The Scranton Tribune Published Daily
The Scranton Tribune is published daily by The Tribune Publishing Company at pitty cents a month in this historic notice.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1900
Page
7
The Scranton Tribune is published daily by The Tribune Publishing Company at pitty cents a month in this historic notice.
The piece mocks public fuss over Theodore Roosevelt’s name in print while noting his active persistence. It highlights a theme of visibility versus substance among political figures and observers.
The piece discusses who will be chosen as vice president, weighing Postmaster General Smith against Secretary John D. Long. It argues for Smith, noting his qualifications and Pennsylvania support, while acknowledging Long as a plausible alternative and praising his qualities. It praises Pennsylvania Republicans and envisions Smith as the preferred nominee for national unity and strength.
The letter to President Eliot commends Harvard’s plans to host and educate Cuban teachers and students this summer. Root notes strong interest and potential in Cuba’s bright pupils and native instructors, stressing the duty to start the educational process promptly.
The text argues Cuba needs new ideas and self-government practices. It promotes sending 1,450 teachers to Massachusetts to learn from Harvard and U S institutions, to return and educate Cubans nationwide. It praises Cuban effort and predicts peaceful, prosperous reform through organized education rather than external rule.
The text argues a system to prevent embezzlement in Cuba’s postal service is needed amid concerns that colonial appointments become the prey of carpetbag politics. It contrasts British civil service tenure with American colonial practices and notes Postmaster General Smith’s claim that appointments were based on merit, not politics.
The piece critiques Neeley and carpetbag government in Cuba and Porto Rico flipping to praise for honesty under a reform mindset. It notes the need to test character in practice and to punish the guilty while improving weak areas. It also mentions oleomargarine taxation debates and calls for a reorganization of the consular corps. It ends with observations on Towne and Lord Roberts with light political and military notes.
Astrolabe cast for Saturday May 12 offers wry aphorisms about ambition eloquence and luck. The misquoted lines note room at the top for the elusive, the pessimist’s blinded view, and warning about too many high balls for a pitcher.
English yarn imports rise while domestic mills gain on Continentals and Japanese goods. White shirting quality improves as demand grows. cotton goods show mixed gains with chinties and flannel up. Exports valued at 11,741,802 taels, railways likely to double trade.
From the Lebanon Daily News comes the note that Mon Charles Bevery Smith, a popular politician, is gaining favor as a candidate for vice president on the Republican ticket. His nomination would bolster McKinley and McKinley Smith would provide strength and broad popularity to the ticket.
A poem fragment notes birds flown east and a silent wood while a speaker clings to a cherished woven keepsake. It laments four passionate joys passed and the ache of a severed bond, recalling Margaret E. Sangster in a faded Leslie's page.
The article highlights a $20 three piece bedroom set drawing attention for its eye catching design. Construction and finish are noted as superior, and the price is seen as offering better value than anything previously available at that cost.
A defense of U S sovereignty argues against a Cuba connection to deter charges of embezzlement by a U S official. It maintains the government may prosecute crimes against itself anywhere in the world and that extradition technicalities should not bar trial.
A Treasury Bureau report from Imperial Maritime Customs notes China’s 1800 foreign trade reached new heights, aided by railways and stable exchange. Internal commerce flourished as lines from Pekin to Hankow advance, with the Russo-Chinese border line and new corridors boosting transport and prices.
As time passes the field of McKinley running mate candidates narrows to Charles Emory Smith the postmaster general of Pennsylvania a distinguished and honored citizen of the state.
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