Ittmtoan.
ESTABLISHED ISiW.
ftbt Columbia Jlciuorrat, '
STABLISIIKD 1(7. CONSOLIDATED 1809.
-PCBI.ISnED BY
GEO. E. EL WELL
KVEKY FRIDAY MOKNINO
at Bloomsburg, the County scat of Columbia
County, Pennsylvania.
TlRHs-. Inside the county, 11.00 a year In ad
vane; $1.60 If not paid In advance outside
tbe county, $1.95 a year, strictly In advance.
All communications should be addressed to
TUB COLUMBIAN,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1893.
No man has a claim upon a public
office unless the people want him,
Public officials ought to be public
servants.
There ought to be a full vote at the
delegate election next week baturdav,
It is important that good men should
be selected for the several county
offices, and all good democrats owe it
to themselves to go to the polls and
help make the selections.
Next week is the last week of the
canvass for county officers. Anything
in the way of circulars or newspaper
articles that are kept back until then
ought to have no weight with voters,
if they contain anything that requires
an answer from an opposing candi
date. We do not believe that any of
the candidates will resort to such
trickery, but if they do, such methods
ought to react against them.
WASHTJfGTON LETTER
Washington, July 24. The old
story, started in the first month of the
administration, about there being a
disagreement between President Cleve
land and Secretary Carlisle as to the
financial policy of the administration
has been revived and given a new
dress, it being stated now that the
President intends to use the vacancy
in the Supreme Court to get rid of
Secretary Carlisle Your correspon
dent can state on the authority of one
who knows whereof he speaks that
there isn't the slightest friction be
tween the President and Secretary
Carlisle : on the contrarv. their rel.i.
tions have constantly grown closer as
eacn came to luijy understand the
mind and disposition of the other,
both having found unexpected traits
in the other to admire. Secretary
Carlisle rightly declines to dignify the
story by denying it. It is easy to ac
count for the reappearance of the
story at this time. Exciting political
news is very scarce the calm before
the storm is now on and it was con
sidered by the revamper of the story
that Sec. Carlisle's appointment to the
vacancy in the Supreme Court was
possible, if not very probable, and in
case he should be appointed he (the
writer) could claim credit for having
had exclusive advance official infor
mation, and if he wasn't appointed the
story would soon be forgotten any
way.
Speaking of that Supreme Court
vacancy, I have just had a talk with
a gentleman who is as close to Presi
dent Cleveland personally as any man
in the world on the rumor which has
at various times connected the name
of three members of the cabinet with
the vacancy. He said: "It is very
easy for me to tell you why I feel cer
tain that Mr. Cleveland will not break
into his cabinet to filll that vacancy,
although Secretaries Gresham and
Carlisle and Attorney General Olney,
all of whom have been mentioned,
would either of them make a model
Justice on the bench of the greatest
Court in the world. But that doesn't
enter into the case at alL It should
be remembered that Mr. Cleveland
spent about four months in selecting
the members of his cabinet, and that
each member was selected with special
reference to the work that Mr. Cleve
land expected that particular depart
ment over which he presides to do to
wards making his administration a
uccess. Now then, is it a reasonable
supposition that before the new mach
inery has fairly got to going Mr. Cleve
land would even entertain the idea of
changing any one of the men he had
so carefully selected to another posi
tion, however much honor there might
be for the individual in the change ?
I think not. I should much sooner
expect to see the Senate invaded than
the cabinet, to fill this vacancy."
Commissioner Lochren isn't worry
ing over the fuss that is being made
because of the suspension of the pen
sion of Justice Charles D. Long, of the
Supreme Court of Michigan. He says
he has no apolocv to malc and that
Judge Long in making application for
nis pension anegeu that he was totally
helpless, and that he is now ilmwinn- a
salary of $7,000 a year, which shows
mat ne is a long ways from being total
ly helpless, and that the case is 1
proper one for investitratinn
Secretary Carlisle nailed another
misstatement when he said that nplthpr
himself nor any official of the Treasury
uepartment was engaged in the pre
paration ot a tariff bill, and that neith
er he nor the President had ever con
templated such a thing. Treasury
officials are preparing information on
the suoject which will be placed at
the disposal of the House committee
on Ways and Means when it begins
work on the tariff bill.
An attempt was made to make it
appear that the acting Director of the
Mint had done something extraordi
nary in refusing to pay more than the
London price for silver bullion and
there was for a while a lot of wild talk
about bringing ''the usurpation of
authority to the attention of Congress,
indulged in mostly by republicans who
didn't care a rap about silver but
.1 1 . :j .
inougni mey saw in me lnciueni an
opportunity to embarrass the adminis
tration. The talk was stopped as
suddenly as it beean, for a little in
vestigation brought out the fact that
in 1878, when John Sherman was Sec
retary of the Treasury and under the
Bland act, then lust gone into ettect,
was compelled to buy $2,000,000
worth of silver a month, tor coinage,
he not only refused to pay more than
the London price, but when Ameri
can holders of silver refused to se l at
that price, he actually bought more
than $5,000,000 worth of silver in
London and had it shipped to the
Philadelphia mint.
The value of a good name was well
exemplified the other day, when a
man asked one of our druggists for a
bottle of Sarsapanlla. "Whose t in
quired the clerk. "Whose? why,
Ayer's, of course. Ye don't suppose
I m gomi to run any risks with Han
nah, do ye 7'
They Condemn Themselves.
The Republican newspapers that
manifest a feeling of satisfaction over
the depressed condition of business,
trying to make it appear as the effect
of Democratic administration, are tes
tifying against their own party. One of
these journals, which we have before
us, parades a Ion? list of evils which it
says have resulted from the election of
Cleveland. Among them it includes
a depreciation of two billions ot dol
lars in the value of American securi
ties ; the closing of a number of man
ufactones, wool lower in price than
was ever known; wheat at the lowest
figure in two generations ; the balance
of foreign trade heavily against us ;
money tied up in the bank vaults, and
more men out of work than at any
time since the panic of 1873.
When the situation is looked at in
its correct light, stripped of the mis
representation with which these papers
would falsify it, could there be strong
er evidence ol the injurious effects of
Republican policy? What are the
facts of the situation which thev en
deavor to misrepresent? A Demo
cratic administration has been in pow
er but little more than four months,
without having had a chance to alter
a single act or to reverse a single
measure of financial or economic poli
cy put in force by the Republicans. If
therefore, there is shrinkage in Ameri
can securities ; if manufactories are
being closed; if wool is bringing a
lower price than it ever brought before,
and wheat is selling for less than at
any time in two generations ; if the
balance of foreign trade is against us,
and money is tied up in the bank
vaults ; if more men are out of em
ployment than have been unemployed
at any time since '73, what is it that
has been done by the Cleveland ad
ministration that could produce such
an effect ? Nothing j absolutely noth
ing. Every law, every legislative or
executive measure or policy that at
mis time nas a bearing on the financial
situation, or can effect the industrial
condition has been the work of the
Republican party. Not a single one
has been changed. Thev are still in
operation. The depreciation of Amer
ican securities has taken place under
unrepealed republican enactments
which up to this moment control the
finances. The closing of industrial
establishments now going on is merely
the continuance of disasters that com
menced within a year after the Dassaze
of the McKinley bill, and were pub
lished as numerously last year as they
are this year. Wheat and wool are
selling at lower figures than ever be
fore, but this is occurring under the
operation of a tariff that was to pro
tect tue farmer and the wool raiser.
The balance of trade is against us,
but are not Republican tariff laws still
in force, which it was claimed would
prevent such a commercial disadvant
age ? Money is tied up in the bank
vaults, but what laws, but those of Re
publican devising, affect the monetary
situation ? More men are out of work
than at any othei time since the panic
of 1873, but was it not claimed that
the McKinley tariff would protect the
working men from such a misfortune,
and has there, so far been any inter
ference with the operation of that pol
icy? The picture drawn by the Republi
can papers of the situation under the
new administration is but a condemna
tion of their own party. The business
condition is far from what it' should
be, but is it not the effect of a Repub
lican course ? Is there a law or a meas
ure bearing upon the situation and ex-
erting an effect upon it, that did not
nave its origin in the policy of that
party r surely it is time for a Demo
cratic congress to convene and in co
operation with a Democratic President.
auopt sucn measures as will get
the country out of the financial and
industrial trouble in which the Re
publicans have placed it. lidltfonit
ir uicnman.
The Oase of Justioe Long.
WHY HE WAS DROPPED FROM THE TEN
SION LIST PENDINO INVESTIGATION.
Washington, July 22. Touching
the suspension of the pension of
Charles Dean Long, one of the Jus
tices of the Supreme Court of Michi
gan, reported in Detroit dispatches it
was ascertained at the Pension bu
reau to-day, that 1 udge Long was in
receipt of a pension at the rato of
fj2 a month for loss or left arm above
the elbow and gunshot wound on left
hip, resulting "in total helplessness,
requiring the regular aid and atten
dance of another physician." The
following statement of the case was
to day furnished by Second Deputy
Commissioner Belt :
"Report being made to the bureau
that, in spite of the fact of his being
pensioned for total helplessness, re
gular aid and attendance of another
physician, he was performing his duties
as a Justice of the Supreme Court of
Michigan at the salary of $7,000 per
annum, the bureau naturally came to
the conclusion that an investigation of
the case was demanded and suspen
sion followed accordingly, on the
ground of the performance of duty as
Justice of the Supreme Court of Michi
gan at a salary ol $7,000 per annum
was hardly consistent with 'total help
lessness requiring the regular aid and
attendance of another physician.'
"The papers on file in this case
show a peculiar and extraordinary
state of affairs. The pensioner has
not been examined since March 21,
1884, at which time the Officer Board
at Washington rated him at $30 per
month. In August 1884, pension was
increased to $5 per month from
March 21, 1884, the date of the last
medical examination, at which time
this rate contemplated helplessness, or
a degree of disability so nearly ap
proaching helplessness that the 'regu
ar aid and attendance of another phy
sician' was required.
"In May, 18S9, Mr. Long s pension
was rerated and increased by Com
missioner Tanner and an allowance
made of $50 per month from June 4,
1874, the date of the law establishing
the $50 rate, and $72 per month from
June 17, 1878, the date of the law es
tablishing that rate of pension.
1 he re-rating and increase of pen
sion were made on the personal order
of Commissioner Tanner granted a
second re-rating at the rate of $25 per
month from June 6, 18OC, and $31.25
from June 4, 1872. This constituted
an increase of $10 per month from
une 6, i860, and $13.25 from June
4, 1S72, to June 4, 1874.
"iso application tor increase or re-
rating was ever made by Mr. Long
subsequent to August 1884, when his
pension was increased to $50 a month,
except a letter written to Commission
er Tanner on June 12, 1889, in which
he requested a rerating of his pension
from June 4, 1S66, to june 4, 1872, at
$25 per month ; and from June 4,
672, to June 4, 1S74, to $31.25 per
month, which request was duly com
plied with by Commissioner Tanner,
despite the fact that no legal applica
tion had ever been made for re rating.
"It is needless to say,'' adds Deputy
Commissioner Belt, "that the acts of
Commissioner Tanner in rerating and
increasing this pension without appli
cation on the part of the pensioner
being made and without further medi
cal examination, were wholly unwar
ranted by any law or rule or order in
existence in this bureau at that time
or since.
"In other words, Commissioner
anner lack-screwed this pension up
from $50 per month to $73 per month,
and between May, 1889, and August,
889, granted two re-ratings each
carrying large arrearages, without any
legal application on the part of the
pensioner, or any medical examination,
so far as the records show, the gener
ous act of the then Commissioner of
Pensions resulting in the payment to
Mr. Long of a total sum of $6,912,-
94.'
To cure nervousness your nerves
i , t A 1 1 1 I
must ue ica oy pure 0100a. nooa i
Sarsaparilla makes pure blood. Take
it now.
Democratic General Assembly.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS AT
HARRISBURO TO COMPLETE ARRANGE
MENTS. Harrisburg, July 18 The execu
tive committee of the Democratic
Society of Pennsylvania met here to
day. There were present Henry D.
Green. Berks . Georce N. Reynolds.
Lancaster j A. V. Dively, Blair j E.
II. Kauch, Uarbon ; J. Wood Clark,
Indiana s Adolnh Eichholz. Philadel
phia : T. B. O. Cowan. Westmoreland:
C. C. Wiley, Allegheny, and James A.
atrananan, iviercer. cnauncey r.
Black presided, and Major John 1).
Worman was secretary. Thu execu
tive committee selected Tuesday, Sept.
26, as the date tor holding the Gener
al Assembly at Allentown.
Maior Woiman was instructed to
confer with the local committee on all
arrangements. The lollowing com
mittee was appointed on speakers in
and out of the Sta'e and to confer
with the local committee on the mat
ter : Henry D. Gieen, J. B. O. Cow
an ana unaries 1. uaner. ine execu
tive committee adjourned to meet 'at
Allentown on Monday evening at 8
o ciock, September 35.
CflAKOKI AO A INST COS HCOHM.
Ha Will be Tried by Com Martial tot
Mot Obeying Gov. Ln Ming's Order.
Topf.ka, Kn., July 24. Governor Lew.
Utng lias lieen forced to prctrr charges
against Col. Hughes, and tha tatter will lie
tried by 00m martini on Aug. 3, for N-
fusing to obey the Governor' orders to
remove tin lawmakers from their ball
(luring the legislative war last winter.
Hughes declares he was there to enforce
the law, not to break It. When relieved of
his command he demanded restoration or
eourt martial, both ot whtoh were denied
until to-day.
The court will be made up of newly ap
pointed colonels and brlKadler-ftetierals, all
but one being from tbe ranks of toe ropti
lints. Hughe has an able military attorney
to defend him, and it is not Improbable that
some of tbe secrets of the military branch ot
Lewelling's administration will be brought
to light.
THE FAIR DESERTED.
Rigid Enforcement of the Sunday
Closing Order.
All tha Ilulldlngs Shut lp Terterdav.
Assistant Secretary Hamlin laveatl
ate the Traable with Basslaa Bahlbltora
Chicaoo, July 24. The White City was
deserted yesterday and the warm sun of
the peaceful Sabbath shone upon desolate
thoroughfares, lonely Columbian guard
and a few Inhabitant of the Midway
I'lnlsance, who had left that cosmopolitan
quarter early in the day to view the big
buildings in tbe park. The Sunday clos
ing order was rigidly enforced, and any
person who entered the Exposition ground
bad to prove that hi presence there was
absolutely necessary.
Ail buildings were cloeed and the sign
"closed to-day" placed on tbe doors of the
State home was entirely unnecessary, a
there were no persona in the park who
cared to do any visiting or algbt-seelng.
All the electrio and steam lauaohes and
gondolas war tied up, no fountain was
playing, the ends of booth were bared of
ware and their handsom saleswomen,
and altogether It was the most complete
"closed Sunday." tbe World' Pair ha
known. Only two gate were open and
these were for paas holder.
There was no grumbling among the em
ploye nor among the exhibitors on ac
count of the enforced day of rest. And the
grumbling that wia don outside was not
loud enough to disturb any one. A num
ber came to tha gates a if they expected
to be admitted, but finding them closed
they left not carina to stand around in the
hot sun for nothing.
Although up to this time nearly 6,000,000
person have (wild to see the Fulr and have
come from all parts of the United States,
the World' Fair official ar disappointed
in the attendanoe. At the present rat the
record for the first half of the six month
of the Fair will reach 0,730,000.
The most sanguine experts on exposi
tions say thnt uuder the most favorable
conditions the tolnl attendance will not
reach 20.llOU.000. Lefore the exposition
opened, World's Fair officials declared that
the Attendance would reach a total ot 30,
000,000. Secretary llumlln to Investigate.
Washington, July 24. Assistant Sec
retary Hamlin while he is In Chicago,
which he expects to reach by Wednesday,
will give personal attention to the trouble
with the Russian exhibitors at tbe Fair.
Mr. Hamlin says Secretary Carlisle and he
are most desirous to be literal with exhib
itors, but the cUHtoms laws must be en
forced. It is understood that nothing will
be done hero by the government until As
sistant Secretary Hamlin reaches Chicago.
IT WAS NOT GKOKGK POST.
Another Convict Kxuosail the I'lot in
Clinton I'rlaon.
Plattsburu, N. Y., July 24. The
story current, and published iu several
New York and Albany papers that George
I08t, the celebrated bunco steerer and pal
of Tom O'Brien, wo the prisoner par
doned by Gov. Flower for his action In
making the exposure of tbe recent at
tempt of prisoners to escape from Clinton
prison is untrue. Poet is atitl in CMnton
prison and likely to remain there.
Tbe prisoner who was pardoned waa a
New York man, who baa served several
terms ra prison and la well known to tha
New York police. He was presented with
handsome purse by the officer whoa
live he saved and the prison official. He
went direct to New York. Thee faot
were given out by an official and are ve-
liaoki.
Retired Baaker Accidentally Killed.
Framsun. Pa., July 30. R. L. Cochran
of this city, a wealthy retired banker, waa
accidentally killed on his farm yasterday
by the discharge of a rifle he waa carrying.
Just how the accident oeeurred la net
known. It waa at rk-st reported that ha
had committed uieida, but the avid sac
produsnd before the coroner's jury tended
to show that his death waa the result ot
an accident.
Two Brothers Dnwud.
AixxifTowir. Pa.. July 24. While thraa
brothers, George Willie and La wis Sohray,
aged 13, 11 and fl year respectively, son
ot Georg A. Schray. were sitting along
l 1 , . 1 ..lit 1 . . . w
turn uuu us turn ienign nver, in uus city,
yesterday, Willie toppled into the stream.
Tha other brothers in trying to rescue him
also full into the river. Assistance earn
and Willie waa rescued. Hi two brothee
were drowned.
8.000 Pensioners Suspended Blaee March 4.
Wabhinoton, July 20. Inquiry at the
Pennlan Office elicit thm Inrn-m.llni. k.
the tota number ot pensioner dropped
irora ine runs since Aiarcn 4, loVo, waa
249, and that the total number of pension
er suspended since March 4, pending
further investigation of their cases, was
0,000.
Will lie Sent to an Asylum.
Boston, July 20. Dr. Jelly and other
medical experts have arrived at the concla
hIoii Unit Amos L. Morse, who shot lr. W.
T. Uwartswell a few weeks ago, was Insane
at the time and is now. The case cornea
up In court to-morrow and it is probable
that Morse will be sent to au lusane
asylum.
Oklahoma After Statehood.
Guthbik, O. T., July 24. A statehood
convention Is called to meet at El Heno, on
Aug. a. Every city, town and county in
the Territory will be represented and it I
proposed to start a movement for the call
ing of a constitutional convention this fall,
Uanlan and Durnan Will How Together,
Toronto, Ont, July 80. The difficulty
between Ned Uanlan and bis nephew,
Eddie Durnan, which had it begluulng
nearly a year ago, ha been settled, and
thev will hereafter, row double.
RUOCET
SHOES,
Ilini
H. J. Clark's Building, Main street.
TENNIS BASE BALL
SHOES, SHOES.
A Respacted Gnest.
ALL THE
MEMBERS OF
UNITE
THE FAMILY
In praising Dr. David Kennedy's Fa
vorite Remedy. It is our family medi
cine now, thus writes a lady from
First avenue New York City, Favorite
Remedy was first introduced in our
family when I was suffering untold
agony, and misery from gall stones,
nothing I took helped me. One day
my brother brought home a bottle of
Di. David Kennedy's Favorite Reme
dy made at Rondout, N. Y., and it
permanently cured me. My husband
is an ice man and was troubled with
pains in his back, was so lame he
could hardly move at times, he used
Favonte Remedy, the pain disappear
ed, and six doses cured him. Dr.
Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is the
only medicine that affords a speedy
relief and permanent cure for such af
fections, for it dissolves and causes
the expulsion of gravel and stone from
the kidneys and bladder. If you have
pain in your back, if your urine is
dark colored, painful or irregular, do
not delay for a single day, but take
Dr. Kennedy s Favorite Remedy which
will stop the progress, and cure the
disease that is forming.
Sherman as a Calamity Howler.
Considering his large share of per
sonal responsibility for the present
financial condition, Senator Sherman's
disposition to figure as a calamity
howler lacks at least good taste. If
he cannot talk hopefully he had bet
ter not talk at all.
Mr. Sherman has a unique distinc
tion among our public men as one
whose opinions have been generally
sound and his action and his vote
quite as frequently the reverse. When
his party had a sound financial policy,
he had one ; when the party, or a con
siderable portion of it, went wrong,
Sherman was on hand with one of the
crudest and worst bits of financial
legislation that have ever plagued us.
And now he is talking about the in
security of the Democratic policy.
Surely it is time for men of Tohn
Sherman's pretensions to statesman- j
ship to get out of their party bondage
at least long enough to rescue the
country from disaster, and especially
from the disaster which they them
selves have helped to bring up
on it. The one great obstacle to busi
ness confidence now is the doubt
not so much of what the dominant
party will undertake in the coming
Congress as of whether it will receive
loyal support from the minority.
If all the men who believe in a
sound currency would unite in a reso
lution that a sound currency must
and shall be secured, there would be
an end of panic. It is mainly the
howling of Republican organs that
keeps up the present distrust, their
theory being that of the doctor who
liked to throw his patients into fits
that he might display his skill in cur
ing them. But Sherman has given
us such a particularly bad case of fits
that he should now be content to give
som one else a chance at honest
treatment. Ex.
Deeds, mortgages and note books
of all kinds at the Columbian office,
tf.
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Mr. J. A. H herUr
"While Serving My Country
I waa taken 111 with spinal disease and rhcu
matUm. When I returned borne my trouble
was still with nis, ami I was confined to my bed,
unable to help myself fur 23 months. Alter
taking seven bottles of Hood' Bursaunrllla I
was well and have uot since been troubled with
my old oomplalnts. My wtte was In 111 health,
sullerlng wtlh headaube, dlzsluess aod dy
pepsla. Sh took two bottlo ol
Hood's Garsaparllla
and feele like e aew sreaaaa." James A.
UuBdi t ttftrt til. -I.. 1. 1. ...... .
w itihmi Dk, osnimure. Aid.
. . vww dm. n- mi wwrumntr run,
assltt digestion, eur ueadaohe. Try a bvx.
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BICYCLE
SHOES
CANDIDATES.
The fnllowlntf person annmtnre their nirnm
nciHi!1(lntpincliT! hemic of the l'im,'r
ilo party of t'oluuibla foutity, and suhi.Tt to
the action of the )cinociaih' ( omitv ronven
(Ion to be held on Tuesday, August Htli, im.
For County Commissioner,
CHARLES REICH ART,
of Main township.
For County Commissioner,
t G. M. IKELER,
of Mt. Tleasant township.
For County Commissioner,
J. G. SWANK,
of Mifilin Township.
For County Commissioner,
CORNELIUS FETTERMAN,
of Locust Township.
For County Surveyor,
CHARLES II. MOORE,
of Orange.
FOR' DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
THOMAS B. HANLY,
of Bloomsburs-
For County Commissioner,
MAHLON HAMLIN,
of Catawissa.
For Register and Recorder,
JOHN B. CASEY,
of Bloomsburg.
For County Treasurer,
A. B. CROOP,
of Briarcreek township.
For County Treasurer,
J R. FOWLER,
of Pine township.
For Register and Recorder,
CHARLES B. ENT,
of Scott township.
For County Treasurer,
JOSEPH P. DEWITT,
of Greenwood township.
For County Treasurer,
C. A. KLEIM,
of Bloomsburg.
For Prothonotary and Clerk of
the Courts
G. M. QUICK
of Bloomsburg.
For County Treasurer,
I. J. HESS,
of Centre township.
For County Commissioner
JOHN N. GORDON,
of Montour township.
AT THE TOP
We are at the top In the list by Knneral oousent
And why t Because we strive to pleu.se. We
give honest values, and while our system of
buying enables to sell low, we are content
with fair proilt, and (five our patrons a
shuru In tutu advantage.
We are Klvin special Inducements until Hi"
last, of August In the way of nrlces on our lines
of 1
Watches, Clocks,
Jewelry and Silver
to show you that we appreciate the v ry liberal
patronaite you have given us thus far, to In
d uce you to come again and alwu tu re
duce our stock to make room for our
Fall aud Uolldav goods. Come now
U you waul bargains.
Personal attention given to repairing of line
WalcheMjAc., and warranted satisfactory at
HESS BROS,
JKWELEKS AND 8TATIONKHH.
Sign of big watch, Main St.
ilLOOMSHUKG, I A