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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1898
Page
5
On December 15 1898 Scranton residents faced the last day to register under the Crawford county system to determine the margin of choice for the Republican municipal ticket. The registration was open to all and the public bears responsibility if the final slate fails to meet expectations.
The article argues Major General Brooke will govern Cuba with Wood Lee and Ludlow guiding pacification. It claims Cuban sympathy will grow as American fosters stability, with McKinley’s moderation seen as key to uplifting long-oppressed Cubans and advancing a U S canal in Nicaragua under sole U S control.
A Washington Star San Juan correspondent reports Porto Ricans protest continued Spain era charges as the United States administers the island. They object to taxes for the Spanish army and navy, pay for the old minister of colonies, and costs for porte, police, clergy, and offices now obsolete. They urge ending payments tied to Spanish rule as U S authorities establish new colonial rules.
The passage discusses maintaining strict control over Puerto Rico and the Philippines, stressing that any revenue excess should stay in public reserve funds rather than private pockets. It endorses civilian oversight, open governance, and citizen training, while noting calls by Colonel Bryan to abandon these territories except for a coal station and questions the recipient of such a surrender.
A New York Sun idea proposes replacing state electoral influence with proportional representation based on votes in the preceding presidential election. The author cites Minnesota and Mississippi contrasts and argues states would set their own suffrage rules, but representation would shift toward the Northeast and Northwest, a radical change likely never adopted.
The article describes anti expansion arguments using a cost table claiming new expenses could reach about 500 million. Items include Nicaragua canal, Hawaiian and Cuban railways, Philippines and Puerto Rican projects, subsidies for steamship lines, naval and army expansions, sanitation, fortifications, and harbors in the Caribbean and Pacific regions.
The piece argues for expansion including the Nicaragua canal and a stronger navy, with internal improvements having secure loans repaid from island revenues. It cites Archbishop Ireland on Cuba’s future, notes naval dispatch to Havana, and mentions Secretary Bliss’s resignation and Bryan’s political stance amid postwar tensions.
The Tribune astrologer notes a December 1 forecast and satiric proverbs about public life and honesty. It jokes about salt on sidewalks, street oversight, and clever Christmas ads while urging upright conduct and moral timing.
An unsigned letter to the Sun from a former officeholder and Democrat urges raising federal pay across the board. The writer argues eight thousand dollars for a cabinet officer is too low and proposes salaries including president 100000, vice president 20000, cabinet secretaries 20000, assistant secretaries 7000, chief justice 14000, explorers 1500, ambassadors 25000, ministers 15000, insisting Washington elites must earn more to attract capable officials. A separate note discusses Justice Woodward’s plan to appoint experts through courts to avoid bias in corporate negligence cases.
A justice proposes strict professional conduct for experts and calls for examining boards to verify qualifications. The piece also reports Bowery Savings Bank cutting deposit rates from 4 to 3 34 percent, with other banks in several cities following. It mentions moves to lower New York legal interest rates and summarizes political legal maneuvering around Senator Quay.
Ladies and gentlemen news item announces a sale of fine silk umbrellas kid gloves and mittens for men women and children with available sizes and styles in a period fashion tone.
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