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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-18
CITY CHAT.
Mixed nuts at Longs.

Mixed nuts at Longs.
Neckwear. Sommers & La Vellc.
Toys, toys in endless variety at
Eckhart's.
See Champion & Co.'S. new ad. on
page four.
Embroidered suspenders. Sommers
& La Velle.
You can buy mufllers awfully cheap
at the NJ. & X.
Oranges, bananas and Malaga
grapes ut Longs.
Electrical display at McIntyre-Reck
Co.'S. this evening.
Drink Carse & Ohweiler's ginger
ale and be healthy.
Red Star makes your soda foun-
tain look like new.
Lots OF Christmas trees and orna-
ments at Eckhart's
Great bargains at Adams in mems
calf congress shoes.
All mems calf congress IS shoes 20
for ~. 40 ut Adams.
furs must go; prices no object at
Young IL McCombs'.
Can you afford to miss Adams sale
on mems congress shoes?
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Shields are
visiting at Wyoming. Iowa.
Child's REFER suits, 5 to 8 years,
$2.i5. Sommcrs L. La velle.
Red McIntyre-Reck Co.'S. bargain
broadside in another column.
New shapes. new effects in neck
wear. Sommers 4 La velle.
They're only 40 cents-those en-
broidered slippers at NJ. & KS.
Christmas shopping is real pleas
ure when done ut McCabe Bros.
Special sale Of books today and
this evening at Young & McCombs'.
Give =. b. McKown your next or.
der for hard coal. soft coal and hard
wood.
g. Hennipg. president of the Men.
do,a Brewing company. is in the city
on business.
Remember Bowers literary society
en- rtainment Friday and saturday
ma nee at $50 O'Clock.
All there are left OF those a mems
congress shoes go for $..75 at Adams.
Don't you want q pair?
Christmas trees given away with
each 50-cent purchase at John Pc.
terson's, 1919 Third avenue.
John A. Flanagan is confined at hi.
home. 220i Sixth avenue, with q
second attack Of typhoid fever.
Don't forget that Stewart, the hat.
ter. has a beautiful line of goods in
mems wear suitable for presents.
Charles Donovan Is quite seriously
i'll ut his South Rock Island home
with Inflammation Of the stomach.
The Knights and Ladies Of Honor
will give q public masquerade al
Turner hall next Saturday night,
Dec. 81.
Do your holiday shopping at Nc.
Cabe Bros. There is where your
money will reach farthest. Open
evenings.
lsadore verhulrst. . Moline saloon
keeper. was fined $50 and costs today
for keeping his saloon open election
day. yesterday.
Are you looking for q present for
gentleman? II so. call on Stewart,
the halter. He has everything pref
~ in mems wear.
Fresh candies from Gunther's and
our home factories every morning
fresh on the counters at -MoCsbe
Bros. This evening lemon and sour
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-18
MCInfyTe-ReCk Dry Goods Co.
and Second Rocks land,
DOLLS, BOOKS, GAMES AND TOYS.

DOLLS, BOOKS, GAMES AND TOYS.
Would you know how to buy the best At the lowest
prices' Then come here. Big exhibit second
hoor Thousands Of amusing and interesting things.
Hundreds of dainty things in China for holiday gifts.
HOLIDAY HANDKERCHIEFS
Seasons come and seasons 60. but the Handkerchief
has all seasons for its own-especially Christmas 1t
Is satisfaction to find gift which you can't 60
wrong. Everybody wants more Handkerchief. Sell
dom has Handkerchief offering drawn atten-
tion than our now famous 25c lot. Beautifully
brodered values at S5c $780, 42c and sprinkled
with liberal hand-it is truly reward for the look
ing This week we will sell Gu dozen (72O) of the us
nal 25c embroidered Handkerchefs at 15c and lsc.
You'll be well paid for coming. The fast color Ham.
burg Handkerchief printed with Christmas scenes
are marvel of cheapness and beauty 4c half the
usual asked prices. Thousands OF Handkerchiefs
from 1c to Sc each. Handkerchiefs in lots of half
dozens or more at Csc and up will Re neatly boxed free
OF charge. Handkerchefs at Soc and will boxed
in lots of onefourth dozens.
SANTA CLAUS.
Don't fail to bring the children to see Santa Claus
in his workshop in the big east window.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-18

Blood and nerves are closely re-
lated. Keep the blood pure with
Hoods SarsaParilla and you will not
be nervous.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-18
Ribbed Underwear.

SSc 10 our price for that Ribbed Underwear, idsn
same ~ others charge sec for, ct 3Sc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-18
HOLIDAY BEAUTY

And holiday economy both here. The store ia re
sPlendant with Christmas suggestions crowding both
hoors Goods of all kinds to meet the holiday
tno1ght; prices the lowest to help you out in the
thinking Don't do yourself the injustice Of purchas
ing before looking here. You'll find there's : lot OF
economy in our prices.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-18
HOLIDAY DRESS GOODS.

Never before has the tendency been strong to buy
useful Christmas gifts. and the Dress Goods counters
are busy places. This week make our strongest
effort and will place most wantable and acceptable
Dress Goods within the reach of anybodys purse
Read with care:
run s.yard Dress Patterns. variety Of pretty
weaves. per pattern, $1.45.
dozen or more novelty Dress Goods styles. pc,
1896.
splendid assortment of novelties in value up to CSC
per pattern, $3.48.
Figure ont your saving. How differently q Dress
rattern looks when put in a neat box 1t then be-
comes gift-made for you. We will this week DO,
free OF charge any Dress Pattern at g. SO or over
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
COMMENT OF THE PRESS.
Tho wcddiuc Viewed Abroad.

1t Is rather amusing to read the COM
ments of the British press regarding the
nuptials of Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt and
the Duke of Marlborough. Long bur-
lesque letters, purport!ng to come from
ladies OF high rank and the mothers of
eligible daughters and numberless comic
paragraphs are circulating daily. We
quote few specimens: England for
the English viii be the next popular
song. The engagement of the Duke of
Marlborough to an American has at
tracted serious attention to the fact that
English men and women are being rap
idly driven out of Great Britain by for
eisners." Every evil is popularly sup
posed to be attended by an ant.dote. Some
professor should invent a hypodermic in-
lection against marrying Americans. A
hypodermic syringe filled to the nozzle
with anti-American alliance fluid should
be possessed by every British mother with
eligible daughters" Several influential
English dowagers have combined together
to charter the steamer Frisco for the pur-
pose of conveying cargo OF disappoint-
ed British sires to America, with view
of disposing OF them advantageously in
the states"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
viii Bradley Get There.

There Is not the shallow of doubt
that Col. Bradley. the Republican can
didate for governor of Kentucky, was
elected. His majority has been whit
tied down by Democratic election
boards to about 5000. They could not
quite wipe 1t out. The next question Is,
"Win Col. Bradley get the office to
which he has been elected by the people
of Kentucky?" He Is not the first Re
publican elected governor of Southern
state during the past dozen years. Only
last year Tennessee elected Hon. Henry
C. Evans governor ~ a decisive ma
jority, but he failed to secure possession
OF his office. The courts, controlled by
Democratic influences, counted him out.
General Goff was elected governor of
West Virginia fby a majority of more
than 5000, but the courts threw out
enough votes to give the office to his de-
feated Democratic opponent. 1t is next
to impossible for a Republican elected
to any office in a Southern state to get
possession. 1t is only necessary for de-
feated Democrat to contest and on one
pretext or another he viii get the office.
We apprehend that Col. Bradley's
election will be contested. The defeated
Democratic candidate, Col. Hardin, will
not yield without fight in the courts,
and it will be a tremendous surprise If
he is not in the end seated, in spite of
the fact that he was repudiated at the
polls. That is the way they do things
in Kentucky as we'll as in nearly every
other Southern state. The methods that
have prevailed in those states in the
past may continue for a time, but the
end is surely approaching.
The defeats sustained by the Demo-
Gratis last Tuesday in Kentucky and
Maryland give to many people in the
North the hope that in next years
presidential election there will he no
solid South. We do not build largely
ON amy such expectations. This years
reverses will only stimulate THE Demo-
cratic leaders in the South to adopt
more rigid measures to prevent similar
results next year. The Republican who
counts upon his party's candidates re-
ceiTing amy electoral votes in the South
next year will surely be disappointed.
Factioral fights among the Democrats,
such as existed i'm Kentucky and Mary
hand this year, will be unknown in next
years presidential contest.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
The Duty of the House,

Within less than q month Congress
will be in session. The House will be
overwhelming Republican. but the
political complexion of the Senate is
decidedly uncertain. Neither the Re-
publicans nor the Democrats will have
a majority-in fact, the Populists will
hold the balance Of power. The Repub-
lican majority in the House will, how
ever, undoubtedly announce a decisive
policy with reference to questions of
moment in the country, and pass legis-
lation in conformity with that policy
regardless Of the subsequent action Of
the mixed Senate or the Democratic
executive. That will be the correct
course for the House to adopt. The
most important problem likely to come
before Congress at the ensuing session
Is that Of providing adequate revenues
Tor the treasury to meet the necessary
expenditures Of the government with
out further increasing the interest bear
Ing debt Of the nation. Nothwithstand-
ing the political antagonisms existing
between the two houses of Congress
and the executive 1t ought to be possible
Tor them to come together on a ques-
tion which 80 deeply concerns the well
fare. prosperity and financial credit Of
the nation.
Another subject Of vital interest, II
not Of paramount Importance, is the
formation Of sensible, patriotic, Just
and thoroughly American policy with
reference to Cuba and our foreign re-
lations generally. On both these ques-
tions 1t Is hoped and believed the Re-
publican House will promptly assume
position such as will commend itself to
the best sentiment and Judgment Of
the country. The Senate and the Presi-
dent may not concur in any position
taken by the House, but doubt on that
point should have no weight with the
Representatives of the people in the
popular branch Of Congress. A major
ity Of the House-the Republican MEM
bers-will be held to strict accounta-
bility for their own acts only by their
constituents. The House must In 30 far
a. its power extends. adopt the same
policy and enact the same legislation \
~ ie would e the Senate ard thei q.
.II|"|
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
The Power Rchind Cleveland.

Rochester Post-Express: "There Is a
power behind Mr. Cleveland's candidacy
that is persistent and pervading. For the
mOney-lending intedests, his reelection
century; and they will not readily forego
the opportunity. Yesterday in New York
one of the greatest historic names Of Eng
land and one of the highest titles of its
nobility We're bartered for s5,OooOCO; and
But even a dukedom with the reflected
glory of Blenheim, Oudenarde.. and NAL
plaquet behind it Is small thing COM
pared to the presidency, and S5.O0O0Oo Is a
mere bagatellc to the pronls on billion
dollar bond sale and the opportunity of
furnishing paper currency for the use of
great nation,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

As one result of the elections last
Tuesday Grover Cleveland will have
less opposition to any third-term am
bbtion he may he cherishing than he has
had heretofore. There are not many
Democrats in THE land who will care to
make the rum for the presidency next
year. in view Of what occurred last
Tuesday. On tine other hand the Re
publicans may find "a very considerable
accession to ths list OF aspirants in
their party.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

Exchange, arrange the switch for the
Hello! ~
In the name of Bill Blackstone, who
calls?
Is that Dave Davis?
You have guessed the secret Of me life!
Say, David, can / ask favor of you?
You can. Speak on.
Just step into the city assessors office
and tell Rudolph BuenZli to lean against
the phone.
The city assessors office?
Yes.
Alas! I cannot enter.
l have no battering-ram handy!
Hello! Is the dramatic editor In?
NO. He's out attending q church sup
per. Leave any word?
Yes. Do you suppose Manager Davis
week?
Dunno. What is it?
] am the freak.
You?
Yes.
What are your qualifications?
Why, / am the only Republican in
Lackawanna county that did not vote for
Judge Smith.
Z-z-z-ling
Well, who's calling?
This Is ex-Deputy Collector Burke.
How Is the investigation, Mr.. Burke?
! am working on new line, now.
What's the scheme?
I'm endeavoring to corner the output Of
fish bait.
Stay! Mr. Burke, I am surprised. You
do not propose to spring q Herring pun
upon US?
oh, no! ] mean it. want to fix things
so that Billy Craig will not be able to go
on fishing excursion when l want him
again.
Z-z-z-ling!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
The Homeless pcmocrncv.

Philadelphia Bulletin: without lead
er who has the confidence of the country,
perplexed, distracted and impotent in its
methods and policies. the Democratic
party has become truly pitlful minority.
After three years of Clevelandism 1t Is left
without a decent excuse for existence. and
only some phenomenal blunder on the part
of the Republicans in the next congress
can prevent the presidential election from
becoming a Republican walk-over."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
What TncSdnY's Verdict Means.

Pittsburg Times: "If Tuesdays elec-
tions mean anything, they show that be-
yond a peradventure, on March, 4, 1897, a
Republican president will send his nomi-
nations Of cabinet officers to a Republi-
can senate, and on the first Monday of
December in that year, his message will
be read to - congress Republican in both
branches, pledged. ready and competent
to undo Democratic evils and restore good
government to the nation"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
Three Interesting Condolences.

That entertaining gossiper touching
things political, Walter Wellman,
polrts out in a letter to the Chicago
TIimes-Herald three interesting coinci-
den'ces in New York state politics just
now. The first relates to David B.
Hill. .His entry to New York politics
as a leader and a boss" says Mr.. Well
quor vote behind him. Ten years ago
brewers and saloonkeepers elected Hill
governor. Now Hill makes his last
play with an appeal TO the same e!e-
ments. He raises again the personal
liberty issue, and is overwhelmingly
beaten. The temperance people might
point a moral with which to adorn this
tale by saying that is what whisky
always does for a man.
Another coincidence of wider inter-
est will doubtless be completed in good
time. In 1882 two New Yorkers made
their first appearance in the higher
politics. One had been mayor of Buff
falo and the other mayor of Elmira.
They were nominated together for gov
ernor and lieutenant governor, respec-
lively. Through the quarrel between
the stalwarts and the half breeds of
the Republican party that ticket was
swept to success by the unprecedented
majority of nearly 100000. 1t made
Cleveland president and left Hill to
seize the reins in the state. Cleveland
and Hill started together and have
crossed each others path ever since In
the rivalry, Cleveland has had all the
best Of 1t, though the other had an
inning when he came to Washington
and improved the opportunity to de-
feat his foes judicial nominations. A
year from next March. as human prob
abilities go, the former mayors of Buff
falo and Elmira will complete their
stormy parallel by together leaving
public office, probably not to reappear
"Those who like condolences may
find third TO their fancy by looking
in the direction of one Thomas Collier
Platt, whose face now shines above the
horizon like a harvest moon. Fourteen
years ago Mr.. Platt followed Roscoe
Conkllng out of the senate. This
brought on the war of the half-breeds
and stalwarts. The sacrifice of Folger
paved the way for Cleveland and Hill.
1t was food for them, but poison to
Thomas c. Unable to get back to the
senate, disappointed in the defeat of
Blaine, deceived by Elkins and Harri-
son, Mr.. Platt has had to wait a long
time. His day has come at last Now
he has the great state of New York
behind him, and is the biggest presi-
dent-maker in the business. Moreover,
when Mr.. Hill doffs the senatorial toga,
March 4, 1897. dt is upon the shoulders
Of Mr.. Plat that 1t Is pretty sure to
fall"
All of which would tend to prove
that time Is a great solvent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

In an incidental enumeration of prom
inent Philadelphians who would make
good United States senator's. Frank
Willing Leach mentions Mr.. Wana-
maker. District Attorney Graham,
Senator Penrose. John Russell Young.
and Charles c. Harrison; but very
singularly neglects to mention the
fttest Philadelphian of all. Charles
Emory Smith. If Philadelphia shall
get the next senatorship It will be a
serious mistake II he be not Mr.. Smith.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

1t should be said by way of postscript
that Virginia's heart is still true to
Grover.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
As Rctwccu tho Two.

He-T don't think there Is anything much
finer than to have a beautiful yacht.
She-Im surprised at you. Haven't you
considered a beautiful wife?
He-Oh. yes; but mean on the ground
Of economy.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

A civilization which moves heaven
and earth to prevent prize-fights and
yet goes into ecstacies over foot ball
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

If Chairman Wellington, of Mary
land, has any proof to offer, now is the
opportune time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

The talk in Maryland is that Chair
man Wellington will succeed Senator
Gibson, whom Tuesdays vote unseats.
In mat case he and Quay will be near
enough to have it out.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

That everything comes to him who
waits has often been proved in poll
tics. Perhaps the Democracy, after
another decade Of waiting, will again
come tn. life
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

Mr.. Roosevelt pauses long enough to
remark that no matter how the elec-
tion went he will continue to en-
force the law.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

Senator Germans remark that 1t
simply wasn't his year is philosophical.
Men like German survive first defeats.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
A Horrible Western Suspicion.

Chicago News: at is said that Mayor
Pingree is so eated by his victory that he
proposes adopting the potato-bug as the
national bird"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

Really the easiest way out is for
Secretary Carlisle to own up like a
man and ask congress to restore pro-
lection.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

The silence of John C. New these days
is as surprising as it is agreeable.
Here's hoping he will keep it up.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
Pick Ont the Best Ono.

Springfield Union. 1--WE are pretty sure
to elect Republican president next year.
but we need to be careful about nominat-
ing the very best man just the same"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

1t will not hereafter take a diagram
to show whom Ohioans want for presi-
dent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

ganda which has as its chief tenet
the abrupt extension to women OF a
suffrage which only a minority Of them
want or would use.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

At the worst, David Hill can move to
Gotham and open Sunday bar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

The story goes that Senator Brice has
determined at any cost Of time or
money or labor to become President Of
the United States before he dies. Hence.
when his senatorial term ends in Ohio
he will move to New York and aim to
become second Tuden. We suspect
that before this ambition is realized Mr..
Brice will have attained great age,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
CONDITIONAL.

''wIll. you. love me when I'm gonc?'
asked Mr.. Linger Longer Of his sweet
IL youli 90 soon," replied the faithful
gjfl with = yewn.-Exohangs.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
No Cause for REGRETS.

The Philadelphia Press seems to take
the defeat OF Judge Yerkes very much
to heart, from the fact that he lives
nearer Philadelphia than do any of the
other candidates tor Superior court
Judge on either ticket. The fact that
Philadelphia was ignored by both pol
ttical parties when they nominated can
uldaltes for the Superior court must be
attributed 10 the politicians of that
oity. But our esteemed Philadelphia
contemporary has no occasion to feel
worried. Philadelphians having inter
ests at issue dn the new Superior court
dn klhe future will be just as secure in
their rights with Judge Smith, of Lack
awanna. as THE minority judge on that
bench as If Judge Yerkes. of Bucks, had
been successful.
Viewed from a territorial standpoint
the judges of the new tribunal are not
very evenly distributed throughout the
state. -Four OF the judges, a majority
Of the court, are punched in North
eastern Pennsylvania, while two of the
others are close neighbors in the central
part of the stale, but that fact is not
necessarily inimical or prejudicial to
the cause OF justice or the interests
Of litigants. Among the judges who
will constitute that court are men of
abil!Ey and large experience in the
Judiciary, and all of them are men of
the highest character. That court will
be nejuher SECTIONAL nor partisan.
BY a coincidence that might have
been avoided, but was not, two of the
Judges are from the same county, while
the president judge is from an adjoin-
dng one, but that fact will not affect
either the ability or the impartiality of
the court. Altogether, too much i'm
portance is ATTACHED to the question of
locality in the selection OF Judges and
other officials. and too little to other
and more Important considerations.
Whatever causes may have led a ma
3ority Of the Democrats Of Pennsy1-.
vanda to prefer Judge Sm1tll, of Uacka-
wanna, to either Of his colleagues the
fact remains THAT he is undoubtedly as
well equipped for the Superior court
bench as either Of the five defeated
Democratic candidates.
~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
Must l,c Nearly Dnrfccf-

He-"It makes me better man every
time l kiss you, darling" She--"Oh, my
Harold. how good you must be now."-Tit-
Bits.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

ecutive were in political accord with
It. The House is the representative of
Republican policy and Republican
measures and must make its record
complete and unequivocal at the ensu-
ing session. The Republican majority
must demonstrate to the country what
would be accomplished IL the Republi-
can party were in complete power, and
also what will be done after their party
comes into full control in 1897.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09

DR.. Parkhurst declares with emphasis
that nothing has occurred to dis
courage his hopes, dampen his ardor or
obscure the end toward which he is
laboring; but this is an assertion which
must expect some discount.