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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31

A Harrisburg dispatch asserts that a
red-hot fight will be made in the Republi-
con state convention on April/23 against
the election of Senator j. Donald Cam
eron as delegate-at-large to the national
convention. The anti-Quay forces will
make this the chief point of assault upon
the Quay ticket. 1t Is claimed that David
Martin and &. l.. Magee have agreed to
combine all the Philadelphia and Other
delegates they control in an effort to beat
Cameron. They regard him as the weak
est spot In the Quay ticket Their friends
already claim that there are enough anti
Cameron counties to defeat the senator
4 H II
''It Is now pretty well underst tood," SAYS
the Philadelphia Times. that Sena tor
Quay will continue as chairman OF the
state committee. and the little furry that
was caused by the candidates. of State
Senator William Fl. Andrews, of Crawford
county. and Frank Willing Leach may
fairly be considered at an end"
II Il II
In Major Handy's judgment Governor
Morton has fallen immensely in the pub
lie estimation by subserviency to the
bosses. People were reluctant for long
while. even in the face of the strongest
circumstantial evidence. to believe that
Platt had such a mortgage upon him as
seems to have been foreclosed. But now
they have settled down to the charitab BILE
conclusion that without being actually
a party to the conspiracy OF the bosses.
the governor has fallen a victim to vanity
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31
POLITICAL POINTS.

The Republican primaries in Al
legheny county Saturday resulted
as follows: Mckinley. carried Pitts
burg, Third. Fourth. Fifth legisla-
tive districts by 1l,OCo majority and the
Sixth and Eighth legislative districts by
1,500 each. Quay carried the city of AL
legheny. composed of the First and Sec
ond districts. unoDposed. and the Sev-
enth also by 800 to 500 majority. OF the
twenty-seven state delegates to be elect
ed the Quay people get but seven. two
each in the First ard Second legislative
districts and three in the Seventh. G. L.
Magee and William Finn W. a. Stone
and Robert McAfee are the national dele
gates
II n
Here is General Grosvenor's latest Ne
k.nley cain. to which two delegates must
be added from Pennsylvania-Magee and
Finn, OF Pittsburg:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31
Last Nights Riot.

The mob at Providence last night,
which assailed Ruthven. was less con-
siderate of women than was the Dun
more mob. The latter permitted the
women to depart In peace, probably In
difference to Peter Holidays double
barreled shot gun. But the Providence
hoodlums surrounded Il street car In
stoned it until each one of them had to
lie down flat on the car floor. Their
escape from serious injury was marvel
Gus, but no thanks for this fact are due
to the hoodlums. That the latter did
not kill every defenceless woman in
the car was not their fault. They did
all they could to add murder to their
other crime of riot.
1t may well be asked, in this cOnnec-
tion, where,the police force were. With
every reason to expect trouble, II ap-
pears that only two officers We're within
sight, and these against the hundreds
of rioters We're practically powerless.
II mob rule Is to follow this fellow
Ruthven wherever he goes, then it
would seem to become the duty of the
authorities to discover either whether
he il not a nuisance, deserving of sup
preston, or whether If he have II right
20 speak without molestation in public
places, he should not also have the
light of ample legal protection. The
fact that the police have not tried to
prevent him from speaking places upon
them the responsibility of seeing that
he is accorded ample protection from
assault.
One thing at least is sure. The peace
and good order of the city of Scranton
must be preserved, no matter who gets
hurt in the preserving of it. Upon that
proposition every decent Protestant
and every decent Catholic can unite.
One or two more riots like the one in
DunmOre last week and the one in
Providence last night will be sufficient
to set in motion forces in this commu-
nifty which will insure the protection
Of life and limb In every lawful right.
The people Of Pittsburg seem to think
that as between home boss" and a
boss" from an adjoining county there
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31
To Restrict immigration.

That the will of the people is for a
closer restriction of immigration, to the
end that no alien shall be permitted to
enter the United States who cannot,
when inside it, support himself and
family and add something Of value to
the citizenship which he augments, is
| nowadays conceded. All parties are
agreed on this point. Even foreigners
themselves, after a residence here. per-
ceive that 1t is to their own interest
as well as to the interest of the native
born element, to shut out alien crimi-
mails, paupers and hopeless illiterates
who now bring simply discredit, ex-
pense and trouble upon the community
that shelters them.
The present congress is considering
immigrants. One, the Stone bill. puts
the duty of sitting would-be immigrants
upon the American consuls in foreign
ports. The candidate for certification
before one of these consuls is required
to swear and to prove by evidence, If
necessary, that he has not been con-
Wet or a felon. that he is self-sustaining
and that he is not afflicted with any
contagious disease. The other bill, in
troduced by Senator Lodge. makes the
test of certification simply the ability
of the applicant to read and write the
language of his native land
Some doub. has been cast upon the
ability of our consuls to perform this
work: but 1t would be well enough to
give them a trial. The purpose of for
eign certifica.ion is to save unfit immi-
grants the expense of fruitless trip
across the Atlantic. Strictly speaking,
our duty begins and ends at the home
landing place, and the foreigner who
reaches the outer shore of the United
States could fairly be made to take his
chances of getting through the bars.
1t seems to us. however, that the Stone
and Lodge bills might successfully he
merged into one sweeping measure of
restriction which would make it easier
for Il camel to pass through the eye of
Il needle than for an unfit alien to get
a certificate of admission into the great
republic.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31
nERRlNG'S BLACK EYE.
the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Revenue Collector Grant Herring must
have been away from home, or attending
more to his official duties than to politics,
when the Columbia county Democrats de-
clarei against the unit rule. 1t was a
rather surprising result but 1t shows that
there are some spots In the Democratic
quarters of the state where opposition to
the unit rule Is stronger than the influence
of the otfice-holders. Those who have
been making the defeat of this rule an
issue In the election of delegates to the
Democratic state convention have already
had a much better success than they could
have expected when they began their cam
paign. About the only delegates that can
be locked to in a body TO support the unit
rule are those from this city.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31

II the people do not take the trouble
to elect trustworthy members of the
state Legislature by direct ballot, how
could they be expected. after the novel
ty had worn off, to elect decent United
States senators by direct ballot? The
fault. men and brethren. is not in the
system, but i'm the electors who abuse
that system and make of it. as they
will make Of any other system, Il
mockery
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31
Farewell to Rev. DR.. Pearce.

Before the retiring pastor of Elm Park
church shakes the dust of Scranton
from his feet, we desire to say, in be-
half of the community to which he has
for five notable years so devotedly min
istered, few words of farewell.
The pastorate of Rev. DR.. Pearce will
always be remembered by the people of
Scranton. irrespective of denomination
al lines, with most pleasant and affec-
tionate recollections. To be sure, he SUI
perintended the three constructions of
Elm Park church. the finest temple of
worship in Methodsm, into which he
introduced many of its most felicitous
architectural and structural ideas. and
that will always be monument to his
memory, the like of which few pastors,
i'm any denomination, are privileged to
contemplate. But it isn't so much that
fact which has endeared DR.. Pearce to
us. And come to think of it, we do not
know if it be any one fact or group of
facts which can be singled out from all
the rest and put into cold type. We
only know that his pastorate has been
one of such genuine and honest progress
along the best lines of church work that
somehow the idea of losing him casts
a gloom over the whole circle of his
friends. none the less real for being not
easily translatable into words.
A time may come in Methodism when
the time limit will be oblterated. This
would mean that congregations which
have DR.. Pearces would proceed to mo-
nopoliZe the best men in the Methodist
ministry. Whether such Il state of af-
fairs would be desirable to Methodism
as whole is not for laymen like us to
discuss. We only know that the con-
gregation on Franklin street in Wilkes
Barre is to be most sincerely congratu-
lated,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31

a large number OF cOntesting delegates
have been chosen. but only the national
convention itself can decide which dele
cation will be admitted. The elections Cf
this week will bring the number of dele
gates chosen up to about i5O, or ne-half
the convention
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31
Tho Tribune Is the only Republican
daily In Lsckawanna County.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION

10 the Republican electors of Pennsylva-
nia.
The Republicans of Pennsylvania. by
their duly chosen representatives, Will
meet In state convention Thursday. April
e. 1896. at 10 o'clock a. m, in the opera
house, city of Harrisburg. for the pur-
pose OF nominating two candidates Tor
representative-at-larg in congress and
thirty-two candidates for presidential
electors, the selection of eight delegates
at-large to the Republican national con
vention, and for the transaction OF such
other business as may be presented.
By order Of the state committee.
NJ. >. Quay,
Attest Chairman.
Jere B. Rex,
w. X. Andrews,
Secretaries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31
THE GENERAL OPINION.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The population of Greater New York.
as it will be under the provision of the
act of extension which has passed the
state legislature, Is estimated at 1900, 700.
This will entitle 1t to rank as the second
city In the world in population. 1t has
long been the first earthly metropolis in
eStimat ton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31
THE CANVASS UP TO DATE.


From the Philadelphia Press.
The week begins with the election of 3SS
delegates to the Republican national con-
vention. The following table shows in
what states these delegates have been
chosen. and how they are distributed
among the different candidates. accord
ing to the most trustworthy informa tion
at hand:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31

As u matter Of precaution the man
guesser had better discount the Gros-
venor bureaus Mckinley estimates by
from % to 30 per cent
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31

The point is we'll taken that If the
next legislature is to be reform leg
islature, the people in the various dis
tricts should not fail to elect to 1t real
reformerS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31

lie. and 1t would go upon the page of
tion of the vital principles "f American
government. made, as becomes men
without fear and without equivocation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31

municipal growth. 1t is with pleasure
that each new step in Scranton's for
ward progress is recorded; and the
Hotel ,Jermyn is certainly a long step
in this direction
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajaschus. The
Tribune AstrOlOgcr.
AstrClabe cast: 408 a. m. for Tuesday
March 81, 1896.


Astrolabe cast: 4.0 a. m, for Tuesday,
March 81, 1896.
~ g ~
A child born on this day will notice that
Il large number Of patriots whose claims
for honor have been brought before Mr.
Bailey, have evidently strayed from the
misfit counter.
The political party with a financial
scheme that fails to make the shining but
elusive dollar roll in our direction will do
well to contine its efforts to s'mothef
issue.
The most enthusiastic NEW women
are generally those whose faces are sug-
gestive of weather-beaten shingles.
1t begins to look as though Providence
ought to be annexed to DunmOre.
Ajacchus' Advice.
DO not take sides on the financial issues.
Accumulate coin as rapidly as possible.
1t Is more effective than argument.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31

According tn Walter Wellman. Mr..
Cleveland believes that he is his party's
only hope This Is cminently true, in
the past tense.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31

The murder route to fame would per-
haps be less frequented than it is If
there were fewer sensational news
nnnars
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31

If England. by grabbing the Soudan,
can divert attention from less distant
blunders. it may be worth a small war.
At least this Is probably how Joseph
Chamberlain argues.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31

The people Of Pittsburg seem to think
that as between home boss" and a
boss" from an adjoining county there
isn't enough difference to warrant u
rhanpe
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31
Architects.
Loans.

THE REPUBLIC SAVINGS AND
Loan Association will loan you money
on easier terms and pay you better on
Investment than any other association.
can on 8. N. Calender. Dime Bank
building.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31

ENTERED AT THE PosToPFIos At SCRANTON. PA. AS
sgcoNp.CLAss MAIL MATTER
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31

BAUERs ORCHESTRA--MUSIC FOR
balls, picnics, parties. receptions, wed.
dings and concert work furnished. For
terms address r. J. Bauer. conductor.
III Wyoming avenue, over HulbertS
music store.
MEGARGEE BROTHERS. PRINTERS
supplies, envelopes. paper bags. twine.
Warehouse. 1870 Washington ave-. Scran.
ton, Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31

aunness Newnes Excusness visible garment the
tenes in prices astonishing ALL Every from little
fair maid and dgned maron has been thought Of ask
for our Special Brocaded Silk Cape lined throughout changee
various hues, only S3.98 "
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31
Seeds.

G. r. CLARK CO., SEEDSMEN AND
Nurserymen; store 146 Washington ave.
nue.; green house. 1850 North Main ave.
nue.: store telephone 1S2.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31

"Prlnters' Ink" the recognized journal for adver'
tisers, rates THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE as the best
advertising medium in Northeastern Pennsylva.
MIA. "Prnters' Ink" knows
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-13

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-13

benches will soon be in readiness to be
placed in the park"
How could the city expect us to take
care Of the extension, said DR.. Stone, in
conclusion, when, during a portion of
the year. the commissioners could not
even get in there without paying so cents
each for the privilege. The place was left
in disgraceful condition by the Military
May Week Association, and no steps were
taken by the city to require that body
to put II in order. The parade ground
should never be used for such purposes
again. II It was our duty TO care for
the grounds, why were we not notified to
put it in order after the May week festi-
val? All that we were asked to do was
to cut down the grass and weeds as
hygenic measure, which we did"
Anyway, the question of who shall be
held responsible for the condition of the
parade ground in the future is now set
tied, and what the public wants
Is an immediate Improvement Of the
walks and in the care of the grass. If
the park commission has no money, after
using it's appropriation on the South
Broad street buryng ground and in other
Improvements, the city may be called on
for an appropriation. People who use the
park and park extension walks will hardly
be satisfied to wait until next year before
any Improvement is made on the present
rniSpra ble wallis
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-13
NO VESSELS TO TAKE COTTON.
Ship Brokers Unable to Get Freight
Room Anywhere.

There is a scarcity of freight room at
this port for cotton for direct shipment
to Europe. Shippers are clamoring for
engagements and are willing to pay full
rates, but there is scarcely any room or
fering. There are only three vessels IN
port loading cotton for Europe.
The ship brokers say that it is almost
impossible to secure steamers, as the de-
mand for tonnage for grain is absorbing
all of the nearby ships, and steamers IN
Europe will not contract to take cottoa
while offers for grain freights are so
profitable.
The question has been raised why char
ters for cotton ships were not made early
in the season, so as to avoid the present
dilemma. The ship brokers say they in
tended to make early charters, but they
could not get a guarantee from Shippers
to fill the ships, therefore they waited for
the season to open, expecting that nearby
steamers could be easily secured. They
also claim that the coastwise steamers
are in such sharp competition with direct
freghts that they have no chance to get
living rates. 1t is stated that there is
very little use bringing direct ships early
in the season, as there are seldom in
quiries for room before the coastwise
steamers have engagement for several
weeks ahead A case was cited in which
the steamship Brinkburn, which came
here about ten days ago to load cotton
for Bremen. She was unable to secure
cotton, and was compelled TO load phos-
phato rock and rosin.
At present, however, there is strong
demand for room for cotton, with none
available. The Savannah brokers have
searched both sides of the Atlantic for
ships during the past week without sue
cess. Ship owners will not even give rates
at which their vessels can be chartered,
preferring to take the rates offered in
grain.
The steamship Guy Colin, which arrived
here a week ago with a cargo of pyrHes,
was offered full rates for a cotton char
ter, but the owners took a grain char
tee and yesterday the steamship cleared
for Baltimore
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-13
A SURPRISE TO Mr.. ADAMS.
WOULD NOT GO TO CONGRESS If
HE COULD.

Said He Was the Last Man to Enter
tain Such n suggestion-Decide
by the Georgia Delegation on His
Resolution, That no Part Would
BE Taken in State or COngressiOn-
al POIitics-ThOught the Statement
Due to Scarcity of News-It Was
NOtOriety which He Did Not De-
sire Nor Enjoy.
Mr.. S. B. Adams, when seen yesterday,
expressed his surprise that his name
should have been mentioned in connection
with the congressional race in the First
district.
Mr.. Adams name was first mentioned
in this connection in an Atlanta special
to the Morning News, in which it was
stated that the state sound money con-
vention. which will meet Sept. %, would
ask him to make the race.
why, would be the last man to think
of such thing or entertain such a sug-
gestion," he said. "The statement was
wholly a surprise is me- and something
which had never entered my mind"
Mr.. Adams is a national sound money
democrat, but he does not believe in
bringing the issue directly into local and
state politics at this time He will sup
democratic nominee in this congressional
district. With regard to the statement
in which his name was used Mr. Adams
furnishes the following statement for
publica ton:
Having been asked concerning a tele-
gram from Atlanta connecting his name
with an alleged effort to send sound
money men to congress Mr.. Adams replied
that the statement was probably put in
the telegram for lack of news; that, so
far as he was concerned, he had never
mad, did not now have, and never ex-
pected to have the slightest ambition or
aspiration for any political office of any
character; that he did not suppose he
could go to congress if he desired to and
most certainly would not go if he could.
He also stated that at full meeting of
the Georgia delegates in Indianapolis held
after the ticket had been nominated he
prepared and introduced a resolution to
the effect that 1t was the sense of the del
egates and of that meeting that the move
ment represented by them should be con-
fined to the support of the nominees of
the sound money convention and should
have nothing to do with any other offices
and that this resolution was passed with
substantial unanimity, Mr.. Adams i'm
preston being that the only vote against
it was that of a delegate from Southwest
Georgia. Mr.. Adams also added that he
stated for himself that he could not be
committed to any other movement.
THE understanding of the delegates GER
tainly was that the convention to meet
in Atlanta about Sept. % would confine its
efforts to the putting forward Of an cleo
toral ticket and its support Mr.. Adams
said that one great charm of the national
convention to him was that it seemed to
be composed of earnest, patriotic men
who were not aspirants for any office and
who had no FAX to grind" that so far as
he was concerned, he certainly had none,
and that the mention of his name in con-
nection with any political office was
neither desired nor enioYed by him -