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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-04-02
Das 0pfer eines Sd)minOlers,
Der JumeIenbdnoler 6lersbem beim
KartenIptel um $4,000 betro9en.
Der Gauner perhaftet, aber wieoer entla6en.

6err Gem. SO. Slersbem, elmer Ser be-
fd1ntelten @el6dftsleute Der Stabt, Wtite
9lieO Der Sutpelen= llnb Scbmud1a6en>
Sirma 9app & Slers6em, SEQ. 92-98
State Str, lit einem geriebenen S6tpinOz
Ter sum Spfer gcfalen, ltnb leine 8efannte
ibatt NIT ibm bat ibm Die runbe Summe
bon $4,000 9%cfoftet. 8or einigen Q8ocben
unterna6m 0err SlerSDem cine 9teiie nat6
8eit Saoen uno gebraud1te bort Die beil@
frdfttgen 8Gber. Gines SageS macbte CT
bic 8efanntlbaft zines 6crrn Wiliam
Wetcalf, Der tbm ais ein noblbdbenber
Contractor Dorgeitelt tpur6e. Serielbe err
flGrte tim, oaB er bereits niel BON i6m unb
ieinem groBen @e(cbGft in Gbicago geb0rt
babe uno es treue tbn UNI 10 mebr, feline
8efannti6aIt 3l maden, ais elmer ieiner
6reunbe aus gfcip yorf in BET nG9lten 3elt
na9 G6icago 5L tOmmen beabiibtt9e, uln
9r0Bere @tnfGufe gu macben. Wtetcalf
mabte einen ie6r angenebmen @inbrud
utb ais er zines Sa9es Elm Sptelcben pro-
ponirte, wurOe 6icS nit 8ergniigen ange>
nommen. Metcalf setpann nit 10 piel
Nnftanb, baB Serr Slsrlbem erit bann
9(rgmobn l6opfte, ais iein 8erluit
Sic 6D6e bon $4,000 crreicbt bate.
0m na3iter Gage mat Der liebensz
plrbi9e Contractor peri@tpun6en un6
6err' Nleri6em puBte nun beltimmt, 6aB
ct einem geriebenen @arner in Die 6Gnbe
9efaaen mar. Sci lciner Dor 5 Gagen err
folgten &iidfebr na6 bier macbte ct Der
Boli5ei Wtitt6etlul9 unb mebrere 8olisilten
befanOen itc6 bis 9citern auf Der Su6e
mach WtetCalf, Dbn tbn All ftn0en. SutQul>
gertpeiie lab 6err 8leribem i'm gcitcrn
gfabn1ittag Elm 2ocal an Ser Wta6tion Str.
betreten. ST elite iofort na9 Der Central
Station un6 Snipector Sbea CAB ibm bie
9etectineS @rtffin unb Sulipan mil.
Sci ibrer Mntunft in 6em Qocale mar
Ser Go9el auSgeflogen, bo6 nab etipa
baG6tiinoigem Su9en fanben ite i'm
atf Ser StraBe. @r tpuroe lofort
perbaftet, nab Der @entral>S Station gebrabt
unb einem ibarfen &reu3Oerb0r %untertporz
fen. 9aslclbe enOete ban1it, baB er in
elmer 53ele etngelperrt nur6e. Merfmiir@
bigger Neiie wuroe ct jcbO6 i9on mach
einigen Stunoen pieoer auf freien SUB ge>
lebt unb stpar, ipic es bieB, tpeiL tpoblz
baben6e Sreun6e BON ibm ii6 Der6iir9t baz
ben, ietne Disqualification gut 81 macben.
DAB ct pirtlih Elm S6mtnDler mar, lit
tpobl faum 81 be3tpeifeln, benin in Ger6inz
6ung nit BET Nngelegcnbett murbe gc1tern
Nbenb SOC" WOore genannt, Elm Der Boz
li5ei moblbefannter uno bGufig Derbafteter
@auner, Der nit Gtccbt in ben 8iicbern Ser
9oli3ei unter Ser &ubrif Confidence
man" sefitbrt pirb.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-04-02
Gin SiiIfer,tf

in Der Stiae Der gobt pirtt erI9redeno. @ie MIN,
me1n feline 9ilfe 5ur 9onb lit ober mir nidt miiien,
pober er fam 2 Seines bon beiben tit Der SAL bel
benz itummeu @ppea on Die Sulfsqneaen Der itets
biilfsbereiten, bel Sranfbeit Itets 81 @ebot itebenbe1
dr3tli1en @ineni6oft. Sin prOmptes Wttttel 5ur
SelbItbilfe fir YeriOnen, bic OIL Mtalarta. 8beumatts=
mus, 9DspepIie Ober 8aiOfitdt leiben, Die nit ben Ins
fdn9eu Der mDroeril9eu Gher enleiben 9epla9t Iino, ftnbet
man i'll 9oftetters Ma9eubitters, Der uitets beretten
@iilfe. in Der 3eit Der Notb," user on oprgenannten
uebeln leibet ioate teinen au9enblif 8Ogern. feline Siilfe
in @nIprud gu rebmeu. 9ie @rfabrnng bat ieine unl=
faIIenoe 9tiislibfeit bepieieu, Die @nlpfeblnn9, bernpr=
rooenber glerate Iatftiunirt ieineu @ebraudD. NerpbIe.
oboemaqerte, berunter9efommene 8erIOnen erlaHget
burt elne Sur nit bieiem OortreifllGen 3onlr Strait uno
tprperlife 5lae, oaIlelbe leiitet oit9 aitsa Seute' uHo
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-04-02
Derbotene Sisbe
Sihrt gu Setrue uno perhaftuns Der Be-
thetliaten.

@iQtam 8aumba6 lit Elm 8irger
@roBOaIe's unb CUR 3eit StroDtpttttper, oa
feline Srau gum 8elucb ibrer Gertpanote11
in 0euti9lanb meilt. I'm ii6 Die 3eit Der
gSittmeri9aft 10 gut tpte m0glicb su Der>
treibcn, bat 8aumbab, mie es 16etnt, nit
Sranfte S3mibt, pelcbe in DEM 6auie,
$50. 245 W. 2ateitroBe m0blirte 3tmmer
5t %Derlntetben hat, Elm 2iebesDerbGltntB al>
gefan9en uno Die 8elben BADEN licb treftltb
amiiiirt. Bobl ME baben fie 9eglaubt, baB
tbr 8erbdltniB barntt enben niirbe, 0aB tie
OeS perlucDten 8etrugS pe9en perbattet
muroen.
8aumbacb belibt einen 8auplab in
@roBbale, uno UNI itcb @elb fir feline
@gtrapasanaen gu peri9affen. beibloB er,
0enlelben 5u Derfaufen. @baS. Wfaoer
bon 939 G4pbDurn Qpe. BOT tbm $435, uno
man murbe iicb 6anOelSetnig. 9onneritag
Na6mittag loate Der 8erfauf por 8ibter
Mobonep ab9eibloiien iperoen uno UNI ben
Contract 9iltig unb redbtsfrGftig gu
macbel1, tpar es nDtbtg, baB aub Srau
8aumba6 6enfeLben untersei6nete.
8aumba6 i6elnt btes gctpuBt gu
baben unb ct nabm 6aber ietne
Sranfte nit uno iteute fe ais feline
6rau Dor. Nues pdre a1cb pieuci9t gut
9e9anscn, tpenn ct ni9t bic l1nporIi6tigfeit
b~egangen bdtte, Sranfie barauf aufmerfiam
8u ma3en, baB tie ii6 als 9eleue 8aum=
ba6 unter3eicbnen miiiie. Oies erregte ben
Nr9pObn bes &ibters unb er iteute Die
Srau CUR Gebe. gtab Idngerem 2eugnen
CAB iie 3u, baB ibr 9tame 6rantie Smit6
iei. 9a tie bereits ibren gtamen auf
8apter geidrieben bate, tpuroe iic iofort
in 6aft genOmmen. Nucb 8aumba9 iolte
perbaftet peroen, mahte fib aber i6nen
9enng aus benz Staube. Snbeiien murbe
ein 5aftbefebl 9egen ibn ermirft un6 er
tpirb ~iebenfalS berte eingefperrt mer0en.
Sri. Smit6, tpeL6e ii6 CUR 3eit in Der
Sheffield 9loe, Station in 6aft befinbet,
e%rtldrte 8eltern @benO, lie lei Der 9lnft9t
geweien, NIGHTS llnrecbtcs gu t6un.
Qlm meiiten fam iicb Wfa6er ~freren, baB
Der 6anbel ni9t su Stanoe fam, benn ct
bate $435 be3ablt unb pGre pieQeidt BEL
Der &iiffebr Der Sralt 8aumbacb 9%estpun=
gen g~etpeien, bas @runofild lpicber auf5u@
| 9eben.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-04-02
Oas Sternenbanner.
Gs foa ole heranwadieuoe 3ueeno gu wahrem
patriottsmus beeetfern.

Sett eintsen Sabren purben ie6en Com
mer bon Ben 3Ogltngen peri9teoener Cffent@
li6enS 6ulenNusflii9e na6 ben Offentli3en
8arfs unternommen, uno spar tDurben
bieie Qusffige 10 %9eleitet, baB lie benz ipez
5iellen 3iped btenten, Die &in6er sur 8e7
9eiiternn9 fit bic Slagge Der Gereintgten
Staaten, 6aS S1ernen6anner, SIT entflalnz
men. 9as finDlibc @emiltb lit fir einen
berartigen Gultus, BEL Dem Sinn unb 6ers
burcb Sarbel1, @elang un6 feurtge 9te0en
bearbeitet tper6en, leicbt eupfGn9lt6.
9ieie Musfliige unb Seitlibtetten baben
BEL ~unieren itodamcrtfanil9en W;tbilr9ern
groBen 8etfau g~efunban, unb le 9eben ii6
jebt Wibe, cine 9rOBe Organization ms
2eben 3u rufen, tpelcbe Sen Sternenbanner=
Gultu5 metbobil6 betrctben, oaburcb d. e
amerifanil6e SIirger beran5teben uno 10
fir aQe 3eiten fit Die Si6erbeit bet Sea-
tion lorgen mill.
Oonnerltas fanb i'm Glub5tmnter 81 i'm
@rano Baciftc 6oteL cine Geriammlung
lolcber 9atrioten beiberlet @clble6ter
ftatt. sic mar bon ungefdbr 100 BeriOz
men belu6t. Die mdnnlt6en Sbeilnebmer
tparet Otitglteber Der perl3ieoenen @rano
Qlrmb : Soften uno anberer militG1
rii6er SrJanilattOnen, uno Die Saz
men naren 3umeiit Mitglieber Der
Daughters of Liberty" (SODter Ser
Srei6ett) "Patriotic Daughters of
America" (9atrietiide SO9ter Qlmeriz
faS) un6 6er "Womans American Pro
tective Association" General GbeoOor
8rown fiibrte Sen Goritb unb 8. S.
9isran6, OteOatteur Oes u2tmerican Staus
BARB" elmer 3eitl9rift, 6eren erlte Stunt
mel am 10. Wat 3. $. erl6einen loa,
f~ungirte als ScfretGr.
9as @om1itc, pelcbes nit bet NuS>
arbeituns Der Contribution uno gteben9eiebe
fir Sic neue Organization beauftragt mar,
~lieferte nur etnen tbeilipeiien 8eri6t. Seine
Gn1pfeblung, Der 8erein ioQe american
Flag-Day Association" DctBcn, puroe
einitimmig an9enommen. Die @mpTeDs
lungen beS GerntteS be3iigli6 Der s3lele uno
3mede Des 8ereinS murDen nob SuritG=
gele9t, bis Bet gauge 8eribt fertig ictll
miro. 9aS GOmtte befam fir feline Qrbeit
nod 5pei 8oben 3ett uno wurbe burd
folgenbe Berlonen ergdn3t: Die 6errcn
Or. &enolbS, Sen. 8ronn unb Wtetar6,
iopie Die 9dmen: WfrS. OF. Genolos,
Wfrs. George b. Smttb, WtrS. Sl0iper.
Wtrs. 6elen 80. Sherman, Otrs. sc. Gum
lop, Mrs. George Buriele unO 0trS. SAINT
W1aDenf.
9tus benz biSberisen Gntpurf beS Cont
tes iiber Die 3ieIe unb 3pede Der uQmeri:
can Tlagz0aD Nliociation", lntpte aus Del
@rfldrung, ultter uelcber Die @inlaoung 81
set 8eriammlung e~rfolste, ge9t 6erpor, DGf
Ser 8erein jeben 3. Samitag i'm Stunt 81
einem S6ulfeiertag ert(art piiien min, ali
benz bie &inber bel STANDARDIZATION uni
2usflii9en auSl5lteBlicb ilbec bic Gelbt6t'
un6 Bic 8ebeutun9 bes SternenbanncrS be:
lebrt unb banit gu tpa6ren Yatrloten ct.
3ogen ner6en.
Ote nGblte 8eriammGung bes 8eretn!
ftnbet Wftt1wo3, Ben IL. Npril, tuteOer in
@ranb 8aciftc 9oteI itatt.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-04-02
feuer in ma6tion parf.

DIS 8rof. George q. 0i5an, $50. 26
Mabtion Yarf tpobnbaft, 0ienitag &benb
bic auBen ansebrad6tcn 2dben in etnem oer
oberen .3tmmer Ser WObnun9 l9IteBen
tpolte, blieS Der Q8tnb einen Der 8orbange
gescn cine @%asflamme, weI9e oenielben
lofort in Brand leb1e. Der Brofeiior perz
Iucbte bas Seuer 8u l0i3en, bertpifelte it6
babel je6o6 in ben 8orbdngen uno tonnte
fi6 nur nit tnapper Notb Ielbf retten.
Die T%eltertpebr purbe alarmirt, tonnte
ieOD6 bes tiefen S6neeS ipegen ntbt trub
genug CUR Ste1e fommen, nm cine bou@
itdnbige a3erit0rung bes @ebdubes nebit
Snbalt 81 berbiiten. Ser S9aoen am
@ebaube, ipelcbes Ben 8unbam'iben @rben
%9ebOrte, bctrd9t 81, 00O, wabreno BroT.
0t5an WObeln un6 anbere 6ausbaltungs7
gegenitGnbe i'm 8crtbe bon $4,000 ctn7
baBte, Die aber pouauf Derii3ert iinb.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-04-02
GtabIirt felt 1851.
Henry S~ehoellkopf,
Wholesale & Retail Grocer,
232 & 254 OfsRanoolpb=Stry
apiinen sSrorflin. n1h Worfet.9troRs

202 C 2OE VT@6QnooIp1=SIcv
spii1cn Sronflin= utb Marfet-StraBs
@btcago, Sas.
entpfieblt in better Maare:
8eunitIes Ganmtea, SImmei= unto 0r1SiaattettS
gessmiebeIn, Sremer Gier=&9rtoTeIn,-
9raunid)tp. GteienIpar9cIuL S6ntttbobnen,
SeItOiper Witben, Stus0Mrfen,
SStatS. Gtbfelt, Sb0nnptgttnrS,
S~feitIte Sftereiet Tarben,
SIfee= SeItfate8 @6ritgc, ~Srat=S6rtt8eI
syeinite boH. @ttIdther &arimge,
gSeitpbdI. Sditttett,, galat't,
8ramn1 d)ap. GerpeIat>28trit, SaroeuerI
SErauff. 8ratmmrit III Stt6Iett,
ertel ttto tnattnttten 9t1Ip
Stun. &aOiar, norm. Mud puies,
9(pn ettt=S iIo Sprottest. GtOGTIG,
9iiieIOprfer Semf, 2Seincif9, &apern,
MedltcS Slioem0L @tobm0L
Garnb. &pusSSartt9e, run. SatSineS,
@etrodnete YiISe, @ofetsS aprtt",
S sssa5de s' sue d, SssnaIsft Ssos,to,
WreiSelbeercr Int &attett &tttbeerInft
SEratt;. Ssstoe tI d et, YrmteIet, Sirmen,
SriIdle 9StiIe, MtGnocIn, Sttronnt,
Wohmfaaneu, 0ritnfert, &tmIem,
GirIe, 8nd)tpetSetts nno @afer9rtibe,
Garto III InebI, HetSmebI,
0ettfte 9erl9erts. @etsen9rtes,
Wedltem SaOa=, WtOtfa= un0 &iO=SeaEee,
Teiulten 9riitc1t ltto IdttuarSen Sbee.
Hetnite W6mi4a=SbucoIaoe, Ssafap,
~Teiniten Gntit entbGler Sd)tueiSerfGIe,
8tOamefOrt=SfdIc, griinen Sfr6mtcrfGSe,
Eroma9e DE Srte, NeuIdbateIer Ss65e,
YarntcIars, Goanter nn0 &imbnr9er Safe,
Semt1de SpinnraOer, @pIfrater,
GOIsI6mbe mno !&,otS=Yantu II eIm,
Barrier Sdthpftabaf bon &obbed,
iowie aae Nrten BON @rpceries.
Henry Schoollkopc
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-04-02
DR.. Rud. Seiffert.

Sett 1906 Pansar5t i'm Nlerianers6 ofpitaI.
9tfits=Stunsen bon 9h-11 rbr Mprg. I'M SpIpitaL.
Office nnD Mobnung: 17I-l73 Sit &onbpinb Ctr
OfficesStunben p ubr Nadmlttaos.
2er3-, Sun9ers, .unterIeibss unN Gei9leasts. Gronfbeiteu
e'"e SpesI@IltoI lisplSt iumH
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-04
just Plain Common Sense.

A correspondent of the indianapolis
Journal, thinking to score point
against Governor Claude Matthews be-
cause he Is a Democrat, charges that
the following extract from one of his
recent speeches is u revival of known
nothingism: "Is it not time to stop
and ask ourselves the question If we
have not thrown our doors too wide
open, received too indiscriminately the
unworthy immigrant and too hastily
clothedlhim with the rights and priv
iliges of citizenship? BY far too many
of them have been received of the
pauper, criminal and Anarchistic class,
who remain ignorant Of our language,
laws and institutions, whose only idea
of liberty is lawlessness and license and
hostility to all government, recognizing
none save that of force, who can never
become assimilated or Americanized.
believe the best interests of labor
alone demand that this class of immi-
grants be excluded from our shores
and he who, attempts to bring them
here should be held guilty of q high
criminal offense." Fair play for Mat
thews. This isn't know nottingham.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-04

One of the things for which this
Democratic administration will surely
be held accountable is its abrogation of
the reciprocity features of the Nc
Kinley tariff, whereby American ex-
ports, chiefly of products raised on
American farms, were just beginning
to gain general admission upon favor
able terms to marke Is from which they
had previously been excluded. The
new Democratic tariff sacrifices this
valuable stimulus to the American eX-
port trade without offering anything
equivalent in return. A more stupid
and uncalled-for piece of Legislative
bungling has seldom been seen.
On Friday of last week, Spain, by
royal decree, brought American reci-
procity with Cuba to an end The
effect of this abrogation may be fore
seen by study of our past trade relations
with the "Queen of the Antilles" The
Philadelphia Press pithily summar-
ICES those relations as follows: "In 1870
our exports to Cuba were S12,2Ol, ,691.
In 1891 they had risen only to $ll ,929,-
COS. In September, 1891, Spain, in re-
turn for free sugar, granted our products
special privileges and our exports be-
gan to rise by leaps and bounds. In
the fiscal year which closed last June
they were 500, 5,321. In the year
before they were $24, 1888. For three
years our exports have averaged $20,-
447, 900. For thirteen years before the
passage of the Mckinley tariff they
had averaged S1OO6O,OO0."
"These advancing and enlarging ex-
ports,n says the Press, "meant a
larger and freer market for our coal
our oil, our wheat, our meat and host
of our manufactures. This market has
all been sacrificed to make sugar dear
and wages low in this country and no
corresponding benefit is given the
American consumer" But we shall
be much deceived In the common sense
of the Northern farmer If he shall not
yet demand the restitution of those re-
ciprocity treaties as his fair and proper
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-04
coMPlIMENrING MR.. YouNes.
Scranton NeiUs.

1ScrdHtOn NelUs.
The Thirteenth regiments rifle team
maintained its previous character at
Mount Gretna and won the hotly contested
regimental prize, defeating the crack
marksmen OF the Sixteenth by the hand
some score OF 367 to 1862. Mr. Youngs, OF
the SCRANTON TRIBUNE, maintained his
previous record for excellence, scoring IS
out OF possible l05. He has thus again
demonstrated his undisputed title to be
the best marksman in the entire state
guard, and wins for the fourth time the
champion shot badge of the state of Penn
sylvania. We extend to the Thirteenth
regiment, and especially to Mr.. Youngs
our hearty congratulations. The latter
named gentleman is person of such eX-
treme worth, character, efficiency, and
wthall is so urbane, modest, retiring and
unassuming as to make his achievements
source of pride to his regiment, his coun-
ty, his city and his state.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-04
the BURDEN THAT HURTS.
Hon. ~. D. Opsn, at Peru, Ind

HIM. W. D. Open, at Peru, Ind.
Goods will shortly come in from abroad,
and for every "a worth Of goods that comes
from abroad some American laborer must
lie idle one day. In compensation for this
idleness the Democratic party proposes to
give him cheap goods. The 1000, 900 idle
men do not ask for cheap goods; they are
pleading for work. The 100 workingmen
from Philadelphia who knocked vainly at
the door Of the ways and means committee
room were not asking for tariff reduction
they were not asking for cheap goods, but
for employment, and for their homes and
their families. They were not even asking
for cheap clothes and cheap food. They
were asking for mans natural privilege
employment. The country can gain NO
advantage through cheap goods that can
at all compare in its ministration of good
to the community which comes from the
universal employment OF the people.
There is no burden levied at the custom
house, whether it is 100 per cent. or 500
per cent, that can compare at all with the
burden of 100000 Of willing workers
without anything for their hands to Go.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-04

THE HAzLEToN Plain Speaker seems
almost inclined to dispute THE TRIB-
UNE's claim touching the bravery OF
Lackawanna's soldieryin the civil war
by resort to the circumlocution that
Lackawanna was then apart ofLuzerne.
The motter county apparently cannot
quite make up her jealous old mind to
become entirely reconciled to the over
shadowing greatness Of her son.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-04

OUR LIVELY Luzerne contemporary,
the Wilkes-Barre Times, has been inn
posed upon by a smart young man who
deliberately gave one Of its reporters
false news. The smart young man is
under arrest; and the Times is receiving
commendation for its energy in protect.
ing its readers. The Jail is a good place
or such smart young men.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-04
WHAT cLsvELsNDISM COST.
Indidnopolis Journal,

Indianapolis Journal.
The annual report Of the Massachusetts,
labor bureau shows that the total amount
of wages paid by the manufacturing indus
tries of the state was Sl27. 2s6, 397 in 1898,
against Sl37, ,972, sol in 1892, loss of 80, :
CSC, lO4 In the earnings of the working
people of the state. The report also shows
decrease Of 35 per cent in the NUMBER Of
persons employed in manufacturing es-
adjustments in 1898 Us compared with
1892. 1t will be long time before these
losses will be regained under the new
tariff law,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-04
ARE hPING BUCHANAN.
Hon. W. D. Otcen, at Ferll, Ind.

Hon. W. d. Queen, at Feru, Ind.
The leaders of Democracy appear uneon.
scious Of what has been going on in this
country for thirty-two years, since they
have been out Of power, and aae proceed
ing to run the government on the prin.
cipals used in Buchanan's administration
They have wrecked the gold surplus and
they have borrowed $50, 900, 600. They have
created a national deficit of S74, O0O, 000
1t is the first time since the war that the
regular income of the government has not
been equal to current expenses.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-04
Mr.. Moody's Mission.

1t is fortunate circumstance which
brings to this city at this time min
lister of such straightforward and eflec-
tive eloquence and large renown as
Rev. Dwight L. Moody. 1t would be
superfluous to say go much as word
in introduction of him. Even to chill
dren his name is already a household
word wherever the English language
is employed in daily speech; and from
the youngest to the eldest there is
scarcely rank, age, class or condition
in life that his fearless ministrations
and candid presentations of Divine
truth and duty as these have been re-
vealed to him have not blessed with u
larger measure of spiritual grace and
comfort. 1t is not necessary, we re-
peat, to introduce such clergyman to
the people of Scranton. Nay, rather,
it would be presumptuous. But we
can at least welcome him and, in be-
half of all our citizenship, wish for
him the abundant reward deserved by
his liberal and charitable teachings
and by the purity of his purpose and
record.
As we understand Rev. Mr.. Moody's
present intention, he does not come to
preach to Protestants, Catholics, Jews
or Gentiles but rather to fellow men,
struggling with greater or less success
to solve the destiny of their race and
work out, each for himself, the person.
al problem of salvation. There is need
of such evangelization; never a greater
need than now. At period when the
recruiting schools of sin and crime are
working on double time and with, it
would almost seem, a doubled and q
tripled force Of employees and superin-
tendents, there is need of a ministry
which, casting aside whatever there is
is in the conventionality of pulpit
teaching as it is generally known, will
get down to the marrow of its mission
and demonstrate its usefulness more
by deeds than words.
We apprehend that Rev. Mr. Moody
will not, while among us, waste much
time hagg!ing over the shucks and
shells of denominational differences.
We shall be surprised if it shall prove
to be his purpose to eXpend much eff
fort or thought, while in Scranton,
upon fine theological distinctions be-
tween tweedle dee and tweedle dum
We doubt very much whether he is at
all worried over many of these intel.
lectual enigmas that puzzle the brains
and engross the sapient attention Of
many estimable modern doctors of di-
vinity. 1t is our knowledge of the
man that he believes his mission to be
vital and living; to deal with men
rather than with definitions and to
fight battle against real and a pres
ent and an indefatigable enemy rather
than to lock horns with brother clergy
men in disputations that achieve little
material or other profit. The gospel
that he proclaims is rather one vibrant
with Divine love and human sympa-
thy; not cold with dissected intellec-
tuality nor stiff with the frost of spir-
itual congealment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-04
Today's Convention.

While it is not the mission of honest
party journalism to discourage Repub-
Hcan enthusiasm, it is well to bear in
mind that the common political enemy
is shrewd, keen and uncrupulous.
LackawannA county can and must be
made safe for protection to Lackawan-
mas diversified industries; but the
achievement of this result can be made
easy or difficult accordingly as today's
convention does its work well or ill.
1t is simply the plain and unbiased
truth to say, without reference to per-
sonalities or factions, that the welfare
of the party as awhole is superior to
the ambitions Of any man in it; and
by this rule, with thought of the NOR
row as well as thought of today, should
the convention be guided.
In gathering where many candi-
dates and many interests strive for SUI.
premacy, some must inevitably be dis
appointed. The test of party loyalty
will come to successful and defeated
ones alike; to the former in moderation
Of undue exulting and to the latter in
ready acceptance Of the wishes of the
majority which lies at the fountain
head of government of and by the peo.
pie. Until we are forced to believe to
The contrary we shall assume that this
test will be welcomed by each of the
interests represented in today's con-
ventiOn; and that when that conven-
ton shall have completed its work, the
entire membership of it will be pre-.
pared to give assurance of unanimity
and of renewed party zeal.
In expressing this wish and this
conviction we are not unmindful Of
che need of concerted and harmonious
party struggle. The interests at stake
ought certainly, during the long
months of Democratic depression, to
have given ample evidence of their
gravity and their weight. The citizen
who will consult This pocketbook and
his ledger will have little need of fur.
ther urging to induce him to appre-
ciate the need of sweeping and decisive
Republican victory. 1t is mistake to
assume that the business interests of
the country; that even the interests of
our own industrial community, are yet
safe beyond the danger line. With
Democracy constituted as it is, moth
ing is safe while that party is within
scent of pelf and power. 1t must be
whipped, scourged and humiliated,
not simply in congressional districts,
not simply on state legislative dis
tricts, but in county and municipal
and township and borough arenas as
well; whipped, flayed and beaten all
along the line.
The convention of today will not fill
the measure ofits clear duty if by its
work 1t makes this task more difficult.
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