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BlVmstfirj. Pa.
KKIDAV, MAY 17. 195-
We cannot see the force of the
criticism in but week's IUpHblicm
00 the petition 'ned exclusively by
lawyers, protesting against a change
in the formation of this judicial dis
trict. There is r.o law that forbids
lawyers from petitioning the legisla
ture, if they see f.l, and there is ro
law that prohibits the people generally
fr ra petitioning that body concern
ing the same subject, J they so de
sire. A change in the district that
roi?ht result in having a President
Ju ge who re'iles in some other
county is a matter in which the la,
yers and the people are al.lce interest
ed Nfotior.s frequently have to be
rot-e before a Jjdge in chambers,
and if the district shoj' 1 be so formed
that the Judge wi;I reside in some
o:n r county, the lawyers would have
t" zo away from home to present their
is-,ers, and make their motions. For
ih.i 'xtra service the clients would
hive to pay additional fees. A peti
ti'T to prevent this condition of things
is a move directly in the interests of
the people who have business in the
courts, and the action of the bar is to
be commended rather thn criticised.
What the desire of the President
Ju 'ge may be in this matter, we do
not know, but we do believe that
tl. : interests of the people will be the
be subserved by keeping this district
in such shape that the President
J i ?ge will have his headquarters in
Bloomsburg. Instead of ignoring the
rights of the people, this action of the
lawyers is directly in their interest. If
any one thinks that it would be better
to have a Judge of the district who
resides in some other county, there is
nothing to prevent the circulation of a
petition to that effect. If Columbia
County should be made a separate
district, it would not be the first un
constitutional act of a republican legis
lature. We do not think that there is
any likelihood of making a separate
district out of Columbia, but we do
think that this would be preferable to
having a district with the Judge re
siding either at Danville, Sunbury,
Laporte, Tur.khannock, Wilkes Earre,
or some other distant point. It
would be a snap for the lawyers to
have -this condition of thing?, for it
would bnnx them double or quadruple
fees when it was necessary to sec the
GovtrLmeat Seeds,
We have on more than one 00
caaion given our opinion concerning
the present wasteful and extravagant
use of the money of the people in
sending out seeds from the " govern
ment seed shop." In the past hund
reds of thousands of dollars have been
expended in buying seeds from sharks
which were not more valuable than
the ordinary varieties to be found in
every corner grocery. It has come
to be a common remark that the
seeds furnished by the agricultural
department of our government are
used to keep backwoods constituents
of congressmen in line, but now comes
an insinuation that amounts to a
direct charge that members of con
gress are actually drawing their quota
of seeds and selling them to seedsmc.i.
Each member of congress is entitled
to a certain quantity of seeds and it
is f aid that some of thern have sold
their allowance for about one-fifth of
the original cost. If this is true, and
we have reason to believe that it is,
it is high time that this source of
revenue for congressmen be cut off.
It is bad enough to be compelled to
pay the legal bills for the kind of men
the later congresses have been com
posed of, without leaving anything
lying around loose for them to ap
propriate and turn into money for
themselves, for if the opportunity to
do this is given them tliey will not
tail to take advantage of it. It is pro
jwsed to distribute seeds ot genuine
new varieties to the experiment
stations of the states and let them
attend to the rest after the value of
the varieties has been decided upon
This is a much better plan than the
old one of dealing them out indis
criininately to congressmen of ac
cumulative propensities and elastic
consciences. hx.
The Appellate court bill ought
to
pass, ihe business of the Supre
me
court is far behind, and the interests
of the public demand that some re
111 .
lief
should be civen so that sneedv
decision of the cases before it can be
made by the Supreme Court.
It is not always the one who makes
the most noise who accomplishes the
most
I
An amress ol tr.e Merest Morey
League of Chicago gives a circum
stantial account of the elections f. r
de!e5iteito the Democatic Ccr-.e.--ti'.-n
cf Co A riry cn the 4th c. f
May last, which were hcral led
throughout the country as a
triumph f-jr the free s;!v;r sT:r:!.
The League had selected reliable
men to visit all the polling places in
Chicago on election day and court
the voters. According to the sworn
statements of their agents, primary
elections in a more or less regular
fashion were held in onlv nine of the
thirty-four wards. In six wards the
delegates were named by the ward
clubs, and in the remaining nineteen
wards the delegates were named by
the ward committees. About two in
five hundred of the 136,477 Demo
crats of Chicago who voted for Cleve
land'in 1892 participated in these de
legate elections. The address declares
that in one day more Democrats join
ed the Honest Money league than
there were members of the county
convention.
There is no doubt that the g'eat
majority of the Democrats of Chicago
upon a full count of the votes would I
be found in opposition to the free sil
ver humbug- Chicazo is too a com
mercial and industrial city, and as
such is too intimately connected with j
the world's trade, to abandon the
sound principles of currency. The
silverties appear to have controlled
the Democratic delegate elections
simply because their opponents stayed
away from the polls. As the county
machine is largely controlled by the
silverites, the friends of honest money
did not deem it worth while to attend
an election for delegates to a "snap"
convention. But if this species of
tactics should prevail wherever the
advocates of free silver coinage boast
of their control of the Democratic
organization the result might be an
ticipated in the nomination of a free
silver candidate for the Presidency in
the next Democratic National Con
vention and in the dismemberment of
the Democratic party. This heresy
can be extirpated from the Demo
cratic party only by fighting it wher
ever it may rear its head. Upon this
depends the fate of the Democratic
party now and in the future.
No Democrat, then, who is interest
ed in the success of his party can fail
to watch the free silver movement
with the greatest concern. Should
the next Democratic National Con
vention place a free silver candidate
on a free silver platform the question
would not be so much whether the
Democratic party could be saved as
whether it would longer be worth the
saving. If the Democratic party
should adopt this programme the Re
publicans, who are now much divided
on the monetary issue East and West,
would be constrained by party policy,
if by nothing else, to declare un
equivocally, for the first time, for hon
est money; and they would achieve
an easy victory.
With the party lines in jf thus
clearly divided it vould be vain to
attempt to hold conservative Demo
crats within their organization by
pointing out the dangerous tendency
of the Republican party ; its spolia
tory tariff policy ; its devotion to
monopoly; its strong inclination to
paternalism in government, and its
loose construction of the organic law
whenever the law may interfere with
its partisan projects. The Demo
cratic party is as necessary now as
ever to the maintenance of the true
principles of popular government and
the protection of the rights of the
many against the interests of the few.
But the Democratic party woild
shamefully betray these principles and
these rights if it should make itself
the leader of a movement to debase
the nation's currency. Should the
Democracy go to destruction on this
policy, as it inevitably would, it
might be long before a new political
party could be organized to success
fully defend the JerTcrsonian principles
of government. On this ground party
leaders ex Speaker Crisp, Senator
Voorhees, Senator Morgan and the
rest who seek to drag the Demo,
cratic party upon a free silver deadfall
for a platform, have assumed a heavy
weight of responsibility. They never
can atone during the rest of their
lives for this betrayal of the honest
money principles of Jefferson, Jack
son and Benton,
There are those who still hope that
both the great parties may be able to
tide this great question over another
Presidential election. It is believed
by many Republicans that the issue
may be clearly evaded by a declara
tion h favor of international bimetal
lism, and by many Democrats that the
old phrases about maintaining a
" parity " of value between gold and
silver may serve one more term. But
it cannot be too earnestly repeated
that the tirn e for these procrastinat
ing and prevaricating tactics has gone
by. The free coinage of silver at the
ratio of " 16 to t or nothing " is the
issue ; and the free coinage of silver
would mean silver monometallism,
with all its consequences. On this
point the free coinage leaders can no
longer deceive any man, while some
of ihem have frankly given up the at
tempt. Among the few bimetallists
of reputation in Europe there is not
one who does not acknowledge that
the free coinage of silver by this coun
try would be nothing else then silver
THE COLUMBIAN,
monometallism, with its tvrtnt of
overwhelming financial destruction.
Should the Democracy plant thrm
selves cpon an honest money platform
they would le in a worg if net in-vir-allc
position in the next Freshen
t al campaign. McKinlcyism is al
ready writhing in its hut gasp, ard ty
i30 the tariff will be a dead is-je.
Should the Republicans attempt to
revive the tanff question in the tah'.A
cf industrial prosperity as a means cf
evading the currency issue, o much
the worse for them. But the cause
of honest money is superior to the
interests of any party. If the Demo
cratic party should give itself over to
the free coinage of silver thousands
of Democrats would contribute to its
defeat and rejoice in its overthrow.
1'hUa Pucord.
THE 15 COME TAX CASE.
IT IS SAID THE VOTE IS 5 TO 4 IX FAVOR
OP TH LAW.
JUSTICE JACKSON'S POSITION.
Washington, D. C, May 1 2.
Justice Jackson, of the Supreme
Court, left for Philadelphia to-day to
consult a specialist in kidney diseases.
He will return here in a day or two,
but will probably leave for Tennessee
before the Court reconvenes on the
jotn inst.
At the consultation of the Justices
yesterday Justice Jackson voted, with
Justices Brown, White, Harlan and
Shiras to sustain the constitutionality
of the Income Tax law, and the vote
to be announced Monday will stand
5 to 4 in favor of the law.
It is learned that Justice Jackson's
attitude was understood by his col
leagues on the bench before he came
to Washington. He has at all times
been fully advised as to the merits of
the case and was furnished with the
record and the lawyers' bnefs, so that
he was fully prepared to vote when
the Justices met in consultation yester
day.
His reason for coming to Washing
ton was to gratify the desire cf the
Court to have the income tax case
settled decisively, so that the Court
would not be left divided on such an
important question with the possibility
of endless litigation.
It is learned, moreover, that the
reargument did not change the views
of a single Justice, and those points
which were decided unconstitutional
in the original opinion are still held
to be so.
It is said that some members of the
Court are disposed to believe that the
majority may have gone a little too
far in exempting rents from the in
come tax, but the vote taken yester
day did not cause a change of heart
among those who voted to exempt
real e3tate and municipal bonds.
The coming decision upholding the
law will not by any means terminate
the fight to overthrow the income tax,
although it will enable the Treasury
officials to collect the small revenue
to be derived from it with less em
barrassment than if the reargument
had not occurred.
The taxpayers will now have no fur
ther appeal except to Congress. An
organized movement has already
begun for the repeal of the tax.
Representative-elect Francis Wilson,
of Brooklyn, has been selected to
start the fight for repeal in the House
next December. A thoroughly con
ducted campaign will be made against
the law in every city and hamlet in
the United States, with a view to
presenting to Congress a monster
petition urging the immediate repeal
of the tax. The machinery necessary
to accomplish this end was construct
ed prior to the order of the Court for
a reargument, but when the Court
agreed to reopen the o-e proceedings
were suspended pending action by the
Court.
It was generally thought at the
close of the arguments of Messrs.
Choate and Guthrie that the law
would be overthrown, but the action
of Justice Jackson has disappointed
tne hopes ot its opponents.
A Great Offer.
The "Twice-a-Week" edition of the
New York World (formerly the Week
ly) has proved a phenomenal success
it is a bemi-vveekiy ot six pages,
mailed Tuesdays and Fridays ; eight
columns to the page ; forty eight col
umns each issue. It gives the news
fully half a week ahead of any weekly
paper, and, at the same time, retains
all the literary, agricultural, miscellany
and other features which made the
Weekly World so popular. Yet the
price is only $1.00 a year. For sam
ple copies address The World, N. Y.
Arrangements have been made by
which we can furnish this paper and
the Twice-a-Week New York World
all for $1.75 a year. Take advantage
of this offer and get your own local
paper and the Twice-a-Week World
at this special rate. tf.
Oaring an Evil
Bank Cashier" The receiving tel
ler is leading a double life."
Bank President " Reduce his sal
ary a half. One life is enough for a
teller." Detroit Tribune.
The man who is honest simply be
cause it is the best policy to be hon
est, will bear a considerable amount
of watching.
BLOOMSBURC. PA.
You cannct te'.I by the size of a
man's hand what kind of a heart he
has.
Tired Women
Ehoald stop and consider tht dtcfcrt
whkh thrcaUn tbata bccaoM of their
wcakoeM, languor and Uck ot ambition.
Tboniandt cf woman Bad thalr itraofth
unequal to tba damanda of doty. And
yt tbere la 00 aacapa from tba lncrnant
round of cara and toU. They mutt bare
trtngtb. How hall It b given T By
building Bp their tytmi through puri
fied, enriched and vitaliied blood.
Bood'i BarMparllla will give tbenr
trength because It will make their blood
pore and enable It to feed the cerree upon
proper nourishment. It will create an
appetite, tone the stomach and Invigorate
every organ. It ia what tired woman need.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier
Prominently in the public eye today.
It feeds tba nerrea on pure blood.
Hood's Pills J;Zr2Z'
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Ettale of t'MntoM Smith, Cfynri.
Th u&4rs1enl ao auditor arrvmt1 bv the
Orphans court of Columbia cnuntr to ni ilte
dlflbutlon of A will sU at h'.3 of!K-
In b-rwlck no it'irlar, .Iu!T ITh. at 10
o'O'fK-ic a. m . wi-n an1 where all ptjD hav.
In? claim airatnst mi l vi aju-t appear and
prove Vi- s.-.tne, or n l-tirred from coming In
on laid fund.
C. B JACKSOX.
f-lT-lt Auditor.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estate uf Richari Thainpton, dVceasfd.
The underslmed. an auditor arrolr.ted by
the orphans' Court of Columbia county to rnske
distribution of said estate, will sit at the office
01 C. H. Jjrkv o ES'i., In ln?rw..'k;, on Saturday.
June lMh. lys, at in a m . when and where all
E-rons having claims stralnst said estate must
appear and prove the "ime, or be debarred from
coming in on said fund.
S-lT-4t. Auditor.
SUITS
FROM S18.00.
The Center
ill
JOHN R. TOWXSEND,
MHoe, aS MTTER.
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It isn't everybody that can make a success out of the dry
goods business. Some natural fitness is necessary. Compe
tition is so keen that some advantages must be possessed.
Without these essentials you might as well expect to kindle a
fire with brickbats as to make :nd hold a trade.
CREPONS.
We don't see where "fleecy billows,"
"waves of the ocean," etc., etc., have
anything to do with black crepons
a plain story about this lot. Half a
dozen different weaves, all at the
height of fashion, and an extra meas
ure of width. Buy dow at 75c, $1.00,
$1.25 and $1.75.
MUSLIN
UNDERWEAR.
It is one thing to say muslin under
wear and another to sell it. We have
an elegant line of it all well made and
the correct styles and the prices are
simply wonderful. We are not selling
below cost. We never do that, but
for the quality of the muslin, and the
way it is made, it is exceptionally
cheap. We finish this story by saying
it goes at 15c, 28c, 50c ard 75c.
WRAPPERS.
We are now showing the nicest line
of ready to wear wrappers in town.
They are made well, wear well, and
the correct style. If we were not so
exacting with the makers of them
about furnishing the proper sleeve
length, and proper everything else, the
ladies would soon go elsewhere. Some
made yoke front and back, other,
FU1SIEL &
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
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Auiii'-r.
SHERIFFS SALE.
Bt Tlrtuf of a writ of A11M FL fa. Ku-4 Out
of the Court of Common Haa of Columbia
county, fa. and to me directeil, tbere will be
exposal to tubilc sale at the Court House In
Bloomsburg. on
SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1895,
at 1C a. m. all that c?raln tra.:t of land situate
l)ln anl being la the township of Pine, county
of Columbia. aid State of Pennsylvania, bountl
ed and described as follows to-wlt: Beginning
at a poet and stone comer of Ellas M enoenhall,
the ace alotg line of same south sven'.y-lw-o
d'erees and thirty-seven minutes east tbrte
! hunlrvd and eleven and five-tenth pen-be to a
' post, thence norrb nineteen and one degree
I east eleven and three-ti-nth perches, thence
along lice of lands of V. F. Erernard north
aeventy-one d"Tee west forty-nine ana iuree
tentb perches to a post and stone, thence north
twenty-two and one-fourth d-frrea west two
huLdred and fifty-two and two-tenth perches
to a s'oae and pes', thence along Hne of lands
of Marsh Andrews, flow Cathailne Ull.er. north
seventy-two degrees and tourteon minutes
west, w-t nlnety-ave perches 1 1 a dfad white
pine, thence along line of land" of Aaron Keller
south nineteen and one-fourth degrees west
two hundred and six and one halt perchi-a to
place of beiflnning, containing
240 ACRES,
and seventy-six perches of land, be the same
more or less, cn which Is erected a two-story
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,
bink barn anl other outbuildings. Good spring
water at the house and well at the barn. Also
different kind of fruit trees growing upon said
premises, which Is about one half cleared in
high state of cultlvatien and the remainder
well timbered.
Seized taken Into execution at the suit Of
Agnes T. Smith vs. John C. Montgomery, and
to be sold as the property of John C. Montgomery-
J. B. atcHENHY.
kK rota, A tty. Sheriff.
Stone and all kinds
of paying done at reasonable
prices. Estimates furnished
at short notice.
Box 374, Bloomsburg, Pa.
4-ia-t-t-
CORNER MAIN & MARKET Sts.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
of Attraction.
yoke front and Watteau plait backs
extra wide skirt and they go at $1.00,
$1.25, $1.50, $2.00.
DIMITIES.
Pretty name isn't it ? But not one
whit priettier than the 50 pieces of
smooth summer stuffs that are proper
ly called by it Greeij striped with
white grounds is one of them. Can
you picture it and the tiny twill that
all the dimities own ? Dashes, dots
and dainties until there isn't room
enough here to tell you properly of
them. iic. yard finishes the story
here.
SHOES.
Only the proper shade of tan leath
er went into the lots that's being made
ready for selling, and the best stitch
ing and finishing that one of the
largest makers CDuld put into them.
All sizes and the very proper last. In
the face of a going tip leather market,
they are wonderfully cheap , being
genuine Russia calf at $2.25 pair.
CONTINUED.
We have extended the time from
May 1st to August 15th for the use of
tickets to procure one or more pieces
of furniture ftee.
1AMLM
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A Chance To Earn Mcney I
1 1 a ,Hr) umI priv pnl'i, or f imiilwtlun "
preferred, f il' tti"n wanted ernywf -e. q
experience needed. Adrres, 'llttlf sire,
Til :.L. Vis ;t;tt 1 vit" t l i, tn. V. T.
W7-1U
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Lafayette College
EAtTON, PA.
Seven courses in Arts, PhllwoTby and BH
Civil, Minlnr. Electrical Engineering
and Chemistry.
AjrxcAL ooiraiscntErr jnra 19th.
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sa eTueavu Aecmtss Tt RivtrsMs,
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Rttot of Her. M. "wv-rs. lair of Hie B'ronyh tf
Centralla, derwjrd.
Notice is hereby given thst letters of admin
istration on the estate of Kcv. M. Powers, lata
of the Borough of t'entrslla, deceased, have
been granted to the undt-rUi,-d adn Inlstrmtor
to wa in all persons Indebted to said estate
are reiies'ed to make payment, and thewa
having claims or demanU will make known
the same without d.-Uy to
KEV. JOHN J. KOCH,
J-lT-st. Miamokln. Pa,
Administrator.
SHERIFFS SALE.
By virtue of a writ of Alias FL Fa. Issued out
of the Court of Common Pleas ot Columbia
county, Pa. and to me directed, there will be
exposed to public sale at the court House In
Bloomsburg, on
SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1895,
at 10 a. m.
All that certain lot or piece of ground situate
In the township of Scott, county of Columbia
and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and de
scribed as follows: Beginning In the middle
ot Big Flshlngcreek, thence by land conveyed
by John Barton to David rbUllps south cine
degrees east three perches to a corner on south
bank of creek, thence by land now or late ot
Andrew Crevellng, south fifty-two degrees east
fifteen perches to a stone, thence north seventy-three
and one half degrees east nine per
ches to a stone, formerly a hemlock, thence
north four degrees west three and eight-tenths
prches to a stone, formerly a maple, thence
by the same north slity degrees west seven
and live-tenths perches to corner In Fishing
creel;, thence westwardly down said creek to
the place of beginning, containing
3 ACRES OF LAND,
more or less, whereon Is erected a
DWELLING HOUSE, &c,
Seized taken Into execution at the suit ot
Benson H. Crevellng exr. vs. L. N. Crouse, and
to be sold as the property of L. N. Crouse.
WINTIR6TIIN. Atty. J. B. VcHENRY,
Sheriff.
TROUSERS
FROM S5.00.
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7m
your attention to our line of
JEWELRY,
WATCHES,
SILVERWARE,
GLASSES,
ETC.
We Blow Our Own Horn
only to attract your attention. Then
we want to invite you to visit us it
is immaterial whether or not you want
to purchase anything. We are show
ing a fine line of silver and glass ware.
Blowing Your Own Horn
is all right when there is no one else
to blow it for you. Whoever sells
first-class goods at low prices can de
pend upon his customers to blow his
horn for him. This is my policy in
the sale of jewelry, watches, silverwar
glasses, &c.
J. G. WELLS.
BLOOMSBURC, PENNA.
Calling
GET YOUR
JOB PRINTING
DONE AT THE
COLUMBIAN OFFICE
Bloomsburg, Pa