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loss to the natives. A few days later Yama-
sese and his adherent. fearing the ships and
the marines, professed submission. Reports
received from our agents at Apia do not justi-
fy the belief that the penoe thus brought about
will be OF long duration, II Is their conviction
that the natives are ut heart hostile to tho
present government; that suoh Of them rs
profess loyalty 10 1t do go from fear Of the
powers and that 1t would speedily 50 to pieces
II the warships were withdrawn. In report
ing to his government on the unsatisfactory
volt, by foreign armed forces, tie German CON-
sui at Apia stated that peace will DO lasting
is hardly to be presented. The lesson given
by firing on Atua Was not sufficiently sharp
and inoielve to loave lasting impression on
the forgetfM Samoan temperament. In fact
conditions arc existing which show that peace
will not last and It Is not seriously intended.
Listen, the hing and his chief are convinced
that tho departure Of the warships will be q
signal for renewal Of war. The oiroumstan-
COS that ths representatives OF the villages Of
al the districts which were opposed to the
government have already Withdrawn to Atua
have forbidden Inhabitants OF those districts
which fought on the side OF the governments TO
return to their villages and have nlrendy partly
burned down the latter indicates O real con-
ciliation Of tho parties Is still for off," And
In note Of the 18th Ula inolosing copy OF
that report for the information Of this gov
ernment, the German ambassador said
'"The contents Of the report nwakoncdutho i'm
perinl governments apprehension that under
existing circumstances the peace concluded
with the rebels will afford no assurance of the
lasting restoration Of tranquility In the Is
lUnds.
The present government has utterly failed
to correct, II indeed 1t has not aggravated, the
very evils 1t was intended to prevent. It has
not stimulated our commerce With tho tho is-
landa Qu} participation In its establishment
against tns StsheA ot the tarves aas tn plsih
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friendly aid for ths h6porable termination Of
.hostilities would be acceptable to both belli-
gerents.
A convention has been finally concluded for
the settlement by arbitration Of the prolonged
dispute with Ecuador grown out Of the pro
.eeedlngs against Emilio Santos, natrrauzed
citizen Of the United States.
Our relations with the republic OF France
continue to be such as should exist between
nations 30 long bound together by friendly
sympathy and similarity In their form OF gov
efnmont.
Tho reoent cruel assassination Of the p1esi-
dent Of this sister republic cslled forth such
universal expression Of sorrow and coincidence
from our people and government as to leave no
.Aoubt Of tho dopsh and sincerity OF our astacn-
mont
mo resolutions passed by the senate and
horse Of representatives on the occasion have
boon communicated to the widow Of President
Cernot.
Acting upon tho reported discovery Of Texas
.aever IN cargces Of American cattle, the Cor
man prohibition against importations OF live
stock and fresh meats from this country has
been received. It Is hoped that Germany will
aoon become convinced that the inhibition Il
needless as It Is harmful TO mutual interests
g Tho German government has protested
arnirst that provision OF tho customs tariff sct
which imposes discriminating duty OF one
eenth OF one cent pound on sugar coming from
countries paying On export bounty thereon.
clninning that the exaction Of such duty, Is IN
:eontrayention Of articles land OF the treaty oi
1898 with Prussia. 1t the interests OF the com
merce OF both countries and to avoid evea tho
accusation OF treaty violation recommend the
,repeal OF 20 much Of the statute as imposes thai
duty. and invite attention to the accompany
ing report Of the secretary Of state containing
.n dIscusstop Of tho questions raised by the Pro
.sess Hsry IN ras present yeaf IN agreement
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OF creating direct supervision Of all postal
affairs, and In this suggestion I fully concur.
There are now connected with tho postofilce
establishment 81 ,6el employees who are In the
classified service. This includes many who
have been classified upon the suggestion OF the
postmaster general. He states that another
years experience at the head OF tho department
serves only to strengthen the conviction as TO
the excellent working OF the civil service Law
In this branch OF the public service.
Attention Ia called to the report Of the seerc-
tary of the navy which shows very gratifying
progress IN the construction OF ships for our
new navy All the vessels now building, in
eluding She three torpedo boats authorized ut
the last session Of eongrcss excepting tho frst-
GLASS battleship Iowa, will probably bc COM
pieted during the coming fiscal year.
The estimates for the increase Of the nary
for the year ending June 30, 1896, are Largo. but
shey include practically the entire sum neccs-
ssry 10 complete and equip MI the new ships
not now IN commission 30 that unless new
ships are authorized tho appropriations for
the naval service for the fiscal year ending
June 80. 1897, should foil below the estimates
for the coming year by at least SIS. .0oO 900.
The secretary presents with much earnest
ness plon for the authorization OF three ad-
ditioual battle ships and ten or twelve torpedo
boats. While tho unarmored vessels heretofore
authorized, including those now nearing COM
pletion, will constitute leet. which 1t Is be-
loved Is sufficient for ordinary cruising pur-
poses in time OF peace, wo have now completed
and In process OF construction but four first
class battle ships and but four torpedo boats
II we are to have O navy for *arlikc operations
offensive and defensive, we certainly ought TO
increase both the number Of battle ships and
torpedo boats.
recommend that provision be made for tho
construction Of additional battleship and tor
pedo boats. The secretary tecomp9naed tho
manufacture not Only Of teserT0 supply OF
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ONLY ONE RULE.

/, ia 10 tho credit of the American
people, and especially to newspaper
press somewhat too fond OF sensation.
alism, that the report of Erastus wi.
mans misfortuues has elected only ex.
prsssions OF sympathy So far as the
facts in the case have been made pub
lie. 1t appears that, while technically
guilty OF u grave crime, for which the
law provides stringent punishment,
his real offeDse, weighed In the true
scale Of sympathetic and charitable
Judgment, is less glarins than appears
In the naked accusation upon which be
was committed, without bail. to tho
Tombs.
While Mr.. Wiman, SO far as we can
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-24
ERAsTUs WIMAN was not the frat an d
will not be the last man to preach bet.
ter than he practicsd.
SMYTHE SET RIGHT.

It Is far from complimentary to the
standard Of diplomacy set by the Cleve
land administration that the report o
Minister Smytho's interference in the
domestic administration Of the govern.
ment TO which he was accredited
should have reached the American pub.
lie at q time when it was prepared
to accept any rumor OF ministerial In.
discretion as possible II not openly
probable.
The fact that the American execu.
tive had himself specifically instructed
his representative at Honolulu to enter
upon II campaign Of despicable inter
ference made it a plausible tale that
this executives representative nc Port
an Prince might also have assumed an
attitude Of dictatorship over President
HippolYte. Of the Haytian republic.
Minister Smythe has since supplied
abundant proof Of this ac,usati on's en-.
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tire falsity, aud is therefore entitled to
the benefit OF fair. frank and explicit
vindication. But he is unfortunate in
serving a diplomatic superior whose
erratic comprehension of international
law and international equity has given
the color OF posi- bility to any tale.
however far it may be from real facts.
The public will now listen TO Ell
mund Fortane. who first gave publicity
to this romance about Minister Smythe.
He has the hoor 50 to speak. for ex~
plantations. II he has deliberately
standered the official representative OF
this government be should make i'm
mediate amends in public manner
II he has been innocently led into the
circulation OF false reports through tho
misinfcrmation OF Others. he should
give the name OF his untrustworthy in
formants, and these intormants should
retracl or else 10 held up to deserved
Scorn The diplomacy Of our Demo-
cratic friends has enough actual
bunders under which to stagger along.
without the addition OF alleged mis-
takes which have no eXtstahce in fac.
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discover, has been unwise in many OF
his investments. aud has lacked that
strict adherence to common sense com.
meroill principles which he has alvo-
Gated with good effect in essays in
structing young men in the conditions
Of business success; and while it seems
probable that the aggregation of Losses
thus incurred, accsntuated by great
anxieties insepSrablS from wide
spread business panic, has weighed
upon his mind until rash deeds were
the result, 1t nowhere appears that he
was the calculating and m:thodical
villain whom the law has in mini
when 1t imposes stringent penalties
upon convicted forgers Until there
is an accurate insight into the coadi-
tious or temptation which surrounded
Mr.. Wiman. any severe cARractsrill-
tion Of his apparent Grim, woull bo
obviously uncharitable aud unjust.
AT tho same tins it clnnot ue over
looked that Mr. W.mpus lowntlll sup
plies a wholesome moral lesson. 1t is
eloquent in its teaching that two
wrongs can never. in the economy of
business. com blue 80 rs to make one
right The error OF judgment which
lea Is to commercial inf Ition. over spec
u,ation, in short, to un7uccssiful gam
bling, cannot be rechti.d b. another
error which. in its moral principle, diff
fors little from theft. 1t is unsettling
to sound morality to witness the failure
of one who has long been respected as
an embodiment Of commercial honesty,
The greater the fall. the greater is the
strain imposed on popular confidence
in Fundamental principles OF probity
and honor. Yet this tension OF distrust,
in the very nature OF things is bound
TO be temporary. The very fact that n
great and respected man cannot with
impuuity violate laws which are ac-
c-pted as universal proves that these
laws are universal, and that obedience
to them is an unalterabls requisite to
lasting success.
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ANOTHER OF Tuesdays queer trage =
dies is recalled by the Wilkes Blrre
RECORD. in the fact that ono of the men
eutombsd in the Gaylord colliOry WAS
y candidate for ward Office and was
elected at a time when heroic men
we're searching for his manglei body.
This is one OF the most genuine bits of
pathos ever encountered in politics.
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Is THE opinion Of Commodore Sin
gerly, ''if the handwriting on the wall
shall bring Democrats together and
induce congress to stop making its
damnabls mouths aud pass the Wilson
tariff bill, it will be very opportune
blazonry' Bat opportuns for whom?
For England? For Canada?
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SCRANTON. FEBRUARY "a, 1891

Attention is called 10 the magnificent
t,velrs-pa paper tVhich forms thls issue
Of THE TRIBUNE. II Il better com-
pendulum of crisp ns,cs, timely comment
and ,Oeli diversified household readiHgcir-
co,ldteS in our field, zee should like to kHou
tfund st,y.pgss IT,
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THE PROPOSITION to pension framsn
after twenty years Of faithful service
has been revived ia tho Nav York leg
islaturs. While it Is the democratic
dogma that every well-paid employs
should look after his own future, in tho
matter Of providing for old age, we
transgress this in so many other dirsc-
tone that it would seem to be no more
than fair to give the harI-working
firemsn also show. The community
will lose nothing by such ganeroIity.
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BuRY TAE WIRES.

Tha passage by common council OF
the Browning ordinance aiiixing tax
Of one dollar on each p)Io belonging to
electrical comp Inlss ia this city WAS in
response to popular demand which
grow in proportion AS there seemsd an
increasing probability OF soon getting
we'll rid Of the poles and Of their uu-
slightly overhead wires altogether, So
long as the question was merely one in.
voving new form Of public taxation
by the indirect msthod OF increased
charges imposed on thu public, tbs
! TRIBUNE could not sac the expsdiency
Of the move. ard waS frank enough 10
say SO. Al the same tm) it is eQuIlly
frank in the assertion that il this dol
| lar tax shall prove to be forward step
, in the direction of placing all electrical
wires safely underground. ths in.
creased cost which such step will in-
eyitsbly Impose oa the public will be a
good investment.
1t is as plain rs any fact in nature or
logic that this dollar tax will in the
end be paid by the public itself There
$ nothing 10 the theory o! com petition II
calculated 20 make the electrical com
panies pay this tax out OF their own
D
dividends, for the simple reason that
saving competition does not exist If
We could import electricity more cheap
ly than we can get it from the COM
panies now in existence among us,
there might be a possibility of getting
this tax both directly and entirely from
the owners OF the poles. Ia this case
the dollar tariff would not be. as our
Democratic friends ara so fond of de.
claring. tax added to the price paid
by the consumer. But the supposition
is practically impossible Of realization,
aud We have to face the cold, ineyitS-
bic fact that the dollar duty" will
come, by processes as certain as the
sunrise or the tidas. from the public
which contributes to tho revenues Of
our telephone, telegraph, Illuminating
and transit companies In other words,
the public will, until such time as it
shall tire OF the anomaly, pay for the
pleasure of keeping up poles and over
head wires, when it Is the publics
fundamental desire that these poles
and wires should come down.
It is to be hoped that this illogical
situation will eventually work out its
own solution. The point which we
have desired to mako emphatic from
the very beginning Of this discussion
ia that it is the pubic's right to have
the whole abomination of poles and
wires wiped out entirely, and that any
dabblirg with the nuisance any tenn
porarY compromise with it. would be
in the nature OF surrender rather
than, as some have contenlsd, a vic.
tory by the people. In our growing
city we cannot well afford to let the
electrical companies off so easily as
this present ordinance will let them off
1t is not enough to say that by tie
payment Of one dollar per pole they
may have the right to deface our
streets and leopard our property. COM
fort and safety. While in the mood
to assert our authority, we should 20
to the full extent OF the evil and insist
upon complete cure.
Down with the overhead wires!
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Editor Damn Lifts n Scalp.

N,W lOr. sun.
Promises repudiated and insolently ig-
nored, Democracy trampled under foot
responsibility shlrked, lying and cowardly
evasions substituted for the unqualified
declarations OF a few months ago. Amer
rarty's law; here we have in forty words
the history Of the first year Of Demo-
cratic administration that began with
golden prospects, Defeat with dishonor,
that is the bitterness of II, and the dis.
honor is worse than tho defeat. What
will the senate dus
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THESE ARE the days when Bro'r Dana
takes out his snickersnee and whets
its horril blade with ghoulish glee
upon the resonant sides OF his calf skin
boot leg.
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Not Worth Mon,ioniar.

Judge.
She is not jealous. yet she wished to know
II any valentines had received
This year save hers; and when / answered
no,
Although blushed, knew that she be-
leved,
| lied, Of coursl; but why should regale
her
About the little ones sent by my tAilorf
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IT IS unkind in tho Harrisburg P
triot TO expose the fact thnt In every
county where Mr. Harrity has distrib-
uted federal appointments, there have
been heavy Democratic Losses. The
Patriot should have more mercy on the
hungry expectsnts in Laokawanna.
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AED IT Is n noticeable fact, speaking
OF Lackawanna's majority. that it be-
gan TO grow at about the time The
TRIBUNE began to boom.
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IGNORANCE or the law WAS ineiTect-
ually pleaded in behalf of the Mans -
field rioter0, and tho court has acted
prudently III imposing upon these men
good. round sentences. 1t does not re-
Quirs Il high grade Of intelligence in
any class o. citia ,us to lead to re-
cogntion OF the commonest rights Of
property and when the Intelligence OF
any resident Of this republic falls b3-
low that level he will be none the
worse for liberal term in Jail.
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Ono HABIT That hbldo.

HHadelkio Prees.
The Honorable Daniel W. voorhees, still
exhibits his old-iime ability to make u
spectacular ass OF himself before the up.
lifted eyes Of u great people.
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No, an AamIrcr Of Hoks Smith.

|H'iam'I oH 7,me', DEM
Secretary Gresham still draws his pen.
sion, but thousands Of poor aud deserving
veterans still draw blanks from the pen.
sion bureau,
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The TROUBLE with Roger z, Mills is
that he is unjust 10 his estimate Of the
relative value of the other GO. 009, 999
inhabitants of this republic.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-24

EDITOR SINGERLY'S fsros attack OF
political indigestion has had one pleas
ing effect. 1t has made his papsr the
most readable thing going
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No More s,erat plottinn.

SpImgR"id MdssD JdiOh.
Minister Will, reply to President Dole's
letter OF specifications indicates that
our representative has got down from'his
high horse and is trying to keep the peace.
The era Of secrecy and chicanery at Homo
luiu has evidently come to an end, for
which we may all be truly thankful
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-24

If SCRANTON may tax the poles one
dollar each, Scranton may insist on
their coming down entirely And that's
iust what Scranton should do.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-24

IT'S QUITE possible that Mr. Han
cock goose was cooked, among 9th or
thug by too many cuckoo cooks
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-24
Lacking IN Excitsmsnt

~ WWIFII, MUM, IHiOH,
Senator lill will be likely to lind Wash.
ington life rather dull without a supreme
court fight on his hands.
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Mr.. HINES would relieve some anxi-
ETY. if he would kindly inform US where
he stands now.
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We Can Only IIona Il WIN


ihiidut Dttd bNNgtiH,
VIII tho Democratic state convention
this year again have the nerve 10 swallow
the Wilson bill, body, soll and breechesY
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Not TamultuouSly ApplaudSd.
Irdshinuioa Pos,

The proposition tp dock the wages of
non.yoting congressman Ia experiencing
much difficulty in getting foothold in
tina housp
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-24

The GROW presidential boom ia
largely complimentary; yet Wa could
20 further ami fare worsa
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-24
DOVE wIth ths overhead wlrea

IT OUGHT to be easy to reach sensi-
BILE medium in this matter OF collegiate
athletics. How would Sound mind
in u sound body" do as a COMPROMISED
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-24
The UnanImous olohoo Ysarn.

" II ITWT0IVTT |NT1 TtUI-
Let the Hawaiian matter drop 1t has
already received more attention than it
deserves. This country should keep its
hands off lnonarChleS and Olgarchl4s
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-24
Brother Dana's War pa,cp

sNCU TVFN
Political disasters aud new humiiiations
are closing in upon the Democracy from
every quarter The popular condemna tion
of the dishonest anti Democratic Wi!son
bill, the insane iacome tax project and
the infamous monarchi al pot which the
present administration has made its dis
tinctive feature, takes an impressive form
whenever and wherever tho ballot boxes
are opened
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-24

CHAIRMAN GlLEGsON may address
that prize banner to Chairman Davil
Powell
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-24

Boss MCKANE fnis that though the
decaIogue may have no place in poll
tics, the ] lil has
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-24
Consideration Inoarnata,
hIAinnapOlis LOuLM0L.

| cannot sing the old songs.
Though they're the only true ones:
And Pve too much love for my fellow
men
To sing the latest new ones.
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Indigo Blue Calico. Our
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Outing Flannel, Our
price, &c. yd.; worth
49, and l5c.
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Ninety pieces Extra Good
Apron Bingham. Our
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