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The advocate., 1896-01-15
Sc. Louis Grnln.

81. LOUIS, Jan. l3.-Receipts, wheat, 5000
bu. last year, 1888 bu.; corn, 7l0OO bu.; last
year, $4,000 bu.; oats, 81 900 bu. last year, S,-
600 bu. shipments, wheat, 10000 bu corn
10, 400 bu. oats, 1880 bu Closing prices: Wheat
Cash, 65c; February, Ahc; May, 5S2c bid;
July, 57Nc. Corn-Cash, 2lAc February,
24hc May, 25Ho; January, 265G 26%c. Oats
Cash, TO; February, l7c; May, lsN0lshc.
The advocate., 1896-01-15

Q personal interest In your stock. Re-
member that while they have q spe-
cialty Of better grades, they handle all
classes Of horses and mules With sue
cess,
The advocate., 1896-01-15
MARKET REPORTS.


KANSAS CITY, Jan. i2-CAttle-ROceipt9
since Saturday, 6,SlO: calves, %; shipped
Saturday, 1858 cattle; 81 calves The mar.
ket was weak to goo lower The following are
representative sales:
The advocate., 1896-01-15

Hogs Receipts since Saturday, 6I4o; snip"
ped Saturday, SN. The market was steady to
So lower The following are representative
The advocate., 1896-01-15

WANTED-People to get up clubs fOr
the ADVOCATE. Write the Office for
terms.
The advocate., 1896-01-15
Sc. LOuIs Live stock.

ST. LOUIS, Jan l2--Cattle- Receipts, 1000;
market lOc lower: native steers, b3.2504.6O;
Texas steers, g. 50GD340
Hogs-Receipts, 1000; market steady and 30
lower; heavy, e2SOG27O; mixed, eS.SOGaS6;
light, g. 4003.05.
Sheep-Recelpts, 1000 market steady.
Chicago Grain and PrOVlSlOnA.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05
AN INTERESTING GUESS.
Wellman. in Times-Herald.

Wellfnan, IN llHles-lttIdIu.
L. Senator Quay willing to fall Out side
the breastWOrks in the presidential Goa
test: There are people who think he Is.
and the reason which they give for their
belief is at least Interesting. During his
campaign last year, when -hr. quay was
very hard pressed by the combine which
had been formed to destroy him. he sent
out about 2C0.0y0 letters to Republicans III
the state of Pennsylvania. These letters
were addressed to party workers of all
and foremen IN shops and factories. In
them Senator Quay asked for help. and
pledged himself in return, in case the op-
portunity should ever offer. to do any
Thing in his powe" for his correspondents.
| am told on good authority that Senator
Quay's postage bill in that campaign was
$1,000. That these letters were a large lac
tor in his success anyone can believe
who knows human nature. But they are
just so many obligations out which Mr..
Quay will be called upon to redeem in case
has prcsident-makiny plans go we'll III
Senator Quay should be in close sympa-
tiny with the administration. perhaps l0G00
CT these letters would come back to him.
Not one in 100 of the recipients of those
missives could be do anything for, and
the pressure would he 80 great that the
senator would tnd il necessary to take re-
president be none of his making. he viii
be able to say 10 all Of his creditors.
shake not your letters at me. This Is
no, my administration. AS matters are
now going. Mr. Quay Is in q fair way 10
have Il hrst-Class excuse with which TO
meet the demands of the people who hal,,
his political paper.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05
CULLOM'S MANLY WORDS,
From Chicago Interview.

From Chicago Interview.
Il am a Republican. and as such l shall,
take the field in this campaign. just as
though l had received the unanimous in
dorsement of my own state. OF course"
continued the senator. Il would have been
very glad and proud 10 have received the
Endorsement OF my own state. That goes
without saying. But l recognize that
there is something in politics beyond and
higher than personal ambitions. Anihi-
tons, You know. are but the dead leaves
that litter the path % the great majority
of those whose way lies through the field
of politics. But there Is something higher
and better than mere ambitions: there is
principle and the general welfare OF party
aud country, which must ever be para
mount with the politician who Is a patriot.
We nave big campaign coming Gpon ns.
I, viii lie fraught witt matters of great
moment To the people Of rhls country. ana
II bchoores all sool Republicans 20 he
ready to 20 into IL heart and soul for
the sake nor only OF the party but the
country,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05
DEpEW GIVES Up.
Holland" in PHILADELPHIA Press.


Mr.. Depew should be excepted from this
list Of prominent Republican politicians
who do not admit that the battle Is al
most ended. He does not propose to
abandon Governor Morton. He hopes to
be able to go into the convention and
present Morton's name. and he believes
that 1t will be small triumph for the
governor If New York stands steadfast for
him. and gives him the vote of a nlajori-
ty Of its delega ton for at least one ballot
At the same time, Mr.. Depew does not say,
as the Others do. that Vermont on Wednos-
day, echoed as 1t was by Illinois on Thurs
day, has not fairly well indicated what
the conduct of the convention may be.
or course, he does not admit that Nc.
Kinley Is now practically nominated. nor
does he pretend to say that with six weeks
intervening between the present time and
the date of the convention there may not
occur those accidents, blunders or misfor-
tunes which sometimes In the twinkling
OF an eye cause the favorite to be reject
ed. But he does feel that all the indica-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05
The prOper Course.

II will crafty friends of the Scranton
public schools to learn that recent re-
ports of the possibility of another ami
mated contest over the city supelin-
tendency have been without founda-
ton We did not place much credence
in these reports; because from the first
we found it difficult to believe that any
considerable number of the board OF
control could wish, $" soon after the
first election of Professor Howell, 10
question the expedicncy of his hearty
election. Now. however. that they
have been au.horitatively set AT rest,
all concerned may breathe more freely.
Apart from the fact that the raising
of u contest at this time would have
been an injustice to the new superin-
tsndent. who. Notwithstanding that he
has thus far given exceptional salts
faction, has not yet had opportunity to
mature his policy of contemplated eX-
tensiuns and improvements, II i" I'M
uuestionably well that the schools, as
far as possible, should be protected
JIclil liic iii-N ItS'it d4Sii ih't''A'7 t'i'N'
uncertainties Of a political fight for the
superintendent position. Ii there is
one branch OF the public service which.
next to the judiciary, should by COM
mon consent be safeguarded from par
tisan strife it is the department of pub
lie instruction. The recognition of this
fact already obtains in most cities, and
it cannot too soon take practical hold
Of the minds of Scrantonians.
Professor Lange, in his determination
TO resist the temptation to reopen the
former competition. has undoubtedly
added to the esteem in which he is
held by discerning citizens. Though he
We're assured Of a majority support, to
displace the present superintendent at
this time, before he has had u fair
chance'to demonstrate his whole equip
ment for the position. would be an un-
gracious victory AS it is, the re-elec-
tion of the present incumbent by a
unanimous vote will challenge him to
the demonstration of his fullest capa-
bilities and preserve the schools from
an era of inevitable friction and ILL
feeling.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05
Muck.ThrOwing Begins Early,

Democratic newspapers throughout
the country are reprinting with appar-
ent gusto an article on McKinley's rec
ord as a private business man which
appeared originally in the New York
Journal The aim of the article is 10
impress the public with the belief tha [
when the Ohio statesman was suddenly
Impoverished by the failure Of his part
her, Robert l.. Walker, in February,
1893. 81 syndicate of designing tnanciers
paid his debts with the expectation tina t
should he become president. they would
be- invested with, kind Of unwritten
mortgage on the business influences
ana possibilities of the white house
The article intimates that syndicate
of Wall street financiers has played the
white house under Cleveland for total
profit exceeding $50, ,OOOO 900; and the in
ference sought to be implanted in the
minds Of readers of the journal article
is that by paying off $l1S,O0O worth of
Mckinley's paper three years ago. five
or six wealthy men then hoped and now
expect to realize equal If not greater
returns.
This narrative is not new. 1t was in
troduced into the early stages of the
fight for national delegates: and Re-
publicans, from Vermont to California,
answered It by electing Mckinley dele
gates. But now that McKinley's nomi-
nation seems assured. 1t Is used again,
IN the doubtless remote hope of injur-
ing him before the people. For our
part, we do not consider that the libel
is Of sufficient plausibility to require
explicit denial. Judging from past In
stances Of similar Misrepresentation,
its political effect, in the probable
event Of McKinley's nomination, would
be helpful rather than hurtful to Re-
publican prospects. But as matter of
personal justice to the man whose in
tegrity Is thus assailed, we deem II
proper to quote the comment which
that staunch Democrat. ST. Clair Nc
Kelway. editor OF the Brooklyn Eagle
and personally known to many Scran-
t0nians, makes In reference to the fore
going attack. Says he: H
William Mckinley was In public life
continuously for over twenty years. In
that time he attended strictly to his Of
Aeial duties and lived within his salary
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05

should so to an Ohioan. IL Is hardly
probable that an adjoining state could
hope to secure the secondary honor.
And in any event. when General Hast
ings enters the United States senate
chamber 1t is more likely to be as an
active member with state credentials
than as presiding officer.
The business of Edward II. Buffers
Buffalo News has prospered SO well in
his hands that it is to have a fine new
home. equal to any newspaper office
in the United States. Scranton train
ing always counts.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05
GREAT BRITAIN, BEST FRIEND.

From the Manufa cturer.
The figures which indicate some of the
very different results obtained by the ad-
mnistratiOn of the government by Benja-
min Harrison and Grover Cleveland are
both interesting and instructive. Thus:
Reduction of the public debt
under Harrison .......,..........$ $3lO, ,OOO, ,00O
Increase of the public debt un-
der Cleveland NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 262, ,O0O
If to this increase Of the principal of
the debt the interest shall be added, the
total sum will amount to $5Ol, 100000 And
again:
Surplus receipts over eXpendi-
", 90 i:,,oi,;,i ",U UV
Now let us push the comparison lit
tie farther, taking into consideration the
Influence Of our legislation upon Great
Britain.
Deficit in the British budget $780,.
Tor lS32 ........................S 2oVLVUO
Surplus revenue of the United
states, lS32 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S,9l4,UO
This represents the situation at a time
when the American government was OPP
Grated solely for the advantage Of Ameri-
cans. The change that has taken place
since the contrary policy was put into
operation may be thus indicated:
Surplus in the British budget.
1850 ......... ...........'........,.. - I,VWoU
Deficit in the revenues Of the
United States, 1873 ............... 25,0OO, ,OO
Mr.. Cleveland IL, by all odds the best
president of the United States that Eng
lishmen ever had. II the Bradford manu-
facturers and the London bankers could
control our politics absolutely he would
have q third term without possibility of
failure.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05
Exploiting Electricity. .

This evening. at o'clock, in the In
dustrial Arts building at the corner of
Lexington avenue and Forty-second
street, New York, Governor Morton will
press button, and simultaneously, by
means of electrical power transmitted
by wire from Niagara Falls, 462 miles
distant, and in turn carried by tele-
graphic communication to San Francis
co, New Orleans. Augusta. Me. and St.
Paul, four cannon will thunder forth
the signal which will commemorate
the formal opening of the National ex-
position of Electrical appliances Soon
afterward, a message will be sent by
cable from the international waters
of Niagara to Queen Victoria informing
her of the interesting event.
This exposition, which marks the
nineteenth annual convention of the
Electric Light association of the Unit
ed states. will be notable for the addi-
tional fact that its organizers and pro-
motors represent an aggregate invest
ment Of $3.50, 100000. and include some
Of the greatest inventors and electric
ians in the world. among them being
Edison, Tesla. Elihu THOMPSON and
Professor Bell. Less than IL score of
years ago the electrical industry was
In its infancy and no man would have
dared to dream of any one Of the mar
Nels that have since signalized its phe-
nomenal development If nineteen
years ago it had been hinted that the
waterfalls of Niagara would ere 1897 be
utilized to propel machinery on Man
haitian Island by power transmitted
along wires; or that within the CEN
tury men could converse with each 9TH
er understandingly and with ease, al
though separated by the greater part
of continent; or that u great singers
tones could be punctuated on a sheet
of foil, laid away in drawer for an in
definite period and afterward repro
duced, electrically, just as originally
sung. the prediction would have been
secuted as inexpressibly preposterous
Yet within the easy memory of young
| men these things have all been
achieved. and they are but tithe of
thousands Of mechanical and inventive
marvels which bestrew the field of ap-
piled electricity That we who are to-
day measurably young will live to wit
ness parallel wonders in the nineteen
years next succeeding cannot be
doubted by any man who appreciates
the teachings of the past.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05
A Great Peper's Success.

The Philadelphia Press announces
that its circulation has recently at
tanned proportions which have caused
il ~ secure another mammoth press,
this one canable of printing $4,000
twelNc-paSe papers an hour. This
giVss its press ruusn an aggregate ca
pacity of 10000 twelve page OF 10S.0o0
sixteen-page papers an hour, there be-
ing three presses smaller than the new
one. The Press ON Sundays prints and
sells more than 10000 copies; and on
week days, although its price is two
cents while that OF it's principal conf
petitors is only a penny, it prints and
sells over 100000 copies, and the de-
mand is steadily growing.
The secret of this success is not diff
ficult to understand. II is comprised
in the two words merit and ENTER
prise" The Press is one of the three
or four co-equal greatest newspapers
of the country--greatest in quantity Of
printed matter. greatest in judicious-
ness of editorial conduct and greatest
In discerning liberality of business man
ugement. 1t is to interior Pennsylvania
II daily law and gospel: and To New
Jersey and Delaware 1t ministers as a
welcome necessity. 1t prints all the
news all the time, and is, moreover,
on high ground on all public questions.
The success of the Press Is gratifying
s,,.t lN-tyN
is not without possibilities of profit
ableness from a business as we'll as
from q moral standpoint.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05

The second article in the current
Forum is an earnest appeal for the re-
tirement of the greenback, and Is writ
ten by William Salomon, member of
the firm of Speyer & Co., bankers. Is it
not singular that the viciousness of the
was not discovered until a Democratic
administration undertook to make it
palpable to the people?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05
INTERESTING WASHINGTON NEWS.

W. f. Curtis. in Chicago Record.
Mrs. Clevland is going to Gray Gables
earlier than usual this year for reasons
that would interest lady readers OF the
Record IL 1t were proper for me 10 tell
them. The family are row living at Wool.
ley. the presidents country place, and
she Is taking a great deal of outdoor exer-
else. The Interesting event Is expected
In July, when Marion the youngest daGSh-
ter. will be years old. There Is an in
terval of two years between the birthdays
Of all the children
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05
AN ANSN Err.
From the Pot,sville Miners Journa

From the Pot,sville Miners Journal.
We are willing to reward the man vino
can satisfactorily explain the Hon. Will
lam T.. Harrity's continued hold upon the
Pennsylvania Democracy.--Scra Trib-
une.
Nothing Is easier. The Pennsylvania
Democracy, in Its dire extremity, will toll
crate the hold of anyone who has tena-
cious teeth and cares to cling to an inan-
mate thing. Never mind the reward
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05

In Washington the Mckinley men
have begun to construct Mckinley :
cabinet BY these premature prophets
the secretaryship Of state is awarded
to Chauncey NJ. Depew If he will take
it. and failing that, to Charles Emory
Smith. Either would make an excel
lent selection. but the latter would be
decidedly the better.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05
WHY NOT CHARLES EMORY SMITH. .

Holland" In Philadelphia Press.
The impression is that the candidate FOR
Vice-prcsident is likely to be chosen from
some other state than New York. Some
OF Mr.. McKinley's friends look with great
favor upon Pennsylvania, the distinctive
thus looked not with a searching eye, bat
with one fixed upon Il distinguished citi.
zen of that state. II Pennsylvania could
agree upon "a man of ma ationai repute II Is
not at all unlikely that Mckinley's friends
would be disposed to accept him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05

Figures from the various base ball
parks in the country reveal this year
an average attendance larger than ever
before. 1t is a good sign. The Ameri-
can people will be the better for these
occasional! breathing spells.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05

His law practice between whiles was
incidental. slightly profitable and care
fully attended to. Like a few other
public men he had no time and little
taste to give to money-making or to
money keeping. He turned over his
avails to business man. and the lat
ter was supposed to have invested them
carefully and successfully. Mr.. Nc
Kinley sent all his money to him and
drew drafts upon him for whatever ex-
penses that were presented. For years
and years this habit continued. the ma
jor paying no more attention to his
friends business matters than the
friend paid to the majors public duties.
Mr.. Mckinley had reason to believe, in
q general way, that his own means and
those of his wife together amounted to
about $4,000.
"Without either notice or warning.
and al once. this business friend failed.
II then turned out that the distinction
which should have been preserved ny
this friend between his own business
INV anu lllt tiNullS VI NNiti flt
had been put in trust had not been
made. and that all had gone up to-
gether. That is the way in which.
when governor OF Ohio. Mr.. Mckinley
found his own property gone and that
of his wife. He owed no debts, for he
lived within his means. but he owned
nothing but his salary or wages from
day to day. In these circumstances
four or five of his personal friends.
some Of them Democrats, others Re-
publicans and others independent, of
whom none had any relations with any
interests that We're or could be or had
been affected by law. resolved that he
should be placed exactly where he was
before. They opened a subscription IL
II Mckinley fund with contributions "f
their own ana received subscriptions Ia
it from various quarters. When exact
ly the amount which the governor and
his wife lost had been received the sub
scriptions We're closed and such as came
in after that time We're returned.
Neither Mr.. nor Mrs. Mckinley knew
or know from whom these subscriptions
came. or in what amounts they came.
The avais which they had lost were
brought back again, and they were
given in fee simple to the governors
wife. This is the history in brief. but
in all, of this event. 1t is a history
which reflects credit on human nature.
We do not believe that there is any
thing in the facts which Is discredtable
to the McKinleys. but we do believe
there is that characte' in them which
can make lying about them very dis
creditablc, either to Democrats or to
Republicans"
The national campaign OF 1888 and
also that OF 1892 We're conducted on
clean and lmpersOnal lines. 1t was
generally recognized by the people, and
the fact was duly reflected by the po-
litical speakers and writer's, that those
contests were contests of principle. I'm
which personal abuse had no proper
place. The appearance thus early in
1896 of Il disposition ON the part of GER
tain politicians and journalists to reCur
to the offensive methods of personal at
tack which chara actcri:cd the muck
throwing battle OF 1854 should lead the
decent members of both parties to cx-
ert at once their entire influence to have
the tactics of iilthiness promptly sup
pressed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05

In commemoration of its thirty
eighth birthday the Reading Times has
purchased a Hoe press and secured Il
new suit of specially designed type,
thus adding materially to the neatness
of its appearances The Times Is the
Oldest and best paper in Reading. and
in Colonel II. G. Zimmerman 1t has an
editor who ranks with the foremost in
the state,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05

a constitutional amendment limiting
political campaigns to once in ten years
would have the cordial support of many
business men. Is 1t not true that we
have too much politics In this country"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05

tions now point to MeKin!ey's nomination.
and that IL probably cannot be prevented
excepting through the sudden creation
Of some emergency. or an unexpected rev.
elation OF dangerous weakness. or some
other unlocked for thing which can pre-
won't n
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05

Mark Hanna. they say, has gobbieu
up all the good hotel accommodations
ut st. Louis. Fortunately, as it looks
now. the other fellows won't need 'em.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05

That Is fortunate epigram to which
Charles Emory Smith gives expression
when, in speaking Of Reed and Allison,
he says: 'They are in an honorable
rivalry and not in IL vendetta" And
the worst Of it is that they don't seem
to be in the rivalry to any alarming
extent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05

Because we called Brother Singerly
Of Philadelphia banker. the Sunday
News says we have maligned him.
This Is the first intimation we have seen
that banking is disgraceful business.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05
The Tribune Is the only Republican
daily in Luskawauna County.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

Congrcssneu-at-Large.
GALusiiA \. GROW. OF Snsquchnnua.
SAMUEL A. DAVENPORT. of Eric.
Election Day. Nov. ;.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05

We observe that there Is some talk
of Governor Hastings in connection
with. the vice. presidential nomination.
II the first place on the st. Louis ticket,