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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31
Hawaii Pro and Con.

Before the Commercial club of Chi
cago, on Saturday night Professor Won
Hoist, of the Chicago university, de-
livered an argument against the annex
alton of Hawaii which although weak,
was no doubt the best that he could
do His points, whitfield down, were as
follows:
%. That Hawaii would be a source
of Weakness instead of strength to us
IN time of war; necessitating a larger
navy and forcing us to meet the enemy
out at sea in place Of hiding from him
behind our mainland coast fortfica-
tiOns. Ii is worthy of note that i'm this
opinion DIR. Won Hoist is at variance
with a large majority of American
military and naval authorities, who
concur with Captain Mahan and Gen,
eral SchOfcld in the Relief that If we
didn't nave Hawaii and a war should
come. We would need to take ii at any
cost, so as to have an OUTPOST of OBJ
struction which would keep the enemy
at bay until we could assemble ships
and prepare supplies for an adequatl
defe nse of our mainland coast. Pos
p sibly DR.. Won Hoist knows more about
Z war tactics and requirements than
these men who make that subject a
I professional speciality; on the contrary
perhaps he doesn't.
= l2). Thai we have no reason TO sup
pose If we don't annex Hawaii that
another power VIII. No reason? Are
There many remaining undefendeL
Islands on the globe comparable with
these which the colonizine powers OF
Europe have failed to gobble up? Name
one, professor, and we win yield the
whole argument.
go. That the annexation of Hawai-
would begin, not end, the spreading out
process, thus gradually causing our re-
public to dift away from it's tradi
tional moorings and become one of !
number of jealous and uneasy colon,
izing powers. This Is the trump caro-
or all opponents of annexation. They
one and all advance II as their star ar.
gumenr, And vet what does IL res
on?@ Nothing more than idle and sus
picious conjecture, 1t Is equivalent tC
saying that the American people ar,
unable to discriminate; that having
taken Hawaii I'm they will automatic.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31
PROSPEROUS MINING COMPANY
Editor of The Tribune


Sir: | have recently received the an
nual report of the DE Beers Diamond
Mining company. kimberley, South
Africa, which. Notwithstanding all the
political and racial ferments of the last
year, shows a most satisfactory state OF
things. The nominal capital OF this COM
pany is &S9j0,000. The market value of
diamonds last year was the highest since
1893, The diamonds produced during the
year realized the enormous sum of e3,-
1872 099. The total output of the company
during the last twelve months was $751;
$40 loads of ground. The average value
per load in trihe over "a shiliings. The
average yield per load is about .92 carat
and the average value per carat is a
shade over 20 shillings.
The dividends paid to shareholders
were 40 per cent; they amounted to Gl,-
5795S2. Diamonds on hand at the time
the report was issued amounted to E2S4.-
76i; diamonds i'm the blue ground spread
out on the floors passing through proc
ess of pulVeriZatiOn, so as TO render II
possible to separate the precious stones
from the common ground, were estima led
at close to two million and half pounds
sterling, at the present market price Of
diamonds.
AS very large proportion of the in
habitants of this town and neighborhooi
appear to be considerably interested in
mines and mining operations, this must
be my apology for troubling You with
these few dry, but glittering, facts and
figures concerning an industry that has
enriched hundreds and adorned thou.
sands. James Hughes.
Late Of Kimberley, South Africa
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31

ally and unconsciously search the map
for remaining islands to he bought or
swiped Even If this were true, there
would not he accessible outlying terri
tory enough left to justify the making
of So much fuss. Cuba, Porto Rico
and perhaps a few smaller islands in
their vicinity would be the most that
We could hope t. get, even though we
should contract the land-hunger that
our Mugwump friends hold up as the
great danger But what reason is there
for this fear? Absolutely none what
ever.
Hawaii We need; Hawaii offers Itself
to us without the asking; Hawaii, al
though made up of mixed population
involving some risks to successful ad-
mnistration, is already republican and
American in the form and spirit of its
government and in the personnel of
its dominating inhabitants. Nothing of
consequence i'm this world Is devoid OF
risks. But shall we let u few hazards,
mostly temporary and minor. scare us
away from the fulhlment if a plan of
the broadest American statesmanshir
which would put in our hands for all
future time the key to that ocean
which destiny has plainly chosen as
the coming theater of the worlds
greatest movements?
Review DR.. Won Holsts points, then
compare them with the sentiments of
the speech of Charles Emory Smith
which we reproduce on this page. Dc
they not become pitiable in the com
lariSOn?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31
An Interesting Conjecture.

Gucsses abound as t. the plan which
President Mckinley has prepared for
the solution of the Cuhar problem,
but which has not yet been made pub
lie Al interesting one was embodied
IN the report. current last week, that
the present administration mad deter
mined to adopt with certain mOdiica-
tions the plan Of the preceding admin
jstration. which contemplated recip-
roci1y treaty with Spain. including in
its preamble a pledge by SPAN to main
tain in Cuba a liberal autonomous form
of government This. it was argued
by Mr.. Olney, would commit Spain to
such an extent that the United States
might with propriety hold her to the
contract in case the grant of autonomy,
once made and accepted, should after
ward be to any important extent nuili-
fed or abridged.
The advocates Of the Cleveland OlneN
plan expected, in case Spain consented,
to bring the insurgents around to an
Endorsement of such a programme by
plainly notifying them that if they did
not accept autonomy with an Ameri-
can guarantee they could. so far as
This government was concerned, go to
perdition. The CanoVas ministry. then
in power, not only did not consent but
politely invited Messrs. Cleveland and
Olney to go where they were willing
to send the insurgents. Now, how
ever, a new ministry is at the Spanish
nelm one which has made many con-
Cessions to American sentiment, and
The report is that President Mckinley
thinks he can. under present cirCum-
stances, do what Mr.. Cleveland and
Mr.. Olney under those conditions could
not do. The story goes that he will
urge the proffer by Spain of a plan
of autonomy sufficiently liberal in de-
tails to overcome reasonable objections
to this mode of compromise; and that
he will rely upon honest persuasion to
effect the Insurgents assent
It is probable that this idea has
been in the presidents mind. His ac-
lions to date are consistent with such
purpose. II he could name the con-
ditiuns and insure the permanent suf-
ticicrcy of the American guarantee
autonomy on the proposed basis would
undoubtedly prove the most pacific and
advantageous solution possible. But
SUPPOSE that after Spain should yield
So much,the insurgents would not yield
at all. Could the president find it in
his heart TO blame them after all that
they have endured in tyranny, outrage
and suffering at the hands of Spain
Or, blaming them, would he undertake
to use force on them or do as Oney
threatened tell them to go TO the bow
vows Would he not, after their refu-
sal-which we regard as almost certain
still he bound in the interests of lib
erty and humanity to try to get Spain
to let go her odious and rcpugnant hold
on Cuba?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31

Henry Il. Howland in his speech at
the manufacturers banquet, advanced
the thought that too much legislation
is endangering our morality as ma
tion, that we are cndeaN oring to reg
ulate to the extent that every thing
is now termed crime, from being
shaved on Sunday, or permitting mill
operatives to work more than eight
hours a day whether they would or
not, to committing murder, His opin-
ion that this "muChness of law
making is too great burden and vex-
alton To humanity, contains more than
a grain of sense and the possibility that
it may endanger the true estimate of
the relation between evils. or between
crime and the mere outgrowth of in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31

nations of the earth, and that It is pur-
blind folly and faulty which would palsy
her purpose and cripple her arm Just
as in the fullness of time the vision of
greatness dawns before her!
o
The end we aim at is clear: the means
are within our reach. A merchant mar
inc which shall revive our early pres
tge on the sea; u navy which shall com
mand respect for the voice of our au-
thority; commercial lines which shll
run direct to the pivotal ports; the lsth.
mlan canal which shall be the focus ol
continental transit and trade; all these
we must have and over all the crownina
genius of reciprocity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31

Timely notice is given by y. ]. Glib
son that before reciprocity treaty
with Spain for Cuba could lower the
American duty on sugar, IT would have
20 receive the consent of both branch
es of congress. Could this consent bc
obtained for a treaty putting our gov
ernment in a Kind of left handed part
nership with Spain in that country's
obnoxious rule in Cuba? We guess not
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31

Congressman Loud. the California
misft whom accident has put at the
head of the house postal committee,
recently called a delegation of Brook
lyn business men "a pack of damned
asses" because they wanted to offer
a protest against the proposed cut in
the postal service in their city. 1t was
this same Loud who in debate the other
day as good as called Postmaster Gen
eral Gary liar. If Speaker Reed
wants to show his power to advantage.
let him reduce Loud to the proportions
of a mute.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31

on Wednesday at the Bourse in Phil
ad"lphia there will. ii is announced, he
4 conference of representative Repub-
licans from the different counties in
the commonwealth for the purpose of
choosing Il candidate to make a fight
against William 4. stone for. the Re
publican guIernatoIial nomination.
With the convention only four months
distant, and Stone. by grace of An
lrews. Elltin, ct. al. in possession of
most of the party machinery IT is none
too soon for Republicans opposed to
the tactics back Of stone to get down
to serious business il they expect to
fight stone in convention, which would
be the manly thing to do.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31

Most of the poetry and sentiment
surrounding the dead is removed by the
increased popularity Of cremation, but
that mode of disposition also removes
the dread of being hawked about Lon
don as mummy lot 2Oi" few thou
sand years hence.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31

dividual belief. is worth serious consid-
Grafton by the people and the organiza-
tions that are so eager TO legislate or
all earthly matters.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31

why dc the police hermit leather
lungcd venders of sunday ncwsuaperS
to cry their goods in the VestibulcS of
city churches just as the congregations
are emerging ON Sunday mornings from
divine worship? is ;his the good city
ZIG 1Iout"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
IfOr SrIInniD Direction.

Three Years-pETER NEULS. Eleventh
ward.
Three Eears--D. !. PHILLIPS, Fifth
ward
Two Nears--E. -. FELLOWS, Fourth
ward
Two Years-F. $. GODFREY. Eighth
ward.
one Year-F. s. BARKER, Seventeenth
ward.
One Year-EL1AS l.. EVANS, FffteCnth
ward.
Election Day, February l..
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31

What are the requisites in this lofty
national enterprise? The first is that our
ruling craftsmanship shall have true
conception of the majestic destiny of the
republic and a Just understanding of the
practical methods of realization. High
national policy and broad commercial eN-
pansion go hand in hand. Trade follows
the flag the world around, and il is for
craftsmanship to carry forward the flag
not in militant ambition, not In terrific
rial greed, but i'm dignified national as
sertion, in commanding moral power and
In direct material intercourse. We have
come TO a point i'm our national develop
ment where We must decide whether we
shall accept and move ON to the plain
opportunities before us or whether we
shall renOunce all aspiration of widening
sway. Shall we turn our backs on the
opening vista of enlarged influence and
shut ourselves up within ourselves, or
shall we manfully and resolutely face
outward and onward? For one let me be
counted among those who believe that
our republic has noble ana MOI yet
fulfilled mission Of humane achievement
and commercial ascendancy among the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31
HE WOULD.

During the revolution, a little American
privateer stole up to ar English line of
battle ship in fog, mistakinG her for
an East India merchant, and ordered
her to strike. When the sevonty-four ran
out her guns and threatened to blow her
puny assailant out of the water. the
Yankee skipper stepped to the gangway
and, taking off his hat, said politely:
"Oh, very well, sir; if you won't surren-
der, / will"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31

Gomez's reply to Blanco's offered
bribe comes pretty near to being a
knockout blow. And how contemplate
it makes Spain appear!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31

Breaches of good manners. neglect Of
the formal requirements of civility in
public places and in business intercourse
are so frequent i'm their occurrence that
any manifestation of old-fashonCd for
NAL courtesy affords a welcome relief by
showing that there still remains in So
cety the SAVIOR which keeps it from be-
coming the scene of a rough-and-tumble
struggle for advantage in all things,
great and small.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-31

Our greatness heretofore mas been with
in ourselves. The field of foreign COM
morCe is the only material realm we
have yet to conquer. In our stupendous
home development the time had not
come for the outward look. We had far
less need of it than other nations. The
commerce of England represents more
than one-third of the value of her chief
occupations while the commerce of the
United States represents less than one
tenth of ours. our domestic exchanges
amount to nearly thirty times the whole
volume of our foreign commerce. ana
they aggregate more than six times all
the imports of all the nations of the
world. What wonder that with this
ma tchless market at home we have been
negligent in looking abroad! But in the
evolution of our material greatness the
time has now come for the fruition of
these mighty resources beyond our Dor
ders. 1t is triumphant vindication Of
the American policy that it has first ere
ated and established our American in
dustries that then it has given them
unChallenged sovereignty within our own
vast domain and that now 1t has forti-
fled and equipped them to enter into the
worlds arduous competition. And So
with all the superiority of our position,
with one arm outstretched to the east
and the other to the west, with all the
advantage of being the only great indus
trial power that Is sef-sustaining, we
boldly embark upon the career of COM
mercial extension.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-14
The Negroes Real Friend.
{ Washington Post

The negro has no real friends at
the North. We me willing to be-
lievc, for wo 500 something Of it here,
that the negro does not show to adj
vantage after crossing tho Potomac
and tho Ohio. 1t seems to us that
the further he wanders from the
South the more bumptious and of.
fensive he becomes. But this is
largely duo to tho fact that he real
ICES the hostile environment in which
he is placed, and in his foolish way
resonts it. The fact remains, how.
ever. The nogro's best and most
genuine friends are at tho South,
and it is among the former slave
holding classes that ho finds the
trucst esteem and tho most holpful
friendship.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-14
A Museum Fronk.

"That young man OF yours" said
tho observing parent, as his daugh-
ter came down to breakfast, should
apply for job in a dime museum"
"Why, father" exclaimed the
young lady, in tones Of indignation,
what do you mean ?"
II noticed when passed through
the hall late last night" answered
the old man, "that he had two heads
upon his shoulders. "--Chicago News
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-14
aud Cna;TaSter.

1t cannot be deried that country
life tends to strengthen character
and to make men. 1t Is not cduca
ton, it is not knowledge, it is not
brilliuncy Of intellect that makn tho
man Of mark and influence, but it is
solidity Of charactcE strength of
purpose, courage Of conviction, ro.
solution to do what is right and to
shun what is OWL, Tho Voting man
Who has been trained properly in
his country homo, aud whose char.
'cter has been shaped by fhe prao-
leo Of industry, frugality and NOR
rAlity, and whose actions Of righ,
'av" been nmnilncuvad by policy, is
octtcr prepared Tor life's duties than
he possibly could be if raised up
surrounded by ovory pleasure and
gratiiied in every desire. Self-doniul
y Il powerful factor in tho battle of
life; and, like all other qualities, it
must be- cultivated. Tho less the
temptation in carly lifo tho more
surely Will tho average man be ahlo
to steer free from grovcling vices that
lirst weaken and thon debaso the
moral scnsibilities.--D j. B. Kille-
brow in the "Southern States Farm
of Baltimore.
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Gen. n. Z. LEE,
SOLDIER.
Citizen and Christian Patriot.
4 GREAT NEW BOOK FORrIIE PEopIr
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). II. Hanna. Ga County, N. G.,
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The Work Contains Biographical Sketches
of al the Leading Generals, Il vast
amol mt Of Historical Matter, and q
larg' number of Beautiful Full-papc
illustrations. 1t is u grand book, and
ladies and gentlemen who can give nil
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are bound TO make immense sums of
money ndling it.
An Elegant Prospectus,
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historical account OF the part taken
by the commands from this State in
the great civiiw and to complete
&he rolls. l therefore urge that pro.
vision be made for carrying on this
work. To insure completion l
recommend that sum be appropri.
ated sufficient for carrying out this
undertaking; and l suggest "a an
nducemept to its early completion
that while sufficient money be al,
lowed monthly for current expenses
the major portion be paid only upon
tho completion and acceptance Of
tho work as now mapped out
COUNTY aovERNMrNr.
The General Assembly should give
careful consideration to the matter
Of expenditures by county govern,
men,S, The system now in force is
vry cumbersome, and in many coun-
ties leads to Extravaganza From
tho representation by townships
arises tendency to reciprocatc
fayors, aud this leads 10 useless OK,
pcn6iturcS which If there were no
opportunity for these mutually bene-
fcia9 exchanges, would bo avoided.
Many counties have lcmcdiel this
trouble rs far as possible aud have
made a further saving by placing
their officers on fixed salaries and
turning the surplus left over after
paying the salary into tho general
county fund.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-14
COAST LINE 7
FAST LINE

Between charleston and Columbia,
Upper S. nth Carolina, North Caro-.
lima, Ath ems and Atlanta.
p ssENGER DEPARTMENT.,
WI utNGToN N. G Nov 9th. 1907.
cor DENSED SCHEDULE.
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i1o p. m train from Augusta makes oI0sa
Sonnec ion Mt Calhoun rails Ior ali nointn n''
ScaDoard Air Line ' P'i"'S oh
close connection at Greenwood for all
points pc a on s. A. l.. and q. aud G. Railway. aaH
"' . .Spartnnonrg with Southern Railway
rates, schedules, uddress. ~ ''oko'S,
L. NJ. NORTH, Sol, Agt. Auwns1as n nst:; E;o
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