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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27
AN URGENT DUTY.

While Chairman Harrity and Geuer
alissimo Paramount Singerly, by spe-
cial commission from Grover the
Great, are fighting out the question of
how to restore harmony in the dis
rupted minority ranks, Pennsylvania
Republicans should not overlook the
fact that they. too have duty, Sim
ply enjoying the perplexities of fac
tion.rent enemy will not suffice in way
Of that duty's performance. Neither
is the emergency met by good-natured
guesses as 10 the sizs of Mr. Grows
majority. What is needed now is work ;
good, solid, earnest work; work in
every district and at every doorstep;
work that will materializs in the most
emphatic protest ever recorded by an
indignant commonwealth whose inter.
ests are gratuitously threatened and
whose workingmen are confronted
BY conspiracy potential for their
ruin.
Mr.. Grow will be elected. This
proposition none will dispute. The sig
niticance of next months election lies
not in the fact that Republican will
win, but in the necessity that he shall
win by majority that will be por.
tentous, The line Of cleavage be-
tween Republicans and the admins
tration Democracy is now becoming
wildly distinct The issns is assum.
ing crystalline shape. 1t is battle to
the death between conflicting and ire
pressible methods; battle to decide
whether our industries shall be pros
porous or uncertain whether our
wage earners shall be paid or denied a
living wage; whether government
spies, acting as minions Of some sue
cessful boss, shall or shall not have the
sight to pry into each citizens affairs
and levy an odious tax on the thrift OF
the American people.
If the voters of Pennsylvania object
to patchwork free trade, sprinkled
here and there accordingly as hostile
feeling dictates that some section or
interests shall receive a malicious blow
if they object to the unsettling of bust.
ness by the threat of a needless econ.
omic reversal; if they object to paying
the debts Of Democratic extravaganza
BY the creation of new debts, in the
form of a gold bond issue, and if.
finally, they object to a control of this
government, which has reduced incom
petence to the proportions of fine
art, they will elect Galusha A. Grow
by the largest majority cast since war
times And they will do this. whether
the state Democracy gets together or
not.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27
FIRST PRINCIPLES.

1t is an insular view which Supposes
that in city covering almost score
of square miles the processes of indus
try and pleasure can be carried on
without trustworthy and accessible
means Of rapid transit. In our own
community, cut up as it is by natural
and sentimental lines of division, moth.
ing is of such immediate and also of
such permanent value to the public as
is that form Of business enterprise
which permits ready interchange Of
visits and which knits the several fac.
tors into one commercial whole.
The interests most affected by such a
system are not those Of wealth. but
those of labor itself. The man Of opu .
lance can buy his .own comforts. But
the poor man cannot, in the nature of
things, always reside within walking
distance Of his place of employment,
nor can he afford coach-snd.six to
haul him there in state. Those who
work in the central city ara frequently
debarred from living near their work
places by high rents. Those who la.
Dor in the other sections, even IL so
fortunate as to be near their employ
ment, must at frequent intervals come
to the business center. 1t is, then, of
infinite importance to the great mid.
die class of Scrantoniaus that there
shall exist good, cheap and accommo
dating methods of furthering this nee.
essary intercommunication; and the
newspaper or the politician that tries
to excite passion or introduce prejudice
in the consideration of this simple bus.
mess problem is evidently untru, to
the real welfare of the masses.
Substantially the same arguments
which call for better bridge facilities
point with equal emphasis to the un
wisdom of rails ing factious contentious
against the sy stem which supplies ouI
citizens with cheap rapid transit. No
system is perfect. No management is
fawless Yet our present street car ser &.
vice is rated by experienced observers ms
one Of the cheapest in the country. and is
certainly as accommodating as any yet
operated. To repeat in Scranton, with.
out equal cause. the clamor and fric.
tion 80 monotonous in many larger
cities would be only to inflame ill-feel-
ing without doing any visible good.
II, in consideration OF municipal privi.
leges granted, councils should decide
to impose a tax on poles. let it be done
as "a simple business proposition; and
not with the fuss and sputter that be-
long to fire-work politics. The COM
mon sense of the thing ought to bs sp.
parent to any observer. There is no
lasting profit to any person in the stir
ring up Of strife.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27
TO GET TO WRECKS.

Several recent shipwrecks on the AT.
lantic coast have demonstrated the
need of some appliances which will
carry alive ashore those who are ship
wrecked. and thus establish communi
cation with life savers With every
thing favorable. the lins-throwing ap-
paratus used by the life savers carry
line nearly seven hundred yards, but
the extreme range of the line-throwsrS
under conditions which usually exist
during emergencies is five hundred
yards. Even when wrecks ara within
range of the line guns the accuracy of
the shot cannot be determined and
lines are likely to fall over the rigging
Of wrecks beyond the reach of i'm
psriled seRmen. This was the cass OF
the wreck Of a ship on the Antipodes
islands, Just reported by way OF San
Francisco, which resulted in the loss
Of all hands except one,
The use Of kites by shipwrscked per-
sons has been suggested, and expert
ments are being made with kites GOV.
cred with glazed cloth. The strauding
of vessels always occurs on lee shores,
and in such cases kite might be ser
viceable, but the use of kite presup-
poses chance to send it on its life
saving errand. which opportunity does
not occur in majority Of shipwrecks.
owing to the submergence of the
wrecks by the waves. Kites can be
thrown from the tops of ships, but
sailors cannot be expected to be always
thus prepared. any more than they can
be expected to work with life presarvers
strapped around their waists. A float
provided with sails to cause it to drift
rapidly would be more likely to be
ready for service in emergencies than a
kite
In the advances which have been
made on land providing against explo-
sions and other great disasters, it
would seem as if corresponding pro.
gress had not been made in the devices
to secure safety of passengers and
sailors in times of emergency at sea.
All devices, therefore, which are CAL
culated to bring shipwrecked persons
to land beyond those already in vogue
are worthy Of trial and are demanded
by the valuation placed upon human
| lives.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

south amounted to only 3. 1893. 100 tons.
a tonnage less than was produced by
Maryland alone in 1892. Ten years
later. 1880, this tonnage had nearly
doubled. 6.0S7. 00S tons. In 1889 it was
nearly three times greater than in 1880,
or almost six times greater than in
1870 The last annual tonnage pro-
cnrable at present, that Of 1892, shows
that this tonnage has increased to
25,4s4 036 tons, gain Of nearly
800 Ter cent. over the Tonnage
OF 1870. BAtween 1880 and 1889 tue
numb Der Of employees had increased over
200 per cent, anl the amount paid in
wages had risen from 81 199,193 In
1880 to $l2 915 6l3 in 1885, while the
amount OF Invested c4pittl had more
than doubled The table giving the
annual production of coal for nine
years, 1884 1892, shows that with the
exception of the year 1886. the tonnSgs
had steadily increased over that of
each preceding year. Tho greatest in .
crease was that of 1891 over 1899. 4,
l39. 3SS tons. The amount paid in
wages to employees in and about the
coal mines in the south in 1892 closely
approximated ST., 500. 0OO
Mr. Halberstadt wonders why south,
ern Democrats should wish to injure
their own constituents by proposing a
sweeping removal Of the bituminous
tariff. Possibly there is soma explaua-
tion in the theory that tho big Nova
Scotia syndicate. with its millions Of
capital, has made it worth their while.
This theory is not new one among
men who know how the average Demo
cratic economist In congress is 'influ.
enced" at times.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27
SOllTH AND EREE COAL

Writing to the Manufacturers Reg
ord, Baird Halberstadt, of Pottsvills,
one of the best informed students Of
the coal trade in the country, presents
several tables showing the remarkable
recent growth of the Sbituminous coal
industry in the south, an industry
needlessly threatened by the Wilson
tariff bill. The tables are compiled di g.
rectly from census reports and they
make showing quits astonishing to
those who have never made special in.
quiry In this direction
For instauce-ws quote from Mr..
Halberstadt's summary--in 1870 the
! aggregate production of coal in the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27
MINOR FACTS AND FANclEs.

Mellitluous penned Frank Stanton-the
homeliest, happiest, kindest chap in all
Georgy-versifies thus:
Think OF violets bloomin' here
In th frost time of the year!
Think o lilies liftin' up
To yJur lips a snowy cup,
Ain this kind o merry-very,
In the heart o January:
If it hadn't been for Old Boreas' little
caress of yesterday, we in the sun-kissed
north might this winter have replied
What are vloets To us
When each sun beam means cuss
For the coal that isn't min, d
Aud the ice you cannot find
It's the d 'kens to feel merry
In this KIND f ia nuary
900
The Representative Hines who is quot
ed in the Washington dispatches as hav.
ing recently delivered an impassioned
philippe against the immense corruption
funds extorted from protected manufact
urers by Republican bosses, for use in the
pollution OF the Pennsylvania franchise
cannot be the Mr.. Hines who. as lawyer,
state senator and agent, used to formulate
anti-corpora,ion bills which he boasted
the corporations could "drive a Coach.and.
pair through Don't shock our confidence
IN human nature by telling US that.
900
A patient public has endured the brag.
gadocio, strut and swagger of one over.
bearing Charles Mitchell for upward of Il
decade. 1t has tolerated this fellows
impudence and marveled at his pomposity.
1t has permitted its ears to be offended BY
the equal loudness of his trousers and his
talk. 1t has borne without protest
all his bluster about "me and the prince {"
And it has put up with the incessaut ex
cess of his caddishness, cockneyism and
bluff. But now, with no desire to open fresh
wounds, it meekly arises to suggest that
the subject be henceforth dropped. A
stage has been reached when it must in e
sist upon "crying quits
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27
SCRANTON, JANUARY %, 1894
REPUBL lCAN STATE TlCKE I
FOR COSGRESSMAN.AT'LARGE,
GALUSHA A. GROW,
OF SUSQUEHANNA
ELECTION FEBRUARY 90.
THE TRUTH OF 1T.

ThGt loaS u singing awGigament 0 ]
Democratic incOmpeieRcy achich SEND
tor GdiliRger Of Nel0 Hampshire made
the other day. The solid granite Of
his olVn rOck.riJbed state is not more
frm tI6n are the economic prin cipleS
that he enuncidted Hers is one crisp
citation: ".4H oeer the land the cue
koes Of tGriB reform sing the same
song lVhile the factories are idle and
1cdnt and sorrop are in thousands and
and tens of thousands Of households.
The laJoring man lcantS aVork, not
irordS, bread, not glHtering promises
and idle heorieS" By the election Of
Galusha 4. GrotV the Pennsylvania la
Io,ing man can register his protest
against continued uncertainty and de-
iJerateiy prolonged depression.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27
Have a Fist-full Of EN-.
Read,no Rerald fpsm.N

There is still a little time for the Demo.
Gratis to get out another candidate for con.
gresham at large, and we hope that the
opportunity will not be neglected. There
is now the Pennsylvania Democracy, the
Democrats Of Pennsylvania; there is the
free trade Democracy. there Is the protec
tion Democracy the honest Democracy,
the after.the. .postoffices Democracy. the
don't cRre.a.continental Democracy. and
several others; bnt thus far only two of
them have candidates.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

PATTI Is making one of her famous
farewell tours throughout the south
and west, Large crowds greet the
diva where ever she appears, notwith-
standing the announcement Of a
Chicago critic that she doesn't know
how to sing Home, Sweet Home"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

CoRBETT's SECOND thumped the
champion in order to conquer his rage
against Mitchell; and Editor Singsrly,
rather than have this McAleer row
end in foul, is perfectly willing to
give Boss Harritty slap in the face.
Politics and pugilism are sometimes
nearly akin.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

IT Is A PITY that Scrantonians have
to go to either Elmhurst or Lake Ariel
to enjoy good ice skating. A small
sizsd fortune and large halo await
the philanthropist who will provide a
good skating rink for the people of this
city
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

IsN'T THIS a good season for property
owners on Spruce street to agitate for a
new pave to take the place of thu rot
ton blocks of wood that now disgrace
one of the city's main thoroughfares?
The change will have to come some
day. Why not now?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

The REPRESENTATIVE in congress who
favors protection for his district and
denies it elsewhere needn't scuttle the
dictionary in search of soft syno.
nyme. The word demagogus covers
all the salient facts in the case
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

COUNCILS SAY the poles of the Elec.
tr,c Light, Telephone, Telegraph and
Traction companies must not be taxed,
at least, not this week. In this con-
nection system of under ground wires
is good thing and Scranton has
hankering after good things.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

TIE REPUBLICAN policy of protection
Is not system based on favoritiSm,
accident or pull. IL is policy Of uni
'ormly consistent encouragement Ia
very industry that needs it. Such is
lhe Republican principle and such. as
nearly as possible, has been the Re-
publican practice.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

GOVERNOR MITCHELL exhibits wiser
disposition in the matter of explana-
tions than does his namesake from
Britain, He says no word; he just
thinks and thinks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

EVEN WITH its income tax pad, the
Wilson bill leaves gaping deficiency
in the treasury revenues and will con.
tinue to do so while Democrats have
charge of the finances.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

HOWARD MUTCHLER's newspaper is
dissatisfied with the Wilson bill be-
cause it doesn't cut down the tariff
enough, and the Easton Express" prop
rletor is dissatisfied with it because 1t
cuts too much. You can pay your
money aud take your choice Of opinions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27
Mississippi Silk.

IWINWyV ITIVWNt.
why. Willie, do you mean to say you
paid 25 cents apiece for these handler.
chiefs? They're nothing but cotton.''
'Oh, no, mammal They're Mississippi
silk The auctioneer said so,'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

THERE Is good round sum for the
enterprising manager who shall secure
Queen Lii and Pugilist Mitchell for q
triumphant tour as sovereigns out Of a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27
Uncle Sam the Banner Publisher.

From 1883 to 1889 the number of maga-
zines published in the United States in
creased from 42S to l,05l; and the size as
well ~ number increased. We believe
that this conntry has more magazines aud
daily papers than any other country in the
world.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

experience, or better intrsnched in the
respect of the psopls. Mature thought
and skilled execution make him we'll
nigh invaluable in the legislative
chamber
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

The CoUNClLMEN of Scranton are be-
fore the voters of Scranton. There is
nothing that they do which the voter
cannot pass upon at the polls.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

PERHAPS IT was that twenty-five
thousand dollar fist of j. Corbett that
struck the late and likewise the la.
Inented William Patterson.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27
Democracy. unsnviabl. Record
Norristoun Herald.

NOff fotVWN AitfWu
Beating the Record" is now fad iu
America. The Cleveland administration
has caught the fever, and has already
"beaten the record in running Uncle
Sam into debt
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

With CHEF CROKER to direct the
New York crowd at Washington, it is
doubtful whether the income tax will
last three rounds,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

THE FEDERAL spy system Of lsvying
black mail on thrift will never sit
easily ON the American conscience.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

If THAT Nova Scotian coal syndicate
doesn't SO IN muzzle its Canadian allies
they will give its whole case away.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27


THERE APPEARS to ha som miscon
struction of THG TRDUyEs rule re-
quiring all communications OF con
tentious naturi to be signed by the
writer's name, not only as an evidence
of good faith, but also for publication.
To tbs rule we cannot make exception.
Ii writer does not dean his commu =
nication worthy OF his public tckno "
l4dg ment be- must not ask ru2 TRIB
uNE 70 father it for him, Nor do ~
his paper agree to print everything
sent to it, even wnan signed Let
every tub stand squarely AMI fairly on
its own bottom and only stand thus
when it is worthy Of standing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

MONEY SPENT in improving Scranton
is money invested for the direct benefit
of all Scrantonians.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

JEROME B. NILES, the veteran tax
reformer of Tioga, will be candidate
for reelection to the Legislature. There
is no man In the state today better
equipped for legislative service by long
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

IT'S CURIOUS. now, how many men
predicted that Mitchell would be
knocked ont within five rounds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

Mr.. WILLIAM b. HoRNBLowER to Mr..
Charles Mitchell. "Shake"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-27

UTOPIA DOESN'T lie within the border
land OF free trade.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-12-14

VITO maae Homestead enlry No. l0j0il. f0l
the Sc ssSec. e, Tp. = S,.iRs6 ", Ia. Mer
Ae names The folioRfngsIY ilhessrs u pEeyt
his eantinaqHs Residences gpf.n, aud eaitiva
nen Of, said iaud, viz; L.pIaau ii sherman
Elmrr y. Jabns0n, Sylvester Reitierew
Aaran y harian, al OF Iowa F.e0. Calca
rivu parrish. Ia.
"a. Med. BRUMBY, Register
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-12-14
Notice.
Land Office Al, New or.sans, Ii.

Land Office at New. Or,,Hans, La,
NoFembefs7, 1891 I
M Office is hereby given that the follow
IN ing-namrd seitler has filed notice ct
his iuteulion 70 make 6Aal pr0af IN supppri
81 his claim, and that said proof will Be nadr
before Il G. Gill CLERK Of District Court 81
Lake Charles, La, on Jsnuary II, 1855, VI;
JAMES HgSSEY,
who made Homestead entry No li.73S, Ter
lhe n of-Nh3 and SKI ef Me- sSre 3
~. 8 5, X ~ L91Isiaua Meridian
lie names Iae.f4tloWiags witnesses to prove
bis eoetlnuous Residence upon and seultiva
ton 81, said laFd, viz; LauIs LeFrsue,
loWa, La luudy Roberts, AIbyTt Armstrong,
Lake Charles, 0gusp FFabeslisF Iowa La
G.AieD Dir UABT Register.
tAAGt
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-12-14
JAMES HUSSEY,
NNtEee.
l.aad oales q Nsv- 6lIleaas. d.

l4All ITIIee al New tlTIeans, La, I
October 81 1884, II
NTGIlGE is hereby given thar Ihe fsllew-
LIN ing-nAmed SETTLER has fled notice OF. bis
inteESiou TO make tiaal proOf ID support Of
his claim and that said proof Viii be made
before John w Rharer, u a Commis-
sipner at iowa P o., La, on hondsy, De
eenber 18th, 1894, VIZ:
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-12-14

dot Of Kailrnad conductors were Sit
ting about tiso steve talking about their
experiences. says the Detroit FfeetIre
About the worst ease of passenger that
4 ever came aeross3 said 4 veteran, was
one had ona train that used 10 run
into indianapolis long while ago. ]
avn free 20 esniess. now, that tram
wasnt the fastest train 40 the world.
thonghat thu time / thought it Was
right fair, seeing that Il was the fiEst
passenger train that / hasl had Che honor
ri eondnetiag On heereasion am ttll-
ing about a passenger got ON about fifty
miles eastaf indianapolis and affer we
had iolted along Cor an hour o. uaoEe.
stopping every two or three miles. he
called me IL him. "A say, conductor, DC
sasd, shew 1sr is Tito Indianapoiiss
sAssont ihirsy-ii,e miles, said And
40 yon ~ ans 1nsterg 40; this Is selesi-
ME fine Nesl, sill you step and let
me eiig whats thai tors ] asked inn
good deal &c astoRisbment .t9h said
he, with lot # neusidenae, I'm set out
aud walk back lie other WAY and laeet
yen At tlo aenat il time b set ms bag
Eaapa SgsueAvElg ianGhad. faH aay
lanels aaH said III velersu sws when
thoaxht u fhaf fellow sitting thsfe
teisins me Ae Waald getqgt snd I'll
clear afpqad fllia xlqle plsa lsee; 30 ID
indianapolis Was usad sseush d
iigE SkeFs afEa.