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lex. All persons indebted to the late firm
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brotherhood and no speciousness OF
demagogism or emotional intoxication
of socialistic dreaming will hereafter
wholly eliminate the SOLDERING beneh-
cence of that timely demonstration.
1t is hardly possible that Lord
wolverton's collection will be able 10
affect so powerfully the public opinion
of Great Britain, although we hope
that it may In spite Of it's arstocratic
inheritances modern England is essen
TALLY democratic, but not to the de-
gree which was exhibited at La
Quasimas. Good will be accomplished,
however, IL Lord Wolverton's regiment
shall be permitted by dashing valor
to lift into a higher repute the British
volunteer. The older nations of the
world, which used to look down upon
the American soldier for the reason
that, when not soldering, he was ca
pable of earning a living at something
else, have in recent months taken a
new measure of the volunteer. 1t was
the Roosevelt performance in the hills
near Santiago which started the for
eign critics upon their career of re-
consideration. No American would
begrudge Lord Wolverton the chance
to clinch their reversal of judgment by
some similar feats of bravery in the
mountain passes of Natal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-28

made between the worthy and the un-
worthy The laws, either by express
provision or in the method of their
administration, discriminate against
all colored men alike. The colored
man understands this. and, seeing no
prospects of improving his condition,
he is lapsing into hopelessness. If
the representation of those states
should be reduced, as it ought to be,
1t would operate as a countervailing
force and tend to establish a proper
political equilibrium. The importance
of a large representation in congress
and in the electoral college Is appre-
ciated by the white people of the
South, and they would be prompted, on
the one hand, to establish fair laws
for the protection of their domestic
institutions, and, on the other hand,
to honestly administer them, and to
accord the colored man the right to
participate in politics as soon as he
was fitted for the privilege in order
to increase their representation. This
NOulu put DtlOlc lilt iltSIO sb IohoNuit
inducement to equip himself, and it
would be a powerful force toward the
elevation of the moral and intellectual
tone Of the race"
The problem here outlined is one
which in some way must sooner or
later be met. The best way to meet
1t is to meet II fairly and with cour-
age. To the preliminary step of Sc
curing accurate information upon the
subject there should be no objection
from any source. Opposition may
arise, and very bitter opposition, to
the reduction of representation which
this information may require if the
provisions of the fourteenth amend
mcnt are to be carried out in good
faith. But the constitution is su-
preme and its supremacy cannot be
successfully resisted. If the white in
habitants wish to distranchise the
negro by cunning electoral qualfica-
tions, let them pay the penalty in a
reduced voting strength in congress.
The negro who is not good enough
to vote is not good enough to be
figured in as a basis of congressional
representation. Upon that issue Con-
grcssman Crumpacker can take his
stand and the opposition cannot pre-
vail against him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-28
Intolerable TediouSness.

T HE OLD outcry against cX-
pert testimony will be re-
h moved and greatly invigor-
ated by the proceedings in
the MolneuX trial. Although this trial
has now consumed 4i days, at an eX-
pcnse to the community of several
times as many thousand dollars, the
prosecution. as pointed out in the press
dispatches, has not yet proved that
murder had been committed or that a
package of poison had been sent
through the mail. Almost the whole
time not occupied in selecting a jury
has been taken up with the infinites-
NAL and largely contradictory hair
splitting of experts on the subject Of
handwriting, no two of whom appear
to be able to agree on any salient
point, and all of whom know no more
about the defendants innocence or
guilt than does the canal-keeper on
the planet Mars.
During this dreary period of unprof-
table time-spinning the twelve unfor-
tunates in the jury box have slowly
air until it is now safe to say, without
desiring to asperse their characters,
that there isn't man in the dozen who
is mentally fit to decide the most ele-
mentary disputed point in simple arith-
metic. Every man who has served on
jury knows in how short a time
under the most favorable circum-
hn
well-trained mind dull themselves on
the awful monOtony of the average
COURTROOM until after a day or two Of
service the jurors sluggish impulse is
TO consider every suspect guilty on
general principles and to divide the
costs between the jury commissioner
and the judge. The mental state Of
men who have had to undergo "A days
of this sort of thing, with a detectives s
espionage for each juror into the bar
gain, may perhaps be imagined but it
certainly cannot be described.
And yet these men are put to this
long punishment to no practical pur-
pose whatsoever We are ready to
wager that after this Molineux trial
is concluded, every juror will frankly
admit that the testimony of the experts
did not weigh the weight of a hair in
the formation of the final Judgment as
to the defendants innocence or guilt.
In murder trial it never does. No
sane man on a jury is going to vote
to take a human life on the strength
of some paid retainer's hypothetical
evolutions of opinion. When a murder
Is committed it must be proved who
did it and why before there is any
liability of conviction; and this proof
must be substantial, straightforward
and convincing beyond a reasonable
doubt. Otherwise twelve men will
never agree to vote for capital punish
ment. The district attorneys office in
New York county probably knows this
as we'll as anybody and for that reason
its circuitous diversion into the fields
OF immaterial expert testimony is CEN
surable on the score of economy and
seemliness if not on more serious
grounds.
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SONS HONOR ALMA MATER
concluded from Page 81


AS member of the faculty he eX-
tended cor tial greetings to the alumni
of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and
then of the faculty he said he wanted
them TO believe that no more true,
earnest or unsefish set of men labored
anywhere than in the undergraduate
schools of the University of Pennsyl-
Vania.
In conclusion he offered congratula-
tions on the fact that Provost Harri-
son had shown a full appreciation IF
the worth of the school of physics
by providing for new physical lab
oratory BETTING the university.
A bass solo, The Mighty Deep" by
Albert Pilings, was enthusiastically
applauded after which f. w. Wheaton.
of Wilkes-Barre, was called upon to
speak of Yale. He regretted,
he said he was not able 10
deal with the subject humor-
ousy. Yale to him, during his
four years course, was a serious prob
lem. He also believed that it was
somewhat of a serious problem to 9TH
er colleges.
He gave an interesting history OF
Old Yale, illustrating the progress that
she has made by saying that a man
had the college named after him for
giving for its foundation less money
that was taken by the Yale Athletic
association in gate receipts last year.
In this connection he made the inter-
esting statement that the big Four"
Pennsylvania, Harvard, Princeton and
Yale had taken in as gate receipts at
athletic games, the grand total of
100000, and that this proved to be
$4,000 less than was required to pay
the expenses of the athletic teams.
Wesley f. Woodruff, a Wesleyanite,
said Of 1.-THE Smaller Colleges" that
there was a limit. lie would not speak,
he said, of Smallest colleges" those
of insufficient endowment, with low or
no collegiate grade which unfortunate-
ly can barter degrees for a small sti-
pend he believed the country would
be bettered If men would strengthen
the established colleges rather than
establishing new colleges TO perpetuata
their names. He believed the country
has a fun supply Of colleges for the
next hundred years.
AS tribute to the Smaller Col
leges" he mentioned as some Of their
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-28

There is no question that the Ameri-
can people are the most generous upon
earth. History fails to cite examples
of open-handed charity that can equal
those occurring about us daily. The
constant call for money ever meet
with ready responses, whether for a
tribute of admiration for heroism or
to feed the hungry OF our new posses
sions; or to cheer the hearts of those
who have been distressed by misfor-
tunes at home. An appeal for aid is
seldom made in vain. In this respect
America furnishes an example that
few nations can approach, and it is an
indication that our people are descrv-
ing of the prosperity which they enjoy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-28
The Compliment of Imitation.

IMITATION is the sincerest
fiattery, Governor Roosevelt
Il must feel we'll pleased to no.
tice that Lord Wolverton, an en-
terprlsng British peer, is organizing
a regiment of Rough Riders for SET
vice in South Africa. Without know
ing the plans of this British enter
prise 1t is safe to say that no regi-
ment recruited in England could pos
sibly present the diversitles in local
color which characterized the aggra-
cation brought together by Colonel
Roosevelt, and it is also somewhat
doubtful if an English volunteer
regiment could make the history which
this eclectic American regiment made,
both in its immediate activities upoa
the battlefield and in the patriotic in
huences which it contributed or quick
ened.
The Roosevelt Rough Riders will
doubtless figure in history as the most
unique and typical regiment ever en-
listed in the United States. 1t repre-
sented conspcuously and in manner
that appealed at once to the imaEina-
tion the spirit of adventure which is
the sustaining note of American
achievement; and it also represented
with unparalleled vividness the essen
tial democracy which is at the bot
tom of all our superficial social dis
tinctions; the democracy which is the
saving cement of American institu-
tions. The generation which, at the
call of a national emergency, saw
brought to one common level cowboy
and. millionaire, plainsman, cowpuncn-
er and dude, each proud of the 9TH
er's- heroism and uncomplainingly
ready to accept the fortunes of war,
though they led into the valley of
death-neither that generation nor it's
sons and daughters can be pursuaded
that caste IN America is much more
than a dinisy artihee, really Of little
account. The Rough Riders have
saved us. If we needed saving, from
the danger of class violence. They
have shown the real truth of our Give
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-28
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast: 4.O5 a. m, for Thursday,
December 2S 1899.

sfs; .s: 6 s;s; CO.
a child born on this day will never
achieve prominence unless he happens to
be born in Ohio.
The college yen is equally effective
whether unrcstraincd on the foot bail
field or tuned to melodious glee club Sc
lections.
The Real Thing:
Real Wit-That which will impart flavor
to an old joke.
Real Amiability-A temperament that
enables man 10 look pleasant at the ap.
proaCh of u bill collector.
Real Happiness-Somcthing that seems
to bo always possessed by others.
Real CouraGe-The ability to face some
thing that cannot be bluffed.
Real Genus-The faculty of telling your
troubles in manner to make them in
terestlng TO the listener.
Real Statesmanship-Th ability to keep
the Joints Of the glad hand always in
working order.
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products seeley, Hopkins, Dewey and
Blaine.
a reference TO Mrs. Harrison, wife
of Provost Harrison, and DR. Curtin,
OF Philadelphia, as warm partisans of
"Old Pennsylvania" evoked loud ap-
plause.
veritable ovation was given Pro-
vost Harrison when he was introduced
to speak for "The University" He
said IL was most encouraging to those
in charge of the administration of the
university to see such an enthusiastic
gathering of alumni.
The trustees, he was sure, would well
come a suggestion from this end of the
state for some one to represent 1t to the
| board. He wanted the alumni to keep
close to the university and watch and
| encourage its progress Outside of the
| libraries and other like gifts to the
| school, there have been contributions
in cash amounting to s2S9O,0l0 within
| five years. A gift of s250,000 was re-
| Gently presented for a new physical
! laboratory and he was pleased to an
| nounce for the first time publicly
Christmas gift of another $25O,000 to
| be used as the trustees saw fit.
The sincere desire of the trustees is,
ne Sdlu' tlldI lne Alumni WOulQ keep
before the people the worth of the uni
versity. 1t Is the only university in
the state of Pennsylvania and he
| trusted that it was and would con-
tinue to be a credit to the state.
| A general call for a solo from Mr..
| Goeckel was responded to with a
spirited rendition of "Red and Blue"
the assemblage joining in the Hoo
rah" chorus.
| President Houston, of the general
| alumni, spoke Of state and Private
Benefactions" in witty way, with
the aid of number of laughable stor-
| les.
| Speaking of the Alumni association
he stated that there is a movement
on foot to establish alumni scholar
ships. Funds sufficient for one have
already been received. He urged the
members to join the general society
and help in the movement. The soci--
ETY. is also engaged in gathering the
names and records of all Penn men
who served in the late war, with a,
view of honoring them by inscribing
their names and deeds on the new
| memorial tower.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-28
SCRANTON, DECEMBER 2S, 1899.

1t is a matter Of regret that the great
majority in this country which appre-
ciates the timely sympathy of Englan
that was instrumental in averting
many difficulties during the Spanish
war, is silent, while the principal tnik-
ing { present is done by the garruous
element of the Billy Mason stripe,
whose chief ambition seems to be to
make the British lions tail look like a
Kentucky COrkscrcM.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-28

Now that the date of the beginning
of the twentieth century has been es-
tablished to the satisfaction of nearly
all concerned, it is time to figure on
improving the new century's oppor-
tunitieS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-28

Commander Scannell, of the latest
Fenian organization, states tha. the
failure Of the movement in the past
has been due to the presence OF too
many generals. In the surplus of in
have been as unfortunate as the Dem
OcraCy
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-28

In order to relieve mental disorders,
a Philadelphia girl has just completed
a fast of forty-iive days. This is bet
ter than eating a quail a day for thirty
days.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-28

Those alleged Fenian uprisings ap-
pear mainly in the yellow press. They
will not cause much loss of sleep.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-28

1t is to be hoped that there will be
no strings attached to the Lawton
fund.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-28
DIR. MITCHELL WAS BRIEF.

The last speaker the noted DR.. S.
Weir Mitchell, contented himself with
a few references to moral. religious
and physical advantages afforded the
medical student at Pennsylvania, which
were not found, at least not wholly,
at any other school.
Editor Donaldson, of the Alumni
Register said a few words in the in
terest of his paper. His remarks, while
of a purely business nature, were so
wittily couched that they proved quite
as entertaining as the regular ad-
dresses.
DR.. George L. Wentz was called
upon to speak for "The Young Boys"
but he declined
Adjournment was made after BAN
10 and mandolin duet by DR.. Hickey
and Mr.. Snyder.
Wilkes-Barre was chosen as the place
for the next meeting.
The dinner souvenir was a neat fold
er with an artistically engraved cover,
the central figure of the first page be-
ing representation of he main uni
versty buildings. In addition TO the
menu and toast programme the inter-
ior pages contained a number of favor
| ite college songs and the new one by
Rev. Mr. Ballentine, which Mr.. Wooer
sang, referred to above. The souvenir
was designed by the printing commit
tee of the alumni association-Georga
I3. Davidson, chairman: Rev. +. s.
Balentine and DR.. Walter Fordham.
The retiring officers of the associa-
tion are President, DIR. i. H. Taylor
Wilkes-Barre; vice president, DIR. ].
L. Wentz, Scranton; secretary, Ezra
II. Connell, Scranton; treasurer, Theo-
dore Connell, Scranton: executive COM
mittee-Lewis Frey, NJ. D., 'SS, Scran-
ton; w. II. Keller, NJ. D., '92, Scran-
ton; Charles II. Miner, NJ. D., 49,
| Wilkes Rarrci George b. Davidson,
80, Scranton, Edison NJ. Green, D. D.
s., 81, Scranton; Walter S. Stewart,
NJ. D., S3, Wilkes Barre: Harry NJ.
Beck, d. u, s., SO, Wilkes Barre; f..
c, Johnson, NJ. D., 'S3, Wilkes Barre;
Walter Lathrop. NJ. H., Hazleton. w.
j, Goeckel, wilkes Barre; Walter
Davis, NJ. D., Wilkes Parre.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-28
LOCAL MEN CHEER.

a reference to the work of Rev. Mr..
Ballentine and the other local alumni
who are foremost in furthering Penn
sylvania's glory, provoked hearty ap-
plause.
When Mr.. Houston had concluded,
Alfred Wooler sang "Of All the Rest
You Are the Best" which was writ
ten for the occasion by Rev. Mr.. Bal
lentine and Mr., Wooler.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-28

Q brothers dear,
And did you hear,
That wonderful quotation
Which some great folk,
Came out and SPOKE,
OF our association?
Now listen well,
And l will tell,
For l know all about it
Nor do you go.
And say you no,
And so begin to doubt IL.
For he did write
In black and white,
Nor was it in confusion.
oh no, no, no,
Yes, we say so,
For it was S. f. Houston.
"Of all the rest
You are the best
He wrote not in confusion.
For he did write,
Impure delight
Our dear old S. f. Houston.
Houston!
Houston!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-28
o Yes, twas S. F. Houston.
"Of all the rest
You are the best"

The song was enthusiastically re-
ceived.
Walter George Smith was introduced
to respond to "The New Law Building
in place of Judge George NJ. Dallas, 4
member of the circuit court, and of
the faculty Of the law school, who was
prevented by illness from attending.
Mr.. Smith spoke of the utmost i'm
portance of an exact and certain
knowledge in the attorney. The judge,
he said, might be of the most honest
of men. but if he is learned he may
do you incalculable injury.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-05

The climax of despotic legislation has been reached in Kansas, where the lower house of the legislature has fixed the maximum price of dyeing whiskers at Is cents. What self-respecting bar Der would undertake the job of color ing ex-Senator Peffer's extensive pop ulistic appendage for the pauper wages of 15 cents? The full significance and injustice of this law is not appreciated outside of Kansas, where every man ambitious of preferment by the peo- ple's party wears a hirsute badge of his fidelity, and, if the truth were known, has helped to bring about this imposition on the "tonsorial artists , It would serve the Sunfiower state right if the barbers should leave the commonwealth and compel the popu- lists to trim their whiskers with prun- ing shears.