9?rrH p VOL. 32 BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1897. NO. 35 MOEE REPUBLICAN 0R00KEDNE88. Prominent Party Officials and Leader Ob tain an Advance from the State Treat ury to Pay So-called employees of the Houie ana Senate Who Rendered no Service, by Giving the Treasurer an In. demnifying Bond. Another evidence of the corruption of the Republican party has recently come to light. It is not a Democra tic campaign story, as it is printed in the leading Republican papers. The Philadelphia Press says : "It will be remembered that at various times during the legislative session of this year hints were thrown out in the heat of debate regarding the alleged illegal increase of the pay rolls of House and Senate. This in crease came from placing upon the payrolls the names of political work ers, ward heelers and members of that indiscriminate retinue of political hangers-on who are repaid for services done in the manner described. Be yond the mere mutterings of discon tent at odd intervals during the ses sion nothing definite was heard con cerning this matter until the closing night of the session. Then Represen tative Coray, of Luzerne County, dur ing the discussion on the general ap propriation bill, made the open asser tion that the payrolls of both House and Senate had been padded to an alarminj degree, and that thousands of dollars of the State's money was to be used to liquidate this illegal in debtedness, that had been piled up in the payments of political debts. Mr. Corav at this time, when he furnished the proof of his allegations challenged a contradiction from any officer or member present in the House that night. No attempt at denial or evasion of his serious charges was made that night or since The reason why his detailed charge has never been denied or explained is given in the publication of the facts disclosed here for the first lime. The information concerning this piece of political handiwork is derived from authentic sources, and is partially based upon direct statements which cannot be disproved. On the other hand. at least one of the parties interested declares that there has been no secret concerning the matter, and so far as he is concerned were the same cir cumstances presented again tc-mor row he would not alter his line of conduct. The origin of the story antedates the last election of United States Senator. Its inception was in the old practice of supplying faithful party workers with lucrative situations dur ing a legislative session where there is a maximum of pay and a minimum of work. Whether or not any of these debts. Daid in nlaces as the coin of political life, were contracted in con nection with the Senatorial contest is not known. It is reasonably certain, however, that the erowth of the payroll com plained of by Mr. Coray began short J after the settlement of that contest, The existence of padded payrolls admitted. Every effort has been made in the past two months to ob tain a copy of these inflated lists, but the replv has been made that "these must be regarded as personal and pri vate property," the idea contained in these stereotyped replies being that it is possible in the State of Pennsylva nia, at this time and in these days, when State conventions are pledging the party to reform, for any legislative body to contract debts and incur ex penses concerning which the people must remain icnorant, while furnisn ing the money to pay them Shortly after the organization of the J,eeislature several persons nign in party councils and leadership, it is al leeed. waited on the Governor and notified him that the force of employ ees was inadequate j that the work of certain committees had grown so bur densome that permanent and salaried clerks were imperative to the conduct of the State's business. The number of the committees so situated and in need of clerks could be counted upon the finirers of one hand. In view of the representations nude to him, Governor Hastings agreed to a cer tain limited increase and the matter was considered settled. In obtaining this limited consent the parties to the transaction immediately extended its range, and then began the wholesale padding of payrolls, according to Mr. Coray, which ended in disastrous veto and in the present exposure. Circumstances are not wanting to show that men of unknown antece dents and of doubtful character, ac cording to statements made on the floor of the House of Representatives, had their names placed npon the pay rolls at the direct orders of men who hold the highest offices in the gift of the people. Mr. Coray charged, and it was not denied, that the United States Senator had sent men from up the State with orders that they be given a place on the salary list of the Legislature. On of these "employees" was an alleged detective from Mr. Coray's own district, who admitted to the Luzerne member that he had been placed on the roll by such direction. At length those irregularities reach ed a point where it became necessary that definite steps be taken to see that the individuals on the special payroll received their pay for which they had been clamoring. Most of these men had nothing, and were liv ing on borrowed money ; or those who did not put in an appearance at Har- risburg to make a pretense of work were growing clamorous for the amounts that had been promised them. The State Treasurer was ap pealed to, but he refused to pay out the money. It having been the custom in the past for the State Treasurer to ad vance money durinc the session to members and employees, an appeal on behalf of these men was made to State Treasurer Haywood. Mr, Haywood did not feel justified in ad vancing money, and informed the party leaders to that effect. A re quest was then made to the governor In this, it is alleged, those interested enlisted the services of Senators Quay and Penrose, in the hope that their personal influence would lead the Ex ecutive to pledge himself not to veto the item in the general appropriation bill in which this list was concealed. Governor Hastings, not only declined to make a pledge, but announced his determination to veto any such item. State Treasurer Haywood was again appealed to and he again declined to advance the money. A point had now been reached where the benefi ciaries of the party leaders had to be cared for, and then it was that the extraordinary proposition was made to indemnify the State Treasurer against any loss which he might sus tain by the Governor's continued re fusal to allow the payment of other than lawful salaries. After submitting the question to the judgment of friends the Slate Treasurer finally agreed to accept a bond signed by party leaders, officials and others most interested in tne t.ansaction. On the night that this decision of Mr. Haywood was an nounced, six weeks prior to the close of the Legislature, a meeting was held at the residence of Speaker Boyer. Among those present a;. I participa ting in the discussion vere General Frank Reeder, Secretary of the Com monwealth ; Deputy Attr-ney Gener al John P. Elkin, chairman of the State Republican Commutee ; Sena tors Quay and Penrose, Speaker Boyer and several other party leaders. After a discussion of the situation it was decided to prepare a bond in demnifying State Treasurer Haywood jcrainKt loss in the event of the Governor's refusal to yield to impor tunities and insistence on a veto of the item for salaries in the general ap nronriation bill, or any pr.rt of it. The bond so prepared was signed that night and turned over to Mr. Haywood. Not all of the gentlemen, however, attached their signatures to the document. The bond was for $20,000 and was of such a character that the State Treasurer could hold each sinner individually responsible Thus protected, the desired cash was advanced." Then the Governor vetoed that portion of the appropriation bill cover ing an enormous increase of salaries, onrt tht men who signed the bond will have to oav back into the treas urv the money paid out to political heelers for work which they never per formed. 1 n the hce of this dir ;losure, cou niari uiith th numerous charges of rnrruntinn and fraud m?ie by repub licans against republicai in the last session of the legislature, how long will the people of Pennsylvania con tinue to keep in power by large ma jorities, a party with such leaders, and with 6uch a record r Minor's Can't Have Poskffloe Boxes. Postmaster General Grry has issued an order announcing thru the atten tion of the department tis been call ed to instances of call and lock boxes to minors. The order says such boxes shall not be so rented .ithout the ... :mn nnscnt of the parents or guardians of such minors The date for paying tov n taxes has i vt,..!l tr Octob 2. After that S per cent, will be aa. xl. THE NEW M. E- OBUAN. When Mrs. Sarah T. Brown died a few months ago, she left, among numerous other charitable bequests. the sum of$joo to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Bloomsburg, tor the purchase of a pipe organ. A com mittee was appointed, and after ob taining schemes and bids from a doz en or more organ builders, and an in vestigation into the merits of the instruments, the contract was award ed to R. Midmer & Son, of Brooklyn, N. Y. The organ arrived here or August aoth, and the work of setting it up in the church was completed last Friday. The organ is tubular pneumatic action throughout, which is a great improvement over the old style tracker action. The workmanship is first class in every particular, and the voicing of the pipes is exquisite. The scheme is as follows : GREAT ORGAN. Open Diapason, Flute d'amour Viola di Gamba, Octave quint Dulciana, Super octa e Octave, Doppel Flute rlute harmonique. SWELL ORGAN. Bourdon treble, " bass, Open diapason, Salicional, Aeoline, Violina Flageolet Oboe Bassoon Stopped diapason FEDAL ORGAN. Violince'lo Bourdon MECHANICAL REGISTERS. Great to pedal coupler, Swell " Swell to great Swell tremulant Wind indicator. PEDAL MOVEMENTS. Great forte combination Great piano " Swell forte Swell piano " Great to pedal, reversible, Balanced swell pedal. The bellows is worked by a Ross water motor. It has been tried by a number of local musicians, and is pronounced by all who have heard it to be a magnifi cent instrument. Its tones range from the very sweet and almost in- jdible Aeoline, to the rich resound ing notes ot tne full organ whose melody fills the lofty arches of the great auditorium to their fullest capacity. The builders, R. Midmer & Sop, have been making organs for more than forty years, and have attained the highest perfection in the art In Brooklyn alone, where their large factory is located, they have supplied over seventy organs, one of them costing nearly $30,000. So large a patronage at home speaks volumes for their skill and reputation. Besides this, they have placed hundreds ot organs all over the country. The son, who now conducts the business alone, the father having died a few years ago, personally superintended 'ie erection of the organ. He is a gentle man whom it is a pleasure to meet either in a business way or socially, and he has cert? inly given our Metho dist friends the full worth of their money. Mrs. Fred Holmes, the organist of the church, will continue to conduct the music, and as she is a thoroughly trained musician, she will undoubted ly master the intricacies of this splen did instrument in a very short time. Small's in the Ptiblio Schools. Dr. Nathan C bchaeffer, superin tendent of public instruction, has written the following interesting letter to Hon. M. J. Le.inon, author of the law to supply schools with Srnull's Hand Book and the school laws "We are at work on Srnull's ha..d books and school laws. They will ap pear in time for use in the public schools at the next session in accord ance with your bill." Good Showing. The annual report of State Secre tary Weand, of the P. O. S. of A., showed 646 active camps on the roll in this state with a membership of 54,782. During the year twenty-four new camps we.e instituted. The ni'n; ber of new memoers elected were 9385, and 402 propositions were re iected. The receipts of the year wers $107,007.-'!, and the expenditures, $354,403., 2. The sum of $12 .,,033. 40 was paid out in benefits. The value of property held by suborditv-te camps is $05'),4O7.',J., an increase in value during the year of $52,881.72. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. A special meeting of the Town Council was held Monday night with President Kocher and members Gor- rey, bupplee, (lower, Kishton and Kelly present. The matter of the payment of town taxes was taken up and on motion of Gorrey and Supplee the time is ex tended thirty days from September ad. Town Engineer Brown presented a profile of the proposed sewer on Fifth and Railroad streets to Fourth to connect with Leonard street sewer. After a short discussion, on motion of Gorry and Rishton it was decided to receive bids for the digging and filling for said sewer on Fifth and Railroad streets. W. U. Jury asked that a sewer be put in on Jefferson street from the al ley between Second and Third street leading to Second street, inasmuch as they proposed erecting two double houses on the Mrs. M. E. Creasy lot. Referred to proper committee. A request was made by citizens to finish opening West Fourth street. President Kocher stated that the loading, hauling and dumping of cin der could be contracted for at 65 cents per load of a ton and a half, whereupon after a short talk, Rishton and Gorrey moved that the said por tion 01 rourtn stieet be cindered as per the President's suggestion, and that he be authorized to make con tract at price named. , Carried, How er and Kelly voting no. Uuilding permits were granted to John R. Townsend to make repairs to his home on East Second street, and to H. J. Clark for repairs to his prop erties on fourth street. Rishton moved that a crossing be put over Market street from Jno. J. Moyer's to the walk in front of Wil son's tobacco store. Seconded by Gorrey and carried by all the votes except that of Kelly. R. H. Ringler complained of the unsafe condition of Blackberry alley leading into Third street, saying that the large stones work loose and are w. shed down on the crossing, ma'iing it dangerous to pedestrians. The Street Commissioner is hereby auth orized to fix it. Geo. Yost sent in complaint re garding the grade of his payment on West Second street, saying that about a year or so ago he put down a new pavement in accordance with a grade given him by the Town Engineer, and that since his neighbors have laid their walks as per grade given by town, and that his walk is five inches higher at one end and three inches at the other, making it unsafe for travel, and asks that something be done. The President is authorized to look into the matter and act. The crossing at the P. & R. rail road on rath street was talked over, and it was suggested that the Railroad Company put in brick. D. W. Armstrong asked that a fire plug be put in the Armstrong addi tion on East First stree Inasmuch, however, as there are no water mains that far up, the council can do noth ing. Adjourned. BAKU DESTROYED. A barn belonging to T. E. Bolig, beyond First Street, in the Armstrong addition was totally destroyed by fire a little before noon on Friday. The building contained some hav, straw, lot of two or three different kinds of grain, two sewing machines and a sleigh, all of which went up in smoke. Mr. Bolig, is the local agent for the Singer Sewing Machine Company, and at the time of the fire was out of town on business. His wife was at home, a few steps from the barn, but knows nothing ot the origin of the fire. The fire companies were on the scene immediately after the alarm was sounded uut were unable to render any aid, owing to their inabili ty to obtain sufficient quantity of water. From what we have learned there was no insurance on the pro perty. The loss is about $800. Z. G. E. REUNION, LOOK HAVEN. For the K. G. E. Reunion at Lock Haven, Labor Day, Monday Septem ber 6th 1897. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets from Renovo, Nescopeck Mitflinburg, Mt. Carmel, Herndon and intermediate stations to Lock Haven and return, good only on day of issue, at single fare for the round trip. No rat? les" than 25 cents. The Pennsylvania State Firemen's Convention will be held at Wilkes barre on October 5, 6, 7 and 8. Ar ran ements are being made for the tersest convention the organization has ever held. School Clothes (or Boys. Mothers, we've made extremely erood preparations for your boy who is ready to start to school. We've gathered together from the leading makers of the Beet Clothing Manufacturing Centers in the Union, New York, Rochester, Philadelphia, what we consider is unquestionably the strongest line of Boys' Suits in north eastern Pennsylvania. As strong as this state- ment, we re ready and willing to back it up it you but give us the opportunity. Cloth and labor, as you well know, have been and are advancing rapidly. Fortunately for you, and as we placed our orders early in the summer at the old prices, hence are able to sell to you the same way while the first shipments last, "We've already been notified that later duplicates will not be filled at old prices. The Boys' Suits are here, at least first shipments of certain lots, and it'll surprise you what little mon ey can do in the way of boys' Suit buying. Some Hints are Here. Boys' suits of neat grey mixed goods, double breasted, sizes 4 to 14, (4 to 8 with large sailor collar) were made regular $1.50 grade, at 98 cts. BOYS' SUITS of all wool fancy plaid cloth, strongly made nice fitting, sizes 4 to 14 (4 to 8 with beautifully braided sailor collar) a regular $2.50 suit at $1.98. A special lot of Boys' Fancy Plaid Suits, ages 4 to 14 (4 to 8 with braided sajlor collar ) well made, perfect fitting, goods that command $3.50 at any store, this lot $2.50. Largest, Finest and Best Clothing Honse in this section. Retailers of Everything to Wear for Men or Boys. GIDD1NG & CO. Nearlv Opp. Court House. BASE BALL- Sunbury proved an easy mark on Saturday, they could'nt hit anything, fielded in loose fashion and had it not been for an error or two by the home team, they would have been shut out. Our boys started the run getting in the first inning. Then with three bases on balls, four solid singles, and a two baser gave us six runs. At this point Tom Lipp, the crack ? twirler looked very much down hearted, and his captain seeing that Tom's counten ance wore a worried cast, walked over, and whispered something in his ear, and Tom, poor boy, witnessed the re mainder of the game from the bench. Punky Ahorn was sent in to try and put a stop to the tremendous hitting, but he fared little better, wrop" Watts met with a very painful acci dent in the seventh inning. He was trying to steal third base, and in doing so slipped and fell, sprained his ankle. He was assisted off the ground. He will probably not be able to play any more this season. This accident necessitated some shifting around. Smith was sent to third. Holloway to short and Chamberlin took the latter's place in right field. Score : k. a. . Bloomsburg 6 o 1 1 o o I 1 313 7 3 Sunbury oooool 10 o 2 5 I Batteries, Hepting and Patchenj Lipp, Ahorn and Pool. Umpire, Poorman. Sunbury defeated our boys on Mon day in easy fashion. We held the lead up to the seventh, but after that the visitors simply toyed with. Com ment on the game is unnecessary Score : R. II. E. Bloomsburg 0 1 I 0.0 I o o o 3 12 4 Sunbury 00000033 x 6 II 2 Batteries, Hepting and Patchen; Lipp and Ritter. Umpire, Fortney. The two games with Lock Haven, proved a good drawing card, and a large crowd went down to Athletic Park, expecting to see the home team win one game at least, but they were sadly disappointed. The exhibition given by al least five of the locals was a disgrace to any town, and the soon er the management makes a change, the better it will be for the game. Many people left the ground before the first game was over. The scores of the two j3am.es were, first, Lock I lave. 1 12 Bloom 10$ second, Lock Haven 8, Bloom 5. 1 t 11000 Another lot of $5.00 Boys Suits in fancy effects are here in same sizes and makes as others, only of course much bet ter, they're $5.00 suits at $3.50. Never mind why. See them. BOYS' WAISTS. Mothers, do you know, or ought to, that we're headquarters for Boys' Waists, every best kind is here. The 25c ones are the kind moth er makes good and strong, the 50, 75, 1 .co, and $1.25 grades are the mother's friend and union makes, all ages from 3 to 14. Boys' ties, suspenders, hats, caps and little fixings of all sorts are here. I BLOOMSBURG. FA. BEARLY MURDER. We take the following from the Williamsport Gazette and Bulletin. It says : "Murder was committed at Jamison City, Friday night, and the murderer passed through Williamsport on Satur day on his way up into Potter county. The tragedy was enacted in a bar room fight. The man in question in the heat of the battle picked up a beer glass and threw it at one of the fight- ers. l he diow aroppea tne victim and the one who had thrown the glass made himself scarce. He hung around town until late in the evening, when he learned the man was dying, and he then proceeded to give Jamison City lumber camp a wide berth. , He made his way overland all the way to Halls, where he boarded the wagon of a Williamsport man, and made all the way to within a few yards of the city limits, when he jumped off the wagon and started up the Penn sylvania railroad. The fellow was somewhat drunk and told the story of the crime to the driver. He told the Williamsport man that he should keep his whereabouts quiet, and further said that he was on his way to Brookside, his old home." ( The above article is incorrect in one particular. The victim is not yet dead, but his condition is considered serious.) The County W. C. T. U. Conven tion to be held at Light Street the 8th and 9th of September, promises to be one of unusual interest. Ar rangements are now completed for the two gold medal contests, one a musical and the other a matrons. The contestants are from different parts of the county. These contents will both be held the same evening, Sept. 9th. Marianna Gibbons, of Bird-in- Hand, Lancaster Co., and Maria Vaughn, State Supt. of parlor meet ing, win oe present miring tne con vention. Everybody welcome at all sessions. George Low, while riding down East Street on his bicycle 011 Tut:., day collided wl.n another bic)o; t who was going ou Fifth. The former's wheel was broken to pieces, but fie latter having a '94 model, and rathpr heavy, escaped with but little daniagf. Neither rider was hut. ' 1 J n m in $ tei n () 1 1 K.i'.
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