The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-09

Mrs. Stowe said one day. on her Florida
plantation, TO her uneducated negro ser
want, who had at least legal right to
vote, "Sambo, don't you think ought 10
have right To vote. as well as you? he
replied. "Law, Missus, does you think
woman has sense enough to voter!
Q.aughter). am not asking for woman ans
vote, whether men or women, black or
white. native or foreign shall have sense
enough to vote"
.. CHANGE THE ADVOCATES.
Since 1890 have been advocating what l
hope the Endeavorers will also urge, that
just as soon as possible we shaii pass
laws, to take effect on the first day OF
the twentieth century, giving everypouy
full warning by passing them SOON lnat
all new voters, native ana foreign, must
after the dawn of the twentieth century,
by an educational qualification or test or
some sort, prove before they receive the
scepter of suffrage, that they have sense
enough to vote.
There are three necessities of life in a
republic like ours. We must have intel
ligence enough to resist the sophistries
of the demaSoSue. We must nave con-
scientiousness enough TO resist the Dripes
of the corporations, never so tempting as
now, for the citizens as well as Tor their
selected legislators. And. we must also
have spirit of equality. only the Sab
bath can give us as a people the lntelli-
gence and the conscientiousness and the
spirit OF equality that are the three ne
cessities of life in republic. What Is the
matter with the Spanish republics and the
French republic? When you read news l
hope you have the habit of looking be-
hind the news, for the philosophy that
underlies the facts. France has more
rope together. II is republic good Tor
this day only" lying in the crater OF a
not extinct volcano. Look at the span
ish republics south of us. | was an editor
n. for txln IL
dred and fifty newspapers week, thihk
there was never week during those Two
years, and think there has never been u
month in the last five years, when there
have not been from one to five revolutions
going on down there. Whenever election
time comes, they get out their guns. Let
those who think written constitution
makes a safe republic remember that THESE
Spanish republics have got just as Sood u
constitution as we have, for they have
copied ours.
THEY HAVE NO SABBATH.
What is the matter with these republics?
The matter is they have no Sabbath. me
toilers spend their Sabbaths in labor, ana
the leisure classes in british dissipation
and childish. play, and therefore they cam
not develop manhood enough OF the spirit
of equality, not enough OF CONSCIENTIOUS
ness and intelligence TO govern themselves;
Bob Burdette said very significantly, ana
it takes in this whole question or the
Continental Sunday as against the Amer
lean Sabbath, from the civic and pollt-
ical standpoint: THE Declaration OF In
dependence was not born in a beer hive
on Sunday afternoon-nOt by long shot
Another need of our country, besides
this one of citizenship, and the outcome OF
It, Is Christian craftsmanship; ana mere let
me recur to that same monument OF
Washington, as | saw II from most pic
turesuqe point of view. |. think ii has
never been brought to the public notice,
but | believe that the Washington monu-
ment was placedswhere II is with reference
TO the window in the white house back OK
the presidents desk. When in the presl-
dents room this flashed upon me, for
right back OF his desk is an arched win
dow, which he looks through as he comes
in: and all the presidents, one AFTER an
other, rs they come from their private
morning before he takes his seat. as If
framed i'm that arched window, picture
of what a president ought to be, inonu-
ment of the first president. which, IKE
him it celebrates, Is simple and LOFTY ana
strong. We want statesmen like WASH
inEton in all those respects.
Recently New York has built Il cen,
tennial arch in honor Of Washington, and
selecting from all his writings Il single
sentence to put upon 1t, New York has
cut into II these words. in which Washing
ton rebuked the substitution of eXpediehcy
for right: let us raise Il standard to
which the wise and the honest may repair.
The event is in the hands of Cod Cap
plause). How New York can write "a IL
cense law under the shadow Of that arch
do not understand. would like TO write
across every liquor license those words
of Washington and the words of James
Russell Lowell: "rhey enslave their chill
dren's children who make compromise
~ NOT A PRETTY PAIR
The panels as we put them up, Washing
ton on the one side, and the average poll
tician of today. on tho other, do not make
a pretty pair. /, was reminded, when all
the people were 50 relieved ana SATISFIED
at the adjournment of the last congress. OF
funeral where passcr-by said TO the
sexton, "Who is dead?" The name was
given of a cross. grabbed, unpatriotic cit
the compiaint?' The old sexton replied,
"No complaint. Everybody satisfied
But why Were we so short of statesmen,
just when great conmercial ana monet
AIRY crisis made them necessaricS of life?
The better citizens in such cases often stay
home on election day, a thing they would
have no need to do If they had not stayed
at home on the night of the primary. Very
likely the primary came on prayer meet
ing night. because prayer meeting Chris
tians were not influential enough in poll
ties to be considered, and because they
We're neither wanted nor expected. 5ut
they were needed. And it would have been
better If they had left praying to the wo-
men, and gone 10 the primaries, as one
church did, pastor and all.
How often II happens that the good man
that ought to have been nominated was
not. no matter what better political ma
chinery We get, even though immigration
be restricted and educational tests for suf-
frage established We shall never get bet
ter officers unless we nominate better can
didates. and that such will not be nomi-
mated unless good citizens attend the pri-
maries which even now they could usually
control, If they would. Let us get better
primaries, and in the meantime use those
we have.
At the close of Mr.. Crafts address
II. J. Raymore conducted an open par
lament on the theme: "One thousand
new societies organized and ten thous-
and souls saved this year by the En-
deavorers of Pennsylvania, how can it
be done?" This subject called forth
many suggestions from the delegates.
Evening Session.
The rockingham was filled to over
flowing in the evening, when the last
session of the Christian Endeavor con-
vention was begun. William NJ. Ben
ham, of Pittsburg, presided over the
meeting and Rev. w. G. Watkins, of
the North Main Avenue Baptist church
Of this city, conducted the song and
devotional exercises. Rees Watkins
and the North End section of the
united choir, led the congregation in
singing. Rev. Mr.. Moffatt, of the
sttttt ttIldIl 'iiuICli,
offered prayer and the choir and con-
gregation sang again.
Secretary Mcdonald introduced to the
audience the members of the commit
tee of '96. AS the members of the COM
mittee ranged Themselves along the
front of the stage they We're greeted
with the Chautauqua salute by the
audience. Then Secretary Mcdonald
introduced each one to the audience.
Charles L. Daniels. chairman of the
committee, was the last one introduced.
He made a short farewell address,
which was roundly applauded.
The report of the nominations COM
mittee was then read and their report
adopted. The new officers were each
ip turn presented to the audience by
Mr.. Benham, the presiding officer of the