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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13
Cnuncilmnnic Bad Bows.


The responsibility for the muddle in
TO which the government of Scranton
has been thrown by the failure of the
last councils and the apparent inabil-
ity of the present councils to pass an
ordinance making the requisite annual
appropriations rests with the Demo-
cratic membership of those bodies, and
nobody knows this better than the
Democratic councilmen themselves. 1t
was the Democratic majority in the
common branch which defeated the
appropriations prior to councils re-
organization, by refusing to accept
the ordinance as it came from
the Joint estimates committee and
voting to adjourn sine die, with no
provision made for the payment of the
City's current expenses. And again 1t
is the Democratic membership in the
re-organiZed common branch which, by
ordering a conference through sheer
pcrVersity, threatens to postpone, GER
tainly for weeks ana perhaps indefi-
nitely, the solution of this growing an
noyance. In the meantime, the city
treasurer cannot pay salaries or de-
partmontal bills. and every creditor of
the city, either for labor or supplies,
is forced to see his claim held up for
no one knows how long, simply because
the majority members of common
council prefer to do business like sulky
children instead of like grown and
sensible men.
We thoroughly recognize that it is
useless to expect these Democratic
componers to act otherwise than as
unruly youngsters invested with the
powers of men. They have been train
ed in a school of grab and kick. They
believe in grabbing all they can get
hold of, for their own party, their own
ward, their own faVOrites or them
selves; and in kicking whenever these
grabbing propensities are interfered
with. Judging by their actions, meth
ods and speech, they have little or no
concern for the welfare of the city as q
whole. The idea that they owe some-
thing to the people at large, and should
therefore be willing occasionally to
make minor concessions, has apparent
ly never entered their minds. They
appear to look at their offices as law
makers for the more than 100000 citi-
zens OF Scranton not as a sober and
serious trust, to be discharged with
diligence, Intelligence and integrity,
but rather as an opportunity for the
grinding of petty axes, the display of
peanut politics and the kicking up of
as much dust as possible In every
respect their present attitude suggests
the need of some strong influence in
behalf Of the great body of taxpayers
which will administer to them the fog
ging deserved by boys who persist in
being bad.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13
The Chief Architect of Ruin.

THE recent declaration of eX-Attor-
ney General Palmer before the anthra-
cite investigating committee that the
contemporary depression in business is
due to the "bumptious, egotistical and
arrogant interference of Grover Cleve-
land with the interests of the coun-
try has given extreme offence to the
organs of the Waldorf Democracy. one
of them, the Rochester Herald, after
calling a few choice names at General
Palmer, asserts in substance that in
his executive capacity Mr. Cleveland
had nothing to do with bringing about
hard times, and this proposition it de-
fends by alleging a. that the panic
started within less than two months
after Clevelands inauguration or be-
fore he had had a chance to do any
"interfering;" (2) that his calling of
a special session of congress and fore
ing of repeal of the Sherman silver
purchase clause were the outgrowth,
not of interference with, but of obcd-
ience to, the will of the country: and
CD that "as to the Democratic tariff
law, that was not put in force until
fifteen months after the beginning of
the hard times, and it never received
Cleveland's signature"
With no wish to throw unnecessary
stones at a political corpse, but merely
in the interest of history, we fell i'm
PEELED to'eensider at some length the
issue here 1involved. We agree with
General Palmer and differ from the
Rochester Herald for several reasons.
First, the election of Cleveland in 1892
put business in a condition of liabil-
ity to a panic because of the radical
economic doctrine outlined in the plat
form on which he then rama doctrine
which by silent acquiescence he NOR
ally indorsed. Never before in Amer
lean history had protection by tar
ifs been branded as fraudulent and
unconstitutional; and business, having
been for years shaped to fit the protec-
tive model, impediately trembled at
the unexpected knowledge that COM
plete readjustment of unknown dimen-
sions was likely to be forced upon IT,
This paved the way for and started
the panic, and we blame Cleveland for
1t, because by not explicitly repudiating
the radical anti-protectionism of the
plank which his opponents in the con-
vention adopted with the idea of put
ting him in a hole, he made the begin
ming of the panic possible.
Secondly, we blame Cleveland for the
delay which preceded his calling of the
Fifty-third congress together in spe-
cial session and for the methods he
used in forcing silver repeal. The de-
lay gave the panic chance to be-
come dangerous; and the arrogant and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13
A MODERN MOOD.

Folks did for themselves in the days that
are gone.
But ye must have machinery now.
Ye must go 1t on rollers while mowin' the
lawn,
And lots employ steam fur TO plow.
An these new-fangled reapers l view with
alarm,
Tell / long ter forsake the hull scene.
An stop all this worry an sell off the
farm,
An buy me flyin' machine.
When summer comes back an the woods
are a-thrll,
An the flowers are noddin' so gay,
When the hoss sorter scowls ez ye start
up the hill,
An all nature invites ye ter play,
I'm tempted by weather whose idolent
charm
Makes me wish thet all life were serene,
Ter go back on workin' an sell on the
farm
An buy me fiyin' machine.
I'd float far away whur the worryin'
sound
OF the cow-bells is lost on the air:
An I'd anchor clus under a cloud when
/ found
Thet my eyes had grown tired OF the
glare.
In this age of mechanics they'd say did
harm.
Ter loaf in the ways that we've seen.
So / reckon / might as we'll sell off the
farm
An buy ME a fyin' machine.
Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13
We offer this week, to
reduce stock, extraordi-
nary values i'm Curtains:

40 pairs Nottingham Lace, 69c. pair;
from S5c.
80 pairs Nottingham Lace, sSc. a pair;
from $1.10.
IS pairs Nottingham Lace, s1.15 a
pair; from $1.3712.
20 pairs Nottingham Lace, s1.3S a
pair; from $1.75.
10 pairs Nottingham Lace. s1.65 a
pair; from $500.
IL pairs Nottingham Lace, $1.95 a
pair; from $3.50.
20 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white
1915 a pair; from $3.50.
10 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white
$4.55 a pair; from $500
II pairs Irish Point. ecru and white
$3.50 a pair; from s6.25.
10 pairs Irish Point. ecru and white
$3.50 a pair; from $3.50.
10 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white
S.371. a pair; from $1,000.
12 pairs Brussels Net. $3.50 a pair;
from s6.75.
12 pairs Brussels Net, ss75 a pair;
from s7.S5.
12 pairs Brussels Net, S.75 a pair;
from $s.G5.
~ pairs Brussels Net, $3.50 a pair;
from 5000.
Il pairs Brussels Net, $1025 a pair;
from $1,000.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13
NO TIME FOR NONSENSE.

From Statement by Senator T. c. Platt.
The Republican voter by instinct and
habit Is an Independent being. He thinks
for himself and acts for himself. His es-
pecial adherence is corrupt administra-
ton. His chief political aim Is to put in
office a type Of man who will approach
the consideration of all public questions
from high-minded point of view and who
can be relied on to act honestly and intel
ligcntly. He believes in organization and
he wants his party machinery to be main
tained in strength and efficiency, but he
Is bitterly offended when he thinks that
the public good is being sacrificed to the
selfish schemes of individual party lead
Lers, and he is peculiarly susceptible to ap-
peals made in the name of good govern
ment Those characteristics of the Re
publican voter have served our best citi-
zens" many a good turn. BY raising a
great hullabaloo about "bosslsm," by con-
stant and vicious assaults upon tho in
tegrity of Republican leaders, they have
succeeded in raising suspicious and re-
sentiments in the mind of the Republican
voter, and from that point 1t was easy
to carry him off into some sort of political
enterprise which, glorlfed as a move
| ment in the interest of pure government,
was always and simply scheme to Sc
cure to the "best citizens" themselves the
benefits of office.
But the Republican voter has had his
eyes open during the last three years and
he has done a good deal of observing. He
sees, at last, that there is no argument
for personal and arbitrary government IN
city which is not equally strong as TO
| state and national government. and that
political organizations cannot be disrupt
cd for one purpose and held together in
strength and efficiency for another. The
Republican voter is not to be enlisted IN
any more non-partisan enterprises. In
these days when the red flag of disorder
and confscation threatens to wave wher-
ever American enterprise and thrift are
established, he has too much at stake.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13
The Next Mayor of New York.

The discussion which has arisen con-
cerning the mayoralty of Greater New
York has brought forward the fact
that the nOn-partisan element who are
urging the candidacy of Seth Low are
unwilling to support a straight Re-
publican like Lieutenant Governor
Woodruff, and we have Senator Platt's
word for it that the regular Republi-
can organization will not support a
neutral for mayor even though he be
man of the high character and at
tainments of President Low. Unless
this difference can be composed prior
to election day, the result will be an
easy victory for Tammany, which
would have good chance TO win even
against a united opposition.
1t is, we think, very obvious that the
Republican party's claim to represen-
tation at the head of the anti-Tam-
many ticket is superior to that of the
advocates of nOn-partisan candidate.
As the situation stands, it is impossi-
BILE to eliminate partisan considera-
tions from the problem. Whoever shall
be chosen chief executive of the 1000. :
900 inhabitants Of Greater New York
will necessarily and inevitably be a
powerful factor in the approaching ma
tional contest against Organism.
Whatever shall be his belief as to the
improperly of conducting municipal
government on partisan lines, the fact
Will be that he will have it in his pow
er TO exert a tremendous influence in
the choice of congressman in 1898 and
In the election of a president two years
later If Tammany shall control the
mayors office, it need not be expected
that any of the power of that office
viii he spared in behalf of the Demo-
cratic congressional and presidential
nominees; and it seems no more than
fair that If the opposition TO Tammany
shall elect the mayor he shall be a man
who can equally be trusted to do what
lies within his ability to strengthen the
Republican cause in national affairs.
OF past opponents of Tammany mis-
rule a majority have invariably been
Republicans. The Democratic boiling
element has been numerically small:
and it would be a plain case OF pre-
sumption in 1t to demand the right TO
name the head Of the ticket which Re-
publicans will be expected to elect.
Senator Platt is quite right in advis-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13
FRIENDSHIP IN KENTUCKY.

From the Owensboro Inquirer.
When Judge Pendleton grows reminis-
cent he is always interesting. Court was
short this morning, and when Henry
Tompkins walked in he said: "Mr. Tomp-
kins, your cousin, Louis Garth, was the
only bully / ever saw who was a brave
man. He was in a poker game in camp
with Lieutenant Forrest, a brother OF
General \. B. Forrest. and he called For
rest a liar. Forrest pulled his pistol, a
double-bdrrelled weapon, and placing it to
Garth's breast he pulled the trigger. The
cartridge failed to fire. and Garth spat
out chew of tobacco, and, without NOV
ing a muscle, said: Lieutenant, you had
better try the other barrel" Forrest put
his weapon up, and said Garth, you are
brave man, and l will not shoot brave
man" They were inseparable friends for
ever afterward.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13

the consul general would address a sec
ond letter. In ten days or a fortnight this
would also be acknowledged. with an in
timation that the matter complained Of
was under investigation. Thus the weeks
and the months would slip by. II is no
wonder General Lee lost his temper and
asked for warships and other means OF
compelling respectful attention to his de-
mands. But on March a great change
came over the scene. Now the consul
generals communications are promptly
answered. Action quickly follows upon
the heels of complaint. American prison.
ers are properly treated. Information is
always forthcoming. Spain could not
treat us better II she really loved us.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13
A PERTINENT QUESTION.

"I always said" remarked the Turkish
officer of Greek prisoner, that in spite
of your reputation as fighters. we would
put you to rout."
"Oh, we'll" replied the man, who had
been active in Hellenic dissensions, may
be you couldn't have done it 80 easily IL
we hadn't helped some."-Washingto
Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13
ONE ORGANS PLIGHT.
Philadelphia Times.

From , Philadelphia Times.
The Inquirer went off into llysterical
shrieks over Quay's apostaCy to his
friends, and later accepted Quay's de.
NAL with as good grace as was possible
considering how badly it had fooled itself
1t is now somewhat in the position OF
Hooker's bull that was caught fast In
jumping the fence and could neither hook
in front nor kick behind.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13

ing against such a surrender by the
Republican organization. The anti
Tammany nominee should be a Repub-
lican Of Republicans, thoroughly loyal
to the party and prepared to do all
for its success that he can do. The
election of a political nondescript is
utterly out of the question under the
conditions which now exist.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13

A double~headed councils does fairly
well when the two heads work togeth-
er, although even then it is no particu-
lar improvement on a single headed
council. But when the two-headed
legislature uses it's divided authority
for the purpose of blocking progress
and spends its time in attempts to tie
itself into a knot, the result is al
most enough to make an angel swear.
These few remarks are uttered for the
especial benefit of the new-charter agi-
tators in Wilkes-B Barre.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13

Mayor Nichols OF Wilkes Barre fa-
vors a thirdclass charter, but IL it is
because he thinks he would be any
better off under one than he is at
present, he labors under q misappre-
hension. The mayor of a third-class
city in Pennsylvania is entirely too
much of a figurehead! lie has only
the appearance of power.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13
A PROSPECTIVE FAMINE,

What want" said the manager, "is a
joyous burlesque."
We'll" replied the scribe, "In do what
l can. But l give you fair warning. your
killing the goose that lays the golden egg.
If everybody keeps on writing burlesques,
in a short time there won't be anything
serious for people to make fun off,
Washington Star
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13
SHE WAS SURPRISED.

This is strange! exclaimed young Mrs.
Torkins.
ITO what do you refer?' asked her hus-
band.
THE Turkish army captured a Greek
magazine and found nothing in it. / don't
see what they got it out for II they didn't
have a few war articles and some adver-
tsements in it."-Washington Star,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13

Also special prices on
Tamboured MusIins. An
inspection will convince
you that it is to your in
terest to purchase now.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13

AS the result of a sharp call-down
from Secretary Sherman, Nicaragua
has retracted her recent statement that
our claim to a voice in the manage
mont of the Nicaragua canal had ex-
pired. That invaluable waterway will
not escape us during this adminstra-
tion. You can bank on that,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13

offensive methods Of the executive in
forcing the repeal bill bred antagon-
isms which put immediate vitality into
the movement subsequently headed by
william Jennings Bryan. A president
like Lincoln would have oiled the
troubled waters and quieted the gale;
Cleveland dehed the elements and thus
courted the shipwrcck which not only
swamped him but submerged the busi-
ness prosperity of the whole nation
as we'll.
Lastly we censure Cleveland for his
cowards treatment of the Wilson bill.
There was his chance to halt the
Knockout blow at business confidence
and welfare; but instead of vetoing
this measure of perfidy, deficit and dis
honor, he sulked like cross school
boy and permitted 1t to become a law
by executive default. once in force, 1t
promptly ended what chance business
had previously had to revive, sapped
the gold reserve in the treasury. threw
doubt around the integrity of our cur
rcncy, forced the offensive issues of
bonds coupled with the administra-
TONS suspicious private deals with the
Wall street bankers. and put into the
hands of the reckless, the very weap-
ons which they needed in order to cap
turc the Democratic party organiza-
ton, effect a Popuistic fusion and
enter with confidence upon their re-
cent alarming crusade of financial lun-
acy and social disorder. We assert
that Grover Cleveland is directly and
sngly responsible for the Popocratic
warfare upon public confidence, and
that more than any other man he is
the chief architect of this country's S
misfortunes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13
HIP, HIP, HOORAY!

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Inquirer will stand right where it
has always stood and IT will not bulge
one inch for Senator Quay or any one else.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13

The latest Carnegie scheme to be ex-
plotted in the Pittsburg press is to ex-
tend the Carnegie ore railroad down
into the Frick coke district and wipe
UP the floor with the Pennsylvania rail-
road. The Carnegies will have a merry
time doing it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13

After the tariff hill is out of the way.
look out for rapid developments at
Washington with respect to Cuba.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13

y contemporary asks the question
Does the modern college education
educate?" 1t certainly does, if the pu.
Pill has it in him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13

Senator Quay was always in greater
danger from his fool friends than from
his enemies, and their latest kick-up
simply conforms to the rule.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13

Under normal circumstances, Greater
New York is Democratic by $4,000 ma
jority, but a split in the -Tammany
ranks next fall would add probably
$4,000 more, and this now appears in
evitable. 1t is curious, by the bye. to
note the lack of excitement with which
Senator Plat views the prospect Of
Tammany's restoration to power. 1t
doesn't seem to discourage him a bit,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13

Weyler may yet feel called upon to
pacify Consul General Lee.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13
Babies and BattIe-fields.

Continued alarm prevails among the
thoughtful citizens of France at that
country's low and decreasing birth
rate. In Germany SS babies are born
annually to every 1000 of population;
but in France the number is only 22
and that is slowly diminishing. Sim
gularly enough, it is not the scarcity
of babies as a sociological Circum-
stance that gives the thoughtful
Frcnchman the greatest anxiety, but
the reflection that if German babies
multiply so much faster than the
babies of La Belle France, it will be
simply a question of time when Ger"
many's army will so far outnumber the
soldiery of France as to render vain
the French hope of an ultimate day Of
reckoning for the seizure of Alsace and
Lorraine.
1T is calculated" observes the Wash
ington Post in an interesting discus
sion of this curious phenomenon, "to
dishearten those enthusiasts who look
for an early coming of universal and
perpetual peace to see statesmen, phil
osophers, and other leaders in thought
and moulders of public opinion, an
nually taking a military cradle census,
and valuing babies chiefly as to their
relation to the army. The fact that
the great Christian nations of Europe,
at the close of the nineteenth century
of the reign of the Prince Of Peace,
habitually connect the cradle with the
battlefield, and think of maternity as
blessing for the reason that it sup
plies brute force for war purposes,
shows what little progress has been
made in nineteen centuries towards a
realization of the teachings of Christ"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13

Catch q Pennsylvania legislature
voting to require its iunketing MEM
bers TO pay their own way!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-13
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Hawaiian Annexation Inevitable.

Readers of the Journal will remem-
Der that it has all along believed that
the annexation of Hawaii would be the
inevitable and rational outcome of the
policy which our government has shown
toward that country for more than half
a century, and under all administra-
lions save the latter Of Clevelands.
The arguments are many and have
often been urged. A most comprehen-
sve statement OF them appeared in the
Journal OF the 18th inst. and was
taken as an abstract from the Hand
Book on the Annexation of Hawaii" by
Hon. Lorrin A. Thurston. ex-minister
of Hawaii to this country, than whom
there are none more capable of pre-
senting the case. The work is a most
valuable one and those who would be
informed should read it. Those who
disapprOve Of annexation do not, of
course, find anything therein to change
their opinions. That is not to be ex-