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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26
Good Men and Jury Service.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Judge Rice, of Luzerne county has
been giving his opinion to some business
men in his district who, summoned 10
jury duty, sought to be excused from SER
vice because they were too busy. The
judges talk was altogether sensible. AL
most every court has similar expert
ence, and if every man Is to be released
from his plain duty to render the state
some service of this kind now and then
the public must lose much of the advan-
tage which comes from making use of the
best possible maternal for jurymen. Men
who are too busy for such duties are ordi-
narlly the best qualified to perform them,
and there would be less complaint in some
communities about the result of jury
trials If generally better kind Of people
could be persuaded to cheerfully serve in
such matters. If they did not so fire.
quently ask to be excused more would
probably be called to such duties.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26
Yankee and Other Railroads.

The Introductory number of a new
venture in the publishing world, called
"The Magazine of Travel" lies before
us. 1t Is a monthly publication of nine
ty-six pages, handsomely illustrated by
the very finest kind of half-tone cuts
printed on super er-calendared paper. Edl-
torially it proclaims its mission 60 be
tbeexploitationo of travel and kindredin in.
terests and the collection and preserva-
tion of much valuable literature having
travel as its fundamental theme. From
hasty survey of the first numbers
contents, we should say that the new
venture would appeal to a very large
and delighted audiencd. Picturesque
spots in all climes are brightly de-
soribed and pictured; and next to see
ing the spots at first hand we should
choose to read about them in the Mag
azine Of Travel, which is sumptuous in
Typography as well as in letter press
and illustration.
The first article in this new magazine
is by Chauncey M. Depew, and 1t treats
of an always interesting theme. Mr.
Depew in hurried fashion but with
authority draws several pertinent COM
parisons between American and foreign
travel Mr.. Depew has made the tour
Of England and the continent more
than half dozen times and has inva-
riably returned to his own country
strengthened in his conviction that
American railroads are fully a cycle
ahead of the foreign ones in construc-
tion, rolling stock equipment, service
and management, most of ALL We
have not the space to reproduce all the
defective points which Mr.. Depew mar
shals against the railroads of the effete
old world. Some of the more conspicu-
Gus of his complaints, however, aim at
the bad road beds of the foreign rail-
ways; the utter lack of enterprise in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26
Canadian Annexation.

number of propositions looking to
closer trade and political relations be-
tween this republic and Canada are ON
the calendar of the present congress,
prominent among them resolution.
introduced by Senator Gallinger, of
New Hampshire, and Offering lavish
rhetorical inducements to an outright
union. 1t is not probable that any Of
these propositions will be acted uopn
by the present congress. 1t has neither
the time nor the ability necessary to
the consideration of so important a
problem. The likelihood is very great
however, that the Canadian question.
so called, will be among the foremost
themes of debate in the Republican
congress elected last month; and a se-
rlous discussion Of it will, we believe.
be followed with uncommon interest by
the great mass Of Americans and by
the more intelligent classes of Cana
dians.
After several years of more or less
earnest agitation, there is yet marked
conflict Of testimony as to whether or
not the majority of Canadians would
join the United States in political
union If an honorable opportunitywere
to be presented to them. Our own
opinion, formed after some study Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26
The Dispensation of Burns.

lhO VI
The visit of John Burns to this coun-
try has resulted in the rude destruction
of one picturesque illusion. SO long as
this "apostle of labor" remained 5000
miles away, and so long as We Were
permitted to look at him wonderingly
through the uncertain spectacles of
William T. Stead, John Burns dimly re-
sembled a hero. There was, in this as
pect, a tinge of romance about him; Of
republican romance. He represented
the apotheosis of daily toll; the af
Reimbursement, 50 to speak, of the un-
der dog. Those of us who had sup
posed such things incompatible with
the genius of British institutions We're,
therefore, duly impressed. touched and
awed.
In a sorry moment, however, John
Burns caught sight of an American dol
lar Assuming that it madly beckoned
10 him, he packed up his grip and set
sail for New York 1t was Napoleon,
we believe, who remarked that no man
can be a hero to his valet. John Burns
should have foreseen that no great la
Dor emanoipator could remain great af-
ter he had commingled intimately with
his wcrshippers and given repeated
proof of very abundant fallibility. The
invasion Of Burns was attended with
a vast amount of incense-burning and
hand-clapping, at THE outset. The dis
tinguished British visitor addressed
thousands in New York, talked to other
thousands in Chicago and was made
equally much Of in Denver. If John
Burns had been content, during these
ovatons, to restrict his remarks to sub
jects upon which he is well informed,
his popularity might have maintained
fits Initial pace and his Golfers fattened
at Yankee expense.
But in a moment of enthusiasm, our
English visitor felt called upon to save
this nation; and in doing so we are con-
strained to admit that he has made
mess OF 1t. In the first place, our Pull
man strike wasn't settled to his saItis-
faction. Therefore he must laud Debs,
who has been fairly sentenced to jail:
score Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, who, as
Americans know, is the most sagacious
leader that labor has yet produced, and
put himself generally in an attitude of
mental resistance to the sovereign
forces Of American law and order.
These comments were not made casual
ly and tentatively, as mere expressions
Of personal belief. They were delivered
ex cathedra. The public ear was bom-
barded by them. They were uttered in
a tone that left no room for reply. We
say this was the first thing that John
Burns found amlss, in America. We
are now curiously awaiting the second
one. There will, of course, be a second
one; for to flatulent blatherskite LET
loose in the vast area of his own imagi-
nation all things are possible.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26

1t Is announced that bill VIII be
presented to the Pennsylvania legisla-
ture to make voting compulsory at
every general election, under penalty
of a fine Of Sc. The bill provides that,
after the closing of the polls, the judge
of each election division shall make
red mark under the name of each voter
who has neglected to cast his ballot,
and he shall transmit to the returning
judge within the next succeeding ten
signed by himself, attested to by the
clerks. The courts are directed to sum-
mon the derelict voters into court to
show cause why the fine should not be
imposed. Sickness and absence from
the city shall be sufficient excuse to
avoid the payment of the fine. All fines
collected under this act shall go to the
public fund Of the county in which they
are collected.
This measure Is doubtless suggested
by the suffrage bill which lately created
stir in the German empire. 1t aimed
to disfranchise citizens who should OBJ
stain from voting at two successive
elections. The falling-off of the vote
IN all "off-year" American elections
Is 4 fact too familiar to require demon
stration. In the elections of one year
ago, in this state, for example, there is
every evidence to indicate that as many
as 100000 duly qualified voters, or al
most 80 per cent, did not take enough
interest in the choice of state supreme
court justice and a state treasurer to
visit the polls. The elections last
month drew forth larger percentage
of the total vote; but even with a gov
ernor, state legislature and congress-
men to elect, easily 100000 citizens re-
mained at home on election day.
Whether it is possible by any coercive
force to bring this sluggish fraction
around to a correct realization of its
obligations Is an interesting problem.
We suspect not. At least, we should
have greater faith in education than in
legislation as corrective influence.
In this connection it may not be amss
to renew attention to a cognate PROPOSE
zion advanced Two years ago by Judge
Stewart of Chambersburg, who sug-
gegts that citizen who should neglect
to register his vote at a primary cleo
ton should not be permitted to vote
at the next. ensuing general election
The enactment of this principle into law
would not, perhaps, reach the individ-
ual who shuns both primaries and gen
eral elections; but it would be a for
ward step that would exert a good
moral influence. 1t is largely because
of the general indifference manifested
toward primaries that there is a large
stay-at-home vote in the elections fol-
lowing those primaries. If the import
ance of the primary could be more
earnestly impressed upon the Amer-
can electorate, the elections would in
most localities practically take care of
themselves.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26
Business Men as Jurors.

From the Wilkes-Barre Record.
1t is entirely proper for the court to ex-
cuse jurors for sickness or any other
adequate cause. But the practice of get
ting excused because the juror is too busy
with his own affairs should be abolished.
The jury system is the cornerstone of
our liberty and every good citizen should
feel it his duty to serve as juror when
called upon. If we are to have fair
trials and just verdicts the court should
insist that men of intelligence and stand
ing should do their share Of jury duty.
The general reluctance of business men
to serve in this capacity finds a notable
exception in the case of Hon. Eckley 3.
Coke, of Drifton. Not only does he serve
himself whenever called upon, but he IN
sists that all in his employ who may be
drawn as jurors shall serve too. He feels
that 1t is his duty as a citizen, and de-
clines to evade that duty even though its
fulflllment entails great personal incon-
yenience.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26

the surface evidences, is that the an
nexationists in Canada are still in the
minority. But they form a strikingly
intelligent, progressive and active
minority, representing, upon the whole,
largerproportion of the more desirable
classes among the inhabitants Of the
dominion than is represented by the
Conservative opposition. The march of
ideas seems destined at no remote day
to land the annexation sentiment in a
fair working majority and when that
time shall come it will be the work of
a few months only to snap the abb
normal ties that now bind Canada to
Great Britain and issue overtures for
acceptance into the American fedora
tion.
Until such time, the attitude of this
governmentmust naturally be passive
one. Over-anxiety for new territory is
contrary to all wise Yankee traditions.
The greatest and best government on
earth need not solicit recruits; the
solicitation should come from those
anxious to share in its advantages. at
the same time, it would be futile to
deny that many Americans already
look upon Canada as a natural and
logical part of the United States, and
would gladly improve the first hon
orable opportunity to welcome it into
the sisterhood of free and prosperous
American states. The choice Is one for
Canada itself to make. There is little
doubt, however, as to how she will
eventually make it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26

their control; the wretched facilities
and conveDiences they offer to the
ordinary traveller, and the insolence of
their employees together with the abom-
governing rules in countries where the
government owns and mans the rail-
roads. The two great nuisances on our
Chaunceys blacklist are the compart-
ment evil and state ownership. OF the
former he writes:
OF the compartment system which OBJ
tains abroad enough cannot be said in
denunciation; it is the most unpleasant,
inconvenient and dangerous feature of
foreign management. The arrangement
of seats In these compartments makes 1t
necessary for one-half the occupants to
ride backward. Nothing can be more dis
agreeable than to be shut up in one of
these places in company and close con-
tact with a lot of strangers. You are
helplessly locked in a small room,
crowded so close to your vis-a-vis that
your feet touch. Your neighbors may be
impatient, presumptuous, or generally Of
fensive in speech, manners or odor; there
main, in hopeless submission to these un-
pleasant conditions. The compartment
system offers most inviting opportunity
for robbery, outrage and murder, and you
can scarcely look through any continental
or English newspaper without seeing ac-
counts of robberies or other crimes, the
scene of which has been the train COM
partment.
Mr.. Depew critcises severely the lack
of toilet luXurdes on foreign trains and
declares that outside England the aver
age speed of the passenger trains is
less than that of American freight
trains. He does not overlook the fact
that engineers and firemen on the other
side have no comfortable locomotive
cab to protect them, but have only a
screen to ward off the wind; that con-
ductors, in collecting fare, must walk
outside the coaches, on a dangerously
narrow foot Path; that there is no sys-
tenn of baggage checking such as we
know in America; and that underpaid
train hands, particularly on the contin-
ent, have to be bribed at every step IL
one wants to escape their troublesome
dlspleasure The worst features of for
elgn travel, in Mr.. Depews opinion, are
invariably found at their climax on
roads owned by the government. "The
cabinet minister in charge of the rail
ways dares not" says Mr.. Depew,
build branches, run switches into ware
houses, put side-tracks to undeveloped
mines and new manufactures establish
connection with water power 'where
business is to be developed, or adopt, or
even experiment with, any new appli.
ances involving the putting aside OF
present methods because of the opposi-
tlon, which is ever alert to charge him
with mismanagement, incompetence, or
extravaganza" The result is that state
owned railroads are notoTously behind
the times; While the large force of
petty government officials who are EN-
ployed on these roads prey upon the
public like so many vultures and an
swer complaints with the tyranny OF
immediate arrest.
Upon the whole, if Mr.. Depew's com"
parsons be just, we have little to
learn from the old world in the matter
Of railway comforts.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26
Time TO Consider Candidates.

From the Pttston Gazette.
The Scranton Tribune's remark that the
best men in every ward are none too good
to send to councils applies with equal
force to Pittston. 1t Is not bit too early,
either to begin the consideration of can
didates.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26

The United States OF America needs q
permanent, competent and non-parti-
san census department, and needs it
with emphasis
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26
One OF the Very Best.

From the Binghamton Herald.
The Scranton Morning Tribune has re-
Gently enlarged to twelve pages on Satur-
days and improved in other ways. 1t is
now one of the very best papers in Penn
sylvania.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26

The members of the next state sen.
ate will have the free privilege of a
$4,000 bath room, not to mntion free
soap, towels and perfume. We trust
they will not neglect their opportuni-
ties.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26

The Philadelphia Inquirer is clearly
floundering in the early stages of the
Tom Reed fever. But there are others.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26

Another $2,OOOOOO dropped from the
treasury yesterday. All indications
seem to point to the necessity of a new
SGT of hoops for Uncle Sans bari.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26

No Populst will ever get the indorse-
ment of Republican national conven-
tion. Mark this for future reference.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26
Need a Paid Department.

From the Stroudsburg Jeffersonian.
Scranton is talking of a paid fire depart
ment. That city, so prosperous in almost
every other feature, still depends on the
volunteer system for extinguishlng fires
A change should be instituted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26
SCRANTON, DECEMBER 26, 1894.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.
Come and inspect our city.

Come and inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide 740 feet.
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population, 1894, 100000.
Registered voters, 20j99.
Value of school property, S75O,0OO
Number of school children. 1900.
Average amount of bank deposits, SlO,-
100000.
It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn
sylvania.
Canproduce electric power cheaper than
Niagara.
No better point In the United States at
which to establish new industries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26

One thing for which Americans
should be grateful in this holiday sea-
son is the fact that eminence of ad-
vocacy has not blinded them to the in
trinsic worthlessness Of the Nicaragua
canal job.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26

One great trouble with Thomas c.
Platt is that he interprets every Re-
publican victory as a personal license
to dictate appointments. Some day
the Republican party in New York will
get tired of carrying Plat; and then
you will hear something drop.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26

1t may be worth while to remark,
for the benefit Of whom it may concern,
that no bridge lob" will succeed, this
year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26

Now 20 the payment of those bills
Christmas bills.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26

A downright quarrel between two
such eminent statesmen as Richard
Croker and w. Bourke Cochran might
not be edifying, but 1t would doubtless
be Instructive. Let the battle proceed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26

The better the councllmen, the better
the local government. Good govern
ment pays.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-26

The tramp problem is solved in the
laconic sentence: "Workr'
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
ATTACKED BY A WOMAN.
Hotei-keeper McKeon Has His For
mer love Arrested.

RoCkAWAY BEACH. July 6.-Joae-
phlne Welles. OF New York City, was
arraigned before Justice Smith yesterday
and remehded until Wednesday under
$1,000 bonds for having assaulted Charles
MeKeon, proprietor Of the Hotel Airing
ton, on Pier avenue. Mckeon 10 . nephew
OF e2-Distr!c, Attorney McKeon, OF New
York: and is well connected.
Up to two years ago the woman, II Is
alleged, was known as McKeon's wife
They occupied a handsomely furnished
cottage at Lawrence. L. I.
When they separated. in the Spring OF
1892. McEeon came here and opened the
bell and his wife, the latter TO act as
house.lceper and Campbell 10 tend bat
MeEeon and Mrs. Campbell were seen
out driving frequently and the gossips
Ssga with e t9s k cps n5' snd o %s5ay
hotel 81 Roekaway Park.
aea!ns: MoI<eon for So. 900 damages Tor
alienation o. his wifee affections. The
Brooklyn Jerry Weinberg has been en-
gage as his counsel.
Yesterday morning Josephine Welies
visited he Arlington accollpa MED by a
man. She. created scene there and
policeman and had her locked up. She
was we'll dressed and wore many dia-
,nonds.
Her companion took the train for New
with Sl,C0e In bank notes. which he de-
posted as q guarantee that Mrs. Welles
would appear !or trial.
McKeo1. when seen by The Evening
World man. sdmitted having lived with
Mrs. Welles. but denied the accusation
OF Campbell.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
DIDN'T SNUB CROKER.
Dr. jenkins Says Treasury OffciaIs
Didn't Get the Chance.

In reference to the statement In tic
morning papers to the effect that DIR.
Jenkins. as Health Officer of the Port
of New York. had been refused per
mission by the Treasury officials in
Washington to take Mr.. Croker from
the Majestic at Quarantine on Wednes-
day. MIR. Jenkins had this 60 say this
morning Ia all Evening World" re-
porter:
"The statement that was refused
permission to take Mr.. Croker from the
Majestic At Quarantine is absolutely
false. 1 did not receive any telegram
from any Treasury official on that sub
Ject.
Mr.. Croker had no desire to leave
the Majestic at Quarantine. He pre-
telTed to go right to her dock. But IL
he had wished 10 YEA her and come to
the city on niy boat 81 ould have taken
him on without asking amy ones per
mission | should have eHacted II us a
return for the many courtesies EXTENDED
by me ~ the Treasury officials
Further than this DR. Jenkins re-
fused TO discuss the matter.