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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05

Of greatness 1t Is readily conceivable
that they would prove anything but
pleasant to the women members of his
family, to whom each pointed para
graph or barbed caricature must seem
like a personal knifc-thrust.
, 1t needs. Of course. 10 be understood
that most of this journalistic fiagella-
tion of the chief executive is Pick.
wickian. and ex officio. The motive
behind 1t is aptly explained by Henry
Gu, Carleton in his play Ambition"
when he makes Senator Beck" say:
"Oh. editors are very much like the
boy with the bean-shooter. He had
no particular grudge against any frog
In the mill pond, but he couldn't forget
that he had bean-shooter. Prob
ably If the wits and the paragraphers
realized that they We're inflicting pain
at the same time that they We're ex-
ercising their talents for the ludicrous,
they would to some extent amend their
ways. One cannot credit the majority
of the journalists of the country with
intentional cruelty.
Nevertheless. the fact is indisputable
that the presidency Is a bed of thorns
as well as of roses. That SO many
men should want it simply indicates
that fo- the sake of roses mankind Is
ever willing to take its chances among
the thorns.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
An Important Conversion.

The esteemed Washington Post, after
O somewhat difficult attempt to main
tain an equipoise, has at last had the
good judgment and the frankness to
espouse fairly and fatty the Republican
side of the tariff controversy. We re-
produce. in its entirety, the significant
editorial in which this confession Of
economic conversion is affirmed. Says
the Post: "a commercial policy that
reduces our exports and increases our
imports is so obviously injurious as to
be utterly indefenslble. Buying goods
American manufacturing plants are
prepared to make, Is good for Europe.
but bad for ourselves. The present
tariff is not the destroyer that would
have devastated our industries had the
Wilson bill become law. 1t has some
excellent features which have COM
mended themselves to general approval.
But, under this tariff, we are buying
more than we sell, our revenues are in
sufficient to defray the expenses of gov
eTHT1ent, anu, ueSplte du the iIiCTedSes
Of wages in various industries, the
average Of earnings is by no means up
to the standards of more prosperous
times.
There Ia no necessity for an in
creased importation of any kind Of
goods which our own manufacturers
have ample facilities for supplying. nor
can such an increase occur without in
fiicting an injury on American interests
proportionate to the benefit It confers
on the countries from which the goods
come. According to the census of 1890
we had 10000 people employed in manu-
featuring earthenware, and they re-
ceived wages amounting to $4,000, 900
year. Under the present tariff there
has been an increase Of more than so
per cent. in the importation Of these
goods Where is the corresponding
benent? where have we been compen-
stated for this loss by gaining footing
in foreign markets? The census showed
$1,000 persons in the leather industry,
with an annual pay roll Of ,9e. .oo0. .oo0
Undn nreSent tariff We have had .
q 4 crease In imports Of leath-
o. pr goods. Has this been
II 10 psople Of this country
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
THE MESSAGE.
Weak in Its Cuban References.

Cleveland World: "A more cowardly at
titude and dlsgraceful back-down than
this can hardly be conceived. To thus
openly refuse belligerent rights to this
struggling republic ought in itself to con-
denim the foreign policy of the adminis-
tration to everlasting lgnominy. Wher-
ever man Is striking for liberty Of con-
science. liberty Of action and the brother
hood of man. there ought the folds OF the
glorious Stars and Stripes protect and
succor him. Especially is this SO on our
own hemisphere. His defense OF Spain,
like his defense Of the dusky monarch Of
the Sandwich Islands. will be condemned
from one end Of the country to another as
1t ought to be, regardless Of partisan poll
ties"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05

Mr.. Frank @. Carpenter, who lec-
tured in this city the other evening,
quotes Z lady living in indianapolis
a. having heard General Harrison say:
8You cannot appreciate the feeling
have toward the white house and the
brssidential once. 1t is filed with dis
agreeable things, and the president of
the United States. II he will permit it,
could keep himself miserable all the
time. There are 80 many unpleasant
things in the newspapers, and the life
% one Of wear and tear and
worry. ! was guarded myself
from tnahy Of the disagree.
able things said about me by my pri-
Fats secretary. Mr.. HaIford never al
lowed me to see the unpleasant things
except when they were necessary. In.
sulting letters or unjust newspaper
oiticisms were never presented to me,
and I hardly knew that they existed.
I gave directions that they should not
be allowed to come into the hands of
Nr. Harrison. and supposed they
had not. But after her death, among
her papers, found tied up bundle
Of such things. In some way she got
hold Of them. and I really believe It
WAS that which killed her. No." con.
cluded the president, Il have no de-
sire to 80 back to the white house.
Ny life there was filled with sorrow,
and do not want to repeat it."
That this II substantially the ex-
president's attitude toward the ques-
ton Of the succession to Mr.. Cleve-
land win hardly be doubted, in view
Of the many similar expressions with
which he 10 credited. The great ma
jority Of men probably do not have and
cannot have any adequate conception
Of the continual strain involved in the
discharge Of an ONCE 20 conspicuous
and - vigilantly scrutinized as the
presidency. Says Shakespeare: "Un-
easy lies the head that wears crown"
but It may be doubted II in all the
pages Of history record exists of a
crowned head subject to as many cares,
troubles ana criticisms. to as much
political pressure toward unpleasant
courses Of action and to so much
misconstruction Of words and mo-
.tives - have to be endured w
the president Of the United States
Among the sovereigns Of today
Ne know Of none one-half as much
the Droy of worriments. The great
Nt01ofltY ~ then are. IN fact. little
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
An Error Of Judgment.

Whatever may be the final outcome
Of the now familiar charge against the
police force Of this city, It will. we
think. be the general opinion that DR..
Robinson erred in sscreting the alleged
Information for several months and
then divuiging II publicly without first
having presented 1t to the head Of the
police department or the mayor. His
excuse is that he did not know the
mayor had command over the police
force. which exhibits q deplorable un-
familiarity with the municipal govern
ment: hut even so. DR.. Robinson could
at any time have communicated with
the chief Of police. Neither the mayor
nor the chief would have refused an
audience or failed to give to the alleged
Information prompt and careful con-
sideration.
The effort to introduce Mr. Guernsey,
q third party. into the episode looks to
disinterested observers like an attempt
TO transfer responsibility. Mr. Guern-
sey did not utter the public accusation.
Why, then, should he be required to
prove It? Mr.. Guernsey's testimony
may be competent as a witness, but it
can hardly suffice as substitute
for the testimony of the original ac-
cuser. The mayor is clearly in the
right in declining to hold Mr.. J. w.
Guernsey accountable for the pulpit
Steses4p-ot DR.. Charles E. Robinson.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
The Succession to Cameron.

The Lancaster Morning News, in a
yard-long leader suggesting the work.
manship of Senator Kaufman, ,arraigns
Senator Cameron for various political
offences and nominates John Wanna
maker as the fittest man to succeed
him. The News selects Mr.. Wanna
maker as its candidate partly because
he is personally worthy Of trust and
partly because 1t thinks the opposition
to Cameron ought to begin to concen-
trate upon some one mani with Wan
amaker and Smith and Hastings and
Graham and Robinson and Brown and
Brosius In the field" 1t remarks, Cam
eron will have picnic, either in naming
himself or his successor"
We did not know before that Cover
nor Hastings had entered the senatorial
lists, and we suspect that the News
use of his name in such a connection is
without authority. The governor would
make an excellent senator OF that
there is no possible doubt. He possesses
qualities Of manly leadership which
would adorn any public position in the
state or federal government; but it is
our impression that should he be pre-
sented and pressed at the Forthcoming
national convention as Pennsylvania s
candidate for the presidential nominal
ton, he would even IL unsuccessful, pre-
fer to contemplate the struggle over
the senatorship in 1897 as an interested
spectator rather than as an active par
ticipant. That his name will be thus
presented is very probable. The popu-
lar demand for the putting forth by the
Keystone delegation of a serious effort
to secure the nomination of Pennsyl-
vanian for president is evidently grow
ing rapidly in many portions of the
commonwealth, and 1t clearly points to
General Hastings as the man 1t has in
view.
This, If correct review Of the case,
would narrow the fight down to three
Philadelphians and one or two serious
candidates in the remainder of the
state. OF the Philadelphians Mr. Smith
has been the most active and coura-
geous in opposing Cameronism and, to
an outsider, would seem to be the logi-
cal beneficiary of the adverse sentiment
thus aroused. 1t has been thought that
Colonel Watres and J. Hay Brown
Of the various state candidates are
the only ones having elements of sta
bility in them. If the field should re-
solve itself into a fight between Mr..
Smith or Mr.. Wanamaker or Mr.. Gra-
ham, as representing the ultra anti
Cameron sentiment of the party, and
Mr.. Brown or Colonel Watres, as rep
resenting a sentiment Of political but
not personal or factional antagonism' to
Cameron, it would afford an interesting
study. with the probabilities seemingly
favorable to the nomination of the rep
resentative Of the following in SYM
pathy with Senator Quay.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
: SCRANTON, DECEMBER s. 1896.

In view Of the deliberate failure OF
the Scranton Republican to Join this
paper in Q pledge to support the
nominees Of the next Republican city
convention. regardless Of individual
preferences, Is not The Tribune thor
oughly Justified in calling itself "the
only Republican daily in Lackawan-
ma county?''
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05

Their votes have answered that inquiry.
We had. in 1880. 5000 people. with
annual wages Of $50. .O0o. 600. engaged in
the silk industry. We do not know the
present number or the amount of their
wages. but there ID an unpleasant sug-
gestion in the fact that imports of silk
and its products have increased more
than 40 per cent. Even in the furniture
and woodworking lines, in which we
had, in 1890. no less than $4,000 persons
employed. and drawing $45.000.0O0 in
wages. we have an increase of imports
worsted goods 10000 persons. in 1890.
drew s45,0O0.000 in wages. but they. or
their successors. are not drawing that
amount now, for European mills are
flooding our markets. These are sam
pies from the long list of manufactures.
the imports Of which have been in
creased to an enormous extent without
furnishing the needed revenues.
I'VE are still hearing a good deal Of
talk about the markets Of the world
and what we can do when we get into
them. But the great fact for Ameri-
cans to keep in mind is that the entire
commerce of the world does not equal
the consumption of the American mar
ket. Tariffs that increase imports, re-
duce exports, and provide revenue de-
ficits are, as we have said, indefensible
on any grounds"
1t is a pity that Mr.. Cleveland when
preparing his recent message, lacked
the Posts courage and it's frankness.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05

The willingness Of the average Amer
lean to serve his country at a fair.
good or even generous salary Ii new
ly emphasized by the fact that fifty
Pennsylvanians have already volun-
teered to have their names placed on
the payroll Of the federal congress.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05

Mr.. Reeds popularity in the house.
now unanimous. may undergo a shrink
age when he names his committees,
but 1t will augment in the country at
large II he will insist upon congress
doing its duty toward Cuba. recipro-
city and the tariff.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
Tho Logical Conclusion.

"There are things" said the impecuni-
Gus philosopher. that 1t Is useless for
man to try to comprehend. For instance.
who shall measure eternity?'
"H'mm," replied his practical, patient
friend; II thought you had 1t down pretty
fine"
.I?"
Eyes. On several promissory notes
which you have made you mention thirty
days which, gather from circum-
stances, is synonym for eternity"
washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05

The recent purchase, in this country,
under the Wilson tariff. Of 10000 tons
Of Sheffield steel rails means a loss to
labor and capital in this country Of
s3i5.75o. And yet Grover wonders why
our gold goes abroad.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
Thought lie HAD Earned 1t.

Earnest member OF flock. mortified to
meet his deacon in a state of advanced in
toxication (reproachfuly)-Dea Dea.
con!
Deacon holding on Uovially)-Look here
shir-hic-dye think-hic-after I've
sherved the Lord faithfully for thirty
yearsh-hic-he'd grudge me a day off,
Westminster Budget
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05

John Dalzell is very hopeful that
Pittsburg will capture the Republican
national convention, and in an inter-
view expresses the belief that that
city's fight is almost won. Corrobora-
tion of this comes from Chicago, where
the work Of gathering subscriptions
for competitive guarantee fund is
progressing so slowly as to discourage
its chief promoters. The selection of
Pittsburg by the national committee
next Tuesday would please every
Pennsylvania and be. moreover. an
appropriate recognition of one of the
banner Republican localities In the
United States.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05

The wilkes Barre News Dealer nom-
mates Hon. Charles A. Miner for the
honorary position Of national delegate
from Luzerne county, and calls sitten-
tion to his generosity and unswefvin
party loyalty. The compliments Fhlch
It pays to Mr.. Miner are well dessrvsds i
and II one Of the delesates be ac9ord-
"a 70 Wilkss.Barrs Ne know q no
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
How lie Lost Them.


I'm very unfortunate" said the young
artist.
"You are deficient in one important quail
ity." replied his candid friend.
''What Is that?'
'"Tact. When Mr.. Greesem came to see
you about portrait. you never stopped to
think that he made his fortune out of u
lucky streak of'kerosene."
"Never."
"And You told him he ought to have his
picture done In oil. and he didn't leave the
ORDER"
"Thats so."
"And when Mr.. Skimker. who has pros
pered as dalryman, called at your studio,
you rushed from Scylla to Charybdis and
advised him to be done up in water-colors.
You're a good painter. my boy. but what
you need is discretion"
-Washington STAR
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
Lacking In vlgor.

Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer: president
Cleveland's message submitted to con-
gress yesterday lacks the vigor OF
some Of his former messages. 1t is q com.
mon state paper and will not create a sen.
sation either at home or Abroad"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
Hcrc's ono Word of pr.,,.

Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph: "Presi.
dent Cleveland's message IL a great state
paper, and will SO be recognized 30 soon
as the partisan asperities which now sur.
round him have subsidized"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05

Perhaps Lord Salisbury doesn't care
to correspond with a people bearing
Ambassador Bayard's recommenda-
tions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
Cannot Believe lin Sincere.

Troy Times: I'm some respects II Is
disappointing, and In most points unsat-
isfactory. 1t Is combination Of apologies
and special pleading, and one cannot be-
lieve the president sincere in all Of his
declarations without forming poor opin-
lon Of his knowledge and his Judgment"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
JOCULARITIES.
A Robbery.

kObbcry.
oh, shameful thing! Who could believe
That one SO fair would compass uch a
deed?
For gain the villain doth his dupe pursue;
But she, alas. no such excuse can plead.
1t aids her not. but she has taken all;
All that l own Is subject to her art.
My treasured aims before her empire fail;
All. all are hers-my time. my thoughts.
my heart.
Redress, there Is mont; where. then, should
go?
With any Judge those eyes would win
their way;
So dark and kind. yet they no mercy show,
Tho !. implorlng. only mercy pray.
But stay! There is q way-will she not
hear?
Will she persist lawless thief to be?
To all she has give her title clear,
II she but give one kindly thought to me.
Chicago Record.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05

Mr.. Cleveland's delicate unwilling
ness to offend Spain is not shared by
the American people. They have no
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05

Surprise will be moderate over the
fact that the message has the hearty
approval Of Wall street.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
Tho Cuckoo Estim.sc.

philadelphia Record: '"There Is no
question that this document will meet, az
1t deserves. the hearty commendation OF
the country"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
Senator ouay's bill authorizine The

SENATOR Quays Dill authorizing the
Lackawanna courts to use the federal
court room in the government building
when not otherwise occupied is a rea-
sonable measure. which congress will
doubtless be glad to pass. The privi-
leEe would be appreciated,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05

The presidents message ignored the
subjects Of coast defences. naval i'm
provement, and the Nicaragua canal.
It also lodged the third term issue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
One Rcdssmiug Feature,

Rochester Post-Express: "The most
satisfactory thing about the message Is
that 1t contains no advocacy Of the issue
OF wildcat currency by state banks. The
president seems to have abandoned COM
pletely the unwise and dangerous scheme
that he advocated SO earnestly one short
year ago. We say he seems to have aban.
doned 1t; but he may not have done SO, as
he 10 very sly even In his Official docu-
ments."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
RhvthmlcsIlv Considered.

We've listened. Mr.. President. to every
word you spoke;
You'll always find an awjince. sir, right
here In Pocomoke;
Yoh witty observations and philosophy
profound
Are neveh moh enjoyed than by US people
on the Sound.
We don't presume to criticise real work
of art:
'Tis ours to take that document and learn
1t. sir, by heart.
And yet-we must confess it-you have
left a vacant spot;
We wish you'd told US II you mean to run
again aw not.
-WashinRton Star
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
He Has No Sympathy.

Philadelphia Times: 1.-THE president is
very emphatic in his expressions relating
to the murderous outrages perpetrated
upon the Armenians In Turkey, but the
tone OF his discussion Of the Cuban ques-
tlon IL in accord with a severe interpreta-
tion OF international obligations rather
than with the unmistakable sympathies Of
the American people,"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05

other Republican in that city better
worthy OF recognition than Mr.. Miner.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacehns The
Tribune AstrOlogcr.
Astrolabe cast: S.19 a. M. for Thursday,
Dec. 5. 1895.


A child Of this day who consults the
papers will realize that 1t Is possible for
one to occasionally stir up quite a rumpus
and still keep out of sight.
1t begins to look as though the identity
of the two mysterious young men of
Scranton will pass down to posterity un-
revealed along with that Of the man who
years ago assaulted one william Patter-
son.
Up to the hour Of consulting the sky
lights the police Thanksgiving Day un-
pleasantness still continues nebulous.
But the moon had a red streak across its
face last evening.
Ajacchus' Advice.
Do not be discouraged at business fail
ure. Just think how your friends would
envy you II you were very rich!
Remember that there Is a fitting time
for all things. Do not embark in the
ice cream business during the progress
Of q cold wave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
A prcteuco Of InfaIIibliity,

Philadelphia Bulletin: 1.-THE message,
like all Of Mr.. Clevelands state papers
Is ponderous In tone, labored in diction
and self-complacent, II not egotistic, in its
spirit Of infallible wisdom. There is hard
ly line in It to indicate that Its author
Is the head Of an administration that has
suffered the most overwhelming rebuke
that the country has ever passed on a
federal executive and his party"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
Tho ReoubIiaau vora,a,
A CONDITION, NOT A THEORY

Philadelphia Inquirer: 1.-THE presidents
message is disappointing in the extreme. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05
An Exa mpis Of Overworked Mediocri,y

New York Commercial Advertiser: "As
a whole the presidents message of 1895
Is precisely what might have been an
ticlpated. Dogmatic in its dealings with
subjects its author Is Of all conspicuous
public men least qualified to deal with;
reptilian in Its cold-blooded freedom from
single patriotic emotion; contemptuous
Of those subjects Of which the people most
desire to hear, and supremely self-conh-
dent and cocksure in all its statements, 1t
is the true inwardness Of Grover Cleve-
land. A careful perusal Of the message
leaves a wearisome impression Of over
worked mediocrity. Mr.. Cleveland, on the
denfensive, Is not an interesting study"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05

GOLDSMITH'S -
Always to The Front

Every electric in 'front.' the store every conductor
Godsmiths Bazaar by special orders from the
Scranton Traction Company This is convenience that no
doubt will be greatly appreciated by the public especially the
ladies' because they will not be compelled upon the
exposed all kinds of weather. when accom-
panied by children will avoid the dangers crossing at street
intersections that always thronged with vehicles Our store
will welcome you and always afford shelter protection until
the car you want to take comes along.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-05

"As transportation represents prac-
tically oil labor" Mr.. Gates concluded,
1T means that this amount nas gone
into English Golfers instead Of being
distributed in this country"
We are Of the opinion tnat Mr.. Gates
statement Of the case requires no elab-
grafton.