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TEN PAGES.
SCilANTON', UKC'KMriKU 1), W02.
speecliiualtlni,! Altonicy Cleneral Knox
Is to be thu omtorlcnl- heavyweight,
ttntl jvliat he lucks 1st to bo supplied
by President Utter, With the help of
Providence. The Pennsylvania popu
lation lit Now YotU fcity Is estimated
to number iM.floo. The ctcam of these
Ih InclUtletl In the nienilioiHliIri of the
society.
If the Hdu'uoctatly labor unions think
It worth while to no to law to cnfoixe
their expulsion of member becaliKo of
meiiil)aishlr In the Natlmml Uiuml
they have that prlvlli'Ke. But we pro
diet that before they are through with
the law they will look smaller but Know
more than at ptesent.
Home Rule for Ireland.
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The wine Christmas shopper will con
sult the columns of Tho Tribune rind
enter the Held this week.
In Choosing a Recorder.
IT APPEAIJB that the .ursmilssed
woi-kiiiBinun of fcSer.intoii or some
of them, whether a. majority or
minority remains to be seen, are
nclinctl to nominate tin exclusively labor
candidate for reeoider. It W within
tiicir rlfrht to do tills, but whether
It. would be wise to do It Is fairly open
to nrgumunt. We do not suppose that
anything w might say on the Mibjeet
would Influence the notion of to
night's convention; nevertheless, certain
thoughts appear to be timely.
In President Hoosevolt's recent mes
sage to congress-, where- he considers tho
relations of labor and capital, occur
these words: "Abo'o all, we need to
remember that any kind of class ani
mosity in the political wot Id is, If pos
sible, even .more wicked, even mora
destructive to national welfare, than
sectional, race, or religious animosity.
We can get good government only upon
condition that we keep true to the
principles upon which tills nation was
founded, and judge each man not as
part of a class, but upon his individual
merits." Have these words any bear
ing upon the proposition to make a
distinctively labor campaign for tho
recordcrshin?
Tlie duties of the recorder are two
fold: first, to enforce the law; and,
secondly, to devise policies and methods
whereby the administration of tho
city's affairs may be Improved. In tlie
enforcement of law, an honest man in
the recordership cannot observe class
distinctions. He cannot, for examplu
hold the law over one set of taxpayers
and not over another. If lie is true to
his oath of ofllce and the duties which
it imposes, he cannot grant to men be
longing to labor unions any privileges,
Indulgences or exemptions which he
would withold from men not belong
ing to labor unions. If that be true,
there is no special reason, so far as
the enlorcoment of law is concerned,
why laboring men should form a labor
party to nominate and try to elect a
labor candidate for municipal chief ex
ecutive. Coming to the second class of the
lecordcr's duties, devising policies and
methods, wo find an equal absence of
good argument for a, labor campaign.
Here, again, labor has no rlglit to ask
or expect special privileges or exemp
tions; but it has a right to ask for
just consideration and fair play. lias
it been denied this in the past? Is it
likely thnt, with worklngmen contribut
ing largely to the vote of each of the
permanent political parties, it would be
denied It in the future? If such de
nial should occur, would it not easily
bo possible to make effective protest
against It at the next ensuing election?
Is it wise to cross a bridge before it
Sias been reached?
The men who are considering a labor
campaign are, wo suppose, ordinarily
Jtepubllcans or Democrats. Why do
they not go into tlie primaries of their
respective parties and secure by u
marshaling of their strength tho nom
ination of candidates In whose fairness
and ability they would have ample con
fidence? That Is what other classes of
citizens do or cun do when they wish
to. It is the way that avoids the crea
tion of class ft lotion and animosities so
fur ns our political life is concerned and
that preserves us from excesses due to
spasmodic politics.
It has been tho history of labor move
ments in the past that their conversion
Into political parties has been disap
pointing and disintegrating. They may
win a campaign or two when elas ex
citement and prejudice are uiuibiml; but
rtiey soon full Into Internal bickering
"Jul dissension and fade from view.
Ono of tho wisest articles In John Mit
chell's economic creed has been his
premptory and unouulliled refusal ;o bit
the United .Mtno Workers of America
be converted Into n political machine,
lie lias found little dldlculty in gaining
tho ear of tho political leaders of tho
permanent parties on this basis of 11011
partlsanslilp, .and wo have no doubt
that the supjqja trup' of -other sikcl-hs.
(til labor organizers.
The question to U asked In sulcot
lug a recorder Is not, Is he a labor
unionist, or an emplojer, but Is ho .
competent, uptight and broad-minded
man? To ask this question and uiisvcr
lilt ut tho approaching city election does
not require a labor party.
At tho Waldorf, hi New York, on.
Friday night, ;lvi hundred natives of
tho Keystotie' rtRtH,wlsi fhavo since
domiciled themselves In tho metropo
lis will gather together to (.elebime
tho greatness of their birthplace, Tho
Pennsylvania Society of New York, of
which Ulshop Potter Is president, and
Andrew Curneglo vlce-piesldent, is
four years old, juuP this,. will bo its
'fourth 'annual b.-yumct. IMutp bhnvv
that it is a ghAvInl" institution, ur
inngements have been intirto for tin un
J usually ,clabpratf. affair, Jil.hoi) Pot
ter is to be toustmaster, lJIshop .Mac
1 - yBmltli is to help in the clerical
N' INVnHTIUATlON of tho con
ditions nf li eland Is being
made by Walter Wellman for
tho Chicago' nccord-'llcrald. It
Is to Include lettois .describing person
al visitation to oveiy important part
of the 12iuirald lido anil u!su a study
of the politics In 'the Itlsh question. The
llr.u letter somewhat paradoxically Is
sent from London and foretells what Is
to be the future of Ireland, How true
the lot coast Is must be shown by
I'Veuts. but It at least is interesting.
Mr. H'ollm.m asserts upon the author
ity of Secretary Wyudlnim Hint at the
next hcssliin of p.tillament, to be called
probably in February, the government
will Introduce and pass a land bill
which it iwpects to settle the Irish
question for all time. Mr. Wyndhum
would not divulge the character of the
bill, but M' Wellman from other
sources derived the opinion that it will
compel tho landlords to sell their Irish
holdings under an uitungemenl by
which tho llrltiHh government will ub
derwilto the transaction. Many land
lords, seeing their rentals decline from
in to 0 per cent. -Ince the passage of
the Gladstone land net, have already
sold out and removed their puisonul
elfect.-', bag and baggage. Other",
wearying of the long struggle, are will
ing to sell. In general the difference
in appraisals between landlord and
tenantry covers u maigin of only about
r, per cent. Tho task of the govern
ment is to find a way to extinguish this
difference and reconcile the minority
of disaffected landlords to the idea of
soiling under pressure. If tills can be
done, alien landlordism will be wiped
out, the Irish radicals will become con
servative, raising of crops and incomes
will supersede raising of Hades, and
home uilo will evolve naturally.
Such, in brief, is tho forecast. May It
speedily come true.
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The efforts of tlie agents of the
Gerry society of New York to detain
and harass tlie little Cubans bound for
Point Loinu, after the children had
been released from Ellis Island by an
order from Washington, arouses a sus
picion that tho chief aim of the society
is to acquire notoriety.
Nottingham 1ms been conducted hon
estly. ts there it lesson for Americans
in this?
b'enator Quay's ohunccs of securing
the admission or New .Mexico tttul Arl
ssonii along with Oklahoma will de
crease -ok Hie discussion ptocceds.
Thole Is no ptibllu necessity or urgent
reason ror haste In ivgitrd to those two
territories! mitt the fact that a major
ity of the noptibllcan members of the
senate, 'together with the president, are
opposed to ciimy'n position makes It
nil the hnrifer to matutaln. Tho hen
ato Is an obliging body as a rule, but
It will surprise Us If this shall not
prove to be nn exception.
Hy order of, thu president the Humar
campaign In the Philippines Is to be le
opened by tho court marllallng of Ala
Jor Oletin for cruelly. A dispatch from
Ma n I la 'says: "Public sentiment here
is opposed to the ro-openlng of the coe
and again exposing the troubles In the
army. As the wur Is over It Is thouRht
the less said' about these matters tho
better." Public, sentiment in Manila Is
sound and there U need of more like
It at Washington.
lteceut agricultural experiments have
demonstrated that the United States
will not need to depend on Cuba and
the tropics for much If anything hoie
nfter save yellow fever.
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JJ,.i,S(il S(?ps
With Dewey In charge of 1111 Ameri
can Meet not far from Venezuela, there
Is no call to lose sleep over the possi
bilities of a puncture of the Monroe
doctrine.
Tho Hie of the trl-stnle boom seems
In a fair way to encounter it number
of tacks before tho contemplated meas
ure 1 caches the president.
Composer Mascagul ought to be a'blo
to clonic a very amusing comic opera
fiom the diary of his troubles In Now
Yoik.
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Moil's Arctics 85o, $1.00 and 1.25
Men's Wooiisockct Gum Hoots $2 25
iHi'ii's IVlt Boots and Overs. ..$2, SI. 75 and $1.50
Men's Storm Ilubbers 50c anil 75c
Men's Sandals 60c and 75c
Ladies' ilubbers.
25c. 40c, 50e
Misses' and Cliil-
dren's Ilubbers.. .25c
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An English Objsct Lesson.
N A RECENT letter to the Now
York Tribune its London corre
spondent, I. N. Ford, gives an in
teresting account of how munici
pal progress is oxomplilled In tho city
of Nottingham, Kngland. Nottingham
is about the size of Detroit, or double
that of Scranton with buumore added.
Originally it was u Saxon village with
Norman trimmings and as iato as llfty
years ago occupied only six square
miles. Since then its area has been
trebled and Its Improvements have in
cluded not only developing the newer
portions, but also reconstructing the
older section. Slums have been lorn
down and rebuilt in sanitary fashion;
crooked old streets and alleys have been
sti tightened and widened; soweis and
pavements have been introduced, tho
city has constructed Its own markets,
cemeteries, water system, gas and elec
tric lights and power plants and a
municipal tramway or, as we would
say, trolley system. And, says Mr.
Ford:
"In the course of live years S7:!0,000
has been turned Into the treasury as
the- suipius derived from thenu various
undertakings alter charges lor interest
and sinking funds have been adequate
ly mot; and the earnings will steadily
inereaso as the capital Invested in tlie.se
enterprises over $15,000,000 is repaid.
Tho charges for water are moderate,
not exceeding !-' cents per quarter for
a tenement or collage with a rental of'
$50; and the town council is satisfied
with a small tnatgln for the common
good after the intetest charges -have
been provided for. The quarterly
charges for municipal gas lange from
2S to III cents a thousand feet, and tho
electric IIkIiI and power services tiro
lorrospondlngly low. The tramways
have been extended and electric power
lias been substituted for horse power,
and fares have been lowered; (ho wages
of the men have been Increased and
their working hoars reduced; and pub
lic comfort has been promoted by Im
proved uoooiiHnijdailon.s,
"In addition to these (-elf-hiippoi ting
services, which contribute substantial
balances to tho public treasury, Not
tingham ministers to tho Intellectual
progress of the masses In various ways.
It lias an admirable ine binary sys
tem, by which a"3,0n0 bool; aro lent In
tho course of a year. There Is a huge
eetittal llbiury und reading toom, with
thirteen dlhtrict libraries and two book
deliveries. These public libraries are
conducted as municipal Institutions,
and tho attendance at tho reading
moms Is huge both in tho morning and
at night. The- historic c.tstlo was res
cued fiont ruin by tho town council
twenty-eight years ngo, and after being
completely restored was ronvorted Into
a permanent arl gullery tuul a museum
of decorative art. There Is a)so a nat
ural hlstoty museum with largo collee
tloiu, (mil there Is a municipal school
of art, whole systematic Instiuetiou Is
given lu design, with special reference
to Uteo making, thu characteristic in.
duslry of the town, Thu municipal
council alto supports u college wheru
over four bundled students attend day
classes and over sixteen hundred re
ceive instruction at night. It is ut once
a training college, a technical school
and un institution for secondary edu
cation in the highest sense."
AVhtlo mistakes have been made both
In planning and in administering there
public works, Mr. Ford says thcie has
been little exttavagunce and no thiev
ing or crookedness. Tho government of
Foi Tim Tribune.
Till-, tlesert hill was ever (le.tr to nie.
And tluit small heilgo tlmt partly hides
the view
Of gray horizons, taint and far away.
Here Ml I gazing out o'er shoreless I
space, I !
Where, sovran Silence sempiternal slcips; : .J
Unsounded depths of soundless peace .?,
there hitah t
My thought; a while my heart fioin fear
Is treed:
And when the wind soft rustles through
tho hedQe-,
On that inilnite Silence and this sound
I dwell.
The eternal overwhelms me and the
noons dead,
And the living pieseut and its living
breath.
Thus drowns my thought amid this dread
iinmoiiMty;
On such a sea weie shlpwiccl: sweet, in
deed. --Translated from the Italian of T-eo-paidl,
by If. .T. P..
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Twenty Christmas Presents
$50.oo
To Be divert by The Scranton Tribune to the Children of
Scranton anil Northeastern Pennsylvania.
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Boys' Gum Boots,
$1,50
Child's Storm Kins
Boots $1.50 t
Misses' and Youths'
Storm King Boots,
$2.00
Child's Hn)y Gum ?
Boots 7uc, $1.00
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One Present $20.00 In Gold $20.00
One Present 10.00 In Gold io.oo
One Present 5,oo In Gold 5.00
Two Presents 2.50 Eacli 5.00
Five Presents 1.00 Each s,oo
Ten Presents 50c Each . , 5.00
Total Twonty Presents $
50.00
THE TRIBUNE'S SUCOND ANNUAL
Jim&m Educational Contest
A Contest in Word-Building-.
Who Can Make tlie Most Words Out of the Letters in
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All our Footwear, as well as our Rubbers and
Boots, comes d rect from the factories to your feet,
therefore you easily save one-fourth,
ij! The most acceptable Christmas gifts are easily
'' selected from our superb stock.
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That etitH the fnney pileo out of dia
monds. For more deilnlto Information
enll at my parlor and "nsu mo." and at
thu same time see tho flee anil huerest
IllK exhibit of diamond etutlna, Dia
monds in ilia rough as well i Kmoialda,
Opals and iilher precious stones. The
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Sliuinroek. Searf I'ln, small diamond,.
uiamomits le-cui, ponsneti ami
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Satlsfai'tlon filvcu. or "your money back
without arsumeut "
WALTER W. WINTON'S
DIAMOND PARLOR
CW7 Jleais Ilulldlug
New Vorl; ofllce, (T, Kimsau street; Dla
muuU CutthiB Knetory, I3J3 Atlantiu Ave
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This is guaranteed by tlie Hodgeman Rubber Co.'s Storm Coats and
Mackintoshes. We have them In all grades from $5.00 to $25.00.
'HIS IS much easier than last year's contest, and fvp.nfv nf th
brightest boys and girls will secure Chrlsmas Gifts In cash for
making the largest number of words out of these letters. It Is
lots of fun to think of the words and hunt them up In the dictionary, and
besides It will help you with your rpelllng. You will be surprised at the
number of different ways these twelve letters can be used.
Rules of the Contest.
Presents will be given to the boys or girls, whose parents or guard
ians are subscribers to THE TRIBUNE, building the largest number of
words out of the letters contained in "The Home Paper."
No letter must be used any more times than they appear in these
three words. As an example, only one "A" could bo used, but there
might be two "H's" or three "E's."
Only words defined in the MAIN PORTION of "Webster's Inter
national Dictionary" (edition of 1898) will be allowed. Any dictionary
can be used, but in judging the contest THE TRIBUNE will debar all
words not found In Webster's.
Proper names, or any other words appearing in the "Appendix" will
not be allowed.
Obsolete words are admitted if defined in the dictionary.
Vords spelled two or more ways can be used but once.
Words with two or more definitions can be used but once.
No single letters counted as words except "A" and "O."
How to Write Your List.
Write on one side of the paper only.
Write very plainly ; if possible, use a typewriter.
Place the words alphabetically.
Write your name, age, address and number of words at tho top
cf your list.
Write the name of parent or guardian with whom you live and
who is a regular subscriber to THE TRIBUNE.
Fold the list DO NOT ROLL.
CONTEST CLOSES SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20TI1 at 5 P. M.
All letters of inquiry for information will be promptly answered. Ad
dress your list of words, or any question you wish answered, to
CONTEST EDITOR.
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Mahogany sets in the Colonial and Na
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Dressers and Chiffoniers in beautifully
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Store Opjn Evenings This flonth.
We offer you a new piano from $175 up to 51050, and guarantee
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