VW 53c ' THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1901'. -gevv i s FouriFh half yearly CLEARING SALE Of High Grade Men's Furnishing Goods and Hats. Our entire Winter Stock must be closed out to make room for Spring and Summer Stock, now in course of manufacture, the biggest bargains ever offered in season. Neckwear All 50c Neckweai . 25c All $1.00 Neckwear 69c All $i.jo Neckwear $1.00 Underwear Heavy Ribbed 90c Balbriggans 35c Silk Fleeced, $1.00 kind !9c Natural Wool and Imported Derby, Ribbed and others, worth $1.00 and $i.2j 75c Standard rm es of $1.50 kinds of Underwear $1.19 The well known makes, $2.00 kinds..$1.39 Odds and Ends of High Grade Un derwear, worth i.$o and $2.00 75c Union Suits at Cost. Night Robes and Pajamas High Grade Muslin Robes 48c and 75c Flannel Robes 45c Flannel Pajamas, worth 2.00 95c Bosom Shirts All 1.00 grade 69c Some $1.50 shirts at $1.00 Unlaundered White Shirts, worth $1.00, at 48c LOUIS H. ISAACS See Windows. 412 Spruce Street. 5 Press Comments on I M. Quay's Election MKMnKKUKKUKMJKMKUUMKKMMMKK Now Time for Unity. 1'iom the llochcstcr Democrat and Chronicle. There Is no doubt that Mr. Quay la "obnoxious" to the faction that has boon trying to drive him Into retire ment, but the accusations of dishon esty have ulw(iy3 seemed to bo a des perate and not over-scrupulous form of persecution, designed to accomplish the special purpose In view rather thnn to bring1 vllluny to exposure and pun ishment. At all events, Mr. Quay won a signal victory when his enemies pro cured an Indictment andi endeavored to eliminate him through the pro fess of criminal proceedings. And no verdict of a Jury was ever more widely and enthusiastic ly applauded than was the acquittal on that occasion. Mr. Quay took the whole mntter with philosophical composure and betrayed no more excitement than does the most tranquil chess player on checkmating his opponent. Another element, In cluding a large majority of the repub lican party in Pennsylvania, has be lieved in Quay and stood by him through all phases and incidents of the struggle. To them his election Is most gratifying, and throughout tho country there Is a wldespiead love of fair play to which the result will be acceptable. Quay has done great ser vices for the Republican party, he Is perhaps that most skillful campaigner In our political life, and he Is sound on leading questions of public policy. In the United States senate, he will be a trustworthy leader, to the extent that he may take a position of leader ship. He has the friendship and con fidence of some of the most able and lrrepioachable membeis of that body, and he goes among them now with a clear title to the place and with a stiong vote of tiust behind him. It Ih to bo hoped that the war In Pennsyl vania will now cease and that the con tending Republican elements will Join themselves In a unified foice for the berioiiR work that lies before the paity "insurgent Abuse Overdone, f'rum tlic Iancaster New l.'ra. Whatever may be the opinion of partisans as to the fitness and claims of Colonel Quay to again represent the commonwealth of Pennsylvania In tho senate of tho United States, the public at large have cause for congratulation that tho bitter contest that has kept tho Republican party In ulmost n stato of anarchy for tho past two years is ended; that there will be no deadlock in tho legislature to keep olive the lire of factional bitterness and to dls ttact the attention of members fiom the Important business that will come before them. To those who read be tween the lines It has been apparent for some time that Colonel Quay was not only holding his own, but was gaining strength In Republican senti ment since his re-election was prevent ed by tho extreme methods of the Re publican malcontents two years ago. There were two reasons for this. In the first place, Colonel Quay was the nominee of the Republican conference regularly called In accordance with party usage, and tho mass of the Re publican party believe In maintaining organization as necessary to Its per potulty and efficiency In its contests with the common enemy; and hence 'they jegarded the violent extreme to which the opposition as a warfare ngalnst the organization of tho party lather than as a protest against Quay nnd what they were pleased to call the machine. There were those who hud no special admiration for Colonel Quay, no objection to having the place filled by some other loyal and fairly representative Republican, who be lieved that to encourage the tactics of those whom they regarded as "party wreckers" would be had policy from a arty point of view; and this senti 4-Ply Linen I ment, gaining strength among their constituents, had a reflex influence upon members whoso attitude was not clearly defined or understood in the early days of the campaign. But some of the leaders, and especially the newspapers, who opposed the election of Colonel Quay, have themselves to blame for creating much of tho senti ment that contributed to and will re joice at his final triumph. They over did the task allotted to them. The malignant abuse hurled at President Lincoln by the copperhead spellblnd cis and newspapers, and Imitated to day In their abuse of President Mc Klnley, was surpassed by the abuse of f'olonel Quay by tho coterie of Phila delphia newspapers who voiced the in surgent movement. They charged him with every offense, real and imaginary, In the political calendar, repeating it with variations day In and day out. No matter what went wrong in Phila delphia or tho state it was charged to Quay, directly or Indirectly. Re porters were sent out in search of ma terial to distort plain facts to the prejudice of Quay or his friends, of which Lancaster has some striking nnd shameful Illustrations; and this, like Parthian arrows shot against the nun, recoiled upon the projectors. The average American citizen loves fair play, and while willing to tolerate a reasonable amount of misrepresenta tion In the heat of political contro versy, they become disgusted when satisfied that It is born of deliberation and presevered In through sinister motives. Now that the first Pennsyl vania legislature of the new century has solved the vexed senatorial ques tion, their constituents expect them to get down promptly to the legitimate business for which they were elected, and stick to It, without unnecessary adjournments or indulging in Junket ing trips. They should bear in mind that the people will keep a sharp eve on them! Bogus Beformers Did It. 1'ioin I lie Tonanda Itcporter- Journal, Colonel Quay's election ends one of tne bitterest and in every way one of the most memorable' political contests In the history of tfio state or nation; and It ends In the overthrow of one of tht most shameless conspiracies that has ever dlsgiaced the politics of our stale. When the full story of this contest shall have been written ns It promises to be noon, it will disclose a record of mendacity and corruption on tho part of the so-called reformers that Is olmost Incredible In Us deprav ity. The fight was a hard ono and Quay has won. He Is entitled to all the glory which Its successful termin ation brings him. He bus had th hearty support of those Republicans' who stood for the great principle of majority rule and adherence to caucus obligations and the prescribed rules of party government. Without these there can bo no such thing as a political organization; and party progress and achievement are alike Impossible. The Insurgent leaders who have so long been plotting Senator Quay's downfall have shown themselves In this contest utterly devoid of all semblance of political honor. They call themselves Republicans, but they have adopted meuns and methods utterly destruc tive of Its principles nnd the paity's existence. That the attempt to depose Colonel Quay from power had Its In spiration and inception In the anlmos Ity and selfishness of disappointed place seekers is clear to all unbiased and Intelligent observers of state poli tics. The movement against him in stead of being an effort for reform in political methods had Its beginning In the effort of disappointed nnd discon tented schemers who through It hoped to gain power and profit for them selves. It was a revolt built upon false Suspenders 25c and 35c values at 23c Fifty kinds at . 42c One hundred kinds at 69c Hosiery Black and Fancy Hose at 12c The 25c values 17c, 3 for 50c The 50c values 35c, 3 for $1.00 The $1.00 values 69c 20 Per Cent. Discount on House Coats, . Bath Robes, Umbrellas and Dress Suit Cases. Your choice of any $2.00. $3.00 and 54.00 Hat in our window at $1,00. Collars, 10c. All Shapes Other bargains that we cannot men tion in this limited space. pretense nnd false promises and like ull such efforts was sure to fall. It has failed because It deserved to fall, and the men who led the movement stand today shorn of their power and discredited before all the people. Against Pledge-Breakers. From the Pittsburg Times. The Times has not now, nor has It ever had, any quarrel with members elected from Quay districts or from districts in which the supporters of Col. Quay were in a majority. It vould see no wrontr In any man who had been instructed or elected as a Quay man voting for Colonel Quay. on the other hand It can see no good In a member elected as nn anti-Quay mun who has changed front and allegiance and voted for him for senator. That net has laid such member open to the suspicion that his course has been di rected by sinister Influences. Without regard to local candidates In this state, it must bo said, in all honesty and de cency, that politics must be -placed on a higher plane than that which permits the applauding of men who have will fully and directly violated the Instruc tions of their constituents and their own pledges. Unless honor, honesty and decency are mere Idle words, as applied to Republican polities In Penn sylvania, a higher moral sentiment must enter Into the view which the people now appear to take of matters so common that they seem to excite little more than a passing and Indiff erent Interest. Regularity the Issue. Prom the Iteading Times. Tho result of the balloting on Unit ed States senator at Harrlsburg has been to verify the claims made by Mi. Quay and his supporters, and to falsify all the claims made by the op position. The so-called "Insurgents" are thus doubly discredited In tho first place, for refusing, as Republi cans, to be governed by Republican rules, and In the second place, becaufo they have been convicted, bv the re sult, of having made statements they could not substantiate. The objection, to tho "Insurgent" faction, however, Is not that It was opposed to the elec tion of Colonel Quay, for It is allow abl that, In the Republican party, there shall be difference of opinion. Republicans who prefer some other man to Mr. Quay, or any other person who desires their support, hove a per fect right to their preferences, and, before the primaries, to work In ac cord with their prefeences. But, onco the vote of the members of the party has been recorded, all who desire to bo considered members of the Republi can party must yield to tho decision of the majority. The contest or fight, If you please ought to stop with thn end of tho nominating campaign, or, in the case of a body llkc congress or a state legislature, It should end with u party caucus, which Is to bring those of the same political faith to gether to agree upon a concert of ac tion. In nil these respects the regular Republicans who favoied the election of Mr. Quay to the United States sen ate, acted In accord with what Is a recognized Republican usage, while tlv Irregulars, who lefuscd either to take part In the leglslatlvo caucus or to be governed by It cannot complain if they shall lw looked upon as not entitled to be regaided us Republicans. There Is no use denying that there are many men in the Republican party who are disappointed with tho result of the election of Mr. Quay. Able as a campaigner, skilled as a politician, thoroughly posted In strategem and expedient, he is still not the Ideal of the statesman, nor is the great com monwealth of Pennsylvania especially honored by having him for Its repre sentative in the senate. All the same, It is evidently the wish of the people who elected the members of the legls lature that Mr. Quay should ba made senator, That ends the controversy. Mr. Quay is therefore entitled to the position.' Philosophic. Prom the Tunkbannoik JCew Ate, It Is, perhaps, better that the strug gle terminated as It did. Quay's op ponents had no hope of electing a man themselves; the best that they could have done would have been to hold him at bay and deadlock the legisla ture. Almost anything Is better than l mi K I ' 7 Hi i JJXV&IjRr lit that. It Is tlie business ot the leglsla tuie to attend to business, and not to wrangle over politics. The tight was the battle ot Quay's lite. One might admire his genius and pluck It no thought was given to what occurred behind the scenes. The unwritten his tory of the alTnlr can only be conjec tured; there certainly must have been concealed power somewhere to move men to Quay's support who had open ly and avowedly been his enemies for years. There has been no change In Quay. He Is the same old chap he al ways was. lie makes no profession of being diffeient. A majority of the members of the legislature were pio fessedly against him at the time of their election: a majority were for him when the ballot for senator was taken. How the change uas wrought Quay knows best. Some of these men had put their names to paper pledging themselves not to support Quay. Now that the fight Is over, let the work of tho legislature go on. Things aie not half as likely to go to the dogs with Quay In the senate as they would bo with him out and battling to get In. The Need of the Hour. Trow the Lancaster Kxamlner. Senator Quay has won the last Jwt tle of his life, and probably the great est In his history or that of any other politician In the annals of tho state. Ho goes to Washington with a commission as senator of the United Htutes won from a legislature elected purposely to defeat him. With the aid ot five Democrats he organized tho house with all Its power nnd patron age, which gave him possession of the llrst strategic point In tho battle. It encouraged his own followers, threw doubts of their own success Into the ranks of his opponents and weakened tho knees of political accidents who seek public profits at the expense of honor. One Democrat betiayed his party. Seven Republicans who signed a written pledge that nder no circumstances would thny support Senator Quay cast thslr final ballot for him. These men can well be left to their own reflections and tha public Judgment at large. The latter will naturally say that men who sign a written pledge will not violate it for nothing, and that one ofUho opposl tlon party will not court ostracism without a recompense. Hut "bribery cannot be easily proven; still, In many cases in everyday llfo (here is always moral evidence which convinces of a fact, but does no pass currentlj.vthe courts, Passing simaafiiiiMBjLln p The Price Concessions We Make at This Clearing Sale Only occurs twice every year. We didn't just fall into this rush of business. Oh! no, not by a good deal. There's a solid, substantial reason back of all this quick selling. There's values and prices here in Ready-to-Wear Suits and Overcoats that is worthy of making a reputation for, and drawing a big crowd to any store anywhere. It's our Clearing Sale of this season's very latest styles and makes. See prices ill our show windows as advertised. Suits $10 Suits put into one lot and marked for this Clearing 0 Sale to 3o $12 and $15 Suits put into one lot and marked for this Clear- aj ing Sale to M 20 Suits put into one lot and marked for this Clearing 1C Sale to M3 $20.00 and $22.50 Overcoats in fine cloth qualities, made up into those styles that have been so popular this season. Now tf C Aft reduced to JIJ.VU Men's Trousers . $3.50 Trousers in neat worsted stripes, now reduced for $ - this Clearing Sale to p.Jl) $4.00 Trousers, some of those fancy worsteds that were so popu lar all through the season. Small lots are left over, some large sizes, some small. All put f into one lot, reduced to pi.UU Prices in Our Boys' Department Boys' Suits$ome Novelty Vestee, some Double-Breasted Reefer, and if you have noticed any of our displays this season you probably have noticed the original designing of some of our boys' novelties. Some of each lot of these suits are left over from a busy season, You can now take your $1.50, $2 aild $2.50 choice for See the reduced prices on Winter Underwear, Shirts, Gloves, Hose, Etc. You will find some saving opportunities in this department. Samter brothers Scranton's Leading Outfitters. ferences, the act of the men mentioned has lowered the tone of political mor als in the state. It has strengthened the impression that honor In public life has a sliding scale of self-interest; that a pledge must not stand In the way of personal profit; that a man can betray his party and llvo upon the price ot his perfidy, and finally that the end sanctifies the means. Today there Is abroad a sort of cynical in difference concerning the success of Senator Quay, based upon that false and dangerous political maxim "the longest pole knocks tho persimmons." nnd the longest arm grasps the choicest fruit from tho plum tree. The success of Senator Quay has given a deeper pessimistic tone to the poli tical morals of tho state. Men shrug their shoulders and pass on with the cold, materialistic reflection "Nothing like the success which succeeds." Against Senator Quay very few, If any, have personal objections. The fight was not against the man so much as against the vast machine he hns built up largely out of rather disreput able materials. Senator Quay himself Is a man of reading and culture, though without the pnolosophlo bent of tho great statesman's mind; a pleasing companion nnd a staunch friend. In his own line ho has no equal as a machine organizer or politi cal manipulator except possibly Sena tor Piatt, ot New York. He has never been so bad aH painted, though never so good as public necessities demand. Ho has kept down tho brilliancy or the stato and tnkes for a colleague a Penrose. He goes to a national con vention with a delegation which New York laughs at, Massachusetts sneers at, and Maine treats with til disguised contempt. It Is because of this prod uct of his machine and not fiom any personal dislike of him as n man that the people revolt and criticise. He Is a citizen of our country, and every one la glad to shake his hospitable hand, hut this should not blind any ono to the fact that tho politics of Pennsyl vania needs a renovation and ull should struggle for a condition where in more of the patriotic una less of tho material and selfish prevail. Th4 need of the hour Is untnlnted manhood and the ability which will compare favorably with that of other common wealths. Viewed at a Distance, from the Syraiuie Fost-Stamluiu!. Mio peculiar thing abouQuay's elec tion Is that It has been accomplished without tho le&fctNupt to palllaU w Overcoats $10 Overcoats, satin lined, now marked for this Clearing .,, - Sale to $6.(5 $12.00 Overcoats, in Oxford Frieze and Blue Beaver, in now reduced to M" $15 Overcoats, in fine cloth qualities, now reduced for , this Clearing Sale to M Men's Trousers $.00 Trousers in neat cassi mere patterns,, the price , rn is reduced to Jpi.DU $6.50 Trousers. The cloth qualities include some of those fine French worsted stripes, finely made and finished throughout. Reduced for this Clearing - nn Sale to $3.UU Boys' Reefers and Over coats Our selection of Boys' Overcoats was very extensive and varied this season, and it's some of the Novelty Overcoats that have made this department so popular. But it's clearing time now and every coat, if pos sible, must be sold. Prices now od.u.c.e? $2, $2.50 and $3.00 rexplaln away the churges which have been brought against his political methods by his opponents. His election may safely be called a most unblush ing exhibition of whatever word the reader likes in this connection. Majority Rule He-established. Kroni tha Elmlra AdiertUer. The opposition to Colonel Quay had been carried to such lengths that Penn sylvania was practically forced to elect ihlm or abandon the right of the ma jority to decide political preferences. Twice had Mr. Quay been the issue of his party In that senate for the office of senator in the event of success at the polls in tho election of the legisla ture. Twice had he carried both Re publican brandies of it by majorities that would have been held conclusive In almost any other state. It was not so in Pennsylvania, and his progress toward victory only Intensified the bit terness of tho fight made against him. He was called all manner of 111 names, his Intelligence Impeached, his personal honor assailed and the state which had harbored such a man for a long term of years and even sent him repeatedly to tho senate was stoutly urged to cast him out forever as a byword and a hissing. The truth Is that Mr. Quay suits Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania suits Quay. Newspapers In New York and Washington and Indiana that have the welfare of tho nation in their keep ing may gnaw a fllo to the end of time without making any headway In ban ishing the Reaver man from politics us long us Pennsylvania finds him an un commonly useful man In her service, growing Into power and efficiency with each year of his service. Mr. Quay In far from being an old man, ns our modern senate reckons years. Whether he shall retire nt the conclusion of his present term or seek further will not depend on the bolters of tho party. They will never have It In their power to oust him while tho old guurd Is at hand, as It has been for so many years, to follow Its leader to victory. Quay as a Senator. 1'iom tlio 1'ltts.ton aJ7ttto. Tho return of Colonel Quay to the senate, contrary to come of his carping disparagers, will be a decided gain to tho publlo Interests of the common wealth and will Insure a representation more, efficient than any other which could havo been named. It Is true that Quay Is not an orator, and It Is also true that the senate does not have nnoh practical use for orators. It Is true that Quay docs not belong to the category of dress parade statesmen al 1 rf WJih.KUV.iuC ways to be seen and heard when multi tudes convene, and it is also true that there are those who mistake consplcu ity for efficiency. Rut twelve years of experience in senatorial ways and work, re-enforced by a personal ac quaintance that Includes every prom inent factor In American pplltlcs and legislation and which commands tho warmest attachments of personal friendship among the representatives of eah of the great parties, combined with a conceded natural astuteness for measuring men, motives nnd conse quences, qualify Matthew Stanley Quay perhaps better than any other American now In public life for effec tive service In the national senate. Tlie records of his two terms in that body bear this out. Not only did ho preserve the great industries of Penn sylvania when throatenea by tho mak ers of the Wilson tariff, but the Influ ence of his sagacious Counsel upon the acts nna votes of fellow membeis would, If chronlclea In detail, practic ally encompass tho history of our country during tho period Involved. It hns never been his aim to poso for ap plause. Ho Is not by nature gteedy for glory. The generalship within him longs for tho successful epaing of each undertaking, but Is Indifferent as to who gets the credit. Therefore much of his work at Washington appears credited to others. Rut thoso on tho Inside know his worth and concur with the lamented Cushman K. Davis, late senator from Minnesota, who, from his deathbed, sent to Colonel Quay a mes sage of congratulation Just after the November election which ended with the assertion that there was nobody hr would so much love to meet again It tho senate chamber. For a Cold in the Head Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets. fness Cannot Be Cured by locl ppllcatloi i they rannot reach thn diseased portion of tho ear. Dure it only on way to cure dcafneM, and that in by constitu tional remedied. Peafncm in cjumiI 'bv an In flamed condition of the mucous lining of tlm Kustacliian Tube. When thij tube U Inflamed you havo rumbllnir aound or Imperfect hearine and uheu it is entirely closed, Deafness is the re'. suit, and unls the inflammation can ba taken out and this tube lestored to its normal condi tion, hearing nII1 b.e (lestrptd. forever; "nln catea out ot ten are caused-by t'atarrhc which li nothing but an inflamed condition of tha inuoom surfaces; Wo will give One Hundred Dollars for anr can of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot h cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Bend for oirculais free. V. J. CHENEY CO., Teltdo, O. Sold by Druggist. 70c. Hall's Family Till arjhe best. Mwh- fU- I YvtP I fBjerr1irBM M m C wn Pill ipfifl HIS pit in 1 nil W(f-4ll.i"SiV?
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