The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-27

but who are now grown to mans es-
tate.
Educated in the public schools, the
mighty fortress of American liberties,
he has in acquiring the foundations Of
a large and liberal education, devel-
oped passionate love for the institu-
tions Of our country and Of our great
state of Pennsylvania.
AS clerk he has dealt with many and
various classes of men and as a news
Paper man he has made many sincere
and lifelong friends in every walk of
life.
AS editor he has been obliged to
carefully examine all manner of public
questions and their bearing upon the
general good of the whole people.
In the wide range of studies which
he has pursued he has included pro-
found knowledge Of the constitutions
and laws of the state and nation. He
has the advantage of knowing thor
oughly the principles of law and ne
knows not only how to draw up a law
himself, but how to draw it up so that
it will not offend against the constitu-
tion and be thrown out by the Supreme
court.
A great percentage of the laws in
the Supreme court, not because they
favored the MINER but because they
were not drawn up in the light of the
constitution and erected on the solid
foundations of the organic law and the
guarantees of human life. The same
ideas in aid of the miners can he en-
bodied in laws that can be so drawn
as not to run counter to the constitu-
tion and be crushed by it's weight.
Mr. Philbin has held many positions
of the highest trust where thousands
of dollars daily passed through his
hands. Besides, he was twice elected
tax collector Of his native town, and ne
has made the proud record of having
effected the most prompt and thorough
settlement of tax accounts ever made
to the commissioners of Lackawanna
county, He has thus proven himself
worthy of the confidence not only of
private business men, but Of the high
est trust of all the people.
His personal habits are beyond re-
proach. He has a high sense of public
duty, and can always be depended
upon to do what is dictated by an en-
lightened conscience always in posses
sion of the fullest and brightest powers
of all the faculties of the mind. He
can be relied upon to take his part In
the decisions of all public questions,
and to be present at every ballot either
for the passage or rejection of law
or in disposing of the funds of the tax
payers Of this great commonwealth.
He is not man without an estab-
lished profession, and he does not in
tend to make of politics business.
Although, as it has been said above,
he received his education in the pub
lie schools, it is founded on the broad
basis of our American system of edu-
cation. The seed implanted in his
mind by the public schools he has since
carefully cultivated until by diligence
and study, observation, deep thought
and broad reading he has acquired an
education and culture attained by few
graduates not of mere fourth rate edu-
cational institutions, but of the very
first colleges in the land. Those who
know him intimately recognize in him
q high authority on the history and lit
erature of the United States and
Europe. Yet, withal he is not puffed
up thereby, nor does he pretend any
superiority over his brother man. The
best testimonial of his character is the
fact that those who know him best are
his sincerest friends and his most ar
Gent admirers are the companions of
his childhood days.
There are few men who aspire to
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