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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13
Liquor Law Amendments. T..

As the time for the assembling Of the
legislature draws near there Is renewed
discussion of the liquor problem. 1t Is
generally conceded that the present IL
cense law stands in need of amend
ment. Upon this point friends of tenn
perance and representatives of the
liquor interests are agreed. A law
whose machinery Of enforcement is so
inadequate that in one county--I.u-
zerDe-there are estimated to be a
larger number of speakeasies than IL
censed places cannot be regarded as
satisfactory from any standpoint, and
the sooner there is determined effort
to secure its Improvement the better
will It be for the public revenues and
for public order.
Numerous suggestions Of betterment
have been advanced, but probably none
which involves a better principle than
the proposition to copy in Pennsyl-
vania the essential provisions of New
York's Raires law. This would take
from the local judiciary all jurisdic-
tior over the license question and
would do away utterly with the much
abused factor of discretionary power
in granting licenses. 1t would permit
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13
AN INTERESTING STORY.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
statistical expert has examined the
records of the last census and presents
an interesting and startling story OF the
recent national election in regard 10 the
population. wealth and illiteracy. II Is
based on the last United States census re-
ports. There are 40 states, with popu-
lation of 7O,360,0OO. and an Industrial wealth
of S6l,t5J, ,OD0.000 or an average per capita
of 500; % states, with a population OF h.
5Oo,tOo voted for Mckinley, and ~ states.
wies population of .5.OcccOO, voted Tor
Bryan. This shows that nearly two
thirds of the population are in states that
repudiated free silver The total indus
trial wealth of these % Mckinley states
| is $H,SSi 1896, while the ~ Bryan states
have but $l6,6SO, 3Si,9S4 or about one-thirl
as much. The average amount of the -
Mckinley states is Sl.S9j, ,SSS119, while the
20 Bryan states average but SSSiol9,2i9, or
little less than one-half as much.
From an educational standpoint the sta
tistics show IL still greater contrast. Just
- per cent. of the population of the silver
states are unable to read or write. while
but 10 per cent. Of the population of sound
money states are thus deficient, showing
that there are three times as many Hitter
ates in the silver states as in the sound
money states. Figured out the % McKin-
ley states have population nearly twice
as large as the 20 Bryan states, yet they
contain but 3,iC5,975 iliterates to 5,iSj ia
illiterates in the Bryan states, as shown in
the following tables: For Mckinley:
Number of states, -.
Average population. 1,Sl1O53.
Average wealth, 1885, ,SSS. 7l9.
Average per cent. of illiteracy, 40.
Average wealth per capita, Sl,Oi!.
For Bryan: ia
Number of states, 90
Average population, Sl,2ii,639.
Average wealth, $S,3i.0l9.2i9.
Average per cent. of illteracy, %.
Average wealth per capita, S56S.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13
Chairman EIkin'S Work.


The dinner rendered in Philadelphia
last evening to State Chairman Elkins
was q graceful recognition of superior
service. 1t might carelessly be thought
that to direct Republican campaign in
Pennsylvania, in a presidential year,
and especially with the issues drawn
as they were in the recent struggle,
would require but scant ability; that
Such an impression would be exceed
ingly remote from the truth. AS a
matter of real fact, it We're far easier
to conduct a close contest than one
in which victory is foreseen from the
beginning and conceded by foe as well
as friend.
In Chairman Elkin's case the diff
cuties with which he had to contend
increased in direct ratio to the proba-
bility of success. The campaign fund
at his disposal was the smallest on rec
ord. 1t barely sufiiced to meet the ac-
tual running expenses of the State
ncduluilttIS. III auuitioil W thui' cN
cry available speaker of prominence
who could be drafted by the National
committee was taken out of Pennsyl-
vania and sent to the debatable terri
result was that during most of the time
there was not a speaker of national
reputation at the command of the State
committee. and it had to meet local
calls for campaign Cratory by appeal
ing to the generosity of men who do
not make a practice of political stump
speaking. At a time when there was
widespread belief among political pro-
fessionals in the boundlessness of the
Republican campaign treasury, Chair
man Elkin was confronted by the ne
cessity of getting practical work done
throughout an immense territory with
out having at his command the
customary means with which to do it,,
and the fact that under these circum-
stances plurality was rolled for Nc
Kinley and the national ticket in excess
or the ooO,UuU mark SPEAKS volumes 10
well-infOrmed persons concerning his
efficiency as an organizer and strate-
gist.
1t was predicted last spring by those
who urged his selection as State chair
man upon the State convention at Har-
risburg that Mr.. Ilkin would prove to
be the right man for that delicate and
responsible position. AS one Of his sup
porters then The Tribune takes pleasure
in pointing to the magnificent
record which he has already
established for himself and for
the party; and welcomes this public oc-
casion to offer to him its heartiest con-
gratulations.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13
GRACIOUS COURTESIES.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The crowning touch of grace to an en-
tremely bitter canvass-a canvass, how.
ever, happily devoid of offensive person
alities-has been given by the electric
current which conveyed to Mr.. Mckinley
the hearty ungrudging congratulations
of his opponent, and which elected In turn
from the president-elect, with equally
gratifying promptness, his expression OF
thanks and good wishes for Mr. Bryan's
health and happiness. In these brief mes
sages. breathing Il spirit of good will es.
pecially befitting the verge of the Thanks
| giving time, the world is given fine H.
lustration of the best spirit of American
manhood as revealed upon the highest
plane of American politics.
There Is another significance In the cor
respondence in question which the cam.
paign slang-whangers would do well to
profit by, since Mr.. Bryan's well chosen
words are a complete answer to insensatG
talk about corruption and coercion which
befouled the conduct of the canvass. The
defeated candidate, with a maniness and
frankness which do him honor, squarely
recognizes in the result an expression OF
the will of the people. In bowing to that
supreme decree Mr.. Bryan has exalted
| not humbled, himself in public estimation
and he has set an example of respect for
law and order which should not be lost
sight of by the hot-headed among his fol-
lowers.
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Where Credit Is Due,

We quite agree with Colonel Butler,
Of the Buffalo News, that "the Amer
ican people owe no man today great
or debt of gratitude than that due to
the able, modest man who owns and
edits the great paper of the west
the Chicago Times-Herald. The debt
Of gratitude for service well rendered
at a critical time is made more bind
ing by the declaration of MIR Kohl
saat. made since the election, that he
would accept no place in the cabinet
of his friend, Major Mckinley"
The part which Mr.. KOhlsaat in di-
rect personal effort and through his
newspaper. played in the campaign
just ended was second to none in dis
erection. perseverance and effectiveness
Not even Chairman Hanna in full di-
lection Of all the resources which at
tach to the office of national chair
man, achieved more for victory in the
pivotal middle west than did this en-
ergetic and determined Chicago ed
itor who has in only little more than
year won his way to the very fore
front Of American journalism.
This IL said the more readily be.
cause the remarkable success which
Mr. kohlsaat has achieved in politics
and journalism in that brief interval
has been won fairly, hOnorably and by
clean, square, American methods. /,
has not been achieved along path.
way of deception, broken promises and
humbug; it has been earned by hard
capable and conscientious work spiced
at the top with the fine intuition which
for lack of better word we call genius
We have no motive in saying this
except to be fair. The only advantage
to us in Mr.. Kohlsaat's success is that
it proves that it is wholly possible fol
man to be a successful Journalist
and also IL gentleman.
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every man to engage in the liquor
trade who could pay for a license and
supply a bondsman; but it would COM
pei the forfeiture of his grant in the
event of conviction for disohedience of
the statutory regulations. The issuing
Of licenses and the enforcement Of the
law would be put in the hands of a
state commission serving by appoint
ment, and it would therefore be more
difficult then than 1t is now for spe-
cial interests to claim immunity or
engage exemption from official inter-
ference by means of political services
rendered or promised in local cam
paigns.
The Raines law has been on trial for
over a year in the ncighboring state
and it has given excellent satisfaction.
1t does away with favortism in the
granting of licenses and It decreases
the liability to political manipulation
Of the mechanism for the laws en-
forcement. No one will claim that it
is a perfect statute or that it is no
longer possible for "pulr' to mislead
justice: but it is claimed with SEEM
ing fairness by it's sponsors that this
law has gone further to secure effec-
tive and impartial restriction of the
liquor traffic than any other license
law which has been devised up to the
present time. What is good for New
York ought to be equally good for
Pennsylvania, with minor modifica-
tions made necessary by slightly differ
ent conditions. The suggested change
could hardly make worse system
than the present one and in our judg-
ment it would be likely to make u
much better one.
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SEASONABLE RHYMES.
HIS REVENGE.

HIS REVENGE
va, s,,,,p, pu, Ss,ussuns ar''s'' ana
a., 80, '"''
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r, me ", . ~. "o,'" 10, oe.
"e"' 81 nui,,pie ms ahec''oh' he I'M
tender souvenir ava
But the maiden cold and naughty cen this
tritling boon refused.
And the artist mourned in silence his de-
votion SO abused.
But at last revenge woke in him. Never
more teh girl should boast her
Conquest DER the soul artistc! So he put
her in a poster
Green and ycllowish he made her. fiat
foot, goggle-eyed and spenamous:
And she tainted when she saw it, But
II Il II
"A DEAD FAILURE.
He has m ind that is sublime,
His learning is immense;
Yet men are prone to sneer and say
He hasn't any sense.
His form Is like Apollo's. and
He has a handsome face.
And every single movement that
sr T,n ,'e, are Won, w. ~. ~ ,. phsS nm W.
,-i ne 'ausS w ''ot hnoM ..
'n,ess; 1erci,ahcI' 1t may I've '"a'
Inc iau'eS hhc mn, 81;
VI u u
HE is On AGAIN.
Now doth the meek and lowly college
,z,,.,.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13

One of these days. when Don Gamer
on is politically dead and buried, a
whole lot of persons now shying brick
bats at his picture will perhaps ask
themselves why they acted as they did.
Don has made mistakes. but they have
been gentlemans mistakes. There
have been many worse men than he
in the United States senate: many who
have saved their bacon by hypocrisy
when he preferred to act the man.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13

Senator Quay announces that he will
be in Harrisburg at the opening of
the legislative session. He will prob
ably be in evidence there all through
the session. The senator does well to
put himself in direct communication
with his friends and admirers, and not
depend too much on Intermediates.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13
SCRANTON, NOVEMBER 10. 1896.

Talk of purchasing Cuba is nonsense
Spain has showed her unfitness 10 RUE
that island, and according to the moral
law, an unfit sovereignty deserves nc
comDenSation,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13
The Useless Electoral College.

1t Is significant of growing restless
ness with present forms that so conser-
vative a journal as the Philadelphia
Ledger pleads for a sixteenth amend
ment to the constitution doing away
with the election Of presidents
by means of an electoral college. 1t
makes an earnest argument in favor OF
the direct election of presidents by
popular vote, and calls attention to the
fact that so long as the present sys-
tenn prevails it is both possible and
customary for minority in the popu-
lar vote to form a majority in the elec
toral division and thus invalidate the
fundamental principle upon which our
government was founded.
This year. fortunately. is an eXcep-
tion; and yet, as We pointed out tho
other day, although Mckinley had more
than 100000 popular majority, total
change of less than 10000 votes could
have been so distributed among the
nine closest Mckinley states as to have
elected Bryan by an electoral vote OF
23l to ZIG for the choice of a large ma
jority of the individual citizens of the
republic. There rarely has been case
when public sentiment as expressed
through the ballot box was 50 over
Whclmingy on one side as 1t was on
McKinley's side last week, and yet, as
it proved. a change in opinion of less
than one-five- of the total
number of voters could have altered the
result and swayed the government
from pathway of safety and honor
TO one of uncertainty, reputation and
very probably chaos. This Is the fact
which stands out in the operation OF
the electoral college from the moment
of it's adoption to the present time
namely, that it has hndered rather
than helped a free and candid popular
choice and that it has not done any
thing in the way of counterbalancng
service.
Whether It will be possible within the
lifetime of this generation to effect
such an amendment Of the constitution
is another question, concerning which
we do not care to hazard a prediction.
But if such an amendment is carried
through, it ought also to provide for a
single presidential term of six years.
with eligibility to reelection only af-
ter an interval of at least six years,
Then the adjustment of this presiden-
tial puzzle would be about right.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13

The latest surgical achievement is
recorded at Grand Rapids, Mich, and
consists of transplanting to a mans
the rate at which surgery is at pres
ent going it will not be long until
mankind will literally be only a thing
of shreds and patches carved indiffer-
emily from all the quadrupeds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13
ADVICE TO THE COLONEL.

From the Washington Post.
Mr. Breckenridge has again been de-
feated. Mr.. breckenridge would confer
great favor on the country by consid-
ering himself a closed incident.
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and there no doub, will be If the merits
of each are properly heralded.

One of the warmest admirers and sup
porters of Major Mckinley in the recent
campaign was +. J. Waidron, the Cana
dian horse dealer, who passes much OF his
time in Scranton. He won altogether
over $1,000 on McKinley's election and says
If the election had been postponed month
he could have won money enough to war
rant him in retiring from business.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13

1t is stated that Major Mckinley has
chosen his cousin. William Mckinley
Osborn, of Boston. to act as his private
secretary after his Inauguration as
president. Mr.. Osborn is a man of ripe
judgment and discretion. He will lift
the position up to plane of unusual
usefulness.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13

but not for trusts; call for careful re-
striction of immigration; oppose the
sale of public lands to aliens and the
ownership of public lands by aliens; and
declare for thoroughly American pol
icy in foreign affairs.
This platform is obviously an inn
provement upon the one on which
Bryan ran, for it makes no attack on
the supreme court, and does not ques-
ton the sovereignty of the federal gov
eminent. If it would moderate it's sill
YER tone and call for more effective
federal regulation, instead of outright
federal ownership of railroads and tele-
graphs, it would not 40 far astray.
Mr.. Bryan could never run on such Il
platform, for he Is free trader.
Neither could the South support it, for
it, also, is committed against protec-
tion. Within the next four years the
monetary question may be so far ad-
vanced toward settlement by interna-
tional agreement as to take from the
foregoing declaration the chief pillar
on which it rests, and for the other re-
forms which it proposes the public
knows enough to look, not to Zealots
and enthusiasts. but to the conservative
and experienced craftsmanship of the
Republican party.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13

Estimating five people to each voter,
it gives Chicago a population Of 1,72S,-
S75. The West will evidently have to be
rcckoned with
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13

IT may he that our judgment of Hon.
Bourke Cochran is at fault, and that he
really is a star of the first magnitude
to whom President -elect Mckinley
should hasten to proffer the pick of all
the positions soon to be within his
gift. 1t may be that his earlier asso-
Citations and achievements when a
mere tool of Tammany at the rottenest
period of its malodorous history We're
but the necessary background for q
new career of singular purity, sweet
ness and light. We trust that we are.
We sincerely hope that the Hon. Bourke
has become, within the year, a great
and good man. But isn't 1t a little early
yet TO take him into the inner sanctu-
airy and bestow upon his person the
oil and ointment of high preference?
Aren't the fellows who are clacking in
his interest rushing the season just u
trifler
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Mr.. he-Man-From-W m-WilliamstOwn
still waiting for his 2-cents' worth.

-. HI
The difference between Scranton AMI
Wilkes-Barre as far as hustle and get-up-
and-go-ahead is concerned. is aptly Illus
trated in the trial of the four young men.
Brown, Judge. Mangan and Miller. on the
charge of burglary down there. The case
is going on three days and the end is not
yet. One of similar gravity would be iried
and through with by District Attorney
John II. Jones in one afternoon, and the
commonwealth and defendants would get
ample justice at that.
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Some members Of the Symphony or
chestra are not pleased that after that
organization had announced its December
concert another musical entertainment
under local auspices should be arranged
for just two days earlier. This probably
however. arose from an Oversight. At
all events, there ought to be ample sup
port In this community for both occasions,
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dlst a Word or Two
Of CdSldI Mention

Here, chief. post this letter, please"
said Mayor Bailey to Chief Robling.
1t was addressed: "Mr. so and so, No.
so and so. kressler court city"
Yesterday morning the man to whom 1t
was sent called on the mayor as requested
In the letter and when he was leaving he
took the envelope from his pocket. 1t was
covered over with: NO such street in
the city," Held for better directions"
etc. etc. And there were enough stamps
on it to carry it to the South Pole.
Mayor Bailey looked at the letter and
then began to think. las sure as me
name is Jim,'' said he, "the chief took
this letter to Wilkes-Barre with him and
mailed it there" He at once sent for the
chief and charged him with it. There was
Il Wilkes-Barre postmark on it and the
chief had been down testifying in
the MillerM rMangan-Judge burglary
case.
The chief denied that he posted the let
ter and left the blame on Steve Dyer who
saddled 1t on Iona Day. The only thing
thai saved 1t from the dead letter office
was the crest of Chief Robling on the en-
velope.
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IF the New York papers are to be be-
lieved. Paderewski's star has already
paled before the effulgent glow of the new
lumnary Rosenthal The latter, after
much heralding, has come, seen and con-
quered On all sides it seems to be agreed
that he is by every odd the great pianist
Of the century: and soon we shall no
doubt have surfeit of gush over his
hair, his mannerisms and his miscellane-
Gus characteristics. 1t is sad that there
is no law to imprson the faddlsts who
make such intolerable asses of themselves
over each new virtuoso; but in default CT
capital or orner statutory punishment Ier
us try to suppress this particular kind of
arrant nonsense by appealing to rational
sentiment. Rosenthal, by the bye is en-
pected to appear this winter in Scranton.
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Three years ago Professor Coles. of
Kingston, asserted the possibility of col
lecting sunbeams by artificial means ana
bottling them away as one would bottle
wine, to be used when wanted. His plan
was to erect great reservoirs on the hill
tops and to distribute the condensed illu-
mination through pipes to street lamps
and individual consumers very much as
gas is now distributed. 1t was even said
that he had perfected an appliance in a
small way which had put this theory to a
successful test although we cannot vouch
for this. The subject is mentioned at this
time simply because q New York paper
the other day credited Edison with work.
ing along the same line, circumstance
recalling the adage that great minds run
in similar channels.
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The local staff of The Tribune keeps a
scrap book In this book are many things
of newspaperdom, wise things, unwise
things and things otherwise. Among
them. however, none is regarded as a
greater oddity than the appended, which
came in a postal card to the Sporting Ed
tor, last September:
W'mstown, Pa, GIG, 1896.
Tribune Office
Gentlemen:--Kindly publish Casey at
the Bat for me in your paper and send me
copy and | will send you stamps FOR
same Yours Resp'y.
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SHATTERED IDEALS.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Aiacchus
The Tribune AstrOlOger.

Daily Horoscope Drawn by Aiacchus
The Tribune AstrOIOger.
Astrolabe cast: 1.13 a. m, for Friday
Nov. l3, 1896.
& g 81
A child born on this day will do well to
wear padded clothes, and stay in nights,
and avoid games of chance. 1t is very
unlucky to be born on the thirteenth of
the month when it falls on Friday.
Everything Is being adjusted to the ini-
tial days cf n season of prosperity save
the throat of the calamity howler.
Even men "out of politics" have oppor-
tunities to gain benefits from election re-
suits this year.
BY the way, is 1t not about time for the
Bancroft to pass the Dardanelles?
Ajacchus' Advice.
Do not light the kitchen fire with kero-
sene on this rnlucky day.
Avoid quarrels with persons larger than
thyself
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Prince Bismarck's trouble is one
quite common among persons in the
past tense-the trouble of overestimat-
ing their importance.