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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
How Cubans Suffer.

An influential Spaniard, Senior Ed
uardo Benot, speaking some years ago
in the cortez upon the subject of cuban
independence. uttered these strikinS
words: How trifling and apparently
insufficient seem the causes which IN
duced the North American colonists TO
sever the bonds which held them to the
mother country. il we compare them
with those that have at last forced the
Cubans into the struggle which they
are sustaining against the implacable
tyranny of their hard stepmother,
Spain"
The same man afterward said, In
the same forum: Cuba Is groaning
under the scourge of arbitrary power.
There Is no law. no code, no constitu-
ton. The principles of modern law
are trampled to the dust and the an
Client laws are disregarded. Children
ara immolated: Judgment Is passed on
the dead: the innocent suffer for the
guilty; the only power is brute force.
the vile greed of bad officials and the
infamy or pirates and slavers."
This may seem impassioned rhetoric; {;
but what are the facts? On the island
of Cuba there are 1000. 900 people. one
third black. The debt of Cuba, forced
upon 1t by Spain, is s200.00OOOO, upon
which there Is an annual interest
charge OF 81. .OOO. 900. equivalent to $50
for every white head OF a family. In
time of peace Cuba has had to support
standing army costing S6,000,000
year. navy costing s5.O00.0O0 and a
civil service costing s5,000.000 in name
and twice that in fact. The taxation
of Cubans, national and municipal.
equals 20 per cent. of their incomes,
but while the incomes are decreasing
as consequence of this continued
Spanish rapacity, the taxation in
creases.
As a result Of careful study OF the
Cuban problem, Walter Wellman Is led
to say, without qualification or reser-
walton, that the history of Spanish rule
in Cuba is one of oppression. Of rob
berry, of corruption and cruelty in adj
ministration of the government: Of
bad faith on the part of the mother
country toward the colony: Of rapacity
and savagery perhaps unequaled in
the history of modern nations. Yet the
United States of America, through It's
department of state, helps to prolong
spain's buzzard sovereignty and
threatens with pursuit and prosecution
all Americans who are led, by SYM
pathy with Cuba's cry for help to lend
a hand against tyranny and oppres-
sion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
Our Twenty. five ImmortaIs,

A Washington paper recently invited
members Of schools and literary So
cieties to express by ballot their choice
for the 25 living persons best fitted to
represent the highest achievements in
American literature. art and science.
II publishes the result as follows:
]. William Dean HOwels. novelist.
2. Thomas Bailey Aldrich, poet
2. Thomas Nelson Page, story writer
4. Eugene Field, poet
o. Lew Wallace, rOmancer.
6. James Whtcnmb Riley. poet.
I. Frank X. Stockton, humOrist.
s. Mark Twain (Mr CIemens), humorist
.. Sarah Orne Jewett. novelist.
10. s. Weir Mitchell, physician.
II. Charles A.. Dana. journalist
u. Henry Watterson. journalist.
13. Edward Everett Hale, preacher.
u. John II. Vincent, bishop.
II. William r. Harris, educator.
16. John Fiske, historian.
II. John Bach McMaster, historian.
n. Dudley Buck. composer
~. John Philip Sousa, bandmaster.
20. Joseph Jefferson. actor.
81. Thomas Moran. artist.
90. =. Hopknson Smith. artist.
q Thomas a. Edison. inventor
q. Alexander Graham BELL. inventor.
q. Ainsworth X. Spoford, librarian.
This list obviously reflects local and
sectional bias. For example, who but
Washingtonian would fix upon John
Philip Sousa and Ainsworth II. Spof-
ford as worthless fit to- rank among
Americas foremost 25? And who bat
southerners would view in Thomas Nell
son Page and Henry WattersOn meE
qualified to figure in a list shat Omits
Bret Harte and Joseph Medill? Ger
tain other peculiarities present them
selves in this list. For instance. Ed
gene Field, as poet, Outranks James
Whitcomb Riley. although II Is the
unanimous verdict of critics that Riley
reverence that today attaches 10 the
memory Of Burns generations after
Field shall have been forgotten. Again.
there Ia room for discussion as to the
right Of Lew Wallace to a place at all.
much less than fifth: while as between
Sarah Orne Jewett, the one woman
represented. and Harriet Beecher
Stowe, Rebecoa Harding Davis, Mary
N. Murfree or Mrs. Cruger, there is
room for animated discussion.
But the most noticeable feature of
the list is It's utter omission of repre-
sentatives Of an art that today more
directly and perceptibly influences life
and manners than either poesy or fic-
tion-the art of play writing. Surely
Joseph Jefferson Is not more entitled to
rank with the quarter-of- hundred
Yankee fmmortais for acting a play
than Is AugustIn Daily. Bronson How
ard. William Gillette or Henry DE Mile
for writing one. And II we shall meas
ure art by Its results, that art which
puts the moving currents of human
emotion and the lights and shadows Of
human popularity on exhibition before
the millions, not In dull type, but In
real flesh and blood. y quite a. thor
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
Was II a Mistake =?

1t will not be calculated to inspire
confidence in the New South that in
South Carolina a constitutional con-
vention should be called for the express
purpose Of depriving the negro Of his
right to vote. Yet such circumstance
has occurred within the week. and
unless unexpected obstacles In the
way of few fair court decisions shall
Intervene. this purpose will take it's
consummated place in that common
wealth's organic law.
The mississippi plan Is the method
proposed. Provision is made that the
voter must have paid his taxes in the
February preceding the election.
Among those taxes ID! uniform poll
tax Of g. which must be paid before
one can vote, besides which "every
qualified elector shall be able to read
any section Of the constitution Of this
state, or he shall be able to understand
tAs sans when read 70 him. or give
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

Scranton, Sept. 2. 1898.
In compliance with resolution adopted
by the Republican county committee at
meeting held at Central Republican
club rooms on Tuesday. Aug. ". 1895. the
Republicans Of Lackawanna county VIII
assemble in convention at the court house,
Scranton, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. II. 1875, at
o'clock p. m, to place In nomination one
person for coroner and one person Tor
county surveyor, and to elect two dele
gates and two alternates to the Repuoii-
can national convention of 1876. The pr!-
mar!es will be held at the usual polling
places on Saturday. Sept. II, between the
hours Of and I y. m. Vigilance COM
m.ttees will please take notice and gov
ern themselves accordingly.
EZRA II. RIPPLE, Chairman
" s MILLAR. Secretary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13

| become the candidate Of his party for
president. The truth Is that the Demo-
cratic party does not today contain a man
| who Is as available as Cleveland, all
things considered.
The Democratic New York World still
| refuses to believe that Senator Quay Is a
really good man. But, then. the. World
always has held a prejudice against the
Pennsylvania Republican leader. Some
day Colonel Mcclure, of the Philadelphia
Times. should see Pulitzer and convince
| him Of his error
Ex-Congressman Myers, the Democratic
candidate for state treasurer. has evil
IDENTIFY been conc;l.ated. and now shouts
| for Harrity. Myers was once struck by
political lightning by being elected to
congress by a Republican district. but
there will be no lightning around this
year.
No president since the days OF Washing
ton has taken life so easy and so per-
sistently neglects his official duties as
does Mr.. Cleveland. He remains away from
the seat of government for months at a
time and performs not single official
duty, except by proxy.
For obvious reason Secretary Hoke
Smith did not attend the great reunion
of veterans at Louisville, Ky. Hoke .s
not on speaking terms with the boys who
wear the blue.
Harrity did not have to fight to secure
control of the W!llamsport convention.
1t came into his hands without con-
test. Harrity Is still In supreme COM
mand
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
The Abused Iufinitiyc.

A correspondent of the Critic makes the
following grammatical criticism: "Is II
too late to try to save the infinitlve mood
in its original simplicity? 1t Is only with
In the lifetime of men of middle age that
II began It's disintegratiOn. but year by
year it shows changes made by wider and
more varied wedges Of misplaced words
and year by year we see new writers in
fected with this tendency to disregard
purity Of form. There Is no such verb as
to fully notice. yet one of the smoOthest
pens that have run on your pages for
many day writes In the review of Fang
wills The Master Up. 3, July g. 1885,, II
almost takes an artist to fully notice
Some day, some slovenly yielder to care.
less custom will write: Grant them health
and prosperity to long live"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
Ono Opiuiou Concerning Harrison

Chicago TimesHerald: Indiana has
good reason to admire General Harrison,
for ne will live in history as one of her
best soldiers and bra!nlest statesmen,
worthy Of his illustrious ancestry and
adding new luster to his family name.
His administration was clean. able and
vigorous. and his life since he retired
from the presidency has been such as to
command the admiring approval of his
fellow citizens without regard to partisan
affiliations. There IL no good reason why
his personal friends should not desire his
reelection, and II he wants 1t there Is no
good reason why he shrould not say so
and come out and make an open and man
ly effort to get 1t. Outside of Indiana,
however, there are no trustworthy ind-
cations Of demand for four years more
of Harrison"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
The League Convention.

The Republican league convention at
York today will differ radically from
the gathering at Harrisburg two weeks
ago, which seemed at one time likely
to culminate in blows and bloodshed
1t will have no favorites to advance
and no enemies to punish The spirit
of factionalism will be absent from its
deliberations Its one aim and pur-
pose will be to aid In the dissemina-
tion of Republican principles and help
swell the majorities of Republican can
didates through the potent influence Of
unselflsh organization; an end in the
pursuit of which family political feuds
will be ignored and internecine rival
ries brushed aside as things foreign to
the occasion.
While 1t Is not always practicable to
estimate. In figures. the benefits of a
political auxiliary it is strictly within
the limits Of truth to say that the Re-
publican league of Pennsylvania has
been a potent influence in the accumu-
lation Of Republican pluralities at the
polls. Working not merely during the
few weeks of the campaign, but stead
lily busy every month in the year;
reaching the minds Of men not simply
by aid Of occasional splurge or outdoor
rally, but daily and incessantly,
through careful distribution OF con-
vincing literature; and introducing into
politics the social pleasures but not the
social perils Of the conventional club,
thus attracting young citizens to an
active and pleasant interest in public
affairs, the club idea has come to stay;
and will stay to make its effectiveness
even more plainly felt than II has been
felt hitherto.
During the past year, with little OF ex-
citing interest to draw mems attention
to political subjects, and with many
conditions of business to discourage
the spread Of the club spirit, notable
progress has been achieved. President
Warren. without making an ado, has
been vigilant in the leagues behalf.
with results that will happily appear in
his annual report. Details of organiza-
tion have been supervised with uncom-
mon effectiveness; substantial and not
ephemeral growth has followed earn
est effort to recruit new membership;
and throughout the state the Republi-
can league clubs are gaining the conf
dence which comes to honesty, sin
cerlty and stability of purpose.
Under these fortunate circumstances,
the responsibilities of presidential year
are awaited with strengthened enthu-
siasm and self-reliance. and will be as
sumed with the determination newly
to vindicate the leagues claim to re-
spectful consideration as valuable
party auxiliary.
The turn-dOwn Of Judge McCarty In
rnnvanffnY 10 nj .kc ~
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a reasonable Interpretation thereof"
The effect Of these provisions. with
their execution left to prejudiced
hands. can readily be imagined. No
negro will be likely to vote under them,
whether qualified in other respects or
not.
A curious feature of this affair Is the
small excitement that it creates. Peo-
pie appear to take 1t as matter OF
course. Notwithstanding that thirty
four years ago many good lives and
much treasure were expended In an
effort. thought at the time to have been
successful, to insure to American citi-
zens their complete rights before the
law, without regard to race, color or
previous condition of servitude. Was
that attempt a mistake?
---
1t is early yet to predict on presiden-
tial nominees: and. in addition. the
signs often seem to point in the dark
horse" direction.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
COMMENT OF THE PRESS.
The Salvation Army,

Washington Post: "A great many hon
est and intelligent persons are unfavOr-
ably impressed by the Salvation Army.
There Is something fantastic In the garD,
the actions and the methods OF the fol-
lowers of that especial sect. The saliva
tionists are noisy, they employ uncOuth
music and are given to rude demonstra-
ton. Their manners have not the repose
that stamps the cast of We're de We're.
Snug. overfed gentlemen, who officiate in
dainty surplices and carefully avoid topics
likely to d.splease their well-bred congre-
cations, do not approve OF the salvation
lists tramping the streets. beating tam
bourines, and laundering savage melodies
out of tune. Aristocratic church-g0ers.
modestly assured of a welcome up above
and rather averse than otherwise to indis-
crim!nate crowdng inside the pearly
gates, condemn this vulgar ransacking OF
the slums and this hysterical zeal over
sinners of coarse antecedents and plebe,an
associations. But the salvation Army
was not recruited to enter into rivalry
with the well-paid rector and the luxur-
iously appointed temple. These devoted
men and women address themselves to the
neglected localities which the church does
not reach. and to forlorn and friendless
wretches whom well-dressed and we'll
groomed Christians do not like to think
about. They go into the reeking purlieus.
where vice and crime and misery and
degradation swarm. They are the scaven-
gers of Christian civilization, the san!-
tary agents OF society. Ihey cannot wear
beautiful white creations OF lace and cam
brio, or wave plump, man!cured fingers.
or murmur softly to the accompaniment
of inspired anthem strains. Where they
work the odor of mlletieurs is unknown
and the rules of etiquette sealed book.
They clothe themselves as seems best in
view of the ends they wish to reach. They
adopt such forms as are most likely to
promote the cause. And their rude enthu-
ssasm, their homcly fervOr, and their
20 IA Ito h..a rs, ~ nrny hnt hah hlrI
sites Of the case have made them. But
they are doing noble and useful work
where 1t Is most sorely needed. They are
not coddling established conviction or
congratulating secure superiority. They
are plunging into the mire to save the
lost, and braving peril. contumely, and
brutal reviling that they may relieve the
wretchedness of neglect and pain"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
Making II Clear.

Father--What are you driving at?
Suitor-I don't see why you continue TO
misunderstood my meaning; ! have tried
TO make II plain enough. / want to marry
your daughter; that's all there is to Il.
Do you follow me?
But there was no need of this question,
for. as the young man turned to leave,
he had tangible evidence that his pros
pect.ve father-in-law was following him.
Truth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

Tor Judges Of thc Superior Court:
CHARLES T.. RICE. of Luzerne.
Z. y. WILLARD, of Lackawanna,
HOWARD j. REEDER. of Northampton
JAMES \. BEAVER. of Center.
JOHN j. WlCKHAM. of BEAVER.
GEORGE T. ORLADY. of Huntingdon.
Tor state Treasurer:
BENJAMIN J. HAYWOOD, Of Mercer.
Election day, Nov. s.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
EZRA II. RIPPLE, Chair
", s, MILLAR, Secretary.

No nation in the New World should
be bossed, bled or bamboozled against
Its will by a power of Europe. That
may not be information law, but 1t Is
eternal common justice and common
aenSe
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13

The decision of the faculty Of George
town university not hereafter to permit
students in that institution to main
or murder each other by means Of foot
ball will reassure parents who desire
well children instead of insurance
money.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
The Advantages Of Co Operation.

From a speech by A. B. Farquhar. the
York manufacturer: EVERY workman
should have a proprietary interest in the
wealth of the country. There should be
the widest diffusion OF capital, especially
in land. But the only way to acquire
capital is to save 1t. The government can
not give 1t to you without first rObbing
some one else to get 1t. Cooperation Is
the only true method, and every honest
effort of workmen to put 1t in practice
should be encoura ged; and for one thank
God for every success scored. since 1t
opens the way for thousands to pass from
dependence and penury TO freedom and
comfort. The vice of depending upon the
nation or upon some one else instead Of
ones self is too common. The nation has
nothing whatever to do with the affairs of
its citizens further than to protect them
from foreign interference. to preserve or
der, and prevent one man from invading
the rights of another. Private enterprise
built up this country, felled its forests.
drained its swamps, erected It's towns, ex
cavated its mines. dug its canals. and
made its roads. and invented the innumer-
able labor-saving machines that have en-
abled the poorest workman to live In more
comfort today than the wealthy did
few hundred years ago"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13

How can the Harrisburg Patriot con-
denim as insincere platform which
so aptly voices public sentiment that
even If the Republican politicians
should try to get away from 1t, the peo-
pie would not let them?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13

1t is not a compliment to the efficiency
Of American municipal government
that in a dozen of our chief cities there
Is Simultaneous complaint because OF
the utter inadequacy of existing public
dition Is a clustering disgrace to all re-
sponsible for IL,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
aooF THINNING Anp solpenaUc

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13

Getting down to cold facts, why
should Harrison say anything when
there's nothing to say?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13
Voc II To n Crime

Ics, ~ ~ NTItuc.
Washington Post: ut Is worse than n
mistake to leave the education Of great
masses Of children unCared for"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13

1t Is a sadly effeminate kind Of
American craftsmanship which hesi-
tates to help Cuba In her critical strug-
gle against gross oppression because
It might displease the nabob court Of
Spain. What present right has the
Spanish flag In the territory Of the new
world that has not long been forfeited
by chronic and characteristic misrule?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13

The turn-dOwn Of Judge McCarty in
convention Is a circumstance that will
doubtless turn up at the polls.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13

oughly entitled to representation as is
the art OF novel-writing or the art Of
verslfcation. Upon the whole. 1t oc-
ours to us that the foregoing list is in
need OF considerable revision.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13

sNflRso At THE posgoPFics At SCRANTON PA. As
eIooEp-cLAss MAIL NArT1R
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-13

sPrinters' Ink" the recognized Journal for adver
tisers, rates THH SCRANTON TRIBuNE as the bset
advertising medium In Northeastern PennsylvH
ria. "Prnters' Ink" knows.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-29
The Imbrella of state.

Last year. at the Cleveland conven-
ton, New York state received from
China a richly embroidered umbrella
Of state" for having reported the largest
number Of societies that had adopted the
Fulton plan fe~ giving 90 cents week
per member for missions. The "um-
brella Of state Is a peculiarly oriental
object and is usually presented By the
Chinese tohigh officials that have faith
fully performed their duty New York
took the umbrella t. Boston, and
this year it WIS New York 5 pleasure 70
place it in the hands # our lively
friends from the District Of Columbia.
it having been decided that this year the
umbrella should he awarded t. the union
having the largest proporttaaatenuMler
Of societies using the Fulton plaza far
giving systematically tonissions Sec
rotary Baer'> Report,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-29
One Thing and Another.

If green blinds are dinEy and faded,
wash and rub on little sweet oil
When the color ha, been taken ont q
silks by fruit stains, ammonia VIII grftrr
ally restore the color. Should the stain be
from an acid, give an after application Of
chloroform, which will in nearly every In
stance prove effective.
The French snail eating habit is said TO
be growing apace in America. Snail eat
ing is no more queer than turtle eating or
yet the American custom Of picked pigs
feet.
Fruit salad made with Jelly is excellent
Whip some lemon Jelly over ice till like
snow, place il in a large bowl in alternate
spoonfuls with mixed fruits, which have
been wt.l sprinkled with sugar and bran
dv or wine, and place on ice.
Clear boiling water will remove tea
Il and many fruit stains
Ripe tomatoes will remove ink and 9th
rr stains from white cloth; also from the
hands
In making crust Of any kind do not
melt the lard in the flour Melting will
injure the crust.