.1 1 THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. 15 B00DLEIOIIAI5 OFF. 1 Political Judgo Comes in Handy For the Macliinei 1 Bow Quay, Penrose and Stone, Masquerad ing as Friends of Organized Labor, Are Backing Judge Paxson, Labor'i Arch En emy, For Interstate Commerce Commis sioner. (Special Correspondence.) Philadelphia, Sept. 23. It required no political Wiggins to forecast Chair man Reeder's rejection of Chairman RIllinRs' general challenge for palaver Setweeu the stump orators of both par tlN of living campaign Issued, the freemen of the Ftate to act aa Judges. Reeder's ridiculous and , Fallstafllan retreat has raised a broad grin on the fair face of the ancient commonwealth. Tht Independent papers have nailed Mm to the cross for a coward. Thev hare Javullncd him and his party as being afraid to meet honest discussion at Republican trusteeship of the state. Th Quayltes have barricaded them selves behind the dusky warriors of Luzon, who are struggling for their Sod Inherited liberties as the American rolonlsts fought for theirs against 3eorge III, and Into whom the McKln ley administration la shooting the con stitution of the United States through the muzzles of Springfield rifles and Mark Hanna's dollar mark tattooed person as though American Imperial ism as decried by Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln, and the un ipeakable Hanna'a continued pro prietorship of a president, has to do with the election of a Judge of the su perior court and a sUte treasurer of Pennsylvania. Their armor Is so weak and flimsy, their cause so Indefensible, that no wonder It Is Ceneral Reeder slinks like Ofi abashed canine to the precincts of his own kennel. The Quay machine has secured a ma terial vantage, however, within the week. It has succeeded in warding oft the trials of the Indicted boodlers who were caught redhanded in their at tempts to bribe Democrats and insur gents in the last leglalature to defame themselves by voting for Quay for senator and for the McCarrell bill which he thought necessary to save him and hla son from the frowning walls of the penitentiary. It these notorious cases, which were billed for trial in the Dauphin court last week, had gone on they would have given the machine's campaign a pair of beautiful black eyes, and would have provided the Democrats with an ammunition train' sufficient to have blown up the Harrlsburg plat form and the entire Quay aggregation of plundering patriots. But witness how fate is employed by the Key stone's Napoleon of politics to keep him on his roller skates. WHERE A POLITICAL JUDGE COMES IN. A United States district judge is re tired on age. A judge of the Dauphin court who possessed some little In dependence of thought and action and some true conception of the law and how it should be construed is made a federal judge by Quay, thus filling the vacancy. The Dauphin court Is an essential function and asset of the dominant machine, since its jurisdic tion extends over distinctive state questions and particularly questions arising under the accursed Baker bal lot law. Quay, mark you. puts In this vacancy on the Dauphin bench a pro fessional politician and henchman who for some years had been at the head of the sub-machine as chairman of the county committee. To the shame of the Judiciary, this political judge had the temerity to elinar to his chairmanship of the Re publican executive committee of Dauphin county long after he had qualified for a Judge. And this po litical Judge was a handy thing for the machine to have In these boodle cases, He and the amiable district attorney conveniently found that the stuffed docket was too crowded with petty of fenses, such as hen roost robbing, as sault and battery, crap playing, for nificatlon and bastardy and corner lounging, to try these boodle cases, which aim at the very vitals of popu lar government and in which the peo Die of the whole state are intensely concerned. In order thus to save the Republican campaign from embarrass ment by reviving at this time the crowning scandal of the last legisla ture the Dauphin court haa postponed these boodle cases until the January term of court. This is another case of Quay "winking the other eye" at a political judge. HERE, LABORING MAN, LIST, Governor Stone has Justly aroused the wrath and indignation of organized labor throughout the state by person ally visiting Washington and adding bis squeak and "me too" to the power ful appeals of Senator Penrose and Quay to President McKinley to name ex-Chief Justice Paxson aa a mem ber of the Interstate commerce com mission. Two years ago a similar attempt failed through the protests of the la bor organizations and by Senator Cul lorn, of Illinois, the father of the law creating the commission, threatening to defeat Paxaon's confirmation by the senate should the president nominate htm. The presidential nerve then failed, although he and Hanna had solemnly obligated themselves In the , campaign of 1896 to thus appoint Pax son in return for boodle and votes the great eastern railroad corporations save McKluley and Hanna. Paxson's utter subserviency to any thing, and to everything in the cor poration flesh pot line while he adorn cd the supreme bench of Pennsylva- nla and his hatred of and antipathy to the right of the common people, and particularly of organized labor, mark od him as a useful man for the rail roads to use as nn entering wedge for the prostitution of the interstate com merce commission to their own sel fish end. Every honest man In the state had given three cheers when Paxaon laid aside his ermine to accept one of the receiverships of the gutted Reading railroad. He hnrt earned the hatred of the laboring classes by his action in the ItoH.'.liiR railroad strike, when the Into President Frank Gownn drovo the organized labor Interests from the rond, and again In 1891 In Indecently rushing with his Judicial gown to the rescue of Carnecle in the great strike nt Homestead. H;re we have the great triumvirate Quay, Pennine and Btnne -thus urg ing PnxF.nn, the arch and dangerous enemy of labor, fur a powerful federal post, and who notoriously seeks It, that he may serve his corporation masters end help neutralize this beneficent law which the people only secured from congress by taking the corporations by the throat. If the laboring man lie searching for a substantial reason for Jabbing the Quay ticket at the comlns election here Is one that should ap peal directly to his own Bcnse of self protection. FUSION IS THE REAL THING-. The horse play of Senator Snyder, Auditor General McOauley and Ijirry Eyre, the Republican rlngsters of Ches ter county, who are stretching out their arms to high Heaven to save them, to bolster up a straight goods Democratic ticket in that county, in order to crip ple "fusion," by screaming that Colonel Guffey and State Chairman Rilling are agin It. haa fallen like a chunk of lead. It declined to say propped up on Its legs. There are In Chester, as I wrote last week, some half dozen of a false breed of Democrats who are willing to do dirty work for the Quay machine iu exchange for being permitted to retain minor Jobs under the McKinley ad ministration. Their pretended indig nation at the consummation of "fu sion" between the Democrats and In dependents Is so bald that It can be classed as the prime Joke of the cam paign. They have been playing the Three Tailors of Tooley Street by meetln' In convention and resolving that "we the &c." and nominating an alleged square timber Democratic tick et, planting It on a platform thinly varnished with eulogies of Colonel GufTey and Bryan, although they mean to vote the Quay ticket this fall and against Bryan next fall. In deed, they are stumped to find a name for their decoy duck ticket, as the law prevents them from masquer ading as Democrats, and which they don't Intend to vote themselves. In the meantime both Colonel Guf fey and Chairman Rilling came for ward and gave these ex-Democrats and Quay tools a blow between the eyes. "The fusion ticket In Chester." says Colonel Guffey "will win. The Dem ocratic party Is practically solid, des pite the feeble efforts of a few office holders to protect their Jobs by car rying out the orders of the Quay ma chine. I most heartily endorse the position taken by State Chairman Rill ing and County Chairman Cavanaugh. It Is unquestionably the duty of all true Democrats In Chester county and elsewhere to form fusion with all ele ments that are working for the over throw of the Quay machine." HARMONY IS THE WATCHWORD. Colonel Guffey and Candidates Reilly and Creasy, when they visited Btate headquarters last week, reported that nowhere Is a sign of discord in the Democratic phalanx to be found. There Is not a single threatening cloud on the fair and promising horizon. In Phila delphia, which Is the weak spot, be cause of the thorough organization there of the ballot thieves by the Re publican state and city machines, all factional rancor and discord has dis appeared, giving place to amity and sunshine. The county conventions the other day were harmonious, and the ticket honors divided between the late warring factions. The outlook for the Democratic state ticket coming under the wire a winner Is brightening every 24 hours, and the danger to the Quay machine is assuming such a threaten ing aspect that "the old man hart been compelled to take the reins In his own hands and play some of those al leged masterful and magical political strokes of his which he failed to do last winter, when hla 'prentice boys were fooling around the legislature trying to elect him United States senator. The state Democratic leaders and the executive and finance committees are booked to confer in this city this week, when campaign plans will be mapped out, the question of financing them discussed and a red hot light or dered all along the line of hostilities. The Business Men's State League Is prepared to meet and formally en dorse both Superior Court Candidate Rellly and State Treasury Candidate Creasy. The Quay candidate for the intermedial court. Commodore Ad ams, haa such an unsavory reputation as a lawyer of the shyster class, while so much Is known of hla private life as a sport, that the Independents find It impossible to hold him on their po litical stomachs, even with anchors and guy ropes, while the honesty and claims of Creasy cannot be ignored. The Independents want to break Into the state treasury and learn the dark secrets of Its vaults. They look upon the state treasury aa the machine cit adel, which It truly Is, believing that If It can be captured Quay's grip on powerful moneyed Interests can be broken and his opportunities for spec ulating with its funda prevented, that hla downfall and end will be hastened, since he will be unable to command the money to corrupt and buy the venal, on whom he relies for his auc cesses. AND THE CAT CAME BACK. The Joy of the Quay 'prentice boys. Elkln, Durham, Eyre and Penrose, over the demotion of Uncle Bill Andrews from his place as chief of staff was aa short as a butterfly's life. He failed to oblige them by taking himself off to hla mines In New Mexico, so as to give them a clear swing at the "old man's ear, but remained to haunt them and make their lives miserable by prevent ing their blunders and schoolboy tac- ties. His business just now Is that of plaiting the hair of the Insurgents, and he carries with him a full assortment of combs for that purpose. He and Dave Lane, the owner of the new mayor of Philadelphia, are now devoting them selves also to "feeling" the Insurgent members of the legislature and of fering them Inducements to change tholr vote to Quay in case enough can be driven Into the barnyard to elect him at a special session of the leglsla ture. Lane la a professional lobbyist, who has been handling members of the leglulature and city councilman for years, us the beef trust handles cattle, i.'.ij is reputed to bo able to size up a man's price and a fix a valirotlon on a vote quicker and move exact than any other man In the business. The North Amerlcnn Is on his trail, however, and has served due and time ly warnlns that nn exposure will bo made of the methods thnt are being employed to thus manufacture votes for the dethroned boss of the machine. THE JUDGE. l'OUTU'.VI, SOTHS. The old gag of citing certain de linquent corporations into the Dauphin court and threatening them with heavy penalties for failure to report to the proper department of the state gov ernment is again being worked by the attorney general and the auditor gen eral. It Is not on record that any of fending corporation was ever made to disgorge on this account. A contribu tion to the Republican state commit tee often times Induces a state official to wink the other eye and forget that he ever had a memory. But this cita tion affords lawyer pets of the ma chine a chance to pocket feea at the expense of the state. The rutabaga at the head of the ag ricultural Is Just now working over time in attempting to prove that the Quay machine and the Stone admin istration loveB the man with the hoe. The tremendous Inroads that Farmer Creasy Is making on the farmer vote FOREIGNERS CONTROL. I ii linn 1'rfin Snjn llnnks. IMnntnllons nn1 C om ! HrlmiK i Aliens. HAVANA. Sept. 25. The l'poca. de scribing the present situation iu Cuba, hiijk: "There are 200.001) Spaniards Iu the island, with the greater part of the little ' wealth which the country possesses. ! Their only olTeiise Ik that they were re- reiitly In the political middle as the rulers I of the Inn. I. They still possess much in fluence. There are noo.OOO men of the African race mining us formerly slaves or the ileseendiintH of slaves. These are fully convinced that they contributed the Hun's share toward making the revolution a success, and they nre just us well satis lied thnt iu the hour of victory they have been awarded no pint of the spoils. There are 5(MI,ikk white Cubans. Yet what re mains to them but a few abandoned plan tations and n limited number of nnfeiiced cattle ranches without stock? There arc 2.000 lawyers and 4,(M)0 doctors. Are these the social and economic elements with which Cuba expects to form a na tion nnd to construct au independent re ' public) "Our floating middle class, with all Its personal characteristics, is broken down. Our aristocrats are demagogues, too proud to work nnd sincerely believing thnt the government owes them n living. Our banks nre in the hands of foreigners; our commerce In controlled by foreigners; our tobacco iiliintiitioiis utld factories are has thoroughly alarmed the machine, ; ,)Wned by foreigners; our sugar estates which has been Ignoring farmers for j nre w.ing bought by foreigners, nnd the state candidates for years and which ; Cuban merchant marine is owned and y acimBa When has denuded the agricultural depart ment of attaches devoted to their In terests and filled their places with town henchmen who know far more about stuffing ballot boxes and rough ing primaries than they do of sub-Boll ploughing or the rotation of crops. Governor Stone haa his ear to the ground. He has heard the rumbling of the storm of the people's wrath. That Is clear. He Is quoted as say ing that he will concur In the will of the people In the selection of Judges and that he will under no circum stances attempt to force an approval of his selections by making premature selections before the people have had an opportunity to declare their choice. Such a change of attitude la an Indi cation that the voice of the people has at last been heard and the machine leaders are beginning to understand that they cannot always do as they please. Since the Inauguration of the present governor he haa shown utter contempt for the desires of the people, who were buncoed by his stump asser tions that he was no man's man, and that he would execute the laws fear lessly and Impartially. A change has been brought about by the Indignant protests of many county Republican conventions and the criticisms of those who have a right to speak of servants T ho occupy public stations. The editor of the Philadelphia Sun day World, who la a political mouth piece of Dave Martin, and who is recognized aa a political authority, saya: "Despite all statements to the contrary, the signs all point to an extra session of the general assembly, provided Matthew Stanley Quay's ticket is 'put through' by a handsome majority, and towards which all ends are being shaped. As elections are now conducted under the Baker ballot law, only the necessity needs to bo named to be complied with. 'Tls true that with the machinery in the hands of the so-called Insurgents in the county of Allegheny trouble may be caused and the Brown-Adams-Barnett ticket cut many thousand votes. It must be borne In mind, however, that there is to be no factional feud in Philadelphia, and therefore the ma chinery here can be relied upon not only to make up any deficit bo caused, but also to swell the figures to any amount required." Thus, as this good Republican authority admits, the re peaters and ballot thieves in Philadel phia are to be used again by the Quay gang to roll up the regulation moun tain of fraud, and that la the reason why all bills for the protection of the ballot were strangled In the lust legislature. There were no fewer than 20 bills introduced In the last legislature look ing to the safeguard of the ballot. AH were put to sleep save two constitu tional amendment resolutions. one providing for personal registration of voters in the cities and the other pro viding for the Introduction of the vot ing machines which are in successful operation in some of the big towns in the state of New York, and which Gov ernor Stone ruthlessly killed. Why is the Quay outfit afraid of honest elec tions and why haa it obstinately re fused to mend the rotten Baker Daiiot law? The reason la obvious and may ba read by a blind man. Without the loopholes In this law the cities could not manufacture tneir Dogus majorities to overcome the honest vote of the country. The elections in Philadel phia. Pittsburg and Lancaster have be come shameful farcea, and no longer record the will of the people, State Chairman Reeder has assessed all the employes of the state govern ment 3 per cent of their salaries and directed them to hand over to their respective chiefs. No guilty man will escape the frying pan. It will be either nav or get out. This Is the same Reeder who, while fattening on an income of 20,000 per year from salary and fees as secretary of the commonwealth, re fused to put up a dollar when asked to chlD Into the Republican tuna, nut Reeder was not then fingering the campaign boodle. As Mayor Warwick would remark. "Things are different now." Now, If Mark Hanna only had an election system akin to the Baker bal lot law there would be no need to send Teddy Roosevelt, Postmaater General Smith and a host of Republican stump screamers Into Ohio to save McKinley. The ballot thieves and the corporation bosses who "assist" their slaves to mark their ballots could do the sav ing. Senator Penrose says a deal has been made with the Republican state chair man of Ohio by which Pennsylvania and Ohio are to swap stump speakers in the campaign, which goes to prove that he boss is really alarmed at the uprising of the farmers and inde pendents of the Keystone state and that In order to preserve his hide and tallow imported talkers must Invade our fair domain to distract the voters' attention from the diseased pork In the bottom of the barrel. But all the Im ported talkers In the western hemis phere would not save them this time. sailed by foreigners." Congressman It. B. Hawley, represent ing Amerlcnn capitalists, has purchased the Tlngunro sugar estate, one of the lar gest in Cubn, in the province of Matan- kus. The cstute Includes 20,000 seres, w hich, with other large properties uloug the south const that Mr. Huwlcy is ar ranging for, will, it is expected, produce 100.000,000 pounds of sugar. A large part of the land purchased Is virgin soil, upon which $l,fiOO,000 will be expended, including the cost of Improvements. Pain Racks the Body sassasaessscsssi Vrnnlc I.ontr. who lives near Lcntioti, Mich., fays: " I wnfl taken with a pain in my buck, and I was obliged to take to niy bed. The physician pro nounced my cuse muscular rheu matism accompanied by lumbago. " I gradually became worse, until I thought death would be welcome release. I was finally induced to try Dr. Williams' rink Pills for Pale People, and after using five boxes, was entirely cured. "I am confident that Dr. Wil liams' Tink Pills saved my life. I will gladly answer inquiries con cerning my sickness and wonder ful cure, provided stamp be ea closed for reply. Frank Long Sworn to before nie at Venice, Mich., this 15th day of April, 1898. G. B. Goldsmith, Justice of the Peace. From the Observer, Flushing, Mich. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for TnU Pop1 contain, in oondtnisd form, all tn ele ments neoestary to give nw life find rich ness to the blood and reitore shattsrwl nervss. They ar an unfailing pecifio for auoh d I tenses aa locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, eolation, neural iria, rheumatiitn, nervoua headache, the aftar-tffecta of the grip, palpitation of tns heart, pale and sallow rompleiioni, and all forma of weakneaa either in wale or female. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills tor Pale Peapla art navar old k the doien or hundred, but alwats In pack aaee. At all druggists, er direct from the Or. Wil liams Medicine Company, lohonooladi, . T., 50 cents ear boi.tboioe 12.50. AN ANCIENT CHECK. t'onnd After IlHnir Lost For Thlrtr Bvc Years. WICHITA. Kan.. Sept. 2.-Mrs. Ju lia Honluird, a widow living here, in look ing over n few old letters found a deposit certificate for $10,000 which her brother, W. I,. Uichardson, hnd placed In the nank of Trenton, Trenton, Tenn., to her credit .lan. 2.'1, ISO.'!. Young Uichardson, when President Lincoln Issued his first call for troopa, enlisted in the Twenty-second Illinois regiment of infantry. His father hnd just died, leaving his children $10,000 in cash, ltichnrdsoii hnd bin money sowed up inside his uniform. In .Tanunry. 1S(!S, he was detniled with n sound of men to do skirmish work, nnd he deposited his money, $10,000 in Unit ed States currency, in the Hank of Iron- ton to the credit of his sister, then Julia Ann llichnrdson. lie was wounded iu KclieSiary nnd sent home, where be died. He gave the deposit check to his Bister, and she put It away. After the funeral the deposit check could not be found. Miss Klc-hurdsoii be came Mrs. Itonhard. Her husband died several years ago, nnd the fortune of the family long since disappeared. The Bank of Trenton is no longer iu existence, but Mm. Honluird has employed attorneys here to bring suit against the stockhold ers, several of whom nre still living, for $10,000 nnd Interest nt C per cent for 8."i years, amounting in nil to $.0,000. arc We earrv a stock ot goods valued at 11,500,000.00 We receive from 10,000 to 26.000 letters every day a: an 55? ia G3 1!. t iu ill A.t-JItlVii A 0: nun iflii ::aaiatu 1 IRiKUl irwiu RUIN BE We own and occupy the talleat mercantile building in the world. We have over 8,000,000 cuatomera. Sixteen hundred clerks are constantly engaged filling out-of-town orders. OUR GENERAL CATALOOUE la the book of the people it quotes Wholesale Prices to Everybody, has over 1,000 pages, 16,000 illustrations, and 60,000 descriptions of articles with prices. It costs 71 cents to print and mail eachcopy. We want you to have one. SEND FIFTEEN CENTS to show your good faith, and we'll send you a copy FREE, with all charges prepaid. , niwiiiuvmi.il 1 iinnu u hwi chicaso Lake Crtrrlera Will Pity More. CLEVELAND, Sept. 2(i. As n result of n meeting of the executive committee of the Lake Curriers' association held yesterday afternoon the wages, of nearly 10,000 men employed on the vessels of the great lakes will be raised from 10 to UO per cent, beginning Oct. 1. 1 his in cludes 2,000 engineers, who demanded nn advance of l'JVi per cent and threatened to strike should it not be conceded. In stead of the 12j Per cent asked for by the engineers they will receive uu ad vance of 20 per cent. Duck From the Uilmonton Trnll. WltANGEL, Alaska, Sept. 20, via Seattle, Wash., Sept. 25. S'.' vera l more Klondike! off the Edmonton trull reach ed here Sunday, having come down the Stickine river from Ultmora in cnuoes. All the survivors are in good heutth and have spent the few months laboring on the Casslar Central railway ond have enough money with which to reach the United States. Charity Work In Porto Itlco. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 21. The board of chnrlties tabulated statis tics show thut out of n population of !tlt;.riK4 thure are 201,089 indigent and 11,8.')H sick. The number of deaths as a result of the recent hurricane was 2,01!). One week's rations were issued to 203,- 1-17 persons, nnd the number of those working for rations was ll.ilJ. if t am Is eo-edncntionnl anil progrcumve, providing what constitutes n plenaant, re fined, Chrlklb.n home, with tha lt Intellectual and social training fur prao tlcnlllfa. Takox u personal Interest In ouch Mudaut, nnd ndjiists methods to noed. Loratluii lieullliful, liullUlngH co:nmo;tloiis, grounds lurgo hull fluid, tonnis courts, two gymnasiums !7 truchers; regular courses, with olectlve studies when desire l. Kre mlviiulonos In Music, Art and Elocution, Home and tuition In regular studies S'JS.i.-lO u yuar. UUcounta to milliliters, teucbera and two from aamo family. Catalogue free. Term opens Sept. 4th, i(SU. Address Rov. EDWARD J. GRAY, C. D., ProiMcnt, Villlamsporl, Pa. Dreyfus Must Pay Costs, PA It 18, Sept. 23. The Aurore esti mates that the costs of the Itenues court martial, which Dreyfus will have to pay, will amount to $4,000. In addition to this, Uroyfus will, of course, have to pay Ills legal advisers. 1 be generuls who ap peared at the court martial und mnde speeches against Dreyfus received 24 shillings (about $u) a duy. Mnrk Tvratn to llemaln In London. rMNCETON, N. J., hept. 21. Sam uel L. Clemens I.Mark Twain), who a short time ago wrote Manager Have of the Princeton inu to reserve him a suit of rooms for the winter season, has can celed the arrangement and will spend the winter in London. The news is received here with much regret. A Footlmll Victim. MEM DEN. Conn., Sept. 2(1. Thomas Kelly, nged 17, 11 member of the Middle town High school football team, died ut the City hospital last night from injuries received in a football game with the Meriden High school team last Saturday. Ho sustuined a concussion of the spine, ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco, Candies, Fruits and Huts SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. SOLE AGENTS FOR F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Sole agents for the following brands of Cigars- Henry Clay, Londrcs, Normal, Indian Princess, Samson, Silver Asb Bloomsburg Pa. VuNNfir C'ollrite ICnterlnw ( loss. POUGIlKEKi'SIE, N. T Sept. 20. It is olbcially announced that 21.) stu dents have entered the freshman class ut Vassal' college this year and 24 addition al students have entered the upper class es. This Is the largest entering cluss re ported iu some years. Dedication of Monuments. CIIATTANOOUA, Sept. 21.-From 0,000 to 8,000 people, Ji.OOO of whom wero veterans from Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, attended the dedication of the Indiana monuments and mnrkers nnd the Wilder monument nt t hickuumuga. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, MATTIIYG, or Oil, CJLOTII, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT W.: M. BBO WEB'S 2nd Door abov Court House. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
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