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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-10-26

Wm STEWART PRES. N. BOWERS v pess
GEO. S. HILL. CASHIER
JOHN H. DOLL ASSISTANT CASHIER.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-10-26
Antietam Cement for sale by
j. 81. Miller & Sons.
Children Cry for
.. CastoPla.

eds just received
Fresh Garden 81 ug Store.
at A. M. Gilbert's Dl 3-lI,f
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-10-26

A dispatch from Huntington says:
"At Dingere, Logan county, on Sat.
urday last, VIM. Demeron was at
tackled by two sisters named Hance.
The women succeeded in throwing
him down and then cut his throat,
death resulting IN ten minutes. The
cause of the crime is not known, but
several arrests are reported
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-10-26

Miss Luella Athey entertained a
number OF friends at her home near
this city, on Thursday evening last.
A pleasant time was enjoyed by all.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03
AN EQUITABLE CHANGE.
Pi.tsburs Commerciai.oasette.

Pi.tsburg Commercial Gazette.
For ten years or more the unfairness,
not to say injustice, of permitting repre-
sentation In the national convention OF
the Republican party upon the basis o!
population. rather than upon the party
vote. has created no little discontent, and
earnest efforts have been made to have
the inequality remedied. The question will
come up before the national committee
at its meeting on Dec. 10. and its disposi-
ton will excite wide interest. The uniform
custom has been to choose the delegates.
two from each congressional district, anc
four from the state at large. This corrc.
spends to the senatorial and congressional
representation In congress, and Is based
on population. The proposition IL to take
the Republican vote at the last presiden-
tial election as basis of representation.
-
The result of such an arrangement
would be to secure representation In the
convention more commensurate with the
vote OF the party. and to curtail the pow
er to nominate which has been welded In
certain sections In which the vote Is light.
This more particularly applies to the
South, where for years there has been
little hope Of choosing single elector.
The suggestion Is to give each state and
territory two delegates-at-large instead or
four and each congressional district one,
with an additional delegate for each 1000
votes cast for the Republican electoral
ticket. This scheme would increase the
representation in the convention from 9o'
to I,1S5. a difference of 26S and the strong
Republican states would gain what the
weak southern states would lose. Penn
sylvania, for example, would gain 3s
votes, while other strongholds would
make propOrtionate gains.
=
1t Is claimed that the new plan would
not be unjust, since 1t would equaiize rep
resentation In the South as we'll as else
where. Six Of the southern states would
gain "A votes, while the remainder would
lose 70, and those In districts where the
party is without representation. There
is a question as to the authority OF the
committee to make the change, although
the present plan was adopted In cail
issued by similar committee early In
the history Of the party. The matter
seems to have been left wholly to the
committee by common consent. no con-
vention ever having adopted plan or
passed any rule bearing on the subject.
In response to requests sent out by the
committee with a view to ascertaining
the sense of the party leaders, decided
majority declare themselves in favor OF
the change. A minority, chiefly from the
states In which the party Is weakest, pro-
test against any curtailment OF their rep
resentstion, while few conservative
men suggest that the matter should be
submitted to the convention. THIS SUD
iect is one of very great Importance. anu
If the change Is to be made at al the
present time is as favorable as any tnal Is
likely 10 occur
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03
COMMENT OF THE PRESS.
Must Pay the Fiddler.


Philadelphia Press: "Those who petit
toned for a contest of the judicial elec-
ton Of 1894 in the Wyoming-Sullivan dis
trict have now been summoned to appear
In court and show cause, II any they have,
why the costs In the case shall not be
placed upon them. This IL in accordance
with the law when the court, which sat
at the trial Of the contest, has reason to
think there was not good ground for II.
Probably very few. II any, of those who
signed the petition had any knowledge Of
the liability they were incurring. Under
such provisions of law much mischief
may be made by u single person who is
not himself in a position of the least
responsibility. By a little activity and
persuasion he may secure to petition
for contest names Of thoroughly respon-
sible people who will have to pay the
expenses, which he can wholly escape,
having no means to bear his share. There
Is another feature not less disadvantage
Gus. full knowledge of the responsible
.ty involved would restrain any RESPONSE
BILE citizen from putting his name to a
petition for contest no matter how much
real ground there might be for such con-
test"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03
A Sensible Decision.

The ruling of Magistrate Elsenbrown,
of Philadelphia, in the criminal libel
case of w. Newbold Ely against
Charles Emory Smith, editor OF
the Philadelphia Press, is a
sensible one, which establishes a
very proper precedent In discharging
the defendant the magistrate ruled that
in criminal law an offender is liable
only for his own act, the violation that
proceeds from himself. The law as ap-
piled to newspaper criminal libels Is an
exception, for by this the publisher of
a paper is liable crimnally whether he
be concerned in the commission of the
act or not whether he be absent
or present at the time of publication.
But the law, as he cOntended, does not
include the editor. unless he be con-
cerned directly in the uttering of the
libel. There was no testimony, he
ruled. to prove that Editor Smith was so
concerned, the testimony being that
he was in New England at the time of
the publication Of the libel, making 1t
impossible. therefore, even to construe
a technical or theoretical supervision
of the publication. The Press is pub
1ished by a corporation. Every men,
ber of the corporation, the man who
wrote the article the editor who invent
ed 1t. the compositOrs who set the type,
the pressmen. the carriers and the
newsdealers who sold the papers are
liable criminally because each had a
hand in the preparation and the circu-
lation of the libel. The editor-in-chief.
however, when not concerned directly,
is not liable when this fact can be
established.
OF course, the present libel law is un-
lust in that 1t refuses to admit In ex-
tenuation the prompt correction of a
damaging publication. Such a refusal
virtually presupposes that there can be
no reparation for a hurtful publica-
tion, which view is directly contra
dicted by the law when 1t permits the
bringing of a civil action for damages.
But Magistrate Eisenbrown's ruling
materially relieves the present law of
its rough edge. In the case in question
the plaintiff not only lost nothing by
the the Press mistake, thanks to the
promptness and the energy with which
n was corrected, but ne actually gained
what, in the case Of many professional
men and women such as actors, artists
or musicians. would represent the
equivalent Of many hundreds Of dollars,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03
10 Revive Reciproc ocity.

y MnAt q .ettCng demand will be made
npon congress ~ yAmerican commercial
bodies and individual business men for
p revival Of the principle Of reciprocity,
which was % roughly sacrificed by the
Democratic chevaliers, is already pre-
dicted at Washington. This subject
mas just been Investigated by Walter
lWellmans and he finds a very pro-
bounced desire among representative
merchants for wider markets. The fact
is pointed out among them that the
foreign trade Of the smaller countries
Df this hemisphere, aggregating close
20 1900, ,ooo, 900 q year, is largely in the
hands Of Europeans. Including Cuba
Ard Mexico" writes Mr.. Wellman,
which are right at our doors, we buy
about 20 per cent. of all those coun-
tries sell and sell them about 25 per
sent. Of ell they buy. Omitting Cuba
and Mexico we buy AZ per cent. Of all
that the remaining Central American
'countries have TO sell, and send to
them s3 per cent. Of all that they
buy
While it II generally conceded that
She reciprocity treaties negotiated by
~. Blaine were imperfect in many
4etails, which IL natural enough con-
nidesins that they were first efforts in
~ practicalIy new direction. the senti-
4ent Of far-sseing men is emphatic in
approval fof their underlying idea To
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03
FOR Personal Purity.

The announcement of a series of
meetings 70 be held in Trinity Luther
an church for the purpose of incul-
eating the benests of personal purity
suggests a departure in church work
which, along iudicious lines, ought to
be productive of much practical good.
In it's last analysis the social problem
becomes a question of personal rather
than public morals. The social evil, in
it's public aspects, cannot be overcome
while it is being secretly fed through
individual viciousness or folly. 1t
therefore follows that reformative ef-
fort will to large degree be futile I'M
less 1t reaches and reclaims the in
dividual transgressor.
Undoubtedly the first place where
cleanliness in the social relations
should be taught by precept and ex-
ample is the home. Parents too often
shrk this responsibility, expecting
and often vainly-that duty which
they pass by because it involves GER
tain measure of embarrassment will
reach a performance by accident, by
chance or in the natural course Of
events. Next to the home, the schools
should take this question UP, and by
prudent instruction in the physiological
perils of impurity, impaired before Sc
parated classes, do as much for the cor
rection of the social evil as they do
by somewhat similar instruction for
the repression of intcmperance.
But in the domain Of morals it Is
fitting that the church, too. should not
be idle. A conservative and well-ma-
tured plan of presenting this some
what delicate subject In true yet
inoffensive light has been formulated
by Rev. Mr. Miller, the pastor of Trim
ity church: and the initiative which he
has taken could with profit be followed
by other Christian ministers in this
community. The church's mission very
properly Is Instructive. 1t not only
saves souls: it is under an equally au-
thoritative commission to save bodies
as well. without trespassing upon
ground foreign to the daily newspa-
per's province. The Tribune gladly
calls public attention to this forthcom-
ing experiment in physical evangelical
tion, and trusts that progress along
the line thus marked out may be real
and permanent,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03

view of the deliberate failure of
Scranton Republican to Join this
ler in q pledge to support the
Iminees of the next Republican city
l,vention. regardless Of individual
ferences. is not The Tribune thor
Eghly justified In calling itself "the
Ily Republican daily in Lackawan-
Hcounty?"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacshns, Tho
Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast: 1.16 a. m. for Tuesday
Dec g. 1885,
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A child born on this day will marvel
upon the equity Of laws that force women
to pay taxes while denying them the right
to vote.
He will also marvel at the law that
places man in Jail for refusing to pay
costs for collecting tax that has been
levied without notification.
1t Is probable that other things in this
line Of thought may perplex him before he
arrives at the age when one comprehends
that custom makes everything right.
The air at present seems to be so full OF
municipal nominations that 1t is unsafe for
the average citizen to venture out upon
the streets.
People who insist that hard times are
no more, evidently have not read the an
nouncement that Scranton plumbers are
overrun with work.
Good luck often makes a man with cot
ton waste brains appear wise.
Ajacchus' Advice.
Be brave. Remember that faint heart
never won fair lady or book subscrip-
tion.
Be cautious. Don't smoke cigarettes
while sitting on keg of powder.
BE temperate. Don't drink anything
stronger than applejack If you expect 10
be considered an abstainer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03
pcssimisticaiiy speaking.

Now, what's the world a-coming to?
l think it's awful-that I do!
The "jingoes" grow In monstrous flocks,
And there's no end to "jabberwocks;'
The "cuckoos" coo in every tree,
And "b!atherskites" swarm swamin'ly;
Degenerates" on every hand
They're overrunin' all the land!
And If the eft" survive alone,
The race of man will soon be gone!
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03


A neat and bright little newcomer
into the local journalistic field has APP
peared bearing the title, "The Christian
Life" 1t contains eight dainty pages
and will appear monthly under the edi-
torship of William F. Brandamore,
George A. Walter and II. d. Richards,
assisted by H. Howard Beidleman and
Mrs. F. w. Lange. We bid our young
contemporary cordial welcome and
trust that it may experience success.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03
Mistaken Clcmency.


Carbondale Leader: at is quite evident
that no convicted murderer will suffer
FOR his crime in Lackawanna county In
the manner prescribed by law. Thousands
or dollars are spent in securing the con-
viction of this class of criminals--usele lessly
1t would seem, as there are those high in
authority who step In to avert the legal
penalty. The new-fang,ed system of par
doning criminals, introduced by the new
constitution, seems to be working in u
way to thwart the ends of justice, and TO
overthrow the authority of courts and
juries Men living hundreds of miles from
the locality CT the convicts appear to be
better able to decide as to the Justice of
their condemnation than those of the
vicnage who have judicially passed upon
each case as 1t came before them. Acting
as a body composed of several men, ana in
secret session, the responsibility OF their
action is shifted from one to the other
fastening it upon no one In particular.
That the system is mischievous and hurt
full one must be acknowledged by all who
have kept tab on the record Of the board
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03

! nK shall prove, as now seems proba-
ples that the accident at Preble, N. Y,
pn the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western railroad, was the deliberate
work Of train wreckers, no effort should
% Spared to bring the culprits into
court on . charge Of murder. The list
of punishments affords no sentence
adequate TO Z crime of such magnitude,
IN which scores Of innocent lives are
Ipeapordsd through grudge, cupidity or
hssioni but hanging. would at least
ssvs to get the brutes out of the way of
further mischief.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03
WHAT THE POETS SAY,
No Reciprocity There.

NO NCCIpTOSVv H"S
When the baby takes his nap
Every one on tiptoe walks;
Frowning looks are cast at him
Who above a whisper talks.
If door slams mamma starts
With look of keen distress,
And in hoarsest whisper chides
Bridget for her carelessness.
But, when I would sleep at night,
Does that babe reciprocate?
No! All, no; That's just the time
He selects to ululate.
Small regards he has for me
Such noisy little chap!
All the same hold my breath
When the baby takes his nap.
-Somerv.lle Journal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03
The Immigration Restriction league

The Immigration Restriction league
teresting figures about immigration.
For the year ended June 30, 1895, the
total immigration was 25S,5S6 as against
2S8,O2O the year prior. The number of
illiterates in 1894 is not given, but in
1895 it was 42,142, over 16 per cent. of
the total; while the number debarred
was only 2,4l9, or only about per cent
of the total. Evidently the work Of
sitting the desirable from the undesir-
able immigrants has not yet reached
that degree Of success warranting
many felicitations or much acclaim.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03

bimon of those who would Ike
SoN responsibility because Demo-
era rs president is equally well voiced
by Representative Scranton, who says:
''Evidentlynothing can be done, even to
increasingfimports SO that the revenue
inlay at leSst equal expenditures, while
Clevelandf is president" This is essen
TALLY the cry Of cowardice. 1t is equiva
lent to saying that the Fifty-fourth con-
gress should do nothing merely because
the executive Is not Of its partisan COM
plexion. The people did not elect that
congress with a view to it's idleness.
They chose 1t because they wanted to
-ps6fest against cCsevelandism; because
they wanted to let the administration
know, in as emphatic manner as was
then possible, that they were dissatis-
fled with its work. A pretty mess con-
gress would make Of it if, following Mir.
Scranton's advice. it were 10 sit down,
fold its arms and notify thd people that
~ IT'S afraid to hurt Grover cleveland's
Fortunately, the proportion of scran-
kons to the total membtf fship of the
Fifty-fourth congress is s9all. Out of
p replies from Pennsylvania members
only one (Mr. scranton'sj favors the
policy 6f inactivity: ana only one other
NMr. Grow's) doesn't know what to do.
The others stand like men for protec-
tion. and will. with similar good Repub-
licans from other states, undoubtedly
See that the party confidence in this
congress is not betrayed by the tactics
bf poltroonery.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03
What the Hcathcn Get.

Within the contribution box,
She drops her offering small;
1t isn't very much, tits true,
But then 1t Is her all.
She's bought a lovely cape, a hat
That's fashionably strange,
And various other things; and now
The heather get the change.
washington Star
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03

There are several fairly good prophets
who believe that II the next president
be not Harrison he will be Hastings.
The nomination of Pennsylvanian is
by no means an iridescent dream.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03

The probability is that Mr.. Cleveland
is too old blunderer to learn new dip
lomatic tricks. His predicted "vigor-
Gus foreign policy" is likely never to see
the light Of day.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03

phe Harrisburg Patriot denies that
it is 1.-THE mouthpiece of Senator Cam
ercn." Then are we to assume that its
assertion that he would not be can
didate for reelection is unofficial and
incorrect?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03
Oycrstockiup fhc Market

Washington Star: 1.-THE fact that Sena-
tor Hill and Mr.. Debs are both lecturlag
on Liberty gives rise to the fear that
confusion in the mind of the public is
likely to result from placing too many
brands Of the same goods on the market" "
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03

Broker Benedict, who says no third
term, and Secretary Morton, who howls
for one, should come together and ar
bffrata
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03

The Spanish editor Of the Havana tel
egraphic dispatches has. It seems, once
more summarily defeated the Cuban in
surgents, without turning hair.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03

Mr.. Cleveland could save a deal Of
time and space by sending as his mes
sage to congress merely: Save me
from my mistakes"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03

Mr.. Benjamin Hughes, general mine
superintendent of the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western Railroad COM
pany. explains that the remark as
cribcd to him in Saturdays Times. to
the effect that Thomas D. Davies was
not a candidate for city treasurer. was
made under the belief that the inter-
viewer had reference to Mr.. Brooks.
Otherwise. the Times interview was
correct in every detail. The Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Is not work
ing as company for Mr. Davies or any
other local candidate. Those of its em-
ployes who favor Mr.. Davies do so, he
says. on their own responsibility. This
slight correction leaves the main sub
ject unaffected. and Mr.. Hughes EN-
phatic re-afllrmation of the company's
neutrality simply adds to the embar-
rassment of those who were circulating
the false report that II had issued or
ders for the support of MIR. Davies.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03
The Common Sense View.

Philadelphia Record: I'm a learned
opinion Magistrate Eisenbrown maintains
that as Charles Emory Smith, editor-ln-
chief Of the Press is not its publisher, nor
its owner and as ne was out of the city
and had nothing TO do with the libelous
publication complained of by Mr.. Ely,
cashier Of the Girard Trust company,
he cannot be held in an action for GRIM
inal libel based upon such, publication.
Magistrate Eisenbrown takes the view Of
the law urged by Mr.. Smiths counsel. dis
tinguishing between the responsibility of
the publisher Of a journal and the editor
who may have no pecuniary interest In it.
Whether this be good law or not, it is ex.
cellent good sense: and it Is a disposition
Of the matter which will commend itself
to the general judgment"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03

If Mr.. Cleveland isn't willing to ad.
NIT and confess his free trade error
congress can still do its obvious duty
lust the same.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03

In a row with the president over con-
gress' prerogative we guess Tom Reed
could hold his own.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03

Republicans in congress should re-
member that theirs is a do-something
party, not party Of clans.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03

II the nomination were left to con-
gress. what soft thing Reed would
have!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03

namely, publicity. His pursuit Of Mr..
Smith. a thoroughly innocent person,
was therefore seemingly vindictive;
and we venture to say that few persons
will be sorry that he failed to carry his
point. Perhaps when 1t is better un-
measure of legal protection against the
choleric or the unscrupulous. the bring
ing of ridiculous libel suits will be-
come rarer and reputable journalism
will be left freer than heretofore to
ner commensurate with its high mis-
sion.