The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-21

But he hasn't an! mimi.
lie blunders through existence
With his headlight ON behind
let ever keep our headlight to tit" 'front.'.
There two reasons WHY fools do not mind
their own husincss one is that they have 10
business: the other, that they have no mind.
We have hot for which the Lord ho thanked.
Tic dangers which confront us are tile rclct ions
nature against the luxurious bcncrcncc ni CIV
social iutlgc. Marvellous prosperity. unparal.
lclrd acrunnlalions of wealth. general plenty have
generated and cultivated matcralsm in The
heart OF spirtualv: have kindlcd the wild tnc
of scliSncsS and needless cgosEi ON The hearth
ot alti,sin. and smittca tho people with an IN
struggle for personal profit. obvous vi tllc
general welfare. and sometimes regardless OF prl-
,ate rights. The negative destructive forces are
cncroathine upon the positive constructive pai'i-
otsm OF the Pilgrims. Craftsmanship and public
| service are dcgcnelatinU into political procs'
| sion which men study and pactice l"r gain only.
Official station is bought aud sold according 10
The value of the patronage it carries.
The most sl,ilfu and wealthy manipulltor rises
To the distinction and power of a ''hoss' where
lc maintains his control with strong and rcl"nt.
less han,! on the throttle "i his '.maclMC.' BY
Il cunning disuruSttiou o rewards and punish
mcnt.. he gradually substitutes Il bigoted worship
of the fetch ot party, and an in,atia,c list for
Doodle as the inspiration and motive OF political
activity, in place al ia, patriotic devotion to the
general welfare. whi,n is the birmicht and duty
Of the good ,itizan Every political service. from
the polls up he pays ior in cash, OF place. or
| promises lie .tri:c> to make every oiiccloIdcr
his tool and obcdrnt servant, to run the macNn-
cry OF govcrnmcn, 10 s'!hscNc h- own purposes,
and to procure .hc hot!dyal ri public truss inr
priyat" gains Our publ: aS>rlS and interest are
cXploitcd and made the prey "f political! pirates
by the corrupt traitors. Wh"m they fool the poo
pie into tr,i>tin" with the power of protecting
their property The political conditions oi srHiG
sections OF our country resemble those OF Eng
land when in1iyilalS wr,c gobhnS ur their
great commons yeats age. as bew0lod 'y III"
bard:
''rhc law lock, M the man or woman
Who steals goose from of the common.
But lets tlIr greater william loosc
Who steals the common of the goose
CnmmCrcalsm in politics is virus. the prog
n"s, of whose course, unchecked, is certain social
death. We educated of New ENGLAND,
in youth. to pay Tor public service. -
| bribery and corrupt ion. let lis bring up our chill
,ren To scorn he the hrclings of the poiiti-
| clans. Om brtln"ht is vital 10 Republican in
| .ttutions. 1t is the root oi popular sovereignty.
| the main stem of patriotism. PENNSYLVANIA has
! lhc reputation of having sunk 10 deeper civic
| degradation than any otter state OF our Union:
/ Massachusetts, If having maintained from The hc
i ginning, the rulrSt aud highest level Of poiti.d
| morality
] This. too. notwitiisn,lin. that 40 per cent. Of
| the population ol Massachusetts is oi foreign par
! cntdgc while we have Only a pCI cent. in Penn
| %ylvania. Tic most plausible explanation oi This
to us, dissraceful difference. scents 10 he i"rnI
in the opposite spirit Wlc'' dominated ihr first
| settlers and impressed Itself upon their noti;y
| tion> and people. William Penn founded lha
! City of Rrothelly Love IN the meek. peaceful.
Quaker principles of Mon-rc-otUncr, which I'll
ways rc$igncdlv submits 10 every Imposition, AID
lately To the devils own dance. IN Boston til"
Pilgrim Fathers composed their ,Ou!s ur hanging
| The Quaker, and twmhliNg olnoNious tea into the
harhor. strenuous. aggressive spiIit. intultrht
! Of WONG. conhatNr cr night, characterized The
! New England ruiranS wlc carried thrir guns 20
| church with them. Tlcy did this ior > quite dit
lrrcni reason than the h">ticl,UiGu, Whose viii,
| being asked by missionary ii her husband WAS
! God.,etrng man. replied: II anc>s 81; lc
| never goes oul on S,mdn" without taking His gun
! along
| Wha, PENNSYLVANIA politics needs TO-DAY Is a
| rnri'catiou in the fires oi righteous, rGttm
| indignation, wrath and Connection, courageous
| assertion oi the manhood OF the great majority ~
! It's people renaissance uf patriotism.
Another po,tontipu, rOrl which j. swelling in
oln social armament as a natural and logical ron.
sequence "f present conditions, is .hc tremendous
combination and combination ot it- material and
| industrial elements. The substitution ol .unNoli
! latcn and community Of interest and owner ship
oi industrial corporations ior competition and
commercial warfare l. ;is Noul and correct IN
| its commercial and business sense. Il not only
| saves th" waste, nj war rclGccS The cost n mo-
durlOn and ncrca|rs roi!l-, but II decreases tie
| expenses OF romI1rln living 4" Ill tho pr'nlr
| far below the po,'ihili.r, of the obsolete ,,m
/ let,iye methods. The Standard oil Trust sro.
! plies the world at Unc-q"iirr The price it would
have been obliged 10 pay under former con,!i,j 'o,
| The railroad cOnSl illti ions freight our COnno H.