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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14
TWO KINDS OF PRESIDENTS.
Jackson and Cleveland King Presi-
dents-Lincoln and Mckinley Con-
gressional Presidents.

G. l.. Hunter, in Ainslee's Magazine.
For convenience, / shall call presi-
dents who have been free users of the
veto power King Presidents, and their
opposites Congressional Presidents. The
most striking examples of the King
President are the two Democrats, Jack
son and Cleveland, and the two Repub-
licans, Johnson and Grant: the most
striking examples of the Congressional
President are the two Democrats, JEFF.
ferson and Monroe, and the two Re-
publicans. Lincoln and Mckinley.
King Presidents have been inspired
by the idea that they were the special
and peculiar representatives of the
people chosen to protect the people
against other representatives. Jack
son, being able to persuade the people
that he was right, greatly exalted the
authority of the chief magistrate. When
one congress fought him, the people
sent him another that was submissive.
Johnson could not command the sup.
port Of the people, and by his attempt
at absolution exalted the power of con-
sress. Grant. though the idol of the
people to the end. could not get a sub
missiVe congress. Cleveland, who was
swept INTO ONCE Dy a wave OF popular
protest against existing political abuses
retained the admiration of The people
well into his second term. No presi-
dent ever treated congress with such
disdain as he.
Among congressional presidents JEFF
ferson is an extraordinary example of
the able politician. Avowedly and in
tentionally he endeavored to show that
he looked OF congress as the centre OF
government, on himself as the servant
of congress, But his personality was
so attractive, and the party behind him
so strong, that congress almost with
out exception followed his initiative.
The result of the Jeffersonian policy of
allowing the representatives of the
people to govern became apparent un-
der Madison. The authority Of the
president visibly declined. During the
era of good feeling under Monroe, the
authority of congress was create: than
at any other time in the history Of our
country. 1t did not occur to a president
nominated in congressional caucus to
resist the body that made him. Under
Lincoln, the authority If he president
which in the interval since Jackson
had declined-noticeaby increased
partly owing to Lincoln's political abil-
ity, partly to the opportunity of war.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14
A SOUTHERN SOCIETY MAN.
Senator Beveridge Tells of One He
Met in the Philippines.

In Senator \. J. Beveridge's brilliant
article with Our Fighters in the
Philippines" in the Saturday Evening
Post, are many good stories. Here Is
, one or them.
THE second time | was at our eX-
tremc front i'm IuzOn ! met a Young
man who is of one of the first families
of the South He is wealthy, highly
accomplished, and is what is known as
a society man All that is charming
or delightful i'm American life is his.
You would not imagine that this low
spoken. rich-voiCed quiet-mannered
gentleman, with all the characteristics
of the ultra fashionable American
swell could be induced To fight in any
manner. and much less to fight in the
deadly contest of arms. Yet he had
left all the allurements with which life
and fortune and his own talents had
surrounded him, and enlisted as a prl-
vatc soldier in cuba. There he hal
risen by cool gallantry, to the position
of commissioned officer. He had
won his promotion absolutely without
influence and solely by his courage and
soldierly qualities.
He had been i'm every fight up to
the capitulation of Santiago. The fever
had seized him aud his health had
been impaired. One might have imag-
ned that his desire for army expert
ence would have been satiated; but in
stead of satisfying the thirst for war;
the hardships and dangers of the Gu
ban campaign only put keener edge
on il. So he Travelled half way around
the world, and here I found him in the
interior of LuZOn, not member of the
army, but, nevertheless, wearing a
khaki uniform and seeking further op-
portunities to fight. Nor would he
wait until the regular engagements
came on. | saw him up at five o'clock
in the morning. mounting his horse
with a small scouting party, going on
one of those desperate "Reminiscences
which. To the mere observer, look like
expeditions TO certain death. On one
| occasion he and two companions
charged a group of sixty Filipino SOL
diers. and he himself captured four of
them. l saw him the evening OF the
day on which the exploit was per-
formed. He had already forgotten it
and was 'nosing around for some fur
| ther adventure"
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entertain the same furious enmity

TO entertain the same furious enmity
against the language and conuncn
s, nse which they do against the re-
ligion and government of the country"
The New York Herald said "ThC
president proposes to erect a govern
ment about as despotic as that of Tur.
key in Asia. The folly which suppos IS
that the people of Louisiana are not es
well qualified to enjoy political liberty
as those hordes of aliens and strangers
who are continually intermeddling
with our public concerns will not al
ways pass current with the people Of
America. Nor Is 1t possible that any
part OF our empire can be long held in
state of vassalage under even the
philosophc Jefferson. Even the linn
tied monarchy proposed in the bill now
under discussion in the house will prob
ably not be established. and 1t is next
to a certainty that the session will
terminate, leaving Mr. jefferson in
complete possession of all the despotic
powers which were lately acquired by
the Spanish monarch"
The Columbian Sentinel said: 1--WE
pay for the purchase Of Louis ana ur-
ward of $4,000, ,000-that is, SO for every
man. woman and child in the United
states. And why should our rulers be
grinding the face of the poor in pur-
chasing land which they. nor their
children, nor their children's children,
to the latest generation, will ever. in
all probability see cultvated?"
The bill which the New York Herald
said proposed a limited monarchy. did
become law. and Senator Spooners
Dill Tor the temporary government of
the philippines, now in the senate. is a
copy of it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14
CERvERA's WATCH IN PAWN.
Timepiece of the Gallant Admiral in
Kansas Town.

From the Kansas City Times.
Cervera's watch is "in soak" in this
city, and w. z. Cleveland, a local
genius of literary tastes and esthetic
habits is organizing a company of 40
persons to redeem it and send it back
to Spain to the admiral.
Vail & Co., jewelers., are in possess
sion of the watch, having advanced $40
upon it to ex-Lieut. w. r. Belts of the
Twenty-third Kansas troops, colored.
While in Cuba Bettis was leading a
detachments of his company when he
met a Cuban who was all but dead.
This Cuban had been in hiding, vainly
waiting to make his way to Spain. He
tore from the lining of his trousers, in
which IL had been sewed, this watch
and sold it to Belts. The watch con,
tains the name of the admiral and the
arms of Spain. On the way home from
Cuba a passenger on the transport Of
fered Bettis $500 for it, which he re-
fused He wanted to bring that watch
to Wichita to exhibit to his friends as
a relic o. the Spanish American war
Lieut.. Bettis, after arriving at his
home. was rather flush and started into
little business in Wichita that is
| commonly supposed to have a fasclna-
tion for young men of color. One day,
or night, luck was against him, and he
soaked the watch for $40 Luck
| hasn't come his way yet with sufficient
| smiles to enable him to redeem the
watch, and now Mr.. Cleveland thinks
| it would be a graceful thing to have a
Wichita company chip in for it's re-
demption and return it to Cervera with
| the compliments of the people of Wich-
| ita.
The story of the watch is that-that
| is, the Cuban end of it: Cervera gave
| it to a Cuban pilot to show him the
| way out Of Santiago harbor the morn
| ing of the memorable battle. After
Cervera had had been crushed the Gu
| bans were so delighted that they want
ed to hang the pilot who helped him
in his intended escape from the Amer
| ican navy.
The Cuban pilot made his escape
from Santiago and skulked in the
woods until he could find some means
of escaping to Spain; for he knew that
it would be useless for him to try and
| live in Cuba after the war. 1t was
while he was skulking that Lieut.. Bet
tbs caught up with him and obtained
the watch.
| Cervera's sisters daughter, Mrs
| Elizabeth Campbell, is dressmakel
in this city. She married a Scotchmar
and was disinherited and exiled she
claims, for having done so. She has
seen the watch and believes it to be
the property of her distinguished but
| unfortunate uncle.
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Beemer, o. s.. sos Linden ST., retail.
Boyer. J. T.. 244 Adams ave-. retail.
Appeal day, Thursday, April 20, 1900, D
a. M, TO 3 p. M, at the Arbitration Room,
Court House, in the city of Scranton.
Any person so ascertained or assessed
who shall fail to attend such appeal or TO
appeal from the decision of the appraiser
to the Common Pleas within ten days
thereafter will not be permitted to set up
as defense to the recovery of the amount
of the license which he Is required to pay
when suit shall be brought, that he is not
a daler in merchandise. etc" etc. The
law further provides that 1t shall be the
the recovery of all licenses duly returned
to him by the Mercantile Appraiser If not
paid on or before the first day of July
in cash and every year, within ten days
after date. and said Treasurer shall not
be discharged from any such license un-
less he brings suit to recover the same
on or before that date.
MICHAEL KRAEMER,
Appraiser,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14
HISTORY OF OUR
FIRST EXPANSION
STORY OF JEFFERSON AND
LOUISIANA PURCHASE.

For S23, ,5o7, ,e21 the United States
Acquired the Magnificent Domain
Stretching from the Mississippi
River to the Rocky Mountains.
Now II Produces Hundreds of Mil
lions of Wealth Yearly-The Anti
Expansionists of 1903 Bitterly
Fought the National Growth-How
the Negotiations with Napolean
Were Conducted and Concluded.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14
Many Lives Saved.

In almost every nelghborhood there
Is some one whose life has been saved
by Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. or who has been
cured of chronic diarrhoea by the use
of that medicine. Such persons make
a point of telling 1t whenever opportu-
rity offers hoping that it may be the
means of saving other lives. For sale
by all druggists. Matthews Bros,
wholesale and retail agents. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14
CEDED BACK

In 1900 Spain by secret treaty ceded
the province back to France. Mean
while the thirteen colonies had gained
their independence, and had become
the United States. Settlements had
spread to the Mississippi, and this
great highway to their markets was
controlled at its mouth by foreign
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14
r.,n.on, Eurene 1s2o Ash st., retail.
Eleventh Ward.
Arn,hrmsL & Nnfmelsier- 32l Cedar ave.

Eleventh Ward.
Armbrust & Hcfmester, 32i Cedar ave.
Aimbrust. Henry, 027 Cedar ave. retail
Brier. Adam. 516 Pittston ave, retail
Bird James. i3l Cedar ave, retall. .,
Borchers. Frank ", Il3 Cedar ave- ,aii rStdi'
poston Tea Co., 6l3 Cetar ave-, retail
Baldner, Fred, Willow ST.. retail .,
Boettcher Henry. Cos Cedar ave, rS,al''
Best, Andrew, 314 Cedar ave, retail
Clark Eros. $50 Pittston ave, retail
Engel. Geo. 431 Alder ST., retail 49,,
Embery, J. j., 11O2 Pittston ave.. relah
Fish Bros j2l Cedar ave, retail
Fickus Christ, 702 Cedar ave-, retail,
Frantz. Andrew. S2i Cedar ave, retaail'
Foley, W. j., 800 Cedar ave, retail
Fuchs. Geo, I12 Cedar ave-, retail
CAM Nichoaus. 1121 5. Washington ave.
Gclger. Jacob Sr., gu Cedar ave-. retail.
Gschwndt. l.. w. 926 Pittston ave- retan
GutheinZ, Weiser, Il Krager, 5lS CEDAR
Grossman Jacob, 312 Cedar ave, retail.
Gallagher. w. H., il02 S. Washington
ave, retail
Graff. Philip, 5Oi Cedar ave, retail.
Hartman, Jacob. 1105 $. Washington ave.
retail.
Heen & Son. 400 Cedar ave, retail. -,
Haberstroh. Lorenz. $40 Cedar ave- retail
Heuster. Chas., Cedar ave. retail
Hartman, Jacob sol Cedar ave, retail.
Kornacher. VIM. 72i Pittston ave, retail
Kramer, Mrs NJ. 427 Cedar ave, retail
Kaesner Chas., 51G Cedar ave-, retail
Kirst. Chas.. 1101 Cedar ave, retail
Kuehner, Peter, Pittston ave, retail;
Lelo, Anthony. 602 Cedar ave, retail.
Linn, Mrs. H.. retail
Matti G., S05 Cedar ave-, retail.
Megargel T.. A.. 60 Cedar ave-, retail.
Miller G. A., 426 Cedar ave. retail.
Miller, Fred Jr., 702 Cedar ave, retail
Mirtz Geo. 612 Pittston ave, retail.
Mirtz, Chas., 415 Cedar ave-, retail
Mikus, Joseph SIS Cedar ave-, retail.
Mcconnell, w. A.. 1904 5. Washington
ave-, retail. -
oldakocoski. Mrs. A., 920 S. Washington
ave, retail.
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EATING HOUSES.

Burrows. Ike. Carbondale, retail
SCRANTON--ElGHT WARD.
Burrows. Joseph, Spruce ST.. retail.
Dolan. +. X. 1913 Franklin ave, retail.
Broad Oyster House 124 Penn ave, retail.
ave.
Handley, William COS Lacka. ave, retail.
Weisberg Joseph. 22S Spruce ST., retail.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14
A STORM OF OPPOSITION.

A STORM OF OPPOSITION.
The treaty was Immediately sent to
Washington for ratification, the papers
arriving there July IA, 1908, and con-
gress was convened on Oct Il. A
great storm of opposition arose. James
G.. Blaine, in his Twenty Years of
Congress-" says:
"It scarcely seems credible that the
acquisition of Louisiana by jefferson
was denounced with a bitterness sur
passing the partisan rancor with which
later generations have been familiar.
No abuse was too malignant, no epi-
thet too coarse, no imprecation too
savage, to be employed by the assail-
ants of the great philosophic states
man who laid so broad and deep the
foundations of his country's growth
and grandeur. President of a feeble
republic, he was contending for a prize
which was held by the greatest mill
tary power of Europe and whose pos
session was coveted by the greatest
naval power of the world"
Senator Pickering, of Massachusetts,
declared that neither the president
and the senate, nor the president and
congress, are competent to incorporate
into the Union" Senator Tracy, of
Connecticut, said; 1--WE can hold ter
ritory. but to admit the inhabitants
into the Union, to make citizens of
them, and states, by treaty, we cam
not constitutionally do" Representa-
| tive Griswold, of Connecticut, said that
1.-The vast and unmanageable extent
which the accession of Louisiana will
give the United States, the consequent
/ dispersion of our population, and the
| destruction of that balance which is
SO important TO maintain between the
eastern and western states, threatens,
at no very distant date. the subver-
sion of our Union" Representative
| Griffin, of Virginia, feared that "this
Eden of the New World would prove
| a cemetery for the bodies of our citi-
zens." Senator Plumer. of New Hamp
| shire, declared that the admission OF
| the western world into the Union
! would restroy "at once the weight and
| importance of the eastern states and
| compel them to establish a separate,
| independent empire" Senator White,
| of Delaware, believed that the incor-
| poration of Louisiana into the Union
would be "the greatest curse that could
at present befall us" Mr. Thatcher
of Massachusetts,, declared ii would
"involve the necessity of a consider
| able standing army" while Mr. Lucas
| asserted that the inhabitants of Louisl-
| ana were mot prepared for a govern
ment like that of the United states"
DENOUNCED BY THE PRESS.
The eastern press was especially Bit
ter against the purchase and Mr.. JEFF
| ferson Said the Boston Gazette: "And
| like Anacharsis, our titled patriots,
| from Mr.. Jefferson downwards, seem
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-06-22
charge OF the Black Brigade.

"And here It IL proper to say that
while Mr.. Mckinley has been deeply
engrussed with the most intricate prob
lens Of statecraft, he has not been un.
mindful OF the just claims of the race
He has distributed the official rewards
with rare tact and Judgment, and no
element which assisted in the masterful
triumph OF 1896 is without representa-
ton The negro vote has Jared hand
somely at his hands Colored men OF
intelligence and character have been
selected from every section OF the coun.
Try to till positions of trust and profit
under the Administration. and the in.
stance has yet TO be recorded where the
honor has been bestowed unwOrthily.
Indeed, while IL is a fact of great
significance that the President has
within nineteen months appointed fully
twice as many negroes as any previous
Administration, developments are now
being so shaped by him through re-
vision of the civil service regulations
that the number OF negro Office holders
will be- increased fourfold. - General
Grosyenor's panegyric, June I.
The fact that it Is 10 the negroes that
the Republican party owes is maipte-
nance in power is studiously ignored by
the white Republican until just before
the election.
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ONLY ONE TICKET
For Patriots 20 Vote for this Year,
ana That the Democratic.
New York World, !

New York World
The talk Of nominating "Gold Dem.
ocrat' Presidential ticket this wear
should and most probably viii end in
talk.
There is no occasion for such ticket.
Four years ago free silver was the dom
inant issue in the campaign. This year.
though il may be talked about in Ger.
tain sections. it viii not be an issue at
all, because the money question Is set.
tied for at least four years TO come by
an Interchangeable Republican majority
in the Senate.
In 1896 the coinage was an open ques.
ton. Ii has been closed for the present
by the enactment of gold standard
law which no possible result of the
pending election can repeal Yet, when
the issue was most alive and threaten
ing. the Presidential ticket of the Sound
Money Democrats received only 1873, 424
votes out Of a total of nearly $4,000, 600
Most of the Democrats whose opposition
to free silver was strong enough to pre-
vent them from supporting Bryan voted
directly for Mckinley, as they would
do again this year were the issue and
danger the same
But the issue is not the same. The
danger is different and vastly more por.
tentious T&nhountry can endure any
change in it's currency Such changes,
though they may cause much disturb.
ance to business and great pecuniary
losses, do not touch the foundation nor
effect the structure of our Government.
But Imperialism, militarism and monop.
oily, the real and only issues in the cleo.
ton, strike az the basic principle and
threaten the very existence Of the Re
public.
IL is for these reasons that a third
ticket this year is not only uncalled for,
but would be even more farcical than il
was in 1896. Mr.. Bryan, who. "a the
World said two months ago, will be
nominated by reclamation, represents
the American and, therefore, the Dem.
ocratic side Of these living. burning.
dominating issues. He II for this rea.
son entitled to, and will receive, the
support of the World and all those who
believe with us that 'the only issue
worth considering in this campaign is
the preservation OF the Republic, the
maintenance of the constitution and a
return 20 the principles Of the Declare.
tiOn OF IndeDendence -
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-06-22
Regulating wOmen's skirts BY Law.

Dr. o'Hanlon, Of the Board of Health
of New York, declares women's skirts
ar menace 10 publie bsaIth and
should De regulated by law. Does DIR.
. Hanlon realize the tremendous ma.
ture Of the problem he thus airly puts
forwards
WOmen's fashions cannot be regulat.
ed by law. The sex cannot be govern.
ed by note as men are. Some women
arr reasoning creatures Ina some respects,
bur no woman Is reasoning creature
where fashion Is concerned In 1895
they were wearing sleeves that looked
liks toy balloons and short skirts II
anybody had suggested making sleeves
tight and skirts long all womanksad
would have rebelled AZ present the
situation is reversed. Women are now
wearing tight sleeves and long skirts.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-06-22

The census authorities have had some
difficulty in classifying the Chinese in
this country and in fixing their ages,
the latter trouble being caused by the
difference between the calendar used in
this part of the world and that of the
Chinese (which has the lunar months,
giving 4 pe OF the years twelve, some
thirteeIl months, while every China
naman far interviewed knows the
month, lay and hour of his birth, the
informs on is useless to the bureau un.
less coiEerted into the time adopted
here.
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A Life and Death Struggle.

Mr.. w. A Hines, of Manchester. Ia,
writing OF his almost miraculous escape
from death, says Exposure after
measles induced serious lung trouble.
which ended in Consumption. I had
frequent hemouhages and coughed
night and day. All my doctors said |
must soon die Then began 90 use DR..
Kings New Discovery which wholly
cure me. Hundreds have used it on my
advice, and all say IL never fails 10 cure
Throat, Chest and Lung troubles Z"
Regular size SOC and a 90. Trial bottles
free at all drug stores.
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Corn for sale.

White and yellow shelled corn. in any
quantity. for sale at Railroad Elevator
JOHN BRYANT.
The third game Of ball between the
Shaw Boys and the Columbus team will
be played this afternoon in West Hick-
man. The game will doubtless be an in
teresting one, as it will settle the ques-
ton as to which is the best team. The
score stands one and one, but the Shaws
declare they are going 10 win the last
game to-day. Let everybody turn out
and encourage the boys by their pres
ence. Ladies are especially invited.
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The 1900 wheat Crop.

The annual scare over the wheat crop
is now In active swing in the market.
and though general rains fen in the
Northwest, beginning last Thursday,
the reports from that section were more
pessimistic than ever
tis probable that the extent of the
damage has been exaggerated, for GER
ta.nly mp 10 now the Indications have
been for a larger crop than usual In
fact much larger one than was har.
vested In 1899, though that was very
good one. IL rs worth while 20 have "a
careful look at the conditions
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-06-22

The reputation OF being the drycst
spot ON earth i claimed 10y Payta, in
Peru. place about degrees south Of
the equator on the coast that has risen
40 feet In historic times
In February there was fall of rain Of
more thaa "a hours, the first Tor eight
years The average interval between the
showers II seven years. Sea fogs are
common
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A Wealth OF Beanty

Is often hidden by unsightly Pimples,
Eczema, letter, Erysipclas, Salt kheum
etc Bucklens Arnica Salve will giorify
the face by curing all Skin Eruptions.
also Cuts, Bruises, Burns. Boils, Felons,
Ulos. and worst forms Of piles Only
25c box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by
all druggists.