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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1900
Page
5
The Tribune invites short letters on current topics but requires the writer to sign with their real name. All submissions are subject to editorial revision as a condition for publication.
In Scranton on March 16 1900 critics fault the mayor for signing the electric light ordinance though council clearly showed more than a two thirds majority in support. The piece argues a veto would have been ineffectual and would worsen tensions between the legislative and executive branches. The mayor bears no responsibility for the underlying conditions affecting enactment.
A Washington correspondent discusses McKinley's expansion theory, arguing Congress may govern acquired territories under federal sovereignty while the Tenth Amendment limits. The piece cites Louisiana Purchase and Paris treaty precedents, notes bills on Puerto Rico tariff relief, and critiques yellow journalism and religious commentary on politics.
The text argues that Puerto Ricans will have unrestricted trade in two years with no internal revenue tax or duties on essential goods, while Americans bear war taxes. It questions fairness and accuses Republicans of betraying trust interests amid noise over Rev. Sheldon’s paper venture and Transvaal actions.
The editor recalls Ed ward J. Phelps in a private letter arguing that general international arbitration is impractical and not desirable though it may be useful in rare cases. He warns Americans know little of international law and that nations’ affairs have long been managed without modern reforms.
The piece argues diplomacy remains the essential tool for international questions and warns against unstable substitutes. It reflects on a British minister’s tone in light of The Hague progress and emphasizes improving human factors over new reform schemes. It then shifts to Cuba’s tax issue, where sugar and tobacco face revenue proposals amid plantation burdens and agricultural concerns.
The new currency bill allows national banks with 25000 capital to form in small towns, predicting at least 2000 new banks. This will expose hundreds of thousands to banking, showing it as a public convenience like the post office. Experience may curb demagogues like Bryan and reduce past banking fears. Editor Ben Haines of the Wayne Independent is noted for his half-hearted work this spring amid local company travel. Imports to Hawaii rose about 7.5 million dollars or 60 percent. exports up 85.28 million or 30 percent. The American flag is described as a strong trade booster.
Colonel George Nox McCain denounces hypercritical critics of the press, arguing journalism grows broader, remains a money making enterprise, and serves as a partner to readers. He extols newspapers as chronicles of contemporary history, delivering telegraph, cable, and photographic wonders for a small price.
The Indianapolis Press notes an experiment likely boosts one week’s receipts and publisher profits but doubts it will elevate the preacher’s fame or improve newspaper moral tone. It likens the scheme to Barnum’s famed moral exhibition, though more irreverent.
An Adrian Times note profiles H C Smith of Adrian as a tireless, witty congressman who loves interacting with waiters, often joking at the House cafe about his order. A Kentucky visitor at the Columbian transfixes the room with exploding paper roses, then shouts Goebel and fumbles for a pistol momentarily before revealing a harmless pint bottle.
A collage of short anecdotes from various figures. Left Handed Compliment about Brooks and Eliot during a bishopric vacancy, Kilburn’s campaign stop and a Canada misread, Evarts admired by a farmer who misjudges his size, Wu and Bryan quip on passports, a Chinese minister’s caution, a Memphis boy’s parable about Christ, and a Welsh traveler in a war room.
A Chicago Journal item recounts a prank call to the Assistant Postmaster General’s office by a Hoosier asking why the government pays a man four dollars a year to waste time during a light lunch. The next day the correspondent learns the speaker was Representative Charles B. Landis.
A compact survey of curiosities and statistics from history and science. It notes palm dating, human proportion myths, 1880 steel world production, breadstuffs imports, Baldwin City life, New York firedept gear, Baldwin Locomotive crane feats, diphtheria treatment results, 1890 New York port passenger totals, Chilean wine export ambitions, Natal’s Tugola river, and a tip on keeping a light burning unattended with salt.
A vivid, era-tinged passage describes chaotic winds and shifting skies as the almanac is consulted. The text blends street scenes with meteorological superstition, noting a beastly, unsettled month where winds veer from north to south and back again, signaling unusual weather.
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