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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-31
Representative Candidates.

We take pleasure today in present.
ing portraits and brief biographical
sketches of the Republican candidates
in this county. Collectively as well as
individually the showing made is COM
plimentary to the party and reassuring
to the people The candidates without
exception are clean. honorable and
creditable representatives of the po-
litical organization to which they be-
long. Their personal worth is not less
than the worth of the political prnci-
Piles for which they stand as temporary
eXponents.
If there was ever a time in the his
tory of this people when the best in
terests of the country called for
Wholesale and uniform defeat of the
Democracy that time is now. 1t Is not
enough to defeat William ]. Bryan
and thus save the white house from the
dangers of Populism. 1t is not enough
to defeat Judge Merrifield and thus in
sure, so far as this district can sound
money congress. This would lop off
the branches of the free silver Upas
tree which now poisons the air with its
eXhalations of menace to business con-
fidence and prosperity: but the trees
tap root would still find nourishment
for future mischief if the Organized
wing of the Democratic party were to
get hold of the county offices and Sc
cure a foothold in the next state legis-
lature.
The only sure way to stamp out the
| perils involved in the Chicago platform
is to step heavily on every candidate
| for office, big or little, who ventures 10
appear in the present kind of Demo-
| cratic livery. In other words. put all
personal feeling aside and vote the
straight Republican ticket as matter
of patriotic duty. If you have friend
on the Democratic local ticket let him
wait for complimentary vote from
you until some year when you can give
it without feeling that thereby you are
extending encoura cement to vicious po-
litical principles champoned in a ma
tional sense by vicious or dangerous
men. The friend can do without your
vote for q time much better than the
| country can do without confidence
among its business interests. Protec-
ton for it's labor and it's Industries, and
the strong assurance that for every
violation of federal law there will be
! prompt punishment.
a split ticket is like n scattered shot.
1t does but little good. This year the
line of cleavage is so sharply defined
between those who are for the best in
terests of the nation and those who
are for it's harm that all on the former
side ought to waste no time on per-
sonal compliments to individual MEM
bers of the opposition, but should vote
| confronts them.
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The Indian Problem.

The attention of our readers inter-
ested in the problem of law enforce
ment on the frontier is directed to the
exceedingly interesting article by Mr..
Richmond on another page describing
the workings of the Mounted Police of
Canada and picturing the happy results
Of systematic, intelligent and hu-
name policy of dealing with the Indian
tribes.
These results stand in vivid con-
trast with the fruits of our own care
less, ineffective and more or less in
human handling of the same problem
In Canada. as our correspondent points
out, the frontier is as safe and as Or
derly as the city; there are no "hold
ups" no outrages, no frenzied carnivals
of intoxication and crime. The Indian
tribes are peaceable, contented and in
the main Industrious. They are send
ing many of their children to school;
they are becoming good farmers and
the whole trend of their social gravia-
tion is in the direction of civilization
and usefulness.
The reasons for this good showing in
the Dominion are that over there treaties
are kept, violations of law are promptly
and firmly but not spasmodically pun
ished, the sale of liquor to Indians is
not nominally but actually prohibited
ndprevented, and there is humane and
generous official encouragement to
those Indians who exhibit a sincere
desire to improve their condition. 1t
must humiliate any American to COM
pare this record of Canada's Indian
policy with the record of our own gov
ernment in this respect. A reading of
Mr.. Richmond's letter will be worth
more than twenty volumes of official
reports on this important theme.
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been a decrease Of 4,O7S.9S3 in the num-
ber of messages sent by telegraph, and
an increase of one cent in the cost per
message.
Our exports of agricultural products
have decreased $3.50. 100000. Unfortu-
nately. there is no means Of compiling
the statistics to show how disastrous
has been the effect upon our manufac-
turing industries since the Wilson,
Bryan tariff bill went into operation;
we know. however, that in many indus
tries the production and prices have
decreased almost one-half. We also
know that that tariff bill closed several
of our local industries and put Others
on restricted time. causing general de-
preston in the community.
The facts cited in regard to the per
capita circulation of money show that
it is not for want of money nor of good
money that all this trouble has arisen.
That depreciation of prices has not been
caused by the demonetiZation of silver
is self-evident for, according to Off
cial reports, there is at this time s4SS,-
100000. or about Sc per capita, Of
standard silver dollars in circulation.
whereas previous to 1878 there never
had been more than twenty cents per
capita.
The change OF administration and
cutting down of duties has reduced the
revenues of the government, so that in
stead of paying off the public debt at
the rate of s7o,OOO,OOO a year, we have
added about $S7,OO0,OOO annually to the
bonded debt of the country. The great
falling off in all departments of busi-
ness in the last three years, as indi-
Gated by the foregoing statistics, gives
clear insight into the conditions of
the country at the present time. nat,
then, is the matter with the country?
If such facts as these do not indicate
to the voters of the United States for
whom to cast their ballots, we do not
know what will.
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established the power, that 1t was the
constitutional duty of the president of
the United States to enforce all the
laws of the United States without ask
ing anybody's consent If we
make a mistake in finance we will get
out of it, but if we once establish in this
country of ours the doctrine that the
laws of the United States can only be
enforced in any state by the consent
and cooperation of the governor. we
have wiped out our great history, we
have dragged the flag in dust, we have
destroyed our constitutional system of
government, and that once destroyed.
once surrendered, we may never be able
to recover."-General Benjamin Har-
riSon.
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UAIIOW E'EN,

For The Tribune.
'Tis Hallowe en-the witches are abroad.
Astride their broom-sticks flying
And Puck his tiny mistress now doth land,
Titania fairest of the fairy fair.
Now ye good folks beware unhailowed
ground,
Nor into churchyards all unheeding
stray,
For demons, sprites and goblins are
around,
And hold their rites until the break OF
day.
But when the sunbeams glimmer through
the dell.
And Dawn the world with rosy color
paints,
Then must the elfish throng all say fare
well,
For It's the holy morning of All Saints.
Dorothy Dimmiek.
Scranton, Pa. Oct. Is.
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Sunday. Nov. 1.-Twenty- Sunday
after Trinity. Weather stormy. \ child
born on this day will be steady and ac-
tive and fortunate in the employ of 9TH
ers.
Monday, Nov. 2.-Moon square TO Mars
Weather stormy. \ child born on this day
will be quarrelsome and unfortunate n
his undertakings. Doubtful day for bus
mess.
Tuesday. Nov. 3-Venus an evening
star. Weather showery. y child born on
this day will he of an agreeable disposi-
ton. Ask no favors in the morning.
Wednesday, Nov. 4.-Mercury semi
square to Venus. Weather rainy. a child
born on this day will he fortunate and rise
in life. Travel, deal. and push business.
Thursday, Nov. 5.-Mercury trine to
Marr. Weather unsettled. a child born
on this day will nearly always be in
trouble, female especially. An unucky
day.
Friday, Nov. 6.-Sun sesquiquadate ia
Mars. Weather stormy. A child born
on this day will be careless and spen,!
money foolishly. Sell; indications evil
for other business.
Saturday. Nov. 7.-Nars a Morning star.
Weather unsettled. A child born on this
day will be respited and rather fort u
nate. Ask no favors before / p. III.
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No free silver! No free trade!

II do not like the proposition of the
Chicago platform that relates to the
powers of the national government. In
1861 eleven states combined their arm
les in the field to establish the doctrine
that the government of the United
States could not enforce their laws in
those states without the consent of the
state authorities. Brave men for four
years advocated that doctrine. not in
the attempt to set UP anarchy, for they
proposed to establish a government in
which rights of persons and property
should be respected, but the end of that
was, comrades, friends, that we had
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THEIR INTERESTS IDENTICAL.


IoHi t-ic IltSlOI
The Industrial News, the official organ
of the Scranton Central Labor union,
comes out strongly in its editorial col
umns for William Connell, the Repubi-
can candidate for congress in Larka-
wanna. And why should it not? There
never was Il greater truth than that the
interests of capital and labor are identical:
and when capitalist employing hosts of
workmen, who has studied thoroughly
his business and its needs from practical
point OF view, decides upon certain
course. 1t is pretty safe to assume that
that course which will be best for the en-
ployer will also be best for the employe.
Lackawanna work!pSme cannot be driv-
en- from the idea that what will bring
prosperity to the coal operators will IN
turn bring prosperity to them, and they
have sufficient faith in Mr.. Conneu's busi-
ness acumen to ally their cause with his.
II is the most natural thing in the world
that capital and labor should so hand in
hand. 1t is absolutely necessary in order
to secure the greatest good for both.
Besides, William Connell has come from
the ranks of the toiling ones, and can
sympathi2e with them. In him, Lackl-
wanna Republicans have an ideal canIi-
date. and they should stand by him.
And the same argument which proves it
to be the wise course for workngmcn to
support Mr.. Connell in this campaign is
applicable to Hon. Morgan T.. Williams
candidacy in LuZernc. The popocratic
press are wildly proclaimlng him as an
enemy of the workingmen, but they must
know IT to be the veriest nonsense. 1t Will
be found very hard to make any intcli-
gent workman believe that the man who
gives him employment and pays him as
good wages as the industrial conditions
warrant IL not his friend. The arraign-
mcnt Of capital against labor ana class
against class has been overdonc in this
campaign by Bryan anu his followers in
this country, as elsewhere. and they will
reap the bitter fruits in an overwhclming
ylcfeat on Tuesday next. Cornell ana
Williams will represent the Wyoming re-
gion in the next congress, and they will
make an able and effective team.
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Worth Considering Carefully.

An interesting point was made by
the last issue of the Northern Chris
tian Advocate in the form of table
showing what ii cost the Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal church
to turn its collections into gold during
II consecutive years Of its history.
About half of its receipts during this
period had to be so converted in order
to secure the moneys acceptance in
foreign fields. Here are the figures:
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Gold average

The Advocate added this timely COM
ment: "The premium on gold that
would be caused by the triumph of free
silver would tax the missionary treas
ury as severely as it was taxed during
the worst days of the war;"
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After asking for information about
one of it's cock-and-bull stories the
Times says Immediately afterward:
Any information given at this elev-
enth hour would be valueless" Then
why ask for It?
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Every patriotic American citizen
should today display at his home anu
at his working place the inspiring folds
of the American flag. 1t Is a proper
symbol of the influences which are at
work for the restoration of American
industry and the preservation of the
honesty and the integrity of the Ameri-
can dollar.
The man who truly loves the flag
of his country will not wish to see II
humbed by the enactment of law
recurring the stamp of the mint to
print on the nations coin an unblush-
ing lie. He will not desire to have the
laborers of his country-the men who
dig it's mineral resources, fell its for
ests or work into a thousand useful
shapes its miscellaneous raw material
thrown into competition with the
cheap labor of foreign lands and paid
at the end of a hard days work in
money worth only half the sum marked
on its face.
The Protective policy is the American
policy and it may well be symbolized by
the American flag. Steady work at
good wages paid in money equal to the
best is a prospect which may properly
be sought by our working people under
the inspiration of patriotic device.
The supremacy of law, the integrity
of our courts, the unity of our national
life and the brotherhood of our people
are parts of the American programme,
and nothing is more creditable than
that those who stand for these princi-
known by an appropriate token.
Up with the flag and down with all
who would dishonor it!
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Ey voting to a man for Roberts and
Roberts Republicans can not only Sc
cure three years more of splendid SER
vice in the county commissioners Of
Democratic organization in one Of its
favorite schemes for political entrench-
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Daily Horoscope Drawn by Aiacchus
The Tribune AstrOioger.
Astrolabe cast: 3.i1 n. m, for Saturday,
October 81 1896.

G ~
A child born on this day will notice n
disposition on part of certain feverish
newspaper men and irreverent lawyers
to make a door mat of our honored mayo.
Esteemed Democratic contemporaries
will please take notice that the avalanche
is upon them and fix tA.ir throats for the
usual cry of fraud and corruption"
The Kinsley investigation seems to
have unearthed a quantity of billingsgate.
at least.
Mr.. Merrifleld, the farmers friend"
will take his pants out of his boot tops
next week and get back into his glass
case again.
The reform business. like game of ting,
Is all right for everyone but the fellow who
is "it."
Halloween Thoughts.
The gruesome ghosts will walk tonight
On every floating breeze;
And should you seek to rush the can"
The whisper of the Bogie man
Your ruby blood will freeze
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-31

No citizen of the Fourth legislative
district who on Tuesday helps to elect
John f. Reynolds will ever have occa-
sion to regret it. Reynolds is the right
man for the place.
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Elect Kiefer and Ward county audi
tors, and you can be sure that the audit
will be made correctly.
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The ballot cast for DR.. Mackey in the
Third district will be a ballot wisely
pIaced
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The voter in the First district who
votes for John r. Farr doesn't take u
leap in the dark.
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Vote for Mckinley. Hobart. Connell,
plenty of work and an honest wage.
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Stitutions.

To coercc a voter is crime against
the laws of the land and is not only un-
American. unpatriotic and despotic usur-
patton of the rights of a free citizen, but
it Is a wrong that will inevitably recoil
upon its perpetrators. 1t is an arbitrary
use of power that is in direct conflict with
the principles of our government.-Scran-
ton Free Press.
You are right. Wherever it occurs
let it be instantly stopped. By the
way, where does it occur?
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The unthinking adoption of a policy of
currency debasement indicates more than
a passing danger. 1t shows that n blind
Samson, weary of providing n continu-
ous festival for his taskmasters, may
some day tear down the pillars of the So
cial structure. even though he perish in the
wreck.-Toronto Globe.
In this country there are no "blind
Samsons' who need to remain blind
work in the kitchen underneath with
out fair prospect of some day being
able to take comfort UP in the ban
quet hall. The metaphor is inapt and
the prediction a standing one among
those who like to decry republican in
Stitutions
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Vote for Alex. T. Connell for the leg
islature and make certain of being pro-
perly represented.
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COUNTY.

CoaCressmen at -Large-GALUSHA, ~.
GROW SAMUEL a. DAVENPORT.
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No free silver. No free trade!
Arrant Rot.
A staff writer of the Toronto Globi
writes to his paper from Chicago:

A staff writer OF the toronto Glope
writes to his paper from Chicago:
During the present election people have
been inquiring not only whether Bryan
or Mckinley would be elected, but wheth-
er, back of the ordinary movements OF
politics, there were forces which threat
ened the disruption of the American
Union, such as a war of masses against
classes" or q cleavage between the south
and west and east. The impression which
l derived from a fortnght's journey over
some of the central western states OF the
Union was one of the solidty of American
Institutions. The inquiry was very cur
sorry of course; yet an American Journal
ist who wanted to know whether Canada
was ripe for annexation could obtain a
great deal of light in a two weeks tour Of
ontario, and so a brief visit to some of
the communities on the other side may
not be without its value. | heard some
very excited oratory, but | never heard
a suggestion that If either side were disap
pointed in the result of the election Sc
cesson or rebellion would follow.
Pretty much the same spirit is indi-
Gated in the remark of the Detroit
Tribune, probably the most enthusiasts
tie free coinage advocate in the coun-
try, when in speaking of a certain fore
cast of next weeks result it said:
This would indicate n very close cleo
| tion. We hope, however, that Mr.. Stealey
| may prove a poor fgurer, for it will be
| much more satisfactory to the country
and more conducive to the speedy settling
| of business again in its ordinary channels
| If one party or the other We're to carry
| the election by very decisive majority.
| 1t would be a great misfortune if the
money question were to be a bone of con-
| tention for the next four years. a vc.y
decisive vote will probably settle it FOR
| good and we will al! be the better con-
tented.
The fact is that on next Wednesday
morning every sensible man in the
country will scan the returns, accept
the result philosophically and proceed
at once to pick up the threads of his too
long neglected business. Whether that
| business shall be prosperous or not in
the ensuing four years may be involved
| in the election returns. but not wheth-
| er the American republic shall live or
die. Talk to the latter effect is simply
| arrant rot.
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TOLD BY THE STARS.

No free silver! No free trade!
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THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
NATIONAL.
STATE.

President-WILLIAM MKINLEI;
Vice. President--GARRET A. HOBART
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Congress CONNEI.L. ,,,rs
Commi.sioners-S. W. ROBERTS, HiLr''
Auditors-A. L. KlEFER. FRED. L.
WARD.
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LEGLISIATIVE.

Senate. 9lst District-COL. W: ]. SCOTT; !,
Representative. list District-lOHN II.
FARR: I'd Distrlct-A. I. CON ! Ell; -
81 District-DR, y. c. MACkEY; 4th
District--JOHN +. REYNOLDS.
The morning times., 1896-12-22
THE NEXT CABINET.

II VIII be remarked that the Concoctcrs
OF a Cabinet for President Mckinley have
ceased TO be active in their newspaper
conJec:ures. They have abandoned de-
pleting the United States Senate to make
up that body. We are inclined To think
that Gov. Mckinley is giving the subject
careful consideration in the absence OF
this advice, and that he is nearer a de
cision with regard 10 il than hc has been
before Gov. Mckinley has the advantage
OF knowing the public men Of the country
perhaps as well as any President it has
ever had. We anticipate an excellent
Cabinet at lis hands, and we do not
expect it TO be made up Of members OF
Congress to any considerable extent; yet
he might do worse than 10 give Mr..
Dingley a place in it. The probability
is that il viii be composed largely OF
practical men with a capacity for the
business Of the government, though a
scholar in the Secretary of States office
would not he Inappropriate.
The morning times., 1896-12-22
ALL ABOUT SUBWAYS.
Resolution Offered by Mr.. Cockrell
Raises Quite u Debate.


Raises Quite u Debate.
Mr.. Cockreli raised quite a little debate
in the Senate yesterday afternoon by in
Producing a substitute for subway reso-
days ago.
Mr. Gailinger accepted the substitute,
but spoke against it's reference to the
District Committee, as moved by Senator
Harris. Mr.. GaIlinger claimed that it
was useless to send it to the committee
A resolution Of inquiry into the same
subject, introduced ten days ago by him
was referred TO that committee. Without
any meeting Of the committee the Com
miSsoners had been Informed that nothing
would be done with it. He objected to this
A yea and nay vote was ordered on
Mr.. Harris resolution and it was carried
by small ma jority. The promise was
made, though. that the matter would re-
ceive prompt attention.
Mr. CoCkrel's substitute recall led the
facts tnat both houses of Congress are
investigating the subject of laying sub
ways, and that the Commissioners have
entered into a contract with the Potomac
Light Company for the lighting of certain
public parks and streets. The resolution
directs the Commissioners not to permit
the Potomac, Light and Power Company
to open any streets until some definite
action regarding general system of sub
ways has been taken
1t further directs that permission be
given the U. 5. Electric Light Company
TO erect temporary poles for use during the
inaugural ceremonies. The Commissioners
are also directed to grant the U. s. com
pany permits for additional lights along
its line.