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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19
"BOSSo CROKER AT WORK.
From Chap Book.

FROM Cnap BOOK.
The lovers of the curious in our poll
tics cannot fail to admire the easy way
in which Mr.. Croker. of New York, bears
his heaping responsibilities. They may
be able to understand from his modest
steadiness why MIR. Croker has succeed
ed against many of the aDlcSl lawyers
and poets of Greater New York. re-
former is of fact and by necessity an
emotional, nervous, rather ONcr-WrouGht
creature. He is not always a poet but
he is always akin TO Il poet. The mere
fact that he seeks to reform existing
conditions" instead of permitting them
to reform themselves while adapting
his wants to what he can get, is proof
of dishevelled state of mind. If any
one or ten of the gentlemen who sup
ported Mr.. Low so valiantly last fall
had been called upon TO decide the qucs-
tions that Mr.. Croker has judged with
out tremor they would have suCCumbcd
to nervous prostratiOn. But Croker,
mighty man, arrangcs states and policies
with the cyniCiSm of praCtiCed hand.
He has no idols, this experienced Croker.
If he had any he learned long ago that
their feet were clay. He has bought
men in his time and he knows the mar
ket rate. He was able to bring Mr..
Cleveland himself to his table to discuss
party measures. So he is supremely
calm when accused of corruption and
makes no prctensc OF compromising with
So-Called decent sentiment. The FIRST
act of his automatic mayor is to declare
against the rapid transit scheme that
has been 50 much discussed by the news
papers. and openly to declare his allegi-
ance to the corporations now controlling
the traffic of New York city. lie has
thrown Colon-l Waring out of office as
if he We're AN ordinary Republican ward
worker instead of Il demi-god with a
broom And New York sinks swiftly
back to the pool of physical and moral
filth from which she was rescued by the
refOrmprS'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19
A Constitutional Guarantee.

AS will be perceived from the article
elsewhere reproduced from it, the
Philadelphia Press is inclined to con-
cur with Representative Conncll in his
belief that there is now ample need of
q new federal court district in Penn
sylvania; but it perhaps attaches un-
due importance to the convenience aC-
corded to Northeastern Pennsylvania
suitors under the present arrangement
whereby occasional sessions of the
Western district courts are held in
Scranton.
If all the business which Lacka-
wanna and Luzerne people have to do
in the federal courts could be held over
until those courts sit in this city the
present arrangement would not be so
bad. 1t happens, however, not rarely
but frequently, that local business
necessitates expensive journeys to
Pittsburg: and the saving in mileage
on witnesses and jurors which would
he effected by the creation of a more
compact and symmetrical Middle dis
trict with sittinGs of the court in Har-
yisburg, Williamsport and Scranton
would in itself well-nigh pay the extra
costs of the new district.
Apart. however, from the economies
of the subject, the ethics of it call for
subdivision of the unwieldly West
ern district, to the end that speedy JUS
tice may be assured to every citizen
having business before the federal
courts This consideration should he
paramount. The Constitution of the
United States guarantees this and the
congress Of the nation ought to be
willing to provide the necessary ma
chinery.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19
In Reply to Pingres.

We give space this morning to the
substance of a curious speech deliv-
cred last evening by Governor Pingree,
of Michigan, before the independent
club of Buffalo. Governor Pingree has
so many qualities which honesty must
admire and his manner of speaking his
mind is as rule so refreshing in it's
direct and incisive candor that we
sometimes enjoy his speeches when we
do not in the least agree with him.
The present address supplies an in
stance in point.
Governor Pingree's protest at the
dominance of the money power mixes
facts and fiction in such indistinguish-
able proportions that he, himself, as
we'll as many of his auditors, is de-
ceived. There never was a politcal
party that got in power in any coun-
try yet, and kept it for a reasonable
time, that did not have charged against
1t the accusation that it had "sur-
rendered to the money power" The
Republican party in its present estate
is simply living illustration of an
eternal rule.
The money power" as commonly
referred to means the power of Shy
lock to exact the pound of flesh: but it
needs to be remembered that the in
volatility of contracts cannot be up
held without benefit accruing as we'll
to the contractor in blue jeans as to
the contractor in broadcloth 1t needs
hu Z,
circle of the law cannot be drawn in
protection around the enterprise and
the thrift of the millionaire without
safeguarding at the same time the en-
terprlse and thrift of the worker at
days wages who saves part of his
earnings until ready to go into busi-
ness for himself, Equality of protec-
tion; equality of opportunity before the
law, not class discrimination or favor
1tism is the principle upon which our
government is founded, and neither the
money power nor the power of the
disaffected can change this principle
without doing injury TO the Republic.
Governor Pingree has been wrestling
with bad rich men until he has come
to the erroneous conclusion that bad
ness is exclusively a concomitant of
wealth. The philosOphic truth has es-
capped him that badness is a conse-
quence of human nature, just as likely
10 be found aiming the supporters of
10 TO l as among the champions of the
gold standard, Take 100 paupers of to-
day and make them millionaires: to-
morrow or the day after there will be
as many hogs among them as are TO
beefound in any 100 of present million
aires Law cannot change human ma
ture. Reform to be effective must pro-
ceed from within.
The Republican party has its Judas
lscariots no doubt; what party is free
from them? 1t has in it's directing
circles men who would sell the Savior
Himself if offered a sufficient price.
NO fault can be found with the ex-
posufe OF these men; no nobler patriot
ism can be conceived than the driving
or them out of the party camp and into
the wilderness. But it is mere asser-
tion without proof to claim that these
traders and traitors constitute today a
greater percentage OF the effective
membership of the party than they
have constituted in the past, or that
the Republican party's percentage of
bad timber is larger than the Demo-
cratic party's percentage. If the his
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19
An Acceptable Decision.

1t can hardly be established that the
unanimous finding of the Superior court
affirming the judgment of the Luzerne
county court in the case of Rooms VS..
Spencer and Aubrey, sentencing the
| defendants to one year of imprison-
ment each and 800 fine on a charge of
| conspiracy to defraud, was the result
Of prejudice or an imperfect compre-
hension of the evidence. On the con-
| court, by Judge Wickham, shows that
the merits of the case have been
weighed carefully in review, and it
will be accepted by public opinion as
just as well as final
This decision strikes lusty blow for
commercial honor and integrity; and it
also makes clear at an opportune time
that justice is not a respecter of per-
sons Public familiarity with the facts
in this case cannot fail to result in a
STRENGTHENING of the old-fashoned be-
lief that fair dealing is the wisest as
well as the safest rule in the govern
ment of business transactions between
man and man: and that that tyne of
smartness which consists of the effort
to push dishonesty in purpose and
method as far toward the limits of
the law as appears to be consistent
with immunity from punishment is a
mighty good type to let severely alone.
There is entirely too much of it these
days and it needed to be brought up
with a sharp turn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19
THE OLOGIES.

The world is full of 'olOgies"
OF almost every kind:
So many that the knOwiedgeS
OF all the men in colleges
The end could scarcely find,
You know there is biology,
A science called symolOgy;
Then there's theology,
And better known theology.
We've heard of anthropology;
Have studied in mythology.
And tried to learn phiiOlogy,
And, just a bit, pathology
cDisease" is its analOgy);
There's also physioiogy,
And natures mineraloSy;
But 'twould be CriminoloGy
TO write much more in "ology,"
So, where we are.
BY far too far,
Wen close with slim apology.
philadelphia Bulletin
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

The explanation vouchsafed by Har-
old Frederic for all the Clatter and fuss
growing out of the Dreyfus case is that
I he French people as a whole are suf-
fcrng from degeneracy. There is un-
questonably much in contemporary
French annals to give color to this
theory. \ nation that runs to small
families, stunted physiques, excessive
volublity and the sensual eNcesses
characteristic of Paris. which. accord
ing to the proverb, is France, Is GER
tainlv not the nation from which great
achievements are to he expected. But
perhaps it i'll becomes Americans to
throw stones.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19
BLANCO'S OPPORTUNITY,


From the Portland OregOnian.
A large and influential class of Ameri-
can citizens will rise up and call BlanCo
blessed if he succeeds in getting tobacco
over here in such quantities that it may
again appear among the necessities OF
civilized life. We are all firm believers
in patronzing home industry, but cab
bages and cornhusks seem to have been
designed by Providence for some other
purpose than cigars. If ever there was
a friend in need, Blanco promises to ne
one to the dOwntrodden smokers of
Annrica
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

The peculiar case of "did-not-k know
it-was-loaded" furnished by Mrs. Lu-
cile Lane, of Washington, ought to
prove an effective lesson to people who
delight in making their homes receiv-
ing arsenals for firearms. In most in
stances the presence of shooting irons
i'm the house is more dangerous to the
inmates than to any burglars who may
attempt an invasion. If firearms are
to be kept in house it is better that
they be kept under lock and key Seri-
Gus accidents almost invariably result
from having the weapons too handy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

a living and stealing living, and also
between petty theft and petty burglary
that always endangers the comfort of
families and at times their lives, is so
narrow that the transition from the
tramp to the burglar IL hardly percepu-
BILE to himself, and the only way to halt
the professional tramp is TO punish to
the utmost the crimes his calling logic
ally leads him to commit.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Dawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune AstrolOger.
Astrolabe cast: 345 a. m. for Wednes-
day, Jan, 10 1898

g. ( @
A child born on this day will wonder
what has become of Abe Dunning's 5
white wings"
In the event of a school board of six
someone's jaws will be very tired if the
present talking record of the body is
kept up
The average economist invariably wants
to hack off the little end of the stick.
A good many men are like books. Lots
of gilt on the binding, but the contents
are often very dull
The truly philanthropic are the persons
who can contribute to charitable OBJ
icct without having a ball or opera
ticket and "A prize package thrown in as
an inducemcnt.
The spring poet begins to look pensive.
Aiacchus' Advice.
Don't borrow trouble. Get into politics
and your own supply will be ample.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19
Senator Kauffman's Complaint.

The charge is made by Senator Kauff-
'snan, the eloquent and voluble cham
pion of Wanamakerism in politics, that
the press of Lancaster county, with
one Democratic exception, has wicked
ly cunspired to do him up. lie asserts
that he cannot get fair treatment frcm
any of these papers, with the eXcep-
tiOn noted; that one and all distort the
truth and garble the recorC so far as
his public service is concerned, and
that all the Vaccinations OF the devil
are at work to drive him from public
lrc.
This information comes under the
heading of important if true" We
do not assume to say that it is true.
ON the other hand, we naturally hest
tate to affirm that it is false. The
press of Lancaster county compares
well supcrfcially with the press in
other communities, and we are not
aware that it is a habit among news
papers to combine to do" man in
public life whose service for the public
is sufficiently valuable to make his de-
feat a public misfortune. Neither do
we believe that such a combination, or
conspiracy, if attempted, would in the
case of such a public servant prove
effective. The people in this day of
widespread education are not so easily
fooled.
Maybe the trouble with Senator
Kaufman is that he and the public do
not agree in their respective estimates
OF his value. This fact, if it be a
fact. ought to come out in the ensuing
Lancaster county senatorial primaries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

tory of the past generation teaches
one thing more clearly than another it
teaches that Repubicanism constitutes
the nations safest and most progress
i've governing force; wanton slanderng
of it, therefore, does no good and is
likely If unrebuked to do much harm.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

The decision to allow no srceches ~
he published in the Congressional lnxk
ord that are not delivered upon the
floor bf congress is unWisC. 1t seems
a much better plan to bury many
speeches in the Record, than to have
the time of congress consumed in their
delivery on the floor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

Tie heart of the young college stu
dent is Cheercd during the weary hours
Of study by the thought that some day
he may rise to the important and lucra-
tive position of foot ball coach"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

The most sanguine base ball schemes
hatcned in this city and Wilkes Barre
just now seem doomed to be greeted
every time by the cold wave flag.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

try need not be alarmed at the threat
ened complications with Spain. A little
bluff and backbone on the part Of
Uncle Sam will be sufficient to settle
the whole trouble.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
For school, Director.

Three Years-pETER NEULS. Eleventh
ward.
Three Years-D. |. PHILLIPS, fifth
ward.
Two Years-E. u. FELLOWS. Fourth
ward.
Two Years-F. 5. GODFREY, EiShth
ward.
One Year--F. S. BARKER, Seventeenth
ward
One Ycar-ELIAS EVANS. Fifteenth
ward
Election Day. February Il.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19
THE TRAMP NUISANCE.

From the Philadelphia Times
1t is only logical that the tramp who
starts out simply to enjoy idleness
should gradually and almost insensibly
degenerate into theft and thence TO burg
larry. The dividing line between begging
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

IT now looks as though the elder and
younger Booth would hereafter cease
fighting each other and again direct
their energies solely to the battle with
Satan. Let the latter take notice in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

Representative Fowler, of New Jer-
sey has coined triple aphorism which
is winning for him many compliments.
speaking of the need which exists for
bold action on the part of the men who
peIeNe IN currency reform, he said:
Truth and courage will down false
hood and courage. Truth and timidity
VIII beat falsehood and cowardice. But
truth and cowardice will succumb To
falsehood and courage" The doctrine
is capable of many pertinent applica-
tons.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

Young Letter. of Chicago. has no
doubt decided ere this that the honor
of being recognized king OF the wheat
pit is attended by considerable ex-
DCnSp
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

The conclusion reached by Senator
WolCott is that international bimetal-
ism is for all practical purposes an iri-
descent dream. The public anticipated
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

BY the way, what has become of
Queen Lii? She does not appear to cut
much of Il figure in the Hawaiian talk
of today
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

The catalogue of the University OF
Pennsylvania for 1S97-9S, just received
shows that at the present time this in
stitution has 25S officers of instruction
2,S34 pupils in all departments and a
library containing more than 14O, O,OOC
bound volumes. Today "old Penn
ranks on an equality with such first
class universities as Harvard, Yale
Princeton and Ann Arbor; but if hel
present rate Of progress is much longer
continued these rival establishments
had better look sharply lest they be
outstripped.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

President Walter CASTOR or tba
Wilkes Barre board Of trade, turns up
his nose at Scranton's new industries,
inslnuating that maybe they won't
amount to so much after awhile. Nav
be they won't, Walter but. at all
events this cannot he found out with
out n trial, in which these new indus
trles should have the benefit Of the
doubt. Besides 'tis nobler to have
risked and lost than never to have
risked at all.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

In this country" according to
Hon Charles j. Bonaparte, of Balti-
more, Md. descendant of the great
Napoleon, 1.-THE whole end and existence
Of parties is to gain the Offices" con-
dition also true of France during the
l}oraparte regime. We may add that
the Baltimore BCnaparte was a candi-
date along with the rest until the lead
ers of Maryland Republicanism turned
him down.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

1t would take six hours for an Ameri-
can battleship to get from Key West
to Havana after being summoned by
Consul General Lee. The Spanish mob,
when it shall acquire an uncontrolla BILE
thirst for Yankee blood, Will therefore
please give the United States govern
ment six hours notice in advance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19
TO CURE CHRONIC vAGRANTS.
From the Times. Herald.

From the Times. Herald.
Any scheme that seems to promise a
practical solution of the tramp problem
invites the serious attention of country
and municipal authorities in all the
states. A plan that promises to convert
even II small percentage of the chronic
nomdds into productive members OF so
Cicty is worthy of trial and encourage
ment. Such measure, II is DclleNch,
has Just been introduced in the New York
legislature. 1t embodCs the essential pro-
visions for converting Migrants and ha-
bitual drunkards into profitable produce
crs instead of burdens to the community.
IT is based on the theory that undcrles
tho cooperative farm colonies founded
and maintain by the Salvation Army in
England and which have worked Won
dcrs i'm the redemption Of the Vagrant and
dssolutc classes. 1t recognizes what is
| an essential of any practicable measure
of this liind-the removal of the vdgrants,
chronic loafcrs ana dependents from the
| city to the country.
o
The bill introduced at Albany. which is
intended more particularly for the relief
of Greater New York. provides for an
appropriation of 100000 by New York
city to establish an institution to be
known as the Farm Colony for Migrants.
"A board of five managers, to be APP
pointed by the mayor, is provided for to
establish and manage the colony. which
can be located in any county in the state.
The farm colony is to consist of buildings
and grounds equipped with such me-
Chanical and other assistance as shall
make effective and productive the labor
of the inmates. Persons convicted of
vagranCy or habitual drunkenness in the
city courts will be committed to the va
grant farm under an indCterminate SEM
tcnce, with power of parole vested in the
board of management. The earnings Of
the cooperative colony are to be divided
among the inmates of the cooperative
colony in proportion to their industry,
skill and good conduct. Penalties are
also provided for in the shape of fines,
which are to be deducted from any sur
plus earnings that may stand to the
credit of the inmate.
The back door sandwich plan. the wood
pile plan and the stone pile plan have all
been tried in the solution of the tramp
problem. 1T is highly probable that the
back door hand-out was the original
breeder of the genus "vag," and he has
| continued to multiply in panic tunes and
| prosperous times. ever since the sweet
| faced housewife first rendered the dusty
| and weary wanderer a crust of apple pie
| The wood pile and the stone pile have
| merely driven the tramp to 1.-The next
| town. They have not abated the tramp
nuisance. If the cooperative vaErant
colony is adopted in New York its work
ings will be watched with great interest
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

The Washington Post emphatically
denies that William ]. Bryan is polite
ally obsolcscent He will 10 when the
voters get another good whack at him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

Persons who are apprehensive at the
limited supply Of powder in this coun-
The Lamar register., 1898-11-30
NoncE 10 WHOM u llll coNoERS

VOU are hctcbI not fs- that on tlte a tierstth
Of December. A. ID. fssei Tho Fif~lirg Truss
e. purchased at Fuhllc Sale in tir torntg Of
Frogurs ami state u ruloraeio. ~ tbs raasHrHv
II saiu &ouuty. fer she deitBnRent tnNsa - thh
ytHr iS4s, The ial1a,Fin ,isscgiisd froferty A.
rs-ed and taxed far tiaoFRid yuet rs & d siii.isn
iaNrif Lot 0ug q Block Twelve les ptigiual
Town 81 GrauadA IN said Comfy Of pruxers and
-tatHef tlnradc. aud Certificate of Purchase
numbered 10 duly fssnsd theFploE That the
said kidriify Trust Co hms tinly assigned Yafd
Cari thratu % PpFchase and al it, yfshf, title
ard intfffaf to sald uruIgrtf tu the unHersi issfg
hat the sa1d tegtitcaye % Purchase j. upv
signed.
That the time of redemptioo 81 said property
from said az sale VIII expire the 18th dar oF
March, 4. ID. ias2, aud that thereafter I shall
apfly TO tho Treasurer Of said 'nuutY 0f Pr5a-
en- and state al Colorado Tor deed 10 the
above Inscribed property.
Dated at Lamar. colafado. this 18th day of
December. A. ID. tasts.
nStdii PERCY ALEXANDER.
The Lamar register., 1898-11-30
SANTA Sc ROUTE.
New and improves rrain seelee.

pcavcr 10 California 10 tno days
Two fa-t trains dails % hansas tats
aud Chicure
Scysu hours quicker iiue g. NrR
Nevioa, El Paso aud MrNlco.
These are sonic 70 she improvements
IL r. fliiru8d.
The itsgsngh slsap.a= aHt siss'r e-aF
seryice has ai@o bs'en extended
Fred HaryoyN dlniug yuns ard housye
are too well kuoeu aad liked - urv-t
uisRtsou.
Going cnst. p1esf oy s3ath from Cnlpia
DO ile g,ezi n5gts is thr Sauta fc-
Eyceilcnt io-,al sery1un leiwsen bcn-
Pueblo
For information and ressryaiioEs -lii
on aas acruf. or nddr,,ss,
J. z HALL Guurrai Aerct.
1ToO Lawrence Strcct HsHynT, Cusr
The Lamar register., 1898-11-30
beginning at tIrA.

DeE tnltnk az 4 - -
PEp0KsN,
pnner sensations apd the Five. Seliss's
Mas. EMIrS q. LiaoffT
Discussion lsd by Z f Brown; Miss
.Tessie l.. Wilson, j A. RosebFeugh and
Mrs. Lizzio C. Harper.
l,arcr .AIental Elaboration. Attsntlan
siiss LUty NJ NowtIs
Discussion led by J. l. Pug;enuey,
Miss Anua Billinrslea, J. I. sa4iih Hns
Miss Ethel y. Stotts.
peper-- Perception thFoiiah the Seusse
.-....-.. A. L. BEkvagis
Discussion hy Mrs. r. X, jones. a. 4.
FrIix. Mis- Merle I.auisou and Leslie
Milford.
The topics arC fauud in suliy's Teaeh-
srs Handbook II Psschulosy, rgyt
Th5re arc also some excellent ARTICLES o.
the iopirs ~ Dr. K4r I.aage in -FenU
da,i5ua
Il you are interested iu e.incation
come the discussions will iHtarat ,eat