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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19

A general officer rode up to Grants tent
and urgently expressed his fear that Lee
might throw his army between the Rapi-
dan and our forces and cut off their COM
munications. General Grant replied with
unusual vigor: II am heartily tired of
hearing what Lee is going to do. Sons
of you always seem to think he Is sud-
denly going to turn a double Somersauit,
and land in our rear and on both our
TANKS at the same time. Go back to your
command and try to think what we are
going to do ourselves instead of what
Lee Is going to do The moral Is close
at hand. A bit of honest reflection may
show us that we are making the same
mistake in our wilderness warfare. 1t
is easy to spend our time and energy in
ascertaining and emphasizing what the
enemy may do or Is doing, But II Is
| far better to think what we are going
| to do ourselves" and do 1t. our pres
| ent, everyday duty is usually plain
| enough although commonplace or hard.
| Let US fight it out on that line, even II
| it takes all summer The autumn will
| surely come in It's own time, and we shall
| reap II we faint observation-disclosures
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19
A JONLESS VICTORY.

Two of the smallest men in the city
were standing at the curbstone waiting
for a car. Their conversation had been
about the traditional feminine tendency
to extravaganza and the difficulty they
had in keeping their domestic expendi-
lures down to what they considered d
reasonable limit.
There they are, now"' exclaimed one
of them.
"Who?"
"Our wives. And I'll bet they've been
shopping!
"They seem to be talking very earn
estly about spending something"
"Tn bet l can tell what my wife Is
talking about"
Are you a mind reader?'
mo. But l can make a guess on that
subject. III bet you a dinner / can, any
how"
IN take It,"
"All right. She's talking about spend
ing money. Wen go up behind them and
overhear what they are saying, to prove
It,"
They crossed the street, and the origin
ator of the idea smiled knowingly as his
wife opened her purse and peered into
1t. MY dear" she said to her compan'
ion have you any changer"
Yes; a little"
"Well. would you mind lending me 8
penny to buy a postal card?'
Certainly, If l have one. Oh, yes
Here 1t is
Thank you ever so much, l have
cents, but | hate to use 1t. A nickel al
ways seems to go so fast after you one,
break it"
The man who offered the wager haC
won It, but for some reason he didn
seem proud. Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19
The Growing Chasm Between the
Rich and the Poor.

Socialism, communism, all the 'isms'
are not only no remedy, but would as-
gravate the evil. All of these lack the
fundamental sanction of justice--the SN e
ing to every one of what Is rightfuly
his--and that sanction is positive be-
lief in God, in His revelation to man.
Without a recognition of this sanction
men may clamor until their throats are
dry: they may agitate and frame theories,
may march in professions, organize
unions and societies, pass laws against
trusts and monopoies storm and fumc:
they will die and the evil viii go on aid
be borne upon their children and then
chidren's children. Revive Christianity
not in name merely, but in reality, among
our people, ana then, though there Hill
stll he rich and poor, the chasm Will not
hc 50 wide ana win be easily passed by
those who try with proper training, and
discomfort win be reduced to that of iht
cviI-mlnded man who is envious at amy
success OF his neighboi-a discomfort very
different from that now under discus
sion--Catholic Standard and Times.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19
Need of a New Cabinet Officer

The fact that the present congress,
at it's regular session, next winter, will
in all probability be asked by the ex-
ecutive to create new cabinet depart
ment of commerce and manufacture
renders pertinent a consideration of the
arguments for this step presented in
the last annual report of the president
of the National Association of Manu-
facturers. 1t is there pointed out that
the United States is almost alone
among the progressive nations in fail
ing to provide a distinct governmental
department whose function it is to
promote the interests of commerce and
industry.
To prove this it is necessary to note
that England has her board of trade
which exercises a powerful influence
upon the commerce and Industries OF
Great Britain and whose president is
a cabinet officer. German has a min
lister of commerce, who receives sal.
ary Of $4,000 per annum. France rec,
ogni2es the interests of trade through
a minister Of commerce. Belgium has
a minister Of industry and labor. Aus.
tria has a minister of commerce anC
national economy. Hungary has {
minister of industry and commerce
Russia created nine years ago a speCia
imperial cabinet, having four sections
one of which is devoted to agriculture
and manufacture The Netherlands has
q minister of public works and com
merce. Spain has a minister of agri
culture and commerce and public
works. Portugal has a minister of pub
lie works, industry and commerce
Switzerland finds place in its fedora
council for a minister of agricultur,
and industry. Italy has a minister o
industry and commerce. Persia has
minister Of commerce. Even the Soutl
American republics, or most of them
are ahead Of us on this point.
A certain prejudice appears to exis
among the people against the creation
of new offices, but this must be dis
PEELED in the present instance when tn
natural growth of the public busnes
is duly considered and thought is givel
to the magnitude of the Importance o
promoting by federal means the ex
tension of our commerce and the devel
opment of means and highways of do
nestle and foreign trade The neN
secretaryship is already necessary, an
It win grow in usefulness as the year
bring increase in the volume of our in
dustry. o.. ,.... ... .....
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19
INGALLS, ON PUGILIsM.
From an Interview in 1891.

From an Interview in 1891.
prize fighting, in my opinion, is brutal
barbarous, baboonish. 1t almost makes
one believe in Darwlns 'reversion to an
cestral types A prize fight is u ptiful
a pathetic exhibition. No full-hearted man
could endure the sight of prize tight.
His soul would revolt at the sufferings
of one or both of the men. The thud of
piston rod blows, the bruised and black
ened features. the pallor of brute deter
mination, and the blood, the eventual
piteous, dazed expression on the face Of
one of the men. seeing his poor tinsel
girdle slipping away from him, the calm,
vicious concentrated, thumbs down in
tensty of the pectators-what man, not
directly reincarnated, according to the
Buddhistc doctrine, from a blood thirsty
Roman of the hloodiest days of the en-
plre, could endure all this? | maintain
that no finished man can strike another
man in the face with his fist, unless in
the very heat and fury of passion. with
out grieving for the man he strikes. How,
then. could any man of average
sensibility take pleasure in witnessing
such foul, such a cruel, horrihc affair
as a prize fight? Prize fighting perpetu-
ates. fosters, the innate savagery of men.
1t fans the prlmordial spark of brutality
in their blood, and rouses 1t to a flame
| thoroughly believe that II Is the very
worst. the most dangerous, spoke In the
wheel of Anglo-SaXop progression. As
long as it endures it Is menace tc
mems advancement along the paths OF
| peace. The disarmament of the world
| shall never occur until prize fighting has
ceased -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19
CHARLEMAGNE TOWER.
w. f. curtis, in Chicago Record,

W. r. curtis, III Ihlcaso RECORD
Charlemagne Tower who has been pre-
sented By the Pennsylvania delegation for
a diplomatic appointment, is u good deal
more of a man than was originally sup
posed-a student, scholar, traveller and
author. While his manners We're acquired
By foreign travel and would not be popu-
lar in a mining camp and his garments
are well made of the finest texture, he Is
said to be anything but a dude. He Is
about As years Of age, graduate of Lee
high university, and a practical engineer
and chemist. After he left college he
spent several years ON the Northern Pa
cihc railroad experimenting the work of
construction. Since then he has followed
his natural inclinations for historical re-
search and he has been able to afford
that luxury, for his father ana mother,
who were of the bluest Philadelphia blood,
left him a fortune of SlO,0OO,0O0. During
the last ten years he has spent most OF
his time abroad, not as a tourist, but as
student He has taken courses In his
tory in several universities upon the con-
tinent, ana has spent much time I'm Spain
and France. He speaks all the modern
languages fuently, and has searched the
principal libraries of Europe for hstorl-
cal material. lie Is the author of several
historical works, including life of La
fayette, which Is described as classic,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19
Entirely Too Generous.

The Republican club of the city of
New York, Of which Secretary of the
Interior Cornelius n. Bliss is president.
and which includes in its membership
some of the foremost citizens Of the
metropolis, has unanimously adopted
a resolution declaring it to be the duty
of the federal government to abrogate
what is known as the bonding privilege,
under which Canadian railways are en-
abled, without payment of taxes to this
country, to underbid American railways
for freight traffic shipped from state to
state by the way of Canada. This ac-
tion was taken upon the strength of a
report by Colonel c. II. Denison which
embodied the clearest review of the
canadian question" that We have yet
seen.
In this report it is pointed out that
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19

according to official statistics covering
the years 1892 1898 and 1891, sixty per
cent of the total tonnage moved by
Canadian railways was freight con-
signed from an American point to an"
other American point via Canada. 1t Is
thus shown that the bonding privilege
is worth to the railroads of the domin-
ion not less, on the average, than S2O,-
0O0, 900 a year. The chief beneficiary of
this privilege, the Canadian Pacific, is
by charter exempt from taxation for all
time to come upon its rCadbed, rolling
stock, telegraph lines, warehouses and
steamboat lines. 1t was built by the
British government as a measure of mil
itary necessity it could scarcely sur
vive the cancellation of the bonding
privilege, and yet the New York Cen
trail, a road wholly within the United
States, owned by Americans, operated
by Americans and distributing all its
profits In this country, is forced along
with other American roads, to compete
with the Canadian Pacific, and more
over Is taxed per annum on an average
$1,000 mile. The essential unfairness
of such a discrimination by the United
States government against American
interests and in favor of foreign COM
petitors is manifest.
And the worst part of the whole
| business is that for this valuable favor
| Canada gives nothing in return. As
| Colonel Denison points out: "The Can
| adian government does not allow an
American fishing vessel to land cargo
| of fish caught outside of the three mile
| limit at Il Canadian port and ship the
same in bond through Canada to the
| United States neither does it allow
American fishing vessels TO buy bait OIL
supplies at Il Canadian port. The OBJ
| Ject Of this unfriendly action is to COM
! pei American vessels fishing in the Gull
! of st. Lawrence or on the banks OF
| Newfoundland to sail around Nova
Scotia to Boston or Portland to land
their fish or buy supplies. II they
could land their fish at Canadian port
and buy supplies and bait. they coulG
go directly back to the fishing grounds
| and therefore increase their catch, anC
| these regulations are for the purpose
OF preventing their doing so'
The fact is, we have been entirely too
generous in our legislative treatmen
of Canadian interests, and have carried
philanthropy to an extreme. This is {
good time to withdraw some of our non
requited favors and prepare to foste
the growth of industry on the southern
side of the border line which separates
Canada from the United States.
a contemporary eXcitedly calls tn
attention of congressman to cruelty /
Cuba" but what they are now dreadin
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19
To Simplify Tax Collection.

Attention was recently given In our
news columns to the bill drawn by CITY
Solicitor Torrey and introduced at liar-
risburg by Senator Vaughan provid-
ing for the creation, in third class
cities of the elective office of receiver
of taxes, and centrali2ing the payment
of city. county, school and poor taxes
30 that one visit by the taxpayer to the
city hall would suffice to wipe out his
entire yearly tax debt. As it is now
one kind of tax has to be paid to one
collector, another kind to another col
lector, and so on until the puzzled citi-
zen needs to possess the acuteness or
a Philadelphia lawyer to know Wnen
his annual tax dues are satisfied. The
measure also fixes the time when taxes
must be paid and requires due adVer-
tisement to be made, so that opportuh-
ity is not given to soak the honest citi-
zen with constable's fees.
Pennsylvania is, we believe, the only
civilized state yet adhering to the an
noying and wasteful system of divided
tax collection. 1t does not seem as II
a single argument could be brought
against the proposition outlined above,
for in addition to its convenience 1t
would result also in the saving OF
about 80 per cent. of the present cost
of collection. If the Torrey bill Were
now in operation in Scranton it is es-
tmated that it would save for the city
and county more than $4,000 year
and it certainly would save much pro-
family and veXation of spirit. This
economy would grow with the city's
increase.
But of course the passage of this
measure at harrisburg would involve
the sacrifice of number of offices, anC
on this account it is being opposed. Its
enactment would do away with ware
and poor collectors and it would intel
fere somewhat with the present lus
ciousness of the city treasurership
Those officials who are jeoparded tinan
cially by the bill are active in opposi
tion TO it. while the great mass of citi
zens. whom it would benefit, are ap
parently passive and apathetic. Thi
being true, the bill will probably fai
at Harrisburg unless the public prompt
ly bestirs itself.
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The New Libel Law.

The judiciary general committee OF
the house Of representatives at Har-
rsburg has decided to report the new
stance of the Pennsylvania Editorial
association, with the following pro-
vision stricken OUT
Malice shall be proved in criminal ac-
tions as other criminal charges are
proved, without legal presumption Of
guilt. No conviction shall be had in any
prosecution tor libel where the fact
shall be established to the satisfaction
of the court and jury that such publica-
tion was not maliciously made, but was
published with good motives for justiti-
able ends. In no civil actions for libel
shall damages be awarded beyond the
actual injury proved to have been sus-
tanned.
The bill as amended now reads:
Actions for libel, civil or criminal, may
be instituted in only one county in which
the libel has been actually published, II
published in public journal, or in case
of "A written libel in one county where
1t has been made public Criminal actions
for libel shall be maintained for any ma
liciously false publication, or for a ma
licious publication not proper for public
information relating to a private indi-
Vidual, against the writer, the editor or
| publisher who knowingly permitted such
| publication, or against any editor or pub
| Usher who refuses to divulge the name
| of the author of the libel. Any person
| thus publishing a criminal libel shall be
! guilty of a miSdemeanor and on ConVic-
| ton shall be sentenced to pay a fine not
| exceeding s., 90 or undergo punishment
| not exceeding twelve months, Or both,
| at the discretion of the court, In any
civil action the plea of justification shall
| be accepted as adequate when II Is
! pleaded by the defendant that the publ
| cation is substantially true in every ma
terial respect. and If such a plea is ac-
| Cepted to the satisfaction of the court and
| jury there shall be no recovery The plea
! of Justification, If made in good faith,
| shall not enhance damages. All laws OF
parts of laws inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.
This amended bill would be admirabl,
! if it contained a specific definition o
what it means by "a malicious publica
ton" Past rulings show that unless
this is clearly defined in the languag,
of the statute, the trial judge will b.
| likely to construe It according to his
own notions. and in few counties will
| the Interpretation be uniform. VIII,
should not a charge of malice, since il
the law malice in libel is held t
be a crime, be required to b
| proved as would be required o
any other criminal charge? VIII
should any doubt be cast by III,
law-making body of an intelllgen
state like Pennsylvania upon the righ
of a publisher to be deemed innocent q
criminal charge until proved guilty
No other, defendant in a criminal actio
is regarded by the law as guilty a
initio. Wherefore, then, even tn
semblance of a discrimination?
The measure as amended is an inn
proVement upon the present law, but
= Is not justice. Until 1t gets that, i
full measure, the press of Pennsyl
vania will not rest content.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19

During the last year or two he has lee
tured before the naval war college at
Newport. and naval officers say that his
lectures are unsurpassed. He has sum-
mer home AT Newport, "A wife, and -four
or five little children, and although he Is
a tremendous swell. he does not belong IN
the fast set. He Is more Il student than
IL society man. and has never sought
social distinction. Nor has he ever sought
an office or taken part in politics except
within the last year or two, when he be-
came interested in the municipal reforms
in philadelohia
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19
BRAINS IN THE JURY BOX.
le Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
AS a sample of the wisest and most
progressive legislation that the winter
has produced in any part of the country,
we select an act passed by the soons
of North Dakota. 1t Is law providing
that no person shall be disqualified as
juryman because of having expressed or
formed an opinion founded on newspaper
reports or rumors. This act will improve
the character of juries in that state by
rendering II possible to secure intelligent
citize.ls for jury duty. The plain fact is
that every person who reads the news
papers has formed an opinion on any and
every important criminal case: but no
intelligent person ever has an opinion of
such a case that is fixed beyond the
power of change. "If the facts are as
stated in the papers, or by common ru.
NOR" the intelligent citizen thinks, "thc
accused is guilty" But his mind Is in
receptive condition, and If the evidence
disproves reports and establishes a rea-
sonable doubt, he Is ready to acquit'
iii
The law requires thai a case shall be
decided according to the evidence pre-
sented to the jury The more intelligent
the juror, the greater his capacity for
freeing his mind from all eXtraneous in
fluences and applying 60 a case none of
the reports or rumors that he may have
heard. An innocent defendant has less TO
fear from intelligence than from ignor-
ance and stolidity in the jury box. 1t IS
the guilty man-almost inVariably-whose
counsel tries to sift out the better class
of citizens drafted for jury service, and
gets as many ignorant men as possible
among the twelve who are to try his
client. The laws Of all the states give to
persons charged with crime all the ad-
Vantages that are consistent with the
safety of society. To permit the lawyers
to shut out the reading men, and fiji the
Jury boxes with men of SO low an intel
lectual grade that they neither read nor
think, Is a policy calculated to foster
crime and create disrespect for the courts
ana other costly nstrumentalities for
the dlspensation of justice.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19

Took a good long while to do 1t.
But at last they met.
Seemed almost beyond belieyin'
When the day was set.
But upon the scene of wonders
Now the sun has rlz:
stopped their passin' resolutions;
Settled down TO biz.
There are others who might profit
BY the lesson taught,
Even though these men seem doin'
What they hadn't ought.
Many person would be better
Far than what he is
Ef he'd stop his resolutin'
An git down to biz
Washington Star
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19

To insure publication in this paper
volunteered communications of con-
troversial character MUST BE
SIGNED FOR PUBLICATION by the
writer's true name. To this just rule
we cannot hereafter make exception.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus'
The Tribune AstrOlogeT.
Astrolabe cast: l.3s a. m, for Friday
March 10. 1897
brH
Au-r


A child born on this day will notice that
it takes a long time for the fellows who
fight with their jaws to settle the Corbett-
FitZsimmons affair.
The present state legislature evidently
proposes to chase all rumOrs TO the earth,
business or no business.
Mr.. Gladstone talks as though he had
been reading American newspapers all his
life.
Phil Rinsland could make money today
on the lecture platform in the Lackawan-
ma valley.
large amount of sporting blood In
this vicinity has recently turned TO vine
gar,
AjacChus' Advice.
Don't bet unless you have a sure thing
and then it's just as well to hedge"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19

A law to permit national banks to
establish branches in small communl-
ties where the volume of business is
insufficient to sustain an independent
bank would, in the opinion of many
experts, be a desirable step toward
prosperous business conditions. 1t is
the lack Of banking facilities rather
than the lack of money which weighs
heavily on the agricultural sections Of
the South and West.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19

The Hon. William l., Wilson in the
role of tariff bill critic ought to real
ize, one would think, that the curtain
on economic burlesque has been rung
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19

Your Uncle John Sherman's head IL
surely level when he contends that If
the Nicaragua canal shall be built at
all, it must be built by and under the
control of the United States.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19

Mr.. Depew now understands how IT
feels when railway president turns
down an applicant for a pass.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19

wump kick because Mckinley de-
clines to abandon protection Is simply
the involuntary manifestation of ir-
resistible habit
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19

The Canadian minister of finance,
Mr.. Fielding, intimates that If the
Dingley bill raises the duty on btu
minous coal, Canada will retaliate with
a duty on anthracite. The government
at Ottawa had better prepare to &C
ahead with its retaliation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19

1t is announced upon authority that
ter withhold from congress news and
correspondence relating to Cuba.
Things indeed are different now.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19

The Mugwump would not be a Mug
wunp If he were satisfied. The Mug
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19

According to William L. Curtis, the
Dingley bill is mot popular in Wash
ington." Maybe he means London.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-19

After the episode at Carson City,
Uncle Sam certainly owes an apology
to Spain.