TV? A? p olumbiatt. ESTABLISHEM !!. She Columbia Jcmorrat, ESTABLISHED 18-TT. I'ONStiLI DATED 18C.9. FCSLtKHKO Br EL WELL & BITTENBENDER EVERY FRIDAY SIOIIMSO t Hlonmsburit, the County sent of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Subscription -$1.00 ft yeai, l.i advance, SI.50 if not paid In advance. All communications should be addressed to TUE COt.tMMAN, Hltnmsbunf, Pa. FRIDAY, JL'I.Y 10 iSqi. QUAY HELD RESPONSIBLE. THE LOOTED TREASURY AND OTHER EVIL8 CHARGED TO HIM A FORMIDABLE REPUBLICAN REVOLT IN PHILADELPHIA. A formidable movement against the domination of Pennsylvania politics by Quay has begun in Philadelphia. One hundred and fifty of the most conser vative but stanchest Republican busi ness men lawyers, bankers and min isters issued a powerful appeal to the Republican party to throw Quay over board and save the party from impend ing ruin. The signers of this address are not connected with the Republican Re form Association. They represent the most powerful element in the party in the city and include the greater part of Republicans who have made Republican majorities in Phila delphia possible, and without whose support it would be impossible to elect any Republican ticket in Pennsylva nia. The address is as follows : "As Pennsylvania-. and as Republi cans, we, the undersigned, feel con strained to address our fellow-citizens throughout the State upon the present poiitical situation to point out what we believe to be the essential causes of the alarming degradation in public affairs from which we now suffer and the necessary steps towards improve ment. "The Republican machine in the State under the leadership of Senator Quay and those lieutenants whom he has drawn about him is corrupt and in strong contrast to the rank and file of the party. That leadership is as abso lute in its control as it is unscrupulous in its methods and disastrous in its results. quay's record. "With Senator Quay's political re rd the public is so familiar that it is unnecessary at this time to give a de tailed history of those more remote public acts through which its notoriety was acquired, while a brief reference to its more recent events is appropriate in order to depict clearly the present situation. Mr. Quay is mainly responsible for the overwhelming disaster which befell the Republican party in this State dur ing the past Autumn,whereby an accus tomed Republican majority of twenty to thirty thousand was changed to a Democratic majority of 17,000. The single issue of the campaign as deter mined by Mr. Quay himself was tlie vindication of his own personal and political character. "The adoption of the Republican platform involved a declaration of con fidence and respect for the junior Sen ator, and in the election of the Repub lican candidate the acceptance of a man who was nominated at the dicta tion of Mr Quay. The State rejected both the plank and the candidate and a political revolution ensued. The Republican party was defeated in Pennsylvania, its most conspicuous stronghold. 'It might have been supposed that the leader who had inflicted such a wound upon his party and to whom it had given so overwhelming an evidence of a lack of confidence in him would have retired from public prominence. Mr. Quay, however, contented himself with an elaborate defense of his re cord before the United States Senate. 'This was both untimely and incon clusive. Untimely, since it came after all possible damage that could result to his character had been effected by his silence under the grave charges re peatedly made against him from res ponsible sources through the long, critical period preceding the election ; inconclusive, since he failed in it to adopt the simple and the only course in relation to the Treasury scandal that could have made clear his inno cence. "Had Mr. Quay accepted the sug gestion that he should call upon Mr. MacVeagh and the other gentlemen who were said to have been present when his alleged defalcations in con nection with the Treasury was covered by Mr. Cameron, to testify in his favor he would have adopted the obvious means for securing vindication. But this he did not do, and failing to take such a course his defense falls to the ground and his previous position remains unchanged. ballot reform. "Notwithstanding these facts he still retains the party leadership, and his lieutenants, either acting under his di rect though hidden command or only :V:ct accord with the principles of hu school of f cUics t i (aliunde tliat he and they assumed towards the Ballot Reform bill, have violated the express pledges of the party, have openly defied the will of the nvw. whelming majority of their constituents MM. . - . 1 neir amendments nrst made by the State Senate Committee to the Baker Ballot bill were of such a nature as to transform the very spirit of that meas ure from one in the interest of free and fair elections to one designed to perpetuate the corrupt practices under which the State had so lono- suffered' and by which these leaders have so , . . ; long retained tneir power. "But those who designed and favor ed these amendments, and who thereby declared themselves in favor of a fraudulent ballot, will be remembered by the voters of the State, and when the day for consideration of the quali fications of our public servants shall have come, the names of those who have thus defied the commands of their constituents will not be forgotten. "For the defeat of the bill abolish ing the local School Boards in Phila delphia, which was designed to free our public schools from political iufluence and from a divided and cumbersome control, a Republican legislature must also be held responsible. The meas ure had the approval of the great major ity of our best citizens, of all creeds and of both parties, and the time was ripe for its adoption. THE LOOTED TREASURY All these statements, while they touch the root from which the other evils have grown, find a fitting culmina tion in that scandal of more recent ex posure - the robbery of the city and State Treasury by its dishonest guar dian. Not only must the citizens of Philadelphia suffer a tarnished name, a direct loss of a million dollars or up wards, while thousands of depositors lose their earnings through the failure of banks connected with the defalcation, but those untold and untraceable losses resulting from the shaken confidence in the community must also ensue. "Th ere is a fundamental fallacy in the theory of politics which has for years obtained in this State and of which Mr. Quay has been the leading exponent. It is that public offices are spoils, the lawful property of tne politi cians who capture them and by whom they are dispensed in turn to their un derlings as the prizes of war. But the truth is that these offices are a public trust, which should be held in steward ship by the politicans for the people. "The disaster of a looted treasury is explained by the fact that the step from this fallacy to the startling and bold appropriation of public funds to the private use of public officers is a long one in appearance only, not in reality. That step has now been taken. 'A partial remedy for future trustees of the same kind lies in the nartv's ac ceptance and assertion of the truth that public office is a public trust, and mat 11 win not support in power men who deny that truth. "We are soon to nominate an Auditor-General and a State and City Treasurer. In making these nomina tions, if the elections are to give these posts to republicans, we must see to it that the men chosen are both hnnest and of such firm character that they cannot De iwistea to dishonest purp oses. In the presence of tlise fnrts can the Republican voters of Pennsyl vania nesitate as to their duty or be in doubt as to their course ? A MOMENTOUS CRISIS. "The moment is a crisis, as real and as momentous as any thorough which tne acaie nas ever passed. There was a time when Pennsylvania rose in arms to victory at the presence of a hostile invader upon her border, but the dang er was less tnan to-day, when the hands of the public thief are unnn hfr ballot-box and have been through her treasury "lhe POlSOn of Political cnrrnritinn and dishonesty have alike affected .1 , . . mosc wno nave promoted and those who have permitted it It has nroHnr. ed a paralysis running through moral causes 10 material results. Many ol our eood citizens have been hlintl and deaf to the condition about them until the vicious system and the evil princi ples have Culminated in an annnllinrr defalcation and increased tax rate. "None will dare dispute the value of sound principles in politics. With a great financial scandal, the black bottom of which has not yet been sounded, fastened upon Philadelphia and with the name of our State a word of political reproach throughout the country we are convinced that the time is ripe for a change. "We appeal to the patriotism, to the sound sense of Republicans through out the State, or in the absence of sensibility, to high considerations, to that fear of impending financial and political danger which further inaction will bring, to so consider this question and so to agitate it as to secure speed ly the required reform. Here, in re ality, is a chance for reform within the party by such an expression of popular sentiment against the objectionable men that they shall fail of renomina tion to their respective offices and thus the voter be saved the alternative of accepting an unworthy candidate or voting for one of the opposite party. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY. "The evils which we now suffer will be overcome if each man shall but feel a personal responsibility for their re. moval, and will make those individual and associated efforts which, if wiselv victory. The objectionable public re- cords of the men who have inflicted those evils must be exposed. There must be a more competent and worthy leadership than that of Mr. Ounv. and the Legislature must be purged of tnose wno nave placed themselves on record as the enemies of ballot re form. "The demand for the retirement of these men from the parties which they have disgraced must be unflinching. The political methods which they have adopted must be discontinued and in their place must be substituted only fcl. ' i ' . 1 "a muse consistent wun sound morals and with the practice of honorable men. These ideas must find expression through the public press and bv the private letters of constituents to their representatives. If they are not insist ed upon and adopted the Republican party in Pennsylvania is doomed. It will fall rapidly from decay into disso lution. No party can loner survive the deliberate abnegnation of principle or tne adoption ot the heresy that the people at heart have ceased to believe in rignt. PRACTICAL POLITICS. "That which we urce in nnt afnt'i mentality, but politics of the most Yt-i.f il p-. t, c :.i 1 - t t. .uvai duii, me miaiiciai imses wnicn the State and individuals are now en during would seem to have clearly proved. We issue our appeal at a time when these events are fresh in the Public mind tn nermif that full consideration and agitation of the sub ject whirh shnitll wa ultimito I " " V y...bwv.w action at the primaries or the polls. If una appeal snau excite a popular re sponse, ways and means can readily be devised for organized effort at a later date. "Those throughout the State who are in sympathy with the above and who desire to co-operate in an effort to se cure the reforms indicated, address Lock Box 782, Philadelphia Post Office." STATE COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT. June 30th, 1801. Leaving Bloomsburg on the D. L. cc W. 12.15 tran wth Mr- P. A. Kvans and Kir. and Mrs. F. II. Ha genbuch, delegates from our county, we enjoyed a pleasant trip down the Susquehanna Valley to Northumber land, thence up the West Branch to Montandon and thence by the Lewis burg & Tyrone railroad through the Buffalo, Penn's and Nitany Valleys to Lemont where stages met '"ttie!" train and conveyed the delegates ami visi tors to the college, where we arrived 6 P. M. Our attention was attracted to the fact that no where along the road did we see as good crops of wheat, oats, hay or corn as we saw at home. At 8 o'clock p. m., we attended the Junior Oratorical contest in the col lege chapel. (This beautiful room was furnished by the School Furnish ing Co., of Bloomsburg). The music for the evening, and for all commence ment exercises, was furnished by the college orchestra of eight pieces, led by Prof. Beyer, instructor in civil en gineering and was a subject of com ment by all who were present. The judges were Rev. Calder, J. F. Robb fcsq., and Cyrus 1. Pox. Six young men took part. All did very well in deed and the prize was awarded to Milton S. McDowell of Milroy, sub ject, "A Nation's Defenders," with honorable mention of Nelson M. Lloyd, subject, "The Agnostic." The evening was pleasantly and profitably spent and the lights were not all out before July 1st, but all were up early in the morning to find that the rain had cooled the air and the weather was beautiful. Attended chapel at the college and after meeting several old friends, witnessed the artillery sa lute by the students. Two large wag ons conveyed the delegates and visi tors err the farm accompanied by Dr. Armsby, director of the expen ment station, Dr. F'rear, chemist of the station and college, Prof. Hunt, the agriculturalist and Mr. Patterson the farmer, all of whom spared no time or trouble to show and explain the working of the farm and college. At 10 o'clock the Trustee meeting was called by the President of the Board, Hon. Francis Jordan, of Harrisburg. Ten trustees with Dr. Atherton and Dr. Waller made a full Board. The old business was transacted with dis patch and the Board adjourned to the armory to participate in the Alumni dinner furnished by that well-known caterer, B. C. Achcnbach of Bellefonte. Over 300 enjoyed this elegant repast served by the College boys, after which we listened to the following toasts : The relation of the College to the United States, by Secretary Chas. W. Stone ; The relation of the College to the Commonwealth, by Dr. D. J. Wal ler, Jr. ; Our sister institutions, by Dr. Bickley, of Gettysburg College ; Our Alumni by J. F. Robb, Esq. ; The Graduating Class of '91, by V. N. Widner. After dinner the election of Trus tees was held in the Chapel. Judge Sitzel of Reading was chosen chair man, and H. V. White and Dr. War ren secretaries. The chair announced that the term of Francis Jordan, Charles W. Roberts, J. Doyle, Gabriel Hiester and Frank Knoche had ex pired and tht meeting was ready to receive ' nominations' for four mem bers to be elected' by the delegates, jua U L; by tlie Aluiam. LOWENBERC'S CLOTHING! SPRING ANNOUNCEMENT! BLACK AND BLUE CHEVIOTS. LADIES SHOULD SEE THE PRETTY SUITS FOR CHILDREN. Call and examine and see for yourselves that LOWEKTBERG'S is the right place to buy your Clothing. Francis Jordan, C. W. Roberts, James A. Beaver, Cyrus T. F'ox and Cyrus Holla were nominated. By re quest Cyrus Hoffa's name was with drawn and ballot cast for the remain ing four, showing thirty-four delegates present. The Alumni then put in nomination Gabriel Hiester and Frank Knoche and after ballot declared Gabriel Hiester to be their choice, twenty-nine votes having been cast. The new Board of Trustees then organized by electing Francis Jordan rres. and Dr. Atherton Secy. I he President appointed Messrs. Orvis, Beaver, Woodward, Roberts and Atherton Executive Committee. After transacting the business before the Board, adjourned to meet to-morrow 9 a. m. 1 his evening was taken by the Alumni, the chief feature being an address by Gen. D. H. Hastings that was masterly and enjoyable. This was followed by a surprise to Dr. Atherton in the shape of a very hand some silver service from his neighbors and friends. The presentation was made by Hon. C. W. Stone and so af fecting was his earnest declaration of friendship and esteem cherished by the friends of the College for the President that many handkerchiefs were seen in the audience. Dr. Atherton's reply was earnest but he was too deeply moved for his usual quick response. , The Faculty recep tion to the Alumni closed the day very pleasantly. lhursday, July 2nd was Graduation Day. The several orations by mem bers of the class were very bright and showed clearly that the College was up to the times in her method of in struction, lhe Commencement ad dress was delivered by Hon. A. K. McClure, Editor of the Philadel phia Times. His subject "Industry and Education was handled in a masterly way and was both instructive and pleasing to all who heard it. The Conferring of Degrees and awarding of prizes completed the exercises of the day, and the evening was a grand success in the Junior Reception to the benior Class in the Armory, 8 to 12:30. None seemed to tire of the round of entertainments, and to those of us who have been going up to the College year after year, it is very noticeable that the watchword on the hill is Improvement. This institution is now well equipped with buildings and apparatus and manned with a iaculty, that for earnest, able, honest qualifications stands first in our State. All the surroundings are so healthy and invigorating that it is not a hard ship lor a young man or woman to work out the course and leave the place better educationally, socially, morally and physically. We trust that every father and mother who have children to send away from home to school will be sure to first pay a visit to Pennsylvania State College. H. V. W. For Sale on Easy TermB- My property in Jackson twp., J of t mile from A. J. Derr's store, consist ing of 2 1 acres with house and barn A good orchard and never failing spring 01 water. I will be in the vicinity of Derr P. O. for a week or m ilnue th -ttr part of July when parties wishing to buy can see me personally. Terms will be made to suit purchasers. W. L. Manning. Brighton, N. V., June 2,3. 1891. Children Cry for PttcEier'oCactorlSt SPRING 1801. THE LATEST COLLARS, NECKTIES, DRESS SHIRTS, NIGHT SHIRTS &c. Anthony Wayne's Two Graves, THE REMAINS OF THE DASHING GENER AL LIE IN TWO PLACES. There is no doubt that one portion of the body of General Wayne, the hero ot Stony point "Mad Anthony, as he was popularly termed was in terred at the place where he died and the other in his native county. His original burial place was Fort Presque Isle, upon the site of which the city of Erie, Pa. now stands ; the other local ity honored as his last resting place is Redner Cemetery' in Chester County, Pa. This curious circumstance was brought about in the following man ner : - In the year 1815 the family of this famous man was given permission to remove his dust to Rednor, but upon opening the grave it was found that the body was partly petrified, and, consequently, very heavy. A medical friend of the family, recognizing the fact that it would be a very difficult and costly task to transport the remains in that condition, determined, as far as possible, to remove the petrified flesh from the bones, and this was accord ingly done. The bones were then carefully packed up and delivered to the son, who was kept in ignorance of the operation, and he conveyed the box containing tlie precious remains of his father's body to his native coun ty, where they were interred with ap propriate ceremonies. A monument was erected in 1809 J over the grave by the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati. . What re mained of the warrior was reinterred at Fort Presque Isle, and some years ago was discovered in the same state of preservation as when first exhumed, in a box bearing his name. Another memorial stone was raised in that place, and thus was commemorated the fact that all that was mortal of "Mad Anthony" Wayne found a final resting place in two localities far apart from each other. Detroit Free Press. Peculiar Many peculiar points make Bood'i 8a saparllla superior to all other medicines. Peculiar in combination, proportion, and preparation of Ingredients, Hood's Sarsaparllla possesses VVVV the full curative value ol the rfV S best known remedlesJrof the vegotable klng-rOdom. Peculiar In kr cSrr. strength and economy Hood's Bar saparllla lsr1V'the only medi cine ofy whlch can truly be sald,o 0 S " 0ue Hundred Doses One Dollar." Medicines In C$ larger and smaller bottles pr require larger doses, and do not produce as good results as Ilood's. S Peculiar in Its medicinal merits, Hood's Sarsaparllla accomplishes cures hith erto unknown, and has won lor itself S the title ot "The greatest blood jrJk. purifier ever discovered." yOU PecuUarlnlts"goodname .CiVxTt home," -there Is now Con of Hood's Sarsaparlllar 0ldln Lowell, where S HVJTt is made, than of iWSjt Vother blood purifiers. 0 peeullar in its pbenome- AW reoord sales abroad Crr 00 other Pr8P"U baP sver attained such popu f larity In so short a time, ro11'1 lt popularity y&T and confidence among all classes S of people so steadfastly. Do not be induced to buy other preparations, but be sure to get the Peculiar Medicine, Hood's Sarsaparllla 8oldbyUdrugglu. SltiixforSS. 1-rep.r.aonW by 0.1. HOOO CO.,ApotliB(!rl.,,l.n. ' BOUBLE BREASTEB SACKS AND CUTAWAYS. THE FINEST LINE OF SPRING PANTS IN TOWN. Big Lumber Deal in Sullivan Co. A SYNDICATE TO PURCHASE TWENTY THOUSAND ACRES OF VALUABLE TIM BER LAND. A syndicate composed of the follow ing firms viz : Jennings Bros, of Lo pez, Pa., Davidge, Horton & Co., and S. B. Davidge & Co, of Newark Val ley, N. V., H . H. Crary of Bingham ton, N. Y., and representing at least five millions of dollars, have about completed the arrangement for one ot the largest single purchases of land known in the history of this country. The land to be bought is that owned by Col. R. B. Ricketts and is situated in Wyoming and Sullivan counties, and includes the land lying at the head waters of the Mehoopany Creek. The entire quantity will embrace at least twenty thousand acres. If the pur chase is made, a tannerv will K ted which will consume from ten to mteen thousand cords of bark per year and a Saw mill havinrr a nnii. f from twenty to thirty million feet of lumber per year will also at once be constructed. The site has not been chosen but it will either h nn k headwaters of the Mehoopany Creek ... vumuj, at me village Of Mehoopany. Wvomint? countv r w Jennings of Lopez, will be the active manager ana superintendent Mr. Tenninirs's lontr business abilities insure the success of this part of the undertaking. The syn dicate will also build at their own ex pense a line of railroad to connect with the Lehigh Valley at Mehoopany and which will tap the unbroken for ests lying at the headwaters of that stream. CANDIDATES' CARDS. T"6. following is a lint of Candidates for County olllcos to be votd for st IhsiMmti iwnen the hours of S und 7 o'clock d. m. Noml. natlujf Convention, Tuesday, August ilth. For Sheriff, GEORGE BREISCH, of Main township. For Sheriff, JOHN MOUREV, of Roaringcreek. For Sheriff, DANIEL KNORR, of Locust Township. For Sheriff, J. B. KNITTLE, of Catawissa. For Sheriff, CHARLES S. REICIIART, of Main township. For Associate Judge, C G. MURPHY, of Centralia. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. oJXlnT1! an a,"'Hor appointed by the niitii .. Vi . 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