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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-01
DUNcANsoN BROS, AUcT1oNEERs.

NATH'L WILSON. Attorney for Party Secured
No. 622624 street NV. mh29-eod&ds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-01

C. q. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIoNEERS, 14o7 G ST
lSuccessors to Latimer L. Sloanl
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
10 philndelnhin Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
The Pennsylvania legislature has not
done itself credit by refusing considera-
ton to the measure proposing system OF
state and municipal civil service An Ell
fort was made, in which Representative
Moore of Chester, bore Il prominent part,
to place the bill on the calendar OF the
house, but majority OF seven voted
against 1t, and the bill Is now regarded as
practically dead. 1t Is assumed by the
leaders of the majority in Philadelphia and
in Pennsylvania that they can defy the
growing public sentiment that demands
| the establishment of thorough civil SER
vice system in both municipal and state
authority. They assume, because they
have commanded overwhelming MAORI
ties at the recent elections, that they need
not halt in the distribution of spoils and
plunder to conciliate the intelligent and
conservative sentiment of the state that
earnestly desires civil service reform. IN
this the Republican leaders of Pennsyl-
yania are not wise. The greatest danger
to a party is always when 1t seems to have
attained its highest success. When it
seems strongest, its supporters Will more
| freely and more fearlessly criticise its
policy and hold its leaders to more severe
responsibility, and it would have been
|
| to have made at least one step, however
feeble, towards civil service reform in
our state.
Much as professional politicians despise
all efforts to establish the civil service
| system, and freely as they express their
| contempt for all who teach it, intelligent
| politicians should note the fact that civil
service reform has never taken any steps
| backward. Where 1t has come 1t has come
| to stay 1t has been kicked and cuffed
| from post to pillar by the leaders of both
parties in the national government. but
none has dared to attempt to obliterate It,
| and the civil service system Is steadily ex-
| tending itself into the different branches
of the general government. 1t has gained
| a feeble foothold in our city, and every
advance it makes it will be certain TO
keep, while the party that most pointedly
| illustrates its beneficence In city admnis-
| tration will be certain to command the
| highest measure of confidence from the
people.
The measure that has been practically
| rejected by the Pennsylvania Legislature
| Is not a new or untried one. One SUBJ
stantially like 1t is in operation in New
York and Massachusetts, and the recent
Republican legislature of Illinois has
adopted civil service system quite as
positive and effective as the one proposed
in Pennsylvania. The reform will be slow
for a season, but it win advance steadily,
and in a very few years every state in
the Union will have its civil service sys-
tenn, and once adopted 1t will never be
overthrown. If the Republican leaders
of the Pennsylvania legislature had looked
alike to good politics and to good public
policy they would have passed the civil
service reform bill they have condemned
to defeat, and in the near future the same
men who have rejected this measure will
freely confess their error.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08
An Unfounded Alarm.

The amiable editor of the Philadel-
phia Times is doing a great deal of
promiscuous talking and writing these
days about "honest money. He has
churned his imagination into foam at
the Thought that presidential candi-
date may be nominated next year who
will stand for dishonest money, for the
reputation of debts. for the prostra-
ton of the business interests of the
country and all that sort of, thing. And
naturally, he doesn't relish that pros
pect. We don't blame him. We
wouldn't relish It, either.
But is there any such danger? DO
any considerable number OF Intelligent
Americans want a dishonest currency?
Are the amiable Philadelphian's fears
grounded in reason. or are they largely
imaginary? Before we answer these
interrogations perhaps 1t would be wise
to come 10 an understanding of the
terms that, will have to be used in an
swering them. Take. for instance, the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08
PLATT'S BAD POLITICS.

"Holland" in Philadelphia Press
New York, April 5.-If Senator Platt
went to Albany on hurried mission to see
Governor Morton that he might persuade
the governor to come to his defense, II Is
likely that the mission was not a success
full one. Governor Morton does not want
to quarrel with Mr.. Platt, and he prob
ably regrets, more earnestly than any
other Republican leader in the state. the
unhappy quarrel which, as 1t now seems,
can only be ended either by the absolute
triumph or the complete defeat of Mr..
Platt. Governor Morton, however, Is COM
mitted to the very measures which Mr..
Platt's friends In the legislature are be-
lieved to be now holding up. and as
trick of offense against Mayor Strong.
There is no doubt about4hat, for the gov
ernor has officially said so. To the poll
tician 1t would seem as though blinder
we're being committed In making the is
sue over these measures, when 1t is known
to every one that Governor Morton sup
ports them The governor may be COM
PEELED to use his influence and assert his
authority. He may be driven to that po-
sition by the act of the very men who now
seek to get his support. With the gov
ernor. the mayor of New York and certain
wavering influences in the Legislature,
brought over to the support of the New
York city Republicans, 1t Is hard to see
how the friends of Senator Platt can long
maintain in the state outside of New York
the influence which until recently they
possessed and which they even now pos
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08
The City Solicitorship.

Two years of exacting test in the
Scranton city solicitorship have demon
strated that James II. Torrey is the
man for the place. There is no need OF
further experiment. The city's legal
interests are in safe hands and also in
honest hands. They have, in those two
years, been we'll cared for. Notable
progress has been made toward putting
the once-confused records into proper
shape. Old claims have been settled
advantageously to the city. New ones
have been vigorously fought. The law
departments collections of money have
been promptly made and duly recorded
direction consistent with a prudent and
honorable administration of the depart
ment's work, intelligent progress has
been achieved, creditable alike to the
city solicitor, and to his employers, the
people.
What reason Is presented for the re-
lection of Mr.. Torreys present can
didacy for a reelection? No charge
has been brought against him. No
claim is advanced that he has failed in
any of the essential qualifications of his
office. No challenge is made to COM
parison of records or professional abil-
tiles. So far as we have been able to
discover, the only basis upon which Mr..
Sando asks for an election to Mr.. Tor
rey's position is that ne is a Democrat.
The appeal is purely partisan, and con-
ditions its hope of success upon the
idea that faithful and painstaking
servant of the city, after term of
eminently successful labor for the city,
must be deposed because another man
wants his job.
We have high opinion of Mr.. Sando,
personally; and do not doubt that he
would, IL elected, prove an honorable
public official. But we submit that his
present candidacy rests upon an unten-
able footing. The precedent of re-elect-
ing city solicitors obtained before Mr..
Torreys occupancy of the office, some
times under circumstances which would
have justified its non-observance; and
was earnestly defended by Mr.. Sando's
fell0w-partisans. Why should it be
abrogated now, to the disadvantage of
an official who has. throughout an ex-
perimental term, given entire satisfac-
tion?
Every consideration of justice ana
fair play demands that Mr.. Torrey be
reelected. He ought to have no oppo-
sition.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08
The Amiable rlr, Clark.

The remark of Vice President Clark,
of the Scranton Traction company, that
his company is ready to equip it's cars
with Tenders just as soon as good tenders
are invented has familiar sound. 1t is
the standing excuse of impecunious or
penurious trolly managers for not talk
ing necessary precautions against the
sacrifice of life or limb. Mr.. Clark
knows that good tenders have been in
vented; that they are in daily use in
dozens of American cities, among
others by companies in which he is
understood to be financially interested
AS in Pittsburg-and, finally, that the
street cars of Scranton with these life
saving appliances is simply because the
corporation of which he is vice pres-
dent is too stingy to expend the requi-
site money.
If Mr.. Clark were sincere in his as
sumed ignorance of the existence of
effective car tenders; that is, if he were
honestly open to instruction upon the
subject, we would not hesitate to con-
tract to remove from his mind all doubt
as to the fact that car tenders are daily
saving life. One does not need 10
journey further than to Baltimore to
discover a system of tenders which is
at once cheap, practical and effective.
Within three months in that city not
q single fatal accident has been re-
ported; while nearly fifty persons have
been picked up uninjured. A similarly
satisfactory type of fender is in use in
Buffalo; and also upon certain lines in
Cleveland. Indeed, more than thirty
large American cities have TENDERS
that fend," whereas, in New York,
where no tenders are employed as yet,
the trolley death list for 1895 had, up
to last Saturday, reached 81.
But, of course, Vice President Clark is
not yearning to make the acquaintance
of satisfactory type of fender. He
knows a trick worth two of that. Hav-
ing obtained, to all appearances, an
air-tight "cinch' on councils, he prefers
to let his motormen run at twenty miles
an hour through our crowded streets,
killing or manning people who do not
acknowledge the Traction company's
ownership of those streets, and taking
chances on being mulcted in damages.
With councils at his back, he knows he
can laugh at public sentiment and snap
his fingers in the face of injured VIC
Tins. To be sure. Vice President Clark,
through a responsible agent, more than
a year ago promised that the street cars
should be provided with tenders within
three months. But that was only a
promise. What does a promise amount
to to a corporation which has councils
in it's vest pocket?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08

The claim that the charter of the
Peoples Street Railway company gives
1t the right to lay track or tracks in
any street in the city will doubtless be
Traction company. if the court shall
affirm its right, under the Franklin
avenue ordinance, to parallel the Sub
urban company's track on that avenue.
But it will neither be conceded nor
realized without one of the biggest
fights in the city's annals. 1t is proper
that this fact should be known in ad-
vance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08
Would lie Too Tame.

From the Plttsburg Times.
Why the Washington Post wants the
next Democratic candidate to come from
the south Is hard to guess out unless the
supply of sacrihcia lambs at the north
Is so exhausted as to make 1t necessary to
pick up something wherever 1t can be
found. To lick a rebel Democrat In n
presidential campaign would not afford
enough excitement to call the band out.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08
Time to Call a Halt.

From the Scranton Truth.
II this country does not want to have
much more prolonged and bloody war with
Great Britain in the future, than was
either those OF the past, the federal gov
ernment has to take effective measures to
prevent the British government from Sc
curing another 'inch of American terri
tory" anywhere from the Polar ocean to
the Antarctic, from the Atlantic TO the
Pacific
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08
Arc Onr Councils Iiypnotizcd.

From the Scranton Truth.
The traction company has no right to
run at perllous rate of speed In the city,
II has no right to kill people when it can
avoid doing so by exercising proper pre-
cauution; 1t should not jam people as tight
as 'sardlnes in box" on a steep grade
and thus incur the risk of great disaster,
and 1t ought to be required to run It's ears
with reasonable regularity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08

A good deal of nonsense Is printed
about the unwillingness of the grans-
ers at Harrisburg to do justice to oleo.
Are the grangers the only persons who
have to be considered in the enactment
of legislation in this state?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08

land Methodist Episcopal conference. at
Salem last night, were startled by the
broadness OF his statements He said:
I'VE put u man at the head of this country
who is a drunkard. This is pretty plain
talk, but l am very careful not to make
statement / cannot prove We all re-
member the naval parade on the Hudson
river, when thousands Of people were
obliged to wait several hours for the prcsl-
dent to sober Off enough to review the pa
.la
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08

The report that two American war
ships have been ordered to set sail for
Turkey, for the purpose of impressing
upon the Sublime Porte the fact that a
contemplated massacre of American
missionaries would not be conducive
to its health, is important, II true. II
not true. it ought to be. The United
States has snoozed quite long enough
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08

Mr.. Plat is losing his temper
Scratch a reformer," he angrlly de-
clares, 'and you will find liar" But
that has an offset. Scratch Tom Platt
these days and you will find political
corpse.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08

term "honest money. What do we
mean by honest money? Do we
mean money coined exclusively of the
inordinately appreciated yellow metal
THAI certain rich spectators in London
and New York want to force upon us,
because it will double their profits and
decrease our national wealth? Or does
1t mean, in the clear language of the
last Republican national platform. the
''use of both gold and silver as stand
ard money, with such restrictions and
under such provisions, to be deter
mined by legislation, as will secure the
maintenance of the parity of values of
the two metals, so that the purchasing
and debt-paying power of the dollar,
whether of silver, gold or paper, shall
be at all time equaW?
If the former is "honest" money,
honest money is probably doomed, and
Colonel McClure's nervous tension JUS
tilted. But if by honest" money we mean
money that is honest all the way round; i;
to the farmer and the day laborer as
well as to the banker and the dealer
in foreign exchange; to John on the old
homestead or in the village shop as
well as to James in the fine city count
ing room or upon the floor of the pala-
tlal board of trade, then we are of the
opinion that our esteemed Philadelphia
contemporary Is barking to no purpose
up a tree uninhabited by live game.
To be sure, there are silver extrem-
lists, just as thre are cranks of divers
fads and hues. But the sensible masses
are neither going to give way to the
white metal Zealots nor are they going
to let shrewder zealots on the other side
stampede them into costly surrender
to the cent per cent. note shavers of
Great Britain and Gotham.
Spain's distrust of American senti-
ment toward the Cuban revolution is
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08

A defensive coalition among the
South American republics may be one
of the consequences of England's at
tempted grab of Venezuelan territory.
But that would be quite unnecessary
IL the Cleveland administration would
adequately enforce the Monroe doc
trine.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08

official announcement is now made
that ex-Clerk Kerr will head the re-
volt against Harrity, and win, II possi-
ble the halo of martyrdom In a pre-
sumably righteous cause.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08

The American people can be depend
ed upon to sanction none but honest
money. Silver money can be made
quite as honest as gold money; and it
is notoriously unfair to assume that
bimetallists are cheats.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus, The
Tribune AstrOlOgcr.
Astrolabe cast: 2.l6 n. m. for Monday,
April s, 1895.

kW y ~
A child born this day will wonder what
the harvest of the joint session Will be. 1t
is not probable. however, that he will hear
the roosters crow for Candidate Sando
after Z p. m.
1t daily becomes more evident that
Christian science will need to be aug
mented by meat axe in order to achieve
success from a medical standpoint.
The budding spring now brings forth flow
ers,
And the girl with the bicycle pants;
The plumber will HE to his summer bow
ers,
And give the iceman a chance.
Hope deferred maketh the heart slck--es-
pecially when one holds stock in the
Chamberlin Investment company.
Ajacchus' Advice.
When out late nights, beware of Jacob
Calvin" 1t has been intimated that he is
twin brother of the woman in black"
Never bet upon the verdict of a jury. Its
risky under any circumstances, especially
in Lackawanna county.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08

During the first seven months of the
new tariffs operation, the federal reve-
nues have fallen off $4,000, 900; and the
individual revenues of the American
people probably ten times as much.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08

Among the contemporary costs of
Democratic misrule we notice an i'm
crease during March of $1S,0OOO0O in the
public debt. The Democratic party is
without peer as debt-creator.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08
Grover Turns IIarrlty Down.

Special to Pittsburg Times.
Washington. April 5.-National Chair
man Harrlty today called to see the presi-
dent Mr.. Cleveland was busy at the time,
so that he was unable to discuss the Penn
sylvania situation with the chairman.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08

Alderman Fitzsimmons' construction
of section 4G Of the city ordinances gov
erning nuisances. as applied to keepers
of night lunch wagons who have COM
piled with section 80 Is so manifestly
preposterous and at variance with com
mon sense that we hope it will be re-
pudiated by higher court as de-
llberate perverson of the law. Such a
rebuke is, in our judgment, necessary
as a protection of honest citizens in
their orderly pursuit of legitimate
business.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08

Spain's distrust of American senti-
ment toward the Cuban revolution is
one of the neatest compliments of the
season.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08
Read 1t, and Pass Upon II.

From the scranton Truth.
The message of Mayor Connell was not
written to be read hurriedly and then laid
aside. It's suggestion and recommends
tons are the result of careful thought and
n proper appreciation of the city's needs
in various directions. For this reason II
should be read carefully and frequently
by members of the city councils, 80 that
its wholesome advice may be kept con-
stantly in view and acted upon for the
public good. 1t Is the custom to treat ex-
ecutve documents usually with indlffer-
ence. and to forget them as soon as possl-
BILE. Our city solons should not do this;
they ought to paste Mayor Connelrs mes
sage in their hats as n reminder Of certain
important duties they ought to perform II
they wish to serve the public.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08
in the face of danger to its citizens in
Turkey.

city, under the auspices of Health OFF,
Ger Allen, was probably the most thor
ough vindcation yet recorded of the
claims made in behalf of the new serum
treatment for diphtheria. The dlph-
theritic patient was reused from a
moribund condition, that would other
wise have ended, within two hours, in
death; nineteen hours later the MEM
brane disappeared and three days later
the patient was well. Under skilful
administration, antitoxin may fairly
be regarded as a almost certain life
saver in cases of malignant diphtheria.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08

Says Cleveland Was Intoxicated.
Current Press Dispatch.
Boston. April 5.--Those who heard Rev.
i. ]. Lansing speak before the New Eng
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08
SCRANTON, APRIL $, 1895.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Come and inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide. 740 feet.
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population, 1895. 10000.
Registered voters, 20.599.
Value of school property. 100000.
Number OF school children, 1900.
Average amount Of bank deposits, wv
100000.
It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn
sylvania.
Can produce electric power cheaper than
Niagara.
Ne better point in the United States al
which to establish new industries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-08

tNrERYp AT THE posToPPloE AT SCRANTON. PA. AS
sHooaD.cLAss MAIL MATTER,
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