THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. ESTABLISHED 186. tllif ctotuuMa grmorrat, ESTABLISHED 1S37. CONSOLIDATED IMP. rrnustiEr ?veky tiivksday mousing at rtloomsburg, the County seat of Columbia County, I'ennsylvanla. .4KO. K. ELWELL Editor. D. J. TASK EH, Loc al EDITOR. tjKO. V. HOAX, FOH1HAN. ; Inside the eoutity $1.00 a rear Id ad vance; 11.50 If not paid lu advance Outside ha oounty, l.5 a rear, strictly In advance. 411 communications should be addressed to TUB COLUMBIAN. Bloomsburg, I'a. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1S97. ELECTION RESULTS. PENNSYLVANIA Republican. Beacom for S'ate Treasurer has probably 146.000 plurality. NEW YORK (City) Van Wyck, elected Mayor by 73,000 plural ity over Low. NEW YORK (State) Democratic. Parker for Justice has about 60, 000 plurality. OHIO Republican. Bushnell re elected Governor by 10,000 plur ality. Legislature qjaimed by Republicans. MARYLAND Legislature in doubt; will choose Gorman's successor. Malster (Rep.) Mayor of Balti more. NEW JERSEY New Assembly seems Republican. MASSACHUSETTS Republican. Gov. Wolcott re-elected by pro bably 85,000 plurality. IOWA Republican. Shaw for Gov ernor has about 20,000 plurality. VIRGINIA Democratic. Tyler chosen Governor. KLNTUCKY Democratic. Shack elford elected Clerk of Courts. TAMMANY WINS. The great fight in New York that haf attracted attention all over the titry, resulted in a victory for ')' nmany. Van Wyck is elected by a plurality of 75,000 or-more. Low was second highest in votes and Tracy thud. HERRING DEFEATED- The official returns from the several districts in the county give J. U. Kurtz, Republican candidate for Associate Judge, a majority of 55 over A. B. Herring, the Democratic candidate, Th's, we believe, is the first time in the histoiy of Columbia county that a republican has been elected to a county office, over the regular Demo cratic nominee. In 1870 Isaac S. Monroe ran as an independent candidate for Associate Judge, against John R. Yohe, the nominee of the Democratic conven tion, and defeated him. There were causes for this, and the result was not wondered at, at that time. It is hard to assign causes for the present situation. In Berwick, Kurtz's home, his majority is 437, while Her ring's majority in Orange township, his home, is only 9. Bloomsburg gives Kurtz 241 majority, Centralia gives him 58 majority, Conyngham town ship 116 majority. The other dis tricts giving Kurtz majorities are Briar creek, Hemlock, Millville, Mt. Pleasant and ScDtt. New York and New Jersey fighting their way back among the sisterhood of Democratic States ; Ohio stagger ing and uncertain which flag to follow; Massachusetts faltering in its Republi can allegiance ; Democratic gains in all the McKinley strongholds these are not the sequences that were to follow fast upon the heels of renewed Protection and returning Prosperity, The people of the United States ap pear to be sadly dubious in the face of triumphant Dingleyism. Record. "Estimated Democratic plurality is 300, a Democratic gain of 477 Swallow's vote in the county is about 500. Tne Prohibition vote in 1895 was 269. The entire Democratic ticket is elected. Herring for Asso ciate Judge leads Kurtz by about 700 Both are Democrats. The above appeared in the Phila, Record yesterday, dated Bloomsburg, Nov. 2. The local correspondent of that paper is evidently not very well acquainted with Judge Kurtz politics, The 8tate'i Strong Box- Treasurer Haywood Reports a Falling Oft in ine uenerai runo. State Treasurer Haywood's report tor Uctober, made public Saturday, shows that at the close of business for the month there was $4,023, ' 730.89 in the General Fund, a de crease of $500,000 during the month Philadelphia banks hold the follow ing accounts : Farmers' and Me chanics' National, $402,729.38 Chestnut btreet National, $230,000 People's Bank, $560,000 j Quaker City National, $250,000 Sixth Na tional, $5000. President McKinlty for Tree Trade. In his address before the Cincin nati Chamber of Commerce on Satur day, President McKinley paid a tri- ute to the principles of Commercial freedom that would have well become the mouth of a champion of Free Trade. Among other things the President said : Domestic conditions are sure to be improved by large exchanges with the ations of the world. e are already reaching out with good results. Our surplus products of agriculture and manufactures are finding a foreign market, and in the latter case to a degree which would not have been believed possible a quarter of a cen tury ago. We have made wonderful progress in this direction, and have only just begun. Our manufactured products go to every nation of the world, and I hope the time may not be far distant when our ships under the Stars and Stripes will be on every ea where commerce is carried and the wants of mankind are to be sup plied. These are liberal patriotic senti ments in the strongest possible con trast with the principles and policy of the Ding'ey Tariff with its restrictive duties upon imports, especially upon raw materials, and with its Peter Funk pretense of reciprocity. If the entire reciprocity section of the tariff could be carried out in accordance with the professed design of its au thors it would hardly make a ripple in the great ocean of international com merce. What is lo be gained by a "trinkgeld"' policy from which the nations having the largest trade with the United States are totally exclud ed ? How is commerce to be sub stantially promoted when from the multitudinous articles of exchange with foreign countries argol, brandy, champagne, still wines, vermouth and paintings and statuary alone are se lected for this reciprocity deal ? These mports with one exception are ar ticles of voluntary use or luxuries and should be subject to the highest duties consistent with revenue, or in the case of paintings and statuary should be made entirely free. But by a proffer of reduction of duties on this comparatively insignificant list of im ports it is hoped to win reciprocal concessions from France and Germany and to accomplish the results upon which President McKinley so elo quently expatiated in his Saturday speech to the merchants of Cincinnati. The free trader might well be pardon ed for skepticism when "argols"' and "vermouth with brandy and cham pagnes are the chief basis of this won derful schtme of reciprocity. Tbe November Election, It is an almost invariable rule of political action in the United States that when the tide shall have swept strongly in one direction at an im portant election it will move strongly in the opposite direction immediately afterward. Victory brings laxity and overconfidence to the successful party. It also breeds disaffection, ror every man who gets a share of the spoils there are ten men who are sent away empty. There were never offices enough to go around, even before the days of civil service reform, and there are still fewer now. And so it is that the Republican flag, carried full high a year ago an J planted in the light of the sun, was Tuesday trailed in the mud. The disorganized, disrupted and silver-mad Democracy has risen from its place prone upon the ground and given its old-time enemy an Anta:an dig in the ribs which has fairly taken its breath away. Ex. Although the contents of neither the note from this Government to Spain nor the Spanish reply are defini tely known, the newsmongers in their hunt tor sensation have decided that the first is "practically an ultimatum" and the second a "defiance." In newsmongery, as in other spheres of human activity, only the first step in the path of evil-doing is hard. Having evolved an ultimatum and a defiance out of their inner consciousness, the sensationalists have unblushingly pro phesied a "sharp rejoinder from Washington to the Spanish reply and a rupture between the two Govern ments. Thus business is disorganized, the people are thrown into a fever of apprehension and a belheerent spirit is nourished by the work which the devil inspires an idle correspondent to do. Ninety-nine per cent, of the sen sational stories of Americo-Soanish re- lations are rubbish, and should be ut terly disregarded. Ex. This Benefit! the Tax Collectors, The legislature at its last session passed an act for the benefit of the tax collectors of the state who have been unable to collect all such indebted ness within the two years allowed tnem to do so. In all cases where the power or authority of county, city, township, ward, school and borough collectors have expired, or shall expire during the year 1897, by virtue of the expiration of their term of office, the same shall be revived and extended for another year from the passage of the act which was May 11, 1897. Profperity. With all the boasted prosperity that the city papers flourish, the larmers can realize no more for their products than previous to the McKinley ad vent, with the single exception of wheat. Foreign starvation raised the price of wheat in this Country. But what do the farmers realize for their wheat in this extremity ? The boast ed dollar wheat has not reached our locality. When Benjamin Harrison was President, the great Russian famine raged in that country to an alarming extent, the president allud ing to the starving conditions of that people, informed the farmers that every bushel of their surplus grain was needed by reason of foreign crop failures, and that the larmers of this country would realize a handsome ad vance profit on their products. But the fact proved that as soon as tem porary relief reached the famine strick en countiy, the prices of farm pro ducts relapsed to a lower standard than before the famine. This experi ence taught me never to again listen to a chief magistrate of the nation as regards the prices of farm prodncts when there is a shortage in foreign countries. By holding on my surplus wheat and other crops, taking the inspiration from the president, I lost on all my products. So much for promised prosperity from headquar ters of the government. The New York World, to which I have for many years, been a subscri ber, also boomed wheat and farm pro ducts, asserting that wheat was now on a parity with gold, thus proving the fallacy of the free coinage of sil ver, which the silverites always claim ed that an ounce of silver bought as much wheat as ever, not conceding the fact that the wheat conditions were abnormal throughout the world, which would necessarily establish ab normal prices. Later however, the World asserted "that dollar wheat in the market meant sixty-cent wheat on the farm." The prosperity that we see on paper is a very different pros perity that we realize on the farm. For the fallacious and contradictory teaching of the World, I wrote that paper as follows : To the World x I have no further use for the World. A paper that bolts a regular nomina tion and advocates the single gold standard and monometalism must part company with me. There might as well be only one code of laws, one nation and one gov ernment for the world, as only one standard of value the unit value of the gold dollar. The simple gold standard, once firmly established for the world, will produce an equality of conditions of each class of business, as it shall stand in the scale of busi ness of the world. I am a farmer, and if the single gold standard shall become a fixed business principle, it will be more profitable to operate a farm in any other country of the world than in the United States. The same is true with the laboring classes. The United States then can offer no better inducements to farmers and laborers, than China or India. In the event of the single gold standard, farmers of all importing countries will get the highest prices for agricultural pro ducts, while farmers of exporting countries will get the lowest. Then as the cost of production, costs a great deal more in the United States than in any other country, by reason of higher wages, the farmers of the United States are left in the race of profits. Necessarily labor must be better paid m importing countries than it is in exporting countries, other wise, how could the laborer live in importing countries, when he can barely live in the United States which is an exporting country. Then the farmers of the United States are put to disadvantage by reason of the tariff, which compel them to buy in the protected home market, but are obliged to sell their products in the open markets ot the world. I see nothing in the World that is to the interest of American farmers and American laborers, but it is a splendid sheet for Wall Street and Lombarb Street. That the Thrice-A-Week World is cheap, is not saying that it is advantageous to the interest of farmers and laboring men. John C. Wenner, Cambra, Pa. P. S. Well the consequence is the New York World no longer visits me J. C. W. Handwriting on the Wall State Chairman Garman Felicitates Demo cratt on Their Gains. Democratic State Chairman Gar- man, after voting at Nanticoke, came to Harrisburg and received the news at headquarters. At 11 o'clock he made this statement : "The country is to be congratulate on the fact that the returns seem to show that the people have returned to the Democratic party, New York city nas certainly gone Democratic and the returns from Ohio indicate that the greatest trafficker in votes of the ninteenth century has been repudiated by his people. "Notwithstanding a small vote in READY FOR THE FALL OF 1897. which means a saving of .5 to 20 per cent, to the buyer. We are now cflcr.ng lall Suits at the old puree Our line of Over Coatings, Suitings and Trousering are more m,.ncrou5 than ever. We are pu ting up al Suits in City Style and at the lowest prices, consistent with good material and skilled wotkmansh.p. Four Points Wk Tav Sieciai. Attention To: Correct Styl, Reliable Goods, Perfect Fit and Lowest Prices. Oar long experience in the business enable us to give our customers full value for their money. Our Garments are made by skilled workmen, our work we guarantee in every respect. A fine display now on exhibition in the window of JOHN 11. Merchant Tailor. Pennsylvania, the returns show that the R epublican party and its manage ment have been severely rebuked by the voters. Dr. Swallow has received in many sections a highly compliment ary vote, and though many Democrats voiced their protest by voting for Dr. Swallow instead of their own candi dates, still the gain shown by Messrs. Brown and Ritter indicate that the people are not averse to sustaining'tre Democratic party when the candi dates are clean and honest men. CHAIRMAN CARMAN'S FORECAST. "I think this election is a sort of handwriting on the wall which indi cates that next year the Congressional and Gubernatorial elections will pro bably be favorable to the Democrats. I named yesterday a number of counties which I thought would go Democratic. At this time I have heard from Luzerne and Schuylkill, and both have voted as I predicted. Counting the large vote given to Dr. Swal.ow and tne decreased vote given to Mr. Beacom, I am satisfied that the majority against Mr. Brown, if any, will be surprisingly small." THANKSGIVING DAT. President McKinley Issues the Annual Pro clamation. President McKinley on Friday, is sued his first Thanksgiving Day pro clamation as follows: "In remembrance of God's good ness to us during the past year, which has been so abundant, 'let us ofl;r un to Hitn our thanksgiving and pay our vows to the Most High.' Under his watchful providence industry has pros pered, the conditions of labor have been improved, the rewards of the husbandman has been increased and the comforts of our homes multiplied. His mighty hand has preserved peace and protected the nation. Respect for law and order has been strength ened, love of free mstitutiens cherish ed and all sections of our beloved country brought into closer bonds of fraternal regard and generous co operation. For these great benefits it is our duty to praise the Lord in a spirit of humility and gratitude and to oner up to Him our most earnest sup plications. I hat we may acknowledge our obligation as a people to Him who has so graciously granted to us the blessings of free government and material prosperity, I, William Mc Kinley, president of the United States, do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the twenty-fifth day of Nov. ember, for national thanksgiving and prayer, which all of the people are in vited to observe with appropriate re ligious services in their respective places ot worship. On this day of re joicing and domestic reunion let our prayers ascend to the giver of every good ana perfect gift for the continu ance of His love and favor to us, that our hearts may be filled with charity and good will, and that we may be ever worthy of His beneficent con cern." TEADE KEV1EWS. Dun and Bradslrect's on Situation. the Business Dun's Review of trade says : The testing of retail trade is in progress, but results are remarkably retarded by long continued mild weather, and also by the fever in southern districts. Even from that quarter some large orders lately re ceived show better distribution than was yet expected. In spite of unseasonably warm weather, which greatly hinders retail dealings in winter goods at all points east of the plains, the large number of supplementary orders, with urgent pressure for quick delivery, make it clear thac the sales in many branches have exceeded the expectation of dealers, so that replenishment of stocks is not yet finished. The buying of iron and steel pro ducts, though smaller than of late, continues to keep works well engaged ahead, and induces others to resume operations. Both buyers and manu facturers find it prudent to limit en gagements ahead, and the period of adjustment will make the industry safer for some time to come. There is great pressure for speedy deliveries, but in bars and wiresome abatement of demand, with slightly lower prices tor wire nails. BUSINESS DISAPPOINTING. Collections Slower and Orders Hatter, and Here They Come ! For weeks our etore has been in that condition so happily described by Cha3. Lamb when . . . . . thrust his lace in and inquired, " Are you an lull inside." Lamb anpwered. " I don't know about the other fellows, but that last piece of pie did the business for me." Our now crowd ed shelves pewn to fairly hold out beseeching hands and the goods beg to go hence. Dress Goods. Here they are in all their radiant loveliness. Nothing that is new is missed. They are all the newest designs and ef fects and the result of months of working on our part. Price, well the new taritt' has not af fected these as they were bought before it took effect. So come and secure the benefit. Furs. They are to be used largely this year for trimming, aud so here they are in every kind and description, at all prices Fur Collarettes 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 long as they last we sell them thus : Full size, all wool, Blanket Shawl at $3.0S. Best, all wool, Blanket Shawl full size J, $G.00. Underwear. We have the Best and Bic- geet 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 for Ladies, Children, Mioses, Boys and Men. Children's Kibbed Underwear from 12c up. Ladies' Vests and Pants, best ever offered, at 25c. Can't replace for less than 40c. Ladies' and Children's union suits, 00c to $2.40. Men's Underwear, Co per cent, wool, 50c. Men's Fleeced lined, 50c, Wrappers. We have them made of out ing flannel at $1.25. Were $1.50 last year. BLOOMSBURG, PA. Smaller and More Infrequent. Bradstreet sums up the outlook busly : General trade retains most of the features ot a week ago with a continu ed check to the movement of staple merchandise. At larger eastern and central western cities sales of season able goods have not equaled expecta tions, and at none of those points has the volume of business increased. Mercantile collections are slower, filling in orders are smaller and more infrequent, and business in staple lines for the latter half of October, aside from that in wool and metals, has been somewhat disappointing. Consumption of iron and steel con tinues heavy, but mills refuse orders for 1898 delivery, in the belief that the cost of making iron and steel will be higher. Woolen goods continue firm and in fair demand, with an up ward tendency, but cotton fabrics are weak and the market is heavily stocked. Wheat is again above a dollar on continued heavy exports. The total number of business fail ures reported throughout the United States this week is 318 compared with 205 last week and 346 in the week a year ago. Gents Furnisher. riding in the stage. A fellow , it 11 Hosiery. Our Hosiery Department is the most complete to be found anywhere, and comprises the best we can find in the market for the money. Boys' extra heavy hose, loc. Always 25c elsewhere. Ladies' wool hose, fine qual ity, ribbed or plain, 25c. Ladies' cashmere hose, 50c. 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 more. 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 quality 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 you can get the best assortment in town. 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. t ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Eitate of Samuel Johnston, late of Maaiton towtf tlitp, oYueiurd. Sottee In herein given that letter or aOmini lrattonontlmetiitrofScmwlJi)hiiiiiun. lair of iladlmtit (uif-iuiifp, anra.-vil, have tiren granted Ut tlte uuaemlytiea wlminietrator, to vhmn ail j ton indebted to main eMate are rwwn'rd tovnik payment, ana I hone liavlng claim or demand will make knutrn the tanw inithwa delay to W. C. JDIIXSTON, AdminMrntor, 11-4. Jerseytown, Fa. ANNUAL ELECTION. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the illoomsburg Land Improvement. Company for the electlou of orllcers for the ensulnj.' year, will be held on Monday, November i, 1BW, be tween the hours of aud 4 o'clock p Ui., at the onice ot the company. N. V. FUNK. St. Secretary. HOW TO MAKE MONEY 1 If you are out of employment and want a poHltlon, paying you from .) to 1100 moulbly dear ubove expanses by working regularly, or, If you want to Increase your present Income from VJW to t M0 yearly, bv worn ng at odd times, write the U Loll a CO., 71 Chestnut St., I'lilla., I'a., stilting age, whether married orlugle, last or present employment, aud you can pecure a position with them by which you can inxlce more money easier and faster than you ever made before In your lire. n-4-lot AANTriV An energetic man to rep ff Mil I fcU. resent a large Tea, Coffee Hploe Co. In Uloouisburg and vicinity. Tb most liberal terms will be made with the right kind of a uian. Address V. o. box 144. Phlla-T. GET YOUR JOB PRINTING DONE AT THE COLUMBIAN OFVJCX
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