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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-13
FREELAND, PA, FEBRUARY 10, 1899


J. T. Rothrock, forestry commissioner
of the state, among the hundreds of
office holders who are slated for re-
moval by Governor Stone to make
places for Quayites. In the eyes of the
spokesman no position should be held by
any but one who has helped the victor
to win. The creed OF this class of
politicians is so narrow that they cannot
comprehend the fact that some people
are peculiarly fitted to perform certain
work. Their limited vision permits
them to see only the dollars attached to
the position, and forthwith they clamor
for the position. When the power to
remove and appoint is in the hands of
graduate from the spoils class, the
clamor does not continue long until it is
satisfied.
In the case of DR.. Rothrock these
facts are brought out with vividneSs
that is truly discreditabe to the state.
The office of forestry commissioner is
perhaps the most non-political in the
country. The patronage of the office is
nothing and the occupant can neither
help nor injure one party or another,
outside of his influence as private
citizen. Yet, if reports be true, a
change in the Office is about to be an
nounced
1t is not alleged that DR.. Rothrock is
incapable, that he has failed to admins
ter his duties in proper manner or
that even his Republicanism is question
able.
All that can be said against him is
that he has devoted the education OF
his life, all his time and all his influence
and prestige to procure legislation that
might advance the cause Of forestry,
and to teach the people of his state the
great necessity of protecting trees and
plants. He has not spent his time
Strengthening the political fences Of
party, like many of his fellow offic,
holders, and because he has failed II
commit this offense while in the pay o
the state the Quayites demand his of
fetal head as warning to all other
that the man who fails to pay homag
to Quay forfeits the right to hold ollic
in Pennsylvania.
Until short time ago little or n
attention was given to the work of tn
department over which DR.. Rothroc
presides. The matter of forestry pre-
lection, Arbor day observances an
the like were considered of interest t
only those who were directly intereste
in timber cultivation. People did nc
realize that their water supplies and
hundred other matters of daily life wei
intimately connected with forestry pr
servation. DIR. Rothrock has educate
Pennsylvanians to their duty, or at lea
has made such wonderful progress
that direction, that his removal at TIL
time, in the midst of his self-sacriicir
and good work, would be an irreparab
loss to the state.
But if his removal will hasten t.
voters in deciding that the time is he
to overthrow a system that places me-
below political power, it will not
without its compensations.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-13

Miss Oldgal-My nncle has given me
handsome valentine every year since
| was little girl. So sweetly senti.
mental of him, don't you think so?
Young Pokelong-Yahs, and very
LIBERAL too Thirty or forty valentines
at four or five dollars apiece
Miss Oldgal Sir-r-r-r-r-r!
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-13
Guying.

"Let me be your valentine" he
urged, on his knees.
She gazed at him.
Sentimental or comic p" she queried.
1t was the deathnote OF his passion.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-21

Admiral Dewey started for home
yesterday. His leave taking of his
friends in Manila Bay was evidently
quite affecting. Certainly his friends
and that means all Americans in, the
Philippines and all foreigners, with
perhaps the exception of a single order
made manifest their grief at parting
with him, and yet their joy that he is
about to enter upon the rest he has SO
we'll earned. When he was about to
sail some one said to him that there was
disappointment felt in California that
he had decided not to come home by
way Of San Francisco and across the
continent. To this the Admiral replied
that We're he a younger man, and If he
entertained political ambition he would
not miss the chance. This gives US in
sight into the frankness and purity of
the man to-day so much admired by his
countrymen not more for his naval
victory over the Spanish than for his
mastery management of affairs in the
L
tested greater wisdom, courage and far
seeing in the months succeeding the
famous battle than he did of dash and
splendid fighting ability in the battle.
He is loved by Americans because he
does honor to their citizenship, because
he has proved wise, discreet, assertive,
cool, far-seeing, firm and statesmanlike
in the most trying situation in which
any American naval commander was
ever placed. Dewey will receive a well
come when he arrives home such as no
American has had since Washington
time. 1t will be greater than that, in
deed, in volume of expression, but with
the conditions between the two periods
taken into account it will be second
only to the honors accorded George
Washington.
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COUNTY EXHIBITS.

The State Agricultural Society is
making an appeal to the counties of the
State to set up county exhibits at the
approaching State Fair. The idea Of
county exhibits was first preached some
twenty years ago. 1t was realized some
eight years later and for several years
was a notable feature in the fairs. Then
it was gradually abandoned. At least,
only three or four counties have since
entered as such. The present idea is
to renew the system. While it was fol-
lowed it was complete success. True,
there was some little friction attending
competition, and the near by counties
it was complained, enjoyed advantages
denied the more distant ones. But this
was mainly in the attractiveness OF dis
play 1t was soon found that as ex-
hibits of the capacities and resources
Of the counties the advantages were
fairly equal. The effort to revive the
county exhibit plan ought to succeed.
The judgment for award of premiums
the value of the exhibits to the gem
eral and the travelling public.
Besides this congress of exhibits pre-
sents the State in miniature as to its
resources. Thus the visitor gets a com
prehensive idea of the variety of our
products which is Of high value to the
counties as well as the State as whole
The fair is not a local institution. 1t
is of State concern and should be more
a State exposition than it has been.
That it has not always risen to the full
rank as a State exhibit has been due
to the false idea obtaining that the fair
is local in it's character.
There is no good reason for entertain
ment of that notion. Wherever located
there would be something of local tone
given to the exposition. But that does
not operate against the people at large
taking that concern in the annual State
exposition that should be manifest.
There is no better way to make it a
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MANSIONS AND MONUMENTS.

Now they are proposing to raise mon
ely in San Francisco to erect monu-
ment in honor of Admiral Dewey and
the American navy. We assume that
the idea is to set up such monument
in Golden Gate Park. That is better
than to raise money to build a man
sion for a man who would be unlikely
to- occupy and maintain it. Besides, we
like the idea of liberal means con-
tributing for works of art for public
the people, 1t matters very little who
owns a work of art if the other man
may enjoy inspection and study of it;
if its influence is disseminated through
a free atmosphere which all may
breathe. We believe in the very liberal
ornamentation of public grounds with
monuments, statuary and other works
of fine art. We do not do enough OF
that in in America The more we
beautify parks and squares, the
streets, highways and breathing
places of the public, the more we re-
fine and elevate the tastes of the peo-
pie, raise their aspirations and quicken
their ambitions for better living and
better thinking. By all means, erect
a monument to the American navy,
and in honor of Dewey, but let the
$3.50 600 mansion-for- a-widower idea
go the way of unwise things.
But after all, before we act in rails
ing money for mansions or statuary,
for monuments or jubilation, it would
better become US to create a fund that
would insure the home coming yolun-
teer an opportunity to return to as
good employment as he sacrificed to
serve his country. 1t sounds SO much
louder, and seemingly rings SO much
more Of patriotism, and all that, to
boom along monument and mansion
schemes, that to this date not penny
has been asked or offered, nor a single
step taken to insure the returning boys
in blue from beggary ON the highways.
or the fate of organ grinding at the
street corners
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-21

If the Cars peace or disarmament
congress is going to waste time talk
ing over the threadbare subject Of a
court of international arbitration, as is
intimated it will, it had as we'll ad-
journ and send it's members speeding
homeward. That question is old straw,
and has been we'll threshed over al
ready. America wants nothing to do
with a permanent international arbi-
tration court Our people are by no
means opposed to arbitration as a
means to settlement of disputes. They
have invoked it themselves more than
once. But they are opposed, and should
SO remain to a permanent international
court of arbitration. To agree to such
a tribunal being set up would mean
the surrender of liberty in many cases !;
that is to say, it would make CONNER
cially strong nations the dictators of
terms to weaker ones. Arbitration is
unobjectionable when there are reasons
justifying it. In such cases the action
taken. must be dependent upon the cir
cumstances surrounding each case. But
to agree to send all issues to arbitra-
ton, no matter what they may be, is to
mortgage free will
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-21

It is amazing how many motives the
quid nunosl discover for Mr. Speaker
Reeds retiracy from active political
life, and for his removal to New York
City. The very latest is that Mr.. Reed
is convinced he never could be nom
mated for the Presidency from Maine.
Therefore he is resolved to get into the
swim in New York, and go into the Ma
ticnal Convention with the Empire State
behind his ambitions Would it not
be just as well to accept Mr.. Reed on
the face Of him? Is not his own de-
claration entitled to full faith? Mr..
Reed says that he retires from Con-
gress because he wishes to engage in
the practice of his profession, that he
may lay up a cool penny for a rainy
day which he cannot do under the sal
airy of a Congressman. He goes to
New York to practice because he can
there form better business connections,
and obtain the large clientage. These
would seem to be reasons sufficient.
Anyhow whose business is it except Mr..
Reeds?
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ence with them, and this is most large
~ and very strongly against the Ar
menian as desirable in large groups.
Speaking upon the general subject the
"Oregonian" we'll says:
We, as a nation, have learned some
thing about strange peoples and their
relation to civilization in the last year,
and though in the spirit of liberty we
may reprobate the harsh treatment
that makes and keeps the Armenlans
homeless. we realize that the task of
settling them and governing them after
they are established is not entirely one
OF philanthropy and love. Russia mas
her full share of the white mans bur-
den," and it is not her way to handl-
cap herself too heavily in her mode OF
carrying it. She is, indeed, somewhat
prone to shift it to the shoulders OF the
notions by most un gentle processes upCn
occasion, with lofty Indifference TO the
worlds opinion in regard to her motives
and methods With a knowledge of TINS
fact it is safe to assume that the Ar
menian community in the Caucasus VIII
either submit to Russian rule on Rus
sia's terms or seek country OUTSIDE
of her dominions, as the Firms IN the
ncrth are doing in great numbers with
out waiting for decree of expulsion or
risking Consumption into the army that
will make anything but dumb submis-
sion to their fate impossible.
For our part we are inclined to the
belief that the Armenian will not go
from Russia willingly. He has not
the means of movement He is a stub
born fellow. He believes he has a right
to remain where he was welcomed; he
has no place toward which to turn his
face The result will be that Russians
will augment their prosecutions and
presently we will have some narrowing
tales of Russian cruelty toward Ar
that of the Turk, of course. 1t will
lack the savagery of the hill tribes the
Turks permitted to descend upon the
Arnenians, and butcher them and
carry away their wives and children
into captivity But it will be perse-
cution, and our ears will ring with its
change.
What should be done? That which
VIII not be, but in the commonest JUS
tice should be effected. The giving over
to the Armenians of all the territory of
which they are natives, compel Turkey
to yield up to these people their own.
Let them gather at home once more and
there abide, as they are content to do.
They do not wish to wander over the
face of the earth They are not no
madic; they are poor immigrants.
Surely their plea to be allowed to pos
sess their own is one pitifully strong.
1t ought to reach the hearts of the ma
tons and bring about such action as
will result in compelling Turkey to re-
lax her hold upon the homes of the
Armenians.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-21
GENERAL HALEs OPINION.

Brigadier General Irving Hale of Col
orado. who was wounded in one of the
recent battles in Luzon, has written
under date of April Sth to his father IN
Denver a very interesting letter con-
corning the situation in the Philippines,
but more particularly regarding the
army movements just preceding the
fall of Malolos. But the most valuable
portion of the letter. which is repro
duced in a recent issue of the Denver
News" is found in the expression of
opinion of this commanding officer on
the ground concerning the probable life
of the insurrection. This expression so
parallels the belief frequently express
ed of late in these columns, and is SO
verified by recent evidences of the fail
ure of the insurrection, that we repro
duce the paragraph:
Since March 31st, when We captured
Malolos we have been camped in and
near the town, taking things compare
lively easy and awaiting developments.
The insurgent army is undoubtedly
badly broken up, and yet RECONNAISSANCE
ces in force to north and northwest
show that they still hold positions along
the railroad and Quingua River, and
are intrenching, with the evident inten-
ton of resisting our further progress.
Whether it will pay to- chase them any
farther at present is question. Pris-
oners and natives all tell US that the
people in general are against the war
and anxious to quit. With Manila. sur
rounding country for twenty-five miles,
and railroad in our possession, the best
policy may be to cultivate what we
have fenced in and give the instruction
a chance to die natural death. When
the leaders, are crowded out of the prln-
cipal towns and away from the railroad,
| deprived of the privilege Of living in
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-21

We are beginning now to hear from
the Uitlanders who claim that the al
legged conspiracy to overthrow the
Transvaal Government was a story
manufactured by the Beers to attract
attention from the grievances of the
foreign element. But we have no de-
finite, no specific and clear statement
of the wrongs under which the alien
element claims to suffer. We have an
idea that it will turn out in this IN
stance, as it did in the days Of the
Jameson raid, that the wrongs are more
fanciful than real; that they are main
ly based upon the refusal Of the Beers
to admit aliens to citizenship on terms
the aliens themselves propose. That
was the sum and substance of the
earlier complaint, and it is unlikely
that any better showing can be made
now. 1t would be the strangest thing
ever recorded in history if it should go
of record that great Powers had fallen
upon a weak and small one to compel
it to change its laws to permit aliens to
become citizens so easily and freely.
that they would soon be able to control
the Government and society itself Not
only would it be strange but it would
be shameful.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-21

General Otis did right in rejecting,
sharp and short, the third series of
propositions from the Filipino ENJOYS.
They wished an armistice until their
Congress could decide if it wanted
more war or wished peace.
Shfewd fellows those. They were
seeking quasi recognition of
their Government by working their
so-called Congress into the negotia-
tons The truth is the Congress is a
sham. Out of over seventy mem
bers supposed to belong to it, only
thirty have ever qualified or put in
any sort of an appearance.
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fine houses belonging to others, and
governing cities and important prov
inces, and when rations and money for
the troops get scarce. it is quite prob
able that the good people will relieve
us of the unpleasant job of killing off
Aguinaldo and his aides and advisers,
and the insurgent cause will disinte-
crate and fail to pieces of its own
wedght-especially if some inducement
is offered to- the troops to surrender and
turn in their q rms
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-21


There is no man sensible and fair
minded, who is not hide-bound parti-
san and a skinny political sneak, who
does not approve acts of the President
Kinley is a hard worked man, as every
| one knows. The pressure and strain
upon him are very great, and have been
during all the year past, which has
been so trying a one to the entire ma
ton. Is it any wonder that a man with
such weight of State affairs upon his
mind should find that ne needs rest
and relaxation for a few days? Why,
the least responsible clerks in the poor
est of the Government departments is
given his or her fortnight Of vacation
annually. Shall we begrudge the Pres
ident with the pressure that is upon
him, the needful rest and change es-
sential to his physical we'll being? Yet,
here are newspapers, the proprietors of
denounced them as unfair, dishonest
and unjust, which are meanly assailing
President Mckinley because he takes a
week or ten days off at a medicinal
spring, Notwithstanding that he keeps
in touch with his office work, and his
mind gets little rest since all dispatches
relating to his office are forwarded to
him, and he continues to issue neces-
sary orders and attend to affairs of
state daily. Journals which sneer, fiout
and abuse the President for his trip to
the springs are dishonest in their par
tisan loyalty, and unfair and unjust.
The 'Oregonian" we'll says on this sub
ject:
President Mckinley shows good sense
in seeking proper relaxation from the
active duties of his office. The country
needs and is entitled to the very best
that is in the chief magistrate, and no
man is at his best, in an executive
sense, whose nerves are unstrung from
a too close application to business. This
is true when the labor is of routine
character, and performed under the dl-
rection of others, or according to fixed
rules of business It is doubly true
when the worker is himself the head
and front of all responsibility, and his
judgment is far-reaching in it's nature.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-21
Weather Forecast.

For Northern California; Fair Sunday;
light northerly winds. westerly on the
coast.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-21

characterize and satisfactory State Fair
than to revive expand and generally
enlarge the county exhibit plan. If this
is done there will be no complaint that
the fair represents mainly the central
sections. If it does it is the fault OF
the more distant sections and for which
management is not blameworthy. The
TRANSPORTATION of exhibits to the fair is
such as is enjoyed by the people OF no
other State in the Union It is prac-
tically as easy for one county to SEND
in it's goods as for another, since the
transport is mainly costless.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-21

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Should at any future time have occa-
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one. Gratefully yours,
James Lewis"
Wherever the catarrh is, there is sure
to be a waste of mucus. The mucous is
as precious as blood. It is blood, in fact.
1t is blood plasma-blood with the cor
puscles removed. To stop this waste,
you must stop this catarrh. A course of
treatment with Pe-ru-na never fails to
do this.
Send for free catarrh book. Address
The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co.,
Columbus, Ohio.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
no persons shall perform any road WORK
in the Fifth Supervisor District without a
written order of the Road Commissioner
of said district.
THOMAS JENKINS. Supervisor.
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10000 square miles.
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