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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15
Spdin'S Turn TO
Walk The Floor
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
n 7ARIOUS questions are raised in
MI some quarters in connection with
MI the de LONE incident. Did the
WI Spanish minister outgeneral our
government in Offering his resig-
nation before he could be called to ac-
count? Did the Spanish cabinet hasten
to accept his resignation before it was
asked to recall him? Was there need
less and unfortunate delay in presenting
the message of our state department at
Madrid? Has there been a play of tao
tical movements in which the Spanish
minister and government have thus Gar
had the advantage? These questions are
propounded and discussed as If they pos.
sessed real Importance and significance.
AS matter of fact they are of second
airy and inferior moment They may
carry some interest as a mere detail of
diplomatic procedure, but they do not
touch the vital merits of the real ques-
ton which has come up between the two
governments.
Mr.. de Lone is now eliminated from
the issue Whether he forestalled recall
or dismissal by promptly resigning is a
matter of small consequence. 1t is
enough that he recognized he had be-
come impossible and took himself out of
the way. What remains cf the incident
ments free from the disposition of the in
dividual, and that is a question which
is not to be determined by any smart
technicalities, The essence of that ques-
ton is whether the Spanish government
shall extenuate the offensive act of its
representative, whether 1t shall shield
him and condone his wrong behind a
resignation and above all whether IT shall
keep itself on a footing of complete cour-
tesy and free intercourse with President
McKinley's administration. That Is a
question primarily and peculiarly for the
| Spanish government. 1t concerns Madrid
far more than Washington. Our gov
arnment needn't borrow any trouble
about it. 1t is the other party that may
| be left to walk the floor. The Spanish
| government has been informed in a digni-
| fled and courteous manner of the act of
| it's representative. 1t has dealt with him
| by accepting his hastily proffered resig-
| nation. But that doesn't discharge its
| duty 10 this government, and whether IL
accepted the resignation before the COM
plant was received OF not doesn't affect
the matter. The complaint is there aud
| to that complaint the answer must be
| made, not to Mr.. de LONE, out to the
government of the United States.
| The spirit of the answer will deter
| mine the attitude of Spain. IL II be an
attempt to evade a just and free atone
ment under the plea that the ministers
resignation was promptly accepted. II
| will not relieve the Spanish government.
| If, on the other hand, II is an open and
unreserved disavowal of his act and a
frank expression of regret, 1t will set the
Sagasta government right and permit its
reception in the same spirit. This an
swer must be a voluntary offer of good
will. We have no occasion to demand 1t.
| The Spanish government knows what Is
due to its own honor and to our Gf-
Tended sense. 1t is not a question which
! is affected by any measure of bubbles
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

as the average Yankee. The American
showing as to wine-drinking is there
fore very creditable.
The French drink annually but gal
Ions of beer per head and this guam
tity does not perceptibly vary. The
Germans in 1886 drank 1873 gallons, but
In 1896 this average had increased to
25.5 gallons. 1t is the Englishman who
drinks the most beer of all, ale and
beer being included under the one
head. His annual allotment has varied
but little from 30 gallons, being In 1895
30.7 gallons. In the decade included In
this report the average American In
creased his beer thirst from s.S to 1871
gallons, a gain of nearly so per cent,
but it Is evident from these figures that
1t will take him at least fifty years at
the present pace to catch up with his
cousin across the water.
OF the four leading countries under
review Germany, according to the Rec
ord, "is the largest consumer of spirits
for drink. the total quantity amount
ing to 100, 76O, 900 gallons, or 1.94 gallons
per head of the population-a small
decline since 1890. France has a con-
sumption of 7O,1SOOOO, or 1.S5 gallons
per head. The United Kingdom has a
consumption of 4O,O76,OOO gallons, or 1.0l
per head, and the consumption in the
United States is 59,1S6.0O0 gallons, or
.S3 of a gallon per head. For the
United States, as well as for all other
countries in this report, the measure
is in imperial gallons, five of which are
equal to six of our gallons"
The obvious lesson from these figures
is that Americans. while not perfect
are in condition to court comparisons
in the matter of temperance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

More gallant service than that of
Captain Stenger in preserving order
among the 212 passengers on board the
sinking steamship Veendam until res
cue came, and in supervising the trans
fer of passengers and crew to the
steamship st. Louis without accident of
any kind, has probably never been per-
formed in the history of navigation
Read again President Zehnder's thrill
ing account of it in yesterdays Trib-
une and then doff your hat to this
brave mariner
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

1t is announced in some papers as II
it were a new and startling idea that
the defense in the case of Sheriff Mar
tin and deputies may move for a dis
missal of the Indictment among other
monwealth has no right to arraign for
trial the representatives of its laws for
doing in an emergency their unpleas-
ant but, as they claim, their necessary
duty. Such motion may be made but
if 50, it win hardly come with the force
of a surprise.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

If it is true that the administration
proposes to let the Brooklyn act as an
escort to the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya
on the occasion Of its visit to the United
States it will be courtesy well be-
slowed. The Brooklyn ought not to
leave the Nizcaya's side for an instant
during that ships stay in American
waters. and since life is made pleasant
by these little acts of pollteness the
Brooklyn might afterward even strain
a point and escort the Vizcaya safely
home again.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

or any race OF technicalities. We do not
doubt that the Sagasta ministry will
meet its full obligations. II Is matter
which is far more important to 1t than
to President Mckinley, and with the
tenure of Cuba hanging by q thread any
course which would preclude free and
friendly intercourse with our government
would be suicidal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15
TndnN,s Election.

TO What has been said heretofore
concerning the Importance of wise
choice of school directors at today $
municipal election we can now add
simply that the time for making this
choice is at hand. Voters who nave
regard for the best interests of the
city and who. as taxpayers and par
ents. have concern for their own IN
terssta, will not fail TO do their duty
today by voting for the six admirable
Republican nominees.
In the wards where councilmen and
aldermen are to be elected H. is worth
keeping in mind that the election of
the Republican nominees will strength
en- the party for its coming battles as
well as tend tn insure efficient local
government With the mayoralty and
commCn council in the hands OF the
Democracy 1t is especially desirable
that the present Republican majority
in select council shall be maintained
unimI aired. Otherwise the results in
municipal administration might be dis
astrcus
The thing to do, then, is to vote early
and vote the Republican ticket straight.
-
Complaint continues at the incen-
diary distortions, eXaggerations and
insinuations of the yellow journalism
in connection with it's report of the
Martin trial. Judge Woodward should
ply his rod with increased vigor, let
ting no guilty sensationalist escape.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

Having made things uncomfortable
for Princeton the temperance reformers
are now training their heaviest bat
teries on Yale. Moral standards at
our universities cannot be too high,
but maybe some persons expect the
impossible.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15
ELECTION TODAY.

The stockholder in private cor
poration who shouldn't vote at the an
nual election to protect his interests
would promptly be declared an
egregious Ounce. The Scranton tax
payer is virtually a stockholder in the
Scranton school system, and its dlrec-
TORS are TO be chosen today.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

The problem of governing Hawaii
under an American regime would not
be half as difficult as is the problem of
preserving peace and good order in
Northeastern Pennsylvania, a territory
which it nearly equals in size.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

The anxiety of the Spanish property
owners in Cuba to get under the shell
tering folds of the American flag is not
surprising. They evidently want no
Cuban inspection of their property
titles,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

The American who has never made a
personal study of the French charac-
begin TO understand the Zola trial and
we are beginning to doubt if those
who claim to know Paris by heart un-
derstand it much better.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
For Schooi Director.

Three Years-PETER NEULs, Eleventh
ward.
Three Years-D. J. PHILLIPS, Firth
ward.
Two Years-E. d. FELLOWS, Fourth
ward.
Two Years-F. S. GODFREY. Eighth
ward.
One Year-F. s. BARKER, Seventeenth
ward.
One Year-ELIAS L. EVANS, Fifteenth
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

The assertion of eX-President Har-
rison that he is taking absolutely no
interest in political matters" means,
of course, that he is not taking an Of
fee Seeking interest. AS good citi-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

Stone may shake Andrews before
election, but you can wager that An
drews would cling like leech to Stone
after election if Stone should be elect
ed and Andrews had then an axe to
grind
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

The correspondents at Washington
who are Sc ready to circulate false crit
icisms Of General Woodford, our min
ister to Spain, ought to be ashamed.
Their work may impair his usefulness
at Madrid but it cannot injure him in
the United States. We venture to say
that no other diplomatist on Uncle
Sans pay roll would care to trade po-
sitions with General Woodford, and it
is a remarkable fact in his
favor that with so little ex-
perience he has succeeded SO well.
He may not be so adroit nor so
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

Generalssimo Garman abandons his
dream of Democratic peace with dole
full sob that ought to melt even the
marble heart of his esteemed contem-
porary, the redoubtable Mr.. Lenahan.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

rolished rs Senior de LONE Tut he can
evidently give points on common cour-
tesy and horse sense to de LONE and
the whole brood of spain's professional
liars, otherwise known as diplomats.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15
Beautiful Silks for Spring.

Spring the silky dress the silk
WELL and es Spring Silk Bsssomu promises be the daintt
Aowke Solid
every pouring all
silk the world sending their
to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

Discontinue the Superior courts term
of sitting in Scranton? Who is the
preposterous person that proposes so
absurd a change?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

Somebody has revived the story that
Quay himself may yet become a candi-
date for governor. Let him do SO by all
means if the spirit moves. Then his
opponents would have an unmasked
target,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15
Paving the Way

business
hopeepng Reaching after the
merchandise makng Gathering
Standing
distributors trying public faithfully Making
easy strengthening weak links
which binds this store to the community
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-15

De Lomes man scuttled the Tillie
and the junta scuttled De LONE. Hon
ors, therefore, are even.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-10
MILITARY RESOURCES UNDE.
VELOPED.

For the past three weeks there has
been more serious talk of war than at
any time since the first week or two
Immediately following President Cleve-
lands famous Venezuelan message: it
is probable that present war talk is
really more serious now that it was
then.
There is no denying that matters
wear a really serious aspect. Very
much is said about the military re-
sources of the country, but it should
be remembered that the country's re-
sources in this respect, while great, are
undeveloped, and that it would take
considerable time to develop them. The
country could put a half million men
in the field in a little time, but after
they were in the field they would be the
raw material for soldiers for quite a
while. 1t is probable that the men could
be had very much sooner than they
could be equipped. The military stores
on hand may be said to be nil. 1t is
very doubtful if the government could
arm a hundred thousand soldiers with
modern military rifles. The regular
army has the Krag-Jorgensen rifle,
but the national guard in the different
states is armed with the old Springfield
1910 rifle. a good military arm in it's
day, but as much behind the Krag-
Jorgensen rife as the old Yeager was
behind the Springfield rife. The govern
ment should always keep a half mill
lion stand of the latest improved army
rifles on hand, and plenty of ammuni-
ton for the same. Likewise there
should be an ample supply of the best
field guns. If the government should
call out half a million men tomorrow
for military duty it has neither tents
nor clothing for them. Take, as an eX-
ample, the national guard in this state.
All together there are less than five
hundred men enrolled, and these are in
adequately supplied with overcoats and
blankets.
Much has been said of late of pre-
pairing for war in time of peace One
Of the things that should be done in
time of peace is to collect enough mill
tary stores to equip volunteer army
in an emergency. Modern wars are of
short duration and little time is al
lowed for preparation; they are short.
sharp and decisive. The government
should at least have a full supply of
small arms and ammunition. Not to
have them is penny wise and pound
foolish.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-10
FoR NATIONAL DEFENSE.

The prompt manner in which con-
gress voted O.000. 900 for national de-
Tense win be gratifying to the whole
nation; there was no dissenting voice
in either house For a senator or rep
resentative to have dissented would
have been for him to have brought
condemnation down upon his head.
Had double or treble the sum been
asked, It would have been as promptly
voted. 1t is to be hoped there will be
no need TO use any part of this sum for
any other purpose than the completion
of defensive works now in process of
construction.
Undoubtedly the placing of this vast
sum at the disposal of the president
viii call forth comments, especially by
the press Of Europe, on the almost die
tatorial powers that are possessed by
the president of the United States, for
that press is never weary of telling
how much greater they are than those
of most constitutional monarchs. The
one thing that the people of the con-
stitutional governments of Europe have
fought hardest and most persistently
for than anything else. is the control
Of the government purse strings; and
here the congress of the United States
hands over the purse itself to the ex-
ecutive. This will be incomprehensibie
TO them. 1t is easily applicable and
perfectly natural. 1t was the people,
through their representatives, who, for
a special purpose, gave the purse into
the hands of the executives; their con-
troll of it was absolute, and he could
not have touched il without their con-
sent. They know and feel their
strength. and hence they feel no dam
ger. Then the president in whom they
repose such powers was elected by
them, and while six millions and a half
OF them voted against him, they did
so on matters of policy, but in a case
like the present enc, they one and all
stand at his back and they know no
differences.
Foreign critics and observers of
American institutions have affected to
believe that in case of war between
the United States and some other
country, the south would be disaffected.
Nothing could be more false. In such
an event there would be no north, no
south, no east, no west; only the
Union, and the American people fight
ing for it.
The appropriation of this $4,000 900
will make Spain pause. 1t was all done
within day, and called forth no extra
effort. That sum would mean to
Spain 25O,0OO,OO0 pesetas. an amount
now almost beyond her power to raise
in any. manner. While she hates this
government, how she must envy it the
power to raise such sum in such a
manner, and in such short-time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-10

! try since 1870 have modified the char
acter of the native population far more
than they have been assinilated by it.
What were once called American po-
litical ideas have been more or less
modified by European political ideas,
and these of the radical and revolu-
tionary type. The rapid growth OF pa
ternalistic ideas in this country, both
in state and nation, is due directly TO
the propaganda of foreigners who have
come to this country filed with the
theories of socialism and anarchy
They are also responsible for much of
the discomfort that has spread over the
country during the last decade. I'm
bued with a hatred of the governments
from which they came. they transferred
it to that to which they came. They
well understood what the word gov
eminent" connoted in the countries
from which they came and they as
sumed that it connected the same things
in the country of their adoption; and
they acted on the assumption.
Professor Smith tells how iN!teracy
and .awlessness may be cured. but h
suggests no remedy for those tenden-
cies of the Russian or Hungarian Jew,
and he might easily have named Others
that are more dangerous to national
character than illiteracy or lawlessness,
and whom no educational test ex-
cludes. l. many respects the educa
ticnal test Is the most superficial and
unsatisfactory of all tests. To find
( remedy for the evils that all recognize
as arising from unrestricted immigra-
ton is difficult, If not impossible. Ont
means o. graduating them is a closer
adherence, in spirit and letter. TO the
ideas on which the republic is founded
The evils OF immigration would be COM
paratively small were it not for the
evils that are in the country, but do
not arise from immigration. But the
evils that arise from immigration and
other sources, while every effort should
be put forth to eradicate them or re-
duce them to a minimum, are not so
great as to imperil republican institu-
tions. No doubt they are great, but
the tendency of those who speak and
write about them is to eXaggerate and
make them appear greater than they
are.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-10
TALES OF THE DAY.
The Moonshiner,s Request.

Atlanta Journal: They brought the
wounded mountaineer across the road and
placed Elm on a folded blanket.
The moonshiner had been attacked by
revenue officers, and he had received a
shot in his breast. His face was pale from
pain and the loss of blood, and his eyes
We're closed as If in sleep.
His friends knew that the end was near
and stood around him in silence
He. opened his eyes and said faintly:
Jack, M goin'"
Jack knelt beside him and brushed back
the damp locks from the bronzed fore
Jack" asked the dying man, kin you
do me favor?'
Yes.
wal, when I'm gone look IN my vest
pocket. Youll find picture OF Mary
Shaw when she wuz a young gal. l cot
nit long fore her folks interfered with
me an her an made her marry Abe
Jack nodded, and the dying man went
on:
She hez bin hayin ov mighty hard
time over thar on the ridge ever since
Abe run away an got killed out in Texas
Jest take the picture an give hit back TO
Mary. Then git lawyer an have the
deed ito my little farm put in her name.
Let her take her children an move into
my house an take all my things jest ez
they air. Jack. will you do THAR
Jacks two strong hands tenderly press
cd the hand of the dying man.
AN Jack. tell her TO let my coat hang
thar on the peg, let my gun stay in the
rack over the door. an tell her to please
let my picture hang -whar / left hit
above the mantle. That's all. Bury me
ON the hill below the snriuG an tell Mary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-10
DANGERS TO NATIONAL CHAR
ACTER.

In the current number of the North
American Review, Professor Goodwin
Smith has an article entitled, rs the
Constitution Outworn?" Near the
close OF it occur these words:
The vital change made in the char
acter of the population by the influx
from Europe since the constitution was
framed, suggests the questions of the
franchise and of naturalization. That
of the franchise may be taken to be
SUSPENDED till. a distant future, when
experience shall have fully revealed the
effects of universal suffrage. That of
naturalization is more practical, at all
events so far as relates to the pro-
vision of safeguards surer than those
which existed in the days of wholesale
Irish naturalization at New York. Re-
striction of immigration is not likely to
be very effective in diminishing politi-
cal danger AS the native American
shuns coarse labor, a supply Of it must
be imported and is sure to bring with
it illiteracy and a measure of lawleSs-
ness. The illiteracy may be cured in
time by the schools, the lawlessness by
a better police. More dangerous to ma
tional character than illiteracy or law
iessness are the tendencies of the Rus
sian or Hungarian Jew, whom no edu-
cational test excludes
That statement must arrest the at
teltion of all who are interested in the
question of immigration Not only has
the character of the population been
greatly modified by the influx from
Europe but of late years-in the past
quarter of a century-the influx has
modified the character of the popuia-
ton more than the population 1t found
here has modified it. 1t is not too much
to say that the greater portion of the
foreigners who have come TO this coun-