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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-04

| "<1E LAW OF fitness finds Il
beautiful application in the
nomination for congress OF
William Randolph Hearst by
| William $. Devery. Hearst is mill
ionare: Devery. II not one in the pluto
cratic sense. is very near being one, ana
i'm any other country would be accepted
and classed as one. Hearst inherited
his great wealth; Devery certainly did
not earn his. Hearst has prostituted the
highest functions Of journalism to gain
and maintain a sqialid notoriety. Dew
cry has acquired his political popular
ity by pandering to the physical appe-
tte of poor and hungry section OF
New York. Devery will prove more
insuperable and implacable foe tn IlilIs
presidential pretensions than Croker
ever did. Watch If this does not come
to pass.
Hearst is no fool although he some
times acts like one. Devery Is the EN-
bodiment of disciplined vulgarity. He
is practically illiterate. but he has "a
profound knowledge of human nature.
IL 'IoktF NdHquSIlcu Ilil al every
turn. the boss had to create a place for
Devery ut the head of the police force
Of Gotham. The ways of Democratic
politics i'm New York are mysterious.
but there is nothing very hidden in
Deverys rise to power. wealth and,
now. political consequence. He forced
his way to the top and there he is.
Between Hill and Devery, it is ii
choice between the devil and the deep
blue sea- The fortunes of Hill We're
never so low. He has stopped to II
socialistic propaganda to maintain his
to give his hypocrisy the varnish of
sincerity. he rejected Devery's rreden-
talS as delegate to the Democratic
convention. Devery had every whit as
good right to his place there AS the
committee who cast him on; at Hill's
inst Stigation. This has very naturally
aroused Dcvery's ferocity. This is not
artificial Or political. 1t is as instinct
i've as that of Il rhinoceros and no less
remOrSelcss. If this was the only trick
Hill had up his sleeve he played it very
clumsiy. 4 novice in the political
game of New York state and city poll
tics could not have blundered more
fatuously. Hill. moreover, misinter-
prcts the signs of the times. The coun-
try is in no humor for s0cialistic
propaganda Of superficial experimental
ton. We have. unfortunately, too much
of them in the social crucibe to satisfy
almost the halucnations of an an
archist. DeNery at any rate has the
acquired intuitiveness OF a policeman
he is large property owner. He can
no more afford to preach socialism than
Hearst. The dual alliance formed be-
tween Hearst and Devery is less
strange than fitting. 1t is significant,
and, as far as David r. Hill is con-
cerned, OminouS.
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WRONGLY PLACED.

When MAJOR Low was at Great Bar
rington last autumn, resting from the
fatigue of a strenuous political life. ht
enjoyed several drives about the Berh-
shire country. ON one of these he oh
served "A milestone indicating the distance
Ia Stockbridee as four miles, when he
knew they were within Il much shorter
radius of that town. Said Mr.. Low To IN,
driver:
What's tie matter with that mile
stonc?'
Oh was the keen response. promptly
given. The nilestones all right only
it's In the wrong place"
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A Sign Of peace.

r L Is GRATIFYING news that Sem
ator Quay has effected "a political
l. reconciliation with John Dalzell
and is now vigorously supporting
Mr.. Dalaell for speaker OF the next con-
Eress. The question of the speukrrShip
Is necessarily in allegiance until after
election and is contingent upon the
e!ecrion uf a, Republican njurity
While this is probable the chicken can
Matched.
But the effect of the senator's action
will be far-reaching ON state politics in
any event. Taken in connection with
Athe reconciliation which has already
peen effected between the senator and
kost of the effective workers who for
he years have been energetically op-
(ns his control of state affairs, It
,Ses the broader Republican fcl-
hip which the majority of reputable
lublirans have long been desiring
u The CRITICISM HIS hot been without
foh1datlt,n thf PENNSYLVANIA. although
the sstrongNst most important sure
lya-Republican commonwealth in the
Union, mas Tailed 10 occupy the posi-
tion, in, national sparty and Legislative
councils To which she has been fairly
entitled. Outside Of personal reasons.
the chief cause of this lack OF prestige
apd commanding influence has been The
fast, bat the energies of the Republican
organization i'm PENNSYLVANIA have TOO
continuously been monopolized by eff
forts at preservation from Internal
dissension ar factional attack. BY
knitting together these tangled ends
into Il fabric of harmony IL will he pos
slble ,henreforth to give larger heed To
tbfn bgpader questions OF party and
public management and policy. with the
impetus sure To come from unity of
ambition and interest.
While We need not expect that poli-
ties VIII ever become ideal, 1t is relief
TO look forward to season of ampler
recognition of individual talent and a
purer, and better flow of the currents OF
Republican activity i'm the keystone
state. 1t may be that some of the
methods by which such a prospect has
bsep approached SAVIOR of irreguarity
and of temporary unfsirness. but the
means can be forgiven H. the end shall
warrant them In the case of John Dal-
zell, one of the most accomplished, in
get This state has ever had at the ma
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-04

barism OF the past unless some means
can be found To continue their instruc-
tIon. II Is unfortunately true in South
Africa that both the Dutch clergy ns II
rule and the larger proportion Of the
old men among the Beers are intensely
Jealous of any attempt on the part or
England to teach their young the Eng
lish language and English ways or
looking at things. In many respects
they are not unlike the Mormons In
the early days of their western mgrn-
tlon: they do not want to be brought
into touch with modern currents Of
thought and life. and they viii resist
to the last the modern education OF
their young. Thus far the only plan
evolved by the British authorities to
offset this native stupidity and obstin-
acy is to offer to feed and clothe such
children of parents left destitute by
the war AS will remain at or near sup
ply depots and regularly attend the
English schools. There have been some
acceptances Of this offer, but In the
main the problem of enlightening the
coming generation in South Africa re-
mains unsolved
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-04

The issue of this campaign was terse-
ly phrased by John =. Elkin when he
said at Bedford: There Is not a per-
son In this audience who would know
ingly disturb our present industrial and
commercial conditions If he had the
opportunity of doing 80, yet that Is
precisely what YOU are doing If you
give encouragement to the Democratic
party in Pennsylvania this fall" The
people OF this prosperous state are not
mehitnting ANYTHING So disnstrOus.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-04

The quality of Theodore Roosevelt
that appeals to men Is that. no matter
how much YOU may differ from him
In opinion or judgment, you know that
he is fundamentally honest and square.
incidentally there is nothing on earth
that he is afraid Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-04

tlonal capital, 1t has long seemed a
pity that estrangement between him
and the dominant Influences in the
state organization should have hamp-
cred both and thereby worked injury to
both local and national interests.
The disappearance of this estrange-
ment liz properly II cause for widespread
satisfaction. We are glad to look upon
IL as the sign Of "A brighter era.
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likely to be unstable ana
they don't put much confidence in him.
1t is much the same with political
parties.
Observe how the Democratic party
has changed issues in the past few
years. First it was free trade, then
free silver, then both: next imperial
ism, with free trade and free silver on
the side Then militarism and Down
with the army and now 1t is hodge
pudge of all of them.
ON the other hand. the Republican
party has kept right along doing busi
ness at the same old stand-prOtection
to American industries and American
labor: protection to American credit
and the American dollar The Repub-
Leans don't need any better issue than
these,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-04

II will have to be admitted. we guess,
even by those Wall street interests who
are plotting to resurrect Grover Cleve-
land i'm order to get an administration
OF the treasury that they can handle,
that Secretary Shaw is competent
doctor of finance,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-04

Il "
Washington is dsap-
pointm. to everybody,
It will surprise few. The president
acted manly. high-mnded. cour-
agepus and patriotic part in trying to
use his good offices to relieve situation
upon the public welfare as to cUnsti-
tute an overShadOwing national ca
lamity.
But it might have been. and by most
persons familiar with the conditions
prevalent in the anthracite region was,
foreseen that the issue had gone too far
to be compromised. even when the APP
peal for compromise was based upon
considerations of patriotism and public
spirit Undoubtedly the reiterated re-
fusal of the operators to accept John
Mitchell's offer of arbitration will he
accepted by the country at large as An
exhibition of censurable stubbornnoSs.
but while wages and hours of work
may he arbitrated. their argument Is
that control and mana cement OF prop
to compromise, and thar where law
lcssness is rife. the first thing to do is
to enforce the law.
The next moves in this great indus
trial war will be awaited with intense
public interest and anxiety. Although
the intercession of the president has
failed, the end cannot be far off 1t is
not IN human nature that so strong a
tension can be much further prolonged,
The Democratic party is the party
that promises great things to labor.
before election, while the Republican
hum
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-04

tlI-E ftlcnafu tafulnS
~ Davis carries greater au-
thority as a writer Of
fiction than us Il states
man. there is enough trutR in what
he says in Harper's Weekly this week
concerning South American revolutions
as affected by the Monroe doctrine to
set intelligent readers To thinking.
The subject of his article is the up
heaved condition of affairs in Venezue-
la and Colomba-a condition periodi-
cal if not chronic in the former coun-
try and of sufficiently long standing in
belief that the American attitude of
preventing European intervention with
out substituting corrective measures in
| its own name cannot be indefinitely
sustained. I'm the case of Venezuela.
| for example. we have Il country equal
| in area to France. Spain and Portugal;
| incalculably rich i'm natural endowment
and in the capability of supporting Il
| high order of social and political life.
and yet given over to misgovernment
So gross and seemingly so little in like
lih0Od of internal Improvement that
eventually, Mr.. Davis thinks, the laws
Of economy and the spirit of the
worlds advancement will insist upon
the interpoSition of reforming intlu-
ences. The Monroe doctrine as COM
monty understood. says that these shall
not come from without. save under
American auspices. But shall this
mean that they are not to come at all"
The question, of course. is not i'm
mediate or pressing. 1t may not be-
come vital in the present generation.
But he must be gifted with ii low or
der of imagination who does not fore
see a time when the claim of American
suZeranty over the Latin American
republics first suggested in the Monroe
doctrine and since far advanced un-
der successive interpretations will COM
pei full acceptance by this country of
the responsibility and moral duty that
go with it and are inSepara bile from it,
OF else its surrender under compulsiun
of the worlds demand for better gov
ernment in these mismannged prnci-
palitieS.
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County.
Legislative.

Senatoi--JOliN b. JORDAN.
Representatives
First District-JOSlCPTt OLIVER.
Second Distrct-IOilN SCITl:l I:le. JR
Third istrict-l;DW ARD JAMES
Fourth Disttict-P. A. PtIlI.BlN.
Election day, Nov. 4.
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Machinery
Second Hand Pumps Our Speciality

We carry in stock the largest line Of
second hand machinery of any house In
the anthracite coal districts It will pay
you TO phoae MS before purchasing,
Macan, Jr \ luntngton, 81 Baltimore
street. Wilkes Barre, IA.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-04

Tummany's attempt to send Arthur
Brisbane TO congress in Amos j, Cum
minss old district will have the effect,
We fear to spoil Il good newspaper man
without benefitting congress
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-04
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
State.

ar. State.
Governor--S. w. PENNiPACkER,
Lieutenant Goveinor-W. NJ. BROWN.
Secretary of Internal Anairs-lSAAC b.
BROWN.
County.
Congress- WILLIAM tDNNELL.
Judge-A. \. NOSRI RG.
Commissioners COURIER NOR
RIS. JOHN PENMAN.
Mine inspectors .LEWEl.fN NJ. EV-
ANS, DAVID T.. WILLIAMS.
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Nothing which Reformer Guthrie can
say in denunciation of the ripper bill
can quite crowd ont of the public mind
the recollection that he was one of the
foremost advocates of that measure
when 1t was before the legislature.
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The Democrats are not fond of met
alurgy. They injected Tin into one
and 1t made them sick; they
then tried silver and it nearly killed
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-04

In admitting that he is not scared Of
trusts. Senator Dolliver is in danger
of being declared not orthodox.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-04

The fact that there are no Demo-
cratic candidates for the speakership
of the House is pretty good evidence
that they have no hope of winning out.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-04

Senator Millard. Of Nebraska. admits
that he has seen IL great light ON the
subject of Cuban reciprocity and that
hereafter he will go With the pres-
dent and let the OXnard beet sugar
trust paddle its own canoe. Next!
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Just as Before.

y IILE the failure of the
\N/ peace conference at
Washington is IA disap-
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The Pattison spell-binders have been
having a wet Time recently, but it is
compared with the deluge that
awaits them four weeks from Tuesday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-04

Y L Is GRATIFYING news that SEN
ator Quay has effected "A political
Il reconciliation with John Dalzell
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-04

Editor Hearst will find that congress
has good deal of the yellow journal
kind of hot air AT times
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Unstable.

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Looking Ahead.

= vHlLE Richard Harding
~ Davis carries greater au-
thOrity as q writer of
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Hearst and Devsry.

">flt, LAW OF fitness finds
beautiful application in the
nomination for congress or
Wjllin M Randolph Hearst by
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-08-09
Azndep Zee TO the DOpfb Pole.
So. 40 PER YEAR.

that many mics m.gl. De l-aVe-eG IN
such d vessel passing many such breath
ing holes within a few thousand feet
without ever actually coming under one
or near enough to discover it. In regard
to going back to the original opening in
case no new one is found, the fact that
the pack-ice is constantly shifting its
position, forming new water spaces and
closing up old ones, might cause the en-
tire disappearance of the original hole,
ilong before the little vessel could return
to it. Another possibility which might
seriously interfere with the scheme Isl
that even If no land obstruction were
found it may be that as the pole Is APP,
preached the ice becomes more COM
pact, continuous and thicker covering, 50
az to entirely prevent any communica
with the atmosphere. The very unpieas-
ant result which would follow the
permanent disablement of the vessel
when submerged under an ice pack needs
no enlargement. The danger of such
breakdown in a new and novel vessel,
under conditions which It is quite impos-
---As I. s11s4Iely toreseesis a very i'm
mediate one; and while there will no
doubt be found plenty of daring spirits
ready and anxious to- join III such a peril
Gus undertaking.. the: possible results
from it's successful scompletion, great as
they would be-, hardly seem to warrant
the great risks which it; necessarily en-
ta1is.-V. J. Y, in Commercial-Advertiser.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-08-09

made heavy inroads on the hocks. 1t is
an instance of trying to thwart nature
and getting left. -t$52&s =: fl. .~s-'y..&
and the changes that are in progress al,
these islands? Will Santa Catalina con-
tinue to sink till the waves of the Pacific
roll over her highest peaks? It is not
impossible. Plenty of instances are cited
to prove that such might be the case
The Island of Ferdinandea, which sud
denly rose out Of the sea, sank again be-
ueath the waves. Onius island, five miles
rom the mouth CT the Targerany river
and twenty miles east Of Batavia, and
the Island Of Midah, ten miles from lt.e
coast of Java, were swallowed up in
1850. st. Euphen,ia, in Calabria, sank
cut OF sight in 1853. Twenty-Five thou
sand acres of land just outside of Port
s.oval, Jamaica. subsidized into the sea
in 1899. "A point of land seven mihs:
long by 1--WE miles broad disappeared off
The cost Of Chilli in 1884. Part sofeathe
coast. of Peru near Calais subsidized in
1856 The caste coast of South Amer
lea is sinking at the present time, while
the western coast from Venezuela to the
Straits of Magellan IS rising The islands
forming the archipelago of Hawaii are
= 1T The nainssof a. eontinentgo gone down.
The West indies az fragrh ents. CT an i'm
3sense peninsula, which extended from
Mexico, Central America and NewSGTan a.
Ia eastward, and Santa Catalina and San
Cienle nte are the remains of prornon-
tory jutting out from Point. Conception:
Santa Catalina may never sink to any
considerable: extent, or she may gradu
say rz..--e ... >, '5-, --r.- r.. *. -s-s.
possible t:lat IL. =. - s j. -. -, -e...- * ,
lied throes, ehgn.f ,ais charming $
sud denly and with little or no warning
and the story. Of the 4ost Atlantis may
have its counterpart in<the Pacific. 4
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-08-09
Photography Of SOUND.

{ The invention Of the telegraphone seems to
have stimulated research upon possibilities of
reproducing sounds. Among the various meth
DDS of making records Of sound vibrations none
Is more accurate or sensitive than that Of en-
ploying photography; but hitherto no method
Of reproducing sounds from these records has
been described In a German mechanical jour-
nal Herr e. Runner describes method of
astonishing originality and beauty. He photo
graphs upon continuous moving roll or sensi-
tive film q speaking arc,''' or. arc containing
telephone transmitter circuit in shunt, and
reproduces the sound by projecting light
through this film on a selenium cell in circuit
with telephone receiver and a battery. nsOf
course, every variation produced in the trans
mitter circuit and affecting the light emanat-
ing from the are is photographed as alternate
Standings and lightenings on the film, ~and
these light variations lmpnging upon the SEN
sitive. selenium cause corresponding %f1uctua-
lions in it's resistance and reproduce the sound
in the receiving telephone with great accu-
racy. 1t is stated that the reproduction in
sensitiveness and clearness is superior to that
rendered by the Poulsen telegraphone. AS the
film can be made very long without reaching
considerable weight, it possesses great porta-
bility and has advantages over either the wax
cylinder the cross-magnetized steel wire.
Another striking advantage is found in the
fact that any desired number Of reproductions
can easily and cheaply be made from the
original flm.-Electrical Review. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-08-09

o: the time mas had a good business and
plenty of money. About a year ago. however
he got into financial difficulties and has since
been slow In paying his hotel bill.
j The fact that he was an intimate personal
friend of the proprietor made the latter reluc-a
tant to press him for payment, and matters
have been allowed to run along for several
months without any money being paid Re
Gently when the proprietor was looking over
the monthly sta tement from his bookkeeper he
saw with some alarm that the. old man was
delinquent for several hundred dollars. For
more than six months he had not paid cent,
and the proprietor saw that it was necessary
to take some radical action. His delinquent
guest had taken great pains to avoid meeting
him for months and besides he had hardly the
courage to take the matter up with him per-
>sonally. ...S. & n.
After moments thought he called the CASH
Ter to him and issued an order which called a
smile to the face of the man who handles the
money. t.s5 q x 555s
{ The next evening the old patron, who was
now six months behind, hunted up the proprie-
tor as he sat in his private office and started
IN at once with bitter complaint. go -
Say john Z he said. s..the keyhole in the
door of my room has been plugged up by some.
body. rye worked at It for more than an hour
but I3can't get it clears I'm apparently locked
out of my own room. It's an outrage. That's
what it is and want you to send up some-
body to dig out the plug \
I've heard Of cases just like that before,
answered the hotel proprietor "and know