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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 0, 1900.
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ScnANTON, NOVEMBER 0, 1300.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
rrcaldcnt-WILUAM McKINTXY.
Vicc-rrcaldcnt-TIILOUOHU llOOSWni.T.
State. '
Congrevmen-at-Lame OAI.CSI1A A. GROW,
itoiir.tiT . t-onttDrurii. ,
Auditor Oeneral-K. 11. UAUIMIMIHIMJII-
County.
Congrcw-U II.MAM CONNIIt.U
Judge-oroitm: m. wathiv.
MierllT-JOIIX II. PI.UOUS.
Treasurer I. A. SOItANTON.
District Atonici WIM.IAU H. LUV1S.
I'rotliunotjry JOHN COI'M.A.M).
C'leik of Courts THOMAS J. DANIELS.
JtiCtrdrr nf Deeds KMIf. HOW.
Jte'lster or Mllls-W. K. Ill.CK.
Jmv CoimiiN.ioncT-UDWAitD II. STURC1F.3.
Legislature.
Fiii-l Dlxrlct THOMAS .1. IIEYM)M1S.
Viond District JOHN SCIIIUIKK, JR.
'I bird DIatrlcl KDWARD JAMKS, JR.
1'ourth District I. A. I'HIMJIN.
"If there Is any one who ijellevea
the gold standard is a good thing,
or that it must be maintained, I
warn him not to cast his vote for
inc, 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 Knoxville, Tenn., Deliv
ered Sept. 16, 1806.
"The party stands wheie it did in
1896 on the money question." Will
iam Jennings Bryan, Zanesville, O.,
September 4, 1900.
Owins to the size of the ballot and
the pi ob.ibio slowness in oountliifr. coi
lcsponelonts are expected ami ti lends
aie icciuesteel to telephone the l etui lis
into The Tribune oditoilul looms,
'phone call 101 i, as soon tonight as pos
sible. Young Blood to the Front.
AT THE e.n-.ip.ilKn's close it is
pioper to say a wonl in icc
osnitlon of the efllcient s'er
, vice of County Chairman
D.ivitl J. Davis and his colleagues and
lieutenants in the management of the
Kepublican canvass. The calling of Mr.
Davis to this tesponsible and trying
position -was a ttibute to the active
younger Republicanism of our county
which Mr. D.avi&' iiuineiotts fi lends?,
mllltniv and civilian, as ell as the
jounger voteis generally hac appreci
ated, and -nliicli they will not ail to
acknow ledge bv yeoman work at the
polls. Tho wisdom of the fcoleetion has
been amply vindicated by the intelli
gent inilustiy and executlvo ability
which Mr. Davis has shown; and it will
be well if in fuluie contests this sum
moning ot young blood to the front
Miall be lepeated. Tonight's leturns
will reveal that it was not a mistake.
A olo for the straight Republican
ticket Is a vote to continue ptospeiity.
Every dollar William Connell ow ns is
biihv making woik lor othois. He is
tho oi kingnmn's icnl fiiend.
Don't swap lioi-es in the inielilln of
the stream.
Former Campaigns.
ONE OJ? Tlin Inlet estlng
though not always decisive
fcatuies of a piesidentinl
election is the popular vote1
as distinguished ftom the vole iq
corded in the eleetonil college. Four
eais ago, tor example, McKinley had
t.Ol.SJT inoii' than Etyan, tho largest
pluiallty but one since the civil war.
In 1S7J Gunei.U (Slant had 7G.8!)l jilu
nility over Clreelcv. Yot uhllo Mc
Klnley's phuality was ')." in the elee
toinl rollego L'3,000 additional Ibyan
otes could they hae boon propcily
placed, would have elected Btytin and
-.",000 additional McKinley votes, prop
el ly (llstiibuted, would have added 31
to his clecloial oto, making his ma
Inilty in tho olectoial college 147.
Cunylng out this line of speculation,
tiOO mote Republican i cites In New
Yoik would have elected Blaine In l&SI
and 7,"00 moie Democratic votes in 1SSS
would have elected Cleveland. ,
A witter In the Washington Star
lias delved into tho past to noto tho
poculiailtles of the cailler preslt'ontlal
contests mid bpme ot tho cncumMiiii
voU noted by hlni have inloiest at this
time. The (list election whaio tho
popular vote was accuintdy lecoidsd
was In 1SJS when Andrew Jackson de
' foated John C. Calhoun. Of a total
vote of 1,1J7,3.'S .T'ickson iccelved 017,
S.U, or 138,131 plurality. Four years
later against Henry Clay he had CS7,
f02 out of 1,250,709 votes, or 357.313 plu
rnllty. In 1830 Van Daren had 7(J1,C19
out of 1,408,205 votes, a majoilty of
24,893 over tho combined opposition,
consisting of Haiilsou and Webster.
Four yenis later, on a tidal wave for
"Tippecanoe and Tyler, too," Oeriotal
Harrison was elected by 1,270,017 votes
to 1,128,703 for Van Huien, a pluiallty
of 140,315. Tho peculiar feature of this
election ws nil Increase In the popular
vote over the total four years before
of 1)12,573, or more than 60 per cent.,
a percentat'o of Increase unique in our
political annuls.
In 1S44 Tolk had 3S.175 plurality over
Clay but Olay and IJlmey together
had 24,125 more thun Polk. Polk was
the (list man to vn a majority of
the electoral college on n minority of
the popular vote. A few votes changed
In New York would have elected Clay.
Four yeais later Taylor, In a total
vote of 2,871,008, had 139,577 plurality,
but lacked 151,706 of a majoilty. In
'6i Pierce had 214,838 plurality oyer
Scott nmt 1.3,747 majority. In T0 John
C. Fremont and the ltepubllcan party
appealed, and tho lestilt wai that
while Buchanan had 497,600 plurality
he tucked 377,(129 ot n majority.
Tho ptenlduntlat election ot 1SC0 was
especially Important and peculiar.
Thirty-three states voted. There were
four tickets In the field. Tho total
vole was 4,070,851. Lincoln hnd 1,803,
1)13! Douglas, 1,374,001! Breckinridge,
miol! Hell, 591,000. Lincoln's plurality
was 491,195, but loss than Douglas and
Breckinridge combined by 354,500, and
less than they and Bell combined by
044,119. Lincoln hnd at this election
the smallest per cent. (39.91) ot the
popular vote of tiny picsldcnt over
elected by the olectoial colleges. Dottg
lao had the highest per cent (29.10) of
nny candidate who over iccelved so
few electotal votes1 (12); Biccklnrldge
had the lowest per cent (18.08) of any
candidate who' ever received so many
electoral votes (72), while Bell, who
iccelved less than half as many popu
lar votes ns Douglas, hail 39 clectoinl
votes, or nunc thou three times as
many as he.
The elections since may be dis
missed bi lolly. How Lincoln defeated
McClolhin in 1SC4 and Grant Greeley
in 1872 Is well known. In 'CS Grant
had 30",4-iS more votes than his com
petitor Seymour. In 1S7G Tlldon, on
it total vote of S.412.73J, had 250,935
more votes than Hayes and 157 more
than Hayes, Peter Cooper, Green
Clay Smith, and James B. Walker
combined, yet lost the piesldency
through tho decision of Ihe electoral
commission. In 1SS0, With 9,229.147
votes enpt for all, Garfield had "but 97,
M pluiallty nnd the combined oppo
sition bad 311,115 mote voles than he.
In 1SSI, with 10,007,G10 total, Cleveland's
plurality was 23,005, but he licked 317,
03S of :i majority. Four years later,
in 1SSS, with 11.3SS.007 votos in nil,
Ilaniso'i got the elcctoi.il majoilty,
while Cleveland had 93,531 more votes,
though lacking 411,010 of a majoilty.
In IS0J ho had 379,024 plurality but
lacked 9l20"i of a majoilty. It was
rescued for McKinley four years ago
to gr t both u plurality and a majority
of the popular ote. Out of a total
poll of 13,923,103 be touched (.Ol.S'iT
plurality and 2SG.439 majority.
Tlie vote to-day should equal or sur
pass McKlnlcy'h latio ot 1S9G. But
study cu the figures of pa.t cam
paigns shows very cleaily that mily
lines uiion the whol. aie quite evenly
diawn and that it takes extiaoidinaiy
( mergencles to cause their g.niei.il uls-
i uptlou.
Four :eais ago you voted for ltepub
llcan good times and got them. Don't
vote them away.
Theie isn't a tiust in the land which
holds any such monopoly as Bryan has
in his copyiighted book. Getting llch
from hfs own tiust, he wants to lob
labor of any and all pioteetion.
The man who would stay away fnun
the polls on account of the weather
can never lav claim to being patiiotic.
The riinnesota Primary Law.
AXUW piimaiy election law, on
tilal in Minnesota, piomises
to Ilgtiie laigely in futuie
politicul discussion. A piinl
ed explanation is woithy of lepioduc
tlon for the geneial infminatlon it con
tains. To undei stand it the leader must
know that in Minnesota poisonal leg-
Ustration of voteis is lcquitcd.
Accoidlns to this law- both panics
hold their piimaiies on icglstiation day
at tho places ot legisliatlon. Having
lcgisteied, the cltUeu Republican or
Demociat gets two tickets, one con
taining Republican and the other
Demociatio candidates whoso names
had been placed on the tickets tliiough
petitions of not les than five per cent,
of the -oteis casting ballots for the
office in question at the last pievious
election. There may be a dozen candi
dates on the same paity ticket for one
olllce. The name of each candidate tor
the place appeals at the top under the
designation of office, In a propoitlonal
number of ballots, the theory being that
no name should have the advantage of
appeal lug at the top on all the ballots.
Should other paities enter the contest
the number of tickets would be In
cieased, one ticket for each paity goins:
to every voter.
Each voter mniks one ballot only, 10-
turnlng both ballots pinned together as
ho iccelved them to the judge, who
places them in tho box. Later the
cios-ses on the mt.ikod ballot are cied
Ited to the lespectlve candidates and the
unniaiked ballot Is i etui nod to the city
cieik. If a voter blundoiingly minks
both ballots, only the one containing
the gi eater number of marks Is count
ed. At a lesult of tho Hist urimniies
held in Minneapolis under the law It is
declined Hint bettor candidates than
ever hefoie weie chosen. Men who had
lefused ste Hilly to bo drawn into the
old-style jiilmaiicb and conventions
now came to tho front and declined
their camildncy, A significant develop
ment was tho fact that every ntofes
slonal ofilceseeker whoso name ap
pealed on the ballot was i ejected.
Tlnee "ilng" (ildcrmen, for example, ic
celved u small vote, whoieas they had
not eiicounteicd any difficulty In ic
talnlng their offices tenn nfter teun
through tho old svstcm of paity con
ventions. Multiplicity of candidates is by no
mcanB a serious eilticlsin, because each
ono biings out his friends and inci eases
the volume of vote and interest. Be
foio tho Australian ballot law was In
troduced the ciy of oxponse was raised;
but now, say the fi lends of the pilmary
lefoim meubiiie, tho money Is well In
vested, By combining reglstiatlon nnd
primal y the expense to the peoplo is
not gieatly Inci eased and tho W which
each candidate pays the county auditor
helps to meet the bills. In forty-eight
houis evciybody knows who Is nomi
nated for every office in the county. In
Hennepin county alone, at a tilal on
September 18 last, tho new pilmary sys
tem did away with twenty-sK conven
tions and twelvo nights of caucusinu,
and tho whole work was done by the
voters In one day, tho polls being open
from C o'clock In tho moiling until 9
'o'clock in tho evening. There were
polled at this ono primal y election 37,
320 votes, without any filctlou, some
districts voting utmost the limit of 400
votes nltowcd by law lo a preclnot. out
In the country, where they had never
tinned out to caucuses, the farmers
hitched tip their teams and diovo to
town, and nearly the entire counliy
vote was polled.
' How far this demolish ullon of pub
lic Interest can bo iithlhuled to novelty
remains to be shown by more extended
trial. The combination of lcglstratlou
with primal y voting would seem, how
ever, to Insure a liberal general at
tendance. Let well enough alone.
Tlie Democrats nnd Insurgents ot
StiBquahnnna county nre without a
candidate for leglslututo today. But
there Is good Republican tnateilnl in
tho field, however, nnd consequently
no danger that the Intciests of the dis
trict will suffer.
'-
After today tho Democrats will have
no further use for the nllegcd opinions
of e-PresIdent Cleveland.
One Secret of Prosperity.
-w-ayilR AMERICAN workman Is
I contributing more than n
JL million dollais a day to tho
expoit trade of tho United
Slates. The pioducts of America work
shops exported during tho nine months
ending -ivith September, 1900, nmount In
value to $33S,07S,243, or considerably
more than an avctago of ono million
dollars a day for each day, including
Sundays and holidays. Counting only
working days, the contribution of
American workshops and workmen to
tho export trade of the United States
aveiages a million and a half dollars
dally. This giand total of 338 million
dollars of expoits of manufactures In
tlie nine months ending with Septem
ber, 1900, Is three times as great as In
the conespondlng months ot 1890 and
nearly two and a half times as great
as in the same months of 1895. In 1890
the expoi ts of manufactures In the
nine months ending with September
amounted to 5113,899,554; In 1895, they
amounted in the conespondlng months
to $145,793,83, and in tbe same months
of 1900 they were $338,078,213. This
shows a gain ot $32,000,000 in the five
years from 1S90 to 1S93, and of $192,000,
000 In the five years from 1893 to 1900.
Thus the increase' in exports of manu
fnctuics in the five-year period 1895
1900 is six times as great as during the
peiiod 1S90-93.
Every industry contributes to this
vast aggregation of American manu
factuies which bring Into the United
States from other part of the world
more than a million dollars daily. The
various manufactures of lion and steel
exported in the nine months ending
with September last brought to the
United States $97,313,000; the lefined
mlneial oil exported dutlng the same
peiiod brought $52,040,134; copper and
manufactures thereor, $40,299,392; wood
and manufactuies of, $40,3"5,547; leather
and manufactuies of, including' boots
and shoes, $19,S70,(i91; manufactures of
cotton, $10,014,906; agricultural imple
ments, $14,.!9C,787; chemicals, diugs and
dves, $10,214,411; carriages, cars and
othei vehicles, $S,214,6S1; paiaflln and
paiallir. wax, $0,024,737; paper and
manufactuies of, $3,153,915, and manu
factuies of tobacco, $4,34S,30G; while
hunched-: of other ai tides contribute
in sums ranging from a million dollars
dow nwai d.
Vote today to stimulate this tra-3e
giow th.
Taney eUendins Tammany's meth
ods to a national administration!
Intel est is lower and wages aie high
er than ever befoie In the histoty of
this or any other countiy. This simple
and uncontiadictoiy statement is
enough to convince eveiy thoughtful
voter in the land.
It is good will and piospeiity vs.
class liatied and chaos. Which will
the voter of Xoitheastein Pennsylvania
sustain'.'
Do You Want It ?
IF THE Sheinian law, which limit
ed tho quantity of silver to be
added to the cuticncy and prom
ised to maintain the narltv nf all
money, caused. In any n.ut. tho nanlc
of 1S9.J, certainly the piospect of a law
which would aulhoiie an unlimited
addition of silver to the currency of
the countiy nnd make no effort tn
maintain Its pailty with fold, wou'd
cause a much gi eater uncertainty and
panic.
Do you want it? If so, vote for
Biyan and you will get It.
Democratic leadeis who know of any
thing In sight that they wish to claim
will do well to make statements eatlv
today. It will be time for the prophets
to take to the woods when the letuins
begin to airhe.
. ...
It is alleged that theatrical people
who starved and walked the ties under
Demociatlc administration nio all for
Uiyan. If this Is true It Is pioof that
theatilcal, like some other people, find
It difficult to stand prosperity.
The chief item In tho preparation of
goods for expoit Is tho money paid for
tho labor which produces them. A
check to these exportatlons will check
the demand for labor and depress
wages.
The Domociats In congress declined
to vote a death blow to the trusts.
They piefeired to preserve them for
campaign purposes, A
If Mr. Wharton Baiker accomplished
anything dining the past campaign It
must have been on a very still hunt.
Mr, Dowio doubtless feels a lillle
chagilned that hlb rellRlon was not
made an Isbtiu In the campaign,
Eveiy dollar William Connell owns Is
busy making work for othois, He Is
tho woiklngman's real ft lend,
It Is much easier as well as much
safer to voto tho stialght Republican
ticket.
In 1S96 you voted for good times and
got them. Now keep them.
Let well enough alone.
In tbe Interest
(rtPair Play
IMIlor ot I no lilbune
Sir: I Imc noticed ctnttmctiU nnd tlcnht.i In
certain papers calculated to question the effort
and prominent pirt taken by Hon. Wlllltm Con
nell In the aucccutul ending ol the recent tnlnera'
strike. Alwiji halng licen In hi or ot glvlnn
credit where It In JtuMy due, and some facta In
connection nlth tho matter hiving come directly
to my notice, It Is a pleasure to make them
known to the public In the Intercut of truth and
jintltc.
During the sojourn of President Mitchell and
Mr. Dllchcr In Beranlon It was my pleasure with
other friends to meet socially on several occa
slons these popular leaders, to becomo aciuilnt
cd with their many good qualities and to learn
directly of their great work in tho Interest of
labor, nnd In bringing the strike to a successful
end. On one of these occasion.? after the strike
was ended, Mr. Council' name was mentioned
lu connection with the put ho took in bringing
tho strike to a micccfnl l'suo and both Mr.
Mitchell and Mr. Dllchcr spoke In tho highest
terms of Mr. ConnolPa efforts nnd were cntlnM
astlc in their praises of his devoted and unselflih
Interest In tho milter. Thosa who know Mr.
Council best (and the cmplojcs of tils own
mines nre among these) appreciate tint in this,
as welt ns in ever thing else pertaining to tin
prosperity nnd welfare of tha city, atatc nnd
nation, he Is alwijs found with his shoulder to
the wheel upon the side of right and Justice.
Yours truly,
Fred C. Hind.
u nuiton, l'j , .Nov. 'i
WHAT
OUR CONGRESSMAN
Willi. DO.
Prom the Courier Progress.
Occasionally jou will hcjr a votii who is
earnestly for MoKlnlcy and Itooscvelt My
he is not for Mr. Council. How ridlculoiisl How
inconsistent! What would Mr. McKinley do as
president without his pirly in power in con
gress? Mr. Connell certainly has proved his
worthiness as n member of congrcs. He his
been faithful lo dutj. No member has done
better. He is for protection to American Indus
tries; ho is for a 100 cent dollar; he Ii for up
holding tho dignity and honor of tho American
flag everywhere. Mr. McKinley has the love and
esteem of his party because ho was for thee
grand principles. Mr. Connell his been un
swerving in hi3 lojalty to the president and the
policies ot his party.
Where would Mr. Conry be? What would he
do? He would be with the Democrats, not with
Mr. McKinley. Mr. Conry would vote for hoc
trade; he would vote for free silver; he would
vote to take the American flag down from Manila
or do anj thing cUe that the Democratic con
grcssioinl c incus would determine. That's whit
ever Democrat who went from these regions
did. They voted for free tnde and every other
destructive fallacj, regardless of consequence,
that the Democrats advocated.
Mr. Connell will vote to build up our Indus
trie. Sir. Conry will vote to close and destroy thorn.
Mi. Council will vote for the 100 cent dollnr.
Mi. Connell will vote for the CO cent dollar.
That's the sum and substance of it.
It is measures not men tint are most linpoit
ant. It is whit the candidate will do when
elected that concerns us
Ihe ltepubllcan party is pntlcularly fortunilc.
this car in laving a. first ilass ticket to back
up Hie ginnd, progressive, upbuilding, prosperity
giving piinciplcs that it his always advanced.
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A PERTINENT QUESTION.
From Flihu itoot's Speech at Canton
When, during all the jcais that Mr. Ilrjan has
been n Uadcr of opinion, has he lifted a hand to
aid lus country with any one of the hard tasks
with Which it ds been grappling? When has
there been one word of pnlae or credit for
America or Amuic.ni freedom, or American gov
ernment, oi for any of tho men who represent
the dignity if the ptoplc bv the people' choice?
When has there been from him aught but lie
prediction and disparagement and discredit for
I'vcr.vthing tint is and ever thing mat is done
in oui country? When lias there come from him
one woid of cncouiagcnieiit oi hope, one word
to cheer the pvth of labor, to fire the ambition
of jouth, to contlrin or to increase the American
peoplu's conildcnte in their institutions and loy
alty to their ilig.'
A LESSON FROM HISTORY.
From a ltecent Letter by Don. M. Dickinson.
Jf there .no any Democrats who, while differ
inj ladlcally from Mi. Brjnn jet from political
expediency think that they should vote "with
the oiginUation," let me call tin ir attention
lo a hit of recent lilslorj including auow an
old livson, sadly Itained even by Mr. Wcbstci
tint "political honesty is political expediency."
Mcnioiy need go back less than two decades to
recall tho time when greenbacl.isin dominitul
the Dtiuociatic paity. Within the Mine time
we hivo witnessed the struggles of members
of uur party lo escape their then recoids as
Gucnbackcrj. In every case tho nun with
political ambition, of prominence, on whom
could bo fa-stored tho Crecnbaek record lias
pissed, protesting, into private life. .
MULTUM IN PARVO.
'lhcie is a steady demmd for elht csis of
beer a week in Manila.
Switzerland exports legulaily to otliT coun
tries seventeen different kinds ot cheese.
'Ihe breweries of Milwaukee and Chicago made
during tlie past jear ellJ.eoo barrels of bcir.
In the sixteen jean cndel July 1, letKi, there
landed at New Yoik 470,11'J persons of Jilsh ua
tivity. 'ihe Jfcw Ycik gripe belt contains CO.COO acre,
nnd tlie uvcraao yield is 7,000 cars, 3,000 has.
kets to the car.
In Madagascar silk U the only fabvlo used in
the mmufactino of clothing. It is cheaper than
linen in Ii eland.
The longest spin of telegraph wile in the world
is in India, ovei the Hivci- KUtna. It Is over
0,000 feet In lengthy
OLD SALT RIVER.
There's it etieain tint biings a shiver,
btlrs a man down to his liver,
An I jou'll find Urn old bait river
Full of wrecks!
Tlicie'a a packet, ciape attired,
And Iter fuiiiace is now tired,
And no tickets aie lequlred
Or trunk checks!
In tlie cailoon pr?ss It's rated,
And tho sailing day is stated,
lint no touilst feds elated
On her decks!
You will hear loud kicks denouncing,
You will see speech bulblrs bouncing,
Hut no scalper is announcing
Cheipsr rates I
Fstlimtes arc fnajs of rumor,
Claiming states uncertain hiiuiur,
And it's litre the campaign boomer
Joins Ids mates!
Here the vanquished takes vacation
On the ttaani of desolation,
And ycn'll find accommodation
Lost candidates I
She's n patched up liver packet,
And the spiders span each bracket,
But her pa idles make a racket
Churning back I
And tier captain's dull, is slating
Up the- nanps accumulating,
Aud black amoko is emanating
Fiom her ttacksl
And there'll be, if jou remember,
On her decks a famous member
On the uventh ol November
Billy 11 , not Billy Mc.
Clitcsjo News.
Keystone State in
the Censtis Returns
l'roni the Pittsburg Times.
A STUDY OF the WOO census figures so far
published, reveals come Interesting facts
rcgirding the population ot t'onnsjlnnh.
Ono of these, if one may truvi tlie testi
mony of the cltlec, is that the eastern half ol
the slato is growing ibout ni fait 1 tha western
hilf. To be sure, no community In riatcrn
Pennsylvania shows such a percentage of In
crease as New Castle, with Its 111.10 per cent.,
but that is evcepllonnl and typical of nothing,
being due to the fact tint the gain, some 10,000,
must be computed on the comparatively small
population ot 11, COO In IS'jO. Other cities, both
in Eastern and Western Pennsylvania, have nude
much larger nctinl gitns, but their percentage
of growth remains very much smaller. For tills
reason, iinl In order to hold the balance filrly
between' the two sections ot the state, New
Cistlo Is omitted In the computation of nverage
percentages of growth given below. If Its fig
ures, so hrge In percentage but compantlvoly
small actual population, arc Inchmed In the
western quod, the icsiilt, of course, will be
materially changed In favor nf the western
cities.
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According to the bulletins from Washington
there are eighteen cities In Pennsylvanli whoe
populntlon eveeeds 25,000. These lollow, with
tho figures of 1890, the actuil Inrrciso in the
decade and the percentage of Increase:
Population. Increase.
WOO. 18HO. Actual P.O.
Philadelphia ..l,2fM,fl07 1,040,001 210,73.1 2.157
Pittsburg 321,010 213,017 82,000 84.78
Allegheny City. 1211,890 103,2s7 21,009 23 !I7
ficranton 102,020 75,215 2H.611 33.05
Heading 78,001 08,001 20,300 34.01
Krle 02,731 40,031 12.000 29.78
V likes Dane .. 51,721 37,718 14,033 37,1.1
Harrlstiurg .... 50,107 39,385 10,728 27.38
Lancaster 41,439 32,011 0,448 29 01
Alloona 38,037 30.J.17 8.0J0 27.38
Johnstown .Ti,010 21,803 14,111 6181
Allcntown 35,110 25,228 10,188 40.38
McKcesport .... 3,227 20,741 11,180 6181
Chester 83.0SS 20,220 11,702 68.01
York .13,051 20 701 12,801 61.83
VVIUIamsport .. 28,757 27,112 1,023 5 00
New Castle .... 28,3.19 11,000 10,739 144.30
Kaston 25,2.53 14,181 10,757 74 28
0
A line drawn north and south through Center
county would place eleven of these cities Phila
delphia, Scrinton, Heading, Wilkes-Barrc, Itar
rishurg, Lancaster, Allcntown, Chester, York,
Wllllamsport and Faston In Eastern Ponnsjl
vanla, nnd scven-Pittsburg, Allegheny City,
Krle, Altoona, Johnstown, New Castlo and Mc
Kcesport In tlie western half of the state. A
little figuring shows that the average percentage
of increase in the eleven eastern cities was 39 94
and that of tlie sN western cities (not counting
New Castlo) 41.03, a difference of only 109
per cent, in favor of tho enterprising communi
ties west of tho Allcghanlcs. The average in
crease for the eastern cities is materially affected
by the poor showing made by VVilliamport, a
chirmlng and wealthy little place, but whose
piospeiity is seriously affected by the decline
of the lumber trade, upon which its foitunes
have been built, and by the inabllltj of Its citi
zens to secura other industries to take the place
of this main prop This uniform rate of grown
in tlie larger communities throughout the state
indicates a general diffusion of prospentj anil
entcipnso which argues well for the future wel
fare of rcmisjlvanii.
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Another interesting fact revealed bv the cen
sus is that unless the growth of Allegheny coun
ty, as indicated by its three cities Pittbburg,
Allegheny City and McKcesport is materiallv
accelcrited in the futuie, Philadelphia's lead in
population will not be threatened for man)
j cars. The actual increase in the three cities
named during the past decade was 121,074, while
Philadelphia added 240,711 to its population.
This leaves a large margin of safety for the
Quaker Citj'.
One of the cmiostlics of these state figures is
the almost dead heat in the race of Johnstown
and McKcesport for population during the past
twenty jears. In 1880 tlie former city had 8.3S0
people and McKcesport 8,212. In 1SDO Johnstown,
notwithstanding the terrible cuaniltv tliat Mail
ed it, had slightl) increased its lead with a
population of 21,803 to MeKcesport's 20,711, nnd
this jcir it still keeps slightly in front with
83,0.10 people to MeKcesport's 34,227. A little
exlia etlort on McKeesport's part maj reverse the
positions in the census ot 1910.
A popular fullacj that New York slate has
more large cities than Pennsylvanli is disproved
by Iho new census. That state has only twelve
cities New York, Buffalo, Albanj-, Tioy, Roches
ter, Svraeuse, Utica, Schenectady, llinghamton,
Klinira, Yonkers and Auburn tint have a popu
lation evccedlng 25,000. To be sure, the avernge
population of these cities is considerably larger,
owing to New York city's immense sip, but
then it is also notable that their growth is
much slower. Albany actually lost in popula
tion during the past decade, declining from
01,921 to 01,151, and Troy also shows a slight
loss from 1S90 to 1000. Klmlra's population in
creised only 15 47 per cent., Binghamton's 1.1 2ft,
Auburn's 17.S5, and Syracuse's 22 03 per cent.
The average growth ha3 been fu slower than
with Pennsylvania cities.
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1 he pilm for numerous hrge and flourishing
communities must, however, be yielded to Massa
chusetts, which lias within its narrow limits
twenty cities with a population in evcess of
2.,000. Ohio lias nine such cities Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Toledo, Columbus, Davto-i, Youngs
town, Akron, Springfield and Canton all of
which, eveept Cincinnati, have made veiy sub
stintial gains during the post ten year--. New
Jersey does still better with ten cities above
the 23,000 mark Jicwnik, Jersey City, Paterson,
Camden, Trenton, Hobokcn, Kllzibcth, Ilivonne,
Atlanlio City and Passaic. Illinois, though third
in population unions the states, has only seven
cities of any conJlderable wze, Chicago, Pcoiia,
Qulney, Springfield, Hockford, Jollet nnd East
M. Louis, aud ot theso Chicago and Peoria are
the only ones with a population of over 50,000.
Compared with her sister states, Pennsylvania
can present a bunch of flourishing cities, of
whoso number and rate of growth the may well
be proud.
s how history"repeats.
"The lUltv of which Ahr.1l1.1m l.tnmln t llm
candid ito nnd icprcsentative, though professing
fealty to the Union, is its most daugcioiis foe.
Hie facts of its history, the spirit of Its policies,
the tendency of its measures tally as completely
with dis-Unlon designs as if they had been dic
tated by cold, subtle and calculating hostility
to our national greatness." New Yoik Wot Id,
Sept. 13, 1301.
"If Abiaham Lincoln is ic elected president the
liberties ot the people are gone forever. Milltaiy
despotism will rule. There will be no liberty
of speech or press. Anaichy, bloody anarchy,
will follow-. Taxation without limit will gilnd
the people to the dust. There will be more
widows and orphans and more tyranny and op
pression thin tho world has seen for centuries,"
NHes ltepubllcan.
"By anogatlng to himself powers not granted
ty tho Constitution and tho hws, Mr, Lincoln
lu3 cicreUcd, or attempted to exercise, a de
spotic power over the people such is only the
L'mpcioi of Ati'tila can cvenise He Ins given
nvcr to those who declare that tlie Constitution
is a league with death and a covenant of hell."
Colonel Cray, of Detroit, Mich , Oct. fi, 16(11.
"I cannot give jou any bettn aimmieut why
jou should chanse this administration Inan to
say tint if jou piefir liberty to slavcrj jou
will change it nnd change it quickly, for, II
Lincoln Is elected, farewell tn civil liberty In
the United States." lit cjovcinoi Wieklllle, of
Ivcntucky, at New York, Sept. 9, 1801,
"There Is not a nun here whobc life, pmperly
and everything, vvhono wife, clilldien and home
will nut be in a danger should such a deplorable
result follow as the election again of Abrihom
Lincoln. The Hon. John McKeon to the Demo
cratic convention, Sept. I, Ibtll.
"flic election of Lincoln means wai, anarchy
and disunion the success of MeClellan will bring
peaco and the restoration of the Union. Tin sc
are the issues involved In tho elections of Octo
ber and Novembf 1." Indianapolis Sentlrcl, Spt.
13, 1801.
"If Lincoln Is re-eleeled we will never again
havo peace or Union In ttiii land "-rieveland
Plain Dealer, Oct. U, 1801.
Lots of It.
"It's in (he air," he asserted.
"What Ui" asked tha ciOteUl of the street
cleantnc department.
"l)ust.,,,renlled the cltlrcn. I
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REPUBLICAN -t-
OBJECT LES80NS.
-f Indian Territory,
f Depositors. -f
-f Hanks. 1804. 1809.. -f
-f National 1,003 4,100 -f
-f state nnd Private 513 1,102 -f
Total 2,210 6,311
Increase In No of depositors.. 3,271 -f
Amount of Deposits, -f
f Banks 1801. U09. -f
-f National $ 333,222 $ 1,147,538 -f
State and Private 110,5lr2 221,048
f Total ? 488,811 f 1,071,6011 -f
-f Increase In deposits ........,,? 1,132,'02
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-f California.
sV Depositors. -f
-- flinks. 1S0I. 1809.
-f National 2l,n00 20,110
-f State nnd Private 2J.5.17 49.07S -f
-f Savings... 29,'VW 41,481 -f
4. 4
-f Total 80,77.1 121.S81 -f
4- Amount ot Deposits. -
-f Banks. 1S0I. 1?99. 4-
4- Increase In No. of depositors.. 41,103
-f National $ 8,2.11,045 $12,414,020 -f
-f State and Prlvnto 15,139.3S0 2.1,130,022 4-
-f Savings 14,033,000 20,712,300 -f
f Total 8 38,420,0.17 $56,307,017 -f
-f Increase in depolts .....$ 17,880,080 -f
-f Washington. -f
4- Depositors
f Banks. 1804. 1890. 4
f National 10,002 10,371 -f
f State and Private 3,520 7,911 -f
-f Total 11,4SS 27,288 -f
4- Increase in No. ol depositors.. 12,800
4- Amount of Deposits. -4
f Banks. 1894. 1809. -f
-f National $ 4,004,571 11,052,203 -f
4- State and Private 1,201,083 .1.060,095 -f
4- 4-
4- Total 5,605,650 S 17,718,058 4-
4- Increase in deposits $ 11,013,299 -f
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4- Idaho. 4-
4- Depositors. 4
4 Bmks. 1804. ISM. -4-
4- Natlonil 1,520 2,171 4-
4- State and Private 037 4
4- Total 1,520 .1,111 4-
4- Increase in No. of depositors.. I,b03 4
4- Amount of Deposits. 4-
4- Banks. 1811. 1699. 4.
-f National ? 904,412 $ l.JS.COS 4
4- State and Private .103,050 -f
4.
4- Total 5 901,412 $ 1,722118 4
4- Increase in deposits ? 817.006 4-
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