'Sr THE COLUMBIAN. COLBXBU D1I00B1T, 8TAH Or IIt NORTH AND COLUM BUXCONSOllniTSD.) tssuod weekly, ovcry Friday morning, at ULOOMSIIUltCI, OOLUMMA COUNTY, l'A. at two Bou.AM per yoar, 60 co nta discount allowed wnenpaldln advance, After tho expiration ot tho year ii.m will to charged. TO subscribers out of llio Bounty tho Wrms nro U per yoar.strlclly In advance. No paper discontinued, except at tho option of tlio p'tblUshcrs, until all arrearages aro paid, but long continual credits after tlia expiration of the llrst year will not be given. All'papcrsscntoutof thoRtato or to distant post offices must bo paid for In ndtanco, unless n rospon Rlfilo person In Columbia county assumes to pay tho subscription duo on demand. l'OSTAn li is no longer exacted from subscribers In (ho county, ' JOB DPS.I3TTI3SrGr. Tho Jobbing Depart mcnt of tho Columbian Is very complete, aha our .1 b Printing w 111 compare favorn lil V with that of tho largo cities. All work done on demand, no.itly and at moderate prices. Columbia County Official Directory. President Judge -William Klwell. AhhhcIuIo Judges -I. K Krlckbaum, V. L. Hhuinan. Vrotiionolary, ac U, Frank Zarr. Coiirt stenographer H. N. Walker, tl.igistcrs lieoorder Williamson it. .tacoby, District Atturnej-ltobert U. Little. Mherirf John W. Hoffman, smrveror samuel Novhnrd. Treasurer Dr. II, W". Mclleynolds. CjininlMlonors John llerncr, 8. W. Mcllenry, Joseph Sands. Commissioners' Clerk-William Krlckbaum. Auilltors-M, V. it. Kline, J. II. Casey, K. u. Brown. Coroner Isaiah Yeager. Jury Commissioners all llobblns, Theodore W. Smith. countv Superintendent William II. Snyder. Illoom Poor District Directors It. 8. Ent, Scott, Win. Kramer, liloomsburg and Thomas ltcece, ioo.t, Secretary. Bloomsburg Official Directory. President of Town Councll-a. A. Herring. ('Icrk-Putil H. Wirt. chief of Police Jas. c. sterner. President of (las company S. Knorr. Secretary C. W. Miller. liloomsburg Hanking Company John .Funsion, Prosldcut.il. II. uroiz, Cashier, John Peacock, Tel ler. Firs' Na'lonal nank-Charleslt. l'axlon, President J. I'. Tustln, cashier. Columbia County Mutual Saving Fund and Loan Assoctatton-K. II. Utile, President, C. W. Miller, Secretary. ... llloomsOurg Ilutldlng and Saving Fund Association -Win. Peacock, l-realdoiit, .1.11. Itoblson, secretary. liloomsburg Mutual Saving Fund Association J. J Drawer, President, I. 1!. Wirt, Secretary. CHtinCII IMRKCTOIiY. BAPTIST CUCKCH. ltev. J. P. Tustln, (Supply.) Sunday Services lnf a. m; and p. m. sundav School n. m. ... Prayer Meeting Every Wednesday evening at ox clock. So.iis free. Tho public aro Invited to attend. ST. MATTHEW'S LUTIIKKAN CHl'KCII. Minister Uev.o. I). S. Marclay. Sunday Servlccs-ioitf a. in. and 7tf p. m. Sunday School On. m. Vraver Meeilng Every Wednesday evening at Seats free. Nopcws rented. All aro welcome PRKSBVTEKIAN ClIUKCll. Mlnlsler-ltev. Stuart Mitchell. Sunday Services l(X a. m. and Otf p. m. Sunday School-0 a. in. Pravcr Meeting Every Wednesday evening at ty, o'clock. Seals tree. No pows rented, strangers welcome. MBTnomsT episcopal church. Presiding Elder liev. W. Evans. Minister Hev. M. L. Srajser. Sunday Scrv Icos Wtf and OX f. m. Sundav school-'! p. m. '.,.,, lllble Class-Everv Monday evening at V o clock. Young Men's Prayer Meeitng-Evcry Tuesday evening at flM o'clock, ileneral Prayer Mceting-Evcry Thursday evening 7 o'clock. HRPOHUBOCni'KCH. Corner of Third and Iron streets. I'astor ltev. W. E. Krebs. itesldence Corner 4th and Catharine streets. Sunday Services I0f a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday School 9 a. m. prayer Meeting-Saturday, 7 p. m. All aro Invited Thero is always room. ST. TACL'S CUCKCU. Ilectnr-Itev L. Zahner. Sunday Services 1UX a. m., 1 p. m. Sunday School 0 a. m. First sundavln the month, Holy communion. Services preparatory to Communion on Friday evening bctoro tho fet Sunday In each month. I'ows rented ; but everybody welcome. KVANOELICAL CHl'KCII. Presiding Klder-Hcv. A. L. lteeser. Minister ltev. lleorgo Hunter. Sunday Servlco-2 p. m., In Hie Iron Street Church. I'rnver Meeting In ery Sabbath at 1 p. m. All aro Invited. All am welcome. THE CHOBClt OK CUBIST. Meets In "the little llrlck Church on tho Hill,' known as tho Welsh Baptist Chureh-on Itock struct Caitcgularinectlng" for worship, CTery Lord's day af- '"eatsfrcoiand the' public aro cordially initted to attend BLOOMSBUKG DIKECTOUY. s C1IOOL ORDERS, blank, just printed ami i .iw tinnti tn amnii ltnnVs. ou hand and (or sale at the Columbian unite. BLANK DEEDS, on Pnrchr.i.Mit and Linen 1M per. common and for Admlntsi rators, Exccu tors and trustees, for sale cheap at the Colombian MAHK1AC5E CEKTIFICATKS just printed and for sale at tho Columbian (mice. Mints era of the (lospel and Justices Bhould supply them solves with theso necessary articles. JUSTICES and Constable' Fee-Hills for sale at tho Columbian onice. They contain tho cor rected fees ns established by tho last Act of tho Leg. lturoupon tho subject. Every justice and con. stable should have one. V ENDUE NOTES just printed and for sale cheap ai mo Columbian onice. I'llOFESSIONAL CAIIDS. CO, HAHKLEY, Atlorney-Bt-Lnw. Office , lu Drawer's building, 2nd story, Dooms 4 5 DK. W.M. M. HEIIEK, Surgeon and Physi clan, uruce s. E. corner Dock and .Market sueets rll. EVANS, M.D., Surgeon and Physl . clan, (Ofllce and ltcsldenco on Tldrd street, J B. McKELVY, M. D Surgeon and Phy . blclan, north side Main street, below Market. B. UOBISON, Attorney.at-Law. Office In Ilartman's building, Main street. ROSENSTOCK, Photographer, , Clark Wolfs btore, Main street. MISCELLANEOUS. D AVID LOWENBERG, Merchant Tailor Main St., above Central Hotel. 8.- KUHN, dealer in Meat, Tallow, etc., a Centrn street, between Second and Third. UUSINESS CARDS. E, WALLEB, Attorney-at-I-iaw. Increase cf Pcrslcns obtained, Collections made. Ofllce, Second door from Ut National Hank. BLOOMS BUItQ, l'A. Jan. 11, 1S78 K. J. C. 11 UTTER, ril YSICIAN SUItOEON, Ofllce, North Market street, Mar.S7,1i liloomsburg, Pa. CAMUEL KNORR. ATTOKNB Y-A T-L A W, IILOOMSBUUO, l'A. oniee. Ilartman's Block, corner Main, and Market Streets N J U. FUNK, Attot ney-at-Lnw, Iucrcaio of Pensions Obtniucd, Collettiona DLOOMSBUItU, l'A. . onico in Enl's Bciujino. D R. I.'L. RA11U, PRACTICAL DENTIST, Main Street, opposite Episcopal Church, lilooms burg, l'a. If Tei th extracted without pain, aug 8), '7I.ly, B ROCKWAY&ELWELL, A T TO R N E Y S-A T-L A W, Cot-UUBUN Duilpinu, Bloomsburg, l'a. Members of tho United States Law Association, Collections made In any part of America or Euro)o p Hi W. J.BUCKALEW, ATTOllNKYS-AT-LAW, Bloomsburg, To. Ofilce on Main street, Orst door below CourtllouBO T F, it J, M. CLARK, ATTOItNiyU-AT-LAW liloomsburg, l'a. onice In Ent s Building, 17 P. BILLMEYER, ATTOltNEY AT LAW, Otnci-lu natulan's Building, Main street. liloomsburg, l'a. II. UTTUf. KOB'T. 11. LITTLI. 17 II, & li. li. LITTLE, A'l'lUllNai D-A i-i-A w, Bloomsburg, fa. IB aalness beforo ths U. s. fatest Offico attended vo.omeo la Um Columbian ttoUdlcg. u aillw' E4HcmndProprietor,. H EUVEY E. SMITH, ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW, omco In A. J. Ktan's Nrw DunniNU, BLOoMSltltlin. l'A. Member of Commercial 1-aw and Bank Collect Ion As sociation. Oct. 14, 'Jj-lf W. MILLER, ATTOIINEY-AT-LAW onice In Brower's building, Becond floor, room No. 1. liloomsburg, l'a. MISCELLANEOUS, lib W E L h, DENTIST. Offlco In Ilartman's Block, second floor, corner Main and Market Streets, IILOOMSBUUO, I'd. May Z1 ly. p M. DRINKER, GUN mid LOCKSMITH. Sewing Machines and Machinery of all kinds re paired, opeka House Building, Bloomsburg, l'a. Y. KESTEK, MERCHANT, TAILOR, over Maize's Stoke, Bloomsburg, Pa. nprll 19, ISTs. TJRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE CO- NATIONAL KIKE 1NSU11ANCE COMPANY. Hie nptets of these old corporations are all In vetted In SOLID SKCUUITlts and nro liable lothe haz.ml of tlio only. lodcrate lines on the best rlFksarc alono acctptcd. I.(tsses I'Kompti.v and iionk-ti y hdjtiptrd and paid ns milii tm diterinlned by ciikistias F. Knatp, t?fie clal Agtnt nnd Adjuster, It'ooinbburg, 1'enn'a. '1 he (Illens of Columbia county Miould patronize the agency where lushes. If any. are odju&tod and tald by ono of Ihelrouu LltUcns. nov.16, '77-ly REAS BROWN'S INSURANCE AGEN CY, Exchange Hotel, Bloomsburg, l'a. Capital. Man, Ins Co., of Hartford, Connecticut... s.soo.ooo i.iu'rpooi, i.onaon ana mooo -u.iiou.uuu itoyaior Liverpool i3aoo,oiki Lnncanshlro... . 10,000, 00 Klrc Association, l'hlladelnhla... Kirmers Mutual of Danville Danville Mutual Homo, New York 1.000.000 76,000 8,600,000 iso.03l.ftoo As the ngrncles are direct, policies are written for t ho Insured without any delay in the onico at Blooms burg. March in,"rt y B, F. IIARTMAN HEI'KPSENTSTIIB F0LI.0WIN0 AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES: Lycoming of Muncy Pennsylvania. North American of 1'htladclphla, l'a t ranklln, of " " i'cnnslvanl3of " Farmers of York, l'a. Hanover of New York. Manhattan of " onice on Market Street No. e, Bloomsburg, l'a, oct. 20, '77-ly. CATAWISSA. Til. L. EYERLY, . , ATTOIINEY'-AT-LAW, Catuwlssa, Pa, Collections promptly made and remitted. Ofllce onposlto Catawlssa Deposit Bank. flin-3S V. II. ABBOTT. W. II. HUAWN. ABBOTT & HUAWN, Attornoys-at-Law. CATAWISSA, l'A. Pensions obtained. dec !1, "77-ly AUG. L. EAUB. JNO. K. FF.YUIEK. CQA8. B. KDWAKOS, W'M. R. 1IAGENBUCU, WITH liniib, rrymlcr 6l EdxvurOs, (Successors to Benedict Porscy & Sons, 923 Market street Importers and dealers In CHINA, GLASS AND QUEENSWARE, ns Market Street, Philadelphia. Constant ly on hand Original nnd Assorted Tackagcs June !9, '77-ly pennsylvTnia EAILROAD. GREAT TRUNK LINE AND UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTE. Tlio at tcctlon of tlio travi'Muir nubltc Is lrsnecU fully tuvlted to h imo ot the merits oi una great high way. Iti Ihu coulldent iLSscrtlon and belief that nn other lino can oiler equal induce meuta aa a route of Construction aud Equipment THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD stands confessedlv at the head of American railways, The track Is doublo tho entire length of tho line, of bteel ruth laid on heavy oak lies, which aro embed- ueu in u louuuauuu oi rocK nauasi. eiguieen inencs tndpth. All bridges are of Iron or stone, and bulit upoh the most appro ed plans, 1 ts passenger cars, vwille emlnentlv safo and substantial, aro ut Ihu same lime moueis or comiorc una elegance. THE SAFETY APPLIANCES in U'o on this lino well lllustraU) tho far-seeing and liberal policy or Its management, In accordance nlth which the utility only of nu Improvement undnot us tubi uas ueen too (luesuou oi cunbiueraiion, Among many may be noticed THE BLOCK SYSTEM 0? SAFETY SIGNALS, JANNEY COUPLES, BUFFER and PLATFOEM THE WHABTON PATENT SWITCH, AND THE WESTIHGHOUSE AIE-BBAEE, formlbtrlnconlunctlon wllh a nerfect double track and road-bed u combination of sutegnards airalnst utnu?uui Hum utte icuucreu iucui prucutauy jm, possible. Pullinan Palace Cars aro run ou all Express Trains From Nrw Yurk, l'Mlndf lpMat Ilnltlmore mul UMUltlKlOU, To i'lilcntro, Cinrlimnil, I.uuUIIIrt IndlaunpolU WITHOUT t'HASGE, and to all principal points In the far West and South with but ono change of curs. Connections aro made in II uton Depots, and aro assured to all Important puiuia. TUB SCENERY OF T1IK PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE Is admllti'd to Ik) unsurpassed In the world for eran, deur, beauty and variety. fcUerlor refreshment fa (littles ure proMded. fraplojcesare courteous and attentive, and It Is un Inevitable nsult that u trip by A I'LEASINO AND MEMORABLE EX PERIENCE. at the lowest rates i- n uupori rilANIC TIIOM1 WnMEiiT" OtDcral Manager, uel Passenger Agent. J. K. briOKMAHI'lt. Pass. Aeent Middle Dlst.. 18 North '1 hlrd c tree t,. llarrUburg, To. J7 M. I10UTON, Main Street, Orangcvllle, Pa. Dealer In ' DRUGS, JIEDICINES, CHEMIOAI-S, Fine Toilot Soaps, Brush'es.Comls.&o, thiU Hawing Eitructi, rerfumny and Fancy UbiltV Arlida in IMuu Vuritly, Mm a Vine assSinent of tiyu VuuiIh iiuiM))v MiiUh, Sicilng and Chewing Tettcccs.Clg; rc,Enuif,&e. Pliypicluns Pvesoi'iptlons accurately compounded. A uiuro U putllc patron, age la solicited. - - Julys, is-Jiu" TIcketB ratflhli. Poetical TUB IIAKY HOYS. Two Utile baby bojs I own , Tho elder scarcely walks slone i Ills sunny hair an 1 largo brown oyo, Ills earnest look of swectsurprlsc, Ills funny ways aud Jojous shout, 1 could not tell J ou all about If I should try n J ear. Ho creeps so fast to catch his tojs, And then he sets up such a noise ; IPs horso and dog and book nnd bc'l, IlothroKS them nil about pell-mell, Oh, Mother (loose I If you could seo This Utiles boy, so full of glee, lour sides would ache, 1 fear. In hammock low, among tlio trees, Hoiked back and forth by paslng breeze, 'I ho baby sw Ings nnd cooes to seo Tho gentle rustle of tho tree, The lights and shade, the leaves that fall; Tho sunshlno brooding o er nil Tls Indian summer heie. Way overhead, In tho blue sky, Tho down clouds lloat bottly by, A lullaby ralr Nature sings, And through the air Its music rings; All things a peaceful tenor keep j My llttlo one falls fast asleep, Ills molhcr watching near. Two baby bojsl a god of loo Sends as a gl,t rrom heaven above , And like the shifting rainbow bright, Tinging Ihu drifting clouds with light Their bouls to Une and sweet, Rhine out, Breaking Ihiough inlsts of grief and doubt, And make my pathway clear. Jlosloii Transcript. UI'EMXll TUB CAMI'AIUN. ailANDllKCK'riON TO TUP, NI1XT (lOVllltNOIl OP PllNNbYI.VANIA IN 1'UllON COUNT V. M'Co.NNl'.l.i.suur.d, Pa., September C. Tue democratic mass meeting at this place to-day, where Senator Dill opened tlio cam paiRti, was the largest and mot eiilhusia.-tic political di'iiitmslrutlnn witnessed here with in Hie lait i-ixteen jours. Tliu homes of tlio town were decorated with (lags anil wreathes and the strtels nrclud with ererirrceiiA nnd banners upon which uero inscribed Mich de vice as 'Welcome lo onr next governor 'Dill for govt rnor,' 'Slengcr for congress.' Upon his arrival Senator Dill was escorted throul town, by a procession nearly a mile in length composed by delegations l'rom the tliilerent townships, nnd he wns greeted witli cheers along the whole line of match. There were colored men in the procession, and some of the houses of the colored peoplo were deco rated. At the meeting which was held it the afternoon the largest hall was crowded to its utmost rapacity. The president and all the vice presidents of the meeting were democrats who had voted for Jackson, Sen ator Dill made un excellent and telling speech and was frtrjueutly interrupted by applause. He vta- followed by I Ion. R. M Speer, chairman of the democratic state com mittee. Hon, W. S. Stenger, representative from the district in cougre, concluded with an able speech, in which he described tho workings of the fraud by which Tildeti had been counted out. The democrats here are very enthusiastic, and regard to-day's meet- iug as an auspicious opening of the cam paigo. Mil. fi'i:i:i!-s MT.mi. Uy Hie peaceful power nl tho ballot thti people of l'uiiisylviinhi aro culled upon li cboote their cxectilive for the, next four year. To be the governor ol this great statu is an honor worthy the iiinhiliou of her pur est and ablest citizens Thr'c pnlit'cil par' ties, by their pl.itlnrms and their candidate challenge the people'-, reooiriiilinn atid claim thtjir i-ull'rage. One ol llieni h im ol tho disliess that hangs like a pall over tho statu and the nation has tfilher record nor his tory, and hence cannot by judged by what it has done, but only by w hat it promises li do. Tho other two the democratic and tho republican appeal not only to the a-sitr-ances of the present and the pledges for tlu uture, but to the achievements and results of the pa.t. With judicial patience aud lairtifss let the high tribunal of the peoplo hear and determine. l'rom 1SG1 until this hour Pennsylvania, has has had a republican governor and tho nation a republican prtsident. From lbtiL to 1 STt'i all drparltinents ol the Irdtrnl gov- erment legislative, (Aiculive and judicial have bt en ri publican, and the i-ame is practically true of this stale. That party had but to speak and it was done; to utler its decree aud it beeainu law. Willi Ihu purse of the nation in tho one hand and llio sword iu the other, it bought or heat all op position iulo ihu dust. No politic il party since the birth of free government lias wield ed sucli power or enjoyed such opportuni ties. No pestilence or famine has desolated the laud, but the earth during ail this pi -riod, with luxuriant bou.ily, has yielded her wealth and her harvests to the touch of toil. Why, then, should we not to day, iu Mute aud nation, be a happy and prosperous peo ple 1 Why shoule not the air he vocal with the music of our industries i Why should not the millions of hands this moment out stretched, willing aud anxious to work, find ready employment 't Why should this laud blessed by heaven and rich iu all Ihu ele ments of ptoducllve labor, bo turned iutu a vast-alnislioiise, whose only teho U the cry for bread and against whose portals the tramp stands knocking day and nii;ht for admit tance ? These question and many others like them the peoplo ask, us they have a right to ask, aud they turn with anxious and resolute purpose to the repttbllcau party and demand au answer, As their aervanl, charg ed with high duties, commanding untold re sources and exercising, legally or otherwise, imperial power, it is culled for judgment up on the record made by itself. If either faith less or incompetent, its claim to public con fidence should perish. Nor ia tho test an unfair one. 'Every tree that briugeth not forth good fruit is bwt down and caMkito the tire.' Govern exists for tbeVtvple, aud not tho peopl the government, Its duty is protection, not plunder ; and when the rulers of a free peo ple full In this high duty, either from weak ness of head or corruption of heart, the only safety of the republic lies in their overthrow. Thank God no man or party was ever born on our soil with a crown upon his brow. With us the diadem of power rests with tho people. No hereditary succession from fath er tn son is written in our conatibttioii of our laws, aud if our people guar(I"Ueir lib erties with vigilance and virtue, tills badge of monarchy shall never shame their escu tcheon 1 Iu Pennsylvania it is worth, not birth, that makes the man. What is our condition tu dv. after al- ' most seventeen years of unbroken republi. bTloomsbuhg, pa.,frida, September can rule 7 It is not too much to say that values have decreased one-third, and tho debtor class, unable to meet their obligations after a long and dctperate struggle, have yielded lo the Inexorable logic of events and gone down in hopeless ruin. I need not point you lo the endless llt of applications for the benefit of lite bankrupt law which is now repealed, hor tho last five years every hour that tho clock has struck, day and night, has tolled the financial failure of an American citizen, Like death, the iron heel of dis aster lias crushed both high and low. The manufncturer.giving employment to a thous and men, and the country merchant, pro viding for himself and family an humble support, have alike bowed beneath the fury of tho storm and now lie powerless except lo mark the path of its desolation. Driven by the sherllffrom the home of their childhood and front the graves of their dead, iu tin bitterness of their agony and beneath a stnr less sky, they summon their oppressors to the judgment hall, More than thirteen years havo elapsed since tho close of the war. Tho south, tiros tr.ited and exhausted, addressed herself to replacing the ravages of war with the fruit of peace, but state nfter state was overrun witli cormorants and adventurers, who fed upon disorder and fattened upon plunder. They secured control of the local and stale governments and rioted in tlio substance of the people. In a few years the debts and liabilities of the eleven states that haden gaged in the rebellion were increased over two hundred millions of dollars. In Miss' issippi one-sixth of nil the land was sold for taxes. If discontent prevailed, the army was at hand to deepen the oppression by aiding tho oppressor. When these political vampires had loaded themselves with plun der they would flee the scene of their crimes not always unpunished by tlio avenging minister of justice. This policy, long supported by the federal government, entailed great burdens upon tlio people. The south, literally robbed, was unable to pay her share of our common debt and the national expenses were largely in. creased by maintaining nn army whose en ly employment was the nuiuteumco of so called state governments, which rested alone not ou the popular will, but on the bayo net. Strangely enough carpel-hag rule expired in its last gigantic crime. And now these eleven states, under rulers of their choice, are as peaceful as Pennsylvania, and their citizens, white aud colored, as secure in their rights of person and of property as our own. By reference to the fiunnce report for 1S77, pages 11 and 12, it will be seen that the net ordinary receipts of the treasury since the republican pirty came into power are So, 057,809,221, G!, and if you will turn to Un report of the civil scrvico commission, ap pointed by President Graut.oi which George William Cuitis wns a member, madt to the Forty-second congress, you will find it esti mated 'that one-fourth of the revenues of the United States are annually lost in the col lection.' Hence, if- the five billions receiv ed rcpiesent but three fourths of the amount levied by law, the remaining fourth, lost or stolen,but paid by the people, is 5-l,GSo,'JjG,-407,21, a sum greater lhau the assessed value of all the property, real and persouai, iu Pennsylvania, and a sum, loo, which, with interest from the time it was collected, would more than pay every dollar of the national debt. The payment of taxes is never tiie most pleasant duty, but it becomes especial ly Jiard iu these times, when tlio tax payers has every reason to believe that out of every four dollars paid by him for thesupport of the government ou dollar is lust by negligeuco or directly stolen. What private citizen would so conduct his business? What cor poration would exist an hour ttuder such management ? If a railroad president were In make such a report to his stockholders, he would bo instantly driven into disgrace. And yet the people aro told that the c-y for retrenchment and reform is hollow and in siticete. Why should the expenses of the government now bo almost twice as much per capita as before the war? Tlio last fis eal year of democratic administration closed June l!0, 1SC0, and the ordinary expenses. excluding interest and pensions, were over one hundred and forty-two millions. The increase in our population cannot account lor this alarming increase in our annual ex penses, nor can it bo charged to the war, for all claims resulting from tho wat such as pensions and interest on the public debt are excluded. It is the re-ult of official in competency, extravagance nnd corruption It cost yearly about fl.UO per head to gov ern us before tlio war ; it costs uow nearly fS.CO per head. STATU 1'I.ATI'OIIM. After having donated to railroad corpora tious over two hundred millions of acres of the public lauds tho republicans, in their platform, iu impudent mockery, declare "that the public lauds belong to tho people; and should bo reserved exclusively for act ual settlers." This means, 1 suppose, if the railroads don't wan't any more of them. Aud yet about tho time the lepublicaus in Pennsylvania wero adopting this resolution the Republicans iu tho United States Seu ato were voting a ro graut of public laud to the Northern Pacific railroad company of forty millions of acres I The samo platform makes earnest declara tious in favor of homo industry, and yet the people do not forget that a reptiblicau cou gress iu 1872 reduced the tariff ou bitumin Otis coal, iron, steel and other articles iu tho mining and manufacture of which Pennsyl viinia labor aud capital wero aud are largely employed. And the samo platform is loud in protest against tlio payment of southern claims. This cry has served many a political villain a convenient purpose. But let tlio truth he uoivn. What aro southern claliAr X persistent effort lias been made to Wye tu) peoplo believe that these claims are deAand upon the government, made exclusively by persons in the south who were engaged iu the rebellion. Instead of this being true, a vast majority of the claims thus far allowed by congress have been preseuted by north eru aud Union men for louses alleged to have been sustained by them In or on account of the war, Aud how stand the two parties ou this question ? In the Forty-secoud con gress (republican) bills were passed for claims amounting to $2,-193,172.35, Iu the Forty-third congress (republlcau)the amount was $2,641,2.18 05, Now, tho Forty-fourth congress (democratic) pasB(d claims amount ing only to 1,378,207.43, aboutjjne million of dollars lees than had been allowed by the republicans iu the Forty-second and Forty third congress. Instead ol bills for the pay- nient of threo hundred millions of southern claims having been introduced In congress, the actual amount pending is $5,000,107.00. In magnifying the number one bill for the same purpose, but presented by different members, lias been counted fifty-four times; another, fortyntno ', another, twenty-nine ; nnothcr, twenty-four, and so on. Ily such means aro the peoplo to be misled and the republican party kept In power. Tin: ciiKnr.scY. It is a remarkable fact that tho republican state platform is silent on the question of the currency. Why? Not because tho people feet no interest In this question, nor because a political party asking a renewed lease of power should not defino its position upon an isueso vital j butbecauso it was deemed safeit for success to leavo tho subject open, tnat mo managers of the campaign might take any position Hint party necessity should require. The question, to somo extent, is supposed to bo one of latitude and longi tude, and hence it was thought cruel to compel tho same speaker to deliver the samo speech in Lancaster as in Allegheny. After an unbroken silence of three months tho re publican call is for hard money and nation al banks I Tlio currency that sustained our armies in the field that carried our flag lo victory that preserved our goverment tliat paid for the torn limbs and mangled body of the living soldier and for the precious life of the dead, must bo witlid rawn as worthless rags I And in its place the peoplo must take a currency founded Jupou the interest bearing debt of tho government, and whoso circulation lias already cost tho nation over two hundred millions of dollars I My mends when you endorse your neighbor's note you think you do him a favor ; but would you not think that man insane who would pay a bonus to his neighbor to be al lowed to indorse his paper ? And yet this i the law uuder which the national banks are organized. They do business upon tho credit ot the government; tliey receivosemi annually their interest upon the bonds dc po.ueu, ami in audition ninety per tent, thereon in note for circulation, which they are allowed to loan at any rate of interest authorized by tlio stato where the bank is located to be charged by any other hanks of issue. Thus it happen that local bank- may have special charters, allowing eigh and ten per cent interest to be charged, so, national hanks, after receiving six per cent, on their bonds, can supplement it with ten per cent, ou their notes,'thus getting six teen per cent, for what is practically th same investment ! It is not against th stockholders of national banks that the ar gument is addressed, but against the law which permits such a flagrant wrong upon the rights of the peoplo. un me ise oi noveinuer last mete wero in existence 2,0S0 national banks, with a cap i til stock paid in of 179,407,771, and with a surplus fund and other undivided profit of SlG0,34S,"99.9li. These figures tell the story. 'rhee banks have been organized fo about twelve years, and have annually de clared dividends never lev than four and of ten twenty per cent.; and yet in this brie period they have accumulated undivided profits, held uow by them as a surplus fund amounting to more than one-third of all thei paid in capital. Thus their stock becom enormously enhanced in value, as is seen by recent quotation ol the stock of the Chemi cai national bank of New York, whoo pa value, I believe, is $100 per share, while its par value in the market is $1,700 per share, A system of finance that permits such pro fiti when labor is idle and industry paraly zed is oppressive to the people and danger out to free institutions, It tud to centrali zation ; it builds up a vast money powe born of the same parent, sucking the nam breast and devoted to a common purpose, General Jackson had cause to fear one ban controlling thirty or forty millions of dollar what would ho have thought of 2,000 batiks organized under one law, with the samo in interests and aims, and having fivo hundred million of capital ? A circular from the secretary of the Ame rican Ranker's association dated 31st August 187S, shows the concentrated action aud tho evil disposition ef these banks. The purpose evidently i to levy a large corruption fun to debauch the voter in doubtful congress ional districts aud to elect tho friends of th b inks to congress, Do not our duty and our safety alike loudly invoke Instant and crushing condemnation of the system am the means by which it i sought to pcrpctu ata it ? Tint circular say : "To meet th expernes of our association for the current year, as direcled by the convention and by the executive council, our treasurer lus pre pared his drafts, which will reach you about the same timo as this isdellvcred, A prom; response will, we hope, bo given by a bauks and bankers, whether previous members of tills association or not. The are indications that a renewed and violent war is to be made upon the banks, and it not the part of wisdom or prudence for u sit supinely idle and allow ourselves to I misrepresented and maligned before the pub lie." There are indications that a rmewei ami violent war is to ha made upon th bank ;" that is, the people are trying to re peal the law, and therefore wo need money to contol elections, employ lobbyist am corrupt congressmen I How shameful thi revelation. A continuation of national banks means tliejperpetuity of the national debt. It never to be paid ! Is that tho doctrine of the republican parly in Pennsylvania? T firm- r or the mechanic never fiels that 1 home is secure while the mortgage remai unpaid. We havo a tuortgago upon the na tiou of over two billions and wo now an then hear it whispered that it is a national blessing, To the holders ofourbouds, e cmpt from all taxation, it may be so ; but the million of taxpayers, if n blessing, comes iu a sad disguise. Syndicates and rings may sing its praise ; hut the pupnle, bending beneath the weight of its conjP; lug nuruens, speaw a truer voice, it ivia- right of the nation to change the system, aud no one can be misled, for the law authori zing these banks expressly reserves to con gress the right to alter, amend or repeal it any time, In making the change invested capital should bo protected and no shock should bo given to the business of the coun try. Tlio treasury note, Issued by the govern ment and based upon the entire wealth of the nation, should take the place of the na tional batik note, under safe and proper reg ulations of law ; and thus there would be annually saved to the people from fifteen to twenty millions of dollars. This nolo should not he dishonored by the government by its refusal to accept It for any debt where the 20. i878. contract creating tho debt docs not Provide for payment In coin, lfa republican con gress and a republican president could make e greenback a legal tender tn the soldier and tho sailor, the widow and the orphan ; wns money to pay for the blood of half a million of our bravest and best, who died that the nation might live, why Bhould t ot government accept it In payment of its own custom dues 1 Are life and limb less sacred than taritT rates ? No human language can estimate the wrong done by this generation of the people s currency. Year afier year tno uemocrats in congress have tried to re elress this wrong.but as votes are there count. ed, and not weighed, they havo thus far laiied. llut the day of the people's deliver anco draweth nigh, and this shamo of our ational legislation will bo blotted out. and after it shall havo been buried with tho po lltlcil crimes of the past, the wonder will 3 that such injustice could ever have had a defender. Such is the clear declaration of tho Pitts burg platform. would be not unjust to the republican stato managers. Timidly silent in their platform, pparetitly bold in tbeir declaration in fa vor of national banks ns mado by Mr. Grow n his opening speech of the campaign, they yet represent evidences of a very accommo dating spirit. Tho republican convention of Lycoming county a few days ago indorsed for assembly two of the nominees of the greenback party and "no questions asked," The nuptials wero happily celebrated, Mr. Grow, as the high priest, ministering at the altar. Aow, shall the offspring be n "rac baby?" Uut the virtue of this example is lounil In tho sense of comfort it gives to ro publicans throughout the state in not for cing them to lie in their bed if they find it too short. It recalls the parson s announce ment of a funeral: "It will take place to morrow afternoon if it rains iu the forenoon but if it rains in the afternoon It will take place in the forenoon." r.RTBUNCIlMK.VT. Whi'e tlio net ordinary receipts of th treasury since the Republicans have been in power are over five billions of dollars, a very small portion of that sum has been ap- plied to the payment of the national debt. tter paying the interest and expenses the most of the balance has been expended in defraying the current expenses of the! gov ernment. With 80,000 federal office holders and vast appropriations for the army and navy, the burdens of the peoplo remain but little less than at the close of the war. Af ter two hundred millions exgeuUed for the navy, it is not now fit for active service. That extravagant expenditures have been made, the following statement will show : Appropriations by the Forty-third (repub lican) congress were 1875 $184,304,779 OS 1S7G 177,370,087 81 $301,075,474, 89 Iiy Forty-fourth (democratic) congress 1877 $151,390,913 53 1878 153,G03,G81 28 $307,999,G24 81 Difference in two years 53,G75,S50 03 rrom this difference should be deducted $5,531,003,20, deficiencies appropriated last session for the years 1S78 and 1878 leaving an actual saving to tho government by the democratic house ot representatives iu two years of $43,144,180,881 And it should be remembered that this reduction in our ex penses would have been much greater ha' it not been for the action of the republican s-nite, which iucieased the appropriations in mauy cases as passed by the house. No party, intoxicated with power, ever reforms itsell. 1 he people must reform tt. There publicans, tossing millions a peuuies dur ing the high tide of the war and the years immediately succeeding it, have neither the head nor tho heart lo return to the plain ways ol peace. Their measures, their meth od aud their leader all tend to the centra lizatiou of power and to tho oppression o the people. Aided by corporate capital am by assessments gathered from office holders and office-hunters, Ibc republican party will neither correct its abuses nor willingly sur render the high trust it has betrayed. With a quarter of a million of the popu lar and a majority of the electoral vote against him, we have iu tho seat of Wash iugton and Jackson a man who represents the succes of tlu foulet conspiracy aainsl free government and constitutional liberty known to the annuls of time. And the meu to whoe fraud, forger v and perjury he owes the uame of President, instead of wearing chains and manacles are loaded with gards and honors ; are madejudgesof courts and keepers of the people's treasure! My friends, if a beggar, starving, takes a loaf o; bread not ids own, ha i arrested, tried, con victed and sent to prison, llut here a baud of political desperadoes, located in three states, by nameless crimes have stolen the jewel of the republic ; and instead of being overtaken by the swift hand ol the avenge theyto-day mock tho people in tbeir calam ity and riot iu their substance. If justice has not fled the earth, the day, tho hour, i near at hand when her sword shall merci lessly behead theso guilty wretches ! STATU issues. Let me now turn briefly to slate issues, l e ate all proud of Pennsylvania, llaptiz- ed in the blood of the revolution, she has reared some mighty men, Her people lion est, intelligent and industrious; her forests rivalling the cedar of Lebanon, and her soil rich iu minerals, she invites to her borders the best brain and brawn of the earth. For getting party names and party divisions, her citizens should make her peace and pro-per- ity their common inlit ritance and their com mon joy. llut n stato with so many diversi fied interests and so many sources of wealth is too inviting to escape the placeman and the trader, and to-d.iy it may be said with truth that no northern stato has been so cursed witli machine and ring politics. Our people feeling the poison in the systeis, sought deliverance if n radical change of the organic law, and tho new constitution, Iu mauy respects a model, took form and be ing, not, however, without a hitter struggle, for 'the old order of things died by decree and not by choice. But more was expected by the change than ha been realized. Overwhelmingly defeated at the polls, the political cabal who had been controlling tho state, reluctant to retire from the scene of their past triumphs. taxed their ingenuity to defeat the spirit, If not the lorm and letter of the new constltu tinn. One of the complaints of the people was that corporations had too much power, Tho creature of legislative will, mere servants of the peole.they were hardly out of their swind ling clothes uutil they assumed to be the peo ple' masters, Manufacturers and producers THE COMJMIUAN. VOL. XII, KO. 88 COLUM DIA DKMOCHAT, VOL. XLlt, NO. 1 could find no means to market, although a railroad might pass their door. The rates were exorbitant, or no cars could be bad, or the "ring" might be selling the products or goods The grievance became Intolerable and honest men, with one voice, demanded that the power of monopoly should be brok en and tho rights of the citizen respected. Hence it Is that we find in the new con stitution, article 17, the following sections : Sec. 3, All individuals, association nod corporations shall have equal tight lo havo persons nnd properly transported over rail roads and canals, and no undue or unreason able discrimination shall bo made in chargts for, or in facilities for, transportation of freight or passengers within tho state or coming from or going to any other B'ate. Persons and property transported over any railroad shall be delivered at any station at charges not exceeding the charges for trans portation of persons aud property ol the same class in the same direction to any more distant station ; but excursion and commu tation ticl-cts may be issued nt special rates, ci:c. 7. No discrimination iu charges or facilities for transportation shall be mado betwten transportation companies and indi iduals, or in favor of either, by abatement, rawback or otherwise, and no rail road o canal company, or tiny lessee, manager or emplojeo thereof, shall make any ptefer ences in furnishing cars or motive power. And as if seeing with the eye of prophecy the opposition with which these sections would be met, the convention added: Sec. 12 The general assembly shall en force, by appropriate legislation, the provis ions of this article. The members of the legislature swear to 'support, obey and defend the constitution of thi commonwealth," and yet with the duty there iu written, "the general assembly shall enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions" of article 17, no law has been passed to carry out these provisions. The wrongs of the people in this regard remain unredressed, and the strong arm of corpor ate power continues to oppress, unrebuked And when last winter the suil'ering oil inter ests of our state, etuployiug a vast amount of capital and thousands uf laborers, veulur d to approach the legislature tor relief and to point to the constitution as the ground of their petition, they were laughed lo scorn and turned naked away. It was fruitless tor the present democratic candidate for gover nor, then a seuator, to make earnest plea for the rights of he people sgainst the greed ot monopolies, for, as he spoke,one of the lead ers of the republican ring, like ihe s, rpenl at the ear of Eve, was whispering poison to those who knew not what it was to disobev his nod. Defeated but not dismayed, the oil men returned to their wells with firm purpose to teach their oppressors, by tho ballot, the measureless depth of their wrongs. Rut happily just then the republicau state con vention, composed in part of members of the legislature met iu Harrisburg but a few steps from the spot where the free pipe bill bad been murdered, and with auxiou concern passed this resolution : Sixth. That we view with alarm the grow ¬ ing depression of mauy of the leading trade uterests of the slatp and country, resulting partly, it is believed, from unfair advantages aud discriminating rates of freight aud trans portation privileges given by many trans portation companies of the country to a fa vored few to the pnjudice of our general producing interests, aud this convention ear nestly recommends the enactment of such laws by the statu aud national legislatutes as will correct this growing evil. If the "alarm" was sincere the republican legislature could speedily have removed it, for it was then in sessiou. This performance was a prctetisu and a fraud, and so iutelli gent men id all parties must regard it. The republicau manager will discover that milk is for b.ibn", but that strong men want meat Nor should the recent action of Gov. Hart ranlt as to the quo warranto proceeding iu Venango county pass without brief notice, He had long been familiar with the griev mice of the oil men and he had witnessed the unequal contest they waged before the legislature. One brave word from him then would have saved their cause ; but it was not spoken. He remained silent as death when speech would have been golden, and ho must not hope now, when the storm o the people's wrath is gathering, to save a sinking cause and candidate by a writ from any court. A quo warranto may do many things, but it ca.itiot elect Hoyt governor bTATK KXPr.SSE. King rule has brought with It, of course, a large increase in tho annual expenditures, I cannot refer to these in detail,but as a fair sample of the system ot ring rule I select tho expenses of the executive in 1801, the year before the war, under Governor Uurtin, and the expenses of 1877, uuder Governor Hart ran ft : l SlJEIl CUI'.TIS. Governor's salary $1,000 00 Private secretary GOO 00 Messenger f'00 00 llepairs to executive mansion 350 00 Total $,-150 00 UNDEIt HAItTltANIT. Governor's salary $10,000 00 Private secretary 2,500 00 Kxecutive clerg 1,600 00 1,200 (10 Messenger, Night watchman 000 00 Page 300 00 Itecorder for Hoard of Pardons.., Clerk for Hoard ol Pardons Carpet Glass, etc Labor Tuning piano Coal Cleaning .., Watchman , Furniture Sprinkling street Carnet OWO Utl 5(H) 00 129 60 31 00 f 25 10 00 212 23 64 00 2! 00 19 50 15 m 709 1 Carpet and furniture,.., 311 tl Furniture if 78 24 Repairs 81 60 Sprinkling street 15 00 Incidental executive.., 2,000 00 Incidentals executivebnard of pardons h 600 00 Under Hartranft $21,757 47 Under Curtlii 6,450 00 Hartranft over Curtin in one jear $10,307 47 I give you the expenses of tho state gov ernment under the last democratic governor (Packer) ending in 16C0,and also three years under Curtin, iucludlug the war, Geary and Hartranft i Under Packer, three year $1,209,849 17 Under Curtin 1.885,167 (18 Uuder Geary (second term).., 2,808,303 07 Uuder Hartranlt (first term) . 3,279,216 28 The above figures do not include iuterest paid ou stale debt, pensions, or amounts RATES OF ADVERTISING. MCI. IK, IK. IX. M. fj.on ii.sn la.oi $5 tin . a.on 4,'fl s.tfl P."0 . 4.' II 4 tO 7 00 1J.IW . r,.ou l.ixi t.w 13.0' IT. is.rn it.ee tn.ifl S.(U Onelncb Two Inches Three inches. Pour Inches. Quarter column, , (i.oo s.iio lo.eo lo.tfl llnlf f-nlumh. . 1n.no lll.nn 1ft.no fS.titt coot ono column I i.oo ss.eo o.oo to.eo lotus Vearly advertisements payable nuartrrly. 1rn slent advertisements must tie paid torbctorclnBerleu except where parties bale accounts. Legal adi ertlsements I o dollars per Inch for thrco Insertions, ami at that rate for additional Insertions without reference to length. Kiecutor's, AmtnUlrator's and Auditor's notices three dollars. Must bo paid for when Inserted. Transient or Local notices, twenty cents aline regular advertisements hull rales. Cards In the "Business Directory" column, one doHar per year for each line. paid to soldiers' orphans' schools. It will be Been that Governor Jiatlranft's first term, years after the war, cost almost three tlmea as much as Packer's. A part of this increase is accounted for by the increase in the num ber of judges and members of tho legislature; but these items explain but a small portion of the increase. For example, in 1859 tho senate cost, In round numbers, $50,000 ; In 1874, with the same number of membets, it cost $134,000, nn increve of $81,000. In 1859 the house cost $125,000 ; in 1871, $209,- 000,an inccase of $141,000. There hrn been a steady lccreae,and tho present year will bo the most expensive ever known lo the state. The last session of the legislature of 1878 covers 141 days. Its expenses were : Salary of senators... $73,073 20 Salary of employees 30,090 40 Postage 6,050 00 Stationery 11,013 80 $123,857 40 Salary of members $2G1,G23 20 Salary of employ ees 02.075 20 Postage 20,300 00 Stationery 22.0S0 01 $307,379 01 Expense of senate and hntin Cost of each member, tl,'J77 $-190,230 41 The bill is $2.i,350 for postage. This would pay the postage on 845,000 letters, which would be an average of about 3,360 letters to eacli member, and as the session continued III days(ineluding adjournments) eacli member, to use hi postage, would havo to write daily 23 letters. Thus it has gone for many years, and thus it will go as long as the present dynasty shall rule the slale. Under Packer, our last democratic governor, It cost 42 cents per head to govern the people for three years. Under the first term ot liar Iran ft it cost 87 ceuts ami under his present term it will cost 95 cents, And iu this increase no expenses arising, from the rebellion and no interest or pensions are included. And iu return lor thi se heavy growing burdens what have the people received? What niggling industry has been aided? What monopoly bus been caught by the throat aud taught obedience to tho law? Wliat legislation has t een passed to enable individual shippers aud producers to securo justice iu relentless warlare waged against '1p m by mrporatu wealth and ring combi nations? What single measure urged by the people and opposed by corporations baa been coined into law ? And upun the other hand, what proposi tion for the creation of sinecures and the lu.ther oppression of the people has failed? When tiie ear nf the legislature were deaf mi the appeal- iu behalf of the depressed oil iuttris's of thestate, they were open wide to the imperious demaud of the ruling cabal to pass the recorder's bill. Unwilling to give a helping hand to a great industry that develops the resources of the common wealth and employs thousands of men, the law-making power wrs yet servile in Its haste lo create a new office, with enormous and undefined emoluments, v. ilh the extra ordinary tenure to its appointee often years. Why not giv5 him a life estate nt once? If the people are lobe plundered under the it ins ul law, tu raie funds to debauch elec tors and perpetuate tho rule of rings, it would save the expense of repeated legisla tion to declare by a general act that tho offi ces ond courts of the state do, aud of right ought to, belong to the Republican ringsters their heirs aud assigns forever, rrom tho judge upou the bench down even lo the no tary public, tue commission passes through the same channel. Strangers to honest la bor, with politic asaprofitablo trade, a few desperate men have by desperate mean in stalled themselves in all the avenues of stats power, and now, like birds of prey, they claim the people a their own. Need I name them? No; for there i scarcely a child, from the river to the lake, able to prattle at its mutheis Ljee, that cannot moan the roll. THE VITAL ISSUE, The vital issue of thi contest is: Shall the government of Pennsylvania be rescued from ring rule and be re-tored to the peo ple? Upon this platform all honest men can stand, and together they should make common batlle against a common foe, In the presence of the great peril minor differ ences should be trampled in the dust; disor ganizes should be hung to the lamp post, and the army of the people, under the ban tier of reform borne by our gallant leader, should march with resi-lleas tread to victory. First drive from the temple the bauds thst pollute it, and then it will be time to ar range the order of our worship. It is noon tide madness for any one w ho desires the ut ter overthrow of hateful personal rule in Pennsylvania to wate hi fire in this bayo net charge. And.iuy friends-, it is well for you aud for all taxpayers that the democratic party pre sents candidates whom it is an honor to sup port, Iu the full bloom of vigorous man. hood ; ripe in experience and rich in virtue; loved at home and esteemed abroad ; born to toil and schooled iu adversity; faithful to friends and fearless in duty, their lives and their honors are alike a lesson and a legacy to every young man in Pennsylvania. And when the decree of the people shall have been recorded and the aged minister shall greet hi son as governor, tlic child of the cir cuit as executive of the state will be true to the early training of his pious father and faithful to the Interests and the honor of tho commonwealth. Talk at Home, Endeavor id ays to talk your best before your children. They hunger perpetually for the ideas, 'I hey will learn with pleas ure from the lips of pareiit what they will deem drudgery lo sludy in books ; and even if they have the misfortune to ho deprived of many educational advantages, they will gruw up intelligent if they enjoy iu child hood the privilege of listening daily to the conversation of intelligent people. We sometimes see parents who are tho life of every compauy which ihey enter, dull, el lent, aud uninteresting at home amuug their children. If they have not uieutul activity and mental stores sufficient lor both, let them first use what tbey havo fur their households, A silent home is a dull place for young people, a place from which tbey will escape if they can. How much useful Information, on the other hand, is olteu giv en iu pteasaut family conversation, but what unconscious hut excellent mental training in lively social argument I Cultivate to the utmost the graces ol conversation "Exercise your patience for awhile and you will get practice," said the old physi cian to the youug doctor, "Yes, but I don't have any paticuta to exetcite,'' was the re ply.
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