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The Republican journal., 1900-05-31
/ Rppublican State Convention
WILL BE HELD IN
CITY HALL, BANGOR,
wsdnesday, June 27, 1900,
N TWO O'CLOCK P. NJ,


M ,.pIusc of nominating candidate for
W .r,r ro he supported at the september elec-
w. rd gansactlng any other business that
lN .,ul ~ come before it. The basis OF repre-
7t na1 NjA be as follows:
stN town and plantation will be entitled
delegate. and for each seventy-fve votes
N ,, rn, Republican candidate for Governor
1. additional delegate. and for fraction
,.,, srtes in excess of Seventy-five votes an
.-alai delegate.
..s. Iti~ III the delegation OF any city, town or
Walton can only be filled by residents of the
i0l,. .F, which the vacancy exists.
.t.Dn room of the hall at one o'clock p. NJ. on
oi The convention for the purpose of re-
'na credentials of delegates. Delegates,
'o participate in the Convention, must be
-IhScqucnt to tie date of the call of this
trrs of Maine. without regard to past
differences. who are in favor of sustain
n ,lIrU Mckinley and his administration !;
sem the present gold standard: i'll what
.-i-Ittou will restore American shipping to
ul rank i'll the world; in favor of the
-ai canal. a Pacific cable national honor
.ud abroad who believe III free popular
.uH: u the promotion OF the cause of tenn
JuSt and equal taxation; in AN eco
lU efficient administration of State af
I5ited to unite with the Republicans in
I.u ot delegates 10 this Convention.
rr Republican State Committee.
j. III. MANLEN, Chairman.
.H.> EON H. Secretary.
.1 Maine May |. 1900
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Our Former Glory On the Sea.

In the early years of this Republic
our plentiful and prosperous shipping
gave us rank with the greatest nations,
as well as wealth, power and prestige.
The intrepid American seaman, as well
as the ships of unequalled grace and
swiftness that he sailed all over the
broad ocean, were the admiration and
the envy of all mankind. Americans
who have lived their allotted three score
years and ten remember with aglow and
a thrill the prestige of the American
sailor and the American ship in the
fifties. But since those days the Amer
lean clippers have faded from the seas,
history and legend alone recording the
brilliant and enduring achievements of
our cOuntrymen in the merchant ship
ping service.
There has departed with our shipping
one of the greatest mOney-making in
dustries with which the country ever
was blessed, and our national neglect
has built great powerful fleets of foreign
ships that annually earn hundreds of
millions of dollars at the expense of the
American people More than that.
these powerful merchant ships and their
experienced men increase the naval
strength of their government at the
same time perpetuating the dangerous
weakness of the United States upon
the sea-
A bill to remedy all this, bill to re-
yive the glory, the grandeur and the
greatness of the United States in all the
great ports of the world, a bill to turn
our foreign carrying overt to American
ships, now hangs upon each of the Con-
gressional calendars, favorably report
ed, but unacted upon. Here is the time
here the opportunity-fo an eloquent
tongue, an influential orator and pre-
eminent statesman to induce Congress
before adjournment to do it's manifest
duty b. American shipping. The hour
has stl uck-Where is the man?
Democratic Representative William
Astor Chanler of New York, John H.
Small of North Carolina, and Joseph E.
Ransdell of Louisiana have for all
time buried the free ship proposition
by saying this about it in their report,
Just filed, ON the shipping subsidy bill:
"lt is scarcely a practical question.
No political party has or could enact
such legislation. The Democratic party
did not enact into law this proposition
when it had the power to do so, nor will
1t do so at any time in the future.
1t is equally true that the Republican
party would decline to adopt this rene
dy. Such law would be recognized as
an lrreparable blow to the shipbuilding
interests of the country, and would re-
suit In the encouragement of foreign
labor at the expense of American work
ingmen.'
The Republican journal., 1900-05-31
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES

Professor Hugo Munsterberg of Har-
ward contributes to the May Atlantic an
educational paper on school Reform
which is almost as daring as it is wei
come, He calls a vigorous halt to the
modern methods which introduce
''elective studies in secondary schools
and insist on teachers being versed first
OF all i'll pedagogy. His school DAYS in
Germany serve to illustrate his theo-
ries.
The May number of The Smart Set
presents delightful program of special
articles, stories, miscellany and poetry
The latter includes ''The Charge of the
-Four Hundred" the poem to which was
awarded the $500 prize offered by the
Smart Set for Il satire in verse. The
number opens with story of English
life by Charles Vale, entitled "A Pecu-
liar Premier Mrs. Burton Harrison
contributes delightful story on ''The
Rejuvenescence of Stanny" "A Mod
ern Child is described by Julien Cor
don. Other contributors to this num-
ber are Clinton Scollard Edgar Saltus,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Sadie Martinot.
and Carolyn Wells.
Paderewski sailed for Europe on the
sixteenth of May after a wonderfully
successful season in America. During
his travels he has been working upon
''The Century Library of Music,'' Which
The Century Co. will soon begin to pub
lish with Mr.. Paderewski as editor-in-
chief. 1t will appear i'll twenty vol
umes containing richly illustrated arti-
cles upon the great composers of the
world, written by other composers, and
with music which will include the
cream of piano-forte literature, includ-
ing Paderewski's entire repertoire, each
piece newly fingered, phrased and pedal
marked, according to the latest and
highest Standards The work is being
prepared under Mr.. Paderewski's per
sonal supervision. The first volume
will appear in September.
The Republican journal., 1900-05-31
For over FIFTY Years.

AN OLD AND WELL-TRlED REMEDY
Mrs; Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over fifty years by millions of
mothers for their children while teething,
with perfect success 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
collie, and is the best remedy for Diarrh9a.
Is pleasant to the taste. Sold by druggists
in every part of the world twenty-five
cents a bottle. Its value is incalculable BE
sure and ask for Mrs. Winslows Soothing
Syrup, and take no other kind.
The Republican journal., 1900-05-31
"OlIcIl !! -

That is about the mildest form of ont
cry man makes when rheumatism sud-
denly tweaks him. In its worst forms
rheumatism is a living death. The vic
tim, incapable of moving hand or foot,
has no part in the great procession of
The Republican journal., 1900-05-31

What the average family man would
like to see invented is an air brake that
will stop grocer's bill in less than half
its own length. Chicago News.
The Republican journal., 1900-05-31

Would Lack Some Conveniences. "I'm
deuced glad" Thus cautiously observed
an English officer as he withdrew his men
under cover of night, from an untenable
kopje, THAT these confounded Beers
haven't got a territory that the sun never
sets on" Puck.
The Republican journal., 1900-05-31
PILES! Piles! PILES!

DR.. Williams Indian Pile Ointment will cure
Blind, Bleeding, liberated and Itching Piles. 1t
absorbes the tumors, allays the itching once,
acts as poultice, gives instant relief. DR.. Will
liams' Indian Pile Ointment is prepared only for
Piles and Itching of the private parts, and moth
ing else. Every box is guaranteed. Sold by drug
gists, sent by mail, for soc. and 81 90 per box
WILLIAMS MFG CO., Props, Cleveland, Ohio
sale by r. H. MOODY.
The Republican journal., 1900-05-31

1t sometimes happens that man of
resources is one who has ingenious
methods of contracting liabilities.
The Republican journal., 1900-05-31

life, on which he
gazes with hope
less eyes. A great
many sufferers
from rheumatism,
who had given up
hope, have been
cured by the use of
DR.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Dis
covery. A nledi-
cine which will
cleanse the blood
from uric acid and
other poisons, will
cure rheumatism.
vGolden Medical
Discovery" has
no equal in its
power to cleanse
the blood and to
enrich it. vDis-
covery" contains
neither ale O h OIL
nor narcotics,
III had been troub-
led with rheumatism
for twelve years"
writes Mr.. X. J. Nc
Knight, of Cades,
Williamsburg County,
S. c., $50 bad at times
l could not leave my
I1 1000 - H.
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crippled. Tried many doctors and two of them
gave me up to die. None of them did me much
good The pains in my back, hips, and legs
me My appetite was very bad. Everybody
who saw me said must die took five bottles
of Golden Medical Discovery and four walls
of Pellets and to-day my health is good after
DR. Pierce's Medical Adviser, in paper
binding, free on receipt of 2I one-cent
stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
Address Dr. R V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
HANNA.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
The man who has endured the hardest knocks
in this campaign is justly entitled to the warm
cat congratulations. We refer, OF course, TO the
Hon Marcus Alonzo Hanna, Of Ohio. lie has
added TO a fame that was previously unique. He
has proved by his management of a second presi.
Dental canvass that It was strict science, not
luck, that distinguished his successful proceed.
ings on the former occasion At the same
time, by judicious and satisfactory personal con-
tact with his fellow citizens on the stump he
has given them a new idea OF his actual self.
The truth about Hanna--not merely the cam.
paign truth. but the truth between campaigns
and at all timcs-has been stated by nobody more
accurately than by that observer Of character
who originally discovered what was the matter
with Kansas. Writing for this months McClure's 3
Magazine. Mr.. William Allen White remarks:
"lIanna Is n representative American. lie is
the American average Mr.. Bryan, emotional.
fanatic. raw, represents American moments when
mob spirit RACES: but Hanna, with his apparent
faults, which he does not deny nor his friends try
to conceal, and with his undcniable virtues
thrift, industry, practical sense. cash.register
conscience, fidelity, love Of truth: with his eih
cheney. and that covercth a multitude OF SINS
with his sense of humor, that anchors him to
sanity--IInnna is n walking, breathing, living
body OF the American spirit"
So far as mathematics can s,ippant psyche.
logy, the returns this morning seem to Justify
the foregoing estimate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
Failure of the Trust Cry.
(From the Philadelphia Press.)

From the Philadelphia Press.)
~ ANKRUPT on every other
issue, the Democratic party
H. set out In the last two weeks
of the campaign, for political
reasons, to fire the envy which exists
in a part of every community and smol-
ders at the base of all society. Unsuc-
cessful In argument. from Mr.. Bryan
and Senator Jones down, the Demo-
cratic leaders and newspapers together
began an attack On the accumulation
and acquisition of property as such.
This Is what the cry of trusts"
amounts to. and 1t is all 1t amounts
to. These various corporations today
stand for the work Of organized capi-
tai. The United States bank did half
century ago and the national banks
in recent years. The big railroad con-
solidations of 1870 to 1880 held that
place'then, and Democratic assaults as
bitter as those on trusts had their
large share In precipitating the rail-
road riots Of 1877. The ''land mortgage
shark" was holding this place of
"blood-sucker" and vampire" five TO
fifteen years ago. Now that Western
lands are developed by this vampire"
capital asd the mortgage paid off,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
Outline Studies
of Human Mature
The Penalty of Greatness.

A PRoPoS of the lack Of attention to the presi'
- dents message, here is story told by Hon.
John D. Long, the secretary OF the navy. One
of the important questions Of his department ia
the present price Of armor for wan ships, relates
writer in Ainslees Magazine. "tfnder an
act authorized by congress March 3, 1899, he is
prohibited from paying more than 1900 ton.
and at that extremely low figure he has found
it impossible to secure bids from the manufac.
turers. To combat this act of congress- and to
secure its repeal, the secretary went to consid.
erable length in the matter of expert advice and
testimony. Proof positive that armor could not
be made for $500 ton was incorporated in his
report, and he also showed that the new ships
authorized would be materially delayed, to the
great detrment OF the service, as they could not
be launched or put in commission without armOr.
"Several days after the presidents message
had been given to the press Secretary Long
CHANGED to overhear conversation on one Of the
Pennsylvania avenue cars. Two men were stand.
ing on the platform fSw feet from where the
secretary sat Said one:
"Have you read McKnley's message, Henry?'
Only word or two,' was the indifferent re-.
ply. Did your
Eyes. Say, what kind Of chap is that
secretary of the navy, anyway"
What's the matter with him?"
He's way off. 1t comes of putting some
lawyer who don't know from Il Black
Maria in such an Office. What do you think? He's
raising Cain about our armored ships-says we
don't need any armor. Iiumphv
And that said the secretary, in relating
the story, was the result on a citizen of aver
age intelligence of the departments efforts to
awaken interest in the armor question, which is
of tn most vital Importance
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
The Meaning of Defeat.


Beyond doubt Mr.. Bryan would have been
triumphantly elected but for two things. The
first was the intrusion OF the silver issue. Free
silver was dead, and so unpopular that even its
corpse was enough to drag any man down to de-
feat. The second was the policy OF cutting loose
entirely from the Philippines. That was not in
accord with the spirit of the American people.
The people have evidently made up their minds
to dispose of free silver once for ALL The effort
was superhuous, for free silver had ceased to
exist as a possible policy four years ago, but
the voters were determined not to have the re-
mains lying around any longer. Mr.. Bryan's
place in the hearts of the Democratic millions
Is secure. He remains in defeat, as he would
have been in victory, commanding figure,
fine, conscientious spirit, admired and loved by
the great muses. Of the Democracy But the at.
tempted revival of free silver and the pro.
posed abandonment OF territory that was already
American soil were fatal mistakes, which have
cost us this election.
Beyond doubt great deal of money has been
used in this election, and yet we are not in.
clined to believe that any state has actually
been bought. The result may he accepted as the
will OF the people on the particular issues that
the people chose to consider entitled to prccc.
dence. 1t has been unfortunate for Mr.. Bryan
that his immense accessions OF strength have not
followed the lines Of least resistance. Less than
10000 more votes properly distributed would
have elected him in 1896. He has probably
gained ten times SC, 10000 votes but for the most
part they have not been in the quarters where
the adverse majorities were smallest before. They
have come in states like Massachusetts,, where
there was an adverse majority OF 173,2G5 TO over.
come; in New York, where there was one of $685..
400, and in Illinois, where there was one Of 49,
40s. In foot ball phrase they have bucked the
center instead Of running around the ends and
the center has been too strong to overcome
Mr.. Bryan could have been elected by such
a majority as no president since Grant has ever
had II the two extraneous issues OF free silver
and the abandonment of the Philippines had not
been needlessly dragged into the campaign.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

p" HERE IS room for substan-
tial qualification over most
of the local results. The de-
feat of Beck will be re-
GREETED. He deserved a better fate. The
failure of Watson to land the judgeshtp
will be deplored on political grounds by
those Republicans who believe in going
for everything in sight, and on per-
sonal grounds by numerous friends.
The loss of the sheriff's Office is unfor-
tunate since 1t puts food and fodder
into the depleted commissary of the
opposition.
But the success of the national state,
legislative, congressional and bulk OF
the county ticket goes far to sup
ply consolation. The strike introduced
numerous elements of uncertainty and
opened the opportunity for Democratic
appeal to discomfort. Then, too, the
pitful spleen of Spencer, who, fairly
beaten in open primaries of his own
and his followings choosing, played the
peevish child role in presidential year
in attempted sacrifice of paramount
purity INTERESTS, SaNe incentive IL Hol
much substantial aid to the opposition.
These factors together made the fight
difficult. A fair appraisal of the cir
cumstances must result in the convic-
tion that the outcome is even better
than might reasonably have been ex-
pected.
1t shows that the people are intell-
gent and substantial in their judg-
ments 1t shows that they have well
developed powers of discernment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
Honored His Uniform.

r HE Capitol police wear natty uniforms Of blue
cloth adorned with brass buttons. and, taken
all together, are an attractive body of men, says
the Washington correspondent Of the New York
Tribune. One Of these public servants. rather
young and good looking man, greatly en,.
barrassed ct hother day by Il handsome young
creature from Virginia. who tripping gayly ur
to him, pinned handsome rose to the lapel OF
his coat.
"Take that with my gratitude" she said,
theatricaly, "my countrys defender"
"Country's defender Miss!" echoed the aston.
ished man.
"Yes." replied the enthusiastic young woman.
"you have got new uniform on but for all
that you look brave and know you were in the
thick of the fight at Santiago"
1t was useless to attempt an explanation with
so determined hero worshipper, and the mem
her of the Capitol police force beat hasty re-.
treat, still wearing his rose.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08


especially by virtue Of his own intrin-
sic worth, is Colonel, Governor and
Vice President-elect Theodore Roose-
velt
He bore the brunt Of the Republic
can forensic fight, and the returns
show that wherever he went he made
votes. This is equivalent to saying
that wherever he went he made
friends-friends who will not forget
him. It is not true that he said better
things in better way than the other
Republican speakers. He is not an
orator or spell-binder. But upon
each community that he visited he left
the impress of absolute honesty and
intense convictions; the people saw in
him a clean man, a brave man, a man
whose deeds square with his profess
sions.
The enmities he inspired the at
tacks he elected, the abuse he drew
forth, all added to the dimensions Of
his hold upon decent people. To Cro-
ker he was wild man, but the wild
man clipped Tammany's claws and is
more genuinely feared by the vam-
pire fraternity than any other Ameri-
can. He goes to his new post with
a commission such as no vice president
ever had and his record is proof that
he will deserve and justify it.
His is a personality that cannot
be kept down.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
THE LAMENT oE THE GOLFER

The days are growing short alasl
The mellow autumn's here;
The grapes are crimson in the press,
The leaves are pale and serc.
The grass Is yellow on the meads,
The hills are blue with haze;
The cider mills begins to hum
All, doleful autumn days!
Across the spreading fields the scent
OF roses comes no more;
The fence is bare that was so fair
With fragrant peas before!
The summers dead The robin sings
Its farewell to the lark,
And oh it's such little while
From o'clock till dark
S. L. Kiser, in the Timcs.Herald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
Adlai's Little Joke.

&c TEvENSON," continued Mr.. Morton, sis a
charming companion, good story teller
and enjoys joke on himself we'll on any
body. Toward the close of the Cleveland admin.
istration we were all at a cabinet dinner at the
house OF Postmaster General Wilson and the con.
versation fell upon who cared little about
politics that they did not know who held this
or that office or what their duties might be.
Stevenson looked over to President Cleveland and
said: 4 was out speaking in the recent cam.
paign-who for is not necessary to state in this
presence-and in West Virginia ! made tour
with Governor McCorkle. Arriving at place
where we were to speak we were shown upon u
platform, the band ceased to play and the
chairman of the meeting, who was represented
to be straightforward, honest, well.todo, intel.
ligcnt Democrat, got up, drew an envelope from
his pocket adjusted his spectacles and said:
"Fellow.ctizen, have the honor to intro.
duce to yo uthe vce.president Of the United
States (and he studied some writing on the ell
velope), the Hon. Mr.. Stevens, who will now ad.
dress you."'
stevenson said that McCorkle was so amused
that he nearly fell out of his chair, but when
his turn came he was introduced as our own
Governor Mccormick F"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

| ~ ON SATURDAY morning last
The Tribune printed its pre-
~ dictioh of the electoral vote,
showing 2s9 for Mckinley
against 1853 for Bryan. A Republican
majority of twenty in congress was
predicted. Compare predictions and
results.
In the handling of election news,
The Tribune again established a
record At 11.35 on Tuesday night it
issued an extra more complete than
most of the mail editions of the New
York and Philadelphia papers sold In
Scranton. The only substantial error
In this edition was the placing Of Ken
tucky in the Mckinley column. The
received Tuesday evening and early
Wednesday morning. warranted this
disposition, but it appears now that
the Democrats, by aid Of the outrag-
eous Goebel law, have consummated
their threat to steal the state. That
the majority vote was for Mckinley
Is undoubted. The $50 extra issued
yesterday morning, with returns from
112 Of the 155 county districts and
thorough grouping Of news from state
and nation, was by all odds
the most comprehensive edition
of daily newspaper ever is
sued in Northeastern Pennsylva-
MIA. 1t was so we'll put together
that the Times reproduced it in prac-
tical entirety yesterday afternoon,
having scarcely anything to add to 1t.
BY virtue Of the exclusive service Of
the Associated Press, which on this
test occasion clearly vindicated every
claim Of superiority which we have
made for 1t, The Tribune was enabled
to present In its regular and special
editions not only all the general cleo
ton news, but also a page of state
returns, covering every county and
every feature of state political news
spect made with the Laffan news bu-
reau, which supplies our morning con-
temporary. was most noticeable.
Upon the theory that there are
enough readers of intelligence in
Northeastern Pennsylvania to appre-
ciate and support by their patronage
this generous policy of news collec-
ton. The Tribune intends during the
coming four years of increasing Repub-
lican prosperity. with their multiply
ing problems and developments Of vital
news interest, to largely widen it's
lines of enterprise and expenditure.