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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1901'.
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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.
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Press Comments on
I M. Quay's Election
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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