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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08
"Money in Politics. "

Fighting Jack" Robinson, of Media,
addresses breezy letter to the Phila- =
delphia Times in reply to some stric-
lures which that journal had volun-
teered with reference to the recent
Blair county senatorial primaries. The
Times had intimated that the irrepres-
sble Median had been instrumental
in attacking John Wanamaker's char
acter Mr.. Robinson denies this with
characteristic energy and then adds:
Whilst on this subject, there is graver
peril even than scandal-mOngering. This
can only hurt individuals. The matter
refer to affects the state and goes to the
very foundation Of our government. 1t
is the inordinate. enormous and princely
sums of money that are being expended,
and will be yet spent, to secure the
prize. II the entrance of the business
man. in politics is to mark and empha-
size the fact that no one who cannot com
mand the "wealth of OrmuZ and of Ind
has any show in such a race 1t will be q
grievous hour for the commonwealth. As
a candidate for the "Milionaires' Club
! may never reach the goal, but / will
have the satisfaction of knowing, If de-
feated. that the race was not to the
swift, nor the battle to the strong, but
that he who conquered did SO by the eX-
penditure of a fortune that would have
purchased a dukedom on the other side
of the Atlantic. Nor do say this from
any chagrin born of probable discomii-
ture, for | recognize the necessity of
very large legitimate expenditures in a
campaign for the United States senate In
a state like this. But, Mr.. Editor, are not
NJu and ] as good patriotic, citizens
bound to preserve the virtue of the state:
to sound the alarm for good government
when We believe that all which makes
for ii and for the continuance of our
cherished institutions under the sway of
self-government and civil liberty is en-
dangered; to smite the foe, who in any
guise, much less the hyDocritical gusa
of business methods, shall spread the
lure and bait of the golden hand before
those who shall have voice in deciding
| the composition of the so-called Ameri-
can House of Lords"
Those who have had opportunity to
examine the inside of the present SEN
atorial struggle do not need to be told
to what Mr.. Robinson alludes nor with
what justice and timeliness his words
| are freighted. But we cannot think
with Mr.. Robinson that he golden
hand" despite its manufactured senti-
ment voiced in high-sounding resolu-
tions adopted ostensibly by inhuen-
tiol business mems organizatio tions,
ming the race.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08
The Presidents Message.

1t will be the general judgment that
Mr.. Cleveland's last message as presi-
dent of the United States was his best.
There is breadth. dignity and self-pG-
session about this state paper when
will command for it on all sides most
respectful hearing and add greatly
to the good opinion in the midst OF
which Mr.. Cleveland will close his of!i-
cial career.
Very naturally the part Of 1t which
refers to foreign relations will receive
the most eager attention. The presi-
dent with dignity sets clear the course
of this government with reference TO
Turkey and between the lines admins
tiers q merited rebuke both to those
at home who by Incorporate speech
embarrass and injure the governments
efforts for the protection of its citl-
zens and of the dilatory powers OF Eu-
rope who are letting mutual jealousy
act as accomDlice to unspeakable bru-
talities.
But it Is in his review of the Cuban
problem that Mr.. Cleveland Is at his
best. The one who will read this part
of the message with care and fairness
will find in it no lack of sympathy for
the rightful aspirations of the Cuban
people, but also no wavering, in defer
ence to unnformcd clamor, from the
straight line of executive duty. We
are entirely free to say that we regard
the presidents statement of the case
as all tlNt can with reason be asked
for and quite all that the United States
government at this time is in duty
bound to fulfil.
Mr.. Cleveland has evidently been i'm
proved by adversely
Mr. Bayard has shown wisdom in de-
clining to be put on the British public's
already large dead head list.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08
Fake Enterprise.

The Tribune agrees with Newspaper
dom and many other prominent author
tiles on such matters that the padded
special edition, put out simply be-
cause during the holiday season mer-
chants are accustomed to spend money
literally on advertising, is form of
newspaper enterprise more honored in
the breach than in the observance. 1t
was itself at one time guilty of this
mistaken activity, but one year ago 1t
repented and neither this year nor in a
future year will it solicit advertise
ments from the business men of Scran-
ton for sham purpose.
OF what possible value to the adver-
tser is a srrawling advertisement
stuck somewhere amidst twenty to thir-
ty pages of similar advertisements all
of them sandwiched in between boiler
plate reading matter or "chucked to-
gether" miscellany? Why should any
advertiser pay to have his announce
ment lost in such waste of dreary and
unread extra pages? Why should any
newspaper properly sensible Of its Obli-
cations to its patrons ask any business
man to sink his money in such trans
parent foolishness?
During the next three weeks The Tri-
bune will find room for its advertisers
as we'll as for it's news and literary
features without tax upon the popular
patience. If it has to print twelve in
stead of eight pages it will print twelve.
but they will be as carefully edited
and as regular in contents and arrange
ment as any other daily issues of this
journal. Merchants who wish to adver-
tise in such a way as to reach the buy
ing public will appreciate the advan-
tage of space in regular issues and shun
the sham boiler-plate special edition
which represents nothing but q waste
of money and perversion Of enter
prise.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08
snain after all, will not be able to

Spain, after all. will not be able 10
get much comfort out of the message
The president doesn't exactly balance
a chip on his shoulder. but he gives
the weylerites several vigorous punch
es in the ribs, and intimates they may
look for more.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08

The total amount paid by the govern
ment in pensions and the cost of dis
bursting the same for the last thirty
one years is $2,O34 4.S17,7G9. This lacks
only a little over $346. 7l2,5OO of being
equal to the high-water mark of the
interest-bearing public debt. But no
decent American begrudges the money
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08

The Scranton Tribune seems to derive
great enjoyment from indulging its snap
ping. snarling propensities at the Record
Wilkes Barre Record
Not at all. 1t only rips open sham
when impelled to do so by duty, and
then never with relish for the task.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08

Mr.. Bryan will lecture and write a
book, but it is hoped he can yet be
dissuaded from undertaking to elevate
the stage.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08

a new cabinet dark horse has been
trotted out in the person of Joseph
Choate, whom the boomers propose for
secretary Of state. He is not our pref
erence. but he would undoubtedly make
a good one.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08

Those who say the tariff cannot be
taken out Of politics forget that the
party which fools with it can.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08

1t is pity Mr.. Cleveland didn't strike
his present gait earlier in the race.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08

highest privileges it grants. namely.
the right to help elect it's chief magis-
trate.
The Press is easily within the truth
when II says this laXity Of state legis-
lation upon so vital subject is not
only public scandal, but also gross
injustice to American born citizens who
are compelled to reside in the United
States twenty-one years before they
acquire the right to vote. When the re-
formers next work for uniformity of
state laws with reference to bankrupt
cy. marriage and divorce. let them also
include in the list laws comforting up
on aliens the use of the suffrage. 1t is
manifestly an outrage that the present
discrepancies should exist.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08

In Michigan this winter an effort Is
to be made to abolish the office of cor
oner and put its duties, when any du-
ties are necessary, under the jurisdic-
tion of the district attorney. This ap-
proposition and it might well receive
consideration at Harrisburg.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08

The electoral college of Pennsylvania
will not assemble at Harrisburg until
the second Monday in January, per-
haps just in time to see the senatorial
fur fy
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08

MIR. Bayard has shown wisdom in de-
clning to be put on the British public
already large deadhead list.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08

Rev. Thomas De Gruchy surprised his
audience at the Jackson Street Baptist
church Sunday night, when he preached
his first sermon to the Hyde Park public.
His method is far from the conventional.
He told his auditors that short sermons
would be the rule and he encouraged
laughter and light -heartedness in the
house of the Lord. The significant part
of it is thai when leaving the church
everybody seemed to be greatly pleased
with "the new minister"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-08

MIR Cleveland's SAY" is interesting z
and in places valuable, but it would
have attained far larger audience had
it been conveyed in third it's num-
Der of words
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-10-24

The Altgeld wing of the
Bryanite combination are now
proposing Debs for secretary of
war. How do the law-abiding
people of the country like the
sound of that?-Minneapolis
Journal.
All right! Just the kind of a
man the law-abiding, justice
loving people want.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-10-24
point him upon partisan

point him upon partisan
grounds.
1t is most important to the
workingmen and all legitimate
interests Of the county that the
courts be presided over by men
in sympathy with the people and
who will not allow the judicial
ermine to be smirched in order
to carry favor with corporations.
The district judgeships bring one
of the prizes especially coveted
for it's henchmen by the Mime
sofa Iron company and kindred
corporations, the interests of the
common people and the impair
tial administration of Justice will
be best served by the election of
Messrs. Powell and Jacques.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-10-24
Powell-Jacques.

Roger S. Powell, silver candi-
date Tor district Judge, has been
a resident of Duluth for ten
years. Hecame here from Mary
land in 1886 and began the prac-
tice of his profession. For two
years he was assistant county
attorney and afterwards was
elected Judge of the municipal
court, which position he has
held for three years. His ad-
ministration of the duties of his
earlier position was so satisfac-
tory that, though the republican
party then had an overwhelming
majority, he was elected on the
nomination of the populist and
democratic parties by a majority
of over one thousand. His per-
sona1 character and eminent
qualifications for the district
judgeship are so generally recog-
nized that there is no doubt his
majority at the coming election
will be largely increased.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-10-24

Alfred Jacques, born in Gene
see, ILL.,, in 1857. Educated in
the public schools Of that state
and in the private school of
Prof. S. H. Waldo of Genesee.
Studied law in the office of
Judge Geo. E. Waits at the
same place. Was admitted to
the bar before the supreme
court of Colorado in 1882, came
to Duluth in 1883, and became
a member of the law firm of
Jacques & Hudson, which firm
still continues. Was recon-
mended in 1887 by the bar of
Duluth for the position of
municipal judge, and was
elected to that position by the
people without opposition. In
1891 was recommended by the
bar of the Eleventh Judicial
district for the position of dis
trict judge, but an additional
judge not being allowed by the
Legislature was not appointed.
In 1898 when a third judge was
granted to the district, Mr..
JACQUES was the choice of the
bar for appointment, but Gov
ernor Nelson declined to ap-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-10-24
We're Scholars All Right.

We're Scholars All Right.
The News Tribune says:
1.-THE laborers themselves are
scholars at their own affairs,
where Bryan and Towne are
mere theorists, who are a public
menace to all who earn living
honestlv."
Correct in part. We are
scholars at our own affairs, in
proof of which 90 per cent of us
will vote the silver ticket. Bryan
and Towne may be theorists,
but not in the sense meant by the
News Tribune. It's violence to
the queens English is as great
as it's violation of the truth.
The gold oracle uses the word
"theory" in the sense of "hypo-
thesis,' a vulgar but inexcusable
error. Strictly speaking, by
theory is meant a plan, an out
line of established truth, work.
ing hypothesis after it has been
proven beyond a reasonable
doubt by the accumulated facts
Of experience. The established
laws relating to melody are
called the "theory OF music"
And it is always customary to
refer to the logically arranged
facts and principle of any science
as the Theory" Of such science.
And such are the financial prin-
ciples of the gentlemen named
demonstrated facts ofexperience.
That such theories are public
menace to all who earn "a living
honestly" is a bold assertion
the News Tribune expects us to
take on confidence. If according
toits code by "honestly' is meant
1.-The exaction of a just equiva-
lent tor what has been given,"
it's use of the word is right; but
then it's statement is false. But
if by Honestly" it means the
compulsion of the debtor to re-
store a dollar worth twice as
much of labor and it's products
as the one loaned him, it's origi-
nal statement is correct, but 1.-THE
laborers who are scholars at their
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-10-24
An Era of Cheap Silver.

History tells us of one time
when silver was as cheap as
stones in the streets. Now to
hear a gold bug advocate you
would suppose that if it was
used for money, and it was, it
must have been a time of the
utmost distress, hard times and
starvation.
Well, when was it?
In the golden age of the Jew
ish monarchy. In the reign of
King Solomon, who by his wis
dom, without bloodshed, raised
the nation to the highest plane
of wealth and power it ever &C.
cupied.
Isn't it in order now for the
gold bugs to prove o,the gold
bug never proves anything-to
declare that old Solomon, in
stead of being the wise man he
has been credited with being
by history, sacred and profane,
was an old bewhiskered hay
seed, a silver lunatic and a re-
pudiator?
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1896-02-01
EVOLUTION OF THG ARROW.


F! Aoes,ropoioRiat Explsins How They First
| Came to Be Made
Frank III. Cushing, of Washington,
! who lived many yeai: among the Zuni
! Indians, ad!<essetl the Section Of An
thropoloey of the Aifstisan association
| at It's recent Springfield meeting, tipe1,
| 'The Arrow." The following is an ab-
| stract of the lecture: HE believes the
! arrow TO have been perfected long be-
fHrs the bow; a1ld to be in fact one of
the most pfiinitite Of Weapons; dating
back to the discovery ct the art Of ehip=
ping f1ints. He related his own aissSv=
cry of this art when q boy, under the
stimulus of n plowed-up arrowhead,
and Mt a time when modern students
were ignorant of the manner in which
this was done by aboriginal races. The
finsr Taking and finishing with fiat
picce. Of bone or horn WIS with him an
accidental discovery. as he believes It to
have been with primitive peoples.~ He
described the selection of material by
the Indians, preferably from pebblet In
drift, and the careful buryfDg of the fin
ished tips to preserve their temper and
to recover them from their rough hand
ling, as the Zunis En5'. The shafts were
always worked out from butt to tip, that
they might fly in the right direction.
If not from green material, they were
well soaked before being Strengthened
by passing them through a hole of prop
FL. size in a wooden block. Then the
shafts were grooved down to the feath-
ef-s, with the tooth of a panther If in
tended for war, but with that of an elk
or beaver if for the chase. Finally they
were notched for the cord, and footed
with plug of wood 10 prevent splitting
en- the cord when drawn. The three
feathers. two lateral WINGS and q
third called the tall were attached by
chewed sineS~s wound about the shaft.
After a bundle had been thus completed
they were dropped together upon tho
ground to determine their respective
regions. Accordingly as they pointed.
they were separated into groups for the
four points of the compass, the MEM
beers Of each group being indicated by
the peculiar cutting of the tall feather.
Those of the north end west groups
Hvcretxlestined for war, and those of the
south and east for hunting, and they
were fitted with heads corresponding
to these uses. The speaker traced the
gradual steps in the progress of the race
in talking fints and attaching them to
shafts. He thinks that the feathers
were first attached through a fetichistic
belief in their power to aid the flight Of
the arrow, and that the discovery of
their real serviceableness in this respect
when attached in a definite way at the
lase of the shaft came later. In con-
the development of the bow
from the throwing stick, at a much later
period, was DISQUALIFICATION Tran
script.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1896-02-01
swEETHEARrs Always.


II swec:.nearts were sweethenrts alwayA
y. nether as maid or wife,
No drop would be half as pleasant
In the mingled dfA0Ght of life.
But the sweetheart hos smiles and lLushe.
When the wife has frowns and signs.
And the wife's have wrathful glitter
For the glow of the sweetheAft'S eyes.
II lovers were lovers always
The same TO sweetheart and wife.
WEo would change for q future of Eden
The joys of this checkered life?
But husbands grow grave and silent,
And care on the anxious brow
OFT replaces the sunshine that pefished
With the words of the marriage vow.
Happy IL he whose sweetheart
Is wife and sweetheart still,
Whose voice, as of old. can charm him:
Whose kiss. as of old. can thrill:
Who has plucked the rose to find ever
It's beauty and fragrance increase,
AZ hush of passion 10 mellowed
In loves unnneasured peace.
Who sees in the step liehtness;
Who hnds in the form q grace:
Who reads an unaltcred Brightness
In the wttchefy OF the face,
Undimmed and unchanged. An, happy
IL he crowned with such q life!
Who drinks the vito pledging the sweet
heart,
And toasts in the sweetheart the wifel
Daniel O.Connell, in Domestic Monthly
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1896-02-01
Home AlNfs AND HELPS

| -COcoanut C6kS.-Oie; cup butter,
| two ct12ss sugar, white of six eggs, one
half teaspoon soda, ONE teaspoon cream
tartar, three clips hdiir, one Fi,p iisjlk,
I-Prarie Farmer.
| from a piece of olive green felt IS inches
| square. The outer edge is cut in the
shape OF lnup1e ]enxes. which must be
painted in autulnnal tints. Tie tehtGr
should be decorated.
--Frizzled Bcef-Chip the beef as
thin as paper with a very sharp knife.
Melt in "a frying-pan butter the size
of an egg. stir the beef around in it for
three minutes, dust in a little flour, add
tcacurful of cream, boil and serve In
covered tlish.-Farin, Field and Fire
side.
Baked Shuash:-Cnt il pieces; II
hard shell, steam; If soft, pare and
steam. When soft, mash fine, to every
pint add hnlf a pint of bread or cracker
crumbs, tablespoonful of butter, half
a teacupful of thin cream, pepper and
salt u, taste. Beat well together and
bake an hour.-Country Gentleman:
"A Good Pudding Sauce.-Cool to-
gether two cupfuls of hot water and
one. cup of granulated sugar, boil for
five minutes; add three teuspoonfuls of
cornstarch, moisten in cold water, and
-coolt ten minutes. Add one-half cup Of
currhnt jelly aud one tenspoonful of
butter. Stir till jelly is thelted.-Bos.
ton Budget.
Snowflake Sauce.-Onc cup sugar,
one heaping teaspoon of butter, crea1ncd
together; one cup water, one table,
spoon flour, one-quarter teaspoon salt.
Mix flour with "a little water, add to rest
and boil five minutes. Cool, ndt1 sugar
and one-hnlf teaspoon each of vanilla
md lemon and beat until halsy with u
Dover beater.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Chicken Pie.-Cook the chickens
until tender, the day before. then just
heat them up, put into a pudding dish,
season with pepper, salt and butter.
Make n good biscuit crust, roll it out,
spread with butter, fold and roll again,
then put it over the chicken. If the
chicken is hot, the pie may be slipped
into the oven after the turkey is taken
out, and will be done as soon as brown.
Farm and Eireside.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1896-02-01

Bert WAS 10 tafts the pumpkin; and
he intended to wrap himself in shSet
from his bed to add to the frightfulness
OF his appearance. Lawrence was to 10
most of the grooming; but in the stAd
! one groaned abciit as ihiich as the
ether:
The night was very dark aud unusual
ly cold, even for late October. 1t had
rained little early in the evening, and
the kitchen roof was wet. Bert and
Lawrence shivercd they climbed ost;
one behind the other, fully dressed,
Bert carrying his sheet rolled up under
his coat. They shivered more und more
the longer they stayed out.
Bert was in advance of Lawrence
when they climbed out upon the roof
No sooner were they fairly on the wet
and almost icy roof than they began to
slide down much faster than they Ind
expected or desired. and they found it
impossible to slacken their speed or to
lessen the noise they were making in
their hurried, somewhat rolling de-
scent.
Down they slid, vainly grasping ut
the roof or trying to stay their progress
by bracing their heels on the shingles
1t was of no avail
Look out for the rain-water barrel.''
shrflly whispered Lawrence, when they
were within three feet of the edge of tho
roof.
But it was too late to look out for any
danger. Under the caves was n huge
barrel, or tank, set to catch rain water.
1t partly took. the place of cisterh.
Since it was large enough to hold sew
eral ordinary barrels of wa ter.
1t was also quite large enough to hold
three or four boys the size of the two
Trask boys; and now. although it was
full of icy water to the very top hoop,
it was suddenly called upon to receive
Bert and Lawrence within it's depths.
Down they cline, Bert shouting swift
~ over the edge OF the roof and Law