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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1902
Page
4
The Scranton Tribune outlines letters must be signed with real names and may be edited. advertising rates shown include six cents per line for classified ads and six cents per inch for other insertions. space constraints noted for annual space. The notice also lists staff roles and publication details.
The piece lists candidates for state offices and U S House seats including governor S W P REC lieutenant governor W M BROWN and others. It questions what Connell has done for his constituents and criticizes a county treasurer’s earnings of around thirty thousand dollars annually.
An editorial argues that Connell has proven vote winning in Congress, stabilizing Lackawanna county as a Republican stronghold. It appeals to voters to nominate him for another term, praising loyalty, reliability, and administration support while urging turnout for continued representation.
In a Fourth of July address the president hints that new federal bills may be drafted to check great corporate power. He defends honesty and asserts trust regulation should be enforced, noting the Sherman act was a Republican start and that vast business growth calls for balanced public ends.
The article argues centralized power in managing industry poses grave dangers of caprice and injustice. It urges deliberate, principled legislation to safeguard public interests, praising Republican statesmanship like William Connell for passing key bills. It questions if the district can afford change.
The piece criticizes the Democratic Party for not backing the Roosevelt administration on Cuban reciprocity and warns that electing a Democratic Congress would worsen governance. It argues Democrats lack policies, act as obstruction, and lack trust, urging primaries to nominate candidates who can win.
A historical column defends Sir Thomas Lipton’s use of advertising with his tea and notes Americans’ approval of promotional sport ties. It also urges votes for William Connell, praising his three consecutive congressional wins and denouncing debt to him. Harper’s Weekly changes to a compact format with fewer pages.
The piece surveys congress spending differences, mentions possible candidates like Pattison Guthrie and Coray, urges attendance at primaries for competent congressional selection, and notes signals from the president's Pittsburg speech. It also references Aguinaldo’s possible U.S. visit and Rourke Cochran's opposition to Roosevelt affecting strength.
A brief note urges readers to participate in the upcoming nominating process with polling set for tomorrow to determine a candidate for Congress. It emphasizes the role of votes in the selection and aims to mobilize local voters.
In a convention statement William Connell, long-serving congressman, pledges faithfulness and fairness to advance growth and prosperity for his district. The editorial urges no experimentation, praising his five-year record and urging Lackawanna County voters to return him to Congress.
Washington correspondence lists major public measures enacted, excluding general appropriations. Highlights include firearms and liquor controls in Pacific islands, boiar and Confederate veterans certificates, Philippine revenue provisions, Texas judicial districts, patent law amendments, repeal of war taxes, forest settler relief, new judicial seat, a monument for the Phil Kourievy massacre site, Porto Rico duties refund, Chinese immigration prohibition, oleomargarine taxation, volcanic eruption relief, court term changes, Cuba offices, Crater Lake National Park, and a national sanitarium at Hot Springs.
A list of proposed United States and Dominion of Canada measures includes constructing a dam on the St. Lawrence to aid navigation, curbing indebtedness by territorial laws, setting juror fees, regulating prisoner commutation, taxing legacies, planning Lincoln monuments, amending revenue laws for innkeepers, tightening consular duties, bonding guardianship appointments, renaming and empowering the Marine Hospital Service, preventing misbranding foods, and temporarily managing civil affairs in the Philippine Islands.
In a up state Methodist church near Towanda the meeting grew intense as an elderly attendee confessed fear of hell. Congregation cried glory and joined in song with a rustic hymn line about arriving together, reflecting a lively, primitive worship mood.
In summer 1902 Cotuit Massachusetts offers a program for five classes of students including candidates with admission conditions at entrance exams and those delaying exams until September. The program, directed by Principal Charles E. Fish, provides instruction in all required subjects to prepare for colleges and scientific schools. Particu lars and address details follow.
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