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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27
A Chance for Reform.

In connection with the reforms to the
achievement of which the Republican
party in the last state convention
pledged itself 1t might be we'll to include
law revising the salaries OF the COM
mon pleas judges of Pennsylvania so
as to make it unnecessary for them to
augment their regular incomes by
swapping benches under the law which
aliowes visiting judges $40 day apiece
and expenses, in addition to the regular
home salary, which goes right on.
There Is no objection to the exchange
of woolsacks, for, like the exchange OF
pulpits in churches, it often does good.
There are few Judges who are not
broadened by travel and few courts
which do not benefit from the coming
Of trial judges from afar. The judge
who sits always upon one bench is
liable to become rusty: If not that, his
weak points are studied by the lawyers
before him, and advantage is frequently
taken Of his inevitable prejudices. In
addition to all this stands the principle
embodied in the adage that famil-
iarity breeds contempt"-novelty is
always sharDener of the finer in
stincts. So that on no account ought
the practice of occasionally trading
benches to fall into disuse.
But 1t is manifestly absurd that the
Judges who thus trade should receive
double pay, thus turning the exchange
into n source of personal profit. Enough
money is probably spent by the COM
monwealth each year in consequence
Of this indefensible provision of the
law to pay the regular salaries of sew.
eral additional Judges and thus bring
the overcrowded and belated dockets
In several courts in the state up to date.
~ good an opportunity to correct a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

Headquarters Republican state commit
tee, 1881 Walnut street.
Philadelphia. Pa, Dec. II, 1873.
To the Republican Electors OF Penns!i'
vania:
The Republicans of Pennsylvania, by
their duly chosen representatives, VII,
meet in state convention, Thursday, Apri'
23, 1896, at 10 O'Clock a. m. in the opera
House. city of Harrisburg, for the pur-
pose of nominating two candidates lot
representatives at large in congress ana
thirty-two candidates for presidential eies-
tors, selecting eight delegates at large 10
the Republican national convention, ana
transacting such other business as may DE
presented.
BY order of the state committee,
NJ. 8. Quay,
Attest: Chairman.
Jere Il. Rex.
W. r. Andrews.
Secretaries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27

Several gentlemen of the press are
again in great perturbation over the
fact that Senator Quay on Tuesday,
at Harrisburg. called on Governor
Hastings and was not thrown out. His
escape doubtless was marvellous.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27
self-evident abuse ought not to be neg.
lected by the next legislature.

The Syracuse Post Is responding
nobly to the demands OF civilization.
1t has promised to give Il souvenir
spoon to every baby born in its city be-
Christmas and New Years, and six
months free subscription to every
couple welded during that time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27

"Is 1t really true" said the little boy,
that politicians are sometimes not strict
ly honest?''
YES" replied Senator Sorghum, sadly;
II am sorry to say that & is. / have
known politicians who got votes years ago
and have not paid for them yet.''-Wash-
ington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27
Reason in All Things.

~ want to know why, Mrs McCorklc,
you give me hash for breakfast this morn
ing when you know that yesterday at
breakfast l did not touch It,"
That's just why. When you have eaten
that l shall provide something else
Harper's Bazaar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27
A Blooming Farce.

The course of the Democratic MI
| nority in the house in interposing ora
torical obstructions to the speedy pas
! sage Of bills which are concededly
needed to save the government from
financial embarrassment affords a
! pretty good example of Democracy's
natural caliber 1t recalls attention to
the fact that that party Is fundamen-
tally and pre-eminently party of OBJ
struction, and that it Is never so happy
as when trying to pull progress back.
The Democratic objectors in the house
knew full well that the Wilson bill has
built up nothing but debts and deficits.
They knew equally we'll that if some
thing were not soon done to increase its
inadequate revenue the government
would have to provide funds for the
payment of current expenses by new
sale of bonds, which simply means the
costly accumulation of more deficits
and debts. They knew that even their
own president had frantically pleaded
with congress, publicly and in private
interviews with its leading members.
to do something in the way of relief
before the situation got desperate.
And yet, knowing all these things, and
knowing, too, that so far as the ultimate
effect of their orations went they might
just as well have sat still and said moth
ing. the few surviving captains of
the little Democratic band now
sitting under Tom Reeds eagle eye
vainly strutted their brief time upon
the stage of discussion and pre-
tended to have no knowledge that
Uncle Sans finances were in a hole.
This, in good truth, is supremely ri
diculous and alttudinously asinine, but
it nevertheless is characteristically
Democratic. That incapable party,
having in the legislative branch at least,
washed its hands of power must now
proceed to howl and kick and pose and
sputter, else it would have no remain
ing warrant for continued existence.
But what blooming farce it all was
-------- .
Americans will hope the report is true
that General Gomez. the commander
in-chief of the Cuban insurgent forces
has eluded the Spanish army and be-
gun march direct for Havana. What
is more. they will hope that he may
capture Havana, and, for that matter
everything else which smacks of Span
ish tyranny and oppression.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27

Senator Quay says that Governor
Hastings gave him very fine cigar
Had 1t been Magee, would the gift have
been Pittsburg stogy?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27
FIVE MINUTES FOR FUN.

Too had.
"I've called full twenty times" said he,
your stony heart to soften"
"1'm shocked to hear" responded she,
"That you've been full so often"
Kansas City Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27

Whatever Is thought of c. l.. Magee
as q pOlitician--and it is somehow a
fact that those who admire him in that
capacity and those who do not are both
enthusiasts in their respective beliefs
1t cannot be denied that in business he Is
a generous employer and an unselfish
friend. His Christmas gift-for prac-
tically 1t Is his gift, although made in
the name of a street railway corpora
tion-of 100000 to the city of Pittsburg
for the purpose of establishing a 20
illogical garden is characteristic. Pitts
burg may have done deal for Magee;
but it is equally true that Magee has
reciprocated. Such instances Of re-
ciprocity are none too frequent among
traction company magnates.
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Comprehensive.

Papa--Well. Tommy. what do you want
Santa Claus to bring you this Christmas
Tommy-Oh, jes' the same as usual-one
of everything he can think of.-Harper's S
Round Table
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An Invitation.

will scream.
Dick-I haven't kissed you the first time
yet.
Dolly--I know it.-Town Topics.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27
A Terrible Ordeal.

She saw mouse, but did not swerve
Although 1t must have shocked her.
She had to make a show of nerve
She was a female doctor.
Chicago Recor1
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27
An Ideal Candidate.

Mr. Daniel Williams. the Republican
candidate for city treasurer, and rum
ming mate of Colonel Ripple, has been
a resident Of the West Side for thirty
five years. For this length of time Mr..
Williams has been one of the leading
contractors of the city but Is now large
ly interested in the development of
coal. Many years ago he represented
the Fourth ward In the common coun-
Gil and is now one of the leading men,
bers of the board of the Scranton poor
district. His term on the poor board
has been marked by strict attention to
his duty, regularity in being found in
his seat and an alertness to labor for
the public good. The reputation he
holds in the business world represents
the energy and assiduity typical
of the thorough business man
and stamps him as one well fitted to
grasp the complete details SO peculiar
to the office for which he Is a candidate
On the West Side he is held in par
ticularly high esteem, and through his
integrity, public spiritedness and popu-
larity has won for himself an enviable
position. No one fact so forcibly es-
tablishes mans reputation as his po-
sition in the community in which he
lives. and If this evidence alone were
applied to Mr.. Williams 1t would be
sufficient to invest his canvass with the
assurance Of success. His friends claim
him to be stalwart, honest and popular
enough to win, and they ought to know.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27

The Wilkes-Barre Record a few days
ago thought that Governor Hastings
would be just the man for president,
but now it pronounces his candidacy
inadvisable. This is a world of change.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27

Representation in this convention VIII
be the same as in the last state conven-
tion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-27

Colonel William A. Stone, who represents
the Twenty-third Pennsylvania district,
and who had the distribution of the
"bones" under the Combine. has collapsed
from the strain he has been under since
the house organized. and he is now TAX
Ing rest at White Sulphur Springs. Va.
1t Ia said that he hasn't averaged three
hours sleep Il day in the past three weeks.
The "tone" hunters have been on his
trail day and night. and the strain was
colossal stature.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-27
MULE WAS A POOR SUBSTITUTE.
Disastrous Results of an Innovation
in q Loda Ceremony.

Disastrous Results of an Innovation
in a Loda Ceremony
Portland Oregonian.
The little black mule which Is seen
on the streets very frequently with
children on his back has attained quite
a reputation among the various East
side lodges during the past few weeks
1t is generally supposed that all can
didates "ride the goat" when initiated
in secret organizations, but 1t has been
a bad year for goats, and some of the
lodges have been in the habit of bor-
rowing this mule instead and giving
the candidate ride around the hall
on it's back. On one occasion, a few
evenings ago, it is reported, the initi-
atory ceremony came to grief. The
candidate had been blindfolded, so it
is related, in the ante room, and then
brought into the lodge room, where he
was mounted on the mule. The guide
was Immediately in the rear, while the
mule was being led by one Of the
brothers. Several others were Also
near at hand on either side. The pro-
cession approached the chair Of the
presiding officer. Suddenly the mule
stopped and refused to go forward.
No amount OF pulling and urging could
get him to bulge. Finally one Of the
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-27
SALTWATER NEWS.
Renewed Activity Among LOgSers
Caused by the Snowfall.

Renewed Activity Among LogSers
Caused by the Snowfall.
Physicians conducted an examination
Patrick Kelly. They found their pa
tient badly bruised, but no bones were
factured
A large number of men were sent
to the woods yesterday, and the reports
received from the several camps are
decidedly encouraging, excepting near
Partridge, where no snow fell on Tues
day.
The Episcopal Sunday school will
hold it's Christmas exercises tomorrow
night
Elmer Halling has been received at
serve a reformatory sentence for grand
larceny in the second degree.
All changes suggested in the auto
matte sprinkler system at the prison
were completed yesterday,and the crew
of worknen employed there will leave
for the East tonight.
By reason of an error it was stated
in yesterdays papers that Hiler H.
Horton delivered the Christmas address
at the prison The address was deliv-
cred by Rev. Pleasant Hunter, Of West
minister Presbyterian church, Minneap-
oils.
The ladies of the Eastern Star will
give a dance in Masonic hall New
Years night.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-27
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MINNEAPOLIS
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBuLEs.

E fFeaSsSsSSE5gsss.SSlaE: ------ Ers
Zurahs ladies will entertain Shriners and
their families Saturday evening, Dec. IS, IN
commandery room in Masonic Temple.
Joseph T. Thurman has filed in the probate
court a petition to prove the will of Julette
p. Thurman whose estate is valued at So, ,190
E George Crisman raised disturbance in Lor-
ing park Wednesday night and was arrested
by park policeman. His case will be heard
Ihis afternoon.
Attorney W. H. Eustis has been informed
IVY the New York Life Insurance company
that their $1,000 policy upon the life of Cath
erine Cling will be paid without contest.
Miss Harrison, whose marriage with Mr.
Bennett will occur Jan. 7, was rendered 4
wedding breakfast at the Town and Country
club Christmas by Mrs. Louis X. Hull and
Miss NIcNair.
, Miss Abbie Warendorph, the coloratura
soprano who has just returned to Minneapolis
after five years in Germany is to be given q
concert by her many friends tonight in the
Lyceum theater.
The series of First Regiment band concerts
. Jll be given in Harmonic hall instead OF the
armory, beginning next Sunday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock. Miss Carrie Minard, the cornet
soloist, will assist on that occasion.
There will be an open meeting Of the North
western Labor league at Labor Temple this
evening" Goou speakers VIII auulesS the
meeting and a large number of workingmen
are expected to attend.
Charles Williams, a laborer, is reported to
be missing from his home since Monday.
He is 80 years of age five feet eleven inches
tall, weighs $50 pounds, and has dark hair
and light nustache. He was dressed in ordi-
nary working clothes when last seen.
The funeral of Charles ]. Johnson. father
of Assemblyman w. r. Johnson, OF st. Paul,
who died at the Soldiers Home hospital Tues
day afternoon, was held from the chapel of
the home yesterday morning at 10 o'clock
The interment was at Lakewood cemetery.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-27
"Fs-'a.s s-'s.ss II !. = - -
LOSEMILLIONSs
ssxtses.4,I
TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS OUT
$1o,OOO,OOO IN '95. sssals, =,
Prospect of Still Larger Loss in ,96-A
Great Anxiety in Tobacco Circles.

CHICAGO.-(Special.) - 1t was re.
ported here today that large sum OF
money had been offered for the tobac-
co habit cure called No-To-Bac which
is famous all over the country for its
wonderful cures. This offer, it is said,
was made by parties who dc1ir= to
take 1t off the market and $50 the
sale, because of it's injury . . to-
bacco business. General Manager Kra-
mer, of No-To-Dac, !2Icn i--erviewed
today at his Office, 40. 50 Randolph
street, said:
"No, sir, No-Tc-.-&c is not for sale
to the tobacco tT~:-t. Certainly No-To-
Bac affects the tobacco business. 1t .
Will cure over zoo, eco people in 1886, at
an average saving of $50 which each
would otherwise eIpend for tobacco,
amounting in round figures to S10,000,-
GOO. Of course tobacco dealers loss is .
gained by the cured. Does No-To-Bac
benefit physically? Yes, sir. The ma
jority of our patients report an imme-
diate gain in flesh, and their nicotine
saturated systems are cleansed and
made vigorous. No-To-Bac is sold by
druggists throughout the United States
and Canada. under absolute guarantee
that three boxes will cure any case.
Failure to cure means the money back.
OF course there are failures, but they
are few, and we can better afford to-
have the good will Of an occasional
failure than the money. We publish a
little book called Don't Tobacco Spit
and Smoke Your Life Away that tells,
all about No-To-Bac, which will be
mailed free to any one desiring it by
addressing the Sterling Remedy Co.,
Chicago, Montreal, Can, or New
York %
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-27
WILL BE : cREWATE:.D!,
ssas' sss
'+..;
l.
REMAINS OF HARRY HAYWARD
SENT TO CHICAGO To BE RE-
DUCED TO ASHES.
1T CENSURES NO ONE.
REPORT OF THE CORONEtDS JURY.
IN THE GALE-N. WALTERS
CASE.
CENSURES NO ONE.
YEAR IN THE BUILDING WORLD.
Smaller business Than In 1897
News of the Mill
City.


The remains of Harry Hayward were
taken to Chicago last evening on the
7:SO train on the Milwaukee road. They
were accompanied by n. F. Warner,
DR.. Thaddeus Hayward and Edward F.
Goodsell, a.theacousin' Of Harry. The Gre
nation will take place today at Grace
land cemetery crematory. and DR.. Hay
ward will undoubtedly bring home the
ashes in a highly ornate piece of pot
terry. There was no ceremonies nor any
crowd at Lakewood when the remains
were. removed for shipment. The de-
termination to cremate the body is ow-
ing to the influence of DR.. Hayward,
who believes in that sort of thing, and
was hurried by fear that,sthe body
would be stolen.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-27
CLEARED HIS CLIENT.
How a Western Lawyer Oyercams
the Preponderance of Evidence.

How a Western Lawyer Oyercame
the Preponderance of Evidence.
San Francisco Call.
my first case,' said well-known attor-
ney, was the defense of a negro preacher
in Missouri who had been arrested for steal
ing wood from railroad company. great
deal of fuel had been lost from time to time,
SO when the culprit was arrested the COM
pany was so anxious to make an example of
him that it employed special counsel and
prosecuted the case vigorously. The evil
dence against the old man was convincing
He had been seen sneaking around the wood
pile and had been arrested while carrying off
q load.
"I had subpoenaed about twenty we'll
known business men to testify to the pre-
yious good character OF the defendant. When
the prosecutors case was closed l put one
on the stand and asked:
"'Do you know the defendants reputation
for honesty and integrity?'
&" Yes was the answer.
I "'What is it-good or bad?'
bad. He will steal anything he gets his
hands on
"a. litter ran through the court room. 1t
wasn't the answer had expected, but it was
too late so / put on bold front and called
another. He testified as the other witness
had, and the prosecuting attorney rubbed his
hands with satisfaction. Before L got through
with my witnesses l proved that my client
was a most notorious thief who was never
known to neglect opportunity to steal
something, matter how trifing it might
be. Then I called a couple of physicians,
proved the existence of a mental disorder
known as kleptomania, read some authorities
to show that 1t was a good defense if proved,
and submitted my case. The old preacher
was acquitted, and thereafter stole with i'm
punity, for he considered his acquittal in the
face of facts equivalent to license TO steal"
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-27
RoBBYzs PRAYER CUT SHORT.
Punished for Not Including the
Wants of His Sister.
washington Star.


Washington Star.
Pnhbv is a small man of five years,
living out Mount Pleasant way.
Though lisping in speech ana ioui
summers the junior Of his sister FRAN
ces, he yet fully feels the Importance
Of having been born into the -pfoao
estate of man, looking pittyingly IN
deed upon his sister,. whom fate un-
kindly sent into the narrow and tram
me1ed sphere of woman, and conde-
scendingly referring to~her in general
conversation as "a little dirl."
The other evening Frances, her night
ly now I lay me" properly said, was
already tucked up in her little brass
bed, when Bobby, still kneeling by his
own couch, deemed it wise, in view OF
the approach of Christmas, to supple
ment the regular prayer with petit
ton for few items which he consid-
ers the necessaries of life, so he began
afresh:
"And, oh bod, I fink it's doin' to be
told, send me a, sled, please-and a
'spress tart-and, and, a weckin'
horse (and, then, as his view, on
the subject of transportation grew and
enlarged), land bicittle-and-"
At this point Frances became inter-
ested and put in: .s,
Pray for me, too. Pray for me, I
need a lot of things
"And a pony,s continued Bobby, sssl
petitioning in his own behalf.
Pray for me. Pray for me- Fran
ces piped in accompaniment
"Wif a. ha'ness and waddOn" uuOth
the small suppliant. --~
pray for me. Pray for me-" still
chorused Frances.
"And, oh Dodv' concluded Bobby
after pause.'oin which he evidently
entertained for a moment, but finally
dismissed as unworthy the considera-
ton of a man. the idea of praying for
dolls and such foolish feminine fancies,
and oh, bod, fordive Fwances' sins.
Amen"
That prayer meeting broke up that
very instant, and in row, for though
Frances may be only "a little dirl," she
is at the same time an incipient new
woman, and the new woman, as every
body knows; will not endure patronage
from anything bearing the semblance
of man. ,i....t
And thus~it came that there were
shrieks of pain from the petitioner.
mingled with loud and energetic views
on the woman question from the ne
tttionee, which sounds of warfare died
away in silence only after. mamma.
excusing herself from her card party.
had read the combatants to sleep.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-27
MAYOR VETOED 1T.
Aldermen Say They VIII Pass the
Gasoline Ordinance.

Mayor Pratt has vetoed the coun-
Gil resolution awarding the gasoline
lighting contract to w. c. Buchanan.
His honor reached this decision late
yesterday afternoon, latter a consci-
entious consideration Of all the facts
in the case."'"
When asked his reasons for the
veto, the mayor stated, in substance
"Mr Buchanan's bid does not comply
with the specifications named in the
contract and was not the lowest. These
are my two reasons for vetoing the
resolution" - -s-.,,-'> = -
In talking to a reporter, yesterday
one Of the council committee on gas
said: 81 tell you where we made a
mistake. We were satisfied that this
Wood & Carleton bid was a straw
one. because we could not find any
such concern in the directory OF, mef-
camille agency. Now, when we satls-
fed ourselves that Corser had put IN
this straw bid we should have just
thrown it out, and not considered II
at all Then all this trouble Woula
have been averted. AS matters now
stand. we will have to pass the orol-
ronca over the mayors veto.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-27
VISITED BY PAUNCEFOTE.
A Call on Olney Starts More Vene-
Zuelan Runners,

n Jail On Olney starts More Vene.
Zuelan Runners.
WASHINGTON, Dec. rs. - Among
Secretary Olney's callers today was Sir
Julian Pauncefote, the British consul
general at New York, a brother Of Sir
Th. Sanderson, who drew the Sander
son line" in the British Guiana bound
airy dispute and addressed the two
notes to DR.. Pulido and Dr. Urbaneia,
of Venezuela, which are claimed by the
Venezuelans to have emanated from
Lord Salisbury 1t is stated officially
that the call was of a social nature,
but frequently important business is
transacted on diplomatic reception
days. Outside Of the Venezuelan ques-
ton there are a number of minor sub
Jects, concerning postal exchanges,
etc., which engage the attention of the
state department and the British au-
thorities. A strong impression prevails
as result of the visit today that Sec
retary Olney has officially notified the
British representative Of the enact
ment of the law for the creation of the
Venezuelan boundary commission. This
of course is such a matter of public no.
toriety that the ambassador has cogni-
zance Of the facts, but an official notifi-
cation of the action Of this country
would bring out the attitude of Great
Britain toward the commission.