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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1897
Page
5
A Scranton editorial from June 4 1897 warns against drastic cuts to school funds and diverting liquor license revenues to the state treasury. It urges intelligent reform of the school fund and warns against punishing districts. It cites McKinley’s view that national progress cannot be permanently defeated.
The jury’s disagreement in the Wintersteen conspiracy trial is costly for Columbia County taxpayers with an estimated 15000 dollars spent. The piece argues the trial’s value lies in the moral lessons about association and character, portraying Wintersteen as a duplicitous and dangerous citizen despite questions about actual murder incitement.
The text questions acquittal while noting the subject’s dangerous character. It reflects on the Armenian indemnity dispute involving the Turkish government and US missionaries. It mentions Minister Angell and the sultan’s evasive stance, implying mounting tensions and possible strong actions.
Michigan Governor Pingree denounces Illinois street railway legislation as disgraceful, urges citizen action against corporate boodling, and calls for vigorous effort to reform government. He notes the Yerkes syndicate and warns that honest governance requires vigilance and concerted action. John Leisenring praised for literary zeal.
Walter Wellman outlines three Cuban policy options the president may consider from direct intervention to mediation with autonomy. The piece also cites Chicago Tribune's 50th anniversary issue and critiques state budgeting and presidential travel amid political critique.
The piece notes Colonel James C. Biddle's re appointment as an Inspectors of the Pennsylvania penitentiary and General Wistar's selection to represent Pennsylvania at an international prison congress. It also comments on Hawaiian reciprocity, press freedom, the Illinois libel law repeal, and various political musings including an American Pope and the Madrid mission. It references cyclones and political names in a satirical newsletter style.
Special correspondence notes southern Democrats and Populists shifting to pro tariff votes in the House and Senate. It rebukes claims outsiders or carpetbaggers influenced southern protectionist sentiment and lists Texas Louisiana Georgia South Carolina Virginia congressmen who supported the Dingley tariff.
The article traces the regional origins and party loyalties of southern lawmakers who backed protective tariff features. It notes many are native southerners and lifelong Democrats, with several southern Populists and a growing southern Republican presence in Congress. It lists key figures by state and chamber, including McLaurin, Tillman, Bacon, Clay, Martin, Butler, and others, and contrasts them with northern-born lawmakers who supported tariffs.
The piece argues that home rule under Spain cannot satisfy Cubans who seek full independence like Mexico and others achieved, noting Spain's bankruptcy risk and Cuba's sacrifices. It urges supporting Cuban independence as an American model, not Canada, and stresses the duty to avoid thwarting Cuba's freedom.
In a Chicago Record Washington Letter Senator Chandler is quoted as saying three maxims inscribed in his committee room capture his philosophy. They urge fulfilling existing promises before making new ones paying debts before lending and bearing one's own burdens before aiding others.
The Philadelphia Press notes bicycles have become a leading export, with April shipments valued at 3,117,040 dollars, and total exports for ten months ending April 1897 reaching over 1,001,078 dollars. England buys most, but wheels go to Asia, Africa, and South America, signaling bicycle's global role as utility and pleasure vehicle.
The Philadelphia Press argues the country favors definite action on Hawaii. If President Mekkinle negotiates a treaty, Hawaii should become a U S territory. The piece warns against rejecting union, calling such rejection grave political folly likely to be regretted later.
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