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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY MORNING OCTOBER 21, J89T. 0e l&cranfon n6une ltll) snl Weekly. No ftundar Edition By The Tribune Publishing Company WILLIAM CONNELL, Preildont. subscription cricui Dally 50 cents a month. imsbid at rns ronromr at scrahtot x. ai CICOKD-CLABS UAH, UATTSR TEN PAGES. SCRANTON, OCTOUUR 21. 1S97. THE REPUBLICAN TICKET. , btntc. state Treasurer-.!. S. BEACOM, of Westmoreland. Auditor Oeneral-LEVI G. M'CAULEY, of Chester. County. Ehe'rlff-CLARENCE D. TRIOR, of Scranton. District Attorney-JOHN 11. JONES, of Hlakcly. rrothonotnry JOHN COPELAND. of Carbondale. Treosurcr-W. S. LANQSTAFF, of Scran ton. Clerk of th Courts THOMAS P. DAN IELS, of rfcranton. RcSoVder - CHA11LES HUESTER, of Scr.inton. Reglster-WILLIAM K. DECK, of Mos cow. Jury Commissioner CHARLES WIO 3INS, of Scrantcn. Election day, November 2. The election of the Democratic ticket nlll ho n lctory tor loan nml honest jrrthodS in politics Scrnnton Tlmoi. In proof whereof, consult Schadt's check book. Stand by the Party. ThP contlnunnco In the local Hold of three Independent candidates asklncr for Republican Mipport In order to t-tivnRtlien thq Demnoraey will not In out judgment affect the result of next month's polllnq; but It Is at least de e.'rvltiR of casual noti(.e. "When Mr. Okell'H name was pre sented to the recent Republican con tention the gientlemnn who made li!s nominating speech assured Ills heif er's that Mr. Okell and his friends, whether successful before the conven tion or not, would loyally abide the convention's devlblon and bIvo their best support to the regular party nom inees. AVo believe he spoke then In good faith. Why haw this promise not been kept? The applause which greeted these re marks of Captain Molr at the time of their deliverance Indicated that he ppoko words which with earnc&t and sincere Republicans are always popu lar. It Is a well-established fact that the great majority of voters in any party invariably admire the candidate who, at the primaries, In the conven tion or at tho polls, accepts victory modestly or bears defeat philosoph ically. On tho other hand, when a candidate enters a convention agreeing to abido its result and afterward takes the field against Its nominees It just as surely fcubjects his course to criticism it no! contempt. "Wo have seen no author ized explanation of the reasons which have prompted these, three gentlemen to run stump" against tho regularly nominated ticket of their party, and therefore must conclude that they have jielded to unwise advice or else could not endure with manly equanimity the vicissitudes of politics. But whatever the motives of Mr. Okell and his associate bolters may be, tho impropriety of their course from a party standpoint ia obvious. They went into convention as Repub licans, was fairly and squarely de feated, and now refuse to abido by the party's action. This Is not manly Itepubllcanism, and no Republican vot er who places party welfare above per sonal prejudice can Indorse It. In such a situation It Is clearly tho duty of every Republican whoso Republican ism rcbts solidly upon principle, to fctand. by his party. Those who appreciate the good gov ernment capabilities of the present city hall gang will of course vote next month to give It control of the court house also. "Concerning Advertising." Elsewhere appears an interesting communication from an enterprising local firm of clothiers, Messrs. Boyle and Mucklow, criticizing the dally pa pers of Scranton (mention is made In the letter of The Tribune only, but the criticism offered applies to all, for printing an advertisement, off-red In. the regular course of business and paid for, by a firm of clothiers characterized hy tho local Arm as fakirs. "We publish the letter, not at advertising rates but for nothing, as wo would any criticism of legitimate public interest properly signed for publication; l)ut at the same time w think our correspondents nie not quite fair in all thai they say. We take it that our critics would bell a suit of clothes to anv mun who wanted It and had the ori-e, without regard to wh'aher he paid taxes In Hcranton. "Wilkes-Barro or Timbuctoo. Advertising space In a newspaper is a commodity on the same footing. Wo believe that It is the duty of Scranton buyers to sustain our regular homo merchants and wo ars In favor of mak ' Ing transient (tellers Pdy a roumi n cense tax In lieu of the regular mer cantile tax Imposed on stationary busi ness men. If anv transient dealer comes Into town and misrepresents or clieata the people there Is redress at law, or If not. proof of it supplied to Tho Tribune will be followed b piompt cxposuie. But Is It fair to expect the pnpers of tho city to refuse all cash offeis of advertising matter calculated to Increase local competition? Such a rule would not only close the door to newcomers but also cut out all foreign advertising, making It Impossible, for any newspaper of any pretensions to exist In this cltv. We do not know the merits or do merits of tho firm (o which our cor respondents allude; but wo do know that 'the regular, fair-dealing local linns, among which we fiddly accord, ourcorrespondents a pi eminent placa, re qulto likely to withstand success fully anv new competition and in the long run thrlv on it. Tho true animus of tlid Low move-neHtfrV-Now-York lit fradijnlly1 becom SVlsiDl&vij6wH" uppeArs, del'lber Uely planned to force the VJlepubllcan organization to name n candidate against him In self-defense, so that Tammany mlnht win, and the odium of It be used later on In un effort to elect an nntl-Platt successor to Sena tor Murnhy and thiw smush the so called Piatt muihlne. In other words, with Low It l.s nnythlng to down Flntt, even If In the effort the wholo Repub lican party also tumbles down. Tho chunces arc Low will miss his aim. Already the Bryanltes ate confess ing defeat. The Times' howl about Republican boodle Is a never-falling symptom of chngrln Patriotism and Party. Replying to a recent editorial In this paper cxpiesslngsurprlse that It should wish to weaken the Republican party In New York city and state by oppos ing tho regular Republican candidate for mavor of New York, the Chicago Times-Herald defends tho Republican Ism of Seth Low and some of his pres ent supporters, alllrms that Mr. Low voted for Blaine In 1884, and adds: Tho Scranton Tribune has discovered a new kind of "mugwump." A Republican w ho refuses to Indorse the Piatt machine and Its candidate for mayor Is a "guer rilla, mugwump " According to The Trib une Mr. Piatt Is tho Republican party of Now York, and tho thousands of Repub licans who are going to rigliter a mistily pratflu against hosslsrn and one-man domination constitute "a band of guer rilla mugu umps " The Ti Ibuno adds that tho attitude of tho Times-Herald Is nit tho more surprising when It Is known that tho president faors tho candidacy of General Tracy. The Tlmcs-Hci aid's po sition on tho New Yoik contest Is not "surprising" tn anyone who Is familiar with tho editorial motley of this paper. Tho Times-Herald advocated tho election of McKlnley because of his eminent fit ness for the. place, because of his high charact r as a model American citizen and becauso he stood for those Issues that wereltal to our national prospetlty. Tho altitude of the president toward tho can didacy of Mr. Low or tho candidacy of Mr. Tracy, however, could not have the slightest Influence, either direct or re mote, upon tho editorial policy of this paper. Kon If ho should take the stump In beha'jf of General Tracy from now un til election day the Times-Herald could not bodilvcn away fiom tho sound and Impregnable position that there Is but one Issue Involved In the New York eon test tho Issue of honest, Incorruptible and efllcltnt municipal government and that tho voters of New York city shoukl bo allowed to scttJo this question for themselves without Interference from t'nlted. States benators or cabinet olil clals. We admire our western cortempor ary's courage but deplore Its bad Judg ment. If Mr. I'latt Is the Republican party In New York then Mr. Hunna is the Republican party In Ohio and the Times-Herald, to bo consistent, ought to be supporting McLean or whoever the antl-Hanna candidate is. The rela tion of these two men to the Republi can organization In their respective states is Identical The chief differ ence Is that Mr. Hanna, being newer In the business, has not yet accumu lated tho factional enemies that yearn to elevate the Tioga chieftain's scalp lock. The Times-Herald might as well insult McKlnley by calling him Han na's puppet as to insinuate that Gen eral Tracy, If elected mayor of Greater New York, would be "dumlnated" by any one man. Tho Ustlmony of c. Presldent Harrlbon as to General Tia cy's fitness ind independence fiom un due pressure outweighs In our Judg ment the reflections upon Tracv cast by Mr. Low, Major Strong, th'e New York Tribune and the Chicago Times Herald. Coming, though, to the merits of the question, here are the facts: Mr. Low was petitioned to become a candidate in New York as a unifying force. In stead of doing that he elected to be come a dividing foice. He spurned the Republin organization which enrols among.Its following a inajoiltv of the anti-Tammany voters; he lefused to consider any Interests of superior im portance to hl personal ambition as a candidate; he gave himself up to the purposes of those within and without the Republican party who wlbhed to strike down Senator Piatt and w oaken the whole structure of the Republican organization; he contracted alliances with Henry George, the candidate of Btvanism and other lcioiM socialistic Ideas, and when he saw cleat ly that he could not be elected, he lefused either to throw his strength against Tammany to the adininisttation can didate, General Tracy, or to confer w itli the latter with a view to a union of forces on a compromise candidate. This may be courage, but it Is not dls ctetion. It is the attitude of an egotist ir.a wreUtei: and In either case It proves that Sir. Low would b an un safe man to occupy the ofllce he s.eeks. As to our Chicago contemporaiy s at titude toward the national administra tion, wo have onlv to sav that if Its hplrlted editor should ever undettake to run a government without the aid and support of a party organization and on the principle that sooner than make a single concession for the pur pose of hatmony he would see his party smashed, tho ultimate consequences would doubtless disabuse his mind of some very lofty but unpractical ideas. It Is duo to McKlnley that the Repub lican party be sustained With' the paity weakened he Is weakened and the country Is weakened to the extent that the execution of promised policies is embarrassed or obstructed. The party cannot be built up one year and torn down the next without hurt to Its vi tality and harm to Its representatives In high office. The duty of patriotism Is to stand by tho patty in power so long as it proves Itself worthy; and this Involves standing by It wherever and whenever its standard Is unjustifi ably assailed. We belUvo that su h a duty lies be fore all fi len Is of ;jood government in Greater New Yoi k. Tho proper verdict In the Luetgert case would have been: "Not proved, but worthy of hanging on general prin ciples." Schadt at Willlamsport. Tho continued silence of the Times Justitles the conclusion that Its pres ent candidate for sheriff, Mr. Schadt, was tho same man who two years ago went to the troublo to got substitute credentials In order that ho might go to Willlamsport in a capacity to do mischief to tho candidacy of Hon. r. P. Smith for a seat on tho Superior court bench, Think of the meanness of such an act. Hero was Mr. Smith, already with an Indorsement from his party In Lackawanna county, seeking fairly and openly an honor from the Demo cratic state convention. His candi dacy had the cordial support of tho masses of his party, as was shown In tho cxtraoidlnary vote which ho sub sequently received. Yet Schadt, hold ing ofllce In gift from Judge Smith's friends, by virtue of that office rep resenting himself as a spokesman of the Democracy of Lackawanna, goes out of his way to deliver a blow at his fellow-townsman and fellow-Democrat; a cowardly blow, such ns own faction al bitterness would not excuse. What was Hchndt's objection to Judge Smith? What was his objec tion to Burke? What was his objec tion to Duggan? Why did he decline to help McDonald7 Why Is his wholo career In politics strewn with evidences of disloyalty to fellow Democrats of lilsh descent? Can tho Irish-Americans of Lackawanna support such a candidate or Indorse by their votes his present set-up in county politics? Read tho answer next month! m A POLITICAL POINTER If you Indorso the free trado and frec sllver Chicago platform as tho Lacka wanna Democracy does, "fully and without reserve," then work and oto for Schadt, Horn, et. al. If you be lieve In McKlnley, protection and pros perity, turn these agents of Brjan This revival of talk In favor of Cuban nnnexntlon to tho United States is merely a phase of a firment in public opinion caused by th'e general recogni tion that Spanish sovereignty In tho poail of the Antilles Is rapidly ap proaching its doom. Some day and homehow, In the far future, Cuba may be gathered under the folds of the Red, White nnd Blue, not bv aggres slon but by manifest destiny; liut it will not be until Cuba has had prepar ation for the change, nnd successful experience In the art of governing h'er silf. The question of annexation in all its beatings may bafely bo confided to tho statesmanship of the time to come; today, the issue is, not annexation but Justice. Cuba has a Just claim to fieo dom: the I'nited States Is In duty bound to take the subject in hand, and In our Judgment tho quickest nnd safest solution Is to recognJ.se Cuba's b?lllgerency and let the Cubans then by their own prowess clean Spain out. The Tribune acknowledges with pleasure tho receipt of a beautiful oIume from the Peter Paul Book company of Buffalo containing under the title, "The Fugitives and Other Poems," a collection In permanent foim of verses written at odd times by Hon. John K. Barrett, the editor of the Truth. With Mr. Banett's graces of diction and felicity in rhyming Scran tonlans arc already familiar; but all, we are sure, will be glad to have the opportunity to enjoy the children of his fancy in the tine dress and neat typography of this charming volume. We hope to have the opportunity at a future time to examine In company with our readers some of these meri torious productions, many of which possess to tesldents of this community the double interest of local authorship and local themes and color. Today at Lake Geneva, Wis., Charles T. Yerkes of Chicago will formally pre sent to the Unlveislty of Chicago the largest refracting telescope in the world and there will be added to sci ence an astronomical instrument rf un precedented power and cost. The tele scope Is 64 feet long and has a CO-lnch lens; its weight is six tons, and th'o cost of the entire apparatus, including observatory and grounds, Is not far from $1,000,000. What developments in science the dedication of this wonder ful instrument will presage cannot be conjectured; but the mind fairly loses Itbelf in the ast field of boeculatlon and study which this greatest of tele scopes will sweep, and In the yet aster evpanso which even Its phrclng vision cannot penetrate. The late George M. Pullman was un questionably a man of wonderful en ergy and exttaoidlnary business abll Ity; but none of the good points in his cateer nor all of them put together can obliterate the stain on his fame caused by his Inexcusable Inhumanity to his employes at Pullman. One of the new tricks introduced in this campaign must be credited to Mr. Schadt. It Is bald that in every lo cality he selects a poor widow, prom ises her a place In the jail, and gets her to solicit votes for him on thd rep resentation that It will aid her. Alas for the credulous! The Times doesn't publish John R. Jones' explanation of those jules of court. It doesn't explain that the mul tlpllcaUon of Indictments is the work of aldermen and Justices, It prefers to misrepresent. But Just the same it Is making votes for him. When the Times said that Clarence H Pryor fought Thomas D. Davles three years ago of course It said what was untrue and what It knew was un tiue. But In the desperation of the Bijanlto cause apparently anything goes. c Unle&s there Is an epidemic of lying among the Cuban leaders something Spanish may be expected to drop about the time congress re-assembles. Ameri cans hope that It may drop and drop haid. It will cost $10,000 Just for the mint ing of the olTltlul ballots In gteater New York. The campaign In that city, when ended, will doubtless tepresent a total outlay of little less tliun $5,000,000. SIGNS. The melancholy days are heic; The signs are everywhere, Tho woodland leaves are turning sere, And fluttering through tho air; The cricket chirps Its mournful lay Beneath tho window sill; Tho buckwheat Held Is turning gray Upon tho distant hill: A dreamy silence seems to spread O'er all tho country side, The flowers that bloomed, alas! are dead, Their petals scattered wide, But o'en without euch hIbiis as those Tho hills Immersed In liaze. The turning leaves upon tho trees We'd recognize tho days; For now tho iirIIo college, "men," With hanks of hair to spare, Aro on the campuses again And ralBlng hades there; They're rolstlng flags and rushing canes, And also, hazing some, And elsewhere showing that their brains Continue vut of plumb, y "-Cleveland Lcudcr. Good Journalism Uersiis Cheapness Through Intcivc rivalry tho price of two of tho newfpapers of Rochester, N. Y., tho Democrat end Chronicle, and the Herald has dropptd to one cent a copy. Both nie cypcniivo papers, the former being, Indeed, one of the largest, host edited nnd most Inflicntlal Journals In the 1'nlted States, It Is n business Impossl blllty to print In a community tho sl.se even of RoahosUr which hos a reading population, city and suburban, about toa times as largo ns that of Scranton a first class paper for onn cent and earn a. fair profit on tho money and brain-power in vested. Only a few of the penny papers In the very largest cities aro today mak ing any money, and It would be better nil around If these papers would charge two cents and use some of tho thus Increased rovenuo In still further Improving their contents. This would add to their value as agencies of public education and en ablo their proprietor to earn a deserved iprollt as an encouragement in their good w ork, o In this connection wo desiro to quote with hearty Indorsement theso words from tho Elnlrn, N. Y., Advertiser; "Tho pas sion for circulation at any cost has In vaded the nowspaper world of western New York. In New York city It has wrought such havoc that but threo rr four of tho whole arrdy of newspapers are self-supporting and somo of them have become the grave of millions of money. A modern dally cannot bo printed profitably at the prlco of ono cent and maintain its quality as a leader of public opinion. It must run more end more to senatlonat Ism, must culMvato tho exciting hunt for scandal and make nauseous display of It, must cater to the slums. Such is thcuinl foim couisc of such Journalism. o "Its tendency Is constantly downwarl, for It cannot bo othcrwl'e. This newspa per war In Western New Yotk has led nentparor managers to offer their wares at a cent a copy. After a brief experience of them no man who values clean rending In his family paper will tolerate ono of them In his house. The policy of cheap journalism of that sort is lulnous as a matter of business. One of these compet itors announces that It Is prepared to sink $100,000 in its Iclctlc competition. Another one Is llgurlng In tho county records as causing mortgages to glow when they wero unknown. o "Tho Flmplo questions with si sensible man aro whether ho wants to get for a cent what he will bo ashamed to have In his houso, whether ho thinks that a policy of bankruptcy should be cncouiaged. whether he wants ever more ami more of tho vulgar. Yellow Journalism Is tho re pioach of the metropolis. Does he want to reduce himself to the same alternative) In tho country by encouraging the mad scramblo In western New lork? There Is something besides one cent to think of." NEWSPAPERS AS TEXT BOOKS. From tho Washington Post. Tho superintendent of the Kansas Cltj schools has Introduced newspapers as text books. It Is not altogether a new Idea, becauso here In Washington many of the school teachers Invite their pupils to discuss the topics of tho day, as gath ered from the press, and tho result has been most satisfactory. 1 ho experiment In the Kansas City schools will also be a success, we believe, becauso that en terprising town pessesses like Washing ton, a newspaper press that Is not mere ly local In Its nature, but whoso news and editorial columns are tilled vlth legit imate and Instructive matter. o It may bo said that newtpapers do not alwas print every detail of tho tiuth and that hometlmes they are gulity of a.b solute mendacity. So It maj be tald of histories, that they ate not alwavs a cor rect or an unptejudlced record of the pe riods and events which they profess to chronicle Aa to bald and malicious men daclty In newipdpers. It can be said that Its rare occurrence only proves the ruie of general fidelity to tiuth. The leally successful news-paper of today cannot survive unless It Is, as near as careful editing and faithful reporting can make It, an actual record of daily events. A newspaper Is published as a brslness ven ture, and It can no more succeed by dally fraud upon the public than a grocer can build up a remunerative trado by dealing In adulterated goods. It Is the pildc of every pdper of any standing whatever that Its assertions can be lelled upon. The editor who deliberately misiepre sents Is nowadajs tho exception. Even If he were not Influenced b tho higher principles of morality ho would soon find his Influence wanincr and his circulation decreasing If he held not to tho pilnciple(, trat truth-telling is the best policy. o We make history lapldly In these times Tho world Is Interlocked by tho telegraph wlro nnd the cable, and tho fall of the Spanish cabinet is known in Washington almost at tho same moment that It Is announced in Madrid. The latest dNcov eiy of science, the last Important leal opinion, the sreken thought of statesmen, the tragedy that thrills or the comedy that amuses all these are dally piesentd In tho newepaper. If the glowing child wants to keep paco with the advancing world he must ktow what the newspaper Is printing, and who Is better quallflel to explain for him tho trend of events than his teachci? Under wise Instruction he will learn tho significance of England's latest coup, the causo and progress of un fortunate war, the purpose and Intent of national legislation. His mind will be come broadened. His horizon will no longer be restricted to the four walls of his schoolroom or the boundaries of his own city. Tho world will lie before him and Egypt will be as near us his next door neighbor. o Nor will this Introduction of newspapers Into tho schools bo without Its good Influ ence upon the prei-s. Tho knowledge that his work Is to bo accepted as a gicat fac tor In tho education of the young will in spire tho editor to greater carefulness both In tho character of tho printed news and the expression of editorial opinion. It will not be long before tho newspaper In the bchools will be a universal fact. BUNCOERS ABROAD : BEWARE ! It Is the trick of tho Brjanlzed De mocracy this fall to make talse charges against Republican methods, rdlso a big dust, hire Republican mal contents to organize Republican bolts and then coax individual Republicans to desert their party on tho rcpiescn tatlon that "party ties needn't count for anything In an oft year." Uy this trick, If It shall work, tho Brjanltes will get a foothold for a hopeful fight In national campaigns, and mako Just so much moio (rouble, for McKlnley, tho Republican congress and the cause of sound money. You now seo through this trick. Aro you going to let It work? sum; to iic elected. From the Taylor Herald. Tommy Danlela Is very popular among tho people of tho West Side, as well as In other parts of tho county. We mention the West Sldo becauso he has lived there and Is well known. An alderman In Hyde Park told tho writer that Tommy will be elected. Ho Is so civil, so kind and oblig ing, that ho has mado a largo number of friends. Tho qualities named by tho al derman are Important; for tho clurk comes In contact with so many people, und to have a gentleman of such good parts as cleik will make his ofllco attractive and agrecablo to thoso who havo occasion to visit It. In Doubt. Klla Did Fred proposo last night? Stella 1 really don't know; I fell aslucp about 1 o'clock. Town Topics, GlEMMIIffS Our vast improvements will , soon be completed. Larg numbers of workmen are crowding us fast, therefore stacks oi Dry Goods must be quickly disposed of to make room for this little army of mechanics, so as not to hinder them in theji work. During this week we will hold A Special Qanick Sale! In our Drapery Department of all kinds of Light and Heavy Curtains, comprising the latest productions in Derby, Bagdad, Chenille, Velour and Real and Imitation Lace Curtains. j Our prices are: 36c, 49c, 59c, 78c. and 98c, $1.15, $1,49, $1.75, $1.98 and up to $14.98 a pair. , This being house cleaning time, it will pay you well to see the unparalleled bargains that we are offering in our Dra pery Department. v TTs IL-fU-J Special Sale of Wtater Uederwear OUR STOCK IS LARGER AND MORE COMPLETE THAN EVER UEFU11K, AND BOUGHT HEFOHBTHE VERY MATERIAL ADVANCE IN MANUFACTl'RUHS' PRICES, CONSEQUENTLY WE GIVE OUR CUSTOMERS THE BENEFIT. WE CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE SMtprteir Sanitary THE NEW TARIFF WILL ADVANCE THE COST OF THESE GOODS ABOUT 50 I'EU CENT. NOW US THE TIME TO BUY. FULL LINE OF Wright's Fleecei THE GLASTONBURY STAR AND ROOT MANUFACTURING COMPANY'S GOOD. 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