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The state capital., 1899-01-13
CITY PER SONALS.
Miss Fannie Tyler is quite sick.

MISS FANNIE Tyler Is quite SICK.
Mrs. Thcs. Works is very sick.
George D. Groves returned fern
Lincoln Monday.
Mr.. Henry Broadly was very sick the
first of the week.
Miss White OF Decatur, spent se7era-
pleasant days in the city.
Mr.. Thos. Killion left for Clinton
Monday on business,
,Mr. Isaac Lewis is quite sick at his
residence ON East. Mason street. y q
Little Paul, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
V Broadly has been very sick this week
Ben King has returned 20 the city
after ae extended stay in tho West.
Mr.. Rebt, Woods, who has been
quite sick for several days is convaless
ing. ~-~.s
Arthur j. Young, who has suffered
the past several weeks, is able to be
out.
DR.. B. F. Watson had charge of the
singing of the Ministerial Association
Monday evening
Bert Barton has returned from
pleasant visit with friends in Urbana
and Champaign.
EMr. Junius Montgery, an cid and
highly respected citizen is very sick at
St. John Hospital.
The Zion Baptist church has secured
the services of Mrs, Ella Naylsr as
organist.
Mrs. E. A. Brewington the noted
evangelist. assisted Rev. C. H. Sheen of
Decatur in his revival this week.
Louis Baker, private messenger of the
Ridgeley bank, was compelled to lay
off from work several days this week
on account of sickness.
Messrs. John and Henry Taborn two
prominent farmers, residing twelve
miles west of this city, were in the
city this week On business.
Mr., Frank Jenkins, ',who has suffere
for some time with severe attack of
rheumatism, is confined to his home on
East Masc street,
Miss Lula Harris of Nashville, Ten :
nessee. niece of Mesdames Lucy
Blackwell and Sarah Ross, is in the
city and will remain an indefinite
length of time.
Ed and Frank Mallory, the come
dians and dancers, who are we'll known
in this city are with the Williams and
Walker Vaudeville Co., which appears
at Chatterten's Opera House Feb. 9Th.
4Mr, John Killion of Omaha, Nebras-
ka, who has been the guest of relatives
and friends in the city for several
weeks, will leave for his home M q ca
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-24
PLAYING to the Galleries.

The interrogations asked by the
Fow bribery probers Of the various
members Of the legislature border
directly on the farcical. There prob
ably is not a member of either house
who al some time or other in some way
or other has not been approached on
every one of the questions prominently
entering into the senatorial canvass,
with arguments. persuasion and the
suggestion of political trades. We have
no direct knowledge that this is true.
but it is reasonable to suppose that
politics at the state capital is not es-
pecially different from politics else
where; and there never were two poll
ticians vet who when a fight was on
did not go through the conventional
formulate of the game in their endeav-
ors to- promote the particular objects
they had in view. To do so is human
nature.
When fool questions like these at
| Harrisburg are put before members it
is plain that the intent is not to un-
earth corrupt practices but simply to
play to the galleries and to kill time
! No man who has taken a bribe will
hesitate to commit perjury to cover up
his crookedness Going after bribers
| with brass band accompaniments
| doesn't give the quarry any uneasiness
! if bribery there has been. On the other
! hand very few men who have made
| political deals involving future office or
patronage for themselves or their
| friends are likely to go on the witness
| stand and give their arrangements
! away. There Is no power to compel a
| member to incriminate or besmirch
| himself; and it is often convenient for
! politicians under oath to be afflicted
with short memories.
| Up to date the drum beating investi-
| cation demanded by the bolting re
! formers" has developed nothing more
| than two or three ntradiCtOry accu-
| sations and denials. as to which public
! opinion divides on factional lines. No
| body has brought forth any evidence;
! all is assertion and hearsay on the one
| hand and sworn denial on the other.
| The subsection of the entire member
| ship of the house to a theatrical cate
| gorcal examination will leave matters
| precisely where it found it, with each
side calling the other hard names and
no substantial proof of crookedness on
either side. In the meantime there
seems no prospect of the election of a
senator prior to the designated date OF
hence: and if the legislature is sensible
| it will henceforth desist as far as pos
sible from these transparent factional
monkey tricks and attend strictly ia
the business of laW-making.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-24
Dreaming in Vain.

With characteristic unselfshness our
good friend, Colonel Watterson, has
again dedicated himself to the thank
less task of saving the Democratic
party. Colonel Watterson saves the
Democratic party periodically but the
perverse creature invariably refuses to
stay saved, This time the prescription
written for it's redemption by our ami
able Blue Grass cOnfrere departs from
the time-honored precedents and plung-
es neck over heels into modern social
ism. Omitting foreign relations. con-
cerning which he considers expansion
as inevitable, Colonel Watterson would
have his Democratic brethren dismiss
their fruitless wrangling over dead is
sues ana get together for the formula
tiCn Of line of domestic politics hav-
ing these four ends in view:
First-The destruction of combinations
Of capital designed to limit production TO
raise prices, and TO promote monopoly.
SecOnd-The raising Of the public money
by taxes fairly divided between produc-
tion and consumption; beginning with a
tariff for revenue only and ending i'm a
graded income tax, oppressive to no class
or interest
ThiTd-The recovery to the people of all
franchises belonging to the people, but
diverted from public to private uses, by
the purchase of corporations and ind-
vduals, corruptly working through state
and municipal legislation,
Fourth-Such reorganization and re-
! form of our judicial system as will re-
move the courts farther from the infiu-
| ence of the rich and make them more
| accessible to the poor; a result not to be
| reached by excited appeals and revolu-
| tionary menaces, but by calm, conserva-
! tive methods originating in the benign
| and orderly operations Of an enlightened
| public opinion,
We must applaud the ingenuity Of
| this programme; as vote-catcher
! nothing would be more effective if the
| public could be induced to credit Cts
sponsors with sincerity. There is no
| possible doubt that the overwhelming
majority Of the people today oppose
trusts, favor public ownership OF pub
lie franchises and want courts OF i0D-
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Upon motion Of Representative
Woodruff OF Philadelphia, the Penn
Sylyania state house of representatives
has adopted a resolution providing for
the appointment of a commission to
inquire into and report on the question
of trusts and how to remedy them. The
preamble to the resolution covers 50
much ground that it is worth quoting
in full. 1t follows:
Whereas, Thcrr has been during recent
years rapid MULTIPLICATION and extension
81 corporations ana rIuStS: ana. where
as, il is alleged ny many observers that
this growth Of corporate power is largely
6u" tn ia" fact that in many branches
"f industry great combinations OF capital
appear to be essential for obtaining he
best results at IN" least cost and for
supplying the wants of the people at fhe
lowest possible prices; and. whereas, the
increase Of corporations ana trusts mas
been accompanied by such serious evils
and abuses that there has heen an urgent
demand for legislative remedies; ana.
whereas, there * great diversity Of
opinion as To what should hc done, and
while some declare that everything must
be left to the operation of the laws of
supply ana demand and free competition,
passed which might paralyZe our indus
trial enterprises and be exceedingly in
furious to the publlc welfare: and, where
as, il Is obvious that regulation WIN be
better than prescription, If We can dis
cover satisfactory methods for protect
ing the interests of all and for avoiding
the evils while preserving the economic
advantages Of corporate activity; and,
whereas, the Importance Of this problt m,
and the legal and practical difficulties
which sit presents, are such as to require
the careful investigation and mature dc.
liberation Of men Of eminent ability and
representative Of various interests; lhore-
fore be It resolved, etc.
The resolution part Of Mr. Woodruff's :
production calls for a commission OF
ffteen-three senator's five representa-
tves and seven citizens. four Of whom
are to be named, one apiece, by the
state board of trade, the Pennsylvania
legislative labor league, the Pennsylva-
mia Bar association and the Patrons Of
Husbandry-which after due organiza-
tiOn is to confer with commissions ap-
pointed i'm other states, or acting on
behalf of the National government for
similar purposes. 1t shall also have the
total of $1,000 for actual travelling
and other expenses, including clerical
assistance, stationery and postage All
public employees are instructed to furnish
the commission with all needful infor.
nation and to assist II in every pos
sible way. The report of the commits.
sion is TO contain full statement OF
its conclusions, with the data or reasons
uuon which they are based, and is tc
he published promptly. The governor
Is TO invite other states to cooperate in
the inquiry,
In support Of his proposition Mr.
Woodruff made an extended and judic-
ious review of the field of recent indus.
trial consolidation. showing what new
problems the tendency to consolidate
has introduced into public affairs and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-24
Now Complete the Welcome.

AuspiciOus ana cordial was the Thir-
ecnths welcome home and every per-
son concerned in the preparation and
in the execution of the arrangements
deserves from the community vote
uf thanks The parade marked an
epoch in local history and the bar.
uuct and reception We:a in keep
ing with their occasion. Years hence
the incidents Of this commemor-
alton will be recalled by aged men
who nov are boys and described by
them t. children and grandchildren
yet unborn; for 4 will be recognized in
local annals as marking the formal
close Of the war which, though the
hriefest of all the country's resorts to
hostilities. was yet in its wide-reach-
ing effect ncrhaus the most significant
war in American history; the war
which at stroke terminated the re-
public's boyhood dream of a splendid
and permanent isolation ana carried
to All the nations visual announce
mont that the slumbering giant among
the world-powers was to slumber and
10 cream no moro.
But today this multi-colored spec
Eacle of iubilator honored by the pres
enCc and participation Of distinguished
guests from near and far IS no more;
flags will come down, the bunting be
laid away ana for the 'pomp and cir
cumstancc of war" will be substituted
the hard-scrahble. pitiiess hustling OF
peace. We are not a sentimental pcO-
pie. our heroes do not long linger in
the public imagination. He who was
the recipient of plaudits yesterday
may be the victim Of kicks today it,
presuminS too much on short-lived
grace he gets in the way of the pop
ular push" or seeks to do business
with the future on the capital of past
tense. There is an unconscious brutal
ity in the haste with which our coun-
trymen make their way through life
that points for this occasion very
necessary moral; and it is that before
our duty to the soldier boys of yester-
day can be considered as fully and
fairly discharged, generous provision
must be made for the comfortable re-
turn of every one of them to the ways
and walks of peace.
Many do not need this help but
many others do. We owe to all the
practical as well as the sentimental
welcome which. not content with flag
waving and applause, takes each hero
by the hand and escorts him to a fit
ting civil opportunity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-24

alarming extent in England. The whip
ping law was passed, and, according TO
the HgurCs, there was a perCeptible and
sudden decrease in crimes of the kind
that were made punishable by whipping.
AT the present time the punishment is
rarely inflicted, though the law Is still on
the statute books.
James Taylor of New York bought a
tract of land in Pine Hill, in the Catsklls,
TWO years ago, erected a summer home
and laid out park. Recently the courts
decided that the sale of the land was
void and that Mr.. Taylor must lose his
residence and the park with its improve
ments. The citizens of the village were
greatly stirred up over the decision and
took sides with Mr.. Taylor. They called
moving bee and helped to move the
house and barn off the tract onto another
piece of land An injunction was OBJ
tained to prevent the removal of the
house, but II came too late. Mr. Taylor
had saved his house. Gumption had trl-
umphed over law.
The Supreme court has affirmed the
constltutionality of the act of 1895 which
provides that suits for damages arising
from PERSONAL injury sustained at the
hands OF railways must be brought with
in two years from the date of the injury
If not brought within this time limit
there can be no legal recovery.
"I would rever have believed it," said
the serious-faced man, had ! not seen II
with my own eyes"
WHAT"
"A farmer friend of mine fed his chick
ems on a mixture of meal and sawdust
and of twelve eggs hatched out eleven
produced hens with wooden legs. and 'he
twelfth was woodpecker. Philadelphia
North American.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-24
THE WEATHER.

"Scurious like" said the tree toad,
I've twttered for rain ali day,
And / got up soon,
And / hollered till noon,
But the sun just blaZed away
Till / just climbed in a crawfiSh hole,
Weary al heart and sick at soul.
"Dozed awav for an hour
And ] tackled the thing again,
And l sung, and sung,
Till I knowed my lung
Was jest about give in;
And then, thinks |, if it don't rain now,
There's nothn' in singin anyhow
"OnCe in a while some farmer
Would come a-driVin' past,
And he'd hear my cry,
And stop an sigh,
Till l Jest laid back at last,
And hollered rain till thought my throat
Would bust right open at every note! .
"But fetched her. o, fetched her!
Cause little while ago.
AS l kind o set
with one eye shet
And a Singin' soft and low,
A voice dropped down on my feveret
brain,
Sayin'-Tf you'll just hush, I'll rainv"
James WhtComb Riley.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-24

he quoted with effectiveness from the
speech Of ex-President Harrison before
the students of the University OF Michi-
gan, in which the ex-president said: "A
way must be devised to place corpora
tions under proper restraint and to
bring to the tax roll the vast aggre-
gate Of untaxed personal property
Five-siXths of the voters of the coun-
try favor a revision OF corporation
laws, limiting the purposes for which
corporations may be organized, super
yising the issuing of stocks and bonds
and putting other restraints upon them.
An even larger proportion of our peo-
pie would give their emphatic support
to the proposition that tax burdens
should fall equally upon all property"
All of this is interesting, not so much
because of the promise which 1t holds
out of immediate betterment in legis-
lation as because of the sign which 1t
supplies that the public mind is con-
cerning itself with the problem. In
duiry and meditation are the proper
preludes to action.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-24
THE ERIE PLAN.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
Up to the present time The county of
Lackawanna is said to have paid over
three hundred thousand dollars for the
luxury of election contests. 1t now has
another such contest on hand which VIII
presumably cost some thousands more.
Methods differ apparently in different
counties. Out in Erie the other day the
Republican candidate for congress, who
was defeated bv a few votes, but who be-
lieved firmly that he could reverse the
verdict before any fair tribunal, declined
in the public interest to make a fight.
1t was his notion that it would be an out
rage to subject the people to the cost of
an investigation merely to vindicate him
self or his pride. We commend the Erie
plan to Lackawanna. Whore there IS
proof of fraud a contest should be made
as a matter of principle, but there is en-
tirely too much of the business of con-
testing in order that candidates may get
back some of their campaign expenses
and lot of lawyers and witnesses get
fees,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-24

Before taking leave Of the subject
Of yesterdays demonstration mention
should be made of the community's in
the Thirteenth, Colonel Henry a. Cour-
9"u. During the difficult cares of the
year now closing he proved himself a
careful, intelligent, painstaking officer
alert in the interest of the men under
his command and invariably mindful Of
the responsibilities resting upon him.
There were few colonels in the service
whose records exhibit a cleaner testi-
monia Of fidelity and efficiency
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-24

one Of those admirable women, a lady
prominent in the good deeds of the
Red Cross, who gave her services daY
after day at one of the supply. bureaus
of the society, said to me, recently:
I'VE can always pick out q regular
among the soldiers we see here. Not
many come to us, but those that do are
invariably clean and neat in appear
ance, respectful and deferential in
their demeanOr towards the ladies here,
with a modest courtesy of brave men
that goes straight 10 our hearts" I
can bear that statement ready witness.
have seen them under many circum-
stances-in war and in peace, in the
field and in garrison on shipboard and
in port, on and off duty-and have yet
to meet the regular soldier or sailor
who has treated me otherwise than
with decency and civility. ! happened
to be in Tampa last spring when the
troops were paid. Some twelve to fif-
teen thousand regulars infantry, cav
airy, and artillery, had received their
money, and the streets We're crowded
with the men. | had occasion to go to
the postoftcc, but I gave up the at
tempt to reach the stamp window" ="
SO packed was the room with soldiers
buying money orders tC send TO their
homes. Although the drinking places
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-24

Secretary Alger has issued am order
Breckenridge for using the inspector
generals working force in the hunt
for evidences of rotten army beef 1t
it high time for Mckinley to show AL
GER the door
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-24
Our line of

AnTaltS Long ClOakS
Is not surpassed by any es.
tablishment and comprises
garments i'll Silk, Cashmere
and Bedford Cord, and the
prices range from $2.oo 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, 1899-03-24

were wide open all through the prin-
cipal streets, and no visible restraint
was placed on any one, soldier or civ ID.
ilian, who desired to visit them, / saw
no instance OF disorderly conduct, and,
during the whole time that these troops
were eneamped at Tampa and the VIC
Unity peace and good order prevailed
among them generally, except in iso-
lated instances.
I wonder how many of our people
know that hundreds of the fine fellows
on Admiral SIMPSONS ships had not
set foot ashore on liberty for more than
six months-manv of them for even a
longer period-until they met with the
enthusiastic welcome that all, high and
low, We'd with one another in extend
Ing to them on the return of the fleet
to New York? All through the weary
waiting at Tortugas and Key West. be-
fore the breaking out Of the war; all
through the long monotonous days and
anxious nights Of the blockade; all
through the tropical summer, through
wind and storm, bombardment and
chase, and the last glorious fight with
Cervera; through the hard and cease
less work in the tOrrid waters of Guam
tanamo Bay-no leisure had been theirs
Would not any one with drop of warm
blood in his veins make indulgent ex
cuses If. free for the time from the
rigid discipline of the ship, In the ex.
uberance of brawny health and high
animal spirits, many among then
yielded to the temptations of the lavish
hospitality pressed upon them by an
admiring and patriotic people? Yet out
of about two thousand men ashore on
that occasion, but six per cent. of the
number overstaid liberty. and practic-
tllyall Of them reported for duty event.
ually. Taking the instance on that oc-
casion of one of these ships, the New
York, as an illustration, OF two hun.
dred and twenty-five liberty men all
but three returned on board on time. |
think that under the circumstances the
incident speaks volumes for the char
acter of the men and the discipline OF
the service.
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n HAVE often heard with pain and
Indignation the flippant, unSen-
crOus sneer at the man who fights
u for pay. 1t is undoubtedly true
that the ranks of the army and marine
corps-and to a lesser degree the crews
of the navy, for in this service the
admirable apprentice system, which it
is a pity is not more widely extended,
furnishes constantly an excellent ele-
ment in the makeup of the ships COM
panieS-are mainly recruited from the
vast numbers of the unemployed, who
join the cOlOrS under stress of poverty !;
but environment, example, the tradi-
tons of the services soon exert their
influence, and very large proportion
of the enlisted men remain, for at
least a portion of their lives, soldiers
or sailors from choice. just as others
in civil life are mechanics farmers,
tradespeople, doctors, lawyers, or even
writer's and artists. Forming, as they
do, in the community a class by them
selves apart, yet are they sprung from
the people, from all parts of a great
nation. with all its virtues, all its
faults, but with the attributes of cour-
dBc, pdlIlOllSln anu ROBUST pHNSlcOt
Vigor. qualities which the American
people possess to a high degree, fos-
tered and developed by careful and
intelligent training of officers and men
in both land and sea services. All
sorts and conditions fill the ranks
from the college graduate to the farm
er's boy, from the deep -Chested, long
legged Yankee fisher to the wharft-
rat of a seaside city; most Of them
are hard-listed, hard-headed. rough
hewn men. Some fall by the way-side,
a few are unworthy of this or any 9TH
er honorable calling, but by far the
great mass are bright-eyed, vigorous,
clean, manly fellows, respecting them
selves and others-"first-c t-class hghting-
men"
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John Sherman has written an appen-
dix to his autobiography bringing the
record down to the first of the present
year. 1t ought to make interesting
raoIino