Election Feb 20 Notice in Scranton Tribune
The Scranton Tribune notes an upcoming election scheduled for February 20. Details on candidates and polling locations are to be announced by local officials.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1894
Page
4
The Scranton Tribune notes an upcoming election scheduled for February 20. Details on candidates and polling locations are to be announced by local officials.
The piece critiques political rhetoric and journalistic ethics as it cites figures like Blount Hines and Tracey, mocks references to the Wilson bill, and contrasts Civil War memory with modern editorial disputes at Wilkes-Barre and The New Dealer. It notes public dissatisfaction with tariff debates and media behavior.
The Railway Age catalogs 1998 insolvent railroads placed in receivership and those foreclosed sold, noting 22,684 miles of track and $4.297 billion in securities, with $594.095 million in capital. The report signals the industry’s deep downturn and the widespread impact on U S rail systems.
The report notes $73 917 000 funded debt and a total liability load far higher when floating debts are added. It excludes the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe with 9 844 miles under receivers and liabilities over $1 590 000 008, plus 1410 miles seized under force sale carrying $17 204 000 in assets. Over ten years receivers have governed 7 400 miles of railroads in the United States with liabilities over $5 700 000 000.
The piece laments the Rockafellow bank scandal exposing long term deception that shattered depositors’ faith and moral trust. It contrasts aging figures Grant Stone and John Ruskin with the blurred lines between reputation and integrity. It questions heredity environment and success in explaining the enigma of immoral finance.
The essay urges Congress to publish lists of expired patents to aid inventors and the public. It argues current practice shields ideas behind patents and proposes a public registry to reduce patent monopoly, while praising coordinated industry efforts like the Scranton Engineering club for fostering harmony and shared progress.
A columnist notes the lively return of political caricature as Grover Cleveland and others become subjects of cartoons in Philadelphia Inquirer and Irish World. He quizzes stock fish, suggests locating homes near Scranton, and mentions Wayne county leaders W. W. Wood and A. T. Searle amid Republican district debates.
The piece cites aging statesmen and thinkers to ponder how intellect wanes with years yet health remains. It recalls Massachusetts figures like a former governor and speaker of the House, Lyman Beecher, Emerson, and Josiah Quincy to illustrate varied fates of aging minds amid national history and public service.
The passage argues that three years of McKinley tariff experience caused general business malaise and ruin, describing the falsehood as perfectly conceived by human imagination, likening it to a snow statue mistaken for marble formed in a late March night.
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