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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

A Washington correspondent OF the chi
cago T.mes-Herald supplies another story
of Gresham, this time relating to his ca
reer on the bench. When he was young
on the bench it appears that Judge Gresh-
am had to hear a suit for possession of
some land in Lake county. The plaintiff
sought to dispossess the defendant, who
had been an occupant of the land for about
twenty years. The title was evidently
good and the only question as the judge
put it when the case was first explained 10
him was whether the possession of the
ground for twenty years gave the defend
ant a right to steal it. However, the de-
fendant was permitted to state the case
for himself, and his plea was wholly for
sympathy. He told the court how he and
his family had settled on the land in 1S45;
how q little girl had come to his wife there;
how the little girl grew and grew and be-
came prettier and prettier every day; how
she sickened and the roses went out of
her cheeks; how he walked to Chicago to
get a doctor, but when he returned the
little girl was dead. They buried her, he
said, without mass or candle, in little
mound beneath an old tree that stood on
the property on which he had lived so
long. And now, he said, they wanted to
steal his childs grave from him. When
the simple minded German had finished
his tale the lawyers saw that the Judges
eyes were full of tears. He said to the
plaintiff: "Sir, you may find some courts
that would give you this mans little
grave, but not this one. Mr.. Clerk. make
out decree for the defendant"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18
Characteristic Treachery. .

General Hastings administration Of
the Office of governor of Pennsylvania
needs no defense from us. 1t has been
clean and manly; and has, in all the
items of his official conduct up TO this
time, compared favorably with the rec
ord Of his Republican predecessors
We have no doubt that this fair start
will be sustained throughout his term
of office.
We desire, however, TO call attention
to the peculiar characteristics of an
editorial expression in the Scranton
Republican of yesterday. whereby, on
the day that a number Of the foremost
citizens OF Scranton and its vicinity
journeyed to Harrisburg to place be-
fore the governor the fitness Of an
eminent fellow-citizen. Mr.. E. N. Will
lard. for appointment to judgeship Of
the new Superior court, and to plead
for favorable executive action on ap-
propriations affecting the very life Of a
number Of our worthy local charities.
the attempt was made, in most abusive
and vindictive language, to thwart the
generous purpose of this mission and to
invite gubernatorial resentment, with
all that that implies.
While We believe that General Hast
ings is too broad-gauged and too we'll
Informed man to visit upon the people
of this community the just indignat ton
which he must feel for his envenomed
local assailaNt; yet we wish our readers
to consider the studied malice which
must have impelled this attack at this
time. Here was a delegation composed
in almost equal proportions of Dem
ocrats and Republicans-the former,
for this once, magnanimously ignoring
party lines in order to bear cheerful
testimony to the personal and profess
sional deserving of a distinguished Re-
publican candidate and neighbor-and
on the very day that it bore its mes
sage Of sectional Endorsement and
neighborly goodwill, Irrespective Of
party. a journal protesting political
kinship with Mr.. Willard, pretending
friendship for his candidacy and as
suming to voice the sentiment Of local
Republicanism deliberately and brutal
ly tries. not only to stab Mr.. Willard
In the back. without profit or provoca.
tion. but also to jeapord the important
needs Of deserving local charities.
which. under the states necessities.
stand at the best In danger Of curtail.
ment.
The character of this treachery needs
but to be explained to be condemned,
swiftly and severely, by every lover Of
decency and fair play. We waste no
time on the author OF 1t; but we submit
to the intelligence of this liberal COM
munity that it should be unreseryedly
repudiated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18
Practical Jury Reform.

Judge Barrett, of the New York Su-
preme court, who presided during the
recent tedious trials Of Police Inspector
Mclaughlin. is preparing for the next
legislature Of his state measures de-
signed to improve the present jury sys-
tenn. For one thing, we learn from the
Philadelphia Times that he will urge
the appointment Of special commits.
sioners Of Jurors. who shall select from
the great mass of names each year $500
men Of "the very highest standing in
the community, men Of unblemished
reputation, leading merchants. business
men, and men Of affairs" These men
are to Ibe exempt from jury duty except
ing as they may be called as select
Jurors.
In any case before court where
there is such public prejudice or pas
sion as to endanger the proper admin
istration Of Justice, any party to suit
may appeal to the court for select
jury to be drawn from this list, so that
any spitor who apprehends that public
passion or prejudice may do him in
justice In the jury box. can command a
jury Of the highest intelligence and in
tegrity composed Of men who, being
specially called as special Jurors for
special cases, could not but act judicial
ly in rendering their verdicts. In addi-
ton to this special jury system that is
open to ALL. the standard OF Jurors is to
be elevated by the inspection Of special
jury commissioners to be appointed by
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

| the courts, and, as the Times points
out In the course Of a strong editorial.
thus assure the administration Of JUS
tice without the fear Of political or indi-
vidual control 1t would eliminate
from the jury system all traces Of parti-
san prejudice or personal influence. and
would assure generally honest verdicts
In judicial controversies between litl-
gants."
There appears to be much solid argu-
ment in favor Of Judge Barrett's pro-
posed change. 1t Is notorious that the
present method of drawing jurors is
grossly unsatisfactory. The prevalence
Of professionals in the jury box, the
increasing liability to disagreement and
the equally growing feeling of sus-
picion with reference to the integrity
Of average juries chosen according to
conventional standards of ignorance
and imbecility make desirable some
change calculated to restore popular
faith in the fairness Of trials by jury.
We do not see why special fitness
should be exacted Of the men who carry
mail, lick stamps or add rows of fig
ures in federal department offices. and
not Of men invested with the power and
responsibility Of passing upon most i'm
portant issues affecting property, free
dom and even life itself. The special
jury" idea seems at first thoughts to
be highly desirable one, worthy Of 4
careful test.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18
What Next?

The people of Scranton have dealt
very generously with the Scranton
Traction company. Through their rep
resentatives in councils they have per-
out legitimate cost, franchises and priv
ileges amounting in value to hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars. They have
imposed but one legal conditional pole
tax amounting to $500 year-and
this was not imposed until the Trac-
ton company had bitterly fought
similar ordinance and showed it's vim
dictlveness by defeating for reelection
the councilman who had introduced
the pioneer ordinance on this subject.
The people of Scranton, when the
present management took hold Of the
street car lines Of this city, were prom
ised greatly improved service, low
fares for workingmen and special rates
for school children. This promise was
kept for a few months, or during the
time when valuable concessions We're
being railroaded through councils; and
then they were broken. The first evil
dence Of the Traction companys bad
faith was its failure to keep its lines in
suitable condition Of fitness for the
rapid transit Of growing patronage.
Next came the refusal to continue the
special rates for school children. This
was followed by the curtailment of the
transfer system from a margin Of one
hour to margin Of only thirty minutes.
In the course of time the low working.
mems fares vera rescinded. Anon
came the virtual refusal of the COM
pany to provide its cars with safety
tenders and to submit to a reasonable
ordinance governing the speed of cars
in thickly populated portions Of the
city. Last Of all, We have the recent
high-handed attempt, under cover of
the Franklin avenue double-track
scheme, to vitalize the sweeping Peo-
pies Street Railroad charter so as to
enable the Scranton Traction company
to purloln at its pleasure any and all
streets in the city. During all this
time, the car service has not percep-
tibly improved; schedules are main
tained only in an arbitrary fashion;
and upon special occasions, such as
ball games or theatrical performances.
crowds Of people are furnished with
about half the number Of cars neces-
sary to their proper and safe convey
ance.
In View OF these facts and tendencies
we are Of the opinion that 1t is time
for public sentiment in this city to
take some steps toward the protection
Of the legitimate interests of the public
--and to ascertain, IL possible, whether
the fair demands Of a community of
125,OOO inhabitants for cheap, safe and
efficient street transportation are to be
complacently evaded or ignored by a
debt-ridden corporations whose manage
ment, from choice or necessity, remains
to all appearances deaf to the voice OF
protest.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18
GiLm0ye'S Aromatic Wine

"A tonic for ladies. If you
are suffering from weakness;
and feel exhausted and ner-
vous; are getting thin and all
run down; Gilmore's Aro.
matte Wine will bring roses
to your cheeks and restore
you to flesh and plumpness.
Mothers, use it for your
daughters. It is the best
regulator and corrector for
ailments peculiar to woman.
hood. It promotes digestion,
enriches the blood and gives
lasting strength. Sold by
Matthews Bros, Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

Lord Rosebery has proved disap-
pointment as premier Of England. But
It may be he has not had fair chance.
He Is q young man. as politicians so;
and can afford to wait, If necessary,
for the fame that many once believed
his due.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

Mexican county Republicans, at their
recent convention, opposed free silver
coinage at this time. but favored BIZ
metalllsm whenever an international
agreement will sanction the unre-
stricted use of the two metals at q
parity. This Is clearly the Republican
position, in the light of the last ma
tional platform; and until a national
platform shall declare otherwise, 1t
must remain the binding rule Of party
creed and doctrine.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

"We ought to realize by this time that
we should not do our work nor make our
loans in Europe. Let rs place what op'
tions VIC have with our own capitalists.
and our orders with our own runnufnc.
turers. who, in the past. have boen always
abuudantly able to meet every need and
demand Of the government and Of the
people. Governor william Mckinley,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

Many Of the Washington correspond
ents complain that President Cleveland
Is too reserved, and far too fond Of
shutting himself out of the way Of peo-
pie. They apparently overlook the
divinity which ought to hedge conse-
Grated president.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

An ado is being made in some of the
papers concerning an alleged big syn
dicate Of silver mine owners said TO
have been formed to aid the cause of
free coinage. The details of the plot
are somewhat nebulous; but If such a
syndicate has been formed 1t probably
reasons that it has as good a right to
make profits out OF Uncle Sam as has
the Rothschild-Morgan syndicate,
which resides beyond the sea.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

President Roosevelt's determination
to secure for New York city proper
observance of the Christian Sabbath Is
a creditable one, in the execution Of
which he can find room for the exer-
else Of his very best abilities.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

The interesting fact was recently
disclosed during a lawsuit at Beaver
that the average cost of a first-class BIZ
cycle does not exceed $50. The other
$40 is the cost largely of the pride
which goeth before q fall.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

And now 1t Is NJ. Alphonse Allardl, a
prominent Belgian economist, who de-
clares that the -"only remedy for the
present worldwide industrial and
commercial depression is to rehabili-
tate silver" International bimetallism
ls by no means an iridescent dream.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

Philadelphias Municipal league, be-
fore putting up for the Penrose LEX
owing" manifests a suspicious inclina-
tion ITO exact a guaranty for the prompt
and proper delivery of the goods.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18
THE GOOD OLD TIMES:

THE GOOD OLD TIMES:
Oh, bring me back the memory
OF scenes now passed away,
OF things which seem just now 80 dear
More dear than l can say.
Bring forth the old newspaper file
And let me read once more
OF how the mercury went down
AS ne'er It did before.
or snowdrifts reaching to the neck,
or water pipes that froze.
OF blizzards in procession ranged
Oh let me read OF those.
I fain would ponder on the jam
OF ice which swept away
The bridge, and left the country round
Excessively frappe.
Those by-gone days--we met them then
With disappearing brow;
But bring the old newspaper file,
Well revel in them now.
Washington Star.
General Fitzhugh Lee is not one of the
kind who would spoil good story simply
because the joke happened to be on him.
TO the Courler-Journal of that city an an
ecdote which the general himself told and
which furnishes a good illustration Of the
Confederate soldiers esteem for General
Robert T.. Lee: AS 1t is well known. Gen.
eral Fitzhugh Lee was at the head of the
cavalry. and these were much envied by
the infantrymen who had to walk through
| the mud and dust. After General Robert
| E. Lee had surrendered General Fitzhugh
| Lee rode away from Appomattox. While
riding through a lane he met an old North
| Carolina soldier 'Ho, there!' cried Gen.
eral Lee, where are you go.ng?" i've
| been off on furlough. and am now going
back to Join General Bob Lee" replied the
old soldier. "You needn't go back. but
can throw your gun away and return
home, for Lees surrendered" Lees
surrendered?" That's what said" ut
| must have been that damned Fitz Lee,
then. Bob Lee would never surrender"
and the old soldier put on look Of con-
tempt and walked on.
FOUND AT LAST:
"I wondher," said Mr.. Dolan, "is II
thrue that whisky'll cure shnake bolt"
| "Av coorse It's thrue," replied his COM
panion.
"An' there's no doubt at all about whisky
maxim mon see shnakes."
"Divil bit"
"Begob, thin-!'
"Phwat's the matter wild yesY'
"Oi've dishcovered perpetual notion
Washington Star.
Horace Greeley's wife. as Is well known
was peculiar In some respects. One Of her
peculiarities is revealed In reminlscence
lately narrated by ex-Congressman Cum.
mings. within the hearing Of the washing
ton Star. zone day." said Mr. Cummings
II went out to see Greeley at Chappaqua
about some newspaper business. The old
| gentleman saw me coming as he stood
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

The impression that one Benjamin
Harrison will be mighty potent factor
in the next Republican convention is
by no means on the wane.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

The report from New York Is that
Whitney wants Lamont to run for pres
ident. And yet Whitney pretends to
be Lamont'S friend!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

One thing may be pretty safely pre-
dicted in advance. There will, next
year, be precious little of the New
-the-pivotal-state bowling in
side the Republican party.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

achievement by an unfair and an un-
natural hostility to municipal reform.
1t is difficult to believe that SO intelli-
gent a man as Charles A. Dana can
. be sincere in his professed esteem for
the boodle-grabbing nuisance known
as Tammany Hail.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18
Unendurable.

From the Washington Star.
NO" said Cholly Anglomane, II will
nevah consent to having twadespeople in
the club"
why not?'
Because have trouble enough to avoid
meeting my creditors as IL is"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

1t would materially improve the pros
poets Of the cause OF honest bimetallism
IL there were fewer sibleys. PETERS and
stewarts on the surface of contempor-
ary events. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

The German estimate Of the popula-
tion Of the world now Is 1,4S0. .000.o 900.
and one Of the best authorities of the
Royal Statistical society says 1t Will
be increased by the year 2517 to 49,
5S6. 200. 900. Now while there's room Is
the time to be happy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18
Described.

From the Washington Star.
"In what shape are this young mans :
finances?" asked the father.
She had q soul above deception. So she
meditatively drew cipher and murmured
well, at the present time, Algernons
finances are in the shape of an ellipse."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

1t is unfortunate that the New York
Sun. in other respects 80 close to what
a newspaper should be. should mar Its
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18

syTggEp AT THE PosTos7fcs AT SCRANTON PA. As
saooEp-cLAss MAIL LATTER
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-18
In years agone when he had not

The five-and-twenty cents,
He watched the daily ball game through
A knothole in the fence.
He sits in the grandstand now
And marvels much to know
Why he sees not half of what he saw
Through the knothole long ago.
Cincinnati Tribune.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-06-22

A remarkable experiment has recently
been made near Orange. N. j., on the
Eagle Rock line OF the Suburban Trac-
ton Company with some magnetic sand
from the ore separating works of Thomas
A. Edison, at Ogden. Mr.. Edison had
the idea that the sand would have more
effect in preventing the slipping of the
wheels than the ordinary sand. The
experiment was tried during q snow.
storm on the Eagle Rock line, where the
grades are excessive and the difficulties Of
operating it in the snow are enormous.
The experiment proved q complete sue
cess, the sand making q perfect electrical
connection with the rails, and no slip be.
ing noted.-Atlanta Constitution.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-06-22


The Elmore Idaho) Bulletin Of last
Saturday contains the following which
il CLEANED from one of Idaho's citizens,
just returned from the East, regard
ing the silver question aud the way
the gold bug combination intend back
ing their Presidential candidate next
year: "Coi. Charles W. Miller, princi-
pal owner Of the Tahoma mine and mill
at Atlanta, came in yesterday from
Meadville, Pa, where he spent the Win
ter and Spring, and this morning took
the stage for his Summer labors. Colo
mel Miller is an ardent free silver advo-
cate and says the cause is gaining ground
throughout the East. However, he does
not feel ove~r.sanguine Of the result Of
the national contest next year, because
he believes the Republicans will nominate
a gold bug for President, and backed by
the m~illionaires and corporations Of the
East, will spend billions Of dollars il
necessary to defeat the will OF the hon
est people of the country. But he
said. we must keep the silver ball roll
ing and do our best to prevent such a
great calamity"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-06-22
THE CONTEST In KENTUCKY.

A hot political contest is going on ct
Louisville, Ky, among the Democrats.
II is still an open question who will win
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor, but ID is an open question what
the Democratic State Convention will
do about free silver. Nearly half the
delegates are either instructed to vote
against free silver or are known to be
opposed to it. Many others friendly
to silver are individually and as rep
resentatives Of the conventions which
chose them opposed to the policy OF
making any declaration for free silver
in the State platform. Neither Cen
eral P. n. Hardin nor Cassius M.
Clay has anything like enough instruct.
ed votes to win on the first ballot.
There are SIS votes and 440 are neces-
sary for q choice. One hundred and
fourteen out of ll9 counties give Hardin
for Governor 269, Clay POI, Afford 2.
The uninstructed vote is 1854; the coun.
ties not heard from have only Is votes.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-06-22

Sibley Of Pennsylvania and Bryan OF
Nebraska would make an ideal ticket for
the Democrats to nominate in 1896. The
only way in which the Republicans
could defeat il would be to put in oppo-
sition Cameron Of Pennsylvania and TEL
Ter Of Colorado. In that case it would
be a pretty race and the election Of either
ticket would be entirely satisfactory to the
honest silver men Of the nation. While
there may be some likelihood Of the
Democrats making the sbovenominations,
there is but little chance Of the Repub-
licans doing 80. The latter named party
is too welded to the Eastern gold trust
influence not to heed its warnings, and
that party is more than likely to stay
where the money is. 1t will also rally
to its ranks such men as Cleveland,
Brice, Palmer and many other leading
gold bug Democrats, whose love Of pelf
is stronger than their love Of party sue
cess. There will be more changing OF
political allegiance by the American
voters in 1896 than a. any election since
the war OF the rebellion, and as Mr.. Sib-
ley says, if the fight is not then won all
il lost.-Silver State,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-06-22

The following which we find in the
New York Finance and Trade accounts
for the various reports sent out from
numerous trade and manufacturing es.
Adjustments in this country on the ere.
turn Of business prosperity:" Comp
troller Moore Of Michigan, has received
q circular letter from the New York Life
Insurance Company, asking him to be
one Of 1000 business men scattered over
the country to stop the calamity howl
and improve business by admitting that
times are good. He accepted the invi-
tation."
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-06-22

During the earthquake at Lalbach
some persons kept their wits about them
sufficiently to observe the extraordinary
behavior Of animals. Several minutes
before the frstsshock an owl began to
cry out as if for help in an unearthly
voice, sparrows and other birds futtered
aimlessly about and horses long before
the shock occurred began to tremble vio-
lently. some falling on their knees. Dogs
howled the whole night through, and
when q shock was near their yelping was
piercing and unnatural. At Florence
there was 3 great deal Of terror, particu-
larly, it is said, among English women.
who kept asking when another shock
might be expected. One young woman
asked the proprietor Of her lodging
house which floor would fall first. and
was displeased with his gruff response
that he twas neither God nor q prophet"