4 THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. ilumHan. ESTABLISHED 1806. ttt (ToIumMa gmofrat, JSTABLISnBD 1837. CONSOLIDATED 186. IWBLISHBD 1VERT THUKHDAY MOKNINU M moomsOurg, the County spat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. J BO. B. BLWBLL EDITOB. UEO. CI. KOAN, FOMMAlf. Instde tne county tl.OOayearln ad taaoa; tl.BO If not paid In advance Outside Ike ceunty, a rear, strictly tn advance. Alt eomraunloaUons should be addressed to TUB COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg, Pa. THURSDAY, APRIL I, 1S97. A bill offered in the House recent ly for legislative apportionment, gives Columbia county but one member. It may not pass, but it is quite certain that when a new apportionment is made we shall get but one member instead of two, as at present. The new libel law prepared by the Pennsylvania Editorial Association has been killed in the legislature. The libel law as it stands gives sufficient freedom to the press. The proposed law was intended to enlarge this free dom, and this the legislature properly iciusea to grant. It looks now as though the sugges tion of the Governor for the erection of a new capitol to cost not more than $550,000 would be adopted by the legislature. This is right. The peo ple are in no humor to be taxed for the building of a palace at a cost of several million dollars. TM . 1 T- 1 me proDosea vine lev tariff an. pears to be specially designed to help trusts ana monopolies. It takes several dollars from the Dockets of th people for every one that it turns into our national treasury. As a whole it comers even greater benefits upon privileged industries than did the Mc Kmley bill itself. This partly because many duties are hieher. and nartlv because the same duties are more pro- mom ve, now that manufacturers have been comDelled bv lower duties tn im prove their machinery and methods o compete with foreign manufactur ers, in many cases though increas ing the burdens of taxation, it de creases the income from custom duties. l he only important increases expect ed are from sugar and wool two articles necessary to health and com- r 1 a ion wnicn should not be taxed at all m times of peace, or while it is possi. ble to obtain sufficient revenue from other sources. FELLOW CITIZENS ! No one man is as wise as the whole community and no mere political coiene is as wise as the whole Dartv In the selection of a candidate for office, in spite of our convictions. geography has sometime to go with iue question at issue. I he office of Sheriff which touches tne citizen more nearly has a wider territory as well as clientage for se 1a:AH a J : rr . jcmuii. uincreni sort ot man is needed for the place and the south side of the river will no doubt contest mc Humiliation, it requires a man of quicker mind and more bust ness ability than the judgeship a un 01 tact and 01 action. He should De a gentleman in dress and in man ners and see that his office w.i and his deputy or himself in constant tendance : And with that, that the arrangement of the office precluded outsiders trom being more conspicu oas than the officer. The arrange ment and fixtures of the Sheriffs office, at present, are a disgrace to uic county. 1 nere has never been any system uoui advertising in the Sheriff's office While a lawyer mav control hw unless he actually does, he may find uiai me puDiicity he requires has not uccn secured 1 ne business men are also interested. ; 1 weeiciy and neighborhood paper for Items of interest anrt J - wwiawaa, 11111 items of interest and Current arlver. tisements and public sales. No paper u'jbih 10 nave a monopoly, but it is certain that every advertisement from the Sheriff's office ought to appear in wine one 01 tne three Bloomsburg papers. If the lands or subject mat ter is south of the river send it to -atawissa if about the east end send it to Berwick if up the creek, men to Benton if to the west, then u miuvuie. That is fair and it is systematic. Thus all interests would be subserved and proper public and puDiicity attained. No office is j-nvaie anair it is a public trust and the first thought should be to serve the public with honesty and fidelity. X. A report was started recently that - Airs. Cleveland had the l)oll i-,v. son silver spoons in the White House meneo up and recast into spoons and forks ot lighter weight. The story is dented because in the first place the jiisioric silver ot uolly Madison is still at the White House, and in the second place there were no spoons in the set. lJemooratio Committee Meeting, The Democratic County Committee convened in No. a Court Room. Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. Chairman William Chrisman called the assemblage to order. The meeting was called for the purpose of electing a County Chair- man and Secretary, and five delegates to the State Convention, and to transact such other business as mav come up ueiore them. The calling of the list showed a fairly good repre- Sentation of committeemen urooonf sentation of committeemen uresent Nominations for County Chairman were then in order, whereupon John G. McHenry of Benton, was unani mously elected, there being no opposi tion. exi came tne election of a Secretary, and R. G. F, Kshinka of Briarcreek was made the choice. C. B. Jackson, Christian Small, E. J. Ohl, A. J. Derr and H. P. Hower were elected delegates to the State Convention. Hon. W. T. Creasy offered the fol lowing resolution which was unani mously adopted : Resolved, that a vote of thanks be tendered our former County Chairman Hon. Wm. Chrisman and efficient Secretary, C. A. Small for their excel lent woric wnue holding their respec tive offices. Elliot Adams, of Berwick, presented this resolution which was also adopted without a dissenting vote. Whereas the vote of the late Presi. dential election has shown that a great majority 01 the citizens of Columbia County favor the nrincinles a forth in the Chicago platform. And, whereas we hold it to be good sound Democratic doctrine that the majority shall rule and their wishes carried out and respected. Be it there- lore Resolved, that the delegates to the State Convention chosen this day by this committee are hereby instructed to support such candidates for state offices who have been onen and avowed advocates of the Chicago platform and supporters of the candi dates nominated at our last national convention. And be it further Resolved, that it is the sense of this committee that those newspapers which loyally suDDorted the Demo. cratic candidates and platform of last year merit tne confidence and support of all loyal Democrats. A resolution that a committee nf hve be appointed to revise the rules and report at the next Democratic County Convention was offered by Mr. Lreasy. No further business anriMn'nor v fore the committee, the meeting was adjourned. This meeting was one of the most auiet held by Columbia County Democrats. uu me uusiness was transacted with the utmost serenity. The committee couM h better selection for Countv Chm rman than it did. The election of Mr. Mc Henry as Chairman is wise. nnA he is well qualified to fill every require ment of this most important position. A Job in Contemplation. Nothing could more cfritinrrlu AU play the complete dependence of onr siaie autnormes on the will and wish ot senator M. S. Ouav than th spectacle that was presented, the other u.iy, oy a delegation of our state law- makers going to Washi ncr ton tn lnorn wha'. the Senator wants done m regards iu mc ounoing ot tne new state capitol. They report that thev haH a rnirr. ence with him on this subject, and it is to be inferred that thev Dronose to o-t Jr. U r v. in mc maiier accornincr tn hn direction. To a maioritv of the oiaic it will De a auerv What Ouav has Pi.i. ' Ml to do with a work of this t what authority he has over it which requires that he should he consulted The people have their representatives in mc legislature who are expected to provide for the building of that structure in a manner that will m satisfaction, and it is not necessary that 11 5I1UUIU De done to suit Senator nnau The people want a creditable hniM. ing, but thev don't want its construc tion to furnish an onnnrrnnirir for Aic. creditable jobbery. If the Governor jiLjij. ii vj-uvcruor and Legislature do their duty this can be effected without the assistance of M. b. Quay, or any other party boss. Interference from such a source would have a suspicious look. up to this time there has been an appearance in the proceedings rela tive to the new camtol that has not been very assuring to those who want its construction to be an honest job. At the very start there was an at tempt to give the contract to favored parties, without competition, and since the detection of the trick hv which that was intended to be effect ed, there is evident manceuverinor going on to put the work in charge of a commission something like the one which has made a twentv-four vears job of the Philadelphia city hall, cost ing over eighteen millions of dollars. 1 he uovernor assumes to be on- posed to these schemes. We trust that he is sincere in his opposition, and will use his veto if the corrupt in clinations of the Legislature should induce it to pass a bill that would en. able a set of jobbers to plunder the State in the building of its new capitol. Ex. Tariff Bill Passed. Vote en Dinafey Meaiuvt In the Houit ii Y.at, 20S ; Nays, 121. DUTIES IN EFFECT TO-DAY. The object for which President Mc Kinley called the fifty-fifth Congress to meet in extraordinary session a fortnight ago was accomplished, so far as the House of Representatives was concerned, at 4.30 o'clock, yesterday afternoon, when the vote on the Ding-1 liv tarilf hill .. t,., c..i. ' ley tariff bill was announced by Speak er Keed yeas, to$ nays, 121 j an swering present and not voting, a 1 . The affirmative vote was composed of 190 Republicans, five Democrats Messrs. Broussard. Dovev and Mever of Louisiana, and Kleberg and Slay- den of Texas and one Populist, Mr. Howard of Alabama. Mr. Reed, in the Speaker's chair, directed the clerk to call his name just before the announcement of the vote to which he responded aye amid applause. The negative vote com prised 117 Democrats and 4 Populists and fusionists, Messrs. Baker of Illi nois; Marshall, Simpson and Todd. The Consumer Pays the Tax. In the course of the tariff debate in the House of Representatives Satur day Mr. Jeny Simpson, of Kansas, in discussing the sophistry that the foreigner pays the tariff tax, suggested that the experience of the people would be that the foreigner would object to doing any such thing. In reply, Mr. Payne, of New York, nar rated the experience of two farmers, one a resident of his district, the other a resident of Canada, across the river; and he added : My constituent took iootonsof hay to Buffalo, and sold it for $1000, which he brought back and put in his home bank. The Canadian farm er also took too tons of hay to Buffalo and sold it for $1000. But he had to leave $400 with Uncle Sam as duty (it was under the McKinley law), and he took home with him but $600. This rejoinder was conclusive enough for the Republican mind to elicit applause ; but before the echoes had died out Mr. Terry, of Arkansas, neatly countered with the remark that the fallacy of the gentleman's conclu sion was that it failed to take into consideration the effect of that 40 per cent, duty on the market price. Had it not been for that duty the price would have been but $600 for the 100 tons ; so that it came back to the Democratic position that the consumer pays the tax. The shot went home, and the House rang with applause, this time from the Democratic side. Of couise. ihe Pro. tectionists mind never takes thought lor the consumer the consumer is a beast of burden for whom Protection ism has no use except to dump its load of taxes on his back. But, happi ly, though he can get no hearinn he fore the Ways and Means Committee. he still has alert and able spokesmen in tne open House, and they hurled some shots Saturday that made the splinters fly from the Protect onist hulk. Record. PENHSYLVANIA BbWS ITEMS. v Scranton has organized two new nre companies. 3 Sisters of Mercy will erect $75,000 hospital at Wilkes-Barre. Organized burelars are rohhino 1. " ... ? Z 7 ... o nouses at Asniand, l'rackville and Shenandoah. Westmoreland Countv has adnnt. ed plans for a $140,000 Court House at Greensburg. Young Lorin Nessle was fnVht. fully scalded by falling into a tub of boiling water at Shamokin Monday sixteen horses were killed and a car load of crock etv smashed in u J ... Pennsv" freieht wreck near Mount Joy, Monday. Hydrophobia caused the death of Philip Tames, at Pittsburc last weelr. he having been bitten by a mad dog tnree weeks ago. Far alleged fraudulent use lit the mails in ordering goods, Max Reese, of Shenandoah, was held under $1,000 CnlAQ Proved by the statement of lead. lg druggists everywhere, show that the people have an abiding confidence in Hood's Sarsaparllla. Great CnrPQ proved by the voluntary state S W nienU of tlinuxunil f ba women show that Hood's Barsaparllltt ac tually does possess POWPC over dl9ease by Purifying, en- blood, upon which not only health but life Itself depends. The great 5k I Iff AGO ot Hod' Sarsaparllla tn UUWbCSO curing others warrants you In believing that a faithful uso of Hood's Sarsaparllla will cure you U you suffer from any trouble caused by impure blood. Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. ABdruRKlsts. it Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. Hood's Pills tToS are easy to take, easy IHN SUITS FROM S18.00. bail at Pottsville. A $40,000 wreck and consider able delay to traffic on the West Penn railroad, near Salina, were caused by a broken flange on a freight car's wheel. The Avondale colliery, into which the Susquehanna river is break ing near Wilkes-Barre, is threatened with destruction, as pumps cannot catch up with the leak. Special Officer Bristley, of the Reading Railway, has found that the Chester Valley Railroad wreck of last week was caused by two innocent 8-year-old boys of Bridgeport. Not realizing the seriousness of their act they had turned the switch to a lum ber yard, and ruined a freight locomo tive and endangered several lives The lads will not be pr osecuted. George F. Munce, attorney for James B. Gentry, the actor, who is sentenced to be executed on April 22 for the murder of his sweetheart, Margaret W. Drysdale, an actress, to-day stated that he would go before the state board of pardons at Harris- burg, on April 21, and aruue for a commutation to imprisonment for life. The pardon board does not meet until that date. John Gibbons, one of the best- known men in Pittston, died at his home Monday evening as a result of cold tea poisoning. Gibbons was in his usual health Sunday. Going home from church he drank some cold tea from a metallic vessel that had been standing since breakfast. At 1:30 he was taken with violent cramp3 and suffered greatly until death re lieved him. During the afternoon Mr. Gibbons' daughter, Catharine, would not be lieve that her father had been poison ed by drinking tea, and she drank from the same vessel. Shortly after ward she also was taken seriously ill, but a doctor promptly gave remedies to her and she recovered. Cascarets and bowels, gripe. 10c. stimulate liver, kidneys Never sicken, weaken or fuAKlNG and health making re included In tWm making of HIRES Rootbeer. The ration of thi rrit tem perance drink u an event of importance in million well regulated home. HIRES Rootbeer U full of good health. Invigorating, appetiz ing, satisfying. pnt some up to-day and nave it ready to put down whenever you're thirsty. Made only by The Charles E. Hirei Co., Philadelphia. A pack' age makes 5 gallons. Sold everywhere. 4-l-4td Paper Vbui? I W V' W 3 You'd Show Good Taste If You 8elet'ff(J . j trom our stnrL-. Pino mn - m. 1110 Mil paper is like fi ne plntlipsi Al ways noticed arid admired. We couple beantv ml hamI r design with a quality of paper '"' j beiuoui equalled. All We B8k is VOUr evca nm ol. will do the rest. (mm Merchant a P WIRE LOWFR THAN EVER. Room Mouldiups to match all papers. WILLIAM H. SLATE, EZ33AN3S EOISL SLD . R. TOW CORNER MAIN & MARKET Sts. BLOOMSBURG PA. DON'T GET Rome, they say, was not built in a day. No more, by your leave, is a New Dress. It takes that long sometimes to select one. With all the time which intervenes between now and Easter there will be some foolish virgin caught napping. Don't let it be you. Come and see how inexpensive we can clothe yuu so as you will be "in it" on Easter day. Dress Goods. We hardly have the space here to tell you all about our new and pretty dress goods. They are here in abun dance for you, holding out their hands to be taken away. Each one has a particular story to tell of its own love liness. Come and hear it. 36 in. wide, all wool, Spring Suit ings, 23c the yd. 38 in. wide, Jamestown Spring Suit ings, will not shrink or spot, 41c a yd. 38 in. all wool, Spring Suitings, for separate skirts, 50c the yd. 38 in. all wool Plaids, Shepherds in all colors, and mixed plaids, 60c. a yd. 44 in. all wool, Novelties. 90c, $1.25. $1.40, $1 50 a yd. Twenty Davs Special Sale of 500 Fair Lace Curtains. 50 pair, 50 " worth 5C 85c, at 29c. at 60c. at 75c. at $1.00. at i.2(. " $1.00, " .'-as. " i.6S, " 1-9. " 2.00, " a-So, " 365, " 75, " 3 00, " 4-oo, " 3 75- " 5-. at at at at at at at at at at 1.40. i-75-3.00. S.2S- -7S- 3 5-3-io- 4 00. Curtain Stretchers, You will want a pair this spring to wash and dry your curtains on. The Star is the best the market affords, and are elegant. Once used, never will do without. $1.50 the pair. BLOOMSBURG, PA. T J TliT Covers Foot but easy, comfortable, stylish shoes. county, ind all new and fresh shape, and price, not too high It we have been favored with your patronage during last sea son. we arfi o-mtiA.i . , . i i 6'u""i iur ic ana thank you agaln for the autici pated imtronnfffi Tf - , t yuu nave not been one of our patrons give ! - aim we win guaran tee satisfaction in rZ, amehng or new wheels. BARGAIN. Come in and have a look at them. Bloomsburg Cyclo Co. NSIffB. ) JOT Hatter. TROUQERC FROM 05.00. LEFT. Muslin Underwear. Why, making it will waste your time when you can buy it here as well made and of as fine material as we can give it to you in, and at such prices. The articles are made just as well as you can make them, and the muslin as good as can be bought, then, well the price is all you can ask. Shoes. Did you ever wear a pair of our shoes ? Why not try a pair? It will pay you. They are the best shoes for wear and style to be found. Cheaper than you can find anywhere in town. If you once wear a pair you will be a customer of ours always. Groceries. Do you know we sell the best Groceries in town ? We do, and are proud of it. For quality of goods we are cheaper than anywhere. If you will try us once, you will know what we claim is true. Cornstarch, guaranteed perfectly pure, equal to any, JC the lb. Mackerel, nice fish, 2 for ace In lolb. kits, No. 1 fish, $1.00. Country lard, (we sell nothing else) 7c the lb., 4 for 25c. Prunes, 7080, others sell 8090, S &s. for 25c Rice, whole grained, 5 lbs. for 25c Canned Peas, 10c, iajc, 14c, 18c and 25c. Our i2c Peas are equal to any 16c peas in town. Beans, large Marrowfat, 6c a qt, or 5 qts. for 25c. Lima Beans, 7c a qt., 4 for 2c. Rolled Rice, same thing as "rolled wheat or rolled oats, in alb. packages, 15c a package. ' ' . . and TrS TT " - ma U Flow. 7 ' ""'J WIDOW'S APPRAISEMENTS, armed absolute Wilt In can dS'"aite Jackson twp- JVtrTV of Mimin nrp. KS?nreir082,uultX,l()-'iu- KealtyKW.ua BlOoiLburi iK9' W. H. II EN HIE,, 'I April J, IOVJ. Clerk, O. 0. W oflJrFR;T;"v'' eneivetlo men to solicit connn L;?lof or nursery product. Salary or ronuuiHsion. ueueva, jj, y Kbl'd 1M75. eeurs. UeDry OO.i GET YOUR JOB PRINTING DONE AT THE COLUMBIAN OFFJCK 25 eeuta. . c-vaiumce
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