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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25
Bond Inquiry Complete Fiasco. -

From the Philadelphia Record.
The bond inquiry by the senate com
mttee ended ignominiously on Satur-
day. The investigation failed to reveal
anything which was not already known
to the public, and the only effect which
the committees laborS will have VIII
be to still further discredit, if that be
possible, the Influences which started
the inquiry. AS to the charges OF favor
itism made against Secretary Carlisle by
the unsuccessful bidder, Graves, even
Senator Vest admitted that it had been
demonstrated that there was nothing in
them.
The members Of the committee show
ed surprising timidity when Mr.. Morgan
was under examination, and they were
so lax in probing the last loan that the
banker urged them to ask him questions.
They refused, and he denied some of the
foolish charges made against the treas
ury department by the Populist wing OF
the senate. The committee adjourned
to meet again in December, but it seems
altogether unlikely that anything will
be done then.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

He-Those dear little hands were
never intended for heavy work.
She-Thcn you don't expect me TO
make my own bread when we are mar
ried ?-Eonkers Statesman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

a horse was sent up from the farm to
the village smithy to be shod. Having Il
number of ready-made shoes on hand,
the job, in the absence of the boss, was
given to an apprentice. After an in
terval the following note came to the
farmer: This horse don't fit any OF
our Shoes"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

When first fell upon my knees
To Rose
My diaphragm in one great sneeze
Arose;
When thus was taken from my sails
The wind
No wonder that felt chagrined-
She grlnned.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

Rambo-I have bought a bicycle, and
now 1 suppose I've got to have a lantern
if do any riding after dark.
Baldwin-A lantern? Great Scott!
What does u man with such q nose as
yours need of any other headlight
Chicago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

Hazel-Marion said she'd give Il good
deal to look like me.
Hattie--I didn't know paint was as
expensive as all that.-Yonkers States
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

His heart beat joyous pit-a-pat;
1t filled his life with cheer
To find he had good straw hat
Left over from last year,
Chicago Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

w. d. Watkins, of Plymouth, one OF
the Republican candidates for county
treasurer, has withdrawn. lie says he
has done so to insure Williams success
for congress. The Nc'osdeater reports a
rumor that Watkins was paid $4,000 to
ret out of Williams way.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25
FREELAND, PENN'A, JUNE %, 1896
Two Serious Charges Undenied.

From the Wilkesbarrc Newsdealcr.
The Record attributes the refusal oil
Williams to withdraw to the assault
made upon him by his enemies. They
assailed him, it says, with all the ferocity
of a pack of hounds, made an impudent
demand for his withdrawal, and poured
on him unstinted abuse. If the NetcS-
dealer is referred to in this charge we
respectfully demur. We entertain no
personal feeling or animosity toward
Williams. Two charges have been given
publicity, affecting his character, and
standing as citizen.
One of them, and the most serious,
was made by Republican journal ana
never withdrawn. Neither has Williams
ever denied it. 1t is that accusing his
friend of compelling John Lcisenring to
nav a large sum Of money, said to be S9,-
600 the consideration being Williams
support of Leisenring, and appealing by
letter to his friends to do the same. a
few days after the money had been paid,
Williams letter was published IN the
Record. Up to that time he had been
silent. Is there not striking signitlc-
ance in this?
The other accusation against Williams
is of his own making. In Il speech in
city council, he snecred at workingmen,
who were asking for the passage OF an
ordinance protecting them and SAID:
"A dollar Il day was enough Tor any
working man." The ordinance was de-
feated through his active efforts. This
accusation, like the $4,000 story, has al
50 never been denied.
Now we submit, if to use these accusa-
tions against Williams who is Il candl7
date for high Office, constitutes abuse
and vilifcation, what in candidate 5
character is fair subject for criticism?
1t is puerile, in both Williams and his
friends, to urge that because OF fair
criticism, he is compelled to seek a vim
dication at the hands of the people,
rather than permit Il man who is more
capable to secure the place
If the charges against him are untrue,
why doesn't he deny them Ikea man?
So long as he permits them to 20 un-
challenged, he cannot blame the public
for belying in their truth. Hundreds OF
his countrymen believe the charges to
be true. and when he comes before the
voters, not the delegates, Tor Nlndlca-
ton, he will get it were Polly wore the
beads. His finish will be more dlsas-
trous than that of Lee at AppomatoX'
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

Yes, money talks" and that explains
To those who closely look.
Why educational campaigns
Employ the pocketbook.
Il. A. w. Bulletin.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

Men lived without gas. Men lived
drawing their water from wells and
springs before waterworks. Men lived
without railways. Aye, men have lived,
and could live again, without money.
But no man ever lived, no man can
live, without land. Henry George
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

Anthracite coal used exclusively, insuring
cleanliness and comfort.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-24
THE ALCOHOL REBATE.

The Committee of Ways and Means seems to
have made one serious mistake Because the
Secretary Of the Treasury has chosen wliIuiiy
10 disobey one Of the provisions OF the WILSON
law the committee has consented to report
bill rcpealing the provision In question, Section
CT This provision in principle makes binding
contract between the Government and manu-
"facturcrs who use alcohol In the arts or IN any
medicine or other like compound, FOR 1t de-
carcs that they may use the same, ana, on satls
fying the Collector uf Internal Revenue thar
the alcohol has been SO used and delivering up
"thc stamps which show that the tax mas Deeh
"pad thereon, shall be entitled to receive from
.ihe Treasury Of the United States Il rebate for
..rcpaymcnt of the tax so paid" The Secretary
knew that this provision would lessen the reve-
me of the Government. He therefore refused
TO prescribe any regulations for carrying out
this section. and when the manufacturers who
had used alcohol under the provisions or the
law applied for a rebate. it was refused to them
on the ground that it was impossible to enforce
that part Of the act. The department then tried
to get the committee to report retroactive re-
pcang bill. depriving the manufacturers Of the
rebate which they might obtain through the
courts or the Court Of Claims.
refused to consent to such reputation of an
obligation Of the Government, although some
members favored that course. But the commit
tee has nevertheless. consented 10 report bill
rcpcang Section III Of the Wilson act, which
provides for payment Of the rebate on aicohol
used In manufactures 1t can hardly be denied
that an intelligent and honest revenue law
would not have contained precisely such a pro-
N,ft ,.,r
such a law have contained the whskcy or the
sugar frauds or other provisions Tor when
benefciarcs were willing TO pay large sums.
But this provision. having once passed ana
taken effect by the refusal of the President to
veto the bill. became by his act and the act OF a
Democratic Congress an obligation from when
the Government cannot properly free Itself by
A mere repeal
Moreover. tnkerng the Wilson act Tor the
benefit of the Administration, and to relieve
the Treasury from dIsagreeable duty which
It imposes and the performance Of which would
expose before the country more fully the unwis-
dom IL the law and the lncapacty Of It's trainers
Is not exactly In order when any proper amend
mrnt II the act * refused 10 the Industries OF the
country. II Is 10 be- remembered that this re-
fnsal 4, upheld and even urged by the Admin
istration The Secretary who violates the law
by falling 10 execute II IL himself largely re-
sponslble for the failure ~ Congress To amend
II I'm matters far more important than the re-
bate on alcohol II the Democrats Will not con
sent 10 alter the law 40 that it~shall provide
adequate revenue AMI defend home industries
II would be well 10 let them bear the evil and
face the disgrace which their own incompetent
lawmakIng has brought upon them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-24
QmuSfmfnta.

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ABBEY'S-S:i5-A Pair Of Spectacles
ACADEMY OF overwhelmingly
AMERICAN ART Galleries. a. M to g p. NJ
Exhibition.
AMERICAN THEATRE-S-Myles Aroon.
BIJOU-s:l5-Thc Widow Jones.
BROADWAY THEATRE-s:15-El Captain.
CARNEGIE HAIL-2-Concert.
COLUMBUS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Great Diamond ROD
berry
EMPIRE -s:2O-Bohemia
EDEN MUSEE-Concert
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-S-The Spectator
GARDEN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Absent Boy.
GARRICK RE-s3O-Thoroughbrea
GRAND OPERA HOUsE-S-Coon Hollow
HARLEM OPERA HOUSE-sl6-Trilby.
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE-s:io-The Heart OF
Maryland
HOYTS THEATRE-S:3O-A Black sheep
IRVING PLACE THEATRE-s15-Die Kinder der Ex-
cellenz.
ROSTER & BIAIS-S-Naudevile
lYCEJM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Prisoner OF Zenda
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-2-s-Circus
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE-S-Testmoniai
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DEsIGN-Day and Evening
Exhibition.
OLYMPIA-S:l5-Marg
PASTOR S-I230 to IL p. m-Vaudevine
PROCTORs PLEASURE PALACE-l2-12 midnight
Vaudeville.
STANDARD THEATRE-s:15-ChmmieF adden
STAR THEATRE-+The Last Stroke
wALDORF-3 3O-Song Recital.
l4TH STREET THEATRE-s:l6-The Village postmaster.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-24

renee as that Of Wednesday ought to open every
eve 10 the real circumstances Of the case
1t Is NO joke this Juggernaut OF Mammalian.
1t is an insolent, wanton. brutal outrage Ii'a'
violates the rights OF every one who comes mo
contact with 1t. that tramples upon the weah
and puts even the strongest in deadly peril II
Is difficult for a robust man to patrohiHe '"c
cablecars without much actual discomfort an"
some serious danger to limb and life. II Is well
nigh impossible for woman TO do so, M 'hc
very hours when most are compelled to ride.
without suffering personal indgnties and in
suits that in less civilized or less snpine COM
munity would call for stern redress. But we ie'
such things go on. and increase and multiply
and dcspoil the earth. as though they were tlie
best possible institutions in the best possible
Of worlds
Timbuctoo has one vast advantage over New
York. 1t has no Broadway cable-cars
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-24

noritv Of values of the two metals. SO tnat tug
purchasing and debt paying power Oh so ha
lar, whether of silver gold or paper e"a' y"
at all times equal
This is the Republican platform OF 1917 upoI
which ran as candidate the President VINO nau
signed the act Of 1890. stopping forever .ne
coinage Of silver dollars, and the issue OF notes
not having gold dollars worth OF metal Dennnu
them and declaring it the established pollcy
'of the United States to maintain tue Two
"motols on a parity with each other upon the
present legal ratio or such ratio as may pe p.o'
"vidod nv law" Here we trace back all the
sound-moncy declarations of either party wl.hin
the last six wears to the work In 1890 OF Sher-
man and Allison in the Senate, Mckinley and
Reed in the House. and Harrison In the Execu-
tive Chamber, all striving together 10 stop con-
tinued coinage of dollars that were not dollars,
and continued issue Of notes not having dollars
behind them, and to make it the sworn duty OF
evorv executive officer of the Government to
pay gold to every creditor or nOteholder VINO
prefers It. because in no other way can the
parity Of the two metals be maintained mat
idea was the Republican platform Of 1892, and
after abusing and berating it, just as every
Democrat had opposed the Sherman act Itself,
the Democrats came along, as usual, three years
behndhand to embrace 1t In the Administration
act OF 1893 though only half Of them IN the
Senate would support 1t even then. Colonel
Morrison has progressed so far that in 1915
he is willing to accept the principle Of the act OF
1890. But because the Administration Itself
has so persistently falsifed about the meaning
and effect Of that enactment, It Is now forced to
20 further whether It's party goes or not. The
Republican party also will probably decide as
the Ohio and many other Republican conven-
lions have decided, that language which Demo-
Gratis and silver men have chosen to falsely IN
terprct calls for statement which shall make
the position Of the party so plain that not even
a silver monomanac or a Democratic Presl'
dent can msInterpret II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-24
DIVINE RIFT NOT DEAD.

Senator Ellsworth's pet project OF anheNihS
the Niagara Falls Reservation to the hepnphca"
machine seems TO be in bad way. Perhaps IL
was too rank for the taste OF majority OF the
LEGISLATURE. but there is limit beyond which
II IS not deemed profitable to carry the Jammihg-
through process, and the Ellsworth monstrosity
has apparently been laid out for burial. Al all
events conference OF Republican Senators
which the member for Niagara called yesterday
in the hope of inducing his colleagues 10 make
the transfer bill a party measure refused 10
meet his wishes in the matter by large major
ity. There is a strong probability, therefore,
that the commission which has discharged us
duty with such intelligence and proDity as 10
win the confidence and gratitude OF the people,
and which has consequently been decorated WIN
tbe resentment Of the bosses. will continue To
nrotect the Reservation. The machine must
hate to see so good thing kept beyond It's reach'
instead of being turned over to the Fish, Game
and Forest Commission. but the prospect GER
taInlv Is that Mr.. Ellsworth ard his friends VIII
have 10 wait mt least another year.
Nevertheless. in this case as in others OF sim
liar import we earnestly advise members OF the
Legislature who cannot be cocrced. and VINO
cannot be trickcd when their eyes are open, TO
watch intcntly for the first symptom OF resuscita-
ton. The Niagara job is likely to survive until
the final gavel falls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-24
WAIT TILL MONDAY.

Tn tho course of the debate prior To- the passage
of the Greater NcwIork bill on "Wednesday, MI
O'Grady. the Republican leader in the ASSEM-
bly, went out Of his way 10 announce that IL"
supplementary legislation would follow ana that
the date OF adjournment would not be post
poncd Whether Mr. O'Grady supposed that he
knew what he was talking about. or merely TOOK
the chances of hitting II right for the purposes
OF the moment we have no means OF ascertain
ing II is certain however, that competent 90
servers Of current events attributed little I'M
portlncc To the gentcman's assertion, AMI their
incredibly has since been justified by The New
York Evening Sun" which. like lis parent. Is
seldom. If ever left without accurate informa-
ton as 10 the intentions of the Republican ma
chine We learn from our contemporary that
the legislature which according To form VIII
adjourn NJ usual ove- sunday has IL usual been
called 10 assemble M the Fifth Avenue Hotel
on that iay. this time for the purpose Of dis
cnsslng the feasibility and general advantage
OF introducing the commission bills which have
been ready and awaiting orders for many weeks.
II the omcns are considered favorable III" ses-
sion will doubtless he prolonged in The cNpec'a-
ton Of "iamming them through" In this re-
spect the situation has not changed. and VIII
not change until after the sunday session. Tn"
programme will be definitely decides, there ana
then.
In the mean time we venture to suggest 10
Mr. OGrady. Mr.. Od-ll and others who occa-
slonally speak before they are spoken 10, that
they would do well 10 refrain from all pr"lic-
tons relating 10 The subject Of Greater New
York. Nobody would be- either enlightened or
confused by anything which they might say but
they would probably be given 10 understand In
the course Of the Sunday experience meeting
that they had made themselves unnecessarily
ridiculous by assuming an authority which they
were universally known not 10 possess Keep
your mouths shut tight until Monday. gentle
men and then give us the straight tip
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-24

ceau and his protege Boulanger down 10 '"e
present day, has not been such as TO encourage
sober minded Frenchmen to give TO them the
absolute control Of the Government, WITHOUT
check or balance Moreover. France Is Diesseu
in having a strong and wise man In the ireS'-
Dental chair, who will not be swayed by s.orihS
Of fractional camor nor frightened INTO hish' ny
,he menaces of the mob. We shall expect 10
hear another campaign of denuncia'loh waSeu
against him. Above all. he Will De calied po"'-
geois"-"an epithet which the rinraH Apply ~
what is respectable But he VIII not DO hio'e''
Neither. let it be hoped. will the constitution
The French Republic is too well founded 10 DE
at this late day turned over to the 'ehuer HUT
cies Of Commune or Convention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-24

Mayor Strong's approval OF the Schooi REFORM
bill insures the final enactment OF THIS eXceheht
measure. since Governo- Morton Is so thorough
" committed to the policy Of reform in our pub
lie schools that he is certain to sign IT, Inc
MAYORS reasons for approving the measure
should be convincing to all fair minds. and we
do not believe it will be long before those men
and women who have opposed the Dill VIII
acknowledge its great merits. The majority OF
the Board of Education have been in the oppo-
sition. but they will pursue Il short-sighted pol
icy If they do not put forth their best efforts 10
make the new law a success in It's pracucai
workings. One Of the duties of the Board VIII
be to determine the number of school districts
into which the city shall be divided, though the
act provides that there shall be not less than
fifteen. For each OF these districts the Mayor
is to appoint five inspectors. In all proDaDlii'y
he will select many Of the present trustees for
this duty. and thus the keeping Of the people IN
toucb with the schools. which has been shch
strong point in the minds of many of the oppo-
ncnts of the Page-Pavey bill, will be satlsfac'o-
rily ACCOMPLISHED The fight for the abolition
of the ward trustees has been long and bater
one. but there can be no question that the END
will crown the work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-24
THE CRISIS IN FRANCE.

The long contest between the Constitution and
the would-be Commune I'm France has reached
an acute stage. 1t verged upon 1t two months
ago. when the Senate refused to vote confidence
In the Ministry and the Ministry refused to re-
sign crisis was then averted only by the
moderation and patriotism Of the Senate, But
this week the crisis has come. The Senate again
withheld it's confidence from the Ministry.
More than that. it refused to vote the NADIA
gascar credits which that Ministry required.
The Ministry at first sought 70 maintain its
ground and TO bring on Il revolution against the
Senate 1t would, II II could have revised the
Constitution 10 as to abolish the Senate and to
put the Government Of France In the hands Of
q single Chamber-a revival Of the Convention
Of RObespierre In this II got little encourage
ment The Chamber of Deputies was not in
clined TO back 1t up in fight against the Sen
ate and the Constitution. The President refused
to aid IT, SO there was nothing to do but to
resign.
This result enragcs the Radicals and Social
lists almost beyond expression. When the Bour-
geois Ministry came In, the first really Radical
Ministry the Republic had had. they exultcd
greatly. They thought they could forthwith turn
the Government upside down. remodel the Con-
SlltutIOu, NaS' paw INV wa! IVA Wv
re-establishment of the Commune 1t was only
week before last that they succeeded In reopen
ing the Paris Labor Exchange" which the
Dupuy Ministry had closed three years before
because it was a centre Of treason and disorder.
The reopenlng was characteristic. The people
wore red scarfs, gathered in the Hall Of
Strikes" listened to savage denuncations OF
NJ Dupuy, shouted "Hurrah for Socialism,. and
-.t.t. Al tho Car
magnole" That was on April II. On April %
the Constitutional and Republican Senate tri-
umphcd, and the revolutionary and Radical Min
istry was compelled TO resign.
The struggle will doubtless be continued. 1t
Ia nowhere near the end. But not only the pres
ent advantage but the prospective advantage
as we'll Is on the side OF the Senate. The best
sentiment Of France Is OH that side. Even some
Radical leaders have been constrained to con-
denim the conduct Of the Bourgeois Ministry.
The conduct Of the Radicals. from n. Clemen-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-24
PERSONAL.

Miss Lena Saunders, who has just died In New
Orleans went TO that city seventeen years ago from
Connecticut and devoted herself TO the work OF
Outstanding and civilzing the Cinnamon Of New
Orleans Her first intention was to work among
the negroes under the auspices Of the Congrega-
tionaI Mission Boerd, OF Norwich, Conn. but the
needs OF the Chinese appealed TO her strongly
and her sef-denying abors among them earned for
her the admiration and respect OF everybody in the
city.
Judge George +. Lawton. a lifelong friend OF the
la,s Governor Greenhage will deliver a eulogy OF
him In Lowell, Mass. on Sunday
The Worlds Proctor Memorial Association has an
nounced that II will erect the largest observatory
In the world on the summit OF Mount San Miguel
near San Diego. Cal. memorial to the cele-
brated astronomer and author, Richard A. Proctor
The association was organized some years ago In
California but II II proposed to make the observa
tory OF an Internal character and secure II pos
sble. the cooperation OF the leading Governments
Of the world. The intention Is to equip the institu-
ton with the largest telescopes ever CONSTRUCTED
the first one to have lenses five times the size OF the
Lick and four times that Of the Yerkes telescope: II
VIII R9 be constructed on the secicnalens principle
invented by Astronomer Gaihm ,s O Of Chicago
has an elevation OF $500 feet
Considerable comment caused in Paris few
days ago by the absence OF NJ Cavaignac, Minister
OF War from the fates at Belfort. One OF the off,
cal journals now declares that his absence
Won Hohenlohe In Paris. The German Government
IL seems had let II be understood that II the pres
ence OF the Prince In France should lead to any
manifestations OF enmity the vexatious regulations
regarding passports would be introduced again in
Asace Lorraine.
Twenty brother clergymen Of Philadelphia gave
farewell dinner the other evening to the Rev. Dr.
g. D. Mcconnell. who Is soon to become rector Of
the Church of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn
"The Examiner" OF this city. says that on a GER
tain Sunday afternoon just before the sermon. the
Rev DR.. John Hall. OF the Fifth Avenue Presby-
terrain Church. said to the congregation: my
church duties during the last week have been very
numerous and exactins. and II utterly impos-
sble for mo 10 prepare more than one sermon.
which preached to you this morning. l can serve
you better and do better justice 10 myself by giving
you sermon which ! have read during the last
week, and which gained a very deep hold upon me- ;"
He then proceeded to give In his own language the
thought OF the sermon he had read, to the great In
terest and apparent satisfaction OF the large
CATION
Archbishop Ireland. OF st. Paul. is spending few
days In Philadelphia a. the guest Of Archbishop
Ryan