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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-09

the other party should declare no less
decisively for bimetaliism. Let US have
the battle out. The people who. after
due argument, shall render q majority.
decision are the people whose party
should have power and should use that
will. We do not share the fear that
the American nation will go to smash
unless a certain metal be accepted or
rejected as the legal standard of value.
Hence we do not fear to have the
whole matter fairly discussed. Honest
discussion is Wholesome. 1t is the life
of free Institutions.
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o. C.!:aucst toward Cuba. a hund. ed
yta!5 o. iorbs 2f-nCc. Gli the whole -
I!oG oGe " turnu.sISe ~ Cuos. as tns re
&u.t vi sgAA!sh VpLicss!ai. anG .&SesssA
$tstlal ioaoI9tie ~-f.A .!Ger-i On gf@ ~
ta!S so.(rL.nCLs 10 Ou: t.p i@.a:i, Ia v.
&C! tAdt peace aaj lroEge-s !n.Eht rex
there, thz most ie.NeLt aPpea.S Itocl TIE
tutans thClEsSl.,s tor iaSAsivn AMI ocGu-
2atcy by tAe inItcl state, and TIE cr.
~ conquest Is ;a!sei, iGo situation IA
\Oi> IS = mint " uppl OpciGte action To con
gress. The appropria, ION D.lis are now IN
course uf preparation. Tac rev enuSs AK
snort, IL - ifu". but Nud!i 1t hCt ."
well 20 Insert an item providing 10. tae
sending abroad OF Il commission OF teae h
ers 10 Teach IN" teachers Of C,l sat Britaii,
and Europe something Sbo!t the history
OF this government and th" ChaTa>ter al
the pt upie CT taS United States: The
aihout-t need n,. be idrsr, although the
task imposed woGll b. some; hing stu
lautprs
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-09

The Illinois delegation will in our
Judgment prove pretty measly lot If
it does not lay aside its factionalism
and it's caterwauling long enough to
give an honest support to the honest
and deserving candidacy of Senator
Cullom.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-09
AMERICAN CUPIDITY.
ON the Washington Star.


And now comes the German press lee
turin. las on cupidily. and charging con-
quest as the spring of our action in this
tdban matter. II that were our govern
ing spirit We SHOULD deserve to be lee
turci for our backwartlness and stupidity.
cuba Is no recently discovered island ~
ing OH our southern coast. We risk moth
ia. in the assertion that ii has been there
sCmc time. and that the people OF the
rn.tel States have been aware of the fact
all along. If We had been u nation Of
land -grab bbers and dcspoilers we would
have gathered the island in very many
years ago. In one sense, indeed the Unit
ed States has been Il barrier against the
conquest of cuba. The island Is a rich
spot. both in minerals and in farming
lands ana had IL not been situated so
close to these shores England would prob
ably long since have picked a quarrel
with Spain and sobbied it up.
III -
How very forbearing the United States
has been in the premises appears plainly
enough in the record. The fathers believed
that Cuba ought to be American terri
terry. Mr. Jefferson was an earnest adj
vocate OF the purchase of the island. ani
a number of prominent statesmen since
his day have indorsed his view. As
matter of fact, offers have been made to
Spain by this sOrernment-very tempting
offers-but to no purpose. Spain refused
TO sell. At any time during the thirty
years Immediately preceding the civ!i
war in this country the slightest intima-
tl0n from any responsive SOCr". mat ne.
gotiation for Cuba would ne entertained
by the Spanish government would have
promptly brought about the opening OF
such negotiations on our part.
-: II
Meanwhile. what has Spain done to JUS
tify her refusal to sell? Has she given
good government to Cuba. as a parent
country should to colony? The Dres-
ent war. if there had been no other wars
on the island. would answer that Has
the island thrived under her control? It's
condition answers that. Compare 1t with
any of the South Atlantic states of this
government. and the result is pathetic.
Cuba under Spanish rule lacks everything
that her situation. her natural resources
and the civilization of the closing years
of the nineteenth cen.urycal for. Her
principal city. which might easily be made
one of the fairest under the sun, has for
years shown but little growth, and Is a
comfortless and unkempt town i'm COM
parison with cities less than twenty years
old i'm those states in the west which Mr..
Cleveland, as general counsel for the mis-
sionary societies. proposes shall be turned
over to the missionaries.
And yet the United States Is accused Of
harboring and trying to exercise a spirit
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-09
An Article Worth Reading.

wesincerely trust that every purchas-
er Of our Saturday issue read with at
tention the review which 1t contained
of Ten Years of Republican Rule" in
the city of Scranton. If any one did
not. we advise him to hunt up that
paper and read it as soon as possible.
We make this request because we be-
lieve that no matter how much they
may at times be deceived, the majority
of the plain people of Scranton mean
to do right and to act fairly They
recently cast the Republican party out
of the control of the government of the
city. no doubt thinking at the time
that they We're acting wisely; but II
they will read. now that the distracting
excitement of the campaign is over.
what the Republican party has actually
done for Scranton during the decade
of its ascendancy in municipal affairs.
as shown by incontrovertible official
figures, may be some of them will be
disposed to review. in a spirit of more
manifest fairness the opinions to which
they recently gave expression at the
polls in u mood of ill-founded prejudice.
The reading of this article will have
another good effect in that 1t will tend
to fix in the public mind the standard
OF local government with which our
Democratic friends must prepare to
stand comparison.
Olney having flatly declined to ac-
cept the sacrificial honor the present
belief in Washington is that President
Cleveland will throw his influence to
Carlisle, in the hope that the Chicago
convention will nominate Carlisle and
Russell. This combination would suit
ReDublicanS to r
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-09
Magee Declares War.

The formal declaration of the Re
publican city executive committee of
Pittsburg against Quay and in favor of
Mckinley for president. followed as it
was on last Friday night by a spirited
speech from c. l.. Magee assailing the
Beaver senator for his interference in
Allegheny county politics, brings to pass
what has long been expected and to
some degree dreaded. namely, Il partial
renewal of the fractional war of one year
ago. 1t is probable that the standard
of revolt which Magec has raised in
Allegheny will be reinforced by the CO.
operation. secret or open. of Martin in
Philadelphia. The course of Senator
Quay in giving 1T out that for neither
Magee nor Martin would there be any
quarter until both Were eliminated from
politics or Quay himself dethroned has
left to these two plucky fighters no
peaceful alternative. Having been in
formed that they could not have peace
If they would, it is natural that they
should prepare for war, and for bitter,
Without going into any consideration
of the merits of the present controversy,
we imagine that the Republican party
is to be congratulated upon one thing,
which Is that the hand of the chief eX-
ecutive of the commonwealth will be
free, during the next session of the
legislature, to consider bills impartially,
and to stand between the people and all
legislation inspired by vindictive fac
tional motives. SO long as Governor
Hastings maintains under these cir
cumstances judicial attitude, there
will be comparatively little danger to
the general public from this threatened
re opening, in a limited way, of the war
of the factions. Indeed. the public may
eventually benefit from it. through the
keene~ scrutiny which it will impose on
Legislative proceedings and the mar
rover scope it will leave for darklan-
tern work.
The majority of those who went into
the factional fight of one year ago went
into it reluctantly, and because of local
necessities which could not be evaded.
This majority, probably comprising an
equal number of Quay men and admin
istration men, is now for peace. 1t has
no relish for continued discord and will
not again become involved in civil war
so long as there is an honorable way
out. For this reason, and as an earnest
of the general desire for a speedy resto-
ration of party harmony, the presiden
tial candidacy of Senator Quay, whether
serious or strategic in its real purpose,
has been received by the majority of
Pennsylvania Republicans with cordial
favor, and is supported by them in the
hope that ii will conduce to renewed
amity. We think 1t would be good
politics for both Magee and Martin to
defer their defensive fight until after
the national convention; but they could
no doubt retort that if such postpone
ment is wished. the example of concilia-
tion should first be set by the Pennsyl-
vania candidate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-09
It Will Not Down.

The New York chamber of COM
merce has issued a strong appeal to the
commercial bodies and business men of
the United States to unite in an effort
to secure from both political parties
unequivocal declarations i'm favor of the
maintenance of the present standard
of value. and also to prevent either
party from hiding behind doubtful plat
form expressions IN respect to the re-
opening of the mints of the United
States to the free coinage of silver
The address continues: "'rhc time is
past. If il ever existed, for any hating
doubtful phrasing to express the mean
ing of political parties upon this i'm
portant subject. We must have no
platforms that can be interpreted to
mean one thing in one part of the land
and another thing in another part Of
the land. 1t is important to every biisi-
ness man, producer and wage-earner
to put stop to the enormous cost of
the government and to all of our people
resulting from the continuance of the
agitation in favor of the free coinage
IL
revival of confidence and national busi-
ness prosperity"
Under our form of government it is
not possible to halt an agitation until
the great majority of the voters. after
q careful study of the issue in dispute,
record their deliberate verdict at the
polls. The money question. while old
to political economists. is comparative
1y new to the masses, and therefore
they will be likely to exhibit unrest,
from time to time, until it is thoroughly
debated and elucidated. 1t is idle for
chambers of commerce to tell the people
that they ought not to think about such
questions; that they ought to take
their opinions ready made. The people,
in this nation. are sovereign, and in
order to perform the duties of sover-
eighty, 1t Is essential that they should
inform themselves concerning public
questions. For this reason the silver
agitation though it may evince vicis-
situdes and fluctuations, will not per-
manently down at any mans bidding;
It will down only when the great mass
Of our people deliberately decide to put
it down.
To ask both parties to take one posi-
ton of this magnitude is to ask them
to forfeit the chief usefulness of polit-
ical parties. the educational usefulness
which comes from a thorough discus
sion Of economic issues. II one party
declares for the single gold standard.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-09
Merit System in the Foreign Service

! There Is q sentence in eX-President
| Harrison'S article in the March number
| of the Ladies' Home Journal which. al
though simple enough by itself, has in
| connection with recent well-remem-
| bered public events significance
worthy of more than passing notice.
| 1t occurs in the course of an incidental
| alusion to the nations diplomatic and
consular service. 1T is remarked,
| says the distinguished author, that
| changes in the home administration in
other countries, such as England and
| France, do not involve changes in the
ministers or ambassadors or consuls,
as they do with us. The Dnglish am
bassador at Washington holds right on
whether the Liberals or the Tories are
In power. He represents his country.
| not his party. and carries out the in
structions from the home government
loyalty. He is never heard to make
speeches attacking the policy of the on
posing party-or- criticising his own
people"
The merit system" as civil service
reformers choose to call that exempli-
lied principle which, in public affairs
as well as in private undertakings. pre-
fers to employ men for what they can
do rather than for what ticket they
vote or what partisan ideas they enter
tain, has hitherto. in it's elemental
stages of successful evolution, content
ed itself with wedding out the few-dol-
lars -per-diem spoilsmen who formerly
sat in the vestibules to the public crib
1t has not yet reached up to the chief
sinners in the high places of state.
But 1t will. in due season. The pursuit
OF the primates in the partisan game
OF paying political debts with the money
OF the people is simply question of
time.
1t would be quite as sensible to
change the Justices Of the Supreme
court or the major generals of the reg
ular army with every change i'm the
presidency as to sweep the diplomatic
deck, replacing experienced men al
ready accustomed to the details of their
work with men wholly new to the
business. and, for anything yet in
public evidence. wholly unqualified for
1t. And the people, one of these days.
will see this. When they do. the pres
idential practice of getting rid of I'M
Fortunate political place hunters by
exiling them to distant diplomatic
posts or of paying off convention obli-
cations by the distribution of ambassa-
dorships among dickering rivals for
the nomination will fall into decline;
or. as the Syracuse Standard phrases
1t. 1.-The republic will always have q
body Of skilful men to care for its for
eign interests, and will not be reduced
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to give the next president the pleasure
of removing him.
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tic!ans out OF employment on literary
men who want vacation"
The camaaign for Senator h.i.c's
mantle In the TUenty-hlst distinct l.
progressing merr!iy. Ia addition 10
Representatives Harvey and Reese,
who asnire to promotion, Frcd l..
Smith. of Ha2leton. and Isaac =. HAND.
OF Wilkes Barre. hav" ior some time
been C.enly in the Held, with lAddon
Flick III the background as a senator
ial possibility: and now comes that
sturdy veteran Of campaigns afofe-
time, Colonel w. J. Scott. of Wapwa'l-
open, who announces that he. too Is
candidate for keeps" Colonel S"ott
is 4: vigorous and sterling Republican
with a lighting record covering more
than Il score of years Of active party
service, and If nominated. would un-
doubtcdly be elected
The Pittsbarg Times, the pionce"
pa per of its re;,'ion and by far the most
widely circulated Pittsburg daily, COM
plains that its six Pittsburg competi-
tors have conspired to make unfair
war upon its circulation. The Times
specifies several instances in which
newsdealcrs were told shat If they sold
the Times, they would not be permitted
to sell any Of the other pittsburg pa
rers, but that If they would Quit selling
the Times. any losses thus sustained
would be made good. II the Times
representations are correct, that paper
is to be congratulated, for such tactics,
SO far from iniuring it, will cause
doubling of its business. The Times il
too good u paper to be crushed in this
OF any other manner.
The Illinois delegation will in our
Judgment prove Il pretty measly lot If
it does not lay aside its factionalism
and its caterwauling long enough to
give an honest Sllpuort TO the honest
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-09
Tho Tribune is the only Republican
daily In Lackawanna County.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

70 the Republican electors of Pennsylva-
MIA.
The Republicans of Pennsylvania, ~
their duly chosen representatives, WI,
meet in state convention Thursday, April
49, 1896, at 10 o'clock n. m, in the opera
aouse. city Of Harrisburg, for the pur-
pose OF nominating two candidates ioI
.epresentative-at-large in congress anu
lhirty-two candidates for presideh'ia'
electors, the selection of eight delegates
at-large to the Republican national con-
vention, and Tor the transaction ot SUN
pther business as may be presented
BY order Of the state commute.
NJ. $. quay.
At.a.t. Charm" n.
Jere B. Ray.
. w. II. Andrews,
?ecr.ia''rs.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-09

Criticisms of the present mayor for
fulfilling his legal duties so long as ms
term lasts are clearly deficient in Judg-
ment. 1t should not be forgotten that
he remains mayor until his successor Is
inStnlled
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-09

to the necessity Of taking up with poll!
ticians out OF employment on literary
men who want u vacation"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-09

The next president should be a man
who does not regard himself as a being
immeasurably superior.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-09
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn hy Ajacchus. The
Tribune Astr6!OScr.
Astrolabe cast: 3l7 Il. m. for Monday.
March 9 1896.

Astrolabe cast: 3l7 Il. M. for Monday.
March y, 1896.
%: %. { &s
A child born on this day will b. very
unlucky unless his pa is Democratic
councilman.
There are germs for thought in the
statement that for good health microbes
in the system are necessary.
According 10 the ideas of some of our
dissatisfied friends the best way TO dis
pose of the Spanish would be TO give them
cooking lessons.
Ajacchus' Advice.
DO not place yourself in the "hands
Of friends" in politics unless certain that
said hands are encased in soft gloves.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-09

There seems 10 be a growing belief
among state politicians that Senator
Cameron's recent withdrawal after all
had u string to 1t.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
Honesty Best, After All.

Two hungry workmen OH the tramp
lately came to o village where lived a
Catholic priest who was known to keep
a good table.
Mate" said one of them, I'VE shall
get nothing there if he finds out that
we are Protestants. shall tell him I'm
a Catholic"
do as you please" replied the 9TH
er. Il shall tell the truth
They knocked at the clergyman 8 door
and asked for relief.
His reverence asked them among 9TH
er things what confession they belonged
to, and they replied as previously agreed.
Then he babe them wait and went back
into the house, returning soon after
ward with couple Of plates, ON one of
which was roast duck and on the other
a little boiled rice
Friend" he said, addressing the sol
disant Catholic, las it is fast day, I
have nothing better to give you; but as
for YOU" he said, turning to the other,
being hereto, you care nothing for
fast days. and may therefore eat meat "
New York Advertiser.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
Tho Flight Of Geeae.

Wild geese conduct their migration
in an extremely methodical fashion.
The birds form themselves into lines
shaped like an old fashioned drag or
harrow. Sometimes there are two rows,
one behind the other There are always
distinct leaders, but these very soon
tire. and by careful watching with a
glass one may see the leaders drop back
and others take their places. 1t has been
suggested that this arrangement is on
the principle of ticket office window,
and that all of the ganders successfully
take the leadership When weary, they
fall back to the rear and others come
up. If the flock is scattered by shot or
accident, they may Immediately form
again. New York Ledger.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
After the Long Arctic Night.

The inhabitants of the little villages
In the arctic circle have nearly three
months of steady night 1t is the annual
custom that on the day when the sun
rises above the horizon after the long
season Of darkness the inhabitants all
stand in line, facing the returning orb,
and greet 1t with military salute. No
other effect than that of palencss of COM
plexion is discernible in the natives aft
er this long time at night. The pallor
soon passes away with the suns return.
In Bodo the sun can be seen at midnight
ON June 9; Ill Tromso it can be seen on
May 20; in Hammerfest, or as far as the
North cape, the midnight sun may be
Seen as early as May 13 or 16.-New
York Herald
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
Tea and Conea.

British trade statistics show that tea
is driving coffee out of the market in
the United Kingdom. England has al
ways been great country for tea drink
ing. and now the British taste for that
beverage is apparently stronger and
more nearly universal than ever. In the
United States, although very great
portion of the population is of almost
unmixed British origin, coffee complete
ly overshadOws tea in common use
There is no reason TO believe that the
latter Will ever become popular here i'll
the same sense that coffee is already
and the coffee trade increases constantly
Nations differ i'll such matters to q
very remarkable degree. Germany, like
the United States is coffee drinking
country, and so is France to less ex-
tent. Russia, on the other hand, is more
devoted to tea than England. and China
and Japan care az little for coffee as the
Turks do for the tea which the yellow
races of eastern Asia consume i'll enor-
nous quantities In some cases the eli
mate seems TO be determining influ-
encc, the lower the temperature the
greater being the consumption Of tea
and the smaller the coffee trade. There
are notable exceptions, however, for
Germany, where coffee leads by long
odds, is land Of colder weather III
winter than the British isles expert
ence. Japan. where tea is universally
used, is warmer than Asia Minor, where
the Turks drink coffee very freely
However, as u rule, the colder coun-
tries prefer tea to coffee, and in the
warmer climates coffee is easily first in
popularity. Leader.