have .1 note in the
bank.
A full hat Is not alwajs proof of a clear mind.
It is generally easier to get rid ot a daughter
than to dispose of a son-ln-lavv.
There Is never objection to free speech that
agrees with what we tlili.lt.
AJaqchus' Advice.
The man who does not possess a long pocket,
hook will do well not lu be too active Jarring
other people with "the courage of his convic
tions." HIS INSPIRATION.
If there be good in that I wrought,
Thy hand compelled it, Master, Thine;
Whero I have failed to met Thy thought,
I know, thiough Thee, the blame Is mine.
One stono the more swing to her place
In that dread temple of Tbv worths
It Is enough .hat, through Thy grace,
1 saw naught common on Thy earth,
Itudjard Kiplin;.
The Publisher's Desk.
Houso for Rent.
DO YOP i:'t'i:rr a piwslblo tenant to walk
all ovrr town till he strll.ru a sign on
jour empty liniief Put the sign wlieie
that possible tenant will nc It In The Tribune.
Store to Let,
Some merelnnt In a nearby town want to
move here. He comes to town, and where does
he look first of all? In the piper he bujs. Put
jour "to let" til-rn in The Tribune.
Situations Wanted.
We pilnt jour "ad" In The Tribune for
nothing. Is that not putting our aims under
your shoulclerf W'c try to git for j-ou what jou
want.
Help Wanted.
We print j-our ad. of ten words In 'I he Trib
une for 10 unts, one week for 60 cents, bo that
every person out of a position may sec it.
We secure jou what J'oti advettlse for.
Outline Studies
of Hiiman Nafdr?
A Piller of the Constitution.
CIl.VATOIl SPOONTK was advertised for a
speech on the l'orto lllco bill. It wa-s to be a
constitutional argument, a rnasmly defense of the
power of the congren to do what the llepubll
can majority wanted to do. Hverjone knew thai
Spooner, the. little giant from Wisconsin, was
Just the man for the task. He Is eloquent,
learned, courageous, powerful. Hut Spooner was
In poor health. It was feared he might not be
able to deliver his speech for a speech by
Spooner Is no parlor game, no polite and plati
tudinous perusal of a neatly typewritten shrat.
It Is something hot from the heart and brain,
Impromptu, glowing, often Interrupted a debate
rather than a declamation, a battle Instead ot a
dres.s parade. For a Spooner speech Spooner
needed to be himself; but the morning of the
appointed day he was 111.
"Doctor," said he to Magruder, M. P., "give
me something to brace me up."
"What time do jou come on!"
"Well, Senator llite Is first h'll take an hour
or more; then comes Pepew he'll need forty
minutes, no less, no mote, for ill his speeches
are nicely rehearsed before a mirror," and they
come through on schedule time like a New York
Central train. Then 1 come in; oh, I foigot,
Senator Ciillom has a few minutes after Pepew."
"Here are three pills," add Dr. Magruder;
"take one of tin in for Hate, ono of them for
Clnunccj- j on needn't take one for Cullont
and jou take the third when you are about
half way through."
Senator Spooner followed the doctor's direc
tions. When he went Into the senate chamber
he felt so badly ho could hanllj- hold his head
up. The Pate pill braced him up a bit. The
Depew pill made him feel like a new man. lie
had not been on his feet thirty minutes till he
knew he was all right. He was striking fire.
Drain and gall and tongue were all working well
trgcthcr. Hacon Interrupted politely, and was
led awaj' by his merciful friends. Tillmin jump
ed In savagclj, and was picked up by his sec
onds and restored with much iliftlcultj-. The
third pill, swallowed with a bit of senatorial
apolllnaris, kept the Wisconsin man at full
steam for two hours and a half. It was a thun
dering, tremendous speet h the greatest consti
tutional argument heard In the senate chamber
since the daj-s ot Webster and Hajnle.
"Well, how did tho medicine work!" asked
Dr. Magnidcr next da.v.
"Splendid, splendid," replied Senator Spooner.
"Doctor, penult me to congratulate j-ou. You
hive proven jourself to be one of the plllau ot
the Constitution." Wcllman in the Timcs-IIcr-aid.
No Opposition.
"THF, PIlOrOIJND address delivered before the
American Par association at Saratoga bj
Oeorge It. l'cck, of Chicago, has, writes "Hol
land," reminded certain lawyers here of a wit
ticism of Mr. Peck's which maj have been cur
rent elsewhere, but which hid not been told
in this city until the able address of Mr. Peck,
at Chicago, reminded some of his friends of it.
As tho story goes Mr. Peck his been a lifelong,
intimate friend of Itlchard Olnej-, secretary o
state under Cleveland. When Mr. Peck visited
in Washington to appear before the Supreme
court, as ho often did, he alwajs called upon
Olnej' and was often entertained by the secre
tary of state. It was In the last part of
Cli veland's administration, only a tew weeks
before Cleveland's term expired, in 1M7. Mr.
Peck was dining with the secrctarj- of state and
he said to him when thej- were alone: "Dick,
one thing has heen peculiarly Impressed upon mc
lately, and cspcciillj- since I have come to
Washington. I don't know whether I ought to
tell jou or not "
Olnej-, who knew his friend's capiclty for wit
and humor, nad who perceived that some
hi morons suggestion was In his mind, urged Pcclc
to havo no modesty but to out with his thought.
"Well, Dick, it it this," said Mr. Peck.
"Cleveland's administration went in with verj
little opposition," here Mr. Peek looked quiz
zically at the secretary of state, who nodded
his head, and then Mr. Peek added, "and it Is
going out with no opposition at all."
McXinley's Intuitions.
pRESIDr.NT McKIM.KV has an almost Infalli
ble instinct as to the character and capa
bilities of men. lie rarely makes a mistake.
A few months ago some one was wanted to go
to Cuba to supeisede I'obtal Director Itathhone
and give that branch of the public service a
thorough ovcrhaullu. Ilristow's name was sug-
gcj-tcd tentatively.
"I know a little about llrlstow tell me more,"
said the president.
"Well, Hristovv comet from Kansas. He Is
an old-fashioned sort of man. He believes in
living within one's income, whatever it is, and
I think he pajs about io a week for Ids hoard
here in Washington. He wears very plain
clothes. lie his old-fashioned Ideas about the
government service, too; thinks a man who takes
a lead pencil from Uncle Sam should be prose
cuted for petty larceny. He Is a stickler for
the merit sjstem, and can't get along very
well with the politicians. Ho is at this moment
at loggerheads with several Important members
of jour national committee, I am sorry to saj-."
"Ho is Just the man wo want for this Cuban
Investigation," remarked President MiKlnley.
"We'll send him right off this week."
And so Mr. Ilrlstow went to Cuhi, It Is a
matter of history how he shook up the city lioncs
of the postal service down there Wcllman, In
the Times-Herald.
i-'IEPORTS TO THE ORIENT.
August exports to Asia and Oceania show a
falling oil of nearly $3,000,001), as compared with
August of last j car. There are two reasons for
this: 1'irst, the war In China; second, the re
fusal of exporters on the Pacific coast to fur
nish statements of the value of their exports to
the llawallan Islands, which they claim are no
longer foreign territory and that therefore the
bureau of statistics his no authority to require
a statement of tho quantity and value of mer
chandise passing between those Islands and the
I'liitcd States. The reduction In exports to China
is from s-l,.ri2,:0-i in August, 1KW, to 21fl,30O in
August, I'JOO, due, of course, to the existence of
hostilities In that country. The apparent re
duction In exports to Hawaii la from $1,087,421
In August, lsW, to nothing in l'SW, though it
Is probable that If the facts were known the ex
ports to .he Hawaiian Islands in August, lOcH,
would show a much larger sum than in August,
UW.
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Notwithstanding these adterse conditions, one
of which Is real and the other one apparent, our
exports to Asia and Oceania will show during
the eight months ending with August an In
crease of more than 20 per cent, over those of
the corresponding months of last J ear, as
against an Increase of 0 per cent, in our exports
to the houth American countrlis and H per
cent. In our exports to Kurope. In no other
patt of the world do American exports show as
rapid an increase as in Asia and Oceania. To
Japan our exporii during the eight months end
ing with August amount to more than $21,000,.
000, as against $12,000,000 In the corresponding
months of last jear; to China, our exports In
the seven months ending with Julj-, up to which
time the disturbances had not seriously affected
the exports, showed an Increase over the cor
responding months of ISM and ISOS; to Hong
Kong, our exports for tho right months amount
to nearly $il,Oio,(Hl, as against a trifle more
than $3,000,000 In the corresponding months of
last j ear, and to .he Philippines, our total ex
ports lor the eight montlis amount to $1,82(1,000,
-1 4 & i $ & 4
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that the shoe is the best of Its kind. The best at the price.
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Jewelry, SHyerwear, Etc
Hot Bwgeo!
Our full force of
workmen at work
again, as usual.
Watch Repairing
and all kinds Jewel
ry Repairing and
Engraving done
promptly.
against $391,SJfl In inc conespondlng months of
last year,
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The following table shows our exports to each
of the grand divisions of the world during the
eight months of WW, cotupaied with the corre
tponding period of 1699:
1W. vmo.
Huropo $7W,ull,73l $OT2,7b2,72l
North America 107,000,350 i:j0,Sfi'j,ou
South America !! 1,23(1,0X1 2U,4vi,070
Asia S4,S0(i,nv) 41,0.14,010
Oceania 21.1I0..W 2i1,.1l,2'0
Africa U,SH,0t ,5'I7.317
Total 702,G10,Os2 $013,911,311
M'KINLEYISMS.
"Duty deteuuliies destiny. U.-stiny which
results from duty peifonued may bring anxiety
aniUrerlls, but nover failure and dishonor. Pur
suing duty may not alwajs lead by smooth
paths. Another course miy look easbr and
more attractive, but puimlng duty for dutj's
sake Is always sure and safe and honorable."
"The currents of destiny flow thiough the
hearts of the pecple. Who will check theml
Who will divert IhniiT Mho will .top theme
And the movements of mm, planned and de
signed by the Master of men, will never be
Interrupted by the American people.''
"That tlag his been planted In two hemi
spheres, and thi re it n mains the sj-mbol of lib
erty and law, of peace and progress. Who will
withdraw from the people over which It floats
its protecting folds? Who will haul it down!"
"Without abandoning past limitations, tradi
tions ami principle, by meeting present oppor
tunities and obligations, we shall show our
c !m worthy of the greit trusts which civilisa
tion has Imposed upon in."
"Patriotism must be faithful as will as fer
vent; statesmanship mint Ihi wise as will as
fearless not the statesmanship which will com
mand the applause of the hour, but the judg
ment of posterity."
"New conditions can be met only by new
methods. Meeting these conditions hopefullj-,
and facing tlum brately and wisely. Is to be
the mightiest test of American virtue and ca
pacity," "The past of our country Is glorious. What
It shall be In the future rests with jou rests
with the whole people,"
"Sectional lines no longer mar the map of
the I'nlted Mates.('
"The virtue of the people lies at Hie fouudas
tlon of the republic'."
"The power ot the n public Is In the Ameri
can Urc.ldc."
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