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n letter to that effect, but he also wrote
another letter to the president withdrawing
from the dictatorship contest. didn't
say that Mr.. Lee was a party TO tile bar
gain that Rosenthal should withdraw and
indorso him and accept a deputyship and
guess he wasn't. but the people who made
Lee collector were parties to it. know
when and where the deal was made anu
who were present and il Rosenthal dssTes
1t / will prove it. / have sent nothing but
facts from here as NEAR as could get them
and am prepared TO quote my authority
for every statement have made. Mr..
Rosenthal must not get gay. CA. n.
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THE rRIAL or zoLA.


Tho trial OF the French government has
begun, with NJ. lola as chief prosecutor
and tho world as iulge. New York Press,
There Is a CERTAIN heroic element In 70
las SINGLE banded attack unon the rrench
military establishment which arouscs syn
pathy and Challenges decree Of adnira-
tion for the csurage displayed. whatever
may b the outcome OF his trial.--phlRdel-
phla Puhlis Ledger.
II Zola is convicted his frienis. which
are numbered BY tho thousands. viii be
adtl.i 20 those of Dreyfus. aud they will
leave no atone unturned TO overthrow ths
government When II goes. moreover /,
viii ROT b the ministry alone. but the
presldsnt also. and the absurd alliance with
russia will AZ tho same time receive he
death nw.r~lialtimore American.
u more q zola's witpesses can be pre-.
vailed neon 10 testify h. Is likely 10 fare
~ heiose the court, hut ire cvlieA, aAxis,,
81 the governmeat officials Ia erafe glgias
nvidfnca rs the cnsv IS, al itself. In tss
nature OF a confession. aud Will 20 nv r.
convince falr-minded neopie OF me nm,
OF his charges. whatever effect II NAV have
upon the court indianapolis Journal.
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An Advocate of Democracy.

It's democracy the Democrat advocates,
and not the booming" of this or that
candidate for office. 1t means free speech /;
an unthrottled, unsbackeled press, and good
government with honest purposes. 1t
means individual liberty for each and every
man of whatever political utilization OF
religious creed. 1t means union of States,
each controlled BY q free and sovereign
people. 1T guarantees TO every man the
right to earn and keep what he earns
honestly, by protecting him from the un-
scrupulous of this country.
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puin on lhc Nnmc Lincs.

Fahnin County Favorte,
The distinction between Mckinley
democrat and Mckinley populist is
scarcely worth discussing They both vot
ed for Mckinley and are therefore to ths
extent of their respective abilities SPONSORS
for the wave OF prosperity.
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The Truth About 1t.
Willis index,

There are charges and counter-charges OF
rings" and "cliques" in the present gu
bernatcrial canvass that could we'll be
omitted by all the persons employing these
obsolete political terms. 1t is a case of
energies of the former are directed towards
becoming the "ins," while the latter are
strenuously laboring TO avoid joining the
outs
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Tobncco In Tcxas.

BioFnsy llo Fer "a.
TIC tobacco rase "a spreading Ia Texas
and ifrse srsp Of The wee w.ll be Ia,se
ms ySsF. u ahauli not he fosgotten.
however that u requires come experience
and considerable care 10 raise and cure
marketable product. Another thing which
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13
Mr.. Jester MT Work.
SULPHUR Springs Gazette.

Those correspondents at Corscana for
the big dailies ara piling it pretty thick
upon Mr.. Jester Just now A special In
the Houston Post of Tuesday says Jester
Was debating 10 thres typewriters at one
time. This is getting pretty close after
the shades of Julius Caesar, who could
dictate to six secretaries at once.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13
Zero Mark Already Reached.

WdNahuchIe light
The BRENNAN Banner says that the re-
publican party has been scheduled to drop
below zero next November. 1t is the opin-
ion of the Light that the zero mark has
alroady been reached, and that in Nov
ember next the bulb that holds the repub-
lican mercury will drop off. That's the
way 1t locks now.
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SENATOR EDWARD MURPHY, JR, OF NEW YORK.

assembly last Thursday
New York state senate
considered both silly
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No Trust Completes Here.

And now the biscuit makers have formed
a trust. Down in Texas the good house
wives take a little lard little soda.
little salt and cup of buttermilk, which
when the -four is edded makes pan of
hot biscuits the like of which no trust
can even initiate
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1t VIII he chnnged.

There is one thing certain, that either
this government will 90 down in misery
and want or its policy VIII be changed.
The present executive ability Mt the helm
VIII sooner or later land its people at the
roor house. 81,
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!, poiiticni Prophecy.
Van Alstyne News.

Barney Gibbs is still talking fluently
about mud sillers." etc Barney is trim
ming his sails 10 run for governor on the
rop ticket. Mind what we say.
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A Fam,Iy Fight.

Cerstcand Chronicle.
A fight for postofice In small town
efton cietss cnmity and had hood which
lasts for years. II is a sort OF family
fight, between members o. the lua party,
nd sometimes makes enemies for life. II
shouldn't b. so hut IL is
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sho's guilty OF a score OF crimes
In loves name. R'snlor tIdings brings
sne's beea engaged so many times
She hangs her curtains on the rings.
Judge.
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with the advent OF Rn almost unprecedented
blizzard in tho Northeastern States tho an
price Of coal. While suffering is 20 general
and Tho poor no many tip there, TO advance
thu price Of coal is as cruel as robbery. inci-
dents like this arr the basis and the proof Of
tho charge that the trusts are soullcss and
hcnftiees
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Il New York physician is reported TO have
sald that wet feet furnish the biggest part of
the fees paid to the medical profession. with
nut desiring 10 dampen professional prosperity
in any way. il Is permissible to remark that
this suggestion is peculiarly and almost con-
tinncualy applicable in this neck of the
woodr.
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would be disposed TO let wei 9 10 Ugh clone.
rather than .'fly to Ills they know net or"
1t looks as II the suggestions made by
the Mobile convention void lead t.
greater confusion than ever. II the South
ern States. whose nfhcilis have been reg-
iigcnt or inefficient. .ill only reform their
boards there. will be no necessity OF frr-
rendering such delicate and i'nrortar.
power as that of qua .,n,ine to the erreral
*
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Is y4lS!sSrox v;.,. Ps sss'Dss!:
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insurance Commissioner McNall of Kansas
wants 10 make insurance companies state un-
de- optb how much money they pay out TO
Influence legislation. This Is an extremely
embarrassing proposition. Docs Mr. McNall
imagine that insurance companies have any
right 10 expect special legislation as free
gift!
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the Mobile convention void lead -
greater confusion than ever. II the South
ern States, whose nfhci1is have been leg
IIgcnt or inefficient. ~;ill only reform their
boards there. will be no necessity OF srr-
rendering such delicate and inrortar,
power as that OF qua .ln;ine to the erreral
government.
with the advent OF nm almost unprecedented
blizzard in tho Northeastern States tho an
thraetc coal dealers promptly advanced tho
price Of coal. While suffering is 80 general
and tho poor no many IN there, TO advance
thc price OF coal Is as cruel as robbery. Inci-
dents ike this arr the basis and the proof of
tho charge that the trusts are soulcss and
honrtiess
Official reports from the Klondike mako the
hnmlltst homo aud fare In "thc States" look
like affiuence.
4 New York physician is reported to have
sald tbot wet feet furnish the biggest part OF
the fees paid 10 tho medical profession. with
nut desiring TO dBmpen professional prosperity
In any way, IL Is permissible to remark TINT
this suggestion is peculiarly and almost con
tinnoualy applicable in this neck of the
woodn.
49,, 80, ,ho s,,,or ,,os,,or az, :,
-, $50 ~, -, ~. ,,., a. no
the I'op0lar side,
insurance Commissioner McNall OF Kansas
wants To make insurance companies state un-
de- optb how much money they pay out TO
o.s,'s.sn.,,,, .sra,as,,,an noes NJ McNall
,,,,,stna ,h,, ,ns.ranco oonnnn,ca have anv
right TO expect special legislation asa tree
sitti
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farmer can 800 the good business sense IN
tbat nrnrosltion.
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Evidences continue TO mh'up'y 'nat th'S
section Is GOING to take hyer on lonacco'
IT'S splendid speculation.
hbout s1o"uo inuiahs 'ost ue Fo'"VV'V'V q
year. hut thh' IN niouuse 'ef'"'V"'S w.
pnfeo Win that oil our "h'e pshS'"np's' "i',
though ont i"hf times 'he nuu'oor ot 'ne reu
wards cost nearly twenty 'imeS as ih"c"'
nnain,
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Another big building is 10 De at once circuit
cd on the ruins OF the Hurley ou'ialns AT
Folt WORTH. Ihat SOUNDS IKE houstoh eh'er-
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Governor Jones OF Arkansas Is doing his
state good service IN trying to put quietns
on whlteeaps' Nothing would SO quickly turn
the uue OF immisratioh nom state as tho
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13

Beaumont has got the silver question as a
ocri issnc, and as usual silver appears TO be
tho popular side.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13

Mr.. Luetgcrt, az a bravo and enterprislnE
sausage manufacturer. wanted his jury to go
the wholo hog or nonc.
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Official reports from the Klondikc mako tn
hnmlltst homo aud fao'iu "thc states" lool
like affluence.
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An the Texas farnors arJ beginning to dis
cuss the question Of crops for the ynnr II
worli be we'll to remember That 1t is better
TO mise hog and bominy than buy from Kan
sas rnd pay In cent cotion--cvcn a newspaper
farmer can SEQ the good business sense IN
that proposition.
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~ DAllx sosT. \ THa SUNDAY = B. 70 POST
mi. WEEKLY POST, ~ Co.'s. pr Week
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~ pA!,y scsr rt e sv e - c sc.''
olz6i.WHukl.v POST, ~ Co.'s. PR Week.
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As SECOND CLASS MATER.
n s ---------------- !. w
oatoestpslsa " Essit Daily and Sunday Post one
Is W SSaY 46.0os ak months. $500; mres montns'
te.eet one month. 3t.oc.
spVy Pos bSs s yss oadss. and Thursdays.
one year. es.oo; six months. 30 eents' 'n'ee
months. - cents.
psfeaen 0fficss Eastern business once IS Ihsune
building. New York tThe 5. 6. Beekwiin 2pe.
cal Aeency), Western 400 (Thc Rcokery) cni-
cacu THE S. c. Beckuith Special Agency
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cling Agents.
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HOUSTON, SUNDAY, FEB. ~. 1898.
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In this particular year Of all Others in the
South, an ounce Of sanitary prevention will be
worth several pounds Of cure. Aud this OBJ
servation will apply to every city In the Gulf
Stpias
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13

Evidences continue to multiply that This
section Is going to take flyer on tobacco
IT'S splendid speculation
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13

There Is one thing in Gaveston's favor in
its effort to get the democratic State convcn-
,io,the delegates would enjoy tho oppor-
tunI,y of stopping OFT in Houston for few
pleasant hours.
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2ois Ia standing up brayely against both
the rnbble aud the government in France in
delcnse of common Justice. That's what
makes the truo hero aud the great citizen,
whether or not the stamp of the Academy Is
npon him.
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NM 50 Messss Lee and Raseathal a,
GaNfsion %. say and said I didn't know
What Was talking about. Well, / aid and
! am prepared TO prove everything said.
Rosenthal not only Endorsed Lee and wrote
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13

About 100000 Indians cost us ss,ooO,oOo
year. But that is q modest dependency COM
pared with that of our white pensioners, who.
though but fonr times the number of the rcd
wards, cost nearly twenty times MS much!
Mny we never have to snye our country
again!
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13

Another big building is to be at once erect
cd on the ruins Of the Hurley building at
| Font Worth. That sounds like Houston enter
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13

1t will be observed from the dispatches that
Hawaiian royalty. MS has been predicted OF
other people upon the approach OF the last
Judgment, continues to marry and give in
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13

Tha most pitiable sight In the world is a
splenotic little country editor frottug his poor
little soul in tho vain effort to force some.
body TO notice him.
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Governor Jones Of Arkansas Is doing his
state good service In trying to put quietus
on whiteoaps, Nothing would so quickly turn
the tide of immigration from State as tho
reign OF the whitooap. the most cowardly aud
dangerous of ali forms of buldozing
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-09

Republic" But either he misconceives
that mission or the Republic has from
first to last been going straight against
II. As the earlier guides and protectors
of the Republic saw 1t, that mission was
not incompatible with the annexation of
Louisiana, n territory then vastly more
remote from the seat of government,
more difficult to protect and more likely
to involve us In trouble than Hawaii Is
today. They deemed IL not a violation
Of that mission TO annex Florida and Or
egon and Texas and New Mexico and
California and Alaska. In these things
was the Republic recreant to its mission?
II so, 1t has by this time become so hard
ened a sinner that there Is no use In
trying to reform It, Uncle Sam Is joined
to his idols; let him alone. But there be
those. and vast majority OF the most
judicious and conscientious minds OF the
nation, who reckon otherwise They be-
lieve that it Is the mission of this Re-
public to develop it's material and COM
mercial resources and to protect Its well
fare and to do so not only for the pres
ent moment, but for ilimitabe posterity.
They would unity the American system
and eliminate from IL all elements OF dis
cord, dlsntegration, and, so FAR as pos
sible, of ENHANCEMENT with alien sys-
TENS, so that the Republic. both now and
centuries hence, may be independent,
unmenaced, self-contained and self-main-
tanning, without fear and without re-
proach before all the world. And to that
end they believe the annexation of Ha-
wall, at its voluntary request, will be an
important and worthy step, insuring un-
ending benefits to both the contracting
parties and commanding the respect and
approval of mankind.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-09
A Public Menace.

Expert testimony on a point of live
AMI growing interest is supplied by
Coroner Ashbridge of Philadelphia in
an interview printed in the Bulletin of
that city. The subject of the inter-
view was the harmful effects result
ing from the publication Of sensational
details il. connection with reports of
suicides and homicides. The coroner
from his official experience cited these
instances.
About two years ago n widow, 50 years
old, committed suicide by hanging. She
fastened a rope to the knob of a
door in her bedroom. Then she
passed the other end over the top of
the door and stood on a chair while she
adjusted the moose. After completing
these arrangements she kicked the chair
to one side. Her body hung so that
" hen the door was opened it swung with
it. The sensational details Of the affair
were given wide publicity in the news
papers, and in less than a week two wo-
men living in the immediate neighbor-
hood took their lives I'm precisely the
same manner. | investigated the cases
thoroughly, and found that the last two
women had taken their lives without any
cause. Inquiry showed that they had
the first suicide One of them had even
sent a servant out to purchase for her a
copy of every paper containing an ac-
count of the first case. She had fairly
saturated her mind with the sensational
details before hanging herself. There
was another case. A woman killed her
self by swallowing a concoction of alum
and laudanum. Her husband had been
imprisoned for something, and she told
her friends she couldn't stand the dis
grace. This case was also given a great
deal of publicity. Mark what followed.
In less than six weeks there were tve
other persons in Philadelphia who ended
their lives by drinking laudanum and
alum.
The coroner gave other instances,
but these amply suffice to illustrate his
point, His deduction is that the de-
tails connected with some homicides,
owing to their brutality and atrocity,
had, best not be published. Their
publication" he asserts, has a great
influence on some natures. Newspa-
pers go into our homes, and children
get hold of them. The reading of hor-
rihle details is bound to leave an i'm
preston on their minds. The effect is
not immediate. 1t may not manifest
itself until by sickness or worry the
person has been temporarily changed.
Then bad impressions are apt to work
cvil."
There can be no question of the cor
rectness of this opinion. The commu-
rity has no more insidious menace than
is embodied in the sensational news
paper. Crimes innumerable can be
laid at its door.
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Next Tuesdays Election.

Next Tuesday being election day, Ii
may not be amiss to remind the Re
publican electors of Scranton of the
excellence Of their present municipal
ticket While the campaign to date
has been devoid of incident the i'm
portance of electing a competent and
trustworthy board of six is great en-
Ough to warrant careful weighing of
qualifications and the casting finally
of an intelligent ballot. The welfare
of the public schools, which is at stake,
calls for more than the passive public
interest which has characterized the
campaign thus far.
We have said and we now repeat that
the office of school director is one of
the most imperious in the list of Of
fees in a republican form of govern
ment. The six men who shall be elect
ed next week will. when installed in
office, possess power more nearly abso-
Lutte within the area of their jurisdic-
tion than is possessed by any other
governing board or executive agency
within our knowledge. BY a major
ity vote and without reference or pause
they can do what they please with
about 100000 of the public funds TAX
en- annually from Scranton taxpayers.
over their action there hangs no dread
Of a veto. The discretion to levy and
spend taxes is theirs practically with
out qualification or restriction. Not
only is this true but also in the de-
tailed management of the school sys-
TEN their will is usually sovereign. We
know of no private board of directors
in the city whose members are en-
trusted with responsibility half so far
reaching as will be that which will
devolve upon the six candidates for
school director receiving on Tuesday
next a plurality of the votes cast for
that office. In preparing their ballots.
then, thoughtful citizens will bear this
fact in mind.
We commend the Republican ticket
less because we have desired to see
partisan lines drawn in this particular
election than because it is our judg-
are preferable men. At the same time,
the party issue having entered the sit
uation, we shall be pleased to see the
Republican voters stand by the party
standard and thus in a small way get
ready for the larger political engage
ments of the more distant but not re-
mote future
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-09
Gross Contemp, of Court.

The publication in reference to the
Martin trial to which Judge Wood
ward took such vigorous exception on
Monday is understood to have been a
cartoon by Davenport in the New York
Journal. At least this is the Journals
own belief and acknowledgment. That
cartoon depicted Sheriff Martin as
standing with smoking pistol in hand
over the PROSTATE form of crippled
miner while back of him knelt the min
er's wife and children, in tears. The
intent of the cartoon was clearly VIC
ious. Contrary to all principles of JUS
tice it presupposed on the sheriff's part
malicious guilt whereas the law holds
every defendant innocent until guilt is
regularly established by due process of
law.
But even worse than the snap judg-
ment which it sought to pass, is the
gross improperly of such a publica-
tion during the progress of the trial
of the ease. We believe there is no
better established or wiser and fairer
rule in journalism, among papers which
have regard for decency, than that
which withholds prejudicial comment
Of any kind concerning a case in pro-
cess of adjudication in open court.
While it is the duty of journalism in
case of public interest to print a
fair record of the testimony and of the
essential points in pleading and in the
judicial charge to the jury, we are
aware of no rule in law or morals
which clothes a newspaper with auth
ority to usurp the functions of Judge
and jury. Such usurpation, on the
contrary, constitutes the most fragrant
kind of contempt of court and cannot
be reprobated too severely.
so far as The Tribune is concerned
1t has purposely refraned from hay-
Ing special representative Of it's own
at this trial, so as to avoid even the
appearance of any efforts to color it's
reports. The Associated Press. which
supplies us with the reports that we
have been printing, is not only Impair
tial but is represented in Wilkes-Barre
by men who come to their work abso-
intely free OF any preconceived opin-
Ions or sympathies, Their narrative OF
the court proceedings is Photographic
In accuracy, When the trial is ended
we shall give expression to our views
concerning it, but not before.