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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-07
Roosevelt on the Stump.

TN HIS SPEECH at Quincy, ILL.,, on
Thursday, Governor Roosevelt
Il disclosed a vein of humor which
Will stand him in good stead dur
ing the busy days of the fall campaign.
At the time he spoke, the Democratic
platform makers had not yet made up
their minds whether the 16 to l plank
was 20 be re-affirmed conspicuously or
thrown to one side in the form OF
harmless generality. Their uncertainty
drew from the Republican vice-presi-
dential nominee this witty sally:
"L come here to address you today,
while addresses are also being made in
Kansas City, but have one advantage
over them. 4 know what l believe.
Just at present they are busy trying to
ind out what they believe. believe
in sound money and the gold standard
The Kansas City party is halting be-
tween two burdens. 1t does not know
whether to declare outright for free
silver or say something that will en-
able II to Miak at both sides and say
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THE MAN FOR THE PLACE.
From the Springfield Union.

From the Springfield Union.
A. Z. Frye, superintendent Of the Cuban
schools, ought to occupy a pretty warm spot
in the hearts Of the Cuban teachers who are Wis
iting this country. On the voyage from Cuba
he demanded that his wards should receive
proper and considerate treatment, and when
Guartemaster McTIarg refused TO provide for
their comfort and was insulting and insolent
Mr. Frye, after exhausting patience, knocked him
down. When the incident had closed the quar-
termaster awoke to the fact that bullying doesn t
pay, and for the remainder of the trip he treat
ed Mr.. Frye like a gentleman and with the ut
most respect. 4 little muscular Christianity
is a good thing to have in stock Mr., Frye has
proved himself to he the right man in the right
place, and the government is extremely for
tunate in having secured his services. He is in
entire mastery Of the Cuban school situation and
makes a hrst.cass Nnning mate for General
Wood.
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THE SAME OLD PARTY.
Editor Of The Tribune.


Sir: "'Iis strange, tits passing strange"
that any party will always he found ready to
oppose that which is for the best good of all
the greatest good to the greatest number. This
applies TO the so.calcd Democratic party Of both
the past and the present. In 1864, in the midst
OF the great conflict for and against the Amcri-
can nation, the platform of the Democratic party
adopted in Chicago, declared the war for the
preservation of the Union TO be "a failure" and
prior to that time, after the rebels fired upon
Fort Sumter, opposed all efforts 10 bring the
misguided portion of the nation back. The "war
was fsiure;" the Greenback currency was
failure; the resumption OF specie payment later
on was failure, etc, to the end Of the chapter
Parties are necessary but in order that there
be such it is not necessary that there he dema
goguery in the enunciatiOn of principles. The
great principle Of the Democratic party is TO
be "aGin the guv'ment," no matter how high
and noble its aim 1t howls against "cxpansion"
today the same as it howcd against the war in
GOES; it denouncc5 the administration now the
same as it did then; it appeals to the bascr pas.
sions Of the mob element now as il did then.
This reminds us OF what we once heard an old
gray.hared man say in a Union League meet
ing during the presidential campaign in 1861
He said the Democratic party was always a
party OF wrong, OF error Of rebellion. 1t was
organized first when the great Lucifcr tried to
overthrow the government Of Jehovah in heaven,
and was defeated, being thrown over tho battle.
ments and cast down to he'll; re.appearcd in the
Garden Of Eden, where II succeeded in causing
Adam and Eve 10 disobev God and parake OF
the forbidden fruit; it had its counterpart in
the Tories Of the American revolution. and in
ls6O.GI in the copperheads, and might add
here the "KuKlux-Klan" of 1s66-6s, ETC. 1t
has, as a party always been opposed to the
principles Of true Amcrcanism. always ready 10
favor or oppose anything and everything, II it
might by any means get at the loaves and fishes.
II is the party that got mp the rebellion; it is
The party that fought to uphold slavery and make
It national 1t is not such party as the Ameri'
can people can trust. We do not believe they
will trust it in this last year OF the nineteenth
century. G. II. Wheeler.
T,,I,y
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ence a sensation of shame in being
rents of gutter filth and blackguard
venom. Hence their circle of oppor-
tunity for serious mischief is in real
ity limited.
There is another type. seemingly
moro respectable but infinitely more
mischievous; the demagogic type, that
makes a study of catering to the pass
ing prejudices of the hour, regardless
of right or wrong. and solely for the
purpose of profit. You Will find this
type of newspaper always tanning the
spark of social discomfort, always
posing as the friend of the poor and
the oppressed, always making
theatric show of jumping on the octo-
puses and pounding the corporations,
and always secretly scheming to milk
the aforesaid octopuses and corpora
tlons and sell out the poor and the
oppressed at the earliest opportunity.
This type of paper has large vocabu-
larry of stock phrases ready at hand
to hurl in denunciation of every man
or every enterprise that momentarily
runs counter to the dominant preju-
dces of the time, utterly regardless
of the right or the wrong of the prin-
ciples at issue; and when by this
means a considerable number of peo-
pie have been temporarily fooled into
giving it their countenance and sup
port, you will see it swell with bump
tious self Importance and vain glory
and hear it make the welkin ring with
boastful self-praise.
Literature of this kind unsettles the
public judgment, casts iire-brands of
class envy and hatred into the COM
munity to shoulder in sullen discon-
| tent until famed into an outburst OF
| violence, and creates a widespread at
| mosphere of disorgani2dtion and evil
feeling. 1t is worse in it's aggregate
results upon American society than
war, pestilence or famine, and it is
high time that the thinking people OF
the United States gave attention to
arresting the peril.
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And for one week we will
give you special inducements
for laying in a supply at
much less than the seasons
prices.
Our lines being bought
with the greatest care, and
always with the interests of
our customers as a first con-
sideration, you can therefore
depend on picking from what
is left of our early selections,
at greatly reduced prices. the
only difference being that all
sizes are not now included in
the assortment.
Exceptional values in Fine
Lace Trimmed Skirts and
Night Gowns. The last call
on colored Shirt Waists at
prices to close them out quick.
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The WAYS of Providence.

=" HE HORRIBLE news from
China of the saturnalia Of
Il native wrath against the
foreigner is relieved at in
tervals by hints of inspiring bravery
on the part of the defending forces.
The cable is provokngly stinEy of
details, but the skeleton story it, for
example, tells of the ride of the En-
glishman, Wells, and four CossaCks,
from Tien Tsin to Taku for reinforce
ments. literally cutting their way
through hostile natives and under fire
almost continuously, is enough to
prove that the age of chivalry has by
no means expired
Then, too. there is that other narra-
tive, all too mcaEerly reported as
yet, of the Russian force that had
been detailed to sacrifice itself slowly
in a hopeless contest against over
whelming numbers while the main
body of the Russian detachment ex-
ecuted a necessary retreat. Obedient
to orders, the troops of the czar were
preparing to die when unexpectedly
an American column came to their
rescue and put their heather assail-
ants to flight The cable does not
pause to tell us the names of the
commanders, but it is impossible to
believe that out of this mutual bap-
tism in blood, peril and valor will not
come a new sense of international kim
ship and mutual respect among the
allied powers. In the years to be, who
can say how powerful an influence
this will exert toward keeping peace
throughout civilization?
CHASTITY as are the pictures of mas
sacre, pillage and outrage which come
from the tragic theater of the latest
great conflict, there is compensation in
the reflection that Providence is plain
1y using this scourge to forward the
cause of human brotherhood. For CEN
turies the dream of the worlds noblest
citizens has been of a time when wars
of criminal aggression having been LEFT
behind in the worlds moral evolution,
the only standing army would be an
international police force to enforce
order and justice among inferior peo-
pies. 1t is still dream, but how
prophetic of its realization is the pres
ent concert of the powers in their joint
task of eXtinguishing the barbarian
conflagration in China. Let it be con
ceded. if you please, that back of it all
are many motives of sclfishncss and
greed. Let it be acknowledged, if we
must, that perfection is yet a desider-
atum of the future with respect to the
policies which some OF the civilized
nations are seeking to establish in the
heart of Asia. Yet must we also re-
member that there is nobility, and
high nobility, too, in this open rivalry
to be the first in works of succor; and
very considerable promise in the bet
ter acquaintance and understandings
which it cannot fail to create.
Human nature is nowhere so bad thai
the good in it, when given fah
chance, does not predominate; and tht
soldiers Of Christendom who, in far-of
China, at inconceivable odds, arc
breasting the brunt of this frightfu
uphfaval of oriental savagery and fan
atheism are earning the highest honor
that civilization can bestow, and are
going down into graves which will bt
held in appreciative memory for al
time by every nation fit to live.
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it is a little for both and not too much
for either. Laughter) Again, I am
for expansion every time. do not
want to see this flag come down where
1t has been planted, where our men
fought and shed their blood for u.
Now, at Kansas City they are going
to try to say they are enough for
expansion not to hurt the feelings Of
those who believe in the flag, and yet
that they are not so much for IL as TO
tread on the toes of the people who
would like to see us follow the mag
nficent example of the Chinese em-
pire.
do you realize" he continued, that
while in this country yesterday we
were celebrating Independence day,
our fellow-citizens and the citizens Of
every European power were either
lying dead in the streets of Pekin or
crouched behind the legation walls
keeping al bay the hordes around
them? The blood of our people runs
like water in the streets of Pckin. The
blood of our people would have run
like water in the streets of Manila If
our political foes had had their way.
China is Offering us a good object les
son, for China does not expand, and
what the Boxers have done in China
would have been done by the follow
ers of Aguinaldo if it had not been for
the frmness and wisdom of President
| Mckinley and those who have stood by
| him in the last two years"
The point is certainly we'll taken;
| and it illustrates that Colonel Roose-
welt can talk as well as fight.
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Sixteen to one.

NE OF the newspaper COrreS-
pondents who accompanied
~ Colonel Roosevelt to the
Rough Riders reunion in
oklahoma was William L. Curtis of
the Chicago Record, whose graphic
dispatches have constituted notice
able feature of the occasion.
on the return trip, Colonel Roose-
welt and party passed through Medi-
cine Lodge, Kan, the home of Jerry
Simpson, "Sockless Jerry" of congress
sional fame. Apropos Mr.. Curtis
writes: I'm imitation of Cincinna-
tus, George Washington and other
historical characters, Jerry has re-
tired from public life and is now a COW
punchcr. An ungrateful and unrea-
sonable constituency refused to re-
turn him to congress after having for
six years accepted his theories of
political economy that the value of
wheat and silver must rise and fall
together, that free coinage at 16 to l
was vital to the prosperity of the
country, and that the state could not
build poor houses big enough to ac-
commodate it's paupers if gold stan
dard was adopted. When wheat went
up and silver down and the greatest
prosperity the state has ever known
appeared in place of the calamities
he predicted they pronounced him
false prophet and refused to vote for
| him any longer. Mr.. Simpson is HIM
self a striking example of the fallacy
| of his own teachings. He saved the
most Of his salary while he was serv-
| ing in congress-$3,000 or $500 a year
| invested it in land and cattle, and,
| like Jerusalem has waXed fat and veal
| thy. When he went to congress he
| hadn't a dollar in his pocket. He
| omitted socks from his wardrobe from
| necessity, and not from choice, and
| had to borrow the money he paid for
his ticket to Washington. Now he is
rated at $40000-one of the richest
men in Barber county-and is threat
ened with greater wealth. If he keeps
on accommodating long enough he will
| die a plutocrat. Mr. Bryan is eX-
posed to the same danger. The news
papers say that he is now the largest
taxpayer in his county. and w. b.
| Conkay, of Chicago, bought him $780,
| 600 in United States bonds from the
royalties from his book. At Wichita
they told me that Mr.. Bryan was paid
| $500 for making two speeches in that
| town during the fair last year, in the
afternoon at the fair grounds and in
the evening at the opera house, and
a committee from Ottawa, Kan, who
came aboard the train to invite Col.
Roosevelt to stop there said that they
paid Mr.. Bryan $1,000 for one speech
during their Chautauqua celebration
last year. Hence at least two worthy
citizens of the west have escaped the
pauperism which they promised would
follow a failure to coin silver at 16 to
l."
1t is that way throughout the West
Every traveller from that section brings
information of the wonderful change
for the better which has come over
business conditions since 1896. Jerry
Simpsons case is another conspicuous
Illustration of the Republican doctrine
of sixteen to one, that is, siXteer
times the prosperity that there, was
when Mckinley was first elected.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-07
LITERARY NOTES.

Eugene Tyler Chamberlain, the United states
commissioner Of navigation, has a most timely
and incsive article in the July Forum upon
the shipping subsidy bill. lie points out the
present inferiorty Of the United States in hcr
merchant marine enumorates the means proposed
by the bill for the efaccment of this inferority,
describes how Great Britain attained her present
pre- .eminencc in the ocean carrying trade, and
shows how the United States can, within thirty
years, attain her rightful place in the merchant
marine of the world
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child born on this day will he Of the opinion
that the weather officials have all gone on a va.
cation and left the elements to silzle at will.
Many men who claim to be fighting for prin.
ciple are III reality battling in defense Of their
own muishEess.
We remember with pleasure the rare days Of
June while experiencing the well cooked days
OF July.
Marriage and misery begin with the same let
ter. Some couples discover this fact sooner than
others. however.
Poverty is sometimes the most effective stimu.
liant Of pride
Some men seem to have more confidence in
others than they have in themselves.
Ajacchus' Advice.
Keep under the electric fan and do not talk
politics or question the action OF councils on fire
department affairs.
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The 16 to 1 section was finally given
place in the Kansas City platform,
but the spellbinders will execute most
of their fancy steps on the anti-im-
norialiSt plank.
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It is fortunate that the Cubans will
not hear many of the coming cam
paign speeches from the bureaus of the
Kansas City campaigners. They will
thus be saved a lot of unnecessary
anxiety.
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National.

National.
President-wILLIAM MCKINLEY.
Observation-Disclosures ROOSEVELT.
State.
Coneressmen at Large - GALUSHA GROW,
ROBERT II FOERDERER.
Auditor General-E. B. HARDENBERGll.
County.
Congress-WILLIAM CONNEII.
Judge-GEORGE NJ WATSON.
sherif-JOHN II. FELLOWS.
Treasurer-J. A. SCRANTON.
District Attorney--W1LLlAM r. LEWIS.
Prothonotary--JOIIN COPELAND.
Clerk of Courts-TiIOMAS p. DANlELS
Recorder of Dceds-EMIL BONN.
Register of Wills-W. X. BECK
Jury ommissioner-EDWARD b. STURGES.
Legislative.
First Distrct-THOMAS J. REYNOLDS.
Second Dstrict-JOHN SClIECER, JR.
Third District-EDWARD JAMES, JR.
Fourth District-P. A. PIlILBIN.
Scranton should have a well-drillct
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A Good Reason.

Minnic--I shall not accept Walters first pro,
posal.
Ida know it, dear,
GLOW do you know"
Because you weren't thcre."-Harper's Ia.
Zaar.
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Other vice presidential possibilities
at Kansas City will no longer need to
look unconcerned,
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Legislative.

Scranton should have a well-drillod
paid nre department equipped with
all modern appliances. Anything short
of this is not in keeping with the
growth and enterprise of the city.
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Webster Davis evidently intends to
keep up a tattoo on his particular
plank throughout the campaign. Web
ster is liable to become tiresome.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-07

Particular interest centers around
our $50 Three-Piece Bedroom Suites.
And 1t is not difficult to decide why.
There is something about each piece
which catches the eye and invites a
better acquaintance. Then construc-
ton and finish are observed and COM
parisons made. The decision generally
is-that these are better in every way
than anything ever offered at the p!ice
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-07

Two of the freshest and most important of re-
cent articles on China, namely, Mr., Grundy's
account OF "Thc Last Palace Intrigue at Peking,"
and Mr.. Douglas hopeful view Of "The Intel
lectuai Awakening of China" will be found
in the Living Age; Mr.. Cundry's article in the
number for July and Mr.. Douglas in the mum.
Der for July n,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-07

The Kansas City convention was also
remarkable for the large amount of
repugnance it swallowed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-07

The first edition OF Mr.. Aliens new novel,
"The Reign OF Law" was upward Of 10000
and was sold before the day of publication.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-07
Trade With the
New Possessions

HE EFFECT Of the rev Porto Rican tariff
act is plainly pcrceptible in the commerce
u between the United States and that island
during the month Of May. The Monthly
Summary Of Commerce end Finance, Just issued
by the treasury bureau Of statistics, shows that
exports TO Porto Rico have more than doubled
as compared with the preceding May. and i'm
ports from the island have nearly doubled. EN-
ports to the island from the United states in
May, 1890, were S3O5,j6i, and in May, 1900,
sGo6,E0 The imports into the United states
from the island in May, 1so9, were SiI,l'0 and
in May, 1900 81, l,l03,367. This increase is the
more remarkable because II had been understood
that the people Of Porto Rico had little to sell
and little with which to buy, since tho huri.
cane OF last August had gone far to impoycrish
the people OF that island.
II is also interesting to observe that the May
commerce with Porto Rico shows Il much greater
increase than is the with any Of the other
islands. With Cula the commerce OF May
differed little from that OF May, 1899, and this
was also the case with the Hawaiian islands;
while in the Philippine islands the imports
show no increase, though the exports show a
remarkable gain.
The following tables show our exports 10, and
imports from each Of the islands in May, 800,
compared with Nav ls09:
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TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.

Astrolabe cast: Ill a. M, for Saturday, Jul.
= 1900.
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TEN PAGES.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.

SCRANTON, JULY Z, 1900.
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HN THE OPINION of the editor
of the Century magazine, the
u two great plaques which
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.HE HORRIBLE news from
China Of the saturnala Of
Il native wrath against the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27
FOR 1899.
statistics prom the Animal Report Of the
BOARD OF CITY Magistrates.

The report of the Board of CIV Magistrates
~ their work last year In 'he boroIghs ~ Man
haitian and Tie Bronx has recently boon
published. During the year 1917 prisoners
we're arraigned in the courts, and all cases
had been disposed Of N the end or the year eS-
cent ia4. This number NJ Arrangements. how
ever. bv no means represents the amount Of
work done in the courts. a. fully AZ man whore
cases were investigated as tho result Of sum-
monses and s.,ai bonds were approved and
many rejected. The number OF arrests with
out process. that IL. In the ordinary work Of tho
police. was o.. sss; 5.Gt persons were arrested
on warrants. The Magistrate held OLLIE
persons for trial or convicted and sentenced
them summarily and discharged 37so7 from
custody. COMPARED with the number Of ar
rests in 1895 the figures show n falling of Of
22o,. The falling on was due N the fact that
the Municipal Assembly took from the Nagis-
trates all jurisdiction over such cases "a Of
Tending pushcart pedlers, hackmen and the
like. The following table gitN comparl-
sons for FIVE years,