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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-24

state having membership in the
league
State President j. Hampton Moore,
of Philadelphia, arrived last evening
and took quarters at the Jormyn. He
was mC?e than enthusiastic over the
prospects for a very successful con-
Vention.
The attendance promises to be
larger than for number Of years
past" President Moore said last night
to Tribune reporter. THE conven-
tion will also excel, in all likelihood,
any Of it's immediate predecessors in
the matter of notables present This
convention has a peculiar significance,
being the first meeting of the kind that
will take action on the death of the
president"
IT'S NUMERICAL STRENGTH.
The numerical strength of the
league, President Moore says, is
greater than when the present admin
istration took charge, two years ago,
and it has a very substantial balance
in the treasury. Altogether, the league
is in much healthier shape than ever
before.
corresponding Secretary John Kelly,
of Philadelphia, who has been here for
the past two days, comforting with the
local committee regarding the prelinli-
nary work of the convention, is in re-
Ceipt of communications from many
notable Republicans throughout the
state, giving assurance of their pres
ence at the convention.
Among the prominent Philadelphians
who will come tomorrow are Hon. Jo-
seph NJ. Huston, leading architect and
eloquent orator; Common Councilman
Wilson IT.. Brown, Representative
Charles T.. Voorhees,, secretary of the
city committee: James p. McNichol,
the noted city leader; Senator William
II. Berkelbach, Harbor Master Joseph
H. klemmer, Congressman Henry
Burk, Congressman James Rankin
Young, Magistrate T.. \. Devlin, Mag
istrate Thomas \. Conyngham, County
commissioners Jacob Wildermore and
Hugh Black, Gus Bacharach, secretary
of the civil service commission: Com
mon Councilman William Harkncss
and William Emslcy, representing the
War Veterans Union Republican club;
Representative Theodore Il. Stub At
torncy Howard y. Lucas, WV. Lucas
Robert Won Moschi2isker.
ROBINSON COMING.
Hon. Jack Robinson, Representative
Ward r. Bliss and Supreme Court Re.
porter William ]. Schaffer will be with
the Delaware county delegation.
Hon. Arch Mackrell, former prcsi.
| dent of the league, and Robert II. Lind.
say. one of it's first secretaries, will be
| among the Smoky City notables.
EX-Presldent Isadore Sobel will head
| the Erie delegation, and Representa-
! tive Frank Harris, candidate for state
| treasurer, will marshal n good-szeC
| delegation from Cleariield.
Governor Stone, ii is feared. will moi
| he able to come, but Harrisburg vii
be represented in General James w
Latta, secretary of internal affairs, anC
Sol Bacharach, the governors execu
| tive clerk.
The Philadelphians will come or
| special Pennsylvania train of twelv,
cars by way of Pottsvllc, Hazleton anC
Wilkes-Barre, arriving here at Oh
| o'clock.
! Senator Boies Pcnrosc and Senator
and Mrs, John NJ, Thurston will com,
on the Black Diamond, arriving abou
the same hour. Senator and Mrs
Thurston will be the guests of Con
gresham and Mrs William Connell
| Edgar G. Snyder, Washington CORES
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Delegates
ARRIVE TODAY
ALL Is IN READINESS FOR
LEAGUE CONVENTION

President Moore Arrived in the City
Yesterday from Philadelphia.
Says the League Is in Splendid
Condition-Deputy Attorney Cen
sral Frederic w. Fleitz will Have
No Opposition for the Presidency.
1t Is Expected That One Thousand
Persons Will Come Here,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-08-20
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

Robertson q Wilder have moved
}heir law offices to the Stangenwald
building, .Merchant street, rooms
50206, 207, second foe l6-lw,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-07-19

Prince Kropotkin says that wealth
does not bring happiness, which, of
course, is not a wholly original state
ment, nor yet one which may be looked
upon as indisputable. If some fairy
godmother should make her appear
ance and, driving all wolves from doors
and all skeletons from closets, put in
the places of these grim monsters snug
little fortunes, the Chicago Tribune
thinks it is safe to predict that GER
tain amount of happiness would result.
AS to how long-lived that happiness
would be is another question. There
are certainly new ideals In regard to
the relation between riches and happi-
ness springing up, and one sees them
frequently reflected in literature. 1t
used to be that an author. in order to
secure the happiness of his heroine, be-
slowed upon her, besides the gift of a
husband, one of those large fortunes
that only novelists have at their els
posal. But now writer will offer no
guarantee Of happiness with these
gifts. but viii give the reader to under
stand that the use his heroine makes
of both husband and fortune will de
eide the matter of happiness. Every
child. at some period of existence. en-
tertains the sweet conviction that the
life of a confectioner is the one most
to be envied and emulated, but in time
comes the realization that there may
be drops Of bitterness in such a life and
that a man with unlimited power in
the disposition Of peppermint sticks
may be himself in iifferent to these de-
lights. Wealth is largely matter of
peppermint sticks, and only one who
has tried to consume a whole jar of
these sweets by himself knows how
cloying they may become. Neverthe-
less, riches as a source of power and
force will go on alluring mankind to the
end of the chapter. AS Emerson says;
"Some men are born to own. and can
animate all their possessions. Others
cannot; their owning is not graceful;
seems to be compromise of their char
acter; they seem to steal their own
dividends They should own who can
administer; not they who hoard and
conceal; not they who, the greater pro
prietors they are. are only the greater
beggars. but they whose work carves
out work for more. opens a path fol
ALL"
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ity of the latter would necessitate
prompt and effective protection of all
the vast domestic and foreign interests
in Mexico.
There is even to-day a small fraction
of the Mexican people in favor of an
nexation to the United States, but this
feeling is far from being general
among any one class Some of the
Spanish Catholic priests are friendly
to the idea, as they still cherish con-
siderable animosity toward the Next
can republic for it's confscation of
church property. and these priests be-
lieve that under American rule they
would regain much of what they lost
1t is certainly incumbent upon the
government of the United States to
keep a sharp eye upon the progress of
events In Mexico There have been
many unofficial complaints from that
country that the United States has IN
derrated the importance of its embassy
in the Mexican capital.
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Mats orr the Rule Abroad.

A railroad contractor who has just
returned from abroad tells of an expert
ence that befell him in Munich illustra-
tive of the difference in prevailing Gus
toms Armed with a number of letters
Of Introduction to European railroad
officials, he made 1t a point to inquire
into the workings of the various sys-
TENS, and was treated with uniform
courtesy.
At Munich he thought he had &C
qulred all the information he was after,
and as he passed out of the office of
the man with whom he lad been talk
ing he put on his hat He had scarcely
been ushered out when it occurred to
him that there was one matter about
which he had forgotten to inquire. Il
Immediately retraced my steps," said
the Philadelphian, land again entered
the Office, neglecting to remove my hat.
saw the same official with whom l
had been talking, and. apologizing for
taking up so much Of his time. nut
the question to him.
without a word he reached IN. took
off my hat and placed it in my land.
Then he answered my query and bowed
me out. 1t made me feel rather cheap. -
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The situation presents two phases
One of these is involved in the sud
den taking off of President Diaz, leav-
ing matters to be adjusted by others;
another phase is the power which he
possesses in case his life should be
spared to nominally retire from his Of
fee and place someone else in author
ity supporting that authority by the
same forces by which he now holds
control. 1t is not necessary to specu-
late upon what might happen in case
Gen. Diaz should suddenly be called
away. 1t is enough to say that it
would be an appalling calamity. not
only to the Mexican people, but for
every foreigner who has a dollar at
stake in their country. No human pow
er could prevent a greater or less dis
Indignation of the political structure
which has been built up by Gen. Diaz
and supported by a well-equipped and
formidable army commanded by Il
loyal friend.
The capital would become the scene
of a dispute between factions advocat-
ing this or that man for the office. and
the remoter sections Of the country
would suffer from local disturbances
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himself the government and reserves
to himself absolute power in general
and in detail When this man is taken
away there is necessarily doubt as to
what may come next. If by any chance
there is another ready to take his
place, ready to assume the reins and
drive the wild horses of imperial gov
eminent with equal skin, then there
should be no period of chaos between
the laying down of one rule aud the
taking on of another. A country is in
deed fortunate. however, which finds
such men ready to hand when the need
presents itself. With all his great per-
sonal vlgor, his iron constitution and
his care for his own life, the time is
rapidly drawing near when Gen. Diaz
will either be called to join that group
of Spanlsh-American leaders now pass
ed from earth, or else will find the du-
ties of state falling so heavily upon
him that he must perforce lay down
the burden upon more vigorous Shout
ders.
If the foreigners who have found
tEeir homes and opportunity in Mexico
were to have their say the Diaz admin
Istration would continue forever. They
would be supported in this desire hy
every Mexican who has benefited by
and who takes a pride in the present
peace and prosperity which prevail
throughout the country.
II the people of Mexico had placed
Gen. Diaz at the head of the govern.
ment by their untrammeled vote and
had continued him in each succeeding
four years in the same position by the
same voluntary expression of opinion
as provided for In their constitution the
situation would not be so serious. II
/ Is a MISUNDERSTOOD fact however
that Gen. Diaz made himself President
by military skin. kept himself in power
by that same force until he was SC
strengthened by his commercial ALI
ances, individual and collective. thai
his position became impregnable.
With the mass of the people not only
Indifferent to what changes may tax,
place at the head of the government
but incapable, through custom and ed
ucation. of exercising any voice in tn,
same, the struggle narrows itself dowI
10 a group of active schemers, who's,
importance is relative to the size O
their following and their control o
dominant forces.
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Publication Of the Heron divorce pa
pers, the Chicago Chronicle declares,
discloses one Of the most scandalous
transactions ever Judicially approved
In civilized country. The wife alleged
desertion OF herself and children, fruit
of five years marriage. The husband
did not deny the charge but, although
VIGOROUSLY lmpecunious and profess
siOnally opposed to the right Of private
property, he settled upon his wife all
mony so generous that her attorneys
advised the court of her acceptance of
the settlement, and thus the proceed
ings came to an end. The money, 1t Is
well known, was provided by another
person for whom. 1t is equally well
known. Prof. Heron abandoned his
lawful wife and family. The precedent
thus judlcially set is fraught with inn
measurable harm. If husbands and
wives may be bought off or on with the
aid Of the courts civilization has de.
generated to "A depth beside which
Mormonlsm assumes an aspect of NOR
al grandeur The court doubtless had
no alternative The deserted wife was
confronted with the necessity of going
to public poorhouse at whose door
she would be separated from her chill
dren. She did not bride the court to
give her a decree. That would have
been hers anyway. Had the court been
able to provide for the subsistence of
the deserted wife and children other.
wise he would have rejoiced to sen
the miscreant father to a penitentiary.
there to work, that his labor might be
used in part to contribute to the main.
tenance of those helpless ones he had
brought into the world. But such are
the defects of our social legal system
that the family deserter goes free and
the polluted purchase money is paid by
one wholly detached from legal ac.
cOuntability. Thus n criminal infatua.
ton acquires judicial seal. DishonoI
of wife, children, home is established
as an encouraging precedent in the
American courts. Divorce by purchase
win be a more alluring gate hereafter
for the dissolute of the aristocracy OF
wealth. Reaction cannot set in until
wife desertion shall be added to the
category Of felonies and the criminal
shall be held in durance for the sup
port of his victim and their children.
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Marry young" says Father Hogan,
the Oldest priest in Trenton, N. ]. THE
question of salary should be no bar
against this step. A young man earn
ing $40 n week and upward could keep
a wife just as well as he can pay 50 a
week for board and attend the opera
every night and take in all sorts of
amusements. The young girls should
take this advice home to themselves
too. They are as responsible as the
young men. They will not marry a
young man nowadays unless he is earn
ing large salary, so they can dress in
Iilks and satins and make great show
ing on the streets. If this step is not
taken early In life the young man for
ever abandons the idea of marrying
after he has passed the 25-year mark. ="
There Is a great deal of this starting in
where father and mother left off. But
not all OF these marriages are happy.
More often the couple that struggles
along up together from poverty to COM
fort looks back with satisfaction at the
way so painfully trod There were les
sons Of life IN it and character develop
ment.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-07-19
All She Saw.

Detective-Did you see a man ard
woman driving past here in a dog cart
about an hour ago?
Mrs. Blank-Yes.
"Ah, we're getting on tho tracb> NJ
them! What kind OF horse was ity"
They were driving so fast didn't
notice that. But the woman had on a
Scotch mohair and wool jacket of tur-
quoise blue, last years style. with
stitched lines, white pique skirt wfth
deep. circular aounee, a satin straw hat
tilted and rather fiat, trimmed with
hydrangeas and loops of pale blue
surah, and her hair was done up pompa-
dour. That's all had time to see. -
London Tit-Bits.
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Edward VII. appears to have inherit
eed some Of his mothers economical
habits. The old lady got In her day
thousands upon thousands of India
shawls as presents. These she gave
away to brides as her wedding gifts.
There was fine stock Of them left and
these, together with a large number
of engravings signed by the artists, are
now being sent to the Kings friends
who are taking mates.
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Plagiarism must be an original sin,
for 1t is committed by persons who
would not do another dishonest thing.
At least once a year some college
orator is convicted of stealing the
spread-eaglesm which won him the
prize in the contest. In most of these
cases it is proved that the culprit lift
ell" the speech from the effort of some
college orator Of other days, usually
not so very remote. In fact, these col
lege contests are productive of great
deal of this sort of deception.
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The recent decision by Judge In
New York that husband Is entitled to
his wifes earnings sounds as If it
might be the Judgment OF some wise
acre OF comic opera. II is surely u pc
culiar partnership in which the head of
the firm is entitled to all the junior
partners profits, while the poor little
junior partner is entitled to only so
much Of the seniors as he chooses
grudgIngly to dole out to her Here's
injustice for you! A married woman's
wage-earning ability. according to the
New York judge, belongs entirely to
her husband He may employ II or not,
as he sees fit and he may exact and
expend for his own private use and
pleasure the money accruing there
from. Were the husband permanently
disabled and unable to contribute any
thing to the living expenses, then. this
decree holds. the wife might have some
jurisdiction over her wages. but other.
wise the man holds the purse-strings
even II the woman fills the purse. II
such law does not help to fill the
ranks Of the woman suffragists with
married women who must work to sup
port their lazy liege lords, nothing il
the world will. 1t is unfortunate thai
this class is usually too busy keeping
the wolf from the door and putting
food in the mouths of their infants t,
bother with legislatures and pubh
meetings. One thing is certain, how
ever. V one must work to support
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husband It had best be a sickly one
Indeed, sickly husbands are made de-
srable, after a fashion, by this unjust
law. Why the money that a woman
works for should not be hers absolute
~, to spend as she pleases, to waste as
she pleases, Ia yet to be shown, unless,
indeed, all men are not created equal
and the Declaration Of Independence is
In error.
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No other country in the world to-day
would be affected to as great an extent
by the death Of its ruler as Mexico. Tie
condition Of things in the republic is
most peculiar and is interestingly and
instructively set forth IN the follow
ing article by j. ID. Whelpley. The
government Of the country. says the
writer, is one of benelcent absolutism
and Imperialism. At its head is "a great
man, old In years, but young in spirit
and hope for his people He stands
forth from the group Of those who have
led Spanlsh-Amerlcans as does a giant
among pigmies From the people he
rules. he is one of them. He is more
than this, however for while retaining
his identity Of interest he has grown
beyond them in his knowledge of the
worlds affairs and in his skill in state
craft
In twenty-five years of rule he has
brought Notion forward two centuries
In the arts and sciences, but he has
failed to teach them how to do without
his guiding hand. 1t may be admitted
that one man, no matter now great his
power or great his talents, cannot be
everything in the building up of ma
ton to perfection, but perhaps it would
have been possible for Gen. Porfirio
Diaz to have inculcated the millions Of
people under his care at least the first
principles of self government This he
has not done Notwithstanding the fact
that his position and power have rest
ed during all this time upon a constitu-
tional government in theory. There
have been no evil results from this
omission, and possibly there would
have been less peace had he supplied
1t, for n newly awakened body polite
is apt to be restless, as we have seen in
| Cuba.
When a Strong Man Ia Needed.
/ There can be but one result. how
ever, when one strong man constitutes
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-07-19

The seventeenth century has been
and Is being badly trampled by the
novelists. If the action is located in
Sixteen Hundred and Something and
the hero says POUNDS" and "ods bod
kins." the sale runs into the hundred
thousands. Brethren. let us come Off!
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swimming mile Conneau lake will this daring
to the
which than and oneha niles
accident
Miss Chsty skin marvellous for girl her
Greenyle Pa She is FIVE feet height
and $ a
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The Chicago professor who Dragged
TO his class that he had never yet kiss
cd a girl is getting the laugh all around
We advise the girls in his neighborhood
to 20 into baseball masks. The pro
fessor is doing some thinking.
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When Cuttings horseless pillow takes
on big stone the driver uses the same
emphatic language that has been en-
reggie in the past when the horse plow
jabhed the ribs of our veteran agricul-
furist
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The story that Mr.. Morgan had &C
quirel the Washington monument and
would chop 1t mp into fence posts fol
his estate In the country is denied.
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Steps are being taken to discourage
depopulatiOn in Givet, town in The
Ardennes. Hereafter. in all town Of
fees. first fathers Of more than three
children, and next married men. will
be preferred to bachelors. Prizes Of %
francs will be awarded yearly to those
parents who have sent the largest
number of children to school regularly
TAe poet writes lines on time-ant
time retaliates by writing lines on him
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-07-19

The Sultan Of Morocco Is learning to
play the bagpipe He must have UNI
bounded confidence in the loyalty Of his
subjects.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-07-19

That new contrlvance which does
away with the telephone girl still re-
tains feminine feature-it answers
back.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-07-19

There are not many people smart
enough to tell the difference between a
hoodOo and a mascot.
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Should the political situation in Mex
leo lead to any serious disturbance, in.
reference by the. United States could
hardly be avoided. No other foreign
power would be allowed to interfere by
the United States, and the responsible
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now held in check by a strongly CEN
tralized government. Northern Mexico
is more or less jealous of southern
Mexico. and the State Of Yucatan. ex-
tending far out into the gulf and many
miles from the seat Of government, has
long threatened to take advantage OF
the first opportunity which presented
itself and organize a separate repub-
lie.
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FUTURE OF MEXICO.
SERIOUS CONDITIONS LOOM UP
AFTER DlAZ'S DEATH.

The Presidents Demise Cannot Now BE
Long Deferred, and the Specter of
Revolution Threatens Uncle sam
May Have TO Take a Hand.
The daily sentinel., 1901-12-30
Carey May Be Chosen

Cheyenne. Dec 28-It 10 reported here
that ex-senator Joseph n. Garry will be
offered the portfolio OF tho intarior Dc.
partment in tho event Of Secretary Hitch
cock rssigning. Judge Carey il rscogn-
lied a. one of the ablest men in the
party and he 10 especially we'll qualified
for the position. He vas the author Of
the Carey arid land act, which has done
90 much toward reclaining the great
American desert. Aside from this. he
hiss long been identified With tho affairs
OF the wsst and would make . valuable
member OF the oficial family OF the
president Those in . position to know
cay thst in the event Of Senator Hitch
cocks resignation Carey will be selected
TO succeed him. la
Judge Carey was sent to Wyoming by
President Grant u . member OF the ter.
ritorial supreme court. He was later
territorial delegate IN the United States
house OF representatives and carried
through congress all the prslinipary
work incident to tho erecting Of The ter
ritory Of Wyoming into state. s+