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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

A missionary from China recently
stated that the people Of that unhappy
land actually yearn for the partition
Of their country. This has been de-
monstrated from the fact that por-
tions Of the territory governed by for
eign powers are overrun with Chinese
who flock to the locality as soon as
they learn that q concession has been
granted. This seems but another IL
lustration like that given in the Phil
ippines which favors the suspicion
that the average patriotic agitator of
today is the individual who has an
ambition to control the affairs of his
Country. In China and in the Philip
pines the mass of people will gladly
welcome any sort of foreign control
that will insure them protection from
the harpies who rob and abuse them
ut will under a system of government
which places no restraint upon the
powerful and offers no redress for the
weak.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
MONEY IN POLITICS.
Editor Of The Tribune


Sir While We do not on the whole take
pess.Iristic view of the general trend Of things
we cennot fail to look with alarm on the power
of money in our politcs, and especially in local
and county politics. Human nature is weak and
under the pressure of the love of drink and
poverty many are driven to sell their votes to
the highest bidder. While in national politics
money does not affect so many, in local politics
is must be admitted that it is potent factor
in determining the issue OF things. Any one
who takes the trouble to observe will soon
learn that in every locality there are large NUN.
bers who look upon their vote and their niiu-
cnce as commodities to be sold to the highest
bidder. At the same time we find that there
are many who are above selling themselves for
money and have convictions that determine the
use they make Of their votes and their personal
inhuerce at the polls. Were 1t not for the latter
class we might well despair Of the republic. We
hope the time is not very far of when those
who regard their votes as a commodity to be
sold for a money consideration will be deprived
Of the right VI voting, No one can say that they
are worthy OF citizenship, for they are the SEN
sual and low-mindeds Esaus who sell their birth.
right for a mess Of pottage. The poor man
should be more anxious for the purify OF the
ballot than the rich, for it is his best defense
from the evils OF oppression and tyranny. Life,
according to science, is struggle for existence,
and when the workingman sells his vote he sur.
renders one OF the most effective weapons with
which he can defend himself in that great con.
fict. We are not Of those who assert that pure
politics is a dream, but We believe that even
an enlightened selfnterest will OF itself put a
powerful restraint on political corruption. While
every good citizen will deplore some things he
witnessed in connection with Tuesdays election,
yet lie saw some things which proved that money
is not the sole determining power in politics.
We would prefer to ally ourselves With the
prophets OF hope than be classed with the apos-
ties OF despair. We sincerely believe in the eyol-
uton of humanity and its ascent to the attitudes
Of nobleness and purity, for, as an ancient seer
has said THE Lord reigneth let the earth re.
joice." ID. j. Williams.
Peckville, Nov. Z.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
Some Comments on
fhe Grand Result
The PEOPLES Verdict.

Summed up In single sentence the verdict Of
the people IN the elections, delivered for The sec.
ond time on the same proposal and body Of
| evidence, Is: mo man OF the Bryan type can
| he president OF the United States" IL Is made
as clear as noonday that in the greatest dcmoc.
racy the world has ever known no man who as.
sails social order and seeks to array class against
class can hope to delude the people into trusting
HIN with the direction cf their affairs When
this issue is raised, the party which stands for
stability and order and the supremacy OF the
law can be sure OF commanding majority. Tie
Republican party has won with irresistible force
In two national elections because 1t occupied this
position. 1t Is this fact which has made its two
successive victories non.partisan In the widest
and highest sense. It stood for both the welfare
and the honor Of the country, not merely for its
commercial stability and material growth, but
Tor its good nan,c before the world. In two
successive national contests the supreme issue
has been the capacity Of the American people for
| self.g government, and they have met the test in
way that will silence all controversy.
Whether MIR. Bryan accepts the verdict and
retires from further contest matters little 80 far
as the country is concerned. Whatever party
has him for leader Is doomed to perpetual dc.
feat Whatever party opposes him can rely
upon perpetual majority OF the people. Until
the Democratic party realizes this and rids itself
OF Mr.. Bryan and his Sort II Will remain in
hopeless minority and continue to be the most
powerful aid 10 ia onnonrnt'. continued su.
premacy T,,erc ia no ,nistokine the meaning OF
Tuesdays returns They .how that BRYAN was
far weaker candidate tban he wos In 1906. He
has lost tho conadence NJ Tho very people who
believed most tborouyb,v In him. and has gained
that of nobody cIsc Tho turning Of his own
state and OF Kansas against him means that
even the Populsts have begun to lose faith in
his panaccas. There is no encouragement Tor
him in the reduced Mckinley pluralities in the
east. These s;mn,v monn that many of the Dem.
ocrats who left their nort,. four wears ago,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
The End of Organism.
From the Philadelphia Press.

William j. Bryan may continue to rant upon
his little stage, but he will never again fill the
public eye or become national issue. lie has
been given two opportunities to show what his
magnetism, his facility Of speech and his politi.
cal adroitness could accomplish, and he has
twice brought his party overwhelming defeat.
Tha. defeat carried with it fours years ago the
free silver heresy, though Bryan insisted on car
ryins with him into this campaign its dead
and putrescent body. He could not reyivify it,,
and, though he ceased to talk about it. its evil
odor never left him. and helped to make his
defeat more emphatic lie would have been de-.
feated anyhow, even ii the corpse of free silver
bad not dangled at his neck. No party which
has arrayed itself against its country and con.
demncd a successful war has failed to go into
involuntary retirement from taking such an unpa.
triotic position. Whether the Constitution fol.
lows the flag or not, the people never fail to
follow the flag and uphold it by their votes.
They believe that President Mckinley means to
do Justly by the Philippines and by Porto Rico,
and they are entirely willing to leave the matter
in his hands.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

thie particular "blood.sucker" ie re-
tired. Protected industries" were ones
attacked on this basis, not because the
Democratic party liked free trade more.
but because Its leaders needed some-
thing with which to appeal to the pas
sions Of the poor, the ignorant and the
unsuccessful--many Of them all these
things because they were also the idle
and the wasteful.
TRUSTS" fill this place now. They
were dragged up and down In Mr..
Bryan's speeches and Mr.. Jones' claims
and the speeches and newspapers OF
lesser men, because they offered, Just
as all these other things did before,
the text and pretext for en- appeal to
whatever share of the great mass is
ignorant, envious and tempted to mall
ice and revenge. These trusts" have
their evils. They call for regulation.
Laws are needed to require publicity
in all their operations and prevent
their managers from cheating their
customers OF their stockholders. The
Republican party has passed the only
efficient remedy. constitutional
amendment against which every DEM
ocrat votad. 1t has passed the only
federal law against trusts. 1t has
broken up a great railroad trust in
the Missouri Traffic association.
But 1t Is not because of the lacks
and shortcomings ~ trusts that Dem
ocratic candidates, speakers and
papers attack them. 1t is a last at
tempt to array tile poor against the
rich, labor against capital. those who
Rave nothiry against those who have
something, the lawless against the
law abiding, the envious against the
prosperous.
In 1892 this game succeeded and the
country has not forgotten the result.
Protected industries" and "robber
barons" were the cry before the elec-
ton and souphouses were opened and
hunger stalked through the land after
it. The success of this wicked and
traitorous appeal to the worst passions
of men is no longer possible. The
American people has had its expert
ence, and in this country each year
sees the number with savings and
property increase. Savings bank de-
positors alone have increased in four
years twice as fast as population. The
number of land owners and policy
holders, members of building associa-
tions and shareholders grows daily.
American prosperity has brought
thrift, savings and property to the mill
lion, and this is so manifest that the
base attempt to arouse envy and jeal.
ousy by shouting trusts" utterly
failed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

~ VI WILL 11o "A NllNG tne Qls
versity of opinion supposed
4 y and by newspaper report
evidently belived to be prev
alent concerning the methods and per-
sonality of M. S. Quay, we doubt If
there are many men in Pennsylvania
familiar with political conditions and
necessities and sufficiently acquainted
with public affairs to distinguish be-
tween legitimate criticism and men,
dacious abuse, who do not heartily
rejoice that the conspiracy Of defama-
tion which has in late years hotly pur-
sued Colonel Quay. is now baff1ed.
From the returns Of Tuesdays elec-
tion, 1t is clear that there will be
majority in the next legislature of or
ganization, or regular, Republicans,
amply sufficient on joint ballot TO re-
turn Colonel Quay to the United States
senate. The attempt of his enemies.
whose inspiration comes chiefly from
two or three political whited sepul-
chres with personal grudges to vent,
to interrupt this programme by coales-
cence with the Democrats, has not only
failed dismally in it's immediate pur-
pose, but it has also been attended by
incidental exhibitions Of malevolence
and venom which have gone far to rc.
habilitate the Beaver chieftain in pub
lie sympathy and esteem. Continual
harping on one string has offended the
public ear.
1t is to be hoped that in our state
politics younger and cleaner type
of leadership. like that Of Roosevelt
IN New York state, may soon come into
command of the situation; a leader
ship responsive TO the uplift of mod
ern conditions and inspirations and
not wearied and worn in lifetime's
strife over quarrels of spoilsgiving
Conditions are clearly shaping TO this
end, when the party will gladly forget
It's hot factional contentious and take
Its due place in the councils of for
ward-looking craftsmanship. The
reign of the dynasty in Pennsylvania
Is closipr.f With it's conclusion will
come fresher air and higher purpose.
But the, eavenues to these desirable
consummations do not lead through
conspiracy; corruption and syndicated
mendacity. Against the men and
methods npwSforemost in the attack
Quay and Qi'ayism are invunerable.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
Not Onto His occupation.

6 ONE years ago reporter for New York
financial newspaper was sent to interview
Colonel Thomas j, Lowery, prominent rail
road promoter and operator OF the Northwest,
on a rumor that he was about to make an as
signment, relates tho New York Commercial. lie
secured an audience with the railway developer,
who was in conference at his hotel with num-
erous fnanciers and officials.
'There is a rumor in Wall street, Colonel
Lowery," began the reporter, "that you are
financially embarrassed"
SIS that so2" interrupted the colonel. ''Whnt
Is the name Of yoar paper, and how long have
you been working on IT."
~ have been on The Coupon seven years"
swell, my dear boy, 60 back to the office and
tell the editor that you're not onto your job,
Why. ! have been financially embarrassed mora
year sthan you have been on that paper'-and
with that the reporter was led gently from the
room.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
What Tim Told Them.

& ONE weeks ago bridal couple came in from
Sacramento and put up at the Palace, says
the San Francisco Wave. The bridegroom was
very sensitive, and so he told his valet not to
tell any Of the servants at the hotel that he was
newly married. Notwithstanding all precau'
tions, the young couple seemed to be the center
OF attraction. In the dining room they were
ogled by the ladies' and in the corridors by the
men. Finally they could stand it no longer.
Calling his valet, the bridegroom said severely;
'Tim. thought I told you not to tell anybody
that we were newly married?" 'shurc. sorr, y
was the reply, "an' tould thin all you wuzzen
married."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

noon while waikin across a field they spicd a
group Of men and boys around a small red flag.
When Dunn and Sullivan were within fifty feet
Of the flag one Of the boys yelled:
''Blast, blast, look out for the blastv'
The men and boys scampcred away Dunn and
Sullivan took to their heels and did not stop
running they reached the other side OF stone
wall.
The two New York politicians arc well.known
practical jokers, hut they were angry when they
discovered they had been made the victims Of a
Joke. The red flag was a golf flag
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
Courted Deserved Defeat.
From the philadelphia Record. Dem.

rrUM tHe FHIIHut1pHIH NcCUru, DelH'
1t IL a far cry from Jefferson to Mckinley,
but we are we'll persuaded that the majority
Of the people Of the United States are right in
1000 as they were In 1904. The party Of Jeffcr.
son courted deserved defeat when 1t abandoned
its traditional policies in 1896 and, under the
magnetic but mistaken leadership Of William
Jennings Bryan, flung itself into the arms OF
Populism. Its defeat was Waterloo. There
can be no recovery except through n recurrence
to the Democracy Of jefferson, Madison, jackson
and Cleveland.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

No candidate on the Republican
ticket has better reason to feel proud
Of Tuesdays result than P. A. Phil
bin, representatives from the
Fourth district. The vote which he
received was one of the finest compli-
ments ever paid to any candidate for
office in Lackawanna county, and
what is more, it was thoroughly de-
served,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

Travelling men who have been shout
ing for Bryan during the past few
weeks may now start out with their
grips" and transact business Had
Mr.. Bryan been elected the programme
might have been different.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
Looking Forward.

RESlDsiT PRITCHETT of
d - the Massachusetts, Institute
i of Technology predicts that
~ the population of the United
States In 1910 wilnbe 94,673.0OO in 1880,
lss'sS7.ooo; in 1868. oo,74opoO. In the
year 1000. 1t is predicted, the population
will reach Ss5,ssoOop. At the end of
another century it will reach 1,112.S76,-
600. Professor PrltGhett continues:
How great change in the con-
ditions of living this growth of popu-
iation would imply!is, perhaps. impos-
sible for us to realize. Great Britain
at present one of the most densely
populated countries Of the globe. con-
tains about 300 Inhabitants to the
square mile. Should the present law of
growth continue until 1000. the United
States would contain. over II, ,OOOs per-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
A Victory of Patriotism.
From the Philadelphia Ledger

FFo"' tfc fHfIdueIPHId IruBeF'
No one who has abiding faith in the nteli.
gence, integrity and patriotism OF the American
people could have entertained single doubt
with regard to the result Of the campaign. All
the strongest and best sentiments and conyic-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

1t is time that the candidates who
expect to be in the field in 1904 were
up and doing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
Scared by q Red Flag.

G HERIFF THOMAS J. DUNN and Senator Tim
othy d. Sullivan happened to be spending
a few days Of leisure at Lakewood in the golf
season, says the New York World. One after
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

A good many spell-binders by this
time are of the opinion that it is USE
less to waste arguments on the "sjlent
vote"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

The rear platform of the passenger
coach will attract no more attention
than any other platform hereafter.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

No one appears to have thought Of
consulting Hon. d. B. Hill for an opin-
ion on Tuesday night.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

M. Croker claims to be living
proof of the theory that a man can
occasionally get 1t in the neck and not
feel discouraged.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

For a man of chilly sentiments, Mr..
Wharton Barker did not cut much ice,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
Time to Drop It.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The nation has been delivered from great
danger by the good sense Of the people. Now
let rs have done with Bryanism for all time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

The verdict Of the nation is another
triumph of the silent majority over the
bowling minority.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

One lesson taught by the Pennsylva-
MIA returns is that the people are get
ting sick Of factionalism and want to
see genuine Republicanism once more
in the ascendant.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

1t Is proper 10 say in behalf of Mr..
Conry that he' made a gallant fight.
With better cause he might have
won,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
Roosevelt.

~ Y EXT TO William Mckinley,
the man who looms up large
4 by reason partly Of the re-
cent campaign though more
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

sons to each square mile of surface.
AS a consequence Of this. It
would seem that life in the future must
be subject to a constantly increasing
stress, which will bring to the atten-
ton Of individuals and of nations eco
nomic questions which at our time seem
very remote"
There is no doubt that practices
Of economy are bound to increase in
this country. The prodigal and pro-
digious waste of natural resources
common to pioneer times has already
Undergone material check, but the
room for Improvement, especially In
the direction Of utilizing resources and
forces formerly ignored is capactous.
To :his problem applied science is de-
voting successfully its best energies.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08

The Democracy had almost every
thing but votes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
FINLEY'S
Laces,
Lace Jackets.
Trimmings

Laces today occupy a more
important part in Dress
Trimmings than ever before
needless to say that our
stock was never so com.
plete as now-comprisins
the very newest and choicest
things in Laces by the yard
as we'll as all-overs.
Jackets, Boleros, Collars.
Fichus Ties, etc., in real hand
made Irish, Russian, Arabian
Cluny, Point Venice aud
Duchess Lace-in tact all the
latest and most fashionable
things that are now aud will
be in demand for the seasons
use.
A few Extra Choice Marie-
Antoinette's in Applique Re-
naissauce; entirely new aud
exclusive.
Beautiful assortment Of
lace gauntlets and gauntlet
materials.
Elegant line of all-overs,
in Gold Effects aud Gold
Cloth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-08
Quay.

u r OTWITHSTANDING the di.
versity of opinion supposed
4 y and by newspaper report
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About The Tribune.

g.: :; :: ;:::: +:
showing $50 for Mckinley
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TEN PAGES.
SCRANTON, NOVEMBER s, 1900.
The Result Locally.

HERE IS room for substan-
tiai qualification over most
of the local results. The de-
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-04
SOCORRO COUNTY MINES.
Activity Has Succeeded Temporary Idle
ness in the Oooney District,

Temporary inactivity in mining in the
Cooney district, which began with the
water shortage last summer, has disap-
peared and the camps of Cooney, Mog-
ollon and Graham are again alive with
mining operations on a large scale. All
the large companies operating in this
district have either started up or. are
making every necessary preparation to
begin work by the first of the year.
Water is plentiful now and all local
conditions are favorable to a large
amount of successful operation in min
ing. in future.
The Helen Mining Company, the Last
Chance Company, the Silver Bar Min
ing Company, the Kat & Kittens Com
pany, and other large companies, min
ing in the Mogollon district, are conf
dent of an increased production next
year. New and additional machinery
will be installed as found necessary;
larger developments will be prosecuted
increased forces will be employed, and
all that is found necessary to make
their investments pay larger dividends
will be untitled.
The small companies, and individual
owners in the district, will soon begin
systematic development of their prop
critics.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-04
FOUND A BURIED
TREASURE.
The Luck Of Two Prospectors Be-
tween the Town of Tularosa
and Pellman's Well,
HIDDEN MANY YEARS AGO.
The Find Included Miners Tools, Gold
Bearing Rock, Provisions and Mex
ican Money 1t Had Been Bur-
led in Two Sacks.

About eight miles from Tularosa. on
the road to Pelman's well, Andrew Fu
qua and Noah Partee, prospectors.
found cache Of mining implements.
including gads, drills, picks. shovels.
two saws, hammer and axe. They also
found coffee mill and 100 pounds of
rich gold bearing rock. In addition
there were nearby fifty Mexican dollars
and one-hundred and ninety smaller
coins. The money and tools We're evi-
IDENTIFY been buried in sacks and dug up
by coyotes, as the contents of the sacks
were scattered over several feet Of
ground The handles of the tools show
ed signs of decay indicating that they
must have been buried years ago. The
articles were hidden probably by some
one with the intention of returning to
them in short time. as one Of the sacks
contained coffee and chewing tobacco.
1t is supposed that they were hidden by
proSpectors who either lost their bear
ings and could not locate the spot again
or were killed by Indians The gold
rock panned out S3l 40.