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Roosevelt.

Tn" legislators of New York state
an" rapidly discovering that they can
not trinc with Governor Roosevelt
They tried to hold up his civil service
bill but hr soon overmastered them
They tried to pass an unfair bill rails
ing teachers salaries in New York city
but he insisted that the unfairness be
stricken out, and IL was. They fried
IL rush franchise bill through detri-
mental I" tn" interests of the residents
along Amsterdam avenue, in New York
city, but he put his foot down and
ih' objectionable features were elm
mated. Croker and the Croker Rc
publicanS tried to tie up Rooseyelt's <
police legislation and Teddy caused
the Mazet investigating committee to
lie appointed with Frank Moss as
counsel. the man who knows more,
about the rotten spots i'm Tammany
than any other in the city and who
is fearless and incorruptibIc. Finally.
to cap the climax, the rotten Rcpubli-
cans at Albany threatened to combine
with the Democrats for the purpose
OF defeating an appropriation to pay
th" expenses q the investigation Of
the canal frauds. and the governors
reply was that if they did he would
| pay the expenses himself
These are just u few of the victories
WhicE Roosevelt has won since he laid
! aside tn" uniform of soldier to resume
| leadership in civil affairs. The news
| papers haven't made as big a fuss
| over these later engagements with the
| forces of Doodle and corruption at AL
! bany as they did Over Tcddy's work al
| La Guasmas or san Juan hill, when
! his opponents were lot of ill-Clothed
, Spaniards fighting under their true
colors; but we dare say that if al
the facts could be known it would
| be shown that Roosevelt has display.
ed in his capacity as governor just
as much courage, nerve and grit as
and a good deal better generalshir
! than. he was called upon to exhibit in
Cuba. For. it must be admitted tha
| while as governor he may have mad,
| some minor mistakes, he has thus fal
! given Il signallY clean ana straight
forward administration and has sur
| priscd his friends as well as disap
| pointed his enemies by the self-control
| discretion and tact which he has eX
| hihitcd under trying circumstances.
The Theodore Roosevelt Of today i
not the registering swashbuckler
sword IN hand and aching for fight
that the public used to Conjure up il
its mind at mention OF his name, bu
a cool. clear-headcG, well-pOised MAJ
Of wonderful vitality and honesty an,
snunk. who broadens with his oppor
tunitics and is clearly fated to e
higher Sttll.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-08
The Hour Has Come
for Ballot Reform


From the Philadelphia Times.
G7HE KEATOR BILL amending
our present complicated ballot
system in Pennsylvania, has
u passed the house finally and is
now pending in the senate. Every
amendment it proposes to our present
ballot law is directly in the line of
honest reform and in favor of inteli-
gent and independent voting. 1t re-
duccs the percentage of voters ncces-
sary to nominate candidates. and
anOlishcs the circle at the head of diff
fcrent tickets by which the voter can
mark an entire ticket by placing "A
cross within the circle. The ticket as
provided by the Keator bill will be
very simple. 1t cannot lead to confu-
sion unless in the case of the most ig-
norant of voters, and they will have
no more difficulty in voting correctly
under the Keator bill than they would
have under any other law. The names
of all the candidates for each particu-
lar office are grouped under the title
of the office. with the clear presenta-
tion of the party that has nominated
each candidate. Thus the voter who
knows little about the candidates and
who desires to vote a solid party
ticket, will only have TO read the par
ty name after each candidate and thus
be clearly guided in preparing his bal
lot, This is the principle of the orig
inal Australian ballot that is now
known as the most honest ballot law
ever presented to any country,
Under the present ballot law with
the great blanket sheet as the ticket
and the names of the same candidates
printed in different columns, II is diff
fiCult even for an intelligent citizen to
properly mark his ballot; but when all
the candidates for governor for in
stance are placed under the title OF
that office, with Republican, Demo-
| crat Independent or by whatever
other title the party may be known,
! attached to the names of the Candi-
| dates, there can be no embarrassment
| to even the wayfaring voter. If he
! does not know the names Of his party
| candidates, or if he does not under
stand the English language, he can
! readily make out the name of his par
! ~ and thus avoid being misled in
! marking his ballot. such a ticket
| brings each voter to The consideration
! of all the candidates, as he will he
compelled to mark one for each office,
| and that is certainly a commendable
! principle in a ballot law.
| d
There are two features which might
| wen be added 10 the Keator ballot bill.
One should require the judges when
| computing the vote. to open any ballot
| box upon the sworn petition of ten or
more electors of the precinct, alleging
fraud. The ballot is entirely secret
| and there is no reason why the ballot
box should not be opened at any time
when the integrity of its contents is
! questioned. All the sanctity that per-
tains to the ballot box arises from for
mer laws when by opening the box
the vote of each citizen could be readi-
| ly ascertained by comparing the num-
| ber of the ticket with the number op-
| posite the name of the voter on the
! poll list. That has passed away and
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with u nimbus crowned whose splcndor
Was scraphic and celestial.

with nlmbus crowned whose splcndor
Was scraphic and celestial.
V
Ger her sclntillatinE face
Rushed a mad and radiant river;
Ger the poles II poured its race
Where totmcnted torches culver.
OH their spiral tongues urending
Like the mines of Ophr burned
To Il liquid lustcr blending
As their icwelcd globe was turned.
VI.
Then | glanced at her beside me
with the glory i'm her eye.
Deep I sighed for words denied mo
Deep we sighed. yet knew not why
Spoke the Sibyl of thc Utter
Silence with hc' waving wings,
With her shadow wings that ilu;tcr
over all Unfathomcd Things:
VII
"Nonder star whose lustcr lonely,
Tinted like the Triton's horn.
Seems n sun-its flames are only
Flames of human passion born
Love and Life and Thoughts that ever
Burn within the mortal breast,
Flames which shall not die. oh never
Shall they die and never rest!
TIN yon globe shall burn to ashes
Like this icy orb decrease
Cold and dark-with love she flashes
Love till all thit is shall cease"
Thus the Sibyl!-swift our planet
Rushed into vast eclipse,
And Il shadow overran it,
And the Night lay on our lips.
But our lips re-eChccd lowly,
In that Universal Peace.
Lowly, slowly. softly. holy
Love till all that is shall cease"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-08
The pottery trust appears to nave
been shattered by oVerbaking.
An Illuminating Investigation.

Az the beef inquiry progresses, 1t be-
comes clear. not simply that rotten
meat was foisted on the army, bat
that the whole system pf doing busi-
ness at the bureau HEADQUARTERS was
pcrmeated with dry rot and intrigue,
in the face of which the nominal head
of the war department, though evil
IDENTIFY fond Of considering himself a
factor i'm the situation, was as helpless
as a little child, Secretary AlGer has
his faults-too many Of them we fear,
tn qualify him to shine with lustre in
his present position-but nobody will
believe that he was knowingly a party
t. the purchase of rotten beef, that lie
was predisposcd to underrate Or ham
Der the professional head of the army
from malicious intent, OF that he was
aware of the suppression of official
reports and the Derversion of records
which are now coming to light.
The rotten beef, the petty war on
Miles and the manipulation of records
are obviously the work of the lfe-ten-
ure bureauCrats, whose conceptions of
patriotism and duty have dry-rOtted
in the none too wholesome atmosphere
Of Washington and whose perverted
instincts have tainted everything they
touched, The villainous vituperation
and blasphemy of Eagan when cor
nered was simply natural expression
! of the present staff systems true ma =
| turc. Eagan thought that by hurlng
| the lie at Miles his own shortcomings
| would escape detection; but the exact
reverse has happened The search fDl
! evidence has been prosecuted relent-
/ lessly and under its accommodating
| weight Eagan ana the whole bureau
cratic system are slowly being crushed
! TO their destruction.
This dry rot in war department man
agement has got To be cut away and
! there is no use in trying To ignore thc
| fact. The people are as unit upon
/ this point and as soon as the court OF
| inquiry fOrmulates its findings they
will expect to see Mckinley sharper
his axe and send it hewing straight tC
the line thus marked out, utterly re,
gardless of whom the blade hits.
The rapid decline of the League OF
American Wheelmen has been hast.
| enpQ recently bV the action Of q on
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-08
FIN LIE Y s
SPECIALS
-IN
HOSIERY

Boys heavy seamless double
knees and soles, sizes 6 to
eH. lOc, worth 15c.
Boys Ex Heavy Seamless,
single and corduroy rib. A
regular 2Sc stocking.
19c. pair or 3 pair for soc.
Boys and Misses Elk Heavy
Full Regular Made" and
Heimsdorf Dye. Good value
at 35c. Only 25c.
Ladies' Extra Quality, "Full
Regular" made expressly
for lis and stamped with
name. Warranted Herms-
dorf dye. 25c a pair.
IS dozen ONLY. Ladies Fast
Black, our famous half dol
lar quality. (For this sale
only. 3Sc a pair or 3
pair for Sl.OO.
In addition to the above
mentioned specials, we desire
to call your attention to our
unsurpassed assortment of
fine Isle and SILK drop
stitch aud lace effects. Both
Fast Black and Fancy Col.
ored Weaves.
From SOC to $3.50.
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TWELVE PAGES
SCRANTON APRIL s, 1899,

Governor Stnn"s exception tn the
naming of Il battlCshp after II battl>
fought between Americans is timely
and well taken. Let us have peace.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-08

In Loveland Colorado, there named Park who is
gagged merchandising and he calls his place the Golden Rule
opportunity offers this gentleman fails
Rpans give his experience with hem which
he relates follows: For fully twenty-five have been
ashmatc. As general thing throughout the winter have to
three days in each month have su
feed great deaye all the precautions might take did keep
terrible attacks About eighteen months
taking RlPANS TABULES to regulate my stomach
bilious temperament, and become bilious
attacks of asthma The Tabus keeps stomach all
right and for the have not been confined the house
all My asthma curedbut the attacks very slight
average Tabue Sunday Wednesday and
Friday"
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All may not be abb" to cheer the
hearts of the passing thrOnT with
springtimc melodies, pootical or other
wise, but almost any one can assist
in making the world beautiful by
planting a tree at this season.
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new members of last year who have re-
fused to renew. The League of Amcri-
can Wheelmen was for years a power
full organization. and It's influence in
the interest of bicycling and good
roads has been almost unlimited. OF
late, however, matters of Importance
to wheelmen have been subservlent to
the ambitions and chickering's of the
head officials. and the once splendid
organization is already going to decay.
An effort is being made to organize the
wheelmcn of the country under an
other name, and it is probable that II
certain class will also continue to stick
to the remnants of the League OF
American Wheclmcn but the prestige
of the organization, which has been de-
stroycd by the petty jcalousies of n
number of indiscreetly chosen leaders,
is gone forever.
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The rain was welcome yesterday, in
that it placed temporary check upon
The gangs of men who brush clouds "f
dust in the faces Of the public Oh the
pretonse uf cleaning the streets. In
almost every other city the asphalt
pavcs are slightly sprin<lcd before the
sweeper starts out and the annoyance
of dust is thus done away with. The
services of one man with "A watering
pot ahead of the street swecpers would
accomplish much in the way of abat-
ing the nuisance that has been almost
unbearablc during the past few days.
Here is an opportunity for reform
that would be appreciated by the COM
munity regardless OF politics, creed or
social status.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-08

lection of checks drawn on out. .of-tovn
banks is free. and millio as more will be
transferred unless the obnoxious and
uncalled for rule shall be uncondition
ally repealed. The small country traders
have taken this matter up; they will
explain it to their customers, the Gus
toners will talk it over with their
neighbors and by the time congress
meets, If in the meantime the conspir-
acy of the New York Clearing House
association i'm restraint Of trade shall
not have collapsed from its own weak
ness. sentiment will be ripe 10 de-
mnnd from congress corrective lcgis-
latiun.
It does not ra" To be hoggish In any
business
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-08

In fact, we have all the
newest novelties in Ladies'
Fancy Hosiery.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-08

The rapid decline of the League Of
ened recently by the action OF 5000
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-08

There is a suspicion that the re-
markable lung development OF the
base ball magnates has been cultivated
for advertising purposes only.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-08

Since James Whilcomb Riley fooled the
critics with his initiative poem, "Leona-
ME-" alleged finds" OF Poe verse have
been at "a discount: nevertheless "a CALI
fOrnia contributor to tn" San Francisco
Examiner, name not given, declares that
the following came 10 him in Poe's hand
writing and we reproduce it for what it
is worth:
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But our lips re-echced lowly.
In that Universal Peace,
Lowly, slowly. softly, holy
"Lovc till all that Is shall cease"
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The town of WCSthofen, in Germany,
still enforCcs an old ordinance which for
bids any one walking in the street with
a lighted cigar.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-10
Death Of the Venerable Justice Field

At
announcement
and that the physicians
DAM Conn., November 1916 He
of four who became
in Francisco
California
in
Washington of
Justice
this
" Edger-
on of California; his Edward NJ
he had enjoyed comparatively
spes had borne cheerful
than
weeks however he longer ride than usual carriage and
which he had suffered, though but slightly time
1.-THE
for the
time he sank expired o'clock.
il
family 1t is possible
before President
Field had
judicial duties
his becoming
failing after his retirement physical
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-10
MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1899.
TWELVE PAGES.
The Woods Full of 1t.
* PEAKING of contempt proceed

q PEAKING of contempt proceed
~ ings in court, it is pertinent. in
connection With the announce
ment of the death of Justice Field, to
recall the fact that the annals of the
California bar tell of a time when he
was in contempt and ordered sent to
Jail. That was in 1850
Always man who was ready to as
sert himself or make a finish-fight for
his opinions, Mr. Field once found him
self up for contempt: the proposition
advanced by the judge before whom he
was summoned was that every court
has, while engaged in the performance
of its lawful functions. as an incident
to its judicial character, the authority
to preserve order, decency and silence
in it's presence. and, in the exercise of
such authority, it may apprehend and
punish an offender The court went
through the motions in the case of
Field, except to send him to Jail; on
some technical ground he was released.
In Silver Bow court house precincts,
contempt galore is pending. Judge
Clancy is under peremptory orders from
the supreme court to decide to-day the
matter of the motion for the discharge
of the Boston and Montana receiver.
But, last Saturday, Judge Clancy adj
journed his court until Tuesday. OF
course the behest of the supreme court
may be obeyed to-day, Notwithstanding
the adjournment Otherwise, possibly
there'll be fun.
Meanwhile, Judge Clancy has three Of
the Boston and Montana lawyers in
tow. These cases for contempt are be-
fore him and he will act soon. Judge
Clancy concluded to take them under
leisurely consideration--his remark in
court last Saturday was that they in
volved serious charges against three
decent lawyers and therefore they
require time. The court will announce
its conclusions tomorrow in these con-
tempt proceedings.
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Incidents IN a
Great Career
His Ambition to Serve a Longer Term
Than acknowledgements That
Cleveland Should Not APP
point His Successor.

The biographical sketch of Justice
Field which was printed in the Stand
ard of yesterday morning referred to
two facts in his career which will be
recalled by most people who are ac-
quainted with the story of his life. His
ambition as he grew old was to have
a record for a longer term of service
on the supreme bench then was the
case regarding any former member of
the court. This ambition was graft
fied-Justice Field held the record for
supreme-court service. Then, too, to-
ward the end of his term, Justice Field
was very anxious to outlive the Cleve-
land administration. He was defiant
in his prediction that he would live and
serve on the bench so long that it would
never be President Clevelands prvi-
lege to name his successor. In this
matter, also. Justice Fields ambition
was gratified; he served until the Nc
Kinley administration was about nine
months old.
During the latter years of his service
on the bench, Justice Field was in very
feeble health. The great chief justice,
John Marshall wore the ermine for a
period extending over "a years. 1t was,
as has been said, the ambition of the
late Justice Field to pass this record.
and he succeeded in doing so by few
months. His friends. fearing that the
strain of hard work would shorten his
usefulness, advised him to retire from
his arduous duties. But with indie
fatigable perseverance he chung to
his task until the latter part of 1897,
when he had the satisfaction of hav-
ing fulfilled the ambition Of his life.
During that term of more than a third
of a century. Justice Field was con-
cerned in some of the most important
cases ever passed upon by the SUI
preme court. Among the prominent de-
cisions was the famous test-oath case.
in which he gave the casting vote and
wrote the opinion of the court annul
ing the validity of the iron clad oath.
His dissenting opinions in the confisca-
ton cases, the legal tender cases and
in the New Orleans slaughter house
case, attracted the widest attention.
During his long service on the bench
he was also before the public eye in
other ways than as Judge of the SUI
preme court of the United States. A
member of the Hayes-Tilden electoral
committee in 1877. voted with the demo-
Gratis In 1880 he received 65 votes for
the presidency nomination at the Gin
cinnat democratic convention on the
first ballot. In 1873 he was appointed
by the governor of the state of Cali
fornia one of the commission to ex-
anime the code of laws of that state.
In 1866 Williams college conferred upon
him the degree of l.. l.. D., and in 1859
the regents of the University of Cali
fornia made him a professor of laws in
that institution.
In 1889 one of the most sensational
events of a remarkably active and
vigorous career, largely passed in new
country in process of development
from a pioneer state to highly civil
lied community. brought his person
ality WILDLY before the public. Sarah
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-10

~ HE list Of passengers on the trip
which MIR. Sherman recently
started out to make included the
name of Frederic r. Coudert. He is
one of New York's distinguished law
yers and man whose name has re-
ceived occasional mention in connec-
ton with diplomatic service and the
like. These tourists have returned from
their jaunt TO the Antilles Talking
with newspaper reporter, Mr.. Coudert
summed up his impressions briefly in
these words: Cuba was made for an
nexation to the United States. Porto
Rico was not. Cuba alone would be a
valuable exchange for the Philippines.
and we should have taken it,
There is nothing particularly new in
Mr. Coudert's talk. Yet every time a
terse statement like his reaches the
public, there is a Strengthening of the
conviction that, in concluding terms Of
peace, the government at Washington
could have made good deal better
deal than the one that is the product
of the peace treaty. 1t is plain to see
that our Philippine dicker doesn't suit;
there can be no question whatever that
1t grows less and less popular with the
American people the more they think
about 1t and the more they have to do
with the islands. Surely no measure
of admiration and of praise is withheld
from the American soldiers who are
making the intrepid fight for the resto-
ration of peace in Manila, but, after
all is said and done, YOU cannot get
away from the fact that every time the
death of an American soldier is report
ed, the regret sinks deeper into Ameri-
can hearts that there should be appar-
ent necessity for this added sacrifice.
The fact that a good portion of the
American press seiZes on every sug-
gestion of a possible way for us out
of the Philippines is of itself the best
of proof that there is not an abiding
sentiment among our people in favor of
permanent tenure in the islands. Lately
currency was given to the report that,
1n considerable numbers, English sub
jects in the West Indies had expressed
a wish for peaceful separation from
Great Britain and annexation to the
United States. There may be nothing
In this rumor; indeed, more than likely
1t is that an expression such as is al
legged never came from these English
subjects. Yet the bare report served a
certain purpose-it started up the live
ly discussion in American newspapers
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Of the proposition that we can solve
our vexing Oriental problem in sat-
isfactory way by making a trade
England to take the Philippines, we to
take the British West Indies.
The mere fact, we say, that this fly
ing rumor was taken up for serious dis
cussion is of itself a sufficiently clear
betrayal of the presence of an opinion
in the minds Of the American people
that in the possession of the Philippines
we have something which this country
really doesn't want and that we would
welcome the suggestion of any dicker
that would unload our Oriental hold
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