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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-25
INTERESTING FACT IN POLITICS
We Have Had Many Soldier Presi-
dents, but No Sailor Has Reached
That Place.


That Place.
From the Hartford Courant.
England has had a Sailor king"
within the recollection of many of our
older readers. When did the United
States ever have a sailor President?
When, at any time, was a sailor SER
iously talked of by the politicians and
newspapers for that office
It's really worth thinking about-this
discrimination against our laureled VIC
tors whose victories are won on the wa
ter. Our wars have made many Presi-
dents. The revolution gave the country
President Washington. The war of 1912
gave 1t President Jackson. The Indian
wars gave 1t the first President Har-
rison. The Mexican campaign gave 1t
President Taylor. The war of the Union
gave it President Grant. Hayes, Gar
field, Benjamin Harrison, William Nc
Kinley, were helped toward the White
House by their war records. A number
of the unsuccessful nominees for the
Presidency-McClella and Hancock in
our own dav-were indebted to their
military renown for their nominations.
But every man of them all did his
fighting on land.
In the early years of the republic
the stout old Commodores' contribute
ed much more glorious pages to Its
history than the generals, and a good
many more of them. Yet which one of
the Commodores ever got within see
ing distance of the White House?
Which one of them, for that matter,
SO much as dreamed of casting an am
bilious glance in that direction? Far
ragut, the admiral, was as illustrious
a figure as Grant, the General. He had
a far more striking and picturesque
personality. His fame is no less i'm
mortal. The people wondered delight
edly at his matchless exploits-the
River Fight, the Bay Fight. They hon
ored him in their hearts as he de-
served to be honored. But they never
even thought of making him President,
nor did he ever dream that they would
The man who goes into the American
Navy for life bids an everlasting good
by to political ambition at the waters
edge. Why it should be so the reader
can puzzle out for himself at his leis-
ure. That it is so cannot be disputed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-25
THIRTEENTH AMONG THEM.
Harrisburg Rumor That it Will Be
Mustered Out.

Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa, Aug.
24.-It is believed in military circles at
Harrisburg that after the Sixth Penn
sylvania regiment has been mustered
out the Second Ninth, Twelfth, Thir-
teenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth and
Eighteenth will be ordered home.
Major General Graham has decided to
brigade the Eighteenth Pennsylvania.
Tenth Ohio and Second West Virginia
with the Third battalion of the Six
teenth Pennsylvania This battalion
will not however be attached to the
Eighth to bring it up to a three bat
talon formation, as was proposed. but
Will probably be kept at Middletown
until late in the fall and then ordered
to Porto Rico to join the First and
Second battalions in command of Col
onel Hulings, of Oil City.
The Red Cross society will remove
from Philadelphia to the camp, a field
hospital with six ambuances, six army
wagons and horses complete. Men in
the regiments about to be mustered
out desiring to remain in the hospital
corps will be transferred or re-enlist-
ed. There are $50 patients in the corps
hospital at Camp Meade. The major
ity of them have malarial fever con-
tracted at Thoroughfare Gap and
Camp Alger
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-25
Review Completed.

Washington, Aug. 24.-The review Of
the troops at Camp Alger was COM
pleted this afternoon when the Third
Virginia, First Connecticut and Elev-
enth Signal corps passed before Cen
eral Goblin.
An order has been received to ap-
point mastering out officers, but as
yet no action has been taken. The
regiments to be disbanded will prob
ably be the Seventh Ohio, Thirteenth
Pennsylvania, Twenty-second Kansas
and First Rhode Island. Thirty con-
Valescent soldiers of the Eighth
Twelfth and Thirteenth Pennsylvania
regiments will be sent to Philadelphia
on hospital train tomorrow.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-25
ECHOES OF THE WAR.

Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa, Aug.
4.-Major General Graham issued or
ders this morning detailing Colonel
William p Duvall, chief ordnance Of
hcer, as chief mastering officer of the
corps. The Sixth will be the first of
the Pennsylvania regiments to be sent
home. General Graham received or
ders today from the war department
to muster out this regiment. 1t will
probably be consolidated at Camp
Meade, where a detachment is sta
toned until the muster rolls have been
prepared, and then sent to Mt. Gretna
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-25
ALMOST PERISHED.
Sad Plight of John Fahey, Colorado
Lead Miner.

Late Tuesday night the police found
a man in weak and emaciated condl-
tiOn on South Washington avenue and
took him to the Lackawanna hospital.
He gave his name as John Fahey and
said that he was a lead miner from
Colorado. His condition, he said, was
due to hunger and exposure. He was
taken III from lead poisoning and on
the advice OF his physician came east.
His funds played out and since last
Friday he had to sleep in the open
air and subsist on what he could beg.
lie is receiving every attention at
the hospital and it is thought that he
will be able to be about in a short time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-25
1T CREATED CONNECTION.

To say that this order has created
both interesting speculation and COM
motion in camp is putting the matter
very lightly.
So much doubt and uncertainty
have surrounded these questions of
mastering the men out and what regi-
ments would be the fortunate ones,
that expectation has reached almost
a feverish stage. The news that prep
arations are being made with the end
In view of dscharging some of the
troops from the service, and that, too,
at no distant date. is received with
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-25
EMPLOYMENT for 500.

Ashland, Pa. Aug. 24.-The Lehigh Val
ley Coal comrany's mammoth Centralia
started up today, giving employment 10
five hundred men and boys. Four nun
dred more hands will be added within
the next few weeks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-25
THIRD BRIGADE
PASSES In REVIEW
GEN. GOBLIN INsPEcTs HIS OWN
TROOPS AT FALLS CHURCH.

Adjutant General Corbin's Letter
Covering the Matter of Muster
ing Out Causes Commotion-En-
listed Men of the Thirteenth Do
Not Want to Be Discharged as In
dividuals, But to Have the Whole
Regiment Sent Home in q Body
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Thorouehfare, Va, Aug. 24.-Troops
are being moved to Middletown, Pa,
as rapidly as possible. Two battalions
of the Second Tennessee left camp last
evening. The remaining battalion of
the Second Tennessee left today in
company with the provisional regi-
ment composed of the recruits of the
Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Michi-
gan and the Ninth Massachusetts A
portion of the Sixth Pennsylvania
regiment may be sent tonight if trans
portation facilities permit.
The Medico- -Chirurgical hospital OF
Philadelphia will send a train today
in charge OF physicians and nurses to
Camp Alger and Fort Myer to bring
back sick Pennsylvania soldiers al
those places. Governor Hastings will
be in charge of the hospital train
which will leave Philadelphia tomor-
row for Chicamauga under the drec-
ton of the National relief association
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-25

The vault OF this bank is pro.
tected by Holmes Electric Pro.
tective System.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-25
BASE BALL.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn, ); Pittsburg, /.
Cleveland, A; New York, /.
Chicago, 2; Boston, l.
Louisville, IL; Philadelphia, :.
St. Louis, II; Washington, 8.
i-Baltimore--kain.
EASTERN LEAGUE
Ottawa, y; Springfield, /.
Wilkes-Barre, u; Buffalo, /.
Providence, G; Syracuse, 2
Montreal, 4; Toronto, 2.
ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Lancaster, Q; Richmond, I.
Hartford, 81 Newark, 4.
Allentown, 6; Norfolk, (irst camel
Norfolk, 4; Allentown, 8 Second game).
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-25
AMATEUR BASE BALL.

The South Side Jumbos challenge the
City Line Maroons to game of ball on
Minooka grounds Sunday afternoon, Aug.
~. M j. Nealon, ca"'ain; ], j, Durkin,
manager
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-25

to be mustered out. The present plan
of the war department is to muster
out all the Pennsylvania troops at Mt
Gretna.
The Eighteenth Pennsylvania regi-
ment, which has been consolidated
with the Third battalion of the Six
teenth, will probably be the next to be
sent home. The Second battalion ar
rived in camp last evening from Fort
Delaware and will be followed by the
other four companies from Alliance, o.
Colonel Smith is still confined to his
quarters from the effect of sun
stroke while marching from the cars to
camp.
Thirty-seven men in Company G, Of
the Second division, Engineer corps,
were ordered to the guard house this
morning by the captain for signing a
petition to President Mckinley asking
for their discharge.
The arrivals today were the First
and Second battalions of the Second
Tennessee and the Third battalion Of
the First Rhode Island.
Lancaster, Aug. 24.-Captain e. w.
Howe, U. s. A., received orders today
to report to Mount Gretna, which has
been selected as the place for muster
ing out the Pennsylvania volunteers.
The work will be conducted by Major
Thompson and Lieutenant Hay, assist
ed by Captain Howe. The First regi-
ment to be mustered out will be the
Sixth, and this, it is expected, will be
accomplished in from ten days to two
weeks.
The following appeared in yester-
days Washington Post:
Editor Post-The boys of the Thr-
teenth Pennsylvania Volunteer regi-
ment were among the first to respond
to the governments call to arms. We
believe we have served our country
loyalty and faithfully in her time of
need, although we have not had an
opportunity to prove our fighting quail
tiles at the front. Doubtless you have
tucked away in some pigeonhole in
your desk the petition of the great
majority of the Thirteenths boys to be
sent to the front while there was fight
ing. Did you see the signatures of
any of the commissioned officers of the
regiment on that petition? No, sir!
They were too mindful of their own
comfort, and unwilling to face the
dangers and discomforts incident to
campaign service. The enlisted men
were eager and willing to go then, but
it was not their good fortune to be
marked for service.
Now how do matters stand? The
war is over, and the majority of the
Thirteenth's men are anxious to return
to civilian life. A great many of them
have business concerns which cannot
much longer be neglected. And now
we have been informed that the COM
missioned officers have signed a petit
tion that we be sent to do garrison
duty in Cuba. 1t will prove a great
financial venture to them but it is the
privates who will have to endure the
brunt of the hardship and disease.
THE men of the Thirteenth Pennsyl-
vania wish to return to their homes.
Thirteenth Regiment Boys"
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and righieously provoked the Southerner
| 10 vengeance.
We confess to the spirit OF lawlessness,
and more's the pity. The high-strung
| Southern man IS. by nature. autocratic,
and does not easily bow the knee TO
| authority. lie Is brave and chIvalrous,
and - Is his nature TO resent an insult.
and some offences. in his estimation. can
be wiped out only with blood. The taxi
ing Of human life in some such instance
IS not regarded as n crime.
We remember TO have attended within
recent years a large meeting for men
only" conducted by weil-known evan
gclist Mentioning a certain social crime.
the preacher denounced II with the fire
OF indignation. and with all the earnest
ness'pf his nature said 10 the audience;
Boys. we Of the South will always draw
the dead line at that crime And there
was not a man in that crowd who did not
applaud the sentiment TO the echo.
However. we most so further than this,
II we would find the true cause for the
many acts OF mob violence which are
unfortunately chargeable to the South.
We say that the Southerner draws the
dead line at certain crimes, but for that
reason, If for no other, these crimes are
OF rare occurrence in the South. That
very chivalrous spirit to which we have
referred has always been rather con-
servator Of the peace in the South.
The cause which lies at the bottom
Of these riotous outbreaks in the South is
the assault Of brutal negroes upon de-
fenceless white women. We do not deny
that there have been lynchings for other
causes. but had there been no criminal
assault, law-abiding citizens in the South
had never wlnked at lynchng.
The South has always held its women
in high esteem and when one Of them
has been outraged by a negro. the whole
community has become infatuated, and
nothing short Of that negro's blood would
satisfy the people lie was lynched By
common consent. the most respectable
men in the community either taking part
or giving their sanction TO the lynching.
There was the beginning Of the evil.
The lawless element. taking advantage Of
the fact that mob violence was counle-
nanced i'm one particular instance. and Tor
one particular crime, resorted to 10 in
other instances and for other crimes
Lawlessness always begets lawlessness.
But q change is coming. Law-abidins
citizens are waking up 10 the fact that
il Nnching is ever countenanced at ALL
the mob will rule, and, therefore, there
is a strong sentiment. growing senti-
ment in the South that in order 10 law
and good government, law-abiding cruz
zens must always and under all CIR
cumstances set their faces sternly against
mob violence and at all hazards stand
brayely and dehantly for the majesty
OF the law.
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ton for Vallcy) and The Southwestern dis
tricts. or the eight Democratic mem
bers returned. contests were promptly
filed in SIX districts. Three of these con-
tests have been prosecuted and heard by
The election committees of the present
Conerss. I'm two cases the reports nave
already been made Doc favor of the con-
tcstlnts. and the third Will undoubtedly
be- of the same nature. These are the
Petersburg. Norfolk and Danville dis
tricts-all Of which are in the Dlack pei-.
The reports of these committees viii GER
tainiv Dee sustained by the House, ana
VIRGINIA WIN have five Republican Con-
eressmen-n spite OF o. law designed 10
make 81 solid Democratic delegation.
I'm conclusion. 1 must say that / Wll,e
as "a Democrat. and % member OF the Viz
pinia Democratic state Committee, ant
while There are some eXtentt-ng ci-
cumstances f0r tha existence of the Nir-
E.nia clectiCr h.a + cannot conceive a
single ore 1Qr passing Che GoeDel pil.
III be- should Aac..lo ID iaw / cannot help
believing 30 win hrius the blush of shame
To tho cheeks of thousands ct former
Kentuckiaas lu Whatever CLINE on conoi-
ton they may Doe. whose boast has all
WAYS been that KcntlcNans Ike falr
play X. u. lH' ~ TIE
Big stone Gap. va, March % 1885.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-13
THE CAUSE OF LYNCHING.

We reviewed in these columns the
other day an article by Rev. Or. Pon,
OF Richmond. on lynching in the South
DR.. Peil thinks that there is a better
understanding between the North and the
South as TO the real situation. 1t IS
not new an uncommon thlng," he says
ito meet Southerner who fully realizes
how small matter In the eyes Of the
masses is the life of negro. Nor IS it
uncommon 10 meet Northern visitors In
the South who have awakened 10 the
fact that the crime against female virtue
has a prominence in the lynching cpl
demle that It does not have In the public
statistics"
BY this we understand DR. Pell to mean
that some Southerners now recognize
that there is in the Sunny South spirit
OF iswlessness rampant: that on the other
hand some Northerners recognize that
the unmentlonable crome, of which the
negro Is 20 often guilty, has naturally
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-13
SUNDAY, MARCH Is, 1898.
NOTE OF WARNING.

We print in another column commu-
nlcation from Mr.. r. r. Irvine; Of Nir-
ginia. 10 the editor Of the Louisville
Evening Post on the Virginia election
law.
Mr.. Irvine is a former Kentuckan but
now member of the Democratic Com
nittee in Virginia and he warns the
people Of his native State against the
adoption Of the Virginia election law.
He is very conservative i'm his criticism
of the Virginia law. but ne goes so far
as TO say that "the advocates of tho sys-
tenn do not attempt to justify it. except
as defence against negro rule and
again that "the practical result Of the
law has been that the Democratic vote
as returned has been decreasing i'm the
white sections Of the state ana increasing
I'm the black sections" That tells the
whole story ana has no doubt proven
an argument with the dominant faction
in Kentucky in favor Of rather than
against the Goebel bill. which is
modelled after the Virginia law.
we want the Democrats to be able
to control the State" is the way the
louisville Dispatch puts it. eve want
the law so framed that the party will
not be powerless TO protect ITSELF That's
the avowed doctrine,
In conclusion Mir. Irvine. Of Virginia,
tells his Kentucky friends that while
there are some extenuating circum-
stances for the existence Of the Virginia
election laws, he cannot conceive sim
gle one for passing the Goebel bill IN
Kentucky" and that III il should become
a law (and IT has become a law by the
way it would bring the blush Of shame
60 the cheeks Of thousands Of former
Kentuckians. wherever they may be,
whose boast always has been that Ken
tuckians love fair play
We tell Mr.. Irvine that there IS no ex-
cuse for the law in Virginia and he should
see that as I'm Kentucky so i'm Virginia,
the so-called extenuating circumstan-
ces are miserable pretext to serve a
selfish purpose.
I'VE want the law so framed as that
the party win not be powerless 10 pro-
tect itself" eve want the Demo
Gratis 10 be able 10 control the
state" There is the secret OF The
Virginia law and the Kentucky law,
its counterpart. All such laws are des-
igned not to register the will OF the peo-
pie. but the perpetuaie the party in pow
or. How long can Republican institu-
tions last under such system?
II has so happened that the party in
power in Virginia is the Democratic
party. the party representing the white
men OF the State. Therefore, little OBJ
lection TO the election law has been
d.. raised. But suppose conditions were re-
versed. Suppose the Republicans had
been in power and had sought TO perpct-
uate their rule under such law. Long
since there had been riot and revolution
in Virginia
Men OF Virginia, be warned! Condl-
tions may be reversed one OF these days.
Fraud and corruption must inevitably
recoil upon their authors.
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,.n,,i,,niMnn Him Kisses.

NEWARK. n. j.. March lL-fFed' o.
.qens who. ON December 2-d. TO aVense
lam insult to "a respectable young women. ?.
reached across table ana hit aug
Abeel an athlete. was acquitted ms
afternoon on the charge of manslaugh',er'
m too, ths jury just one hour To deco.
that the woman's champion was h'l
guilty of anytning-not even assault ana
battery e,.- va
Abe.rs illness began soon alter re-
coiying The blow and death ensued. ne
prosecution made Agons responsive ana
Inc defence insisted that Bright as
ease ended Aheels life. -,-.,.
When the verdict was rendered s9..'.s
women who thr0nged the court ana VINO
know the Agans family pressed loi '-,..u
ana kissed The young man.-F"i''1''p ''''
Record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-13
A BRAVE AND NOBLE CHARACTER
nI-IN HONORED.

Colonel Thomas Smith, OF Warrentoh'
Va. whom Mr.. Cleveland appointed
Chief Justice Of New Mexico. has been
supplanted by an appointee Of Mr.. Nc
Kinley. and during the last days Of Feb
ruary the people of East Las Vegas gave
him q banquet to testify their apprecia-
lion of him. which. the Daily Optic of
that civ saws was "the social function
Of New Mexico for many year 1t
saws: cit was a gathering of the people
irrespective Of party, politics race or oc-
cupation-an ovation Of which any man
might be proud ." And it says that when
the retiring Chief Justice concluded his
speech AT the banquet "the tables had
been emptied and the delighted concourse
were pressing upon the speaker TO grasp
his hand or enfold him in their arms
No thought, then, Of Democrat or Re
publican. of North or South. of Federal
or Confederate record. All were breth-
rem in the bonds Of love, gathered into
one harmonious whole by the genius of a
single speaker
The Daily Optic has an eoitoriai upon
Judge smith which we print this morn
ing I'm another column.
Virginia and Virginians are very proud
Of COL Smith, whom all of us honor and
love. \ purer or more fearless character
We have never known. and he illustrates
the best type Of Virginian Of any period.
But we have not printed this lengthy
article I'm compliment TO Colonel Smith
alone. There IS deep and most i'm
portant moral lesson contained in It, TO
which We want 20 call the attention Of all
men. Colonel Smith found New Mexico
almost a bandits country. In four years
time. by compelling obedience TO and re-
spect for the law. he has changed the
whole order Of things and brought back
the tide Of prosperity that lawlessness
had turned away. The foundation upon
which everything must rest is obedience
to the law and the fearful teaching of
the Chicago platform is that the law is
not to be obcyed unless it is agreeable 10
obey it.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-13

The Richmond Times. in speaking oc
the apple crop Of Virginia as a most prof
table one, and urging the farmers 10 set
out and cultivate more fruit says: 1t
has been absolutely established that in
many sections OF Virginia a flourishins
apple orchard viii yield more money than
can be obtained from the same quantity
Of land otherwise TILED, ana the apples
are produced at nominal cost TO the
planter" ls also says that the so-called
A.bemarle pippin can be raised in other
parts OF Virginia. On the farm. In this
county. upon which we were raised. there
was an apple grown called the "Albemarle
pippin." which was as luscious an apple
as we ever ate. and we think superior in
size and flavor To most OF the Albemarle
pippins which We have ever seen.-Spirit
Of the Valley.
We have great confidence I'm the posi-
bihtles OF Virginia soil. II seems to be
equal to anything and everything and no
pent-up Utica compasses its good things.
Albemarle produces an excellent article
OF pippins. but It has no monopoly of this