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FRIDAY MAY 2q, 1891.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Special Correspondence of Tin Coi.Cmbian
I f ARkisBURG, May, 37, 1891.
The days of session of the Legisla
ture of 1891, are fast nearing their
end. Within the next thirty-six hours
we can say Vale et vale. And yet,
judging from the manner of transact
ing business in the Senate and House
last night, a stranger would have sup
posed the session was only beginning
instead of ending. Gabble has been
the prime move, although work
was of primary importance. I need
not say to you again that I have never
known a legislative body since the
adoption of the constitution of 1837
which has done so litt e. I am neither
hide-bound nor partisan in my feelings
or utterances when the remark is
made that this of all has proved the
least consequential, the least import
ant of all Legislatures which have ever
assembled. It has been throughout in
the control of a ring of bosses, which
must bring the greatest of discredit
upon the men who have been sent
here to make laws for the great Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania.
Last night, nearly reaching away
into the wee small hours of the morn
ing, but little of benefit or conse
quence to the tax payers of Pennsyl
vania was done. This sort of legis
lature may be all right, but I doubt
whether the people of Pennsylvania
will approve of it when they come to
cast their ballots next November.
Mind you, I am not saying there are
not good, honest, conscientious Re
publicans in the Legislature, but I do
say that "bosses"have ruled them from
beginning to end.
Last night the Senate devoted to
the final passage of the Appropria
tion bills. Cowardly like these bills
have been passed, and then the at
tempt is made to shift the responsi
bility upon the shoulders of the Gov
ernor. He is equal to the require
ments of the occasion, and more than
ne pet scheme to filch money from
e State Treasury will meet with his
sapprovaL Governor Pattison will
.0 his duty, and, whether it meets the
commendation of friend or foe, his
veto will be exercised in the interest of
the constitution and thereby ot the
people.
The Baker Ballot Reform bill passed
the Senate last night. It is emascu
lated of many of its best features, and
the end is that its author will be like
Japhet, 'in search of a father." My
own impression is that Mr. Baker was
never honest or sincere in his advo
cacy of the bill of which he is sup
posed to be the author. Should it
ever receive the signature of the Gov.
ernor, it will never amount to shucks.
It was never intended to be for the
best interests of the people, and they
will find that out before many suns
rise and set, many moons wax and
wane, many stars twinkle and disap
pear. There was a pitiable spectacle in the
House last night. Mr. Taggart, of
Montgomery, the author of the Tag
gart or Grangers' bill for equal taxa
tion, was the first to move for the final
passage of the Boyer bill. Oh. how
he was twitted by Messrs Wherry,
Skinner and others ; but he arose in
his seat, flushed in the face, and ad
vocated the passage of the Boyer bill.
There are many "small potatoes" in
the Sen-te and House, but Taggart by
his conduct and course has made him
self the smallest of small potatoes in a
small hill. He tried to pose in the be
ginning of the session as an opponent
to the re-election of Senator Cameron,
even went so far as to announce him
self as a candidate for United States
Senator, but the little boom he started
soon petered out, and throughout the
session he has been of no consequence
whatever. He has been for Taggart
first, last and all the time, and even
should he become Chief of the Agri
cultural Department, which is pro
posed to be started, he will be the
same small (although great in avordu
Kis) Taggart !
The terrible fall of Bardsley the
City Treasurer of Philadelphia, has
caused much surprise. At the State
Capitol he was always considered to
have been an honest man, although a
gabbler from way back. His pecula
tions now amount, it is said, to $3,
000,000. I was talking with a promi
nent Republican Senator on Monday
night, and he expressed his fears for
Republican success in Pennsylvania
next tall, more especially in Philadel
phia. He was wont to swear by John
Bardsley, but he says his and the
conduct of his masters will make mat
ters very uncertain for Republican
success next fall. The defalcations of
Bardsley and his pals may, after all,
prove a great boom to the people of
this tax-ridden, boss-ridden grand old
Commonwealth, So mote it be.
Before another issue of the Colim-
111 am the T.ppifilature of Pennsvlv.mia
for 189! will be among the things that
were. May we never look upon its
like again.
Coi.u.muia,
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our ltegulur correspondent.
Washington, 1). C. May 25, 1891.
Mr. Harrison is really becoming al
armed on account of the attitude Mr.
Blaine has assumed towards him. It
isn t the absurd fiction coneerniniz
Mr. Blaine's failing mental powers that
is worrying Mr. H. for he has had oc
ular demonstration within the last
four days that there is not the slightest
disarrangement of his premier's ability
to use plain and terse English, but it
is the idea that Mr. Blaine does not
propose to give him the benefit of his
advice in shaping things for his nom
ination, and that under the plea of ill
health Mr. Blaine may go to Maine
and leave him for an indefinite period
to wrestle alone with the important in
ternational questions that are now so
numerous in the State department
that they almost bump their heads to
gether.
If the republican District Attorney
is not made to neglect his duty by the
powers above him young Mr. Raum,
the son of the borrowing Commission
er of Pensions, may find himself the
inmate of a prison cell as the result of
his energy in selling appointments and
promotions in the Pension office. The
Civil Service Commission, which was
duped by this young office-broker, is
determined, that is to say, ''Teddy"
Roosevelt, who is in reality the com
mission, is determined that Raum
and his confederates shall be prosecut
ed, and if he can possibly accomplish
it, punished. The evidence, which
Roosevelt says makes a plain case,
was laid before Mr. Harrison ; he re
ferred it to the Attorney General, after
holding a long consultation with him,
and doubtless mapping out precisely
ho much m earnest the prosecution
is to be on the part of the Govern
ment Meanwhile old man Raum holds the
fort in the crookedest bureau of the
Government although public opinion
may in the end compel Mr. Harrison
to ask lor his resignation he 11 never
get it unless he does ask for it.
The old fake that Mr. Harrison had
come to the conclusion that it would
be only right and decent to give the
democrats three out of the nine U. S.
Circuit Court judges has again been
revived possibly by the visit to the
White House of a delegation of Vir
ginians led by Senator Barbour, in the
interest of a democrartc candidate for
one of the appointments. When he
appoints even one democrat then I
shall believe that he intends recogniz
ing the party. Outside signs the
presence of some of the known re
publican candidates point to the
tarty appointment of the new judges,
but it is impossible to get a definite
official statement, consequently rumois
are numerous. One will tell you that
in order to take no chances Mr. Har
rison has decided to defer making the
appointments until after Congress
meets, another that he has them all
ready to announce.
1 here is an unconfirmed rumor that
Mr. J. W. Foster, who recently return
ed from Spain whither he went as Mr.
Blaine s special and confidential agent.
is to take charge of diplomatic aflairs
until Mr. Blaine returns to duty.
There are numerous reasons which
make it probable that this rumor will
turn out to be a fact.
It is a noticeable fact that every re-
publican'of any prominence who comes
to town these days gets himself inter
viewed for the the purpose of setting
a dish of "taffy" before the gentleman
who occupies the White House ; they
all want something. I here have been
a half dozen of these interviews within
a week that about the only difference
in was the change of the name of the
talker. These people all talk as
though they expected Texas to cast
her electoral vote for Harrison be
cause her citizens courteously received
the President of the United States.
"Mark my words", said a disgusted
republican : "if the democrats of the
next House will put a smart investi
gating committee to work on this
Behnng bea business one of the big
gest scandals of the age will bo uncov
ered. I he facts are in existance and
can be got at if they will go about it
in the right way, and, like the trail of
the notorious whiskey ring, it will lead
pretty close to the Executive Mansion"
In vain I tried to persuade the gentle
man to say more on the subject. j
It is announced with a great flourish
of trumpets as though it were a finan
cial triumph, that Secretary Foster now
sees his way clear to paying the $26,
000,000 of pension money that falls
due in the first week in June.
Mr. Steve F.lkins was at the White
House a dav or two ago. He says he
has no personal interest in the Behring
Sea sealing contract, but that his friend
Mill, father-in-law of Whitelaw Reid,
requested him to look out for his in
terests while he was abroad. Of
course no one would think for a
moment of doubting any statement
Mr. Elkins might make.
If you decide, from what you have
heard or read, that you will take
Hood's Sarsaparilla, do not be induced
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THE GOVERNOR APPOINTS ONK. COM
MISSIONERS ELECT A SECOND.
Philadelphia, May 26. The coun
ty commissioners, this morning, by a
vote of two to one, elected Richard G.
Oellers city treasurer, to fill the vacan
cy that will shortly occur in that office.
Messrs. Bartley and Stulb, Republicans,
voted for Mr. Oellers, and Mr Sensen
derfer, Democrat, cast his ballot for
William Redwood Wright, the gover
nor's appointee.
The meeting of the commissioners
took place in their office in city hall
at 10.30 a. m. The discussion was
brief and to the point, and the work
for which they convened together was
quickly accomplished. Messrs. Bart
ley and Stulb nominated Mr- Oellers
ar.d voted for him. Mr. Sensenderfer
named Clement R. Wainwright, Hen
ry D. Welsh and William Redwood
Wright, and when it came to a ballot
he voted for Mr. Wright. Immediate
ly after voting Mr. Stulb left the hall
for a triD out of town, and Mr. HartW
went to the Jiecord office to inform
Mr. Oellers of his election.
Referring to the position taken by
the commissioners, Mr. Sensenderfer
says : "From all the information we
have been able to get on the subject
we understand that we have the right
to elect. We have had nothing from
Mr. Warwick yet nothing official ; it
is simply a matter of opinion. The
people whom we have consulted, and
they include lawyers of admitted abil
ity, say if the governor has not the
right to name the successor we have.
The weight of opinions already received
is in our favor. We simply acted on
that. If we had not the right no harm
can be done."
Both branches of the city council
will meet in joint convention to-morrow
and proceed to elect a successor
to Mr. Bardsley. City Solicitor War
wick has prepared an elaborate opin
ion sustaining the right of councils to
fill the vacancy, and after the presen
tation of Mr. Warwick's opinion the
election will be held.
Although it is not improbable that
the councils will repudiate the election
to-day of Mr. Oellers by the city com
missioners and elect another man, still
from present indications that gentle
man will be their choice for the office.
There seems to be a tacit under
standing that the state sena e will do
nothing toward seating the nominee of
Governor Pattison. This is in accord
with declarations by Senator George
Handy Smith, Porter, J. P. S. Gobin,
and others, that the right to fill the
vacancy resides under the law with the
county commissioners.
A cur ous legal question in refer
ence to the various appointing powers
came out to-day. The county com
missioners can, under the authority
they claim, not only appoint but issue
the necessary commission and approve
the sureties. In case councils elect,
it is said they cannot issue the com
mission, which must be done by the
governor, and under the circumstances,
the latter would of course refuse to do
that until instructed to do so by the
court. In case of the governor's ap
pointment he can also issue the com
mission and the only doubtful question
is as to the approval of the sureties.
Eva Ray Hamilton, it is announced,
will go upon the stage this fall. Since
she failed in establishing herself as the
legal widow of Mr. Ray Hamilton be
fore the Surrogate's court in New York,
she has determined to seek revenge
by going upon the stage in a drama of
her own debased life, entitled "The
Hammertons." It is supposed to be
a scheme to bring the Hamiltons to
terms, and thus force them to buy her
off.
A team belonging to Gomer Thomas
ran away on Railroad street last Sat
urday, and threw the driver, Richard
Metherell, out of the wagon cutting a
gash on his head.
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Two Beautiful Young Girls-
WHO WILL CREATE A FURORE IN NEW
PORT THIS SUMMER.
Newport is to have a sensation this
summer.
It is authentically stated that the
beautiful and celebrated daughters of
Lord IJulTenn, Beatrice and Adelaide,
are to grace this famous resort with
their presence this coming season.
It will be remembered that Beatrices
beautiful dark eyes have played havoc
lately with the heart of Albert, the eld
est son of the Prince of Wales. What
it will amount to is as yet a matter
of conjecture in England. The young
ladies are acknowledged to be the
most beautiful in all Europe, and there
will be not a little excitement in the
hearts of our American belles over
their coming. They are exquisite
dressers, and their costumes will be
marvels of curiosity. Unlike most
ladies, they know exactly what is suit
ed to them. Some lime ago they sent
for the chief designer of the Paris house
of The New York and Paris Young
Ladies' Fashion Bazar, and select
ed forty costumes each, the cost of
which will amount to thousands of
pounds.
Through the courtesy of these young
ladies we have been permitted to copy
for The New York and Paris Young
Ladies' Fashion Bazar two of their
most exquisite costumes, which appear
as figures 3 and 4 on the colored plates
of the June number of this magazine,
just out, and for which the publisher
has issued, in the name of the American
ladies, a card of thanks. It is rumored
that the prince may follow the young
ladies to Newport this summer. The
New York and Paris Young Ladies'
Fashion Bazar has the exclusive light
to publish each month at least one or
more of the costumes in which the la
dies Beatrice and Adelaide will ap
pear. Ostentation at Funerals.
It is a sad commentary on a Chris
tian community, which takes that dis
tinctive title from a religion whose
founder is called the Consoler, because
His word plucks the sting from death,
that it surrounds death with every cir
cumstance of woe and gloom. The
distinctive ministry of the faith seems
to fail at the very point to which it is
especially addressed. The natuial
Christian tone at the burial of the dead
would seem to be the cheer that springs
from the thought of immortality a
sublime hope, a tender resignation.
The Christian thought in that hour
should instinctively dwell upon the
soul, not upon the body, and the sim
plest and most unostentatious rite of
burial would seem to be the most truly
Christian. But the ostentation of
Christian funerals has become so great
that burial reform associations are
formed, both in this country and in
England, to relieve the poor of the
painful and needless cost which, from
mistaken respect for the dead, they
will not spare so long as ostentation is
the custom. George William Cur
tis, in the Editor's Easy Ch?ir, in
J Javier's Magazine for June.
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SPRING
SEASON
1891.
TIIE LATEST
COLLARS,
NECK TIES,
DRESS SHIRTS,
NIGHT SHIRTS
&c.
CANDIDATES' CARDS.
The following is a list of ramlMutw for
County oiiits to be voted for at the delegate
election held Mnturdiiy, Antrum, Mth, ihvI, be
tween tlit hours of 8 iitmI 7 o'clock p. in. Nomi
nating convention, Tuesday, August, llth.
For Sheriff,
J. B. KNITTLE,
of Catawissa.
For Sheriff,
CHARLES S. REICHART.
of Main township.
For Associate Judge,
C. G. MURPHY,
of Centralia.
Purs Eys Whiskey.
One year ago we had 5000
gallons of Old Rye
Whiskey in Bond, which
was considered a large stock
to carry and sufficient for the
trade. The demand, however,
for our whiskey became such,
that we were compelled to In
crease the capacity of
our distillery, in order to give
the whiskey some age before
placing it on the market.
We are now making over a
barrel a day ; having a daily
capacity of over 50 gals,
and carrying a stock of 11,000
gals, in Bond. We hope to
give our patrons the benefit of
the age and will sell no whisk
ey under six months, and from
that up to three years.
No second hand barrels are
used at our Distillery ; all our
whiskey is bonded in new,
clean, charred, barrels,
and for purity and qual
ity we defy competition.
We have never distill
ed a bushel of corn, and
we do hereby guarantee ALL
our whiskey to be absolutely
Pure Rye and doubled on
a copper lined still and to any
person who will find any
drugs or corn in our
vyhiskey as it leaves our Dis
tilllery or Salesroom, we
will forfeit $500.00.
ROHR McHENRY & SON.
Benton, Pa.
WOJLD
TO HEAR
m
LIKE
TOM YQU,
in r r liY
In.triiiiKMilaiinii ii,. triu ilium tm Korroi. tl.-'i.
AT HOME FREE
DOUBLE BBEASTIS
SACKS
AND
CUTAWAYS.
THE
FINEST
LINE OF
SPRING
PANTS
IN TOWN.
CARPETS! CARPETS!
A dollar is as good to you a3
any one else, isn't it? And
you will be dollars in pocket
by buying directly from the
manufacturers. Our whole
sale season is over, and we have
left a few good patterns in in
grain carpet which we are go
ing to sell cheap. We are not
going to carry anything over
to fall. Bring the measure of
your rooms with you and we
will cut while you wait.
Coupons of Carpet Mill
Bonds taken as Cash. If your
coupons for 1801 are not
enough, cut off those of 1892
and we will cash them.
BLOOMSBURG CARPET
WORKS.
REAL ESTATE
F0 SALS IN
BLOOMSBURG.
Main Utreet. Desirable building lot BOxm,
price $1300.
Ftflh fiiwt-nntlHA ftnrt nt hnnoj. mm. n .
per month, room to build several more nooseat
iiu ura ironi, on ruin street, pnoe liuoa.
Firtt SrvaC Frame house. 8 noma, lot oaxaia.
prtce $1030.
Fourth street Large frame house, 8 rooms, tot
100 feet front on street, price fttao.
Fifth Street Large frame dwelling noose,
rooms, out-kltchen, barn. One fruit, c, lot TK
S00, price Mfioo.
Main Btreet Large store building, with dw.ll
Ing bouse on same lot, corner lot fronting oa
two streets, price 14000.
Third Street Large 8 room bouse, lot Must
Price tarn
Seoona Street, Kat vn. corner lot, 60 ft
front. Price $800.
mond Street. Fine large residence, 11 roorw
Ferry Hood. Two story house, lot 400 feet
deep, price $tsoa
exclusive of bath room, steam, gas, sewer,
water and all modern Improvements.
Tenant houses and a number of vacant lots In
other parts of the town, all of which are for sate
on easy terms. For further particulars Inquire
Fine Brick Kesldence In Kspy Pa., Lot W feet
front 10 room house, everything In good repair4
recently papered and painted, well at door, cis
tern, good stable and outbuildings, fruit of all
kinds. Price $100(1.
01 WlNTSBSTSIK B KCt LIT,
First National Bank Building,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
BIG BREAK
DURING DULL SEASON,
AT
Kemp's Photo Gallery,
Main Street, Over Schuyler's Hard
ware store, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Cabinets 99c Per Doz.
and Upwards-
Oca Dos. Cabir.ots and Life
Sizo Crayon, all For $4.00.
Taking pictures of houses
and cattle a specialty.
W. II. SNYDER,
AlTORNEY-vr-LAW,
Office and floor Columbian buililiiiQ,
ULOOMSBURC, PA.