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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29
Pensions for Judges.

Where, asks the Pittsburg CONNER
cial-Gazette, is the authority for ap-
proprlatlng money to pay judges full
salary, for doing nothing? Let it be
conceded" it adds that the object Is
charitable or a benevolent one, and
still 1t does not fall within the scope
of legislation. The Legislature may fix
a perversion of that power to contend
that the salaries may be continued
after the expiration of the term and
after the places have been filled by
other men who are entitled to the COM
pensation. The constitution forbids
hhe appropriation of money for chart
table OF benevolent purposes, except
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29
FAVOR SHERMAN's; PLAN.
From the philadelphia Press. a.

From the Philadelphia Press. a.
President William Connell of the Third
National bank, says: I'm my judgment
Senator Sherman's proposition to issue
bonds of small denominations Is good
one. A free silver bill would be disas-
trous. / would suggest a tax on foreign
silver so as to exclude the coin in the
same ratio as silver Is produced In this
country. If we could keep out the Mex
lean and foeign silver there would be 4
great Improvement in our finances.
Eventually we will have to use both
metals, but 1t ought to be on an Internal
tional basis"
Colonel II. NJ. Boies president Of the
Moosic Powder company, says: THE
great difficulty is that the receipts of the
nation are. less than the expenditures. [
cannot see what can be done except to
call an extra session of congress, repeal
the present tariff bill and pass one that
viii provide sufficient revenue. l do not
believe there would be subscriptions to Il
popular loan amounting to anything here
While the government is being discred-
tied"
Samuel Hines, president of the Traders
National bank, says: Il think Il popular
loan, such as suggested by Senator Shcr-
man, would be Il success in the country.
/ am Democrat, but ! believe that con-
Slcss should adjourn and the president
call the new congress together
James \. Linen, president of the First
National bank, SAYS: IL think the three
per cent. popular loan suggested by Sena-
tor Sherman would be taken liberally by
the banks of Scranton"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29
LEGISLATIVE TOPICS.
To Prevent BJackIisting

The Curley bill TO prevent the blacklist
ing of employees. now pending in the I'LL
nois Legislature, has several novel points
1t provides that if any person, agent.
company or corporation after having dis
charged any omplOye from his or its
service shall prevent or attempt to pre-.
vent, by word or writing, such discharged
employe from obtaining employment from
any other person, agent, company or cor
poration shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be punished by fine not ex-
Ceed 81 900 nor less than 500, and such per
son, agent, company or corporation shall
be liable in double damages to such dis
charged person, to be recovered by Il civ!l
action; but this section shall not be con-
strued as prohibiting any person, agent,
company or corporation from informing
In writing any other person, company or
corporation TO whom such discharged per-
son or employe has applied for employ
ment a truthful statement of the reasons
for such discharge. II any railway COM
pany or any other company or partner
ship or corporation in this state shall au-
thorize or allow any of its or their agents
to blacklist any discharged employe or
attempt by word or writing or any other
means whatever to prevent such dis
charged emplOye or any employe who may
voluntarily leave such company's service
other person or company, except as here
inbefore provided, such company or cor
poration shall be liable in double damages
to such employe so prevented from OBJ
tanning employment, to be recovered by
"a civil action. 1t shall be the duty of any
person, agent, company or corpora tion af-
ter having discharged any employe from
his or tis service upon demand Of such em-
ploye to furnish him in writing Il fun,
sucCinct statement of the cause or causes
of his discharge, and If such agent, COM
pany or corporation shall refuse to do so
within n reasonable time after such de-
mand 1t shall ever after be unlawful for
such person, agent or corporation to fur
nish any statement of the cause of such
discharge to any person or corporation or
i'm any way to blacklist or prevent such
discharged person from procuring en-
ployment elsewhere, subject to the penal
ties of this act Provided, that such writ
ten cause of discharge when so made by
such person, agent, company or corpora
tion at the request of such discharged
employe shall never be used as the cause
for an action for slander or libel either
civil or criminal, against the person,
agent, company or corporation so fur
nishing the same.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29

The Philadelphia Times is suffering
from another spasm of hatred for John
c. Delaney, no doubt also inspired from
Scranton
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29
The Presidents rlessage.

The attitude of President Cleveland
toward the present financial emer-
geucy, as outlined in his message to con-
gress reprinted on another page, Is one
Of commendable courage ana frank
ness. There was room for partisan dit-
ference over the various steps which
have successfully led up to this grave
crisis in our federal finances; but now
that the crisis is upon US, there VIII pe'
among honest partisans, but one voice
and one aim-the voice and aim OF I'M
divided patriotism seeking by every
legitimate means to eXtricate the gov
ernment credit from the perils that en-
viron it.
The president clearly defines the trou-
BILE. which may be chiefly attributed to
the law that permits the holder OF
treasury notes to demand their pay
ment in gold without providing for
their immediate cancellation when lift
ed. Thus the government might re-
peatedly issue bonds to recoup dts gold
reserve, yet the drain upon that reserve
would continue 50 long as the treasury
notes by which it is accomplished
should be successfully reissued and re-
turned for redemption. The perpetuity
of these notes offers practically un-
limited opportunity for private specula-
ton to despoil the government of its
gold reserve without enabling it. in re-
turn, to cancel single obligation; and
the history of the past year shows how
thoroughly this opportunity has been
improved.
The solution suggested in the mes
sage is general in it's terms. 1t contem-
plates a popular long-term bond issue
in denominations of $40 and $50 and
their multiples, bearing interest at the
rate of per cent. These bonds are to
be paid for in legal tender and treasury
notes, which are then to be cancelled
II is suggested that the national banks
be permitted to deposit these bonds as
security for circulation up to their face
value; and that this circulation shall be
in the form Of notes not less in denOml-
nation than so each. With imports
payable in gold, the president thinks
that currency law embracing these
general details would solve the i'm
mediate dilemma without necessity for
further action at this time. But if such
relief be not soon forthcoming an ad-
ditional issue of bonds under the pres
ent law is plainly threatened.
1t is time to drop partisan contention
in this important matter and get down
to patriotic business Luckily the trend
of congress is plainly in this direction
and favorable response to the mes
sage 10 to be expected without long de-
lay.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29
The Williams Anti. Boycott Bill.

Philadelphia Press: at is absurd to
suppose the legislature can enact a law
that will compel any employer to keep u
man when he doesn't want him That
would be an invasion of private rights
which could not be sustained. If 1t will
not work In the public service, and 1t has
been shown that 1t will not. II certainly
cannot be made effective In individual af-
fairs. Such propositions as this can hard .
ly have any other effect than to itensify
ploye. 1t has a tendency to create hos
tlity where none existed before. 1t Is
lacking In good judgment, and Is as un-
reasonable as f the Legislature should at
tempt to enact that a man must work
for a particular individual, firm or cor
poration whether he wants to or not
That would be laughed ut by everybody
But 1t Is no more ridiculous than to pro-
pose that an employer shall keep a man
unless he wants to. The laborng people
are constantly complaining because they
do not get the protecting legislation they
think they ought to have. We believe
there Is very general disposition to
favor them In every possible way, but
the trouble Is they demand so much that
is absurd and impracticable that It brings
even their worthier propositions into more
or less discredit They sacrifice popular
sympathy and support when they ad-
vance such schemes as this, and every
sensible laboring man ought to see that It
Is not only unseless but positively hurtful
to his own cause"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29

There never was any doubt of the
success of the Kirmess. Scranton has
happily not yet formed the habit of
sighting worthy enterprises. conducted
for the benefit of local charities. Never
theless, the generous response already
made to this call for aid for the Lacka-
wanna hospital is a fit subject for re-
joicing and a pleasant forerunner of yet
more generous responses to come.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29

out of pure love for sport, he shoots
one winging grouse, ten of these rapid
ly disappearing fowl are nowadays
trapped by professional captors, who
find ready market for their wares in the
large cities. 1t is not easy, in enforcing
a close season, to differentiate between
a reputable sportsman and a human
shark. Almost the only way to solve
this knotty problem, in the opinion of
men who have studied it carefully for
years, is to order all game-killing
stopped for time sufficient to repair
the havoc of the past.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29

by demagoguery. Any legislation for any
one class must hur; the balance Of the
community. We have too much class
legislation. OF course siX-tenths of 1t is
for corporations. The balance Is taffy and
vote getting legislation TO deceive the
wnrkman
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29

for pensions or gratuities for military
purposes, to any person whatever. IL
there is any provision of the organic
law which authorizes the pensioning
of the judges or any other class or pub
lie officers it should be pointed out.
II the power exists even by implica-
tion it would be very unwise to exercise
it, Such precedent would not only
| open the door ito extravagant eXpendl-
ture of the public funds but would
be antagonistic to the principles upon
| which our civil government is based
Would it border on irreverence to
suggest that the constitution is not by
! any means above amendment or revi-
sion? In the present instance eminent
authority has approved the Ritter bill
as thoroughly in keeping with the spirit
| OF the organic law. 1t certainly Is in
keeping with liberal public sentiment,
and even with the selfish business in
stinct which recognizes the merit OF
and bargain" Offering superior
quality of justice in exchange for a
| slight increase in our expenditure for
| the judiciary. IT, however, pension
system for judges Should turn out TO
| be unconstitutional. We should have no
! hesitatancy in suggesting that the
same end be attained by increasing the
pay of judges to a point commensurate
with the lofty and impartial service eX-
peCted of them.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29

The appearance of Senator David 3.
Hill in the role of political reformcr
is one of the enjoyable novelties of this
progressive season. In a speech before
the New York Democratic club last
Saturday night he sad
If corruption unfortunately obtains
footing in party organization, let 1t be up
rooted If leaders become corrupt, let
them be discarded. Better no organiza-
tion at all than Il corrupt one, | thor
oughly despise that class of men who be-
come active in political affairs not to con-
tribute something to the public good or
to crafty an honorable and legitimate
ambition in the public service for which
they possess the requisite qualifications,
but to secure personal gain and to pro-
mote lf-aggrand2ement. Such allies
discredit the party which they profess TO
serve, degrade the public service, and re-
pei high-minded and honorable men from
active participation in political effort Let
ignorance, brutality, dissipation, specula-
tive sporting, avarice ana freebooting be
not regarded as desirable qualities for
Democratic membership anywhere-much
less for prominence in Democratic coun-
ellis. Let better and higher standards be
insisted upon.
Senator Edward Murphy, tine EN-
pire states speculative sporting junior
senator elected such by his virtlous
colleagues aid, will read these words
with interest and perhaps a quiet grin.
The Scranton Record takes the proper
view of the subject when it asks: 'Out
of the 20 per cent. of Pennsylvania
,sI,i 1fl ,.t',p IL,
may safely be taken for granted that
at least half that number are the chill
dren Of parents who take no interest in
the upbrlnging of their little ones, and
who spend more money in week rush
ing the grow!er than the children
could earn, while a large proportion Of
the remaining 10 per cent would be
at school We're it not for the sheer
greed of their parents, who, having no
education themselves, care little for
that of their offspring. Is it night
that these children, who are growing
up to be American citizens should be
Handicapped for life because of any
preventible reason The Record
thinks not; and we fail to sea how any
reflective person can think otherwise.
Until the bank examiner shall have
completed his inquiry into the condi
tion of the closed Bank of Olyphant,
and made public his report, the part of
wisdom will be to keep cool and quiet.
Nothing is ever gained, under such
circumstances as now prevail in Oily"
phant, by violence or loud talking. If
the bank is sound and solvent, it has
the right to a fair hearing Of its side of
the story If not, it is now too late to
repair whatever mischief may have
been done. The opportunity now af-
forded for common sense 70 vigorously
assert itself is rarely equalled and
should be promptly improved
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29

The rumor that David Martin, owing
to iii health" is to retire from the
active management Of the Philadelphia
Republican canvass is probably TOO
good to be true. But it is what he VIII
have to do, if the party is hereafter
TO keep head up and face front.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29

If the government of the United
States desires ito embark in the canal
business, 1t should do so independently
and "on dts own hook" 1t should not
lend Its credit to a bankrupt private
enterprise, for THE profit of individual
speculators. The Morgan Nicaragua
canal bill now pending in the house is
good bill to kill, unless. indeed. the
people wish to see this government sink
knee deep into a colossal scandal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29

A Hard Fact Plainly Stated.
Hazleton Sentinel: "The way to remedy
the evils under which the men labor IL not
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29
No Time for COwardice.

There is little doubt uhat some uHl-
orous Republicans at Harrisburg would
like to avoid committing the majority
party in the Legislature to the principle
of compulsory education, now that the
state has a Republican governor. They
have no objection to that principle as
q principle. Some of them, indeed,
probably do not know what that prin-
cipl. really is, or what its practical
application would accomplish for the
l75,00O boys and girls in Pennsylvania
who, although of school age, are to-
day growing up to citizenship in ignor-
ance of the fundamental elements of
common school education. All that
they know in the premisss-and this
is not knowledge, but only surmise-
is that the enactment Of the Farr bill
might, under demagogic conditions,
cost the party a few votes. Hence
they are willing to shove the matter
aside, duty or no duty.
This fine kind of political general
ship, we are glad to say. is in no sense
representative of Pennsylvania Re-
publicanism. The party may occasion
ally have Deferred to such leadership
in the past, but we trust that it will
do so no more. The Republican party,
as the case now stands, has twice
favored compulsory education. The
last time it supported that principle
overwhelmingly and but for the incon-
sstent veto of Democratic governor
1t would to-day be the law of the COM
monwealth. For the Republican party
in thepresentlegislature to suddenly re-
verse itself for no other reason in the
world than THE unjustifiabl9 timidlty
of a few SmaIll-calibred leaders who
merely imagine they lead, would be
display Of cowardice we'll calculated to
make the Legislature ridiculous in the
eyes of sensible people. Such a course
would be deplorable even were the fan
cied danger neal 1t today is simply
preposterous when We consider that the
danger is altogether on the other side.
We may as we'll be outspoken in this
matter. The principle of compulsory
education, as enunciated in the prudent
bill of Representative Farr, has re-
cedved the cordial Endorsement of So
cieties and religious organizations rep
resenting nine-tenths of the states
population. The opposition to it which
is not purely rhetorical and in virtual
ignorance of its real provisions comes
chiefly from those elements in the COM
monweaIlth which would be jeoparded
by such a law, because it would strike
a blow at their greed ignorance and
indefensible parental obstinacy. To
cater to this vicious vote at the expense
of the support of educated and pro-
gressive citizens of all creeds and faiths
would be not only poor craftsmanship
(which is perhaps immaterial to the
rooster politicians at Harrisburg who
are opposing this measure-but at the
same time extraordinarily bad politics.
If there is any throttling along this
line, the people will do it, and the
rooster politicians will quite certainly
be the victims. 1t is worth while to
clearly understand that!
If the government of the United
States desires ito embark in the canal
business, 1t should do so independently
and ION dts own hook" 1t should not
lend It's credit to a bankrupt private
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-29
SCRANTON, JANUARY 30, 1895.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Come and inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide, 7i0 feet. ...
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population, 1894, 100000.
Registered voters. 20599.
Value of school property, S75o,0oO
Number of school children, 1000.
Average amount of bank deposits, wv
200, 600.
It's the metropolis Of northeastern Penn
Sylvania.
CanproGuce electric power cheaper thah
Niagara.
No better point in the United states at
which to establish new industries.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-03-01
KINGSTON.

Nathan B. Daniels, the Rincon phil
a%nthroplst, was up looking after the
widows and orphans.
Charles flaming. a graduate of the
Rmcon Shaft office, has returned to his
first love, more ardent than ever.
Stephen Rsay has invented a new
kyandizeing process that will be extern
sively used on the Rio Grande bottoms.
Our numerous goat men are now
busy sacking the mohair. They expect
a good price, about thirty-fve cents per
pound.
viii John Reay is now absent with
McClaughlin's running horses. He is
the jockey par excellence of the pres
ent day.
Prot. Park is authority on all the
rich and eligible widows in the United
States. especially those matrimonily In
clined with plenty of assets.
Ex-Police Judge Evans, one of the
Keystone ~leasers, was in town Monday,
preparing TO astonlsh the populist par
ty by a shipment Of high grade silver
ore,
Oliver Wilson has rented the Frazier
place and will plant the entire area in
potatoes. He is already employing the
select and expert miners to help him
blast the crop as loon as matured.
Charles West, the Grover mail driver,
that carries the democratic mail bags
on a democratic wagon, will shortly
give a birthday party. The band boys
have busted the cobwebs out of their
horns especially for the event.
The 10 to 1 dramatic company, of
which so much was anticipated, has
withered. 1t needs a good system of
sub5irrigrtion, and a vigorous pruneing
of the lofty branches to make it pro
duce ipedollars at this altitude.
Hon. Frederic Lindner. present post
master, is worried for fear he will lose
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-03-01
GRAFTON.

Considerable assessment work is now
being done on the mines in aud around
Grafton,
This is a bad season of the year for
colds and a number of our citizens are
afflicted in that way.
Deer and turkeys seem to be plenti-
full in this vicinity. Five large bucks
were seen the other day just west Of
the Ivanhoe mine.
Omer Fir anks passed through here
Saturday on his way over to the Franks
ranch for a few day turkey hunt,
Richard Mansfield White is here
from Hermosa. He is interested in
the Goldrox and Rocksgold claims To-
Gated just north of town.
Judge John Yaple and family are
visiting for a few days at the home OF
Mrs. Yaple, on Main street.
The mail was distributed from the
new Office at the hotel last Tuesday.
Our Chloride friends don't have any
the best of us on P.O. moving.
Ex-Postmaster Clauser and daughter
Miss Gretta, visited this place last
Saturday, and transferred the office to
the present post mistres Mrs. Yaple.