The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-02
The Burning of Culm.

and much of the accompanying text
relate to Scranton, which has been rec
ognized by the writer as the natural
business center of the anthracite re-
giop. The article Is for the most part
technical, being confined largely to a
description of the fuel properties OF
clum, and to a comparison of the rela-
tive merits and demerits Of the various
CRATES which have been put on the
market specially for the use of indus.
tries in search Of cheaper power; but
even to the layman it will present
many points of novelty and interest.
1t is a noticeable circumstance that
Mr.. Wagner does not commit himself
to any rash predictions concerning the
probable supremacy of culm-fed energy
over that fed, for example, by the falls
of Niagara, This rather delicate phase
Of his subject he deftly avoids by
simply noting the fact that the Scran-
ton Engineers club has begun an Ella
borate inquiry which, when completed
and published, will give to manu-
facturers and the public fairly conclu-
sive figures as to the cost per boiler
horsepower in the American anthra-
cite regions" But If this part of his
paper ibe in a sense disappointing, a
similar charge cannot fairly be brought
against the pages in which he demon
strates the entire practicability of put
ting to successful utilization a major
portion of the mountains of waste
which today cucumber the surface of
the earth in the four counties which
The fact that culm can be burned
successfully for steam-raising pur-
poses may be regarded as already
demonstrated. 1t now remains to show
the outside world that the cheapness of
such power Is as marked point in
its favor as Is its efficiency, and the
of the other articles in the
November Cassier's which bear direct
ly upon the statistical side of this ques-
ton, and which thoroughly prove
Scranton's claim to the possession Of
the best and cheapest source of power
to be found in the United States, will
in all probability do much to hasten
the inevitable influx of manufacturing
industries into this valley.
The cordial welcome just accorded
at Indianapolis by General Harrison
and other Union veterans to General
Gordon, Of Georgia, who was one Of the
foremost militar-- leaders of the Con-
federacy, newly exhibits that spirit Of
generous confraternity which IS rapid
ly effacing the scars of the civil war,
There may be, here and there, q few
who object to this recon-
ciliation; but to the great mass Of peo-
PIE 1t comes as a welcome solution Of
sectional prejudice and sectional strife.
Looking for a Candidate.
The frequent suggestion of a third
term for President Cleveland does not
come from choice but Is in reality born
Of necessity. The national managers
Of the Democratic party have been on
frequent hunts for an available man
to nominate for president next year,
and every hunt results in failure to
find any one even as available as
Grover Cleveland. They consider Hill,
and reach the conclusion that he could
not possibly camy New York, as Cleve-
lands friends would never support
him. They turn to Carlisle and speed
ly see THAT with the record he has
made as secretary of the treasury his
would be suicidal. They
lake up Campbell, Of Ohio, and quick
" lay him aside as a light weight
Next they take a look at Ex-Governor
Pattison, of Pennsylvania. and turn
away from him with a negative con-
,lusion. Having made the entire round
the leaders turn finally to Grover Cleve-
and and conclude that he still re-
mains the more available man of the
lot. Then follows the announcement
that in their opinion there Is a vast
amount of humbug in this cry against
! third term, and some OF them have
even argued that dnasmuch as Cleve-
and is not serving second term in
the third-term question does
lot enter into the problem at this time
that 1t is only proposed to give Mr..
a second successive term.
AS we have said, the proposition to
nominate Mr.. Cleveland for the fourth
line Is not a matter Of choice so mush
IS of necessity. If there were really
AVAILABLE Democrat within sight Mr..
Cleveland would not SO much as APP
,ear on the surface as candidate for
lext years. nomination. His name Is
,ept at the front because the party Is
n distress for the want of available
residential timber. 1t is practically
educed to one man and his name L.
Grover Cleveland
The case against Holmes, outside the
newspapers, has not impressed the pub
Ic as being much of a case; but 1t IL
robably quite as strong as the de-
ense. s ~iSs
The Scranton Republican yesterday
ntered upon its twenty-ninth year.,
rofessing to be more vigorous than
yer before. The Republican. apart
rom familiar characteristics. has been
nd IL today q good newspaper, and
ne which might be made even better