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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-12-29
UNA BODA

Desde Anasco nos partieipan una
boda simpatica.
La del joven don Carlos Urrutia y
ArsilIaga, hijo de nuestro distinguido ami
go don Vicente, con la agrsoiada sefiorita
Antonio Vega, perteneciente una familia
bisn estimada en- squella sociedad.
Ell scto tuvo efecto en- la nochs del
20 del corriente ante la iglesia catolica.
Que tengau ma luna de >miel ain
eolir SIS los Gesposados, son nuestros de
se;s.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-12-29
ADHESION Y SIMPATIA

Soto, Antonio Mendez, Pablo Ramos, NJ.
Tolosa, Feustino Cintron, Gregorio Be
rlios ORTIZ, Juan Gomez Santiago, Jose
Ramos, Arfatides Colon, Carlos Frsgoao,
E. Ointron, Eulalio Rever6n, M. Olivero,
Pablo Rodrignsz. Jose Ortiz Garcia, Juan
Ortiz Casanova, Victor VeIeso, LoreDz
j. .Martorsli, Ramon Lebron, Pascaslo
Gonzalez, Victor Santos, P. Lugo, Jose
Elicier, Valentin Cabrera, Luis Carras
quillo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-12-29

Nos inform n que en- la pr6xima se-
mana llegaran esta ciudad nuestros die
tinguidos amigos don Joe6 M5ndez Car
dona su graoiosa hija Mercedes.
Amboe, que son artistas puertorri
queflos muy notables en- ell g6nero drama
too. ayudarAn los esposos Justiz en- ls
temporada teatral que aquf han iniciado.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-12-29

deeida al seflor Obispo al parroco que
tan bien le secunda.
iAda hay religion en- Puerto Rico!
!. C. A.
Pefluelas, Dieit mbre 20.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-12-29
.PO-NICE
Noticias directas

El circo americana sc marcho al
microbes para San German.
Aquf no hixo negocio, por la escas@z
de dineTo.
I'm Ia m arina se declararon en- huel.
ga los anooneros, por diferencias en- pre-
clio del jornal con las empresas de an
cones.
Por fin han llegado IN aonsrdo sin
que haya tenido que interVenir la auto
ridad.
Mas vale aaf.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-12-29

Solo falta que la yfctima elegldz
aceIte esa salida.
Sc asegura que ell ayuntamIento de
esta eiudad, debe sus empleados la pl-
coca de S Is 900 dollars { a.. .loGgG'
J cete.
El viernes se vi6 en- juicio oral II
causa sobre robo en- cuadriila sn Ia pro
piedsd de don Agapito Perez.
Result6 condenado Jose Rivera con
diex amos de trabajos forzados.
Tome nota Descartes para la proxlma
session de la Cam IRA.
Con eli nombre de Lozo Frotera0t,
han fundado varios obreres de eets ciudao
an centro de recreo.
Su primer fiesta eeta anunciada para
Ell DIS despu6s de reyes.
Que prospere dicha asoelaoIon.
Para ell domingo anuncia ell cuadTo
de afoionadcs de Ia marina, otra tunclon
dramatica benefeio de los pobTes.
Como 90 We, squf subaiste siempre 81
msmo entusiasmo para las obras dc carl
dad.
Bisn por los aficionados de la marina.
La session extraordinaria anunHiada
para las de la tarde del viernes, 20 sc
celebro por falta de quorum.
1Volveremos las andadasF
Ell iueves embarcaron con deatlno
Haw Aii, cerca de 400 oompatriotas, tcdos
campesinos, trabajadores de altura, J en-
NAL estado oe salud.
Esos inGelices no v0lVeraa yer
su patria.
El Club xUni6ns prepara tambi6n
al lgunas fiestas para 6stos dfas.
Todo ell mando Sc divierte apesar de
la crisis.
Mas vale asf.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-12-29
Ia DemlOcracia

Notiicamos nuestros amigos de San
J uan, que este diario Sc vende en- ell esta.
bleoimiento meroantil que poseen en- La
plaza de Alfonso XII, los senores AUens
C2nspoaau.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-12-29

En- la session del microbes, segnr
anunclamos anteriormente, quedo electo
alcalde don Enrique Chavalier, d renglon
seguidc eomenzo dar iectura 81 seflor
Torres, que presidfa, una lustancia
donde se pidi6 Ia continuation de Rodulfo
Figueros en- ell cargo de jefe de policia,
y los se1ores Chavalier = Musifisg Sc
retiraron del oonsejo, atacados sdbitamen
te de una indisposicion.
Faltando quorum, hnbo de suspen-
derse ell aeto.
Celebraremos que los senores Muai
flag Chavalier est6n ys restableoidos
del TODD.
Sc dice que IN prominente republi-
cano ha prest ado la fsnza necesaria para
evitsr Ia prisi6n a uno de los antores del
atentado de estafa contra un conocido
industrial, y. de cuyo asunto Sc ocupo
este peri6dico hace pocos dfas.
Tambi6n se asegura que para evitar
toda responsabilidad criminal al autor
ant ores del hecho, Sc trata de dsrle al
atentado ell caracter de bronaG.
BrOnaitds asf, son muy corrientes.
en- dias de inocentes:
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-12-29

Sc asrgura que el ayuntamiento de
esta eiudad, debe sus empleados la Di-
coca de S 48 900 dollars { 49,. .loGg0'
Y gete.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12
STATE CONVENTION CALL.
To the Republican Electors of Pennsy


To the Republican Electors of Pennsyl-
Nania:
| am directed by the Republican state
committee to announce that the Repub-
leans of Pennsylvania, by their duly
chosen representatives.. will meet In con-
vention at the opera house, in the city or
Harrisburg, on Wednesday. April %, 1910.
at 1890 o'clock H. m. for the purpose OF
nominating candidates for the following
offices. tC wit.
one person for the Cffice of auditor gen.
eral.
Two persons FOR the office of congress
nan-at large.
Thirty-two persons Gour-at-large) for
preside ntial electors, and to choose eight
delegates and eight altornatcs-at-lais ise
to the Republican national convention to
be held IN Philadelphia on Tuesday the
nineteenth day Of June next, and for the
transaction of such other business as
may bc presented.
In accordance with the rule adopted at
the state convention held in Harrisburg
on August 24th. last, the representation
In the state convention will he based on
the vote pclcd at the last presidential
election. trder this rule eGch legislative
district Is entitled to one delegate for
every two thousand votes cast for the
presidential electors I'm 1896 and an ad IL
tonal delegate for every fraction Of
two thousand votes pollCd iii excess IF
one Thousand. Each district is entitled
to the same number of delegates as rep
resented 1t i'm the convert ton of 1855
BY order of the Republican state conf
mittec.
Frank Rccdcr. Chairman.
w. II. Andrews, G. f. Voorhees,. Sec
retarieS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12

HE PROPOSITION by cer-
tain Intelligent eastern
l. Democrats of the name OF
Hon. Richard Olney, of
Massachusetts. the last Democratic
secretary of state. in connection with
a presidential nomination this year.
has not made much practical headway,
and probably was not expected TO,
but from the standpoint of the higher
politics it has much in it's favor.
Leaving out of consideration the in
terests Of office holders or of men OK
peeting to get office. it will be recog-
nized as in the long run beneficial to
the people in general to have two po-
litical parties sufficiently we'll matched
in point of intelligence, patriotism and
voting strength to constitute checks.
one upon the other. To this end it is
desirable that the best men in each
party should be in control Of the party
machinery and be effective in the guild
ance of party policies.
There was n time when the Demo-
cratic party. honorable in its antiquity
and respectable at least as to the in
tellectual and moral character of its
leadership. occupied toward the Rc-
publican party the relationship consid-
cred above. 1t had the wrong side of
many issues. but in its errors of judg-
ment 1t was honest. and it represented
"a powerful and an educational force
in the formation Of sound public iudg
ments. In those days men of standing
throughout the country felt under no
necessity of concealing their politics;
If Democrats they were not Indifferent.
apoloGetic or hostile in their attitude
toward their party mana cement.
How it IS today? If line Of divis-
ion should be drawn between those
Democrats who have a fair degree OF
property interest and reasonably we'll
educated intellectual interest in the
government and those who have not,
the former group would be COMPOSED
almost entirely of citizens who either
secretly or openly feel ashamed or
their party's present estate and are
! wholly out of sympathy with the To-
uuacious and shifty demagogism which
has temporarily usurrcd the chief
places in it's councils. These men
know in their own hearts that Bryan
ism is political disease, and most Of
them have sufficient good sense to keep
| away from it themselves; but as yet
they are doing nothing to rescue their
party. In consequence the party is
rent into factions. pulled and hauled
by shallow demagogues, and has no
conscience, no settled convictions. no
clearly defined policy. and 81 long as
this debility continues no hope of sue
cess at the polls.
We wonder that Democrats Of the
| old school, men of attainments and
culture. are content to surrender tame
" to this passing socia!istic delirium
We wonder that they do not take steps
to reclaim and to rchabiltatc their
party upon footing that would again
command general respect.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12

n n ASSACHUSETTS is now
debating whether she
4 ought next winter to re-
tire or re-elect Senator
Hoar. If the question were one solely
of personal character, ability and
worth, the senator's great mistake on
the subject of our duty in the Philip
pines, which has cost the country
thousands of lives and millions of dol
lars, might be pardoned and re-
election justified on the basis Of mercy.
No one who knows Mr. Hoar wilhholds
from him personal respect, veneration
and affection. No one questions his
entire sincerity or fails 10 rate prop
erly the fine moral courage which has
impelled him, in support Of a mistaken
conviction, to brave the taunts of the
multitude and the protests of constitu-
ents and party associates. If it were
a personal question solely, or If the
personal equation We're the chief one
in the problem. Senator Hoar would
be entitled to a reelection without op-
position or qualification. and the whole
country would rejoice if he should be
thus honored.
But is it? Is 1t not, instead, pre-
eminently. almost wholly. a question
of public policy and OF the highest
policy, in which the commonwealth
of Massachusetts, has been placed by
Senator Hoar in the false position Of
having encouraged and aided armed
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12

resistance to American sovereignty,
with the result that sacrifice of life and
treasure has been entailcd which would
otherwise have been unnecessary? Is
1t not a question going to the very
vitals of representative government
and challenging the right of the ma
jority to have its opinion registered in
government? If Massachusetts should
re-elect Senator Hoar without instruc-
tions or censure. how else could its
action be construed than as approval
of his mistaken attitude and as en-
dorsement of the Aguinaldo side Of
Agunaldo versus Mckinley?
If Massachusetts wishes thus to be
aligned, that is another matter. But
does she?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12
Outline Studies
Of Human Nature
'Cooling the Kid.

NCOlNG TO TAKE the day off. eh?"
said the chief of division to the
clerk when the latter reported at the Of
flee at O'CLOCK and put in a slip for
days leave. Nothing the matter. l
hope? No sickness at home. is there
mo" replied the clerk, drearily. lean
ing heavily ON the chiefs desk. NO
sickness or anything like that But I've
got to put in a day of research. It's TINS
way: That 1o-year-old boy of mine
sprung a lot of 'em on me when ne las
going over his lessons after dinner last
night that stumpcd me and put me tell.
porarily ont of business. This was one
of them:
"'Thrce- -eights of a pole stands III the
mud. one-fifth in the water. and the re-
mainder of the pole. twenty-one feet, Is
above the water. What is the total
length of the poie?'
sounds dead easy, doesn't it," went
on the clerk. We'll it just stood me on
my head. that's What it did. f'see.
took my civil service examination over
ten years ago. and I've tried earnestly
and prayerfully to forget all the digging
| had to do to squeeze through that.
Then he asked me how old George WASH
ington was when he died. how old the
polack kosciusko was when he sOffered
his sword to the revolutionary command
ers the date of the battle of Bunker
Hill, the nature of the missouri COM
promise and ten or fifteen nice little
ones like that. I had to extinguish him
by telling him that | was reading my
paper. but | promised him that I'd give
him all the answers tomorrow-Sunday-
i'm time for him to be right on them at
school on Monday. Now that kid thinks
I'm IT.: He thinks I know it all. He
brags to all the other kids in the neigh
borhood that his dad can give their
dads cards and spades and big casino
and beat them to death when it comes to
Brains with an upper case Is. Well, I
want to have him go right on thinking
so. | wouldn't lose that young ones ex-
alted opinion of me for a house and lot
1t 'ud be n solar plcXus finish for me
to have him direct the bliShting gaze Of
suspicion at me. So I'm going up to the
library, yank out Il bundle O. books Of
reference, get the answers to that list
of questions. and tonight I'll spring 'em
on the kid in an offhand sort Of way, as
If | knew 'em all the time, but just
didn't have time to give 'em to him.
couldn't stand it to have that kid get
onto me. Not just yet, anyhow. He'll
have time to do that when he grows up"
Washington Post.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12
He Knew by Experience.

NOT LONG AGO, while Richard Croker
was in London. he and an American
friend passed the magnificent structure
in Fleet street known as the Inns Of
Court, which Is a star attraction In the
British metropolis, says the Saturday
Evening Post.
81 wonder who they are that endless
crowd which pours ont from the Inns?"
asked the friend.
"Oh. they are the outs" replied the
Tammany chief.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12

The selection of Commander Richard
wainwright, the hero of Santiago, to
succeed Rear Admiral McNair as super
intendent at Annapolis Is an extraor-
dinary honor when the difference in
rank is considered: but there will be
no dissent from the proposition that
wainwright deserves 1t.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12

A sign of the times: The trustees
of Columbia university have decided
to establish in the school of mechan-
ical engineering special courses in ma
val architecture and marine engineer
ing. The twentieth century will see
the educated Yankee in command OF
the sea-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12
Tripped by Kipling.

AT A DINNER in Rockingham lately,
" says a London correspondent, a royal
academician stated to the company the
alleged fact that sugar and sumdc are
the only two words in English where su
Is pronounced shu, There was r.uch in
terest shown in the discovery, when Rnd-
yard kipling was heard from the other
end OF the table
But are YOU quite sure?"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12
The Steps He Would Take.

A GOOD, kind clergyman look num-
ber of boys to the zoo, in order to
teach them natural history, study
greatly neglected by the middle classes.
relates the Chicago News. He took them
to see the lions fed, and In his genial
way he inquired of the keeper: "If one
of these gigantic and ferocious carnlvora
contrived to emancipate itself and to
hurl its prodigious strength into our
midst what steps would you take?"
blooming long steps. said the man;
and the boys Uttered.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12

One week from Tuesday n municipal
election will be held in this city that
is of great interest to the tax payers.
for the reason that they will be called
upon to vote on the proposition of in
creasing the bonded Indebtedness TO
the extent of nearly half a million dol
lars. This money is to be used to pay
the city's share of the construction Of
certain sewers and for the construc-
tion of a viaduCt on the south side of
West Lackawanna avenue.
There has been nothing in the way
of systematic campaign attempted
in behalf of the increase of indebted
ness. The propositions to build sewers
and a viaduct are to be voted upon
separately and it Is possible that one
will he defeated and the other carried.
From present Indications the sewer
proposition has the best prospects Of
meeting with the approval of a ma
jority of the voters from the fact that
it will be of direct benefit to almost
every part of the city. While the VIA
duct is one of the most urgently need
ed improv ,mcnts with which the city
is confronted. it's urgency is not so
manifest to che people of the city gen.
orally as the matter of sewers. Then
too, there is some difference of opinion
as to the advisability OF erecting the
viaduct on the south side Of the street
and leaving the crossing open.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12

w TITH JURIES it is fire.
AN quently the unexpected
that happens. We doubt
if five per cent. of the
people who have followed the evidence
in the MolineuX case as reported from
day to day in the newspapers believed
that conviction would result. There
does not seem to be much reason to
question that a large majority of this
larger jury looked upon the evidence
as tending to establish a strong pre-
sumption of guilt; but the lack of spe-
cific proof the absence of a direct con-
nection between the prisoner and the
package of poison addressed to Cor
nish which ended Mrs. Adams life. and
the tediOusness of the expert testi-
mony introduced, with its tendency to
confuse the jurors minds, were gen.
orally expected to raise in the minds
of the twelve men sitting in immediate
judgment a doubt or hesitancy. of
which Molineux would get the benefit.
There was. moreover, always present
in the public mind the possibility that
dants pitiable father or some of the
influences thought to be active in the
endeavor to shield the defendant might
in some improper manner enter into
the jury's deliberations sufficiently to
cause. If not an acGuittal, then dis
agreement.
This, we believe, was the condition
Of i,,I H. Il;
that the verdict was one of guilty of
murder in the first degree. The infor-
nation is in a measure surprising:
yet it is upon the whole likely to have
a wide-reaching influence for good.
One of the points upon which the pros
ecuting attorney dwelt with persistent
re-iteraton in his closing address was
that in the eye of the law the prisoner
stood upon no different level than
would stand the 'commonest son of
toll or longshoreman": in other words,
that neither his family's high social
standing, its great wealth nor the gem
uine esteem in which it is held consti-
tuted any reason to exempt the son
from any of the consequences of his
criminal actions, if it had been estab-
lished that he was guilty of the crime
for which he stood arraigned. The ver-
dict, therefore, does not encourage the
widely-prevalent opinion that wealth
and influence dominate the courts: on
the contrary ii presents n spectacle of
absolute independence and must do
much to remove false impressions on
this score.
The verdict's bearing upon public
morals will also be salutary. There
are persons in every community so
eager to acquire social prominence that
they are willing to overlook in the cir
cles to which they aspire lapses in
morals which they would unsparingly
condemn in persons of inferior station
The result Is a continuous tendency
toward the creation of lines of caste
and the development of a vitiated So
cial atmosphere. Roland B. Molineux
has been called a degenerate. He rep
resents the logical product Of the ten
dency mentioned. His conviction must
for time fix the attention of our best
society upon the evils growing up
within its limits and lend impetus to
reform from within not less than give
strength to wholesome criticism from
without.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12

The attempt of the politicians to be-
guile Colonel Roosevelt into the vice
presidency makes no progress. In the
meantime, the peoples candidate.
Charles Emory Smith, grows steadily
in public esteem.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12

weaken their case in jublic opinion.
In the meantime. Taylor represents the
electoral will, and the day that he Is
unseated will make his cause irresist-
ible before the people.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12

Jan. / last, the reported en-
rolment already exceeds 100000 and is
expected soon to represent 10 per cent.
of the total native population. mo
effort has been made says a Havana
dispatch, "to gather the children to-
gether and no advertisements have
been printed asking the children to
come forward. Yet they presented
themselves so numerously that the
school authorities have been unable
to organize schools fast enough"
The other night, in Havana thea
ter performer displayed three flags.
The Spanish flag was cheered slightly;
the Cuban flag was cheered enthusiasts
tically; but the American flag, which
represents the forces that delivered
cuba from bondage and that are today
unseltishly creating within her borders
the foundations of stable self-govern-
ment and of durable prosperity,
was Missed.
Verify, Cuba needs public instruc-
tion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12

After a week OF chaos and blunders,
the Republican situation in Kentucky
is back TO the status quo. II the DEM
ocrats shall convene today i'm Frank
fot they will place themselves in the
position Of having recognized Judge
Taylor's proclamation; if not, they will
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12
That New England Conscience.

I HAVE HEARD 1t denied that small
New England children have the New
England conscience, but some things |
have seen and heard incline me to think
that they often have it. says II writer in
the Boston Transcript. A story that was
told me the other day points that way.
One day the mother of a l0-year-od boy
gave him two slices of buttered bread,
telling him to give one of them to his
little sister. He carried out the order.
That night. when he went to bed, ne
was evidently disturbed in his mind and
remorseful about something, and his
mother questioned him in "A way to bring
out the truth. II wasn't nice to
Peggy about that bread and butter" he
owned. why" asked his mother. "did
you take the bigger piece?' mo" he
answered, "hers was little bigger than
my piece was, but mine was Il good deal
buttcrer!"-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12
How Justice Was Tempered.

TACT IN the management of your judge
is a great thing, says he Chicago
News. A certain well known British
treasury counsel was driving over Black
friars bridge one day. on his way to
Surrey sessions. Noticing Sir Peter Ed
lin trudginG along, in the mud and rain,
he instantly stopped his hanson and Of
fered the Judge a lift 1t was ac-
cepted, and the pair proceeded to New
ington great amity. Arriving, the
learned counsel hurried in, as he had an
important application to make on the
sitting of the court. To his horror and
surprise the said application was curt
ly refused. He was dumbfounded at the
sudden change in the demeanor of the
judge, until the usher in a husky whis-
per, said:
do YOU know what you've donc?'
mo! What is it?"
'Why, you ran In and left the judge
to pay for your cab
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12
WOMAN CANDIDATE.
THE WHOLE DIFFICULTY.

Mans always regretting. Life's joys are
but few,
lie vows that of care he'd be rid
If he'd done some small things he neg
lected to do,
And hadn't done some that he did.
-Washinrton Star
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12

The proposition to create a cabine,
department of commerce and industries
has been reported favorably i'm the sen,
ate and Is expected to become a law
Expansion is in the air.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
SCHOOL DIRECTORS.-C. c. Ferber, L
u. Fellows.

Ferber and Major Fellows to manage
school affairs could not have been
named on the Republican city ticket.
Vote for them week from tomorrow.