The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-09
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7 HAVE always thought that is wo-
men ran the politics of the nation
and the community there would be
a great deal Of uncertainty at ey-
cry election time, and that the
people In whom the gambling i'm
stinct rises highest would have the
best time, but IL Is now evident
that even the women could not run
things with any more wobbly uncer-
tainty of the ultimate result than can
the men. Now, just look at this elec-
ton. will you? Wasn't it a mess?
And could women at a pink tea have
told any more polite lies to each other
than the men have been doing the past
few weeks? There was probably a
wider assortment of real feelings felt
yesterday In Lackawanna county than
have been collected in many a moon.
And there you go again. You couldn't
tell from the look of man how he
really felt. If he looked as If he had
been attending a lodge of sorrow, ten
to one that he wasn't simply having
an inner convulsion of mirth because
in some occult way he considered that
he had got even" with somebody. The
somewhere and die. and the others who
said II told you so" and Twas good
enough for EN- were very likely
thinking of rather immediate here-
after in which they would be taking
leading and painful roles.
OF course, I'm talking about the Re-
publicans. The Democrats did what
our people should have done-stick to-
raf1 'e, IL:
maybe. when we get translated to
another sphere. but in Lackawanna
county, never. If there is any queer,
ism, ology. Willy-boy fad or other alb
surdity to fellow, you can lay odds on
the Republicans of this county follow
ing it. We buy more gold bricks. act
as chorus for more bogus reform solo
lists and do more contortion acts in the
shortest possible space of time than
any other people on the face of the
earth, 7 do verify believe.
We were the only collection of idiots
who gave Swallow a big majority that
time. If we all attain to the age of
one hundred and twenty-five years,
we can never live down that ludicrous
blunder which, as everybody knows. is
worse than a crime. We are one OF
the few prize combinations that may
be set down as reasonably sure to go
off at a tangent after some strange god
one year out of four. In that year we
consider ourselves foreordai ined by
Providence to save the country by do
ing more fool things in three weeks
than the other people in the world
think of attempting in a decade. That
Is the date we selected this season for
voting for Coray and electing whole
Democratic ticket and doing other
weird stunts.
Now, if we had put up candidate
for judge who was the brigand that
stole Miss Stone, or had a record as
being a robber. a ravening wolf and
other awful things, it might not have
been surprising If some of our people
should protest. But our candidate was
II decent man. able. honorable and
good. We couldn't have treated him
any worse if he had been in the habit
of beating his mother-in n-law at fire.
quent intervals and getting violently
drunk at other times. The same can
be said of the remainder of the ticket.
Why must we do so. and what is the
good? A little spite against one or
two men, a little jealousy of a few
others can scarcely be held as ade-
Quate motives for putting the party in
power which has never stood for prog
ress, or reform or improvement.
7 wonder if our people have ever
thought of the possibilities in this
town during the past few weeks If
something besides good stalwart Re-
puhlicanism held the city hall today
AZ / controlled the mob element which
turks in every city ready to spring up
if a weak hand is at the helm. | won-
der what scenes would be daily re-
counted if mugwumps "wumped" down
there.
Dear me, when I think of the lunacy
which seems to afflict our party in this
county at election time every now and
then, / am more than ever thankful
that we women have never made any
dangerously determined attemp to
vote. II we had been responsible for
some of the fool-things the men have
done in the last few days they would
have had us eXterminated from the
face of the earth. Aren't you glad.
1ears that we aren't to blame the
least bit in the world? Let's talk
about something pleasant. Let's talk
about clothes.
The newspapers have been printing
a lot about Mrs. Roosevelts standards
of dress. C8etween us. you really
can't believe quite all you read in the
newspapers) I shouldn't be surprised
if she never said anything about the
matter. She is a young woman who is
rather disposed to keep an intense ST.
lence on the subject of her personal af-
fairs. They do not sound like my lady
of the sweet eyes and tender mouth,
these dogmatic statements we read.
Well, if she did say that 5000 a year
is enough for woman to eXpend on
her own clothes, there need be no urg-
ent disclaimer. 1t is enough for any
number of women with whom I have
discussed the subject and who are
willing to give their hearty assent to
the statement. Some of them are So
cety leaders, too, and all are those
whom we are certain to consider as
dressed. To be sure, Mrs.
Roosevelt cannot hitherto, before she
became the chatelaine of the White
House, be regarded as a society wo-
man in the sense that many apply to
that term. 1t must be remembered
that her time has been rather COM
pletely occupied with little children. |
She is one who is essentially the soul
of the home and the companion of her
babies. She has not been wearing her
youth and beauty away by constant
attendance upon balls, receptions and |
dinners. While she has always be- |
longed to the most exclusive society |
she has not made it the aim of her |
life and tlerofore has not had the ne