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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22
STOP his BRIBERY.

One OF the principal indictments
drawn by Headsman Singerly against
the incapable, ineffi, ,ient and head
strong leadership" of Democracy In
this state Is Its loss Of 10000 PhilGdel-
phia votes through a failure to provide
tax receipts for voters who do not pay
their poll taxes. Mr.. Cleveland's
special apostle among the Pennsylva-
MIA faithful views this in the light Of
"a scandalous default"
We are frank to admit that we do
not look at this subject through the
same glass, II there are ten thousand
legal voters in Philadelphia who do not
care enough for Democratic principles
to pay the small sum exacted as q pre-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22
MAsAlNGroN,s BIRTHDAY.


While it is true in some senses that
the personality of our initial military
hero and civic executive no longer iu-
spires emotions of ecstacy. time will
never come when the sober thought of
our people will reject the lessons OF his
unselfsh life or cease to keep in mind
the sapient words of his prophetic
counsel The impartial analysis OF con-
temporary historians has rated Wash
ington, the man, somewhat below the
pnnacled place accorded to him in the
early momentum Of the young patrl-
otto spirit. But 1t has not and it can
not alter the meaning OF Washington.
the symbol and type, whose impersonal
visssge, rising calm and wise about the
frictions Of his personal entity, recalls
to u.s. at every step along all avenues OF
national development the sacred memo
ries of heroic past and the solemn oh
legations of serious present.
Tho criticism that probes mercilessly
into the errors of new experiment is
captious aud uncharitable The con-
tinual wonder to students of our ma
tional birth is not that errors were
made, but that, in the thick Of i'm
mediate stress and trial, the clear eye
Of the central genius should have pen =
etrated 50 FAR Into the misty vista OF
futurity, Offering to remote generations
advice as trus now as ever. His eau
ton with reference to the augmenting
clash AMI bitterness os partisan politi-
cal strife is as significant today as at
any past moment; nor can We predi ct
that it may with safety soon be forgot.
ten by republicans in time to come.
Until there shall be Il popular demand
that the business Of legislation shall be
/ entrusted TO business men; until the
hold Of the demagogus shall be broken
by lostier patriotism until men sane
in the routine transactions Of commar.
cial and social life shall decline to 60
insane over the quibb!es and twists of
partisan alfOctatiOn; until serious and
solemn civil duties shall be met in a
sober and sensible way, the mastery
counsel of the foremost Father will not
lose its meaning among freedoms heirs.
The observance, in its rich suggss-
tiou Of this day among our young is
wholesome gain in the pulses Of our
civic life Although it may in in
stances be that an honest zeal reac hes
further than wiss discretion. shall we
even momentarily donbt that the net
result is for the bestg Even at peril of
occasional excess, it should ba the uni -
form American wish TO keep alive in
uadiminished splendor those grand
traditions of our early days which are
the inspiration of all our later achieve.
meuts We must do this ii wa hope to
fulfill the grand career which is our
obvious destiny as a people. And in
the center Of this pi0 ,eer record and
Legend there is one figure and one name
about which all els, naturally and
gracefully clusters; the figure OF a
large-soulad mau serene in temper,
thoughtful in speech, rssoluts in action
and liberal in all the impulses of his
nature; the figure and the name OF
General and President Washington.
Let his natal day recsive the thoughts
OF every true patriot.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

NOT LONG ago Martin j. Russell, an
editorial writer for the late Carter
Hurrison's Chicago Times. melodra
maticllly resigned his position because
the papers Washington correspondent
saw fit TO criticizs President Cleveland.
The reward for this distinguished ex-
hibition of exquisite supersensitiVenes5
has now come in the shape of an ap'
pointment as collector Of the Chicago
port The position carries with it big
pay and little work; and it will doubt
less give Mr.. Russell leisure in which
to do sycophant literary csnser- swing
ing before the 'cousecrated" exscu'
tive touching whom he is 80 sympa
thetically fas.idious, Mr. Cleveland
exhibits one trait in bold relief. tie
can stsnd unlimited journalistic tatfy-
ing of Mr. Grover Cleveland
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

The NORWEGIAN exploring expedl-
ton announced to leave Christiana
next May for polar seas would cnisve
just as much good for humanity and
suffer infinitely less personal discom-
fort if it would get to vast rsfrigera
tor and pack itself in cracked ice. Ths
American section OF this fantastic eI-
pertinent should recommend this sub
stitution on humanitarian principles.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22
III WlII- MOI DOWN

There is renewed aud apparently a
concerted effort among the Demo-
cratic newspapers j1st now to cal lle
the American people into q forgstful-
ness of the Hawaiian episode, In var
ious portions OF the country, among
journals sufficiently in accord with the
administration to conform withou:
compunction with any policy it may
choose to devise the publication OF the
latest batch OF official corrsspon 1encs
has evoked the snap-judgmsnt cry:
Let Hawaii drop. The public is
getting tired OF that Even sx-Mnis
ter Stevens. so long the target of cuckoo
abuse, is permitted TO pass and re-pasG
unnoticed, in Democracy's frantic de
sire to cover up its own disgraeeful
blunder.
Heaven knows that so far as The
TRIBUNE is concerned, and, as it be-.
liSves, 90 far US concerns the great ma
iority Of intelligent American citizens,
there is nothing in the American end
Of Hawaiian incident which would not
willingly be forgotten, il by that
means the perfidy Of our course could
be erased from history. But it is q
matter which does no yield to voli.
tion, We cannot let it drop The
question 10 up. and the question will
stay up until the wrongs that we have
committed until the shame that VIC
have been made the victims Of, through
the errors Of our executive, shall bs
righted before the Hawaiian people
and in the sight OF civilized mankind
If IT could be proved; or il, for argu
ment's sake, we consent TO accept 1t as
having been already proved, that the
bloodthirsty Liliuokalani's deposition
was hastened through the intervention
of the American minister, Stevens, In
mis- desire to expand the area Of repub-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

IT Is gratifying to know that the last
cent of Governor McKialey's indsbtel-
ness, incurred througl tas unwis, sx-
tension Of assistance to u friend, has
been repaid The governor, in his per,
sonal record as in his political one,
stands squarely before the public, with
no greater faults to ap0logizs for than
those of kindness and loyalty to his
friends While in one sense thess mat.
ters Of private business do not form \
concern Of the public. the light which
they shed upon public servants caar-
acter puts them within the pale of a
privileged communication and adds
to the personal esteem which Ameri-
cans of all parties entertain for their
next president
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

lican government, would not that
course yet present creditabls con-
trast with the course Of his succsssorH
Would it not be more American. more
humane. more in accord with the spirit
Of our age to aid, by fair and open
means. in the evolution Of u democracy
than to plot behind masks OF seeming
friendship, for the secret stabbing of a
democracy in order that rotten and
barbarous sovereignty might bA re
stored2
The liberty-loving supporters OF the
Hawaiian provisional government have
been treated TO an exhibition of the
worst phases OF American diplomacy
and it is idle to expect this question to
drop until, in sheer justice to the mis-
represented American nation, they
shall be enabled to see our diplom ICY
in more respectable aul a more patrl-
ohc light
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

A PARTY WHICH is morally capable Of
rsviving the income tax in time of peace
is thoroughly capable of solving its ac-
cumulsting debt problem by ths sim =
pie method of national repudistion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

IT WILL evidently not be the Demo
cratic party's fault if the states rights
idea does not get solid footing again
in all departments of the federal gov
ernment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

IT'S UNDOUBTEDLY true that brains
are not apportionsd along strictly geo.
graphical lines. Nevertheless, Mr..
Cleveland might have found Just rs
Good justice north OF the Mason and
Dixon line; and such a selection would
have reflected better upon his sense of
fairness.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

II THE HEROES Of the confsderacy had
been wisc in their day and generation,
they could have spared several million
gallons of good blood by just riding
into power on ''cousecratsd reform"
bluff. That is where their children
could give them points
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

TRYING TO put Scranton in a musty
old rut wasn't to the predominant
Scrantonian taste. And that's about
all, in way of afterthought, there is TO
be said concerning those bridges.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

ERAsTUs WDIAN, the inventor OF the
cyclone pulyeriz9r. we'll known in
Scranton, was committed to the Tomb,
yesterday on charge Of having forged
notes on r. G. Dua & Co to the
amount OF two hundred and twenty
nine thousand dollars, Mr.. Wiman
was huStling citizen and q pleasant
gentleman to inset, nnl made many
friends in Scranton upon his visits to
the Electric City His misfortune is
one of the forcbls illustrations of the
disaster that invariably follows faan-
cial inf ttion,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22
Too Thick to Look Well.

Chicago Tribune.
Maud-What d lovely complexion Laura
has this evening
Irene--Superb isn't itY But it looks as
il 1t had been laid on with trowel.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22
A Crilioal Pariod.

Yonng Editor (rehectively)-It |. don't
publish this poem Grace has written she
will have nothing more to do with me.
Aud II do publish it shall probably lose
nv position
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22
Mr Cleveland and His Party.

INFUyO HtTWU, IgW.
The rank and file Of the party worked
with u will to secure Cleveland 3 second
term in the presidency. He has not dis
charged his Obligations to the party. An
honorable mal Is anxious to discharge
honorable obligations.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22
Frost Proof.

When she and l a.sleigbing went,
Though no loot warmer furnished heat
Her little toes were qnite content,
For my warm heart lay at her feet.
.- Netp York Hsrad
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

THAT WAS certainly queer Circum.
stance in Norristown Tuesday when
Republicans of the Eighth ward,
through inability to get the official bal
lot changed, were compelle to vote for
man as justice Of the peace who at
the very moment of his election was
lying at home dead. Such uncommon
incidents, however, embody no indict-
ment OF the new ballot systeln, which
has gained steadily in the confidence Of
the public.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

Chicago Dispatch.
Oscar Wilde says there is genuine danger
that the world will become TOO Extensively
sane" The fact that his books are in de-
mand doesn't tend to confirm this state.
ment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22
Cannot Ke D It stagnant.

Washington Post.
The work of recovery is slow, but 1t has
TO come. IL is not wri tten in tho book OF
fate that, close as money may be, disastrous
as financial revulsious are. mistaken aud
as legislation often is, any
country blessed with redundant natura |
resources and population of marvellous
energy shall perish of stagnation.
After the BALL.
Twas given for charitys sake;
Its brillance excelled
. ny other fete held.
But the only. thing swelled
mot the fuud-it is gone
Are the heads they II have on
When later these gay ones awake.
--WdShiagtOR NecS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

HARRITY STILL has nothing to say
Perhaps he is too busy thinking.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

GRAvEsESD ADuERENTs of Boss Nc
Kane ara so little disposed to realize
their idols guilt that they tender him
bouncing oyations The crime Of bal
lot siufiing, in select Tammany circles,
passes az merltoriOus fine art.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22
Courage His Only Reoomm sndatloD.
Washington Post

The next Democratic nominee for gov.
ernor of New York will undoubtedly be a
brave man.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22
Eyidsncs Not Yet All In.

THItuyU UspuTtN.
Mrs. Lease says she is u Mason. Tho
goat ought to be given an opportunity to
be heard In rebuttal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22
The Verdict Of Psnnsnlvania.

Philadelphia Press
Down with the Wilson bill and all that
pertains to it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22
FRtsrnal Rule Qrash,d.

GdIrestOa Netgs.
Abont the first thing that wild young
lawyer proceeds to do is to dissolve the in
functions of his father.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22
Where She Fails.

She's pretty, with black eyes
And curls Of jet;
She's graceful and a witching
Gay coquette;
She can sing Il song divlnely,
But as yet
She's been dismal failure
As soubrette--
For above her head her toe
She cannot get.
--IFdshington Neics
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

requisite to voting, we suspect that it
would be grievous waste Of money
and time to try to bribe them into vot
ing. The fact that both parties are
equally guilty with respect to the pay
ment of this tax does not excuse either
nor afford justitiable reasons why Mr..
Singerly. in his widely circulated
newspaper. should stand as tho urgent
advocate Of practice that in all its in
tents and purposes is nothing more or
less than outright political bribery.
One Of the wholesome lessons assO.
ciated with the man whom today
Americans take pause to honor, is his
firm and prophetic objection to the un-
scrupulousness of intensified partisan
strife. Yet here, in the boldest OF
fashion, upon the very eve of Wash
ington's birthday, we have it re-
marked by the personal commissioner
of George Washington's latest success
sor in the presidency. in substance If
not in words. that the failure to bribe
ten thousand Democratic citizens in
Philadelphia by the wholesale pay
ment Of their individual obligations,
constitutes a 'scandalous default.
1t is time to nail this mistaken view.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22
Fading Democratic Hop "a.

Atlanta Constitution (DemD
Doubt, distrust and indignation have
taken possession Of all Democrats who are
watching the course Of events.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

Not Worth His Efforts.
Philadelphia Press
Generalissimo Singerly will probably
have to use II microscope hereafter to fluid
enongh of the Democratic party to prac.
tice his harmony experiment upon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

Stamp Out the Assassins.
PhHadeiphia Tunes.
Anarchy and civilization, like slavery
and freedom, cannot exist side by side.
Civilization is worthy of preservation.
Anarchy is only worthy of determination.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-22

Case Against the Wilson Bill.
Ciersiuld Leader
If Jefferson Davis were alive and in con
gross he would vote for the Wilson bill. If
Abraham Lincoln were alive and in con.
gresS he would vote against it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-21

~ difficult TO dispose of his articles. He
finally succeeded in suiting first the edi-
tor of The Literary Gazette and later
The Saturday Review. After that his
rise was steady, but his writings were AL
most altogether literary and not journal
istic tin lie was induced almost forcibly
W 60 on the staff of The Pail Mall
t'pitchforked into journalism, some one
has said-in the days when that journal
was Liberal in politics.
He entered parliament ia 1888 and
three years later was made a mem Der of
Mr.. Gladstone's cabinet as chief secre-
tary for Ireland his rapid promotion
from a journalists to a minister's chair
being quite unexampled ia the British
government He has ever since been a
factor ia the current history Of the Unit
ed Kingdom. He is a Radical i'm poll
tics, and, though not Extensively, an ag-
nOstio in religion. William g. Stead,
who was associated with him on The
Pail Mall, called him q Puritan who
had lost his way" Mr.. Morley IS a solid
rather than an interesting speaker. He
does not f.let himself ont" on the plat
form. His delivery is monotonous, but
his words mean something, and the Brit
ish public knows that he is always thor
cughly ia earnest. He is a pleasant man
ca know and an agreeable conversation
ist. Lt is said to be q cherished dream
Of his to write a final history" Of the
French revolution His constituents at
n ewcastle-upo n-Tynes whence he has all
ways been returned TO parliament. cali
him Honest j ohm
Sir William Vernon Harcourt has
literary side, as have Lord Rosebery and
Mr. Morley. His first writing was the
production of some very clever election
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-21

time was rapid. and IN 1886. after filing
many minor posts, ia all Of which he
worked hard. he became under secretary
of state for foreign affairs.
OF course his advancement in govern
mental affairs received q check when tine
Liberals went out Of power. but he was
nevertheless q potent factor ia public
matters all along. for he was elected as
a Liberal and GA the same ticket with
John Burns. the workinglnan to mem
bership in the London council and did
marvelously good reform work on the
governing board of the vastest munici-
pality in the world When Gladstone
came into power for the last time, to
Lord ROsebery was given the foreign
portfolio. and be has conducted its af-
fairs IN a way that has strengthened the
Liberal party and upheld the credit of
the government abroad. la fact. Eng
lands foreign policy under his guidance
has been strong for the first time when
the Liberals were IN. He has but one
more prize to win IN the game of poll
tics, and that is the premiership.
Lord Rosebery's marriage to q daugh-
ter Of the Rothschild family, which oc-
CURED when he was 30. was quite aa
much talked about as any Of his politi-
cal acts have been. His motives were
written down as entirely mercenary; his
ambition was sneeringly spoken Of as
having been to marry the richest heir
ess in the world, and SO on. BE that as
it may, their married life is said to have
been very nearly an ideal one She died
two or three years ago, leaving four chill
dren, and there have been many rumOrs
since Of his approaching marriage with
this one or that one, the most persistent
of all perhaps being the story which con
nected his name with that Of a daughter
of the Prince Of Wales. There seems
to be, IN fact, no shadow Of probability
that he would marry into the royal FAM
lily even if he could. The fact that such an
alliance would force him to leave public
life would Of itself prevent him from
making it.
Politics has not taken up all of Lord
Rosebery's Intellectual attention His
Life Of William Pitt is q standard
work and fulhlls one of the unvritten
conditions of the British premiership
wiz, that the premier should have a lit
erary side.
of John Morley it has been said that
elf he had vice he might become prime
minister BIZ which the speaker only
meant to say chat Mr.. Morley has always
kept himself too much il hand even to
entirely suit the cold, meth0dlcal Eng
hsh sentiment He certainly has none
of the dash and brilliancy Of Lord Rose
berry. He was born ia 1883. He was ed
ucated at Oxford, but during his uni-
versity life he gave no special promise of
becoming either a writer or a debater of
note.
When he went to London and set up
for q literary career he had a hard time
for some months, as he found it extreme-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-21


The first use Of q locomotive ia this
country was in 1929
The Erie has issued a new book of rules
governing the use Of airDrakss and steam
heating apparatus.
Colonel James E. How. vice president
of the Wabash. has severed his official
connection with that road.
Eighty-seven and half millions Of
passengers passed throu a the various
railway stations id Paris. arriving or de-
parting. during 1892.
"A metal clasp and weight combined
for throwing OF letters at stations where
trains do not stop has been devised and
patented by a night baggageman of the
Concord and Montreal railroad.
Some railway managers are advocat-
ing more general establ ishment OF what
they cali .schafng dish" buffet cars. They
are compromise between the Pullman
buffet cars and the regular dining cars.
The Baltimore and Ohio is doing a
charitable act for which It receives just
praise. The city 81 Pittsburg has given
several thousand men employment in
the parks. The railroad company carr
ries them to and from work free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-21
WHO WILL BELEADER
A QUESTION or VAST INTEREST no
THIS PEOPLE or GREAT BRITAIN.

Lord Roaeberys John z1orley end Sir VIII
Ham Vernon Har1ourt Seem to Lead Che
Liberal Hist IN EIisibHity u Succeed
Grand ola Man Gladstone.
Whether the story told by the expatri-
ated American, Astor, ia his London
newspaper, The Pail Mall Gazette, to the
effect that 11r. Gladstone viii shortly re-
sign as premier Of the British empire and
leader of the Liberal party, be founded on
sinside Information or not. his age and
increasing indrnlities are such as to rem
der his retirement q contingency likely
to become a fact almost any day.
What viii happen them Who viii
take the reins from The venerable hands
that have guided his party for so many
years? VIII the new man be strong
enough to keep the party united7 HOW
long viii he be able to continue the Lib
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-21

rr7HE FIRST PAPER IN KANSAS TO So
= cure the leased wire service Of the Associated
Press controls exclusive for Topeka the Full
Day Service Of this great organization for the
collection Of news a telegraph operator Iu the
STATE JOURNAL Office IS employed for she sole
purpose of taking this report which comes con-
finuouzly from 80 o. M. till 400 p. m. with
bulletins OF important news up TO p ND over
d wire running INFO this oElce and used only tOK
the dav Associated Press business between tbs
hours above named
e-Iha STATE JOURNAL is the only paper In
Kansas receiving the EIII Day Associated Press
Report
& The STATE JOURNAL has regular aver
Rme Daily Local Circulation i1 Topeka OF more
cham a11 ether Capital City Datlisa Cone
nAma@, and Double falf4t nf itA principal
CORN atAtor IA very credit sable morning news
Member 9f the American NeWspapaE
Publishers Association.
E~Ehe srAIE JOURNAL Press Room 20
equipped with Lightn ng Web Perfecting
Printing fresE--t1e haudsOHnest and fastest
piece Of printing machinery 10 the ssate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-21

Warrington. FEB 2L-For Kansas:
Forecast tsH =. "a. 1hursdag- SnoD
J7urrfss todag and probably tonight; far
Ihursdag5 rising tempsraturs Ih1srsd0yJ
Uarfa5ls 50tnds.