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The " good roads " feature of the
Coxey movement has come to be such
an imperative necessity according to
Cherry, the colored crank, that he
says the Government buildings will be
destroyed with bombs unless the bill
that Coxey wants passes Congress.
If it transpires that after along and
hard struggle with the money power
in Congress Democracy fails to give
the sovereign power that elected her
an income tax upon fabulous wealth
and a tariff reformation that gives the
masses an equal chance for life with
the classes, then of course Republi
cans will taunt Democracy for not
fulfihng her promises. If Democracy
fails as we admit she is likely to do,
because of Republican opposition
acting jointly with the money power
in Congress, it does not prove Demo
cratic infidelity or hypocrisy by any
means j but it does prove tha lament
able fact that American plutocracy is
stronger in our national halls of legis
lation to-day than either the defeated
Republican party or the installed
Democratic party, or, if you please,
both Democracy and Republicanism
combined. But if neither party can
down this monster, then sooner or
later some third party will and must
if our free institutions are to be pre
served.
The Primaries.
It is highly important to attend the
priPiary elections, for the success or
failure of candidates, whether ob
jectionable or worthy is often deter
mined before election takes place.
In fact whenever it happens that a
district is largely Democratic or largely
Republican there is only one chance
to avoid the possibility of objection
able characters being elected and that
is to avoid their nomination at the
primaries. Once regularly nominated,
abcut two-thirds of the truths and lies
afterward told about a candidate
count for naught. The political com
plexion of the election district being
settled, th? nomination is generally
equivalent to election, and hence the
importance of looking after the nomi
nation ot honorable and trustworthy
men at the primaries. If it were easy
to defeat scamps at the polls, even
though they secured nominations at
the primaries through cheek and
audacity, the case would be different.
To the more modest and best citizen
there is, no doubt, something repul
sive and unpleasint attending the
work to be done at the primaries and
hence the general failure to attend
them. Not being over zealous in
search of office themselves they do
not care to openly antagonize those
who are, even though they may not
be deemed as best to faithfully fulfill
the public trust to be imposed ; and
there is truth in the saying, " no cross,
no crown."
THE EQUAL SUFFRAGE OF
NEW YOEK.
What is elsewhere denominated
Female Suffrage is called lv;ual Suff.
rage in York State, and a lively time
they are having with the girls there,
too. On this rather insignificant issue
elsewhere, New Yoik now occupies a
private box from which she looks down
upon the stage of political action with
unusual anxiety and concern, a. well,
indeed, sin may. On last Monday
night a rousing meeting in behalf of
Equal Suffrage was held at Cooper
Union, the famous resort of all New
York mass meetings. It is already pro
nounced one of the most notable
movements in the history of New
York.
The meeting was held, it is said, for
the purpose of clinching in the mind
of New Yorkers just what they may
anticipate in the future, namely, wom
an's voice by virtue of her vote in the
control of these United States, and
that pretty soon, while'York State will
do as a starter of the female suffrage
boom.
The. question before the meeting
was the amendment of the State Con
stitution, by eliminating the protective
and o'.jeclionable term ' male " from
it wherever it occurs to the prejudice,
exclusion, and prohibition of females
for any right or privilege under the
sun now allowed to males.
The first male speaker said : " Even
before I had myself the right to cast a
vote I felt that woman was the peer of
man under all circumstances." Here
the ladies should have cheered, but
some how they didn't. He went on
further to s.iv : " I felt that she ought
to be accorded the same right to vote
that I had. The men alone in our
Stale and National legislatures are
compelled to admit that they of them
selves are incapable ot fairly dealing
with the questions of our day ; and
s:nce w';man was originally intended
as a help mate when man gets stuck
of course she ought to help. The pol
itical and commercial and, aye, the
moral conditions are now dead ripe
for this innovation, and for one I say
let her innovate. 1 ask you if women
were enfranchised could there be any
worse condition of our moral, political
and commercial affairs than we now
have ? Here the female cries of " no "
broke the solemn silenre. It was too
much ; they just couldn't keep still any
longer and retain their pent up emo
tions. The burning eloquence of the
speaker just began to burn as follows:
" It is unjust, it is improper, it is bar
barous to exptct woman to abide by
the law, to suffer the penalties of the
law, in winch she has had no part in
making. (Treinendons applause). If
woman had the ballot the demands of
organized labor would be answered,
along with manv other things too r.u
mcrous to mention.
Here it is possible the speaker felt
a sharp pain shoot through his dia
phragm, when he frankly admitted that
some estimable women were foolishly
protesting against Equal Suffrage. But
he struck back hard by sayim;, "in
the days of the abolition of slavery
there were some slaves who tought
against their own freedom."
Mrs. Cady Stanton remarked some
what as follows: "I'd give anything
to be a member of this convention so
as to be able to influence the men."
Just why she wasn't an influential
member is a question unsolved. " I
would not pay any attention to those
women who say they don't want to
vote, because their household cares
keep them busy."
" Woman is not weak," said Mrs.
Blatch. " Nor is woman protected
from any sense of chivalry ; but be
cause to send her to the front to do
battle would mean national suicide."
Mrs. Blaich was mad clear through be
cause of having niarritd an English
man our man-made laws made her a
nobody as an American, and put upon
her under her protest the nationality
of her husband. This being the un
kindest cut ot all. it seemed to fairly
rankle Mrs. Blatch. Not until the fol
lowing resolution was adopted did the
enthusiastic meeting adjourn.
" Resolved, That we respectfully
urge the delegates from the county of
New York to the Stale Constitutional
Convention to exert their influence to
wards such an amendment to the Con
stitution as will place before the voters
of this State the question of the en
franchisement of its women."
The TarifFEeform Struggle.
In the determined struecle to save
special individual interests and the di
vidends resulting to special individuals
irom nign protection, our would be
Democratic reformers in the Senate
have been headed off at every steD
and in consequence have made head
way slowly, if indeed they have been
able to accomplish anything substan
tial along the line of tariff reformation
and equitable taxation.
The task of reformation through
legislation is not so easy as constitu
ents unacquainted with the arduous
task may suppose. If Democracy has
made concessions to the money power
of America that swayed and controlled
the Republican parly, it only estab
lishfs the f.-.ct already apparent to the
writer, at least, that our money power
u stronger than either the Republican
party or the Democratic party. It may
be stronger than both combined for
all we know as yet. It having ruined
the Republican party, Democracy has
only to forget her pledges to the sover
eign power and listen to the money
power and one revolution will be apt
to follow another until the sovereign
power gets what she demands at the
hands of her statesmen.
No mailer as to tbe extravagant
bounties accorded la our sugar man
ufacturers or as to the fancy profits
reaped to the disadvantage of others
on the pait of our protected industries
just let a proposition emanating from
tne people arise, demanding curtail
ment of this class legislation, demand
ing instead equitable reformation
along the line of these highly protect
ed industiies, and war to the knife is
waged with any party that may pre
suine to attempt any such reformation.
It matters not whether tariff reform
be the winning issue or not this is the
invariable and stubborn attitude of
the American plutocrat and his hired
Representatives.
The hardest fight for reformation
along these lines that we have ever
witnessed will terminate with the final
passage of the Wilson tariff bill. It is
said to be a wise child that knows its
own father, and we very much doubt
whether the Wilson bill, with all its
amendments and re-amendments at
taching to it can look Mr. Wilson
square in the face end say " von are
my father," stil.
In reporting the bill again with its
many amendments and alteiiUions,
Mr. Jones of Arkansas said : We
did the best we could in harmonizing
many conllicting interests. It was an
exceedingly difficult task. On the one
side was the necessity of bringing in a
bill and on the other was the necessity
of afterwards passing it by a bare ma
jority. We hatl no leeway whatever I
believe we have succeeded. Local in
terests have been considered, and in
my opinion the bill will pass and be
come a law."
No doubt there is feeling among
many Democrats against the conce?s
ions already made along the line of re
formations promised and not ful filed.
Then again, other Democrats don't
like the income tax feature any better
than certain Republicans. It all de
pends upon the number and influence
of the objecting rich taxables to whom
the statesman feels himself amenable
whether his stand be for or against
equitable taxation and tariff reformat
ion as represented by the bill.
The prime object of the modern
statesman is to save himself first, his
constituents second, and his country
third. When he gets left, as some
times happens, its no fault of his so
far as he can see, lout then sometimes
he mistakes the public pulse politically,
commercially, and morally, and an
unexpected cyclone strikes his politi
cal fencing which he fails to tepair in
time, and down he goes to stay.
He was a topical modern states
man who remarked sometime ngo in
Congress, when cautioned that the
people were opposed to his attitude
on a certain issue " damn the people."
This was his thoughtless expression,
but it was in accord with the hidden
sentiment of many others who act it
rather than express it. They, too, get
left sometimes, as they ought to be in
every case where they prefer to delude
and deceive a constituent rather than
miss the gifts of the money power.
The distinction is as between God and
mammon, and the modern statesman
seems to be trying to serve both.
EEV. TUMAOE'3 THIRD BUM-OUT.
On last Sunday afternoon, soon
after the dismissal of a 6,000 congre
gation, fire was again discovered in
the costly and popular church of Rev.
T DeWitt Talmage, of Brooklyn.
Not being able to check it the flames
left nothing but a smouldering heap
of ashes of the once beautiful Taber
nacle. The total destruction of the
buildings is estimated at over a million
dollars, and the loss on the Taber
nacle is given as about $.100,000.
The fire is supposed to have origina
ted from an electric spark.
Watchinr the fierv elements rtevtrnv
the pride of his life, Dr. Talmage
said : " God's mercy overtowers the
disaster : thank God. It was all sn
sudden that I cannot explain it. Had
tne nre occurred halt an hour sooner
there would have len n tirrih1i lca
of life, (the church was crowded at
tne morning service, luliy 6,000 peo
ple were there), a stampede would
have occurred and many would have
been crushed to death or suffocated."
Just a few days previous to the fire
the twenty fifth annivers.irv nf his m.
1
torate was celebrated bv the eminent
divine in the Tabernacle. There were
seats in the church for 5,500 and
Standlntr room for neihans i.oon innre.
There was besides in the Tabernacle
a library, kitchen, and supper room to
be used in connection with fairs. Be
cause of a debt of $200,000 on the
Tabernacle Mr. Talmage threatened
illta Katie llosciiyrant
t'lstor, Penn.
Scrofula
The Worst Case the Doc
tors Ever Saw
Hood's Barsaparllla Perfectly Cured
C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. :
"Dear Blrs ; I wish to Uistifv to the areat
value ot Hood's Burimpnrllla. For some time I
bad been troubled with scrofula, which early
last winter aasumed a very bad form.
Sores Appeared on My Face
and bauds aud gradually lnvreasod In number
until they reached to my shoulilor. The doctors
laid it was the worst enso ol scrofula they ever
law and alao went so far as to say It wns In
curable. 1 tried ointment and other raini'illua
but to no avail. A friend recommended Hood's
Hood'ssCures
Barsaparllla, and although I was completely dis
couraged, as a last chanoe I resolved to give It a
trial. A fter taking one bottle I noticed the sores
had commenoed to heal. After the sixth botUo
They Were All Healed.
I continued to take It, however, until I had used
nine bottles, and now I am perfectly well."
Miss Katik Rosknujunt, Ulster, feno.
Hood's Pills are prompt and efficient, yet
aty In action. 80W by all druggist. SSo,
JOHN
SUITS
FROM 518.00.1
recently to leave, but some satisfac
tory arrangement for its liquidation
having then been made, h concluded
to remain. His first burn out was in
1872, his second in 18S9, and his
third in 1894. Already the board of
trustees, by no means yet dishearten
ed have expressed a determination to
rebuild, and say furthermore, that the
fire shall not disconcert the previous
p'ans and purposes of Dr. Talmage ;
and that he will start on his trip
around the world as first intended.
Whatever may be thought of these
frequent destructions of valuable
church property by the enemies or the
envious of Dr. Talmage, or by those
who hold that whatever is, is right,
and in accordance with God's provi
dence, thpre is no denying the fact
that Dr. Talmage sows good seed and
more of it than any one hundred
preachers you can mention in Ameri
ca if not in the world.
Observing his systematic resorting to
newspapers, we have ourselves won
dered whether the reading of his ser
mons at home might not be the cause
of many empty pews in the various
churches on Sunday. Humanity
seems willing to stand just about so
much of pious reflection and religious
tjxation, and anything more, especial
ly if it is accompanied with or antici
pates a money sacrifice, is very apt to
be evaded ; hence we have thought
that perhaps the fiee sermons of Dr.
Talmage in the newspapers have af
forded many who want it an excuse
to stay at home and cheaply satisfy
the conscience by reading one of his
many excellent sermons. While this
thought has crossed our mind more
than once, we shall not say positively
that, being true, it is the cause of his
frequent burn-outs. We are rather
more disposed to say that the devil
likely holds a front pew in Talmage's
church as he does in many less pre
tentious churches ; and that where
debts are heavy and insurance is
heavier it is barely possible that such
conditions have more to do with his
frequent temporal fires than his preach
ing to many thousands through news
papers.
J. R. Townsend 13 the le:din2 Mer
chant Tailor of Columbia county.
See his advertisement on fourth
page. tf.
UAlIDIDATJub' CAULS.
The following persons announce themselves
cnndliliiU'S for the olllces mimed, gublect to
the rules of the Democratic party.
For Shfrifk,
J. E. McIIENRY,
of Benton.
John o. khek.k.
JOUN u. HAITIAN.
FREEZE & IIARMAN,
ATTOItNEYsl AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
ULOOMSUURG, PA.
Olllces: Centre St., HrHt door below Opera House
DR. E. GREWER,
The. Fhilauelpbla Specialist,
And his nswlntrd stntT of English and (lerwnii
liijfkluus, will be ut the
Exchacga Hotel, Bloomsburg, Pa.,
MONDAY, JUNE 1894,
I" si: dv only in each month,)
where they tuny Im ennsultt'd. The Doctor Is a
Krnuim't) of tho I'lilveiTtt nf l'ennsylvaniD,
fi luit i ly ili inoiiHt 1 utor of pliyHluUiy una sur
Ktv ut tho All dliio-rhlruruU'iil t'olhe, of
j lil'.uili'lphla. He Is ulso un lionorsiy un'iuber
or I lie Mi Uleo-l'hli ui'Kleul AHNoclutlon, mid was
phyhieiuu and surifeon-ln-ehlef of the most
11' n il American uud licimun hospitals, comes
highly Indorsed liy the lending professors of
I l.lludelplilu 11111I Ni'v Vork.
Ills many years of hospital experience en
ables this eminent physician ami hu ration to
correctly diagnose and treat ull deformities, and
diseases with the most UnUei liiK success, and
Ills hlKh standing lu the istatu will not allow
lum to accept tiny Incurable case.
LOST MANHOOD RESTORED,
Weakness of Young Men Cured.
If you have been given up by your physician,
call upon tho doctor und bu examined. Ha
cures the worst, cases of Nervous Debility,
Scrorula, Old Mires, Caturrh, llles, Fin ale
Weakness, Affections of the Ear, Eye, Nose and
Throat, Astluuu, Deafness, Tumors, Oauceis,
uud t'rlpplesof every description. Consultation
in English und Uermuii free, which shall be
uousiuereu sacreu aim sincuy counuoutluL
NOKTUKHN llOMB OKflLES
TEJIPI.K COURT I117IC.DINO,
311 Spruce Street, SCRANTON, PA.
Ofkici Docks: 9 a. m, to 8 p. m. dally'
Suuday, u. in. to p. m. &-18-ly.
R. TOWNSEND,
CORNER MAIN & MARKET Sts
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
AS A HELP TO
Profitable
If you have not made your
ouuit you outit to buy now. it don't cost mucli. Just think.
Dimities at 12 cents, Lawns, Figured Swk, (something en
tirely new), Duolc, white, tan and white and black, Zetplier
GiDshams at 10 cents. Sateens from 11 oenls un. ill pntirolv
new patterns. Also Challies, extra qualities at 0 cent?. Then
ior better dresses there h nothing nicer than Covert Cloths,
latest thing this season. We have them all shades.
You should have a new Umbrella by all means. Come
and examine ours. Prices from $1.00 up.
In our Shoe Department
we carry a full Hue of children's, misses, boys', ladies', men's
shoes, all of them the latest style. Have you seen our low
shoes with high cut front to protect your stocking, if not, you
should.
Grocery .BeparliBBiiiL
Have you ever tried our canned apples, put up in gallon
cans at 2o cents ? Lower than we can buy them at wholesale
to day. Our lines of canned fruit is the finest in town. Peaches,
apricots, egg plum, green gages and pine apple, sliced and
grated, French mushrooms, boneless sardines, salmon steaks,
lobster cutlets.
We always have a nice line of fresh country roll butter
and eggs on hand.
Pursel &
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
SnyderS MageeGo. Limited.
SPECIAL SALE.
Commencing Saturday, May 10th, and continuing for two
weeks, we will close out our stock of Dry Goods, Carpets, Fur
niture, Boots and Shoes at attractive low prices. Commencing
Saturday, May 10th. -
CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT.
Our business has grown so rapidly that we have found it necessary to
appoint managers over each department. The story is a short one. New
managers want new goods. He doesn't care to have anything in his stock
which he has not bought, even though it is a day old. So the goods must
go, and the dynamite to move them is
LOW PRICES.
The whole store is a bargain counter. Here are a few leaders in Dry Goods.
22 inch all wool serge worth 20 cents, now 10 cents.
30 inch" 25 cents, now 1 cents.
32 inch figured serge worth 35 cents, now 18 cents.
36 inch all wool Scotch Tweed 50 cents, now 29 cents.
36 inch Angora Suiting 8 cents.
36 inch Bleached Muslin, good make, si cents.
36 inch Unbleached, 5 cents.
TABLE LINEN. TABLE LINEN.
From the best mills of Ireland and Scotland. 15 cents for a pair of
good linen towels. All Linen Damask towels, 48 inches long, 23 cents.
Haven t space to tell you of all the seasonable underwear and hosiery. Gent's
notions, etc., etc. All we want you to do is to come and see us.
CARPETS AND FURNITURE.
We carry the largest stock of carpets west of New York. Large line of
oil-clothes all widths. Curtains and shades in abundance.
REMEMBER we sew and line all carpets free. This week we received
a large line of all wool extra supers and also new line of brussels. Best Body
Brussels now $1.20, were $1.35. Tapestry Brussels from 52.J cents up.
Carpels cheaper than ever before. Bring the measure of your room with you.
Remnants very cheap. Royal Smyrna Rugs, 30x60 for $3.50.
PARLOR SUITS. PARLOR SUSTS.
Come and look at them. Prices are way down. Never has there been
such quality for so few dollars.
BABY COACHES. BABY COACHES.
SELLING OUR LINE AT COST.
Hat Racks, Sideboards, Fancy Chairs, Parlor Tables, China Closets,
will be closed out cheap. Now is your time to furnish your home. Don't
forget that everything has got to move and that quickly.
"cw une 01 iiammocKs at all prices. Orders taken for awnings and
verandas.
GROCERIES.
Full line of staple and fancy groceries. Special prices during special sale.
Snyder & Magee Co. Lim.
HATTER.
TROUSERS
FROM S5.00.
Suggestions.
purchases in your summer
Haman,