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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-08
LAB0R-DAY IN NEW YORK.
4 General Observance-OutdoO
GamcS-No Parade.

NEW YORK. September 7-Labor-Day
is a legal holiday in this state. and was
generally observed. All the exchanges
and banks were closed, while business
was more generally suspended than on
any occurrence Of the day in preceding
years. The weather was cool and clear,
and well adapted TO the many outdoor
games scheduled among the days amuse-
ments.
The day this year differed from its
predecessors in the absence of an or
ganized parade Of trades union, etc
In Brooklyn the day was observed in a
manner similar TO that in this city.
AT THE FEDERAL CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, September Not
since the special act Of Congress was
passed making to-day a legal holiday in
the District Of Columbia and the Terri
tories has labor's pleasure day been so
universally observed by all the work
mems organizations, or been graced by
such perfect weather for outdoor enjoy
ment. All the great departments Of the
government were cOsed all the trades
were suspended and the whole citys
population was given over TO amusement
seeking.
Closely following a circus procession
IN the morning was a parade Of labor
unions, and the rest of the day was
made notable by the enormous crowds
that visited the various resorts up and
down the Potomac where boat and bicy-
Gle races and other sports were Of con
tinuos occurrence. Numerous skilled
artisans in the government employ, all
OF whom were included under the civil
service regulations by President Cleve-
lands order of May 10TH participated in
the parade, as well as several Baltimore
unions.
PARADE IN DETROIT.
DETROIT, MICH, September La
bor-Day in this city was more generally
observed to-day than ever before. There
was a parade Of labor unions in the
morning, in which more than ten thou
sand workingmen participated. After the
parade the labor unions went 70 Belle
Isle Park. where long programme Of
games was run off in the afternoon.
LARGE PROCESSION.
BOSTON, September 7.-Iabor-Day was
celebrated to-day somewhat more ex-
,ensively than usual The weather was
clear and cool. and the procession was
the largest ever seen here on a similar
occasion.
OBSERVANCE N ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS. MO. September Tabor
Day was observed in the usual manner,
with parades and games.
At LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, KY, September L.
Iabor-Day was generally observed here.
There was a big parade. followed by a
picnic at Phoenix Hill.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-08
ID. & l.. Mitteldorfer's,

2l7 east Broad street, will be closed
to-day on account Of holiday. WIN re-
open Wednesday morning.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-08

Second and Broad. is closed to-day on
account OF holiday. VIII be open We'd
nesday morning.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-08

You run no risk. All dealers sell
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic on a posi-
tive guarantee. No cure no pay. Delight
ful To take. Price. 50c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-08

Our store viii be closed on account OF
holiday Tuesday, September Sth.
a. HUTzLER'S SONS.
2l5 east Brood street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-08
Old sores, scrofuIn, Eczema, BoiIs,

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-08

Second and Broad, IS closed to-day on
account OF holiday. Will be open We'd
nesday morning.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-08

take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money II fails to cure.
&c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-08
The Weather.

r. WASHINGTON. September 7.-Fors.
IfiIp least for Virginia and North Caro-
lima: Generally fair weather;
slightly warmer; northeasterly
winds.
Tho temperature has fallen decidedly
IN the extreme Northwest, and has risen
slightly or remained nearly stationary
elsewhere. The temperature will rise In
the Atlantic States and will fall decidedly
IN the middle and upper Missouri valleys.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-08

Mr.. Jackson Guy has returned to the
city.
Miss Kate Coghlan has left the city 10
visit her mother In Wytheville, Va.
Miss Tanner has returned to the city,
after a sojourn In the mountains Of Vir-
einia
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-08
THE BALLOT-BOX.

IL am not going to violate the proprie-
ties OF this occasion by entering into the
discussion OF partisan questions. But
J desire 10 call your attention to cer-
tain broad questions which cannot be
confined by party lines. The ballot is
the means by which the people OF this
country must right every wrong. And.
n the people have not the independence.
n they have not the intelligence TO right
their wrongs at the ballot-box they have
not the courage to secure their rights
In any other way. (Cheers)
'But, my friends. conditions arose In
this country which made II impossible
TO use the ballots which We have
Through certain things, so strong. 40
powerful. men were afraid 10 exercise
freely and upon their own conscience the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-08
A NEAT RETORT

1--WE are going 10 regulate that by IN
ternational agreement. as we will oimetal-
usm. CHEERS and laughter) Then we
will call an international conference ana
adopt foreign policy. and at last we viii
annex ourselves to some nation that is
big enough TO take care OF US and relieve
Us OF the trouble" CMuch cheering)
Mr.. Bryan concluded al $40. and hau
just time to board his train before II
pulled out. The first stop after Aurora
was Plano. where a crowd cheered MT.
Bryan when ne appeared on the tram
platform. He did not speak.
Through the fact that Mr.. Bryan's car
stopped at a point several hundred feet
distant from where the crowd had gather
ed at Kewanee Station. the 1900 there
became a bowling mob as they rushed
down the tracks to reach the vicinity OF
the Democratic candidate. Another adj
dress was made by the nominee. which
he concluded as the train drew out
Galesburg's reception 10 Mr. Bryan was
exceedingly enthusiastic. and he made a
short speech. The train resumed its west
ward journey at 1915 p. VI. Mr. Bryan
will reach Lincoln tomorrow afternoon,
and be notified of his nomination by the
Silver party In the evening.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-08
CRITICISM OF ABUSES.

There are those who would denounce
one criticsing such abuses. and call him
a disturber. \ dsturber is one who
breeds discomfort l want to say to you
that discomfort lies at the foundation
of all progress. So long as you are salts
fed you never go forward. 1t is only
when you are dissatisfied with your con-
ditions that you try to improve them.
There is this difference between our form
of government and the monarchical form:
II YOU are disconnected under monarch.
Won can petition for relief. but your pc
tition may be disregarded. Discomfort
under monarch may end In despair or
II may end IN revolution. Discomfort un-
der our form Of government ends In reJ
formation through the peaceful means OF
the ballot
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29
A Prostitution of Justice.

Sharp and apparently deserved criti-
cism is heard with reference to the
sentence passed by a Washington court
on Miss Elizabeth Flagler. The facts
are as follows: one year ago Miss
F'lagler saw u little colored boy in her
fathers yard, stealing a pear. She shot
at the boy and killed him.
She was indicted for mansaughter,
tried and convicted. Before the oblig-
ing court called her up for sentence it
notified the young woman's father to
have $500 in cash ready. Then it
opened q half-hour earlier than usual.
to avoid a crowd. and after imposing a
$500 fine. sentenced the prisoner to three
hours in Jail. She was taken to prison
in her fathers carriage, and served her
sentence in the matron's room. where
her friends gave her a reception. Af-
terward. she was entertained at swell
luncheon.
The Chicago Record truthfully OBJ
serves: 'It is just such sentences as
this that breed distrust in the efficacy
and justice of the courts. Suppose the
colored boy had been the one who flew
into an 'ungovernable passion and shot
the girl. Would he have been treated
in this fashion? If he had got off with
three years incarceration instead of
three hours in Jail, 1t would have been
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29
For National Defense.

The decision Of the house committee
on naval affairs to recommend the
building Of six new battleships and fif-
teen torpedo boats will be approved by
the country as q wise and timely ac-
tion. To be sure, 1t means the expen-
diture Of 10000, 900 at a time when the
treasury has very little money to spare,
yet even this circumstance Is out
weighed by the fact that $40,O 900 spent
now in strengthening our small navy
may and probably will be the ultima te
means Of saving ten times as much to
the country in case of trouble.
Taken In connection with the action
tions in reporting favorably the Squire
bill appropriating $sO.O0O,OOO for coast
defenses, the house committees action
indicates that the lesson of recent
events has not gone to waste. No
doubt the peace-at- -any-price element
will object to these measures as ewing
ing an unjustifiable catering to the
brutalism called war. Words to this
effect have. in fact, already been
spoken in reference to the matter. But
they do not voice a majority or even a
respectable minority sentiment.
Those who are willing to look at facts
as they are, realize full well that while
1t sounds nice to talk about arbitration
superseding "the grim arbitrament of
war;" and about the rule of reason
gaining the ascendancy over the rule
of brute force, the time has not been
reached in the history of mankind when
any self-respecting nation can afford
to discard Its warships and its cannon.
We do not look for that time to come
during this or the ensuing generation.
Our children, like ourselves, will, in in
ternational politics, exercise authority
to the extent that they can command
1t, and no further. The musket and
the Gatling gun are yet and will for
many years to come be the foundation
stones Of national prestige and the bull
warks of national safety.
orators may tickle the fancy by as
serting otherwise, but their beautiful
talk does not alter the cold and i'm
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29
Fixing the Issues.

That the administration Democrats
would like to lay down the issues upon
which next falls presidential battle will
be fought is natural enough. There are
some things that they don't want men
toned. They don't. for example. want
much said about the tariff. because that
might lead the Republicans to remind
the country that the last three years
Of Democratic tariff tinkering have cost
it more than the entire prosecution of
the war to save the Union. If the ad-
mnistration Democrats can have their
way, the tariff will not be an issue in
the next campaign.
Another thing which they would like
to keen in the background as much as
possible is Cleveland's foreign policy.
Except in the Venezuelan issue, which
he was forced to take up or else lose
for his party every vestige of hope, the
president has in his conduct of foreign
affairs, been notoriously unfortunate
and un-American. The administration
Democrats would be pleased if nothing
We're said in the next campaign about
Mr. Cleveland's outrageous treatment
of Hawaii. They would relish the
complete suppression of Queen Lii.
They would gloat over the occulation
of Paramount Commissioner Blount.
Nor would they care to have much said
about Armenia or Corinto or the way
Great Britain buncoed us in the Beh-
ring sea business, or about Bayard.
These are themes they would delight
not to dwell on.
Finally, we have our doubts whether
any real earnest Democrat. If he had
the power of covering up those things
in his party'S recent record which might
prove embarrassing to him on the
stump, would want to go before the
people in an attempt to explain or eX-
| tenuate the three issues of bonds since
Cleveland was elected president. We
| suspect that it would prove great re-
lief to the Democratic party II it could
make the country forget that, in time
of profound peace following a period
of unexampled national prosperity as
exemplified during the administration
of Benjamin Harrison, it had reversed
the ItepupHt'lIi poiiNS VI SUI p'"F w "
mulating and the paying off of the ma
tional debt, and had added to the debt
of the nation, in principal and interest,
almost half u billion dollars in three
years.
Fortunately, the Republican national
convention will meet first, and can fix
the issues to suit itself. 1t is not likely
to be DETECTED from u merited arraign-
ment of Democracy's manifold dere-
lictions.
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The Tribune IL the only Republican
daily IN Luckawanua County.

The emphatic vote by which the SEN
nte yesterday passed resolutions rec
ognizing the Cuban patriots as bel
ligrerts and pledging the good offices
Of the United States i'm the effort to Sc
cure Cuban Independence IS a. fair re-
Election Of public sentiment. Though
It may displease the Spanish govern
ment, st will do no wrong; and II
SPANS dislike shall. as has been feared
lead to declaration of war, the con-
fiict will be cheerfully welcomed as
labor Of love by Americans who believe
from heel to head N self-government
ON Republican lines.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29
Hemp Neckties TOR BOOilers

An innovation which may work FOR
good has been made by the Washing
ton Reform club Of Cleveland. O. In
that city a notoriouSiy unfair iiity-year
street railway franchise ordinance Is
pending and the Reform club the other
iay appointed committee To notify
the councilmen tha. it would hang the
first one of thel" number wEo should
vote for that ordinance.
Perha0s this method Of influencing
legislation is a triile drastic, but II Is
open to the recommendations Of straight
forwardness. 1t gives the victim ample
warning. It puts the alternatives
fairly and frankly before him; honesty
or hanging. If, then, he deliberately
chooses the latter, is not his blood on
his own head"
This Cleveland proceeding was
doubtless copied from an episode in
Denver, some years ago, when upon the
night appointed for the final vote IN
fraudulent franchise. several hundred
of .hc best citizens. each armed with
a coil of hempen rope visited IN" coAh-
ell chamber and sat throughout the
deliberations They said nothing; but
somehow when the franchise came up
/ every member voted against ii.
| Perhaps a little of the Denver deter
minatiun in the protection of public
/ rights would not come in anisS IN
| Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29
Through College While You Wait.

The proposition Of the faculty of
term to three years has been hailed by
suggestive marks of popular favor.
There can be no gainsayal that radi-
calism is now dominant in educational
circles. Not content with discarding
the classics and insisting upon the CO.
education of the sexes, this spirit of re-
volt against time-honored traditions
has undertaken to reduce by twenty
five per cent. the period necessary to
the acquisition of the baccalaureate de-
gree, and the mention of this change.
far from challenging spirited opposi-
tion, meets with almost unanimous
acquiescence. Truly, ours Is the cleo
tric age, when speed and time-st ling
boldly outweigh considerations Of thor
oughness.
There can be no objection to acad-
emies and high schools adapting their
courses of study to accommodate the
great American principle of hustle.
These are popular institutions, which
from their nature ought to reflect with
accuracy the caprices of the rabbe. If
it be the wish of Tom, Dick and Harry
to get through the public schools and
then through the seminary or academy
at such a high-pressure rate of speed
that when they finally emerge their
heads buzz and ache with the ill-digest-
ed conglomeration of facts crammed
into them, SO to speak, on the wing. that
certainly is their affair and they must
face the consequences. The public, in
their case, can simply hope for the
dawnng of Il wiser day.
But from our great universities, like
Yale and Harvard and Cornell, it seems
to US that we have right to expect
some measure of real regard for
scholarship and some freedom from
the dominant vice of "the pace that
kills" If these, too. are to enter the
general scramble, and cast off every
elegant vestige of culture in the fran
| tic endeavor to strip for fast racing.
where shall we look for true learning
Must sprinting supersede thinking as
the rule of our American higher inG.i-
tutions of learning?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29

for entrance .:;to the Ua.tei States senate
In 1871 was eXtrC-leiy malotorous; ccr-
tainly verse than Qvay's has over hoea
under the most violent opposition. Bnt
the perusy syi,ania dslcca ion was solid for
h!m: he disposed of his votes n, the right
time for Linco.a, ari. Lincoln. who in
1850 was nearly the managing politician
iC cal Of an oGsy-going candidate, and wan
uadoU 5teuly organized his administration
according to the most practical rules OF
the profession, called Cameron into his
cabinet and opened unto him access 10
pretty much al The Federal belongings ana
movablss In Pennsylvania. His success
in p.ayiUS his tGct!cs In that celebrated
convention gave am the grip which he
maintained Oh the Republican party IN
Fennsy lyan.a With hardly more than a
paszins interval for nineteen years, OF un-
I'll he formally made way a. nearly four
score for Den Caneron's SUCCESSION. IL
Quay can play his strategy at St. LOUIS
as We'll, he may be in Tor an equally lohS
| reign, for he IS now no older than cam
eron WAS when he made his bargain with
Lincoln.
Quay, moreover is an ADLER man than
the elder Cameron. He probably doesa
| understand the wslknecses and toliies Of
men oTNhow to play on them any moro ot'
fcctlvely brt he iS a ncIter and ad:o!tcr
craftsman at tn busir -. Ills mind Is
far mere cultured: his methods far less
violent. his temper more under control:
his sense of obligation and gratitude not
| less iaSraincl and his viriictivC feelings
mere held In hand by Il Shrewl and good
| nIturcl PHILOSOPHY. He can forgive n
man with n mlsGIn!mity which no.th"r
! of the Camerous was ever able To du
gracefully o: seldom at all without some
| compulslon. lie has also sained an cS-
traurdinlry hold On the lesser men of his
| type throughout the country. SIMON Cant
| eroH, in his palmiCst days, which were
under the Grant administration. never
| had to confidence ard admiration o.
| managing politicians all over the ianl
/ sUSA as QuIy's personality as well Us
| his success has drawn 10 him in the last
! six or seven years In Intellectual GRASP
and mastery of men and Cffa!rs there viii
| be no man named at St Louis who will
| surpaSs or equal Quay except Reed Those
| who Judge men simply by their imprcs-
! Sivourss OF u! amer. tn sir ilucnCy OF tCnglc
/ and their professions of sentiment may
/ think this Ia an vXtraVapant statement.
| ! tEiEE, however. that there will not he
| many COol-headcd men familiar with the
! records of Quny ana his contemporaries
and capable OF Uup7ejudiced observation
| wno VIII not agree with II. Every man
| who has watched him closely has been
| more and more impre-'ed with qualities OF
mind and temperament unusual, If not
! unique. whatever may be H. /: views OF
his political morals.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29

The series of illustrated letters on
Yellowstone park, begun today VIII, we
t,,,st nroye an interesting feature OF
the Saturday Tribune. The writer o'
them, Mr.. Richmond, has an appreci-
alive eye for the beauties OF nature
and a skilful pen In their description.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29

The efforts Of the State Liquor league
to wipe out the 1900 speak-casleS IN
Lu2erne county will command close at
tentiun in Lackawanna county. we
perhaps do not have as large Il ratio Of
sucrh places as they have i'll luzerhe'
but we have more than enough. The
licensed dealer is the one who suffers
most by illegal sales of liquor 1t Is I"
The interest of his pocketbook that the
"hole- in the WALL be closed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29

One would think that man VINO hau
received S30O,OOO from his party wo"iu
not haggle over $3.50. But Mr. Scrah-
ton seems to be an exception to most
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29

because the court had consideration fer
his extreme youth. The sentence was
worse than farce. 1t was one Of those
deliberate defeats Of justice which ere
ate suspicion as to the integrity cf the
law and encourage further wrcrg-do-
ing
The judge who thus prcstituted his
high Office to obliGc an aristocratic
family should be inpeached. His indie
fcusible action needs sharp correction.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29
JOHN ]. LOTUS.

The treasurer Of the city Of Scranton
receives a salary OF $4,000 a year, to-
gether with enough legitimate commits
sions to make his income exceed that
OF member of the national congress,
and almost equal to that of a member
of the national cabinet. Why should
ne expect more pay than this? Why
should there be objection from any
quarter to the enactment of law
which would make it certain that the
city would hereafter receive interest
on its deposited funds?
Let us hear from the people on this
subject, now that reform" Is the order
of the day.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29

Feb. ~, 1896.
III. ~
sp' EN'
An offspring of this day win sing
OF twitterng birds and early spring
Mess chill comes in a trice
And puts his song Of spring on ice.
At the present rate the skin of the Re.
publican editorial elbow will soon be
worn off entirely in nudging people who
are expected to laugh at The Tribune.
1t is 10 be hoDed that no one will at
tempt to counterfeit cotton seed oil.
Mr.. Burkes recipe for smoked Herring
is not copyrighted.
Ajacchus' Advice.
If any cooking expert has convinced
you that bread is unhealthy, eat cake OF
die
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29

The Democratic notion of municipal
reform in this city evidently is that it
is IA good thing so long as it stays away
from home
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29

The York Dispatch. one of the most
progressive newspapers in the state, is
sued on Thursday an industriai NUM-
Der of twenty-four pages which wouiu
do credit to the largest city journals
II is "A splendid example of PennsylVa-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29

The Republican party needs every
honest vote it can get: but it can we'll
spare deliberate and premeditated
traitors
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29

placable fact. Hence we cannot afford
to have either an inadequate navy or a
defenseless frontier,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29

Bayard himself will soon drop out of
sight; the point in censuring him is for
future reference.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29

Time is vindicating the prediction
that the organization of the senate by
Republicans without Il safe reserve ma
jority would prove Il great political mis-
take
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29

If the facts were as Spain alleges
what object would there be IN niu"
zling the Cuban correspondent: