The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-14
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Seldom has the city of Scranton enjoyed
the distinction of welcoming so distin-
guished and eminent a visitor as the young
and talented Partisan, NJ. Pierre Claudio
Jannet who spent the early part of last
week in our city. NJ. Jannet is the dele
gate, to the United States of the Musce
Socale of Paris, France, and is the son
of the late Claudio Jannet, the famous
French economist whose very excellent
work on our country is so highly esteemed
by all Americans. VI. Jannet. the elder.
was for many years a teacher of and writ
er on moral philosophy and his books are
| recognized authorities on the subject in
many seats of learning. NJ. Pierre Claudio
Jannet is at present a professor in the
Catholic University of Paris, is member
of the legal fraternity and a student, rs
well as a teacher. of social problems. He
visits the United States by direction of the
Musee Social, for the purpose Of collect
ing information and statistics bearing
on the evolution of the industrial move.
ment here.
NJ. Jannet has been in this country sew
eral weeks and during that time has been
privileged to witness the progress of a
presidential campaign, and to note the
methods by which campaigns are conduct
ed in this republic. Election week was
spent by NJ. Jannct in st. Paul, Mimi,
where he was the guest of Archbishop Ire
land, who was a warm admirer of his IA
ther. BY means of letter of Introduction
from the archbishop to Hon. T. V. Pow
derly, the young Frenchman found 1t easy
to procure the statistical information he
desired. Fact figures and literature bear
ing on the early movement of labor or
ganizatiOns In America were placed at
the disposal of NJ. Jannet and after he
had attended to this duty, on behalf Of
the society he represents, he visited our
public institutions, where he was intro
duced to many of the leading men of the
city. He called at the court room in the
Federal building during the progress of
criminal court. sat during a trial and wit
messed the method of conducting case
| by our talented district attorney, John r.
| Jones. He was introduced to Judge Arch
bald, who accorded him a cordial greeting
| as French advocate studying the Amer
| lean plan of trying criminal cases,
After an Introduction to many members
| of the Lackawanna bar. NJ. Jannet was
| taken to St. Thomas college Later the
mines. breakers and steel works were Wis.
ited and souvenirs of our industrial life
were given him to remember his visit by
O.
| The subjects on which NJ. Jannet gath
cred information were the trade union
movement In its early days. and its legiti.
mate work as contrasted with the wild and
visionary schemes of latter day socialists.
Documents bearing on all phases of our
Industrial. social and political life were
| presented to him and he left the city bear
ing with him favorable impression OF
"a delightful visit to the metropolis of the
| hos etc
1t is his intention to continue the investi-
CATION at Washington, ID. c., where he
visits Colonel Carroll ID. Wright. Of the
department of labor; at Baltimore, where
he Will visit the Johns Hopkins university;
and at Boston Mass, where he Is to NEE,
Professor Edward Atkinson, the distin-
guished teacher of sociology.