4 ||fe ESTABLISHED 1866. Site (ToUuuMa flemorrnt, ESTABLISHED 1837. CONSOLIDATED 1889. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING moomsburg, the County seat, of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. JTBO. E. ELWELL EDITOR. D. J. TASKEIi, LOCAL EDITOR. GEO. 0. ROAN, FOREMAN. VIRUS:—InBtde tne county Ji.on a year in ad vanoe; $1.50 If not paid In advance outside the county, $1.25 a year, strictly In advance. Alt communications should be addressed to THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg, Pa. ""THURSDAY, AUGUST iB, 1898. DEMOCRATIC) STATE TICKET. GOVERNOR, GEORGE A. JENKS. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, WILLIAM A. SOWDEN. SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, CAPT. PATRICK DELACEY. JUDGES SUPERIOR COURT, WILLIAM F. TRICKET, CALVIN M. BOWER. \ CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE, J. M. WEILER, FRANK P. lAMS. "I have been a Republican since iB6O but our party now stinks in the nostrils of any decent man. If the people are willing to uphold this cor ruption and dishonesty, God save the country ' —Ex-Postmaster General John Wanamaker." . THE JUDICIAL SITUATION- There have been several moves on the political checker board since our last issue. On Friday last Robert R. Little and his conferrees, Capt. J. B. Robison and T. J. Vanderslice, drove over to Ex change, Montour county, and there met Dr. M. McHenry and Ex- Judge Divel, the conferrees ap pointed by the late Judge lkelerby the authority of the Montour con vention The Judicial conference was organized by electing Capt. Robison chairman, and T. J. Van derslice, secretary. Five ballots were cast in which the Montour conferrees voted for Fred Ikeler, and the Columbia conferrees for Little. On the sixth ballot Dr. I McHenry voted for Little, and then, on motion, it was made unan imous, and R. R. Little was de clared the nominee. On Saturday the Democratic Standing Committee met at Dan • ville. They were informed that the Judicial conference had been held, and Mr. Little nominated. It was claimed, however, by Judge Herring and his friends that the Ikeler conferrees had no power to act, as there authority ceased when Judge Ikeler died, and the commit tee, therefore, proceeded to name a new candidate, and Grant Herring was declared to be the nominee of Montour county. Mr. Little claims that he is the regular nominee, and that his name will be printed on s the ballot in the Democratic column. Judge Herring claims that Mr. Little is not regularly nominated, and that his name should not be printed on the ballot on his present certificate. How this controversy is to be settled we shall not attempt *0 predict. The Republicans are in as much of a muddle as the Democrats. James Scarlet has been nominated .. by Montour county. The Repub ,! lican Convention of Columbia v codnty, held last May, authorized the chairman to appoint Judicial conferrees, and he has done so. They arc without instructions, but "have declared in favor of C. C. | Evans. The convention last MOll - day refused to entertain a motion instructing for James Scarlet, and after the convention had adjourned Mr. Scarlet was called for, and the ' audience remained to listen to his speech, in which he declared that he was in the fight to stay, and , would carry the war into this coun ty, from which, it is understood, that if lie is not mad ; the nominee of the conference, he will go on the ballot by nomination papers. The next move in the game, whatever it may be, is awaited by the public with intense interest. A New Peu6ion Departmont. Owing to the number of applica tions for pensions being received as a result of the war with Spain. Pension Commissioner Evans has established the "Division 0f'98." To this all application originating through service in the present war will be referred. Medical officers of the pension bureau estimate that at least two thirds of the men who have been sent to Cuba and Porto Rico will eventually become pen sioners. WASHINGTON. From our Regular Correspondent. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12th, 1898. If proof were needed that Mr. Mc- Kinley made a serious mistake in not definitely naming all the terms of peace that Spain must accept, instead of leaving some of them to be settled by a joint commission, it was furnish ed in chunks by Spain's first answer, accepting the terms of peace, but on condition that numerous things, in cluding whether Cuba should be responsible tor a portion of the Span ish bonded debt, should be determined by the Peace Commission. That it was compelled to waive the conditions and accept the terms of peace with out conditions, does not lessen the mistake Mr. McKinley made in leav ing anything to be settled by commis sion, as the country will realize long before that commission completes its work. Spain was whipped to her knees and was bound to accept any terms of peace Mr. McKinley chose 'to offer and there was not a single good reason why the terms should not have been made such that their ac ceptance would have settled the whole business for good and all. The ex cuse for not doing that is not a valid one. It is that the administration had not decided what shou'd be done with the Philippines. The people have decided that Spanish rule ought not to be continued in any part of the Philippines, if the administration hasn't. Sampson's "pull" extended to Mr. McKinley, as it has been decided to make him a Rear Admiral for his ser vices in the war, although not a few persons say that his share of prize money, on prizes he had no hand in taking, will largely overpay him for anything he has done. The public agitation in favor of Schley is doubt less the cause of his also getting made a Rear Admiral, but the pleasure at his promotion is lessened by Sampson being promoted ahead of him, thus keeping up the injustice by which Sampson was jumped over his head in the first place. The wily Sultan of Turkey appears to have talked this government to a standstill in the game of diplomacy that has been going on for several years over the claims of American missionaries for $lOO,OOO for property destroyed by Turkish mobs. The claim was first made by the Cleveland administration, and from its first filing until very recently the public has been told from time to time that the gov ernment was about to compel the Sultan to settle up. Nothing official can be obtained at the State Depart ment, but from other sources it is learned that the Sultan has positively refused to pay a cent, taking the ground that his government was not responsible. Ordinarily such a refusal could have been easily met, but in this case the refusal was based on a quotation from an answer given by this government to another govern ment that had presented a claim for property destroyed by a riotous mob. 1 hat is what brought this government to a standstill, until the next move can be thought out. It would be an easy matter to send a strong fleet to 1 urkish waters and force payment, but it must first be decided that it would be wise to establish such a precedent. Now that they no longer have the Spaniards to fight, the army officials who have been so busy trying to shift the responsibility for the shameful shortcomings in the furnishing of pro per supplies to the men in the army, not only at Santiago, but in camps in the U. S. from their own to somebody else's shoulders, can give their entire attention to fighting each other, in stead of wielding the official, white wash brush. Perhaps it may be possi ble when Congress assembles to get an investigation that will really investi gate. If so, there is little doubt that much incompetence, will be located, and some crookedness, too. By that time many volunteers now in the ser vice will have ceased tp be soldiers and their evidence will be available, while now their tongues are tied by military regulations. There is trouble, and lots of it ahead of the War Department, on account ot its management of its end of the war, and that may account for the rumor that Secretary Alger in tends shortly to resign and that his portfolio will be offered to Gen. Joe Wheeler, of Ala It would be a shrewd move on the part of the administra tion to attempt to head off demo cratic criticism of the War Depart ment by making such a good demo crat as Gen. Wheeler Secretary of War, but it remains to be seen whether Gen. Wheeler would accept the place, if it were offered him. Gen. Wheeler is as good a politician as a fighter, and he would see through the scheme at once, and would probably decline with thanks. It is very probable that Alger contemplates resigning as an easy method of escaping criticism. If we aie to judge from reports the country at large is begining to show a great improvement in business. America is promised three years of great prosperity. T HE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURC, PA The Sullen Insurgents. Santiago advices, which are about the only Cuban advices now avail able, represent the attitude of the Cubans as one of distrust and dis appointment, one dispatch saying that many insurgents even display a sullen hostility. There is Spanish blood in them, and they, too, have a uot unworthy feeling of pride which is hurt by the evident con tempt with which they find them selves regarded, while they cannot fail to note the complete change of tone toward them which has follow ed the Santiago campaign. Right ly or wrongly, they have been taken down many pegs in American opinion by rep jrts of their doings sent from the front, and now as ihis country is responsible for the good government of Cuba it is natural that this lowering of American opinion of the Cubans should be marked by more frequent reference to the prospect of annexation. The reasoning runs about like this : "The Cubans behaved badly at Santiago. The Cubans are a bad lot. They are unfit to govern them selves. We must annex and 1 ule them." It is very bad reasoning, based upon blind jumps from small evidence to great conclusions. With equal truth it might have been said Pennsylvanians behaved badly in certain battles of the Revolution and were therefore unworthy to form a part of the union. But this has nothing to do with the drift of American opinion. Returning to the effect of that opinion upon the Cubans, it is not unnatural that we should find them accepting the peace with sullen doubt and distrust, rather than gratitude. Priceless though the gift may be the ignor ant mass of those long hunted and wretched insurgents may be par doned for failing to recognize un alloyed kindness and benevolence in what may seem to them only a change of masters with 110 recogni tion for their flag or for all that it must signify. They are to be pitied, not blamed. Let us deal fairly, frankly and patiently with them.— Ex. Statehood for none of our new conquests lias been thought of yet, but the people of Porto Rico are getting themselves in training for it. They are showing au Americanism and an intelligence which is im pressing this government very fav orably toward them. It is known of course, that the proportion of whites to the total population is larger in Porto Rico than it is in Cuba, or any other Spanish island, its per capita wealth is greater, and its per centage of educated people is higher. After ihe Spauiards are driven out of the island a stream of 'emigrants to it from the United States is very likely to begin, and its population will rapidly increase •in the immediate future. Pouo Rico will probably not remain in the crown colony status long. A full territorial government is reasonably certain to be given to that island before many years roll by. What a Protocol Is. A protocol, (literally the first leaf of a sheaf of manuscript, glued in place) in the language of deplomacy, means a preliminary sketch or draft of a treaty or agreement, and for the time it is in force is supposed to have the binding power of a com plete and final agreement. The usual method of procedure follow ing the announcement of a protocol is for the two governments con cerned to appoint respectively com missioners for the drafting of a formal treaty, and this will be the course pursued by the United States and Spain in the present war. Colonel Roosevelt has given notice that he wdl take his Rough Riders to the Paris Exposition in 1900 at his own expense. The boys are all very loud in their praise for thiir Colonel. They fought for ninety hours without sleep or rest. After the Fever Little Clrl Was Weak and Could Not Eat—Hood's SarBaparllla Cave Her Appetite and Strength- Eczema Disappearing. "My little girl was sick lor several months with typhoid lever, and alter aha got over it Bhe was weak and did not eat. My husband got her a bottle ol Hood's Barsaparilla, saying It would make her eat and give her strength —and it did. She had taken it only a short time when she was well and strong. Kveryone who sees her is surprised at her improvement because she WSB EO weak and thin, but now is lat and healthy. I am giving her Hood's Sarsaparilla now tor eczema and the trouble is last disappearing. My hus band has taken it tor rheumatism and it has done him good." MRS. CLINTON B. COPE, Buckingham Valley, Pennsylvania. Hood's parllla Is the best-ln tact the One True Blood Purifier. Sold by all druggists. Prloe, gl; six tor go. Hnnd'n Pills are Ue lIUOU S r HIS p ilU| „ d digestion. Mo. August Sales! GOODS TO BE SOLD OET AT COAT, CONSISTING OF ■. CLOTHING For Men, Boys and Children, HATS* CAPS* SHIRTS* &C* To make room for fall and winter goods, at prices that will surprise you. CALL AND EXAMINE AT Townsend's Star Clothing House. Who Pays the Tax? The annexation of Porto Rico is not without some very valuable lessons to those who have been be fooled by years of Republican high tariff teachings. And every one of these lessons is worth the closest attention of every voter in the United States. It has been said time and again by the protectionist that the for eigner pays the tariff tax. As a great protectionist put it when throwing dust in the people's eyes : "The Republican party believed that we should never tax our own people so long as we can have J other people to tax.'' The whole rubric of protection has been that high tariffs protect domestic manu factures from the encroachments of foreign competition and that the foreigner who wishes to enter the American market must pay the tariff tax, which is not returned to him through a reimbursing selling price. We all know how fallacious has proved the claim that a high tariff is necessary to the protection of American products from foreign competition. Within the last few weeks the people have had placed before them official statistics show ing how American commerce has increased in countries that are our chief industrial competitors. These statistics show that protection is the sham. A good object lesson of the falsity of the claim that the foreigner pays the tax has always been wanting. True, it seemed queer that protec tionists who reveled in high tariffs never made these so high that the collection of internal revenues would be unnecessary, bnt it was a subject carefully avoided by the protectionists. Now the desired object lesson has been furnished by events in Porto Rico. The Presi dent has already ordered that the same tariff regulations provided for Santiago shall be enforced at Porto Rican ports. And this order was received with great satisfaction in Porto Rico. Why ? Because the tariff rates on all articles of food imported into Porto Rico have been so excessive that most of the population found it difficult to obtain the simplest of food necessaries. With the tariff tax reduced the Porto Ricans are enabled to get food so cheaply that all can get enough to eat. It is a simple story, told in the telegraphic columns of all news papers, but how the simple story destroys all the artful aud elaborate tales of the men who have spent years in deceiving the people as to tariff and protection ! Now who pays the ta x ?— Ex. STATE NEWS —William and Joseph Quick were drowned in the Susquehanna river at Wilkesbarre last week. —A 5-year old daughter of Harry Coldren was swept away by the rapid ly rising Conestoga Creek, at Church town, Lancaster County. Her body was not found. Miss Jennie Wilson one of Shamokin's best known and popular young ladies was instantly killed last week, by placing her two hands on two tele phone wires, while leaning out of a window listening to a band play. It appears that during the day some electric light wires had become cross ed with the telephone wires and charged them strong enough to kill. It is believed that she received a shock ot ijoo volts. —After a bitter fight the Cumber laud Valley Telephone Company was granted the right to operate in Cham bersburg. OUR SPECIAL SALE will be extended to August 24, 1898, with new offers in almost every de partment through our store that can not help but interest you. WRAPPERS. We put out a lot of iight wrappers this week, good patterns, made as nice as any dressmaker would make them, worth from $1 to 1.50, for 69c. SHIRT WAISTS. We make another cut in Shirt Waists. Our lot we will sell out at 25c., worth from 50c. to $l. S. L. Munson's waists, worth from $! to 1.65, go this week at 79c. GROCERY DEPARTMENT. You will find this week a great many special offers in our Grocery Department. Flour, any make, $1.25 for 50 lbs. Good country lard, 8c per lb. riason glass jars, 50, 60, 75c. doz. Waterwelons, Sweet Potatoes, Ba nanas and Lemons, always fresh. F. P. PURS EL. LITERARY NOTES. General Greely's 273 Days of Death. The true story of those 278 days of suffering by Greely's heroic lit tle band of explorers in the Arctic region has been told by General Greely himself, for the first time, for the October Ladies' Home Journal. For years General Greely has kept an unbroken silence about his fear ful experience and that of his com panions, as they dropped dead one by one at his side, and it was only after the gieatest persuasion that the famous explorer was induced to write the story. —o — The Little Queen's Picture. Wilhelmina, who is to be crowned Queen of the Netherlands 011 Sep tember 6 next, has personaly sent to Mr. Bok, the editor of the La dies' Home Journal —himself a Hol lander by birth —one of her private portraits for publication in the next number of his magazine. It is the last portrait which will be taken of the little lady before her coronation, and will be printed in connection with a specially prepared sketch, showing the personality of the first Queen of Holland from every point of view. I At a meeting of the Lycoming County Republican committee held at Williamsport yesterday, the pre sent Democratic incumbent John J. Metzger was unanimously nominat ed for President Judge of the Twenty-ninth Judicial District. Judge Metzger is now the nominee of both the Democratic and Repub lican parties. At Private Sale! A valuable farm, lying within the limits of THE TOWN OF BLOOMSBURG AND CONTAINING 130 ACRES, adjoining lands of Armstrong, Shafer, Mifflin, l'utsel and others, whereon are erected a largo BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, a frame barn and outounulngs, with two wella of water at the buildings. Apply to JOHN G. FKKBZK, June 88-tf Bloomsburg, Pa, EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Estate of K. R. Ikeler, late of Bloom:ihurg, To., deer teed. Xottce is hereby pi twit that letters testamentary on the estate oj K R. Ikeler, late of Uluomsbu.'g. Pa., Columbia County, deceased, hatte teen grow, ed to Frank Ik' and Fred Ikeler, to whom att persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and those having claims or de mands will make kntncn the same without delay. rPtXK IKKLKR. FIUD IKKLKR, • Executors.
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