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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-12-27
AVOID THE ARMY.
1t Offers Practically No Future to al
Ambitious Young Man.

1t Oners Practically No Future to al
Ambitious Young Man.
That young West Pointer who ha,
given up lieutenancy in the army t,
become railroad man, though he ha,
had to begin at the bottom, has made
wise choice so far as his pecuniary vel
prises have long monopolized the bes
talent America has produced, and In M
other country have the rewards been ss
large as those offered here by our rail
road systems. The cheif command O
the army in these piping times of peac.
is bagatelle in everything but tn,
honor attached, compared with the ex
ecutive management of one of our bis
railways. The president of trunl
line has more responsibility and deali
with larger subjects than any Ameri
can officeholder short of the presidenl
and his cabinet, the speaker of tn,
house and few senator's and represent
atives. 1t rarely happens that the gov
ernor of state is called upon to dis
play those qualities of courage, fore
sight, knowledge of men and executive
capacity that are required of every rail
way general manager
Had Mr.. Hine remained in the arm,
he might have become gray before re
ceiving his captains commission anc
then it might have brought him moth
ing beyond the beggarly salary at
tached to the rank. The service is full
of such. 1t does not mitigate thei
hard lot that these men are fitted by
nature and training for high spheres
of action. 1t is impossible that i
should be otherwise in the army of
peace-loving nation and one so happily
freed as ours from the complications
that beset other countries. In times
of war things will be different, and the
chance for glory is then fair compensa
tion for the hardships of soldiers lot
but it is not so now. The rapid up
building of our navy makes the situa
ton different with the marine army
but it is impossible to imagine more
dreary outlook for young man o.
courage and capacity than the Ameri
can army offers at present.-Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
The Y. NJ. C. A. reports an increas,
in membership in North America OF
$4,000 last year, and an increase of prop
erty of $1,00O,O00.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-12-27
THE COLLEGE COUSIN.

In two of the leather-seated chairs
before the big window of the hotel the
Junior and the Sophomore sat side by
side. Each wore a large chrysanthe-
mum and carried cane decked with
streamers of ribbon. The rotunda be-
hind them was filled with restless
groups OF young men, all wearing rib
bon or carrying flags and all talking
hoarsely and eXcitedly. The street in
front OF the hotel already filled with the
dusk of the early twilight, through
which the street lamps seemed spheres
CT golden haze, wore much the same
look; but with the difference that the
groups took the form of a procession
moving along the wet sidewalk. Across
the way the shirts in the window of the
Gents Clothing Palace" were all of the
same color as the ribbons. The en-
trance to the dry goods store further
down was draped with the same shade.
Even the bootblacks and newsboys,
perhaps with view to personal benefit
rather than from any strong affection
for the college, wore knots of the same.
The Sophomore looked out at the
moving crowd and tapped the floor
lightly with his cane.
Great game, wasn't it?" he said
hoarsely.
The Junior nodded. The fact that he
had heard the same remark from the
same source a dozen times in the last
Is minutes did not affect his apprecia-
tion of it in the least.
Wrecked my voice, though" said the
Sophomore.
IF it were shattered" said the Ju-
nior, thoughtfuliy, Il might get little
sleep mornings"
To this the Sophomore made no an
swer. He did not feel himself capable
OF conversing on any subject except the
game.
There were holes in their line that
you could drive an ice wagon
through" he said. in sudden exulta-
ton.
Il don't drive an ice wagon" said the
Junior, shortly. Then he turned and
looked at the clock above the desk.
Its nearly SIX" he said. Lets go
and get something to eat
The Sophomore glanced at him out
of the corner of his eye, and an instant
later became immersed in study OF
the toes of his shoes.
I'm going uptown to dinner he
said, hesitatingly.
"What?" said the Junior.
Tho Cn,,b0rpnra rpt,p3ta6 his state
ment with obvious embarrassment.
The Junior looked at him with wither-
ing scorn.
Didn't you tell me-" he said, accus-
ingly, that we'd take dinner together,
pc to the theater. and catch the 1880
train bacll?"
The Sophomore shifted uneasily in
his seat.
"Well, you see" he said, Il hadn't re-
ceived this invitation then"
THAT makes no difference" said the
Junior, steInly. You made an en-
gagenent With me. Are you going to
break it?"
NO" said The Sophomore. Only"
"Only YOU don't intend to keep it,
said the Junior. ''What1l do now?
Wander about till train time?"
20. you'll be all right" said the
Sophomore. unless some one takes
YOU for a hayseed and bunkos YOU he
added.
The Junior looked thoughtfully up
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-26

turn the enginery Of the party organixa-
tion to Cameron's support: and he can
not blame Republicans II they object 70
giving him that machinery In Cam
eron's interest. It h not question a.
to himself personally: Il is q question as
to whether he shall hold the party
treasury and the party leverage for
cameron's benent.
It n Q creditable thing In Mr.. Quay
to decline to declare himself against
Mr.. Cameron when he intends to sup
port him. But he u altogether mis-
taken In saying that Mr. Camsron's
candidacy "can In no wise be affected
by the pending controversy" Why not /?
His candidacy II already on. 1t Is an
immediate. present. palpable ISSUE One
half the state senators who vote on
his successor were elected last year.
The other half and all Of the house
will be elected next year. The chair
man OF the state committee chosen at
the August convention will hold the
machinery through all that fight. Why
does Mr.. Quay want 1t? Not to save
Pennsylvania. for that IL safe. Not to
save himself. for he has four years yet
In the senate. Why does he want 1t
except to get the machinery for other
purposes? WIN not the machinery In
the hands Of a Cameron man be great
advantage for Cameron? And II the
Republicans Of Pennsylvania are not In
favor Of Cameron's reelection, why
should they make such O colossal mis-
take?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-26

Inasmuch as several Illinois cities have
by popular vote rejected the option ex-
tended to them under the terms of the
recently enacted Bryan free kindergar-
ten law, the Chicago-Times Herald.
which Is an earnest and effective
champion Of kindergarten instruction,
thinks 1t Is barely possible that many
OF the most jealous friends Of our COM
mon school system are laboring under
misconception Of the true scope and
character Of kindergarten training. To
designate kindergartens as 'fads' or day
nurseries Is an egregious error.
"The schools planned by Pestaloxzi
and founded by Oberlin. 1t Is true. were
day asylums for young children, the
benefit of which was intended no less for
the mother than the child. But Froe-
bers idea OF the kindergarten which he
invented and named. differed essen
TALLY from that OF the infant schools,
and II is Froebers idea that has been
Incorporated In the American klndergar-
ten. Froebel believed that the natural
restlessness OF a child necessitates for
It constant employment. and as this en-
ployment generally takes the form OF
play, the play should be so organized
as to draw out its capacities of feeling
and thinking and even of inventing
and creating. In addition to possessing
the initiative faculty. another marked
characteristic of the child Is his love
for the society and sympathy Of COM
panions. His growing moral nature
passions, affections and conscience need
to be controlled. responded TO and cul-
tlvated. Froebel held that the essence
of all education was to be found In
rightly directed but spontaneous ac-
ton. He taught the child not what to
think, but how to think. BY the sys-
tenn Of games which he invented the
senses of sight, sound and touch are de-
veloped and the introduction of music
and rhythm tend to cultivate the artls-
tic faculty which in after years beau
titles the home and ennobles every en-
vironment Of life. Such training gives
the child-mind a receptivity that enables
It to grasp easily and understandingly
the more advanced instruction Of the
public schools.
''The education that seeks to pack the
child's mind with erudition that Is sell
dom retained in after years is not educa-
tion. To educate is to lead out the
faculties, to place the mind under a sys-
tenn Of exercise and discipline that will
render efficient the natural powers. The
kindergarten Is the embodiment Of this
idea"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-26
Not Q Happy Reply.

| Senator Quay's response to the sug.
gestion of Mr.. Magee that the next state
convention should by resolution declare
for home rule in federal appointments,
without the meddlesome interference
Of state patronage brokers, is not fe-
licitous He says: "Magee's statement
should be supplemented by a, can for an
amendment Of the United States con-
stftution. That provision declares that
all federal officeholders shall be ap-
pointed by the president, by and with
the consent Of the senate 1t Is in or
der for the suggestion Of an amendment
declaring that instead OF the above pro-
vision, all federal offices in Pennsyl-
vania shall hereafter be hlled by the
president, by and with the consent OF
the Hog Combine That Is absolutely
necessary to the success of the new
move because the United States sem
ators may take notion when they see
all thesc nominations forced by the Hog
Combine coming In for confirmation,
that perhaps they would be exercising
constitutional duty in holding a few
Of them up"
This sounds like the bravado Of po-
htlcal trickster rather than the argu-
msnt OF a man who feels a sense Of re-
sponsibilty to the people. 1t is on a
par with the insolent taunt Of Boss
Tweed who, when confronted with ev-
licences of his own political debauchery,
wanted to know what the people were
going to do about It. Tweed thought,
az Quay appears to think. that the peo-
pie have no influence In affairs Of gov
ernment, ard that the only Hog Com
b1ne' ts the combination of citizens
who object to being made the football
Of bossism's insolent dtctation; but the
sequel proved that Tweed was wrong.
just as 1t promises to prove IN this state,
that positions of public trust are not
the exclusive property Of querulous
and vindlctive party autocrat, to be
used by him in punishing party ambi-
tion and in rebufiing popular senti-
ment.
There are in the lenate Of the United
States enough men of honor and char
acter to effectively resent, should the
occasion present itself, the insinuation
Of Mr.. Quay that his personal grudges
or political debts must be cancelled. at
will, by a majority of his fellow-sena-
<<~rx, ~or-o ~dts~.> ~ hh<, esa,1At,,,ouk - xAn
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-26
The Price Of Bicycles.

V9ha Chicago Times-Herald sees hope
hatead 4u.the fact that previous to this
summer bicycle riding had not obtained
% any considerable extent among the
larnsrI boys. The farmers have al
ways been IN favor Of good highways,
but when the movement for good roads
has bssn under the auspice9 Of the
vheeimen their zeal has suffered a per-
ceptSbls abatement. But the farmers
boys have bsen riding more wheels this
summer than ever before, and herein
siss the future solution Of the road
urobDsmI When the cost Of making a
bish grade wheel 10 reduced so as to
pJace it within the reach Of every farm
erv boy In the land the farmers will be
effective allies Of the city cycling asso-
ciations In the work of organizing the
ways and means for securing the con-
etruction Of better roads"
The Likelihood OF an early reduction
IN the cost Of standard wheels to a
point permitting their purchase by the
boys on the farms Is not, however. very
pcomisins. So long as 1.-THE bicycle has
70 70 athroush the hands of from three
20 i've middlemen in its transit from
the factory TO the rider. and afford to
each dealer Mberaa profit. the current
rating of the best wheels will not be
likely to undergo any material shrink
age. II 10 the case of the sewing ma
chine over again. Until one or two
brave manufacturers took Ito selling
from the factories directly. a machine
$4sa4 can now be bought for $40 for years
commanAasd 90 and $50. In time no
doubt the bicycle will follow the sew
ing n,achine's example. but It will not
do 20 while the demand for inunared-
dollar wheels exceeds the nighfand-
~ capacity OF all the bicycle factories
Il waS recsntit ~ posted that the
utudsbaksrs, OF south Bend, Ind, nnd-
~ sAe wagon masitet 'unsatisfactory.
intended 10 begin ths manufaoture, of
standard 1acyrlss 81 ecfnsthsas aiks half
&hsls .prsssns retail ocsk but Thu story
~ hssn su.hcsifS Sttvsly denisdA The
49, ~ s.,to y d4velcpnaent q che
4 ~ (eade w w w erriysd. qcpse-
l)| NJ - ~ i1nk ~ farmsnA Apy
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-26
CONVENTION CALL.
Third Legislative District,


In pursuance Of rule of the code OF
rules governing the Republican party In
the Third assembly district of Lacka
wanna county, the standing committee
will meet on Saturday, July eth, at !.
o'clock p. m. in the arbitration room
court house, Scranton. The following per.
sons constitute the standing committee:
Benton-Martin Anthony.
Clifton-J. j. Wagonhurst.
Covington-Frank Hodson.
Glenburn-W. 8. Palmer.
Gouldsboro-R. c. Drum.
Greenfield-W. o. Worth.
Lackawanna township, South dictrict-
David ID. Griffiths.
Lackawanna township, West district
John McCrindle.
Lackawanna township, East district
Zach. Gray.
Lackawanna township. Northeast dis.
trict-Charles Bray.
Lackawanna township, Southwest dis.
trict-Thomas Lowering.
La Plume-Frank NJ. Chase.
Lehigh-Frank ID. Lewis.
Madison-John 8. LaTouche.
Newton--George p. Myers. ii'
North Abington-F. NJ. Francis.
Old Forge. First district-R. Willis Rees.
Old Forge, Second district - Henry
Trauffer.
Old Forge. Fourth district-Patrlck ].
Judge.
Ransom-W. +. Sandway.
Scott-Charles M. Grosvenor.
Scranton, Sixth ward, Third district
Thomas w. Jones.
Spring Brook-Evan Jones.
South Abington-N. s. Davis.
Taylor. First ward-John II. Evans.
Taylor Second ward-Dr. j. w. Houser,
Taylor. Third ward-John d. Atherton.
Taylor, Fourth ward-Burgess Griffiths.
Taylor, Fifth ward-John f. Tubbs.
Waverly-F. A. Parker.
BY order Of
J. T.. WATKINS, Chairman.
Z. ]. NORTHUP, Secretary.
Taylor Pa, July II. 1895.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-26
COMMENT OF THE PRESS.
To Abolish Party Dictatorship.

Pittsburg Times: "The threats. which
Senator Quay and his organs have been
making concerning the patronage to be
dispensed by the next Republican presi-
dent are CALLING and mOrtifying to every
Republican proud Of his American citi-
zenship. Senator Quay, we are told. will
be the absolute dictator Of all federal ap-
pointments. and II any are made not
agreeable to him he will have them de-
feated or hung up In the senate. Further
than that We are assured that no city or
town In the state will get q public build
ing unless Its delegates vote for Senator
Quay for chairman Of the coming state
convention. and are ever after subservent
to his autocratic will. These threats are
an insult to every self-respecting Repub-
lican and should be sufficient to convince
all yet in doubt that It Is high time to- put
an end to a system which makes their ut
terance possible. Senator Quay takes ex-
ception to this statement Of the purposes
Of the friends Of Governor Hastings and
Colonel Gilkeson, and declares that they
overlook the provision Of the national
constitution. which declares that appoint
ments shall Be made by and with the
consent Of the United States senate.
This provision, he evidently intends to
convey, would operate to render nugatory
the proposed action of the state conven-
ton. Senator Quay himself, however,
overlooks two vital facts-first, that he
Is not the United States senate. but
only 1-SSth part Of 1t, and, second, that he
will, when the next Republican president
takes office. have as his colleague from
this state In the senate, Republican who
will represent and obey the wishes Of the
Republican voters as expressed by their
state convention. In that event an ap-
pointment made on the recommendation
Of the majority Of Republican voters in
the particular locality concerned, by q
Republican president, and approved by
one Of the Republican senators from Penn
sylvanla. In obedience to the will Of :he
party's state convention. will be in strict
accord with the constitution Of the United
States and the spirit Of rue Republicanism
everywhere. Senator Quay will very
quickly find that appointments SO made
cannot be defeated or hung up, and. II he
persists in ignoring the will Of his con-
sttuents they will see to It that he him.
self Is replaced In the senate by q Repub-
lican who will observe his constituents
wishes"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-26

Under no circumstances can the Lu-
zerne Democracy make OF Mr.. McLean's
nomination anything else than an open
bid for complete partisan control Of
the Luzere bench. Conservative Dem
ocrats who advised against the rash
experiment We're ruthlessly turned down
in their rarty's convention: and the
partisan banner was unfolded without
the slightest excuse or apology. Every
voter in Luzerne county. therefore, who
believes In a non-paItisan judiciary.
will vote against the outrageous can
didacy OF Mr.. Mclean fatty and con-
scientiously.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-26

So long as 1t did his autocyatic bid
ding, the Hog Combine" was all right.
Senator Quay never abused 1t in the
pull his own chestnuts out Of the fire.
But now that they have declined to
obey his suicidal orders, the Philadel-
phia and Allegheny politicians are q
pack Of hogs and thieves. who daily
give the virtuous Mr.. Quay a severe
pain, not to speak Of bankrupting his
stock Of Mortified epithets. All, sena-
tor, do you think you are fooling the
people?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-26
QUAY AND CAMERON.
From the Philadelphia Press.

There are two things upon which we
suppose all Republicans of every shade
will readily agree The first Is that
Mr.. Cameron Is reasonably certain to
be a candidate for reelection to the
senate II he has any chance Of success.
No one can blame him for this. Re-
publicans may condemn him for mis-
representing the state. They may crit
icize his dncapacity and inefficiency.
But II he can persuade or delude or fool
them into returning him, the fault Is
theirs, not his. The second thing
which will be generally recognized by
all Republicans, no matter what their
preferences, Is that, II Senator Cameron
Is a candidate for reelection, Senator
Quay is reasonably certain to be for
him. Nor Is he to be blamed for this,
any more than Mr.. Cameron is to be
blamed for desiring to hold his seat.
He has perfect right to be for Mr..
Cameron II he chooses. It would be
surprising II he were not They have
been more than. colleagues-more than
personal -friends-more than political
associates. They have been the closest
allies and partners in all party move-
ments. Under such circumstances Mr..
Quay's loyalty to Mr.. Cameron Is taken
for granted as matter Of course.
There are only two grounds upon
which he could withdraw his support
The first would be a radical variance
with Mr.. Cameron in his political opin.
Dat n .k ~ ,.ln nS~
the contrary. they are in substantial
accord. Senator Quay may not go to
Senator Cameron's extreme upon the
free silver question. but ne has never
disguised the fact that ne has much
sympathy with Mr.. Cameron's view.
The second ground which would excuse
him In opposing Mr.. Cameron's re-elec-
ton would be that the mass of Repub-
licans are opposed to II. But II the Re
publicans, with his known advocacy of
Mr.. Cameron. should put into his hands
the whole party organization at the
very time Mr.. Cameron's reelection II
pending. would he not be warranted in
constituting 1t as indicating that they
were not in earnest against Mr.. Cam.
eron and as justifying his support?
II was thus perfectly natural that
Mr.. Quay in his recent letter should re-
fuse to declare himself against Mr..
Cameron. He was frank enough and
courageous enough not to commit him
self to q position which he does not
mean to take. He means to stand for
Cameron and he would not say other
Wise. This 10 10 far to his credit. But
he cannot find fault with Republicans
who, do not agree with him In favoring
Cameron for being unwilling 20 give
him the power 70 re-eleCt Cameron. He
must concsds TO them the same right
which he claims for himself. He asks
to bs placed an Z posislon whsks ha can
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-26
A Fallen Napoleon.

Al he hooks backward and perceives
how. by little more openness with the
people. who were not at the outset
unfriendly to him-by little more tact.
a little more concession-Senasor quay
might have spared himself the humilia-
ton Of uttef defeat in the present tight
Of his own needless and foolish precipi-
tation. and as he reflects. at times. upon
the gratuitous blunders Of his recent
commission. whereby were lost to him
frst the prestige Of gubernatoriai
victory In 1850: next the control OF the
municipal organization in Philadelphia,
and lastly the friendship and coraial
co-operation Of the present governor
whose amity. by fair and manly deal
ang. could have been maintained
against all opposition. we wonder what
Senator Quay really thinks of himself
Napoleon pacing the foredeck OF the
Bellerophon had. We are told no
thought Of contrition. but was inspired
wholly by modification and chasrin'
Yet Napoleon was not more surely the
creator Of his own Waterloo than Is
Matthew Stanley Quay the architect OF
his present intensifying misfortunes.
The power that Napoleon won in the
name of the people he diverted to the
qualification Of private ambition and to
the Hpbuildins on conquered thrones
Of a dynasty Of mediocre relatives and
depeddants. Cannot Senator Quay per-
ceive vn his own once brilliant but now
waning career an ominous parallel?'
First. Andrews. then Delamater. then
Penrose and lastly Cameron-is not this
lmtslogue Of blunders enough in itself,
ain his diminished power?
Haey y. .po<helping his cause
amoue The pe5p.e by calling his OPP
popents ugly names. The people
know that not one OF the men
now arrayed in open antagonism
to Mr.. Quay has done one-hundredth
part as much mischief to the senator
a. he has done to him}elf. The battle
which they begun WIS entered upon
reluctantly. and onlyfas last alterna-
tire from ab1ecx political serfdom.
The battle which Senator Quay has
fought against himself has been an in
cessant ons. begun q the zenith of his
psestige end popularity. and deliberate
y wreeking by gnatuitous blunders
probably the most consummate politi-
ell dynasty in tie entire history Of
American politics. If he is moved to
1ndigna4iou at those who have turned
ffo@ him only when forced to do so
under penalty Of forfeiting their self
sespsct how much greater and more
eonsumins must be his reproach for
the read author Of his troubles-Mat-
thsw sta1ley opay?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-26

1t Is another significant indication Of
the real feelings OF the Quay shouters
toward Judge Willard that the Pittston
Gazette. whose editor stands closer to
Senator Quay than any other journalist
in Northeastern Pennsylvania, Is open
ly engaged in traducing Mr.. Willard
and In opposing his candidacy. Yet
Quay preltends to be for willard!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-26

This shows that, without counting
anything for THE Inevitable drift, the
state administration will have a clear
plurality Of at least sixty-one votes.
When the men who want to join the
winning side get out Of the wet, the
chances are that the administration will
have a clean plurality in the conven-
tlop, without counting Philadelphia and
Allegheny.
Senator Quay ID beaten. T.