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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27
A RIPPER RECORDER.

From the Pirtston Gazette,
The last Legislature has been abused right and
left by Democrats and their in,urgent Republi.
can allies for the ripper legislation that ripped
out inefficient administrations in scranton and
Pttsburg, and Governor Stone, in turn, has been
shamefuly maigncd for the appointments that
he has made in accordance with the provisions
Of the "rippCr" law. We wonder what these
alleged reformprs will say after they have pe.
rscd the straight .from.thc shoulder address
which Hon, William l.. Conncll the "rppor"
mayor Of scranton, delivered to the police force
OF that city recently. The governor was roundly
denounced by the insurgents for the appoint.
mCnt Of Mr.. tonncll to the office Of recorder and
all sorts OF dire things were predicted as a re.
suit of his administration. The local "anti" or
gans were especially vehement in their ohirr-
tiOus. Recorder ConnCl was declared without
reservation to be the embodiment Of all that is
wicked and vicious in politics Vet, Recorder
Connells friends IN his home city and in the
neighhoTing cities and towns felt that the Cover.
nor had made no mistake in choosing him 10 be
the head Of the city administration, They rec.
ognlzcd, ot course, that he was a loyal member
ot his party and that he was a vigorous cham.
pon Of It's principles, but they knew also that
he was a man Of integrity, bold 10 do his duty
under any and all circumstances, That their con.
hdence in Recorder Connel has not been mis-.
placed Is already clear As soon as tho recorder
had reorganiled the police department, and
placed in the various positions men on whom
he could rely, he gathered them before him in
the city hall and gave them talking n. His
speech on this occasion is one Of the most re.
markable that has ever come TO oar notice, as
coming from city Official, and we are glad to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27

when The Dcmocr1"v went ont Of power in
our state It lett m the Republican party A leg
acv II almost si0O0ou mn II debt This debt. hy
wise administration under Republican rule, has
been almost entirely paid We have increased
the appropriations 10 the common schools until
stand AZ tho head of the American states in
support nj popular education Under Republican
administration there has heen paid each year ;or
educational purposes more than was appropriated
by the Democratic party IN their quarter Of a
century ~ miSrulo. We have increased uuI appro.
pratons 10 charitable aud clccnlosvnlry nstitu.
tions until can make the boast that no state
between the two oceans supports these inStltu'
tlons as well as does our own our 7o0o.O0O Of
people are industrious, honest, l1w.ahiding and
happy. Yet. surrounded as We are IN every side
with prosperous business conditions. with people
happy. employed and ,ontortfd and with every
avenue of business and trade fully occupied, and
with the prospect cf he future Frightening and
growing more hopeful, the Old historic party II
obstruction and nogstion sets ny htStcrlcal cry
of false pretonsc. hypocrisy and insnccritv for
the purpose of misleading the people and regain.
ing lost power From the Republican state
Platform,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27

print il in full, not only vindication of Re.
corder Conn6ll hut also az object lesson to
the heads Of other cities and towns who, though
elected by the people, furnish no such evidence
Of their purpose to enforce the laws.
These forCefu words, and Recorder Connell s
reputation leaves no room TO doubt that he means
just what he says. II that's what ripper legis'
laton does for a city, we say give us ripper"
mayor. Recorder Connell is apparently going to
be his own boss and he's going to give Scran'
ton clean and vigorous administration Of city
Affairs The progress Of real reform in Scranton
will be watched with special interest from now
an
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27
An Acceptable Decision.

Y UDGE CARPENTER'S DISPOSE
tion of the Crosby merry-go-
round case, restraining the
~ noise which had been COM
planed of by about 10 property owners
resident within its circle of audibility,
properly applies the law to clearly es-
tahlished facts. There was no perse-
cution of Crosby, though the defense
naturally sought to make that ap-
pear. on the contrary, it was Crosby
and his colleagues who did the parse-
cutting by keeping their music sound
ing so steadily as TO deprive some
citizens of sleep and many of the
quiet sought by them when purchasing
homes away from the business dis
tricts. The best music, so continually
produced, would in time become intol-
erahle to those compelled to hear it
without intermssion; and Crosby's,
according 10 the preponderance of
sworn testimony, was several degrees
short of the best.
But stopping the nerve -wrack cking
monotony of the continual grinding of
steam organ, however good, bad or
indifferent the instrument, though as
far as the could could go in the case
before 1t, does not exhaust the possi-
bilities of reform in connection with
the approaches to Nay Aug park. The
entire tendency to convert these ap-
proaches into cheap John midways
patterned after the catch-penny de-
vices of Coney island and other dis
tinctly amusement resorts must in
some way be brought under control or
preferably suppressed. Its immediate
effect is to depreciate property that
would otherwise appreciate in value.
This, however, is a limited i'll conse-
quence compared with the cheapenng
effect that these midway features
would produce in course of years upon
the park itself and compared also
with the deterioration that would fol-
low in the character of those thus en-
couraged to frequent the park
While il is not 10 be expected that
a public park can be wholly freed from
the occasional presence Of disagreeabe
persons it certainly should not be sur
rounded by devices calculated to in
duce extravaganza. frivolity or vice
Primarily a park is a place of recrea-
tion. and rest, and not a feeder tc
commercial projects, Its amusements
should be under regulation of the city
authorities; and all schemes oi
money-making dependent upon it's fire..
quenters for success should he placed
by municipal ordinance under the su.
pervision of the department OF public
safety Unless this shall be done. We
are going To have continual trouble ir
policing the park and it's environ.
properly and there will be danger thai
the vicious features, like weeds in g
garden, will multiply more rapidly
than the good.
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person was taken into the church and
he was asked whether he would lead
the praying, singing, take up the coll
lection or perform some other duties
All these Offices were declined, but he
cheerfully agreed to do the objecting
This Is the work to be performed by
Mr.. Finn for the next six months"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27

these 1888 paying members. $500 were
employed in mills not in the trust,
leaving Shaffer's constituency among
the trusts employees reduced to 1898,
less than a fifteenth of its total labor
and sixth of its skilled labor. This
was in May and IT is now August Some
recruiting has occurred in the interval,
but at the time Shaffsr pretended to
represent the labor of the steel industry
he was bluffing; he knew he was bluff
ing, and what spoiled his game was
that the trust also knew he was bluff
ing.
Some other facts are revealed in the
records. When the strike was declared
that threw probably 100000 men into
idleness, there was only $4,000 in the
associations treasury-not 75 cents
week for each striker and hardly more
than 81 a week for seven weeks for the
members involved. Shaffer's salary is
$3.50 a month, not half enough for a
man fit to fill the place he tries to fill;
but his expenses for the last fiscal
year paid out of the treasury in addi-
ton to his salary, were Sll30.6l; and
of the total sum OF Sic, ,63907 collected
16033 was devoted to the payment Of
officers and officers expenses" for the
attendance of officers at conferences.
and for Expenses" not specifically
named.
OF the entire labor Of the country
less than one-seventh is organized
taking the union figures as accurate
If every union estimate is as inaccur-
ate as Shaffer's, it is doubtful If one
American workingman in twenty be-
longs to a union. Where a strike con-
| Quoted under union auspices succeeds,
the membership of that union instantly
grows to large proportions. as was
shown by the experience of the United
| Mine Workers in the anthracite region
last fall. Where such a strike fails,
the union must either reorganize or
perish. The lack among non-unionists
| OF organization or means of knowing
the relative strength renders it easy
| for handful of union representatives
to stampede many times their own
usually facilitated by profuse promises
of fabulous benefits to come in the
| form of cash distributions while the
strike lasts. 1t is usually followed by
| failure of these benefits to put in an
! appearance when most needed.
Failure Of one big strike under union
auspices jeopards all unions and that
is why labor union officials whose pay,
perquisites and power depend upon
keeping the union ball rolling. manifest
mutually of interest and sympathy.
| They are entirely within their rights in
this, but their interest is not always
the individual toiler's interest and he
| had better make sure of his leader be-
fore swearing blind obedience and eter-
nal fidelity.
a law requiring public inspection Of
| records and papers of all chartered
associations engaged in a strike would
furnish safeguard against imposition.
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27
! uncturing a Bluff.

THE OFFICIAL records Of the
Amalgamated association. al
Il though carefully guarded,
recently disappeared, greatly
to the annoyance of President Shaffer
and his fellow officers; and some Of
their contents have since been made
public. They are fun of interest.
The steel trust, prior to the strike,
had on its pay roll, in round numbers,
$4,000 skilled and 100, 900 unskilled work.
ers, II Will be remembered that in the
negotiations leading up to the strike
President Shaffer strenuously insisted
that his union represented a large ma .
jority OF the company's employees. The
records show that in May last the total
paying membership of the Amalga-
mated association was only 1888, not
ten per cent. of the trusts pay roll nor
80 per cent. Of its skilled workers. OF
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27

Some of the Petersburg cars that
take people to the park when the Nay
Aug line is resting now carry placards
denotng this fact; others don't. The
result is confusion. A little more sys-
tenn will straighten this out.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27
ALWAYS Busy"
2 Always Busy Events

First-Our Fall styles
of Celebrated Korrect
Shoes at S4.OO. They are
displayed in our mems
window. They are for
the smart dresser who
wants to be just a little
ahead of the other fellow.
Second-The placing on
sale of every mans Rus
set Shoe in our store, low
and high cut, So and 81
grades. They are dis
played in our mems win
dow. You can get a pair
of them; perhaps the best
shoe you ever wore, for 50.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27
Real
| Swiss
Grenadines

46 inches wide in a good
range of colors exclusive de.
signs at
$1.OO per yard
reduced from $1.75.
Only one dress pattern
to a style.
See our handsome new line
of Waistings in Persian and
other new designs, many Of
which we show exclusively,
also a complete new line Of
materials for suits and sep
arate skirts.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27

A good deal of mystery appears to
surround the recent harmony deal be-
tween Governor Stone and Senator
Finn and much weird guessing is the
consequence. Not knowing anything
about it. we are compelled TO accept as
gospel truth the untarnished word of
Director Brown, of Pttsburg, Films
bosom friend, and architect of the rain
bow of peace. who says: "Flinn simply
sot TO the mourners bench and cried;
Save me- He has been sent back to
the tower to work out his salvation.
He is in a good deal the same position
as another man he tells about. This
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27

almost three million dollars, is also in
this vicinity. Just across the street
from the art gallery Boston possesses
tue distinction of having the second
largest library in the world the con-
g:cssonal library at WASHINGTON hav-
ing eminenCe. The library at Bos-
ton Is Co'nuos ed of over six hundred
thousand volumes. A recent addition
TO the Identification Of this building,
and which so far as accomplished was
recently unveiled to the public, is the
pictorial illustration on the walls of
one of the rooms of The Story of the
Quest of the Holy Grail" which has
been treated by poets and composers
for a long time, but this is the first
attempt to give it in continuous pic
torial illustration. These paintings
were conceived and executed by Ed
win A. Abbey. who displays himself
as n master in his profession. Later
On the series will be completed by
the artist and placed in this room,
here it will be viewed by thousands
of admirers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27

In spite of the success of NJ. Santos
Demont it is evident that several necks
Will need to be broken before the fly
ing-machine can be brought to a stage
of perfection
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27

The latest reported project of Thomas
w. Lawson, Bostons multi-millionaire
copper king, gas speculator, horse and
iog-fancier and disappointed yachts
nanE is ITO buy bunch of islands off
stnington, Maine, and convert them
nto IAN earthly summer paradise, 1t
S a good use for oppressive millions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27

We cannot leave Boston without
speaking of its beautiful harbor and
the enjoyable sail which may be had
down II and also of Boston newspapers.
We speak of the latter because Boston
is not only the birthplace of liberty,
but also Of American journalism, which
has been 'he helping hand Of American
liberty. There are at present eight
great Gaily papers with either morn
ing or evening editions or both IN this
TIrt, I oils of New Englant. The Bos-
ton Post is the largest circulating
morning paper, and the Boston Globe
has the largest circulation among the
even ng papers Some of these papers
are quite conservative, while others
are ilc';ned toward the sensational
and yellow journalistic style. Many
other papers are published in Boston.
..cr,' ~ to me of the Youths Com
panion, which occupies exclusively an
immense building This paper has
circulation of $4,000. the largest circu-
laton of any weekly paper in the
world. 1t employs in the building 450
persons When this paper was found
ed in 1927 by Nathaniel Willis. a wheel
barrow was all that was required to
convey the paper for the first issue
Now fifty tons of paper are used for
one issue. In the room where are kept
the pictures received for amateur prize
photography we saw the pictures made
by Martha Mcdonald and Clara Fleitz,
of Scranton, which won the grand prize
in last years contest. We also saw an
excellent picture of the ruins of the
building blown up by gas on Lacka-
wanna avenue nearly year ago. There
is stored in vault of the Youths
Companion building manuscript enough
to supply the paper for ten years. which
has been accepted and paid for. so
there is no fear Of a Juvenile literary
famine. Thus we have finished our
! tour of Boston and have described
many of the sights and scenes there
Lexington and Concord are yet TO be
written Of.
-R. r. T.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27

The plan ascribed in the newspapers
To Senator Quay to preserve the newly
established harmony in the ranks by
having the governor move to Philadel-
phia and succeed Penrose, and by turn
ing the other senatorship over to II. W.
Oliver, of Pittshurg, looks a good deal
easier in type than in fact. No doubt
it would be approved by the gentlemen
benefited; but how about the others 4?
Presumably there are others.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27

When the Huntington will contest
was settled out of court we said the
laugh was on the lawyers, We must
make an exception. The attorney of
the contestant gets a fee of $500, 900;
hence he is entitled to smile with the
foremost.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27

The excitement over the sale of the
Danish West Indies seems to be mono-
polized in Copenhagen. Uncle Sam,
however, will not be frightened into
paying fancy prices for the Danish
possessions by any unusual demon
stration on the part Of the Rigsdag.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27

pnld is beginning 10 snow
II signs of life. The Inquirer
is doing much to bring
things to a focus. II has begun to
hndlyze some of the tax assessments
made under the old board OF revision
of taxes, which the last legislature rip
ped out of existence. This board was
lrrCintNe by the court and /; L. alleg-
ed that C,rtain wealthy il'lur"ccs had
friends a. court while it wrE being
named. how this is we don't know:
but here is specimen or two of its
work as presented in the organ of the
stalNartS:
Margaret Ferry, after many years of hard Ia.
hor servant, invested her savings in a
residence at 230i Alter street, which IL in tho
1hirty-siXth ward She hoped to realize upon
her investment 10y renting the house a dwell.
ing, Margaret Ferry is assessed upon basis Of
Sl,onH, the valuation placed upon her house by
the real estate assessors She appealed in vain.
She has been before the hoard of revision Of taxes
and has taken solemn oath that she would he
glad to sell TO any one for 5000. There are
neghhols who say that the property is not
worth more than 500 or 500. The board re-
fused to give her redress She was a poor wo.
man.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27
Meldrunl,
Scott 4 Go.

To close our balance of
stock we offer
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SO much for one side of the picture.
The Inquirer also gives the other side:

John Wanamakcr bought great property at
the corner oi Twelfth and Chestnut streets, for
speculative purposes. The valuation placed by
the board on that property was S239N0. He
sold II not long ago for SGnO,OO DO You see
the difference Tho poor woman was taxed be-
yond the actual selling value, tax 50 severe
that she has lost money on the rental. John
Wanamakor was taxed upon a valuation con'il.
erdhy less than ouc.hif Of tho actual selling
value. And that was not the first time, either.
lie spCCulated for instance, IN a property at
Fifteenth and Chestnut streets, and he actually
had all taxation removed from It. His profits
on that deal were simply immense.
AS we said before, we know nothing
about these things further than hear
say. The Inquirer may do Mr.. Wana-
maker an injustice in assuming that he
was aware of this discrimination in
assessments or in implying thar one
reason why the Wanamaker following
in Philadelphia politics, the reform
ers' as they are called, object TO maxi
| ing the tax hoard elective, as was done
by the last legislature, is because they
anticipate having to pay more taxes
! than formerly. BE this as it may, facts
like the foregoing are calculated to set
people to thinking.
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THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

State.
Trtaturtr--FRANK e. HARRIS.
Election Nov. 5.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27

The military officials At Manila evil
IDENTIFY still regard the Tagalog with a
slight degree of suspicion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27
A Picture with Two Sides

THE CAMPAIGN in Philadel-
pha is beginning to show
H signs of life. The Inquirer
Sc 10 lri, 20,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-27

HERE will be much conster-
nation in the circles touched
Il by the great Baptist church
of This cnnntrN Mhen the
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DEPTH ORA RAINFALL
The Method by which 1t Is Accurate-
" Measured.

Probably one question that has puz-
zled the lay mind is how the depth of
rainfall may be accurately determined.
The way it Is done is this:
A funnel whose larger aperture rep
resents a surface of 100 square inches
is placed in a position where it may
catch the direct fall of the rain, with
the rim OF the funnel extending per-
haps an inch or more beyond the plat
form To which it may be fixed. This
is for the purpose OF preventing any
rain from being washed into the funnel
and increasing the true fall. From this
funnel the water runs to a tube which
ed ratio to the area of the funners
mouth, say one-tenth.
If, therefore, the tube shows water to
the depth of an inch, it is clear that one
tenth of an inch of rain has fallen. The
tube is provided with carefully grad
uated scale SO that the fall may be
readily seen. Three inches of rain
would show n depth of 80 inches in a
tube one-tenth the size of the receiving
aperture, and the decimals of an inch
could be quickly noted by observing the
scale.
If placed on the roof of n building,
the apparatus should be kept away
from the edges to prevent any peculiar
slant of the wind carrying into the fun
mel n larger proportion of rain than
would fall into it under normal cOndi-
tons. The larger the aperture of the
receiving funnel is made the more ac-
curate will be the results obtained.
4 curious fact that has been noted in
connection with rainfalls is that gauges
placed on roofs usually gather less wa
ter than those placed on the ground.
This is accounted for on the theory that
the rain in falling absorbs some of the
moisture of the air. and the greater dis
tance it falls the larger will be the
bulk of the individual drops. - New
York Herald.