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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-16

honest and upright. In the six years
of statehood there has not been sim
gle scandal in connection with the
courts and but few and incorsequential
criticisms. Il is to hoped, the people
will, in the choice Of judges in future,
exercise the same discretion and wis
dom. We would caution the people
against thoughtless and i'll advised
criticism aimed against the courts, dis
trict as well as supreme The men who
now sit as judges have given every eVi.
dence Of integrity and ability and de-
serve to be upheld in their well.doing.
They should feel that the people recog-
nize their virtues and intend to stand
by them as long as they pursue the
same course which marks their past
history.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-16
SHORT LINE SYSTEM.
o''0'0'' to Be Manager Under the RoOrgani
finn

eaheroft to Be Manager Under the Rsorosri,,
ton.
The Salt Lake Tribune has the fol,
lowing; The Union Pacific and Sbor,
Line officials have decided to 90 nm IN
the Northern before coming to SAT-
Lake. They are now scheduled to ar.
rive today. In the party are Samnel
Carr, chairman of the reorpanization
committee of the Oregon Short Line &,
Utah Northern, and s. H. H. Clark
Oliver Ames, Henry G. Nichols and n
JEFFERSON Coolidge of the Union Paci6o
~ IS also stated that General Manaoar
Dickinson and other officials of The
operating department are with tho
party. ''ie
While in Omaha Oliver Ames uo,
quoted in the World Herald in tbe Fo ~
lowing important words of deem local
interest: iocal
we came in this morning over tho
ROCK Island, and will leave for a tom
OF inspection of the Union Pacific 70
morrow, said Mr.. Ames. we will 90
70 Salt Lake, Portland, and other vast a.
ern towns, and also down to San Fran.
cisco. There is virtually no change in
Union Pacific affairs. We are WAITING
LOT Congress. 1t is true that the 70
organization committee has obiectad -
the Hepburn amendment to the hin ~
congress, which calls for the OPENING Of ~
inc various gatewaYs of the Union
Pacific. Such action will place n. T ~
an unjust position, for while we ,So - =,
have to divide our business and t,a'l
over part OF it to the connecting road.
+. these same roads would turn over none none
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-16
ivy PEoPLE.v

Having been for my people and for
silver always, do not now propose to
betray either" That is not a quota
ton from Isaiah, although it has a pa
triarchal twang to 1t that smacks of
Scripture. Senator Dubois sent out
the comforting message from Washing
ton and it is hoped his people are ac-
cOrdinglV lifted up and exceeding glad.
1t is nice thing for senator to have
a people of his very own to lead about
by the ears. And how gracious of him
TO telegraph assurance Of his continued
loyalty But if the st. Louis cOnven-
tion does not nominate a silver man on
a silver platform how can the senator
acquiesce in the conclusions of that
body without treachery to "my PEG.
ple"? How will the senator reconcile
my people" to the nomination of Nc
Kinley? But, perhaps, he will not try
to. lie may gather my people" to his
bosom and abandon the Republican
party to its miserable fate. We can
not help but admire the magnanimity
Of the senator in assuming such q pro
prletOrship, We take it that the phrase
my people" includes all the inhabi-
tants of the state and it is so consoling
to know that we belong to somebody
and that that somebody is going to be
true to us through thick and thin. The
senator's paternal instincts are very
strong for one SO young or he never
would risk the fathersbip of a state
like this. A few years ago, he ven.
tured no tenderer appellation than "my
constituents" That, however, convey
ed no adequate idea of exclusive own
ership. 1t was merely inexpensive
fornality. The senator felt that his re-
lations to the inhabitants of Idaho had
grown to be such that more exact
terms must be employed to express the
true status, "My people" was selected
because it conveys at once the idea of
complete ownership and a patriarchal
affection that is very touching, We
wonder only that the senator DID not
go a step further in venerable phrase
olOgy and denominate the people of
Idaho tiny children"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-16


THE Weiser Signal complains be.
cause we do not answer its questions
We had not noticed any questions; but
we must say frankly that there are
many questions in connection with the
subject of finance that we are utterly
unable to answer. We donot pretend
to understand the subject. In our fee
BILE attempts to study it, we constantly
run up against impediments that we
can not satisfactorily overcome. There
are doubtless plenty of editors in the
state that have a thorough knowledge
of the whole subject understand it
like book, so to speak, and we trust
they will answer any questions which
the Signal may PROFOUND
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-16

HARRY Syms formerly Of the ShO-
shone Journal has because permanent
II connected with THE TRIBUNE. MIR
SymP Is newspaper man OF consider.
able experience and recognized as one
Of the best printers in the state. THE
TRIBUNE takes pleasure in introducing
the gentleman to the people Of Cald.
well and Canyon county, and bespeaks
for him the cordial reception always
accorded strangers by the generous
people of this part Of Idaho. Mr.
Syms' family viii arrive In a few days
and win occupy the new cottage just
completed by II. II. Jones.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-16

TIE eastern free silver Democrats
are losing their grip. The latest pub
lished table shows that the gold Demo
Gratis win be in the majority at Chica-
go. 1t begins to look as though the
Populists will have to go it alone in
Idaho.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-16

DEMOCRATS and POpulists do not
relish the endorsement Mckinley is get.
ting in idaho. How win the Democrats
feel when it comes to endorsing Car
Isle or ex Gov. Russell on the Massa
chusetts platform.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-16
NOTICE.

under tiI9 disposed posse Of my furniture and
and Bsd1e1s business to Messrs. OaEsa
are heTeby , n az persons indebted to "H ms
deptedno Oy notified to settle tbeir i jn
Caldwell Tdobo n A. A. Hoover
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-16

THE TRIBUNE refrains from pub.
fishing an account Of the Nampa con-
vention because the Pocatello conyen.
ton win be in session when this issue
reaches its readers and proceedings of
the county conventions win have
ceased to be of any interest.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-16

THE supreme court of the United
States appears to have fallen asleep on
the Wright water law case.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-16

old hack, which could hardly lope half
a mile without getting blown. !,
The prosecution, with great skill ana
ingenuity, is slowly forging a chain OF
circumstantial evidence, which grad
ually grows stronger as the case pro
crosses.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-16

MAJOR McKinley's boom has about
obliterated the necessity of holding
national convention.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-16

House to rent. Inquire of
I, q. EeLEsToN 8 Co, Ltd.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-16

THE Democratic state convention
win be held June 16, at POcateIlo.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16
Our Relations With Spain.

If the Spanish government rested
securely on an intelligent and conserv-
ative public opinion there would be
practically no possibility of hostilities
between that government and our own.
But If it rested on such a basis, there
would be today no war in Cuba; long
ago that island would have been ac
corded by the Madrid court such re-
forms in colonial administration and
such concessions in home rule as would
have knit the Antillesian province TO
the so-called mother country by bands
Of honest affection. This could have
been done with comparative ease. The
inhabitants of Cuba were kinsmen of
those of Spain; only ignorance, natural
ferocity, arrogance and false pride
stood in the way of an amicable un-
derstanding between them. 1t is these
characteristics of the Spanish DISPOSE
tiOn and temper rather than any ma
terial new development in the progress
Of the Weyler campaign which, de-
spite official denials, gives show of
fundamental plausibility to the tech
nically unfounded rumors now current
at Washington of an approaching
break with Spain.
AS the Philadelphia Press with not
able discernment points out, neither
the administration now. at Washing
ton nor any other wishes the hostility
of any power If it can be avoided We
have two duties in Cuba one near and
pressing and the other equally clear
but less immediate. We are bound to
protect our own citizens and all their
interests for one thing and for an
other we are bound to use all our in
fiuence to restore peace and prosperity
to the island at the earliest moment.
American rights have been fiagrantly
attacked and American interests wan
tonly injured by Spain in Cuba. Max
ing all fair allowance for the exaggera
tion of rumor and the needs of civil
war. it Is clear that Spain has failed
in her duty and that Spanish author
tiles have acted in an unfriendly spirit
Our vessels have been fined on frivol
Gus pretexts. They have been boarded
anu AHeu on' naraSsed ana delayed.
American plantations have been raw
aged. American citizens have been
shot. Some have be9 and are impris-
oned for an indefinite term without
trial. Our correspondents have been
expelled. The business of our citizens,
their trade. their plantations and their
property have been needlessly injured.
This cannot go on. For eighteen months
the United States has been forbear-
ance ITSELF Our government has no
desire to assert its strength and our
people have none. Our obligations as
a neutral have been scrupulously full
filed. Our citizens, their property and
nur vessels must be secure in Cuba,
and Spain must render them secure.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16

Secretary Olney is undoubtedly now
making this clear. with courtesy but
with decision. While urging this view,
prudent government naturally pre-
pares for all eventualities; but it does
so with no desire and no expectation
Of making use of its preparation"
1t Is announced through channels
which point to accuracy that the Cleve-
land administration, unless forced to
sudden action during the ensuing three
months by sudden and now unforeseen
provocation, will remit the whole
Cuban problem to the administration
of Major Mckinley. Two considera-
tions are cited as contributing to this
decision; one. the improba bility that
in three months so delicate q problem
could be pushed forward to solution;
and the other, a feeling of Difference
by President Cleveland and Secretary
Olney TO their successors in admins
trative command. The latter is cred
liable if true; but with reference to
the former it does not seem that more
than three months ought to be re-
Guired to frame an executive proclama-
tion recognizing Cuban belligerency.
AS the case stands 4 war with Spain
over Cuba can only come as a result
of Spanish passion overlapping re-
straint, committing some gross outrage
on American citizenship and afterward,
in sheer desperation, refusing repara-
tion and apology. This is not prob
able; but it Is possible, and while it
is possible, the United States should
hold itself in readiness for emergen-
ciec
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16
That Dunmore Murder.

The facts in the latest local murder
have not been determined with suf-
ficient accuracy to warrant the plac-
ing of the immediate blame; yet the
stabbing of Rocco Salvatore at Dun
more Friday night is an incident suf-
Gcient, when taken in connection with
others Of like character to give
thoughtful persons pause. 1t is COM
mon to hear such crimes tiippantiy
spoken Of by the majority of Ameri-
cans as If they were purely matter
of course. But anyone who is willing
to look a little below the surface can
readily see that something good deal
more weighty is at stake in this prob
lem of growing tendency toward local
homicidal crimes than the effect of such
quarrels upon the immediate parties
to them: and that something more ef-
fective in way of remedy is needed than
the starting of legal ferrets on the
trials of the fleeing assassins.
Dambrosio. of course. should be
caught, tried and If proved guilty, pun
ished But the accomplishment of this
would scarcely skim the top of the
real difficulty. We are not going to
pitch into the Italians. Like other
people. some of the local representa-.
tives of that race are good and some
are bad; but all of them, whether good
or bad, are here among us, have come
here under an invitation covered with
the sanction of federal law, and the
problem is not whether some of them
should have been denied admission, but
whether those of us who are blessed
with the higher civic virtues which
come from good education and care
ful training are doing what we can
and what we ought to do to lift the
lower classes Of these aliens up to II
level of good citizenship. If we are,
then we may with propriety grow in
dignant at such frequently recurring
violations of law, which clog our GRIM
inal courts, pile up our court costs
and bring the community's name into
reprOach. If we are not, we had bet
ter not forget our own guilt of moral
completely while straining for words
with which to condemn the foreign
ers"
We don't know how many thousand
dollars have been spent in Scranton
during the past generation on foreign
missions. How many thousand dol
lars have been spent by these same
good people on missions to educate and
Christianize the home Foreigners?
The dollar sent to convert the far-off
heather is a dollar put to q good and
noble purpose; it is true philanthropy,
because largely unselfish. But the dol
lar spent on the reclamation of the
home heather is none the less nobly
placed because it's immediate tendency
is to come back into the donors hands
bearing compound interest.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16
A Proposed Amendment to the
Brooks Law.

Attorney l.. p. Wcdeman, of this city,
has prepared the draft of an amend
ment to the Brooks High License law
which he will seek to have brought be-
fore the next legislature. 1t provides
that there shall be elected upon the
third Tuesday of March, of each year,
at the time and place of holding NUM-
cipal and township elections. three per-
sons male or female, of good repute,
over q years of age and strictly tenn
perate in habits. in each borough and
township, and one for each ward in ev-
cry city, said persons to constitute a
commission with duties and powers as
follows:
1t shall meet at least once each
month and receive consider, and by 4
majority vote pass upon applications
for relief from those in its district who
affirm by oath and offer competent COR
roborative testimony, or in whose be-
half such application shall be made
and reinforced that they, without
fault of their own, have lost the sup
port in part or in whole of persons on
whom they depend for support. by rea-
son Of death or disability arising from
the use OF intoxicating liquors; the
country treasurer to be authorized to
honor such commissions warrants for
either temporary or permanent relief,
to an amount not exceeding IS per
month for any individual applicant
with such additional sum or sums for
dependent children of such applicant
as the circumstances might require and
permit. Each commissioner to receive
So per day for one day each month. but
no other pay, directly or indirectly;
and no person to be eligible to the Office
of relief commissioner who is engaged
or interested directly or indirectly, in
the manufacture or sale Of intoXicat-
ing liquors, or who is addicted to the
use of such liquors as a beverage. Mr..
Wedeman's amendment further pro-
vides that the surplus money, If any,
remaining in any district from the col
lection of license fees at the end'of each
year shall be set apart as fund for
the purpose of establishing a district
home for persons who may require such
protection from the effects of the eX
cessive use of intoxicants, and specifies
that families deprived of the support
of father, mother, sister or brother by
imprisonment in punishment of an Of
fense committed directly or indirectly
by reason of intoXication shall come
within the foregoing provisions.
There is no doubt that the purpose of
this proposition is admirable; and that
there is sound logic in the principle that
a large share of the revenues from the
licensing of the liquor traffic should
go to the relief of those who are most
Immediately injured in consequence Of
that traffic. Whether the foregoing
provisions would work advantageous
ly in actual operation. however, is an
other matter. We shall have to give
some thought to that point before feel
ing justified in venturing an opinion.
In the meantime, we invite discussion
of the subject.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16

Illinois, too, is having an animated
senatorial campaign. Chicago has two
candidates for Senator Palmer's shoes
Alderman Madden, a local boss" Of
mediocre talents, whose election would
disgrace the party and the State, and
Congressman BILLY" Mason, whose
equipment consists chiefly Of his knack
at storytelling. The latest aspirant
to enter the race is Congressman Robert
II. Hit, of Mount Morris. one of the
ablest statesmen In the entire West, a
man of ripe experience, and one who
measures up to every requirement. For
the honor of Republicanism we hope
that Mr.. Hit will prove successful.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16
The Electoral Vote.

The official vote is awaited in both
South Dakota and Wyoming to deter
mine definitely how the electoral vote
of those two states will line up on the
second Monday in January; but pres
ent indications are that both will go
to Bryan. Should this prove true. the
electoral table will stand:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16

Complete returns have been received
in Kentucky and they show a plurality
for Mckinley of 257, Bryan getting one
elector. This was a close shave but
next time Republicans will have more
breathing room,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16
SCRANTON. NOVEMBER 1s. 1896.

The Wanamaker press bureau has
again trotted out the Cameron scare
as a reason why the next legislature
should thrust the senatorial toga OH
the Philadelphia merchant. But II
fopgets that there are Others.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Aiacchus
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast: Ala a. m, for Monday,
Nov. 16. 1896.
@ q ~

a child born on this day will notice that
the voice of the people becomes very hus-
ky when called upon to vindicate theories
for which the silverites propose to battle
Editor John Blackwood, not satisfied
with having created disturbance in the
street commissioners department, now
threatens to write a play.
1t Is thought that Carbondale people
were mistaken as to the identity of Van
Horn in a mine. Van Horn would never
trust himself in n locality where he might
be called upon to work.
The most powerful "rushers'' in local
amateur foot ball are apt to quail at the
sight of a pail of coal that needs assist
ance up the cellar stairs.
The boarding house turkey is now hard
ening his muscles preparatory to the
Thanksgiving unpleasantness.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16

The stock lists in Chicago and New
York exhibit a net increase since Nc
Kinley's election exceeding $70,OOO,OOO.
This shows whether or not confidence
has returned.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16
Necessary for choice, 22i.

+ Necessary for choice, 22i.
Final returns of the popular vote have
not yet been compiled. but McKinley's
majority will not fall below 1000. 900
out of total vote Of between $1,000, 900
and 100000, and 1t may go 100000
above that mark. Only two presidents
have ever received a greater number
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16

Of electoral votes than Mckinley will
receive-Grant. who in 1872 got 2ss and
Cleveland who four years ago received
277. McKinley's majority of the popu-
lar vote is the largest ON record.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16

other countries of Europe will subscribe
to Great Britain's view of American
supremacy in the western hemisphere,
but we guess they will.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16

President Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor says that Grand
Master Workman Sovereign, Of the
knights of Labor isn't worth paying
any attention to. He isn't far wrong.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16

OF course If the Dingley bill can be
passed this winter, so much the better.
But if it cannot, look out for an extra
session.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16

New York is thinking Of adopting
curfew law. to keep children off the
streets at night. New York had better
first provide homes for her street waits.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16

Suppose that before the second Monday
In January both William Mckinley and
Garret A. Hobart should die or become
disabled: In that case what would the
Republican electors do? This. no doubt,
is borrowing trouble, but still the con-
tingency Is interesting. In 1872. after the
November election and before the meet
ing OF the electoral college. Horace Gree
ly, the minority candidate, became IN
sane. When the electors appointed 10
vote for him met they voted for other
candidates, according to their own in
clinations In that case it made no diff
ference how they voted, as a majority Of
Grant electors had been chosen; but sup
pose Grant had become disabled, what
would then have been done? The Chica-
go Times-Herald, in discussing this point,
thinks that some way would have to be
found whereby the electors could be in
structed by their party how to VOTE and
to do this either a new national conven-
tiOn would have been called or the old one
reassembed But the liability to such a
mishap is not large enough to justify
uneasiness.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16


Among the many propr!etors and man.
ayers of hotels throughout the United
States who are determined to do all in
their power to make special and memoir
able success of the great Commercial
Travellers Fair, Dec. 10 to 26 inclusive, al
Madison Square garden, New York, by
contributing for Commercial Travellers
Day. Tuesday, Dec. |, a portion Of their
receipts to help the fair build the National
Commercial Travelers' Home, at Bing-
hamton, n. Y, Is the St. Charles hotel. OF
this city. Proprietor II. c. Melvin has
pledged himself to Chairman Allen S.Will-
Jams. of the Commercial Travellers Day
committee of the fair, that he will remit
his check. payable to George T.. Green
treasurer, to the fairs director general,
A. B. deFrece, at Madison Square garden,
New York city, for the sum of % per cent
of his receipts for that day. The pledges
from all over the United States range
from to 2j per cent. Theaters and bust
ness houses are contributing thus, and
all sorts Of sports and amusements, anna
tcur and professional, are contributing
in the same way to the fairs success.
Some of the pledges from hotels are from
small towns and villages, and these are
among the most generous. All who thus
contribute are given credit in every way
possible.