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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14
The Detroit Convention.

If there Is force in connection with
party government which thus far has
labored toward public ends unselfishly
and from a sense of duty, IL is the or
ganization which is now holding a ma
tional convention at Detroit, the Re-
publican league of clubs. AS individ-
uals its members may have shown the
aptitude for self-assertion which per-
vades politicians generally, but as an
organization the league has held fast
to its mission as a non-factional and
non-dictatorial party auxiliary; has
done with the enthusiasm of volunteers
much of the hard routine work of po-
litical organizati tion and battle; and has
taken it's reward in satisfaction at the
triumph of Republican principles.
During the national contest of last
year it is no exaggeration to say that
the league was the most effective single
instrumentality in the hands of the
party managers. 1t offered itself as
convenient and trustworthy vehicle
for the distribution Of literature; it ar
ranged for local meetings in all parts
of the country; it conducted canvasses
of doubtful territory and indicated to
the national committee weak places
in the battle line and finally on cleo
tion day its vast membership was
availableS without expense as a reserve
force to man the polls and see to the
getting out of the party vote. In other
words, it proved itself not an orna-
ment, as some had feared might be
its destiny, but very valuable utility,
to which every citizen is indebted who
believes in the doctrines that Repub-
licanism represents.
1t is especially worthy of note that
the league leaders who successfully
captained this great auxiliary force
last fall are not today among the sup
plicants for office al Washington. They
are in the saddle, shaping the rank and
file for the coming engagement and
keeping their powder dry. 1t is pos
sible that in such a fidelity to party
interests they are setting valuable
example to some of the older war;
horses who appear just at present to
care less for fight than feed.
1t has been well said that the object
of education should be to reduce the
tuition fees in the school of experience;
but we fear that too often it tends to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14

a given point. To the commission,
which is composed of a lawyer, a rail-
road man and a farmer, must be re-
ported every transaction made in the
course of business, and books must be
kept open for their inspection. The
railroads are also required to notify the
commission. of every free pass they
issue and to whom. In short, the COM
mission Is the absolute arbiter of the
railroad business in Florida, leaving
the owners but little more privilege
than the paying of salaries, and even
that privilege is slightly trenched upon,
because the companies are required to
report their salary list to the COM
mission. 1t is a reasonable inference
from this that in case the commission
found the salaries too high 1t would
feel itself justified in suggesting a re-
duction.
The absurdity Of such a sweeping ex-
empliflcation of state socialism is
clearly pointed out by Robert p. Por-
ter in an article in the New York Mail
and Express. Railroads in Florida"
says he, need encouragement, not re-
straint. The volume of railroad busi-
ness in the state is very small, the dis
tance verv great, and there is no
through business. No traffic-passenger
or freight passes from one state into
another through Florida. There is notn-
ing south or east of Florida to and
from which traffic Is taken, conse-
quently the roads have to rely on local
business, and, as this is small and
much spread out, comparatively steep
rates have to be charged to clear eX-
penses. If the idea of the Florida legis-
lature was to stop railroad building
their object may be said to be attain
ed. For the outlook for building a rail-
road in a state whose commissioners
practically take charge of the most i'm
pOrtant function in connection with
running them, namely, the fixing of
rates, is not such as to offer any temp
tation to capitalists to invest their
money there
We should imagine that this act
would speedily fall down if brought for
review before any honest court.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14
The Lehigh Valley Change.

The retirement of Elisha P. Wilbur
from and the accession of Alfred Wal
ter to the presidency of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad company fulhll predic-
tiCns that the accession of ]. z. Morgan
& CO. to the control of this valuable
property would be followed by a
greater attention than has been paid
in the PAST to the needs and interests
of the anthracite coal trade. Mr.. WAL
ter, the new executive, has for the
past three years been in direct touch
with the anthracite problem as man
ager of the Coke estate and president
of the Coke railroad; and this fact,
coupled with his general experience
and ability as a railway manager,
pointed to him as being peculiarly fit
ted to put the new policy into success
full and intelligent execution.
The change comes as a welcome relief
to Mr.. Wilbur, whose advanced years
and multiplying outside interests had
for some time conveyed to his judg-
ment the wisdom of an early retire
ment. The splendid condition of the
passenger and general freight traffic
of tie road and its widespread popu-
larity attest the efficiency of his work
as the roads directing head and con-
stitute a record of which he may well
be proud. That some notifications of
policy with reference to the coal In
terests were thought advisable involves
no reflection upon Mr.. Wilbur, but is
rather an incident of a Capitalization
of control over the coal carrying prop
critics which was until recently deem
ed an impossibiity.
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THE WAITING ANGEL.

A phantom Ecatman touches on our
shore.
flushed be our hearts, and sealed our lips
in prayer;
We did did not hear the dip of his light
oar,
Yet know we, he waits there.
No clanking chain. no beating of the
No bllow breaking 'gainst the rock
bound shore;
He patient stands and whispers: 20 be
brave!
Nor fear the suIges rear"
o dear beloved, thou must go alone,
Alone with this strange Boatman, on the
breast
OF that mysterious River-n9t cen one
Who loves thee, Ger its crest.
May follow, and support thy wasted form,
Or help to steady thy white, tender feet,
Down toward the brink of that swift
stream unknown,
This Pilot pale, to meet.
We speechless stay, so powerless to aid,
Though stretching empty hands into the
dark,
To clasp thine own, yet know thou'rt un-
afraid
To enter this close barque.
And buffet the cold waves of the wild
deep;
Thou who vast ever fondly cherished
here,
Lest sable Grief should Ger thy spirit
creep,
But cannot shield thee there.
From thy sick bed, thou must depart
alone
Thy path inscrut able we may not see;
Nor cans't thou tarry for our plajntye
moan,
The Boatman waits for thee.
Alone! alone! out DER the starless sea!
No one to hail thee crossing to yon SIDE
No voice to greet, till in Eternity,
Thy soul is glcrhed.
We dumby sit. and watch where thou
hast lain,
AL animate with Lifes most precious
wire,
To find a marble cast, chiseled by Pain
But Heaven and Peace are thine.
Mary w. Carman, in Post-Express.
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For Guards to Citizenship.

No more important matter presses
for regulation in this state than the
one indicated In the resolutions of the
Schuylkill county bar association print
ed on another page. The protection of
American citizenship by the interposi-
tion of stringent safeguards in natural
ization is imperative. We have got to
face this fact sooner or later, and the
sooner we face it with decision, the
better for all concerned.
The new alien tax law has made citi-
zens .of-hundreds, possibly thousands,
of aliens in Pennsylvania who are not
fit for citizenship, and who will not
value citizenship when they exercise it.
1t has done this because the different
courts, with a few honorable excep-
tions, have heretofore been too timid
or too negligent to carry out the spirit
of our naturalization laws by making
careful inquiry into the applicants
fitness. We all condemn ignorance and
venality at the polls and in the pro-
cesses of government, yet here is
judiciary that, in not less than two
counties out of each three, makes little
or no attempt to safeguard citizenship,
hut naturalizes every male alien that
comes along. When an alien cannot get
through the bars in one county, all
he has to do in many instances is to
cross the county line and approach
the courts of the next county along
the lines of its political bias. and a
grant of citizenship is assured. Such
low valuation of the naturalization
function should be considered intol-
erable.
The time has come for an indignant
public sentiment to call a halt on this
laxity. The requirements set forth in
the resolutions at Pottsville are none
too drastic. If the man who seeks for
sovereign power and responsibility In
this country is not capable of pre-
pairing himself to be of usefulness TO
the country when made a citizen of 1t.
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STANDS BY THE MINERS.
Washington Special Philadelphia Press

washington Special Philadelphia Press.
Representative william Connell, CT
scranton, is very much interested in tho
progress of the coal miners strike. He
is a large operator himself, but in this
contest expresses sympathy with the
strikers.
The miners are In the right" said
Mr.. Connell, this evening, to the Press
correspondent. THE operators have al
lowed themselves to enter into such COM
petition as to reduce the price of coal to
point at which they could not afford
to pay the miners fair and reasonable
wages. There was only one course open
and that was for the miners 10 strike.
The operators should never have al
lowed the strike to take place. Their
remedy was to keep the price of coal at
figure which would justify them in
paying their miners reasonble compensa-
tion. The reduction In the price of coal
is not only n burden in the bituminous
regions, but extends to the anthracite as
well. as the smaller sizes of hard coal,
slack, etc, come into competition with
the bituminous.
II think the miners are justified in TAX
ing the course they have. IF they are
wise and maintain an orderly course
have no doubt they viii succeed"
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OVERRIDING THE THING.
From the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
DIR. Pearsons, who has given much to
many colleges, states in public address
that he is visited by college presidents
about once a day with the question,
why don't you give something to us?"
or Cant you help us a little further"
They fairly camp out in his yard, and
send kilograms of congratulation on his
birthdays, and watch his every move
ment. The average college president of
the day is getting to be known to every
person of considerable means, and his
coming is as much to be expected as
that of the book agent. What effect this
must have on the collegiate instruction
is obvious. Every prejudice of the
wealthy IS to be consulted and every
weakness considered. The professor must
sit in the classroom with one eye al
ways on the sources of possible funds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14
Two Celebrated nurder Cases.

Such murder cases as those of Gull
densuppe in New York and Mrs. Ben
ham in Batavia throw a large doubt
upon the proposition that civilization
sufficiently civilizes. With the facts in
the former case the public hereabouts
is quite familiar, but the latter Is less
known and may justify a brief review
Young Benham of Batavia is a
banker who on August 4, 1894, ran away
with Florence Tout, a 16-year-old
heress of Byron, N. Y, and married
her, On the girls part the marriage
was undoubtedly one of love, for until
her death she adored her husband; but
on Benham's part cupidity seems to
have been the chief magnet. In the
latter part of last December Mrs. Ben
ham was taken violently sick, showing
symptoms of poisoning. She died eight
days later. In her stomach were found
traces of prussic acid. 1t has developed
since that Benham purchased prussic
acid at about that time and seemed
interested in its toxic effect. The most
sensational part of the trial of Benham
for the murder of his wife is the tes-
timony charging him with having for
several months proir to Mrs. Benhams s
death maintained relations of sus-
picious intimacy with another woman,
Miss Wizard. who comes of a wealthy
and prominent family. 1t is shown that
Benham repeatedly went driving with
Miss Wizard, took journeys by rail with
her involving an absence of days and
declared his wish to marry her if free
Miss Wizard has fled from the neigh
borhood to avoid the shame of being
forced to testify in court; and yet 1t
appears that while Mrs. Benham was
alive she professed to be her friend.
In the case of Thorne and Mrs. Mack
we have two criminals of the lowest
antecedents, who represent the out and
Mack has for years been a prostitute
and an abortionist, and Thorne a
sport" and a tough. That they should
put low value on the life of a person
whom they wished out of the way is
not peculiar. But in the case of Ben
ham and May Wizard we have two in
dividuals coming from the most favor
able surroundings, both persons Of edu-
cation and ostensible refinement; the
one married to a woman who wor-
shipped him; the other pretending to
be that woman's friend. Wealth, posi-
tion and leadership in business and
social affairs called for from these
two persons an exemplary life, yet they
appear to have chosen the criminal
path without a pang of compunction or
regret; and their case is probably typi-
cal of many others not made public
by scandal or revealed crime.
There is no particular need to NOR
alize upon these facts. They carry their
own lesson. But is there not something
faulty in a system OF education and
social development which turns out
smart products like Benham and MAY
Wizard. without developing in them a
perceptible sense of right and wrong?
Governor Hastings evidently thinks
he is entitled to speak for himself.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14
Killing the Egg-Iaying Goose.

The state of Florida has evidently de-
termined to reduce the subject Of state
supervision of railways to a burlesque.
An act recently passed by the Florida
legislature, creating a State Railroad
commission, confers powers upon the
commission which are practically With
out limit. 1t can fix rates, order the
construction of passenger stations .snd
has authority to regulate railway
schedules. and to say at what time
trains must crrive at anu depart from
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14
TWO EMOTIONAL WOMEN.
From the Youths Companion.

If the men who become the objects
of hero-worship could see the evidence of
the feeling they inspire they would pos
sibly be even more reconciled to leaving
this sphere for any other, better or worse.
Sometimes they do know; and then they
need to exercise abudant charity.
An American who has lived much
abroad says that he was present on one
occasion when a countrywoman of his
own met famous poet. She saw the
object of her idolatry. She rushed for
ward and struck an attitude
And is 1t possible" she cried dramat-
ically, "that look upon Browning?"
one feels that DR.. johnson, in the same
circumstances, would have remarked
gruffiy, Don't be fool madam
Again, there are times when pathos is
showered only upon the dead. T. F. Sill
leck says that on one of his holiday ex-
cursions he visited Mount Vernon, and
there In the grounds he came upon a
middae-aged LADY kneeling before a
building at some distance from the mon
ument. She was bathed In tears. Mr.. Sill
lcck walked up to her and asked her II
she were In trouble.
mo. sir" she said. "thank you very
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14
Let lis Have Peace.

We trust that the reports OF another
break between Governor Hastings
and Senator Quay are without substan-
tial foundation. That they are great
ly exaggerated is not open to doubt.
sYhen these two eminent Repubn-
cans fell out two years ago, a warfare
was predicted which affected the COM
monwealth from centre to circum-
ference and imposed q tremendous
strain upon the party's vitality 1t Is
the belief of many. formed after
careful study of the situation from
good points of observation, that that
struggle could have been averted had
the principals in it come together
frankly. If there is any friction now,
the lesson of the earlier mistake
should be needed.
The Republican party in Pennsyl-
vania is apparently is its own worst
enemy. 1t finds it so easy to make
away with the Popocratic enemy that
when that is done a surplus OF pug
nacity is left unprovided for, and this
usually works out in factional row.
we nave ittu t"O VI lltSC iO"" III
two years. True, the party majority
hasn't suffered for the enemy was SIM
ultaneously having troubles of its own;
but The effects of the factionalism have
outcropped in much vicious legislation
and bad blood. We cannot expect the
opposition always to favor us by re-
naming also at each others throats.
Our judgment is that the present talk
of friction is emphasized for a purpose.
There are possibly those who would
like to get Quay and Hastings on the
outs. But the best Republicanism
these days is that which considers the
party's interests first, and if this pre-
walls there will he no trOuhle
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14
A SIGN OF BETTER TIMES.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
With the promise and the dawn of bet
ter times comes the proclamation of a
big strike. They go together. In flush
times strikes are the order Of the day,
and prevent both employers and employed
from making the most of favorable OPP
portunities. 1t was men who were max
ing SIG day that precipitated the dis
astrous Homestead strike in 1892. Cleve-
lands sect nd administration was almost
free from strikes. The country had re-
pose, but it was the repose of death.
When there are no orders and no buyers,
when mills are silent, mines are closed
and thousands of workingmen are idle
the country has trouble enough, but 1t
at least escapes protracted labor strikes.
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much. I am not in trouble, but my
patriotic feelings overcome me when I
gaze upon the tomb of the Father of his
Country"
II quite understand" said Mr.. Sill
leck. gently, but, my dear madam, you
have made n mistake. This is not the
tomb of Washington. II is over yonder.
This is the ice-house."
And drying her tears the lady moved
away.
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INFORMATION.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
Bring me-" said the gentleman with
the Clan-na-Gael countenance, as he
pointed to the lobster in the show window,
bring me wan av thin informers."
"Why do you call them informers,
Casey?" asked his companion.
"Bedad. they wear tn green to begin
wild, and put on the red coat as soon as
they get into hot water"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14

then his petition for naturalization
should be rejected and no tears shed.
The idea that we may with impunity
take into civic fellowship every male
specimen of the proper age that shows
his face on Yankee soil belongs to
period of our national history which
long ere this we should have out
Orown
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14
CHOOSING PARTNERS.
From the Warren Mirror.

From the Warren Mirror.
A nose party is the latest. Holes are
cut in a sheet large enough to admit a
good-sized nose. Half of the party get
behind it, and fer a moment there is a
varying assortment of proboscises on ex-
hibition, ranging from turn-up pug to
the needle-pointed creation searcher. The
outside party selects the nose, and the
owner thereof is his partner for the even-
n
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14

Mckinley will be renominated. That
future can be- But It will be in response,
not to the manoeuvers of the polite
ians, but to the demands of the people.
He was before and will be again the
peoDle's candidate
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14
FIN LEY'&
Special
Sale of
Shirt


To enable us to close out
our entire line i'm short
order we have cut prices
to the lowest notch and
will offer every Shirt
Waist i'm stock cheaper
than the cost of manu-
facture. Remember, we
carry NO low priced or
trashy goods at amy time,
and those mentioned be-
low. comprise the cream
of the two most popular
brands ON the market,
viz, the "King" and
"Derby" Waists:
One lot reduced to 6ec.
One lot reduced to S5c.
One lot reduced to $I.oo.
One lot reduced to $1.39
One lot reduced to $50.
One lot reduced to 81. 90.
I'm connection with Shirt
Waists, we are: showing
the finest stock of Belts,
and at the right prices.
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SCRANTON, JULY IA, 1891

For the Thirteenth to carry off camp
honors is not q novelty, by any means;
but the fact that it is doing 1t again
at Gretna shows that 1t is keeping its
hand in.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14

For a man who is on the verge of
suppression it must be admitted that
General Weyler is keeping a stiff upper
lin.
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strike which can be made as conditions
stand is being made at Washington by
the men who are putting the finishing
touches on the Dingley bill.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14

Too much one-horse politics and too
little horse sense are what is the mat
ter with our legislatures.
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1t has been well said that the object
of education should be to reduce the
tuition fees in the school of experience;
but we fear that too often it tends to
increase them.
Evening journal., 1897-01-05
IlIepulIv used the MalIs.

= -WuKEsBARRE, Pa, Jan Oh. G. Nc
Kay hns been arrested here and taken be-
fore United States Commissioner Hahn
charged with fraud and Illegally using the
mails. Postofiice Inspector Garman was
the prosecutor He testified that Mckay
had confessed to him of inserting adver-
tisements in Syracuse papers over the
name of the Keystone Milling company of
Scranton, by which people were induced
to send him money in payment for goods.
A number Of people in Blockville, n. Y,
sent money orders to the Scranton firm
for flour Mckay received the orders and
Endorsed them in the name Of the Key
stone Milling company Mckay had no de.
tense TO make and was sent to Jail for a
further hearing
Evening journal., 1897-01-05
NEWS Inv BRIEF.

Sir Henry ST John Halford. the well
known English rifle shot, Is dead.
Sir Joseph Hickson. formerly general
manager OF the Grand Trunk railway,
died in Montreal
A small army Of farmers and blood
hounds searched the woods and bills Of
Passaic county, y. j., in search Of a man
who was accused of assault by "a little girl.
Miss Bessie Abildgaard Of Perth Amboy,
n J., who has been missing from home,
is said 10 have eloped with John Marks, a
married man, who leaves a wife and child.
Charles Lyons, who was found with his
skull fractured in road at Englewood,
y. J.. died without regaining conscious
ness and is believed to have been muir
dcrod
Mrs. I.ottis Pope OF New Amsterdam,
y. Y, ran away from home with an actor
but sent an appeal to her husband. and he
found her and their child and forgave the
woman.
James Duffy, the pugilist who was
taken in after his glove fight with George
Justice nc the Broadway Athletic club on
Saturday night died in IT Nincents hos
pital New York, OF cerebral hemorrhage.
George f. Carl Of San Francisco. who
has set out TO travel 1000 miles, pay his
expenses without borrowing. begging OF
stealing and accumulate $500, all In a
year, arrived in Brooklyn. lie has gone
l0,096 miles since May 20.