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THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA.
ijk lolumbian.
ESTABLISHED 1806.
STABi,ISHKD 1837. CONSOLIDATED 1869.
1'UBMSHKO 1VEUY THURSDAY MOUSING
t moomsburg, the County spat of Columbia
County, Pennsylvania.
alCO. E. ELWELIi Editor.
D. J. TASKEU, Local Kihtok.
EO. C. HO AN, FORKMAM.
'ikhs: Inside the county $1.00 a ypartn d.
tknofl; fl.BO If not paid In advance Outside
he county, fi.i a year, strictly in advance.
4 11 communications should be addressed to
THE COLUMBIAN,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
THURSDAY, OCTOUIiK 28, 1897.
Democratic State Ticket-
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
WALTER E. RITTER
ol Lycoming county.
FOR STATE TREASURER,
M. E. BROWN
of Indiana county.
Dwuiocratio Couuty Ticket.
FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE,
A. 15. IIERRBXG
of Orangcvillc.
FOR SHERIFF,
W. W. BLACK
of RohrsUurg.
FOR JURY COMMISSIONER,
G. B. HUMMER
of Sugar'.oaf.
FOR CORONER,
W. A. GERRITV
of Centralia.
TO THE PEOPLE OP PENNSYLVANIA..
me paramount issue ol the cam
paign of 1897 in this state is honest
government. All else is extraneous
and for the moment unimportant.
1 he I'nes are rigidly drawn, the citi
zens deeply concerned for their mater
ial welfare as affected by tax impos
uoiib ;inu lor inc iar lame ot their
s..ite, being on the one side, and
machine domination in the Republi
can party on the other.
The profligacies and steals consum
mated under this rule, through obedi
ent legislatures and subservient ex
ecutive officials, nominated and elect
j , 1 ...
cu oy macnine a ciation, nave lor
years been a shame and a disgrace to
the state. During the last four years
tney have been more than disgraceful,
and good citizens of all parties , have
joined in indignant outcry against the
audacious and criminal spoliation.
The legislature, which recently ad
journed, by its extravagant and unlaw,
lul appropriations, and by its abject
co-operation in every possible manner
with machine officials
The question his been asked :
What could Messrs. Brown and
Rittcr do, even if they were elected ?
The inference is that they would be
so much in a minority m the total
force of officials on Capitol hill that
they would be practically helpless.
The question is perfectly legitimate
and deserves a candid answer. The
auditor general, under the law, ex
amines and settles all accounts be
tween the state and any officer, de
partment, association or corporation.
He has authority to throw out claims
that are either excessive or without
plain warrant of law. He can compel
the attendance of all persons having
accounts to settle, and of such wit
nesses as he deems proper, examine
them under oath and compel the pro
duction of all books, papers and docu
ments relating to any account betore
him i in order to do which he can
exercise the power of attachment and
imprisonment, through the sheriffs
and coroners of the several counties.
He can procure the testimony of all
such persons before any judge or jus
tice of the peace, on a commission
under his hand and seal. He can
commit to prison any witness who re-
uises to testify or to produce any
books, papers or documents when re
q " ed. He may, by himself, or in
connection with the state treasurer,
send an agent to examine the books,
papers and accounts of any corpora
tion, institution or company having
accounts to settle with the state and
refusing or neglecting to make returns
within the time specified by law. In
settling the accounts with the legisla
ture and departments for Incidental
expenses he can dissallow any ex
cess over tair prices. He can. with
the state treasurer and attorney gen
eral, revise and resettle accounts that
have been erroneously settled. Ac
counts tound by him to be due the
state are liens on all the real estate of
the debtor. Certified copies of his
accounts, books and documents on
die are evidence in any court of law,
and elsewhere, 'in the commonwealth.
And finally, he is the escheator gener
al ot the state.
The powers and duties of the state
treasurer fittingly supplement those of
the auditor general, and the two co
operating can defy any possible com
btnation, either in or out of office, to
cheat the law with reference to statu
payments, or mulct the treasury in
any way. I hey are the official watch
dogs of the people's strong box, who
cannot be muzzled without their own
consent, ana nave ample powers to
protect their trust.
In addition to all this the auditor
general and state treasurer are e
officio commissioners of public
grounds and buildings, and of the
sinking fund, and members of the
state military board, and the board of
revenue commissioners, and of the
special commission to construct
new capitol building. Of the first
four of these bodies the auditor gener
al ana state treasurer constitute
In thA Cnira.nl
departments, carried the debauchery majority, zn(1 in the new capitol corn
to an extent that nothing can explain m,ls?' on they would balance the power
J ot the two machine members of it,
giving to uovernor Hastings the cast
ing vote and placing upon him the
responsibility for a lawful and honest
performance of the commissioners'
duties.
The Republican nominees for state
treasurer and auditor eeneral
selected by the machine in advance of
the convention. Thev would r.,.,
unless it be that there is no limit to
the tolerating spirit of our long-suffer
ing people. And, when men in high
stations were found conniving with
the state treasurer for the payment
from the state treasury of rnanv thou
sands 01 dollars ot the public moneys
to macnine neeiers appointed to sine
cure places created for them in Dlain
defiance of the law. even the remit .1.
ble Republican journals joined in the have been thought of for the prefer-
protest, although this protest crows menc Dut ,or the machine. Their
feeble as the election grows near, the natural obligation would be, if elect
advantages of a partisan triumph out- e? 10 aia m the execution of all its
weighing the benefits of good govern- aims. and both their departments and
menr. an mese commissions wou d ront mi
If all those who have exnresspd t0 be as now, mere instrumentalities
themselves as dissatisfied with this 01 machine power.
nagiam. ucimutc oi me iaw, this rob- "on. . . Kauttman, since 1894
bery of the taxpayers, this subordina- a Republican senator from the county
tion of the powers of state govern- of Lancaster, was solicited by friends
un..n iu me Bcuiau anu wicicea aims " aumirers to stand as a Republt
ui me iiiatuiue leaders, this shame ess can candidate tor stif- tj
1 . ' . " .....u.u, lit
auu ruinous peculation and profligacy, declined to do so, declaring that
mean what they say, thev will unite "No
in thia A. :. '.i.- ' ., . - r ......
... i.B.n iv uiiyc tne macnine trom uon i-epuoucan) tor state treasurer
Power- who will not agree in advanr n
ur n . 1 1 . - w
vm mey ao it f An excellent on. receive and count as cash asset ,11
portunity for the accomplishment of the doubtful due bills, notes and other
uii ucbireu ena is now afforded The evidences of indehtednecc ; .u
t- , ' 1 - .. nun ill iiic
Aciuuciam; candidates tor state treas- treasury vaults."
uici anu auditor genera are onnA A n,iit ,j .
j . . w . . o 1 -- -"-'".v. si.uv.ui auu biaie irens.
men anu UUe, WhO have heen m,, nr nA r 7 .
Kr .1 Li- r - i uu bo wuuuias uners Ol tne Sink.
before the public for vean nt u- ; (a .j r.u- L c,a,u'l"c sink
: . j . , , . . ' " !'" "o iuuii auu vi uic DOard Ot revenue
WIKa " ? nonorawy discharged the Messrs. Brown and Ritter would have
re5ponsio.uties ot numerous official access to all th
Places and have em er w. .1 rr,fcU"cu HP
, . . uiai 1 ami uc tiuuied With Dower tr flic
tnal and experience without a smirch close their real character to the People
upon their records. Th . L,: 10 ine. PeoP'e
ance to no boss. Thev did 7 ZX I TA t , T ana Proba'
u - .- . - ' 1 -v j-" vuuiaiiiucni. everu nm
uic positions thev ntrn n... 1.. : ' . ' w
- . , ' . IV jntr Mnpuiuiuic iui linpOSmir SUCh naners
were nominated solely because of on the state. S sucn papers
I..'" '-t, the continuance
tirelyfroma sense of dutv Z u Z ,actl0nal which the
party and the people. Bv the ?::.n. " Prese"t engaged with
platform and in their own wol u! '.usnucu .oss 01 the machine.
hmk ci 1.. , , . iiicic beems to De imirantufhnt
1 ..... 1 . "
uom siano solemnly pledged to labor
unceasingly, if elected, to expose
every fraud that can be unearthed,
bring to justice every defaulter that
can be tracked, and institute such re
forms 111 the management of the treas
ury as wi.i insure lair deal
official would act with Messrs. Brown
and Ritter in the new capitol com
mission. And the good people of the
state may rest assured that Messrs
Brown and Ritter would act with him
m outvoting the Quay element and
una with the -nnt.nii: ... - . '.
taxpayers. The voter who dec;;:; Vle emission for honest
honest (rntiArniv... ...Ml 1.
b.i.,i,uivui vviu jnase no mis
take by casting his ballot for these
gentlemen, but will seriously err by
giving it in any other way.
purposes. . Here would be promise to
J"5 H?"P,e inat te cost of the build
ing will be kept within the sum al
ready appropriated, that the work n.
on it will be the best the money will
buy, and that it will tc completed
within the time specified by law. The
governor's Tefusal to meet with the
present auditor general and state
treasurer, and president of the senate
and speaker of the house, who, with
the governor, now constitute the new
cipitol commission, is a message to
the people, however reluctantly given,
of liis conviction that, if the building
is to be constructed under the direc
tion of a Quay commission, it will be
made tiie means of further remoise
less raids upon the treasury, for
moneys to be divided between favor
ite contractors and machine politi
cians. Governor Hastings himself
admits that he is powerless to stay
the tide of corruption against the will
of a machine-packed commission. A
state treasurer already self convicted
of fraud upon the treasury, and an au
ditor general who is a mere tool of
the machine, and the president of the
senate and the speaker of the house
under whose direction the late legisla
ture indulged in such a saturnalia of
crime and folly, made up a bodv that
clearly should not he intrusted by the
peopie wun a worn so important as
that in hand. And nobodv can for a
moment suppose that the substitution
m its membership of Messrs. Beacom
and McCauiey for Messrs- Haywood
and Mylin wou'd alter its machine
character. The state capitol at Al
i 1.1 . . ....
urfny aim me municipal building in
Philadelphia, constructed under simi
lar auspices should, in the enormity
of their cost, the long delay in their
completion and the incident disgrace
ful scandals, be accepted as a warning
by the voters of our state. The au
thority may be taken from unclean
hands and safely reposed, by the
election of Messrj Brown and Rittcr,
but not otherwise. And their elec
tion would mean a definite beginning
of the good work of retrenchment and
reform, not only in connection with
the new capitol, but in each and
every department of the state govern
ment. 'Vhat such a chancre would
imply to the taxpayers is eloquently
explained in the fact that the cost of
the state government for four years
18S3-SG under I'attison was about
$30,000,000. while the cost of the a
four years that will end with the first
Monday of January, 1897, as
shown by the amounts already
pended and the appiopnations already
made, cannot fail short ot $48,
000,000.
I .1. . C . , - .
in me iacts ana ngures here given
there is ample explanation of what
Messrs. Brown and Ritter, if elected,
could and would do for the advantage
ot the people and the good name of
the state.
It is gratifying to reflect that the
433,000 voters of 1896, can, it they
win all come out to vote and stand
true to their candidates, elect Messrs.
Brown and Ritter beyond peradven-
ture, anu without the help of a sincle
convert irom the other side.
And the triumph of these centle-
men tins year will present stroncr rea
sons for hope, either of an ending of
1 - , - - . .. . .
macnine domination in Republican
councils, or the nomination and elec
tion by the people next year of a re
iuuii governor ana legislature, in
despite of the machine. Here cer
tainly is a prize worth fighting for.
J-et us briefly recapitulate. The
election of Messrs. Brown and Ritter
would result in :
First. The rescue of the state treas
ury and finances from machine con
trol.
r 4 1
aecona. a check to the extrava
gance of machine rule in so far as
they depend upon the aid of the ac
counting and disbursing officers of the
commonwealth.
Third. A new capitol completed
in time for the new legislature, con
structed of honest materials by honest
workmanship, and at a minimum of
cost.
Fourth. Exposure, complete and in
detail, of 'he gross frauds that are so
widely and freely alleged to lie cover
ed up in the records of the state treas
urer's and auditor ireneral's depart
ments.
Fifth. A prompt and effectual stop
page of illegal payments from the
state treasury for services rendered by
READY FOR THE FALL OF 1897.
We announce to the public that our stock for the coming season is now complete in every departn
We are now showing a large and new line of Woolens purchased before the new Tariff Bill went into
which means a saving of 15 to 20 per tent, to the buyer. We are now offering Fall Suits at the old tni,
Our line of Over Coatings, Suitings and Trouserings are more numerous than ever. We ere putting up IMi
Suits in City Style and at the lowest prices, consistent with good material ami skilled workmanship.
Four Points Wk Pay Special Attention To:
Correct Styb, Reliable Goods, Perfect Fit and Lowest Prices,
Our long experience in the business enable us to give our customers full value for their money. Our Garment
made by skilled workmen, our work we guarantee in every respect. A fine display now on exhibition in the windo
JOHN 11. TOWWSEN,
Merchant Tailor. . Hatter, and Gents Furnisher.
is
ex
Why
Vo people buy Hood's Bariioparllla in
preference to any other, In liict almost
to the exclusion ot all othersT
They know from actual use that Hood's.
Is the best, 1. e., it cures when others fail.
aooa Barsanarllla is Btlll mad nmi
the personal supervision of the educated
pharmacies who originated it.
The question of beat is Just as positively
deolded in favor of Hood's as the question
of comparative sales.
Another thins;: Everv advertisement
of Hood's Barsaparllla is true, is honest.
Mood's
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $1,
Prepared only by 0. 1. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
machine heelers, such as cost the late
deputy attorney central and srrptarv
t " . D- ' J
' -r flu .1.1. . 1 . . n- 1
yji mu wHiiiiiuiiwcami ineir omciai
heads and awakened widespread in
dignation and alarm through the state
In addition to these direct results.
the incidental gains to be reckoned
upon may be thus stated :
First. The final overthrow of Quay
ism.
Second. A reform state government
mat, besides according honest admin
istration of the finances and impartial
execution of all laws, will insure to
the plain people as potent a voice in
law-making as the machine, in return
for campaign funds and individual
bribes, has been in the habit of grant
ing to special interests only.
And all these are in sight, and can
oe cnangeu irom possibilities into
verities, if only all those who in their
hearts desire reform will take advant
age of the exceptional chance the can
didacy of Messrs. Bron and Ritter
affords.
Upon the Democrats the larger
share of the responsibility rests. Th(ir
include within themselves a consider
able majority of the reform forces of
tne state. They alone have re-rularlv
disciplined party, fully equipped for
campaign work. To them I apnea
especially for honest and earnest work
at this time. If those of different
partisan faiths, but equally solicitous
for the overthrow ol the
return to something hkr honQt
government, will lend us their aid,
ifi.- 1' ...... .' 1 , ...
b. mtiii my auieillll pledge that, as
state treasurer and auditor general,
Michael E. Brown, csn.. and Hon.
Walter E. Ritter will never betray.but
in ineir every act will amply justify
ii;e coniioence reposed in them.
John M. Garman,
Chairman Democratic State Central
Committee.
Hood
tMI the only pills to take
FillS with Hood's Sarsaparlua,
Labor and the Machine-
w hat Quay Ooveroment Has Done
and lias Jailed to do for the Work
ing Man The Several Counts in a
1 elling Indictment of Boss Rule.
1 he treatment of labor by the Re
publican interests in this state during
the year now closing, which has wit
nessed a more complete domination of
tne state government by that party
than ever before, is fairly summarized
by the following incidents:
Legislative slaughter, or destruction
by amendment, of nearly all the meas
ures asked at its hands by the labor
organizations.
A useless and in fact utterlv farrirni
so-called investigation of the misera
ble condition to wjiich Republican
policies have reduced the miners
the state, in which no effort worthy
the name was made to get at the real
facts, and for which wretched work
the legislators attempted to trrah from
the state treasury the
rf ..... W4
1 5 7; 20.
The veto of the comnanv str. i,;n
by Governor Hastings, this bill being
aimed at the overthrow of a system by
which the miners are most mercilessly
""""ui icgiumaie Business driven
noiii ineir towns and a cond tinn nf
general poverty maintained which is
scarcely removed from slaverv
The brutal shooting down of a score
01 miners at Lattimer and the wound
1 n it rtf m in nfKA i 1 .
w. .uu.,j uujcis, ineir only crime
naving peen a demand for inst
share of the so-called McKinley pros
perity, and the shootinc heinir H
by 75 sheriff's deputies, fullv sivtv r
nuuuwcic marsnais and deputy mar
shals, in the McKinley demonstrations
last ian.
The employment ofawhnli. hr,A
l Slat,? troops' at a c"st that, when
the bills are all in, will be found to
aggregate mny a quarter of a million
of dollars, for no other purpose than
of compelling the strikers to return to
worK at tne operators ternu.
injunctions galore from
car. judges to prevent free speech, free
assemblage and free use of the public
highways in the interest of hP
.tions for the working people.
A demand from the Austrian gov.
eminent upon the government ot the
United States for damans fnr fVio
families of the men cruellv and unlaw
fully butchered at Lattimer.
This n- -ed statement of the
facts needs no comment. The facts
themselves tell the humiliating utr.
in all sufficient completeness and fully
explain why the woikingmen who
he ped by their votes to give Republi
cans victory last fall have since been
doi ig all they can for Democracy and
propose contributing another instal
ment of the good work at the polls in
this state on the ad of next month
Here They Come !
For weeks our store lias been in that condition so happil7
described by Cha3. Lamb when riding in the stage. A fellow
thrust hii? face in and inquired, " Are jou all full iuriitle."
Lamb aiuwcred " I don't know about the other fellows, but
that last piece of pie did the business for me." Our now crowd
ed shelves cfm to frirly hold out beseeching hands and the
goods beg to go hence.
Dress Goods.
TT .1 11.1
iiere iney are in an ineir
radiant loveliness. Nothing
that is new is mis.ed. They are
all the newest designs and ef
fects and the result of months
of working on our part. Price,
well the new taritl has not af
fected these as they were bought
betore it took eileet. i6o come
and secure the benefit.
Furs.
They are to be used larirelv
this year for trimming, and so
here they are in every kind and
description, at all pricesc
i'ur Uollarettes at all prices.
Shawls.
You will pay more for them
when these are gone. Don't
wait and then blame us for it.
We tell you now. As lonsr as
they last we sell them thus :
Full size, all wool. Blanket
Shawl at $3.98.
Best, all wool, Blanket Shawl
full sized, G.OO.
Underwear.
We have the Best and Bis-
est stock of Underwear to be
found in the County; any price
you want ; any kind you want.
Cotton, Cotton and Wool, All
Wool, All wool fleeced lined.
and cotton fleeced lined fnr
Ladies, Children. Mioses. Bnvn
and Men. Children's Rihbfirl
underwear from 12c up
Ladies' Vests and Pan
ever offered, at
Can't replace for Jess than 40c.
L,adies and Children's union
suits, COc to 52.40.
Men's Underwear. G5 tier
cent, wool, 50c.
Men s Fleeced lined, 50c.
Wrappers.
We have them made of out
ing flannel at
Were $1.50 last year.
ants, best
uoc.
.25.
Hosiery.
Our Hosiery Department k
the most complete to be found
auywhere, and comprises the
best we can find in the market
for the money.
Boys extra heavy hose, loc.
Always 25c elsewhere.
Ladies' wool hose, flue qual
ity, ribbed or plain, 25c.
Ladies' cashmere hose, 5()c.
Never offered for less than 75c.
Coats & Capes.
Why delay in buying your
winter Coat or Cape? It sure
ly won't pay you. When we
buy again we pay moie. We
can't replace them for near the
money. Must pay what we are
selling them for "in most cases.
Won't you take advantage of
them while they last.
Dishes.
You know we are headquarters
for dishes. Can't match our
price anywhere for the oualitv
of the dish. They will be high
er also, 331 per cent, so buy
when you can save money.
Want a fancy china dish for a
present? Well, here von can
get the best assortment in towc.
Lamps.
We have them in a great va
riety, any style you may desire,
extremely cheap and pretty, all
the newest effects and patterns.
Why not give us a call before
you buy ?
Groceries.
We sell Groceries as we do
everything else; the best we can
buy for the money. Our gro
cery department is always full
of bargains. Canned goods
bought before the rise in price,
consequently Best Goods for
Least Money.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
The Quay machine could not live a
minute we-e it not for public plunder.
Put Brown and Ritter on guard over
me treasury and such plunder will be-
come a thing of the past.
Let no man doubt the power of the
auaitor general and state treasurer,
acting honorably and in conjunction,
to largely stay the robbery of the tax
payers. The law gives them full
authority and Brown and Ritter can
be safely depended upon to make the
best use of it.
Prohibitionist Swallow and Banker
Thompson profess well, and we have
no reason to doubt the realness of
their desire for purer government.
But Democrats cannot well support
either of them so long as their views
as to monopolies, government bv in
junction and kindred matters of equal
ly grave concern to the plain people
are lairly presumed to be so distinctly
at variance with Democratic doctrine.
Every district in the COUntv should
make an effort to secure the hand
some flag offered by county chairman
John G. McHenry for the largest
percentage of increase in the vote
next Tuesday. Get out every vote.
With the dissensions existing in the
Republican party, and with the
corrupt record of the last legislatuie
disgusting thousands of good men who
have heretofore voted with that party,
there is every incentive for Demo
crats to make a great effort this year
to redeem the state from tha hands of
plunderers who have been robbing
the treasury. This is no time for
apathy. Let every Democrat do his
duty on Tuesday next.
DIVORCE NOTICE.
Cocntt ot Columbia, ss.
The Commonwealth nf Pennsylvania to thB
Sheriff of wild county of Columbia, jfreetlntf:
We command you that by publlcuilou once a
week lor four full wwks guocewjlvely In twe
newgnape, viz: roi-uuuUN niid seuttwl, pub
lished In your bulllwlck, you notify JmeB Zim
merman, late of your oounly, to he and apxai
In our Court of common l'leas for the county
of Columbia, on the first ondav of December
next, then and there to show cause Ir any he
has, why Mine Zlinmormnn should not be di
vorced from the bonds of matrimony entered
Into with James Zimmerman, aoronlintr to the
Drarnr of uetltlon or llluii 11n.1i in uniil court.
and have you then and there this order, and
make your return how vou unve executed the
same. W'lt.nees the lloiiorublo K. K lkeler.
PreHldent of our snlrt oourt at Uloomsbunfi tne
Viu duy of October ll)7.
W. It. It kn ki a,
II. K. Zaun. DcDutr. I'rothonotiuy.
10-2S:lt.
VV A N T F n A n enenretlo man tn rep-
f Mil I UU, resent u lurne Tea, Cvff"
Spine Co. In Blooni'tbiiijf and vlelnltv. The
most liberal terms will be made with the rig"'
kind of a man. AdUresg 1'. O. box IM, Full. 1