The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-16
CHATS BY THE WAY.

Secretary Nlven, of the Wilkes-Barre
board of trade, is cheerful, happy and en-
thusiastic. I'm my opinion" he says,
the possibilities for high achievements
are great, and primarily because there is
every evidence that the sun of CONNER
cial prosperity Is rising to blaze for a
long time over this favored land. The re-
cent elections have ended a prominent
disturbing factor in trade conditions, and
the settlement of national policies will
naturally relieve the business men of all
anxiety and apprehension for some years
to come. Already information comes from
trustworthy sources that confidence has
been restored and that the avenues of
commerce will soon echo with the hustle
of renewed activity. This is good news
and must have its effect in stirring Up
things in the Wyoming valley. With a
happier feeling in relation to the future
industrial matters must improve, and it
strikes me that If those interested in the
board of trade will give 1t the encourage
ment of their confidence and wise advice
and experience that II won't take long to
infuse new life into its work and make 1t
what 1t has been on occasions In the past,
an organization whose benefits will be
substantial and far-reachng." This is
the kind of talk that makes the mare go.
Out of compliment to his services dur
ing the recent campaign, Representative
Kulp, the sturdy young Republican who
defeated the veteran Buckalew i'm the
Seventeenth district, has proffercd 10
Hugh O'Donnell of Homestead fame, the
position of private secretary. Mr.. O'Don-
nell will accept, and beside do newspa-
per work at Washington.
In the course of an extended essay OH
bores, the Minneapolis Times remarks.
Probably no professional man has more
or more kinds of bores to contend with
than the editor of daily paper. In the
large eastern cities every newspaper has
an ex-pugilist in its employ who earns his
salary by throwing this class of floating
population down seven flights of stairs
The west has not arrived at this stage Of
journalism and the bore has 1t all his own
way" If any Scrantonian wishes to see
The Tribune's pugilst at work, let him
visst this office at the busy time of night
Our stairs number only four flights, but
the stones at the bottom are hard, cruelty
hard.
AS before said, John Donovan, of Bay
county, constitutes the sole relic and
reminiscence OF the Democratic party in
Michigan fact which the Detroit News
commentaries as follows: "The first
John was the voice crying in the wilder
ness; so is the latest John to achieve dis
tinction He is the Democratic party In
the legislature of 1895 He is Winkelried
and the Pass of Thermopylae, all in one.
He is the New Zealander on London
Bridge, sketching the ruins of London.
He Is Napoleon pacing the quarter deck
alone on the way to st. Helena. He Is
the solitary sentinel on the watch tower.
He must be awake all the time to partisan
legislation and, being the Democratic
party, must keep himself well-organized
to withstand the attacks of the enemy
upon the principles of which he Is at once
the custodian, the representative and the
protector. About the first thing he will
have to do will be to hold joint caucns
with himself, to nominate party candi-
dates for the United States senatorship.
Donovan, of Bay, Is a landmark. He is
the monument of the Democratic great
ness He is all that is left of his party in
Michigan. More power to him.
A green spot In desert, an islet in the
sea,
A single, small green leafet, upon blast
ed tree,
A Crusoe minus Friday bright spot in
q cave,
The man without party, the boss with
out slave:
The chief without an army, an estate
without an heir
A prisoner in dungeon at game of soli-
taire.
The unlit earth, with but single tantal-
izing ray,
Is not by half so lonely as John Donovan,
of Bay;
o, Donovan, John Donovan, thou spot
upon the moon,
Thy legislative fiddle hath but single
tune;
Hast read Alright the legend, with many
as they run,
That still the greatest number is always
number one?