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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-09-29

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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-09-29

REV. J. G. Wooloy and wife, Of Mis-.
souri, recently conHecratcd 10 mission
work Ia Japan by the General Assembly
OF the Cumberland Presbyterian church
In scsaion ~ Denver. Col, will be- IN tho
city over Sunday sept. o4th, and will
preach morning and evening In the q. L.
church. Everybody are cordially invited
10 attend each OF thu services. The mis-
hionaFiea viii 80 from here to San Fran.
cisco to embark for Japan In few days.
A. lnNnnnr1nM Rnnirr
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

We take from the New York sun the
appended interesting opinion with
which we do not agree:
Most sensible men who study The sub
ject Of trusts intelligenuy must presently
perceive that the opposition to them is
chiefly in the newspapers. a great part
of the press apparently thinks it sells
papers by bowling gEainst trusts, and not
bowling the truth. For the rest the oppu-
sition is made up of a few statesmen In
stress for party plauks, and OF profess
sional blaCkmail"rs. In all our OBJ
scryation of trusts We have known but
two kinds Of assault made on them. The
commonest was that mStigated by Wall
street stock jobbers for the effect it
might produce upon the prices OF a trust
stock in the market; and the less fire.
quent, hut equally familiar, was that Of
the blaCkmailer. This last divides easily
into two. the blackmailer who has not
been taken into trust or who has failed
to sell out to a trust and the black
mailer who owns q hungry newsnapes.
II our caustic contemporary should
think twice it would perceive that by
its admission Of the popularity of anti
trust literature it gives its case away.
Unless the great mass of people were
disposed to view with suspicion, dis
trust and fear the Capitalization Of
authority which enables a few men sit
ting in secret conclave to control arbi-
trarily, at least for a time, both the
production and price of articles of gen.
| eral necessity and the pay of the men
employed in that production, owners
OF hungry newspapers" would find
scant satisfaction in "howling against
trusts" since even in the case of hun
CRY newspapers it costs money TO howl
through the medium of type, ink and
paper; nor would party planks in de-
nuhciation of trusts be effective in
| catching votes.
| The simple fact is that autocracy in
any form is against the spirit Of this
| democratic age Men born to theoret-
! ically equal rights and privileges OBJ
! ject to whatever tends to enslaye them.
! Sometimes they put the blame whore
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27
No Tenable Middle Course.

The situation presented in the re-
fusal Of the chairman OF the executive
committee OF the Cuban military as
sembly TO deliver over to General
Brooke the muster rolls of the Cuban
insurgent army 80 that the United
states may proceed to divide among
those entitled to it the S300O,0O0 in cash
now lying on board the transport Burn
side in Havana harbor ought not to be
difficult to handle. All that it calls for
is a detail OF American soldiers TO pro-
ceed 10 the place where these rolls are
kept and to take possession of them by
force If necessary.
ON it's merits the case stands thus:
A force of natives, about 1900 strong,
is in arms awaiting the chance 10 dis
band. Their representative command
ers have cordially accepted the offer OF
the president of the United States to
divide among these insurgent soldiers
SO 900 900 as a goodwin gift for the
purpose of starting them i'm the ways
OF peaceful industry; and T. the best
OF our knowledge the majority Of the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27
A Pessimistic Doctor.

inc Rev. DIR. Joseph May, pastor of
the First Unitarian church of Philadel-
phia, is, We fear, suffering from fit
of melancholia, else he would not on
Friday last have declared at n public
meeting: THE great danger before our
country which would seem to be inn
minent is rnilitarsm. If this danger
should not be averted I should have
no confidence whatever in the perlnan-
ent endurance of the republican insti-
tutions which are our glory and in
which the progress of humanity seems
10 consist Although the present looks
very dark in that our nation is en-
gagged in the meanest aggressive war a
civilized nation was ever led into. J
think we find in the sober judgment of
our people ii creative force that is GO
ing TO defend us from the evils that
appear to hang before us so lowering
ly. l have an underlying hope that the
war system is very near its end, and
that another half century may see
possibly its overthrow among the ma
tions of the world"
The occasion which ELECTED the fore
going spasm was an assemblage of
eminent clergymen, professional men
and others convened In Philadelphia
for the purpose of approving the ac-
ceptance by the United States of the
invitation of the cZar of Russia to an
international conference to consider
the subject of disarmament, and eX-
pressing the opinion that our repre-
sentative at the conference should ad-
vocate the establishment of a perman-
ent tribunal of arbitration for the set
tlement of International disputes The
meeting otherwise was a splendid one
resulting in wise and helpful discus
siCn along the lines of the opening ad-
dress of its presiding officer. Judge
Ashman, who said: The men of the
coming century will demand something
beside platitudes. They will ask as we
are beginning to ask, Why, if courts
of law are competent to adjust differ
ences between individuals and between
states are they not adequate for set
tling disputes between nations?' What
the people of the United States and of
Great Britain at least, demand, is the
establishment of a permanent interna-
tional court with judges holding a life
tenure, whose jurisdiction shall en-
brace all matters of international con-
troversy and whose DEGREES shall be
binding upon the nations who shall be
parties"
1t is a great pity that the just cause
of peaceful arbitration has to be him
dered before public opinion by the
| watery bloodedness of embarrassing
| champions like the pessimistic DR.. May.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27
Our line of
InfaniS' Long Cl0akS

InfanlS' Long ClOaks
Is not surpassed by any es-
tablishment and comprises
garments i'll Silk, Cashmere
and Bedford Cord, and the
prices range from $40 to
$500.
In Infants Long and Short
Nainsook and Fine Lawn
Dresses we carry a very ex-
tensive assortment.
New line of Babies Fine
Flannel and Knit Sacques
and Jackets, Knit Bootees,
Etc, Etc.-in fact, every
perquisite that a Baby De-
partment is expected to
supply-and all at popular
prices,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27
SCRANTON, MARCH q, 1899.

Many news communications come to
The Tribune addressed to individual
employees News thus addressed Is al
ways subject to delay on account Of
the possible temporary absence OF the
individuals to whom it is directed. Our
friends may avoid such risks by ad-
dressing all mail matter not personal in
Its nature simply to THE Tribune,
Scranton. Pa -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

parcntly on the nero theory that they
have reference to the crimes named with
out using tho methods now authorized
by law to make tclcgrams evidence In
legal proceedings II is infinitely more
important that the privacy of corre-
spondenCe by telegraph should be invio-
late than that gamblers" green goods
men or other criminals suspected of send
Ing or receiving telegraphiC messages re-
ferring to their transactions should be de-
tectcd by peering into the files Of the
telegraph offices. This is a dangerous
authority TO he given any police Official,
and Is sure to be oppreSsively exercised.
From the published outline of the bill 1t
appears that the officials to be clothed
with this extraordinary power can act
upon the vaguost suspicion that messages
bearing upon criminal business are to
be found in this or that telegraph office.
Telegraphic correspondence has been sed-
ulously guarded hitherto by drastic
penal statutes, and reasonable provision
exists to secure its disclosure If of ma
terlal importance i'm court, without con-
stituting police officers sole judges as to
whether secrecy should be removed from
dispatches.
o.
The license proposed to be given "a
prosecutors or chiefs of police, or to other
persons to scach telegraph offices on sus-
picion or upon the mere allegation that
they suspect that evidence Of crime would
he thereby discoverable, is entirely too
much power to be given to any individual
1t would be grieVously abused in the
name of law
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

men themselves are eager to lay down
their arms, accept this donation and go
to work for their islands reconstruc-
tiou. \ gathering of Cuban politicians
calling itself the military assembly has
secured possession Of the army rolls
and will not permit these to be used by
General Brooke unless he first recog-
nizes its authority to act i'm behalf Of
the army. Brooke has recognized no
Cuban organization i'm this matter, but
has treated with the insurgent COM
manders as individuals. If it were not
for the larger interests of the island
which demand a speedy disarmament
of all officially unrecognized armed
bands Of men, he could with good grace
start the Burnside with it's $4,000, 900
cargo back to the United States and
notify the Cuban kickers that mas
much as they don't appear to want the
presidents gift it will not be forced
upon them.
This course is not feasible under the
existing circumstances for the obvious
reason that peaceful disarmament is
Immediately essential; hence the neces-
sity for going ahead with the original
programme in spite Of the so-called
assembly. If any of its officers or MEM
bers obstructs the government he
should be treated as any other dis
turber of the peace and put in Jail II
they concertedly resist the sovereignty
Of the United States in the execution
Of its programme of pacification and
reconstruction they should be put down
with rifles if necessary. There cannot
be two heads to the Cuban body polite
and until we vacate we should govern
There is no tenable middle course.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

Governor Roosevelt has no reserva-
ton in his condemnation of rotten beef
and we wish he were secretary of war
to take care of the rotten officials and
contractors responsible for it's foisting
upon the armT
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

Prof Wood, of Winconsin. has in
vented a machine for photographng
sound waves, but it is probable that the
real beauty of the thing will never be
appreciated until it has been focused
upon one of Colonel Bryans currency
speeches.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

With its issue of yesterday the Free
Press passed into the control of new
company consisting of John w. Kirby
as manager, u. II. Zurflieh, treasurer,
and John l.. Beamsh, advertising man
ager p. NJ. Greer. an industrious and
capable journalist, has been employed
as editor and c. II. Derby, well known
in local newspaper circles, as city edi-
tor Under its new management the
Free Press promises to be clean, enter
prising and Independent, a programme
that ought to win. We wish it success.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

An American photographer has been
badly used by lot of Filipinos whose
portraits he attempted to add to his
art collection. There are people on this
side of the water who would like to see
some of the kodak fiends treated in a
similar manner
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

The Tribune wishes to acknowledge
the courtesy of Messrs. Barrett and
Jordan of the Truth and j. A. Scran-
ton & Son Of the Republican in Offering
press facilities during the temporary
disability of it's own press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

it does not belongand denounce trusts
and corporations when they ought to
ensure their own want of thrift. fru-
gality, temperance and self-denial or
their own lack Of business shrewdness
and sagacity. But in the case OF trusts
they see SO plainly signs Of the possible
abuse of the abnormal power enjoyed
blythe managers of trusts and recognize
so clearly the desirabiity Of a free play
Of competition in business, both as a
stimulus to enterprise and as q check
upon eXtortion, that they are con-
scious of being fully justified in hold
ing to strict account all who have to
do with the granting of charter rights
for the facilitation of industry and
trade.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27
In Honor Of Our
First Expansion
From the Times-IIerald.

From the Times Herald
n y THESE days of national expan-
sion, when history Is cited to sup
port both sides of the controversy
u growing out Of the results of the
war with Spain, the proposition u com-
hemorate the centennial of III. DUR
chase by Thomas jefferson of the Lou
lsiana territory is invested with more
than Ordinary interest. The purchase
OF the Louisiana territory of Bona
parte in 1903 for $4,000, 900 has been
referred TO by eXpansiunists in the
controversies Of the past few months
ottener than any other event in the
history OF our territorial development.
Although the purchase involved the
annexation of contiguous territory, It
is recalled that the proposition TO ac-
Quire 1t developed strong opposition,
principally upon the question of our
ablity to govern and assimilate the
natives of the territory.
To a country comprising S27,S4i
square miles Of area the Louisiana pur-
chase added l.171,93l square miles, eX-
tending from the Mississippi to the
Rocky mountains and from the Gulf OF
Mexico to the Canadian line, with the
! district of New Orleans on the eastern
side of the Mississippi Within this
region there are now, in whole, or in
| part, twelve states and two territories,
embracing some of the richest and
most productive land in our national
domain. OF course the anti-eXpansion-
lists of 1903 were agreed on the propO-
sitiOn that we had no need of this ter
ritOry, and that $4,000, ,0CO-three-
fourths of what we paid for the Phil
ippines-was an eXocbitant price to pay
France for ceding it to the govern
ment. In the light of the marvellous
agricultural development of this vast
area under AngloSaXon thrift and in-
dustry the opposition to this purchase
now seems pitifully short-sighted and
unWise. Last years corn croT. Of the
! state of Iowa alone, which state was
part Of the Louisiana purchase, would
| pay the cost of the entire Louisiana
| territory eight times over, while the
wheat crop of Kansas for the SAME year
is valued at twice the purchase price.
o
! As the acquisition of the Louisiana
| territory was the first great step in
national expansion, and was one OF the
| four greatest events in the annals OF
! the republic, it is in every way worthy
| Of national Observance hy means of a
! Worlds fair as now proposed by the
| enterprising citizens of St. Louis. AS
| Missouri ranks first in population
among the states embraced in the
| Louisiana region, and contains the
principal city, it is eminently fitting
/ that the exposition should be held in
| that state. The success of the Trans
/ Mississippi exposition at Omaha fur
nishes some idea of what the vast re-
| gion embraced in the Louisiana pur-
| chase could get together in the way
| Of a colossal display of the products
| of western genius and industry.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

Bates-That nephew Of yours called me
blackguard. Nates-Just like Ben; no
tact about the boy. I've always told
him that the truth was not to be spoken
on all occasions. .--Boston Transcript
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27
THE PRIVACY OF TELEGRAMs
,rom the PhiladeIphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger,
A great mass of business will press
upon the Pennsylvania legislature in the
closing days of the session. Attention
has been diverted from the ordinary work
of the body by the interest attaching to
the election OF a United States senator
and to the bribery investigation, and
there is imminent danger that unWiSe
and pernCiouS legislation may be passed
Unless members give private study to the
bills to be voted upon crude laws arc
sure to be enacted, for little or no time
can be spared for exhaustive and IN
forming public debate upon many pend
ing measures. Under the modern rules
OF procedure in most of our legislatures
full discussion of debatable bills is hard-
~ possible. Plausible and speClOus Tcl-
sons will be advanced for the passage Of
certain bills which would work very mucn
more harm than good, and should. there
fore, be defeated as a matter OF sound
public policy.
Legislators are needed who can dis
cover the ultimate effect and far reach
ing influence of proposed statutes, and
detect the insidlOuS public wrong which
turks I'm innocent looking bills. Some
times the briefest bills reverse, and arc
intended TO reverse, well settled law aS
decided by the courts. or TO overthrow
necessary to safeguard property or the
rights of the citizen. If a bill is likely to
work more injury than benefit To the pub
lc it deserves defeat, whatever an in
genious special pleader may say in its BE-
| half Some special motive, some personal
or class interest is in the background Of
many bills. The vigilant representative
| by little inquiry can discover whether
the public will be benefited by the meas
ure. If it be of doubtful eNpediency, the
! public should be given the benefit of The
doubt for legislation not clearly needed
cannot be otherwise than ill-advisod and
harmful.
Among the specious bills before the leg
islature which should be defeated is
| house bill No. 10, practically removing prl-
vacy from telegraphic correspondence
| House bill No, 10 has passed I'm the house
| II provides that prosecutors and chiefs
| Of police shall have power to examine
| telegams on file in telegraph offices when
! there Is suspicion" that the messages
refer to green goods, gambling or other
! Illegal business. The bin permits officers
| to invade the privacy of telegrams, ap-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

You were on your beat when this
riot, occurred"' asked the attorney. mo,
sor,' replied tho policeman; II was ON
the neck ave the spalpcen in the dock,
yer anner,"-Philadelp North Amori-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27
THE oUTCAST.

Strange dreams Of what ! used to be
And what | dreamed / would be, swim
Before my vision, faint and dim
As misty distances we see
In pictured scenes of fairy-lands;
And ever on, with empty hands,
And eyes that ever lie to Inc,
And smiles that no one understands,
I grope adown my destiny.
Some say / waver when | walk
Along the crowded thoroughfares.
And some leer in my eyes, and talk
OF dullness, when see in theirs
Like fishes eyes, alive or dead
But surfaces of vacancy
Blank disks that never seem to see.
But CLINT and glow and glare instead.
The ragged shawl 1 wear is wet
With driving, dripping rains, and set
II seems a royal raiment, where
Through twisted torrents Of my hair,
l see rare gems that gleam and shine
Like Jewels in stream of wine,
The gaping shoes that Clothe my feet
Are golden sandals, and the Shrine
Where courtiers grovel ana repeat
Vain prayers, and where IN JOY thereat,
fair prince doffs his plumed hat,
And kneels, and names me all things
sweet,
~.
Sometimes the sun shines, and the lull
OF winter noon Is like a tune
The stars might twinkle to the moon
II night were white and beautiful
For when the clangoT of the town.
And strife of traffic soften down,
The wakeful hunger that l nurse,
In listening, forgets TO curse,
ITptil--ah iONl with dreaming head
browse, and dream that l am dead
And buried safe beyond their eyes
Who either pity or despise.
James Whitcomb Riley.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

a Helping Hand.-Aunt Harriet has
written letters to General Eagan and
Congressman Roberts" I'm the name OF
sense, what for?' "She wants them TO
join her pon't-Worry Club."-BroolSlyn
Life.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

At this rate things promise to be
closed up al Manila so as to permit
Admiral Dewey TO come home in time
30 see snow again.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

As 1t Seems-Mrs. Hoon docking up
from her reading)-"The Chinese invent
ed gun powder" Mr.. Hoon-Yes: but 1t
was so many years ago that they have
long since forgotten what it was for
Puck
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27
JoVIALITIES.

Boy-Papa, who was the first weather
prophet? Papa-Ananias- -Cript.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

Galusha A. Grow, although three
months younger than John Sherman, en-
tered congress four years ahead of the
great Ohio financier and had he been
kept there would doubtless have equalled
or eXceled Sherman at every point. In
natural ability he is easily Sherman's
equal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

Turkey has been engaged in war thirty
eight years of the present Century-con
siderably more than one-third of the time
Spain comes next, with thirty-onc years
of war; France has had twenty-seVer
years: Russia, twenty-fOur; Italy. twenty
three; England, twenty-one; Austria, sov
enteen; Holland, fourteen; Germany
thirteen; Sweden, ten; Portugal ten
Denmark. nine.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

Both the Otises seem to be righ
smart fighters, as it We're.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

"IIc isn't exactly what I'd call an in
sincere man. remarked Mr. Blykns, land
he wants you to like him. But" Eyes, :"
said the person who is always eager to
hear bad news about human nature,
"Well. he's the sort Of man who will find
out what time you are sure to he too
busy to leave before he takes chances
on asking you out to lunch. ."-Washing-
ton Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

Justice-What have you to say in an
swer to the charge of stealing this mans
plank walk? The AcCuscd-l took it by
advice of my physician, yer honor He
told me to take a long walk every day.
This was the first long walk | saw to-
day, and of course / took it.-Boston
Transcript.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

papa-See the spider, my boy, spinning
his web Is 1t not wonderful? DO you re-
fleet, try as he may, no man could spin
that web? Johnny-What of it? See me
spin this top, Do you reflect that, try
as he may, no spider could spin this
tOp?-HouSehOld Words.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

Side groceryman's 6-year-od, "a lie can
be acted as well as told. Now, if your
father would put sand in his sugar and
sell it he would be acting a lie and doing
very wrong That's what mother told
him." said Johnny, impetuously, land he
said he didn't care."-ColumbuS Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

"Nfy dear" said a repentant husband
to his wife, eff | ever used any unkind
words to you. l take them all back"
mo, you won't. I know you. You
want to use them all over again." she
replied.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-27

Professor James Dewar, of London. who
discovered the process by which air can
be liqueted and thus made possible the
wonderful experiments upon which Pro
fcssOr Tripler H. now engaged, will soon
receive through the American embassy
the first gold medal ever awarded by the
Smithsonian institution. The medal Is
three inches in diameter and its bullion
value Is more than $500.