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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

TAKING UP the remarks made re-
Gently by THE TRIBUNE with reference
to the need of an OverhaulinR of the
practitioners Of medicine in Luzerne
county, the Wilkes Barre Record re-
luctantly confesses to the existence in
its community of creatures who pro
tess to be physicians, but vino are in
reality murdersTs of the most inhuman
stamp, and continues as follows upon
much mooted point in medical juris-
prudence
The failure of the courts to admit the
ante-mortem statement Of u woman who
dies under such circumstances has placed
Il premium upon this unnatural work, ana
etfectually shuts out all hope Of bringing
the guilty ones TO justice. 1t is no credit
to the medical profession that it has as yet
made little or no effort to have such pal
pably unjust law repealed
1t ought certainly to be repealed,
whether the doctors agree thereto or
not. The theory that woman, at the
very portals of eternity, would. with
her last breath. perjurs her soul by the
utterance of false testimony puts an
undesSrved stigma upon the sex, and
acts thrice to shield guilt where once 1t
serves as a protection for innocence.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16
THE TRUE REMEDY.

Mr. Archer's admission that the
streets Of Scranton are far too lavishly
endowed with polss will not provoke
dissent. At many corners in the bust
ness portion Of the central city. as any
one can see, the clusters each comprise
from fifteen to twenty five supports,
fully two-thirds of which are absol.
utely superhuous. No System or de-
sign has governed the location OF these
poles There has been no percsptible
effort to distribute them in a manner
calculated to decrease the sum total of
their unsightliness. They have been
erected in obediencs to no other rule
than that of greedy caprice; and they
are not only detrimental in point of
appearance. but also grossly extrava-
CANT in their unwarEanted waste OF
wood and ground space. and indefensi-
bly, menacing to the public.
But it seems like vain hope to eX'
pect the electrical companies to unite
in remedying this evil. AZ Mr. Archer
expressive bit of the vernacular, they
are not built that way. The opportu-
nifty to unite has been open to them for
dozen years The argument that it
would he an economical move. as we'll
as a polite one. had just as much force
twelve years ago as 1t has today. But
nothing was done in the matter. Nor,
if we wait for these corporations to as
sumo the initiative, is it likely that
anything would be done in dozen
years to coma. Every year sees the
number Of poles Increased, instead of
lessened. Whenever company has
occasion to enlarge its equipment of
wires. the thought that auimatsS it is
not whether n mutually beneficial
agreement can bs made with the other
companies; the sole endeavor Is to pick
out the spots most suitable to Its tenn
porary purpose and on them to prompt
ly erect additional poles. The public
itself will need to move ahead in this
matter, if the evil is ever to be abated.
Fortunately, there Is permanent
remedy already within reach. An Or
dinance requiring all overhead wires.
within certain business area. to be laid
upon the surface, in properly insulated
conduit, placed parallel TO the curbing
and buried at crossings or court ways.
would open the door to project which
is practical. comparatively inexpensive
and certain in its results. The saving
made in repairs. and the increased eff
ficiency Of a service thus protected
from the hurtful influences of every
wind, rain or hail storm, would soon
repay the cost Of the alteration, while
hereafter the maintenance Of the curb.
conduit Would be decidedly cheaper
than the maintenance ofexpsnsive poles
that rot; cross beams that break, and
overhead wires that twist together. get
torn loose and otherwise require con.
stant attention from linemen.
Councils will need to apply soms
such prod as this il the pole nuisance
is to be solved with any approach to
permanency and general satisfaction.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16
VOTE For MR. GROW.


Because every ballot cast for him is a
sprag in the wheel of our industrial
rush to ruin.
Because it will let the wreckerS
know that there are ominous breakers
ahead.
Because it will restore to public life
one who has been too long immured in
privacy.
Because. if by your vote you help roll
up majority that will break the rec
ord, it will be proud deed to talk
about, in the Republican years to come
Because you do not believe in paying
old debts by the creation of new ones.
Because you do not believe that the
men who sent no substitutes in 81 are
a pack of rascals and frauds in 1894
Because every vicious thing Demo
cracy has lately done has savored OF
unpardonable ignorance or smacked OF
almost criminal results
Because. In the very nature of things.
the Democratic party is unfitto assume
the responsibilities Of majority or.
ganzation and is only truly tolerable
when In innocuous desuetude
Because the manifest destiny Of our
phenomenally expanding country, the
dignity and welfare of its indomitable
citizens and the honor and good repute
of our national emblem abroad demand
that the reins of legislative control
shall be taken from inadequate hands
and put in hands skilled in the guild
ance of affairs along the paths Of peace.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

hensibls as it may seem, they are su |.
denly imbibing q delusion that 1t Is
their own duty to do the looking; and
chat little earlier recognition of this
principle would have saved them sew.
sral million dollars in municipal rev.
enue. not to speak of removing their
odium as the worst governed city in
the western hemisphere.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

GOTHAM BoURBONs who, in defiance
of the present handwriting on the wall,
lately censured General Sckles for
boiling the Wilson bill, should remove
from the metropolis and locate among
their political kinsmsn down in Ar.
kansas. There they would feel decidedly
more at home
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

The WASHINGTON PosTs prediction.
based upon II careful canvass. is that
the free coal clause will never be able
to pull through the senate. However,
that may be, one thing is at least Ger.
tain II will never be able to pull the
wool over eyes that see its inspiration,
motive and menace.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

THERE Is an abundance Of room in
this great country for two ASSOCIATE ons
for the collection and distribution Of
genuine news, 1t is false assumption
that the activities of seventy millions
of healthy Americans can be monopo-
lizsd by any single press news organi.
cation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16
SCRANTON. FEBRUARY l6. 1894.
REPUBL ICAN STATE TICKET
FOR CONGRESSMA AN.AT-LARGE.
GALUSHA a. GROW.
OF SUSQUEHANNA
ELECTION FEBRUARY 90
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS.

To rote for he aslo bridges mark Il
cross ia he small square at the right
hand side Of he leord YES" at the bot
tom Of the first column on the ticket.
To oote for tie ne,c park, mark Il cross
81 the maH square at the right hdnd
SIDE Of the trord Yes, al the bottom Of
the second cOiuD,u. UniesS yoW UIakt Il
separate mark, for or against bridges
aud tor or against the park, your rote
wiA not affect either question. BE pro-
gresSire und cote YES
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

WHILE 1T is undoubtedly true that In
thirty busy years Of prosperous and az
gressive rule, the Republican party, in
moments Of error has cast up some
uusightly specimens on the shore of
official station. it nevertheless remains
the fact that it never was able to ap-
proximate such misfit as Hoke Smith.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

II WAS doubtless not the intention of
the ballot law to cause any misappre
hension as to the effect of one mark in
the top circle. Yet at elections where
there Is a submission Of special Ques-
tions the laws provisions inevitably
create confusion. The ballot prepared
for next Tuesdays municipal election
observes strictly the laws letter 1t is
the law, and not the commissioners.
that deserves whatever blame there
may be disposition to accord, because
of such confusion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

THOSE WHO charge that the bridge
Improvements are lob" are uudoubt.
eily correct They comprise job de-
signed to give employment to idle
labor, to tighten the weight of public
charities and permanently to benefit
Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

LOCAL FRIENDS Of II. b. ChambSrlin
will be interested and pleased in his
vindication from unjust charges. as
explained in another column. The
confidence retained in him by them,
during his hour of trial. will undouot-
edly long remain pleasant memory.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16
BOSSlSM'S DOOM.


the case of John Y. McKane, the
"czar" Of Gravesend, prosecuted for
gross and audacious electoral frauds, is
doubly suggestive at this time, coming
in the wake of municipal revolutions
in score Of ill-governed New York
cities and towns, from Brooklyn and
Buffalo down. 1t is a new reminder
that, however much the public coz
science may at times seemed lulled into
indifference to franchise outrages ,
however patient or inert the mass of
citizens may appear toward those who
make a capital of TINS weakness aud
reap from it huge profits in the schemes
Of practical politics, there is bound
to Gomez crisis when pampered ring
rascality will overleap itself and land
cold and shivering, Outside the breast
works"
From the very nature of democratic
lnsttutions there is bound to bs an
irreprsssible conflict between vice and
virtue between official rascaity on the
one hand and ofHjial honesty, upright.
ness and fairness on the other. The
community whether great or small,
naturally divides along this funda.
mental line Of ssp ration. But unfor-
tunately it has Of comparatively recent
years been the fate of the better ele.
ment very frequently to be numerically
outnumbered or stragstically over
reached This has given to JUS those
legacies Of municipal corruption and
venality which, now and anon. max Q
necessary some giant struggle waged in
every instance to bossisms doom. The
conviction of MsKane in itself is of
minor importance; but as fifty typify
ing life-and death battle reaching
throughout every ramihcation of our
political system down to the very we'll
springs Of government by the people.
it attains dimensions of momentous
import,
IL seems almost prophetic that the
jury which has found McKsne guilty
should in the same breath have uttered
q accommodation of mercy Undoubt.
edly. such monstrous municipal growths
as registry.forgsr, ballot-stuffer Nc
Kane exist only as possibilities OF
civic inditf srencs. They are. in a large
degree, the creations of circumstances
which are OF deeper root than their
own design or endeavor 1t is in the
nature of a sell -atonem snt that an In.
stitution OF justice, In melting out jus.
tice to a poisOner of justice, should by
this leniency, inferentially rsbuks ths
courts themselves for 30 long toleratinl
such characters Nevertheless, an OK
tension of mercy to men like McKant
Is implied in the very fact that, instead
of treating them as society treated its
traitors of old, we psrmit them to keep
their heads on their shoulders, and to
do" merely few years OF nominal
Imprisonment In some politely con
Quoted Jail
SENATOR ED" MURPHY has absentee
himself from Washington, and an
nounces that he will 'look after things
in Troy until after election. From
all accounts. things in Troy need look
ing after The people Of that city, il
a caprice Of unaccountubla an iaeity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

THERE NEED be no captious discus-
sion of possible candidates on the ticket
with General Hastings. The justified
voice Of the Republican masses will
signify its wishes and these wishes will
be duly respected and elected.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

PROGRESS IN municipal matters is
never achieved without soma dissatis.
faction somewhere. But the nearer a
city can come to unanimity of go. ahead
sentiment, the faster will be its ascent
Of the scale of all round advancement.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

In ToMoRRow's TRIBUNE will appear
the full text of Daniel B. Strongs mas
terly address in exposition of the fun
dRmental principles Of protection aud
free trade. Mr.. Strong delivered this
originally at the Stsrucca, Pa, opera
house. Feb. 6. and its condensation Of
the arguments for protection was so
thorough aud apt that we have been
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

GOVERNOR FLOWER has re-appointed
Health Officer Jenkins The action
simply re.affirms the fact that Mr..
Flowers man is satisfactory to Mr..
FloMar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16
Halt This Assassination.

Wilkes Barre Record
1t is the plain duty OF the medical pro.
fession To drive from its ranks the men
who disgrace it. Any hesitation ON the
part OF respectable physicians to bring
about reform OF this kind reacts upon
themselves with telling force. They can
not afford to stand IDLY by aud see their
noble profession dragged into the mire by
irresponsible and conscienceless scound-
rels. Let the Luzerne County society take
up this matter at the next meeting and see
what can be done to rid the community of
the inhuman monsters who murder for
money.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

WITH PROPER harmony among New
York Republicans Governor Flower
can next autumn retire to his Water
town herbarium secure in the fact that
he is the last of his political species,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

MORE OF this Msnitoban frigidity at
an early point in the present game
would have given the coal trade a de.
cidedly winning hand.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16
In Sunny Italy.

First Fair Heapolitan bearing her laun.
dry basket on her head Say. Jeanetta.
Second Fair Neapolitan Wellg
First Fair Neapolitan-Is my basket on
straightg
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16
AdlAl Waits for 1t In Vain.

Nep York Commercial Adpertissr.
Adlai's hunger for pie still goes unap.
peassd.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

AFTER DENoUNClNG war taxation
for twenty-five years, it is Characteristic
In the Democracy to propose its re i'm
positiou.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16
Dsstlny's Favor Has v.sIed.

Nslr York Commercial AduptiSer
The MAN of Destiny" idea seems to
have petered out considerably Of late.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

A VOTE for Mr. Grow next Tuesday
will be vote of dissatisfaction with
deliberate deficit making.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

AMoNG OTHER Democratic rsSump-
lions there has been a marked renewal
Of activity in Mr. Harrlty's pull.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

TRUE ECONOMY in municipal govern
ment consists of giving citizens what
they need. Scrantonisns need new
bridges
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

A VOTE for Mr., Grow next Tuesday
will be an expression of dissent from
the putting Of Southern theories into
Northern practice
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS to every citizen
OF Scranton to have Scranton we'll re-
equipped with all necessary convent.
pnces.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16
Cost Of mooretic Rul,.

Baltimore american
Ia New York city 40, 6sl families. COM
prisng 20S 7Ol persons, are out Of employ
ment, and there are 3J,3ll families in need
of assistance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

GENERAL HARRlsoN's latest address
shows that if he hasn't talked much of
late it hasn't been due to any lack Of
gilt. edged ideas
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

The yIADUCT on West Lackawanna
aysnu. will make an admirable com.
panion pisce to the dual bridge i'm
provsment
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

IT WOULD profit the United Press to
do less whining and saw more wood.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

A VOTE for Mr. Grow next Tuesday
will be a vote of censure on the Ha.
wsiian policy of infamy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

inducsd to republish 1t in It's entirety.
The address will be a contribution to
economic literature worthy Of careful
porusal aud preservation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16
NOTED
Just AS Seen.

Hon, Myron B Wright, of Susque-
hanna, representative from tho Fiji
teenth congressional district which in.
cludss Susquehanna. Wyoming, Wayne
and Bradford counties, is typical ex
ample of the sslfmade msa. Con.
gresham Wright's early days were
spent upon farm in Forest
Lake township and his first i'm
preSsions Of life were gained in
the contemplation of green fields and
lowing herds. When quite a young
man. Mr.. Wright obtained a position
as clerk In National bank at Susque-
hanna. In a short time he was pro-
moted to the position Of cashier,
and from that time on fortune
has smiled upon his endeavors. Six
years ago he secured the congressional
nomination from the Gonferrees of the
four counties who had previously been
controlled by Bradford county polite.
ians, and was elected by a handsome
majority. He has received the nomi.
nation and election for a second term,
and is now announced as a candidate
to succeed himself for a third term.
As Congressman Wright seems at pres
ent to have everything his own way in
the Fifteenth district his denomination
and election seem certainty.
R&#
Although but few may be aware of
the fact the we'll known marksynan,
George W Stout, Is one of the most
expert puzzle workers in the country.
There are about fifteen hundred people
In the United States who fiul amuse-
ment in manufacturing and solving
knotty problems that appear in various
newspapers from time to time. They
are we'll known to each other through
their nom de plumes, and frequently
hold conventions in the larger cities.
As editor Of the Puzzle column which
appeared in the News during the past
year, Mr.. Stout made many friends
among the puzzlsrs from Maine to
California, who will regret that he has
been forced by business cares to discon-
tinue the work.
Arthur II. Collins, who is at present
associated with Mr. Freas in the man
nfacturs Of caramels, is an accom-
plished writer Of verse aud takes a
lively interest IN literary work venor-
ally His poems and essays Invariably
show thorough knowledge Of the sub.
jacts at hand. which are treated with
grace and refinement.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

Home EvidOno, of Democratic Reform.
Cdr6onddle Leader
1t is said that passenger traffic between
this city and Scranton has fallen of near
ly one half in the past few weeks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

SENATOR "ED" MURPHY has abseated
himself from Washington. and an
nounceS that he will ''look after things
in Troy" until after election. From
all accounts. things in Troy need look g.
ing after. The people Of that city, 10
a caprice Of unaccountnbls auiacity,
are almost on the terrible point of &C.
tuallY daring to look after things them.
selves. Strange, ridiculous, incomprs.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16
BICYCLES

We make a SPECIALITY OF suppl wing com
mittees for Sunday Schools, Fairs, Festivals
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-07

Messrs T. p. Dutton Co. have published .
volume ofletters selected from the correspond
ence OF the late Bishop Brooks with MON bers
OF his family. They relate to two journeys OF
more than a year In duration taken In 1S65-eo
and In 1928, respectively. and also to sew
eral shorter summer trips. These letters
might, with propriety. have been privately
printed for the satisfaction Of the writer's rela-
tives and intimate friends. but they scarcely
deserve to be presented to the reading public.
The author. as he himself Acknowledges. was
not sufficiently we'll informed to give much
value or interest to his comm ents on the his
torical associations OF tho places he visited.
and. with the exception Of . letter about Ten
nyson. his references TO persons are regretta-
bly, short We shall doubtless hear moro OF
his personal "reminiscences In the forthcom-
ing biography. Meanwhile We are constrained
to say that. In these $50 pages. unsupplied with
an index. or even a table Of contents. IL would
be hard to Gull many passages worthy OF re-
production.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-07

where he II not bald. an iron gray. with much
whittier mustaohe and beard. deer. bright
eve, grand eagle nose, = mouth which You
cannot see. a black felt hat and loose. tweed
suit. He was just as good ne he could
be. and We oil went TO place behind the
house. where the trees leave large circle.
with beautiful grass and tables and chairs
scattered about Here we sat down and
talked. Tennyson was inclined to be mlsan-
thropio. talked about socialism. athelson. and
another great catastrophe like the French
Revolution coming on the word. He declared
that, II he we're n Yankee. he would be ashamed
to Keep the Alabama money bnt he let himself
be contradicted about his gloomy views, and
bv aud by became more cheerful = After
dinner. Tennyson and | went up 10 tho study.
and had him to myselffor two or three hours.
We smoked and he talked about metaphysics
and poetry and religion. his own life. and Hal
lam and all the pools. 1t was very delightful.
for he was gentle and revercnt and tender and
hopeful Then we went down to the drawing
room. where tho rest were and he read his
poetry to us till the clock said II. Locksley
Hall. Sir Gaahad. pieces OF Maud (which no
specially liked to read and some OF his din.
lect poems, He said. by tho way. in reading
I'ocksley Hall, that the verse beginning Love
took up the glass OF time &c. was the best
simile he ever made and that and certain line
In the Gardeners Daughter were the ones on
which he most pi1ued himself"
Our last quotation from those letters is an |
other reference to Tennyson made under dato |
Of July II, 1892: Yesterday I spent at Lord |
Tennyson's. going down with Archdeacon |
fnrrar In the morning and getting back to |
dinner The old man was In beautiful con.
ltion. gentle. gracious. and talKative. until no
went for his snooze, "a he called It, after
luncheon. He read us some Of his poetry. and
alked about IL in the most interesting way
Lady Tennyson ia a beautiful invalid, and the
'oung people. Hallam. his vile, and children
ire delightful"