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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-03-18

Little business Transacted-Liquor Lagis-
1ation KILLED in the senate-The MagIs-
tIate's Fees-Ihe New Castle system OF
Tax Rebates = Miscellaneous Legisla-
tIon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16
AN APPEAL FOR ARMENIA.

The following explains itself: "A whole
year has elapsed since the massacres OF
Armenian Christians in Sassoon, and the
accompanied, sent a thrill OF horror
through the civilized world. The state Of
terror In the Armenian provinces OF Tur-
key is now aggravated by famine which
threatens to complete the destruction OI
Koord has spared. Villages We're compile
tely destroyed, the cattle and the sheep
which composed the wealth OF the. villa
gers-carried away. and all their imple-
ments either burned or pillaged. The sur
vivors of the massacres-mostly women
and children-who have fled for their lives.
and are now entirely destitute Of all
means of support and homeless wander
begging their daily bread from the people
In the neighboring towns and villages,
who are not much better off than them
selves. Many Of them have not tasted
Hundreds of the survivors Of the massa-
cres, weakened by exposure and want.
have died, and many others are dying OF
starvation. The distress Is SO widespread
and the number of those In need Of help
so large that local means Of relief are in
adequate to alleviate the terrible suffer-
ing.
"In order to aid these unfortunate shf-
ferers an Armenian Relief Fund commit
Duke of Argyll Is the president and the
Duke of Westminster and the Archbishop
Of York are vice-presidents OF this relief
committee. The distribution In Armenia
is by q mixed commission of American
missionaries, English consuls and others.
English liberalty has already given much
to relieve the distress. but there Is great
need Of more help. Moved by the sad fate
Of the unfortunate Armenians and con-
fident, in the generosity of the American
people, so ready to sympathlze with all
suffering, an Armenian Relief Fund COM
mittee has been formed in New York to
cooperate with the London committee
and earnestly appeals to our fellow-coun-
trymen on behalf of the sufferers. The
rigors of the Armenian winter have al
ready set in, and the distress is becoming
more and more dreadful. The case Is
very urgent, and we hope that generous
response will be made to our appeal. Con-
tributions may be sent to Mr.. Spencer
Trask, the treasurer, q Pine street, New
York, and will be forwarded by him to the
treasury of the London committee to be
distributed through the commission
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16

ject It is apparent that the institution
of marriage, fortified as 1t Is by all the
precedents of centuries Of civilized hu-
man society and reinforced by its pres
ent universal observance. cannot be
kicked over by the tiny protest of any
one mating pair. or Of any probable
number Of such pairs. 1t may be heroic
for Ajax to defy the lightning. but in
any test Of strength between the two 1t
ought not to be difficult to perceive
which one would win. 1t may be brav-
cry to whistle against the cyclone. but
it is hardly likely to be an effectual
competition. The position assumed by
Miss Manchester is grotesquely absurd
and chimerical. 1t will bring down
upon her penalties which word or two
of civil ceremonial would avert; and
It will stigmatize her children, should
she have children. in a way which no
mother of common sense and common
feeling would permit. On this one ques-
tion at least it would seem as If there
were room for the questioning of her
sanity, Notwithstanding that the judges
decided otherwise.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16
A CHAPTER OF HISTORY.
From the Washington Post.


A prominent politician Of this city, who
Harrison Intimately, and who shares his
confidence to an unusual degree, relates
a chapter of the unwrttten history Of the
last Republican administration which Is
IL the close secrecy with which has been
guarded, for until Its present publication
no intimation of the affair has ever been
given to the world. President Harrison
had entered well upon his four years
term. He had given much thought to the
Bering Sea question, which was the great
bone of contention between Great Britain
and the United States. The Canadian
poachers were slaughtering our seals in
discriminatory, and threatening, by their
rapacity, to cause their speedy extermina-
tion. President Harrison, through Secre-
ta,ry Blaine, had protested vigorously to
British government insisted that Bering
Sea was n mare clausem, and that the seals
were public property when found three
miles from land
The correspondence between the two
governments at this time shows that Pres
ident Harrison, always an intense and out
spoken American, decided upon bold
bring Great Britain to terms or cause her
to face the alternative Of war; Harrison
cared little which, SO long as our national
honor was at stake: He decided to arrest
Ill tne pOacner5, lfnprlSOn tnelrf crews,
and condemn their vessels. Before doing
this 1t was necessary to learn how far
congress would uphold him. Upon the
house he could depend. but the senate
was more uncertain. He could not carry
the country to the verge Of war without
knowing that congress would indorse
his course II war should follow, and such
action as he proposed meant either war
or British backdown. Through certain
members Of his cabinet and several Of his
confidential friends in the senate, the sense
of that body was taken. He found to his
regret that nearly all the senators from
the Atlantic coast and others represent
ing great commonwealths In the north
were violently opposed to a conflict with
England. The interests Of their constitu-
ents, they said, were SO bound up with
those Of the English people In a financial
business and social way that war with
that country would not be seriously enter
tained by them.
President Harrison reluctantly, there
fore. changed his plans. and the seal ques-
tion was referred to the tribunal Of Paris
for arbitration. and. as might have been
expected, the United States received the
worst Of the decision.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16
Nonsense About. Marriage.

The stir which has been occasioned by
the Manchester case in England will be
grist to the mill of those who contend
that human nature is degenerating. In
that case, It will be remembered. an at
tractive advanced woman" Miss
Edith Manchester, was fOrcibly seized
by her parents and brothers and. upon
q doctors certificate, made out upon
hearsay evidence. rushed to a private
asylum, because she had announced her
intention Of living with a man as his
wife without undergoing the ceremony
of marriage. News Of this abduction
becoming public, there was a commo-
tion throughout England. and within
twenty -four hours Miss Manchester
was released. She has since returned
to her husband" and although the
latter urges, for conventionality's sake.
a civil marriage. she peremptorily re-
fuses. holding to the advanced" view
that marriage IL immoral.
In the discussion which this interest
ing but morbid, case has elected many
8ahOhS "a Ahh 1sl0 DOAIiC o4u0IG IuAlcO
Of paper have been wasted to little or
no purpose. The woman's peculiar at
titude toward marriage il not generic.
While there ID undoubtedly . large sect
both in England and America which. as
q matter. Of fancied principle. and q
considerably larger group which as q
matter Of no principle, scouts the cere-
monial and the sanctity Of marriage,
few persons Of either sex have gone 20
far ~ to decline to have the marriage
service solemnised when wishing to
couple for life. To the great majority
q those who havs no particular rever-
ence for the form Of that service. It at
least serves a. . convenient iotifica-
tion to the public Of the.couple's future
relations toward each Other and Il,
moreover. 9 legal psotsetipn Of their
children.
Dvs y aay sasieaal visw d The sub
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16
Aching for Another Term.

The New York Herald. which bitter
ly fought the effort Of Grant to secure
third term. has now appeared as the
special pleader for a third term for
Grover Cleveland. Its line Of argument
Is the natural one under the circum-
stances. 1t says: without Mr.. Clevo-
land the Democrats cannot win; with
him they may win. 1t was his great
popularity. firmness and wisdom that
wrested the presidency from the Re-
publicans four years ago, and had the
Democratic leaders needed his warn
ings and followed his counsel there
would not have been Republican tidal
wave this year. His strength with the
masses saved the party from defeat In
1892, and It is the only thing that can
save it from defeat in 1896"
The Herald thus excuses its change
Of front on the third-term issue:
OF course the Republicans and ambi-
tious Democratic politicians unfriendly
to Mr.. Cleveland may try to make the
most Of the third term spectre, but people
have only to think in order to see that
there Is now nothing In that cry and that
there Is no possible danger OF Caesarism.
That danger Is to be feared only in the
case Of an ambitious military genius,
backed by a strong army and military
spirit. 1t was the legions of Rome behind
Caesar and the soldiers Of France behind
Napoleon that made power in the hands
OF those great soldiers SO dangerous. The
third term alarm was very naturally and
very properly sounded then when the ad-
mirers Of General Grant moved to secure
Grant was a soldier. fresh from from fields s'ai Of
victory. He was the idol of the Northern
people and the admiration Of the Southern
army. War feeling was still alive, and
out the country. At such time and with
soldier of General Grants strong char
acter and military genius the people had
much reason to guard against the danger
changed, for Mr.. Cleveland is not and
never has been a military man. He is a
statesman and not soldier-a civilian
without the slightest military tendency or
the war closed. The army has been IRE. re.
duced to q peace footing, and a spirit of
profound peace pervades the country. I'm
der such circumstances It Is nonsense to
talk Of the danger of a third term, and
useless to try to arouse the people against
II.
Some Of the leading cuckoo organs Of
the country have not yet received the
tip, for they are still declaring against
the third-term idea. Thus the Phila-
delphia Record calls It ''preposterous"
and the Boston Globe and Herald az
miss It as,out Of the question. But II
Mr.. Clevefand's head Is really swelled
with thg notion that his nomination q
fourth tme 10 essential to the salvation
Of the Democratic party, he will in due
seas6n find ways ana means to whip
these ready journalistic idolaters into
line. and we shall have the peculiar
spectacle Of . repudiated executive
bfow-bsaSing . repudiated party into
~ humllialing admission that within
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16

no greater need than the young men have
Of II. Your clothes Mt you better than
your fathers ft him-theyo cost more
money. they are more stylish: your NOUS
better and you are prettier, oh. for pret-
tier than pa But stop a moment young
man. and reflect. The old gentleman gets
the biggest salary and his hOmeiy, scramb-
ling signature on the business end of a
check will drain more money out Of the
bank in five minutes than perhaps your
handsome autograph can do during the
are useful and they are also ornamental.
and We all like them-but they are no nov
elites. son, oh. no, nothing Of the kind. they
as to shut yourself clear out but don't
be SO fresh that you will have to be. put
away in a cooler to keep from spelling.
be discovered People all over the world
are looking for you. and II you are worth
finding they will find you."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16
OUT OF THE QUESTION.
IT cannot believe II

IT cannot believe it!'
An angry flush mounted to the young
mans forehead, and he rose. impatiently,
from his seat and beat his golf stick ner-
vously on the floor NO. he said, turning
to face the girl, who, but a few short mo
ments before. had so suddenly and ruth
lesly thrust him aside, II cannot believe
that you really mean what you say. We
have known each other for years. Ours
has been no sudden passion. Think of its
gradual growth-of how strong has been
the love that has bound us. And now. af-
ter all that has passed, do you mean to tell
me that. in the full possession of your sem
ses, you have calmly reached the decicion
that we are untitled for each other?"
II have,'' replied his companion. the
light of a high resolve shining from her
unflinching eyes. do you suppose l
could ever marry man who thinks his
wheel is a better make than mine ?"-
Truth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16
An Appeal for Armenia.

The Armenian Relief Fund committee
of New York, of which Everett P.
Wheeler is chairman and DR.. A. Ayva-
zlan secretary, and which includes such
men as Archbishop Corrigan. Bishop
Potter, Nicholas Murray Butler, Rev.
DIR. Henry Van Dyke and many others
equally eminent In ecclesiastical or
civil life, has issued a stirring appeal
to the people of the United States for
help. as we'll as sympathy for the Ar
menian sufferers. The appeal acknowl-
edges the earnestness of the interest
which our countrymen have taken in
the cause Of these prosecuted victims
Of Turkish misrule, and 1t adds:
But If they deserve sympathy, they
also deserve help. This Is the point.
1t Is not question merely of inter-
national politics. 1t is a question Of
bread for the starving, raiment for the
naked, shelter for the homeless, and
healing for the sick and wounded. Har-
vests have been destroyed and cattle
slaughtered. Husbands and fathers
have been killed in the field and moth
ers butchered with their children cling
ing around them. There is great hun
ger and pain, and terror and desola-
ton among the hills and valleys of
Armenia today. The people look up,
and there is no man to help or to de-
liver them. The question is whether
the people Of America will reach q
hand across the sea to comfort and sup
port them. This can be done only in
one way; by the contribution Of money
to be wisely and carefully used in the
relief of suffering in Armenia. The
Armenian Relief committee stands
ready to do this work. If you are a
sympathizer with downtrodden and
prosecuted Armenia, we beg you to
help us by urging the people with
whom you have influence to make their
sympathy practical, and to give with
American generosity for the succor Of
the suffering and defenseless ArmeR-
ians. Contributions should be sent to
Mr.. Spencer Trask, the treasurer, 27
Pine street, New York city"
This appeal should not fall on deaf
ears. The people of Scranton, in pub
lie mass-meeting, have condemned the
Turk. Now let them do something
handsome for his victims. In remem-
brance Of the cordial generosity which
Europeans exhibited at the time Of the
earthquake in Charleston and again
during the Johnstown flood, Americans
ought to be quick to come with some
thing more substantial than words, to
the succor of the afflicted community
in Asia Minor which is now a charge
upon European philanthropy.
1t Is ,one thing to talk about the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16
ADVICE by BURDETTE.

Remember, son, that the world is older
than you are by several years; that for
thousands Of years It has been 30 full Of
smarter, better and younger men than
yourself. that their feet stuck out Of the
dormer windows. but when they died. the
per e. mons vent & shs Dns
or even heard Of their death. Be as smart
you can without slowing the packing out
your wisdom abroad. but don't dassie peo-
pie with It. And don't imagine 4 thing 10
so., simply because you say Il u 20. Don't
be too sorry for your father because he
.ssS VOID S:s sss ss "a "a :sc ssp g. e;
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16

Hello! Is that Mr.. Barrett? u'',
OF the Elmira Telegram?
Say! Would you like sensation?
What do you mean, sir?
Why, a lively article calculated to fresh
en- things up a little in the social swim;
something that will make the bulletin
No, sir! We do not publish such ar
ticles. We are running a nice, quiet, or
derly, conservative, careful, conscientious,
sugar-coated edition.
Is that so?
Certainly. Don't you read the Scranton
Republican?
Z-z-z-ling!
Who's calling?
Holgate, of La Plume.
Is this Richard?
1t is. / want to congratulate Republi-
cans OF Lackawanna upon the splendid
showing they made in electing two Su-
perior court Judges.
The Tribune will make your wishes
known.
You acted nobly in getting out a vote.
Yea, Richard.
believe that every man should cast his
vote on election day, off year or no Off
year. We always hustle out the vote up
at La Plume and don't you forget 1t.
Z-z-z-ling!
What's wanted?
This Is Mr.. Blewtt speaking.
Well, how can we serve you?
Just tell your readers that am still on
deck.
You are not to be awed by newspaper
criticism?
No. sir. Now that election is over and
Judge Smith has been victorious, believe
that the attitude of the Democratic stand
ing committee is a matter of profound in
terest to the public, and do not propose
to allow the public to go hungry for some-
thing for which 1t clamors.
Z-Z-z-ling!
Connect me with Attorney Nathan Vida
yer, please.
What is it?
Is that Nathan from the wild west?
1t Is.
Nathan, I desire to become informed
upon the wool question, in order to be able
to discuss the tariff.
Yes.
What course Of study would you advise
me to pursue?
Well. ! think I'd begin on whiskers.
Z-z-z-ling.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16
Speaking Of newspaper circulation,
we notice that migrate Joe doesn't men
tion Carb " da e, Dunmore or Arch
bald
Republicanism's Opportunity.

Ex-senator Edmunds. of Vermont, IN
an address recently delivered before the
Union League club Of Philadelphia,
mentioned two facts of contemporary
diplomatic interest. He exhibited a
map of England's territorial possess
sions on the American hemisphere. and
showed how her claims In Honduras
have within hardly more than decade
sweiled from almost nothing to 1000
square miles, while in British Guiana
the expansion has been within forty
years from only few hundred to 100000
square miles. ''This is British expan-
sion," said Mr.. Edmunds, "but I hope
and believe that the president and his
secretary Of state will not let Vene-
zuela be squeezed out Of the mouth Of
the Orinoco."
One great difficulty in the way Of
checking these Anglican aggressions is
comprised in the fact that many of the
petty officials of the Latin-American
republics are almost as easily suscepti-
BILE to British manipulation as an
American municipal council is to the
Establishments of a street railway lob
byist. English diplomacy. moreover, is
skilful and persistent whereas that
against which it competes Is In most
cases fitful, crude and without definite
purposes. Every advantage, therefore,
rests with Great Britain; 1t is big, rich,
powerful; 1t has the best merchant
ships and the most ominous looking
war ships; its diplomatic agents are
trained to their duties in school
which holds that the end justifies the
means; and the policy of its foreign Of
fee without regard to the administra-
tion's political complexion, Is to push
forward the flag of empire, by any and
all means.
We believe that time is nigh, how
ever, when the United States will have
to do more In the direction of matching
England's greed for dominion than is
embodied in the somewhat vague and
colorless thing known as the Monroe
doctrine. 1t appears to us that circum-
stances are auspicious for the inaugu-
ration Of comprehensive programme
Of competition with Epglapd-not a
competitor for stolen soil. for Ameri-
ca doesn't need that; but a competition
for diplomatic and commercial suprem-
acy, for the mastery Of Spanish -Ameri-
can and Oriental markets and for the
first place among the nations Of civiliz-
alton. It will be only small part Of
such programme to put up signs on
South American soil warning England
and all other European powers to keep
hands of. That Is merely an expedient
Of defense. What IL needed is a we'll
defined series Of aggressive movements
looking to the furtherance Of American
interests and the promotion Of Ameri.
cas- prestige among the powers.
In this direction lies Republicanism's
matchless opportunity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16

The belief of the Philadelphia Bull
letn that the drink habit is gradually
losing ground in this country is pleas
ant one, and we trust that 1t Is true
nna
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16

The Elmhurst Signal objects to Gov
ernor Hastings because it says he "has
recently been beaten and turned down
by the people," When?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16

1t is possible that good deal Of
the newspaper padding to the Quay
presidential boom-which, by the way,
the senator himself disclaims-has its
origin in lively sense Of favors yet to
come
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16

The Southern papers agree that no
other speaker at Atlanta has left bet
ter impression than Governor Hastings,
Of Pennsylvania. He Ii an executive
of whom this commonwealth may we'll
feel proud.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16

It's ranks It has but one man fit to put
forward as a standard-bearer.
From a Republican standpoint We
should certainly like to see the third
term movement get the Endorsement
of the Democratic party. 1t would
make the returns next November even
more interesting reading than they
would be ordinarily.
Mr.. Bayard's recent diatribe In Lon
don against protection does not please
all Of the freetraders. The New York
Herald, for instance. thinks 1t "desira-
BILE to ask whether this denunclation Of
it comes fifty from an American ambas-
sador in England. He is there as the
ambassador. not Of free traders. not OF
the Democratic party, not even OF
Democratic administration, but Of the
United States. Protection. mistaken
policy though it be, is the policy of a
great party, which represents half OF
the people of the United States. Is 1t,
then, for the American ambassador to
announce in England that half the
American people are welded to policy
which is corrupt and corrupting? To
say it at home is one thing; to say it
abroad is another, and for an ambassa-
dor to say it is to use his great office to
disparage in the view Of England the
country he represents" Then there's
that other point: Who are paying Bay
ards board bill? The protectionists or
the free traders?
The Pittsburg Times firm conviction
that Mr.. Smiths elction as the Demo-
cratic member Of the Superior court
has an evil and sinister meaning Is
probably intensified by the reflection
that Cousin Magee lost.
If the next Democratic nominee for
president be not Stephen Grover Cleve-
land. we predict that he will be Will
liam Collins Whitney; and Whitney
would give the Republicans pretty
lively tussle, too.
1t is possible that good deal Of
the newspaper padding to the Quay
presidential boom-which by the way,
the senator himself disclaims-has its
origin in lively sense Of favors yet to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16

1t is ,one thing to talk about the
nomination Of Dan Lamont for the gov
ernorship of New York; but it would be
quite another thing to elect him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16
A Winner.

AWtnncr.
She couldn't act, sing, --T II
Or her feet upward fling; y
She was never beautiful girl,
But she was a winner;
She'd refused to take dinner
With the viscount, two dukes, and an
earl. -Dertoit Tribune.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16

President Harrison reluctantly, there
fore. changed his plans, and the seal Ques-
tioD was referred to the tribunal Of Paris
for arbitration. and. as might have been
expected. the United States received the
worst of the decisiOn