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comity, Pennsylvania.
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I. J. JAMISON, Aksiktant Editor.
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THE COLUMBIAN,
Illoomsburg, Pa.
FRIDAY, JUNE t, 1894.
Judge Pittenhoffer, contends, as it
seems, that there are but three grounds
that will justily you in telling what has
been told you in confidence, namely:
to save your country from treason, to
save a human life from the fallows,
or to save a woman's honor. Had the
Judge said vou might with honor and
propriety also disclose for the public
good, and as a matter of patriotism,
any and all attempts to bribe you
when your vote is worth money to
bribers, there is no telling how many
more ugly disclosures might have been
made as a result. But the Judge
takes the more unwholesome view,
likely, that "everything is lair in pol
itics," and he seems to have lots of
company among our trusted statesmen
who hold the same opinion. The
chances are ten to one that the rrii'.n
who said " silence is golden " was a
Congressman or Senator.
What Is The Iucome Tax So Mucn
Dreaded ?
rt is nothing more nor less than 2
cents on every dollar the business man
makes in excess of $4,000 a year,
That's all there is to dread about it.
We know of no one better able to
pay taxes than those of large incomes,
We regard it as a direct, straight for
ward and fair form of taxation, thus
making every one contribute to the
wants and needs of his Government
just in proportion to the revenues he
takes in under its protection. It is
the immensely rich rather than those
just barely falling under the influence
of the law that are exerting the great
est influence to defeat it. They would
have it run lower down the scale of
wealth in order to render it more cen
erally applicable and therefore more
liable to defeat. It is true, as has been
said thousands of times over in tariff
debates and in the tons of dissertations
upon political economy, that our tariff
and internal taxes are levied largely
on consumption of the necessities of
life. The consumption of these nec
essaries by the comparatively few rich
does not bear the same relation to the
amount consumed by the poor as the
income ot the rich tioes to the wages
of the poor. Any one whose income
is less than $4,000 per annum is not
taxable under the proposed law.
In England, we are informed, there
is an income tax of about 4 per cent
or about twice that proposed here,
In Italy it is 20 per cent on incomes
derived from invested property. In
Germany it is reported as being on a
siicnng scale running all the way from
5 per cent to 40 on incomes of $50,000
a year and upward. Sooner or later
in this country, too, the rich will pay
tneir due proportion of taxes. Mark
it, please.
Gidding & Co. for clothing.
A Word To Waga-Earnera.
It is a healthy condition when ad
vertisements for able-bodied men be.
gin to find their way into the news
papers. Mysteriously, indeed, but it
is always so arranged that the willing
laborer need not starve. Nor is it
possible for capital to starve labor if
it snouid try, tor the reason that cap
ital could not do so if it would, and
would not do so if it could, in the ma
jority of cases.
There has not been a season with
in our knowledge when labor could
not find employment in summer time
in the agricultural reeionr. Tn a rrr.
tain extent the same may be said of
wimcr time in the country. And as
for female help, the demand is so great
the whole year round that the servant
is often boss of the house from garret
to cellar, while the mistress is in a
constant state of fear in her helpless
ness lest she in some way offend the
servant and be left alone to hunt, she
knows not where, for another. We
write this not as an exaggerated or
overdrawn condition, but as a positive
fact that may be easily verified, so far
as female help is concerned.
To say as much for male help in
the rural districts until the harvest is
gathered would be, perhaps, to exagge
rate some ; but we know from adver
tisements coming under our notice
that there is now, and has been ever
since the opening of spring work, a
constant call for farm hands all over
the country, and at rates that will cer
tainly prevent starvation, if they do
not enable the laborer to retire in a
few years. And as for good food and
comfortable shelter, none have it bet
ter than country folks as a rule.
Gidding & Co. for clothing.
IN CONGRESS.
End of Tariff Bill in Plain 8lit.
Settled Convicliun That Lobbyist Bullz At
tempted to F.ndo Senator. Horrors!
Just Think of It.
A L:TTLS KOBE AEMOR PLATE
AND SUGAR TRUST-
Senator Walch Explains--Coxey & Co. Jailed
Civil Seivico Commission Gots No
Appropriation.
From our Kcgulnr Correspondent.
Washington, D. C, May 29, 1804.
President Cleveland on his return
to Washington found a radical change
lor the iietter in the tariff situation
Senator Teller, after his very sensible
speech, telling the Republican Senators
that they no longer had any reasonable
excuse tor delaying the final vote on
the bill, clinched his argument by
torcinc a test vote on a motion to lay
the bill on the table. That motion re-
ceived the vole of every Republican
present, 28 in all, and every Democrat
present amonj them Senator Hill
35 in all voted against it, as also did
three Populists. That vote removed
the last vestige of doubt about the
passage of the bill, and leaves Repub
lican filibustering without a leg to
stand on, the Republicans having
claimed that they were justified in us
ing the tactics they did by Democratic
opposition to the bill. They will now
be given a last chance to agree upon
a time to tatce the hnal vote. Should
they refuse the bill will be forced to a
vote. There is a feeling of relief to
Know that the end is in sight.
The Senate committee has conclud
ed the taking of testimony in the bribe
ry case, and it is believed that the re
port will state the belief of the com
mittee to De that Buttz attempted to
briDe Senators Hunton and Kyle.
ine committee is now taking testi
niony concerning the sugar trust and
its alleged relations with Senators.
The House committee on Naval Af
fairs has begun the investigation of the
Carnegie armor plate contracts, au
thorized by the resolution this week
adepted by the House. It will nroba
bly be a long one, as it covers all the
armor made by the Carnegie com
panies trom the beginning of their con
tracts with the government.
Senator Walsh, of Georgia, was
naturally very much surprised when h
learned that the Brotherhood ot Lo
comotive Engineers regarded his bill
against any stoppage or interference
with trains carrying mails as being
aimeu against tiiem, and, after telling
the Senate that as a journeyman prin
ter his sympathies were and always had
been with the laboring men of the
country, of whom he was proud to te
one. he introduced an amended bill.
, 1. 1 ... .. . '
wnicn ne minKs cannot possibly be
misconstrued by anybody. The title
of the bill is " To protect the United
States Mails," and it provides that any
person who shall rob or attempt to
roD or maliciously obstruct or retard
for the purpose of robbery the passage
of any railroad train on which the
mails are carried shall be punished by
imprisonment at hard labor not less
than one nor more than twenty years.
Attorney General Oln.-y, in answer
to a resolution-adorned bv the Senate
last week, asking what action had been
taken against the trusts under the act
of July 2, 1890, has furnished the Sen
ate with the record of a suit begun a
gainst the various firms tomposintr the
sugar trust, which was dismissed in the
U. 6. Lourt for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, with costs against the
government, appealed to the Circuit
court, which affirmed the action of the
of the District court, and which is now
before the U. S. Supreme Court on
appeal. Mr. Olney does not say so,
but it is inferred from his communi
cation and the accompanying docu
ments that he considers the much-talk-ed-about
Sherman anti trust law a
worthless one. Other people suspi
cioned as much when it was first pro
posed by Mr. Sherman as a substitute
for a more stringent measure proposed
py uemocratic benators.
Coxey, Brown arid Tones are in tail.
and the deluded men who followed
them are on the verge of starvation.
I he lessor should not be lost.
Whether freedom really shrieked
when "Kosciusko fell is a matter about
which practical folks have doubts, but
no practical working Democrat should
have any doubts about throwing uo
his hat and giving three cheers and a
tiger for the Democrats in the House
who had the mor:t! courage 10 support
the arr.cnd:i;!it oL'erec! by Represent-'
t,--i ... -r 'i- . .! .
a"s jiiiiur, i;i i ciines.see, 10 ine L.vl- i
islatjve and Executive appropriation
bill, striking out the appropriation for
salaries, etc., of the most colossal
public sham of the ace the Civil Ser
vice Commission, a commission which,
although authorized with the best in
tentions to make it fair and impartial,
has been operated from the first day
of its existence to the present time as
a machine for keeping Republicans in
office. Mr. Enloe has offered this a
mendment several times when this an
nual appropriation was before the
House, but never until now has he
succeeded in getting it adopted, and
even now it is not certain that it will
stay adopted, as the vote, 109 to 71,
was taken when the House was sitting
as a committee of the whole, and the
Republicans have given notice that
they will call for a separate yea and
nay vote on the amendment when the
bill is reported back to the House
from the committee on the whole, and
they will make a desperate attempt to
get enough Democrats to vote with
them to defeat the amendment.
Soniothin g Uiincual,
as a medicine, is Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical discovery. And, because of
that, there's something unusual 'in the
way of selling it. Where every other
medicine of its kind only promises,
this is guaranteed. If it ever fails to
benefit or cure, you have your money
back.
It's the only guaranteed remedy for
every disease caused by a disordered
liver or impure blood. Dyspepsia,
Biliousness, the most stubborn Skin,
Scalp and Scrofulous affections, even
Consumption (or Lung-scrofula) in its
earlier stages, are all cured by it.
It purifies and enriches the blood,
rouses every organ into healthful act
ion, and restores strength and vigor.
In building uy both flesh and strength
of pale, l.uny, scrofulous children, or
to inviuorate and brace up the system
after ' grippe," pneumonia, fevers,
and other prostrating acute diseases,
nothing can equal the " Discovery."
Catarrh is positively cured by Dr.
Sage's Remedy.
The bimetalists declare that they are
unalterably opposed to the further
issue of interest-bearing bonds ; that
they want free coinage of silver and
gold at the rate of 16 to t. They de
nounce our present national banks as
monumental monopolies. They assert
that the discontinuance of the issue of
silver money and the repletion of the
Treasury by bond issues is burdensome
on the masses. They declare that it
is the duty of the Secretary of the
Treasury to com the bullion now in
the Treasury and to pay interest on
the public debt with silver. And, like
Coxey, they demand the issue of
$450,000,000 of non interest bearing
notes of small denominations. Bonds
of this kind would at least be a safe if
not profitable investment for these
who have hitherto been obliged to
risk their earnings with so called sav
ing institutions, and which are perfect
ly safe only for those who run them.
Bloomsburg vs. )anvillo and Berwick.
The Republican of last week savs
The following appeared in last
week's issue of the Columbian:
" While Bloomsburg is studying how
to open up employment and how to
employ idle capital, both Berwick and
Danville might be doing the same if
they would, lhe consequence is that
idle men fiom both Danville and Ber
wick are being put to work here right
along while their home capital lies
dormant for political effect, as we
verily believe." It i3 the latter part
of the concluding sentence that we
desire to call especial attention to.
We may be extremely obtuse but we
confess our inability to see the neces
sity for the capitalists of our neighbor
ing boroughs to let their enterprises
languish in order to swe 1 the republi
can majority in Pennsylvania. It cer
tainly calls for an amount of self-sacrifice
that is not characteristic of money
ed men. The depression in business
can no longer be accounted for in this
way. The average voter has been de
ceived, but that time has now passed."
wow we will only add that as both
Danville and Berwick are peculiarly
interested in the iron and lumber
schedules of the tariff, they stand for
high protection like all our other fos
tered industries, and we may safely
say they are in the national combine.
If the Republican majority of Pnn
sylvania were one mil ion, that would
not change their attitude or make
them less faithful to the order or
policy of the combine for self protec
tion. The object of creating distressed
conditions under Democratic rule
being of course not so much to pur.,
ish the poor wage earners as it is to
oust Democrats and acam install Re
publicans, since the latter are the ac
knowledged fast friends of the protec
ted c'asses. The harder Republicans
b"tt up against this ugly truth the
more it will hurt them. That's the
point we would make through the help
of the Republican.
Were we to boldly charge that our
clos;d manufactories lrom Maine to
California, including Berwick and
Danville, (generally under the purview
of high protection.) have closed and
dismissed their er.iployei.s for ultimate
political and linmcial elUr.t, we cer
luinly believe vt should hit ir:e fact
right square y. Holding this opinion
all the more stiongly from what we
have seen ami read since the tariff
wrestle bean 1,1 Congress, we fail to
see much difference between the in
timidating atiitude of Coxey ami the
intimidating uiiuude of high protec
tionists. If an thing the greater weight
of honor Iks with the unique and open
plan of Coxe, who has carried inn pe
tition in peiou to the front doois of
Congress, while our protected and fos
tered industries have been slipping in
the back doors steathily with pockets
full of bribe money. We will only say
in conclusion that we very much fear
their money has "talked" to our
statesmen right eloquently already,
and consequently there will be little,
very little, tariff reform this session.
JOHN
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i (Jourt Proceedings.
Court convened Monday morning
with Judge Ikeler and associates M.
Millard and C. G. Murphy on the
bench.
The case of W. R. Ringrose against
Town of Bloomsburg was taken up
ana me loilowmg jury sworn :
John H. Lunger,
H. F. Clark,
G. 13. Appleman,
A. J. Knoiibe.
Clarence Rilheim,
M. B. Hetlcr,
John Bill 11:,
Ale Derr,
A. C. Pittit.
T. Sigfriedjr.,
Till, tjtadler,
Wm. Hower.
Petition to stay sale estate of Elvira
Whitenight, deceased. Rule to show
cause granted.
Sheriffs deeds acknowledged as fol
lows :
Property of J. Shoemaker to J. II.
Maust SiSso.
Property of J.
Christian $2100.
Property of J.
Shoemaker to John
Shoemakir to Wm.
Lhnsman $911.
Property of J. Shoemaker to John
Reichard $605.
Property of J. Shoemaker to C. E.
Trescott $405.
Com. vs. Michael McManaman.
Recognizance in sum of $300 for ap
pearance at next term.
The Democratic party stands for
tariff for revenue only. But it is fear
ed that there are Democrats hieh in
authority that are for a larilf lor indi
vidual revenue only instead of a pub
lic revenue.
If dull, spiritless and sttinid ; if vnnr
blood is thick and sluggish ; if your ap
petite is capricious and uncertain, you
need a Sarsannrilla. Fnr hrvt rpculta
take DeWitt's. It recommends itself.
W. S. Rishton, Druggist. - tf.
CANDIDATES' CARDS.
The following norsnno nnnnnnra thnnwnlroa
A3 candidates i'fir Ihft nnirex lunm'ri. kiihlni.f In
tue rules ot tuo Democratic parly.
For Sheriff,
G. W. HIRLEMA.V, ;r,
of Benton.
For Representative,
ANDREW L. FRITZ,
(North Side.)
For Rf.pkksentattve,
Wm. T. CREASY,
of Calawissa township.
For Representative,
E. M. TEWKSBURY,
of Catawissa township.
For State Senator, (24th District,)
Wm. CHRISMAN,
of Bloomsburg.
For Sheriff,
' W. W. BLACK,
of Greenwood Township.
For Sheriff,
J. B. McflENRY,
of Benton.
.1 .At'AUNATION.U'E1B ENTKANCI
An examination rir enlranco to Lafayette
IMlu-tfe will be held at riie V. M. C. A. rooms lu
niUea-Baire, June i una -J7, commeneliiif ut
If..-; u. in. Competition It open to anyone re.
Milln In the counties of Wayne, Misiiueliaima.
l.raUford, Lackawanna, Wyoming, nulllvan.1
Ui.erno, Columbia, Montour ainl ewbop, I'eun
hj lVBiitu, orwlio la prepared lor colieue 111 a
beliool lu these coimile.
The Alumni Association of Northeastern
Pennsylvania offer a first prize of .m) and a
second prize of to the applicants who shall
pass the best oxuiulautlon and subseuueutlv
matriculate. -uouhuouuj
l' or further Information, applj to HYHON (I
IIAHN, aal People's Bank llullqiiitf, Wllkes-Barre!
LETTING.
.Ir,f.,.P?f"!18 ,or tno rt!Palrlnt and remodeling of
the '1 lilrd street school nouso will be reoelved
by the Secretary of the School Hoard after June
it, 1H91, and up to noun of June Hih, 18W. Plans
and specifications may be seen at the ofllce of
the Secretary on and after June , 18m, The
building must be completed by the itU of
AUK"?t. Wn, B. ttlSKBU.
tt-1. HU Bee'y,
B. TOWfoSEND
gft HATTER.
UOttttiSttiaAUJ &MiUUiLi its. I TROUSERS
BLOOMSBURG, PA. 1 FROM S5.QQ.
AT NO PREVIOUS TIME
In the lii.-tory of American retailing, have Dry Good been
sold as 'Wfi7"ni!5fTPlIJ 1)W aS ,10W' Th (lualitie8
mind VJlO. Jl. JIA y0ll are the best, but the
prices are uwsiy oown to ti point not dreamed of by the buyer
of a couple oi' years ago. Of course all dealers can not meet
this existing de- TJ JI IfZ W numd for ow
prices. It is the JUHJJJIVJLL W opportunity of
the resourceful merchant. Capital to buy in quantities and
capacity to handle poods to
A llow us to name
prices that,
for the wi.-:e'y
velous lasci nation
DO WE SPEAK THE TRUTH?
Our Crowded Counters Boar Daily Testimony.
Fifty cent Dress Goods, latest patterns, reduced to 35c, or 7
yard pattern at $2.25. Hill Muslin at 7o. Pepperel 11 at Gc,
and 20 yards for $1 00, etc.
HAVE YOU SEEN IT?"
If not, just come aud inquire Tvhat "It" U, ai,d wo will
explain. You want it.
Grocer- Bepartaieirt
Our Hemlock Full Roller Process Flour, better than ever
before, $3.00 per barrel. Fresh country Lutter and Eggs
always 011 baud. ' When you want a lunch, don't forget we
have boned chicken, turkey and game, just the thing you want.
Have you tried McCanns Irish' Oat Meal ? Finest in the
market.
W 1
Miinoft at
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BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Carpets for
Snyder 5 Magee do's
SPECIAL SALE
UNTIL JUNE 1.
Home of our friends thought a certain fixed price on goods
would bo better than our speaking about discounts. All right!
We H do anvthinir vrm want aa i xi i .
bo here s prtce3.
t All wool Extra Super Carpets, every thread wool, for 55c.
during our sale Same carpet sold elsewhere for 75c.
All wool filling 45c, elsewhere G5c.
Halt wool filling 40c, elsewhere 55c
vve have them down to 25c.
Bring the measure of the room with you
Shades Curtains Mattings and Oil Cloths cheap.
I arlor Suits and Bedroom Suits very low -
Ladies undervests 5c, cheap at 25c
o pair fast black hose 25c.
Well made house wrappers complete $1.00.
-v,k, ui.ud wow uu., cneap at zoc.
i pairs of fast hUck hose 25c
Well made house wrapper comply $1.;(;
Ladies undervests 5a; cheap t J5c.
o pairs fast black horn 25c
Well made house wrappers complete $1.00
Ladies undervests 5c, cheap at "5C
J pairs fast black hose 25c
Well made house wrappers complete $1.00.
Keen VOUr fives nn sin nJ : . i . . 1.
Special bargains all around
Snyder & Magee Co. Lira.
4th and Market Streets,
BLOOMSBURG, - PA.
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